//------------------------------// // It Begins (Revised) // Story: Day-Z: The Last Stand // by RexAlpha10 //------------------------------// A/N: Finally done and way better than the original chapter if you read it. Sorry for making the original chapter really bad but I hope you like this one better. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIIING RIIING RIIING That wasn’t the sound of the alarm clock. It was the sound of my phone ringing. I turn in my bed to face the clock. 5:30 a.m. Why is somepony calling me this early in the morning. I get up lazily and walk over to my dresser. I flicked on the light and picked up my phone. “Hello?” I said with my tired voice. “Night can you come to the train station?” It was Silver Beats. “Why?” “Stary is coming back early from Manehatten. Could you be there by six?” she asked hopeful. Stary Wubs was the pony she was talking about. Him and Silver have been dating since high school. I guess he had one of those gigs without the band since he made dubstep if you couldn’t tell by his name. “Fine, but you owe me for this.” I said a little annoyed. “Okay, deal.” she said hanging up the phone. I walked to my bathroom and jumped in the shower. I let the warm water hit my fur as I just stood there feeling relieved. I open my wings so I could get them thoroughly wet. After I finished my shower I quickly dried myself and went to my kitchen to make some coffee. I turned on the TV and started to watch the news. I actually just half listen to my TV while I make my coffee. I do a bunch things for no reason because that’s how I am. I heard something about some disease going around called H1Z1(A/N: hey look, a video game reference) and that there was an outbreak at Manehatten. After finishing my coffee I walk out of the house to be greeted by the early morning sun. I take in a deep breath smelling the fresh air (well as fresh as you could get in a city). I take off toward the train station, once I get to the there I spot Silver standing on the platform waiting for the train. “Hey Silver I’m here.” I say as I walk up to her. “Hey Night, thanks for coming. Here, I got you something.” she said handing me a donut. As much as I wanted a donut I couldn’t eat it because I would get a really bad stomach ache if I ate in the morning. I stopped eating breakfast in highschool so I guess my body just adjusted and now rejects breakfast. It’s a good thing I have ADHD, otherwise I wouldn’t have any energy in the mornings. I still do want the donut so I do the next best thing. I grab a little pastry bag from her and put the donut in the bag and save it for later. “What, you know I don’t eat breakfast.” I say tucking the donut in my right wing. She just rolled her eyes at me and continued to look for the train. I walked over to a nearby bench and dozed off. The sound of the train whistle woke me. I looked around but couldn’t find Silver. I try to get up but I’m stopped by a weight on my shoulder. It was Silver leaning on me. Guess she dozed off too. I shook her awake and we both got up as the train stopped. Stary was the first to step off and Silver ran up to him and gave him a big hug (awww). I walk over and pick up Stary’s bags. “Hey Stary, how was it in Manehatten?” I asked as we started to leave the station. “It wasn’t that great and I got sick in the process.” he told me. “Sounds like you had a bad time then.” I said as I got a better look at him. He didn’t look like himself. His eyes were bloodshot and he was coughing violently. “Hey dude you need to go the hospital and get checked out; you don’t look so hot.” I told him. “Yeah.” Silver agreed. “I’m *cough* fine, you guys worry too *cough* much.” I looked at him skeptically but I knew he wouldn’t do what I asked him. We continued on in silence to Silver’s house. Once we got there I set the bags down near the door. I made sure Stary and Silver were fine and said goodbye. I looked at my phone to check the time. 8:15. Great still have a whole day and nothing to do. I decided to head over to Cloud’s place to see what he was up too. *** “So what are we going to do?” Cloud asked. “I don’t know, I thought you would have something to do.” I said boredom clear in my voice. “We could go to a bar.” I gave him a look. “Really, a bar in the middle of the day.” I said in a serious tone. “Well then what do you suppose we do, huh?” he asked seemingly upset I shot down his idea. “Well we could-” RIIING RIIING RIING. My phone interrupting me. I answered the phone. “Hello?” “Night, meet me at the hospital now.” *click* “Who was that?” Cloud asked. “Well I found something to do.” I informed Cloud. Cloud and I took off towards the hospital at a considerably fast rate. Once we got there we walked in and up to one of the check-in desks. “Uh, we’re looking for a pony named Stary Wubs.” I said to the mare manning the station. “Oh, are you related to him?” the mare asked. “No, we’re close friends of his.” Cloud informed. “Okay then, follow me; I’ll take you to him.” she said. We were lead down a hallway (or corridor, which ever you prefer) to one of the many rooms. The mare opened the door and Cloud and I both stepped inside. I saw Stary lying on the bed asleep and Silver sitting in a chair next to the bed. She looks like she’s been crying her eyes out. “Hey, what happened?” I asked approaching the sad mare. “I don’t know, after you left I went to get him something to eat because he said he was hungry. While I was in the kitchen I heard things being thrown around; when I looked to see what it was Star was throwing everything around. I tried to calm him down but he started having a seizure or something.” she looked like she was going to cry again. “Okay, hey look it’s not your fault. I’m sure the doctors can fix him.” I said trying to comfort her. “But what if they can’t? Then what?” she started crying and I felt really bad. What if they can’t really do anything? “I’ll be there for you, so you won’t be alone. Stary is my friend too, even though I’m as close to him as you, I’d still be losing a good friends.” I said wrapping my arms around her. She turned in her chair and hugged me back crying into my chest. I ran my hoof through her hair trying to calm her down. A few seconds past and the doctor stepped in and informed us that visiting hours are over. Cloud left and went home, Silver wanted to stay with me for the night so we walked to my house.