//------------------------------// // I'm Here for You // Story: My Final Decision // by Sillyponyme //------------------------------// Sunset had been given some hot cocoa and a blanket to help warm her up after being in the room only a few minutes. She had thanked the assistants and went onto worrying about Sonata. She stayed up for an hour wondering if Sonata had gotten a tattoo on her neck and sneezing every now and then. For whatever reason, the mark was really bugging her. The question was why get a tattoo like that if that is what the marking was. Anyone from Equestria would find it suspicious for sure but perhaps Sonata got it after getting here? Sunset had wanted to get a tattoo a long time ago but the pain involved wasn’t worth it. If she had gotten a tattoo, it wouldn’t have been a pony but this wasn’t about her, this was about Sonata. Sunset shook her head to focus. “No, Sonata seems too, what’s the word?” Sunset scratched her chin as she attempted to come up with the right word. Eventually she settled with the word goofy and moved on, after all, no goofy person would get such a serious tattoo right? Sunset shrugged and looked at the marking again as best she could. With some more inspection without disturbing Sonata, she noticed the mark fade in and out. “Not a tattoo, definitely not a tattoo. Maybe it’s a siren thing. Maybe it’s a warning that the siren is dying? No of course not, why do that if you can’t see it clearly? Then again, it was probably visible back in equestrian. It’s makes sense right? Nah, not possible. Nurse Redheart said that Sonata was recovering. Doctors aren’t always right though, maybe I’m thinking too hard.” Sunset looked at the time and let out a yawn. She set her head down on her arms on the bed and fell asleep. When morning came, Sunset was woken by a scream. She shot her head up, fell off her chair and landed on her rump. “Ow.” She stood up and rubbed her sore rear. When she looked up, Sonata was awake and as far from her as she could get while still sitting on the bed. “Was screaming really necessary?” Sonata grabbed a pillow and threw it at Sunset who ducked it with ease. “What did you do to me, why am I in the hospital?” Sonata grabbed her head as it throbbed. Without another thought, she laid her head onto her remaining pillow and groaned. “Look Sonata, I don’t know what happened to you. I was with my friends when we heard the ambulance drive by. I wanted to make sure that whoever it was would be alright. It turns out that person happened to be you. Now can I sit down or are you going to scream at me again?” Sunset received a nod and took her seat next to Sonata’s bed. She couldn’t be sure if she should ask Sonata about that marking on her neck or just leave it alone. The last thing she wanted to do was get Sonata angry with her, if that were even possible. Sunset wasn’t sure if the girl before her could even get angry. She seemed like the kind of person that was so Pinkie Pie-ish but more so in the naive department, that getting angry was just, not possible. She couldn’t think of any other way to put it. She could have been wrong, in reality she really didn’t know Sonata that well or at all really. Who was Sunset to judge what she was like? “Just stay away from me.” Sonata rubbed the back of her neck and then turned toward Sunset and growled. “Did you see it on my neck?” Sunset was taken back by that question because it was just so abrupt. At least now she may just get her chance to ask about the mark. “Well, answer me?” Sunset was definitely wrong about Sonata not getting angry. Sonata was angry and would probably get more so once Sunset answered. “Yes, I know about the mark on your neck. Now if you don’t mind my asking but what is it and why does it fade in and out.” Sunset looked Sonata right in the eyes but stood up and backed away. Sonata looked as if she might try and rip off Sunset’s head. “You will stay away from me and YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE MARK, GOT IT?” Sonata screamed, received a nervous nod from Sunset and laid back down. “Just go away, I don’t want anyone here.” Sonata had calmed down considerably. “Sonata, let me help you, please. If there is something going on with you, you don’t have to go through it alone.” Sunset tried to offer her help but Sonata wasn’t having it. “I am alone and I will always be alone so just go away and let me be in peace.” Sonata turned away a little too quick. A small amount of pain shot through her head and some tears began to run down her cheeks. Her past came back to haunt her and her present was haunting her as well. Her only friends in the world betrayed her and the only person she loved died many years ago. She felt completely and utterly broken, she just didn’t know it. Sunset walked toward the front door sadly as Nurse Redheart came in and she looked worried but a bit angry when she saw Sunset. She had assumed Sunset had upset Sonata and she didn’t need that. The nurse pointed toward the exit to tell Sunset to leave. “Don’t worry, I’m going but she needs to know something.” Sunset turned to Sonata and frowned. “You’re not alone Sonata, you have your friends good or not. Your friends will always have your back and if not, then you need some better friends.” She thought that Adagio and Aria were still friends with Sonata but would Sonata have said differently? With that said, she walked out the door and headed for the first floor when Pinkie came over and grabbed her in a hug. “Hey Pinkie Pie, what are you all doing here?” Sunset sneezed and shivered a bit. “I must have gotten a cold from last night.” Rarity pushed past Pinkie and felt Sunset’s head. “Darling, you need to get home and rest right now. You are a bit warm and yes, you need to rest, let’s go and no arguing.” Rarity pulled off the jacket she had been wearing and put it around Sunset. Rarity couldn’t let her go outside in the current weather with a temperature, small or otherwise. “We will help you out to the car while Rainbow Dash drives your motorcycle back. Its freezing outstide and you don’t need to get any worse. Applejack, be a dear and go heat up the car, will you?” AJ nodded and ran off wondering who put Rarity in charge. “Rarity, I-I-I” Sunset sneezed mid sentence. “Ok.” Sunset rubbed her nose and smiled. “You won’t believe who is in the room.” Everyone looked to Sunset and waited for an answer. She sneezed a few times more before she spoke. “It was ugh, Sonata Dusk.” Sunset was becoming more miserable and now realized that she was still in her cold if not damp clothes. The trip to Sunset’s home was silent. Sunset was too focused on the marking on Sonata’s neck. It must have been a serious marking if Sonata didn’t want it known or perhaps it was kept secret to save some embarrassment. Perhaps she was being invasive and shouldn’t pry but it bugged her all the same. Something else bugged her as well, where were Aria and Adagio? If anyone should have been there, they should have been. She couldn’t help but wonder if something had happened. Once they arrived, Rarity helped Sunset inside and to her bathroom. “I take it you can get in the tub by yourself and all that.” Rarity chuckled as she left the bathroom before Sunset could respond. Rarity could hear the water running in the bathroom signaling that the tub was starting fill with water or at the very least, draining as it was heating up. She went to Sunset’s bedroom and grabbed some clothes. “This girl has very limited clothing options. Maybe I should take her out on a shopping spree sometime. I should get her some cold medicine but after her bath.” Rarity left the room and went back to the bathroom and knocked. “You don’t have to knock Rarity.” Sunset said from the other side of the door. “Well no, I suppose not but it isn’t polite to just walk in.” Rarity opened the door and set the clothes on the sink. “You relax and I’ll be on my way.” Rarity heard a response but it had nothing to do with what she had just said. Sunset sunk further into the water and under the bubbles so that only her head was visable. “What was that marking, maybe I should ask Princess Twilight about it.” Sunset sneezed before she heard the door to the bathroom shut. Sunset shrugged and closed her eyes as her body warmed up from the water. Rarity walked into the living room where the others were waiting. She wasn’t sure what Sunset was talking about but she knew what she heard. “Hello girls, Sunset will be just fine but she said something about a marking and asking Princess Twilight about it. I suppose we shouldn’t worry though right?” “Right, we don’t need to go interferin with anythin that happened while we weren’t around. If she asks for help then we will but until then, we drop the subject.” Everyone agreed to no longer dwell on it, out loud at least. Since it was brought up, they couldn’t help but be curious themselves.