I woke up slowly. My body felt stiff and for some reason I couldn't feel the right side of my body. The last thing I remembered was Gilda pointing her gun at me, and blood. So, so much blood.
The first thing I saw was white. The whole room was white, except for a large window that I couldn't see out of, a steel door and a brown cabinet. Oh, and this really hard metal table I'm laying on. Maybe I'm where dead ponies go to. Yeah, just like in that old book granny use to read to me every night. Hopefully the Alicorn King would let me say goodbye to my friends and the princesses. Maybe ask if we completed the mission. After all, I don't want to die for nothing!
"Apple Bloom!" I heard an all too familiar voice cry out.
My heart shattered. Applejack is with me!? Of course I'm happy. After all, I'll know somepony in this new land and we'll be able to see mom and dad again. But, a part of me is sad because my older sister, the element of honest, is dead like me.
A thought occurred to me. What if we did fail? What if the griffins decided to attack the base and killed my sister in the process!?
Suddenly, the door slid open and my sister galloped inside and enveloped me in one of her bear hugs.
"Ah was so worried ya weren't goanna make it." Applejack whispered, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Make it?" I questioned. Never in granny's book did it mention that spirits have to 'make it' in order to come to this place. Oh! Maybe she means the path you have to take to get here! Though, I don't remember walking on any path paved with gold.
"Nurse Red Heart said ya lost a lot ov blood. Someponies were even placing beats on how long you were goanna live." AJ explained.
"So ah'm not dead? Then why can't ah move ma legs n' hooves?" I asked.
Applejack gave me one of her 'really?' looks before letting go of her hug. "Gilda shot yer limbs clear off. The doc had ta give ya new ones. Reason why ya can't move them is because no pony turned them on yet."
I moved my eyes to were my limbs were expose to be and gasped. My left side looked fine. A couple cuts and bruises, but my right side looked...pretty darn cool if ya ask me. Instead of my right side foreleg, there was a metal like claw with neon blue tubes running up and down it. My bottom leg looked like a normal, robotic hoof with the same blue tubes. Less cool, but still awesome nevertheless.
"How do ya turn tem on?" I asked. Eager to know what it was like to walk like a cyborg. Wait, I'm a cyborg now! Maybe there's like a button hidden somewhere that shoots out laser beams like it the movies! If so, I'd be a living, breathing war machine!
"Ya just put liquefied crystals in them tubes." Applejack answered. "There should be some in one ov these cabinets."
"What can ma new limbs do?" I questioned as my sister walked over to the cabinet.
"Wit yer claw, ya can pick stuff up easier." she replied before opening the cabinet door and rummaging through the rows of bottles.
"And?"
"That's about it."
Sigh, so much for getting my hopes up for nothing. Wait, maybe I can get one of the princesses to modify these robotic limbs for me!
Applejack soon walked over to me with a small bottle of sparkly clear liquid in her hoof. Then, when she came to my side, she unscrewed the vial and opened a section of my robotic limb before poring that stuff inside.
Once she closed the section and went to the other limb, AJ gazed at me with a small smile. "Try moving yer claw now."
As she filled my other limb, I did as I was told and began trying to move it. At first, it only moved a couple of centimeters, but soon I was able to make what griffins call a fist! No way, now I can finally find out what it's like to punch something! Wait, exactly how powerful would my punches be? Would I even be able to life stuff five times my size? Maybe I'll get my cutie mark in heavy lifting!
"Okay, now try ta walk." Applejack commanded.
I snapped out of my thoughts and slowly got off of the table which I was laying on, which created a loud thud. Then, I took one step with my flesh leg, and then one with my metallic leg. Hey, maybe I should just call them that from now on.
"How does it feel?' My sister asked.
"Ah little weird, but fine." I replied back before walking towards the door. I couldn't wait to show Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo my new limbs. I bet they've been really worried about me from what Applejack told me. What if they placed bets on me too?
I gave me head a shake. No, they wouldn't do something like that. Betting on somepony's life sounds like something Diamond and Silver would do.
"They're in ta cafeteria." Applejack called after me once I was halfway out the door.
"Thanks!" I shouted before changing my direction to the cafeteria. Maybe they have apple pie. I could go for a slice right about now. Yeah, a big slice of war apple pie, a large scoop of vanilla ice cream, and a giant dollop of whip cream.
Ugh, now I'm really hungry. Hopefully I can put on the charm and get two slices. Though, it depends on who's serving today. Hooves crossed that it's not Cheerilee. She's nice and all, but that mare is somehow not affected by my puppy dog face. Hopefully Scootaloo opened that big mouth of hers and told her what happened. Then Cheerilee would be so happy to see that I'm alive that she'll give me an extra slice!
Wait a minute, I forgot to ask my sis if we completed the mission! Oh well, I'll just have to ask Scootaloo or Sweetie Belle.