Ashes
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
That's the sound that greets my ears as consciousness is trickled into my being. I awake slowly. Very slowly. The first thing I'm aware of is the dull ache in several parts of my body as well as a stiff bed beneath me. Opening my eyes answers nearly all of the questions I've been having.
I've always hated hospitals. Mostly because of the fact that whenever I'm in one it's never by choice. My head is a little cloudy, probably from whatever painkillers they're pumping into me via the intravenous protruding from my leg. It takes a lot of restraint not to simply tear it free and walk out of this place, but restraint has always been something I've been known for.
My throat is dry. I twist my head around, attempting to locate some form of hydration until I notice a pitcher sitting near the side of my hospital bed, along with a few disposable cups. It's out of my reach, and using magic to acquire it would probable be a bad idea while I'm under the affects of this medicine. I could lose control and end up vaporizing some poor patient three rooms over.
Raising a hoof, I feel the bandages that have been wrapped around my chest. They look clean, so they must have been changed fairly recently. This probably means that-
"You're awake!"
My sister stands in the doorway to my room, eyes wide and mouth stretched into a smile.
"Yes Luna, I am." I reply, managing a small smile. "I'll go ahead and say that I've seen better days during my rule, though."
"Was... Was that supposed to be a joke, sister?" She asks, raising an eyebrow as she moves to my bedside.
"For goodness sake," I groan as I blow a few stray strands of my mane out of my eyes, "I'm laying in a hospital bed with a gunshot wound. The least you could do is try and humor me for once."
"Not on your life." She chuckles. "I'm quite glad you're alright, though."
"As am I. Could you... pass me some water, please?"
And she does.
Then we sit peacefully for a while. Her at my side as sunlight lazily streams in though the blinds that try in vain to cover the window to my room. Neither of us really want to address what happened, but we both know it has to happen eventually.
"How long was I asleep for?" I ask, breaking the silence.
"A couple days." She replies, sipping her cup of water. "The doctors said it was normal after surviving a wound like yours. You did wake up earlier than they had expected, though."
"I see, how long should I expect to be in this hospital bed?"
She smiles at this. "I was wondering when you would ask. I know how much you hate hospitals. The doctor said that he should be able to discharge you in about ten days. Luckily for you the bullet passed through your shoulder and out the other side without breaking any bones."
I raise my eyebrows at this.
"Yes." She says, "Did I mention that you were lucky?"
I can't put the elephant in the room out of my thoughts any longer. "Are Twilight and her friends..."
Her face hardens. "They're..." She pauses, drawing in a breath, "They're alive."
She's being vague on purpose, that much I can tell. Guilt hits me like a train.
"This is all my fault, isn't it?" I ask, turning to her. "If I hadn't been so damn blinded by-"
She places a hoof on my shoulder. "Sister." She says intensely, "Lister to me. This is not your fault. What happened was the doing of a madman, and he's gone now. Blaming yourself won't get you anywhere. All we can do for now is recover."
"You.. you saved my life, luna." I say as my vision blurs slightly thanks to the fresh tears that threaten to seep from my eyes.
She hugs me tightly. My chest aches a little, but I don't complain.
"You should probably get some rest. I can handle raising the sun until you have your strength back. We'll talk later, don't worry." With that, she turns off the lights and leaves me alone with my thoughts.
----------
I'm far less groggy the next time I awake, although I'm alone for far longer. I think about Vaas. How he taunted me, how he tricked me into being so damn stupid that I decided to face a psychopath all on my own, and of the innocent lives he took just to draw me out and make a point. I's like to say that I think about that last one the most.
Later on in the day the doctor visits me along with Luna and says that I'll be stuck in this damned hospital bed for at least ten more days. I'm disappointed, but not surprised. He tells me that I should expect to be walking with a crutch for at least a few more weeks, but I'm hoping that my alicorn healing will speed up the process of my recovery.
"Where are twilight and her friends?" I finally ask my sister, once the doctor leaves us.
Luna bit her lip and paused. "Are you-"
"I am."
"Alright." She sighed, "Rainbow Dash is currently in the same hospital as you here in Canterlot while she's having her broken wing mended. In an incredible act of bravery she managed to find and save her friends while you were attacking the pirate camp despite her wound. She won't stop trying to intimidate the doctors into letting her go stay with the rest of her friends." She chuckled, shaking her head, "How typical of the element of loyalty, hm?"
I couldn't help but smile. As horrible as Vaas was, he had been unable to break the spirit of the aspiring wonderbolt.
"Twilight is currently mourning her brother back at her library, which luckily wasn't raided by pirates during the attack on Ponyville. It's quite a sad affair and the fact that her horn and eye were damaged aren't helping her... but I'm confident she'll pull through. Her physical wounds will heal and her emotional ones eventually will as well. Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie are with her, and though the three of them are all quite rattled, they are strong mares and I'm sure that they can get past this. Plus, having them with Twilight can do nothing but good in these hard times."
Luna's look was one of grim optimism. But It's clear that she was leaving a certain pony out.
"And Applejack?" I ask, fearing that she was left out for a reason.
Upon hearing the farm pony's name, my sister's face lost it's look of optimism. "Applejack... hasn't fared quite as well as the others, I'm afraid. The loss of her siblings had taken an enormous toll on her and the doctors have informed me that she is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, at least significantly more so than her friends. She is being kept here and is receiving help, but there's no telling when she'll be fit to be released. I fear she will be in here for the foreseeable future."
"She will eventually be alright, though, right?" I asked.
"I hope so, sister." Luna sighed, looking at the wall. "I hope so."
----------
I can't move. I can't- I CAN'T MOVE!
....
I can't feel my body. I'm just sorta like... a presence. It's like I can't... feel... where my physical being starts and where it ends. I don't understand- I just WANT-
Okay.
Calm down.
Deep breaths.
Just take a few deep breaths and- and notice that your heart isn't beating in your chest. Yeah. Why don't we just focus on wrapping our heads around that for a minute.
...
So I must be dead, then. This is death.
Huh.
This is going to be really fucking boring. I can't say I'm looking forward to-
Oh hold on second.
Yep. Those are my fingers. I can move them and- Oh that's my arms! Man, I've got great arms, dude. Okay, I can feel where my face is now. Stuff is falling into place. This is good. I'm just gonna open my eyes and-
Nothing. I can't see anything. I can't make any noise with my mouth, either. Maybe if I wait long enough I can-
Pressure. Not pain, but pressure. Something is pushing me down, but something is also pulling me up. I don't want to fall. Okay, move your fucking arms, tread water, do something!
C'mon!
Fight! FIGHT THIS! FIGHT!
----------
I wake up like I've been thrown into a river. Coughing and gagging.
I get to my knees and throw up onto the ground. There's a little blood in it, but once i wipe my mouth and spit a few times I can't help but laugh.
"I'm- I'm alive! Heh heh ha ha HA HA HA HA HA HA! FUCK YOU, CELLY!" I roar, flipping off the sun with both hands.
"You are, indeed." A familiar voice chuckles behind me, making me jump. "Thanks to an old friend, of course!"
I turn around to see two different sized red pupils sitting in a pair of yellow eyes that just so happened to be attached to the most mismatched person you'll ever meet.
"Most people say that death is set in stone, but to them I say, boulder-dash!"
Oh for fuck's sake.
Also LikedSimilarAuthor
- Malcho1234 · 18k words · 738 36 · 10k views
- spy11887 · 3.4k words · 533 24 · 9k views
- BleepBloop2 · 31k words · 639 41 · 11k views
- Rhodesm96 · 12k words · 339 59 · 5k views
- Blue Spark · 4.3k words · 459 37 · 4.9k views
- The Harvester · 16k words · 820 32 · 11k views
- TcogArchitect · 4.5k words · 755 116 · 12k views
- Ssendam the Masked · 43k words · 802 58 · 14k views
Stats
Page generated in 0.21 seconds
Total duration
1,020 users online
205,570 hits today, 1,996,409 yesterday
FIMFiction
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Follow & Support Us
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
6320264
And just like Vaas, this fic comes back to life, and it brought puns.
Awsome, I've been waiting for this! Great Vaas in this story btw. The last chapter was great, and the future ones will be the same, I know it! Welcome back!
Surprise indeed, and quite the pleasant one I must say. Welcome back!!
~Dollars.
Good to know that Vass is still kicking. The last chapter had me worried
Yay
#REKT
Good chapters can't wait for more
5522351 The entire story has done nothing but give excuses for Vaas to be a threat. That my friend is not good writing. Just because you depict him quite well in the story does not excuse this kind of writing at all. It just makes it all so artificial.
In fact your killing of those three character were distinctly in an attempt to try and portray him as a threat he actually isn't. The narrative fails to convincingly make him dangerous, so you have to make him just killed canon characters to create the illusion you need. There has not been a character he has killed or harmed that felt like it was because of his own talents. Instead, it just felt like excuses of the plot. It was an excuse. Down to Celestia not just upping the power of her magic blast and burning through both him and the pony, or why Celestia did not just break vaas limbs or even his neck Darth Vader style.
The only reason he is breathing right now is because the story would be over rather than vaas being competent or intelligent. Because of this consistent theme of things working only in his favor, it is just an artificial feeling story that is relying on people like Vaas enough to ignore the blaring plot holes. You write Vaas well. But you do not seem to know what to do with him nor how he would work in the world around him.
Well at least the future wasn't set in stone
I like the way this is going. Also, to people that had never been beaten with something... believe is possible... I know I have
And I have a little part of thooth to prove it and my jaw is... I don't know. I move it and cracks when I move it. Just saying, also, when I was younger the hits made my speech slow but now, I'm fairly okay but let's just say. Sometimes people don't know what I meant because It makes no sense.
And put it this way, someone who is hardened in combat isn't just going to be easily beaten to someone who hasn't been for years...
Wait this story updated? Whoa.
6517983 I can't help but agree. I'll keep reading this, but while the character of Vaas is written with perfection, nothing else comes close. It's shock reading rather than a crafted story.
you are back...yay
now we can read more, right Septy maybe, we will just have to wait for the next chapters.
Holy mother upon a buttered biscut. A new chapter!
Yay
See celly! This is why you burn the body after CONFIRMING THE KILL!
Holy crap, an update!
Though, it's really short... and has a good bunch of typos and/or grammatical mistakes. :(
I hope that we will see more updates soon, I miss reading the one story that goes straight against the false concept of the alicorns being some sort of stupid almighty beings -.-'
-Zeph
I'm just happy that the story is still going on. Vaas is by far my favorite video game antagonist of all time, and I can't wait to see how this story pans out.
You better surprise us motherfuckers with more updates, OR YOUR MONEY BACK!
... No?
Okay... 
i love this keep updating
Hey man write when you feel up to writing, that's how it should be.
Don't feel obligated, I'm happy no matter how long I have to wait. The story is good enough to warrant it.
So much yus!
hehehehe, awesome job on this dude, this is awesome!
Its nice to see an Update, Vaas is the best.
I loved this chapter it was great especially Vaas waking up, so keep up the good work can't wait for the next chapter :)
ITS ALIVE
6518142 You seem to be the only one though.
6532632 ... wha? 8D
6532672 MY LOGIC HAS BEEN LOST IN THE VOID!
6534825 Apparently so my good sir *smokes from corncob pipe*
6535165 YOU ARE 99 PERCENT LOGICAL LOGIC LOCATED IT IZ LEAVING! NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
6524128 nahh im just eating cake.
6535489
assets.diylol.com/hfs/f4b/0b0/685/resized/killing-me-meme-generator-i-m-done-eb8407.jpg?1416182722.jpg
6535643 well iamphildodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/smug.jpg
6517658 Yes.
moar
6517658 pls more
I want my money back now.
6714172 duhhh i wished i could afford it but its so damm to get void bucks man.. i mean 999999.99!? FOR A DAMM TRAIN THAT HAS RAPE DEVICES I COULD JUST TAKE A TRAIN AND PUT RAPE DEvices... wait i can do that cant i?
6597846 but.. you are a robot and i would just go blazing in and not try to cover up shit and stuff like that
6540596 oh nice another robloxian fan! woohoo! you know its hard to find roblox crossovers
6517658
6717975 Heil
What I would do is have applejack develop dissociative identity disorder and have the new personality call itself Sophie and be obsessed about revenge against Vaas on an insane level. But that's just my idea and I must say you have written a great villain! I love me a good villain and this guy is a good villain! I have never played far cry before but I genuinely got chills from this guy when I saw the definition of insanity bit on YouTube. This is a great story and I hope that you continue to write it. May the
voicesfriendship be with you!Yessssssss... Make than suffer...
The wait is finally over... i hope
7008538 "Today, England! Tomorrow, the world!" In short, you are absolutely correct.
...Did this story die...again?
Shame it seems dead
I don't think I've enjoyed reading a fic on this site since "diarys of a madman" well done!
Truly hoping that there will be an update to this one day.
new chapter pleas
i love the story