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// Chapter 10-I Can Make It 
// Story: Childsplay 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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A few days later, Noel has another spell and has to be taken to the hospital once again. At the hospital, Gav watches as Noel is passed out on the bed in front of it. Eventually, she wakes up and grabs his hoof and whispers to him: "I can make it. I'm not going to die. Not today." 

"You got that right, little sis," responds Gav. "You're not going to die on my watch." 

"Thanks for that," responds Noel weakly. 

"You're welcome, now get some rest," responds Gav as he lets go of her hoof and leaves the room. 

A few minutes later, Noel falls fast asleep once again. She continues to sleep until about dinner time when Gav brings her a dinner of her favorite meal: grilled cheese sandwiches. He then sits on her bed as she eats. A few minutes later, the doctor enters the room.

"Well," says the doctor to them, "I have some bad news. Noel doesn't have that much time left I'm afraid. Her brainus fillius has gotten too severe and as there's no cure, she's going to die. I predict within months, weeks even." 

Noel bursts out in tears and grabs her brother's arm and looks up at him. "I don't want to die," she says to him, her voice shaking. "I don't wanna die." 

"I know," responds Gav, grabbing her in his hooves and trying to comfort her. "You're not going too. You can hold on. You're stronger than they even know." 

"I hope so," responds Noel. 

Noel lives for ten more days before she finally passes away in Gav's arms at the hospital. The next day, he and Rosalee host her funeral and bury her. They were the only ponies to show up, but they didn't care. "She lived a good life," says Rosalee to Gav as she embraces him and holds him close to her. "She did a lot in her short time here." 

"I know," responds Gav. "I just wish I had been in her life more. I should've been in her life more." 

"Yeah, maybe," responds Rosalee, "but there's nothing you can do about it now." Rosalee then walks off and leaves Gav alone at Noel's grave. As he stands there, tears roll down his cheeks. 

"I'll never forget you and all the fun we had together," sighs Gav. "You will always be my sister, even when you're gone. That much I promise." He then walks off and joins Rosalee. The two then go home. Once back at home, Gav pulls out some old family photo albums and looks through them, as tears continue to stream down his face. She held on as long as she could and now she's gone. It's going to take Gav some time to heal. For now, he just has to push through the pain of this loss and his regret of not being there for her. Hopefully, he can do it, but at least, he has Rosalee by his side.