//------------------------------// // He Is Mine // Story: Running Late // by FlashFoward //------------------------------// Things remained reasonably calm while the girls walked through the halls of the hospital. However, this didn’t stop Octavia exchanging angry glances with Rarity every so often. The tension was just too much by the time they made it through the front door of the hospital. Even poor Fluttershy was shaking and Pinkie’s Pinkie Sense was going haywire, her entire body vibrated slightly as she walked. “I am surprised Spike was able to woo such a lovely mare as you Octavia.” Rarity gave an approving nod to Octavia. “Um, thanks?” Octavia wasn’t sure if this was an insult or not. “I dare say though, Spike could have done better.” Rarity said. “WHAT!” Octavia yelled back in shock. “Whoa, okay, things seem to be going off on the wrong…” Twilight tried to amend before Octavia cut her short. “Go ahead Rarity, why am I not good enough for Spike?” Octavia demanded. It was more like a threat then a question. “Well, I would have thought Spike would have chosen a more...” Rarity was scratching her chin a bit before finishing, Octavia looked angrier than ever. “Presentable mare.” Rarity finished slyly. “How dare you! I do not need to dress to the extravagant measures that you do Rarity to attract attention to myself!” Octavia snapped back angrily, shoving Rarity for extra measure. “Please, you act like I have no self-esteem.” Rarity shrugged off. “Ah, but if you did have self-esteem, why wear fake eye lashes then?” Octavia ripped one of Rarity’s eyelashes out. “I don’t know Rarity” Octavia examined the fake eye lash with distaste. “, seems like you’re an awful liar as well.” “Pft, at least I try to look my best. You, on the other hoof, look plain as ever.” Rarity scoffed. “I much to prefer to be plain then become something I am not. Also, I find natural beauty works better for me.” Octavia was right in Rarity’s face now, there temples rubbing against each other. “Let’s face it Rarity, you’re jealous.” Octavia whispered. “I’m jealous of you?! HA, don’t make me laugh.” Rarity yelled shrilly, pushing Octavia away. “Oh, but you are. I have something you don’t.” Octavia said, giving Rarity a slight shove again in return. “Mind telling what you have that, supposedly, I lack?” Rarity demanded angrily, pushing Octavia forcefully. “Spike is in a relationship with ME and not you.” Octavia answered. Rarity’s eyes grew wide in rage. Octavia had pressed Rarity’s buttons long and hard enough. With a loud shriek, Rarity lunged at Octavia. Twilight was about to separate the two fighting mares, but Applejack tapped her on the shoulder and shook her head. “They need to settle this once and for all.” Applejack advised with sagacity. “Why would you want to stop something like this?” Pinkie asked in disbelief, munching happily away at her popcorn. She was staring at Octavia, who now had ripped a reasonable chunk of Rarity’s mane out. “They’re our friends! We can’t just sit back and watch them fight each other!” Twilight replied angrily. “Don’t know why you so worked up Twilight. They can’t hurt each other that bad.” Rainbow Dash said, pointing at two mares rolling all over the grass. Just as Rainbow Dash said this, Rarity had levitated Octavia in the air and slammed her against the ground. “Okay, wondered when Rarity would’ve remembered she was a unicorn.” Pinkie muttered. “Can we stop them now?” Twilight pleaded with Applejack. “I can’t say for sure.” Applejack mumbled apprehensively, this did nothing to calm Twilight’s nerves. Octavia bucked Rarity full in the face at that moment. Rarity’s eye’s looked unfocused, much like Derpy’s. Almost in slow motion, Rarity’s collapsed to the ground. Pinkie threw her popcorn all over the place at the sight of Rarity getting bucked. Octavia looked satisfied that she had beaten her opponent in the battle of the wits. But, it didn’t stop her from looking down at her victim in mild concern. “Oh, there’s a tooth in my popcorn bag.” Pinkie said. She took out Rarity’s freshly knocked off tooth from her bag to show to everypony. “I told you we should have stopped it sooner!” Twilight yelled shrilly at Applejack, who covered her ears from Twilight’s high pitched yell. “It happened already and nothin’ will change that.” Applejack replied. “But, but.” Twilight stammered. “Sugercube, we are near a hospital! It’s not like we have ta drag Rarity anywhere.” Applejack said rather impatiently. Twilight muttered darkly under her breath, but magically had Rarity float in the air like a puppet. She looked eerie with her dangling limbs. Pinkie took advantage of Rarity’s limpness by having string attach to Rarity’s limbs and Pinkie would occasionally make Rarity do a little dance. The girls were confused on whether they should be laughing or be rather freaked out by Pinkie’s antics. _________ “Well, that was something.” Blue Heart finally said after the fight between Rarity and Octavia was over. Blue Heart and Spike, who had been leaning on Blue, walked away from the window that they used to look down at the fight. “Think they might be coming up here now?” Spike muttered, panic evident in his voice. “Looks like the two mares did a fair number on each other in that fight. But, nothing a little bed rest should fix.” Blue Heart answered dismissively. “Should I be freaked out that I kind of…enjoyed them fighting for me?” Spike asked anxiously. “Spike considering how many stallions fight over one mare at times, it’s nice to see the tables turned every once in a while.” Blue Heart answered light heartedly. A faint sound of hooves hitting the floor could be heard by. Blue Heart motioned Spike to enter his bed quickly, which he did. The faint sound grew louder and Blue made sure Spike was in his bed before they got to close. The door to Spike’s room popped open and the girls, along with Rarity floating in the air, walked into the room. Working in a hospital meant you had to expect to see some strange things it was part of the deal of being a doctor. Blue had to admit though this was one peculiar looking group. Taking note of Rarity’s floating body and a rather scratched up Octavia Blue could have laughed at the mess in front of him, but chose not to. “I see we been playing rather nicely.” Blue joked, looking at Rarity’s uneven mane and missing eyelash. “It’s a long story.” Octavia muttered darkly. “Stories can wait for later. I’ll be separating you two shortly. The nurses will take care of you and nothing a little bed rest wouldn't fix' .” Blue replied. “Can I have a bed in this room?” Octavia asked, already retreating to her habit of clutching onto Spike’s hand. “Can she?” Spike asked feebly. “Fine, I guess nothing bad can happen.” Blue said after a few moments of deep thought. Octavia leaned into Spike, ready to kiss him again. The room grew rather uneasy at the sight of the two love birds. “I think we should go.” Twilight said rather sheepishly. “Sounds good.” Her friends responded in unison. Slowly, Spike’s friends left the room. Pinkie was the last to leave to the room. She gave Spike an approving nod and a hoofpump. Spike would have returned the gesture of Octavia hadn’t been kissing him. As Pinkie closed the door, Octavia parted from Spike. “You wouldn’t believe what I went through.” Octavia whispered breathlessly. “I would love to hear.” Spike replied, knowing all too well what Octavia might have to say. “I think that can wait for later. We have some catching up to do.” Octavia whispered playfully before kissing Spike again. ________ Getting Rarity to lie down on a bed was an interesting challenge. Once she regained her conscious, Rarity refused to even touch the bed because it was a dull gray color. Blue wasn’t in the mood to kiss up to a patient, especially one who is such a nag, but Rarity was starting to become a little annoying with all her exaggerating whining. Finally giving in, Blue ordered a nurse to get a purple sheeted bed for Rarity to sleep on. Once the bed arrived, Rarity was touching the fabric and wore a face of skepticism. “I do like the colors but I am not too crazy about wool fabric.” Rarity muttered. “Okay, this is all you’re going to get. You don’t like it? Deal with it.” Blue said. Rarity didn’t say anything more. Rarity knew that she had finally pushed the limits of the doctor’s patience. After receiving her new bed sheets, Rarity became subdued. This finally allowed the nurses the start treating Rarity for her wounds from the fight with Octavia. First thing the nurses tried to do was reattach Rarity’s lost tooth and were surprised to see Rarity faint at the sight of her missing tooth. It wasn’t such a bad thing that Rarity fainted though, now the nurses could fix her up without a constant stream of whining and insults on how they dress raining down upon them. Once the nurses regrew Rarity’s mane to fill in the missing chunk that Octavia ripped out, she was good as new. “Alright, time to work on Octavia.” The head nurse instructed. Once the head nurse opened the door to Spike’s room though, they found Octavia kissing Spike passionately. The couple didn’t even notice the presence of the nurses in the room. “She is fine.” The head nurse murmured as she shut the door quietly.