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// Unconscious. 
// Story: Shadow Sky In a New World 
// by Shadow Skysito 
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I am here again, an infinite void, in which nothing can be seen or heard, only darkness everywhere, and the same thing happens again, my appearance is that of my dimension, I am no longer so surprised by my appearance, it's even relaxing, I find myself lying on the floor of that empty and colorless place, just rest and continuous reflection.

"Wow…that was intense."

An echoing voice began to speak to me, a familiar voice.

"...hello Heavenly... how long..."

I answered while I was still lying down, my voice was relaxed, I didn't make much effort in my answer, I was just very tired, and I was very sleepy.

"Are you okay?, That fight was horrible."

"...I think so..."

"...I'm not sure..." Heavenly said worriedly.

"Do not worry, everything is fine..."

"I don't think so, it looks like you're dead."

"I'm not... I'm just... resting..."

"So you plan to stay lying there?, When do you plan to get up?"

"... I don't know..."

"..."

Heavenly seems concerned about Shadow's mental and physical state.

"... and tell me... how are the others?, I haven't talked to them in a long time... how long has it been?... true, the last time we talked I was being absorbed by the portal of this dimension ...that damn black hole..."

"They continue to take care of the balance of your dimension... but they send greetings."

"...I'm glad to them are okay..."

Heavenly looked at Shadow Sky with a lot of confusion, she didn't know why he was in that state.

"Ethan... I think that's enough rest for you, you have to get up now."

"...I don't see what the rush is."

"It's not rush Ethan, it's concern."

"...you know what?...maybe being dead isn't so bad..."

"¡But you said you weren't dead!" Exclaim worried.

*Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*

"I'm not, let's just say I'm between life and death."

*Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*

“It could be said that I can choose whether to live or not…”

"And you prefer to live?..."

"I think not this time."

*Beep*.. *Beep*.. *Beep*

"¡¿W-W-WHAT?!, ¡¿Why?!"

"I have experienced many things Heavenly... I just want to rest..."

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

"¡But you can't die yet!, You're only 13 years old!"

"But I want to rest, I just want that..."

*Beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep*

"¡But you still have a lot to live for!, ¡You haven't finished school!, ¡You haven't fallen in love yet!"

*Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...*

"¡¿Don't you want to start a family?!"

"..."

"Don't you have anyone to think about?, Someone who motivates you to live?... someone you appreciate a lot?..."

"...¡mh!"

*Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*... *Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*

"... I guess you're right... I still have a lot to live for... okay... I'll keep looking for a way to get back..."

"...I'm glad you thought better of it." sigh with relief.

I sat down in the same place where I was lying.

"I guess now I feel safer, if Discord comes back, I'll fight him again, until he leaves me alone."

"Luckily I saw what happened."

"Oh, really?"

"After you passed out, Discord faced those mares, the ones with the strange colors, he was easily defeated, it seemed that he didn't have enough energy for another fight... maybe."

"So, Discord won't be back in another millennium? ... that's good news, I think he'll finally be able to carry out my investigation calmly."

"And you wanted to die."

"Haha... I think it's time to wake up... I need to keep looking for some way to get out of this dimension... I guess."

"...you don't look very convinced...something makes you doubt?"

"..." The foal was silent as he began to blush a little.

"... I guess I'll put it aside... let me know your progress when I get back."

"Okay Heavenly, tell Lunaria, Amore and Sparkle that I say hello."

"Sure, good luck... Shadow."

*Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*... *Beep*

I slowly opened my eyes, my vision was blurry and my body ached a bit, but to my surprise, Sweetie Belle was crying on my bed, I was in a hospital at the time.

"¡¡¡S-S-SHADOW!!!"

Sweetie Belle was surprised and very happy that I had woken up.

"A-a-are you feeling alright?! Are you in pain?! Do you need me to call a nurse?!"

"Wow, calm down, I'm fine, don't worry."

Sweetie Belle's despair was too much, she was happy that I had woken up, but the tears on her face only said that she was very sad.

"¡!, ¡doctor!, ¡come quickly!, ¡the kid woke up!"

A nurse saw that I had woken up, so she quickly called the doctor.

The doctor arrived quickly and began to take a test of reflexes, vision and other things.

"Perfect little one, there doesn't seem to be a fault with any of your motor functions, nor with your sensory system."

"Thank you doctor, regarding what happened, who brought me to the hospital?"

"It was a big surprise, but Princess Luna brought you here, she said that she found you at home passed out."

"Princess Luna?... and how long ago was that?"

"That was…2 weeks ago."

"¡¿2 weeks?!"

"Yes, you were unconscious for 2 weeks, in fact, this is a true miracle, 30 minutes ago your heart stopped beating completely."

"... I see..."

"In this notebook we write down all your vital signs, you were very well monitored for 2 weeks, but can you read here?, Time of death: 4:45 in the afternoon, date: Tuesday, March 7."

"So I died today..."

"Unfortunately, the filly that was here when you woke up, was in the room when things began to get complicated, she saw how you died, also how we tried to revive you with the electroshock machine, but it didn't work, when we were about to leave the room, you heart started beating again, it was a miracle."

The doctor is still impressed by that fact, in medicine, it is almost impossible for something like this to happen, I suppose his confusion is understandable.

"...how long do I have to rest?"

"I hope that just 1 more week, you will stay here in the hospital until we can discharge you."

"I see... okay doctor... by the way, what were the injuries?, I'm not really sure what happened to me."

"You arrived with many injuries, 1 fractured rib, your jaw was very fragile at the time, the breathing complications were due to a lack of oxygen in the right lung, one of your wings was fractured and a few scratches on the body. "

"And not any more...?"

"You're still a little hurt, but your body is recovering very quickly, it's surprising how quickly your body heals."

"Very good, thank you doctor."

"Oh, one last thing, there are some ponies that want to see you."

"Could you tell them to come in please?"

"Sure."

The doctor left the room, I was reflecting a bit, I guess Discord left, I hope.

"¡Shadow!, ¡¿Are you alright?!"

Twilight came very worried to the room.
Almost at the same time, Rarity arrived just as worried.

"¡Shadow!, ¡¿Are you alright dear?!"

"Of course, thanks for the concern girls... where's Sweetie Belle?"

"I asked her to go to the boutique for something, she shouldn't be long."

"I see…what happened…2 weeks ago."

"Well, the two of us and our friends defeated Discord, it was quite easy…very easy I would say, it was weird, he didn't fight back, he just looked tired." Twilight explained.

"Yes, it stayed waiting for us to turn it to stone." Rarity replied.

"Yeah...how strange...well, I'm glad he's gone, he was scary." Shadow said nervously.

"When they told us you were here we feared the worst, there were many accidents with the chaos of Discord, your house had a hole in the wall, we assumed that some wild animal had done it, Fluttershy said that no animal would do that, but we believe that the animal was induced by Discord's chaos, do you remember what attacked you?" Twilight asked.

"...no...I don't remember."

It would be impossible to explain.

"Right, a path of destruction that led from the hole in your house towards the forest, according to the investigations of the pegasus it was perhaps 4 kilometers of pure destruction." Twilight explained.

"Are you sure you're okay dear?"

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine now."

"Shadow, a few minutes ago you were dead, we were here when it happened, are you completely sure you're okay?" Rarity asked, intrigued and concerned.

Before the exam that the doctor did, I removed the tubes that helped me breathe, so on the outside it seemed that I had just gotten some random flu and on the inside... I had almost completely recovered.

"Of course I am, I don't think we have to worry about that anymore."

"...of course I'm going to worry...I was here when your heart stopped beating..." Sweetie Belle said as she watched by the door.

Little by little Sweetie Belle began to cry silently, and a very strong feeling for her took over her, she ran to jump on the bed, and give Shadow a big hug.

"¡You were dead!, ¡For a moment I thought you were gone!, ¡But you came back out of nowhere!, ¡You don't know how happy I was when the heart rate machine sounded again!"

Between tears Sweetie Belle began to tell him how much he had worried her, while she continued to cling to hers with a very strong hug.

"Don't worry Sweetie, I'm not leaving again..."

Sweetie Belle's tears moved Shadow, causing him to start crying in the same way, reciprocating her hug.
Twilight and Rarity watched the scene with a feeling of sadness, they too had seen Shadow's death.
With these feelings, the two mares realized that they were no longer just acquaintances, Shadow had formed a friendship with them, they realized that Shadow worried them, realizing that Shadow was no longer just a child for them, now they considered him a true friend.
A few moments later they were all better, with them knowing that Shadow was out of danger and Shadow knowing that he would not die voluntarily again, they relaxed again and talked a little.

"Right, Sweetie Belle, did you bring what I asked for?" asked Rarity.

"Yes, here it is."

"What's that?" asked Shadow.

"It's a small gift, I saw that the sweatshirt I had given you had been damaged a lot, it was in a deplorable state, so I made you this."

She pull out of the gift bag a new sweatshirt, a scarlet sweatshirt.

"It's a new sweatshirt, to replace the old one."

"Thank you very much Rarity, ¡I really needed a new one!" The little foal exclaimed with gratitude.

"Right, I also brought you this book, I figured you would be bored during the week off, so I brought you the book that was on the desk in your room, so it took me a little longer to come back."

"Thank you so much Sweetie Belle, I definitely needed something to read."

"And I also brought you something to eat."

Where the hell do ponies keep things?, I didn't see Sweetie Belle bring all this when she arrived.

"The stove was still working?"

"Yep, the ingredients were where they always were, it was just a matter of making them and coming quickly."

"Thank you so much Sweetie, I haven't eaten in 2 weeks...literally."

"Does Shadow know that Sweetie Belle can't cook?" Rarity thought worriedly.

"...yep, this is delicious!"

"I'm glad you like it!" She exclaimed happily as she blushed a little.

Make the right decision when you come back to life.

"I didn't know you could cook HotCakes by yourself darling." Rarity said in astonishment.

"Unfortunately it's the only thing that cooks well, Shadow and I met one day to make them, he taught me how to do them correctly."

"Wow, so you come into his room whenever you want, have they even made lunch together?" Rarity asked with clear intentions.

"... Yep." The 2 foals said innocently in tune.

Everything was better, my life was no longer in danger, Discord had left again, that calmed me down a lot, so much so that 1 week passed and I hadn't noticed, I already felt perfectly, Sweetie Belle came every day after the school, it was gratifying to have his attention all week, but it was time to go, I was discharged, and I was finally able to go home.

"Are you completely sure you're okay?"

"I am, don't worry."

Sweetie Belle and I left the hospital on the way home, after a week disabled I can go back to school, and continue with my daily activities, Sweetie Belle lent me the homework of the last 3 weeks, I was too late, but I did not have many things what to do, so I finished everything in 3 days, regarding the village, it did not suffer any type of damage, when they defeated Discord everything returned to normal, except my house, which still had a giant hole where the door should be rear.

"Well Sweetie Belle, I think everything will finally be back to normal, I'm recovered and ready to go back to school."

We had arrived at Sweetie Belle's house, but before saying goodbye I wanted to make sure I didn't worry her, so I talked a little about how good I felt.

"Are you... very sure?"

"Of course, you don't have to worry anymore." Shadow said with a small smile on his face.

"... very good, but if you feel bad I need you to let me know quickly... please..." Sweetie Belle said, blushing a little.

"...sure, thanks for your concern." Shadow answered a little embarrassed.

"In that case I'm calmer now, good night Shadow, see you tomorrow at school."

"Good night Sweetie Belle, see you tomorrow."

With Sweetie Belle calmer I could already be at peace, finally it's all over, and now I can investigate more calmly; When I got home and opened the door, the first thing I saw was the hole in the wall... nothing that a little magic can't solve; After fixing the hole I went to my room, I could finally sleep in my bed, but when I opened the door I was surprised.

"¡¿Princess Luna?!" I exclaim surprised.

Princess Luna was meditating... or maybe just resting with her eyes closed, on the carpet that I have at the feet, (or hooves), of my bed, sitting and calm.

"Good night Shadow."

"Good night princess, what are you doing here?"

"I came to talk a bit, I heard you were released today, so I came as fast as I could."

Her attitude was not threatening, she didn't seem angry either, she was just calm, although she also seemed worried.

"Talk about what?"

"Maybe about the fight you had with Discord?...that was too intense..."

"Yeah... it was hard..."

"..."

"... right, the doctor said that you had taken me to the hospital, how did you know I was in trouble?"

"I watched the whole fight Shadow, I was reading books like every day to try to find more volumes of the book I gave you, but Discord appeared before me, he attacked me with a spell that separated me from my body... or something similar ... and he brought me here, where I saw how you faced him, after the first blow I thought you had died, but I managed to get to the place of impact and I saw that you were still breathing, then Discord arrived and began to provoke you, and After that you hit him with the same force as his punch, at that moment I didn't know what to think, I couldn't keep up with them so I went up to watch the fight from the sky, and then you received a magic attack that was able to to destroy an entire mountain, but you went back to fighting like nothing happened."

"...I guess I'm persistent."

"And when you came back home you were already hurt too much, I saw when you passed out, but I couldn't do anything, apparently it was intangible too, so I just stayed there, waiting for the spell to wear off so I could treat your injuries, after 1 hour the spell was finally gone and I was able to take you to the hospital."

"...I see, thank you princess...by the way...are you...afraid of me?"

"I think it's obvious, of course you scare me."

"... I just want you to know that I'm on your side, I'm not... a villain..."

"I know, it's just that I can't measure the scale of power of a god of chaos, Discord is very powerful just like you, but when he faces "normal" ponies he only looks like a circus clown, he has never fought like I fight with you ."

"...maybe I can explain it to you... see, Discord is a being composed of 95% senseless chaos, that means that everything he does and says has to have something crazy and absurd, it's something like his core, when he fights with ordinary ponies he just has fun, he would rather lose by making chaos than win strategically, the word "strategy" doesn't exist in his vocabulary, that's why he doesn't fight seriously with ponies, but he doesn't need to hold back when fighting with me, I'm almost Just as tough as him, so he attacked with 50% when he fight with me."

"¡¿50%?!, How much does he fight when he's up against normal ponies?"

"It doesn't even reach 5%, all he does is make bad jokes and make the clouds cotton candy, I don't know if Discord has ever used his full strength, but I know that the only one with which he can unleash it is with me."

"Wow, it must be tough being a god of chaos, but if Discord is like that, then why don't you act the same way?"

"Because that's the nature of Discord, it's not a matter of magic, it's a matter of personality."

"So you're not just as destructive?"

"Not at all, I'm much calmer."

"...thanks for letting me know, I think I have to go."

"¡Wait!...could you take me to see Discord?,  I understand he was defeated and turned to stone again, I need to make sure."

"Sure, I'll teleport us to Canterlot, just try to be discreet, we don't want to alert the guards."

"Sure."

She would take us the same way she arrived, it was already 11 at night, it was very dark so it wouldn't be difficult to go unnoticed; we managed to get past some guards, Luna teleported us near the labyrinth, so we were close to the statues, after a few moments I was face to face with Discord again, but he was less scary turned to stone.

"Wow... so he's going to stay there for over a millennium?"

"The magic of the elements of harmony is very powerful, we want to believe that they will have enough magic to keep him there for a long time."

"...and what happened here in Canterlot?"

"From what my sister told me nothing happened, apparently Discord just entertained Twilight and her friends in the maze, after that he just went to PonyVille."

"...the Discord that "entertained" Twilight and the others was just a clone, the real one that fought me."

"I know...it just makes me think that the most powerful being in the universe prioritized his attention on a 13 year old kid over the rulers of Equestria, sounds pretty weird if you don't know the context."

"I guess that's weird..."

"..."

"... I think that at last I will be able to continue with my investigation a little more relaxed, there is no more pressure."

"And I will continue to help you."

"Thank you princess, it really helps me a lot."

"No problem, Shadow."

"I think it's time to go back, it's already late at night and I have classes tomorrow."

We were talking in front of the statue of Discord until it was time to go home, Luna teleported me home to rest, Princess Luna showed me that Discord was no longer a danger, so that night I had a great sleep, I woke up early in the morning and everything was beginning to normalize, Sweetie Belle arrived in the morning as usual to go to school, I could breathe easy knowing that I was no longer in danger, I hope this lasts, and that I don't have to to worry about some other crazy villain... I hope.


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Extra:
I entered the classroom very happy to come back alive from that "incident".

"¡Good morning!, ¡I'm back!"

"... ¡¡¡¿You're still alive?!!!" All my classmates exclaimed at the same time.

"... who had told them that I was dead?..."
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