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// Chapter 21: Quick Recovery and Backup 
// Story: The Rise of a Sentry 
// by AndrewGamerGL 
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Flash Sentry while flying in the air was making sure he was hanging on tight with one hoof on Twilight to make sure he didn't drop her by accident, which was quite a bit difficult cause She was a bit heavier than he expected and almost every few seconds, he had to adjust his flying position cause she kept falling to one side, but after a while, Flash finally arrived at Ponyville and found Twilight's Old Castle, thinking he might find some of Twilight's Friends there, he then went inside and started walking, although he had to limp a bit, cause he still had some pain in his right hoove which had just stopped bleeding not long ago, but he was still pretty hurt on that side, Stoll though, he called out if anypony was there.

"Guys! Hello? Is Anypony there?"

It then turned out only Sunburst and Starlight Glimmer were present in that Castle, but despite being in their PJ's, they both immediately came down the stairs and saw Flash Sentry holding on to Twilight, who was still not conscious, and also noticed the Badly bruised right hoove of his.

"Oh my God, what happened to Twilight and your right hoove?"

"My right hoove is not important right now, I'll be fine, but Twilight was attacked by Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow"

Both Sunburst and Starlight were shocked to hear of them, and the fact that they got out.

"Them!? I thought they were turned to stone!"

"Well, seems like not anymore, and Shining Armor bought me some time by distracting them"

"Well, what happened to him then?"

Flash then gave a sad sigh, not sure if his Captain was still alive.

"Honestly, I-i don't know. But please, let's take care of Twilight first, shall we?"

Starlight and Sunburst then both nodded as they and Flash carefully picked Twilight up and then placed her down on a bed as they examined her to see if she had sustained any major injuries.

"Hmmm, doesn't seem like she got any serious injuries, did her head hit something heavy or hard?"

"Well, she did hit her head pretty hard against a pillar"

"Ah, well, that explains it, she probably suffered from a minor concussion then"

Just then however, Starlight dumped a bucket of Water onto Twilight's head.

"Why would you do that for Starlight?"

"What? Sunburst, this is how I normally wake ponies up from being knocked out"

And sure enough, Starlight was right, after a few seconds, Twilight started moving and then she opened up her eyes with a slight groan, and the first face she saw, was Flash's.

"Flash!"

Twilight then hugged Flash tight, and then he smiled and hugged her back too, glad that it seemed like she was gonna be alright, then he looked back blushing when he saw Sunburst and Starlight watching them.

"Ouch! My head hurts, where am I?"

"You are in your Old Castle, Flash told us you were knocked out while fighting Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy, but he managed to get you out of there safely"

"Really? But, how did you manage to do that while getting away from them?"

Flash really did not want to break this news to Twilight cause, he wasn't sure how she was going to react once she found out her brother sacrificed himself for both him and her, and didn't want to give Twilight any more panic attacks or negative thoughts, but he also knew he had to tell her the truth.

"Well, you see, your brother..., kinda distracted the others in order to help me and you get away"

Twilight was shocked by what Flash told her.

"What!? We have to go help him!"

Flash didn't want to put any more negative thoughts in so he just shut his mouth, and then Twilight tried standing up but she collapsed to the floor.

"Ouch! That hurt"

"You're still slightly injured, you need to rest here for a little while whether you like it or not"

Starlight then thought of an idea, as Flash helped Twilight rest again.

"Sunburst, you and Flash stay here and take care of Twilight, i'm gonna get some backup!"

Starlight then ran out of the Castle to find the rest of Twilight's friends and closest allies, and after Sunburst gave Flash some bandages to wrap around his bleedy right hoove, they both helped to try to relief the pain from Twilight's head.

After a while, approximately about two hours, Starlight finally came back with the rest of the Mane Six, The Pillars of Equestria, Shining Armor's Wife Princess Cadance, Discord, and even, the two retired princess Alicorns of Celestia and Luna, the rest of the Mane Six then immediately rushed over and group hugged Twilight, and Twilight hugged all of them tightly back.

"I'm so happy to see you girls!"

"Starlight told us about all that happened"

"Are you doing okay?"

"I'm feeling a little better now that all of you are here"

Luna then decided to get straight to business.

"So, we hear that Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy have somehow broken out of their stone statue held by our spell, and attacked you and possibly holding your brother hostage?"

Discord however then did have a confession to make.

"Yeah..., about that, you see, I might be responsible for that a bit.

All of the ponies in the room then turned their heads towards Discord's Direction, a bit confused, while also giving him some dirty looks, especially Rainbow Dash.

"Discord.... What did you do!?"

"So..., you see..., Flash and Twilight, do you remember when I tried to teleport away in front of you?"

"Yeah, you couldn't teleport away from us in the first attempt, what about it?"

"Well, when that happened, I... might have accidentally broken the seal and spell holding that statue into place"

Twilight then took several deep breaths, then let her anger out on the Draconiquis.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!? Ouch! 

Twilight then held her head again as Celestia scolded Discord.

"Couldn't you have been a little more careful and cautious Discord?"

"I was, I just made a tiny little boo boo"

Everypony in the room then just rolled their eyes at Discord, but then, Mage Meadowbrook stepped forward towards Twilight, holding in her hoove what seemed to be some kind of stew.

"Anyway, here you go Princess Twilight, this is a stew I brewed back at my home, it should be able to help your head and your whole body have instant relief from pain, but it will only last a few hours"

Mage Meadowbrook then gave Twilight the stew, and she ate it up very quickly, and after a couple of minutes, Twilight felt instant relief from any pain like she said, and was feeling a lot better and now was able to stand and trot properly.

"How are you feeling?"

"I feel great now! Thanks Meadowbrook!"

Princess Cadance however now, was getting increasingly worried about how her husband was doing, and really wanted things to be over with now.

"Now come on Ponies, we don't have much time, let's get out there, kick some Villain butt, and save my husband!"

"Yeah!"

All the other ponies cheered in unison as they started preparing and getting armed up, and some of the Pillars even brought dome supplies that could help them in Combat, all of the Ponies then had to walk and travel to Canterlot by train cause there were too many ponies to teleport all at once even though Discord probably could have teleported all of them instantly If he wanted to, but didn't, much to the annoyance of the others, and as they got on the train, they ignored all the chattering and attention they got from the other Ponies onboard that train, and were fully armed, and ready to finish off the three villains once and for all, and ultimately, to save Twilight's Brother before it was too late.