A Derpy's Goodbye

by Dream Searcher

Fate

Fate can sometimes be a real asshole, eh? Let’s take this as an example: You really want an ice cream, but when you open your freezer you see that all the ice creams are gone. Fate decided to screw you over. Or when you really need to pee when you’re in a restaurant, but you see that the only toilet is occupied. Fate again decided to laugh at you. Well, the same happened to Derpy.

You see, Derpy really wanted to leave this world. She had enough of it, she had enough of all the insults and one day she decided to end it all. So, she made a goodbye video and she took some sleeping pills. She was ready to leave this world, but fate didn’t want to hear any of it. Fate didn’t allow her to die, but instead fate had put her into a coma. That was three months ago.

Now Derpy was lying on a bed in a room in the hospital. The room had a light green color that matched the curtains, which currently blocked the rays of the rising sun, and Derpy’s hospital pajamas. She was lying on her bed, the machine that measured her heartbeat to her right and a small bedside table with a lamp on it to her left. The chamber also had an oak wardrobe, with nothing in it, and a small chair near the window that was currently occupied by a sad and worried Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash was the pony who had found Derpy three months ago. She went to Derpy’s house, because she had heard from Twilight that Derpy had visited her to talk about her depression. Rainbow Dash knew that Derpy wasn’t faring so well, but she didn’t know that Derpy had a depression.

When she heard that Derpy had depression she immediately went to Derpy’s house to check up on her and that’s when she made that awful discovery. Derpy was lying on her bed, her left foreleg was hanging out of the bed and Derpy’s family picture was lying on the floor, shattered glass next to it. She immediately flew to Derpy and felt for a heartbeat on her artery. It was there, but it was slow and very faint. She knew that Derpy was hanging by a thin thread, so she wasted no time and threw Derpy on her back. She always had to be cautious when she was flying with a passenger, but she had to be very cautious when that passenger was unconscious. She made a mental note to warn Dinky, Sparkler and Carrrot Top about Derpy, but that had to wait until Derpy was safe.

After double asking the doctor that Derpy was in a stable condition Rainbow Dash flew back to Derpy’s house and waited there. While she was waiting she looked around in Derpy’s room. It was old and lifeless without Derpy, even if Derpy was lying on the bed half an hour ago. She took a trash can and threw the shards of glass in it. She lay the broken frame on the bedside table, maybe Carrot Top could still fix it. Then her eyes fell on the photo. She had mixed emotions immediately. She was happy, because Derpy was such a good mother for her children. She was angry, because she just couldn’t comprehend why Derpy would leave them and she was sad, because she had almost lost her best friend. If she hadn’t talked with Twilight then Derpy would have died for sure.

She abruptly ended the memory there, she didn’t want to relive the reactions of the three who entered the house after She cleaned Derpy’s room. She didn’t want to see Sparkler’s, Dinky’s and Carrot Top’s reactions when She told them that Derpy attempted to take her own life and that she had put herself into a comatose state. It was too much to see the crying Dinky, it was too much to see the angry Sparkler and it was too much to see the baffled Carrot Top.

Rainbow wiped some tears away. Even if that was 3 months ago, those wounds would never heal and she couldn’t even imagine how hard it was for Sparkler and Dinky. They had almost lost their mother, but even now it felt like Derpy had left them. She hopped out of her chair and walked to Derpy’s bed. Every step she took was a hard one, every step she took made more tears appear in her eyes. When she reached Derpy’s bed she rested her head on Derpy’s neck and opened the flood gates. “W-Why did you l-leave us?” She silently asked Derpy, but there was no response, only silence and Rainbow’s crying.

Meanwhile in the library Twilight was trying to wake up Dinky. Ever since she saw Derpy’s goodbye video she had taken the role of temporary mother, mainly because she didn’t think that Rainbow Dash would be such a good mother and Rainbow Dash was very grateful that Twilight decided to play mother.

Twilight didn’t have any real experience with raising children, but she did read some books about taking care of children. She wasn’t really ready for children, but she didn’t have a choice right now. Luckily for her Sparkler could take care of herself so she could turn her full attention on Dinky.

Dinky was really somber about her mother’s coma. She had cried three days non-stop and Twilight tried everything to cheer her up, but nothing worked. She really missed her mother, but weeping wasn’t going to bring her back and she knew it. So after those three days her mood began to brighten, but only slightly.

Sparkler was a different story. Twilight had given her her own room in the library and she had locked herself in there for a whole week, she only came out of it to eat, drink, do her business and to wash herself. She was angry with her mother, because she thought it was selfish that her mother tried to take her own life. If her mother just calmed down a bit and tried to rearrange everything in her mind then that fateful action wouldn’t have happened.

But no, her mother thought that taking her own life would solve everything, that everything would be alright. But she didn’t think about the possible consequences for her children and her friends. She didn’t think about Dinky, who was crying her eyes out. She didn’t think about Twilight, who now had to take care of Dinky and Sparkler. She didn’t think about Rainbow Dash, who hadn’t left the hospital in 3 months. She didn’t think about Carrot Top, who couldn’t stand the silence in her house and so she moved in with Roseluck. And she didn’t think about Sparkler, who now held a giant grudge against her mother. Her mother thought she had done good, but instead she made things even worse, like she always did. All of this reminded Sparkler of a quote from a book. ‘Every action we take has a consequence. Sometimes it's best to consider the consequence before we take action.’

Sparkler knew that her mother didn’t mean all of this to happen, but that feeling of resentment still kept being stuck in her mind. Still, there was a bigger feeling in her mind, it was a feeling of abandonment. Her mother had left her without even saying a proper goodbye, she just gave a Derpy’s goodbye.

After a week, Sparkler’s rage against her mother began to slumber. She was still angry, but at least she began to leave her room more often. Once or twice a day she would talk to Twilight, but no more than 5 minutes. Before her mother’s attempted suicide Sparkler was actually a very sociable pony and the occasional prankster, but now she was withdrawn and quiet when in the presence of other ponies. She had built walls around her so that she could protect herself from other ponies who wanted to hurt her. The only ponies she did talk to were Dinky, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and sometimes to Carrot Top if she came to visit Twilight. That was all three months ago.

Back in the present Twilight was trying to wake Dinky up. She lay in a small bed that was placed next to Twilight’s bed, because since her mother’s attempted suicide she had more nightmares than a normal pony and then she would get into Twilight’s bed and try to fall back asleep in Twilight’s warm embrace.

Dinky was still trying to hold on to her sleep, but Twilight was constantly nudging her with her head, careful to avoid poking one of Dinky’s eyes out with her horn. “C’mon Dinky, it’s time for school.” She said, trying to pull Dinky’s blanket off with her teeth, but Dinky kept a strong grip on it.

“I don’t wanna, I don’t feel so good.” Dinky said and pulled the blanket out of Twilight’s teeth and over her head.

Twilight sighed, she had been in this situation numerous times. “Is it one of those days again?” She asked, but she only got a light sob as a response. She pulled the blanket off Dinky, this time using her magic, and stared at her. Dinky had her eyes closed, but Twilight could see the little tears on her cheek. It always broke her heart to see Dinky like this, to see a filly who had practically lost her mother.

She levitated Dinky of her bed, who was struggling against Twilight’s magic, and placed her on the ground. She placed a hoof under Dinky’s chin, made Dinky look up at her and she produced the warmest smile known to Ponykind. “I know that you’re still sad about your mother’s coma, but would she want you to skip school just because of her?”

Dinky was silent, her tears hitting the floor was the only sound in the room. She finally opened her mouth. “Yes,” She silently said, maybe with that little lie she wouldn’t have to go to school. Twilight’s glare, however, told her otherwise and she immediately regretted that lie. “No…” She said and Twilight’s gaze softened.

“Hey, I know it’s hard, but school is very important even if your mother is in a coma. Tell you what, why don't you make a beautiful drawing for her when you’re in school and we’ll show it to her after you’re done with school.”

Dinky’s expression immediately turned upside down and her tears magically stopped. “Really? Do you think she’ll like that?” The enthusiastic little filly had returned.

Twilight chuckled. “Of course, she’ll love it. Now go downstairs and eat your breakfast, school will start in half an hour.”
Before she could even register it Dinky began to hug one of Twilight’s forelegs. “Thanks Twilight, you’re the best 2nd mommy I’ve ever had.” Dinky said, still hugging Twilight. Twilight smile was so wide that her mouth began to hurt. She didn’t care about that, because a little filly just told her that she was a good mother. She hugged Dinky back and Dinky went downstairs soon after.

Twilight just sat there, in her bedroom and still enjoying the compliment she just received. She was really starting to get a hang of being a mother and she enjoyed it more than else. She enjoyed listening to Dinky’s stories about school, she enjoyed helping Sparkler if she wasn’t feeling very well and she definitely enjoyed the love that Dinky and Sparkler gave her. She knew that she had to give them back to Derpy when she got out of her coma and that it would be a hurtful process, but until that day she could enjoy motherhood to its fullest.

Sparkler stood in the doorway of Twilight’s bedroom, a small smile visible on her face. She had heard the whole conversation and she was really proud how Twilight managed that situation. She knew that her sister was still a bit somber, but Twilight managed to make her smile again. Twilight was a really good mother and her future foals would be very lucky with that kind of mother.

Sparkler cleared her throat to make herself more noticeable. Twilight jumped a bit from the sudden sound, but turned around soon after that. “Ah, Sparkler and what made you leave your room?” Her joke was rather harsh, but they were laughing nonetheless.

Sparkler sat down next to Twilight, while staring at the rising sun that was slowly beginning to warm their coats. It was going to be a warm day, but her mother wouldn’t notice that. The smile faded from her face. “Twilight, do you think my mother will ever wake up?”

That question struck Twilight like a slap against her cheek. She didn’t know how to answer to that question, because she simply didn’t know if Derpy would ever wake up. So, she did what every mother would have done in her situation: she lied. “She will wake up, I’m sure of that.” She said and pulled Sparkler closer to her. She really didn’t like to lie to her and Applejack would have given her a glare, but it was for the best.

Sparkler rested her head on Twilight’s shoulder and began to sob quietly. “I’ve done some research in those books of yours and I’ve read that ponies who awaken from a coma have a possibility to wake up with a disorder in their brain, like a speech disorder or not even aware of their surroundings. So even if my mother wakes up, it’s possible that she won’t be the same.” Her sobbing became crying. “I-I’m just s-so scared, T-Twilight. I’m a-angry with my mother, b-but I don’t want to lo-lose her.”

Twilight slowly began moving her hoof through Sparkler’s mane while trying to comfort the mare. “She’ll be alright, I promise you that.”

It was another lie.

“Now, do you remember what you need to do today?” Twilight asked Dinky.

After comforting Sparkler, Twilight went downstairs to make Dinky ready for another day at school. Dinky reminded Twilight of herself when she was her age, because Dinky liked to read and so did she. She wouldn’t be surprised if Dinky’s cutie mark would be something that had to do with books.

During the trip to school She and Dinky spoke about the things they would do after school. They would pick some beautiful flowers and with Sparkler they would visit Derpy. Dinky was very enthusiastic that she could visit her mother. Normally she could only visit her mother 4 days a week, because Twilight still had a library to maintain.

They were currently in front of the school and the bell would ring in about five minutes. Twilight was busy making sure that everything was in Dinky’s saddlebag. When she was sure that they didn’t forget anything at the library she placed the saddlebags on Dinky’s back.

Dinky giggled. “Yes Twilight, I need to make a beautiful drawing for mommy so that way she’ll smile in her dreams.” That was the phrase Twilight used when Dinky asked her why she had to make a drawing. The real reason was that a drawing would make Dinky happy again, because it was something for her mother.

“Good, I’ll ask Ms.Cheerilee to give you some time to draw.” She nuzzled Dinky like a mother would do to her foal. “Now off you go, it’s time to learn.”

Dinky gave Twilight a hug and ran towards the school. Just when she was going to enter the school she turned around and waved at Twilight. “Bye Twilight. You’ll pick me up after school, right?”

Twilight nodded and waved back. With a smile on her face Dinky entered the school and Ms.Cheerilee left the school. She smiled at the little filly that almost ran against one of her forelegs and trotted to Twilight. “Hey Twilight, how’s it going?” Cheerilee asked while stopping in front of Twilight.

Twilight smiled at Cheerilee. Cheerilee became one of her best friends when she found out that Cheerilee was a very smart mare. They would come together on an afternoon and then they would talk about books and studies. she really appreciated it that she could communicate with somepony who had an equal IQ. She pushed away her memories and focused on the mare in front of her. “Hey Cheerilee. I’m fine and the kids are starting to get over the shock. It took them three months, but finally they’re making progress.”

Cheerilee smiled back at Twilight, finally Twilight was starting to get some peace. “Well that’s good and how’s Derpy?” She asked with her smile still on her face, but Twilight’s smile faded and she began to frown.

“I don’t really know. According to the doctors she’s still stable, but her brain activity is starting to lessen. I still haven’t told the kids, because all their progress would be for nothing.” Twilight hung her head, sighed and sat on her haunches. She looked up at Cheerilee and saw her worried face. “Cheerilee, I’m scared. I don’t want to live through all of it again, I don’t want to see Sparkler angry again and I don’t want to see an inconsolable Dinky. I don’t want to see all of it again, but there’s a possibility that Derpy won’t make it. We’re losing her, Cheerilee.”

Cheerilee sat down next to Twilight and placed a hoof on her shoulder. Twilight looked at her and Cheerilee smiled. “Twilight, it’s going to be alright.”

Twilight snorted in response and shook her head. “I said the same thing to Sparkler this morning and you know what?” Cheerilee shook her head. “It was a lie.”

It was silent for a moment, neither of them knew what to say. It was Cheerilee who tried to return to the conversation. “So…um, do you know how long…”

Twilight finished her sentence. “How long she has left?” Cheerilee nodded. Twilight looked at the Ponyville Hospital that was visible in the distance. In one of those rooms lay Derpy, with a worried Rainbow Dash sitting next to her. “The doctors give her 2-3 weeks.” She began to sob quietly.

Cheerilee pulled Twilight closer and she rested her head against Cheerilee’s shoulder. “Don’t worry the doctors will find a way. Now, go back to your library and take a bath, it should help you in calming down. I’ll watch over Dinky.”

Twilight nodded slowly and got up. She was wiping the tears out of her eyes when she remembered something. “Oh, I told Dinky she had to make a beautiful drawing for Derpy, so could you help her with the drawing?” Cheerilee nodded. “Thanks, and please don’t tell Dinky about her mother’s condition. I want to do it when the time’s right.”

Cheerilee nodded again and got up. “Of course I won’t tell her that.” Twilight and Cheerilee gave each other a hug, after their hug they went their separate ways. Cheerilee went to her students who had probably made a mess of the classroom already and Twilight went to her library where there was a bath waiting for her.

7 Hours later Twilight stood with Sparkler on the path that lead to the school. They were both waiting for the bell so that they could pick Dinky up. She and Sparkler walked to a bench and waited. Eventually her mind began to wander off to the things that happened today.

When she came home she followed Cheerilee’s advice and she took a bath. It wasn’t a normal bath. No, it was a bubble bath created with the shampoo she bought from the spa sisters. The shampoo was named ‘Le Tranquillité’ and it really made her very relaxed and peaceful. After 30 minutes of lying in bath and almost drifting off to sleep she heard a knock on the bathroom door.

“Twilight, are you done? I really need to pee.” It was Sparkler’s voice and from the light pitches in her voice Twilight could deduct that Sparkler was going to burst any minute now.

She cursed in herself for forgetting that Sparkler was also in the library. She stepped out of the bath and began dry herself off with the help of her magic. “Yes I’m done, I’m just drying myself off. I’ll be out of this room before you know it.” She said, drying her mane off with the towel.

“Please hurry, It won’t be long before I… y’know.” Sparkler said. Twilight could hear the clopping of hooves against the wooden surface, Sparkler was really going to burst any minute now.

When she saw that she was completely dry she opened the door. She began to apologize. “I’m sorry-“

Twilight didn’t have time to finish her sentence, because she was pushed out of the bathroom and the door closed immediately. She could hear Sparkler yelling. “No time for apologies, gotta pee.”

She stared at the door for a moment and then walked away, she didn’t want to hear Sparkler’s moans of relief. (Minds out of the gutter, you dirty readers!)

The rest of the day progressed calmly. Sparkler had asked Twilight to go with her to the park so that they could feed the ducks and just enjoy nature. Twilight agreed, she’d do anything for Sparkler and it might help in the healing progress.

The walk to that park was a quiet one. She knew that Sparkler just wanted some peace and quiet and so she gave it to her. She had some pieces of bread in her saddlebags and a book to keep herself busy while Sparkler was feeding the ducks or just enjoying nature.

She debated with herself during the walk to the park. She wanted to tell Sparkler about her mother’s condition, but she also wanted to protect Sparkler from that pain. She could lose Sparkler’s trust completely if she didn’t tell her about her mother, but in the end she just chose to be safe than sorry. She was going to tell it later.

In the park Twilight settled herself in the shadow of a tree and began to read. Meanwhile Sparkler was busy feeding the ducks near the lake. She enjoyed it to feed the ducks, she always did it with her mother when she was little. It had a rather therapeutic effect for her, but the memory of her mother in a coma wouldn’t leave her mind until the day the day she died. It had scarred her for life and it was something she had to drag with her for the rest of her life.

After the spending the day in the park Sparkler felt relieved and refreshed, it was even better than awakening after a good night’s sleep. She knew that she could handle seeing her mother. She had to, for her mother.

Twilight and Sparkler walked to the library, tossed the saddlebags into the library and made their way to the school. They just had to pick up Dinky and then they could go and visit Derpy.

They didn’t have to wait long on the bench, because two minutes after they sat their rump down on the bench the school bell rang. Twilight and Sparkler both got off the bench and gazed at the doors of the school. Just seconds later the door opened and giggling schoolfillies and colts ran out of the school. They all ran towards their parents or towards their homes. Dinky was the last one who left the school and she had a paper sticking out of her saddlebags.

She galloped towards Twilight and Sparkler and tackled them into a hug. “It was fun today, Ms Cheerilee helped me with my drawing and Fluttershy came over and talked about animals.” She happily said. In the morning she didn’t want to go to school, but now she was very grateful that Twilight had ushered her to go to school.

“Well that’s nice,” Twilight said while breaking the hug. “And what did you draw?”

Dinky put her saddlebags on the ground and took the drawing out of it. She unrolled the paper and showed it to Twilight and her sister. “Ta-da” She said while Twilight levitated the paper towards Sparkler and herself.

She had drawn her mother sleeping inside a heart and there were two little hearts at the sides of the larger heart. In those two little hearts lay Sparkler and herself who were looking at their mother, but they were smiling. Under the larger heart was a little sentence: ‘Wherever you may be right now, you’ll always be in our hearts.’

Twilight smiled and kept her tears under control. Dinky would keep loving her mother, no mather what and with that though alone She knew that Dinky was probably the strongest of the group. She’d make a fine mare when she grows up. “It’s beautiful, you’ve really outdone yourself Dinky.”

Sparkler couldn’t keep her tears under control and let them flow freely, it were tears of joy after all. She hugged Dinky and almost suffocated her in the process. “Mother will love this.” She said while wiping her tears away.

Twilight put the paper back into Dinky’s saddlebags and began levitating the saddlebags. She turned to Dinky and Sparkler who had just stopped hugging. “Let’s go, your mother is waiting.”

“Who is it?” Rainbow asked when she heard a knock on the door of Derpy’s room. She had a strict list of who had permission to enter the room. The only ponies allowed in the room were Twilight, Dinky, Sparkler, Carrot Top, the hospital staff and of course herself. The rest of ponykind wasn’t allowed in the room, because all of them didn’t help Derpy. Even Fluttershy, one of her best friends, wasn’t allowed in the room, but Fluttershy said she understood why Rainbow was so protective. She was the element of kindness, so she respected other ponies wishes.

“It’s Twilight, the kids are here too.” Twilight answered, slightly annoyed of Rainbow’s over-protective treatment.

“Okay, I’m coming.” Rainbow Dash hovered to the door and unlocked it. She really wanted to be sure that nopony would hurt Derpy ever again. She opened the door and hovered back to her small chair near the window. When she sat down upon it she could feel the heat of the sun on her coat even though the curtains were mostly closed. It was a very warm day and Derpy wasn’t awake to enjoy it.

Twilight sat down on the ground next to Rainbow while Sparkler and Dinky sat down on the floor next to the bed. “So how is she?” She asked with full concern. She didn’t really know Derpy, but Derpy came to her three months ago. If she didn’t send Derpy to her house with that book then Derpy would still be awake. She felt that she was part of the blame, but Rainbow Dash knew this and always told her that she couldn’t do anything about it.

Rainbow Dash sighed and looked at Sparkler and Dinky who were both trying to hold back their tears. “I don’t know. The doctors came over this morning, did some tests and they will come back later today with the results.” She whispered, she didn’t want that the kids heard it.

“That’s… good, maybe Derpy has made some improvement.” Twilight whispered back. She didn’t know what to say, so she just said something to make Rainbow feel better.

“Or maybe she’s just at the end of her life.” Rainbow replied. Those dark thoughts of losing her friend became more common every day, she was really losing hope for Derpy’s survival.

Twilight hit Rainbow on her shoulder. It wasn’t playful, it was serious. The hit made Dash look at Twilight. “We don’t know that and we can’t say that. As long as we aren’t sure that she’s dying, then she’s still fighting for her life. I also thought about losing Derpy, but Cheerilee opened my eyes and made me think more positively.” Her tone more than furious.

“And what if she dies? Then what?” Rainbow shot back. She actually knew that Twilight was right, but everything that transpired the last three months has made her pessimistic.

Twilight fumed with frustration. On some days she was also a bit pessismitic, but not always and now she had to make sure that Rainbow Dash was going to start seeing things from a different angle. She had to make sure that Rainbow realized that it’s fate that decides what’s going to happen and that ponies just have to accept it. “Then we just go on with our lives and try to build a good future for Derpy’s children. Right now those two are the most important sentient beings on this planet, even more important than Derpy and she would have wanted it this way. She would have wanted a nice future for her children, even if that meant not being with her children.”

Rainbow Dash wanted to scold Twilight. She wanted to tell Twilight that she didn’t know Derpy. She wanted to tell her that Derpy’s children weren’t her children, but before she could do that Dinky stood at her chair. “Is everything alright?” Her eyes were slightly watered, but she had kept herself strong. Even after 3 months her mother’s coma still hurt her, but she wanted to show everypony that she was a strong pony.

Twilight shot Rainbow a look that said ‘Don’t tell her anything’ and smiled at Dinky. “Yes, everything’s fine. Why don’t you show your beautiful drawing to your mommy.”

Dinky smiled and galloped to her saddlebags which lay next to the door, but she stopped immediately after the start of her gallop and turned back to Twilight. “Mommy can’t see right now, but can she hear it when I tell her about it?”

Twilight didn’t think about that and now she had to do the thing that she hated. She had to lie. “Yes, she can hear you and I’m sure she’ll like it.”

Dinky nodded enthusiastically and continued her gallop towards her saddlebags. She might have been sad just a few seconds ago, but telling her mom about her drawing would make things better and maybe that was the key to get her mother out of that coma. That was what she thought, but we all know that only time will tell if Derpy will ever get out of her coma.

She took the drawing, with her mouth, out of her saddlebags and trotted towards the bed of her mother. Sparkler levitated Dinky on the bed. Sparkler was too big to climb on the bed, but Dinky could still lay against her mother’s side… and she did. She laid herself down against her mother and placed the drawing on her mother’s chest. She began to nuzzle her mother’s chest. She was desperately trying to wake up her mother, but it was to no avail. Her mother wasn’t going to wake up, no matter how much Dinky wanted it, her mother wasn’t going to wake up. Only when Sparkler placed her hoof on Dinky’s back she stopped and began to sob against her mother’s side.

A couple of minutes later Dinky’s sobbing died down and she looked at her mother’s expressionless face. She looked calm, like she didn’t have to worry about this world. Dinky cleared her throat and spoke quietly. “H-hi mommy, sis and I are here. I just wanted to tell you that today was a nice day. Ms. Cheerilee told us about Zebrica and she helped me draw. I know you can’t see right now, but I’ll describe it to you. Well, in the middle of the paper is a giant heart with you sleeping in it and next to that giant heart are two smaller hearts with sis and I in it. We’re all smiling, because we know that we’re together. I also wrote something under the hearts. ‘Wherever you may be right now, you’ll always be in our hearts.’” When she said that, both Sparkler and Dinky once again broke down.

30 minutes later Twilight had cleaned Sparkler’s and Dinky’s faces and everypony in the room was just staring at the sleeping Derpy. The staring contest was broken when a unicorn opened the door, which was still unlocked, and entered the room. He was a light brown stallion with a gray mane and it seemed that the doctor was somewhere around 55 years old, so he had a lot of expertise.

“Hello everypony.” He said with a low baritone voice. “I’m here with the test results of Miss Hooves. I hope you all don’t mind, but I have to ask that the children leave the room.”

Sparkler immediately shook her head. “No way, I wanna hear what will happen to my mother.”

The doctor regarded her for a moment and immediately knew that she wasn’t going to budge. He had been in this situation countless times and he knew how stubborn family members could be. “Very well, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.” He warned while he levitated his notebook towards his face. He took a quick look at it and placed it on the ground. “I’ll start with the good news. Miss Hooves is making improvement and we are certain that she still has a month to live instead of two weeks and according to our tests it seems that she’s slowly getting out of her coma. We don’t know what caused the sudden improvement, but I guess you’re all happy to hear this news.” Everypony, except for the doctor, began to cheer and hug each other, but the doctor interrupted this when he raised his hoof. When everything was quiet he continued. “But. The longer a pony stays in a coma, the higher the risk that something will be affected in her body by her coma. This can go from some walking issues to living in a vegetative state. Miss Hooves has already been comatose for three months and it will take at least another month for her to wake up, so all of the doctors in this hospital are certain that something in Miss Hooves’s body will be affected by the coma. Sadly, we don’t know what will be affected.”

All the ponies were quiet, but then they all hugged the doctor. They knew that Derpy was going to have some problems after the coma, but she was going to wake up and for once in those three months Sparkler smiled genuinely.

A/N: There ya go. It’s a bit late, but here’s the next chapter. Every chapter I’m going to try to smash a quote through your throat.

E/N: I blame the author for telling me to enjoy myself before editing. Also, Didn’t cry. Much. Only the teeniest bit.

Answer from me to my editor: I'm surprised that people cry to this story. It's not that sad from my point of view.