//------------------------------//
// The sad truth 
// Story: Two Hearts Becoming One 
// by ponylover 
//------------------------------//

   I woke up the next day with the sun high in the sky. My eyes were blurry from sleep....well one of them anyways.  I blunk my eyes a few times to get rid of the sleep. I sat up in the bed the covers still up to my waist. I was still a little tired, but with the sun up in my eye it forced me awake. I didn't really have the nightmare of my friend dying....well noy yet. That's when I saw that Rainbow dash and Nurse redheart came into the room both haveing a depressed look in their eyes. But they had a fake smile on.


"Well we have some good news John." Redheart said.

"What's that?" I asked.


"We are takeing that bandage off of your face today so that it can heal a little better in the air." Rainbow dash said. I couldn't help but smile at this.

"Well that's great news then. I can't wait to finaly get this thing off of my face." I said with a smile. They just smiled back at me as redheart got onto the chair to my left so that she can take off my bandage while Rainbow dash was on my right and to my complete surprise she took my right hand in both of her hooves. I just held them back wondering why she was doing this. It didn't seem like her at all. That's when Redheart began to take off my bandage.

It only took her a few seconds for the bandages to get off of my eye. But when she did that I tried to open my left eye lids...only to be met by pain. I had to stop before the pain became to much to bear. My heart rate then began to race as I tried to figure out why in the hell wasn't my eye opening!

"What..why isn't my eye opening?! I mean it should right.....I can't be blind in that eye I just cant!!" I yelled franticly only for Rainbow dash to give a soothing "shhhhhhh." I stopped my frantic talking but my heart rate kept speeding up. 

"A mirror....I need a mirror please." I sad in a sorta begging voice. Rainbow and Redheart exchanged looks at eatchother before Redheart nodded. She grabbed a mirror from the table to my left and gave it to me. I looked in it seeing full well waht the damaged was to my face.

There was a long deep red scar going down my left eye that was closed, but along with that was that there was a alot of little plops of black like dots on my face probley would turn into scars. That was basicly it and what scared me the most was how my left eye lids looked like. My eyes seemed to have been singed closed from the steam back when the explosion happened. I took my right hand up to the eye and touched it. I was mostly trying to feel for the eye itself only to be met by the pain and feeling of it like it was a little squishy. My heart sank.


I dropped the mirror onto the bed in complete shock to what I just saw and felt. I looked at the two mares and was met by the same shocked expressions that I had except........ I could see more depression in thier eyes.....and at least they could see through both eyes. I guess depression got the best of me because I bagn to cry and tears went out my good eye. I guess my tear duct in my left eye was to damaged because I didn't feel anything in that eye. It's hard to take everything in like this at once. As I cried I sunndely felt Rainbow slowly wrap her forelegs around me and pull me into an embrace. I was at first confussed why she would do this for a completly different species, but I hugged her back.

I don't know how long I cried into her coat, but when my sobbing slowly stopped I pulled away from her wipeing away the tears from my only eye. Nurse redheart had long left while I was crying. But Rainbow staied. I looked into her rose eyes and just like that she gave me a tight hug and whispered into my ear.

"Everything will be ok John......don't worry." I just huged back this time not shedding a tear. Either from running out or I just felt relife from this.

"Hey Rainbow I just wanted to say thanks for what you did for me." I said as I pulled away from the hug placeing my arms to my sides as Rainbow did the same. She just smiled at me as she nodded.

"You're welcome John....I acctualy didn't think when the bandage came off....it would be that bad." She said. I just let out a sigh.

"Neither did I Rainbow dash. But you really can't be prepared for the future can you?"

"No you can't....listene I will try and convince Twilight to have Princess Celestia get you a house here in ponyville so that you wont have to live in the street." She said. I looked at her nodded with a smile.

"That would be nice....and Rainbow...could you get me an eye patch.....I don't think walking around with a deformed eye would make the locals like me." I said with a desperate chuckle. Rainbow nodded as she patted me on my shoulder.


"Sure John i'll do that for you. Anything else I can do for you?" She asked. This didn't seem like her but I just shruged it off.

"No Rainbow you did enough for me." I said with a smile. She just smiled back as we continued to talk. She went from how she got her cutie mark after explaining what that was to me, all the way to when she managed to help the Crystal Ponies. Mna did she go everywhere. Then she asked me what I used to do.


"Well I had straight A's and the best friend anybody could have. He was always there for me when things seemed down and hell he even saved my life a few times." I said with a smile. But then the memory of how he died came to my mind. My smile faded away as I looked out the window at the end of the room to my right. Dash saw this and placed her forehoof on my shoulder.

"John.....are you ok?" She asked.

"Yeah yeah.....just a memory...... i'm sorry but I can't talk about my friend anymore.....mabe on a better time." I said. I looked back at Rainbow and she nooded. She then gave me one last hug before she got off the chair and walked out the room. I just let out a sigh as I then realized that I was wearing the same pants from when I arrived. I reached into my right pocket and took out my wallet. By some miricle it wasn't damaged. I opened it and saw the picture of Jerry and I smileing at the camra. He was medium built, black short hair, 6,5, and had a scar on his face on his right cheeck. That was where he was hit from when a pice of glass shattered and hit him. 


I just grinned as I took the picture out and placed it into my left pocket. I then threw my wallet away into the trash can that was close to me. I didn't really care about my wallet that much anymore. I laied back down onto the bed and looked at the ceiling. I then fell assleep peacfully for once in a long time.



(AN:Hey everypony I have gotted this chapter out and I hope that it wont be that bad because I am not that sick anymore so YAY. Anyways a huge thanks to "Bronyboy777" For the help and such and I guess to "King John" For demanding MOAR!!!! CYA NEXT TIME)