Day 0:
WOOSH!
Was the sound that interrupted the doctors in their daily routine as they got blinded by the lavender light. When they opened their eyes again, they found that Twilight Sparkle was standing there, with an unconscious Rainbow Dash on her back. It didn’t seem that unusual, since Rainbow Dash seemed to crash on a regular basis, but on a closer look… The wounds the pegasus was now housing were a lot worse than what she usually got. The expression on Twilight Sparkle was not a particularly worried one; she seemed rather neutral with the whole thing, which made the doctors sigh in relief that it probably wasn’t anything too bad.
Some of the doctors ran right for Twilight, immediately picking up Rainbow Dash from her back and getting her into a room, Twilight let out a slight mutter when all this happened. “She needs blood… But you probably already knew that.” She remembered that it would have been obvious if she told them the truth, but she couldn’t do that, it would mess things up. She was lucky that Rainbow had accidentally retracted her fangs before falling unconscious or else this visit would have been a lot more unpleasant than it needed to be.
Happy that Rainbow was now in the care of doctors, Twilight sat down in one of the nearby seats, waiting for responses from the doctors. She looked out a nearby window; it was nearly dusk, the day had gone surprisingly fast, even if she had done nearly nothing productive in the whole day, it was a weird feeling…
That made her decided to pick up a book from the library, but she was about to cast her spell, her body was filled with a feeling of worry making her unable to cast her spell for some inexplicably reason, so she simply decided to calm down and relax while waiting for a report from the doctors.
Stop being so grumpy, she’ll be fine, I can feel it. If she were to die, I would know, I have that kind of connection with her.
Well, that’s good; she did look pretty horrible though. Twilight replied in a melancholy voice, not exactly very enthusiastic about having a complicated discussion with Clover at the moment.
Awww, c’mon Sparkle, don’t be a downer, I’m just trying to be nice, I know she’ll be fine, so I think it’s useless for you to mop about it, and it annoys me… Oh right, there was that too, that made me laugh.
Huh, wha? What are you talking about now? What’s funny? Twilight asked in her mind, quite curious about what the spirit was going to answer.
I don’t know if I ever told you, but you probably know anyway, being a Sentinel and all… Anyways, there was this rouge vampony going around Equestria, being all mean and such, what’s funny is that I found that she’s trapped. Not like anypony cached her, it was more like she trapped herself. She somehow noticed the presence of Rainbow Dash in the world so she got mad that another vampony could exist, so she started thrashing her own cave, locking her and her servants inside their cave, unable to escape, that I find funny. Though, when she gets out, which in the rate she’s going, is probably going to be in two weeks or something like that. Isn’t that funny?
No, it’s not funny, we are just lucky she won’t get out earlier, since Rainbow Dash has apparently gone into a coma. Twilight replied harshly.
Well, how do you even know that, the doctor hasn’t been here, right?
He has, when you were doing your monologue, the doctor came and gave me the news, she’s stable, but in a coma, so she won’t be waking up for a while, so shut up, please? Twilight replied in as nice a way that she was able to manage, considering her slight anger at the spirit.
A sigh could be heard from Twilight’s mind, soon followed by a slight pop, signaling that Clover had left her mind. Twilight sighed to herself as she stood up from her seat and entered the room the doctors had told her Rainbow was now staying in.
Rainbow was lying there, completely bandaged, there were almost no spots on her body that didn’t have bandages, but those were only bandages, meaning they weren’t the most serious of wounds, so she wasn’t mortally damaged; this made Twilight make a slight smile.
Twilight dragged a chair close to the bed as she sat down on it, she looked at the bandaged pegasus and she sighed and put her head on the bed, looking up at the face of Rainbow Dash, giving of a final sigh, Twilight closed her eyes and fell into the world of dreams.
Day 1:
“Wha, huh?” Was all Twilight could do as somepony seemed to be shaking her harshly. She quickly looked up from her sleeping position and looked at the origin of her awakening. “Applejack?” She said with a dumbfounded expression.
“Eh, yeah… I heard Rainbow was put in the hospital and it made me feel horrible inside, I wasn’t being very nice to her. She revealed it to me… You probably already know what ah’m talking ‘bout, don’t you Twi’?” Twilight could only nod and sight slightly. “Thought so… Anyway, I shunned her for it, before she was able to explain things to me. Don’t get me wrong, It still feel weird knowing that she’s what she is, but ah’m trying to look past it, after all, what are friends for?” She managed a slight smile, Twilight got one of her own and gave Applejack a hug.
“You couldn’t do more if you tried, just wanting to apologize is proof enough that you regret it AJ. That means… Hmm… It does, doesn’t it?” Twilight pondered, releasing the hug she was giving Applejack.
Aj looked at her with confusion and tilted her head slightly to the side. “What are you talking about?” Applejack asked, quite curious about Twilight was going on about.
“Oh, it’s nothing really, I just realized that all of our friends now know, I actually didn’t expect it to go as good as it did, I actually though at least one of the girls would freak out more than they did… You did kind of freak out, you even admitted to it, but you quickly regretted it, so that leads me to the only logical conclusion…” She looked up at Applejack and smiled. “That friendship really is magic.” This made the two of them let out slight giggles at the silliness of Twilight.
“Ah suppose. Well, ah just came here to check up on you and RD… I just hope she’ll be fine… Anyway, ah need to get back to the farm, the apples won’t pick themselves.” She reminds Twilight with a smile and receives a nod from the unicorn, who continues to sit and watch the pegasus.
Rainbow hadn’t even moved a muscle since she came to the hospital, it’s only to be expected was Twilight reasoning.
Sighing, Twilight stood up from her chair and decided to get something to eat, if she was going to stay here and watch over Rainbow Dash, she still had to get nutrition from somewhere.
Twilight went to the cafeteria and asked if she would be able to get some food, they were more than willing to do so. But, she still had to pay, Twilight didn’t exactly expect anything less, she wasn’t a patient, so they didn’t really have any obligation not to ask for payment. Going along with it, twilight placed the bits on the counter and continued to chow down her food. It didn’t exactly taste great, but she didn’t care, it was something and Twilight wasn’t exactly a big gourmet. She liked food, yes, but who didn’t?
When Twilight finished, she returned to Rainbow’s room, not exactly keen on doing anything else, she just sat there, looking at the pegasus with a worried expression. A coma wasn’t exactly a good thing, but Rainbow’s chances were certainly in her favor, what with being a vampony and all, they could recover from almost anything, except death… It would take time though; the question was how long it would take before the pegasus woke up from her coma. As Twilight sighed, she could hear the door to the room being opened by somepony. It was… “Hi, Spike.” She muttered, not exactly enthusiastic about the visit, right now, she only wanted Rainbow to wake up, even though she knew that wouldn’t happen for a while.
“How’s she doing Twilight?” Spike asked as he walked up besides Twilight.
“She’s stable, in a coma though, nothing she can’t handle.” Twilight quickly remembered that Spike, did not in fact, know about Rainbow’s condition so she quickly tweaked what she was going to say next. “She’s Rainbow Dash, what do you expect? She’ll be up and walking in less than a week, I just know she will.”
“Then how about you Twilight? Are you ok?” Twilight nodded at his question and sighed. “Good… I just had to check up on you… I was getting worried when I heard what happened to Rainbow Dash and you hadn’t come how, so I just had to check up on you. Now that I know you’re ok, I will go back to the library to keep it going.” Spike said in a helpful voice, making Twilight smile.
“You will always be my number one assistant.” She said as she stood up from her chair and gave the baby dragon a big hug.
“Thanks Twi’. You’re the best.” He said as the hug was released and he went back outside the room.
Time ticked past and Twilight continued to watch over Rainbow Dash constantly as she slept on the bed. During the times she was sitting there, the doctor came in multiple times asking if Rainbow had moved, every time Twilight had to shake her head as she continued to look at the injured pegasus. This process repeated itself multiple times over the following hours.
The time was half past three in the afternoon and Twilight was still watching over her friend. Not expecting anything to happen. But then, a knock was heard from the door. In stepped her three remaining friends. Among them, Rarity looked the most calm; Pinkie’s mane was deflated, probably due to the sadness of Rainbow being in a coma. And somehow, Rarity or Pinkie, had been able to get Fluttershy out of her cottage, Twilight reasoned that she would probably still be freaking out about everything that had been happening, even if it was her own choice… “Hi.” Twilight said in a very monotone voice.
“Twilight, how’s she doing?” Rarity said with a worried expression. “You must be the most scared, considering your feelings…” She trailed off at the end.
“Yes, she’s going to be fine, it will take a while though. Her being in her condition, with her condition and such, she will get back to us, it’s just a matter of time. And yes, Rarity, I am scared, I should be, she’s one of my closest friends, of course I’m going to get worried, what you said is only partly the reason…” Twilight sighed as she finished. Twilight realized she had been doing a lot of sigh today, it was only natural, she guessed, was with her crush being, well, crushed… Not literally though, only in the sense of battle.
Pinkie’s mane poofed back to its normal poofiness with a gasp from the pony. “Dash is going to be fine! WOOHOO!” Pinkie exclaimed, jumping into the air, surprising the other three ponies in the room with her enthusiasm. But as she did, a doctor leaned into the room and hushed her. She stopped in mid air and floated back to the ground, excusing herself to the doctor for being too loud as she remembered that other patients might need sleep. She could be thoughtful if she wanted!
“Oh… I’m just happy she’ll be fine.” Was all Fluttershy muttered after Pinkie’s explosion. The other three didn’t really think it was anything special, she did act like that all the time…
“Yes. I did get Fluttershy out of her cottage after I told her the tips you had given me, they were all very helpful. Something funny though, when I came back to the boutique after you helped me yesterday, I noticed that in the mirror, my make-up could be seen floating. I found that a bit funny. Oh and I finally have proof that Fluttershy does in fact have mane-extensions… Wait a minute, why on Equestria does Rainbow Dash have a manepin in her mane?” Fluttershy shrunk as she heard Rarity talk about her secret. Nopony seemed to notice, Twilight looked up at Rarity and smiled slightly.
“That’s simple… I asked her to wear it, I said it was sentimental, and it is, but not as much as she thinks… I only gave it to her so that I could be notified, should she get into a fight. Seems like it worked… Had I arrived at a later time, she would have been ponynapped, so I can be happy for that.” Twilight explained with a neutral expression.
Rarity smiled at Twilight with happiness for the unicorn. She and everypony else knew that if Rainbow Dash was allowing herself to style her mane in any way, there has to be a reason for it and Rarity could only guess, but she was happy for Twilight, happy for what was to come, even if the situation at the moment was the most desirable.
Day 2:
Twilight slowly stirred from her sleep and found herself in the same hospital room as before… It would have been weird if she wasn’t, she concluded. The morning was slow and she got breakfast from the hospital café once more, not bothering to go home. This was important; she had to be there for her friend… And for another reason… Anyway, she quickly finished her food and went back to the room. But on her way back, she saw the cart with books that she had seemingly forgotten even existed in the first place. She stopped the nurse who was pulling the cart and started to look over it. Wanting slight entertainment, she picked the book called “What you didn’t know about vamponies” the name itself was silly. It was longer than it needed to be and it probably didn’t have any accurate information on the subject what so ever, but she still picked it, Interested in what it might say.
She sat down in the chair in the plain room once again and started to read the book. It was kind of silly how bad the book was, it was only fiction… Well, that’s what it seemed like, because none of these made any sense and were so untrue that you could feel a chill go down your spine, just simply by the idiocy shown in this book. Let’s take one of the least silliest ones, “Vamponies have a tendency to fly.” That line made no sense, what so ever, some vamponies can fly, BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINGS! Vamponies don’t just suddenly grow wings and start to fly…
Her reading stopped by a pony opening the door to the room. The was, “Princess Luna!?” Twilight almost shouted. “I must have forgotten you… What happened? Are you ok?” Twilight said hysterically, but as she tried to calm down, she looked over the Princess and she looked completely fine, no visible wounds and she was standing tall as the Princess always did, her royal stature certainly helped…
“Calm down, Twilight Sparkle, we are fine, we woke up almost directly after the battle had ended, we even felt your burst of magic as you teleported to this hospital. We are very happy that Rainbow Dash is doing fine, even if she’s in a coma, but we have a feeling it won’t last that long… We are sure she appreciates your friendly affection.” Luna explained as she overlooked the bandaged pegasus, in the corner of her eye, she could see Twilight blushing slightly, Luna smiled at this and nodded. “Very good, you seem to be taking good care of her Twilight Sparkle, we have to get back now, we have royal business to take care of.” Luna closed her eyes and teleported away.
Twilight smiled slightly as the Princess disappeared, she only ever had the best of intentions, but good intentions don’t always lead to good things, that’s something Twilight had learned a long time ago…
Sighing, Twilight went back to her book, laughing slightly at the silliness of the book. It wasn’t that it was badly written in anyway, it was just the lack of real information that made Twilight chuckle. She knew that she could write a more informative book than this, but she couldn’t do that, ponies might think she’s insane!
Enjoying your book?
Twilight was interrupted from her reading by a voice appearing in her head, she knew full well who it was at this point. Hello there Clover, come to be annoying once again? I don’t have time for that.
You, don’t have time? Now, that’s a laugh, you have nothing to do so you stoop as low as reading b-class reading material that doesn’t even give you any real information. This is Twilight Sparkle we are talking about! The day you read uninteresting books will be the day the world end, not as harshly as the day when ponies understand what Pinkie Pie is doing, but it would still be pretty bad.
Your point being? I chose this book only because I wanted to hear the stupidity some ponies can have when they try to write something that’s so completely off the rocker that it’s stupid. I like those kind of books, they give me a slight bit of entertainment, even if it’s small, it still provides me with entertainment on such a boring day. Twilight explained to the spirit, who huffed and shot back with another remark.
This continued for the whole day, letting Twilight actually have something to do, even if it was arguing, it was still enjoyable. This only stopped when Twilight fell asleep later in the evening.
Day 3:
As Twilight rose from bed on this day, nothing happened, not like something should happen. Twilight looked at the body of Rainbow Dash yet again, she couldn’t help but sigh, even if she had done that a lot the last few days, she still hadn’t sighed enough; at least, that’s what she felt. Rainbow still hadn’t moved a single inch since the day she came here. It was a saddening sight, to see a mare so strong just lose like that. It was incredible, Twilight knew that Rainbow Dash had enormous abilities that far outperformed a normal pony, but that Steadfast guy couldn’t be a normal pony, there had to something else about him, he was unnaturally strong. Twilight had felt it when she met him, as she stood before him, she could feel the power emanating from the stallion, Twilight had never felt such power in a regular pony, and it was uncanny. She had to investigate this further when Rainbow finally wakes up from her coma. The only living beings she had ever met that could match or out power him in raw power would have to be Princess Celestia, Discord, Luna/Nightmare Moon and probably the Changeling Queen when she was empowered by her brothers love… So where was this strength coming from? The Elements of Harmony. A voice echoed in her mind. She had forgotten those, they were more powerful than all the other things she had mentioned though, but at the same time, they required all six of them to actually activate them…
Twilight finally decided that it was best to get some food for herself, so that’s what she did, she went to the café and got the same old food. She ate it faster than the other days, but that’s only natural, she had already eaten it, so there was no need to really taste the food, all she wanted at this time was the nutrients of the food. As she finished she let out a large yawn and stretched her muscle a bit, not that she had a lot of them, but it still made her just a little bit more awake.
When she came back to Rainbow’s room, she saw something she hadn’t been expecting, well she had, but she didn’t think that it would happen right now, so that’s why she was surprised. What she saw, well, it was Scootaloo, who looked really melancholy as she looked at the comatose Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo was sitting on a chair on the opposite side of the bed that Twilight herself sat on most of the time. Scootaloo had noticed that she had come inside and looked up at the unicorn with a sad expression. “Is she going to be fine?” Was all the orange filly said before she looked back at her inspiration.
Twilight said nothing before she sat down on her own chair and looked over at the pegasus filly with a slight smile. “Yeah, she’s going to be fine, in time, I think you know why… Though, it could take time, and I have no idea how much time that is, it could be a week, it could be month. I have no idea; let’s just hope it’s not too long shall we?” She said with a very sincere smile which slowly spread to the filly’s face, making her smile, just a bit.
Scootaloo cocked her head to the side and laughed slightly, not a loud and happy laugh, more of a relief kind of laugh. “That makes me happy… She’s always been my inspiration, you know?” Twilight smiled and nodded. “Yeah, she has always been awesome, even if she’s always busy with other things… I guess she thinks I’m and annoying kid or something like that. One of the few times she actually comes a bit closer, I screw it up by asking her that stupid question about becoming a vampony, I regret that now. Even if she’s one, does not mean I should be, it doesn’t help me in any way, yeah I might become stronger and all that stuff, but really, that’s not what I want. What I want is to help, and get my cutie mark, that’s probably my top priority, but helping you guys seems like a good idea, who knows, it might give me my cutie mark for all I know, so, is there any way I could help you?” Scootaloo finished with a serious expression, clearly confusing Twilight, the filly had spoken in a fashion quite unlike her normal behavior, it was not the kind of thing Twilight had expected, but she was happy that it had actually happened so Twilight smiled.
“We can probably find something you can help us with, if that’s what you want, but right now, you should go about doing your regular activities like usual, I will inform you and the others when she finally wakes up and you can get happy and such then, does that sound like a good idea?” The filly nodded at the unicorn’s question. “Good. Oh and Scootaloo,” the filly looked at her. “I’m happy you changed your mind about becoming a vampony.” Twilight said with a smile.
Scootaloo looked right back at her and smiled, nodding as she went outside the room and walked away.
Twilight sighed in relief for once as she placed her head of the bed and looked at the pegasus with a smile. I hope you wake soon. Was all she could think as she sat there, looking at the pegasus, so peacefully asleep. It made Twilight happy to know that she wasn’t trouble in her sleep, now, THAT, would have been heartbreaking.
The day went on, doctors checked in, Twilight ate her food and more specifically, nothing happened.