//Wake Unto Night\\
//By: Iink Dash
//Edited: Bright Idea
//Chapter: 6: Recovery\\
“Wake up little sleepy head, time to get up now” said a shy, quiet voice “are you ok?”
“Wha? Fluttershy?!” said another voice tiredly “what are you doing here? You have to get out of here! Now!”
Glow opened her eyes. It was too blurry but she could see the bluish and rainbowy silhouette of Dash sprawled out on the ground and another yellowy one standing over her.
“Why? Was I intruding on something? I’m sorry…” said the yellow mare, whom Glow assumed was this “Fluttershy”.
Glow’s eyes focused a little more. She could now see the two mares almost clearly now. Dash was now standing next to the yellow mare, pointing.
“No, it’s too dangerous! You could get hurt! Or worse...” Dash burst out
“Huh? Are there dr…dr…dra…dragons? Eep!” the yellow mare peeped ducking behind Dash.
Glow stood up and yawned. Dash was staring at her as was the yellow mare, who was now standing back up next to Dash.
“What?” Glow asked, wondering why they were staring at her.
“You…you’re alive?” questioned the yellow mare quietly.
“But how?” Dash asked to nopony in particular.
“What? What are you talking about?” Glow asked.
Dash motioned toward Glows underbelly, still looking shocked. Glow stood up on her hind legs to see what they were talking about. There lie the gaping maw where her chest once was. Torn muscles, ripped ligaments, shattered bone and tiny pieces of what looked to be green bone, perhaps the horn of a unicorn, were clearly visible. Still dripping dirt peppered blood, she touched it gingerly with her right hoof, not believing it was real or even possible. As the tip of her horse shoe grazed the edge of the void where the center of her rib cage used to be present, she flashed back to the moments leading up to its creation.
She saw a large green stallion with a broken horn and a crazed look in his eyes as he raced toward her, horn elongated like a lance or a bayonet. She saw him penetrate his horn deeply into her chest and pin her limp carcass to a large oak tree ten feet behind her. She saw her eyes glow and bubble with darkness as she heard demonic words flow out with her breath. She saw the stallion shredded before her eyes by the power summoned through the vocalization of these horrid syllables. Then, in a rush, returned to the present reality, feeling faint. She caught herself from collapsing feebly against the large tree behind her. As weak as she was, Glow could feel the horn-sized hole in the tree and the blood moist ground beneath her hooves but nothing more. Not even the pain that she should probably be feeling right about now seemed to exist to her.
As if trying to shatter the excruciatingly painful silence, another voice cheeped piercingly in the distance.
“Fun, fun, fun! A new world is always fun! Oooo, do you think there’s any aliens here?! That’d be awesome!” Rambled the voice, steadily approaching with a springing noise “Oh, unless they’re not nice. Then we can kick their flanks! But what if they’re not really mean but they’re in fact only scared?!...”
“Hold yer horses, Pinkie.” interjected the voice of another pony, with a western accent, “Ther could be somethin dangerous around here so keep yer voice down.”
Glow staggered against the tree, trying her best to stand back up.
“Applejack is right, Pinkie. We aren’t in Equestria anymore.” Added a third voice, sounding oddly like Dusk “We need to find Rarity and Fluttershy and figure out what’s going on as soon as possible.”
“Twi?! Pinkie?! AJ?! Is that you guys?!” Rainbow called out.
By now, Fluttershy had noticed Glow trying to stand. She trotted over.
“Um…Y…you shouldn’t try to get up…Y…you could get hurt more…” She said shyly. “P…please keep still till Twilight gets here…That is…if that’s ok with you…”
Glow didn’t argue. She slowly sat back down against the tree, trying to ignore the blood soaked ground beneath her plot.
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The ponies Glow had heard in the distance arrived within moments. Standing over her was a purple unicorn mare, no older than Glow or Dash, with dark purple mane, which had a pink streak in the middle, and a six pointed star for her cutie mark. The others had left in search of another pony by the name of Rarity, whom had apparently not arrived with the rest of the group, leaving this mare to try and help Glow.
“Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle. RainbowDash already told me the whole story so you don’t have to say anything. Just keep calm and quiet while I work my magic to try and heal you.” Introduced the mare.
Glow nodded, wincing from the excruciating pain she now felt piercing her sternum and vertebral region.
“Ugh, your wound looks much worse than I had originally thought…By the looks of it…you shouldn’t have survived that encounter, let alone be able to stand and talk as though it had never transpired. His horn punctured both of your lungs and just narrowly averted your heart. Not to mention the amount of blood you’ve lost during the incident. Somepony must really want you to survive!” Twilight expounded. “Nevertheless, I will do my best to rectify your injuries”
“Um, I apologize but, since I only recently found my book of healing magic, I’m not very experienced with the use of this spell, so it may hurt…a lot, so, I’m going to sedate you while I attempt it. Is that alright with you?” Twilight inquired cautiously.
Glow nodded. Twilight nodded back.
Concentrating, Twilight’s horn shimmered and glowed magically, a brilliant lavender radiance illuminated over the immediate area, making Glow feel drowsy. She blacked out and collapsed against the tree…