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// 8 - Downhill 
// Story: Ah! Magical Intervention At It's Best 
// by rey1119 
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                 It had been a month and three days since the crash. Rey had been in the emergency care in Canterlot, as the hospital in Ponyville didn't have the medical equipment needed to handle the injures Rey had suffered. Twilight and Spike stayed in the castle with Celestia as Twilight couldn't bear to leave Rey's side.

Rainbow Dash felt awful. She'd hurt ponies before, mostly because they had it coming she thought. But she had never had anyone martyr themselves for her. She'd shirked her weather patrol duties for a while, but sluggishly started up again. She'd thought about visiting Rey in Canterlot, but she feared what Twilight would say. In fact, she has been loathing the thought of what Twilight might think of her now, If she was still her friend.

Twilight was lying in her bed, staring at the intricate patterns on the walls and ceiling. Since Spike had gone to get himself something to eat, she had nopony to talk to, not that she had much to say. She was worried. Worried that Rey may never wake up, Worried that Dash might have spite against him for whatever it was that happened, and worried what Celestia might decide to do. She hated being away from her friends, who had came to Canterlot (With the exception of Rainbow Dash) to support her, but had to go back to Ponyville because of their jobs. Just when she was about to lie her head down, Spike crashed through the door, looking tired, but excited.

Rey opened his eyes for the first time in a month, but to him it seemed like an instant. The brightness of the lights hurt his eyes, and he noticed he wasn't wearing his sunglasses, so he shut his eyes again. As he slowly opened his eyes for the second time, the room was filled with smiling faces. He started to get up, only to have a sharp pain shoot throughout his entire body. He quickly lay back down.

The doctor next to him spoke up. "Whoa, there! Take it easy buddy, your still pretty banged up." He looked down at a clipboard on a table next to Rey, and let out a long whistle. "Let's see here, broken arm, fractured rib cage, and multiple minor fractures throughout your body.Most of the smaller fractures have healed, but some of the larger ones will still be a while, and with the muscle sprains you sustained, combined with the numerous bumps and bruises I'd say you're looking at another two weeks in bed mister." He explained. "But after what happened to you, Were just glad you are alive!" He said happily.

Rey looked around him, saw the smiling faces of the doctor pony, Twilight, and Spike. He smiled a little, and said to Twilight, "Everything is going to be alright now, I'm fine."

Twilight looked at him, and gazed at his face, realizing he wasn't wearing his shades, his eyes a bright burning amber, looking right at her, his brightly colored eyes peering right into her heart, she felt her heart swell with the longing of the past month, and as she descended onto him preparing to lock lips with the injured immortal, there was a bright flash, and the distinct sound of magical blinking.

"Discord?" Asked Twilight, confused and distraught. Celestia had sent Discord to Fluttershy a while ago, to reform him, make him not evil, but she didn't trust him still, and his showing up here at this odd moment made her uneasy.

"Oh Twilight Sparkle, the apple of this poor souls eye," He shot a glace at Rey. "I wasn't planning on telling you this, but alas, my new moral compass wont let me lie to you," He struck a dramatic pose his forehand resting on his forehead."When you were experimenting with your long distance teleportation spell little over a month ago, I might just have tampered with the results a bit in my boredom," He admitted solemnly.

Rey was confused. Lying on the bed, unaware that Discord was one of the four powerful beings in Equestria that Celestia mentioned when they first met.

"I'm responsible for bringing you into this world you see, but if twilight can replicate that spell, you could go back home back to where you belong," Discord said. "The citizens of this country dont think too highly of you..."

"No! DISCORD!" Twilight yelled, but it was too late, the Draconequus had already started talking. However he did stop talking long enough to look at Twilight, who was looking extremely uneasy at this point.

With a mischievous look in his eye for a split second, he feigned sadness and leaned over twilight, "He had to find out sometime deary," He half-whispered, half said out loud. "Boy," he said, floating by Rey's side. "The ponies here, are frightened of you, in-fact I wouldn't be surprised if the princesses aren't already thinking of a way to get rid of you," He explained, swirling his finger around, producing a whitish-pink and dark blue smoke that resembled the princesses, scowling at the once human lying on the bed.

Rey didn't understand why, he knew Princess Celestia was benevolent, preferring to save a life, than to take one, but  she terrified him, more now than ever. Twilight seemed to know Discord, and If there was any chance the Princess wanted to get rid of him, he wanted to be gone, far and away. "Twilight, can you do it?" Rey asked, his voice verbally shuddering.

Twilight felt a tear come to her eye,  Is he really going to leave me?  she asked herself. Solemnly, she looked at Rey and nodded her head, all the while wishing he would change his mind. She stared at him, desperately looking for a way to postpone this until she could talk to the princesses.

Rey tried to get up, but once again his pain sprang up again, forcing him back down onto the bed. "Twilight," Discord called out, "you owe it to him to return him to his own, we don't know the first thing about healing humans," He shot the doctor a look and the doctor closed his mouth and looked down in defeat.

Rey saw the look of dismay on twilight's face, and the tear swelling up in her beautiful violet eye. "I don't thi-," He started to say, but Twilight interrupted him.

"I'll do it," She said tearfully. She turned to face the injured being. "Don't worry, I'll go with you," she promised. And with that said, she and Discord walked out of the hospital room, to begin making preparations, she didn't want to mess this up.