My Story Part 4
Applejack was waiting in the waiting room of the hospital while Big Mac spoke to the Royal Guard about Spike. Applejack was reflecting back on the events that led up to this point. She wanted to blame Spike for everything, but found that for some reason she couldn't. She began to think about what Rainbow Dash said earilier that day.
"What if he didn't do it?"
She questioned herself, 'But if he didn't do it, why did he attack Rainbow Dash?'
Applejack began to blame herself for what had happened, and now she had nothing to go on. Spike was gone, and she had no way of knowing where he was. She began to sulk in self hatred as a nurse came through the door her friend had been rushed through after they arrived.
"You can come on back now and see your friend.", the nurse said witha warm smile on her face.
Applejack followed the nurse through all the corridors until they reached the ICU.
The nurse turned to Applejack and warned her as they approached Rainbow Dash's room, "Now remember, even though your friend is stable, she can be easily be put into shock. You have to be careful about what you say and do for now."
"Thank you mam'. Ah'll be sure to do that.", Applejack said to the nurse.
She walked into the room and saw her friend laying in the bed with bandages covering all of her face except her eyes.
'Oh, thank Celestia! He didn't get her eyes!', she thought to herself.
"Oh, hey AJ.", Rainbow Dash said weakly.
"Hey RD. How are you feeling?", Applejack asked with concern.
"Oh, I've never been better.", Rainbow Dash jokingly replied.
Applejack was happy to see her friend in a good mood. She feared that Rainbow Dash would blame her for what had happened. She sat down in the chair next to the bed and talked to her friend.
"So RD, do you still think that he's innocent?", Applejack asked after some time had passed.
"Honestly, I do.", Rainbow Dash answered.
"But look what he did to you RD! How can you say that he's innocent?"
"He was scared AJ. He probabuly thought that he had to do it."
"But, but..."
"AJ. Please, I'm telling you as a friend, that it couldn't have been him. He just wouldn't do something like that, and besides, come on, it's Spike! He isn't strong enough to seriously hurt a pony, much less kill."
Applejack looked to the ground and stared at a tile. She lifted her gaze to her friend's face and saw that she was staring intently at her.
"Alright RD, alright. You've made yer point. So are you going to press charges against Spike?"
"For what? Self defense? He probabuly thought we were going to kill him."
Applejack stayed quiet for a moment befor saying, "A...Ah was going to.", Applejack said quietly with a certain sincerety in her voice.
Rainbow Dash just stared speachlessly at her friend. She finally broke the long silence with a question.
"So, are you guys going to continue searching?"
"No. Big Mac wants to head back soon, so we aren't to far behind in our work. Besides, we don't even know where he went", Applejack said with a hushed and quivering voice.
"Well, I should be out of here tomorrow according to the doctors around here. Will you wait and go back with me?", Rainbow Dash asked her friend.
"Of course Ah will, RD.", Applejack said with a slight smile.
Big Mac cautiously entered the room and walked in front of Rainbow Dash's bed.
"Big Mac, Ah'm going back to Ponyville with Rainbow here tomorrow."
Big Mac smiled and said, "Good, Ah'll just head on back now, and start on some work."
Applejack slept in the room with Rainbow Dash that night, which she came to regret after her friend fell asleep since she snored louder than thunder. Applejack awoke the next morning as the sun's rays peeked through the window and landed softly on her face. She turned her gaze to her still sleeping friend, and grinned thinking about just how loud she was last night, and how much fun she was going to have teasing her about it.
She decided that it would be best to let Rainbow Dash sleep, and so she walked to the cafeteria to grab some breakfast. She had some oatmeal with raisins and made her way back to Rainbow Dash's room. As she entered she saw her friend digging into a fruit salad that was brought to her by one of the nurses. Her bandages had been removed and her face was looking pretty much normal Applejack noted.
"How'd yer face heal so quickly, RD?"
"A unicorn doctor came in and used magic to heal me.", Rainbow said with a mouthful of fruit.
She finished off her breakfast and some final tests were ran on her, before she was finally able to leave. The two friends made their way to the train station, purchased their tickets, and waited for the next train to Ponyville.
"So where do you think Spike is?", Applejack questioned.
"I thought we went over this AJ? It wasn't him."
"Yeah, Ah know, but he was the last one to see her alive. Maybe he saw who it was, and he's runnin' from'em", Applejack retorted.
"Maybe. But we won't hurt him. Right?"
"No, we won't."
"Okay then, our best bet would be asking Twilight. She might know where he's hiding.", Rainbow Dash stated as their train pulled up.
"Well, this is our train.", Applejack said as the doors opened and the two mares entered the train.
The ride back to Ponyville seemed to be shorter than the ride to Canterlot was the previous day. The train lazily pulled into the station and Applejack and Raibow Dash got off and began walking to the library to speak to Twilight. They walked up the stairs and opened the door. They entered the main lobby and called out for Twilight. Applejack looked up to the second story, and there, on the other side of the railing...
was Spike.