//------------------------------// // Two Sides to Every Story // Story: When I Cry // by Brony Hectic //------------------------------// Edited by NightShader. Proof read by TexPony and multiple bronies Silver Spoon came back down stairs after she felt the need to treat herself to a refreshment. When she came back to her lawn, she was surprised to see that there were no other ponies in sight. She was puzzled for a moment before she decided to look past her patio and went to one of the small hills that blocked her view. She looked around for a moment before she laid her eyes upon the shed. There were five ponies groaning in pain and trying to get back up but hopelessly falling back down when they tried. Silver Spoon had to take this all in for a moment. No bucking way. Five ponies all stronger and larger than Dim Shadow were all down and out laying in a pile of defeat. Silver Spoon immediately ran as fast as she could to the colts who were on the ground, sweat coming from her forehead. When she got to the colts the first one she went to was Moss, who looked to be the most okay out the group. She grabbed him by the head and turned it towards her's. "Tell me this right now, did he do this?" she asked in her most serious voice she could muster up. "N-no these other three ponies came. They were fillies I think and there was a unicorn, earth pony, and a pegasus. They hit us with a wagon, I- I think. and I'm pretty sure they beat up Scents and the others. Then I believe they said something about taking him to a hospital. I'm-" Moss was brutally punched in the nose by Silver Spoon. "You sent him to the hospital?!" she punched him again. "What did you do to him?!" "We- we did what you said. The tree, then Rider took him to the lake then-" "The lake!? What happened at the lake?!" she demanded. "Rider put him under water for a little." he said, his voice getting a little quieter with each word. "Are saying he tried to drown him?!" she yelled. "K-kinda." he whimpered, intimated by Silver Spoon. "You're all lucky I have to go to the hospital now, or I'd drown all of you in the lake." she said at all the ponies. "Fix yourselfs up and get out before I come back." she said before galloping to the hospital, which wasn't very far. How'd I even get here? I was kinda fine at Silver Spoon's. Did I fall or something? Dim couldn't remember what caused him to be in the hospital, well of course he knew it had something to do with him getting beaten up. One second he choked a pony with a hose then the next second he was on the ground. How do I get the nurses attention, is there a button or a bell I can ring? Dim looked around, not moving his head, and couldn't notice anything like that. Luckily he didn't need a button or bell because the same nurse walked in with some news. "One of your friends is here, is it okay if they come in?" the nurse kindly asked. "Yeah, which one?" Dim replied. "I didn't get her name, but she's a gray Earth pony. I'll tell her she can come in." the nurse opened the door and began to leave. "Earth pony, that must be Ap- wait did you say gray?!" Dim frantically spit out but was too late, the nurse had shut the door. Dim awaited his hated visitor. He kept his eyes locked on the door. A moment passed before the door slowly creaked open revealing Silver Spoon. She quickly came in and immediately shut the door. Her and Dim were staring each other in the eyes. Dim was first to speak. "Come here to gloat, huh?" Dim rolled his eyes then returned eye contact. "I don't know how you did it, but that's not what was suppose to happen-" "Do you really think that matters? I don't care how your stages of torment were suppose to go. You're the reason I'm here. I don't know why I'm letting you even stay here, I can get the nurses to take you out." Silver Spoon sighed, "No you can't." she stated. "Of course I can-" "All the nurses are on break or on a different level of the building at the moment. The only way you could contact them was if," Silver Spoon walked over to the left side of Dim's bed, which made Dim scoot to the right uncomfortably. "you were to pull this string here." she pointed out the bit of rope that hung next to Dim's bed. Silver Spoon pushed Dim's bed so he couldn't reach the rope. His bed slowly rolled out off of hoof's reach to the rope. "Now if you'll listen, you half wit." Silver Spoon began aggressively. "You weren't suppose to end up here, whatever happened at the lake was not suppose to happen. I'm not here to gloat, much. I'm here to apologize." she turned her head away in shame. "Yeah right, that doesn't make any sense. If you cared about me in the slightest you wouldn't have even done that in the first place!" Dim yelled. "Shut up for a second! By Celestia, do you ever stop talking!?"" she yelled back louder, annoyance starting to build up in her. "Listen, I'm here to say sorry for this happening to you. Okay? I was only trying to hurt you a little. Ugh, I can't explain it." Silver Spoon let out a frustrated sigh. "Look if you want to know-" "I don't." Dim interrupted. "You're lying again. I don't even know why I'm offering this but if you want to know, just come over whenever. I honestly think you'll want to know." Silver Spoon began to walk out of the room with a frown. "So that's it? No trying to persuade me or anything? And why would I go to your house? All that's ever happen to me there is pain or somepony trying to hurt me." Dim said, deadpanned. Silver Spoon paused but didn't look back. "Dim Shadow, I can read you like a book. If there's a possible chance of you having to fight anypony or having an adventure, you'll be there. You're not as mysterious as you set yourself out out be. Just come over." Silver Spoon said, her voice changing to a much softer tone at the last sentence. She walked out of the room and shut the door behind her without letting Dim answer or reply to her in anyway. Dim thought for a moment about what Silver Spoon had said and offered. He didn't think any of it made sense. Why would you apologize to someone because you put them in a hospital when you were trying to hurt them? Dim felt another headache coming on. Now isn't the time to think. "Gotta find them quick, gotta find them quick," Silver Spoon whispered to herself. She was now on a quest to find a tuft of cloud, a bright rainbow's glow, and pegasus feather.