//------------------------------// // A Business Trip // Story: A Beautiful Night // by bakersong //------------------------------// It was the next day after the new year eve celebration and Song was in the hospital from his sudden fainting. He was still unconscious and Luna is sitting by his side waiting for him to wake up, and for some reason she could not enter into his dreams. But in the lobby were the others waiting patiently for any news. "Look Twilight, i'm sorry but I've extended my business trip as long as it would go. I have to get to the next train by tomorrow, so I can't stay here for to much longer." Onyx said quietly so not to disturb the others. "I know i'm just a little worried. After all he did just suddenly faint for no reason." Twilight replied with the same level of voice. "I think for right now the best thing we can do is just try to relax and let the doctors handle it. You can stay here for them, and I am really sorry but I still have to go and pack." Onyx said standing from his chair and stretched. "Alright, i'll be there in a few minutes to help you pack and organize everything. I just have to see how Luna is doing." Twilight said. "Okay let me now how she's doing, and don't forget to ask how Song is. I'll see you later my starred princess." He replied leaning in to give her a quick peck. "See you then and I will." She said with a slight tired smile, and he walked out the door. "Hey where's he going?" Rainbow asked. "He has a business trip in Manehatten and still has to get ready. So he wanted to get packed, and i'm going to go help him after I check on Luna and Song." Twilight answered as she got out of her own chair and started to walk towards Song's room. She gave a quick nod to Nurse Redheart who returned the gesture with a friendly smile. Though she was still tired from lack of sleep she always wanted to try to be as friendly as possible to others. As she continued through the hall to where Songs room she gave everypony she passed a friendly smile, and when she finally came up to his room she lightly knocked. "Who is it?" She heard Luna ask, and she knew from the sound of her voice she had been crying. "Hey it's me, can I come in?" Twilight asked. "Oh, yes please come." Luna replied and Twilight slowly opened the door and stepped inside. "So how are you doing?" Twilight asked with concern when she noticed Luna wiped a tear from her cheek. "I'm fine thank you for asking." Luna replied her voice a little horsed. "That's good, but how is he doing? Has he woke up any?" Twilight asked. "No he hasn't woken up yet, but according to the doctors he should be fine. He apparently blacked out due to some kind of stress on his mind." Luna answered as she took a deep breath to keep herself calm. "Well at least it's nothing serious, but hey i'm really sorry but I have to go. Onyx is leaving on a business trip tomorrow and I have to help him pack, but before I go do you need anything?" Twilight asked. "No, i'll be fine. I'm just going to wait here until he wakes up, chances are he's going to try to do or say something in order to cheer me up." Luna replied with a slight smile at the thought. "Okay, well the others are still in the lobby so if you need anything don't be afraid to ask them okay?" Twilight asked. "Okay, i'll see you later then Twilight." Luna answered. After that Twilight nodded and walked out of the door closing it behind her and she let out a small sigh. Then she started to walk towards the entrance of the hospital to make her way over to Onyx's house. Though she knew she could teleport but with being a little tired she didn't think she could cast the spell. Shortly after she finally made it to Onyx house and let herself in, and once in she heard him scrambling around to pack. She couldn't help but let out a giggle as she snuck up to his room. Once to his door she slowly opened it with her magic and then proceeded to sneak up behind him. "Ahh!" Onyx screamed and jumped a little when she tapped him on the back, and he looked to see Twilight standing there laughing. "Oh, ha ha we'll just see how you like it when somepony surprises you." "Well that's gonna be hard to do since..." She let out out a yelp of surprise as she suddenly felt herself being pulled forwards and onto his bed, and he somehow on top of her. "What are you going to do?" "Oh, you'll see you'll see." He gave her a smirk as he came down to kiss her. "But.." She was interrupted by him kissing her. "..what about your packing?" "Already token care of." He murmured as he kissed her on the neck eliciting a slight moan. --- The next mourning they were snuggled up together and neither one of them wanted to get up when his alarm clock started to blare out. But he reluctantly got out of bed and shutting the alarm off, though when he did try to get out of bed it took him a few minutes as he had to deal with Twilight protesting. In the end he won, but he didn't taste victory but instead tasted defeat as he really didn't want to leave. "Are you sure you have to go though?" She asked with a slight pout. "Yes, i'm sure. If i'm not there with my research the entire project could go down the drain." He answered as he levitated his bags in the air. "And besides, after you see me off you really should go check up on everypony at the hospital. I'm sure they're all wondering why you didn't come back after you left." "Yeah, I guess your right." She said letting out a defeated sigh, though she couldn't help but think about last night. "So you coming?" He asked raising an eyebrow at the smile she had. "Oh, um yeah." She replied and they went on their way to the train station. After his train came and he got on, of course after they gave each other a kiss, the train started to leave. Though he waved to her the entire time and of course she waved back, once the train fully departed though she started to make her way back to the hospital. Though feeling energized she lit up her horn and she was gone in a flash of purple light. "Oh, there you are Twilight. Your friends are waiting for you in Song's room." Nurse Redheart said as soon as she saw the purple flash out of the corner of her eye. "Thank you." Twilight replied and started to make her way to his room, which didn't take her long which she again gave a light knock. "Please come in." A familiar voice called out, and she had a small smile from hearing that he was was awake. "So, how are you doing?" Twilight asked as she walked into the room, but she froze when she saw all her friends faces had looks of worry. "What's wrong?" "T-twilight, you might wanna take a seat for this." Applejack said as she pointed to the seat next to her. "Um, okay." Twilight replied and took the seat, and it was then she noticed that Luna was asleep. "If you have something to say, shouldn't she be awake?" "I already told her, and I had to use a sleeping spell on her to calm her down." Song answered as he stoked Luna's mane with a tender hoof. "Why?" Twilight asked feeling a cold chill run down her spine. "Unfortunately I can't tell you much, the only thing that I can tell you that I've already told the other's here. But you have to make me a promise beforehoof, you must promise me that no matter what you will not let Luna follow." Song said in a very serious tone with a stare to match. "What do you mean follow?" Twilight asked gulping down a little, but she didn't know why. "Promise me first before I tel you." He said again. "A-alright, I promise." Twilight replied. "Do you pinkie swear?" He asked, in which she got up and did the motions while chanting it. "Okay, there I pinkied swore. Now will you tell me what's going on." Twilight said with a bit of a frustration. "I'm afraid i'm going to be leaving soon, and the path that i'll be taking is very dangerous." He replied. "Then why don't you want Luna with you?" Twilight asked. "Because i'm going after the creature Twilight, and I don't want my pregnant fiancee to be there just in case." He said his tone a bit angry, and once he said that Luna stirred in her sleep a little. "Your going after the creature? But why, and how do you even know it's fully awakened and how do you plan on finding it? And most importantly, why aren't you going to take somepony to back you up? I mean I understand Luna, but why not anypony else?" Twilight asked slightly panicked. "Like I said I can't tell you much. For the reason why i'm going after the creature, I can't remember much before I passed out but I think my family has been threatened. Also I think it's about time I finish my little fight with it once and for all. As for why i'm not taking anypony else, well that's because it's my battle and not anypony's else. I don't know how I know it's fully awakened, maybe because I have it's power and we're connected by it, and maybe that's how i'm going to find it. Before you ask on how I plan on beating it, just remember I do have more magic in me now then what I once had so I should be more than a match for it." He answered. "You know that stubborn attitude is what probably got you killed in the first place." Applejack said. "No, I did have help the first time I fought it. The reason why I died was because I couldn't find a way to disconnect myself from it in time." He snapped back. "Look no matter what you all say or do i'm going to do this, and i'm going to do it alone. Just keep your promise of not letting Luna follow me when i'm gone, and keep her safe. Please just keep her safe, she really is the only thing in this world right now that's keeping me here alive. And if something were to happen to her and the ba..." Tears started to roll down his face as he looked into each one of their eyes. "Don't worry, we'll take good care of her. We already promised not to let her follow you, and we will make sure nothing happens to her or your guy's kid in her belly right now." Rainbow spoke up, and the others nodded. "Thank you, and when she wakes up don't tell her that I left already." He said giving them a small smile. "Wait what do you mean?" Twilight asked but then his horn lit up and he was gone, and with that Luna finally woke up feeling the weight of the bed shift.