//------------------------------// // The roof top // Story: Pinkie promise // by Deadcat //------------------------------// Chapter 13: the roof top My life, that had once seemed so full of life and energy, had faltered, and died. Everything seemed empty, and only my conversations with Apple Jean at the end of each empty day kept me somewhat sane. I tongued all the colorful pills the nurses had given me, I had lost the will to take them, and most of all, I had lost the will to fight. I no longer retaliated every possible chance I could. Doctor Helfing broke me. No laughter ceased my lips, not even the feeling of a sweet smile had fallen across them, my world was empty and ruined. I thought that I had it all, that nothing could touch me, and as long as Dashie was by my side, I was invincible. But she was gone, and along with her, the only happiness I had ever known. It was out dream to be together no matter what. I suppose not all dreams last forever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A gentle nudge shocked me out of my state and I whipped my head to the side to see Jean. "You okay, Hun?" She cooed as I realized I had been staring at nothing for the past hour. I weakly nodded and turned around as I soaked in my surroundings. We were in the Music Room. Sharp sounds of untuned musical instruments filled my ears. Filly's and colts were slamming on piano keys and throwing jostled tambourines, their insane yet confused pupils displayed within every obscure note that they played. Clatters and clunks of banging instruments tangled in the air and sharp sounds of a violas made me shutter. My ears,in a failed attempt to silence the sharp nosies, were forced to adapt to the unsavory sounds. A slight scream had filled the room, causing the nosies of broken instruments to silence slightly. My head cocked to the side where the scream was emitted. I saw a small filly, about my age, she violently thrashed around, her black mane everywhere, her red streaks shaking in the air. Earthpony hoof restrictors bruised her hearty gray coat, that was already embellished with bruises and cuts. She began hitting her head against the piano in the corner, in a frazzled attempts to remove another yet another restrictor-a magical restrictor strapped tightly to her horn. I swear I saw blood run down her horn. I had never seen a pony with both a unicorn restrictor, and a earth pony one. She was dragged out of the room and sent to 'Time Out'. My gaze drifted down to my hooves. I had been so deep in my mind, that I had not even noticed that my restrictors were gone, leaving nothing but slight bruises on my pink flesh. I was too sad and tired to care about it though. "Pinkamena!!" A a slightly annoyed voice called out. It was Nurse Blueheart, she fastly trotted up to me and when I whipped my head upwards, I saw that the music room had been emptied and the lights had been shut off, leaving me in darkness. How had I not noticed that everypony was gone? Time had been playing tricks on me. "Pinkamena! I've been calling your name for hours!! Why are you in here still!?" Shouted nurse Blueheart in a tizzy, out of breath from the slight jog to the corner of the room in which I resided. I looked at the ground, confused at how everypony else could just forget me. I wasn't about to tell her that I had zoned out for Celestia knows how long, it wouldn't really help my case that I was still a little bit sane. "I-I was hiding, I- I didn't want to- uh- go to class." I squeaked, knowing she wouldn't buy my awful attempt at a lie. But she slurped it up. She sighed. "Pinkamena, you can't just skip things you don't want to do! Well that's just great, your schedule is all messed up!" The aggravated nurse hollered. "Nurse Ratchet had your schedule for the day and she had to leave for a emergency, which is probably why you were left here...." She gave another tired sigh, and for once, I saw the side that the teal nurse that had long since been masked by the false smile. She rubbed her forehead and gave a frustrated groan. "Let's just go get lunch." She sighed as she led me out of the dark and into the falsely lit hallway. "Nurse Ratchet," I said quietly to myself, I almost forgot that was Apple Jean's fake identity. I wish that she were here. My eyes traveled down the hallways, wandering into the cafeteria. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cafeteria was the same, bland, padded, and loud place as ever. It was like the Rock Farm, and mother's and father's thundering voices. The murmur of filly's and colts flooded my ears as nurse Blueheart sat next to me on a padded, but yet firm bench. I poked my food, reluctant to eat the so called, "sandwich." That's when something caught my eye. A rainbow and cyan blur in the corner of my eye. A piece of sunshine that made my life feel complete. Rainbow Dash walked next to two orderlies, holding her lunch tray begrudgingly. Her warm magenta pools of rage met mine. Her rage melted into one of relief, she gasped lightly as she stared into my cold blue eyes. "D-dashie...." I murmured quietly. She was all the way across the lunch room, and I knew that my words were lost in the low roar of patients. "PINKIE!" She screamed as the orderlies began to tighten there grip on her. I darted to her, at a speed I thought I could never achieve. She slammed her back hooves into the guards stomachs as the released her and moaned in pain. She darted towards me, tears flowing from both of our eyes. We finally reached each other, and to our satisfaction, were able to reach the door of the cafeteria and dart out into the halls. The guards may have been stronger, but we were faster. I felt her warm body brush against mine as we darted through the halls. We dashed around corners and ran and ran until we reached a part of the hospital that was under construction. It was dark in those under developed area, and it was cold. Rainbow, since she was faster, led me to wherever she wanted to go. "C'mon Pinkie, w-we have to-" she couldn't finish because she started to choke in tears as she galloped. I was happy and confused, but nevertheless, we were together. We reached a strange door pointing upwards. It was a dead end and we heard the screams and shouts of the guards not far behind. Rainbow sniffed, and her wet face soon morphed into a determined smile. She grinned devilishly as she pulled out a pair of keys from under her restrained wing. She must have swiped them from the orderly before dashing of towards me. She fiddled with the keys and continued to try each on on the hook until we found the one we needed. The hoofsteps of the guards got closer and closer. Then, the door opened with ease and we thrust ourselves into whatever place it had led into and slammed the door shut. We were on the roof. Cold air seeped into my bones as I looked at the snowy winter that the land below had bore. The dead trees poked between the white, misty, cold. My breath froze and hung in the air. The twill winter breeze brushed my spastic mane. Rainbow's sniffles stopped, and she turned around facing me. Gasping for air, she stood straight, and properly re-introduced herself. "Hi." Rainbow gasped between slurps of breath she desperately tried to catch. "Hi!" I replied with a giggle. I ran up to her and and with no words, planted a kiss on her cheek. She blushed lightly as she returned the favor. I trotted towards the edge of the tall hospital. I stared down at the cold ice below. I grabbed Dashies hoof and cuddled her closely, feeling her warm cyan flesh against me. Rainbow began to sniffle again, and her constant twitching became more rapid. We could hear the faint yells and panicked screams from the guards. "They're never gonna let us see each other again..." The cyan Pegasus cried sadly, her warm tears melting the snow below her. I walked closer to the edge. "Then let's go somewhere else." I suggested with a sad smile as we both stood near the edge. "Let's both live together, forever." Dashie looked nervous, but nodded as soon as the guards panicked calls became more audible. I suppose, plan Ponyville is taking a detour, but now, it didn't seem to matter. "Filly foolers don't go to pony heaven." The rainbow-maned filly stated sadly. "Then, whatever hell were going to has got to be better than this, at least we will be together." I chuckled lightly as a tear rolled down my cheek. The filly kissed it with a grin. "Hell can be heaven with you." Rainbow called. I blushed as I took in a deep breath. The door burst open and guards poured into the small rooftop. In a flustered panic, Dashie grabbed my hoof, we both looked into each other's eyes for the last time and hurled ourselves of the roof. Rainbow looked upwards in fear and I saw Doctor Helfing staring down at our falling bodies from the roof. The cold wind whipped us as tears poured from my eyes. Time flew faster than Rainbow Dash, and for our last few seconds, we stared at each other. My grip on the Pegasus's hoof grew tighter and we fell to our icy graves.