//------------------------------// // Chapter 79 // Story: The Darkness in our Souls // by Black Light //------------------------------// Chapter 79 Ever so slowly I began to regain consciousness. I slowly looked at my surroundings. I chuckled. 'I think this is the first time I've woken up looking at my own roof after a blackout.' I gripped my head in pain slightly. 'I do miss the painkillers though.' 'And you didn't even have the worst of the backlash.' 'Good to see you're still as joyous as ever.' I thought as I sat up. I looked to my side and saw Rainbow lying on the bed next to me. I had a small smile and turned to get off of the bed. Only to find Skies on the other side of me. 'And, I'm trapped.' 'Just push one of them off. I've seen some of the falls the blue one's survived. I'm sure she can handle a slight drop here. She probably won't even wake up.' The darkness thought to me. 'One, she has a name. Two, I'm not going to push my marefriend off of my bed. And three, I think I'm perfectly okay laying here and resting for a little longer.' I told him. '...Okay, I'll agree with that last point.' He responded. I put my head back down on my pillow and stared at my ceiling, letting my mind rest. A few minutes later There was a slight movement to my side. I looked and saw Rainbow beginning to stir. She sat up and looked around groggily. "Well look who finally decided to wake up." I said with a small smile. "Oh, be quiet Shadow. I was just...Shadow!" She suddenly called out embracing me. "Watch the neck. Need it to breath." I choked out. Rainbow let go and sat sheepishly. "Oh, sorry." She said rubbing the back of her head embarrassed. "I'm just glad to see you're awake." She said happily planting a small kiss on my lips. I heard a gag from the other side of me. "I swear I don't know how much more of this lovey dovey stuff I can handle from you two." My sister says. "This coming from the filly who has a secret crush." I teased. She jumped up suddenly and put her hooves over my mouth. "Be Quiet!" She said forcefully trying to look intimidating, but with her size that was pretty hard for her to do. "Ooh, Skies has a crush does she?" Rainbow asked mischievously. "Oh, tell me, Rarity would have a field day if she knew this." Skies glared at me. "I don't have a crush! He's lying! I've never liked anypony in that way!" She shouted defensively. "You're being very defensive I hope you know." I said to her. "Wasn't that the first thing I told you to avoid in your lessons on lying?" At this Rainbow raised an eyebrow in question. "You gave her lessons in lying?" She asked. "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time." I responded. "But back on topic. Skies if you went and asked Rarity I'm sure she would give you some advice." I told her. "...You- you really think she would- I mean, I don't have a crush!" Skies said. Rainbow and I rolled our eyes and smirked. "Of course you don't and it's certainly not a colt named-" I was cut off as two hooves kept my mouth shut. Two eyes glaring into me. I just smiled. Rainbow was just laughing off to the side. "Well time's a wasting. I should probably go tell everypony that I'm okay...again. How many time has it been?" I asked. Rainbow just shrugged. "Heck if I know, you've been hurt way to many times." I laughed as I got out of the bed. My legs stung slightly, but it wasn't too bad that I couldn't walk on my own. "So where to first?" I asked. "What time is it?" Rainbow asked. I looked at the clock. "It's around seven-thirty right now." Rainbow nodded. "Then we should probably head to Twilight's. We said we were going to meet there at seven-forty five. Seems like it was a stroke of good luck you woke up now." She said to me. "Then onward to Twilight's." I said walking through the door. "Um, brother?" Skies said after. I walked back through the door with a light blush. "That was the bathroom." Skies told me. "How do you get lost in your own house?!" Rainbow asked laughing hysterically. "In my defense, I claim brain damage." I told them rolling my eye walking to the other door. The two following behind me. We arrived at Twilight's house ten minutes later. I opened the door and allowed the two to walk in before me. As soon as I walked through the door I was tackled to the ground by a pink blur. "You're okay!" The voice on top of me cheered. "I need to throw a 'congratulations on getting better party'." I didn't need to hear anymore to know who was on top of me. "Pinkie, I'd like use of my limbs please." I said. She let me go and bounded around the room. I saw the rest of the girls standing in the room. "Shadow you're okay." Twilight said with a smile. "Yeah, woke up not thirty minutes ago." I responded. "And you're sure your good to be up now?" Twilight asked. "Got a slight headache, but beyond that I'm good." I told her, the girls smiled hearing me say that I was okay. I looked around the room. "So where's Trixie?" I asked. "She's at the town square helping with repairs. She said it was the least she could do." Twilight told me. I gave a small nod. "So what are you all planning?" I questioned. "Well we were planning on going out to get breakfast. You can come with if you want." Twilight told me. I shook my head. "No thanks, it's probably take some time to get my appetite back." I responded. "I think I'll probably go to the town square and help out." I answered. "You sure you don't want to come?" Rainbow asked. "Yeah, I'm sure." I told her. "I'll go with you." Skies said to me. "No you stay here, go to breakfast." I said to her. "Why I want to go with you." She said. It was then that I decided to take drastic measures. "Rarity, gossip material, Skies has a crush!" I said quickly as I ran to the door and speed out of the house. As I left I heard Rarity gasp and start to speak very quickly to Skies. And as I shut the door. "TRAITOR!!" Skies called out from inside. I chuckled to myself as I walked away. 'I'm going to regret this so much when she decided to get revenge.' I made my way towards the town square. As I approached I saw a lot of the recently repaired damages. I continued towards the center. I recognized many of the ponies helping out. What caught my attention was the mare standing in the main area levitating planks of wood. I approached her from behind so she didn't notice me. "Hey." I said as I got close. She turned around and her eyes widened slightly as she saw me. "Got some time to talk?" I asked. She hesitated slightly, but nodded setting some of the planks on the ground. I began to walk towards a small bench near the square. Sitting down, she took the spot next to me. "If it means anything I am truly sorry for what I did." She said her eyes towards the ground. "It's okay, I know what the amulet did. I don't blame you. Truthfully I wanted to apologize to you." I said, she looked at me with some confusion. "For bringing up your past. It-it was cruel of me to bring it up." I told her. She took a few breaths. "It is okay. We both have things that we regret. I think we can agree that we can forgive each other for them." She said. I gave a smile and nodded. "You know, I've dealt with a lot of bad things in my life. If there's something I've learned, it's that talking about it really helps." I told her. "I'm here if you need to talk." I told her. She was silent for some time. "Perhaps that would be for the best." She said to me. "But it isn't a happy tale." "Neither is mine." I reassured her.