//------------------------------// // Resting Period // Story: Don't Starve! // by Tee Sion //------------------------------// "Yes! I can hear you, please quit talking so loud!" Wilson said, covering his ears with his dry palms. "Oh, sorry" Was that Twilight's voice? Wilson's eyes opened up and they darted around the room. "N-no no, my fault, it's just I'm cranky when I wake up from unconsciousness!" Wilson stammered, his mouth was extremely dry. That was a weird thing to say. Twilight had brought Wendy, Spike, and the rest of her friends here, minus one. Just to see Wilson? He found the source of the beeping that bothered him so much, heart monitor, of course. "We're glad you're back from the dead, dude!" Rainbow Dash said, lightly punching Wilson's shoulder. Wilson smiled for a brief moment, then he looked at the heart monitor. Rarity yanked Rainbow Dash's tail, then they began to argue, very quietly. "I was...dead?" He asked. It got pretty awkward, really fast. "Yes, Mr. Wilson! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the monitor beginning to beep! I thought we'd lost you for sure, it's way too early for that!" Wendy shouted. She looked almost flustered, or truly afraid Wilson was going to be gone forever. She hugged Wilson tightly, Wilson didn't take her for the touchy-feely person, but she is a little kid. "I can't lose someone again" She whispered to herself. "She said it, partner. Y'know, Spike was the one who got help, he ran all around town screamin'" Applejack chuckled to herself. Wilson looked down at himself, ashamed. "Spike..." The dragon was already looking at Wilson. "I'm so sorry I snapped at you out there, it wasn't very appropriate of me to do so. Just know I'll make it up to you" "It's totally fine, Wilson. I understand you were pretty stressed out at the time, I could see it. I'm still your pal" "What exactly happened out there, Wilson, Spike?" The dragon and human looked at each other, smirking and sighing deeply. "It's a long story" They said in unison. The six were not amused. DeJa Vu. "Then you better get to explaining now, huh?" Rainbow Dash added. "Right, I'll start" Wilson replied. ----- "Speaking of which, where is Chester?!" Wilson said, a look of concern on his face. They'd just barely gotten to Spike's entry into the story, and it was about to be cut short. Everyone seemed to look at Spike when this question was asked, and he dropped a bead of sweat. He sat and thought for a moment, scratching his chin. "Well, you see, it's a bit strange, but..." He started. "But what?" Wilson asked, raising his arms. "He kind of ran off?" "Wha-" "I tried to call him back! I swear! But he just ran off, his bleeding wasn't as immense anymore, too" Spike explained. Wilson has seen this happen before, many times actually. Chester would get really hurt, then shake it off and run away for a while. He'll be back soon. "He'll be back. He's done this before" Wilson said. This put Spike at ease, he didn't want to be responsible for completely losing Chester. "How can you be so sure, darling?" Rarity asked, "Surely you'd want to at least go out and look for him, no?" "No, Rarity, he'll be fine. He only does this when he gets really hurt, whether emotionally or physically." "So, kind of like, when you get mad at your mom so you lock yourself up in your room?" Rainbow Dash added. "Yeah, I guess you could put it that way, too" Twilight had been mostly silent through this entire visit, even Fluttershy had put in a word or two pretty often. Twilight was just sitting there. Wilson felt like asking what was wrong, but he felt like it wasn't the place. Or he wasn't the person to do it. Wilson wondered why her friends haven't taken any notice to this. "So, should I continue with the explanation?" Spike asked. Everyone, except Twilight, nodded. "Alrighty, lets see, where was I?-" "Chester was taking you into the Everfree Forest" Fluttershy said. "Thanks" ----- About an hour had passed, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy had said their goodbyes and went on their way. It was only Twilight, Wendy, and Spike in the hospital room with Wilson. But Wendy had been curled up on the couch completely knocked out. Light conversations between the truly remaining three were the only events at this time. They'd discussed the princesses, government on Earth, and the history of Equestria. "Wait, did you say...Discord?" Wilson butted in. Twilight raised an eyebrow. "Yes, why, do you know him?" There was a hint of concern in Twilight voice. Wilson sat in silence for a brief moment. "I wouldn't say know him, but he came to me while I was unconscious." "Really! What did he say!?" Twilight half-shouted. Spike was equally as curious as to what Discord wanted with Wilson. Who, once again, sat in silence, thinking back to his tea time with Discord. "Well, he told me that hew knew all about me and how I got here and stuff. And he said that he thinks Maxwell is pure evil" Wilson stopped and looked at the two. He took their silence as a green-light to continue. "Then he got really, I mean really serious and said that he fears for the fate of Equestria so long as Maxwell is here." Twilight and Spike's eyes both widened in fear and curiosity. "Also, he told me I should not find these things" Wilson gestured to the 'things' burned onto his arm. "Did you ask him why he was so cautious of Maxwell?" Twilight asked, by this time her little cute notepad was out. "No, I woke up before he could really explain anything, but he sounded really sincere about his warnings. But I don't know if I want to give any mind to them" "Well, why wouldn't you?" Spike asked. Twilight's eyes peeked up while she was still writing, waiting an answer. "I mean, I just met the guy and it's kind of suspicious that the spirit of chaos and disharmony would be warning me about Maxwell. Maxwell is just that, chaos and disharmony!" "Wilson, we've reformed Discord. Meaning he isn't so chaotic and disharmonious anymore, it may seem like an odd thing to accept. But it's true" Twilight said, placing a hoof on Wilson's knee. "I just don't think I can really stop hunting these pieces. Twilight, it may be my way home." "Well, m-maybe that's just what Maxwell wants you to think" Twilight covered her mouth quickly. Wilson knew she had a point, and he felt kind of stupid for actually thinking his home was right around the corner. It was a very large task at hand, too. Traveling to god knows where to find these pieces? Somebody could get hurt, and somebody did get hurt. Wilson really wanted the best for himself and these ponies, but he couldn't help but really believe that the pieces were the way out. It is such a tempting offer. "You're right, Twilight. It was silly of me to really think I would get to go home just by doing Maxwell's bidding." When you put it like that, it's depressing. Twilight kind of felt bad for shutting Wilson down, she could tell he longed to go home. "Don't worry Wilson, I know you'll get home sooner or later." Spike said, smiling. Wilson smiled back, but he didn't believe that. You can't just wish for something, then it happens. You have to make it happen, and in times of uncertainty, like this one, most of the time it's wrong to try. Wilson was just stressed out, he was in a foreign place, he felt like just a nuisance to Twilight, and now he's been possessed by inanimate objects. "I'm sorry I dragged you all into my problems. I've dealt with Maxwell alone before and I'll do it again." There was a silence. "Really?! There's no way I could let you do that!" Twilight exclaimed. She looked directly into Wilson's eyes, smiling. "If you're really going to do this, I'm doing it as well" Spike nodded in agreement. "Same here, you're our friend, we can't leave you alone. Where you go, we go" Spike added. Wilson didn't know what to say, it hadn't been long since he's known them, but they were still comfortable enough to call him a friend? He couldn't believe they would support him so much, his eyes started to tear up. "Thank you so much, the both of you" "And I'm sure the rest of the girls would be up for it as well." "Can I come too? Please!" Wendy asked. The three at the bed looked back at the couch. "Wendy, how long have you been up?" Wilson responded. "Like ten minutes." "Oh, well, I don't know if I feel comfortable with you coming on these dangerous trips" Wilson admitted. Spike was probably around the same age as her, but he was a lot tougher from what Wilson had seen and could breathe fire! "Come on, I can defend myself! I promise! I have Abi-" Wendy stopped, and she looked away. The three looked at each other, something was wrong. "Wendy, what's wrong?" Wilson asked. She didn't answer for a while, instead she just sighed. "I'm going for a walk, see you guys later..." "Wait, Wendy! Talk to us!" Twilight called out. Wendy ignored her and shut the door quietly. Wilson thought it was a funny coincidence that her and Chester have both run off. Wilson had a gut feeling she'd come back and explain why she so suddenly left the room. There was an odd silence in the room, not like an awkward one, but one that almost was needed. Wilson sighed heavily and leaned back into his soft, cyan pillow. Spike and Twilight eventually began to talk to each other, while Wilson retuned to his own thoughts. ----- Wilson had fallen asleep during his peace and quiet session. Spike and Twilight left a note, saying "get well soon" and they retuned home and will come back tomorrow morning. Wilson smiled when he read this and placed it back on the desk he found it on. He wanted to get up and walk around the room, but his leg was too banged up. "It can't be that bad anymore, right?" Wilson said to himself. Hopefully it really wasn't as bad as it originally was, if magic was a thing here, magically healing his leg should have been the way to go. Or so Wilson thought. He lifted up the silky, and noticeably old blanket and looked at his ruined appendage. "Oh my..." Wilson couldn't believe it, it looked even worse! It wasn't bleeding profusely but it seemed to have grown in size. "HAVING A HARD TIME HEALING? SORRY ABOUT THAT!" The voice screeched. Wilson cringed at the random outburst of extremely loud speech. "C'mon, tone it down in there! And what do you mean you're sorry?" He asked, rubbing his already aching head. "THERE IS A DOWNSIDE TO POSSESSING YOUR BODY, YOU KIND OF LOSE A LOT OF YOUR ABILITY TO HEAL NATURALLY. SO THE CUT WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND NO AMOUNT OF STITCHES WOULD HELP. IN FACT, I'M SURE STITCHES WOULD MAKE IT WORSE BECAUSE, AS THE CUT INEVITABLY GREW DUE TO REASONS BEYOND ME, IT WOULD TEAR THE STITCHES OFF." The potato bantered. Fear in Wilson grew, this cut was just going to get worse! "Well, get out of my body! Stop possessing me! It should be your choice, right?" Wilson said. "NOT EXACTLY, I'M BOUND TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE CURSE MAXWELL HAS LAID UPON YOU. I WILL ONLY GO AWAY AFTER YOU COLLECT MY PIECE!" Amazing! This is a lot worse than Wilson ever thought it would be. So he guessed that each piece would have it's own downside to having in his mind. But what could really be worse than no healing? "So I really have to get your piece huh?" No response. Whatever, he's too loud anyways. "Potato, do you know what the other pieces are like? And maybe what they will do to me?" "SORRY, I CANNOT SAY. IT'S AGAINST OUT CODE" Code? What code? Did Maxwell have them sign a Terms and Conditions sheet for this? Totally not cool. "Oh, that's fantastic. Also, why haven't you been bossing me around and you're really apologetic. Don't tell me you actually like me now" Wilson teased. There was no answer but, his head got a sharp moment of pain. "Okay, okay, I'll drop it" "GET SOME REST." "That's more like it"