In The Darkness, There Is Always Light

by Twilight Ninja

Chapter 1

Darkness. That ‘s all that I am aware of. Darkness. I feel like I’m floating, I can’t see anything, and I can’t feel anything. My mind isn’t thinking of anything, it is perfectly calm and serene where I am, and warm too. I float here for what seems like days, or maybe minutes, when suddenly, a bright light appears in front of me. It’s radiance beckons to me. Come, I will not hurt you, It seems to say to me. I drift toward it, eager for what awaits me in this comforting light. I get closer and closer, and as I do, I can almost hear voices calling me from the light.

“Kevin,” they say, as I get closer. “Kevin, please.” That’s weird; it doesn’t seem to be coming from just the light, in fact, it sound like it’s coming from everywhere. I also notice that the light seems to shrink, as I get closer to it.

“Kevin,” the voices say again, this time much louder than before, deafening, even. I try to cover my ears with my hands, but I realize I don’t even have a body.

“KEVIN, PLEASE, WAKE UP!” the voice shouts, as my very being seems to rip apart. The light grows to a small speck and disappears in front of me. I feel as if I’m being pulled back. But I don’t want to go back; I want to go to the comforting glow of the light again.

I want to go back, I think to myself, as I’m being pulled. The darkness seems to distort and waver the more I’m being pulled, and finally, it seems to implode on itself. A bright light fills my senses, but it’s not comforting, like before. Instead, it is harsh and burns into my vision. I’m also aware that I have a physical body now. I try to move.

The first wave of pain hits me like a freight train, it’s unbearable and agonizing. It feels like every nerve in my body is on fire. I know only pain for what seems like days, but I know it to be merely minutes. Eventually, the pain subsides and I feel only a dull throbbing in my head and soreness in my joints. I’m aware that my eyes are closed, and I try to open them. It’s hard to do this seemingly simple task, but I manage, and I’m greeted with the face of a beautiful mare looking at me, eyes red from tears.

“Kevin, you’re alive?” the woman says incredulously.

I try to speak, it takes a while, but I eventually manage to say, “Who are you, where am I?”

The woman looks at me with a shocked look on her face. “Kevin, don’t you remember, it’s me Twilight. You’re at the hospital because of the last battle with the humans.”

The memories of the last few weeks come rushing back. “Oh sweet Celestia, how long have I been here?” I ask Twilight.

She sighs, and gives me a sad look. “You’ve been comatose for about four days Kevin. You were in critical condition, and quite frankly, nopony thought you were going to make it,” she said. She gave me a small smile. “But I’m very happy that we were wrong.”

I, however, was feeling anything but happy. Instead, I felt a deep pit of sadness form in my heart. Tentatively, I ask the question that’s on my mind. “Did… did we win the battle at Coltsburg?”

Twilight gave me a sad sigh and looked at me with tears shining in her beautiful eyes. “No, we didn’t. We lost,” she says to me.

I feel the world crashing down on me. I close my eyes and try to collect my thoughts in the jumbled mess that is my mind. “How many dead?” I ask, dreading the answer.

She looked at me with a look of utter defeat. “ About five hundred or so dead, with many, many more injured,” she says to me.

It takes time for what she says to sink in, but when it does, the realization makes me gasp aloud. “Five… five hundred! But that makes it the worst battle in the war so far!” I exclaimed in in shock.

She sighed dejectedly, “It does doesn’t it?” she said. Twilight walked over to the window and opened the curtains. “Look outside, isn’t the day beautiful? We should be playing outside with our families and friends, not fighting some pointless war,” said Twilight with a sad look on her face. A single tear rolled down her cheek, the only flaw of her otherwise flawless face.

“Twi…” I said, unable to say anything else, and not knowing anything else to say.

She looked at me with a new hardness in her eyes. “Kevin, do you remember the day? The day this all started?” she asked me abruptly.

I’m not prepared for this question, so it takes me a while to form a response.

Eventually, when I collect my thoughts, I look up at Twilight and say, “Yes, I do.”

She nodded and said, “So do I, I remember it was just like this one. With the sun shining its brightest and not a cloud in a sky.”

I looked down solemnly, and take the chance to look at my broken form. My legs were wrapped in a cast and my entire chest was covered in thick linen bandages. An IV was also connected to my heavily bandaged arm. Unable to stand the sight of my pitiful condition any longer, I looked up at Twilight.

“Twi, I… I’m so sorry,” I said to her sadly.
“For what? You saved many lives at Coltsburg, and the families are all very grateful.”

I sighed and said, “No Twilight, I meant I’m sorry for worrying you. I should have listened to you, I should have been more cautious, that way, I wouldn’t have ended up like this.” I motioned towards my broken body.

She gave me a smile and said, “Kevin, you don’t need to apologize for that, you did the right thing, and I’m glad for that. Oh, and besides, the doctors say that you’ll make a full recovery.”

I smiled and felt a little bit happier. “Thanks, Twi,” I say to her.

She walks towards me and gives me a long embrace, then lets go. “I got to go, Kevin, see you tomorrow,” and with that she plants a kiss on my forehead and walks out, leaving me to myself.

With no one else to talk to, I completely submerge myself in my thoughts. I think about many things, but I eventually settle on the Battle of Coltsburg. I think back to those awful days, watching good men and ponies die for a “good cause”. I lie back in my bed and close my eyes, thinking about the first day of that to that awful battle. The sound of gunfire and explosions come back as I start to relive the memories of a few weeks ago.

Comments

[Background_Pony]

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OH GOD ALL OF MY STARS ASDFGHJKL;'
This was a-mazing!!!! There isn't a single typo, although it's a teensy tiny bit short. But like season two songs, quality out-does quantity. PLEASE tell me you're going to continue the series!!
PLEEEASE!

[Mard93]

Good for now
Keep at it

[GuyFace]

Me gusta *Mexican fiesta*

[Mobius of the Moon]

Oh my... This is.... GOOD GODS AND GODDESSES, THIS IS FRIGGIN' AWESOME! Y U NO HAVE MORE VIEWS!?

[TAB]

Why you so short! That was just awesome!

[Moonpony]

That was not a lot but good enough to make me intrested Let the pages come

[BritRecon]

A little bit too short, my friend, but it was great nonetheless. I'm curious as to why Twilight and Kevin are humans while fighting against humans, but I'm going to assume that it will be answered later.

Again, great story!

[Armalite]

Very nice, I just hope the humans don't turn out to be TOTAL dicks. Also, are twilight and kevin humans, or is that just... Because I'm not sure.

[Twilight Ninja]

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No, they're both ponies. I changed "woman" to "mare" to make it less confusing.

[Armalite]

Okay good, I wasn't sure about that.