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Danke schön...

Rainbow Dash had somehow convinced and brought Scout up toward her home in Cloudsdale, despite his acrophobia. A huge mistake. Unbeknownst to her, the Scout snored like a lawnmower running over a bed of nails. After a few sleep deprived hours, she couldn't take it. She snuck out of her bedroom, grabbed the Sandman, and drifted down to the ground. Perhaps a little exercise would tire her out. Rainbow Dash grabbed a small stone, measuring it's weight in her hand. It seemed nice and light. She tossed it in the air, and swung the wooden bat, emitting a loud CRACK and sending the stone flying. In the minimal light, Rainbow Dash could make out the stone sailing through the air, landing somewhere near Fluttershy's house. As she flew toward it to retrieve another stone, she could hear some commotion inside. She gently crept in through an open window...

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A short while earlier....

The Medic could feel something small and furry pounding his face, lightly and repeatedly. He sat up quickly, adjusting his glasses. The was a rabbit sitting on his lap, angrily crossing its arms. Confused, the Medic just stood up, and the rabbit curled up where the Medic was sitting.

"Dumme Kaninchen ..." he muttered. The Medic wandered out to a balcony, looking up toward the moon. He leaned on the rail, and after a small amount of time staring at it, he could faintly make out the shape of a horse's head, with a long horn. The Medic had seen the man in the moon a hundred times, but he'd never seen any unicorn shapes in the moon.

"The moon is a very strange place..." a soft voice said. The Medic turned, seeing Fluttershy standing behind him.

"You have quite a talent for zneaking up on me like zhat." he said, getting tired of her constantly popping behind him.

"Sorry. My bunny Angel likes to sleep on the couch. I should have mentioned that earlier." She said, standing next to him. The Medic rolled his eyes and sighed. "You're upset that your friends are leaving you." Fluttershy deduced, seeing the look in Medic's eyes.

"I von't say you're wrong. Zhis place... it's so beautiful. No vars, no violence. I couldn't possibly give zhis opportunity up." The Medic said, gazing over the town.

"Well, there was war here." Fluttershy muttered.

"Zhere vas?" Medic asked, intrigued.

Fluttershy then pointed up at a tall mountain behind the village. There was a city glowing in the moonlight, with tall towers, and a castle hanging on the side of the mountain. "That's Canterlot. It's where Princess Celestia ruled for over a thousand years. She's vanquished evil forces with an army, to protect all of Equestria. They say there's a part of the mountain where they bury the fallen soldiers." Fluttershy explained.

"Fallen soldiers..." he repeated. "I can't remember ze last time I vasn't at var. Dying over und over, being brought back just to zuffer more. I zwear, it hurts more every time."

"Zhen zhis will feel familiar." A voice said behind them. Before anyone could react, the Medic jostled, then fell to the floor. Fluttershy felt her heart stop for a moment as her face filled with horror and fear. As she bent over to the Medic, he was wheezing, and coughing blood on the floor with a faint, irregular pulse. Fluttershy looked up, and towering over them, was the Spy. He looked just as Fluttershy saw him last, but wearing blue in place of red. Small wisps of smoke curled of his suit as he flicked his bloody butterfly knife around, and it wasn't long before Fluttershy pieced it all together.

"You monster! You betrayed him!" She yelled, tears dripping from her eyes and as she stood up to him.

"On the contrary..." He said, pulling out a revolver and pointing it at the girl. She recoiled at the sight of the gun, and cowered back. "I never really was on your side. Now, if you don't mind, there's a little disposal that needs to be taken care of." He chuckled, pulling the hammer of the gun back.

Before anything else happened, a solid THWACK sounded as the Spy dropped the revolver, and slumped on the floor like the Medic. Standing behind him was Rainbow Dash, holding the Sandman in her hands, and breathing heavily.

"Fluttershy... I... I didn't know he was..." Rainbow stammered.

"Go get Twilight! Tell her we need help, now!" Fluttershy cried. Without any hesitation, Rainbow Dash nodded and soared off for assistance.

"It's going to be alright... Twilight will get here, she'll fix you up, I promise." Fluttershy whimpered, leaning over the Medic. She placed a hand under his head to support it, her other hand grasping Medic's tightly. His white shirt was stained with blood, along with a small smear of blood at the corner of his mouth.

"No... it's not. It looks like I've zpent my time here..." Medic coughed, his eyes flickering.

Fluttershy's face was soaked with her tears. "No, please! Don't go!" she bawled.

"Thank you, Fluttershy. Thank you for being my friend here..." he whispered weakly. "Danke schön... na, na... Danke schön..." he sang softly before his eyes slowly shut and his voice gave out.

For a brief moment, the night was quiet, all but the sound of Fluttershy's sobbing.

Author's Note:

I guess I should translate a little.
Dumme Kaninchen= Stupid rabbit

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