>Night 17 in Equestria
>Somehow, even though you are asleep, you know that you are asleep
>You still remember all of what happened earlier in the day
>It seemed to have just spiraled out of control, you have no idea what even was happening it went so fast
>You just had to go with the flow
>In your sleep, you do not cringe or worry remembering the events, though, you only feel calmed
>Likely because all your dream, this time, is a black endless landscape in which you exist alone
>Though everything is black, you can somehow feel as if it is also glowing a dark, sparkling, blue
>This is a concept you are familiar with ever since coming to Equestria, but still find hard to describe
>As you walk through the endless landscape, you come across a familiar blue pony with both a horn and wings
"Hello?"
>It starts to walk away from you slowly
"Hello?!"
>You try running towards it, but every step you take brings you further away from it
>The pony eventually goes back out of sight
>A soft, but still booming, voice surrounds you
>"Young creature, do not fear anything in this landscape. It is created of our will to help calm you for this conversation."
"Who is this?!"
>You yell out in concern
>"Worry not of who we are, as we will likely meet in the future soon enough. We have come to your dreams to ask forgiveness for our sister. Many of the terrible things that hath happened, and will likely continue to happen, is a direct consequence of her hasty actions towards you. She does this out of fear and concern for those she cares about. While the things done to you hath been terrible, please persevere and show the goodness that resides within you and show forgiveness when the time comes. You must not give up hope. We will be watching over you and providing the best protection we can, however limited it may be."
"Wow. This feels way too much like an RPG opening."
>As the voice begins to fade, you feel yourself drifting into consciousness once again
>The sensation of a scaly body surrounding yours is the first thing you notice when you come back to consciousness
>Even though you open your eyes, blackness still envelops your vision
>It must be the middle of the night now, because almost no light is even coming from the window in this room you awoke in
>Your hearing adjusts to being fully awake and you hear the sound of heavy rain outside
>Ah, it must also be cloudy outside; that explains why the moon or stars aren't giving much light to your room
>The other sound you hear is a dragon's breathing behind you
>You have heard this enough within the last week to deduce it is Flizzy's sleeping breathing pattern
>So here is the situation, if you can deduce correctly based on all of the signs
>Flizzy must have carried you here
>Then you slept until late into the night
>Now she is sleeping while wrapping you, which is a bit abnormal, but not enough to really put much thought into
>And now here you are
>Completely awake, being wrapped around by a sleeping dragon while it is raining outside
>You try to get up, but with Flizzy holding you, you can't escape
>You try a bit harder, you really need to get up and stretch; your body is much too cramped
>As you attempt to wriggle your body out of Flizzy's grip, your torso begins to burn up and cause you to make an audible yelp in pain
"Ah~!"
>Wow, that sounded too much like a girl for your comfort
>Luckily Flizzy is asleep and couldn't hear yo--
>"Anon?"
>You feel the grip on you tighten on you as Flizzy awakens from her slumber
"Graah~!"
>There we go, that one sounded a bit more manly; disregard the extreme pain she is causing you at the moment
>"Oh crap!"
>Flizzy wakes up fast at your yelp of pain and quickly releases you
>The feeling of relief immediately makes you fall back on the bed
>"Sorry Anon! Are you alright?"
>You groan in pain and cough some as you attempt to get your lungs back in the rhythm of breathing after being squeezed so hard
"Yeah.. Just peachy.."
>You try to laugh to show you weren't hurt, but it comes off as slight chuckles that are mostly interrupted of coughing
>Your eyes are fully adjusted to the dark and you can see a worried look on Flizzy's face
>You attempt to reassure her
"D-Don't worry Flizzy. This isn't because of you, it is because of that stupid doctor earlier."
>As you say that Flizzy's face goes from concern to anger
>"SO IT WAS THEM?!"
>The loud yell from her suddenly hurts your head terribly
>As you clutch your ears to try and reduce the bellow's effect on your aching head you see Flizzy go back to being concerned
>"Oh no! I am sorry Anon."
>You just lay there and wave your hand in the way you always do to show that something is not a big deal
>"...What happened to you?"
>You are not sure if you should tell her all of the details, only certain details, or just reassure her that everything is already over and dealt with
>You decide that it would be best for Flizzy to hear every single detail of what happened today
>She is your cell partner and you think that she should know, especially because she was dragged into it unwillingly
>You caused her to seemingly worry, the least you can do is be straight with her
>You roll towards Flizzy and tell her very calmly
"Okay then. I trust you and will tell you what happened."
>Flizzy listens as you tell her all of the details of what had happened during the beginning of the day
>You get to the part about being forcibly cut open against your will, but start to hyperventilate once you get to the part about Bright Blood lowering the scalpel
>It was all so recent, you can feel it again as you describe it
>You don't want to continue, as you start stuttering and pausing while you attempt to choke out the words, but you know you have to finish telling Flizzy
>Especially because Flizzy looks more astonished than angry at what is being told to her, like she doesn't want to believe it
>As you attempt to continue Flizzy starts to begin to feel awkward, shifting around uncomfortably
>"A-Anon. Please don't cry.. I am sorry."
>What?
>As you feel your face, you notice that it had become wet with tears you didn't even know you had started shedding
>You quickly turn away and attempt to wipe away the tears, you don't want to cry, it solves nothing
>But as you try to wipe the tears away, it just makes you sob harder
"I-I'm sorry, Flizzy. I d-didn't mean to. I will stop as fast as possible."
>You choke out those words, trying not to cry, but the memory is still so fresh of you being tortured and almost dying that it feels like recalling this bends your body against your will
>Flizzy is sitting behind you, acting awkward as she doesn't know how to deal with crying that well
>After a few seconds of trying to logic out what she should do, she grabs you from behind and awkwardly hugs you
>"It's okay Anon. Take however much time you need."
>You don't want to take much time to sob, though
>Through sheer willpower you stop crying, though you continue shaking
"Thanks Flizzy. Don't worry, it is in the past, I can deal with it."
>You turn back around and Flizzy lets go of you
>For the rest of the story, you continue fighting back any of the bad emotions and just remind yourself over and over that it is all in the past
>As the story progresses, Flizzy goes from sad, to angry, to VERY ANGRY, then VERY VERY ANGRY
>Though when you finish you story, she seems to go straight back to her original emotion of disbelief
>"I don't know how to handle this. You were immune to the doctors' magic, then you nearly died, then you forgave them, then you beat up your doctor, then a princess came and arrested him?"
"Sorry, I shouldn't have told you, should I?"
>Flizzy shakes her head
>"No, I am glad you said all of this to me, but I can't believe it. How did the doctors' magic not work on you? It worked on me, and us dragons have a natural resistance against magic."
>You just continue shivering and fighting the urge to puke after recalling all of this
>"And how did you hit those doctors? How did you beat up Bright Blood? The anti-aggression magic field shouldn't allow you to do that."
>She then gets extremely angry again
>"How did THEY hurt you?! The prisoners shouldn't be the only ones affected by the field!"
>You clutch your ears as she starts raising her voice again
>"THIS MAKES NO SENSE?! WHY WOULD THEY EVEN HURT YOU AT ALL? YOU DID NOTHING WRONG!"
>She starts throwing any reasoning out the window and starts yelling in pure rage
>"IF THIS FIELD ISN'T WORKING ANYMORE, I AM GOING TO HURT THEM! I AM GOING TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE YOU DID!"
>Your headache is splitting and you just wish for Flizzy to stop yelling
>She starts growling and spitting out small amounts of fire as she yells
"P-Please stop."
>You are in agonizing pain once again as Flizzy starts yelling
>Flizzy notices you, once again, but doesn't fully calm down like last time
>"Anon. I trust you, BUT I need you to do something for me."
>You uncover your ears as she stops screaming, head still splitting from the massive amount of noise
"What?"
>"Hit me."
"What?"
>As you repeat yourself, so does she
>"Hit me. Hit me with the intention to hurt me."
>You really don't want to hit Flizzy, you don't even know if you could hurt her with your body aching so badly
"I really don't want to hit you Flizzy.."
>"Anon. Just hit me. You likely wouldn't hurt me too badly, but I really need you to hit me right now."
>You are not sure why she is being so insistent, but you decide to oblige against your own preference
>You ball your fist, still laying down, and jab her lightly
"Is that good?"
>She shakes her head
>"It needs to be harder."
>You jab her lightly once again
"N-Now?"
>"Harder Anonymous! Here, sit up and give me your best hit."
>You sit up and get ready to hit her
"I really don't want to hurt you.."
>"Anon! Don't be such a wimp! Just hit me!"
>She starts raising her voice again and you just decide it would be best to get it over with as fast as possible
>You put all of your power into this punch, which is decently miniscule compared to what your body could normally do when not recovering
>The punch lands straight in Flizzy's stomach and she recoils back a slight bit and goes
>"Ouch. Now that actually hurt, you have more strength than I would have thought."
>As she tries to crack a joke, while rubbing her stomach where you hit her, you are rolling around on the bed holding your hand
>Not only is your body still recovering, but hitting her felt like hitting a brick wall
>Flizzy doesn't notice this, though, because she is much too preoccupied on getting angry again
>"So. This means you were telling the truth then."
>Flizzy then goes full rage mode and gets up off of the bed
>You notice this and try to follow along behind her, stumbling unsuccessfully
"Where are you going?"
>She breaks the bars open with her massive strength and just starts stomping away
>As you stumble along behind her you start to realize that whatever she is about to do, it is not something you want her to do
"Please come back here Flizzy. Everything is dealt with already."
>She just keeps stomping along, as she extends her wings to start knocking things in the hallway over to show how angry she is
>Oh no. You really have to catch her before she does anything wrong
>You don't want to see her hurt anyone, but more importantly you don't want to see her get hurt
>The security is low, but you have a feeling that if she goes and picks a fight, she may not be able to win it
>You aren't stupid and know that if they have the anti-aggression field down then they must have something else to stop prisoners from rioting or hurting each other
>This may be a lovely prison system, albeit with a few insane doctors, it is still a prison
>You stumble along the hallway, barely keeping up with Flizzy as she slowly grows farther and farther away from you
>It seems like your dream; every step forward you take she only continues to get farther away
>Eventually your weak legs give out from under you and you fall over infront of someone's cell
>When you look up again, Flizzy is gone
>You can still hear her, though, thanks to her breaking of all things in the hallway
>No! You can't lose sight of her
"FLIZZY! FLIZZY!"
>You yell out trying to keep her from walking away
>The sound of breaking items only keeps growing farther and farther away, not losing speed in the slightest
>You start coughing as a bright light shows up beside you
>"Keep it down! I am trying to sleep!"
>You look beside you to see Umbright getting out of his bed behind the cell door
>"Freaking idiots!"
>He gets fully out of bed and removing his sleep mask
>He seems to have a cell to himself
>"Who is making all that noise?!"
>He looks over towards the front of his cell to see you outside of it, using the bars to try and prop yourself up
>"Anonymous? W-What are you doing here?"
>He begins to grow much brighter as he sees you
>You close your eyes and look away as you try to speak to him
"Flizzy has run off and I am worried for her. I am trying to chase her, but then I fell thanks to my injuries. Sorry for making the noise, please don't mind me."
>You continue to try, and unsuccessfully, prop yourself up
>Umbright goes back to his normal not too brightness and walks over to the bars
>"Oh. Well, do you need me to help? Not that I am helping because it is you or anything."
"Yeah, I could use some help, but I don't want to get you in trouble too."
>Umbright scowls
>"How possibly would I get into trouble?"
>He opens the cell door and props you upwards onto your feet
"Wait... Huh?"
>You think you just lost the ability to understand
>"What? Stop staring!"
"But how?"
>"How what? Are you stupid or is this how you hyoomans thank others for helping them up?"
>You point towards the door
"How did you open that? Flizzy had to break our door open."
>Umbright looks at you as if you had just confirmed that you were an idiot
>"She didn't HAVE to do anything, these doors open if we want them to. They aren't locked."
>He then looks at the trail of broken items
>"It's kinda obvious why she broke the door, if this trail is any indicator."
>You start moving slowly forward again while using the wall to prop yourself up
"Thanks Umbright, but I don't want you to get into any trouble for anything that might happen."
>Umbright just shoves you over causing you to start falling
>He then catches you on his back
>"Shut up you idiot. I don't know and I don't care for whatever that stupid dragon is doing or why she is doing it, but as soon as she and you woke me up, this became my problem. So just point me in the direction she went."
>You point towards the trail of broken objects and say weakly
"Probably just follow that."
>Umbright lights up a bit in embarrassment
>"Y-Yeah. Of course I knew that. I was just testing you to see if you knew that."
>You know he is trying to save face, but you don't call him out for it
>You really don't care
>"L-Let's just go already!"
>He starts walking at a brisk pace down the trail of broken objects that Flizzy had left behind
>...
>As you begin to catch up to Flizzy, you hear a massive roar and the sounds of yelling
>That roar, it must have been Flizzy
"Flizzy! Please stop!"
>Umbright and you rush towards the sound and see an angry Flizzy yelling incomprehensibly at a guard pony who was tasked with patrolling during the knight
>The normally composed guard unicorn is freaking out as he is being picked up and dangled from his armor
>"I SAID, WHERE ARE THE DOCTOR'S QUARTERS?!"
>The guard stallion starts yelling
>"I don't know! Please let me down!"
"Flizzy!"
>"Hey you stupid dragon! You woke me up!"
>Umbright chimes in, but for completely the wrong reason
>Flizzy continues to ignore you two as she starts breathing smoke in the air and releasing small flames from her mouth
>"I will only ask you ONE MORE TIME!"
>The guard pony is nearly crying, as he is being held and threatened by an angry creature nearly four times his size
>"I don't knowwwww!!!"
>Flizzy sits there and thinks while you yell to her to "please stop"
>Suddenly a familiar sounding voice comes from your side
>"WELL THIS SEEMS TO BE THE MOST FUN NIGHT WE HAVE HAD IN A WHILE!"
>Oh god, not her
>Your ears and head start splitting for a completely different reason than your headache as a familiar blue pony with yellow hair, wearing her normal warden outfit, suddenly is standing next to you and Umbright
>"Oh Celestia, please not her.."
>Umbright's light is waning as gives an agonized look on his face
>It seems he shares you sentiment
>"SO! WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?"
>The guard pony, still dangling from Flizzy's claws holding him by his armor, looks down pleadingly towards the warden
>Flizzy also directs her attention towards the warden, her full rage now directed towards her too
>"OH WOW! HOW SCARY!"
>The warden giggles
>She puts the guard pony down, who runs into the corner and cowers, and instead tries to grab the warden
>But Freedom Keeper just jumps on top of the claw and hops off of her arm
>"NO THANK YOU! THAT GAME DOESN'T LOOK VERY FUN!"
>Flizzy keeps attempting to grab Freedom Keeper, but the warden just keeps dancing around her claws while avoiding every attempt with playful ease
>"NOW THIS GAME IS FUN! WEE~!"
>You would have been astonished by this agility shown by the warden, but because of the Basketball game a couple of days ago, this is not too big of a surprise
>As Flizzy attempts to grab her, you slowly get off of Umbright
>Umbright is too busy watching Freedom Keeper toy with Flizzy
>You slowly stumble your way towards Flizzy
>Looking at her now, in full rage mode, you remember just how large she really is compared to you
>The feeling of intimidation doesn't stop you from trying to reach her though
>Your voice is too worn out to keep yelling, so you are now just muttering her name over and over
>You begin to feel dizzy with each step you take, and your body feels like it is burning up
"Flizzy.. Flizzy.. Flizzy.."
>You keep repeating to the best of your ability as you stumble closer
>Freedom Keeper and Flizzy are too busy with one another to notice you getting closer
>"Enough!"
>Flizzy yells as she attempts to sweep grab the warden
>Freedom Keeper just jumps backwards over Flizzy's claw and says
>"COME ON! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT WILL WORK? KEEP IT FRESH!"
>Flizzy sweeps the other way with her other claw, but the warden just jumps over it once again
>This time, she notices where Flizzy's claw is going
>"NO! ANONYMOUS MOVE!"
>As you get close enough to lean on Flizzy to try and get her attention, Flizzy's sweeping claw hits you
>It is not too hard, as it was at the end of its swing, but it was hard enough to cause you to fly back a few feet
>As you hit the ground, you start to cough and clutch your body
>The impact didn't exactly hurt, but it instead caused something else to hurt inside of you
>As Flizzy hit you, she immediately is overcome by a magic aura that first causes her to fly back in the same motion as you, then caused her become sedate
>She is much more calm now and is no longer raging angry
>She is instead now at the corner of the room, twitching from the sudden magic aura surrounding her and holding her in place
>As this happens, a group of prison personnel, mostly guards but also a few doctors, storm into the room
>The guard ponies surround the dazed Flizzy and the doctors rush over to the other guard pony who is cowering in the corner of the room
>As Flizzy begins to regain her sense of self, she sees you lying over in the corner of the room hacking and wheezing, holding your throat
>After being hit by Flizzy's claw, you seemingly couldn't get yourself to stop wheezing
>It feels as if one of your lungs are once again filling with fluids
>You try desperately to breathe, as you lay on your right side
>That seems to help a bit, but you still are having a terribly tough time breathing
>As Flizzy notices you she yells out
>"Anon! No! Somepony help him!"
>The guards surround her so that she can't rush to your side, but after saying that the other doctors rush to your side
>Umbright also runs over in concern
>Flizzy yells at the doctors once they reach you
>"Get away from him! Anypony but you ponies!"
>Right now, you just want help
>The feeling is literally suffocating, as if one of your lungs just doesn't want to accept air anymore
>Umbright yells at the doctors
>"Help him you fools! Anonymous, stay awake!"
>Flizzy keeps yelling at the doctors
>"I said to stay away!"
>One of the doctors gets over to you and starts checking your breathing with a stethoscope
>"GET AWAY!"
>Flizzy tries her best to overcome the anti-aggression magic's effects, but can only manage to yell that angrily before getting winded
>Umbright glares at Flizzy and yells back at her
>"WILL YOU SHUT UP?! ANON IS HURT BECAUSE OF YOU!"
>That hits Flizzy hard and she goes silent and hangs her head
>For a few seconds she stays silent with her head down
>The doctor examing you begins to push on your chest, helping you breath slightly
>You recognize the doctor who is currently examining you; it is the doctor who kept helping you this morning
>Soon enough, Flizzy reraises her head and starts begging with tears in her eyes
>"Please don't let them take him away. I don't want Anon to leave me too."
>She pleads as she begins to sob harder than you did earlier
>"You can hurt me instead. Just please leave Anon alone."
>You don't know exactly what is happening, but you lift your head and look towards the dragon you could call your best friend
>She is sobbing extremely hard, trying, as you did, to wipe hers tears away with her scaly arms
>As you look at her, she notices and stops trying to wipe away her tears
>Instead she starts apologizing while crying
>"I am sorry Anon! Please don't hate me! I am so sorry!"
>You cough a bit, with your head not being in an angle it should be in your current health
>Your chest is pulsating with a lot of pain and you feel like you are burning up, but before you lay your head back down, you smile gently towards her and wave your hand in the way you always do to show that something is not a big deal
>As you rest your head again, the doctor starts getting the ponies around your to place you on a human sized stretcher
>"Don't worry Anon. I won't let you down this time. Just stay with us and breathe slowly."
>The doctor gives you a look of confidence, as you continue to cough up fluids you are unable to identify from your perspective
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7aa1Dkr_1Q [Embed]
(not doctor music, but I feel like it fits)
>Time goes agonizingly slowly as you are brought into the room you were operated on this morning
>This time, you do actually need surgery
>The doctor pony, who is now in charge of this operation, tells the other ponies what to do
>After examining you by passing you through an x-ray, they see an object in your chest that should not be there
>It is a scalpel, most likely dropped by the incompetent Bright Blood before rushing out of the operating room
>It is sticking into one of your lungs, the left one to be precise
>It is causing your lung to fill with blood and become unable to properly fill with air
>They have to remove it quickly
>Hearing these words be spoken is not pleasant to your ears, as you know what that means
>"Prep him for operating! Get the operation tools!"
>You want to object, but the lack of breath keeps you from doing anything but manually breathing (which all of you are now doing) to stay alive
>The doctor notices your unhappiness at this, but continues on
>"The patient is seemingly immune to medical magic, so we are going to need to use very old and zebra-like techniques to operate on him. Prepare the manticore venom for numbing the patient, prepare fermented bone dust to cause drowsiness, prepare the poisonous mushrooms to induce a hypnotic state, and prepare whatever sewing tools we have in addition to our normal operating tools."
>"But sir, these are all highly impractical tools that we have limited numbers of. How do we know if this will even work on him? Dr. Bright Blood would have never allowed such primitive trea--"
>The doctor pony cuts him off and says angrily
>"Stop asking questions and just do it! He is in critical condition! We need to try whatever we can!"
>...
>You are woozy but still hanging on
>This is not a good day at all; two times dying on the operating table, both times caused by malpractice
>The doctor brings over the manticore venom, is inside of a purple glassed flask, and starts applying it to your abdomen
>As that happens, your entire torso becomes numb
>He then hands you a small bowl of ground up bone dust and tells you to breathe it in as best you can
>You try to inhale it through your mouth, but the opening is so wide for the amount of pressure you can make through inhaling, that it only is able to enter your mouth and land on your tongue
>The bitter taste makes you spit it out immediately
>You get a better idea
"Bring me a flat surface, like a book, and a straw."
>The doctor is confused, but does as you say
>You take the bone dust and dump it on the book, organizing it with your hand into a line
>You then take the straw and snort up the bone dust
>"Anon? Are you alright?"
>Drowsiness already is taking you after a few seconds of snorting the bone dust
>You can't speak, you are too tired
>"Good, I guess..."
>Finally the doctor takes the chopped up poisonous mushrooms and gives them to you to eat
>You just chew them up and swallow them slowly, not having the energy to do it in haste
>The taste is bitter, but also somewhat tangy
>All of the sudden, the room starts to spin and you hear the ponies starting the operation
>You don't feel a thing, but you are conscious of half of the things around you
>The other half has turned into crazy monsters and colors
>They don't do much, but stare at you
>You think you see Flizzy, but she is crying
>This hallucination is whack as fuck, but also interesting
>As the operation goes on, your mind constantly races around, imagining many things to be happening that are not actually, and staying in-between the states of consciousness
>This goes on for the next hour or so
>...
>After an hour, you come off of your high and feel your chest aching very badly
>The doctors are on their final step
>"And finally, cut the thread."
>You look down to see them finish the last part of stitching your chest closed
>The doctor pony finishes up the operation by re-applying the manticore venom on the wound, making it so that you can not even feel the aching; though a slight burning inside your chest is still there
>"Now Anonymous, do not take any deep breaths for the next day or so. We have applied poison joke to your lung, so that it now functions by breathing outwards. We will cure the poison joke once your lung has had time to heal, with some of the other herbal remedies we have applied. Until then, breathing too deeply may cause the herbs to spread out too thinly for even just a second, which may be bad, though we can not say for certain based on our lack of understanding of your anatomy."
>This feels extremely surreal, especially because your brain is still kinda screwy from the poison mushrooms and bone dust
>You know that your life was saved by this pony and the doctors that originally had put it at risk
>As you had previously promised, though, there will be no grudges held
>If anything, you are just grateful that they had saved you
"Thank you doc."
>The doctor you had come to trust so much smiles and takes off his mask
>"Please, just call me Altruist Hope. From this point on, I will be your primary care doctor, as approved by Princess Sparkle."
>He then points to the corner of the room to the purple princess who had a large list of papers she was writing on
>"She had been taking notes during the operation, to make sure we would not make the same mistake as before. Now that we are done, we are going to take you back to your cell."
>Altruist Hope takes you and loads you onto a wheeled bed
>He gives you a bottle full of yellow and orange liquid, somewhat resembling a lava lamp's fluid, and tell you to take a tablespoon of this every morning to help with the healing process
>As they wheel you by the door, Princess Sparkle gets up and walks over to you
>You just stare at her, and give her a smile
"Tha--"
>While you begin to speak, she cuts you off
>She starts apologizing with a sad look on her face
>"Anonymous, I apologize for everything I had said earlier this afternoon. While I still do not think that violence was the best way to deal with the situation, I can understand why you felt you had been backed into a corner and needed to respond with such actions. What you must have been feeling... what you are currently feeling... I have never felt before myself. In this one day, you have gone through much more hardship and pain than most ponies have gone through in their entire lives; and it was wrong of me to judge your actions without knowing all of the details. I beg your forgiveness for my callousness and brash behavior."
>You just smile again and give a small response
"So can I finish what I was about to say?"
>She looks up at you confused
>"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
>You reach out your arm weakly and pet her head
"I don't blame you for anything. I am actually thankful you came and helped me when I needed it the most. Your words hurt me slightly, but I didn't hold them against you. So, thank you Princess Sparkle. Both for helping me deal with Bright Blood and for understanding my reasons."
>Twilight smiles gently and takes your hand in her hooves
>"You remind me of others I have met before who act as kind as you do. How you have found your way to our world, I don't know, but I am sure you will somehow get back to yours."
>As you begin to start getting pushed past her, she waves you goodbye
>"Thank you Anonymous. I hope you feel better soon."
>You just wave her goodbye also, and rest as you are pushed back to your cell
>...
>When you arrive towards your cell, you see Flizzy laying on the bottom bunk, holding the pillow you always use, close to her
>You ask the Altruist Hope if he can wheel you over, which he does
>When you get close, you see that the entire bed under her head is wet from the tears that are still streaming down her scaly cheeks
>You look over at your doctor
"May I get up for a second?"
>The doctor nods, but insists on helping you stand
>As you get on your feet, you pet Flizzy on the back of her head, scratching her head like she does so often to you
"Flizzy..."
>You whisper into her scaled ear
>"..Hmm?"
>Flizzy slowly wakes up and turns towards the sound
>She looks towards you, seeing upwards towards you smiling face
>"A-Anonymous? I-Is that you?"
>She starts crying again when she sees your face
>You lean over slowly to hug her head
"I told you everything would be alright."
>You then think for a second and crack a little joke to lighten the mood
"Well more signaled it, but meh. Heh heh."
>You bend back upwards and she slowly turns her body towards you
>"Anon, I never thought I would see you again. They didn't hurt you, did they?"
>You shake your head and continue stroking the top of her head
"Naw. The doctors healed me up perfectly; though I do have to take it easy for a little while."
>You then stop petting her head and say in a still joking tone
"I would never leave you with such a dumb excuse as 'death', so never worry about that. I am too great for that."
>She wipes away her tears as you lift the mood and begins to give the big smile you love to see from her so very much; the one that feels like it could heal you just by existing
>"Yeah. Like I've said many times before... I trust you."
>You start clutching your chest and slowly sit back on your bead as standing takes its toll on your recently operated on body
>"Are you alright?!"
>Flizzy goes from joking to concerned very quickly
>You adjust yourself back on your wheeling bed to lay down comfortably
"Yeah. Don't worry, I just need to stay comfortable for the next few days. Probably won't be walking around too much. I am alright, though."
>You then go back to joking around
"On the bright side, now you get top bunk alone without having to worry about me sweating on it. You are officially the sole alpha, until I get better to usurp the throne again. Heh."
>Flizzy doesn't share the same laughter, though
>"Anonymous."
>She looks sullenly over to you
>"I am so sorry. I hurt you and because of tha--"
>This time YOU cut someone off
"Not this stuff again."
>You laugh to keep up the positive mood
"I think I have had enough apologies for today; I get it, everyone is sorry."
>She gets a sad look on her face as you say that, as if you had just rejected her apology
"Look. You had injured me only by setting off a timebomb from Bright Blood that was already leaving me feeling ill. You didn't mean to hit me, it was an accident. While I would have preferred you not getting angry and storming off, ignoring my wants, I still feel extremely flattered that you got so angry and protective over me. I am very happy you seem to value me so highly. And I value you highly too. So please don't apologize, I don't want to hear it. I just want to see you happy now. Not angry, not regretful, not confused, just happy. Can you do that for me, as a 'get well soon' present?"
>Flizzy goes silent and nods
>"I-I will be happy. And I will make you happy."
>She starts getting flustered for some unknown reason
>"And I will prove to you how much you mean to me. I realize it now. Thank you Anon."
>She then starts to walk out of the room
"Uhhh... Where are you going?"
>Smiling brightly, she replies
>"I am going to do what I need to do. Don't worry about me Anon. I will do what is necessary, just trust me."
>You have no idea what she is talking about, but you trust her
"I understand. I will see you later Flizzy."
>You get yourself covered in the blankets on the mobile bed and rest your head on the pillow
"I need sleep now, so you just stay safe. Okay?"
>Flizzy nods and walks off to wherever she is going
>Before going to bed, the doctor gives you a button and explains that pressing it will get a nurse pony down here ASAP
>He then leaves and you prepare for sleep
>You fall into a deep sleep as you listen to the rain hammer against the window

- END OF PART V -