BC+SL: A Nightmare to Remember

-Movement Three

Twilight awoke and was relieved to have joined the land of the living once more. The faces that surrounded her were not blank expressions of emotionless aid, though: they were her true and honest friends and they could do her no harm.

“Twi!” Applejack shouted, and covered her mouth in embarrassment as she realized she was being far too loud for a pony in Twilight’s state. The rest of the girls chimed in with their expressions of good comfort.

Twilight could only crack a smile, painful as it was.

“Girls… I’m so glad to see you,” she mumbled- it was all she could manage. Looking around the lit up faces around her, her smile drooped significantly as she realized a piece of her life was missing.

“Rarity..?” The other ponies’ faces dropped significantly.

“She uh, she’s okay Twilight, I promise,” Rainbow dash, said, her face a mixed amount of pleasure and pain. “She was really bumped around. The doctor said she’ll be recovering quickly though! Said she was very, very lucky for a mare in her position!” All the ponies nodded in earnest.

“And… and my parents?” Twilight asked, afraid to know the truth. The faces around her were grim.

“We haven’t heard anything about them, yet. I’m sorry,” Fluttershy reciprocated, and her friends tried their best to give a subtle nod of support.

Twilight smiled anyways, despite the news.

“I’m so glad… to see you girls…” she trailed off. Her drunken mind tried to cut through the medication as she thought frantically. Her face winced as she remembered painful thoughts.

“The crash… What happened?” she managed after some time. All the ponies looked about at each other, trying to decide who would explain the next part.

"Nopony knows, Ah'm afraid," Applejack drawled.

“Luckily, we were on the back part of the train, on the patio of the caboose, looking at what stars we could see between the clouds. When the train crashed, we merely got flung out of the back and landed in the dirt and grass.” Fluttershy shied away as the memory of some ghostly metal carcass lit up by fire intruded on her memories.

“We were really, really, really, really scared, Twilight,” Pinkie chimed in. She smiled a bit. “I helped the ambulance ponies find you.” She held the smile wide as she looked on her friend.

Twilight could only smile back at her friends. Medicine began to flow both mercifully and unwanted through her body, and she only numbly recalled saying goodbye as the nurse came to dismiss all the ponies in the room.  As she screamed on the inside, the rest of her life faded away as the other ponies merely sighed and left their friend once more.

A sunny room with unnaturally cheerful, peeling paint trapped Twilight inside a cage of misery. Her friends were mingling around the room, talking to one another and the few ponies that were unlucky enough to be stuck in the recovery ward.

Turning her head to the other side with a great effort, she clenched her teeth as the bandages about her head rubbed and chafed the soft skin underneath. With a gentle hoof, Rarity flicked an errant lock away from Twilight’s eyes and smiled deeply at her friend. A chipped tooth showed in her wide smile and the bruise under her eye still showed up vibrantly, even through the extra makeup she had dabbled on that morning. Her movements were rather stiff.

“How have you been feeling, my dear?” she asked, still smiling. Twilight’s eyes hardened at her friend but guilt washed the look away and she sighed.

“Horrible,” she said, and she meant it from the bottom of her heart. She wasn’t sure if she would ever be truly okay. Her thoughts turned to her family. "I'm scared about my parents. For my parents." It had only been a week since her accident, and from what she had heard, her parents had been through a few surgeries since the day. She wasn’t sure what to expect if she saw them.

“Never fear, darling. I’m sure they’re quite alright.” Rarity’s generous smile affected Twilight well, and she felt some of the anxiety drip off her limp form. “Why, I bet…” She trailed off as her eyes defocused. Looking the opposite direction as Twilight, she bit her lip and nodded sternly to somepony behind Twilight.

“Ah, just a second dear. The doctor wants to see me.” And without another word, she popped up to her feet and sauntered stiffly out of Twilight’s vision. The purple unicorn could only sigh as she felt even more hopeless at her inability to move without pain.

Cocking her ears, she could pick up a select few words from the pair talking behind her. “Ready,” “might not be,” “in a condition such as hers,” was all she could pick up. She shot a dark look towards the other corner of the room as several patients laughed at Pinkie’s shenanigans and drowned out any other bits of information. “Okay” was the last thing she heard, and she straightened up as she heard several hoof steps on the carpet behind her. Putting on a fake smile, she wasn’t sure what she was going to get.

Out of the corner of her eye came Rarity, smiling her winning smile, and then the doctor, whose name she didn’t bother to remember.

“Twilight. How are you feeling today?” Doctor asked. Twilight looked away as she tried to think.

“Not good, doctor,” she managed to bring up. Her voice croaked and she cleared it quickly as a rattle of pain shot up her back. The doctor seemed to have a falsely concerned look on his face.

“I see, I see,” Doctor said. Flipping his concern 180-degrees, he looked behind Twilight and back at her. “Your parents are here out of surgery. Would you like to see them?”

SYNOPSIS: Plot self explanatory. Twilight eventually learns those around you should never be taken for granted because death could come at any moment.

A Nightmare to remember

I'd never be the same.

What began as laughter

So soon would turn to pain.

The sky was clear and frigid

The air was thick and still

Now I'm not one to soon forget

And I bet I never will

Picture for a moment

The perfect irony

A flawless new beginning

Eclipsed by tragedy.

The uninvited stranger

Started dancing on his own

So we said goodbye to the glowing bride

And we made our way back home.

Life was so simple then

We were so innocent.

Father and mother

Holding each other.

Without warning

Out of nowhere

Like a bullet

From the night

Crushing Glass

Rubber and steel

Scorching fire

Glowing lights

Screams of terror

Pain of Fear

Sounds of sirens

Smoke in my eyes

Sudden stillness

Wrapped in silence

No more screaming

No more cries

Stunned and bewildered

Cold and afraid

Torn up and broken

Frightened and dazed

Stunned and bewildered

Cold and afraid

Torn up and broken

Frightened and dazed

Day after day

And night after night

Replaying the Events

Did they ever see the red light?

Over and over

Scene by scene

Like a recurring nightmare haunting my dreams.

How could you prepare

For what would happen next?

No Son should ever have to see

His father such a mess.

It's a miracle he lived

It's a blessing no one died

By the Grace of God above

Everyone survived

[Scream]

Life was so simple then

We were so innocent.

It will stay with us forever

A nightmare to remember