The song of love.

Chapter five. Lights out.

Soft Heart went upstairs to see his room. Rarity had already known she would be out more than one night. That’s the why she had already prepared a room for him.

He felt like going to his own home to get a sleep. However, he remembered Sweetie Belle. She could have another pain while he was out. Therefore, he had no option but to stay in her home. He was right: they didn’t call him Soft Heart for anything.

He got to his temporal room and threw himself in the bed. He had too many things in his mind: his work, his house, his patient. His mind just drifted while he fell asleep.

He awoke by a light hitting him on the face. It was already morning, so he got up to smell a peculiar essence.

“Hmm… it smells like…”

He recognized instantly the smell of smoke.

“SMOKE!!!”

He ran toward the origin of the black cloud above him, leading him toward the kitchen. He saw a pair of what seemed like burned eggs in the stove. Also, he saw a glass with a dark grey stuff on the table. He turned to a another part to see Sweetie Belle standing in front of him with a dish on her mouth of what seemed like burnt cereal.

“ifftr otr? Fat ar u oing ere?”

“Umm… sorry, Sweetie Belle, but I can’t understand you.”

Sweetie Belle turned to the table to put the dish on it. Done this, she turned again to Soft.

“I said: ’Mister Doctor? What are you doing here?’”

“Oh… well, I smelled a peculiar essence coming from here, so… I came to check what it was.”

“Oh, well… I wanted to surprise my sister with the breakfast. So, when she comes in here, she will be surprised with this.”

Soft turned to see the table. Sweetie Belle had managed to burn six different types of food. Soft only managed to smile at the thought of Sweetie Belle doing this in a kindly way.

“Mind if I taste one of these?”

“No. You can have a taste of all of these.”

Soft took a small piece of burned… thing and put it in his mouth. Then, an extraordinary thing happened: though it was burned, it tasted good. It had the taste of a sweet apple and orange juice on it.

“Hmm… this tastes great, Sweetie. What is it?”

“Hm? Oh, that’s fried eggs.”

Soft managed to keep the food in his mouth while trying not to laugh. She had a peculiar talent with the kitchen. Though burned, she could make food with a peculiar touch of her on it. However, Soft noted another thing around him: the mess she left on the kitchen.

“Wow… Sweetie, I’ll admit it. You make your food great, but you need to clean everything when you finish.”

“Oh, this. You’re right: I’ll clean this at once. That way, Rarity won’t be mad with me.”

Suddenly, Soft remember why he was here so early. He recalled last night phone conversation.

“Umm… Sweetie Belle?”

“Yes?”

“… I think you better start to eat while I clean this.”

“But I want to wait for Rarity.”

“Well… that’s kind of you. However, if you want to wait her for three days, I don’t blame you.”

“What? Three days?”

“Yeah. She called last night saying her business would take more time. Then, she asked me to take care of you while she was out.”

“Oh… I really wanted Rarity to see this.”

“Yeah, I know. However, you can cook for her again in three days. Don’t you think?”

“… I suppose you’re right.”

“All right, Sweetie Belle. Now, eat your breakfast while I clean this.”

“But what about you?”

“Just leave me a pair of plates. I’ll eat once the floor is done.”

Soft started to clean the floor. Using both, hooves and magic, he was done in a few minutes. He turned to see Sweetie Belle looking at him. Somehow, it felt disturbing.

“So… what’s up?”

“Well… the floor’s clean. Can you eat now?”

Soft saw at her plate, still complete.

“You waited for me to finish for you to eat?”

“Yes. After all… this breakfast was to be shared.”

Soft felt like if he had found a little sister. She was kind, generous, innocent… he felt a huge caring about her.

“All right… if it is going to be shared, then I will share it with you.”

“Really? That’s great!”

“Now, now. Let’s finish this before it gets cooled.”

After a while, both of them finished their breakfast. Soft was amazed of the delicious taste the food have had. After washing the dishes, he started to think about his work. He could ask for a few days off… or he could take Sweetie Belle with him.

“Forget it, Soft.” He thought to himself. Bringing Sweetie Belle to the work would be boring to her, not to mention the fact his coworkers would laugh at him for being something such as a foalsitter.

He called to the hospital to ask for a few days. Doctor Hooves was surprised by the reasons given to him. However, he accepted, giving him four days off. Fortunately, four days were going to be more than enough for him. Three days caring for Sweetie Belle and another one of vacations.

“All right, Sweetie Belle. I’ll be around here for the next three days. Until your sister comes, I’m in charge of you.”

“Three days with you around? I think this is going to be interesting.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well… my friends always say that foalsitters are all females. However, when they come, I will assure them that not ALL the foalsitters are female.”

“Hmm… I prefer the term ‘personal doctor’.”

“Alright.”

“I have to clean the dishes. What do you want to do?”

“I want to help you! Tell me something I can do!”

“Hmm…”

Soft turned around to see something Sweetie could help him with. However, he saw too many things that should be done with both hooves.

“Ehh… I don’t know, Sweetie belle. I don’t want you to get another pain.”

“Please!”

Soft turned to see Sweetie Belle. She was with her cute green eyes, which seemed bigger than usual. He fell upon those beautiful big eyes.

“Hmph… alright, Sweetie Belle. Let’s go see your room. You can help me with that.”

“My room?”

“Yeah, you can help me keeping you room ordered and clean.”

Soft went upstairs, followed by Sweetie Belle. When he reached Sweetie Belle’s room, he saw a well organized room. Everything was in his place. He turned to see Sweetie Belle without noticing his mouth was wide open.

“What? I always arrange my things in the morning.”

Soft turned once again to see her room. He wondered how was possible for a little filly like her to arrange her room in this way. He turned to see her leg, still with the bandages on it.

“Hmm… do you think you could wash the clo-”

“The clothes? Yes, I will do it right away!”

In a quick movement, she was out of sight. Soft couldn’t believe at all she was hurt. She was acting like she had nothing wrong. However, he would be checking on her. He just saw a small group of Pegasus bringing dark rain clouds over Ponyville. It was going to rain that day.

Five hours later, He was done with the kitchen, the living and his temporal room. However, Sweetie Belle was done with the clothes, her room, the backyard, the studio… almost a third part of the house was clean thanks to her.

“Okay, Sweetie. Before we do anything else, I need to check on your leg.”

“Again? But you checked it yesterday?”

“My labor is to check out regularly in order to see if your leg is showing any better. Due the fact I can’t see the interior of your leg I’ll have to use a technique I learned in the school. It’s named x-rays.”

“X-rays? What is that thing?”

“Well… they’re small energy particles that go through your body, reflecting in some parts of your body that are part of the study and making an image that…”

Soft stopped by seeing the confused look on Sweetie Belle’s face. It was obviously too much for her to handle. He scratched his head in frustration.

“Alright, let me see… they’re like marbles passing through an object. Some of them misses the target and hit on a panel behind, leaving a mark. However, some of them hit the target and gets bounced out of the way. Once all the marbles have been launched, an exact replica of the object is done in the panel behind.”

“Ohh… that makes much more logic. But about these marbles… will it hurt when they hit me?”

“Hurt you? No. They’re very small. You won’t feel them passing through. However, I need you to be very still.”

“Why is that?”

“Because it will get all fuzzy and incomprehensible if you make a move. Also, it may be dangerous.”

Soft took a deep breath before his horn started to glow in yellow. He got really focused to start to launch a yellow beam to Sweetie Belle’s leg. Soon, a panel behind of her leg started to take the shape of a dark shadow, which had the shape of her leg.

After a few boring minutes, the image was done. Soft took the panel from behind of Sweetie Belle’s leg, only to see at a curious image.

“Hey, what’s that thing?”

“This thing, Sweetie Belle, is your leg seen from inside.”

He got frustrated again when he saw the confused look back again on the little filly’s face.

“See your leg as a sandwich. It’s like I have taken away the superior part, letting me to see the interior of it.”

“Ohh… that’s more comprehensible.”

“Use simple terms, Soft” He remembered himself before inspecting closer the image. He saw what he already knew: the broken bone. It was in nine different parts, not showing any sign of healing. However, he saw a small line between two fragments of bone. It wasn’t a vein, though. But, then again… what was it? An idea came to Soft’s head.

“Sweetie Belle, please close your eyes.”

“What is going to happen?”

“Nothing, but I have to see something.”

Sweetie Belle closed her eyes, bringing her little hooves onto them. Soft saw this and brought with his magic a small needle. He touched Sweetie Belle’s leg with it. He turned to see Sweetie Belle’s face in search of any signs. However, he didn’t saw anything. Therefore, he started to pin her with the sharp of the needle. Once again, he didn’t saw any sign of pain. He didn’t want to believe it, so he stabbed the needle in Sweetie’s leg. What he saw next was impossible.

“Mister Doctor? Is the surprise ready?”

He saw no pain reaction from part of Sweetie Belle. Then, he knew he was right.

“You can see now.”

Sweetie Belle took away her hooves from her eyes. She saw all the room up and down, in order to see something different.

“What am I supposed to see?”

“Your leg.”

Sweetie Belle turned to see her leg. She saw the needle in her leg, stabbed very deeply within her muscle. She turned to see Soft in a confused way while he took it out.

“I think I know why you haven’t fallen in another pain. It’s your pain nerve.”

“My what?”

Soft got frustrated once again, remembering himself to use simple phrases with her.

“Imagine your whole body as a house. Your leg is a room, okay?”

Sweetie Belle nodded, confirming she understood.

“This ‘house’ has an electrical grid that goes up and down, providing the house with light. Right? Well… problem lies in this electrical grid. The room of your leg is fragmented, and it has crashed one of those wires.”

“And what happens when that wire is crushed?”

Suddenly, a lightning showed up in the skies when it crashed again the earth. This caused the lights on the house to turn off. The electricity was out.

“That’s what happens when a wire is crushed. The electricity goes offline and then, it stops working.”

He turned to see Sweetie Belle’s confused look.

“Lights out.”