Comatose

       "What do you mean she's in a coma?" Big Mac asked, "That's mah niece!"

       "Sir, she's not only in a coma, and critical condition, but visitor hours are over." Nurse Redheart said, "Your reaction to this reminds me of your sister's when she first found out she was pregnant."

       "This is different! This time somepony could die!" Big Mac yelled.

       "Look, sir, the accident with the weather control is not our fault," she said, "Especially that it hit your home so hard. I suggest you return home now, since you are permitted to leave. We will need a few checkups later in the month, to make sure you make a full recovery."

        "Big Mac, c'mon, let's head home." Apple Bloom tugged her brother's foreleg. "Ah'm just as upset as y'all are, but that ain't stopping me from doin' anythin'."

        "Ah just don't understand how she was hit with the worst of it. And Ah can't believe the nurse wouldn't say the truth." Big Mac said.

        "And what's that, Big Mac?" Apple Bloom asked.

        "That Apple Eve is on the edge of death."

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        "H-hello?" Apple Eve called out, "Is anypony there?"

        She was in a black void. There wasn't another soul here.

        "Ah reckon this is new ta y'all?" a voice came from behind her.

        "Mom?!" Apple Eve was shocked, "Not to say I'm not happy you're here, I'm thrilled. But how? Where are we?"

        "Hush now, sugarcube." Applejack said, "Since yer so close ta death, Ah'm able to come to you."

        "Mom, what's going on?"

        "There was a twister at the farm, escaped Cloudsdale, it did. Knocked y'all out cold. Yer in critical condition."

        "M-Mom I-"

        "Sugarcube, Ah hafta tell y'all a story." Applejack sat down, and so did Apple Eve. Around them, the abyss turned into the barn, and there were lights... and Apple Eve was a little foal.

        "Yer Pa," Applejack said, "Was visiting town because there was ta be a Wonderbolts show here. Of course, we just so happened to be at the same club. Can't say Ah'm proud of what happened. Ah knew the moment Ah found out Ah was pregnant, the foal was 'is. Never came back. But, he did give me you, and that's probably the only favor he did fer me."

        "Mommy, who's my dad?" Apple Eve asked, still a foal.

        "Now sugar cube, ya hafta understand this ain't easy fer me to say." Applejack replied, "Yer Pa is... Soarin', from the Wonderbolts, Ah wouldn't tell yer Aunt Rainbow Dash if Ah were you."

        "Mommy, can you tell me a story?" Apple Eve asked.

        "What about, sugarcube?" Applejack replied.

        "Our family."

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        "Come on, Apple Eve," Pound pleaded, "Wake up. Please?" Apple Eve laid in the hospital bed, he brown mane, which was usually in pigtails, hung loose. The heart monitor beeped. Her hat lay at a bedside table.

        "Apple Eve come on!" Pinkie said, "Your Auntie Pinkie Pie wants to throw another party, and it wouldn't be the same without you!"

        "She has to wake up, right Pinkie?" Pound looked to the mare.

        "Pound, can I be honest with you?" Pound nodded, "I am scared to heck right now. Applejack's only child, might die here, and I don't want to tell you anything that might make you sad, but I don't want to get your hopes up. Twilight says there's a good chance she'll die. If not here, than in the aftereffects. It's very slim she'll make it through this."

        "But she has to make it." a tear ran down Pound's cheek, "She has to."

        "I'm not sure." Pinkie's hair deflated, "We should go home, these are tough times for everypony."

        "But I don't want to leave her." Pound said, "What if she wakes up, and no one's here, and she gets scared? What if she feels alone?"

        "You can stay here, I'll go home." Pinkie trotted out the door.

        "Thanks, Pinkie."