Waking up in Equestria
Keeping a Low Profile
Previous Chapter"GET OUT!! I DIDN'T SLEEP!!!"
After the incident with the bee and Twilight, Harry had laid low for about a week or so. He had managed to gain entry to the Library and hide out downstairs as he finished his toy orders. Being down there, his paranoia was at an all time high, his ears swiveling at the sounds of Twilight's hooves stomping around angrily upstairs at times. At times, he could hear the sounds of others being with her. most likely her friends, as she talked to them and they tried to calm her down and speak some reason into her.
"Twi, Ah'm sure he had no plans ta' cheat on ya'." said Applejack with a reassuring tone.
"Then why was he at Rose Luck's place for three hours!?" Twilight screamed.
"Did he give a reason?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"He said he was getting me some flowers when a bee stung him. Rose Luck took him to her place to fix him up. But I know that's a load of horseapples!" Twilight said.
"Uhm...Twilight...? Please calm down...you're having mood swings due to the pregnancy..." Fluttershy said quietly, barely enough for Harry to hear.
"I don't need to calm down! I am absolutely outraged!" Twilight said, stamping a hoof on the floor. This caused Harry to jump, making the whittling blade slip from the wood and across the outer side of his left index finger. Pain shot through Harry's hand as it opened up and started to bleed profusely. He bit down on his lip, trying to keep his cries of pain from escaping. Grabbing a nearby rag, he wrapped his finger in the rag and looked around for something to patch himself up with. Slowly, the rag began to go from a slightly dirty white, to a deep crimson.
"Fuck..." Harry muttered, not realizing that he had spoken slightly louder than he had intended.
"Did you hear something?" asked Twilight. Harry could tell that with that tone, she had an investigative look on her face. Harry could feel his blood run, well, out of his finger, as he became hyper-aware to the sounds of hooves moving from room to room upstairs. Harry spun around, looking for a place to hide. Unfortunately, the loss of blood made him slightly lightheaded and he stumbled, bashing into his work bench and falling over it.
"In the basement!" Twilight cried. Harry could hear the door opening as he scrambled into the darkness.
Unaware that the whittling knife was lodged into his left thigh.
Seeing the silhouette of the knife handle in the darkness, tears began to stream down Harry's cheeks as he bit his lip harder to keep quiet. Twilight soon came into view, her friends behind her, as they came down the stairs.
"What the-? This place is a mess!" Twilight said angrily. Her eyes scanned the wrecked work bench, landing on Harry's iPod. The black device was splattered with blood on it's screen protector. The took it up in a field of telekinesis and scrutinized the device. Suddenly, she took a lick of the blood and spat it out, a snarl on her lips. Fluttershy gasped a bit at her actions.
"Twilight! T-That's so unhealthy!" Fluttershy protested.
"He's here...it's his blood..." Twilight growled.
"Uh, how do you know what his blood tastes like...?" Rainbow Dash asked, a look of slight worry on her face.
"I may have bitten him once or twice in the past while making love." Twilight said nonchalantly. The others all looked at each other with shock and slight worry. "He's around here somewhere. Fan out." Twilight ordered. Slowly, the other mares all spread out, looking through the basement for Harry. Harry could feel his panic rising as he watched Fluttershy look around nearby. Slowly, she turned and titled her head as she stared into a small patch of darkness. She slowly approached, her gentle eyes squinting to try and make out what she was seeing. When she was a foot away, her jaw slightly dropped and her eyes widened.
Harry put a bloody finger to his lips, signalling for her to keep quiet. His uninjured hand reached across to his left thigh and took a grip on the whittling knife's handle. With a single jerk, he tried to remove the knife, but it had a firm hold in his thigh. Blood trickled from his lip as he bit harder, letting out a small squeak of pain as tears rolled down.
"Fluttershy? Did you find something?" Twilight asked from across the room.
"U-Uhm...w-w-well..." Fluttershy said quietly. Harry's eyes went wide with a sense of slight betrayal.
Suddenly, there was a lavender light glowing around Harry's right arm. Immediately, he was yanked out from his hiding spot. Harry screamed in pain as his wounded leg shifted. The bloodied rag fell away and plopped to the wood floor, Harry's hand a mix of toffee and blood.
"Found- oh Goddesses..." Twilight began, her lips held in a sneer. But at the sight of the state he was in, her sneer dropped, her jaw dropping in shock.
"Jeez! What did you do to yourself?" Rainbow Dash asked with a small gasp.
"Was working on orders...cut my finger after Twilight stomped her hoof. Then I scrambled to hide because I knew she was still mad at me..." he mumbled, weakness starting to claim him. "Ugh...I have a headache..."
"Harry...I'm sorry..." Twilight said with a sad tone.
"Apologies later...hospital now..." Harry muttered.
And with that, blackness immediately over took him as he passed out.
