A few minutes had passed and the group were still waiting patiently for any from of good news. Barb especially since she was the only one who stayed back when the rest of the group went out to buy lunch, ever so patient and quiet as her eyes never left the floor. Every once in a while, she would look around to see any nurse and ask them of a certain human, to which they would reply with a "I'm sorry ma'am. We're a tad bit busy".

Seeing Barb in this depressed state caused Zecora to feel a huge pang of guilt. "It's my fault for sending them there" she said softly as her head was hanging low.

Celestia sighed. "It's not your fault Zecora. You couldn't have know where and when the timberwolves would have attacked" Celestia replied, patting the guilty zebra mare.

However, just as Zecora was about to say something, a female earth pony with a light purple mane and chestnut brown fur. She was holding a clipboard, a sad look on her face. The earth pony walked to the group and sighed. Celestia stood up. "How is he?"

Averting her eyes away, she hieved another sigh, as if a huge weight was on her shoulders. "I-I'm....Im sorry Princess..." she replied in a soft tone.

It was odd. The room somehow became entirely quiet when she said those words. So quiet that you could even hear Blueblood screaming in Canterlot. The news sounded so wrong. It can't be true...

"....What?" Celestia asked, her heart was pounding very quickly as she breathed in and out rapidly.

The nurse sighed once more before bearing down the bad news

"...We couldn't save him...He's...He's dead Princess..."

The news shocked everypony. It couldn't be true! It just can't be! He had to be alive!

Pulling her collar upwards, Rainbow Dash then began to chew her out. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S DEAD!? HE CAN'T BE!" She yelled out loud, her right hand was now rolled into a fist.

Everyone in the room was now silent once more, their heads hung low as the news of their friend was given to them. A small teardrop could be faintly seen from everyone's faces, even though their manes obstructed their eyes. Even Pinkie Pie looked like she was painfully stabbed through the heart, her mane now straight instead of the usual poofy one and it somehow changed into a deeper shade of pink. Rainbow eventually let go of the mare as she faced her head away, a sniff could be heard emanating from her.

However, the one who was most affected by this was Barb, who could be seen to have recoiled into her seat, her arms wrapped around her legs as her tail was wrapped around her waistline. Not a moment to soon, the floodgates opened, leaving a weeping dragoness, mourning over her friends death.

She has never been so attached to someone like Micheal before. He was simply fun to be around. He cared for her well being, would always try to make her smile. And now...

...He's gone forever...

"...I-If you want...You all can go...into his room..." the nurse said, re-adjusting her uniform.

"Please...lead the way" Eris said, opting to walk instead of float.

The nurse merely nodded, asking everypony to follow her. Barb was reluctant to go. She didn't dare want to see his serene face as death claimed him as his own. But she gave in, thinking that maybe, just maybe, some weights would be removed off her shoulder.

"...DON'T RUN!...LET ME HUG YOU..!" 'Barb' screached, as she continued to chase the scared human.

'Don't look back! Don't look back! Don't look back!' Mike screamed in his head as he continued to run from the being. And then, probably one the most scumbag things his brains did to him, he turned back.

Catching the sight of 'her'. A devilish smile that showed her sharp teeth, her black scales that somehow looked more darker, those blood red eyes that could pierce anypony's soul. It was terrifying. Not to mention that her deep wound now bled a black substance as it continued to leak when she ran towards him.

'God dammit brain!' Mike yelled, causing his brain to hurt slightly.

It seemed liked hours had passed in this dark void. His breathing was labored and ragged and his legs felt like jello. He wanted to stop and take a breather, but he couldn't since 'she' was still chasing him.

"MICHEAL...!...COME BACK...!" 'Barb' screeched once more.

"FUCK OFF BITCH!!" Mike yelled, turning around to flip her off. However, he regretted turning around once more.

As she saw her running behind her, more black substance started to leak from the huge gash we bore and moments later, the trail that was running down her leg had seem to come alive. Although slowly at first, the substance then formed into multiple black tendrils, causing Mike to have an even better reason to run faster.

"...COME BACK MICHEAL!!...DON'T RUN!...YOU CAN STAY HERE!...WITH ME..." 'Barb' stated, her face dropping for a moment before she screamed in a demonic voice.

".̨̛̭̱̟̹ͭ̉́ͥ̏̊͋.̡̢͍̲̭̯̹̥͙̟͉͓̳̊̽̓͜͡.̶̦̰̥̠̹͍̤̱͕̯̈ͩͪ̓ͦͨ͑́ͮͨ͛̽̀́̕ͅF̝̭̤͇̠̥͙̣̖͓̏̌́̅̐ͫͯ͂͌̌͂̌ͪ͘͝O̵͆͒ͣ̽̌̏̅ͯ́͊ͧ̄ͧ̀͏̡̺͚͙͍̠̮͓̞̥̲̭͚̬̕ͅͅR̷̢̭̤͖̟͍̻̩̹̗͍̫ͣ̍ͩͬ̀̀̚̕Ȩ̷̨̰͚̻̟̯̫̖̫̹̈͗̆͆͌̚͜͞V̴̨̦̫̥̳̠̪̥̙̩̪̟͓͊ͣͤ̾̐̑̊ͤ̄̓͛̍͐̑͡E̷̷̛̦̥̠̭̲̤̋̍͆̉ͫͩͪ͐͋̉̈ͧR̨̹̮̞͕̠͔̭͓̼̱̫̊̊̽ͩ̒̏͊ͬ͑̾ͧ̅̀͠ͅ!̷̢ͮͭ̉͒̾ͩ̊͂̾ͮ͑̇͑̚͟҉̳̝̮̬̝̪̤͍̙͚͓̺͇͉̪̱ͅ!̴̷̧̡͈̝̲̱̮̻̞͍͚̠͙̰̋̇ͬ̓́ͦ̌͐͌͂̔ͪ̓̐ͩͅͅ!͂͊̉̓ͣ̂̅ͣ́͏̧̰̯͍̣́͜.̎̃̎̎̎̌̋͋̊̏͑̾̒ͮ͛̅̂҉̛̙̠̯̮̫̳̼.͉̩̖̻̤̮͛̓̽̆͛̄̋ͬ͑͆ͬͥ̆ͧ͌̃̚͟͡.̢̛̘̲̰͈͓̦̘̤̘͓̠̖̪̩͔̺ͪ͊̒̅ͣ̋̐͐̓͋ͤ͛̈ͩ̐ͪͦͅ"

'Oh dear god.....' Mike thought, his breathing getting more and more labored. 'I just hope there's something in this blackness that can help'

And there he was...

Lying on the hospital bed with an opaque plastic sheet over his body. The room was silent on all accounts, the only things that could be heard we're the screams of patients and the yelling of the doctors.

And so, they went one by one, to say their final words to their friend before he would buried beneath the earth.

The Elements went first, starting with Pinkie, who was relatively calm, although her expression said otherwise. It was very odd to hear the pink party pony talk in a slightly monotonous tone, speaking of how he was a really great pony and that he could withstand her shenanigans. At the end, Pinkie forced a smile as she remembered Mike telling her to not let the bad things in life pull her down. After her was Fluttershy, who, in a rather soft tone, went on saying of how odd for a creature like him to be so kind hearted. Although she stuttered quite a bit, she managed to choke out on how she would always remember him as a good friend. With that, she quickly went back, sniffling and holding in her tears.

Next up was both Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Applejack spoke of how, a being that seemed rather scrawny, he surprisingly had a lot of stamina, due to how much he had to run around the town from a lustful dragoness. Rainbow Dash gave a weak chuckle when she said how easily he managed to kick Luna's flank.

After the two of them came Rarity and Twilight. Rarity spoke of how much fun it was designing his suit and that he looked exceptionally dashing in it. She then gave a long sigh before a tear fell from her face, saying that it is a shame that a gentlestallion like him had to go. Twililight, however, said of how interesting his species were when she questioned him about them. She wanted to know more, but she said she knew how it was unlikely to know more, since he was now dead.

Once they were done, the two princesses and Eris went up next. Celestia spoke first, most of it being sort of a, 'I'm so sorry I made your life a living hell that one night'. Once she was done, Luna followed after, speaking highly of how he had caught her interest as a gaming buddy. After her, Eris was next, hesitating on her apologies of sending him to Equestria, saying that if she didn't do so, this tragedy wouldn't have happen. But she wasn't one to stay on the negativity for too long, saying that his relatively short life in Eqeustria was one of the best experiences she and the rest had experienced.

Once she was done, Eris and the two princesses went back to their places next to the Elements. All that was left to say their goodbye's was Barb. The one who was affected by his influence the most. She walked up to his body, not utter a word afterwards. Her body was shaking as she could feel that at any given moment, she would break down.

And after a lengthy silence, she fell to her knees and cried, stopping at nothing to mourn her friend's tragic end.

.͓͙̜̜̲͙͝ͅ.̟̯̫̫͖̬ͅ.̘̰̩̗̪͠H͙͔̟e̮͜ ͏͈̥̙̭ͅc̭̹͈a̦̣͍͔̥̣̝n̵̰͕͔͓͈n̢o̴̖̰͔̭̗͇t̗ͅͅ ̴̝̖͇̬̙̼ͅh͏̺̙̹̝i̛̮d̡̦e͚̟ ̵͇̼͉͍̠f̥͓̬͕r̩̼̻̳̟͈o̸̪̦̗̖̳̖ͅm͎̗̠̥̕ ̹͈m̦͔̳̫e̯̘̘ͅ.͏̩̫.̥͢.̕I̛ͅ ̺͎a͚͖̹̯͉m̢̫̘̣̙̤ ͙̙͔̣̺̣̠͘h̯̘i̝̜̯s̱̠̳ ͚͓̬̲͜b̪̯͖e͚̦̭̱̥ͅl̠͍̖͈̰͖̰o̳̮͇͎͓v̢͕͚̗e͓̰͚͡ḍ̣̣̺̗͈̜͢.͓̳ͅ.̡.̭͍͚̗̻͔́I̳̠͕͚͈̥͡ a̪̠̳̺m̲͚͈͘ ͠h̹̦̙̥̭̖̀i̻͈s͓̫͓͙̦͎͟ ̱̻͖͘o̫̥̟͓̙̺̙b̴j̢̻͙̰̮̻e̡̞̰̘̘̜̟̥c̞͖͉̦̕t̴͈̟̦͇ͅͅ ͉̲̰̜̻̙o͓̦̟͇͍͝f̪̹ͅ ̪͢a҉̣̞͚̯̖̮̞f̺͇̙̮̙f̠̯̱e҉̘̖̺̯̜c̭̜̱͙̺͓t҉̮̮̹̘̙i̮̹̟͚͕͎͟o͇̼̘n̯̬̣͕̼̦͟.̬̻͟.̴͓͈͙̞.̟͕͚̠
͈̣͞
̡̪.̵̞̳̭͕̟̱͇.̲͕͇.̰̪͖͕̫̥ͅH̘̬͓̦̜͔͜o͟w͝ ̡̘̙̘c̫̜͍̜̝̦̀o͏͇͇͉̲͈u͇̼̹l̟̭ͅd̦̞̰̙͉͉̤ ̻͔̠̹̗̠y̖͈̟o̯̼̞͔͓͜ṳ͚̜ d̙̻̙̠̙̠̖o͎̱̹͇͉͟ͅ ͎̦͔t̸h̶̰̯̜̯͙̩i̛s̭̹͍̩̺ t̺̹̺̜̪͙͘o̠̜͉͢ ̴͇̯m̱͔͙e͇͉̖̟̰?̴͈̫͈̹̺.̹̕.̥͖̖̠̪͓̬͢.W̛̙̙͙̘̮ḩ̯͕̲͙y͈̫̦̰̟ ̻̪̜̺w̫̮o͙͙̠̱ͅu͓͈̭̜l̦̯̖̠̩̬d̟͙͕͠ ͔̱̱y̳̠̼̮̰̖o̳u҉ ͍͈̦̫̩̹̬͝r̳͎ṵ̳̤n̥͕̮̳̦ ̤̭̼͙̠̫͔f̗̠̹̜̬r̢̯ͅo̲͕͞m̼͟ ̮̝̦̜̲̣m̡͖̰e̟͕̬̬̘͙?̟̹̖͟..̟̞͙̥.̠͙̻̤
̳͔͇
̨̳̥͔̜̘̖ͅ.͙̰̘̀.̞̣̱̬.̙̩̮̭̟̖͢N̖̰̹̺̝̕o̭̣̳.̜͙̮̻̝̼͚.̴̜͙̱̰͓.Y͞o̧̤͙̳u̲̮̺͉̠͚ͅ c̙̬̟̦a̵̮̦͈̪̝̝n̦̜͝n̲̤̣̱ͅo͍̩̱͖̫̝̣͠t̺͈ ̨̜̦͇rụ̶͙̺͙n̶̞̻̳ͅ ̵͈̮̖̮̦̥f̜͈͈̙͕̟̕ͅr̝o͍̖̤̹͜m̼ ̝m̰̜͈͉̮e͕̜̮̙͙̜̻.̭̜.̝͙͎̘̹͡.͙͈̤̮̝I͕̞̹̙̺͙ͅ ̨̲̺͇w͇̹͕͇i̸̦͔͇͈͎̹ͅl̲̪̯l̗̰ ̺̯̗̕f̧i̼n̼̪̥̫͚̠d͔͖͈̜͍ ̺͍̗y̡̺͉̹̙͉̥òu̹̣͍̳.̘͢.̗͔̠͘.̻̻̘̗̲̹̱I̡̺̦͔ͅ ̖͎͉͍̲͖̻w̷͇̮̰i̪̩͙̙̲l̬̥̝̬͖̪ḻ̳ ̧̯̲̙h͔u̡̫͇͉n҉͓͓̼̮̯t͇̙̘͎ ͇̩̟̫y̠̭̗o͚̗̲̻͍ͅu̫͝ ̤d̼̣̤̮̙o̴͉w͕̜n̫̝̖̬̠̙.̰͈͎.̙̠̹̲̤͚̤̕.̠̟̻̣͎
̞̩ͅ
̨̜̥.̟.̻͚.̛͇̻̻͔͔̠͕W̠͚h͉͜e͈̭̹̰̻n̥̮̬͈̝̩̬ ̜̤I͍̖̤̼̘ ̣̺͇̣̬d̬o͏̝̠͙̘.̨̲̥̫̟̙.̴.̼̘̜͔̖̰͞I͈̝͞ ̣̗̯͜w͏̙i̸̬̜̫̭̪̙͙l͖l m̶̤̟ͅa̡̰̱̼͙͍͉k̞͙̭e̖͞ ̳̮͓̥̻y̟͈̙̪o̩͇̝ͅu ̤lov̟e ̳͓̻̪̯m̵̻̮̥͍ͅe͈̮̙̗͙̬͕.͉̞͍͍̲̟̦͞.̫.C̦̹͇̟̪r͕̣͚͈a͏͇̱̟̼̜v̲̠e̱̼͚̹̠͉͇͞ ̸͎̝̦̮̺̱͙me̼̜͖̫̜͢.̗.̨̣.̞͚̼͕̪E͈̙v̹̠̠̩ͅe̙͇͎ṟ̸yͅ ͍̳͢i͓̗̞͉̬̗͡ṉc̡̜̯̳h̭̮͇ ͚o͟f m͏͍ḛ̯̺̥͕̠.̗͓̺͉͕̦́ͅ..͕
̛̬͓͚͕̫̟
̵̤̯.̻̤̱̙̤̀.̴̹̘.̻̬͡M̘̗͔̗̟̦̀y̸ ̧̳b͓̬̘͔͉̥̪e̪̜͞l͓͔ͅo̫̯̘̫͖̳̩v̭͓̭͡e̳̥̖͕̺͉dͅ.̥͕̱.̙̟̪̻̻͎͠.
̝̜̖͚͕̞
.̺͉̳̻͉͟.͇͎͝.͏̖̰I̙̝̹̗̣̘͟ͅ aͅm̢͉̻̙̦̳͖ ̵̼̼͈̖͈͓c̶͉͓̜͕͚̻o͜m̛͙̺͇̱̮͍i̤͝n͓̺͓g̭̼͙ ̵f͖̣̳ͅo̻̙̠̖̗̰̳͝r͙ ̶͉̞̫̺̗͓y̲͓̯͎̟ͅơ͇̭̞̗u͟.̶̭͚̩͔.̖̥̭.͈̯͙̫̳͉̘

Author's Note

Bleh. Sry if this isn't as good for a chapter. Ideas have been rather slim lately