Life As It Was Meant To Be

"And that's when I blacked out. Then I woke up in the hospital. That's all I remember." I finish explaining to the officer sitting across from me.

I somehow found myself in an interrogation room today, a square and steel room where a single steel table sits in the middle of it. A single lamp sits on the steel table, and an officer sits on the opposite side of it.

The brown earth pony with the police cap on his head finishes jotting down my testimony in his notepad, "So let me get this straight, and stop me if I make a mistake. Your friends were staying over, and then you thought somepony was staring into your window from outside. And to clarify, your friends' names are Pip, Silver, Featherweight, and… Shizuka?"

I nod, and he continues, "The pony disappeared, and you fell asleep. After waking up the next morning, you received a strange knock on the door. You went to check it, and saw a… White unicorn with a black mane in the snow outside. Afterwards, you went outside to take a look. Then the white unicorn began to fire off a revolver wildly. Your friend, Pip, begins to yell from your house's second floor window?"

"Yes. And then he threw jar at us." I explain.

The officer glances up at me from his notepad, "The jar hit you, yes? It knocked you out, and then you woke up in a hospital."

"Yes, and I don't remember anything past that."

The officer pulls out another notepad, "Well, according to your friend's testimony, the unicorn had escaped and another pegasus named 'Alexander' had given chase after the unicorn."

"That's uh… My uncle."

The officer glances up at me with a doubting face, "Really now? I'll be sure to bring that up--"

"F-Foster! Foster uncle, he's my foster uncle." I stutter, attempting to cover up my white lie.

The officer scribbles down some more notes while chewing the gum at the back of his mouth. He places his pen between his ear and the side of his head, and then pushes the lamp button to turn of its life.

"That's all for now kid. Here's the precinct's information. Call it immediately if you experience anything strange again." He says, as he tears a piece of paper from his notepad and hands it to me.

I take it, and then stuff the crumpled note into my jacket pocket.

Walking through the automatic doors out of the police precinct, I shield my eyes from the bright sun shining down on me.

"Spring's coming. That means…"

Before I could finish my thought, I loud and familiar voice cries out from a distance.

"Apollo! Hey Apollo!"

My eyes adjust to the bright outside light, and I see two blurry grey figures in front of me.

"Hello? Earth to Apollo. That jar didn't hit you that hard did it?"

Finally the two figures come into focus; Silver Spoon stands smiling in front of me, while Shika stares at the ground and kicks the dust with her hooves.

"Oh hey. Something wrong Shika?" I ask.

"Oh she's just still shaken up by her interview. She said something about not feeling comfortable around ponies she doesn't know. She could barely answer any of the questions, so they had to call me in to help." Silver says, while stroking Shika's mane playfully.

"I-I'm sorry for the hassle…" Shika whimpers.

Silver Spoon smiles cheerfully, "Nah don't worry about it! It was more efficient anyways, since we both got interviewed and saved time."

"A-Alright…" Shika forces a slight smile.

Silver turns to me and then asks, "Hey were are Pip and Featherweight?"

"I think they're still in their interviews. Pip told me not to wait up. Featherweight said that we should meet at Sugar Cube Corner if we didn't have anything else to do today."

"Well the Student Council has to prepare and plan for the Hearts and Hooves dance later tomorrow. So I'm free pretty all day today." Silver explains.

"I assume Diamond Tiara will be doing the least amount of work." I scoff.

Silver chuckles, "I assume so. Well then, shall we get going then?"

We nod, and then set course for Sugar Cube Corner. I take a step forward, and then a sharp pain suddenly shoots through my left hind leg.

I shout in pain, and then drop to the floor, clutching the pained leg.

"Apollo? What's wrong?!" Silver rushes to my side.

Gritting my teeth, I reply, "I don't know. There's just suddenly a pain in my leg. It stings like hell too…"

"Sh-Should we get an ambulance?" Shika asks, with a hint of distraught in her voice.

"I think it's just cramp or something… No need to worry Shika--"

"You don't usually describe cramps as a 'sharp pain' Apollo." Silver says angrily.

I force an awkward smile, and then chuckle, "A-Alright… We'll go to the hospital before we head to Sugar Cube Corner, that way we can kill time until Pip and Featherweight are done with their interviews."

The grey-maned filly nods and stands up proudly, "I'm glad I could convince you."

She helps me to my three good hooves, and we hobble off to the hospital. The sun shines brightly on the snow-littered cobblestone roads of Ponyville. The small clumps of freshly shovelled snow begin to melt away underneath the rays of the sun.

"The melting snow is the harbinger of a better spring…" Shika mutters to herself.

I raise my eyebrow and turn to her, still limping, "What was that? Something wrong?"

She jumps, startled, "U-Uh, it's nothing! Sorry, just being weird…"

I shrug, and then continue on with the fillies forward. But somehow, I feel like something is amiss. Just who was that unicorn we saw that night?