Calcifer.

by Neuex

Losing and lose

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"They're in the morgue..."

Luna's breath halted, and the world around her froze.

Calcifer stood to the right of her; motionless and standing firm.

The colt in the white coat stood infront of the two; he had just broke 'the news' to his Princess and some strange upright creature.

The hall was a cemetery silent.

He adjusted his glasses to fit the frame of his snout more comfortably, then stared at Luna with broken eyes.

"My Princess... We've done all we could.

At 9:12 P.M. Pinkamena Diane Pie died due to the spastic convulsions of three separate seizures in three separate parts of the brain, that occurred at the same time."

The element of laughter passed.

Luna couldn't take those words well, but for her well being, and for the respect of her passing friends, she listened.

The doctor continued, "At 9:13 P.M. the colt known as Lemon Squeeze passed next, with the same occurrence that happened to Pinkie.  I'll have you know this though, before he passed he was grabbing at Pinkie's hoof, unfortunately he never held her hoof again before he flat lined.  He was really in love with her, or so was his last words."

The thought of the two lovers that had passed so tragically only tore at Luna's heart even more, but she continued listening.

"At 9:14 P.M. the Pegasus Rainbow Dash died due to an overflow of blood that drowned her liver, stomach, and lungs.

I cannot say that she passed peacefully, the anesthetic we injected into her wouldn't mix with her nervous system."

The element of Loyalty passed.

The doctor cringed at the thought of what happened only a few hours ago.

"Dear Celestia it was the loudest death I've ever witnessed.

Luna closed her eyes forcefully, trying to escape the pain seeping into her stomach, yet she continued listening as the doctor spoke again.

"A-at 9:15 A.M. AppleJack Apple passed."

The doctor didn't think that the Princess would have liked hearing how the mare died, so out of respect he kept his mouth shut on the specifics.

The element of Honesty passed.

"How did she pass?", Luna asked in a watery tone.

The doctor's fears had slapped him in the face; he couldn't deny his superior though.

The tan hided colt cleared his throat, and let the toxic words exit out.

"Her heart exploded."

A tear escaped from her eye...  Applejack had a big heart when she was alive, and now it was gone.

A throat clogging knot tangled itself in Luna's esophagus, but she continued listening.

The doctor's mind was beginning to buzz with pain, but he needed to carry on.

"At 9:16 P.M. ..."  The colt paused, as his eyes started to water.  This was his least favorite part of his job.

"At 9:16 P.M. the mare Rarity passed away...  She went peacefully though... In fact she was singing a lullaby when she died.  It was actually quite beautiful, my Princess."

A small smile crossed her tear leavened face.  At least she could hope that she was in a better place.

The doctor stopped on the last fatality that happened tonight, he had never seen such a death before.

***

Twilight's injured body was laying in a hospital bed.  She was conscience, but blind.  The burns had been swiped across her eyes.  Bindings were wrapped across her burns, making the pony look like she was wearing blind folds... but it was more than that.  Her breathing was steady, but her body was of a temperature of 106.  Beads of sweat glistened her body under the artificial lighting of the hospital room.

The doctors believed she was going to make it, but her fever must be brought down immediately.  A tube ran down into her left arm, a special concoction that was proven to quickly ease the effects of a high fever.

She was tired, and she could barely talk.

She was the only patient in the room.

A small purple and green dragon entered through the open door.  He was absolutely heart broken.

Not just to see his best friend in a hospital bed, but because his family was dying.

Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity..., even Lemons.  Who he knew for only an amount of a few months.

They were all gone....

He stifled a sob under his torso, and waddled up to Twilight's bed.

"Hey Twilight." He said, hurting on the inside.

The purple mare only responded with a soft moan that sounded like, "Spike?"

"Yeah... it's me."  Spike said genuinely.

Twilight pulled a hoof out from under the thin sheet of the bed she was in, and motioned it to Spike.

Spike took the hoof in his claw, and held it.

The little dragon couldn't help it, his tears started cascading from his eyes.  Drenching his face beyond damp.

His small body was shaking under all the stress of this death around him.

"Twilight... Please don't go."  The Small dragon softly pleaded.

The mare in the bed, hummed softly.  It was a song she had sung to spike when he was a hatch-ling, which she still sung every now and then to him.

Spike smiled longingly, tears still flooding his sight, and he started to hum along with Twilight.

The song lasted for a minute before their was a loud and continuous beeping sound coming from a monitor to the right of Twilight's bed.

But even when her heart stopped, she still hummed the song.

With Spike crying right next to her body, hand still in hoof.

When the doctors and nurses took her body away, she was still humming softly.  The dragon still crying on the bed.

The doctor's memory was interrupted by a commanding, and masculine voice.

"Where are they?"

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