As they walked to the library, Gold and Solarwing couldn't help but see that Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Spitfire were getting REALLY friendly with Izaiah and he didn't seem to notice. Solarwing fell in step with Sgt. Gold. "Sargent, I have a question."

"Shoot."
Solarwing took a long breath. "Does Izaiah even like mares? Or is he...um..." Gold chuckled.

"He's not gay, the guy can't go seven seconds without thinking about mares or women for that matter. Why? Are you gay?"
Solarwing quickly shook his head. "No, I've got my eye on AJ but, that's not important. Is he just stupid?" Gold shook his head.

"Trust me, Izaiah might be smarter than Celestia. If you mean about females, then yes. He is not good with understanding body language other than aggression."

Solarwing laughed. "So should we let him know that he has four mares falling for him?" Gold grinned.
"Nope he's gotta learn at some point don't you think?"

"Right. Falcon knows not to tell him right?"
"Yeah, but let's make sure.." The two walked faster, catching up to Falcon, who was walking with Twilight and Spike.

(Meanwhile...)
"So...um...Izaiah...when's your birthday? If you don't mind saying that is..." Fluttershy asked, barely audible even though Izaiah was carrying her. Izaiah thought about it.

"What month is it?" He asked no one in particular.
"It's March 12th." Rainbow Dash said, floating on her cloud.

Izaiah's eyes widened. "Shit! GOLD! FALCON! OUR BIRTHDAY IS IN THREE DAYS!" Izaiah yelled out. They cussed. They had arrived at Twilight's library. The mares looked at Falcon, Gold, and Izaiah in surprise.

"Three days?!" They all said in unison. Rarity and Pinkie pie excused them selves from the sleepover to go and plan? Maybe? Even the author doesn't know what those two are going to do. Sgt. Gold left as well, going after Pinkie Pie. The rest of the group calmed down and sat in a large circle with a bottle in the center. They were going to play Truth or Dare.

"Hey Twi? Do you have a shower I can use and can you summon some clothes for me to sleep in?" Twilight's horn flashed and he now had shorts, a tank top, and some underwear. "Thanks. Go ahead and start without me, i'm going to be a bit." Some "aww"s were heard but Izaiah had to shower.

Rainbow Dash listened for Izaiah to get the water running and then she got things started. "OK. Before we start, I have a question. AJ, tell me if someone is lying ok?" AJ nodded and everyone was curious for her question. "Ok so...um..." RD took a long breath. "Who likes Izaiah. I mean like, like him. Blushes formed on a few mares. Slowly, Fluttershy raised her hoof. Next was Rainbow Dash. Finally Spitfire raised her hoof, shocking everyone.

"Why?" AJ asked the three of them. Oddly enough, Fluttershy was first.
"Well...h-he's funny, h-he's sweet and k-kind..."

Spitfire was second. "He saved my life and like Fluttershy said, and for those reasons."
Rainbow Dash nodded to Spitfire. "Me too. So let's set some ground rules." The two other Pegasus looked confused.

"Number one, no one speaks of this." Everypony nodded. "Number two...um don't mess with each others chances. Number three. Do any of us have a problem of being in a herd with him?" They shook their heads. "Ok that's it. I'm done. Sounds like Izaiah is done. Quick, spin the bottle!"

(When Izaiah was finished in the shower...) Izaiah kept the shower going as he raged against his memories.
"DAMMMMNNNIIIIIIITTTTT! Why today! UUURRRAAAHHH!" Izaiah yelled as he slammed his fists on the wall. The warm water cascaded down his shoulders, and the streams of water washed away the blood from his body. When this had started, he had lost control, and his body took damage from anything within reach. But now he finally had control His eyes were a rusty silver, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Flare....what the hell..." Inside Izaiah's head Flare was freaking out, trying to contain the memories of war and death that haunted Izaiah every year.

"Izaiah, I'm sorry! Its harder now that Gold and Falcon are gone! I'm not used to this!" Izaiah growled as he shook his head, trying to rid the memories away.

"It...it's alright...I let my guard down." Izaiah sighed. "In less than three weeks, I will be expected to...kill once more. So they're going to come full force...hopefully these mares will be able to help me...alright, Flare, don't block out Luna anymore....we need to talk."

"...Yes sir. I will try to keep it all under control while you are with the mares, ok? But when you are alone, you have to take control or we are fucked."

"Fair enough,...turn my eyes blue, and get the...red outta my eyes."

"Gotcha."
"Alright nothing happened, I just...took a shower, im fine...im fine." Izaiah tried to reassure himself as he pulled on his shorts and tank top. He headed down the stairs.

"Oh fuuuuuuuuucccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkk.... Izaiah! DO NOT GO DOWNSTAIRS!" Flare cried out in Izaiah's mind but it was too late. What the group saw was Izaiah, with cuts and bruises all over his body, and he was now bleeding badly. The pain took over Izaiah as he lost his adrenaline completely.

"Hey all...I... think I need to go to the....hospital-" Izaiah weakly said before slumping to the ground.
"IZAIAH!" Everypony yelled out, even the stallions. Fluttershy was the first to react. She ran to Twilight's first aid kit hanging on the wall. Grabbing gauze and wipes, she started on cleaning his wounds and stopping the bleeding. The wounds looked worse than they actually were. Fluttershy gave a thankful sigh. He wasn't going to die, but she needed to take care of him properly and fast.

"Spitfire! Rainbow! Come here." Fluttershy ordered the two over so they could help. "He doesn't need to go to the hospital..." Everyone sighed thankfully. "But I need to get him over to my house so I can treat him better. So I need Spit-" Twilight cut her off.

"It would be faster for me to teleport us three there. Brisk and the marines already teleported him before, so it won't hurt him." Fluttershy nodded and Twilight teleported them to Fluttershy's cottage. Fluttershy flew off, looking around for her supplies. Twilight set Izaiah down, and her horn flashed as she tried to use healing magic on him. Izaiah's body glowed a golden sizzling hue. Izaiah's eyes snapped open. He quickly grabbed Twilight's horn, despite the pain coursing through his body, and cut off her magic. Twilight went wide eyed.

"D-don't....huff....my lightning....would kill...." Was all he could say before slumping to the ground, panting. Fluttershy returned, with a damp wash cloth and more bandaging. She worked quickly, while Twilight stood at the ready to teleport them to the hospital. After a few minutes, Fluttershy finished, panting. "Thank you for your help Twilight, can you move him to my bed? I'll sleep o the couch, I want him to be as comfortable as possible." Twilight complied, levitating the sleeping human to Fluttershy's bed. Once she was done, Twilight went back down stairs where Fluttershy was waiting nervously. Twilight sat down before asking what was wrong. Taking a breath, Fluttershy told Twilight what was on her mind.

"T-those were s-self inflicted wounds Twi..." The purple unicorn's eyes widened. "I think there's something he's not telling us, something worse then Flare's temper tantrum's. I want to keep this between you, me, falcon, gold, and the princess'. If we tell any of the others, they'll just pester him and I don't think that is the best way to get this out of him. Please?" Twilight agreed.

"Are you going to be fine jus by yourself? I can stay and help if he gets worse..." Twilight offered politely. Fluttershy shook her head.
"No, i'll be fine. You still have to tell the others how he's doing and I'm sure Falcon is missing his mare friend. Twilight blushed before hugging her friend, and teleporting back to the library. Fluttershy sighed before getting comfortable on the uncomfortable couch.

(A few minutes later...in Fluttershy's room.)
"Damn...she's really good at patching people up, I should have your body completely healed in a few hours, thanks to Fluttershy." Flare said in amazement inside Izaiah's head. Izaiah tore off the bandages on his legs, letting him walk. It was painful to walk, but she was NOT sleeping on the couch, Izaiah thought. He found the butter yellow Pegasus curled up on the couch. Picking her up in his arms, she let out a cute little "eep!" sound. He brought her to her bed, tucking her in before heading to the couch down stairs. But a certain yellow Pegasus wasn't having any of it.

"Where are you going?!" She asked in a scolding, stern voice.
"To the couch..."

"Back to the bed."
"No, you are not sleeping on the couch in your own house! Take the bed."

"Fine but you have to be in bed too, you're hurt so you aren't sleeping on the couch." Izaiah let out a defeated sigh.
"....Fine...."
and so, the two laid in bed, back to back and fell asleep. (They won't be back to back in the morning, that's for damn sure)

Author's Note

All right, you know the drill! Get to it and have a wonderful day! or night! whatever!