It had been a long day in Ponyville, the usually peaceful town was just now finishing It's recovery from the menace that was Discord. Twilight Sparkle was especially happy that things were returning to normal but what she was more happy for was the fact she was finally able to get some rest, or could she?

It was the last of the hectic days of recovery for Ponyville. With the help of Twilight Sparkle and her friends the recovery time had been lessened although it had taken a toll on the six, leaving them exhausted and wanting some time to rest. This did not exclude Twilight, in fact out of all of them, she was the most exhausted. It was late at night by the time Twilight had gotten home, she was half-expecting Spike to be there to greet her but sadly he had gone on a camping trip with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, leaving Twilight home alone.

"At least its quiet" Twilight said quietly to herself, she decided that she would read a few books before hitting the hay. She grabbed three books; a book on Starswirl the Bearded, a Daring Do book, and a book on Equestrian history, she sat on her bed, lit a candle and began to read " ah this is nice just me myself and my books...still it would be nice to have Spike here, his little antics always do make me laugh, " she said in a somewhat sad tone. She continued to read into the night till she was in the middle of her third book , " Wow this new issue is the best one so far, I wonder if Rainbow Dash would like these books? " she silently pondered the thought, when suddenly something caught her attention from the corner of her eyes, a bright red flash, as bright as the sun itself, even if it only lasted for a few moments.

" What in all of Equestria was that ?! " Twilight exclaimed and hopped out of bed, then proceeded to run downstairs and out the door, going as fast as she could towards the source of the light. She could already see a numerous amount of townspony circled around something, she also saw her good friend Applejack waiting for her.

Applejack ran up to Twilight looking all shaken up" Twi! It's a good thing ya decided to get yer hide here at this moment...ya got to see this! " Applejack led Twilight through the crowd to meet with their other four friends, who were all eyeing the source of the phenomenon.

At this point Twilight was starting to get impatient " Alright what the heck is going on?! let me see! " Her friends moved out of the way revealing what was causing such a ruckus, and what she saw shocked her far more than she was initially expecting.

There standing on a charred piece of ground was a heavily injured stallion, his mane was black as the night sky, his fur the color of soot and stained with the blood that trickled down from his head and the cuts on his body, he wore a long coat that covered most o his body including his cutie mark. The oddest thing on him was his horn, he was a unicorn, that much they could tell, but unlike an average unicorn, his horn was curved. lastly, but certainly not the lease, the part of him that made them shiver the most in slight fear and anticipation, was his eyes. They were an unholy shade of red almost as if looking into a pool of blood, and the scars that littered his body, some more visible than others, the most prominent being the one that laid across this left eye. He went to glance back at them but his body fell limp and his consciousness faded before he could do so.

Twilight was the first to speak up, albeit even she was hesitant to do so " What..what's going on here..? " They closed in around the unconscious stallion, taking in all his features, every cut, bruise ,and scar he had.

Rainbow Dash was the next to speak " How the heck is this guy even alive with these kinds of injuries?! Sheesh he looks like he went hoof to hoof with an Ursa major... "

" Ah don't have the foggiest idea Rainbow...but what ah do know is he's hurt, and we gotta get him somewhere he can rest... " Applejack said, getting nods of agreement from Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight.

Twilight carefully stepped over to his limp form and carefully looked him over. Her hoof lightly traced over the scar the laid across his eye, " How can anypony have this many scars imprinted on their body... " she said with pity in her voice. She had heard of ponies getting injured due to accidents and wild animals, some needing stitches, some losing limbs even, but she had never seen anything so gruesome. The pony to her, looked as if he had faced Nightmare Moon and Discord together by himself. As she traced the scar on his eye it suddenly shot open, startling Twilight and the others, causing them to jump in shock. He attempted to mouth out words, but found himself to tired to do so and lost consciousness once more. " We need to get him to the hospital and fast! " Twilight declared, and with that, the six of them rushed this mystery stallion to the Ponyville hospital, despite Rainbow Dash's pleas of paranoia about the stallion being dangerous.

Rainbow Dash went along with her friends despite her gut feeling that this Stallion was no good, " I'm telling you girls! This is a bad idea, I mean look at his horn it's not shaped right, or those eyes! Only an evil pony would have red eyes. "

Applejack shot Rainbow dash a disapproving glare, " Now why would we go and do that?! This here feller is hurt and we're gettin' him some help, right now! "

" Applejack is right Rainbow, we couldn't just leave him there in that condition! Speaking of condition, look at the condition of his coat, It's absolutely dreadful!! " Rarity cried out, quickly getting off topic.

Twilight could only hope that they got him there fast enough, his condition was worsening by the second. His breathing was getting heavier, and his cuts didn't show any sign of healing anytime soon unless they got him there, " Rainbow Dash!! Instead of making things worse why don't you look and see how much farther we have to go!!! " Twilight hadn't meant to raise her voice, but she was panicking, some stallion that nopony had ever seen before appears out of nowhere in the and just collapses from wounds he got from Celestia knows where, and to top it all off, he could end up dying if they didn't get there fast enough.

" Alright, alright! Sheesh no need to yell! " Rainbow Dash yelled back as she flew higher up to get a better view, " We're almost there so hurry it up!! "

Twilight was getting exhausted from not getting any rest. She could feel her's and Rarity's magic giving out, soon they wouldn't be able to get him there unless they carried him on their backs, and that would take too long on hoof. She came to a halt and hesitantly looked up at Rainbow Dash, " Rainbow...we aren't going to get there on time...you have to take him from here, we'll meet you there!! " She lifted him up to Rainbow with her weakened magic, " Hurry!! " Twilight shouted, feeling it slipping.

Rainbow Dash was hesitant at first, but then she realized she didn't have a choice in the matter. She gulped and then replied, " Alright! I'll do it, just hurry! " She wrapped her hooves and legs around the stallion and proceeded to hold him on her own, which lowered her altitude as a result, " Yikes... " she grunted, " how heavy are you? " Despite the slowdown, it wasn't enough to keep Rainbow Dash from arriving in little to no time at all. She rushed in carrying him as best as she could, the adrenaline in her system helping her hold the heavy stallion on her back, " Please..we need a doctor! " The nurses rushed to her and lifted the stallion off of her and onto a stretcher, taking him to be looked at and patched up.

It wasn't long before Twilight and the others finally showed up. They ran into the lobby to find Rainbow Dash sitting quietly in the waiting area, " Rainbow!!! " Twilight yelled and ran to her seemingly traumatized friend. Twilight carefully studied her friend's face before saying anything, " Rainbow...what's wrong? You look like you'd seen a ghost... "

Rainbow Dash looked up to Twilight and pulled her into a hug, " It was all over my hooves...his blood, " she said in a hushed tone. " He was hurt so bad...and I didn't even realized cause I was being a paranoid jerk... " he words soon turned to silent sobs, causing Twilight to pull her into a comforting hug.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie had remained quiet during the endeavor. It was fear that silenced Fluttershy and surprise that kept Pinkie Pie quiet. "Once he's all better I'll be sure to throw him the most extra super duper special party ever! " Pinkie Pie exclaimed cheerfully. Even in moments like this, Pinkie's words managed to lighten the atmosphere.

Twilight couldn't figure out why they were so worried about him. He was a stallion they had never met before, a total stranger, but something about him made them want to worry for him, perhaps it was the look of somber and grief held on his face. Her head turned towards double doors that they take patients into, wondering if he would ever come back through them, " ...Please be alright... "

The night had come and gone. The six of them had slept through the night in the lobby, all except for Twilight and the still-traumatized Rainbow Dash. Twilight was reading a book she had found in the waiting area, and Rainbow Dash was huddled close to her. The sounds of hooves walking across the floor caused Twilight to look up from the pages of her book, where her eyes eventually landed on a nurse who had walked up to her. Twilight shook the others awake, a mixed look of worry and anticipation on her face. The nurse looked at them and gave a slight before speaking, " He'll alright, and even better, he's awake. "

Author's Note

I hope you bronies and pegasisters like the new story, I'm gonna be working back and forth between both of my stories so expect delays here and there. Anyways i hope you enjoyed and yes the mystery Stallion is my own character but who is he you ask, you just got to read the story to find out, Till next time everyone!