She Won't Wake Up

Alicorns aren't as immortal as one might think. Sure, they can't be infected by disease and heal faster than regular ponies, at the end of the day, they are just as mortal as anypony else. Especially when they're sitting in the front of a taxi-wagon when it crashes.

Bill Cipher's jet black hooves shook as he trotted down the blinding white hallway. The smell of chemicals and death filled his nose and made him want to vomit. But he still continued his steady stride to the hospital room. Luna's hospital room.

That was it. Cipher's hooves broke into a full-on canter. Screw the "rules". By the time the stallion reached Room 624, his black mane was plastered to his neck. His black top hat was askew and his bow tie had become untied. But none of that mattered right now.

"William?"

A weak voice broke the icy silence. Bill's breathing stopped short at the sight of the once-glorious Princess of the Night.

Lying upon the snowy covers of the hospital bed was a broken bird. What was meant to soar once was now held down by strings of tubing, bandages, and slings. It slowly lifted its head, and several teeth were registered in Bill Cipher's brain as missing.

"L-Luna?" his voice cracked.

The bird smiled. A sweet, helpless, beautiful smile. William Cipher suddenly felt something warm and damp on his cheek.

A Tear. He was crying.

William Cipher was crying.

Never in his long, tiresome life had Bill ever cried. Sure, he had faked it a couple time to mess with ponies (Especially Pine Tree), but never had he ever, truly, cried. As those hot tears poured down his face, Luna whispered something quietly.

"Come here."

Bill's lifeless hooves moved towards the hospital bed without him realizing it. Princess Luna lifted her one good arm and wrapped it around Cipher's neck, pulling him close. The foreign tears had now filled his eyes and blurred his vision so that all he could see was colorful blobs. He felt Luna's soft fur encasing him in a warm blanket. Bill drank in her sweet perfume. This wasn't right. The dream demon was supposed to be comforting her, not her comforting him! She was the one who was just in a wagon accident, for Celestia's sake!

The covers of the cot shifted and Bill Cipher tried to pull himself away from Luna. William needed to tell her it was OK, that he was here for her, not wallowing in his sorrow waiting for Luna to save him!

The Princess' ethereal mane floated past William's cheek and tickled it just as he pulled himself out of Luna's arms- or should I say, arm. He stared into her sparkling, aqua eyes and felt his body inflate.

"I love you!" He blurted. "I love you, and I'll always be here for you Luna. No matter what."

She pulled him into a kiss, and his warm lips caressed her cool ones. Suddenly, her muscles went slack and she fell, limp in his arms.

Flat-line.