The Last Night.

Twilight Sparkle sighed contently as she walked into the lounge room with a cup of hot cocoa in one hand, and a good book held in her other. The crackle and bright flames of the logs burning in the fireplace, created the perfect  atmosphere for a bit of romantic reading before she went to bed. Though Twilight wasn’t the kind of pony who read romance novels very often, she sometimes indulged herself with some heartwarming fiction. Once she was settled comfortably enough on the couch, Twilight took a sip of her hot cocoa and began her journey through the pages of her book.

However, before she even got past the first sentence, a soft knock sounded at her door. Twilight thought she had imagined it at first, as it was so faint, but a second knock told her somepony was outside in the freezing blizzard like conditions. Wandering who would be stupid enough to go out in such extreme conditions, Twilight wrapped the blanket tighter around her body and answered the door.

Icy cold wind and snow instantly blew into the library chasing away the warmth and, caused the fire to sputter and almost die out. “Rainbow,” Twilight said recognizing her friend’s colorful mane, “what on earth are you...” Before Twilight could finish her sentence, Rainbow fell forward into the Alicorn’s arms covering the front of Twilight’s pajamas in warm crimson liquid. Twilight screamed, and stared in horror at the blood seeping from several deep cuts lacerating Rainbow’s wrists.

“Rainbow what did you do?” Twilight’s words were lost on the unconcious pegasus, who had passed out from blood loss and exhaustion. Moving fast, Twilight pulled Rainbow into her home and used her magic to bring the fire back to life, before focusing her magical energies on stopping Rainbow’s wounds from bleeding.

For Twilight, the next several hours passed in a blurry haze as all the medical knowledge she had ever studied took over her body, and she cleaned and took care of Rainbow. By the time Twilight was finished, she had cleaned and sewn the deep cuts shut, and wrapped them in a thick protective covering of bandages. She had so many questions running through her mind but, the main one she had was ‘why?’ Why would Rainbow do something like this to herself? The next one Twilight had was, ‘how long had this been going on for?’

With shaky hands, Twilight pulled one of Rainbow’s sleeves up Revealing older and scars and cuts. Twilight’s throat was dry, and she suddenly felt very dizzy, tears stung her eyes, and she pulled Rainbow into her embrace. “I’m so sorry Dashie!” Twilight wept. “I should have known something was wrong with you. What kind of friend am I?”

The smell and taste of copper hung heavily in the air causing Twilight’s stomach to churn, and she barely made it to the sink before her stomach relieved its self of its contents. Once Twilight was done, she took a drink of refreshing cold water straight from the tap and slid to the floor, fresh tears stinging her eyes. She didn’t know what to do from here, she didn’t know how she was going to deal with this, she only knew she was going to be there for her friend.

Twilight stood and wiped the tears from her eyes, before walking back to the lounge room where Rainbow was still lying unconscious next to the fire. The pegasus was still covered in blood, and Twilight realized she was too. “Let’s get cleaned up,” Twilight muttered picking Rainbow up in her magical grasp, and carrying her to the bathroom.

Twilight filled the bath with hot water, and she hesitated a moment before pulling Rainbow’s clothes off. However, she only got down to Rainbow’s bra, before she fell to her knees in front of the toilet and threw up once more. Rainbow’s entire stomach and chest was covered in a lattice work of what could only be scars caused from a whip, as was her entire back. “I’m so sorry,” Twilight whispered stroking her friend’s hair. “I should have have noticed you were going through such a dark time.”

Twilight took a deep breath trying to calm herself down, but the scars covering Rainbow’s body were a constant reminder of how she had failed as a friend. “I’ll make it up to you Rainbow, I swear no matter what, I’ll make it up to you.”

Twilight removed Rainbow’s jeans revealing more whip scars down her legs and thighs, but what commanded the Alicorn’s attention was the white diaper covered by cyan colored panties. More questions flooded her mind, but Twilight pushed them away for another time, right now she was only focused on taking care of her friend.

Once Rainbow was completely undressed, Twilight placed her in the bathtub being careful not to get water on the bandages covering Rainbow’s wrists. And the bath water slowly became crimson as Twilight washed the blood Rainbow’s fur, and when she was finally done, she could feel her stomach ready to empty its contents for the third time that night. Thankfully Twilight was able to finish cleaning and drying Rainbow off without throwing up again, and she found a pair of pajamas for Rainbow to wear.

Half an hour later, Twilight herself was clean again, and she was carrying Rainbow back downstairs into the lounge room where she placed her on the couch and moved it closer to the fire. Twilight covered the sleeping pegasus with a blanket, and just as she was about to leave Rainbow grabbed her wrist with a weak grip.

“Stay with me,” Rainbow implored looking at Twilight with wide fearful eyes. For a moment Twilight was shocked, she had never seen Rainbow so scared and vulnerable as she was now, but she wasn’t just scared she was absolutely terrified.

‘I’ll stay with you,” Twilight whispered, and used her magic to levitate some sheets from upstairs. She made herself as comfortable as she could, and fell to sleep on the floor beside the couch.