Reincarnated as a displaced monster

The lights in the hospital hummed a little as the waiting room seemed to have an unusual amount of occupants for this late an hour. The two unicorns, both wearing their pajamas still, sat on either side of what looked to be a mare made entirely out of goo. The white mare who had an eye-covering pushed up on her forehead like a pair of sunglasses gently placed a hand on the goo-mare’s shoulder.

“I’m sure everything will be fine dear…” Rarity said in an attempt to calm her own nerves as much as Lilith’s.

“P-please let it be true… I d-don't want us to be separated again after j-just being reunited... I don't think m-my soul would be able to t-take it…” Lilith blubbered as she held her legs against her generous bust.

Twilight opened her mouth to speak just before the door to the patient area opened up to reveal a chocolate-colored unicorn stallion with a frown on his face.

“Is she ok!?” Lilith asked as she bolted over to the stallion, Sheer terror written all over her face.

He took a deep breath as he stepped away from Lilith. “I’m sorry Miss… We… the quicksilver is keeping her relatively stable right now by syphoning away whatever is powering her magic, but there’s just too unstable of a connection to her magic. We don’t have anyone here who could help more than keep her connected to the quicksilver.”

Lilith promptly collapsed. “She’s alive… She's alive… She's alive...” She quietly mumbled to herself as she shook on the floor while curling into a ball.

Rarity’s ears perked up a bit before she turned to her lavender companion. “Twilight… is there any chance that the Princess may have taught you how to stabilize an unstable magical connection?”

“I-I think so, I could at least try…” Twilight said, slightly uncertain.

“Well, then let’s get you in there.” Rarity said with a smile as she helped bring Twilight to her hooves.

The quick trip as the doctor escorted Twilight alone to the emergency room was filled with an ominous silence before she finally got into the room that was holding the hobgoblin. There was a gentle hum coming from the lump of silvery-blue metal that was hovering in a tray next to the bed, though the sheen on the metal was starting to dull. From her memories about Quicksilver a lump that big was supposed to at least stop and absorb several high-level spells before it began to dull.

She swallowed the lump in her throat as she made her way over to the table and began to channel magic into her horn, searching for Cyrine’s connection. She winced a bit when she saw the absolutely tangled mess that was emanating from the hobgoblin before she let her magic slowly weave through the tangles and begin to smooth out the connection.

The mess itself took quite a long time, even forcing Twilight to build up a sweat as she realized that moving too quickly could set off one of the less stable connections and leave quite the mess in the room. Like a practiced surgeon Twilight’s magic weaved through Cyrine’s connection to the warp, straightening it and making it more orderly. Once the last strand of the hobgoblin’s connection was in place though a loud snap resonated like a broken board before the connection itself was severed.

The lavender mare’s eyes shot open and widened as she checked to make sure Cyrine was still in one piece, though the lump of quicksilver was noticeably darker, before she let out a relieved sigh and collapsed to her knees. “Oh thank Celestia it worked…”

Twilight was ushered out of the room by several nurses before the hospital staff began moving Cyrine to a room where they could monitor her and let her rest, even with the jostling that happened during the transfer the hobgoblin didn’t wake up, though she didn’t look like she was in pain anymore so that was definitely a bonus.

“How is she?” Lilith frantically asked Twilight as she entered the recovery room.

Twilight smiled at the slime. “She’s going to be fine… I managed to stabilize her connection to whatever her source of magic is… but…” She bit her lip as she hesitated. “Once it was stabilized… the connection broke.”

“Thank goodness she’s ok…” Lilith whimpered as she walked over to the foot of the bed and laid down on Cyrene's legs.

Twilight placed a hand on Lilith’s shoulder. “... would you like to stay overnight? I can stay with you two just in case she wakes up.” She offered.

“I would appreciate that…” Lilith said, tears dripping from her eyes.

The unicorn gave a small nod before taking a seat nearby. Rarity gave a pleasant goodbye before she went back to her store so that she could start on their outfits. Twilight was hesitant about using magic around Cyrine while the hobgoblin was still unconscious. “So… uh… anything you… uh… want to talk about?” she tried.

“D-do you think you could help me find a way to help Cyrine keep her powers under control when they return?” Lilith asked as she clung to her unconscious lover.

“Well, now that she has a stable connection… it should be a bit easier to do that.” Twilight replied with a small smile.

“You already know how to stabilize her powers!?” Lilith asked in surprise.

“Well… yeah… her initial connection was a lot like a foal.” Twilight explained. “But she wasn’t doing anything to organize her magical flow so it had to be constantly drained or else it would get worse.”

“I’m not surprised, neither of us have used magic before…” Lilith said as a sad smile flashed across her face for a moment. “So how do we keep her from turning into a planet scale time bomb?” She then asked as she stood up to face Twilight.

“Well… we could teach her how to use her powers while straightening her connection on her own.” Twilight offered.

“Wouldn't weaving the strands of magic make them stronger than simply straightening them?” Lilith asked confused.

“It’s not quite how it works… with magic she would have to strengthen the connection without our help, since we wouldn’t be able to strengthen it for her, but a straightened connection helps the magic flow easier.” Twilight replied.

“What if the source of the magic is an alternate plane of existence made of thought and emotion?” Lilith asked, trying to remember what little she knew about warhammer.

“That’s the source of all magic, the intensity of your emotions do affect how well or poorly your spells perform.”

“I thought unicorn magic used their own magic not a connection to the warp…” Lilith thought out loud as she tried to wrap her mind around how this world and magic worked.

Twilight kept herself from letting out a laugh, covering her mouth a little. “I-I’m sorry… if unicorns actually relied on their own strength we wouldn’t be able to do nearly as much as we can, Earth ponies would be better spellcasters than us. Unicorns are powerful spellcasters because our horns help us have a focus for connecting to the source of all magic.”

“So Cyrine needs a horn?” Lilith asked confused.

“No…” Twilight sighed. “Unicorns are just better able to cast spells because we have them.” She took a deep breath. “Whatever Cyrine is… she has about the same-... had about the same connection as either a unicorn foal or an adult pegasus.”

“Well, she wasn't always a hobgoblin so I have no clue what to think about her current situation… Besides be worried that is…” Lilith sighed. She then slumped over a bit and sat on the foot of the bed. “I wish I was able to protect you… You're always protecting me and I can't do anything for you when you need it most…” She said to the unconscious hobgoblin as tears spilled down her face.

“That’s not true!” Twilight exclaimed. “At least you’re here instead of off somewhere else looking for someone to replace her, you’re staying by her side through this whole thing.”

Lilith gave Twilight a sad smile. “It still won't make up for my failures… I treat her as a crutch whenever I am around people and died on her once already... What could I possibly do to make myself worthy of her? She deserves better but I’m too clingy to let her go…” She said shaking with sorrow.

“Did you ask her whether she wanted to let you go?” Twilight replied almost reflexively.

“She’s practically addicted to my presence, she couldnt let me go if she wanted to…” Lilith laughed bitterly.

“Then wouldn’t that tell you how much she wants to be with you?” Twilight asked. “I mean… it sounds pretty apparent that she wants you around no matter what.”

“You have no idea how true that statement is… after all, she almost died of sadness alone when I died from protecting her during that terrorist attack…” Lilith sobbed.

Twilight let out a small breath. “Then trying to find a reason to stay shouldn’t be the problem… I’ve got Rainbow Dash looking into what job offerings are open around town and what might be able to be done for both of you. We’ll be able to figure something out.”

“Is there a blacksmith in town?” Lilith asked as she tried to get her emotions under control.

Twilight gave her a little nod before she let out a yawn. “Y-yeah…”

“I think I can work as a blacksmith… I used to do that as a hobby in my old life before coming here…” Lilith said.

“Are you sure your form would be able to take the heat of the forge?”

“I don't know but I’m not very good at much else…” Lilith admitted. Twilight gave a nod before making her way over to one of the empty beds in the room so that she could rest.