Return of Nightmare Moon

Wind awoke in a hospital bed. She looked around and saw that Applespice was asleep in a chair next to her. In the next bed over, sat Luna.

"Welcome back to consciousness, Wind." Luna said.

She had a cast one her right arm and a bandage around her chest. Wind looked at Luna's injuries and looked away quickly, ashamed.

"What's the matter, Wind?" Luna asked.

"I'm sorry you were hurt. If I had only been there to protect you, none of this would have happened." Wind replied.

"Don't be like that. It wasn't your fault. I told you to go visit your parent's grave site. If anyone is to blame, it's me." Luna said.

Wind looked up and smiled weakly.

"Thank you princess. You always know just what to say." Wind said.

"Isn't this just sweet?" Someone said from beside Wind.

She looked over to see Discord dressed in doctors scrubs and a coat. He looked at the clipboard he was holding.

"Hmm. Looks like you need twenty CC's of 'get out of bed', stat." He said.

Wind gave him an agitated look.

"What? I just mean that we should head to the grave site before to much longer. I don't know how long that death trance will stay in effect on your parents." He said.

Wind jumped up from the bed and was immediately greeted with a sharp pain in her chest.

"Easy, Wind. You sustained a great deal of damage channeling all that dark energy." Luna said.

Wind grabbed her chest and slowly stood.

"Why don't you just heal yourself? You can do that, you know that right?" Discord asked.

He was wearing his usual brown suit and was helping Wind to her feet. Wind just gave him a stupid look.

"Oh, right. You're new to the whole dark magic thing. Sorry." He said.

"Windy?" Applespice said as his eyes fluttered open.

He saw that she was kneeling on the ground and got up quickly and started to help her. Wind winced from the pain as Applespice helped her to sit on the edge of the bed. She looked over at Discord.

"You said I can heal myself? How?" Wind asked.

"Just focus on the pain and will it to go away." Discord replied.

Wind shut her eyes and focused on the pain radiating from her chest. Slowly it began to recede until it was completely non-existent.

"Wow, it actually worked." Wind said as she got up and cracked her back.

"Would I lie to you, Wind?" Discord asked.

"Not yet you haven't. But, I still don't trust you." Wind said.

"Now, that just hurts." Discord said.

"Why are you even here?" Applespice asked.

"Well, you see. I have a spell that can revive Wind's parents, but only she can perform it." Discord replied.

"Windy, is that true?" Applespice asked.

"According to him, it is." Wind replied.

"But, Celestia always warned everyone about tampering with the laws of life and death." Applespice said.

"According to him, they're not really dead. They're just in some kind of comatose trance that gives the appearance of death." Wind said.

"Really? Well, what are we waiting for?" Applespice said.

"You seem happy about this." Wind said.

"Well, I know how unhappy you've been since you lost your parents. And I know what it would mean to you to have them back." He replied.

Discord made a gagging sound.

"Enough lovey-dovey, touchy-feely crap. Let's just go get them up and about." He said.

"Why are you so apt to have my parents back around?" Wind asked with a suspicious look.

"Well, I enjoyed having them around. They may have not liked me, but they were Fluttershy's friends, and any friend of Fluttershy's is a friend of mine." Discord said.

"Wait, you were friends with my mother?" Applespice asked.

Discord sighed.

"Yes. We just kind of lost touch after you were born. She still wrote to me about the joys of being a mother, but, we never saw much of each after that." He said with a tear streaming down his face.

"Anyway, we should go." He said as he wiped the tear away.

The three of them left the hospital.

"So, what do we need for this spell?" Wind asked.

"Well, it's more of an incantation, but, we'll need a few things. First, we need some black sand, five black candles, and a pheonix feather." Discord listed off the necessary things for the spell.

"If we each take one thing and go find it, we can save time." Applespice said.

"Good idea. I'll grab the pheonix feather. Discord, you grab the sand. Applespice, the candles. We'll all meet back at the gravesite." Wind said.

They all nodded and they headed off in different directions.