Funeral for a friend.

                                                                                                          chapter Six:

                                                                                                          The hospital.

The ambulance crew showed up and without saying much of anything at all began to check Sunsets vitals. One of them asked what happened while the other one made sure that she was going to be able stabilize the girl's condition.

“can one of you tell us what happened here?” said the medic gruffly.

“We don’t really know, one minute Sunset was about to go off and find our friend Fluttershy here. The next she was on the ground screaming in pain.” replied Rainbow Dash.

“It looks like someone used a blowtorch on her chest! What the hell happened here? Her shirt has a hole in it the size of a tennis ball?” Said one of the medics as she examined Sunset for further burns.

“Like I already told you we don’t know what happened 'one minute she was going to go find Fluttershy! Then next she was on the ground screaming in pain.” Yelled Rainbow at the medic.

Before the medic could ask anymore questions Rainbow was already on the phone calling up AppleJack, and Twilight

Rainbow dialed up Applejack's cell phone number and waited for her to pick up. She heard the phone ring twice before Applejack answered her phone.

"Hello this is...." That was as far as Applejack got before being rudely cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"I know who it is damn-it I need you to find Twilight and get your selves over to the hospital right away. Sunset has been hurt the rest of us will meet you two over there." Rainbow said before she hung up the phone and looked at the medics.

"Her condition is stable enough for us move her let's get her into the ambulance and get her to the local hospital.” Said the other medic without looking up from his patent.

“FINE!” growled the first medic as he gently rolled Sunset onto a backboard and the four medics carried her over to the waiting ambulance.

The other two medics that were apart of this group didn't say anything this whole time they were to busy trying to do their jobs. As they got up to the ambulance Sunsets’ eyes suddenly snapped open. She tried to sit up but was unable to do so, due to be being fully tied to the backboard.

“ooh my chest what…...what is going on? Who are you people?” she asked as she looked about not recognizing any one.

“Relax ma'am you're going to the hospital. You collapsed we are going to get you some medical help. Then you should be on your way later on tonight” said one of the medics while he attached a I.V. tube to her left arm and checked her pulse with his right hand.

Sunset didn’t reply. She laid there hoping that no one had seen her cutie mark and hoping that she wouldn’t have to explain what was going on. It wasn’t until the ambulance actually got to the hospital that she fully realized that the three kids she was baby sitting where no in sight.

“SCOOTALOO, APPLEBLOOM, SWEETIE BELLE! WHERE ARE THEY?" Fear of loosing them or of them getting hurt or running off scared was now fully etched onto her face.

A doctor in a white coat came in right away upon hearing her screaming.

"Ma'am you're going to have to relax you're children are just fine from what i am told they are all here at the hospital waiting for you in the waiting room down stairs."

"I’m not their mother! I am their baby sister! Please are they alright did anything happen to them?” she asked with a look of fear and general concern etched onto her face.

“Yes they are just fine no harm befell them. Now why don’t you tell me why you collapsed? And why you had smoke coming out of your shirt? What were you doing lighting a cigarette on the inside of your shirt for popularity? He asked with a perplexed look on his face.

Any other time and Sunset would have taken this comment as a joke perhaps even laughed at it. But that was not going to happen today.

“I don’t smoke doctor! Never have, never will” replied Sunset coldly.

“Then tell me why does your shirt have a burn mark on it the size of a tennis ball hmm?” The doctor said grimly to Sunset.

she didn’t reply to this question, she just laid there in the bed that the hospital had provided for her to use while she was there.

Hearing the question Sunset decided to play this off as if she didn't really know about her shirt being burned in hopes of getting the doctor to leave.

“Wait my shirt was burned?” Asked Sunset already knowing that it was in fact burned from her cutie mark showing up again.

“Yes your shirt is burned. That is why we put you into a hospital gown. Unless of course you fancy the idea of your friends seeing you topless?” asked the doctor as he quirked an eyebrow at her.

Sunset just blushed at the idea of all her friends seeing her completely topless. Thinking what they must have thought of her screaming in pain when her cutie mark began to once again show it self. She wondered if they would even still be her friends after she had kept this a secret for so long. She had no idea how she was going to tell them about this or how she would even explain the real reason she was here. The doctor looking at her realazed it was useless to get any thing out of his patient sighed before saying.

“I can see you are not about to answer my questions. If that is really how you want to play this. Then I can’t legally make you talk to me about what has happened to you. However I think you at the least owe your friends a explanation as to today's events. That is if you're up for a visit from them.?” The doctor said to her as he got up to leave. "Before I go I will at least give you some bandages and some medicine to try to cut down on the swelling.”

“Thank you doctor. But that will not be necessary I heal.... well.... rather quickly see for yourself if you don’t believe me.” Replied Sunset.

The doctor just pushed his eyebrows together. lend in gently, and lowered her gown seeing that sure enough that her wound was all but healed. In fact it actually looked more like a tattoo rather than a actual burn. It could have been mistaken as an actual tattoo but, Sunset knew better than this. It was a sure sign of things to come and it was time she told the truth of this. As the doctor left the room where Sunset was sitting in, on her bed she heard him tell the nurse to go get her friends and let them come in to see her. She smiled to herself and leaned back deeply into the soft rubber mattress closed her eyes and thought of the prophecy that was about to come true. As she began to fall asleep waiting for her friends. She found herself hoping that at least some of them could understand why she had chosen to keep this a secret. Although she figured that once she told them what was coming she would lose her friends for good.

Rarity upon getting a rather frantic phone call from Rainbow Dash about needing to go the hospital thought the worst had happened to her little sister. So without even locking up the shop she raced over to the hospital as fast as she could. Once at the Hospital she was greeted by a nurse. The nurse took her into a nearby waiting room where her little sister and her friends were all waiting to hear the news about Sunset’s condition. Seeing her little sister and now knowing that she was safe Rarity said while kneeling down to give her sister a hug.

“Oh thank goodness you're OK after that dreadful call I got from Rainbow Dash. I thought for sure you had been hurt Sweetie belle” Rarity said as she knelt down and gave her sister a big hug of relief.

“I’m fine see, I'm OK sis really I am. I am just really worried about Sunset is all." Sweetie Bell said while tightly embracing her sister.

“Sunset what do you mean did something happen to Sunset?” Asked Rarity a bit shocked to hear the news

“Yes she collapsed and some sort of mark has now formed on her chest. It burned a hole through her shirt causing her to scream in pain. It was just awful listening to her scream and yelp in pain like that.” Replied Fluttershy who was standing over by Rainbow dash looking down at the floor not sure what do to next.

“Mark? What mark? What are you all talking about? Where is Twilight and Applejack they should be here?”

“We don’t know what type of mark has somehow burned itself onto Sunsets chest. As for Twilight and Applejack they should be here soon. then we can ALL get some well needed answers” Rainbow replied a bit coldly to Rarity.

Rarity sighed heavily and as she turned to talk to her sister again she saw Applejack and Twilight come into the waiting room lead by the same nurse that had show her to the waiting room.

“What in tar'nation is going on? Why all the fuss? I got a rather frantic call from Rainbow dash saying that we needed to head our tail ends here pronto?” Asked Applejack as she came into the waiting room followed closely by Twilight.

“we are our selves are not sure as to what exactly is going on either Applejack. Pinkie said as she stood up from a chair that she had been sitting on. Her hair was almost completely deflated which was a clear sign as to how bad this actually was. It took a awful lot to cause some one as fully energetic as Pinkie Pie to not want to party or have a good time. Sunset collapsing in front of her friends was all it took to bring this home for her.

"All we can tell either of you two for sure, is this Sunset collapsed while she was at the park with my sister and her friends and now we are all here waiting for the doctors to let us see her.” responded Rarity

Just then a nurse came up to the group and motioned them to follow her down a hallway and into Sunsets room. Upon entering the room each of Sunset's friends could see that she had at this time fallen asleep. Each one slowly entered her room in hopes of not waking her up.

“She looks so peaceful not the same thrashing and bucking girl that we saw only a few hours ago” said Fluttershy as she very timidly walked into the room found a chair and sat down.

“Yes she really does look to be at peace or at least a sleep-full peace but, peace nevertheless” replied twilight as she pressed her index finger up to her glasses in order to keep them from slipping off her face. Before she to found a chair and sat down. The rest of the gang all came into the room each one stood or tried to stand some where off set from Sunset's bed so as not to wake her up.

“Should we wake her up or let her sleep?” Asked Pinkie Pie as she looked at her sleeping friend with sadness in her eyes and not fully sure what to do.

“I  think we need to wake her up and ask her what in tar'nation is going on? And why she collapsed today” said Applejack who moved in closer and was about to wake her up when Twilight stopped her.

“Wait let's see the mark that you all are talking about before we wake her up” Twilight said as she stepped in front of Applejack trying to keep her from waking up Sunset.

Applejack only scowled at this action from Twilight. She couldn't decide if she was more up set that Twilight had actually suggested that they actually take Sunsets gown off of her while she was asleep. Or the fact that she was not letting her wake up Sunset to get some real answers from her.

“What are you nuts!? We can’t just pull down her hospital gown to look at some sort of wound or mark that she has without her permission!" hissed Rarity to Twilight. "Twilight darling; I know that you don't really know the social graces of being a, uh well mannered lady. But I can rest assure you, that what you are asking of us is not alright at all. Besides I am sure that Sunset would not want us to strip her down like some conman criminal.  Rarity said as she was seething dagers at Twilight for even suggesting such a thing.

"I just want to make sure that is OK is all. Besides I am not about expose her breast or anything like that.” Said twilight pointing to a slit in the gown that Sunset was wearing.

“Let her be the one to show us if that is what she really wants to do. It is after all her body. No one, not even you has the right to open her gown and take a peek without her permission”. Said Pinkie pie.

It didn't really matter what Twilight was or was not about to do because Sunset was slowly waking up. Each of her friends flinched and all hoped that she didn't actually hear what they were just moments ago talking about while she lay asleep on the hospital bed.