Vinyl's POV

The Next Day

Beep... beep... beep. I woke to this sound. I slowly opened my eyes to see Octavia and Mr. and Mrs. Melody. I jumped to a start, but I was stopped by a network of tubes, and A LOT of soreness. This, got their attention. "Vinyl!" Octavia said in excitement. She hugged me, but it was a light hug. If it had been Pinkie, I would've been crushed. "Oh my goodness, are you okay?"

Seriously? I thought. I showed her a look to send my message.

"Right. Dumb question." Octavia said sheepishly. "Other than that, I want to say it's great to have you back."

I opened my mouth and spoke. "It's... great... to... be back." My voice sounded as quiet and strained as before.

"Yes, I'm so hap- wait what!?" Octavia was taken aback. I smirked.

"You... heard... me." I said while smirking. Mr. and Mrs. Melody were in complete shock with their jaws touching the floor. I expected a reaction, but this is better than I hoped. I thought.

...

"So how long have you been able to talk?" Tavi asked, her face clearly annoyed.

"Couple... years." I wheezed.

"And why now?"

"Be... cause... it... hurts... a lot." I shrugged.

"Any other reasons?" Tavi tapped her foot. It was just us two.

"It's... a... lot... like... playing... dice. It... could... work... or... not. Didn't... want... to... give... you... false hope. Sorry." I looked at my hands in my lap.

"You didn't have to do that." Tavi reached out and touched my shoulder. I looked at her eyes and she looked at mine. Her eyes showed pain and relief.

"Can... I... be... alone?" Tavi nodded and she walked out. I took off my blanket and I moved my hospital gown to reveal my legs. Hideous. I thought as I saw my legs. Once they were white, now they had red gashes, purple bruises and random black spots. I moved the gown more to reveal my stomach. It had the same story, except the gashes. I put the gown back to how it was and put on the blanket again. I leaned over and started to sob. I buried my face in my hands. I'm hideous. Just hideous. Well. At least I'll heal. If the hitman hadn't come at that moment, I wouldn't have been able to.

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Octavia's POV
One hour earlier

"Glad you girls could make it." I said to the Rainbooms.

"We would never leave you hanging like that!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Yeah. I'm going to throw a get well party once she wakes up." Pinkie said. Her eyes were bloodshot as were Fluttershy's.

"Where's Discord?" I asked.

"He said his part was done and that he would help her psychologically when she needed." Fluttershy said.

"At least he'll still help." I sighed.

"How is she?" Sunset asked.

"The doctor says she should wake up soon." I said. I motioned to the chairs. "You girls want to take a seat?" The girls all nodded and sat. The silence was defeaning.

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1 hour later

I went to my chair and sat shakily.

"Well, wut happened?" Applejack asked.

"She talked." I whispered. The girls gasped, except Pinkie an Rainbow Dash.

"Who?" Pinkie and Dash asked in almost unison.

I grinned like a doofus and looked up at them. "She talked! I can't believe it!" I shouted in glee. I must've seemed mad to them. Then, the two finally caugh up with us.

"Holy crap!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Woah!" Pinkie was surprised, to say the least.

I smiled more and almost, almost started dancing.

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3rd Person POV
At School's Music Room, 2 months later.

"Hey girls." Vinyl said.

"Hey Vinyl. Where's Tavi?" Rainbow Dash asked. Vinyl shrugged. "Oh. She and Rarity were supposed to be here already."

"Relax, Dash. They'll be here." Vinyl still had to pause in between talking, but she had been getting better at talking.

"Ugh! I just hate waiting."

"Just wait. Naw calm down Rainbow." Applejack chastised. Rainbow pouted and crossed her arms. Vinyl laughed quietly.

Just then, Octavia and Rarity bursted through the door. "Sorry we're late!" Rarity shouted. They ran here and it was apparent.

"It's okay. We haven't started practicing yet." Vinyl said. Quickly, the girls set up and they started to play. They played, but one of them played with a guilty heart. After all, Vinyl did kill a person, no matter how much of a terrible person he was, he was still a person.

The End

Author's Note

Here is the last chapter, hope you liked it. All constructive criticism is appreciated. Tell me your thoughts below. The song for this chapter is:

I chose this song because now that everything has been finished, Vinyl is finally Coming Home. The lines about having to go through a bunch of stuff, I related to Vinyl because she had to go through her own personal hell and she made it out alive. I might make another story in the same universe where Vinyl and Octavia are Minor characters, but I will not write another sequel. Most likely. I am going to clarify this, Vinyl feels guilt about killing Shady, but not too much because she was sort of justified.