Changing Time

I went into a full on panic attack, I saw not one, but two faded blue spots on John's chest. I ignored my still throbbing bandaged wing, and flapped it frantically as I started to hover. I grabbed John and put him on my back. I had never flown anywhere so quickly in all my life!

"It'll be okay." I kept repeating as I flew through the Everfree forest as Rainbow Dash, keeping John on my back. We were almost to my little spot in the forest, when I ran into Doc's door. I changed back without knowing and held the now very bloody spot on my nose. I looked back to see the unconscious John on the ground, with only a couple scrapes. Right then, Doc opened the door, but before he could talk, I wailed, "HELP HIM, PLEASE!!!" I couldn't handle it anymore, I nudged John towards Doc, hoping to help at all.

"Bring him in, but you wait out here, this might be harder than last time." Doc said calmly. I did as he said.

It had been almost nine hours, I had heard screams, John's screams. I was so worried that I hadn't even noticed my bleeding bandaged wing. I was limping around Everfree, hoping, wishing, preying.

After the eleventh hour passed, Doc came out.

"He'll be fine, this time I will keep him here until he's better, you may visit him if you," I cut Doc off as I wrapped my arms around him tightly.

"Thank you!" I whispered as I started to weep into his shoulder.

"It's alright Candy. I am his father, so it is kind of my job." Doc said.

"It was my fault...this was all my fault. I was the one who made him yell, I was the one who...who," I was cut off by Doc.

"It's alright. You were probably just trying to help." Doc said.

"I was trying to stop his injuries. I traveled back in time, hoping to do what I now know is possible. I wanted to....change time." I was sobbing now, soaking Doc's shoulder.

"You can't change time, even if you think it would be right to. I have seen many terrible things, I have seen planets destroyed, civilizations burned, friends lost all because of me. But I can't go back in time and stop that. Because I know that more bad will come out of it then good. ." Doc explained as he turned my head so I would face him, "John knows that as well as I do, that's why he got upset."

"But..." I sniffled as I pushed Doc's hoof out from under my chin, "John changed time...and it was changed for the better. He changed...my future. Yet he refuses to tell me what to, but he says it's the best possible outcome." I was still crying, but slightly less now.

"I know what he did, but he changed something in the present. He changed his current timeline. He made sure that you wouldn't die after getting the second heart." Doc said, "So that you could live. The original timeline was where you would die, but he changed that."

"But still, he changed time...to help me. I wanted to..." I saw the point Doc was trying to get across as I was talking, "I understand now." I sniffled, suddenly noticing my injuries. "OW!" I yelped.

"Are you alright Candy?" Doc asked in concern.

"On my way here I...AUGH!" I fell onto my knees, feeling the injuries kick in.

"Here, let's go inside so I can help." Doc said, picking me up on his back and carrying me inside.

"Thank you...for everything." I hugged Doc while he carried me.

"No problem." Doc said.

After Doc had fixed me up, I was thankful to see the only permanent injuries were only the ones that were permanent in the first place. I had been sleeping for quite a while as well, hoping for some peaceful rest after all of that. Luckily Doc was happy to give it to me. After waking up, I saw Doc in the main room with me, just working on something. I pretended to remain asleep only as an excuse to do something that I enjoyed doing in my free time, I changed into John and hugged my doll that I teleported there right before I fell asleep. I whispered something into the doll's ear, just loud enough for Doc to hear.

"Along'sy." I whispered to the doll, I could tell Doc was watching because I heard him chuckle. That was when I changed back, with my doll.

"So, John taught you that word eh?" Doc said, I could tell he knew I was awake.

"Yea," I said sitting up and hugging my doll, "though I think he uses it for a different purpose than you."

"Well, it is a real word, but I say it a lot. It is french for let's go. But I'm curious what he uses it for." Doc said.

"He uses it to say...I love you." I felt myself blushing widely, revealing what John had told me to his dad.

"Well, I'm glad that that is not the real word then," Doc chuckled a little.

"What?" I didn't understand quite what Doc meant.

"I say that to a lot of others. So I'm glad that it only really means let's go." Doc explained.

"Oh!" I giggled, knowing what Doc meant.

"Well, John is in the room with a brown door, you can go visit him if you wish." Doc said.

"While I would like to, it hurt just to sit upright. I'd rather lie down right here and rest some more." I said, sliding back down to the floor gently.

"As you wish." Doc said, allowing me to rest.