Author's Note

* After first introducing him into the story, Dr. Whooves will be referred to as Whooves.

A Life or Death Situation

It was a rather quiet night at the hospital until Luna was brought in. Normally a patient being brought into the emergency room has a bit of a wait to be taken back but with Princess Luna that would not be the case. When they got her there, one of the ponies yelled, "Help! It's an emergency, Princess Luna is in bad shape!"

A couple nurses rushed out and immediately took Luna back. Given that Luna was barely conscious, one of the unicorns who helped get here there, Lyra, would go back with her. The nurse took a look at Luna and then Lyra. She asked, "Lyra, what happened? How did she get like this?"

Lyra replied, "Well she was in a fight with Twilight after she became a large vampony and from what I saw, she rammed her horn into her, blasted a lot of energy into her and blew her up. In the process she got slammed into the side of Twilight's castle and then plunged to the ground." She began to tear up a bit and continued, "And when we found her she wasn't moving and was barely breathing."

When the nurse heard her say that Luna was not moving, despite not having a doctor's order, she immediately took Luna back to take some x-rays. While it seemed to take forever, it was about fifteen minutes when Luna was brought back and accompanying the nurse was Dr. Whooves. He seemed to be in a very solemn mood and Lyra could sense it. She asked, "Doctor, what is wrong with her?"

*Whooves replied, "Well I'll have to wait until the radiologist reads these x-rays but I have a feeling that she likely broke most of the bones in her body." Luna's breathing began to become more erratic. Whooves continued, "Nurse, get some oxygen on her, get an IV running on her and get a heart monitor on her."

The nurse did as ordered and Lyra asked, "Doctor, so will she be staying here or will she have to go to a larger hospital?"

Whooves replied, "For now I want us to keep her here and monitor her condition. I'm not sure if she is in any shape to be transported anywhere. Even levitating her to the train station could cause undue shock to her body."

Lyra sighed, "Ok doctor, you know what is best."

Once the nurse had done what Whooves had requested, they left the room to check on other patients. Lyra couldn't help but shed a few tears seeing Luna like this. While she had only spoke to Luna a couple of times, she felt like she could relate with her more than Celestia, despite once being her teacher. She grabbed Luna's hoof to comfort her in the event she was a bit awake but this only caused her to scream in agony.

Lyra pulled her hooves back and said, "I'm sorry your Majesty. I didn't mean to hurt you."

Very softly Luna said, "It is ok. I know you meant me no harm." Soon Luna saw a bright light that nopony else could see. She continued, "I see the light Lyra, I see the li....."

Suddenly Luna went quiet and the heart monitor flat lined, causing an alarm to sound throughout the emergency department. Almost immediately Whooves and every nurse on duty that night flooded into the room. Whooves had read the x-rays and realized that the conventional way of reviving somepony whose heart had stopped would not work given that she had multiple broken ribs. He turned to Lyra and said, "Lyra, we need you."

Lyra asked, "Me? You need me?"

Whooves replied, "Yes, we need you. She has multiple broken ribs so we can not shock her back to life. We need you to use your magic to try to revive her."

Lyra began to cry, "But I don't know that kind of magic! I don't know revival magic!"

Whooves replied, "Lyra, I'm no unicorn but I do know that as long as you put love into your energy, you may be able to help."

Lyra rushed to Luna's side, lit her horn up and said, "Alright doctor, I'll do my best."

While Lyra began to release energy into Luna's body, Luna found herself traveling through a bright portal. When she arrived on the other side she found herself in a serene, peaceful place with rolling hills and temperate conditions. Almost immediately after arriving, she saw a familiar figure approaching her, her sister. Luna ran to her and said, "Tia!" She looked around and nervously asked, "Big sister, am I dead?"

Celestia shed a couple tears and replied, "Yes little sister, you have passed."

Luna became frantic. She asked, "But who will rule over Equestria now?"

Celestia sighed, "I'm not sure little sister. Cadence may have to leave her post in the Crystal Empire until somepony else can be found or as bad as it sounds, Prince Blueblood may have to take over."

Luna yelled, "No big sister! He would destroy Equestria!"

Celestia replied, "Luna, we are no longer in the earthly realm so what happens there is beyond our control."

They heard a voice say, "Not yet, Luna's time may not have come."

Luna looked in the direction the voice was coming from and saw another Alicorn, a larger one. This Alicorn, like Celestia, was solid white but had a flowing red mane and tail and had an ink jar and a quill for a cutie mark. Luna rushed to her and asked, "Goddess LaurFa, is it really you?"

LaurFa replied, "Yes Luna, it is me."

Celestia asked, "When you said that Luna's time may not have come, what do you mean?"

LaurFa opened up a portal showing what was going on in the hospital. There they saw Lyra releasing energy into Luna, trying to revive her. Celestia was shocked. She continued, "Wait a minute, that is one of my former students. Why is Lyra releasing energy into her?"

LaurFa replied, "Because Luna has many broken ribs and conventional methods can not be used to revive her."

Luna asked, "But she does not know that kind of magic. Why isn't a unicorn with medical magic knowledge doing that?"

LaurFa replied, "She may not know that kind of magic but all that matters is that her energy is filled with love. Knowledge alone won't revive a fallen pony, even love alone is much more effective."

Luna began to be sucked into the portal and fell back to the earthly realm. When she fell back into her body, her body jolted as Lyra gave a stronger burst of energy. The heart monitor again recorded a heart beat and everypony sighed in relief except for Lyra, who cried tears of joy. While Luna could not hear her, Lyra cried, "We so worried we had lost you your Majesty."

Whooves put his hoof on Lyra's shoulder and replied, "Well she is not out of the woods yet but I have a feeling that because of your energy, that she will survive." His voice became more solemn as he continued, "But her road to recovery is going to be a very long one. A large number of her bones have been broken but since you are the one who saved her, I think it would be best if you are by her side as often as possible."

Lyra replied, "Ok doctor, I will do my best to stay at her side as much as I can."

Whooves said, "Good. In a few days I believe she may be able to be transferred to the Crystal Empire."

Lyra asked, "Why the Crystal Empire?"

Whooves replied, "Because it has more love and light than the rest of Equestria combined. For now though, she needs as little stress as possible." He paused for a minute before continuing, "Lyra, when she is transferred to the empire, will you be able to go with her? I ask this because your presence alone will aid in her recovery significantly."

Lyra replied, "Of course I will. I will do anything to help the princess."

Whooves replied, "Good." He then said to the nurses, "We need to get her to ICU where she can receive the care that she needs at this time."

The nurses began to push her bed up to the intensive care unit, being followed by Lyra. Once they got her situated, Lyra grabbed a chair and sat by the slumbering princess. All she could do was hope that in the end that everything would be ok and that Luna would eventually be back in perfect health.