The Adventures of Firework and Science Explosions: The Rise to Fame

(Author's notes): Hey everypony it's finally here! Fuse's first chapter written by Fuse himself. I hope you all enjoy it. If for some reason nopony likes it I'll post my own version of it later. The poll is still going on so please vote on it! As always comment, thumbs up and enjoy! :)

Fuse:

Fuse awoke suddenly in cold sweat, screaming into the dark room. “NOOOO!!”. He quickly looked around, panting as he tried to regain his bearings.  A few seconds went by as the memories started to flood back to him. The flight to Las Pegasus. Meeting with Sugar. Going to the house, Vinyl and Firework by his side. Then so much pain. Seeing his love hanging onto life by a thread, and his best friend in the world stabbed by a blade meant for him. And the one who did it paying for his crimes with death. The paramedics showed up soon after Icestorm’s death. They nearly had to fight Fuse to take Lightning out of his arms. The medics rushed them to the nearest hospital, using every spell they knew to keep them alive. And Fuse could only watch, helpless, as the two most important ponies in his life slipped away from him. When they reached the hospital both Firework and Lightning were rushed into surgery. Vinyl and Fuse waited outside the O.R. for an agonizing 5 hours, until they finally received the news that their friends were expected to make a full recovery, and would be placed in rooms 200 and 201 for the time being. Right as the nurse told them the room number Fuse ran as fast as he could to find his marefriend, almost knocking over a group of doctors along the way. Fuse found the door labeled 200 and what he saw made him burst into tears. There she was, the love of his life, hooked up to an uncountable number of machines, tubes seeming to be everywhere. He trotted to her side tears streaming down his face, and held her hoof, nuzzling it for the slightest feeling of comfort. In a shaky voice he talked to her, hoping that maybe something would get through. “I’m so sorry… This is all my fault, I should have never left you… I’ll never let you go again; for as long as I live I’ll never let anypony hurt you again…” He kept talking until exhaustion finally took its toll, and he passed out beside her.

And that’s where he was now, waking from one nightmare to another.  Lightning rustled in her sleep and he stroked her mane until she wore a peaceful look once again. He looked to the clock; it read 3:45 AM. Fuse didn’t care. He told himself he wouldn’t sleep or eat again until Lightning had awoken. So there he stayed, watching the sun rise over the city of Las Pegasus through a hospital window.  He hated this godforsaken city. First with Sugar leaving Firework for this place, and now Lightning’s kidnapping. It only served as a place of pain for Fuse.  He wanted to leave this place as soon as possible and never look back.

After a while Fuse looked back to the clock and discovered it’d been 8 hours since he had woken.  Fuse decided that as much as he wanted to stay by Lightning’s side he had to go check on Firework. He left the room for a moment and peeked into room 201. There he saw Firework awake, with Vinyl on top of him, kissing him passionately. He decided not to disturb them and quietly shut the door. He went back to Lightning’s room and saw her in the same position he left her. He walked back to his post by her side and gave her a light kiss on her forehead. He stood there for another hour stroking her mane and holding her hoof for another hour until Nurse Redheart walked in with a plate of food. Fuse politely turned down her persistent offers of food. He wasn’t hungry, even if he hadn’t eaten in over 24 hours, and he didn’t want anything to distract him from Lightning. As the nurse left another pony walked in.

“Firework!” Fuse yelled as he ran and gave the biggest bro hug they had ever shared, not noticing the wince of pain Firework gave.

“I’m so sorry bro, I should have taken that knife…” Firework stopped him right there.

“No, if we had to do it over again I would take that knife every time. I love you like a brother, and I know you would do the same for me.”

“I…I love you too bro.”  They both held back tears as the shared another hug. At that moment they heard a rustle from behind them. Lightning was waking up. Fuse ran back to her side, and Firework left the room to let them be alone.

Fuse anxiously held Lightning as her eyes slowly fluttered open. “Good morning sleeping beauty.” Fuse had thought about those words all morning, and now he just thought they sounded dumb. Lightning had a confused look on her face for a few seconds as she struggled to remember what happened. Her eyes widened as the memories of the past 2 days returned to her. She broke down right there as Fuse just continued to hold her tighter and tighter. He tried to hold back his tears, to be strong for Lightning but utterly failed and just continued to hold her. “I love you” he whispered in her ear as she shook in his arms. ”I’m so sorry…” They stayed like that for what could have been minutes or hours. The only thing that mattered was the Lightning was safe. After a time, Lightning had calmed to the point where she could talk with Fuse. “He took me so fast, and tied me up, he said he was going to kill you, and….” Fuse stopped her by putting his hoof to her lips, and kissed her with more love than he ever had before.  He pulled away after a few moments. “This was all my fault, If I just hadn’t left you for that stupid Gala then none of this would have ever happened, but from now on no ponies going to ever hurt you, I’ll quit the band if I...” This time it was Lightning’s turn to interrupt with a kiss. “No it’s not your fault, and you can’t give up your dream just for me.” Lightning said looking away from Fuse. Fuse put his hoof under her chin and looked deep into her eyes. “You are my dream pony, and you always will be…”  They kissed again and Fuse held her with a deep love. He told himself as long as there was still air in his lungs, he would never let her go.