Find Her, Keep Her

by midnightwolfGX

16. Always be Here

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Lyra flew through the air, but it was very cold. She had little to be able to retain heat. Maybe she should have gone back to grab a coat or something, but right now that did not matter to her. All she wanted to be sure that Kyle could be gotten to safety... at least, if her vision was real.

"Can't be far now..." Lyra said to herself, noticing that her horn was getting a bit twitchy.

Eventually, she began to get close to the ground, alongside a road with a large patch of trees. And then, her horn let her down and the light at the tip went out. Shivering a bit, she began to search the surrounding area, and in less than a minute, saw what looked like Kyle's car. In fact, upon approaching for a closer inspection, realized that it was his car.

"D-dear Celest-tia..." Lyra said.

She rushed over to the car, and opened the driver-side door. Inside, she saw Kyle, but he looked unconscious.

"K-Kyle...!" the mare said, nudging him. "...Wake up... p-please... w-w-wake up...!"

He did not stir. Lyra felt that his skin was cold as ice. Just as she began to panic, she immediately levitated him out of the car.

"Okay... now for the t-tricky part..." she said.

Lyra began to heavily focus, and after a few second, enveloped herself in the same glow as her horn; the Unicorn had successfully performed self-levitation.

"O-okay... let's g-get home... and f-f-fast...!" she said, as she and Kyle began to fly back through the air in the direction Lyra came from.

After a little while, they made it back to the estate, which was a much shorter distance than if traveled via road. The levitation fields protected them from the wind-chill, but not the temperature itself. She got both of themselves inside the mansion, and closed the door. In the light, she saw that Kyle's skin was white as a sheet, his fingertips were blue, and his hair was full of ice crystals.

"Kyle...!" Lyra said again. "Please wake up! Please!"

She put an ear to Kyle's chest, trying to listen for a heartbeat. She did hear something of a pulse... but it was extremely faint and slow.

"Oh no... he's dying!" Lyra said. "Please don't die, Kyle! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!"

She began to rapidly pace around in a panic.

"What am I gonna do!? What am I gonna do!?" the mare questioned herself.

And then, a thought popped into her head. She remembered something about healing spells, some of which could reverse the effects of hypothermia... but she only had a vague idea of how to do it. But to save Kyle...

"Okay... I've got no choice here." she said, and then she closed her eyes and her horn began to glow.

Kyle was covered in the same glow as he levitated in an upward laying position. Lyra focused as best as she could to perform the spell, channeling the energy required to do it.

"C'mon..." Lyra said, starting to tear up when she saw that it did not appear to be working. "...c'mon... please work..."

After she exhausted her horn of its power, Kyle set back down on the floor. Lyra could not get her horn to use any more power; it required recovery time... but from how Kyle looked, it would take too long.

"N-no..." Lyra said. "...no... no... Kyle..."

She tried to nudge her human friend to get him to awaken, but he was still very cold, and his pulse was still weak. Lyra slowly started crying... she could not save him... there was nothing to do...

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Lyra sobbed.

She then started to fully let off the waterworks on Kyle's chest.

"Kyle... please come back... please don't die... I don't want you to die!" she said, sniffling. "...I-I love you, Kyle... more than anything... I don't wanna lose you!"

Her tears fell onto the front of his shirt... but the mare did not realize through her closed eyes what was happening. Her tears were glowing a faint gold color... and they sank through his shirt, straight through the skin on his chest, and into the middle where his heart was. After crying for a couple more minutes, something had finally caught the Unicorn's attention.

A golden halo had appeared around Kyle, outlining him. The glow made Lyra open her eyes and step backwards in surprise. She watched as it became brighter, and at the same time... his skin was starting to regain its color. The blue coloring on his fingertips was vanishing as well. And slowly, his breath rate was returning to normal. Lyra's eyes were as wide as hotcakes now.

After a few moments of this, the glow went out, and then Kyle began to slowly flicker his eyelids, letting out a weak hum.

"...A...ah..." Kyle said, becoming aware of his surroundings.

He glanced over at the shocked Lyra sitting a little ways away from him.

"...L-Ly...ra..." he said, smiling slightly.

A massive smile spread over Lyra's face.

"KYLE!" she said, lunging over and hugging him tightly. "Oh Celestia, I was so scared! I thought you would die!"

"...How... d-did you... know...?" Kyle asked, still fairly weak.

"I don't know; I just saw a vision of you coming home and crashing. So, I made my horn carry me to you, I brought you back, and did... something to heal you." Lyra said.

Kyle sighed. "...Sounds... kinda crazy..."

"But... I was afraid that my spell wouldn't work! It didn't seem to do anything when I was trying to heal you!" Lyra said.

"...Well... I know... how you saved... m-me..." Kyle said. "...You warmed... my... frozen heart... just like... you always... h-have..."

Little did either of them know that he had just accurately described what had just happened. Regardless, Lyra blushed and smiled.

"Oh, Kyle... you're such a sweetie!" she said. "But I'm just glad that you're okay!"

"...Yeah... same..." Kyle said.

"Don't ever scare me like that again!" Lyra said, latching onto him once again. "If I lost you, I don't know what I'd do!"

"Well... what about... car...?" Kyle asked.

Lyra shook her head. "It's totaled. The front end was totally smashed up. I don't think you can get it to work anymore..."

"...Looks like... I'll need to... call... my insurance... agent..." Kyle said. "...They won't... be happy... about this..."

Both of them laughed; Kyle managed to muster the strength to do so.

"Well... I need... warm shower..." Kyle said, slowly-but-surely standing up.

He had taken a shower to warm himself back up, and get his blood flowing a little better, and then he fixed himself up a dinner with what little they had left, and just decided to hit bed for the night. They would return to the car with his second car in order to get the rest of the groceries (the cold temperature should keep everything fresh) before contacting the insurance company. Hopefully he could get good coverage for the damage.

Kyle had climbed into bed with Lyra, both of them watching television for a while before it got late and they were getting tired. He switched off the TV, and pulled himself under the covers.

"Thank you, Lyra. You saved me." Kyle said. "I owe you my life."

Lyra smiled at him. "You don't have to owe me anything. I'm sure you'd do the same for me."

"Well, I'm glad that you truly do care about me... because I care about you." Kyle said, hugging the mare underneath the covers.

She returned it to him before they separated again, and laid to go to sleep.

"I'll always be here for you, Kyle..." Lyra said. "...always."


Author's Note

Hey, everyone! Sorry I haven't uploaded in a while; it's been Tax Season here in the US, so I've been pretty busy lately with that, as well as prepping for the final exams in school. Plus, I've been REALLY hooked on "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". AWESOME game! It's a must-have if you've got a Nintendo Switch (or Wii U, in my case; I'm waiting before getting a Switch to see if they get any better). So, hope you all can bear with me through these wait times, because I will not abandon this fic!

Yeah, short chapter, I know. The fic might seem a little light for right now, but I assure you it will get better as it progresses, so stay tuned for more to come!

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