//-------------------------------------------------------// Caring For An Attacked Friend -by Evictus- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// Trying To Take Care Of A Friend //-------------------------------------------------------// Trying To Take Care Of A Friend Twilight Sparkle was in her bed reading one of her favorite books as she had finished her work as princess for the day. She just wanted to relax after all she had done since she had just met with the mayor in Manehattan and talk to Celestia about foreign policy. While she was sitting there in her personal quarters She heard someone stagger into her castle. She wondered if it was one of her friends. It sounded like that they were extremely. She wondered if she should help them or just leave her be as walking shouldn't be to hard. Twilight tried to figure out who was at her castle as her friends have been off on their own the whole day so they wouldn't be able to see Twilight until tomorrow. Twilight waited to see who it was. And then suddenly Applejack appeared in the doorway holding her left side as blood dripped down her forehead while bruises covered her. Twilight looked up to see her and stood up in shock. "Aplejack! What happened to you!?" Twilight asked. Applejack cried. She stood up and walked up to quickly. Applejack stumbled so Twilight had her put an arm around her and lead her to the bathroom so she can apply medicine to her wounds. "I'm going to have to wash and then dress up your wounds before they get any worse. Where were you when you got hurt? I've never seen you get this bruised up before! Your bleeding Applejack." Twilight said. Applejack couldn't respond she was to busy crying. Twilight wondered who extensive the damage was as Applejack cried while she sat on lid of the toilet while sobbing. Twilight looked through the cabinet and found pain reliever and ointment. She washed Applejack's face wounds and applied ointment to them. When she finished Applejack wrapped her arms around her shirt thinking it would be removed. Twilight realized this. "Applejack what are you hiding under there?" Twilight asked as she grew very concerned about Applejack's behavior. She started to fear that she had more bruises. Applejack shook her head. "No don't remove my shirt!" Applejack cried Twilight begged her to let her see as she needed to see the damage that was done to her. Twilight continued to gently tell end to show her what she was hiding and soon Applejack caved under pressure and let Twilight remove her shirt. What Twilight saw next was horrific and disgusting, their were bruises and blood all over Applejack's upper body. It looked like something from a horror movie. It looked like she was tortured. Twilight felt so sad for her friend. She needed to take care of her. "Oh my Celestia! What happened to you?! I have to clean this blood off of you. You might not like that idea Applejack but I don't think I should take you to the hospital as you would probably be to weak to get there. Twilight exclaimed with fear and shock. Twilight plugged the bathtub drain and then she turned on the water in the bathtub and let the warm water run. "Applejack please take off the rest of your clothes. I need to see what I'm washing. You seem to weak to wash yourself. Applejack blushed as she was to afraid to take off her clothes as she knew that Twilight would freak out. Applejack shook her head with tears in her eyes. "Please Applejack I need to know the extent of the damage." Twilight said. Applejack finally caved in to Twilight's demand as she stripped naked and what Twilight saw shocked her. Bruises covered Applejack's legs and feet. Twilight was so furious. She was going to find the individual who did this. Applejack cried. "Sweet Celestia Applejack your bleeding all over! We need to wash those wounds immediately! Who did this to you Applejack!? Twilight exclaimed as the bathtub filled up. Applejack refused to tell Twilight what happened to her. Twilight finished filling up the bathtub so she lowered Applejack into the tub. Applejack started to sob. "I know it hurts sweetheart I know but we have to do this for you to get patched up." Twilight said as she comforted a her best friend. She sat down and started to wash Applejack's wounds while Applejack sat there and cried while the pain and emotional distress overwhelmed her. The sight made Twilight so upset. She wanted to hug Applejack and make the pain go away. "Ouch! It hurts!" Applejack cried, Twilight petted Applejacks's hair gently to comfort her as she washed her wounds as carefully as possible. Twilight needed to know the bastard that had hurt her. She knew that no trees and no rocks would have done this to her. "I know sweetie I'm trying to be as gentle as possible. Just try and stay still. Okay doll?" Twilight spoke. Applejack nodded. Seeing Applejack in such hurt state made Twilight sad but at the same time the possibility of someone doing this to her made her blood boil. She was going to tell Celestia and her friends. Twilight continued to wash the wounds so that none would get infected by dirt or germs as that would make wounds worse. Twilight took great care of her friend. Applejack appreciated Twilight helping her. Twilight washed each wound as best as she could while Applejack cried her heart out. Those cries broke Twilight's heart. They were cries of pain and suffering. She was going to get her best friend better. Twilight made close observations of each wound as she watched each one. She also looked for other wounds down on Applejack's thighs and washed them as well, she was so sickened by the prospect of Applejack getting hurt by somebody. Twilight washed every wound on her friends body since nobody else was available to do it. The blood soaked the washcloth so she washed it and then went back to washing Applejack. Applejack let out cries of pain which made Twilight's heart ache so much as she had to listen to her friend cry. Twilight started to get upset herself. She tried compose herself so that she could comfort Applejack. Twilight finished washing all of the blood that had covered Applejack's and then she pulled the plug and let the bloody water go away. Twilight took a towel and then she helped Applejack stand up. Twilight dried her off with the towel and then she guided Applejack to the bedroom. She let Applejack sit on her bed and then she got ointment and then she applied it to Applejack's wounds. She then dressed Applejack's wounds in bandages and then she tried to get Applejack to calm down. Once Applejack had stopped crying Twilight wiped her friends tears away and spoke to her. "Applejack I must know what happened to you. I am aware that you were attacked as you have scratches and wounds from whatever went on to hurt you. Please you have to let me know who attacked you so we can get this person." Twilight demanded as gently as she could. Applejack shifted around nervously as she worried that Twilight wouldn't believe her. She decided to spill the truth anyway. "Ah was going home from shopping and Ah stumbled upon this man in an alleyway. He asked me if Ah could have sex with him and Ah refused so he kept bothering me and then soon I was begging for him to stop as he attacked me. Ah was able to run away. He had a leather coat and had dark hair and he was tall. That's about it. Ah didn't see his face very well as Ah was trying to avert my eyes while trying to get away. Applejack said as she continued to cry. Twilight wanted to know who this man was. "Applejack I promise you I will find this monster and take him down. Do you know which alleyway?" Twilight asked. Applejack told her that it was one behind the local bank while Twilight thought for a minute. She then spoke. "I'm going to tell the princess and then I'll handle it from there. I'll have Spike watch over you." Twilight said. Applejack nodded weakly and thanked Twilight which Twilight said your welcome. She kissed Applejack on the forehead and told Spike what happened and then told him to look after her friend and feed her when she got hungry. Spike agreed and went to check on Applejack. With all of that done. She wrote a letter to Applejack's family as they had a right to know and then she went to search for this punk on her own. Seeing Applejack like that was so weird as she had never seen Applejack be attacked before since she was a pretty tough person. Meanwhile Applejack's family went to visit her while Twilight was looking for the subject. Soon she found the spot where Applejack was attacked. She asked around about somebody going in this alleyway. Before long she found the guy that matched the description Applejack gave her. She stalked the guy secretly and when the guy went to another corner Twilight yanked him towards her the alleyway and started to confront him. The man refused to answer her questions and told her to eat garbage and die so Twilight started to slap him for her friend. She punched him in the gut and knocked him down and kicked him in the side. She then punched him rapidly. After she had beaten him up for a bit she dragged the man to the police station and told them what he did. They interviewed Applejack shortly after that and she gave them the details on what happened. After that the man was locked away for his crimes against Applejack. Applejack went home and informed her friends about what happened. They gave her their condolences and told her that they hoped that she got better They hung out with Applejack as she recovered. As Applejack's wounds got better Applejack promised herself to never go into dark alleyways again. Once she was fully healed she started to take walks again and she also resumed working. Applejack was so glad that she had such nice friends and she was extremely lucky that she had Twilight as a friend as well.