Ruby went around the room with a sheet and a few thumbtacks, she covered a two way mirrored wall and tacked the sheet in place.

Gemcity watched her twin doing this. "Uh... Whatcha doing?" She asked her, looking at her twin, back to Rachel who still lay motionless on the bed and back at Ruby.

"Covering every reflective surface," Ruby responded. Going back to the closet where she had gotten the sheet and grabbed another.

"Why?"

"Why? Because when Rachel wakes up, the last thing we want from her is to freak the hell out the moment she opens her eyes." Ruby said, casually placing a sheet over one of the machines and tied it up.

Gemcity looks back at Rachel, seeing how disfigured she was with the way the scales and human flesh merged. "You have a point. But won't she freak out anyway when she does see herself?"

"It won't be as bad because she'll be getting a warning. Which means whatever you do, do not give her a mirror straight away." Ruby went around the room, covering everything reflective she could find. If she can cover their eyes so their friend won't see what she looks like in their eyes she would.

They all suddenly froze when they heard the bed creak a little.

After getting some much needed air, canceling Twilight from his mind, Spike was on his way back down before almost running into Brimstone.

"Oh sorry, just the lad I wanted to see." The red stallion greeted. He wore a dark suit but wore a long white lab coat, his eye patch was also white, while his single good eye was as dark as Spike's from lack of sleep.

In his hands were several files.

"Professor," Spike greeted him. Almost glad to see him. "Please tell me if you have any results?"

It was really getting annoying watching his mate getting poked and prodded repeatedly. Any veins she had that were exposed were covered in needle marks with a couple collapsed on them.

"That I do. It's not a lot but should explain why Rachel is changing at the rate she's currently going." Brimstone said, motioning Spike to a bench so they can sit and chat.

"First off, all the normal tests we've done on her came back inconclusive as you very well saw," Brimstone started.

Spike nodded but kept quiet and listened.

"So I personally ran a different set of tests and found that," he opened the files and showed Spike a set of charts. "That she has pony magic in her, not dragon."

"How is that possible? " Spike asked, now confused. Brimstone taps on the high spike on the chart." Rachel is a Mother Cell, she has some dragon magic in her."

"Yes, that too. We have every reason to believe that when Rachel touched the Crystal Heart, she unintentionally absorbed Equestrian magic. Since dragon magic originated from the human world, the pony magic viewed what was already inside her like a parasite and is trying to snuff it out. Her changing each time she gets injured is it's way of replacing what's not meant to be there." Brimstone explained, showing Spike more of his findings.

"However, what it's doing to her is making her very unstable. If we don't find a way to either take the pony magic out of her or find a way to stabilize her, Rachel…" Brimstone shook his head. "Her body may not be able to handle it."

Spike rubbed his face with his hands, letting what was told sinking in.

If he hadn't led Rachel to the heart, she wouldn't be in this situation.

Seeing him blaming himself, Brimstone spoke up. "It's because of The Heart, and that power cufflet or whatever she had on her wrist is the reason Rachel is here now, my boy." Brimstone said, putting a hand on Spike's shoulder. "If she hadn't had those factors, we would be standing over her coffin instead of here."

Spike lowered his hands and stared at Brimstone. "That counts for something at least." He muttered.

He lets that sit for a minute before a light bulb lit up in his head. "What if we give Rachel more magic? Dragon magic to be exact." Spike asked. "Her body is meant to house draconic energy, if pony magic is trying to get rid of what she has already, maybe if she absorbs dragon magic, it should counteract it and stabilize her. "

Though he was against Rachel having magic before, if it saves her then let her get as much magic she needs.

Brimstone thought about it for a moment before saying, "That should do it." He said.

"I don't know how to do it myself, but I do know who might… I have to talk to her anyway. " Spike said, meaning Ember.

He dreaded having that conversation after the stunt he pulled but when it comes to his mate, he'll do just about anything.

The twins turned to the bed, hearing it shift. Underneath the blanket, the girls saw that Rachel's toes and foot were moving.

"Rachel?" They called out to her with hesitation. The two approached her bed slowly.

At first they believed that it was her nerves that were reacting, but when they called her again, they heard her making a grunting sound. Her hands and claws flexed, they saw her eyes behind the eyelids were moving rapidly.

Then, very, very slowly, the twins saw Rachel opening her eyes. Having slit dragon-like pupils instead black dots like before.

"Rachel!" The twins cried in joy before they reached into the bed and both of them hugged her, much to her discomfort.

Her breathing was ragged and her throat burned when Rachel tried to speak. "Rube… Gem~" she croaked before she started coughing haphazardly, the twins got off of her as soon as she began coughing. It hurts to even breathe, her throat screaming. Having this foul taste on her tongue was not helping her. "Wah...water…" She coughs.

"Water? I'll go get you some water, you stay there." Ruby said in a motherly tone. She gave Gemcity a warning glare before rushing out.

To not only get water but to alert the docs and Spike.

As Spike and Brimstone were discussing how to go about with the girl in question, Spike's phone rang.

He takes it out of his pocket, sees Ruby's number before answering, having it on speaker for Brimstone to hear. "Hey, Ruby, what's up?"

"Y'all might wanna hold on to your butts, because guess who's awake."

"Rachel's awake?!" Spike gasped. Both he and Brimstone got up from the bench and were going down the hallway in a brisk pace.

"Yeah, she's awake, I'm out getting her some water. I'll tell you like I told Gemcity, don't give her a mirror, we can't have her~"

That's when everyone hears this loud frightening shrill scream, which sounded like a mixture of a human scream and a dragon roar echoing down the hall.

"Fucking Gemcity!" Ruby snapped before hanging up and the two guys and security ran the rest of the way.

Author's Note

Gemcity, you had ONE job XD