Changing View

(Authors Note: decided to change up my writing style a bit. Leme know how it works for you.)

Sitting outside the farmhouse, Wild Card, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were all gathered up. After the day Wild Card had sofar, he figured it couldnt go much worse than it already had. Of course, like always, things didnt exactly work out as hoped.

Applejack stared in disbelief. It had to be a lie, right? There was no darn way a pony could...no... "Y'all are just pullin' my leg, right?" She asked again, eyes firmly locked onto Wild Card.

A hoof kicked some dirt around, lazily tracing patterns into the ground, almost animated in its pattern.

Rainbow hadn't said anything yet, her mouth agape, eyes wide with shock. "So you mean you..." The colt nodded. "And you can really..." Another nod.

"Look I don't want to talk about it, ok. Can I just have my cape back?" he sneered.

Moments passed and yet nopony moved. Angered, he snatched his cape with speed that could rival the winner of the young fliers competition. Quick as he could, he fastened the cape to his vest with a sense of urgency. He coughed, "If it's all the same, I'd rather put this behind us and just move on. I have to go meet with somepony soon anyway." His eyes traveled the length of the area. Once, twice, then finally. "Err, where's my cart?" The sound of his voice had been more venomous than intended, but then again, they wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Right, 'bout that." Applejack rubbed her neck nervously. " We'll, it ain't gonna be ready any time soon. With the broken wheels n' all, I'd say it will take a few days to get some new ones delivered. That n' there were some....problems..."

Wild Card was beginning to worry. "What kind of problems?" He asked cautiously.

The farm pony visibly gulped, "Y-You may wanna take a seat, partner."

'This cant be good' thought the unicorn.

While hesitant at first, the earth pony eventually opened the door to the farm house.

You could hear a pin drop with just how silent it had suddenly become. The caped colt gazed with wide eyes in both shock and sheer wonder at just how this could have possibly happened. His jaw practically hit the floor. "H..H-How...W-What...What happened to my house?!" He screamed.

Shingles were broken in various spots along the floor, mingled with wooden rods and various nails either broken or bent at odd angles. Support beams were bent to the point of breaking as various chunks of wood were splintered. Sharp cracks ran along the door which now hung limply on a single hinge, just waiting to collapse from its own weight.

He was scared. Who would do this? His own house, destroyed, disheveled, disorderly. He was visibly shaking as he tried to control his own body. Though try as he might, his legs refused to obey him as they shook in defiance, his own eyes tearing up in rebellion to his attempts not to cry. "Oh, Celestia..." he whimpered out. "How could this happen? I wasnt even gone all that long! Do you have any idea what this cart meant to me? Of all the things...I swear, I'll-"

"Um, Hey uh..." A tiny voice squeeked out.

Looking down, Wild Card was surprised to see a group of three young fillies gathered around him.

"We just..."

"We didn't..."

"We wouldn't..."

Their eyes quickly filled with tears of their own, faces filled with guilt and sorrow. "WE'RE SORRY!" They all cried. They all ran up and hugged him forcefully. Tears flowed freely as they hugged him tightly, as if the world would swallow them whole if they dared to let go. Wild Card's eyes were wide as he tried to take all of what had just happened.

"We didn't mean to mister, honest!" cried out the yellow filly. She rubbed her face into his coat as she wept.

The white filly looked up, hiccuping between breaths. "We *hic* we didn't *hic* didnt mean to *hic* to break it!" The poor filly cried loudly, choking on tears

Lastly was the orange filly, who try as she might couldn't keep herself from crying. "It was an accident, please forgive us, we didnt mean to!"

Already on the verge of tears himself, Wild Card simply couldnt be upset with these girls, watching them cry their eyes out into his vest and coat. They were scared, scared that he would be mad at them for breaking his house. 'I must look like a monster....' He quickly swept them all into a hug, quietly whispering soothing words to them to in hopes to calm their hearts and dry their eyes. "It's ok girls, everypony is fine. It's alright, I'm not mad at you." he said softly.

Moments turned to minutes as Applejack and Rainbow looked on with small smiles as the older pony comforted the young girls. Slowly but surely, their cries of guilt and agony turned to small whimpers of sorrow, and even further into sniffles.

Wild Card put on his best smile as he wiped their eyes with the tails of his cape. "Shh girls, it's ok. It's alright. Nopony is hurt and thats what matters, right?" The trio nodded their heads slowly. He sat up, "Now girls, why don't you tell me what happened, ok? I promise I wont get mad at you."

Applebloom sniffled, "P-Pinkie promise?"

"What?"

Applejack recited the promise for him. "Cross mah heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in mah eye." She said going through the motions.

He smiled. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my-OW!" Planting his hoof in his own eye seemed to make the girls giggle. 'At least they're not crying anymore.' he smiled to himself. "Alright, now will you tell me what happened?"

"mhm." they nodded, smiles  returning to grace their faces.

Time passed on and on as Trixie waited in one of the many electronic patient beds of the hospital. In her boredom she took interest in watching through the window as the grass slowly grew taller in the fading light of Celestia's slowly descending sun. She entertained herself with the bed's ability to raise and lower the upper back half of its mattress, watching as her view of the room was shifted constantly by its movement.

Just as she was nearing death by the rooms stale atmosphere, she could hear hoofs knocking against the wooden door to her room. "Come in." she demanded. After waiting here for hours she was not going to wait a single moment longer to see anypony. Her eyes held surprise as she looked on to see Wild Card hiding behind the wooden door, peering in with a hesitant and cautious eye.

He walked in trying to stand tall. "Heh heh, Hi Trixie. Sorry about leaving you here." His voice gave away his nervousness. "I had some...issues that needed to be taken care of." Click of his hooves sounded against the floor as he walked up. "How're you feeling?" He smiled as he asked.

Trixie was fully prepared to chew him out for making her wait as long as she had, but couldn't bring herself to do it. Seeing his smile just made her forget her anger. "T-Trixie is fine." It also made her voice crack...

Wild Card shrunk down slightly, mistaking her tone for angered and upset. "I'm sorry I left you here all alone. I didn't mean to, I just got caught up in something else." He said looking away. He didn't want to tell her about how his home was destroyed in some quest for extreme aeronautic pyrotechnic cutie marks by three foals with surprisingly vast knowledge in engineering.

The mare in the bed sighed. "Well, Trixie is stuck here for the night. The nurse said that Trixie is to get bed rest for the night and not to leave." He saw the saddened look on her face at the prospect of being stuck in a hospital overnight. "I could sleep with you!" he blurted out.

"What?!"

His eyes went wide. "It's not what you think! I just meant for tonight!" He shouted frantically.

"WHAT?!"

"N-No wait, that's not what I meant!" Oh Luna why did he say THAT?!

Trixie crossed her arms. "Well then what DID you mean?"

"I-I meant I c-can, that is t-to say I c-could..." His face flushed as his breathing quickened and his heart raced in his chest.

The mare thought she should stop him, 'He looks as if he will hyperventilate.' "Calm down, calm down." Her hoof rubbed his shoulder. A moment or two later his breathing finally returned to its normal rate, but still the colt looked nervous and tense with wide eyes.

The magician grew worried, "I-It's fine, just...just say what you-"

"Can I stay here with you!"

Trixie blinked...What?

"It's just for tonight. I just didn't want you to be lonely..." The ground suddenly looked very interesting to him.

She gulped, she wasnt prepared for that kind of question! "T-Trixie, uh...She...ok?"

He looked up at her. "What?" his eyes seemed hopeful as he smiled.

'Oh god, not that face!' Trixie thought. "S-She said O-K." 'Is it hot in here? Trixie face feels hot.'

Wild Card embraced her in a bone crushing hug. "Oh thank you! I uh..." His arms quickly unwrapped themselves from around her. "I uh-I mean yeah, thanks."

The silent tension was so think you could cut it. Neither pony could look at the other as they were nervous of the others reaction. The dark purple colt had coughed, making Trixie jump slightly. "I'll just, um...I'll go see if they have spare sheets." With that he bolted out of the room and down the hall.

Trixie was left behind sitting stunned on the mattress as the colt had left her unable to think clearly. Nopony has ever wanted to stay the night with her before. It made her feel...special, and she supposed she owed him anyway for helping her out.

What was she thinking! She didnt owe him anything!

'But he did help you out.'

She could have gone by without his help!

'But he was very nice to you.'

That was true.

'And he walked with you on his back till he found a hospital.'

Wild Card did help her when she really needed it.

'And he is pretty handsome too.'

Suddenly, her cheeks felt a very familiar warmth again.

Wild Card had sprinted down the hall until he was certain she could no longer see or hear him. "Oh Luna why did I go and say those things!" he chastised himself. "This is just a one time deal, it's not like she likes you anyway." His voice was solemn.

'But you like her.'

"S-Shut up!" Was he really yelling at himself?

'You know it's true.'

"I just...It's just for the night, then things can go back to normal." He reassured himself as he got up and walked further down the hall.

It's like he said, it's just for tonight, and then...

'then things go back to normal...'

"..."

'right?'

"..."

'....right?'