A Shadow's thorn

Aura opened her eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling. She tried do look around but only able to turn her neck due to how strain she put her body in. During battle she pushed her body to its limits. "Oh your wake, can you hear me dear," look to see the source of the voice. She saw a light blue mare, her hair tied up in a bun which was a darker shade of her coat. "Hold on dear I'll get the doctor, and I'll be right back,"

And so the nurse left. Alone with her thoughts she began to look around the room. trying to ignore her bandaged body and the faint pain that came with it. It was a normal hospital room as far she can tell. Just then she heard a sound coming from outside her room. Her burst opened two ponies making out while coming into the room. They stopped when they noticed Aura sitting up on the bed. With all three of their faces flushed, the couple backed off each other.

"Uhhh Hi, I thought you said this room was empty" the light grey mare hit the stallion on the shoulder.

"sorry babe I thought it was. At least it was last night," he said rubbing the back of his head. The mare gave a look that could melt steel. "Look we're so sorry miss." when he looked at the mare sitting on the bed he was wide eyed. she was in sense beautiful, not more than her marefriend but it could match hers.

"Heh don't worry about it. if i had a bit for every time I saw that happened i saw that. i'd have two bits which is not alot but it is weird it happened twice," She place her hand on her chin while saying this well as much as could anyway. she looked at the couple who looked at her confused,' well no point in referencing that here that here then'. "My name is Aura Embers by the way"

"Cherry Lotus," she said taking a step forward the bed

"Ginger Spots," and indeed he was he had a ginger colored coat with freckles adorning his face. His hair was a darkish yellow but it was typical cowboy styles hair.

"So am I gonna forget what what I was or that's that's gonna be apart of my sex dream one night," At this couple faces were beat red. but then they noticed the state that Aura was in.

"Hey," Ginger asked. "What happened to you if you don't mind me asking," Cherry picked up Auras chart and gasped at what she read. Ginger read it as well and was wide eyed at what he read. He looked back up on mare on the bed.

Seeing their faces she tried to lift her hands as much as she could wincing at the pain. "I just got into a little fight that's all. i'm fine now aren't I," she tried to assure them that she was alright, but they weren't buying it.

"A little A LITTLE how could you call this little,"

"I must agree it looks like whoever did this should be in jail,"

Just then the door open. The nurse and the doctor came into the room. Noticing the two interns. The doctor tried to resist the urge to pinch the bridge of his snout. "what are you two doing here you do realize that this room is in use, right," know all too well of their sexual escapades.

"We didn't know, we were just-" she tried to explain but the doctor cut her off.

"Let this be the last time i catch you doing something like this again, ya hear," the beside him chuckling.

"Yes sir," and with that they left the room. As they left the room they couldn't help but look at Aura in worry.

Now i see you've regained consciousness. Might i ask for your name miss?"

"Aura, Aura Embers"

"Well miss Embers given how badly you were injured your going to have to tell us what happened," he said writing down her name on her chart.

"I got into a fight with a few ponies and they left me for dead in the everfree," she couldn't tell them what actually happened.

"Do you remembered what these ponies looked like. were they you friends, family somepony you knew,"

"No it all happened so fast. i couldn't see any pony that i was fighting,"

"Well don't worry we'll try to find whoever did this. Any who you have visitors," trying to lighten the mood. He nodded for the nurse to opened the door. The nurse opened the door revealing Fluttershy and Rainbow dash behind them was Rarity. They all came in with worried looks on their faces. When Rarity saw the state Aura was in she nearly fainted.

"I told you she would't be ready to see her why did she even came along with us anyway," Rainbow said holding a nearly fainted Rarity.

"W-well she insisted," Fluttershy said hiding behind her hair.

"Well i'm fine darling i just didn't expect her to be this..."

"Hurt?" Rainbow said finishing her sentence. As they close to the bed, the doctor and nurse excused themselves from the room to give her some space. They told her they would be back to check on her later.

"Uh hi guess you were the ones who rescued me. i just want to say thanks,"

"no problem we just did what anypony would do," she felt that boost her ego just a bit.

"I'm afraid i'm going to ask darling but are you alright," Rarity asked trying to ignore the bandaged body.

"I'm fine I've been in worst situations before," at that she she saw their sadden a little at that. " My names Aura Embers," she tried to lift her hand to shake theirs but she was trying not to focus on the pain. The Rarity saw that she was trying to lift her bandaged hand, see how much she was struggling to shake theirs.

Rarity placed her hand on Aura's hand. "You don't have push yourself darling," Aura placed her hand back down. "My name is Rarity the element of generosity, this is Rainbow Dash element of loyalty, and this is Fluttershy element of kindness,"

"Elements huh is that some sort of title?" she feigned not knowing who they were.

"You mean you haven't heard of the elements of harmony," Rainbow asked shocked. who could she not heard of the elements of harmony. Their name should have spread all over equestria by now.

"No i don't believe i have is that something i should know?" Rainbow's jaw fell to the floor how could this mare not heard of the Rainbow dash.

"Darling where are you from, if i may ask," Rarity pulled a chair and sat down she motioned the others to do the same as well.

"I don't know every time i try to remember it comes up fuzzy," And she wasn't lying that time during when Mia chokeholded her she erased some of her memories of earth. She remembered she was from earth, the main 6 and some the events that happened in the show. But she couldn't remember how she got to equestria all she knew that her ex-friends tried to kill her and that she was banished by them. But the important thing she knew she had: magic

"So what do you remember darling," she was worried for this mare, if she couldn't remember anything then her and her friend would help her.

"So far I can remember nothing," she looked at the others shocked faces "What?" she was wonder why they were staring at her.

"Dear i think you amnesia. Rainbow dear go get the doctor just so we can make sure,"

"Ok," and with that she left.

"Lets start with what you do know, shall we darling," Rarity turned her attention to Aura.

"Well i remember being waking up in the forest all hurt and fighting a few ponies. It was only after a few minutes when she," Aura nodded towards Fluttershy who hid even further in her hair. "And Rainbow dash found me. and i passed out after that,"

"Oh my who were these brutes you fighting. What did they look like," she place her hand to her mouth.

"Well i couldn't see because it was night and raining so not very much visibility," just then Rainbow came back with the doctor, this time Aura read his card on his coat it was Dapper Shine.

"Miss Embers i heard you may have amnesia," Rarity stood up and pulled Dr.Shine into a corner. They started talking for while. "I see then i afraid there's nothing we can do until she can regain her memory. we can search for her existing records but until then all we can do is wait until she can recover,"

"Thank you doctor," Rarity said. she then noticed that Aura was facing the window with tears in eyes. "Are you aright dear you look like you're about to cry,"

"I just feel like i just forgot something important,"

"Well you know what they say 'if its important you'll remember it'" as she said this she placed her hand on Aura's. they chatted until visiting hours were up. it was mostly about Rainbow talking about her and her achievements and Rarity correcting most of those achievements. During all the talking Aura couldn't help but remember her time as Sapphire Shadow all the destruction she caused all the people she hurt (not kill even in her dark form she did not kill). She felt good, great even to feel that darkness wash over her. she never wanted to feel like that again. and with that they left saying they would be back when they can.

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A few days later Aura was in the middle of her crossword puzzle the nurses gave her, when she heard someone entered the door. She looked to see that it was Cherry and Ginger they were both wearing casual clothes.

"Hey back so soon here for the second round," at that comment the couple faces were beet red. Cherry was the first to recover.

"Hardy har har we know that was our mistake and were sorry about that," Cherry said pulling up a chair. "How are you feeling by the way?"

"I'm fine and sorry about the joke i know that was a accident," she said putting up the book with the crossword puzzles in it.

"Hey no worries we should have known somepony was in here," Ginger said sitting beside cherry.

Cherry then notice the pitcher of water was empty. "Hey the pitcher's empty," she picked up the pitcher. "Hey babe could you take this and refill it please i don't want our new patient here to be thirsty,".

"yeah sure babe," and with that he took the pitcher and went out the door.

"so what's your story how did the two of you meet?" Aura asked. They had stubbled in about to have sex so she could ask

"It nothing but a cheesy romance story about a two foalhood friends growing into a romance," she said blushing.

"It does seem cheesy from what little i heard from you it kinda sounds like you had previous lovers before deciding that the one you searching for was the one right in front of you," she then noticed that Cherry's face was that, a cherry "Am I wrong?," she nodded.

"Am I that readable,"

"Not to an normal person. But yes you are. But don't let that stop you if he's the perfect one for you then go all the way with it, just not right now,"

"Huh why not," sounding confused she wondered why she couldn't go all the way with Ginger. They were together since university.

"Well I'm not telling you how to live your life or you can't be in a relationship with him you still can but at your current state you should slow down,"

"Why?"

"I notice that the two of you are interns, correct?" she nodded "well getting married or engaged during your internship will be taxing. what if you changed shifts and had to work separate hours, you'll barely have enough time to see each other. That's why you should wait until you have a stable working hours where you see each other,"

"But..." Cherry never thought about it that way before. And she's right what if one day they do switch shifts and they never get to see each other until they leave the building.

"And again I'm not telling you how to live your life. I'm just giving you some advice," she was a bit glad she could impart some wisdom to this mare.

Ginger came back in with a pitcher full of water alongside a tray of food. "Hey girls I'm back also the nurse said it lunch time and you should eat,"

"Thanks," she set up the table on bed to the tray on. She removed the tray top, it was a typical hospital meal but had an equestrian spin on it.

"So are you two talking about?" He asked sitting down beside his marefriend

"She was giving me advice on our relationship,"

"Oh what advice?" He looked at Aura curious at what advice she gave her.

"I told her that you to should slow down,"

"Pardon?"

"She told told me that we should try and find a more stable lifestyle before we can go all the way. Cause we don't know what life has in store for us," she place her hand on his

"Yeah thats true but we're already stable already,"

"And again like i told her you I'm not telling you how to live your lives i'm just giving you advice,"

"Well we should be marefriends then," she saw Aura's face became beat red. seeing this she smirked with an wicked idea. "Or we could just be 'marefriend," she got exposing her cleavage.

Ginger seeing this also caught to what her marefriend was doing. "I don't know babe she doesn't look like she's into a herd relationship,"

"Maybe we can...convince her," she said in a seductive tone

"Ah ah ah," with Aura's brain firing rapid thoughts is was hard to keep up. 'Brain: woman down woman down', 'soul: whats going on', 'Brain: sir ovary and heart just got shot. we also lost contact from the lust department sir', 'Soul: damn check for any causalities from that department'

The couple stated laughing. confuse her brain revived she looked at the couple in disbelief she realize that she didn't know them well enough to reach that level.

"We're just messing with you," he said wiping a tear from his eye

"please don't do that again," she said suddenly serious. They saw this and smiles they had dropped.

"Hey we're sorry we were just joking," Aura looked out the window with a sadden face. "Hey after you get out of here i'm taking you to the spa, ok?,"

"yeah that's fine," she responded still looking out the window

"Let's go babe," she took Ginger by the hand and took him out side.

Once they were outside Aura's room. "Hey babe we should get something to cheer her up," she said feeling sorry for her.

"Does she even remember what she likes," remembering what a nurse told him about her amnesia.

"I don't know but I'll find it," she said with determination in her eyes.

"You really like her, huh," seeing his marefriend happy made him smile.

"Oh come don't tell you don't like her too. I saw you look at her when we first met,"

"Yeah and i thought you were more beautiful that her. only matching your beauty," He said with a faint blush on his face.

She halted giving her coltfriend a smug smile. "Only matching my beauty, huh. I don't know even i can admit she's go more than me in attractiveness,"

Back in Aura room. She finished her meal. There she sat with her thoughts she began to think about what Ginger did. when she remembered who was under bed. "You can come you now,"

"Awww, how did you know i was here," out came from under the bed was a white mare with blue hair. she was a pony recognized as vinyl scratch aka dj pone3.

"You tried to slip in when i was sleeping," she had heard that somepony tried to enter her room when she was sleeping.

"I thought i was quiet though," she sat down in the chair Cheer sat down in. "I'm Vinyl Scratch," reaching out for Aura's hand.

"Aura embers," she took Vinyl's hand. "So miss Vinyl why did you hide under my bed,"

Vinyl was trying look everywhere but Aura's eyes. "Well y'know i just wanted to uhhh..."

"Let me guess you're scared of needles or something of that nature,"

"That obvious huh. My marefriend brought my here because i passed out on stage due to dehydration. i woke up in the hospital bed which wouldn't be bad per say, but when they went to but that needle in my arm i panicked and ran. and then ended up here,"

"So let me get this straight you were here all night. And how exactly am I not hearing bones cracking,"

"Well I do yoga in my spare time," she said looking at the door. "But i should get back i don't want my marefriend to be mad," she got up and walked over to the door and exited.

"Well that was random" she sighed at the randomness of it. She then laid back and closed her eyes, intended to sleep when she sensed a pony coming into her room. She opened her eyes to look at the door, the door nob twisting. The door pushed in revealing Twilight sparkle.

"Hello miss Embers. I'm here because princess Celestia sent me here,".