Visions of the Past

In a burst of light, she was back in the world, looking around to see where she was, having teleported with no destination in mind. The scene before her came into focus as horror crept through her and froze all her limbs. "Not here." she whimpered as the place she visited in her nightmares every night came into focus. She was shaking uncontrollably as she was forced to take it all in.

The white pristine walls were broken up on her left by a small window with simple curtains. A brown wooden door was left ajar to her right. A wastebasket sat to the right of the bed, its sheets all white and tucked in nicely. A comfy looking white pillow placed up against the brown headboard. Some machines she knew about from her studies sat dormant to left of the bed, all lights off and no sounds emanating from them.

beep

Her breath stuck in her throat at the sound.

beep

Please no.

beep

Not now, not here.

beep

Terror gripped her as she tried to move, but couldn't. The machines had come back to life and she could only let out a moan as she was shown a scene she had seen too often. First when it happened, then every night since in her dreams, her nightmares.

Her friend was in the bed, her once striking mane lay limp and faded. Wires and plugs ran from her to the machine and a clear breathing mask covered her muzzle, feeding her air as it prevented her from speaking. Not that her friends were sure she could anyways, her face looked haggard and worn. Her once dazzling eyes seemed to have lost their spark as she gazed over her friends, trying to hide the pain reflected in them.

She couldn't stop now, tears ran freely down her cheeks as she stood rooted to the spot, unable to look away as a lavender unicorn with a beautiful sapphire blue mane accentuated by a streak of pink and purple made her way to the side of the bed and looked down at her friend.

"Looking good as always." Twilight said, grinning down at her, "The doctor says you’re doing better, you'll be out and about doing what you like best in no time."

Lips bending up slightly in a smile behind the mask, she seemed to see right past the lie, but appreciated it anyways.

Her resolve dissolving, Twilight fell down next to the bed placing her front legs on the side as tears began to run down her cheeks. "This can't be happening, it’s not right. You shouldn't be trapped in here, you should be out, free and enjoying life. your-" Unable to continue she buried her face into the covers, shaking slightly from her sobs.

The others watched silently, tears of their own dropping to the floor. Slowly, a leg made its way out from under the blanket and she gently touched her hoof to Twilight's, causing her to look up. Looking into her friends eyes Twi felt as if she was trying to tell her something but couldn't.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't understand." Twi managed to gasp out.

She smiled sadly at Twilight, then suddenly, a look of pure contentment came over her. A shine seemed to light up her eyes again and they seemed brighter than ever before. Hope flared in Twilight as she saw this, then her friends eyes slowly closed, her smile remaining as her body went still.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Not again.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

NOT Again!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

NOT AGAIN! she cried as she once again was forced to watch her fade away. Confusion eating away at her, at how she could have been so content to leave it all behind when she still should have had so much time left to pursue her hopes and dreams.

Finally, to her relief, the image faded away as her friends all gathered around her in a comforting hug. She collapsed to the floor of the hospital room, now completely empty and quiet except for her crying. Twilight wasn’t sure how long she was there before a soft voice brought her head up to see nurse Redheart one, looking down at her in concern.

"Are you ok, I didn't see you come in?"

Wiping away her tears, she smiled weakly up at the worried mare, "I'm fine, just finding some closure."

"Okay, if you're sure." She didn't look convinced, but was hesitant to press the issue.

"Yeah, this helped, well I'm a mess. I better go get cleaned up and ready for this afternoon." She said a little too quickly as she got up and headed for the door.

"Ok then, see you there." Redheart called after her, then scowled a bit at some burn marks on the floor.