Chaos + Night Sounds Just Right

3 weeks.

Luna opened her eyes and stretched, her dark blue wings flared for a moment before snapping back to her sides. Her mouth gaped in an enormous yawn and she smacked her lips, rubbing her eyes with her hooves.

3 weeks had passed since her sister's death and she felt slightly better. Her wing had healed according to Discord, but he had insisted she go and visit Nurse Redheart. She looked out at the dark sky and trotted over to the doors, opening them with her magic.

Luna stood at the balcony and closed her eyes in concentration. She arched her back, unfurled her wings and leaped, flapping up slowly with her horn blazing. The sun rose with her and she grit her teeth. She stretched out her forelegs and then nearly fell, gasping. The sun shone bright in the sky and she smiled, then flew down to the balcony.

Discord greeted her. He held her hoof in his paw and twirled her. "Great job Luna." He complimented, feeling the warmth of the sun's rays on his fur. He pulled her towards the balcony and then flew into the air. "Come on, you said we'd go see Nurse Redheart today!" He called.

Luna snorted. "YOU said we'd go." She corrected, flying after him. He chuckled and she stuck her tongue out at him before flashing passed him, leaving him cartwheeling in the air. "Hey!" He yelled and zoomed forwards.

Luna streaked away and Discord crashed into a tree. He flapped out and zoomed after her. His talon was about to give her a playful swipe, when a scream of terror split the air. Discord looked down and saw the shape of a pony clinging to the edge of the river, hind legs splashing as another cry split the air. "Luna!" He called.

Luna looked down and saw the shape slip into the river, legs flailing. "Help! I can't swim!" It screamed. Luna flashed forwards. The pony went under and Luna followed, her form slipped easily into the water and her deep blue eyes opened as beat her wings in the water, following the thrashing shape. She avoided rocks as best as she could, but still bumped into some. The pony however was being thrown this way and that, unable to stop itself from slamming into the rocks. Blood started staining the water red, making it hard to see.

Luna reached out and felt her hoof hit something soft. Her eyes detected the shape of a pony. She immediately grabbed on, wrapping her foreleg around the pony and dragging them up. She looked up and saw a blurry shape, which she recognized as Discord hovering above. She grabbed onto the half-drowned pony with both hooves and it let out a screech of pain. She lifted it up, but through the water in her eyes she could just make out the color of the pony's pelt, which had a hint of pink but some other color, but with the blur she couldn't make it out.

Discord looked over and saw Lyra rushing over to him She held a towel in her in golden magical aura and he took it, wrapping the young pony in it.

Luna conjured a levitation spell and lifted it. She flapped into the air and took off for the hospital. Water dripped into her eyes from her head and she had to keep shaking it to stay aloft and not fall. The hospital came into sight and she shook her head one last time before landing and galloping in, Discord and the unknown pony behind her.

Nurse Redheart greeted her. "Screw Loose!" Yelled the white mare. A blue pony with a white mane came into view, took the floating shape and trotted away. Luna glimpsed a wing, the pony they had saved was a pegasus. They were already far away, so she couldn't make out the color, even though her vision was clear as crystal.

Luna extended one wing. "I was wondering if you could check my wing for damage? I broke it 2 months ago and Discord insists I have it checked." She asked. Nurse Redheart bowed. "Of course your majesty. Please follow me." The white mare trotted away from where the mysterious pegasus and Screw Loose had gone. She opened a door with a hoof and gestured for Luna to enter.

Luna looked at the machine and walked up to it. "Just lay your wing across it." Redheart instructed. Luna nodded and lay her wing across the machine.

Flash!

She blinked as the flash came from the X-Ray machine. A couple more flashes and it was done. Luna looked over at the nurse, who nodded and she stood up.

Nurse Redheart walked over to Luna. "There's no damage, you'll be just fine." She said with a smile. "Have a great day your highness!" Luna smiled and trotted out, over to Discord. "She said I'm fine. I told you." She nudged him playfully. Discord snorted, but a good-natured gleam was glowing in his eyes.

BOOM!

A streak of rainbow flashed in and Rainbow Dash skidded to a halt in front of Doctor Stable. "Where is she!?" She yelled. Doctor Stable cocked his head to the side. "Who?" Rainbow Dash thrust her face into the doctor's who backed up. "My friend!" She yelled, eyes blazing. Doctor Stable perked up. "She fell in the river and was blasted against some rocks. She's right this way." Rainbow Dash flashed passed and a zigzag rainbow blazed in the hall until she entered the room.

Luna followed. "Who is it?" She called, nopony answered her. Luna trotted into the room and her legs wobbled.

Discord flew in after her, eyes wide with horror. "Not her... Why her?" His eyes were almost pleading.

"Oh Celestia, not her!" Luna cried, running over to the pale pegasus. "Why did it have to be you?" She whispered, her voice barely audible over Rainbow Dash's sobbing.

Rainbow leaned over the butter-yellow shape, tears flooding down her face. "Come on, don't do this to me. Don't you dare die on me." She sobbed.

Fluttershy coughed. "Rainbow... Don't worry they'll fix me..." She croaked. Her wing was bent, blood was leaking from gashes along her form and one of her forelegs was twisted at an awkward angle. She coughed again and bloody water splashed out. Nurse Tenderheart rushed over as the yellow pegasus slumped, unconscious. She was alive, but only way they could tell was by the rise and fall of her chest and the blood bubbling at her nose. Nurse Tenderheart looked the ponies and Draconeqqus. "Get out!" She snapped. She shooed them out.

Luna looked back. Her eyes flashed white and she kicked the door, bursting in on the Nurse and Fluttershy. She rose up , eyes narrowed in a furious glare. Her voice raised and she boomed out, "Thou shall show respect to thi Princess!"

Discord grabbed her and pulled her back out. "You're stressed and tired Luna, get back to the castle." He said gently.

Luna's eyes returned to their deep blue and she shook her head. "Oh Celestia, forgive me!" She leaned back and apologized to the terrified nurse, who nodded quickly.

Discord looked at Luna with concern. He recognized the threatening hint in her voice and he knew that if it was starting to return to his girlfriend, then that meant only one thing.

Nightmare Moon wasn't far away.