The Derpy I Know And Love 2 or Shooting Stars Are Not Always Lucky

CHAPTER FIVE

Pinkie in the Mist

It was like hitting a wall of wind.  Pinkie may have heard Rainbow talking about wind shear but had no idea what one was and what it could do.

Pinkie lost control, she tumbled end over end with the ground coming up fast.

“Dashie!” she screamed, knowing Rainbow Dash could not hear her.  But with the name of her love on her lips, it held the smallest of comforts.  It was a blessing of physiology that she did not actually feel her skull smash against the rock.

All went black.

Pinkie realized she was still thinking, still seeing although all she was seeing was black.  There was no actual feeling of temperature.

“I must be dead.” Said Pinkie sadly.

“Not yet my dear,” said a familiar voice.

The dark lifted, there was a swirling mist.  There was a low level light which appeared to be coming from the mist itself.  There was another glow ahead.  Pinkie started noticing that she was moving in that direction.  The oddest thing was on the edge of sight were the shapes of other ponies all heading in the same direction.  The glow came nearer.

“Princess Celestia!” said the pink pony.

“Yes Pinkie, my dear.”  Replied the princess.

“Are you dead too?”

“No my dear, I have existed for much longer than you ponies may realize.  So long that I exist in your world and in this in-between world at the same time.”

“Are you a god?’  whispered Pinkie in awe.

“Not entirely, my sister and I are immortal.  A type of pony from a long gone race.  But we are not the creator of all things.  That is beyond us.  We have some responsibilities to that being, like me being here.  I am here to help guide ponies to what is beyond.”

“And what is that?” asked Pinkie, not sure if she wanted to know.

“”Even I do not know.  Some have said punishment for misdeeds in life.  Some have said reward for the right doers.  Other have said that there beyond is oblivion, total non-existence and this here is just the brain shutting down and what left of the reason is trying to understand what is going on.”

“What do you think, you highness?”

Celestia smiled at the question.

“I believe, I wish that beyond this, we return to the supreme being.  Where we rest as part of their existence forever.”

Pinkie was starting to feel the weight of her past life.  The run, run, run existence she had enjoyed.  But now she was feeling as if all that was catching up with her.

“A good rest would be nice.”

“Before you give in to the feeling all get here, let me tell you that the reason you and I can pause and talk is that you are not yet ready to pass over.  And there may still be hope for return.  You can give up now and pass on knowing that there are friends and a loved one who will honor your memory always.  But it may not be necessary to pain them thus yet.  It is up to you to hang on as long as you can, if you do, I will be here to help all I can.  But I can not stop the inevitable.”

Pinkie gave Celestia a hug.  Celestia hugged back.

“You being here with me is a big help.”

It felt like it took forever for the ambulance to get there.

Bubbles came flying down.  She saw Twilight cuddling to the pink pony and fully understood what was going on, but she could not help herself.

“I can’t be gone five minutes and you are already sleeping with some other pony!”

“If I did not love you so much I would kick you.”  Said Twilight with a smile.  Then turning serious, “she is still breathing but I think it is getting weaker.”

At that moment Rainbow Dash came flying up.

“PINKIE!” she screamed and ran to the pink pony.

Bubbles stopped her, Rainbow was not ready for how strong Bubbles was.

“She is alive Rainbow!  Remember what all pegasi are taught about a crash victim.  Don’t move them or you could make the injuries worse.  The ambulance is here.  Let us see if we can help them.”

Rainbow nodded her head and allowed Bubbles to lead her off but she did not take her eyes off the motionless pony.

Twilight was able to assist by levitating the pink pony to a stretcher and keeping her from changing any position.  The medics secured Pinkie to the stretcher and loaded her in the ambulance.  The medics hitched themselves back to the ambulance.

“May I ride along?” asked Rainbow.  Then she realized something.  “Wait, Bubbles and I can help pull.  And Twilight can ride.  Otherwise, it would be a long walk back for her.”

It only took a moment to add the spare harnesses that they always carried for spare.  The medics gave the signal and six pegasi took to the air.  Rainbow tried her best to get the thing moving at her top speed, but it was too much weight and the other ponies were not in her speed class.

As they made it to the hospital, there were several doctors and nurses waiting.  One stopped the stretcher and listened with a stethoscope to Pinkie’s chest.  Then he opened one eyelid and looked at her eye, then the other.

“Prep her stat for surgery, her brain is swelling and we need to relieve the pressure!”  he said to a nurse.

The stretcher was taken inside, Rainbow tried to follow but she was told she could not go in the O.R.

All waited in the waiting area.  They each took turns comforting Dash.  A message was sent to spike to let the princesses know and if somepony could let Sparkler know as well.

A few hours later, about eight in the evening, they were told that the operation was successful, but the prognosis was still grim.  The next few days would tell if she was going to make it or not.  Even so, if she did make it, there was no telling what condition she would be in.  There was a lot of brain damage along with the swelling.

They were taken to a room, there Pinkie lay, her head bandaged most of her pink mane was shaved off.  Her hind legs were also bandaged.  There were wires attached to her chest and an oxygen mask was on her muzzle.  The indicators above the bed were moving but not very strongly.

Rainbow started to collapse.  A.J. and Twilight helped Rainbow to a chair and moved it by the bed.  Rainbow took Pinkie’s hoof.

“I did not say good bye or give her a kiss!” said Rainbow in guilt and pain.

Rainbow kissed Pinkie’s hoof, then put her cheek to the hoof and started crying.

All were standing around watching and waiting when the door behind them opened.  They looked, it was Shooting Star.

“Sparkler told me what happened,” he said. “Is there anything I can do?”

“There is nothing anypony can do right now.  It is up to Pinkie and time now,” said Bubbles.

“Then I need to talk to talk to all of you,” said Shooting Star, “the lobby would be better than in here.”

Twilight was bothered by this turn of events.

“Rainbow, you stay here with Pinkie,” said Twilight.

“Nothing could make me leave,” said the blue pegasus.

They walked down the hall to the lobby, there was Sparkler and two Ponyville Police Officers.

“What’s this all about?” asked Bubbles.

“Twilight!  I had nothing to do with this, I tried to reason with him!” said Sparkler.

“Twilight, you are a very intelligent pony.  I am sure you have read the works of Albert Ponystein and the relativity of time?”  Asked Shooting.

Twilight’s eyes went wide, Bubbles understood as well.

“You wouldn’t!” said Bubbles.

“What is he talking about?” asked A.J.

“I may have been gone for ten years, but to me it has only been a couple of days.  So which is correct?”

Shooting then levitated a document from one of the police officers to Twilight.

“This is a restraining order, It says that you will stay away from MY wife and children until what time the courts make a judgment.    And with the load in civil court, that could take years.

Also it orders a genetic testing on her foal Dawn to prove the authenticity of the her parentage.

The only time you may be around Bubbles or the children is with an officer of the law present.”

Both Bubbles and Twilight were floored.

“This is ‘one the most wonderful unicorns ever’, that you told me about?” asked Twilight.

“No, it isn’t!” said Bubbles sternly.

“I have every right to protect my wife and children,” said Shooting.

“Protect!” exclaimed Twilight, “protect from what?”

“Ok, if you want it in the open then here it is,” said Shooting.  “Protect my wife and children from some mare-lover harlot who preys on lonely  mares who are defenseless and unawares.”

Twilight’s horn started to glow, her face was grim.  Bubbles jumped between her and Shooting.

“No!”  Bubbles commanded, “think Darling, if you do this, it will only work in his favor.”

Twilight lowered her head and her horn went out.  A tear hit the floor.

“I will appeal to Princess Celestia,” said Twilight.

“No you won’t” said Shooting smugly, “the princesses are relatives and therefore it would be a conflict of interest.  Besides, this is a civil matter, not a criminal or state matter.  If the princess intervened, it would only prove her a tyrant and bully.”

Then Shooting looked at Bubbles.

“We are going home, NOW!”

“You may have taken me from my wife.”

“YOU HAVE NO WIFE!”

“MY WIFE!  And for now we may have to be apart.  But unless that order has taken all my civil right and made me a slave, I do not have to follow your orders!”

“You WILL go home with me and you will perform ALL your wifely duties!”

There were shocked faces all around.  Even the Police Officers.

Bubbles lowered her voice in an effort to make plain the following meaning.

“I will kill myself rather than have you soil me!” Bubbles said in deadly earnestness.

“You would not have to do that Bubbles.”  Said A.J. “I would never let any of my friends suffer that!”

Rarity understood.

“I will go home, to my home.  And my home is the Ponyville Library where I am Assistant Librarian.  Twilight may not be able to come home with me, but the Library is still a government facility and she is the highest government official without involving the princesses themselves.  And I am sure that she would have no problem backing me banning you from there, or you will face trespassing charges.  I am sure these officers will agree to her authority.

I assume the order does not ban me from my children?”

Shooting shook his head.

“Then I expect them with me by this evening.  I doubt that any court would keep a mother from her children without due cause.  And since you are accusing Twilight as being the instigator of all this then I am still a fit mother.”

Then Bubbles looked at Twilight;

“It will be ok Darling.”

Then Bubbles kissed Twilight a long passionate kiss, which still took Twilight’s breath away.

“You will stop that!  You are to stay away from my wife!”

“I kissed her! So sorry about that, but your orders says that Twilight can be around me if officers are present.  Keep this up and they might get a nice sex show!”

Shooting was shocked to hear Bubbles talk like that.  Ten years had made the young mare mature into a strong confident adult.

Bubbles then turned back to Twilight;

“We will be together soon.”  Then Bubbles walked out.

Shooting looked at Twilight;

“Don’t count on it!  And I am going to put a spell on the library that will let me and the Police know if you come near there and violate the order.”

Shooting and the police officers left.

“I am so sorry Twi,” said Sparkler “I tried reasoning with him.”

“It is ok, dear,” said Twilight, “your mother and I will need your strength, stay with her.”

Twilight kissed Sparkler and she took off after her mother.

Twilight stood at the door.  She was so tempted to teleport the stallion into airless space.  But there was a hoof on her shoulder.  Twilight turned and saw that Rarity’s eyes were as misty and her own.  Rarity hugged Twilight.

“It will be ok, Darling” said the white pony.  Then she turned to A.J. “Would you go to the library and watch after Bubbles?  Twilight and I would feel better.”

“That is what I was just about to do.” Said A.J.

She kissed Rarity and headed off in the direction of the direction of the library.

“What do I do Rarity?  What do I do?  A few years ago I would have welcomed the solitude.  But now I can’t stand to be away from my wife and children for more than a few hours.”

Twilight broke down and cried on Rarity’s shoulder.

Rarity gently pushed Twilight back after a few moments.

“As bad as this is. We have a friend who is much worse off.  We need to be strong for Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.  We will stay a while, make sure there is nothing we could do, then you are going home with me to Carousel Boutique.  It is closer than Applejack and my cottage and you do not need to be alone tonight.