What If: My Second Life

CHAPTER 5: Pain

“Macintosh! What in the hay is wrong with ya?!”

“What do ya mean what's wrong with me?! Stand back! I'm gonna ram this THING inta next week!”

Applejack held him back. “Macintosh! Stop! He was tryin' ta help me!”

“HELP YA?! I saw him feelin' ya up!” Big Mac had death in his eyes.

“He was tryin' to help ya fool! Ah hurt mahself bucking ah tree and Coal was rubbin' mah leg to make me feel better!” She was up now, but had to fall back a bit from the pain in her leg. The yelling did scare Big Mac.

“Wha? Coal? It has ah name?” Big Mac was confused in all this.

“Yar darn right he has ah name! He and his friend are Twilight's new friends and she was introducen us today! They needed ah job and are both good workers so Ah hired them! Ah doubt he would want ta' stay after whatcha did ta' his friend! Ya better pray to Celestia that he isn't too hurt! Now get yer flank over there and help Coal with his friend!”

Big Mac hadn't seen Applejack angry in a long time. Last time he saw her like this was when Applebloom got hurt trying to get her cutie mark. He walked over to Jace's lifeless body and poked him a bit. Coal was hanging over his friend, crying.

“Common man.. Wake up..” The tears were falling on Jace's chest that wasn't moving that much. He could pass for dead at a hospital. “*sniff* Wake up Jace...”

Big Mac's ears flopped down and felt bad for what he did. He applied pressure to Jace's chest and Jace screamed out in pain. Big Mac was caught off guard and fell back on his flank. Even though Applejack was hurt, she pushed her own pain aside and galloped over to Jace.

“Coal get that there shirt off of him!” Coal nodded and started to pull the shirt off his friend and almost broke down at what he saw. His entire upper body was bruised. It was a sickening dark purple and there were some scrapes on there as well. The darkest area was right in the middle of his chest and it faded as it got further out. The skin was broken in a few places and was bleeding like crazy. He was breathing hard at this point and looked like he was going to have another asthma attack. Applejack started to panic.

“Oh no Oh no Oh no! Ah can't believe this! Celestia dammit Big Mac! What iff'n he dies?!” Coal looked up from his crying and looked scared at those words he just heard. “Ah didn't get to know him that long, but he looked like ah really nice guy! Twilight is gonna kill us iff'n we don't get him some help!”

Big Mac was taken back by Applejack's swearing but regained his composure the best he could.

“Ah'll go get Twilight AJ! You two just keep an eye on that feller! Ah'll be back with her as soon as Ah can!” Big Mac raced out of Sweet Apple Acres leaving the three behind.

Coal was crying over his friend. It was a silent cry, it was full blown sob. Applejack frowned and went over to him. “Ah'm really sorry bout your friend Coal..” She said looking away from Coal.

Coal composed himself and was now silently crying. “H-He saved m-me from this..” He punched the ground and closed his eyes. “You damn idiot! Why did you do that?!” He was angry at him for hurting himself.

Applejack winced at the swearing and went over to give Coal a hug. “He was trying ta' be a good friend.. Can't really get all mad at tryin' to save his best friend now can ya?”

Coal looked at Applejack. “I..*sniff* I guess not..” He looked at his pained friend who slowly started to open his eyes.

“Nnng..W-What happened.. Where am I? AHHH!” He clenched his chest as he tried to sit up, but Coal kept him down.

“Oh god Jace! Just sit there...Your going to be fine!” Coal started crying again and Jace looked over at him with a small smile.

“Hey.. Remember that time I was doing my parkour and smashed my head on the cement?” Coal nodded and winced as he remembered. “Well..I smashed my skull pretty bad.. but I pulled out of that now didn't I? Don't worry about it Coal..I'll be fine.. I'm a little scared about myself though..”

Applejack nuzzled Jace's cheek. “Yer a strong boy there Jace...I really hope you pull through.” Coal had to look away in all this and Applejack had to calm him down somehow. She leaned up and gave him a peck on the cheek and a hug.

“Don't fret now Coal...Yer friend will pull through this...” She gave Coal a warm smile and he stopped crying after a while.

“T-Thanks AJ.. Your a sweetheart..” Applejack blushed and smiled at his compliment and just sat there hugging him.

“Hey...AJ..” Jace's voice made her jump a little, since she wasn't expecting him to talk much. “Could.. You go find Vinyl Scratch for me.. Me and her have developed a thing these couple of days and I wanted to say goodbye to her if I die..” Coal went wide eyed at both the love thing and the goodbye part. Applejack was confused but complied, running off to go get her.

Coal looked down at Jace with a bewildered look on his face. “You...Hooked up with Vinyl Scratch?!”

Jace nodded. “Yup.. We had a few drinks cough and got drunk.. She didn't want me going back like that so she took me to her house and I slept there... I.. Got some kissing time in as well.” He smiled at Coal who smiled back.

“Only a week in Equestria and already got a marefriend huh? Good on ya man..” It was then that Coal noticed Jace's hand in a fist and off the ground.

“One last brohoof before I pass out?” Coal nodded and brohoofed his bro before passing out.

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Author's Note: So, a very sad moment in the story. I decided to give you another page because ofr one, I'm bored and I really wanted to write more! I love writing this thing, especially when I get to change some of the story to form with two characters. I really love problem solving in writing like this. This should be longer hopefully than the last two, so I hope you all enjoyed the outcome of this! I know I did!