Protopony

Mist Shaker 3rd P.O.V.

“W-wait… what’s going on? Is something wrong?” Mist asked, slightly panicking as he haphazardly attempted to sit up again only to fall back writhing in pain.

“Just a few unwanted ‘visitors’, that’s all. We’ll be back real soon.” Rainbow replied as she headed out the door.

“Don’t worry, Mist. It’s nothing we can’t handle.” Midnight assured as he followed.

Outside the hotel were at least four to six hunters which, within a matter of minutes, were dispatched quickly. What both Dash and Midnight didn’t expect is the sound of shattering glass and a few shotgun blasts followed by the roar of a dying hunter that had somehow slipped past them during the confrontation. “Mist!” The two cried as they ran back into the room to find Mist unconscious with a SPAS-12 semi-automatic shotgun in his hooves and a dead hunter on the floor.

Midnight rushed over to Mist, followed by Rainbow, the two silently praying that the hunter hadn’t harmed him.

The first thing that broke the silence, which made the two gasp, was. “M-Midnight… Rainbow… I-is that… you?” Mist asked weakly from encounter and the consequences he suffered.

“We’re here, Mist. We’re here.” Midnight replied sounding on the verge of tears. “D-did you… kill that hunter, with this?” he asked as he held up the shotgun.

“I… I think so.” Mist replied before his face screwed tight as a sharp pain resonated from his stomach and shoulder, causing him to take notice that his shoulder was out of it’s socket and his leg was broken. “OH FAUST IT HURTS! MY BUCKING LEG! MAKE IT STOP!” He cried.

Twilight Sparkle 1st P.O.V.

Not moments after Mist Shaker’s cry of pain did the others and I walk in. “We heard the shots, what happened?!” I asked. “What happened to Mist?!”

“We were attacked by a few hunters, we killed them quickly but one managed to slip past us and break in.” Midnight replied, pointing at the dead hunter.

I then looked at dead hunter on the floor. “Did he… kill it?” I gestured to Mist, who was still crying in pain.

“Apparently, now we need to get his injuries taken care of.” Rainbow replied. “His shoulder is out of socket and his stomach has a nasty scar in it.”

“Right, let me see how bad things really are.” I said as I made my way up to the bedside. While there was a scar on Mist’s stomach and his shoulder was out of place, what Rainbow missed was that the limb was actually broken. “You missed something Dash, not only is it out of place, but his dislocated limb is also broken.”

“What do you me-... Oh.” Dash replied as a brought her around to look closely at where the foreleg was broken.

“Alright, Mist. This is gonna hurt, probably a lot, but it will be necessary. I’m gonna put your shoulder back in. Everypony else, I’m gonna need you to hold him down so I can ensure that this works.” I said as I took hold of the broken foreleg in my magic.

“C’mon, you heard her.” Applejack stated, pinning Mist to the bed with her hooves, followed by Pinkie, Midnight, Rarity, Spike, Rainbow, then Fluttershy. “Alright Twi, do your thing.”

I nodded, hoping it would work, placing the limb in it’s proper position before pulling it until it slid into place with a loud pop, causing Mist to jolt and howl loudly with pain, but the others kept him pinned. Then I immediately set to work on setting the bone back in place. “Dash, I need you to find something to wrap his foreleg with so we can keep the bone from slipping out while it’s healing.”

Right as I said this, Dash bolted into the bathroom and came out with a few thick rolls of gauze and ace bandages, which I took and began wrapping the limb.

A few hours later, Mist’s foreleg was back in place and wrapped to keep the bone from slipping out, I looked at the scar but couldn’t tell what had caused it. I then turned to Midnight with a sorrowful look. “We’ll have to turn him and take our chances, if we don’t he could very well die from whatever caused the scar.”

“I understand. Do what you must.” Midnight replied. “Though turning him won’t repair a broken limb immediately, it should take a few days rather than a month or so.”

I nodded and used my claw, hollowed out to allow the virus to be injected slowly, and pressed the tip into Mist’s flesh and began injecting him with the same strain of the virus we had.

Suddenly, the scar had vanished, whatever caused it had been purged and Mist had shown signs of inheriting our abilities.

“D-did it work?” Midnight asked.

“Yes… it did.” I replied. “But he’ll need his rest, so let’s go ahead and do the same ourselves.”

“Good idea.” Applejack replied, finding a comfortable spot on a nearby couch, her example followed by the rest of us except Midnight, who laid on the floor next to Mist. I wanted to be next to Midnight but I knew that his brother needed him more right now so I decided to sleep on the cold ground myself.

Mist Shaker 3rd P.O.V.

While the others slept peacefully, Mist slept with nightmares plaguing his mind.

Mist Shaker 1st P.O.V.

It started out as a wonderful day in Manehattan for us all, we were just visiting friends and family. Little did I expect to be kidnapped along with my brother that day, but as I was saying, me, My brother Midnight, Twilight and her friends were all having a great time.

That was until some ponies in black SUVs showed up and nabbed both me and my brother. “What in hell is going on here?!” I yelled, but the only response I got was an explosion of pain and sudden unconsciousness. I woke up a moment later but not in a clean room or anything pony made but instead I woke up what could only be described as the inside of a giant creature. I at first thought I WAS inside something but then I heard a small chuckle and turned around. I was face to face with none other than the mad queen herself.

In a desperate attempt to get away, I ran for what I thought would have been the nearest exit before it slammed shut in my face. I then spotted another exit on the opposite end of the room but I knew I would never make it in time before she caught me so I, no matter how foolish it seemed, prepared to attack before I found myself bound by multiple slimy tendrils that, slowly but surely, began crawling under my skin as she began tearing me apart.

Twilight 1st P.O.V.

I awoke to hear Mist moaning in his sleep before his moans elevated to what sounded like screams of pain. I quickly awoke Midnight and the two of us shook Mist until he awoke. Mist bolted upright, breathing heavily as a heavy sheen of sweat covered his fur.

“Mist what’s wrong?” I asked him as he wiped the sweat from his brow.

“N-nothing. Nothing’s wrong.” He told me, but the way he said it sounded like he went through Tartarus and back.

“Mist, you know I can tell when you aren’t telling the truth. Out with it.” Midnight said sternly.

“I-It was just a bad dream, that’s all, nothing to worry about.” Mist replied.

“Must’ve been quite a nightmare if you were screaming in your sleep like something was killing you.” Midnight said in turn to Mist’s response.

“You’ll have to talk about it sometime, Mist. If you don’t it could continue happening.” I said to Mist, who just laid back down and closed his eyes.

“Give him some time Twilight. He’s just been through a lot.” Midnight told me as he also fell back to sleep. I sighed and wondered when this whole insanity was going to end as I headed back to my own bed.