Mind over machine
Filling the gap
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI felt so odd.I could still feel things,but I was part metal.I had to try to figure it out.I arrived at Lightning's house and here was nopony home.I wondered where he could be?
"I'm sorry can I help you um....."I heard a voice say from behind me.I turned around.I was Lightning.I kept my head down so he couldn't see my face
"Hey dasher.It's me, Lilly."
"Lilly?!What are you doing here?Oh I was so worried about you.How are you able to stand didn't your legs get...It doesn't matter your here now, and your ok I presume?"
"Trying to keep it easy but yeah I-I-I'm ok I guess.Depending on how you define 'ok'."I said in a grim voice.I really wished my stuttering would stop.It only happens when I'm nervous but it really gives my nervousness away.
"Look I was just about to leave to help rainbow dash with some weather patrol but I'd better just stay with you.It has only been three days since....you know.Come on in."Dasher said unlocking the door.We both entered and we sat down on the couch.Dasher gave me a hug and then put his hoof on my back.I could sense he knew something was amiss
"Are you sure your ok?"He said.I could hear the concern in his voice.He really cared about me.
"No.I just didn't want to scare you.This is what happened to me"I took off my cloak to reveal my changed appearance.He stared at me with amazement,fear and sympathy as his eyes began to scan the rest of my body.
"Lilly.you're......you're..."He was speechless and unable to come up with words to describe me
"A p-p-pegasus I know.It's so weird but look at my scars and my metal flank and..."
"No!"He interrupted."You're an Alicorn!What did Celestia do to you?"
"What! no i'm not."I said doubtfully
"You are.Look."Dasher lifted my hair up and pointed me to a mirror.I could see the horn.My mane must have been covering it.I gasped in shock.
"Oh my goodness."This is becoming more and more strange."I grabbed him"Tell me everything you know about what happened in the past three days to me!"I was shaking him violently trying to get to the bottom of this.
"Your guess is as good as mine.Look I'll tell you everything I know.You were hit by an apple cart that had broken breaks and slammed you into a wall.I tried to get you out but you were stuck tight.Princess Celestia got the guards to help me free you..."
"Yes,yes yes I know all of that.What happened after she took me away"I said impatiently.
"Oh.Well....I tried to get to you but the guards pushed me back.I saw the princess take you back to Canterlot.I flew there the next day and tried to look for you in the hospital, but you weren't there.I tried to get into the castle but the guards said the princess was busy.When I asked why he said it was classified.I returned home and gave Fluttershy the key to your house so she could take care of fluffy and then just waited until you got home.I have no idea where she took you or what she did.That's all I know."I sat back down in the chair and curled myself into a ball.I began to cry.It was feeling so many conflicting emotions today and they were all coming out at once.
"I woke up in my bed.I got up and Fluttershy was there.Do you know what I did"I said my words slightly muffled because my head was buried in my fur.
"What.What did you do?"
"I broke her wing..."Dasher took a deep breath and let out a sigh.
"Was it an accident."He asked
I attempted to nod my still buried head.He gave me a big reassuring hug.I didn't know what to do.Everypony in town would treat me like a freak if they saw me and knew what I did.I thought about all the things I could do to avoid everypony.
"Do you want to stay here tonight?"Dasher asked me.I wasn't sure what to do now so I just said
"Yes."
We gave each other one of the longest hugs we'd ever given
"Don't worry.We'll figure this out together. No matter what anypony else says your still beautiful to me."
End of chapter 3
Author's Note
This was kind of the more sweet approach I had to this chapter (I had a draft where she kills him:/ , but this seemed more appropriate to there complicated love situation) Anyway....I hope your enjoying this so far everypony :)
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