"Rainbow, what's wrong? Talk to me... Did you have a dream?" The dragon spoke trying to understand what happened to her new friend.

"Nobody can help you Rainbow till you tell us what happened" The doctor said.

She sighed. "I had a dream that I was home in my house. One of my best friends was there making breakfast" She paused in tears.

"Thinking of home must be-" The doctor started but she cut him off.

"She turned around and started stabbing me. A- And then m- my captor was there... T- Taunting me... I heard him kill my kids... Th- Then he told me nobody loves me... That n- nobody c- cares" She broke down in sobs.

"That's... That's horrid..." Rachel said rather stunned.

"I want my kids... I want to hear them safe in my hooves"

"I can go get them for you" The dragon offered.

"Please do..." She said almost desperately now.

"Alright. Just hang tight okay?" She said as she darted up the stairs.

"Got any other bad headaches to give me doc?"

"Well it will take a while for the results to come back but at the moment it looks like you are clean." He said trying to be upbeat and uplifting as possible.

She lay back on the bed sorry she had moved in the first place her body full of pain.

"How are you feeling right now?"

She sighed "Really?" She waited a moment "I feel like somepony fed me to a manticore..."

"A what sorry?" He asked sounding clueless.

"A manticore.. Seriously? next thing I know you are going to tell me pegusi are extincted."

"Well they almost are. You are one of the few I know of existing..."

"You are kidding right?"

"Not at all"

"Oh where the hay am I?"

"Why? Are there more where you are from?"

"Thousands, maybe even millions!"

"Now you are screwing with me"

"No. Really! There are."

"I'll believe it when I see it."

"Are you sure you didn't like freeze me and wake me up in the distant future or something?"

"Now why would you ask that?"

"You said we flew here in some kind of... Ship, you are trying to tell me you don't know what a manticore is and you say the pegusi are almost extinct... What do you think?"

"Well? We did, I don't and they are."

"Maybe you could just knock me out and I will wake up somewhere where things make sense."

"I don't think it works that way..."

"Thanks tips" She heard the dragon break out laughing.

"You two are the perfect couple!" The dragon said.

"Sh- Shut up..." She said and she was sure she was glowing a bright red.

"How long were you listening Rachel?"

"Not long. I just heard you two arguing and thought it was so cute! Anyway, I have your children Rainbow" She said and Rainbow could hear baby noises.

"Can I hold them?"

"Are you strong enough?" Asked the doctor.

"Come on. Don't mock me now. Bring them here" She said sounding embarrassed already.

"Here you are" Rachel said as she lowered the squirming fillies into her arms.

"My babies" She said suddenly feeling like they were the most important things in the world. "I had a dream that he...."

"Hurt them?" The doctor asked

"Yes... It was horrible"

"Maybe there is something I can give you to block out your dreams" The doctor said wondering.

"NO!" She said so loud she could feel the fillies jump. "I- I need to dream..." She continued sounding timid even to herself.

"Oooookay... I figured you would want to get rid of them." He said sounding slightly confused.

"I- I just..." She paused. "Need too"

He sighed. "As you wish Rainbow."

"Why are you crying?" The young dragon asked.

"I'm never going to get to see them." She said with tears in her voice.

"See who? Your friends?" She asked

"No" She said slowly cradling her fillies "I'll never get to see my kids..."

"Oh... That is kinda sad isn't it."

"You seem tired Rainbow. Perhaps you should rest." The doctor stated trying to change the subject.

"Yeah. Maybe I should."

"I have a bed for you if you like."

"Yeah, alright, take me."

"Okay. I'm going to touch you. Just follow me." She felt his hooves on her. "Just follow me" He said calmly.

Rainbow followed to the best of her ability staying close to his hoof. She kept walking for seemingly hours up four sets of stairs and down a bunch of halls.

"Alright. This will be your room"

"Thank you. It means a lot."

"No problem. Rachel will look after your kids. Have a nice night alright?" He said and left.

"Okay... No pressure... Just find the bed and lay down" She thought to herself. She slowly walked about the room following the wall. She passed a window and then finally found the bed. "Here it is" She yawned as she sorely climbed on top and laid down.

She was out the second her head touched the soft pillow.

Author's Note

This took WAAAAAAAY too long. If you want a tip from a writer to a writer never ever EVER *EVER* stop writing in a place you find boring. If you do you'll never get started again. Other priorities will get to you and it'll slowly slip under the rug. I just wanna say sorry to my readers and promise to do better next time.