Digging for Memories

Twilight Sparkle sat in her library reading a book. It was a book her big brother, Shining Armor, sent her for her birthday, but for a book from the Canterlot bookstore, it wasn't very interesting. It turned out to be full of a bunch of boring Star Swirl the Bearded that she already knew. She decided to take a walk.

"Spike, I'm going for a walk, be back in while!" She called out to her assistant.

"Okay see you later!," The baby dragon called back.

She opened the door with her magic and gently shut it on her way out. She walked through the streets of Ponyville and waved at a few ponies including some of her best friends. The streets were a bit busy so she decided to take a walk out in the fields, taking the path that lead to the outskirts of Ponyville and to the edge of the Everfree Forest. She was just walking and enjoying the sights when she noticed something strange. At the edge of the forest was what looked like a pony lying on the ground.

Twilight ran as fast as she could to the spot and sure enough lying on the ground was a stallion. He had a light brown coat covered in scratches and bruises. His mane was a light orange, dirty and matted in places with blood. His right fore leg had a deep gash running down it and his left hind leg was twisted at a sick angle. As soon as Twilight touched the hurt stallion to feel for a pulse, he shot up and his bloodshot, emerald green eyes opened wide. He grabbed Twilight in a tight embrace and she could feel tears drip onto her shoulder as he croaked out, "Please...No more...Please stop..." And as he said the last words he fell backward and fainted again.

The blush that was on Twilight's face when the stallion hugged her soon disappeared and she started to panic. She felt his heartbeat which was slow and only beat every few seconds. His pulse was the same. Twilight didn't know what to do. Tears were streaming down her face too as she was frightened for the injured stallion. She levitated him off the ground with her magic and teleported them both to Golden Oaks Library and slammed through the door.

The stallion's vision was slowly returning. When it fully developed he was staring straight at a purple and green, reptilian face. This startled him so much that he started to scream and the face screamed with him. They were screaming at each other for a few seconds until a purple unicorn burst through the door. Her mane and ponytail were dark purple with a pink streak through each. She looked confused for a split second then she noticed the stallion was awake. Her horn glowed a little as she used a spell to shut the face's mouth which turned out to be what looked like a baby dragon. She then proceeded to calm down the stallion which took a few minutes.

When she finally calmed him down she sighed and said,  "Oh thank Celestia you're awake. I was worried!" The stallion was stuttering out trying to speak, "I....I...." The unicorn interrupted him, "Don't try to speak. You're probably in shock due to your condition." The stallion looked up and down his body. It was covered in bandages and ached all over. He started to look around with a curious and pained expression as every move hurt. Twilight understood his expression.  "You shouldn't try to move either." The stallion looked at her and finally spoke something that made sense, "Who are you and where am I?" Twilight was glad he could speak normally. "Well I am Twilight Sparkle and this is Spike my assistant." She nodded at the baby dragon whose mouth was still sealed. He muttered something which was incomprehensible to the two ponies. Twilight unsealed his mouth. Spike nodded and said, "Hi!"

The stallion nodded which hurt him too. Twilight continued to talk with an expression of concern on her face, "Anyways,this is the Ponyville library." She waved a hoof around her there were shelves upon shelves of books. "Well,this is actually my bedroom." The stallion looked at her with a surprised expression.  "Your bedroom!?," he half-shouted. Twilight blushed, "Yeah I kinda like books." She said in a small voice.  "Yeah, I noticed that." The stallion replied

There was an awkward silence for a few minutes before Twilight broke it, "So what's your name?" The stallion didn't know how to answer that so he just shrugged. Then Twilight spotted his Cutie Mark. It was what looked like a dirt road that split off into two directions. Twilight pointed it out. "Wait look at your Cutie Mark. It's a fork in the road." The stallion looked at her. "Yeah?" Twilight answered his question, "Well you know how when you get to a fork in the road you have to choose which way to go right? Well maybe we could call you Destiny." The stallion thought about it a little bit then nodded, "Yeah that seems like a good name." Spike nodded in agreement. There was more awkward silence then the stallion spoke up, "Well what should we do now?" Twilight thought for a moment then said, "Well I should probably introduce you to my friends. I'm sure they would like you." Destiny nodded.

         Destiny tried to slip out of the bed but since his leg was still broken he almost fell but Twilight caught him. Their eyes met and both of them blushed. Twilight's horn glowed as she lifted him back onto the bed. "I don't think you should try to get up yet your leg is broken really bad, "She said as her blush faded. "Here I'll go get you something to eat. You were unconscious for a long time, about 3 days." Destiny's eyes lit up with surprise, "THREE DAYS!?" Twilight's eyes widened form this sudden burst of energy, "Yeah, your condition is pretty bad, so wait here I'll go get you something to eat."As Twilight was leaving she turned to Spike who Destiny forgot was there. "Spike keep him company and I'll be back in a few  minutes."

Spike gave a salute as Twilight left. There was even MORE awkward silence. Then Destiny spoke up, "So Spike you're Twilight's assistant?" Spike nodded and said, "Yeah I help with cooking and cleaning and stuff." Destiny nodded back. After a few minutes, Twilight walked through the door levitating a tray with a salad, a cup of tea and a bowl of soup with some  silverware and a napkin. Twilight set the tray down on the covers of the bed Destiny was lying on. When Destiny tried to lift a spoonful of soup to his mouth his arm stung so much he had to drop the soup back into the bowl. But when he tried to to get it back into the bowl it fell onto the front of his coat which caused him to flinch in pain. Twilight noticed this right away and rushed to help him. "Oh my are you okay?" She used her magic to clean his coat and said, "Maybe I should feed you?" Destiny looked at his arm and saw some dried blood that soaked through it. He reluctantly agreed to let her feed him.

After he was all fed, he told Twilight he was tired. Twilight checked the time and it was pretty late so she told him he should get some rest. After Twilight made sure he didn't need anything else, she gently shut the door and she and spike walked down the stairs. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, she got a cushion and picked up a book and started to read. Spike was sitting around with a peculiar smile on his face. Twilight sighed and shut the book.  "Okay Spike what are you smiling about," she asked. Spike's smile grew wider and said, "You know, he's kinda cute..." He said pointing upstairs. "Spike what are you talking about?" Spike just grinned more. Then Twilight understood what he meant and blushed so much her face turned as red as Big Macintosh. She opened her mouth to say something but shut it. She marched upstairs as quietly as she could. She opened the door to her room and saw Destiny sleeping peacefully on the spare bed. His chest rose and lowered slowly. She forgot what Spike said and smiled at how his recovery was going. She climbed into her bed and shut her eyes and drifted peacefully off to sleep.

What Twilight didn't know was that Destiny's dream wasn't peaceful at all. In this dream, he was in a dark room and could just barely recognize the outline of furniture. He didn't know where he was and was becoming frightened. He then heard a low groan coming from the center of the dark room. He could make out the form of what looked like a pony lying on the ground. Suddenly the lights hanging from the ceiling turned on. There was furniture everywhere but what scared him the most was that the furniture looked like it used to be black but was splashed with a red liquid which left large and sickening stains all over everything. Even the walls were splattered with what Destiny hoped was red paint. Then he saw something that scared him even worse than before. It was the lifeless form of Twilight Sparkle lying in the center of the room in a puddle of blood. Destiny raced over to her and gasped in horror .The puddle of blood was her own. Her stomach had been cut open and her organs were spilled out. She was bleeding to death.

He held her in his arms. Suddenly her eyes shot open. She spoke only a few words. "Destiny...," she groaned out, "Twilight don't die!! Please don't die!," Destiny was shouting. A small grin creeped across her face. "Take care of Spike for me," she said. Those last words came out very slowly, then she closed her eyes. Her slow breathing stopped and Destiny could no longer feel her heartbeat. Destiny started to cry. His tears spilled over Twilight's body and his sobs echoed throughout the room.

Destiny awoke abruptly and started screaming, "TWILIGHT!!! NO!!! DON'T DIE!!!" His screaming awoke Twilight. She rushed towards him and asked, "Destiny what's wrong!?" When she got close, he pulled her tight into a hug. "Don't die...," he sobbed out. Twilight stroked his mane. "Its's okay. I'm not dead. I'm right here." She climbed into the bed with him and held him tight. His sobs started to lessen as she hugged him. They held each other until they were both fast asleep. They slept peacefully in each other's arms. Spike saw the whole scene unfold. He silently shut the door and snickered all the way down the stairs. "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!" What spike didn't know was that Destiny was much more than he seemed and he didn't even Destiny didn't know it himself.