Blood Of The Righteous

Chapter 2

Walking back home, Dark finds himself deep in thought. As thoughts of the mare who had just ran into him swam through his head Dark found another thought plaguing him.
“Why do I care so much about this pony?” Dark thought to himself as he continued to walk back to his hotel.
Now, unfortunately for him, a little filly completely oblivious to Dark walked turned the corner right as Dark did.
“Hey watch wher-“, Dark started as he caught himself from falling.
As Dark turned around he saw a filly, probably about 10 years old, with a light purple coat and a blond mane. Realizing he was about to yell at a filly, Dark suddenly felt ashamed.
“Oh hey I’m sorry.”, Dark said quietly.
“Oh its ok mister! I’m Dinky Doo how are you?”, The filly said excitedly.
“Confused I guess?”, Dark said slightly confused as to why a filly would care so much about him.
“Oh why are you confused? Maybe I can help you!”, Dinky said, now feeling even more excited.
“I’m a little confused as to why you seem to care so much about me…”, Dark said honestly.
“Oh why wouldn’t I care about you sir? I care about everypony!”, Dinky said now slightly confused herself.
“Well, nopony has ever cared about how I feel...”
“Well I can change that! Follow me!”, At this Dinky started trotting quickly towards her home.
“Oh no that’s not necessary.”
“Oh yes it is!”, Dinky said as she put a hoof over his mouth.
“I really must go!”, Dark said louder than he meant to.
At this Dark started flying away, ignoring the screams of protest from Dinky.
Once he could not hear Dinky anymore, Dark started flying straight up. Once he had a birds-eye view of the town he quickly located his hotel. Deciding that he needed to get home before he could meet anypony else, he started falling into a nosedive. As he started plummeting towards his temporary home, a single thought suddenly entered his mind.
“What if I can’t land the fall?”
Suddenly alarmed by the speed his room window was approaching Dark started unfolding his wings. Finding it hard to unfold his wings, Dark braced for the impact.
Roughly ten hours later…
Dark slowly opened his eyes suddenly feeling very lightheaded.
“He’s getting up!”, Somepony nearby said.
“Get a doctor in here now!”, A mare-ish voice next to Dark yelled.
A door somewhere to Dark’s left slammed open and a few heavy hoofsteps could be heard next to Dark.
The pony who had just came in walked closer to Dark and looked closely at his face.
“Yes he most definitely is waking up, but we might lose him again.”, The stallion closest to Dark said.
Right then Dark made a small sound trying to indicate he was alive. At this sound the stallion beside Dark jumped back.
“Nurse Redheart, will you please stay in here with our patient while I go check on the others?”
“Yes Dr. Stable.”, Redheart said.
After hearing the door shut Dark tried to sit up in his bed. Finding that attempt to be extremely painful Dark practically fell back down on the hospital bed.
“You shouldn’t try to move as it will be painful.”, Redheart said calmly.
“I know….but….”, Dark tried to speak though he found that painful also.
“Don’t worry the painkillers will take effect soon.”
And with that thought in mind Dark fell into a medicine-induced sleep.
1 Hour Later…
“Huh, what?”, Dark said as he quickly sat up in bed.
“I didn’t say anything dear.”, Redheart said with a certain peaceful tone in her voice.
“Oh I just thought…What time is it?”
“It would be 8:00!”
“That means I’m going to be late to the meeting!” Dark thought.
Noticing something was wrong Redheart asked, “Is everything all right dear?”
“Yes everything is fine bu-“, Dark started.
“You are not going anywhere until you are fully healed!”, Redheart said forcibly.
“How did she know what I was going to say” thought Dark.
“Now sit down and enjoy your time here.” Redheart said.
Noticing the window was slightly open Dark decided that once the nurse turned away, he would fly for the window. About this time Redheart turned slightly and Dark took his chance.
“Hey what are you-“, Redheart began.
“Bye!”
Tuning out the sounds coming from the hospital Dark started flying back towards his house. Now, little did he pay attention to his feet, believing they were well clear of the ground. But about 75 meters away from the hospital Dark started to tilt downward in his flight path. Attempting to rise again Dark strained his wings but to no avail. He started to fall helplessly to the ground.
As the ground neared the black pegasus, he started to hope he hadn’t broken his legs. But, to his demise, his legs were the most damaged area of his body. And upon impact with the ground, everything went black, the world rang, and everything stopped.
One Day Later…
As he regained his consciousness, Dark felt strange as the ground under him shifted. Unable to open his eyes, Dark felt the area around him. It was warm, smooth, and strangely comforting. He hadn’t felt this way in years. But all the feelings clicked together and answered his unasked question.
He was sitting in another pony’s lap.
Willing his eyes to open Dark turned so he could look up easily. As he looked up he saw a familiar face. Grey coat, yellow eyes, blond mane.
“Where have I seen this mare before?” Dark asked himself
Then realization hit him like a brick, and Dark fell back into his deep sleep. This time with dreams, good and bad, of what would happen with his returned to consciousness.
“Huh, wonder why he fell asleep again.”, The mare said as she leaned back in her chair creating a more comfortable position for her and the stallion she would soon find to be Dark Shift.