Chapter 16: Not a Good Start

Hope: Day 4
Nightfall: Day 18

Nightfall’s POV (Alicorn Form)

As I slowly opened my eyes, the first thing I could see was my Princess of the Night, breathing quietly on my chest while cuddling up to me nice and warm, sleeping. I smiled and thought, ‘She’s the most beautiful mare in the world.’

Carefully, I turned my head around towards the window, making sure that I don’t wake her. I noticed that the Sun had risen. Luna must have woken up during the night, while I was asleep and lowered the Moon, so her sister could rise the Sun.

It looks like it was around 9:00am by noticing the location of the Sun, so I got myself comfortable and quietly fell back asleep, until dinner…

Hope’s POV - Earlier That Morning

Rage, that is all that could feel at this moment. I had just got hoofed in the face, by that fucking changeling, which caused my nose to bleed. Quickly, I retaliated by punching it back in its own face. Causing its own nose to bleed green, with some purple sparks flying off.

The overgrown bug hastily stepped back and fired a green burst of magic at me, which I just managed to dodge in time.

Getting to my limit of getting tick off, I dashed towards it, while the bug itself also did the same towards me.

At this moment, we were rapidly punching and hoofing at each other like crazy, covering each other in countless bruises. It hissed at me and I growled back, as we tried to do as many blows to each other as possible. Right now, I wanted to put its head through a wall.

Hope’s POV - A Few Minutes Earlier

Once I awoke, after being in agony from yesterday, I took in my surroundings and found myself in hospital. After rubbing my eyes, I found that I had a bandage on my chest.

Coming back to my senses, I quickly looked to see if Shy was around. But she wasn’t anywhere to be seen in the ward.

I noticed that Rainbow Dash was asleep in her bed, at the right side of mine, covered in more bandages than I was. That poor mare.

After bringing myself up on the bed, I took in more of the surroundings and there I saw it. In front of me is the very son of a bitch that put me in a bad mood this morning.

The changeling was in bed, awake, while sat up with its… hoofs crossed. I think it was waiting for somepony to explain to it, what it was doing here.

At the side of its bed, there were bandages on the floor. The bug didn’t look like it was hardly injured at all, but the bandages do show signs of recent heavy bleeding.

Noticing that I was looking towards it, it smirked at me with a look of, ‘thanks for the juice.’

Realising that it had been feeding of my make-out dream of Fluttershy. I grit my teeth back towards it, in frustration and anger.

Knowing that I was awake and watching it, it complemented me in a make voice, “Thanks for the snack, fur ball.”

Suddenly, I felt the flood gates of my anger exploding. I jumped of the bed, with it jumping out of its own, as we had the urge to destroy each other…

Hope’s POV - Present

As I was trying to knock that thing down, I hadn’t notice that Twilight had just came in. Hastily, she grabbed me with her magic… again, that forcefully polled me away from the bastard.

At the same time, a bunch of doctors and nurses had also just arrived to pin the changeling to the ground.

We both stared at each other, breathing heavily from exhaustion, with bumps and bruises covering the both of us. The son of a bitch was covered in dark-green ones while mine were mostly hard to see, but I was hurt plenty though.

Once our panting had calmed, Twilight shouted out, clearly annoyed while still holding me suspended in midair, “Okay, who started this!?”

Before I could say anything. We all heard a groan of pain coming from Rainbow Dash, who had just woken up from the commotion. Taking in her surroundings, she asked, “What? What the buck is going on?”

Still quite annoyed, I replied, “Nothing. Just the changelings up to their old tricks again.”

The lavender unicorn then asked, still quite annoyed while keeping me suspended in the air, “Alright, explaine to us what happened?”

Getting to straight to the point, I answered, “That thing polled a disgusting smirk at me and said-…”

I hesitated on what I was about to say, until she asked, “Go on.”

Not feeling comfortable about saying this, I say it anyway, “‘Thanks for the snack, fur ball.’ In other words, it was-… it was commenting on my personal dream.”

The lavender unicorn then blushed, knowing all too well what I was referring to and went in thought for a moment. Getting tired of getting grabbed by magic, I asked her politely, “By the way. Can you put me down now please?”

Realising what I just asked her and recovering from her blush, she spoke as she lowered me back on to the ground, disappointedly, “This hasn’t been a good start…”

Confused on what she just said, I asked while rubbing my arm, “What do you mean?”

She explained, “Princess Celestia had sent me a letter this morning. It says that we have to make friends and develop an understanding with the changeling.”

I couldn’t believe what I just heard. It felt like somepony had just hoofed me in the head hard. Once I could speak again, me and the bug shouted out in sync, “What!?”

The lavender unicorn replied, “That was the exact same thing I said this morning. I kind of woke up Trixie by accident as well.”

One of the doctors then finally spoke to me and the changeling, warning us, “Anyway. If we have another scene like that, then we will have to put you two in separate rooms. Do I make myself clear?”

Not caring one bit about what he said, I replied, “Yea, whatever.”

The stallion then turned his attention to the bug, with it still being pinned to the floor, “Do I make myself clear?”

The bug replied, also not giving a shit, “Does it look like we give a hole?”

The doctor considered it to be a yes. Then they all got of the changeling, allowing it to stand and rub its bruises.

One of the doctors give us both some tissues, to allow us to clean ourselves up and our bleeding noses.

After the doctors and nurses had left, I looked towards Twilight. There, right behind her, I could see Fluttershy walking down the hospital corridor.

As I stood in view for her to see me, she suddenly flew towards me at an unbelievable high speed and tackled me into hug, successfully knocking me down on to my back, with her on top of me.

Rainbow’s jaw just dropped, like she had just beaten her fastest lap record.

My loving mare then passionately kissed me on the lips, for real this time. Causing me to open my jaw wide open, with an expression of ‘what the?’ This give her the opportunity to give me a full mouth passionate kiss.

The other two mares that just witnessed us actually kissing for real, for the first time, could only reply in sync like a foal had just been born, “Awwwwwwwww…”

The changeling just stood there and shook its shoulders with an expression of ‘what ever.’

After the loving kiss, Fluttershy quickly got of the top of me and apologised, as we stood back up, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I was-… I was just so glad you’re alright.”

I replied, happily, “It’s okay. I was worried about you too.”

We both smiled at each other and then she brought me back into another hug, while standing on her rear hoofs as I hugged her back.

When we finished the hug, which lasted nearly a minute, Twilight asked the changeling, “So… do you want to rest on the bed, until our friends arrive?”

The changeling replied, rudely, “Does it look like I have a choice with you ponies?”