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“Finally some good news,” Princess Celestia commented with a sigh of relief while reading Obsidian’s latest report. “The most important thing first. Luna, Cadence. Twilight Sparkle did it. She gained the ability to use arcane magic.”

“Impressive!” Princess Luna responded. “It seems like you judged your student right, my sister!”

“She really is everything but a ‘regular old unicorn’. Not even Starswirl the bearded had such capabilities,” Princess Cadence stated.

“That is true. She will go down into the history books as the most powerful unicorn that ever lived. But more importantly than that, we are now four beings able to use arcane magic,” Celestia concluded.

“Do you think that will be enough to lift Maledictum Insania?” Luna wondered.

“No... power alone doesn’t enable us to break the rules of magic. But it gives us hope that we may one day be able to find a solution. Twilight Sparkle is a pony of incredible intelligence. With the ability to see through the essence of magic itself, she might be the key to end this war,” Celestia responded.

“We should give her some time, though. I think we all remember how difficult it was for us to stabilize our bond to magic. I can only imagine how drained she must be now, since she isn’t a demi-goddess,” Cadence stated.

“True, but we can’t give her too much time, sadly. Obsidian also wrote that he and Derpy discovered Nightmare Moon has a big plan involving the legend of the corrupted stars,” Celestia explained.

“My legend...” Luna commented.

“No, little sister. Nightmare Moon’s legend. You are not responsible for anything that happened while she possessed your body,” Celestia insisted.

“Well, what are the demons planning?” Cadence asked.

“Obsidian stated that they didn’t know any details, yet. But they are trying their best to find out more,” Celestia explained.

“Sister... knowing this now... do you still aim to let Obsidian finish his mission?” Luna wondered.

“Yes... there is no other option. This must be done, for the sake of justice and for the protection of our precious subjects. Just imagining how many lives I had to sacrifice because we needed... her... makes me sick. Oh, Twilight... You are going to hate me so much for this...” Celestia responded.

“Luna... the order was given nearly a year ago. Now, there are only a couple of months left before the day of her judgement comes. We can’t turn back anymore. Too much is at stake,” Cadence explained.

“This will make for one of the most emotional funerals ever...” Luna commented.

“Speaking of funerals... there should be one in Ponyville today. They found Spike... dead,” Celestia continued.

“Any details on how this happened?” Luna questioned.

“Despair devoured his soul. Poor little dragon... Even though they defeated Despair now, his soul is lost,” Celestia explained.

“We are living in an age of many sacrifices and undeserved deaths... It makes me so sad... I just hope nothing ever happens to my beloved Shining Armor...” Cadence commented.

The three alicorns remained mute for a while to think and grieve. Then suddenly, a scroll appeared in front of Celestia. The bright demi-goddess immediately unrolled it and started to read.

“Hm. It seems like we will find out about Nightmare Moon’s plan today already. One of my most special reapers is heading to Ponyville to help investigate,” she stated.

---

“There! You’re all good now, my love,” Fluttershy stated as she finished bandaging Obsidian. “But I still don’t understand why your wounds haven’t healed up by now. It usually only takes you a day to fully recover even from such heavy injuries.”

“Since we had been traveling for a whole week, I had no opportunity to eat flesh. Thus, my recovering abilities and strength have decreased,” the black stallion explained.

“Then... why don’t you use the rune downstairs?” Fluttershy wondered.

“Each time I use it, I need to renew the rune afterwards to make it functional again. I would like to avoid this as much as possible, since the ingredients for it are difficult to obtain demon essence and phoenix ash,” Obsidian stated.

“Phoenix ash... but... that means...” the yellow mare started.

“This rune is in fact combined with a curse that steals the reincarnations of a phoenix and transfers them to another being that is on the verge of death. Since the phoenix’s ash is used to make this rune, it can no longer reincarnate and will die once and for all upon use,” the reaper explained.

“Curse magic is so evil... it always needs a sacrifice,” Fluttershy stated.

“It is the magic of the demons, mea amāta. Strong, but sinister. I would like to avoid wasting an innocent creature’s life if I can. However, in my current situation, I do not have this option. The phoenix may live for now, but... I need to eat again...” Obsidian stated.

“Hmm... I think I still have a fish left. Usually, I feed them to my otters and seals. Would that work?” Fluttershy wondered.

“Barely, but it will have to do for now,” Obsidian responded.

Fluttershy nodded and walked to her pet food supplies. Moments later, she returned with a small, dead fish. This really wouldn’t provide much of strength for Obsidian, but it was better than nothing. The reaper turned around so Fluttershy didn’t have to see this and quickly devoured the fish, barely chewing at all. The fact that the black stallion wanted to spare his partner from the sight made her chuckle lightly and embrace him.

“You don’t have to hide, my love. I see otters eat fish and birds eat worms all the time,” she spoke gently.

“Bene,” the black stallion replied, smiling lightly.

Just a couple of seconds later, though, they both gained a sad expression, remembering where they planned to go today.

“So... are you ready to go?” Fluttershy asked.

Obsidian nodded and unfolded his left wing over Fluttershy’s back so she could help him walk. Compared to the first time, Fluttershy had gained a lot in strength. She was now more than capable of providing him support all the way from her cottage to the Ponyville graveyard.

---

As the couple finally arrived, the other keepers of harmony and Derpy Hooves were already there, standing in front of an open grave. As the couple was spotted, they were greeted with depressed faces and slow hoof waving.

“Gosh... you look terrible, O,” Rainbow Dash commented as she saw all the bandages he was wrapped in.

None of the ponies were unharmed, but Obsidian took by far the most abuse. Even Derpy had less injuries than him.

“Nothing I can not cope with,” the black stallion replied as he and Fluttershy came closer to the grave as well.

Since there were no remains left of Spike, the ponies filled the grave with pictures, Spike’s personal belongings and several jewels instead. Rarity even added the fire ruby the baby dragon gifted her to the mementos. For good ten minutes, they all just stood there, staring into the grave and remembering all the happy times they shared with Spike. Occasionally, one of them had tears rolling down their face and wiping them off. Finally, Applejack ended the silence with a sigh.

“It’s a downright shame I tell ya. He didn’t deserve this. Y’know, Spike may have loved gems so much, he sometimes ended up doin’ bad things just to get ‘em. But I say he himself was a real gem of a dragon. If y’all have come to me five years ago and told me I’d become friends with a dragon, I’d have called ya crazy. But here we are...” she spoke.

“Can only agree with that,” Rainbow Dash continued. “I have met a few cool guys in my life, but Spike took the biscuit. Never would I have imagined that a dragon could be such a great friend and helper. As a pony who values loyalty more than anything, I’m just stunned how much that little guy had done for us in all these years.”

“Yeah...” Pinkie Pie added. “Spike was special, even for a dragon. Everytime I threw parties, I was always hoping to have him there as well. His dance moves were something I’ll never forget. He tried hard to look cool, but actually, he just ended up looking cutesy wootsy. And all these super funny conversations he had with Gummy. Oh, I’ll miss that little Spikey...”

“I was scared of dragons for as long as I could remember. When I was still small, I always feared a dragon would fly up to Cloudsdale. For many years, dragons were the most terrifying thing to me. But when I met Spike, this slowly started to change. I was so fascinated how small and cute he looked. Until now, I never really got over my fear of dragons. But Spike helped me a lot with that. I now understand every creature, no matter how big and scary it may look. For that, I have to thank you, Spike...” Fluttershy spoke.

Rarity now wanted to say a few words, but she had trouble keeping herself together. Finally, she calmed down a bit.

“I guess it’s true what the ponies say about the things that are dear to you... You won’t realize what you had until it’s gone... I never had much luck with stallions, but I have to blame myself for this. I’ve been just so superficial all these years. I put looks and social status above personality. I’m sure you all still remember me trying to get Prince Blueblood... Well... Spike was there all the time. He tried so hard to impress me and be there for me... I know, he was a dragon and far too young for me... but I never showed him the appreciation he deserved. And now... now I won’t ever be able to make it up anymore...” she spoke, sniffing a few times with watery eyes.

Twilight placed a hoof on her shoulder to calm her down, even though she herself had tears in her eyes. Then, the purple mare continued the farewell speech.

“We had our ups and downs together. But Spike generally was a really nice guy. We have met a few dragons by now, but none ever could match Spike in charms and personality. He was just the best friend a pony could ask for. No... he was more than a friend... You know, now that I look back, there were many occasions where we spoke about how good it was to have pony friends. We barely ever included the word ‘dragon’ in any of our talks about friendship, but it didn’t matter for Spike. He never really reacted to this and now I think I know why. He knew we didn’t have to specifically mention him. He knew he was in a special status and he knew we always aimed to adapt him in our appreciation for friendship... Despair claimed that he called me mommy before he died... and in fact, he was more to me than just my number one assistant. He was more than just my best friend... He was my baby... My precious... little... baby dragon...” Twilight spoke before she started breaking into tears.

All of her friends held the purple mare tightly now. Only the reapers didn’t join the embrace, but stood nearby to express their condolence.

“I can not say much about Spike...” Obsidian started. “I never interacted much with him. But from the few things I have experienced about him myself, I can only confirm that all your words are more than justified. As a reaper, I face death every day. Yet, rarely ever before has any story... taken me as much as his. While in all the years before, I failed to understand the point of a funeral, I now have the feeling that he deserves this praising ceremony and your gentle words, although he can not hear them. I bow my head to you, Spike.”

The ponies smiled lightly over Obsidian’s speech. Finally, it was Derpy’s time to say a few words.

“I’m sorry if I can’t quite come up with a speech like yours... I barely knew Spike. In all these years, we talked like maybe once or twice. Yet, I still will miss seeing him walking down the street, bringing supplies to the library or chatting with the villagers. Goodbye, Spike,” the gray mare spoke and tossed some dirt in the grave.

“Seeya, Spike. We’ll miss ya...” Applejack followed, as well tossing some dirt in the grave.

“Bye, Spike. You were the best...” Rainbow spoke, doing the same.

“Goodbye, little dragon friend...” Fluttershy said, also doing her part in burying the mementos.

“Bye bye, Spikey,” Pinkie continued and pushed some dirt in the grave.

“Goodbye, Spikey-wikey... I’m sorry... you will always have a special place in my heart,” Rarity spoke, tossing dirt down the hole.

“Farewell, Spike... you are... the best thing that ever happened to me...” Twilight followed, nearly finishing the burial.

“Aeternum valē,” was the final word Obsidian spoke before pushing the remaining dirt in the grave.

The group still kept on staring at the now filled grave for a while more, sobbing and mourning. After another five minutes, they finally decided to leave. Their tragic loss aside, they had to meet up at the library to do research in order to find informations about Nightmare Moon’s plan.

---

Without the help of the baby dragon, it took the group a while to find the book about the elements of harmony, Nightmare Moon and the corrupted stars. When they finally discovered it, Twilight started scanning through the pages.

“Hmm... the elements of harmony... mare in the moon... ah. There we have it. The legend of the corrupted stars. It is said Nightmare Moon’s powers are beyond imagination and can even break through the boundaries of her own imprisonment. Hm, for the fact that Maledictum Insania is such a big secret, the ponies knew quite a lot back then,” the purple mare started.

“The legend itself was written just a few years after Nightmare Moon’s banishment and the defeat of the demons. It still contained memories of the age of her creation and due to the freedom of the written word, it would have been illegal to banish or destroy it,” Obsidian explained. Twilight nodded and continued reading out loud.

“She is said to corrupt darkness itself, causing four stars of the night sky to become evil. Legend has it that on the longest day in a thousand years after her banishment, the four corrupted stars will set loose a chain of events that will lead to the freeing of wicked Mare of Darkness... That’s all there is,” she finished.

“Well, that didn’t help. We all know these things already happened,” Rainbow Dash commented.

“Hm... but the book doesn’t say anything about what happened to the stars after they freed Nightmare Moon,” Derpy stated.

“Maybe the ponies who discovered this legend back then could only see the events coming until that point,” Rarity figured.

“You mean, the legend goes on?” Fluttershy wondered.

“Well, duh! We just met one of these corrupted stars yesterday! And it was a demon!” Pinkie Pie responded.

“True that. Ah don’t think we know everything ‘bout that legend quite yet,” Applejack stated.

“If the answer really lies within that legend, then that would require a long and tedious magical research. But that would take months. I don’t know if we have that time anymore,” Twilight worried.

All the present ponies and reapers became silent and sunk in thoughts. A couple of minutes later, Derpy started speaking again.

“What we need here is a specialist. Someone who can see the things coming together. Someone who can-” she started, but found herself suddenly interrupted.

“Predict the future,” a familiar female voice spoke.

The group turned around to the open front door. Inside stood a female reaper with a red coat, black eyes, unicorn horn and rainbow mane. A surprising sight for all the keepers of harmony.

“Salvē, Lady Truesight. Your timing is astonishing as always,” Obsidian greeted.

“It is not a difficult thing to achieve for a reaper that can see things coming,” she responded, bowing down to the elder.

“What are you doing here?” Rainbow Dash wondered.

“I told you we would meet again. I saw this day coming. I knew you would require my help, so here I am. It is about the legend of the corrupted stars, I suppose?” Truesight questioned.

“Wowie zowie! You’re good!” Pinkie Pie complimented.

“You think you can help us with it?” Twilight wondered.

“Possibly. I have been puzzling over the behavior of the demons for a long time now, but I always seemed to be missing a few pieces to see through their plans. Tell me what you know and I will see what I can do,” the clairvoyant spoke.

“Yesterday, our friend Twilight here defeated a demon named Despair. She was darn strong and before Obsidian consumed her, she claimed to be the second corrupted star,” Applejack explained.

“The second already... and a demon... curious indeed,” Truesight commented.

“We’ve been looking through the books, but all we could find out was what we already knew. Nightmare Moon was freed from the moon by the four corrupted stars. We now have the suspicion the legend is incomplete. That’s about all we know,” Derpy continued.

“I see. Hm... this is not much to work with, but I will try to see through the future and look for any hints that the demons are related to the legend of the corrupted stars,” Truesight stated.

The rainbow maned mare then closed her eyes and made a face as if she was deeply sunken in thoughts. Occasionally, she even had grim expression over the things she saw. Twenty minutes passed before her eyes suddenly shot open again.

“You are right. The legend is incomplete. Quick! Hand me a scroll and quill! I need to note this down before I lose the vision!” she requested.

Twilight and Rarity used their magic to levitate a fresh scroll, an ink pot and a quill over to the clairvoyant. As soon as Truesight gained control of these items with her own magic, she closed her eyes again and began to let the quill dance across the paper in trance. At first, her notes barely made any sense. It was a wild mish-mash of words, partially in the old language of the reapers, partially in the modern tongue. But every now and then, Truesight crossed a word out, translated one, rearranged words or added new ones. Finally, it seemed like she got the full prophecy, but the paper was so full of notes now that only she could see it put together properly. So, she turned the scroll around and wrote the finished version on the back while speaking it out loud.

These words left the keepers of harmony with wide open eyes and mouths. As usual, only the reapers retained their elite self-control, showing barely an expression at all.

“Well now... what does that mean?” Applejack asked, unsure if she got what she just heard right.

“It means that Nightmare Moon is about to return again...” Obsidian confirmed.

“But... but how?” Rainbow Dash wondered.

“I’m sorry to disappoint you, keepers of harmony. But this is all I could see. This prophecy comes from the deep depths of the demons minds. Seeing this far is a challenge in itself,” Truesight explained.

“Very well... let’s analyze it then,” Twilight suggested.

“Well, the beginning is not hard to understand,” Derpy started. “It seems like the four corrupted stars have taken shape as creatures of our world. That would explain Despair being the second corrupted star. She was Moondancer’s demon. A part of her personality, which finally out-powered and killed her.”

“No, that doesn’t make sense,” Twilight disagreed. “I mean, lets look at the first corrupted star. Apparently, it ruled Equestria before. I studied pony history in a lot of detail in the past three years and the only creature that ever ruled Equestria which this description would fit to is Discord. But he existed before Nightmare Moon, so he can’t be a corrupted star.”

“Let’s not jump to conclusions like that, Miss Sparkle,” Truesight requested. “The description fits to him. Maybe our understanding of what the corrupted stars actually are is wrong. As a clairvoyant, I know such phrases are often not to be taken literally, but symbolically. Think of it: if a star would fall from the night sky and land in our world, this surely would be seen.”

“Hm... you are right there. I didn’t notice anything suspicious happening during the night Despair was born... besides her birth itself of course...” Twilight agreed.

“Then what do you think are the corrupted stars?” Fluttershy wondered.

“It might as well be that the term ‘corrupted star’ stands for a creature that is essential for the demon’s plan to resurrect Nightmare Moon. Seeing it this way, Discord being the first corrupted star makes sense. Although he was not aware of the existence of the demons, he helped them a lot during the time he was freed. The demons retreated during this time on purpose and let Discord spread chaos over the land and alter it in appearance. Even today, we are still discovering new paths he unintentionally created, which provide the demons huge advantage in traveling around unnoticed,” Obsidian spoke.

“Despair as well helped the demons a lot. She was very intelligent and kept on making up plans to improve the advantages of the demons. She organized them and even helped them wipe out the changelings,” Rarity added.

“But who are the third and fourth corrupted star then?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“That is a lot more difficult. The third corrupted star could be every creature able to reach a higher age. It could be everything from a dragon, to a reaper, even one of the princesses. Though they make the least of sense. Mistress Celestia represents light in its most powerful form. Until today, Maledictum Insania completely failed to even scratch her. Since she is the demi-goddess of the sun and light, it might as well be that she is immune to the curse. Princess Cadence as well makes no sense. She is living her dreams since she became married to Shining Armor. There is no space on her mind where the curse could start taking effect. Last but not least, Princess Luna is entirely out of question. She became purified by the elements of harmony. She is the only pony in all of Equestria unaffected by the curse of madness, since every bond she shared with Nightmare Moon had been destroyed,” Truesight stated.

“Every bond she shared with... Oh gosh!” Twilight suddenly shouted out.

“What is it, Twilight? Did you notice something?” Obsidian wondered.

“Yes! But of course! Remember Despair’s last words? She said we didn’t defeat Nightmare Moon, but instead free her! It makes sense now! Even though we may have defeated the most of her, millions of small fragments of her still exist in all of us! Princess Luna was Nightmare Moon’s host! And now that we purified her, Nightmare Moon is unbound!” Twilight explained.

“That is... of course... this really does make sense. And that is why Nightmare Moon wasn’t assisted by any of her demons when she became freed! She was in a situation where she could only win! If she managed to conquer Equestria again, she would have reached her goals. But even though you stopped her, she also only profited from it, since she is no longer bound to Princess Luna now! Until that point, killing Luna would also have destroyed Nightmare Moon. And her fall would also have destroyed all the other demons and lifted Maledictum Insania. But now that she is unbound, she doesn’t have any weak points anymore,” Derpy realized.

“This is terrible news...” Truesight commented. “We knew Nightmare Moon still exists in this land, through all her demons and in the souls of the ponies of Equestria. By now, if you sum it up with all the demons that exist together, she would have devoured billions of souls through them. Now that she is unbound, her power increased tenfold compared to the time of her rise. Together with all these souls, she would easily be capable of destroying the world.”

“Whatever it takes, we must prevent her from becoming reborn. Once that happened, we are doomed. There is no force in this world that could stop such a demon, not even the power of the princesses,” Obsidian stated.

“But... we still have no idea how they want to get her back! All we know is that there’ll be two more corrupted stars!” Applejack spoke.

“Seeing it from how they set up the events around Nightmare Moon’s freeing from the moon, it is likely the demons will try to set up a chain of events again which will become unstoppable once the fourth star appeared. I think it is pretty clear that there is no way to tell who the fourth star is or will be as long as the third didn’t reveal itself. We now know who the first and second were, but only through finding out who the third is, we can discover and stop the fourth before it’s too late,” Twilight figured.

“The prophecy says that the fourth star will end the world through a decision. It may not be aware this decision would have such a magnitude. Seeing how the demons set up things, it could be that it is just a tiny, completely unrelated decision which would finally set off the chain reaction. There might be no way in telling which decision would save us and which would doom us,” Truesight stated.

“You are a fortuneteller, Truesight! Can’t you look into the future and tell us who the third and fourth star are and which decision it is that will resurrect Nightmare Moon?” Pinkie Pie wondered.

“There is a problem with that... for about one hundred years now, I see a big gray wall approaching in the future. I can’t see past this wall. I guess I now understand why. This wall seems to be exactly at the moment the fourth corrupted star makes its decision. Whatever happens at this moment, it has such a strong effect that my future predicting abilities can’t reach anywhere near this time. I’m sorry. Neither can I see who the third and fourth star are, nor can I see if we will be able to stop Nightmare Moon’s resurrection,” the reaper clairvoyant explained.

“Oh, this is bad. This is really bad,” Rarity commented nervously.

“There is no reason to lose hope yet, Miss Rarity,” Truesight explained to calm her down again. “Being able to see the future brings great power. The power to change it. Even though many things I predicted in my life so far came true, the future is nothing written in stone. Now that we know what we have to look for, we are capable of stopping this prophecy before it comes true.”

“I suppose we reached the end of our research then. We know all the facts we can possibly know. It is up to us to act now,” Obsidian stated.

“Well, I don’t think there’s anything we can do right now. Even though this may be hard, all we can do is wait and look,” Derpy figured.

“I agree with that,” Truesight spoke. “My time here is over anyway. I need to leave now. There will be a heavy incident not far from the village, which requires my presence. I’m sorry to say but this is a farewell, keepers of harmony. This was the last time we met before the great gray wall. Only if we should make it past it, there is hope we may meet again.”

“Truesight, wait!” Rainbow Dash requested. “I always wanted to learn more about those spectralists you told me about! What are they? Just rainbow-maned ponies like you and me? Is there more to it? I mean, no one in my family ever had a rainbow colored mane! They have no idea where I got that from!”

“As I said the last time, it is not important, Rainbow Dash. Just a unique feature very few ponies have, like being an albino. Consider yourself special,” Truesight explained.

“Really? Is that all? Well, I guess I’m an anti-albino then or something. Anyway, thanks,” the athletic mare responded.

After a few more words, the group finally ended the meeting. Everyone went back to their daily tasks with an uneasy and worried feeling. Before Truesight left Ponyville again, Obsidian requested a short, private talk with her. So, they both walked outside the library and began to whisper.

“Grātiās tibi agō quod missiōni meae auxilium fers,” Obsidian thanked.

“I know how important it is and I know she might find out the truth if she learned what ability is bound to being a spectralist. We already have enough trouble with this prophecy now. We can’t have one of the most important missions fail on top of that,” Truesight replied.

“Which is exactly why I wanted to speak to you in private. Lady Truesight... what is the outcome of my mission? What is my future?” Obsidian asked.

“I’m sorry, elder. But I can’t see it. It lies too close to the great gray wall,” the clairvoyant answered.

“Intellegō... once more, thank you for helping us. Purity and sacrifice for Equestria,” the black stallion spoke to say goodbye.

“Purity and sacrifice,” Truesight replied and started walking off.

---

Fluttershy and Obsidian returned home as it started getting dark. This, again, had been an exhausting day. Not physically, but mentally this time. They decided to use the rest of the day to relax and recover.

“Would you like a cup of tea, my love? I got some fresh salvia,” the yellow mare offered, causing the reaper to smile lightly.

“You even know my favorite tea by now, although I never told you?” he asked.

“I guess I just know you very well,” Fluttershy responded, grinning happily a bit. “Sometimes, I have the feeling we are soul mates.”

“Soul mates...” Obsidian spoke slowly, faking his smile now.

Fluttershy just came closer and kissed him. Then she walked into the kitchen to prepare two cups of tea. Obsidian sat down on the sofa in the meantime. His wounds were healing only very slowly. He could just hope to get more flesh soon to recover his strength fully. That rescue mission drained him just too much. In his situation, he was unable to protect the keepers of harmony and just depended too much on the support of his partner.

The yellow mare returned with a plate in her mouth, presenting two cups of steaming hot tea and placed it on the small table in front of the sofa. Then she joined Obsidian, snuggling against him. He wrapped his cloak around her in return and placed his right front leg across her shoulders. They both kept on cuddling and kissing a few minutes more, waiting for the tea to cool down enough to be able to drink. After several sips, Obsidian suddenly started to cough.

“Oh goodness! Are you okay? I never heard you cough before,” Fluttershy stated.

“Strange indeed. I suppose I must have accidentally inhal-” he started, but couldn’t finish as he had to cough again, much harder this time.

The coughing quickly became worse and worse and the reaper started bending and grinding his teeth in pain.

“Obsidian! What’s wrong?” Fluttershy worried.

The black stallion couldn’t respond. Instead, he started vomiting blood. One last time, he lifted his head to Fluttershy with an expression telling he as well had no idea what was happening right now. Then he collapsed to the floor, unconscious.