I awake to the sound of a gentle beeping. I open my eyes to find that I'm in a hospital bed. I look back to see my left wing has been wrapped up in a hard cast that is covered in a bunch of signatures and get well soon messages. Twilight is lying next to me, asleep with her face in a book while Miles sitting up in a chair, holding his head up with his fist as he sleeps. I look out the window and see that it's day time, a little before noon. I wonder how long I've been out. Heh, wonder if I can beat Mile's two weeks.

Twilight shuffles a bit and lets out a little moan. The look on her face tells me that she's having a bad dream. I start to stroke her mane, getting her face to calm down a bit. As I stroke her, I hear the door open as a nurse walks in. I motion to her to be quiet and point to Twilight and Miles, getting her to nod.

"Hello Mr. Cloud, my name is nurse Redheart," she whispers to me.

"Hello... how long have I been out?" I whisper back in a raspy voice.

"A week, how’s the pain?" She says as she checks the beeping machine that's attached to me. Wow, a week. Miles wins.... better not tell him that.

"I can't really feel my wings, they feel numb."

"You can thank your friends here for that. They've been doing nothing but studying on pegasus physiology and trying to fix you up while you've been out. They really saved your life."

"Will.... will I be able to fly after this?"

"Yes, but not right away. We can remove the cast in a week, and you'll be flying a week or two after that. Assuming your friends here don't fix you up any more than they have already. To be honest, you should be dead. Your one lucky stallion to have friends like them to watch over you like this, Mr. Cloud."

"Believe me, you don't have to tell me twice." I say as I look down to Twilight.

"Well, if you need anything, just call for a nurse and we'll come help you, please try to relax Mr. Cloud," she says as she leaves. She shuts the door a little too loud, waking Twilight up. She picks her head up and brings a page up with her. I laugh a little and push the page down.

"Hey..."

"Storm!" She says as she wraps me up in a hug. I return the hug, rubbing her back as she cries softly into my mane.

"Hey, everything's alright. I'm not going anywhere."

"Storm, don't you ever do anything like that again." She says as she shakes her head side to side. " I couldn't take it. I thought you were going to die... promise me you'll never do that again."

"I’m sorry. I saw him and jumped without looking, I promise I'll never make that mistake again."

"HUH! Wha... oh, *yawn* Storm. Your awake... that's good." Miles says as he wakes up.

"Hey Miles, thanks for healing me up, you really saved me back there."

"Don't mention it, I just wish I had learned more on pony physiology earlier. Who knew wings were magical." He says as he stands up and takes a look at us. "Well, I'll leave you two alone now, I've got to get to work, take it easy Storm." He waves goodbye and exits the room. After he leaves the room, I hold Twilight for what feels like an eternity, stroking her mane.

"Storm..."

"Yeah Twi...."

"I love you." She says as she picks her head up and looks down at me. I rub the side of her cheek and give her a quick kiss.

"I love you to." We kiss again, with much more passion this time. She starts to take control of our kissing by getting on top of me, but bumps my wing, sending a jolt of pain through my body. "AH!"

"Sorry!"

"It's fine... just really tender." She gets off of me and distances herself from me. "You don't have to leave, just... watch the wing." She scoots back into my embrace and holds onto my side, burying her face into my neck as she nuzzles me softly.

"How’s that?"

"Perfect." We lay there for a while, just holding onto each other, until Twilight looks out the window.

"It's getting late; I really should get back to the library soon."

"I'll be here."

"I'll come back tomorrow as soon as they let visitors back in, promise."

"I'll see you then."

"I love you."

"I love you more." We share a final kiss before she gets off the bed and trots out of the room. As she leaves the nurse wheels in another patient and lays him on the bed next to me. He's an earth pony with a pale white coat, a long black mane and tail with bright red eyes. It looks like his cutie mark is a wedge of cheese. The nurse lifts his bangs to feel his head to reveal a stub of a horn... I guess he's a unicorn.

"Sup," he says to me as the nurse leaves the room.

"Hey... what’s wrong with you?"

"Everything, but nothing."

"Huh?"

"The doctors don't know what’s wrong with me, but at the same time they always find something new wrong with me. What about you?"

"Uhh... broken wing..."

"Pfft... somepony's get all the luck. Was that your mare?"

"Yeah..."

"My cheesy weezy!" Yells another pale stallion as he runs into the room and starts kissing the other stallion. The new one is an earth pony with a long brown mane and tail and a silhouette of a pony on a pole as a cutie mark. I look away and try to ignore the two of them, but every lip smack brings my attention back to them.

"Ahem," I say, getting their attention.

"Sorry about that, didn't see you over there," says the new pony.

"Don't worry about it, but if you’re going to continue, could you at least close the curtains?" He walks over as pulls them over, giving us our privacy, by sight at least. I try to drown out the sounds of the squeaking bed by holding my pillow against my ears, but it hardly helps. Why does weird crap like this always happen to me? After several hours of laying in total horror from the squeaks and moans they finally stop. I can't believe I just sat through that... Miles's and Twilight need to hurry up and get me out of here. A nurse comes in and ushers the other pony, Squishy Trap apparently, out of the hospital while another gives me some sleeping medication. Why she couldn't give this to me earlier... I take the pill and quickly fall back asleep.

I wake up later to the sound of Twilight and Miles arguing. I look up and see them glaring at one another. I glance out the window and see the sun beginning to be raised.

"I don't want him being put through even more danger then he needs to be put into!" Twilight yells.

"If we do this we won't have to worry about him getting his ass kicked again! Twilight I know your worried about him, but he has to be able to stand on his own, we won't always be there for him."

"Could you two stop yelling and tell me what’s going on." I say, getting both of their attention.

"Yeah! Some of are trying to sleep here!" Yells the pony in the other bed as he shakes a hoof in the air.

"Sorry." Miles says as he shuts the curtains.

"Miles wants to put you through some ridiculous training thing because of what happened." Twilight says as she walks up to my side.

"Spartan training to be exact, after losing a fight like that, I don't want you walking around without some better training." I look between them in slight confusion.

"I don't see the problem."

"The problem is that he told me some of the things that you would go through, and I don't like it." Twilight says as she grabs a hold of my hoof.

"What would I have to go through?"

"Can't say, you would have to go through it not knowing about it." Miles says as he walks to the window and looks out to Ponyville.

"Well, when would it start?"

"As soon as your able to fly."

"Then I'll do it."

"What!" Twilight yells.

"Let’s be honest, Storm Breaker nearly killed me. If I don't do this, I could lose everything. I don't to take that chance again."

"But, Storm..."

"It'll be alright; it's not like he's going to try to kill me." I say, getting worried looks from everpony, "really, wow, that must be some intense training. But I still want to do it. If you can guarantee I'll be a better fighter, then I want to go through it."

"It will... I'll start making preparations." Miles says as he walks out of the room. I look over to Twilight and start to rub her hoof as she sits there, pouting. "Hey... talk to me."

"I don't like this; you're going to get hurt Storm."

"I figure, but if I'm going to be the one to protect you, I better learn to be the best fighter possible. It'll hurt, but nowhere near as much then if I were to lose another fight and never get to see you again." She jumps onto the bed and lays next to me, holding me closely.

"I still don't like it, but I'll support you."

"Thank you."

"You two aint gonna derp, are ya?" Asks the other pony from behind the curtain. We share a small laugh as Twilight gets off the bed.

"I'll be going now..."

"Wait, there's something I want you to look up when you get the chance."

"What’s that?"

"Look up whoever Storm Breaker is. See if he comes up in any records in the..."

"I know who he is!" Yells the pony from behind the curtain. Twilight pulls the curtain back and runs up to him.

"Really! Who is he? Where does he come from?"

"Whoa calm down, I don't know too much, but I recognize the name well enough."

"Well? Who is he?"

"The son of Snow and Rain Cloud.... you know, the pegasus who practically own the cloud manufacturing business."

"How do you know that?" I ask.

"There was an article about them in the Cloudsdale daily. Apparently there was a huge scandal with their son, Storm Breaker, and they sent him into the royal guard to teach him a lesson."

"What was the scandal?" Twilight asks.

"Hmm... you know I don't really know; it was like... eight years ago."

"Then how do you remember the names?"

"Oh, well one of my girls had to go to their estate in Cloudsdale and I saw the names of the attendants. His was right there and I put two and two together."

"One of your girls?" Twilight asks in confusion.

"Yeah they were having a party and wanted some entertainment, so they gave me a call. Anyway, they live up in Cloudsdale, uhh... somewhere. Just look for the biggest house possible, you really can't miss it." Wow... this must be the most resourceful stripper managers I've ever met. As Twilight and I thank him Miles walks back into the room with his hands on fire.

"You ready for this?" He asks as he walks up to my side.

"What are you doing?"

"Fixing you." He slams his hands onto my chest and starts to fill my body with his energy. I can feel the muscles and bones reconnecting as he continuously pumps his energy into me. All I can do is grab hold of the sheets and wait for the energy to stop pouring into me. When he finishes up, he brings a hand to my cast and waves his hand over it, making it crack off to reveal my completely healed wing. I sit up and give it a few tries... good as new.

"Wow, thanks Miles."

"Just a warning, the minute we step out of this hospital, I'm going to become living torture for you. I'll be waiting for you in the lobby." He says as he walks out of the room. I gulp as I look over to Twilight.

"So, can I trust you to look them up?" I ask Twilight as I get out of bed and stretch a bit.

"I'll find them, please try your best to stay safe Storm." She says as she walks up to me and nuzzles my cheek.

"Thanks, I will, I promise. I love you."

"I love you to." She says as we share a kiss.

"Aw, that's kinda nice," says the other pony. I ignore him and put some more passion into the kiss, until she looks away.

"I think we should get going... I doubt Miles will appreciate waiting for too long."

"He can wait for one more kiss." I say as I go back and kiss her again. We take our time conveying our love to each other, but soon enough we break off the kiss and head out the hospital.

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