Chapter 38

(Silver Andrews’s POV)

We were all back at a place called the Crystal Empire, the hospital, to be precise, everyone (or everypony, as they said it here) were just lounging around the common area, waiting to see if the pink filly, who I learned was Dinky, was going to be ok. The majority of the ponies that were with us had left, so the only ones that were here were the cyan, yellow, tan, pink, white, orange, purple, and grey ponies, as well as all of the foals, the armored white one saying something about going to his wife to tell her what happened. I wasn’t able to ask who the wife was before he left, but I decided that wasn’t important at the moment, so I just decided to sit at a chair that was a few sizes too small for me.

As soon as we landed, we brought the pink filly to the hospital to get emergency treatment, and they immediately brought her to the ER. I’ve got to be honest; I pretty much thought that she would be lucky to survive the night. I wasn’t trying to be pessimistic, but I have seen wounds that were just as bad as hers, and by my experience I thought that she wouldn’t survive, especially since she was a young child. However the technology here was pretty amazing; I never seen anything like this back at the hospitals that we had, so I thought that if she had any chance, it would be here.

As I looked around, I saw that the cyan one and the orange one (I still didn’t get their names) seemed to be talking to each other, while the yellow one (I think it was Shutterfly or something like that) was talking to the white mare. The pink one was talking to herself (I caught a few of the words that she said, namely my name, party, and cupcakes) while the purple one was just staring at me, writing something in her notebook every once in a while.

It eventually got annoying, and I decided to just ask her what the problem was, so turning to face her, I asked, “Is there something that you want to ask?”

The purple unicorn (Turns out that there are unicorns and Pegasus here, go figure) was a bit surprised that I talked to her, but she quickly recovered, before saying, “Well, I was just wondering…how did you get in the crystal in the first place?”

I sighed, and after a few seconds of thinking, I said, “well, there was this woman that I happened to cross by during one of my trips back from training, and she asked me how she looked in a dress she was wearing.” As soon as I said dress, I saw the white one perk up and turn to face my direction.

“Really? Oh, what kind of dress was it? Did it have any frills? Was it colorful, or dull? Shapely or sliming? Cute or-”

I cut her off at this point, saying, “Ok, first off, I have no idea what in the world you are talking about, and second, I don’t know, all I knew was that she didn’t look good in it.”

The white pony’s mouth fell open at this, before she quickly got control over herself and closed it. “I hope you didn’t say so to her, dear.” She said with a bit of venom.

“Well, she asked for the truth, so-” I began to say, before she cut me off.

“No, no, no, NO! That will not do at all! You don’t just say that she doesn’t look good in a dress, it is so unlike a gentlecolt.”

“Well…I didn’t say it along those lines…” I said, scratching the back of my head.

“Then what did you say?” Asked the purple unicorn.

“Well…I might have said along the lines of ‘it would look better on a pig’…or something like that.” I said, smiling sheepishly.

I looked at the two ponies, and noticed that everyone else was looking in my direction. I heard the orange one and the cyan one snicker a bit, while Shutterfly seemed to be trying to hide in her mane. The pink one was giggling at my comment, while the purple one seemed to be stunned at what I said to the women.

The white unicorn, however, seemed to be staring daggers at me, and I had a feeling that if looks could kill, I would be dead ten times over. “Why, how barbaric of you, saying that it would look better on a pig. Why, I…I…” At a lost for words, she just decided to turn her back on me, giving a loud, *humph!* as she did so.

“Well…that’s a bit…interesting…I guess.” Said the purple pony, a small blush on her face.

“What, I had no idea that she would be so offended that she would encase me in a giant crystal.” I said, trying to defend myself.

“I would for such a brash comment.” Stated the white unicorn, her back still facing away from me.

“Hey, you weren’t there, so for all you know, it could have been a bad dress.” I said.

This got her to turn around to face me again “Still, it is just so…rude, to say something to a lady like that.”

“Well, at least he’s truthful, so for that, ah can respect it.” Said the orange one.

“Well, at least someone-”

“Somepony.” Said the pink one. I paused, and then just decided to keep going.

“Anyways, at least someone-”

“Somepony.” I just deadpanned the pink pony, but she just had her huge grin on her face.

Sighing, I said, “Ok, fine, somepony agrees with me.”

“Ah ain’t agreeing with you, partner, ah just said that ah just understand you, is all.” She said.

I sighed again (I had a feeling that I would be doing that a lot in the next few days to come) and said, “Ok, what ever you say, uh…” I took a quick look at her ass, remembering that I saw some sort of tattoo there, and seeing a few apples, I decided to just call her Apples. “Uh…what ever you say…Apples?”

The orange pony just looked at me strangely, an eyebrow raised in humor or annoyance, I had no idea. “Apples?” She asked.

“Well, you have a tattoo of apples on you ass, so…I thought I would call you that.” I said, shrugging.

Apples blushed at this, and glancing behind her, she said, “Oh…well, close, but mah name is actually Applejack.”

“Meh, close enough, Apples.” I said, thinking that Apples would be an easier name to remember then Apple…whatever.

“I might have to call you that the next time we get together.” Said a voice, and all of us turning around, we noticed that Drakalian was walking back towards us, his hand still bandaged, but looking surprisingly better then it did a few hours before, as well as in a bit better spirits.

Apples gave an embarrassed smile at this, before lightly hitting him in the arm playfully. “Aw, shucks, sugarcube, you gonna get me embarrassed if ya keep that up.” She said.

Drak just grinned, before kneeling down and said, “Well, maybe that’s what I’m trying to do.” Once he said that, he… KISSED HER?!

My brain did a full stop, reverse, double take, and stopped again, just to process what I just witness. After a few moments of thinking, I was able to finally spurt out, “The fuck?!”

Drak looked up at this, before saying sheepishly, “Oh, forgot that you were here. Well, I was going to tell you soon anyways, but…AJ and I…as well as a few others…are kind of…going out, as it were.”

Now, going out with multiple partners at once, I could understand, since back at my home people would normally decided if they wanted to have a monogamous relationship, or a polygamous one, it was really up to the original couple to decide. Hell, the fact that they were different species wasn’t that much of a problem to me…well, not in the way that others might think it was. I remembered a distinct event in the past that happened before I was born, something about a princess loving a Feratic, which caused an entire genocide to occur due to it, was what first came to mind. Of course, it could be different here, but still…it was a bit worrying.

Before I could say anything else, however, the door to Dinky’s room opened, and out popped one of the doctors, which, as weird as it sounds, looked to be made out of crystal. We all stopped immediately and looked up upon his arrival.

“So…how’s she doing?” Asked the grey pony, a few tears seeming to be sneaking out of her eyes.

They doctor was quiet for a second, checking his little list that he had with him, before saying, “Well, it was touch and go for a while, since she did lose quite a lot of blood before she got here, heck I was surprised that she even lasted as long as she did before you brought her here. I must say, whoever was the pony that bandaged her so quickly did an absolutely amazing job.”

At this, some of us turned to face Shutterfly, and we could see a huge blush on her cheek due to the compliment. “Oh, it…it w-was nothing, really.” She whispered.

“Nonsense, Fluttershy, without your bandaging skills, she would have surely died a long time ago.” Stated the doctor. Wait, her name is Fluttershy…oops.

“So…is she fine?” Asked Drak, the worry starting to show again.

The doctor paused at this, once again checking his notes, before facing us again.

“Well…I’ll still need to keep a close eye on her for the next few days, but…other then that, she is predicted to make a full recovery.”

We all cheered a bit at this, glad that the pink foal was going to be ok. After a few moments of celebration, Drak said, “Can we go see her?”

“Well…normally, I would say no, but she has been asking to see both you and her mother, as well as the other human.” This peeked my interest. I could take a few guesses as to why she wanted to see Drak, and obviously she wanted to see her mother after all that happened, but I have no idea as to why she wanted to see me.

Drak nodded, and then, turning to face the grey mare and me he said, “Ditzy, Andrews, care to come in?”

“You don’t even have to ask.” Ditzy said, before she practically flew into the room, a look of relief on her face. I simply smiled and nodded, walking calmly into the room, Drak following behind me. Once in the room, the doctor closed the door, leaving us alone with the filly.

Dinky was currently lying in the bed (obviously), a little needle was stuck in her arm, and it looked like it was putting some fluids into her, judging by the water bag it was attached to. Her eyes were open a bit, but they still looked a bit tired, and I could see that she was struggling to keep them open. I could also see the bandages that covered the wound on her shoulder. When we entered the room, she gave us a tired smile, and with a lazy wave of her hoof, she said, “Hi Mamma…Daddy…I missed you guys…”

Immediately, they were at her side, saying how worried they were, and how much they missed her as well, and that they were so glad that she was going to make a full recovery, and other such things like that. I simply stood in the back, knowing that this was a family moment for them, and that I shouldn’t interrupt. They kept on talking for a while, maybe ten minutes, before the pink filly noticed me. Her parents noticed this, and turned to look at me as well. Getting the idea, I walked up to the foot of the bed, before kneeling down slightly to look at her better.

“Hey, glad to see that you’re doing better.” I said, a little awkwardly. After all, she was supposed to be sacrificed to awaken me. She however just smiled at me, before slowly raising a hoof up in greeting.

“I didn’t get the…chance to greet you…Mister, or for…thanking you for saving…everypony.” She said, a small, tired smile on her face.

I smiled as well, and took her hoof in my grasp before gently shaking it. “Well, I don’t like standing by the sidelines when I think I can do something to help, plus that Ahuizotl guy was just a down right as- um, meanie.” I said, releasing her hoof.

She nodded, and then after a pause, she said, “Well…my name’s Dinky…Dinky Doo. Can you…tell me you’re name?”

“Names Silver Andrews.” I said. She then suddenly yawned, and the door opened, the doctor poking his head in the room.

“Ok, you guys need to let her get some sleep now, she needs it.” We all nodded, and then we left, Ditzy and Drak giving their daughter a kiss on the cheek and forehead before leaving the room with me.

Once we were back with the others, I suddenly remembered something that was bothering me for a while. Turning to the others, I asked, “Wait, if the ritual was supposed to make me a mindless slave to whoever awoken me, then how come I was able to resist it so easily?”

The purple pony was the one to speak at this first. “Well, I was curious as to that myself, so I did some studying on the matter. I think that it has to do with the fact that both Drak and Dinky’s blood were used in freeing you, instead of Dinky’s like it was supposed to be. With Dinky’s foal blood, you were able to wake up, and with Drak’s human blood, you were able to counteract the contract part of the spell, allowing you to keep your own will.” We all listened intensely, enraptured by what she was talking about.

“Hey, you awake there, Andrews?” I quickly shook my head, surprised by Apples’s voice, and then looked at her and said, “Wha-huh...what was it again?”

The purple one sighed, shaking her head slowly. “Well, it was worth a shot.” Ok, so maybe some of us weren’t as into it as the others.

“Hey, I listened Twilight.” Said Drak, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek, making her smile a bit.

“Thanks.” She said, blushing slightly. Drak just nodded.

“So…now what?” I asked, a bit confused as to what we should do right now.

We were all quiet for a while, and then, Drak said, “I’m not sure. I guess we are going to have to wait for Dinky to heal before we can go to Ponyville and then figure everything out from there.”

I nodded, and then sat down, staring at my hands as I sat there. Everyone else was just talking to each other, and I would have too, but there were just so many things that I needed to get used to. I’m sure that after a while, I would be feeling better. Who knows, maybe they can throw some good parties as well, cause I remembered the pink one asking me if I liked parties, and I think a party would be just the thing that I need to help me start to fit in to my new home.

“Don’t worry, Andy, cause I’m going to throw you a party that you will never forget. And we are going to have so much fun. I’ll even let you play with my oven in the closet.”

…What?

The End

…For Now…

Author's Notes:

Just a few things before I go
First, I would like to thank HotWetLucario for his help in editing my story
Second, if you have come this far, even if you didn't like it that much, I would like to thank you, the readers, for going my story a chance
Finally, for those of you who have pointed out the mistakes that I made, I have written a blog about what I shall be doing with this story in the future, so if you are interested in what I have planned, then check it out here

That is all, and once again, thank you for reading my first story.