Rainbow Dash looked at Kyle again. He was looking the same as before, only now he looked as if he had no energy left to use. Dash was on the verge of tears seeing her friend like this, but he would want her to be strong, so she held it in. Kyle would cough every now and again and that made dash cringe, seeing as now almost every cough was accompanied by some blood.

“Kyle, I’m going to go see Twilight again. We need to get you to the hospital or something. You are no good for yourself here, maybe they can help there” Rainbow Dash said to him.

He laughed a little “I guess you are going to keep this up now until I say yes right? Fine, I’ll go to the hospital, but I’m not going to like it.” Kyle got up and almost immediately fell over again. Dash rushed to his side and propped him up.
“Sit down, you are going to be teleported there by Twilight. I’ll be back in a few minutes with her” RD said before flying out of the apartment window again. She flew to the lavender mare’s house for the second time now. She just burst through the door to save time now.

Twilight turned around and gave a frown. “What happened now?” she said to the speedster pegasus. She was getting worked up, she had been searching through her books for a while now, but nothing seemed to help the situation any.
“He’s getting worse, now sometimes when he coughs, blood comes with it. We need to get him to the hospital or something, maybe they can help him there” Rainbow Dash said to Twilight.

“Dash, I don’t think the hospital can help him. This has been done with magic, so either his body must accept the change or else he could….” Twilight trailed off before the last word. She wouldn’t be able to live with herself if that happened.

Dash started to cry “Don’t say that! He will be fine; we just need to get some professional help or something! Why are you giving up?” She wasn’t holding it in anymore, she had been bottling it up for a while now and it was all let loose when Twilight said that. He isn’t going to die; he is nowhere near that bad. He just is a little sick is all.

“I’m not giving up Rainbow; it’s just that there is nothing in any of my books on how to fix what has happened. He is on his own for right now. I’ll teleport him to the hospital if you want, and I’ll even send a letter to Celestia to see if she could help the situation at all” Twilight said to RD with sadness filling her voice.

“Can you come now to send him there? I want him to get at least something to ease his pain right now, he won’t stop coughing” Rainbow Dash asked the lavender unicorn.

“Sure, let’s go”

Kyle was lying on his bed again. This sucks, my friend thinks I am the equivalent of dying and is so worried she can hardly think straight! He closed his eyes and held his hands over his face, despite how hard he wanted to drop them. He started to well up and then a single tear slid down his cheek. Huh, what if I die? What happens then? I honestly would accept the fact if I died, I have lived the equivalent of 3 lives here and all of them were worth living.

Twilight and Rainbow Dash came in through the door then. Twilight got a look at Kyle and saw what she meant by the fact that he needed to go to the hospital. He looked a mess. His hair was shaggy and his eyes were dull looking. He could hardly move and he had one horrible cough. “Kyle, you don’t look so good. We’re going to take you over to the hospital to see if they can do anything that will make you feel a little better” Twilight said to him with a reassuring smile.

“Ok, we can go when you’re ready” Kyle said in a reply. He sat up and managed to get up off the bed. Twilight charged up her magic and a few moments later they were teleported into the waiting room of the hospital. Twilight trotted up to Nurse Redheart who was behind a counter.

“Nurse Redheart, Kyle here is really sick and we need to get him checked out to see what’s wrong with him” Twilight said to the nurse.

Nurse Redheart looked at Kyle, who smiled weakly in response. She let her mouth fall open slightly as to how ragged he looked. She trotted around the desk and got a mobile bed for him and wheeled it over. He knew what was going on and lay down on the bed and Nurse Redheart wheeled him away from Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

About 3 hours later Nurse Redheart came back and saw that only Rainbow Dash was there. Twilight had gone home to research some more and Dash decided to stay. The nurse walked up to her and she got a hopeful smile. “Miss Dash, your friend is in a room now. We recommend that he stays here from now on; it will be the only way to keep him stable.”

Dash’s smile faded “What does that mean?”

Nurse Redheart was dreading having to say this, but the speedster pony needed to know what is going on. “Dash, Kyle’s body is slowly shutting down. We have him kept in a special room that will keep him stable for the time being, but his body is deteriorating. I’m sorry.”

“No, I don’t believe you! He will get better, he isn’t going to die! I know he is stronger than this, just wait and see” Rainbow Dash said with tears streaming down her face. He can’t die, I won’t let him!

“Rainbow Dash, his body is shutting down. He will pass eventually; it is just a matter of when. Go see him; he will need you by his side” Nurse Redheart said before walking away from the cyan pegasus.

Rainbow Dash walked to Kyle’s room, tears sliding down her cheeks and staining her fur. He will be fine, Nurse Redheart doesn’t know what she’s talking about. He will get better, he will be fine. She walked to his door and opened it. She saw him lying in his bed and he smiled at her when she came in. Dash hiccupped once and then tried to regain her composure “How are you feeling?”

“Come up here and lay with me for a little bit. I want to talk to you” Kyle said as he motioned for her to come up next to him. Dash smiled at him and listened; when she was up there she rested her head on his chest and looked up at him. Kyle started to rub her mane and she felt a little better.

“What do you want to talk about?” Dash said trying to sound optimistic.

Kyle put on a smile “Dash, you know how I feel about you, me loving you. I feel like this is going to interfere with that now, but I just want to let you know that I will always love you with all of my heart.” Dash looked at him and could tell where he was going with this.

Rainbow Dash started to well up again “What are you saying?” He thinks he is going to die! He isn’t, he sounds better already!

“Dash, I am not going to be around for much longer. I am not going to get better, only worse. This room is keeping me stable, but I can still feel myself getting weaker. Dash, I am going to pass away soon, but I want you to know that I am going to be passing knowing that I had one of the best times of my life here” Kyle said as tears started to slide down his cheeks.

“Kyle, shut up! You’re not going to die! Stop thinking like that, you will be fine I-I…”she trailed off and buried her head in his chest. Her sobbing was muffled by the bed sheets, but Kyle still felt horrible when he heard this.

Kyle reached down and lifted her head up so she was looking at him. He had the softest smile on right now “Dashie, you have become the best part of my life and I love you to death for that. Just you being here with me makes me feel better. I want to be with you for the rest of my time here.”

“I love you Kyle” Rainbow Dash said before she leaned in and kissed him on the lips. Dash was going to stay by his side and go through this even though it hurts.

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