-Frank's Point of view-

I came into the hospital room, carrying Connor in my arms, dashing to the medical room. I was in pain, but I mustered all of my strength to live to get Connor to his destination. The nurse pony kept at my pace and cleaned out a bed to where I sat Connor on top.

"He needs medical attention!" I shouted to the nurses and they rushed to get a doctor.

I looked around his body, black skin with radiating grey veins, and his face wasn't recognisable. He was breathing, but his breath sound like dry-heaving. His undergarments were the only clothing that were intact and I grabbed the blanket to put it over from his feet to waist.

'I need... To... Try...' I couldn't even get my train of thought to put together words. My vision became very blurry and I tried to cast my healing spell on myself, but nothing came out of my hands. No aura of magic came to me, my body spent and this wound was the reason.

"Sir... You have a hole in your torso..." One of the nurse's told me.

I looked at her and she flinched, "Get Princess Twilight..." I gasped as I fall on my back.

-An hour ago-

I watched in horror as Barb injected her whole blood into Connor. I just happen to heal him and tried to come to Aston's aid, but Derick was already inside of him. I ran like he told me too, but Connor followed me. I looked behind myself and saw that he was just floating in mid-air. His skin was turning black and he screeched. The sound was similar when a metal piece scratches against a chalkboard.

He lunged towards me and I blocked it, but it caused me to fly back a few feet across the field. I grabbed the sword that I got from Derick and stood in defence. I also turned the blade so that I won't hurt Connor. I just needed to knock him out.

"Sorry in advance Connor!" I shouted, but he lunged towards me again.

I swung the sword against his shoulder and he screeched again. It caused my ears to ring. I gritted my teeth so I could ignore the ringing. Connor still floated in the air and I swung again, but I felt my magic running into the blade and it caused him to hit the ground. The wind got knocked out of him and I felt the same rage surging into me that happened when I was killing the changelings. With all of this rage, I hit him again on his back, then again, again... Again!

I felt my rage was dissipating, my magic was wearing off and I stopped swinging. Big mistake... Connor, in a quick succession, stabbed both of my shoulders with his hands. I screamed as everything slowed down. There was an explosion between Connor and I. It caused me to fly back as Connor's hands pulled out of my shoulders. I felt every muscle, bone and skin being torn apart from my shoulders. This didn't knock me out of consciousness, but I was on the floor, several feet away from Connor.

I got up by using my feet and walked to his body. I could tell immediately that Connor was losing the will to live. Despite the pain, I picked his body up and put him over my shoulder.

Ba-DUMP!

The sound of my heart suddenly stopped when I tried to walk. I took a deep breath and my heart slowly turned back to a normal pace. Even though my heart had skipped a beat, my main priority was to bring Connor to safety. I took another breath as I ignored it and rushed to the Ponyville Hospital.

-Present Time-

I awoke in a familiar situation, I was bandaged up to where I couldn't move. I could tell that air was going through my shoulders and it felt unnatural. My hearing slowly returned to the sound of ringing, the first thing I heard was life support machine beeping to the rhythm of my heartbeat.

Ba-DUMP!

"Ahh..." I groaned in pain.

"Don't move your body." said a familiar voice.

I kind of disobeyed and moved my head towards the voice. To my right, I saw Twilight trying to hold back her tears, but when I smiled at her, she lost it.

"What happened over there!?" She demanded.

I gulped, "I..."

"You fought against Connor, who was out of control and you couldn't bring him back. Then you got injured because of it!" She cried.

"Twilight.."

"Don't Twilight me! You almost died out there!!!" She gasped, "I know you tried to save Connor, but he died! Whatever was inside him, got his body to decay in an alarming rate."

I didn't say anything.

"That's not all! Aston also died by turning into yellow ash!" She was breathing heavily, "Do you know how horrifying it is to see someone's partner die in front of them? I don't know the feeling at all, but... But..."

I couldn't take it, I raised my right hand and cupped her cheek. She sighed sadly to my touch as her tears streamed over my hand. I moved my hand away as I moved my body to the left to make room for Twilight. I gestured her to hop on and she complied. Twilight put her hooves around me, rested her head on my chest that was away from the wound. She and I sat there for a good few hours, we enjoyed each others company to a point where silence is very golden.

Finally I spoke, "I'm sorry... I know you've been through a lot and you're afraid that you'll lose me someday."

I glanced at her eyes and she had them open. I lightly raised my left, it stung as I moved it, but I rested it on Twilight's mane. I could tell that she was in distressed and all of her emotions were bottled up.

"Like you said to me." I said, "Express your emotions, to make it easier on yourself."

Twilight cried, wailed and whimpered for her frustration towards me being injured. She mourned for my friends, Logan, Connor and Aston. They have past because of the evil that was created through the six of us when we first walked into the mirror. I lightly stroke Twilight's mane with what muscles I have left as I tried to comfort her. Eventually, she cried herself asleep and I kissed her forehead.

"Sweet dreams, Twilight..." I whispered.

The door across from me opened as a doctor trot to the left of me. He slightly smiled to see that the princess was sleeping right next to me, but he clear his throat gently.

"What's the news Doc?" I asked.

"Your wounds will heal in no time. It seems that the anomaly that prevented magical healing aid from the outside has disappeared. Though I have some bad news to add." He said.

"Whisper into my ear, so I don't have let Twilight worry." I told him.

He obeyed and whispered this to me, "When your shoulders got stabbed, Connor's left hand missed your heart by two inches. So, when your wounds have healed, you have to take some medicine to heal your heart."

"Thank you, doctor.... I'll see to it when I'm out of the hospital. Anything else?" I asked.

He shook his head in reply, "I'll let you and Princess Twilight rest."

The doctor left without a word, Twilight was within my grasp, but when he left I felt my cheeks had moistened up. Two of my friends are now gone for good. My breathing quickened as I tried to calm my emotions. It was futile though and in the end, I silently wept myself to sleep.

Pain is what I felt when I awoke the next morning and it wasn't pleasant. When I checked my surroundings, however, Twilight was still there in my arms which almost washed away the surging pain.

"Glad to see your still kicking..."

I turned my head to the left to see Jayden staring out the window. He was in his regular clothing, but something was different. He had his scythe and a saddlebag that was modified to wear as a human or Pegasus. I was going to ask him how he was doing, but Connor and Aston came into mind. I needed to address to him that I know and if he also has knowledge of the incident.

"I suppose you've heard..." I almost mumbled.

He clenched his fist, "You... Have... No... Idea..."

"I... It tried to save Connor, but it was out of my control..."

"I know and..." He was shaking slightly, "To see my friend that I grew up with being turned into a black rotting corpse is sickening."

"It also happened to Aston too..." I held back my choking, "He turned into yellow ash..."

Jayden slammed his fist on the window that caused Twilight to stir in her sleep.

"God... Fucking... Damn it..." He hissed.

Both of us stayed silent for some time while we heard Twilight lightly snoring through this conundrum. This was really a big hit against our friendship. I brought five really good friends to Equestria, where everything was supposed to be peaceful, but no... Fate had other plans and screw us over to kingdom come.

I sighed, "What are we going to do now?"

Jayden walked up to me and took a seat to the provided chair that was right next to the night stand. "Luna and I have been talking... She got permission with her sister and I agreed with her plan."

"Enlighten me."

"Luna and I are going back to Earth to search for any survivors. We don't know how long we'll be gone, but one thing is for certain, we aren't going back until we find at least a handful of them." He explained.

I nodded, "Do what you think is best."

He scoffed, "There you go again. You always do this to me. When I come up with an idea, you don't know what to say except for that."

I smiled lightly, "A lot of things happened and I don't have a say to what you do. If Celestia herself has given you two permission then go."

He tilted his head down, "Is there anything you want us to do while we're gone?"

I felt that my smile faded away, "Bring back pictures of Logan, Connor and Aston into Equestria. Also..." I was thinking of how this job would be impossible for him to do.

"Also... What?"

I sighed, "You'll think I'm crazy..."

He shook his head, "From the very beginning when we first met, I thought you were crazy. Hell, I consider myself as a crazy one as well. Whatever you have in mind, I'll try to do it."

I grinned, again my friend has proven me that our bond was still strong. I stared at him with a serious look, "Find anything and everything about the human culture. Send it to the Castle, it has to be a book or DVD. Twilight and I will take care of the survivors when they come through."

I laughed slightly, "You never seize to amaze me. I suppose only one copy of the Holy Bible will be enough."

I chuckled but painfully coughed due to all the happiness, "Yeah. Though I trust you not to bring anything through if it's a threat."

He raised an eyebrow, "This face is telling you: Why in the flying fuck would I do that?"

I smiled, "Sorry, just had to make sure, you're still Jayden."

"Who are you and what have you don with Frank?" Jayden sarcastically asked.

He and I chuckled a bit, but it eventually ended in silence. Without a word, he got up to pick up his saddlebag and walked towards the door.

"I'll let you know when I've left." He said walking out.

"See ya later, mate." I waved my hand slightly.

"You're not British, mate." He smiled.

The following weeks were fine. The 'holes' that were part of my body had healed over pretty well, but they were still somewhat tender. It was getting close to sundown and the doctors let me out of the hospital. So, I was free to walk out of the hospital, with Twilight, while I had bandages around my torso, pain meds, heart medicine, and an inhaler. I informed Twilight about my heart problems and she was a bit anxious about the issue, but when I told her that my heart was going to heal in about a month, she calmed down. She and I were walking around the newly fixed town, but something caught my mind.

"Hey, I forgot to ask." Twilight turned her head, "Where's Ryan, Coco, and Nia?"

Her ear's splayed back in realization, "OH!" Her horn glowed and out came a scroll from her teleportation. "They became devastated of what happened, that they moved back to Manehatten."

"What?" I wondered as I unrolled the scroll.

Frank and Jayden,

What happened at the Funeral put a great distress on Coco and couldn't stand being in Ponyville any longer. She, Nia and I had come to a decision to live at Manehatten. This is only temporary until we recover from this 'horrifying event' as Coco described. I can't blame her for what happened, Coco being hurt like that by someone so cruel almost shattered my reason to live. I'm sorry for not telling you this in person.. er pony and I hope you and Jayden will forgive me.

From your friend,

Ryan

I sighed, "I don't blame him for getting devastated."

"Pinkie isn't doing that great at all." Twilight said.

"I can only imagine. Has she gone to her parents house?" I asked her. I only heard little details of what happened to her when I was lying in the hospital bed.

Twilight nodded, "Yes, but don't worry she'll be back to herself soon." She looked down for a moment and sighed, "I guess everypony is going on a vacation."

At that very moment, Twilight gave me an idea. Though I would have to make modifications to magic, but nevertheless it was an idea. I quickly jogged towards the castle to see Spike and Applebloom sitting right next to each other. I took a deep breath to calm my heavy pants and waved at them.

"Hey, Frank." Spike and Apple Bloom said in unison.

"Hey, what are you guys up to?" I asked them.

They slightly blushed, "We were heading to Sweet Apple Acres."

Apple Bloom nodded, "Yes, we were talking to see if we can ask Apple Honey if we can run the Prancing Pony."

Twilight trotted into the conversation, "I'm afraid AppleJack is taking care of that, Apple Bloom. Apple Honey isn't doing so well after..." Apple Bloom lowered her head while Spike rested his claw on her shoulder. Twilight continued, "Well you've probably already heard, but that doesn't mean you can ask to assist them both."

Their faces brightened up a bit, "Really?" Apple Bloom asked.

"They're your family, you shouldn't be afraid to ask." Spike assured her.

"Oh! I almost forgot. Spike, you can sleepover at AppleJack's." Twilight informed them.

I smiled, "Run off you two, but no funny business."

They quickly nodded to what I meant and quickly disappeared into dust clouds of their selves. Twilight and I chuckled, but I coughed violently as my breathing suddenly slowed. My legs almost collapsed on myself, but I leaned against Twilight for support. I quickly grabbed the inhaler and press the button once it was in my mouth. My lungs were relieved and I was breathing normally again.

"I'm never going to get used to this am I?" I asked my lover.

She shook her head, "It's not going to be easy, but when the month is over with that medicine, everything will be alright."

"I suppose you're right. Though I had a side project while I recover."

She raised an eyebrow, "Really? What is it?"

I touched her lips with my index finger, "It is a secret until my heart has recovered."

Twilight gave me the unamused eyes but smiled because she could trust me. When she closed the doors, she locked them with her magic and teleported us to our room. I was in the covers and Twilight was right next to me. She snuggled up against me and sighed.

"I'm going to get you better by my affection and the medicine the doctor gave you." She cooed as I scratched her ears.

I smiled as I leaned and planted a kiss on her lips. She returned it and giggled, "I love you, Frank."

I slightly squeezed her flanks with my hand and she squeaked, "I love you too, Starybutt."

She giggled, "That one is new. First it's Sunbutt for Celestia and Moonbutt for Luna."

"Like it?"

She kissed me again, putting her tongue inside of my mouth and released me, "Just don't mention it to my friends."

"That, I can agree on."

I saw the clock on the wall and it was time for my medicine. Twilight was able to teleport a glass of water and two pills on my nightstand. "Already one step ahead of you." She told me.

I chuckled and gulped down the pills with the water. I finished the glass and felt a sudden warmth around my chest. I felt that my heart being bathed in a warm blanket and it was very pleasant.

I lay back down next to Twilight and smiled, "I love you, Twilight."

She pecked me on the cheek, "I love you too, Frank."

Author's Notes:

Leaving on a happier note, but still overall a sad a depressing chapter. My class has started back up and I might have less time to work on the chapters. I'm a busy author who has a stocker job and is taking College Algebra.