Two weeks. Two goddamn weeks, and I still can't speak. Well l can speak but it hurts like a bitch. kuro can speak for me but its not the same. I suppose one good thing is that Fluttershy is still my friend. As I lay in the white cotton bed, i look outside to watch what's going on out there. There's decorations being set up, little games being built, and stands with treats on them. This could be only one thing.

Nightmare night was tonight.

And I don't even have a costume. Well, i gave Rarity a design for my costume, I just hope she finished it. Aw well, at least I'm getting out today. Kuro begins to purr as I scratch behind his ears. Most, if not all, my wounds have healed compleatly. Well...some of my bones are still either
broken or fractured but still. The door opens and my Pegasus friend steps into view. Her hair billowing like cherry blossoms in the air. Wait why am I thinking like this? Wait could I..? Nah, I can't be.

"Hey Silver," she said as she stepped closer. That ever present kindness flowing throughout the room. I look towards Kuro before makeing him answer.

'Hmm? Oh! Uhh, she said: Hi Fluttershy, what are you doing here?' Man I love telepathy. She smiled before helping me to my feet. "I'm here to take you home, Silver." She said before pulling one of my arm over her neck and helped me to some crutches. I have a cast around my leg, what else could I do? Just
so you know, its the right leg that is broken.

"Ach, ugh my...throat.. achf," I said in a strained voice as well as blood spurting out of my mouth. She gasped before wiping the leftover blood from around mouth.

"Shhh, your lung still hasn't fully healed. You shouldn't talk." I sighed as we walked out into the corridor. Like the room, clean and with the strong smell of medicens. With Kuro firmly perched on my shoulder we made our way down to the reception hall. The clanks of the metal part of the clutch echoed in the hall.

As we arrived to our destination we were greeted by lots of decorations, just like in the town. There where cobwebs, fake spiders, plastic pony skulls and everything in between. 'heh, just like home'. I thought as we stepped outside.

"Wait!" Someone called from the reception hall of the hospital. Nurse Red Heart ran out to catch up with us. As she reached us she spoke in a tired voice, she was also panting. "...don't...do much exercise when you get home. Just take it easy." She said after she caught her breath. "Come back in a week and ill remove your cast."

'Well first, no shit. And second, okay'. I asked Kuro to relay my thought, except the 'no shit' part, and went on our merry little way. As we walk back to the cottage I'll tell you what happened with my two weeks at the hospital.

Not much happened actually. Apparently after Fluttershy used the 'stare' on the 'manticore', skittles spotted me, Fluttershy and the CMC in the forest and managed to lift me out of the forest. She flew like lightning and created a 'sonic rainboom' just to get me help. It was touch and go from that point on, apparently I flatlined twice as they removed the venom from my blood stream and melded my bones with their magic. I spent three days after that in a coma like sleep before weakening up to see Fluttershys face.

She was so relived that I woke up as she was afraid that I never would. I asked Kuro to ask her why she ....uhh....wasn't freaking out and she said that I was her friend and friends stick together no matter what. She was a little jumpy though. Well being as I am a half demon with inhuman strength and speed, I could forgive her for that. Anyway, my friends came by and inspected my wounds. I was pretty much a livening mummy with all the bandages and casts on me.

Everyday, either Shy or our friends visited me while I was recovering, which was nice because I couldn't get through this with out at least one of them by my side. I sigh as I get a nostalgic feeling as I look around the town. "Is there something wrong, Silver?" Fluttershy asks as she looks at me.

'uhh, she said; yeah I'm fine, it just reminds me of home'. Kuro relays to her. Fluttershy being Fluttershy, she understood what he said before placing a hand on my shoulder.

"That's nice. You must feel homesick more than anything." She said. Her beautiful eyes staring into mine. My cheeks flushed all of a sudden and I looked away. 'What's wrong with me today?'

As we reached the little cottage, I took a deep, long breath of the warm air, allowing the strong smell of the earth and flowers around me. "Good to be home right?" She asked. I nodded as as coletar passed into my veiw. I was too at home to brush it away so I just walked by it. Shy opened the door to allow me to limp inside. Letting my tail slip out, I sat down on the couch and rested my leg on the stool. Relaxing, I put my arms behind my head and smiled.

"It's nice to see you all relaxed for a change." I was about ask Kuro to reply but a knock came from the door. I sighed and re-tucked my tail underneath my clothing. Fluttershy walked to the door and answered the door. "Oh. Hello rarity, how are you?" I glanced at the door and true to her words, rarity was there standing in the doorway, coat hanger in hand with a cover over the contents that hung over the hanger.

Rarity looked at me and beamed. "Silver my dear!" She ran up to me and hugged me and smiled. "I didn't know you got out today." She said as she released her grip on me. What's this? Happiness levels rising!?

"She got out not too long ago actually, but she can't speak, her lungs are still healing." I gave her a nod as I rubed my throat. Rarity stroked her chin with two fingers and hummed to her self. Then, she snapped her fingers and looked at me excitedly.

"Silver I had the prefect idea!" She said, stars sparkling in her eyes. She handed my costume over to Shy and motioned me to get up. I gave her a confused look but obliged and stood up, using my katana to stable my self. And yes I know I switch from calling it a sword to katana and back, get used to it! "Now just hold still. This won't be as good as twilights but I think it will help you a bit." Her horn lit up in its magical aura and closed her eyes. Suddenly the same bluish magic sarounded my throat. Then a burning pain erupted in said throat and slowly traveled down until it reached my punctured lung and then suddenly vanished.

"There." She said triumphantly and with a smile as she put her fists to her hips.

"What...did you do?" I asked, all the while clutching my burning throat.............wait what? "Wait, did I..? Oh my god I can talk again! Woooooooo!" I shouted, fist pumping into the air.

"Well don't talk to much, it may help the healing process but if you talk to much it could undo the magic." She warned me, which stopped my enthusiasm, like with a slege hammer. 'Well...shit.' I hung my head in sadness before smiling at rarity.

"Thanks anyway rarity, your the best!" I hugged her. She pulled back out of shock, but quickly returned the hug.

"Well, I have to go. I don't want sweetiebelle to set my boutique on fire....again. Uhh, I'll see you later I guess." Both me and Shy nodded and waved her good bye as she left, me holding onto Buttercup there. 'Hey, that suits Shy. Hmm, I'll have to ask her about that someday.'

I sat down, again and sighed. I let my tail out and let I hung over the armrest. Kuro pounced onto the fluffy end of my tail, but I removed it just in time. 'Hey, that gives me an idea'. I dangled my tail in front of kuros face and waited for him to pounce before I removed it.

"Would you like some tea?" My friend asked halfway between the living room and the kitchen. I smiled and nodded at her. She smiled back and walked into the kitchen. The sounds of cups clinking against each other and water being slowly boiled was heard shortly after. Being distracted, Kuro took that as an opportunity to pounce on my tail.

"GAHHH!" I screamed as I pulled my tail upward, pulling Kuro along with it. He just hung there as he bit onto my tail.

"Silver! What's wrong I heard you screa- pfthahahahaha!" Fluttershy began to laugh as she saw the scene before her.

"It's not funny! That really hurt." She giggled before crouching next to Kuro and spoke in a motherly voice.

"Kuro, please let go of Silvers tail." She said, her voice calm and tranquil. Kuro looked at Fluttershy, then at me. He nodded his head and let go of my tail. 'Sorry Silver'. He said in my head while he lowered his.

"It's okay Kuro. I did kinda tease you with it." He smiled and leaped onto my lap and lied down, purring. Fluttershy went back into the kitchen to retrieve the tea and returned with it and some biscuits. She placed the two cups down onto the table along with the plate of biscuits.

"So what are you going to dress up as?" She asked me before taking a sip of her tea. I took mine and drank deep into it, letting the mint flavoured liquid wash over my tongue.

"Not telling, it's a surprise." I said with a smile. She frowned and 'hmphed' as she crossed her arms. It was....kinda cute. "Oh don't be like that, you won't know who it is anyway."

"Okay." She said, a sad look across her face. The rest of that day was quite boring. Well, when your on the mend and can't move, that can happen a lot. Anyway, I asked if I could have a notebook or small journal do draw some doodles or some thing. She gave me a thick book that I could draw in and I set to work, drawing absols and other pokemon in it, even a sketch of Rin Okumura.

But time moves quickly and it was time to get changed. I unzipped the cover and smiled at its contents. The T-shirt was stripy with the collar turned up. On the left side was a long sleeve with a shoulder guard attached to it and a wolfs head Implanted on the closest part of where the chest would be. On the right side there was just a glove that just reached my elbow. There was a couple of leather straps that would fit all around my body and black trousers. Yep, that's right I was dressing up as cloud from Final Fantasy.

I quickly put it on and I'll be honest, I look pretty damn sexy. "Are you ready yet?" My friend called from out side of the room. I grabbed kurikara and hobbled over to the door before I opened it. Fluttershy was there dressed up in a black dress that was tattered in certain areas. Fake cobwebs lined her mane. Speaking of which her mane was bundled up, it was kinda like there where buns instead of a mane. Two fangs hung from her mouth, it didn't take me long to figure out that she was dressing up as a vampier. But if that was the case, then why was her nose bleeding.

"Uhh, Shy. You have a little something there." I pointed to her nose and she immediately wiped her nose with a cloth that she had in her pocket. "You okay there Flutters?" I asked, she just began to blush but she nodded anyway.

"I-I'm fine, let's go." I hesitantly nodded. As we walked out of her home, she told me what happened last time. Apparently she hid in her house all night because she was scared of the costumes. I laughed a little as she told me, which earned me 'The stare'. Which scared the shit out of me I'll tell you that. Little children ran to and fro from house to house, each time chanting, 'nightmare night, What a fright! Give us something sweet to bite!', which was pretty damn cute.

We met up with our friends after that. They where all dressed up in really funny, frightening, or just plain weird. Pinkie was dressed up as a zombie, her fur was black and slimy and both eyes are blood red and glowing. Applejack was dressed up as a scarecrow, skittles is dressed up as a cyborg, rarity dressed up as a skeleton and twilight was dressed up as Gandalf.....wait what?

"Wow you all look so cool! God I know who would love to see you like this." I said as I remember Steve liked costumes.

"And that pony silvy?" Pinkie asked. Her ever present smile stuck onto her face. I giggled before I answered.

"My friend, Steve. He was a nut job for costumes, we even grew up together in the orphanage." I smiled as I remembered him. "He even dressed up as a thief once." My little gang looked at each other with a face I couldn't pin point.

"Uhh, what did he look like?" She said in a nervous voice, which confused me greatly.

"Well, he has raven black hair, emerald green eyes and just a little bit taller than me. Oh and he was kinda muscly. Why?" I asked back.

"Uhh, no reason." Twilight said. Okay, now I'm really confused.

"Huh, well if he ever saw this, he would flip. Oh, skittles." I directed my attention to rainbow just to see her face, she really hates that nickname. "You should tell him about that time with the baseball bat, ha! Right off the nuts."

"Maybe you should tell him your self." Fluttershy said with a smile. I looked at her with a diverse look. She pointed behind me. I turned and saw something that stopped my heart dead. 'It can't be. I thought over and over again to my self, but the proof was there.

"Steve?"

Author's Notes:

*gasssssssssp* guess who's here!