Chapter 42: The Apology

Luna’s moon flies over the land of Equestria, shining it’s white light at all of the ponies that resides in the peaceful land. Under the euphoria of light is Dusk, who is walking in the direction of the hospital. He is much more optimistic about what he will expect there, and he is walking along at a quickened pace. He can see the building in the distance.

As he approaches the hospital, he begins to get nervous. He starts thinking of all of the bad things that could go wrong as he walks in...

‘As he enters the hospital, he asks the nearby receptionist to Zephyr’s area and he does so. As he enters, he could see that Twilight was still quite upset about the whole ordeal, and Zephyr is quite pissed off at the dark blue stallion. “What the hay were you thinking Dusk!? I had that diamond dog right in my sights, and then you had to go and distract me. That was so bucking stupid of you Dusk.” Dusk begins to stammer, “I-I’m sorry Z-Zeph, I didn’t mean-” “Bull crap Dusk, that’s a lie and you know it. Get the hay out, before I make you go out.” Murderously says Zephyr.’

‘As he enters the room, he could see that Twilight was bawling in a corner, while Zephyr was lying in the bed with a slowed heart beep. *beep............beep etc* The hospitalised pegasus starts to speak weakly. “D-Dusk... I don’t... think... I’ll make it...” Dusk begins to panic, “DOC? WE NEED A DOCTOR IN HERE ASAP!” Zephyr speaks again, “...t-thank you... for everything...” He closes his eyes, and both Twilight and Dusk hear an ear piercing *BEEEEEEE-* Dusk begins to tear up. “No no no, Zeph, you can’t die in me. I can’t lose another friend, Zeph... ZEPH!” He breaks down at the loss of another close friend...’

“I should really stop being such a downer. He should be fine... at least I hope that he’ll be fine.”

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Dusk walks up to the nearby counter, and sees an orange coated unicorn with a medium sized, brown mane/tail. He is wearing a doctor’s outfit, and he has a heart monitor as his cutie mark.

‘Is it just me, or does he look a bit like Caramel?’

Dusk begins talking, “Uh, hello, I’m here to see my friend Zephyr Verve. Could you possibly show me where his room is?”

“Before I let you in there, I need you to make sure that you don’t upset the mare in there. A group of her friends visited earlier, and calmed her down a bit, but she is still quite saddened by the injury of her friend.”

Dusk knows that he is talking about Twilight, and the girls. He is quite happy that the group helped her when she needed it. “Alright, I got it. So could you tell me the room he’s in?”

“Room 126. Take a left at the end of the corridor and walk to the end of the second hallway. You’ll see it on the left side.”

“Okay, thanks Doc.”

He walks towards the location of his friends room. He saw that some of the occupied hospital rooms have their lights off, probably because the patients inside wanted to gets some sleep, considering that it is dark outside. He turns to the left at the end of the corridor, and could see Zeph’s room in the distance. His light is on, which is a good thing for Dusk, as he didn’t want to wake them up if they were asleep. He knocks on the door of room 126,

*knock knock*

He hears Twilight speak from behind the door. “Hello... who is it?” She seems sad, but a lot more calmer than he thought she would be.

“It’s Dusk, do you mind it I uh... could see Zeph?”

She opens the door for Dusk, “Sure, he’s in the hospital bed.” Says Twilight. It is obvious to Dusk, that she had been crying recently, as her eyes were slightly bloodshot (only slightly) and there were a few tear stains on her face. She had also received a couple of light scuffs in the fight that happened earlier that day.

As Dusk enters, he sees his friend on the hospital bed, reading one of Twilight’s books. He seems really engrossed in the novel he is reading, and upon closer examination, it seems to be ‘Daring Do and the Last Crusade’. He is in much better condition than his pessimistic thoughts said he would be.

Dusk 1 - Pessimism 0

“Umm... hey Zeph...”

Zephyr, looks at Dusk, and smiles at him, “Oh hi Dusk.”

Dusk looks at the ground, and starts pawing at it with his left forehoof. “Zephyr, I’m sorry for injuring you. I’m such an idiot, I shouldn't have distracted you, that was so bucking stupid of me.”

Zephyr starts to shake his head, “Dusk, what am I gonna do with you? Don’t worry about it, it was all in good intentions.”

Dusk 2 - Pessimism 0

“Really, you’re not mad at me, even though I am the reason why you’re in hospital?”

Zephyr facehoofs, “I thought you knew enough about me now to realize that I wouldn't get mad at you, unless you deliberately hurt me. Was I mad when you told me about Rainbow and Pinkie?” Question Zephyr.

“...No, I guess not.”

“Exactly! You should stop worrying so much Dusk.”

“Yeah, I suppose that you’re right. So... what’s your injury?” Asks Dusk.

“Two cracked ribs, and they hurt like a mule, even with painkillers.”

“Ouch, isn’t that about a month or two recovery?”

“Yep, can’t work or do anything too hard until I’ve recovered.”

[Dirty Thoughts] Dusk now has a smirk on his face, as he walks up to Zephyr’s left ear and whispers.

“That means a month or two of no strenuous exercise... if you know what I mean.”

“Huh?” He thinks about what Dusk told him for a few moments before realising what he meant. His eyes go wide and he yells, “You bastard.”

‘Heh.’ Next Chapter: Chapter 43: Planning the Experiment Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 31 Minutes