Two months.

Two damned, god forsaken months.

I had been asleep for two months, I just can't believe it's been two months since Appleloosa, honestly it feels like it's been shorter. Besides that, I'm still asleep, and I don't know when I'll wake up, but whenever I try I only get a small finger twitch. Hopefully, I don't have to be like this for much longer.

Oh I've known that I'm in a coma, I've known this ever since day one, and I'm not liking this at all. I overheard the doctors saying that I could be asleep for a very long time, but that's just the worse case scenario. It's only been two months, what could possibly go wrong? Besides getting blown the shit out of by a cannon, and then some.

One Month Later

OH MY GOD JESUS CHRIST! Being in a coma for three months can drive a man crazy, because here in my mind I've already woken up and I'm already self aware, it's just that my body is deciding to be a huge dick! With three months of nothing to do, this was way worse than any other of the missions I had to take on Earth. I'm surprised I'm even still sane.

"It's been a while, Andrew." Who was that? Is someone there?

"You don't remember me? Aw, how unfortunate." There was a dark purple-blue cloud that formed out of the darkness. What appeared from the dark cloud was none other than the Princess of the Night, Princess Luna. My mental form ran up to hug her, and she felt warm, a sensation I haven't felt in a long time.

I started to cry, "how are you? It's been so lonely here."

"I am doing well, and you wouldn't know the feeling of lonely as well as I have. Try being stuck on the moon for a thousand years." She dared, but I just squeezed the breath out of her.

Once I let go I sniffled a little bit before speaking, "at least you had family to go back to. Mine are all dead," I took a cloth and dried my face, I then threw it on the ground where it disappeared.

"I-I'm sorry, I had completely forgotten." Now it was her turn to cry, but before she could I embraced her once again in a hug, trying to comfort her to the best of my abilities. I'm no mother, but I must be pretty good at comforting if I do say so myself.

"It's fine, your highness, don't worry about it."

"It's good to see you Princess, but may I ask how or why you're here?" I'm pretty sure that I'm still asleep, in a coma no less.

"I can go into dreams of other beings, since you've been gone for so long I've decided to come visit you. Perhaps even to help get you out of here." She bonked me on the nose, which was really uncalled for, but I could care less.

I dreamt up a small sofa for me to sit on, but there was a problem to that. I wasn't a very lucid dreamer to begin with, and that scares me to know that I just dreamt up a sofa. As I sat there, confused, Luna started to giggle.

"I see you've found out."

"Found out about what?" I didn't want to admit it, but I was seriously confused.

"Well, you are still Night Shade's descendant, your family is full of lucid dreamers. This is one of them called a 'false awakening,' where you're still asleep, but you think you're awake." She pointed out, which caused me to nod my head.

"So, can you wake me up or...?" I asked, and she giggled at me as a response.

"Of course, but it might take some time to ready the spell. Either that or you could wake up naturally, which by my estimation... could take another week or so."

"I think I've been asleep for three months too long, so I would go with your spell." Trust me, being in a coma isn't fun, and if I found out about my lucid dreaming ability earlier, it could've been better.

Luna just disappears into thin air in front of me, and I was left alone once again. I returned to the couch and sat down, picking up a holographic magazine from the coffee table. I slid my finger across the screen and it turned the page for me.

"Heh, I wouldn't be surprised if Earth hasn't dropped out of it's orbit from all the fatties back home." I flipped the page again to the holographic magazine, seeing that most celebrities these days look ugly as shit, and half of them aren't even human either, mostly androids or robots.

Moments later, I found the room around me turn from a jet black to a crisp snowy white. Something must be happening in the world of the awake, and something's happening to me. Knowing Luna, she must have something to do in all of this, and so far it seems like I'm waking up.

I tried to move again, and this time I'm getting more control over my body than I did any other time. I feel relieved to know that I'm awake now, and all I need to do is open my eyes. When I tried to move my hand, I felt surprisingly weak, which was normal considering that I've been asleep for three months. I needed to get back in shape before I can do anything.

I fluttered my eyes open to see Princess Luna staring back at me, along with Helena, Jhon, Nick, and a whole load of other ponies. I got directly into my upright position and started to cough, my eyes were watering so I picked up a trash can by the side of my bed. My gut started to throw up its contents, and I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth. I then set my stomach's contents down and leaned back against my bed, looking straight forward, and into the eyes of Rainbow Dash.

"It's been a while RD, how ya doin?" I ask meekly, almost at a whispering, yet very raspy tone.

"I could ask you the same thing! You moron." She jumped at me and hugged me, I returned the embrace, but not very strongly since my arms literally felt like noodles.

"Alright, alright, time for Uncle Drew to get some rest. I feel like shit, so don't come too close to me." I said, laying back against the bed. Night Shade made his way to the front of the crowd all around my bed, and he presented me with a wooden box.

"It's for you." I opened it up to see a Silver Star commendation as well as a silver oak leaf medal in display. I closed the box and set it down on the night stand next to me. I smiled back at Night Shade as he looked at me, I could very well see that he was proud of me.

"Thank you, Night Shade." I looked around to see Pinkie Pie, trying to open the box I just put down. I snatched it away from her before she could do anything drastic. She had a sad puppy dog face as she looked at me, and all I did was pet her on the head.

"Sorry Pinks, this is mine," I sighed.

I tried to get myself out of bed, the whole crowd of ponies and people backed off as I brought my legs to the side of the bed. I then brace for impact as my feet touched the cold white tile ground. I wobbled a little bit before balancing myself out, managing to actually stand up for the first time in months.

I was forced to sit back down on my bed because the nurse told me to, much to my disappointment.

"It's been a long time, Andrew. How have you been?" Celestia asked, and as a response I let out a yawn.

"I feel really weak, being asleep for three months puts off lots of training." I said, stretching out my noodle arms. I just couldn't wait to get some exercise in so I can get my body back in shape.

"You can't do anything right now, once you're checked out I want you to take it easy for a little while. Everything has healed properly, but I just need you to not put stress on yourself until everything is functioning properly." The doctor said, and I let out a giant moan.

"Fine... Can I at least go now?" The doctor nodded, and I immediately got out of bed, previously forgetting the troubles I had with walking earlier

"Night Shade, I'll see you in a week. I'm gonna be back in Ponyville for some R&R." I slowly walked myself over to the Suit Kiosk across from my room in the hallway, climbing inside of the mechanical machine.

The robotic arms ripped off my hospital gown and stripped me naked. Then it came back to fit on my suit, in this case I didn't know what I put on this time. As a matter of fact, I just jumped in here and pressed a random button, I never actually got to see what I chose.

When I popped out of the machine, I was dressed with a Security Suit, one of my personal favorites. The fact that this one in particular was favorable to me is because it wasn't overkill, and it wasn't too weak either. The Security Suit had enough protection to stand up to one of Applejack's bucks with her hind legs, but on the other hand it could still knock the wind out of me. The holo projector on my chest wasn't as bulky compared to the one on the Advanced Suit, and it was big enough for me to see anything displayed on it (mostly my agenda for the day).

I then went into the checkout room, my helmet retracted back into my suit and I had a smirk across my face. I went up to the counter and checked out of the hospital, and they gave me a box of my personal belongings, containing most of my stuff since the battle. I strapped my tacpad back on my wrist, and I fastened my holsters back onto either of my thighs, I assumed my weapons were locked up back in the barracks in the castle. I met Night Shade and the rest of my squad outside at the entrance, and he smiled at me.

"I think you should be going then, Andrew. Twilight and her friends are already leaving for the train." Night Shade whispered.

"Don't worry about us, Andrew. We'll see you in a week!" Helena patted me on the back, pushing me forward to get a head start.

"...Yeah, see ya in a week."

Inside the Train

Andrew sat down against the window, seeing the sun set for the first time in a long time. His stomach rumbled, but he didn't care, and the Security Suit creaked as he turned away from the window, looking at Twilight and her friends, who sat across from him.

Each and every one of them stared intently at him, as if they were studying him like a book. He couldn't explain why, but something was rather off, probably because he was alone. He didn't have his human friends to accompany him, and all there was were ponies, who were still staring at him.

"Can I help you guys?" Everypony but Twilight and Rainbow looked away, trying to act nonchalant and innocent.

"Uhh, it's nothin' special." Rainbow was one of the best at lying, but Twilight on the other hand, wasn't the greatest out there.

"Y-Yeah! What she said! Nothing to see here!" Andrew squinted his eyes at her, and he could see beads of sweat roll down the side of her face. He could see straight through her lie, and he pressed her about it.

"Twilight, if you want to say something, then say it. I don't have many secrets that I can't share with you."

"Alright then, how do you do it? The killing, and the death, and the blood; how do you forget it all?" Andrew looked down to where the shadow of his forehead covered his eyes, and he smirked.

"You don't, Twilight. You never forget. The only thing you can do is live with it, for the rest of your life..." he paused for a moment for dramatic effect, "did that answer your question?" Twilight silently nodded.

The tacpad fastened to Andrew's wrist blinked a bright red color, all eyes were fixed on Andrew's tacpad now, including Andrew. He saw that the alarm went off, signalling for him to get some shuteye for tomorrow's morning exercise.

"Looks like I need to get to bed, see y'all later." Rainbow got up from her seat to hug him. He returned the embrace and let go moments later

"W-Wait! One more thing before you go," Andrew stopped for a moment and turned back around, Rainbow smiled at him, "it's good to have you back!"

"It's good to be back. G'night." He slid the next train car door wide open, went inside, and closed it behind him.

He laid there uncomfortably with the Security RIG still on him, the collar guard didn't make things better either, so he got out of bed to join the others in the next car again. When he entered the room, he saw that they all were fast asleep, and he chuckled slightly.

He sat down across from them where he previously was, and he sat down, closing his eyes shortly afterwards. He didn't quite go to sleep as expected, instead he actually just closed his eyes and listened for anything. He wasn't tired due to the fact that he's had three months of sleep, so in the mean time he kept watch for the others as they slept.

His ears twitched slightly as he heard a whimpering sound coming from Fluttershy, he didn't know it was Fluttershy, but he used the process of elimination to rule her out of the lot, because the others don't whimper from what he could tell. He opened one eye and looked over to her and saw that she was scared to death by something. He made his way over to her and sat down next to her, trying not to wake up the others in the process.

"Is something wrong Fluttershy?" He stroked her mane, which seemed to calm her down a little bit.

"T-The thunder was really loud... and it startled me." She said in a barely audible voice.

"I think these may help." Andrew chuckled, and pulled out his backpack. He pulled out a pair of ear muffs, which were large and gray, and he put it over Fluttershy's ears. He gave her a small nod, and she nodded back, closing her eyes once more.

"Heh, it beats me having to cuddle with her or something. I'm not into that shit." He laughed to himself, going back to his original spot across from the girls.

He leaned back against the train car, the rumbling and the bumping did not interfere, because it was just like falling asleep in a Humvee. He checked his tacpad for new messages, but there were none because he was gone for three months, all except for one. He opened it up and saw that it was a video message, from both Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

"Playback message." Was all Andrew said, and the video started to play.

"Playback message number 09142."

"Hey Andrew, Helena gave us your tacpad while you were in the hospital, and we were playing around with it waiting to see if you were okay."

"Yeah! We were totally scared you were dead, but when the doctors said you were okay, we were thrilled! The bad thing is, you probably won't get this until you wake up, and I wanted to tell you that... I really miss you. I never wanted to see you hurt, but that's your job, is it not? When we saw that explosion on video, your life just got 20% cooler, because that was really awesome how you saved that other dude!"

"When you get this, I really do hope you get this, I want you to know that everypony's safe and sound. By the time that you get this message, you will probably know that already. I just want to tell you that we all miss you. If anything, you'll be there if something bad does happen."

"Andrew, I want you to know that I love you, and I don't want you to forget that you're mine! When you get this you're treating me to dinner! I'll see ya later, kay? How do you stop this thing, Twilight?"

Andrew chuckled a little bit, but said nothing. He adjusted the collar guard around his neck, and he closed his eyes, waiting in silent vigil until it was time to get off the train. Since the girls were asleep, the ride home was mostly quiet, except for the occasional clap of thunder and the rattle of the train car. Other than that, it was almost dead silent, to the point to where there was an eerie feeling in the atmosphere.

He took notice of how long it took to get to Ponyville from Canterlot, which was a good three to four hour ride, with no detours or distractions of any kind. They were a good three hours into the trip by now, because when Andrew looked out the window, he could see the street lights that lit up Ponyville ahead. He smiled a little bit at the sight, and took a deep breath, which had the scent of old train dust as well as Pinkie Pie's candy perfume. He didn't mind the smell, but it made him cough a little bit because it was so strong, other than that he kept his eyes pointed out the window and towards the town.

"I haven't been here in a LONG time."

Author's Notes:

Now that school's over, I feel like that I have a lot more time to make my stories longer and higher quality. It just feels like a big weight has been lifted off of my shoulders, until school starts up again that is.