Chapter 3: A lesson Learned

The three made their way down and toward the forest. Once they got to the forest, Twilight noticed a sword on Twi's back. "What's with the sword?"

"Protection, you really are a pathetic aren't you?" Twilight looked away.

"How is asking a question pathetic?" Twilight asked.

"It's not that you asked the question, it's that you had to ask the question. Key word there is had; I thought you were supposed to be smart. It's obvious why I have a sword, you shouldn't have to ask." Twi said shaking her head.

"You see what I mean, she isn't anything like you. She is a total loser." Rainbow Dash didn't even try to keep her voice down.

"I just want to go home." Twilight then felt a pain in her head. It felt like a migraine.

"Hey Twilight, focus." Twi said.

The pain in Twilight's head then disappeared. "That was odd."

"Let's go, the sooner this gets fixed the sooner we can figure out how to get you home." The three ran into the forest. The forest darker and creepier then usual. Twilight started singing the happy song that Pinkie Pie had taught her and the others. Ponies began swarming the area four to five at a time. "I'll stay Twi, you get to the light."

"Don't die on me then." Rainbow Dash shook her head and then started bucking the ponies like crazy as Twi and Twilight ran off.

"How long has it been like this?" Twilight asked.

"A few days now." Twi answered simply.

"I don't get it; a day hasn't gone by since I noticed this." Twilight said confused.

"Of course you don't get it but once we get you home, you'll understand." Twi said as a pony jumped at them from one of the trees. Twi swung and cut the pony in half. "The two looked at the pony and saw it to be Big Macintosh. Twi kicked the corpse and continued walking with Twilight right behind her. "There is one thing that we have in common with each other and that's that we both want this over with. You need to toughen up missy. Don't be like Fluttershy. She at least has reason to be pathetic." Twi said cutting down another pony. Soon they arrived to a swamp. "Not much further now."

"I'm not like Fluttershy and she is sensitive, not pathetic. You're a creep along with Rainbow Dash. I don't want to be anything like you." Twilight said.

"It's about time you learn your lessen, now let's go." The two rushed forward and saw a big twisted statue with symbols on it. Tons of mutated ponies came from everywhere. "Run, go." Twilight nodded and ran toward the statue where the light is coming from. Twi is behind her cutting the ponies to pieces until one finally got to her. Twilight turned and saw six ponies running toward her. Twilight fell backward when one pony came from the side and scratched her cheek barely. Twilight fell into the light and disappeared.

A week earlier, Pinkie Pie made her wish and then pulled away from Twilight and then a thump was heard. Pinkie Pie opened her eyes and saw Twilight unconscious. Over the week and blood appeared all over Twilight, tears ran down her face, and a scratch appeared on her face. Shortly after the scratch appeared, Twilight shot up panting heavily. She looked around the room after calming down a bit. Twilight noticed Rainbow Dash and the others including Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadance. "Get away from me." Twilight said backing up in the hospital bed.

"Twilight, what's wrong." Rainbow Dash asked walking over to her.

"No, get away from me." Twilight flipped and kicked Rainbow Dash in the side making her fall over. "Stay away from me all of you, just stay back." All Twilight could see are the dead ponies. One of the doctors came in to see what the commotion was. "Get away, all of you or I swear I'll kill you again."

Fluttershy backed away frightened while the others stayed where they are. "Twilight, I'm your doctor. I just need to check up on your vitals."

"Stay away from me or I'll kick you, don't think I won't." Twilight said panicked.

"Princess Celestia, we need to talk." Celestia nodded and the two walked off to talk in private. "Princess Celestia, she seems to be hallucinating. She won't be telling me anything, so I need you to tell me what you've found out. There is something clearly wrong with her." Nurse Redheart said.

"Of course. I have been studying some things about why and how this happened. I've done all that I could to figure out what happened. This isn't something uncommon but it also happens so rarely at the same time. This is something that happened to unicorns like Twilight a long time ago before me. It used to happen all the time and the only thing to do is in most cases, they hallucinate about what they dream about but they usually get over it in a day or two." Celestia looked way.

"Princess, what is it?" Nurse Redheart asked.

"If they don't get over it, then if it's bad enough, some have been put down. It's something to do with wishbones and unicorns."

"I've never had to, do that to anypony." Nurse Redheart said falling back against the wall.

"You may not have to." The two walked back to the room. "Let's go everypony, let Twilight rest." They weren't ready to go but they did.

A few days later and Nurse Redheart came in to check up on Twilight's progress. "Twilight dear, are you ok." Twilight looked in the direction of the person talking to her and flinched a little but nodded. "Good, Princess Celestia is here for you." Celestia walked into the room. "I'll let you two catch up." With that the nurse left.

"Twilight, you ok?"

"Yes and I have a report for you." Twilight smiled.

"Oh, then let's hear it." Celestia smiled and sat down next to Twilight.

"I've learned that friendship is something that should always be cherished. I learned that while I was asleep that I really didn't have a friend there like I thought at first. That's when I realized that I missed them more then ever. The biggest thing however is that in the back of my mind, I wanted to be someone else, a different me. The other me said something that made me realize that I didn't really want to be who I thought I wanted to be. I realized that my friends cherish me for who I am and I shouldn't try to change that or risk losing my friends. I guess both things go hand in hand don't they?" Twilight smiled with a bit of a headache and still a bit shaken.

"I think you've learned to cherish your friends more but more then that, not to take them for granted or yourself." Just then Rainbow Dash and the others came in.

"So the hallucination is gone finally?" Rarity asked.

"Not exactly Rarity, you all look scary to me still but that doesn't mean that I'm scared of you. Can I get a hug?" The group smiled and made their way over to Twilight. "Ok maybe not completely over it." Twilight stopped them. Twilight then began cheerfully laughing and the others joined in shortly afterward. Soon the laughter stopped. "By the way Pinkie Pie remind me never to touch a wishbone ever again." Everyone began laughing again. Outside the room stand Cadance and Shining Armor.

"Let's give her a month to tell her the bad news huh?" Cadance said.

"I agree, telling her that she won't be an aunt quite yet is probably the last thing she needs to hear." Shining Armor and Cadance walked in, said their goodbye's as well as Celestia leaving Twilight to have time with her friends.

The End

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review. I read it over a few times and there shouldn't be any pony grammar errors. If there are, I'm sorry.