Chapter 4

Zerox slipped in and out of conciousness.

Sometimes he couldn't tell if he was dreaming or not.

One time, he was lying in the room and twilight wasn't there.

Another time, Twilight was lying next to him, unconcious.

And yet another time, Twilight was standing over him.

Sometimes he was dreaming. Other times it was real. But none of it made sense to him. All he could tell that he might not see Twilight again. Sometimes he could hold his feelings in. Other times he couldn't stop the tears from pouring from his eyes, and the doctors had to rush in and anasthetise him again. But he knew that he needed to see her again.

He awoke, not sure if he was awake or dreaming. He slowly rose from the hospital bed and walked over to Twilight. He could see her, shaking in her sleep. He slowly patted her shoulder to awake her from her endless nightmare. When she awoke, she saw Zerox and broke into a smile. She rose from her bed to reach Zerox and they exchanged a long, lingering kiss. The two of them couldn't be separated, they were too happy. They were simply enjoying the moment of the kiss, which they knew couldn't last forever, so they had to enjoy it while it was there. As their lips parted, they thought that they would never see each other again. They simply hugged. Suddenly, the room began to slip away from their hooves. Slowly, Zerox sank into the darkness. Without Twilight. He yelled. He screamed. Twilight reached for him, but he was already way out of reach. As he sank into the darkness, everything seemed to disappear. All too soon, he was sinking into nothing, a world without meaning. A world without Twilight.

He awoke from the nightmare screaming. The nightmare was seemingly endless, and it simply stopped with a bang. He instantly sat upwards, looking around the room, searching for Twilight. He couldn't see her. But he stopped. This felt more real than the dream did. He quickly realised that this wasn't a dream. He called out for her. The doctors calmly walked into the room.

"Where's Twilight?! Is she OK?" Zerox yelled at the doctors. "Tell me!"

The door opened a second time. Twilight walked in, with the biggest smile on her face. The moment they saw each other, they ran to each other and hugged each other. They couldn't stop the tears spilling out. They were both alive and well. And now they were together.

"I can't thank you enough, Zerox," Twilight said. "You donated your liver to me, to save my life, even though you couldv'e died. How can I thank you?"

"Just the two of us being together is enough. You don't need to pay me back with anything else."

So Zerox and Twilight returned to Ponyville High 5 days later. Everyone was patting Zerox on the back and taking photos of the pair. They walked through the halls as heroes.

A timid girl walked up to Zerox.

"Th-that was very brave, w-what you d-did there," the girl said. "M-my name's Fluttershy. Th-thanks for saving m-my friend."

Zerox was going to talk to Fluttershy, but an alarm sounded. Something was happening. The PA systems crackled to life as the principal's voice rang through the school grounds. "Attention all students of Ponyville High," the principal said. "A reckless pony is within the school ground, destroying equipment and classrooms. We strongly suggest staying indoors and locking the doors."

Zerox was going to find this pony, when the PA systems once again crackled as the voice boomed through the rooms. "This pony is armed and dangerous. Do not approach this pony under any circumstances. Her name- is Emerald Shine."