While eating lunch with Rainbow in her home Dylan looked at the clock. The time was close, very close. Due to the blood loss Dylan has gotten slower.
"You've been looking at the close for the past few minutes Dylan, what's wrong?" Rainbow asked.
"Nothing… clocks have fascinated me recently…" Dylan's speaking also slowed down.
"I noticed that you have been slowing down with… well everything, is there something wrong?"
"No, I'm fine, trust me."
The time was close, mere seconds away, "I'll be right back…" Dylan said standing up. Dylan walked a few feet and stopped. The time struck. Dylan went to go check his pulse, but he couldn't. His legs buckled as he fell over. Dylan had collapsed.
"Dylan!" Rainbow screamed as she watched him hit the floor. Not knowing what to Rainbow picked him up and decided to take him to Twilights.
Rainbow reached the Golden Oaks Library with Dylan and knocked on the door. When Twilight answered it she saw Dylan and said "What happened?!"
"I don't know," Rainbow explained, "All of the sudden he just collapsed."
Twilight used her magic and levitated Dylan to the couch. Twilight glanced at the calendar. A week since Dylan said he probably wouldn't last a week.
"I'm gonna go take him to the hospital," Rainbow said lifting him up again. Twilight nodded as Rainbow ran out the door to the hospital. Twilight looked at the Black Magic shelf, she has been practicing that spell ever since Dylan was there last. Twilight ran and told the others about Dylan.
As Rainbow busted into the hospital the same doctor that saw Dylan before was there. He rushed over to Rainbow and asked her, "What happened?"
"I don't know, all of the sudden he collapsed," responded Rainbow.
The doctor took Dylan into a room, Rainbow just sat out in the waiting room… waiting.
Twilight and the others arrived shortly thereafter, Twilight already filled them in on what happened. They all sat down next to Rainbow.
Everything reminded Rainbow of what happened before. Dylan in the hospital, Rainbow's friends to help support her, they even were sitting in the same seats as before.
They all waited for 47 minutes, then the doctor came out. Rainbow already had tears coming out of her eyes from remembering last time. "Your friend is almost in the same state as the last time we had him… there isn't anything we can do for him. He is only sleeping so if you want you can go see him."
Applejack got up again and followed the doctor who led her to Dylan's room, coming back minutes later. The same process went through with Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy didn't want to go in. Rainbow went in next. When she arrived she saw on the heartbeat monitor the slow heartbeat with the beep to go with it. Rainbow gave Dylan a kiss then joined the others in the waiting room.
Twilight saw how much Rainbow was crying, she got up and followed the doctor into Dylan's room. Twilight saw Dylan just waking up, "Hi," she said.
"Hi," he responded softly, he looked around, "I'm back in here?"
"Yeah," Twilight said, "Rainbow is devastated… and by tomorrow you'll probably be gone, I have no choice…"
"What are you talking about Twilight?" Twilight closed her eyes and her horn started slowly to get a black aura, Dylan realized what Twilight was doing, "Don't Twilight, I don't want you to, without your magic how are you going to use your Element of Harmony?"
Twilight ignored as her horn got darker and darker. Moments later a black beam shot into Dylan's chest. The magic was being taken out of Twilight as Dylan's injuries were being fixed, from his blood loss to his punctured lung. From his scars to his wing.
When the beam finished Twilight almost fell from loss of balance. Dylan was fine, everything was fixed, he took off the heart monitor and went up to Twilight, "Twilight what were you thinking, your Element of Harmony is useless without your magic…"
"I was thinking about Rainbow, I rather lose my magic than lose my friend… even if I didn't do this the Elements of Harmony wouldn't work because Rainbow wouldn't be here, don't you remember last time?"
Twilight was right, Dylan gave her a hug and said "Thank you…"
When he let go they both started leaving the room, the doctor notices Dylan and said, "Hey, what happened?! One minute you're all scarred and couldn't walk, now you are."
Twilight motioned to her horn, the doctor being and Earth pony didn't understand the power of the magic. They continued to the waiting room, when the others saw Dylan they asked questions similar to the doctor, Twilight answered the same way.
There was one thing missing, Rainbow. Dylan didn't see her and asked, "Where is Rainbow?"
"She told me she was going to the Sugarcube Corner, probably to get a cupcake or something," Pinkie Pie responded.
Dylan's eyes opened wide as he said to himself, "Oh no…" he busted out of the group and left the building flying fast to Sugarcube Corner. When he arrived he opened the door, Rainbow was holding a knife up to neck.
Dylan flew and tackled Rainbow, knocking the knife out of her hoof. "Last time you waited 5 days," Dylan said.
"You're alive, but how?"
"Twilight used her horn… I'm just glad I got here when I did, any second later and I wouldn't have you anymore…"
"I'm sorry Dylan, I just can't imagine a life without you…"
Dylan just hugged and kissed Rainbow, who happily returned it. The two got up as the rest of the group walked in the door and walked up to them.
Not realized what happened Pinkie Pie just said "Anypony want some cake? It's on the house!"
The place was empty so they shrugged and said sure, sitting down at one of the tables.
After the cake they all went home, it now being dark. Rainbow and Dylan flew up to their house, they went up to bed as Rainbow hugged Dylan.
Dylan looked at the clock after he took his glasses off, 12:04 AM. He said, "Hey Rainbow?"
"Yeah?"
"Happy anniversary."
"Happy anniversary Dylan."
They both fell asleep minutes later.
