Alchemy House:
Issac was screaming in agonizing pain as Laharl was applying various medications to him. He kept squirming and it made it harder to apply any medication. Laharl had enough and injected Issac with some morphine to finally calm him down. Valv was sitting across the room, reading the 'Netherverse Weekly'. "So," he asked in a calm voice, "what are you going to tell those pony girls about your human forms?"
Laharl sighed waiting for Issac to calm down, "I will wait until that bridge is crossed. Luckily the folks in Bright City were returned to normal and I informed Celestia of what happened, so that place will be okay."
Valv continued to read the paper, "Was it wise to drop the girls off at the hospital, why not take care of them here?"
"Because I don't need them going into shock after waking up. Hopefully they'll wake up, I feel like I failed if they don't." Issac finally calmed down enough for Laharl to continue applying medicine to him. After almost two hours of helping Issac, Laharl started to repair himself.
Valv looked at him curiously, "Why did help him first when you have holes through your body?"
Laharl answered while focusing on himself, "He was in worse pain than me. His entire ribcage was shattered and applying bone repair medication is difficult because it hurts like hell, but the bone structure will be repaired." He applied medications and wrap around the wounds.
"Well," Valv said setting the paper down and and getting up, "it appears I must take my leave now." He started to walk towards a black door with Japanese symbols on it. "Do give my regards to the girls if they wake up." Laharl gave a thumbs up and Valv entered the door and shut it.
Laharl sighed and leaned back in a recliner, 'Now... time to heal.'
Ponyville Hospital:
The sounds of fighting start to grow louder and louder. Twilight started to toss and turn, as if she was having a nightmare. She moaned and grunted trying to wake up. The images of the guys fighting that giant red creature were too frightening. Seeing Laharl and Issac get hurt and her and the other not being able to do anything became too much. The red monster came closer and closer to her, it opened its mouth and came right at her.
She screamed and opened her eyes to find she was in the hospital. She looked around the room to see the other five in bed still out of it. The room was a little cluttered with balloons, flowers and get-well cards. Her breathing settled down after seeing she was safe. She turned to her nightstand to see two special cards, one from Celestia and one from Luna. "Hey, one of them is awake," yelled a nurse looking into the room.
Two doctors came rushing into the room and started to examine Twilight. The numerous tests started to annoy her but they were necessary. "Twilight," an amber stallion, with a brown mane, blue eyes wearing a doctor's coat and a heart monitor cutie mark approached Twilight, "I'm Doctor Stable, how are you feeling?" She continued to look at her friends and the doctor did the same.
"They are fine... their just in a deep sleep like you were."
She looked worried, "How long have we been here?"
The doctor sighed, "We found all seven of you neatly displayed in front of the hospital with a note that said, "Please help them!"... that was a week and a half ago."
Twilights eyes widened and her mouth dropped open, 'Almost two weeks.' She quickly regained her composure, "Did anypony see how we were dropped off?"
Stable tapped his chin to think, "Well... some of the patients on the first floor said they saw a tall, strange creature with a long black cape laid you all out and just disappeared after that. Nopony got a very good look to see any face, eye color or anything. The light blue unicorn that was with you all checked herself out two days ago." Her mind was in a whirl with 'who it was' and 'why didn't they stay'. Then the sounds of the other girls waking up brought her back to reality.
"Doctor," said a white mare with a light pink mane, blue eyes, a red cross cutie mark with tiny pink hearts in the corners of it and donning a nurses hat, "we need to help the others sir."
He turned to her, "Yes Nurse Redheart," he turned back to Twilight, "sorry but I must help." He walked away to assist with the others.
One question did come to Twilights mind, 'What happened to Laharl, Issac and Trixie?'
Outside the Alchemy House:
Rainbow kept knocking on the front door but nobody answered. She got annoyed and knocked even harder. "Rainbow darling, that isn't working," Rarity said trying to pull her away.
Rainbow struggled, "They have to be home, where else would they go?"
Pinkie jumped up and down excitedly, "Ooooh, maybe they're setting up a surprise party for us."
Applejack placed a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder to calm her down, "Ah highly doubt that sugarcube." This didn't stop her from jumping up and down though.
Rainbow yelled, "I'M GONNA BUST DOWN THIS DOOR NOW," she got out of Rarities grip and charged at the door, kicking it with her hind legs. She fell down, rubbing her legs and whined, "Owww, wow wow, it's like kicking a steel wall even though it's a wooden door."
The girls except for Fluttershy giggled which made Rainbow madder.
"Umm," Fluttershy said meekly, "maybe we can try the knob?"
Twilight sighed and walked up to the door and turned the knob, "I highly doubt it will... ," the door opened, "work... "
Inside the Alchemy House:
The girls were in awe at what they were seeing. The main room had two white recliners and a black leather couch with a fireplace that had no wood. Many doors voked their curiosity about what lay behind them. A soft, dark blue carpet made them feel a little at ease. Rarity walked up to the couch to examine it, "Oh my... such fine detail and material."
She touched it and opened doors slammed shut on their own, all doors locked and the windows made a bubbling sound. Fluttershy let out an 'eep' and hid behind Twilight. "W... w... w... w... what... ha... ha... happened," she asked.
"Hmmm," Twilight said as she examined the room, "it must be some security system set up to prevent crooks from escaping."
"Ah should say so, the front door knob is gone," Applejack responded in a worried tone.
All the girls turned to see it was true, they were all trapped. "Hey, that door isn't shut," Pinkie said pointing a hoof at a black door still opened.
Twilight headed towards the door, "Well, might as well see what's in there." The other girls followed, Rainbow had to drag Fluttershy along. Twilight looked and saw nothing but pitch black.
She stepped into the room and floating candles started to light up and then a chandelier lit up giving the whole room light. All the girls looked in amazement at the room that had shelves of books lined up on all sides. Their attention quickly turned to the coffin in the middle the room with weird looking limbs sticking out the sides. They quietly walked over and saw a strange creature with white hair inside. "Oh... my... ," was all Rarity got out.
Applejack looked sad, "Poor feller, Ah hope he went off to a better place."
Fluttershy cried a little. Pinkie cried with her. Rainbow looked away not wanting to get sick. Twilight went forward to examine the body and found a marking on what appeared to be the left arm to him. It was a skull with wings and two sheathed swords in the back with a banner that said "U.G.A.R.". She poked at the marking and the arm swatted at her.
"Quit poking me dammit," came a voice from the coffin. The girls looked in horror and ran out of the room screaming bloody murder. They all try desperately to open the front door but didn't succeed. "Stop yelling girls," came the voice again. They all turned around to see the creature standing up, leaning on the door covered in bandages and wearing blue jean shorts. It had piercing red eyes that made them feel fear.
"PLEASE DON'T EAT US MISTER ZOMBIE," Pinkie yelled from the back.
Applejack got into attack position, "Who are you?"
The creature stumbled forward, "It's me... Laharl."
Rainbow flew forward and pointed a hoof in his face, "You... are not Laharl, we know what he looks like."
He chomped at her hoof which she quickly drew back before he bit her, "I am Laharl."
Rarity came before him and scoffed, "Ha... you can't fool us, he is a pony."
He looked down at her, "I threw a pink and yellow luggage on the train and gave spike a diamond and ruby." She looked surprised at what he said. Then he looked at Rainbow, "And I threw a book at you on the train because you called me an "Egghead" and started laughing at me."
She lowered herself down on the floor and stared at him. The other girls stared as well. They were shocked to see him like this. Applejack stepped forward, "Hold on pardner, why do you look like that?"
He sighed pressing the top of his nose with his fingers, "We established Issac and I aren't really ponies before and this," he waved the other arm at himself, "is what I really look like."
He walked over and laid on the couch, covering his eyes with his right bandaged arm. After a bit, he moved his arm to see the girls surrounding him. They starred in awe at how he looked. "Yes," he asked in a calm tone.
Twilight looked angry, "When were you going to show us this form of yours."
He grunted as he sat up, which made the girls move, "When I got more of your trust."
"Uh huh," was the only response she gave.
"So," he said standing up, "how about a small tour?"
Applejack gave a confused look, "How can you be so calm about this?"
He looked annoyed, "I already answered that." He walked to a set of double doors that looked like restaurant kitchen doors, "You all coming or not." They said nothing and just followed him. He looked up at the ceiling, "Deactivate security code 342100AF6," and all the doors unlocked, the windows made that same bubbling noise and the front door knob returned.
Alchemy House: Kitchen:
He opened the doors to reveal a massive island kitchen filled with all sorts of kitchen assortments. The girls tried to keep from raiding anything in the room. Laharl waved a hand to his left, "Over here are the fridges," there were five of them, "each holding different foods. Vegetables, fruits, dairy, soda and leftovers."
Pinkie dashed over to the four different ovens, "Ooooooo, I bet you can make a lot of cupcakes with these and cakes and cookies and donuts and muffins and," she trailed off and kept saying various baked goods.
Applejack took notice at the number of doors on the right, "Wut's that over thar?"
Laharl smiled and walked over to said destination, "Storages."
He walked to a steel door and opened it to reveal a very cold room filled with frozen assortments, "My walk-in freezer that has everything I need including ice cream."
Pinkie suddenly appeared in the doorway, "Did somepony say ICE CREAM!"
The girls giggled at her reaction and Laharl closed the door, "Not now." Pinkie pouted and turned her head away in mock anger.
They walked past a red steel door, "This is our meat locker." The girls gasped and backed away quickly. He looked at them with a puzzled look, "What's your problem?"
Twilight pointed a hoof at him, "Your an omnivore aren't you?" He just nodded.
Fluttershy shook her body, "Y... y... you... your not go... going to eat me are y... y... y... you?" He sighed, "No I am not... although I always what rainbow tastes like," he gave a mischievous grin.
Rainbow went wide eyed and bolted to the door only to find it wouldn't open. She turned around and started to hyperventilate, "Oh no you don't, you're not eating me." He started snickering. Rarity narrowed her eyes, "Sooo... your not going to eat us?"
He laughed a little, "No... it's just you have to have a bit of dark humor in order to stay around here."
The girls sighed in relief and walked back towards him, Rainbow tiptoed instead. They came across a brown wooden door with the words "Winer" on it. The girls gave a confused look and Laharl answered, "My wine cellar, filled with homemade goodness."
"You make your own wine," Fluttershy asked.
"Yes I do," he answered.
Rarity looked puzzled, "Doesn't it take many years for the wine to ferment and get it's flavor?"
He nodded and Rainbow looked at him seriously, "How old are you?"
He started to mutter math stuff and used his fingers to help, "Well by the age system of your world... I'm a little over five hundred thirty-six years old." The girls mouths were wide open in disbelief.
Twilight shook her head, "You can't be, you don't look it. How can you be that old?"
He shrugged, "My race ages very slowly." He opened a glass door that had various breads and baked goods and Pinkie zoomed in, devouring the cupcakes. They all stared blankly at her and Laharl said in a mock tone, "Yes, please help yourself, I don't mind." This made her devour even faster. He let out an annoyed sighed, "And that is the tour of the kitchen," he walked out of the kitchen a little mad. Applejack grabbed Pinkie and dragged her out into the living room and the other girls followed.
Alchemy House: Issac's Room:
When the girls got out of the kitchen, they saw Laharl and he gestured to them to come over to an open door. They looked in and saw a sandy beach with a same mass of sea water in the corner and an imitation sun in the sky. The sight made the girls squeal and play in the sand a little. Pinkie bounced over to Issac who was sleeping in a net hammock but was picked up by Laharl. "Aww," she whined, "I wanted to see him," she made a big teary eyed face.
He carried her out of the room and the girls followed, "He needs to rest and not to be jumped."
She was sad, 'I just wanted to give him a kiss to help him feel better.'
Alchemy House: Fun Room:
Laharl led them down a set of stairs to a room filled with three big TV's, various game consoles and walls filled with video games, movies, series and anime. The girls ran off wanting to see all the neat technology he had. He put Pinkie down and she looked at him, "I'm sorry I ate your cupcakes."
He smiled, "It's okay... just ask next time," he started scratching the back of her ears which at first felt strange than she had a big smile on her face.
'Mmmmm, that feels nice', she thought as she closed her eyes and he kept scratching. The girls saw what was going on and came over. Pinkie laid down and started to purr a little. He stopped and she got up with a pleased look on her face, "Wow, I like that."
Applejack came to him, "Let me try that." He took off her hat and started to scratch behind her ears. She had a pleasant look on her face and started thumping her hind leg, "Hoooo boy, that feels mighty pleasant now." He stopped and started on Rainbow. She laid on her back and flailed around like a kitten as he scratched. She was giggling until he stopped and she stopped and blushed as the other girls stared at her. Twilight walked over and wanted to try it.
When he started, her body felt like butter and just melted away. 'I must tell the Princess about this in a letter tonight', she thought as Laharl kept at it. Rarity was reluctant at first to have her ears scratched but gave in. It felt like all her troubles went away as he scratched. She didn't even care if she got dirty from the floor.
Fluttershy place her forelegs over his leg and looked up at him with her eyes, "Please be gentle." He smiled and proceeded to scratch behind her ears. She closed her eyes and moaned in pleasure, 'I'm in heaven... I don't want this to end.' She felt his hand slip off her head and Laharl fell on the floor. The worried girls rushed over to try to help.
"What's wrong darling," Rarity asked.
He looked around at them, "I took some medication earlier and now it's kicking in and I will be out like a light very soon." Fluttershy walked up the stairs and the girls just watched over him to keep him safe. She came back down with a pillow and the blanket she made him. The girls went upstairs as she was setting him up for sleep. "You are a such a peach," he said with a smile. She blushed a little as she finished, walked over, gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran back upstairs. The smile on his face grew and didn't go away, even as he was sleeping.
Fluttershy's Cottage:
She couldn't make the blush go away, 'I couldn't believe I kissed him... what was I thinking?' She laid her head down and started to sleep, 'I hope he won't be mad.'
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Author's Note: Number 11 redone. I still dedicate this chapter and the next one to my Mom. Some words have been replaced to make it sound a little better. Ciao!
