Chapter 3 Never Back Down
"Are you a loser if you try something but fail? The trick into beating something that is hard to eat is to never back down." Night Wing
Rumble stood outside of the room that his brother was in, he was coughing, and puking, Nurse Redheart and three other nurses had to rush in and try to restrain the poor Pegasus from chocking on his own puke. "You promise brother…you promise." Said Rumble in a whisper as he was watching his brother dying for this disease that he had, the Feather Flu.
Rumble walk outside of the hospital, he couldn't watch his brother o to pain anymore, once outside Rumble saw more pony's getting sick. This Feather Flu is not just attacking Pegasus, its attacking every pony in the town. Scootaloo happen to walk by the hospital, to notice that Rumble had a face mask on. "Rumble!" she shouted a little bit farther away so he could hear her. As Scootaloo got closer to him in a calmer tone she asks how his brother was doing. Rumble did not answer right away, he would like to say that Thunder Lane is doing great but that's not the case. Rumble did not have to answer the question in words, his eyes told the whole story and that was enough for Scootaloo."I am so sorry Rumble, how long did he have this flu now?"
"Over a month now." Rumble said quietly.
"I'm so sorry."
"It's ok Scootaloo, he will pull through, he always had before and he gave me a promise and my brother had never broken his promises before."
Scootaloo smiled that Rumble still had hope in his soul, even though you could tell from the sound of his voice that the only bit of hope that was still in the poor filly was fading fast. "Why don't you come back to school Rumble? You are missing a lot ever there, ever since your brother got sick you never came to school."
"I know Scootaloo." Rumble sad sadly, as he paused to take a breath before continuing. "It is just…who is going to take care of the house if there is no one there to watch it?"
Scootaloo smiled. "How about Fluttershy? She could help out."
"Yeah…I guess."
Scootaloo step closer to Rumble to comfort him some, it was a nice jester but it still may Rumble felt uncomfterable none the less. "You need to go back to school Rumble, class is going to start soon you know."
"Yeah I know." The two fillies started to walk to school just a little bit then Rumble said. "Scootaloo?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
"Don't mention it Rumble…don't want the others to start to think I am getting soft or anything." Scootaloo said with a smile as the two of them walk back to school together.