It's not that simple

Chapter Fifteen

--Rainbow's POV--

I woke up. The birds were tweeting outside the window and I was laying in a hard, cold crystal floor.
Where was I again?
Right, Twilight's castle. The memories from last night started returning.
I looked around to see if Twilight's diary thing was left, but someone had moved it.
There were also cookies everywhere and a smell of pancakes coming from the kitchen.
Was Spike up already?
What time was it?
I looked outside. If Celestia wasn't being lazy, it was pretty early.

I looked at Twilight and thought about everything hat had happened yesterday.
She looked so peaceful, she was probably dreaming of a life that was better than this one.
I couldn't get myself to wake her up, so I just laid there there holding her, looking at the morning sun in her fur.
For a while, everything was peaceful. Beautiful.

That was until I looked at Twilight's leg.
On the inside, the fur was a bit messy and I could see small drops of dried blood here and there. I took a closer look, making sure not to wake her up.
The inside of her leg was full of scars, but the fur was combed so that you couldn't see them if you weren't looking really really closely.

Spike walked in to the room wearing his little apron.
I looked at him and realized he had seen what I was doing.
"Did you know?" I mouthed.
"I found out yesterday" he whispered quietly.
It was clear he was worried. He had dark circles under his eyes and he was on the verge of tears.
"What are we going to do?" he mouthed.
"I don't know, she won't tell me what's wrong" I replied.

That was the final drop for Spike. He sat down on the floor, crying. His little body shook and he sniffed quietly.
"She was always the one to take care of me. She is my only family and the only reason I'm still alive. I don't know what I'd do without her" he mumbled.
I let go of Twilight and hugged Spike.
"She might not want to tell us what it is, but I will do all I can to make her happy again. Will you?"
"I will" he sniffed.

When Spike had stopped crying and gone back to making pancakes, I returned to Twilight.
I wanted to hold her when she woke up so she'd feel loved.

I wanted her to be happy.