The Day My Life Ended (Editing)

Chapter Nineteen (Revised)

She landed in their backyard.

Her entire body looked like it ached. Still bleeding cuts covered her upper legs. Her human clothes came with multiple tears, like she'd been in a hurricane. Lilac never saw her human form before. Her face wasn't that different from her pony face, if Lilac looked closely.

Her orangish skin was covered in purple bruises. One limb looked broken, from the landing or whichever happened prior. But she wore none of the pain. All of her foggy focus was on Lilac.

"Mommy?" Lilac repeated.

She chuckled– her throat must be raw, so scratchy came her words. "Yes princess?"

Lilac's bottom lip trembled. Her eyes started to water. "Wha- wha- what is that?"

Morgan scrunched up her face. It made her wince. Morgan reached up to her face, touching a...claw(?) to it.

"Oh!" Morgan pulled it back. "Oh that's blood. Like in the- the things that get hurt. Like when you scraped your knees."

"You're hurt?!" Lilac yelped. "Mommy, you're hurt?!"

"No! No." Morgan lied. She was a worse liar as a human. Morgan pushed herself to her knees. Each move made her give suppressed groans. "Just- it's fine. I'll be fine."

"You are hurt!" Lilac rushed to her mother. She hugged the human, holding her tight. Lilac grabbed her hand. "Come- come! We need a bandaid!"

Morgan found herself being dragged into her house. She needed to stop. There wasn't time for this. She- how long had she been falling? How much time did the ponies have? Dominic could be at her house by now. Morgan had no way of knowing. Her friends could be dying, and she was meandering.

But Lilac looked so worried.

So Morgan let herself be walked.

Inside, Lilac sat Morgan down on the couch.

Lilac rushed into the kitchen. She was well aware of where they kept the first aid kit. Her mom made sure that Lilac never forgot it. Lilac opened the book, spotting bandaids. With all the bruises and blood, her mom would need a lot of bandaids. She grabbed the box of bandaids.

She brought them back to her mom. Morgan sat on their couch. She looked so small on it now, as a person instead of a pony. Lilac held up a smiley face bandaid.

"You need this on there." Lilac put it down on her arm.

Morgan pulled off the tape, making sure it stuck in place.

Lilac blinked. She'd forgotten about the tape part of the bandaid. She pulled out a big rainbow band aid. Her mom could use smileys and rainbows. "And these there."

Morgan sat. Her amber eyes stared at Lilac, big and watery. "No, no, not like that." She heard herself say.

Lilac flinched back.

"You did really good!" Morgan assured. "Just- I need two bandaids there. And- you see those wipes? I need that too." Morgan peeled off the bandaid, shifting in 90 degrees.

Lilac got the packet. Morgan carefully explained the steps to first aid to Lilac. She showed her how to clean a wound, and the proper way to set a bandage. Lilac nodded, serious. She took it so seriously. Morgan would've expected them to ask about cutiemarks. Her daughter only wanted to learn, to help her mom.

To help.

"I need to go back." Morgan said. Lilac taped the bandaid on the bruise. "Only I can." Though she would admit, she couldn't tell if she was saying that to Lilac or to herself.