Stormy finished explaining, wiping her tears. The untouched cup of tea sat in front of her, now ice cold, though it had been steaming hot thirty minutes ago. Star sighed and looked at Stormy's bloodshot eyes. The earth pony had never seen Stormy cry before...and just the sight of it made her sick. Star herself had choked back a few tears while Stormy had been telling the story.

"What do we do?" Stormy whispered now, looking out the window at the complete chaos that had unraveled. What she was looking at was her world now, and the reality of the situation swirled in her mind.

"I don't know..." Star responded quietly. "But...we have to stay collected. We can take care of Tsuki and maybe she knows a healing spell and she can heal herself..." The earth pony squinted at the Pegasus.

Stormy sighed and shook her head, looking down with a strained expression.

"I'm afraid she'll pass out again...I don't think she can handle it."

"Well...maybe when she feels better." Star was using her normal perky voice once more, trying to cheer her friend up. Stormy smiled.

"Now, you go take a shower and you can sleep in the guest room. I'll wait until Tsuki wakes up." Star said, glancing at the clock. 3:03am

Stormy gave her a confused look.

"What? I can't let you do that, I'm the one that brought her here-"

"Nonsense. Just go take a shower and get to bed, you must be exhausted."

Stormy yawned in response and mumbled 'thanks' before stumbling upstairs, no more argument needed. After she was gone, Star got up and went to the sink. She began putting warm water on a washcloth, then made some soup and brought both of them to Tsuki, placing the cloth on the mares forehead.

The unicorn winced in response, even though she wasn't awake.

Star whispered softly.

"Tsuki...Tsuki wake up...come on, wake up."

Tsuki groaned and her eyes fluttered open. The sight of Star must have scared her because she sat up with a gasp, and began frantically looking around the room, only to have the washcloth fall off her face and land in her lap, startling her more.

Star fought back a giggle and cleared her throat.

"Tsuki! It's ok...your safe." Star said, calming the unicorn.

Tsuki turned to the earth pony, in the midst of her cold sweat and her tremors halted, she panted and closed her eyes, breathing slowly now as she calmed herself.

"Where's Stormy?" Her voice was slightly crackling.

"She's taking a shower. Here, I made you some soup, and put this on your head." Star gave Tsuki the washcloth. The unicorn sighed, and took a sip of the soup so her throat wouldn't prevent her from talking.

"Thanks Star." She said quietly, then gave her a confused look.

"I'm not sick, you know."

Star giggled. "I know, I'm not dumb. I need you to feel better so you can heal yourself. A unicorn's subconscious, physical, and mental health all affect their magic."

Tsuki smiled slightly. "That's out of a magic book. You've read it?"

Star nodded.

"You'r not the only one that reads, you know."

Tsuki grinned then yawned and sipped on her soup.

"When your done with that, get some rest. You can take a shower in the morning, because your hoof will be a bit better. We'll ice it over night."

"Since when did you become so...knowledgeable about health?"

"Well...I'm uh...you know...clumsy. Also I have a weak immune system." Star said, her face flushed a little.

Tsuki nodded and said goodnight, and with that, finished her soup and fell right asleep, her mind empty, with nothing but the feeling of being away from the chaos, content.

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"The big house at the end of Willow Street? Yeah....I know whose house that is......so that's where they went?....alright. We'll get them tomorrow...good work guys." Tiger clicked the mute button on her walkie-talkie and sighed.

"I'm sorry Stormy....but I knew you were trouble from the beginning...and taking her away from you is the only way to make you see that." The deranged Pegasus mumbled, taking out her knife and beginning to sharpen it.

"Soon you'll see why."