open The Town That Friendship Forgot

[Thundy]

@Dynamo Pad @Samurai Equine

"Here, take my talon and hold it tight. Also, keep your eyes closed." Thundy said as he extended his talon out for Dynamo to hold. He already had the exact place where he wanted to go in his mind. 

[Dynamo Pad 11,470]

@C. Thunder Dash @Samurai Equine

"Uh...okay?" Dynamo responded unsurely, while grabbing Thundy's talon with his front left hoof. "Is there any reason as to why I should keep my eyes closed? Maybe it's because the sudden transition from one location to another would make feel dizzy and/or not feeling well." He pondered, closing his eyes as he didn't want to go through what he had experienced from the last teleportation. "Okay. my eyes are closed and I'm set to go."

[Thundy]

@Samurai Equine @Dynamo Pad

"Okay then...here we go." Thundy said as he gathered some electricity and disappeared. He then reappeared right at the hospital, right next to Samurai. "I got the news. I'm here." Thundy said to Samurai, letting go of Dynamo.

[Dynamo Pad 11,470]

@Ragland Tiger @Samurai Equine @C. Thunder Dash

Dynamo nodded as he felt himself being teleported alongside Thundy. In a flash, the duo had reappeared right near the entrance of the hospital. Dynamo sighed as the instant transmission wasn't as bad as the teleportation he had gone through in the vehicle. Feeling thankful to the male griffon, the gaming unicorn nodded as they had appeared next to Sam. "I showed Thundy the message and we got her as soon as we could. I just hope the others were able to get the message." He says, taking notice that Bluebell and the others hadn't arrived just yet. He knew he was still wearing his pendant as he held the accessory close to his heart. 'Bluebell,' He spoke in his mind. 'If you can sense the pendant, then please try to make your way towards the Canterwild Hospital. Samurai had written a message in the journal that they had found Trilby. He needs all of us to make our way over towards this hospital.'

[Ragland Tiger 3,427]

@Dynamo Pad @Samurai Equine @C. Thunder Dash

10 minutes ago, Dynamo Pad said:

Dynamo nodded as he felt himself being teleported alongside Thundy. In a flash, the duo had reappeared right near the entrance of the hospital. Dynamo sighed as the instant transmission wasn't as bad as the teleportation he had gone through in the vehicle. Feeling thankful to the male griffon, the gaming unicorn nodded as they had appeared next to Sam. "I showed Thundy the message and we got her as soon as we could. I just hope the others were able to get the message." He says, taking notice that Bluebell and the others hadn't arrived just yet. He knew he was still wearing his pendant as he held the accessory close to his heart. 'Bluebell,' He spoke in his mind. 'If you can sense the pendant, then please try to make your way towards the Canterwild Hospital. Samurai had written a message in the journal that they had found Trilby. He needs all of us to make our way over towards this hospital.'

"Hey d-d-Dynamo, Thundy, Samurai," Bluebell called.  "What-what's going on?  H-how is Trilby?"

[Thundy]

@Ragland Tiger @Dynamo Pad @Samurai Equine

"According to Samurai's letter in the journal...things don't look too good...they say that he's in critical condition and for some reason, the hospital is not letting anyone visit at all..." Thundy stated to Bluebelle. 

[Dynamo Pad 11,470]

@Ragland Tiger @Samurai Equine @C. Thunder Dash

Dynamo's ears perked as he heard Bluebell calling out to him and the others. Turning towards her as she made her way towards them, Dynamo smiled softly as he met her halfway. "Hey, Bluebell. I'm glad you were able to make it. I'm guessing you got the message, as well?" He asks, glancing back to Thundy, before turning to Bluebell with a nod and frown. "What he says it's true. Along with what Samurai had written in the journal. At the moment, Trilby is in critical condition, but they managed to find him. They aren't allowing visitors so we can't see Trilby. I'm not entirely sure why this hospital isn't allowing visitors." He sighed softly, while trying to figure out the reason. He wasn't sure if it was because of too many patients or visitors already, or if there was something else that was wrong within the building.

Edited March 28, 2021 by Dynamo Pad

[Samurai Equine 52,481]

@Dynamo Pad, @Ragland Tiger, @C. Thunder Dash, @PawelS

Samurai sees his friends appear. "Everyone! I'm glad you could make it. Sorry to call you out to this very remote spot in the northwest corner of the town." Samurai looks around. "I guess Pencil and Chelsea couldn't make it? Maybe they'll join us later. Either way, sorry for interrupting all your plans today." Samurai says.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@Samurai Equine @Ragland Tiger @Dynamo Pad @PawelS

"They were headed to the museum so they're probably still there." Thundy said taking out his iphone. He dialed Chelsea's number. 

@ExplosionMare

Meanwhile, Chelsea was at the museum with pencil when all of a sudden, her iphone rang. 

 

"Hmm, I wonder what Thundy wants..." Chelsea stated as she picked up. "Hey Thundy, everything okay?" She asked. "Not really, Samurai called us to be at the hospital. You know that energy you were sensing yesterday? It's Trilby. He's in critical condition and for some reason the hospital isn't letting visitors in." Thundy said. "Oh that's not good. I'll be there shortly." Chelsea stated. "Okay, see you then." Thundy said hanging up. Chelsea walked over to Pencil and gently picked her up. "We gotta meet Thundy and the others. Samurai got a report that Trilby is at the hospital but in critical condition. We gotta get there and fast." She said. 

[Pencil Pouch]

@C. Thunder Dash @Samurai Equine

Pencil’s journal buzzed. Could it be her commissionee already? Was he finally going to cancel and prove that Pencil had truly failed? She clenched her teeth as she pulled the journal out from her saddlebag and opened it. She breathed a sigh of relief but then immediately sucked it back in. The message was from Samurai, not the commissionee, but it was of an urgent manner.

She glanced up at Chelsea who had just received a phone call with the same message that required everyone to meet up at the hospital. With a serious look on her face, she said,

“We need to get there right now. Whatever the fastest way to get us there is, I want you to go ahead and use that,”

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@ExplosionMare

”This is gonna be much faster than normal. Here goes! Aqua jet!” Chelsea called as she morphed into a rapid moving stream of water, taking Pencil with her. 
 

@Dynamo Pad @PawelS @Samurai Equine @Ragland Tiger

What sounded like a raging river could be heard as Chelsea in her Aqua Jet form came rushing in. She quickly reformed into her anthro form with Pencil safely in her arms. She gently put Pencil on the ground. “We made it.” Chelsea said. 

[Samurai Equine 52,481]

@Dynamo Pad, @Ragland Tiger, @C. Thunder Dash, @PawelS

Samurai is really impressed with how fast his friends manage to get here. "Sugee. I've got the best friends ever... Ahem. Glad you both could join us, Chelsea, Pencil. I feel really bad that we forgot all about Trilby. Maybe together, we can convince the nurse to let us through."

Samurai walks back over to the nurse. "Could you please explain to us why Trilby Hatter isn't seeing visitors?" Samurai asks. The nurse nods. "It all happened yesterday. A volunteer found him and brought him here. He was badly beaten and floating in and out of consciousness. His wallet was on him, so we use that to find out his name was Trilby Hatter. At one point, he begged us not to tell anyone that he was here. When we asked him if there's any friends or family that might be worried about him, he said he doesn't have any friends. He said, and I quote, 'They're all Samurai's friends, not mine...'. We begged him for more information. There had to be SOMEPONY that would care about his well being. Before he blacked out, all he said was 'I don't want to worry her. She deserves to be happy. She doesn't need my problems.' He's been unresponsive ever since. We're keeping him alive and doing our best, but he's still covered in a lot of complex injuries. We think he may have been ambushed by some of those monsters that invaded yesterday." The nurse explains.

Edited March 28, 2021 by Samurai Equine

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@Samurai Equine @ExplosionMare @Ragland Tiger @Dynamo Pad @PawelS

Chelsea wanted to run straight to Trilby’s room and perform one of her healing spells. She had that desperate look on her face. Thundy was right beside her and hugged her close. 

[Dynamo Pad 11,470]

@Ragland Tiger @Samurai Equine @PawelS @ExplosionMare @C. Thunder Dash

"Hey, Sam, Tree, and Mr. Nopony. I'm glad we were able to make it here." Dynamo responded, shaking his head with a look of understanding on his face. "It's okay and there's no need to apologize. It's still early, so there's plenty of time for our plans to happen. I'm just glad you told us that you were able to find Trilby. The question is how did you manage to find or know where Trilby would be?" He asks, looking around to see that Pencil and Chelsea didn't appear just yet. He looked over to Thundy, who pulled out the device he had showed him and the others yesterday. It appeared that he was trying to get into contact with the others. Not even a few moments after he tried to contact Pencil and Chelsea, Dynamo's ears perked as he heard the sound of a raging river off in the distance. Turning towards the source of the sound, the gaming unicorn watched as both Pencil and Chelsea had just made their arrival. "Now that's what I call making great time. Hey Pencil, Chelsea. I'm glad the two of you were able to make it."

Nodding in agreement with Samurai's statement, Dynamo looked back at the hospital building. "I know what you mean, Sam. I remember trying to find everyone to round us all up. I was going to go find Trilby and Shadow next, but then the creatures and paper ninja had showed up out of nowhere." As the asian pony had made his way back over towards the nurse, Dynamo's jaw dropped in shock at what he had been told. He couldn't believe that Trilby had considered him and the others friends to only Samurai. "N-No...no. T-That can't be. E-Even after the gaming world, I considered Trilby a good friend." He trembled, shaking his head as he didn't want to believe that Trilby would say that. It even pained his heart as he put the pieces together as when Trilby had mentioned 'her,' he had meant Shadow. Shaking his head, he took a shaky step forward. "Please, you have to let us see him. I-I don't know what Trilby is talking about, or if he was delusional due to his injuries, or if he was speaking nonsense. Either way, we all consider him a friend. It's why we all came here to see him. I don't know what had happened to her, but I know I helped her when she was hurt from yesterday. She's at a different hospital, but I know she would want to see him and vice versa. I don't know them both all that well, but they looked really happy together. We need to help be there for Trilby and to help him, please. If there's one thing that I know about being a friend, then it's that you can't just abandon a friend like that." Just like Samurai had done the day before, Dynamo had bowed before the nurse. "Please." He closed his eyes and hoped that they could let them see their friend.

[Pencil Pouch]

@C. Thunder Dash @Samurai Equine @Dynamo Pad @PawelS @Ragland Tiger

“Woohoo!” Pencil cried as Chelsea prepared a water jet for the two of them to travel to the hospital. The jet was much more tame compared to the car. That, and something about a water jet was just really fun. When they arrived, Pencil had to push her mane around to get it away from her face.

She listened to the exchange between Samurai and the nurse and immediately felt a heavy sensation in her heart. She didn’t know Trilby too well outside of the game world. She had no idea he felt this way about his friends. Pencil had known what this feeling was like and hated to see another pony go through it. Thankfully, it seemed there was a viable solution when Dynamo had connected the dots when Trilby had mentioned there was one pony who truly cared about him. Pencil remembered seeing Shadow in the game world as well, if only briefly. If retrieving her from the hospital would make Trilby feel better, then Pencil would not hesitate to go with everyone to accomplish that.

“If there’s a way we can bring Shadow here, then I think we should do that,” she told the group. “Chelsea, if we’re able to go, then you should probably be there in case Shadow needs a healing spell. I’m not sure how her condition is going to be,”

[Chelsea]

@ExplosionMare @Samurai Equine @Dynamo Pad @Ragland Tiger @PawelS

"I am really hoping that I could at least go in and heal them...you saw how I have been healing ponies and others so far..." Chelsea said getting increasingly worried. "Time is passing, if these nurses won't at least let me go in the inevitable may happen." Chelsea said with a small sniffle. 

 

[Samurai Equine 52,481]

@Dynamo Pad, @Ragland Tiger, @C. Thunder Dash, @PawelS, @Windy Breeze

"The town has set up an information register in the town square. They are helping families who were previously separated become reunited. It's how I found out where Trilby is." Samurai explains to Dynamo.

The nurse can tell the news has visibly upset all of them. "Look, I'm willing to make a concession here. I don't know who this Shadow pony is, but we're willing to give her visitation rights. Likewise, if she is willing to vouch for all of you, then I'll let you all in to see Trilby as well. But ONLY with Shadow's permission." The nurse says. Samurai scratches his head. "Shadow Trail? I didn't realize she and Trilby were so close. But according to the informational pamphlet I was given, Shadow Trail is at the Friendshire Central Hospital. Chelsea, you don't need me to be there, but I'd like to go with you to help retrieve and possibly heal Shadow, if she needs it." Samurai explains.

Edited March 29, 2021 by Samurai Equine

[Chelsea]

@Samurai Equine

"On it!" Chelsea said as she morphed into her aqua jet form and flowed off, the sounds of a raging river could be heard. She arrived at the other hospital quickly and went through the doors. She looked around and went to the front desk. "Uhm, is there a pony named Shadow Trail here?" She asked the receptionist. 

[Dynamo Pad 11,470]

@Ragland Tiger @ExplosionMare @PawelS @Samurai Equine @C. Thunder Dash

Dynamo looked up from his bow as he heard the nurse's offer. "If that's what it takes to help Trilby, then that's what we'll do." He slowly stood back up, looking over towards Samurai with a nod. "I remember helping Chelsea and Thundy with healing the injured yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to see an information register. It must have been set up right after everything had settled down, or just recently. Thanks for the explanation, Sam." He says, truly appreciating Samurai's remark. "Would it be better if Thundy can go with you both? I don't know if Thundy's instant transmission is faster, or if Chelsea's way of travel is more efficient. However, maybe it would be better to have a sort of fast travel. That way, you can get back here quickly and allow Chelsea to help heal Trilby." He explained, before seeing Chelsea had taken off to find Shadow. "O-Oh, n-never mind." He quietly said, wondering if his explanation was a flawed one.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@Dynamo Pad @Samurai Equine @PawelS @Ragland Tiger @ExplosionMare

"Well the name says it all: instant transmission..." Thundy stated as he looked to the group and saw Chelsea head towards the other hospital. "I just hope that we get to Trilby on time. In my world...people who are critically injured go to what is called the intensive care unit. Because they're so weak, a machine has to breathe for them..." Thundy stated. 

[Dynamo Pad 11,470]

@Ragland Tiger @ExplosionMare @PawelS @Windy Breeze @Samurai Equine @C. Thunder Dash

Dynamo's expression fell slightly as he heard Thundy's response. "O-Oh, yeah. You're right about that. I-I'm sorry." His eyes trailed away as a blush of embarrassment slowly glowed to life on his cheeks. He had only asked as he honestly wasn't sure if Thundy's or Chelsea's mode of transportation was faster than the other. That, and he didn't want one tiring themselves out, while not being able to help Trilby. He must have felt or looked ridiculous when asking a question like that to the others. However, he had to understand that Trilby's fate was more important right now. He shuddered with a tremble in worry as he heard the male griffon's statement. "I just hope Chelsea can get to Shadow in time. That, and I hope Shadow is okay and that she's up. She's the one that can truly help Trilby right now." He sighed softly, while hoping for a miracle.

[Samurai Equine 52,481]

@C. Thunder Dash, @Windy Breeze

The medical staff is there to greet Chelsea when she arrives. Thankfully, Shadow hasn't made any issues against visitors. She and Samurai are more than welcome to go to her room and visit her, if they want.

[Windy Breeze 15,190]

@Samurai Equine @C. Thunder Dash

What Samurai and the others don't know is somepony managed to slip into Shadow's room.

As she was reading the same book from when Nopony visited her a while ago, she heard the door open. Tearing her gaze from the page, what she saw walking into room was a stallion she doesn't recognize and he also carried her saddleebag, he had a sly and evil grin which she misinterpreted as a calm smile.

“Who are you?”

The stallion replied “I am Azure Night, Captain Shadow Trail” he replied in a icy cold solemn voice, “I came here to deliver your saddlebag to you as your apartment complex was damaged during the horrid invasion”

[Chelsea]

@Samurai Equine @Windy Breeze

"So where is Shadow?" Chelsea asked as she waited for the receptionist to answer. She wanted to go help Shadow quickly, since Trilby was on her mind and she was the best candidate to heal both Trilby and Shadow with her pure heart. 

[Samurai Equine 52,481]

@C. Thunder Dash, @Windy Breeze

The receptionist points the door out. Samurai goes over and knocks on it. "Excuse me? Shadow Trail? It's Samurai Equine and Chelsea. We wish to visit you. May we enter?"

Edited March 29, 2021 by Samurai Equine