mandysxmuses:

thewanderingsunset‌:

Shimmer gave a sniffle as she looked up at Nero. “I wanna see her.” She said sternly.

“… Shimmer, even if they didn’t tell me how it happened, they pretty much confirmed that she’s … gone.” Nero swallowed sadly. “I wasn’t even there. I couldn’t… why didn’t she tell me she was going out…?”

“I don’t care!” She snapped, shooting up from Nero’s lap. “They’re going to let me see her and they’re going to tell me what happened or Luna help nothing is gonna stop me from getting some answers about my sister!”

mandysxmuses:

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“… I killed them… I killed them all. I thought I could get her here in time…” Shimmer said in a low voice. “She… she went in to get me out of there… I should have stopped her! She was supposed to be my little sister! I was supposed to take care of her! And now…” she trailed off as tears began to fall once again.

“I doubt one cut on the back would’ve been ‘instant’… maybe… maybe more came after you thought you were done.” Nero rubbed his nose on his sleeve. “Shimmer, you… you’re okay. Look at yourself. You gave all you could. Sometimes… sometimes that’s all you can do, and that’s fine.”

Shimmer gave a sniffle as she looked up at Nero. “I wanna see her.” She said sternly.

mandysxmuses:

thewanderingsunset‌:

In her grief, Shimmer did something, she never thought she’d ever do: she latched onto Nero, throwing her arms around his waist and sobbing into him. “D-demon… c-cut her in the back! I- I killed them all but I… oh God, no! Please! I wanna wake up! I wanna wake up!!”

“I need to know what killed her!” Nero clutched onto her, grinding his teeth. “Look – I’ll talk to the doctor, demand some answers, and… and– if you want, I won’t tell you how it happened. Just know it wasn’t your fault, okay? She… she was just a kid. There’s no way you could’ve protected her from everything…”

“… I killed them… I killed them all. I thought I could get her here in time…” Shimmer said in a low voice. “She… she went in to get me out of there… I should have stopped her! She was supposed to be my little sister! I was supposed to take care of her! And now…” she trailed off as tears began to fall once again.

mandysxmuses:

thewanderingsunset‌:

Even as a team of doctors rushed in to try and calm her down, to sedate her, anything, all the demon did way cry pathetically. “It’s my fault! I couldn’t save her! It’s all my fault!…” She never took notice of Nero as she tried to crawl her way to the empty bed.

“I’m sorry Sav! I’m sorry! I failed you…”

“You.. you did the best you could…” Nero reached up and rubbed his eyes. “I wasn’t even there. I… what happened out there… I know this hurts, Shimmer, but you’ve got to tell me! How did you get all screwed up? What did this to you?”

He shivered. “They.. told me that it was instant for her, but they never said how…” 

In her grief, Shimmer did something, she never thought she’d ever do: she latched onto Nero, throwing her arms around his waist and sobbing into him. “D-demon… c-cut her in the back! I- I killed them all but I… oh God, no! Please! I wanna wake up! I wanna wake up!!”

mandysxmuses:

thewanderingsunset‌:

“…” Shimmer froze in her tracks as she heard Nero speak. Moving quickly, she stopped in front of the bed… only to see it completely empty.

“No…” she said in a wavering voice, tears beginning to fall from her eye. “No… oh please, Celestia NO! NOOO!” She cried, collapsing loudly into a heap on the floor her IV tipping over to the floor.

She lay there on the floor, squirming pathetically as she ran a hand through her hair, sobbing her eye out. In her grief, she let out an earsplitting cry, one so loud it echoed through the room and could be heard well into the next, the pain and anguish heard clearly in it.

“Was somebody with her? … Was anybody with her?!” Nero was about to feel that much more lost if this kid had broken her promise again and went out on her own just to meet her fate. 

“Are they HERE?!”

… And of course, he then came sprinting into Shimmer’s room, eyes red and puffy, tears streaming down his face, even as he saw her on the floor and ripped apart.

“Shimmer-! … Shimmer, you’re –!! CAN WE GET A GODDAMN DOCTOR IN HERE?!”

Even as a team of doctors rushed in to try and calm her down, to sedate her, anything, all the demon did way cry pathetically. “It’s my fault! I couldn’t save her! It’s all my fault!…” She never took notice of Nero as she tried to crawl her way to the empty bed.

“I’m sorry Sav! I’m sorry! I failed you…”