Chapter 51: Awakening

Perspective: Nurse Blueheart

I walked through Ponyville along the snow covered trail ahead of me as I brushed some of my blue mane out of the way of my face with my lighter blue hoof, and let out a sigh. Today had been a terrible day.

First, I woke up with a sore back, apparently I slept wrong last night...

Second, my date with Noteworthy had been put on hold due to an outbreak of the flu! And if it couldn't get any worse... heat season was starting up!

Just as I thought that I felt the familiar pain in my rear as I winced and continued walking, the snow crunching under my hooves.

’Oh well... today should be an easy day at work. I'm working rose unit today!’ I thought as I remember the unit fondly.

Rose unit was particularly easy, mostly because most ponies there were either in a coma, or independent. As I was nearing Ponyville hospital a particular patient came to mind that stood out from the rest.

Jake Carson...

It was such a surprise when it happened, well from what I’m told anyway. Apparently he defended all of Canterlot and got hurt in the process. They were taking care of him in the Canterlot ICU, but after he was stable he was transferred here... to the Ponyville LTC unit.

It’s been a few months now and he hasn't made any progress towards waking up, and while he had a lot of support in the first month... the princesses are understandably very busy ponies. Still... I was surprised how much Luna seemed to care for him.

I snapped myself out of my thoughts as I came up to the Ponyville LTC facility entrance, connected to the general hospital. I walked towards the doors, and pushed them open as I went inside. The smell of sterile tiled floors that I knew all too well greeted me, as I looked towards the front desk.

’Oh man... not her...’ I thought as I noticed Nurse Tenderheart sitting at the desk, flipping through documents.

Sighing, I walked up to the desk, around it, and into the side entrance. As I did Tenderheart turned and gave me a smile.

“Blueheart! Oh I didn’t know you were working today!” She said with fake enthusiasm as I took my scarf and jacket off.

“Yeah... I took an extra shift today.” I said as I grabbed a nurse hat from under the desk and put it on.

As I centered my hat, I reached down to a metal cabinet and pulled the drawer open, revealing multiple binders and clipboards. I reached in and pulled one particularly big binder out, and put it on the desk in front of me. Flipping it open, I saw a list of checks to be done, some which the previous shift hadn’t done.

I let out a quiet annoyed grunt, and stood up, walking out from the desk and towards the nearest hall.

“Going to check on our vegetable again?” Tender asked from behind me as I shook my head at her disrespect.

I turned and gave her a bit of a sour look. “Same as every day.” I stated coldly, as I turned and started walking towards the first door on the right down the hall.

’Dis respectful little... I can only imagine if Princess Luna heard her say that’ I thought as I gave a small smile to the idea. ’Oh that would be gold’

As I came up to the door, I started humming to myself as I tried to distract myself from my heat gnawing at the back of my mind. I pushed the door open as I hummed, and walked in as I closed the door behind me. I turned to look at the bed ahead of me and I immediately stopped humming.

The bed was empty.

I could feel an instant wave of fear and worry wash over me as my eyes widened, and I was about to turn around before something wrapped around my head, covering my mouth.

“Don’t scream, or I’ll break your neck.” A voice said from behind me.

Never, in my whole life, was I more terrified than right now. I could feel my legs wobbling and my heart racing in my chest, before I knew it I could feel tears welling up in my eyes and rolling down my cheeks.

I was utterly helpless. I couldn't do anything, as he held me in place with an iron grip stopping all of my attempts at movement. Quickly, I nodded my head, more tears rolling down my face.

Slowly, his hand lowered from my mouth and down to my neck where his other hand lay.

Before I could even think of what to do next, he spoke up again. "Where is this, who are you, and... who am I?"

Trying to control my breathing, I very softly began to speak, and as I did I could feel his grip stay on me, completely unflinching.

“T-This is Ponyville l-long term care... you were brought here because you were badly h-hurt...” I began as his hands didnt move even an inch. “M-My name is Nurse Blueheart... and yours is Jake C-Carson...” I stuttered out as I felt his hands flinch for a second, getting me to let out a suppressed whimper.

There were a few moments of silence, before he spoke again.

“That... sounds right... but I can’t... remember.” He said from behind me as I started to get control of my breathing.

Before I could say anything else, he let go of me and I fell to the floor, my shaking legs collapsing under me. Immediately I pulled myself away from him across the floor, and turned around to look at him. I had seen him for a while now laying in bed, but looking at him standing straight up was a bit intimidating.

I had heard of the humans integrating into pony society over the last few months... but that's mostly Canterlot. I haven't really gotten to see one standing close up before. He was looking down at his hands, thinking hard about something, before he looked back up to me.

I could still feel a bit of the fear from before, but now I could also feel a sense of worry as I watched him try and piece things together. I opened my mouth as I went to say something before he raised his hand to stop me.

“My clothes, where are they.” He said as I looked to the right and pointed to a closet built into the wall.

He walked over to it and opened a door up, pulling out some jeans and a blue shirt, with a leather jacket. As he pulled out the jacket he stopped and looked at it for a moment, like he was trying to remember something. Before he shook his head and put everything on.

As he pulled the jacket on, he turned to me again. “Go to that corner, count to thirty and do not leave there until you do.” He said in a cold voice.

I quickly nodded and went to the corner, and slowly counted to myself. For what felt like an eternity I counted from zero to thirty, before finally reaching it. Hesitantly, almost not wanting to turn at all, I moved to look behind me. As I did, I could see no trace of him at all, almost like he just vanished.

As I thought this, a cool breeze blew past me, getting me to shiver as I looked over at an open window as the sun was cast inside.

Today really is just terrible...

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