Waking up in Equestria

Being bed ridden sucked.

It really does.

On the bright side- Oh, wait, it still sucked.

Sighing, I looked over at the bookshelf that occupied my bedroom. Twilight had it recently built, filling each shelf to maximum capacity with books on various topics. Much to her disappointment, I kept telling her I had no time to read any of the books.

Which was partially the truth.

Truth be told; I had no interest in any of the topics the books covered. Politics, Flora and Fauna, ponies who accomplished great things. Ugh, who cares? Their stuff happened in the past; and no one really wants to learn about the past anymore.

Except for me, so naturally my urge to learn more about a time before me had kicked in.

The downside, is the book shelf was half way across the room, and I was on strict doctors' orders to not move a single muscle while I healed up.

"Twiiiiiliiiiight..." I called out. I could hear the sounds of rushing hooves clopping against the ground as she ran to my room. The door flew open and Twilight stood there, panting a bit.

"Y-yes?" she asked, trying to catch her breath.

"I wanna book." I simply say. Twilight deadpans her face and looks at me. "Whaaaat? Doctor says I can't move a muscle while I heal." I say, giving my puppy eyes a shot.

Much to my disapproval, they didn't work and Twilight huffed. "You're a grown stallion. The doctor doesn't have a sixth sense that kicks in when a patient disobeys his orders."

In Ponyville General, Doctor X-Ray suddenly had a nagging feeling in the back of his mind. Thinking nothing of it, he simply shrugged and returned to the quadruple-bypass/lung replacement surgery he was performing.

"Just get up and grab and book and lay down again." Twilight continues.

"B-but Twi...I hurts a lot...so much..." I say, throwing dramatics into the tone of my voice.

"Oh no, you're not pulling that on me. I have to deal with enough of it from Rarity as it is." Twilight says, glaring at me. "Get your rear in gear and get a book that strikes your fancy."

"Ugh, fiiiine." I say, throwing the sheets off and standing up. Almost immediately, Twilight pounced me, sending me back onto the bed.

"Of course, why read a book? Mares tend to be more of an interesting topic than any book..." she whispers into my ear.

"Okay, this is a definite 'no'. Fractured spine, remember?" I ask Twilight. But she ignores me and checks my lower back.

"Looks fine from here. Besides, you've been laying in bed all week. It's about time your body did some physical activities." she purred. I gulped, my heart beat rising.

"U-uh..." I start, but I'm cut off as Twilight's lips lock onto mine.

Once again, Doctor X-Ray has that nagging feeling from earlier, this time at a stronger level.

"Nurse, take over." he says, ripping off his surgical mask and looking to Nurse Redheart.

"E-Excuse me?!" Redheart asks, stupefied.

"There's a patient disobeying my orders. I must find them." X-Ray heroically says as he struts out of the surgery theater, leaving Redheart and the other nurses struck dumb. Their jaws were dropped and the room was silent, until the heart monitor began to flat line.

"Now, which pony is not listening to me?" X-Ray asks himself as the sliding doors to Ponyville General open to allow him out. His gaze stares out over Ponyville as he stands there, the breeze kicking up and rustling his mane a bit.

"Oh! GAH! T-Twilight!" I protest, but the mare simply giggles in response to my proclamations. I try my best to avoid her as she crawls around under the bedsheets, like a linen great white shark.

"Heeerrrreee pony pony pony..." Twilight calls out in a taunting manner. I feel a nip at my leg, causing me to cry out in surprise and to bolt out of the bed. Twilight sits up, her outline being shown under the sheets. Her face pops out from the sheets and she looks at me with a predators' glare. "Get back here..."

"That's a large no can do." I say, starting for the door. In an instant, Twilight giggles and pounced me, her hooves crashing into my back. I'm thrown out the door, landing on my stomach. My bony and metal wings start flapping on basic instinct to try and fly away, but I was achieving little to no lift. "TWILIGHT! I'M SUPPOSE TO BE HEALING!" I proclaim loudly. Suddenly, I'm flipped onto my back; my wings being pinned underneath. I try and crawl away until something inside the room stops me.

"Oh. I see what you're going for..." I say as an idiot grin spreads across my lips.

The nagging has gotten worse; almost to a point where it seemed like X-Ray's head would split in half from the pressure building up.

"Gotta find them...gotta find them!" he says as he runs through Ponyville. Ponies had tried to stop him along his route, asking if he was alright. X-Ray paid no mind to them and continued his hunt for the disobedient patient. As he entered the southern portion of Ponyville, his horn began to tingle. He ignited his magic on the spot and turned his head. As he panned, the magic intensified in the direction of Golden Oaks' Library.

"Got you."

"I had no idea magic could do that." I say simply. Twilight gulps and giggles a little.

God how that giggle was adorable.

"But what I wanna know, is how does a shut-in like you, know so much about the 'Dance with No Pants'?" I ask her, sitting up onto my elbows.

"Well, when one is bored and rather lonely at points in her life, she tends to brush up on a Pony's more...instinctive side." she simply says, giving a smirk to me. "Books have taught me a great deal of topics, both academic and 'recreational'." she says, using air quotes with her hooves.

"Damn girl. Book worm turned naughty secretary." I say with a chuckle. Twilight was about to respond when the bedroom window burst apart.

"Patient zero-one-fifteen! You haven't been following my advice, have you!?" X-Ray bellowed angrily, his horn surging with a great deal of magic, a vein threatening to burst on his forehead.

"O-oh...hi Doc..." I say with a gulp. One of X-Ray's eyes twitched madly. His magic surges and he envelopes me, lifting me and throwing me onto the bed. Suddenly, leather straps latched down on me, securing me to the bed.

"NO MOVING! Have a nice day now!" X-Ray said with a sudden change of attitude, from livid to cheerful and pleasant. My face was a blank expression, as was Twilight's.

"Wat." the mare simply said.

"I...have no idea...I thought you said doctors didn't have a sixth sense." I say. Twilight shrugs and looks out the window.

"I guess X-Ray is an exception."

All across Equestria, doctors of various fields leave their homes or places of work to hunt down their patients, rage seething and boiling in their minds as their sixth sense kicks in, directing the medical ponies to their destinations.

"Anyway, which book did you want?" Twilight asks. It took me a couple of seconds to remember what the hell she was talking about.

"Oh! Um, something on ancient Equestria. I'd like to read on how you guys were during the medieval era." I say, pointing to the 'History' section of the book shelf. Twilight's magic envelopes a book called Equestrian Knights: A History to Medieval Equestria. As the book floats over, Twilight adjusts the leather strap to allow my arms freedom.

"I SAID-" X-Ray suddenly yells.

"OH, KNOCK IT OFF! I'M GIVING THE POOR GUY A BOOK! GO COUNT PILLS OR SOMETHING!" Twilight angrily retorts, creating a new window with her magic and sealing the doctor out. A quite 'Sorry' is heard outside. "Now then, here's your book. If you want, I can go and make you some tea, okay?" Twilight asks. I nod and reach up for a kiss. Twilight obliges and returns it, turning around and taking her leave from the bedroom.

Cracking open the book, I laid there and began to read.

About twenty minutes later, Twilight returns to the room with a cup of tea in a levitation field next to her. By now, my snout is buried in the book as I read.

"Here's your tea." Twilight says, setting the drink on the nightstand. She smiles a bit, looking at me as I read. "Try not to fall asleep on the book. They don't make for great pillows." Twilight jokes, taking her leave once more.

For the rest of the night, I was eyeball deep in tales of ancient plagues, chivalrous knights, wars that were waged, and scientific breakthroughs in medicine and personal hygiene.