Kindness is Magic

“I'm bored...” Fluttershy said to herself as she plopped down on her couch after making sure all of her animals were fed and happy for the ninth time in an hour. She looked over her living room to see if she could find something to do. Her gaze stopped on her bookshelf. She fluttered over and looked through them.

“Woodland creatures, no...anatomy of the average bear, no...Flora and Fauna of the Everfree, no...” Fluttershy said lowly to herself as he read off the titles. They were all animal or medical related books. She sighed and realized she needed a novel to sate her sudden urge to read. She looked at her clock, eight in the afternoon, not too late to pay Twilight a visit.

After a minute of flying she nearly snapped her wings shut and fell as a thunderstorm suddenly appeared. She vowed to walk home on the way back and sped up.

“Hey hey be careful! We got a renegade storm here and only authorized Weather Ponies should be this close!” a Pegasus called to her when the storm got really close.

“I-I'm just going to the L-library.” Fluttershy said. The Pegasus looked towards the Library that they were flying towards and he nodded and waved her off, making a 'go quickly' sign.

Fluttershy was beginning to descend down to the Library, but she suddenly felt her mane frizz up. A jolt of pain shot through her body and the world went black.

“Man that's a pretty nasty storm, the Weather ponies have a hard job ahead of them.” Spike said as he looked out of the window.

“Yeah, I hope they all make it out ok. It's about time for you to go to bed though isn't it.” Twilight said, finishing with a smirk.

“Yep! 'Night Twilight.” Spike said and went upstairs to his basket bed.

Twilight started going through a book labeled 'Psychology of an mortal Mind' when there was a thump. It sounded more like Rainbow Dash crashing into her door than a thump, but it didn't sound good. The telltale boom and shock wave of thunder coming form a lightning bolt that struck extremely close came seconds after the crash. She magicked open the door and shrieked as she saw a combination of yellow, pink and red.

Fluttershy was unconscious the seconds after the bolt of lightning had hit her and she fell from the sky, her still unfolded wings providing a little glide. Unfortunately, that same glide brought her crashing into the door of the library. Aided by the Rain, a pool of blood slowly started forming under her face as blood slowly oozed from her mouth, nose and ears. Her head was propped weirdly against the door, and it flopped to the wooden floor of the library when the door was opened with a shriek.

“Twi what is it?!” spike exclaimed as he rushed down the stairs. He froze as he saw Twilight floating a slightly bloodied and singed Fluttershy onto the couch.

“Spike go get Nurse Red Heart!” Twilight exclaimed, her voice breaking from fear and concern as a purple umbrella formed above the little purple dragon.

“W-w-what happened?” Spike asked. “Just go!” Twilight yelled. Spike was so scared by the face of pure horror on Twilight's face and the yell that had never been directed towards him he was out of the door in a flash.

Twilight had a vast knowledge of medical practices, but a very limited knowledge of Pegasus anatomy from all of her books. She quickly looked the injured Pegasus over and used her magic to stem the bleeding. There was a gash along Fluttershy's side that seemed to be cauterized and the surrounded coat was blackened and singed. She almost vomited at the smell of burning flesh but held it back as she used her magic to pull out the destroyed feathers of the wings.

After a minute or two Nurse Red Heart and a Pegasus Nurse came in quickly with spike in tow. “Tell me exactly what happened.” Nurse Red Heart said as the Pegasus Pony began looking over Fluttershy.

“I was just studying when I heard a crash and Thunder, I opened the door and she was unconscious on the ground...I...I took her inside and sent spike to get you...and...and I stopped the bleeding from her mouth, nose and ears and preened the damaged feathers from her wings like my Pegasus Physiology book says to do and you got here.” Twilight explained, barely controlling her fear and sobs.

“You did an amazing job...though this Gash, did you do that?” the Pegasus Nurse said, motioning towards the Cauterized gash.

“N-no..it was like that...I-I think she got hit by Lightning.” Twilight said.

“She's alive and will recover. She won't be flying for at least two week and that gash needs to be cleaned. Her eyes, nose and mouth were bleeding from the shock wave, though there doesn't seem to be any serious damage from it. She definitely shouldn't be moving around much for a week at the least...Very good Twilight Sparkle...you saved her life.” the Pegasus Nurse said after finishing the checkup on the shy Pegasus.

“I'I know how to clean something like that...” Twilight said, starting to calm down.

“Alright. I'll be back tomorrow to make sure everything is alright. If you need any help or her injuries don't show signs of healing or any other problem let me know and I'll be here faster than you can call my name.” Nurse Red Heart said.

“Thank you...I've read up on enough Medical practices to be considered a nurse myself...so I should be fine...I hope...” Twilight said. The Nurses Left after giving Twilight a few medical kits, which she lacked, for good measure. Once Twilight was positive Fluttershy was ok she realized the couch was too small for Fluttershy, so she Levitated the unconscious Mare up the stairs and into her own bed.

“Is she going to be ok Twi?” Spike asked worriedly.

“I think so...I've never heard of anypony just shrugging of a Lightning bolt like that...I read weather reports and most ponies Die or lose something important...she'll just have a scar and a huge headache when she wakes up...” Twilight said. “You go to sleep...” she continued as a knock on her door was heard lightly.

“Yes?” Twilight said, looking down at the small puddle and trail of drips of blood that started at the door and led to the couch as she opened the door. “Oh my god...” The Pegasus from earlier said.

“It looks even worse in here...” he said sadly.

“What do you mean?” Twilight said.

“Look.” he replied and moved aside. There was a small impact crater about seven feet away from the door and a trail leading to the door where Fluttershy had slid along the ground, yellow feathers and blood streaking it. Then she nearly vomited again as she realized the puddle she was stepping it was Crimson.

“Is that Pegasus ok? I'm so sorry...I should have done something...she was flying to here and I just let her go instead of flying with her to make sure she was ok...is she ok?” he said quickly.

“She's as ok as she can be...she's alive and not injured too badly...Nurse Red Heart gave her an ok for now. And you couldn't have known...believe me when I tell you she would feel bad for making you feel guilty...” Twilight said. The Pegasus sighed in releif.

“Oh thank Celestia...I saw the bolt hit her dead on, it took a moment for her to black out but even unconscious she managed to glide down instead of dropping...I would have rushed to help her but that storm was getting bad fast and I had my hooves full with keeping it away from the homes...you couldn't believe how grateful I was when you took her in...” he said.

“Fluttershy is my best Friend, I'll take good care of her. She and I both are grateful for worrying about her but she's in good hooves now...what's your name?” Twilight said.

“Cloud Cover...thank you Twilight.” he said.

“Of course. You should get home now, it's late and you look exhausted.” Twilight said reassuringly.

“No offense, but you should probably clean up...” he said, pointing at her. She looked herself over and found that she had dried blood on her coat.

“Uh, thanks...the rain should take care of the door and the ground...hopefully...I should probably clean that up though.” Twilight said, looking first at the door and then inside the Library.

“Let me help you.” Cloud said, stepping forward a bit.

“No it's fine, magic is the perfect assistant.” Twilight said with a weak smile as her horn glowed and cleaning supplies started working without her looking.

“True enough...I'll see ya around.” he said. Twilight said her goodbye and he was off.

“Who was that?” Spike asked as she went upstairs to grab a towel. “A Pegasus that saw what happened and wanted to make sure Fluttershy was Alright.” Twilight replied. Spike nodded and resumed his sleep as Twilight bathed. She magicked out the guest bed, which was in pieces, and assembled it quickly and magicked a pillow and blanket from the closet. After making sure Fluttershy was ok one final time she let herself fall asleep.