The Saga of RK Act 1.

Beep. Beep. Beep. I lay on a hospital bed, my eyes still closed as narcotics made even the slightest movements tiring, leaving me to use sound to detect a nearby heart monitor and distant phone calls in the hall, leaving me to guess that I am a patient in the Intensive Care Unit, or ICU. My memory was very clouded and fuzzy, but I managed to piece together the previous six hours.

I remember coming home after a long day of work, when I began hearing a woman scream for help outside. Most people would ignore it or call the police, but I have lived in this neighborhood for the better part of three years and I was flat out tired of crime running rampant here! I quickly dialed 911 to send help, then ran out the door to help the woman. I fought the mugger, who was armed with a pocket knife, distracting him long enough for the woman to escape. But, to my luck, the mugger had friends. His friends pinned me down while he stabbed me almost 20 times in the chest. While I was massively damaged and left to bleed out, I moved as quickly as my dying organs allowed. Before I knew it, I was passed out. But, one peculiar thing I noticed, was that just before I fell unconscious, I heard an otherworldly kind of noise, and felt my physical self fall apart, disintegrate, leaving me to drift for a little, where I passed out. I only remember faint shimmers of a field, and a small, sky blue thing running up to me, before I awoke here.

I slowly opened my eyes, feeling the strain of this  menial task, and began to observe my current situation. Yep, I was in a hospital. I was hooked up to a full IV bag, meaning I woke up pretty recently from the bag being placed. I looked at the featureless, sky blue wallpaper then to the white linoleum floor. I saw that my chest was bandaged,  and the bandages were bled through. Not a good sign. I saw, however, that someone had it way worse on the other side of the curtain to my left, as their entire body was bandaged. I looked to my right and saw a night stand that- strangely- had a bouquet of daisies and a "get well soon!" card signed by a "R.D."

After looking for a second longer, I found the nurse calling button, which seemed slightly larger than at most hospitals. I pressed the button. I was a bit thirsty and I was afraid that, if I got up, I'd bleed even worse from my blood pumping. I heard footsteps in the halls, but these footsteps sounded... off. Like the person was wearing a weird pair of shoes. I then noticed that it sounded like FOUR legs instead of TWO. Was I getting two nurses? My mind began flashing those Halloween costumes of those "sexy nurses", in an attempt to help me forget about the 20 wounds that nearly killed me. I sat up, trying not to look too injured. But when the door opened, my eyes widened in terror! There wasn't a nurse, there was a three-dimensional cartoon pony! I stared at the three-foot tall nurse pony, mouth agape.

"You rang? I got you some water if you wanted some. Oh, by the way, my name is Nurse Redheart, if you need anything else, just let me know."She pushed a cart with about ten water cups and gently put one down next to my card.

"Do you need any help drinking?" I shook my head.

"Okay, well if you need anything else, just ring one of us up, okay?" I nodded, still uncertain of what is happening. I looked at the water and sipped it. It tasted... sweeter than normal water. Was it poisoned? I looked in the cup and noticed that the water was actually cleaner-looking than even purified water on earth! I quickly gulped down the entire cup and noted something spectacular. The water made me feel healthier! I don't know how or why, but I felt better after drinking the water!

"Excuse me, um..." Nurse Redheart pointed at me.

"You. You have a visitor."

After the nurse pony walked away, a sky blue Pegasus with a rainbow tail and mane walked in.

"Hey, man."

The Pegasus greeted me. I stared at her, not sure what to say. Who was she? She waved a hoof in front of my face.

"Helloooo? Can you talk?"

"Yes." I replied, my voice groggy.

"Oh, thank goodness. How ya feeling, bro?" I shrugged.

"Okay, I guess... Are you the one that took me to the hospital?" I asked in my raspy voice. The colorful pony struck a valiant pose.

"Yeah, you're welcome." She flashed me a big, bright smile.

"Oh, thank you so much." I thanked her. She blushed

"Ah, no, its fine." I wanted to hug her, but I resisted my urge.

"Hey, I'm sorry that we didn't have a proper introduction. My name is..."

I had to think for a moment, as my old name would carry my past sins.

"...RK. My name is RK." I chose RK for the personal connection I had, as all my friends always called me RK.

"RK? Cool name. My name is Rainbow Dash. Nice to know you." She raised a hoof, letting me shake her hoof.

"So, you're a human, eh?" Dash asked in a sarcastic tone. I nodded.

"Why? Is that bad?" I asked. Dash gave me a bit of a worried look.

"Er... No, nothing wrong with it. It's just that your kind has a... reputation. But don't worry, I know somepony that could help the public get used to you."

"Sorry, Ms.Dash, but he needs his bed rest for tomorrow." Rainbow Dash left.

"Uh, nurse? What am I doing tomorrow?" She looked back with a smile as she turned off the lights.

"Physical Rehabilitation."