Chapters A Tale of Ponies And Humans : An Experience for the History Books
"Beep, Beep" "Beep, Beep" What was that? Beep, Beep" The beeps were getting louder.
I opened my eyes and saw what was not my bed... ' Hmm white sheets, anatomy charts, heart rate meters... oh' I put it all together and figured out I was in the hospital. I looked at one of my charts,
Patient Name : Leonardo Brown
Height: 6'2
Age : 22
That was me alright. I continued down the chart, but what I saw made my heart stop...
Reason : Fractured spinal column below neck
I read that over, and over... and over. I decided to look up what meant, so I decided to grab my phone which was mysteriously there... Only to find that I couldn't? 'What?' I thought. Then it hit me... I was quadriplegic... I knew very little about it and knew If it was fractured to badly you would be paralyzed, but luckily a doctor walked in.
"Good morning Leo, I see you might be confused why you are here, you are here because you fractured your spinal column just below your neck, but luckily for you it was not too bad." "Though you are very lucky, some people fracture it so badly they are paralyzed from their neck down for the rest of their life, you however will only have to wait until your spinal column repairs itself, which will take about... 3 weeks" He said. I sighed in relief, for a moment there I thought I would never walk again, thank god...
"But how will I eat? How will I use the bathroom?" I asked
"Well, As far as bathroom goes we've already installed a catheter, and a built in toilet, and as far as eating, nurses will come in and feed you, judging how you can talk, I am sure you can chew and swallow." He said. "Now I have to go and treat other patients, your family sent you a get well package, would you like to open it for you?" He asked.
"Sure that'd be great." I replied. He opened the box and inside revealed an assortment of movie disks as well as a voice activated tablet. "Would you like me to put a movie in for you?" He asked.
"Ya, can you put in the mystery one" When I was referring to the 'mystery one' I was referring to the one without writing. He put it in and commercials started to play.
"What caring family you have to send you all these things" He said "Yeah, they're awesome, and thanks!" I said as he walked out the door.
Well, it turns out the 'mystery disk' was My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, which was a show I had recently come to love. I watched it all day until it was time for bed. Just as the last episode finished The TV turned off on its own and so did the lights, I just shrugged (MENTALLY)and went to bed, falling into a deep slumber.
DREAM
I was sitting in a chair in a dark room, but I found I could move now, odd... then I heard a voice
"Hello" said an echoing voice "I have come to ask you something, something that may change your life forever..." It said
"Y-yeah?" I asked
"Would you like to come to a new world?"
"I can't, I mean I would but I won't leave my family." I said
"Who said they weren't coming..." It said. Then everything went black...
A Tale of Ponies And Humans : An Experience for the History Books
Another day, sitting the hospital... doing nothing... It was almost too much for me to handle. I was just sooo bored. This morning the doctor walked in and set up my voice activated tablet, jeez the tech these days.
"Google" I said
"Yes?" the tablet responded in a robot voice.
"Open YouTube" For a while I just watched stuff on YouTube like minecraft or something that I don't exactly remember. Even though I was watching things, time was moving SO SLOWLY. After watching about 25 videos or so, I got bored out of my mind.
So I got up... wait I GOT UP???? HOW IN THIS WORLD DID I JUST GET UP!?!?!??! After having a mental breakdown hopped of the bed. I was about to open the door, but I noticed I had nothing but a robe on, and my 'privates' were hanging out. Even though there was nobody else in the room I still blushed. I walked to my closet to see if anything was in there, and sure enough were some clothes. But my shirt and coat had decently small hole near the neck. Wait why is ther- oh, my mind trailed back to the dream I had last night. Was that a dream? Was that real? Was that why I was here?! A million thoughts were invading my head like a nascar race. After having yet ANOTHER mental breakdown, I slid my clothes on and walked outside. After a long confusing walk down the hallways, I made it to the front desk.
"Hello, I'm here to check out." I said to the lady at the front desk
"Oh hi, could I just have your first and last name so I can check you out?"
"Leonardo Brown"
"Ok... hmmmm..... okay Le- wait... weren't you due... 3 weeks???"
"Umm yeah about that..." I said rubbing the back of my neck nervously "I kind of woke up being able to walk again..." I said
"Well... okay then... can you please sign here so I can check you out?" I nodded and grabbed the pen and scribbled out my name. "Goodbye Mr. Brown!" she said as I walked out of the door.
As soon and the door opened, I felt the cool, crisp air against my face. It was good to be outside again. As the sun set I ran through the park, It felt great to run again. I sat in a bench to see the sun set, the last light barely kissing the horizon and soon the sound of crickets could be heard, soon it got late, and I checked my pockets to see my keys, so I walked to my car and turned it on. "vrvvrvrvrvvrrrrrr" The engine started, and I drove out. I was deep in long thought... how had this came to be, how was I so lucky, why did this happen...
I rolled into my driveway and turned off my car. I walked to my front door and knocked, 'knock knock'
"Yes?" said a voice.
"Mom?" I said The door opened and I saw my mom with a single tear rolling down her face... all of the sudden she hugged me.
"Leo, I thought you were dead! You disappeared and you were shot!"
"Mom it's okay I'm home now, everything's fine..."
"Leo?" said another voice. Shortly after, my little sister Katrina flew down the stairs and joined the hug.
"Kitty!" I said using my nickname for her. After a minute of hugging we broke the embrace. "BOOM" Was all I heard as everything went black.
I was in a black room sitting in a chair.
"Hello Leo, it seems you have died" said a familiar booming voice. I nearly jumped out of my skin
"AHHHH I'M DEAD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed
"Oh calm down" he said annoyed "I came here with the same request as before, do you want to go to another world?" I pondered, 'well since I'm dead, I might as well go for another life'
"But why?" I asked
"Well, you see you died in an unfair way, and I think that all that you've been through in your life, you deserve a second chance”
"A s-second chance?" I asked
"Yes" He said starting to get annoyed.
"Can my family come too?" I asked.
"Of course" he said
"THEN LET'S GO!!!
A Tale of Ponies And Humans : An Experience for the History Books
The next morning I woke up on a bench. Wait a BENCH? I checked to see if I could move and I could... The next thing I noticed was green grass, like really (really) green grass. I looked further around me and saw a metropolis. It was the unmistakable sight of New York City. I wasn't complaining but, what will the doctors and nurses think, WHAT WILL MY FAMILY THINK?! So I got up and started walking.
I walked for a while in fact, all across the city in a matter of hours. My stomach grumbled, which meant I was hungry, so I went to a café. I checked my back pocket just hoping I had my wallet, and then there was a lump. There it was! I checked through it for some cash... $39 dollars, not bad. I ended up getting a coffee, a pizza and pasta to go, which all came to $21.49. Fucking expensive. I sat down and ate my food and paid my bill with a $6 tip. After I left, it dwelled upon me that, I had no place to stay. I had no car, so how would I get home. I would have to ride a train or rent a bike. I choose a train because it's right next to a cheap hotel.
I walked to the L-Train station and got on just in time for the 11:30 pm train (the last one for 2 hours). There were plenty of seats open, so I choose one next to the snack bar. After a while, of playing Flappy Bird and watching YouTube, I got up to go to the snack bar for some pretzels. Everything was fine until I opened that door, I say that because. "BOOM" "BOOM" a man with a gun had just shot the snack clerk and stole all the MnM's! I closed the door very slowly and calmly and then I turned and ran. "GUN! HE'S GOT A GUN!!!"
WARNING INTENSE VIOLENCE AHEAD!
The door burst open and the guys ran out and started shooting. Then, I felt a surge of anger rush through me. I darted towards them, and kicked one in the face, knocking him out cold. I jumped, grabbed hold of another shooters head and broke his neck in a fatal way. The remaining 2 started shooting at me, I dodges all the bullets but one, that hit my forearm. It hurt so much and I wanted to cry, but these guys infuriated me enough to endure just a bit longer. I one of their guns and shot one in the nuts, he fell and howled in pain. The other one took his gun out and shot me just below the neck. I fell down and couldn't move, but my hand landed on the gun in a funny way and it shot the man... right between the eyes... killing him.
The people ran to me to see if I was okay, that was all I saw was black. I woke up in a hospital bed. A doctor walked in, "Good morning Mr. Brown!"
Was that a... flashback?