Author's Note
This is my fist story so, Yeah
Lots of Ketchup
“Mother!... Father!...” I screamed jumping out from under my covers gasping for breath. Out of habit, I reached over to the nightstand next to my bed and picked up my glasses, sliding them over my face. “Where are you?!” I screamed again disregarding the cracks in my lens. “Mother!... Please! Where are you.” I cried slowly ending with a parade of tears flowing down my fur leaving two dark lines across my face.
Through my tears and broken glasses I took notice of a needle stuck in my foreleg. Instantly I start to panic, without thought I grabbed the tube connected to the needle with my teeth. With one hard yank, the needle flew out of my leg, that caused me to wince in pain.
Still breathing heavy I tossed the needle away from me giving me some breathing space. Never again am I going to touch a damn needle. I took a look around and saw a plastic rail mounted on the left side of my bed, which is odd because I never had a rail on my bed before. Not to mention the track going around my bed with a curtain attached to it. If I was in a hospital than that would explain the needle...But why is it so dark! I mean, I don't mind the dark, Its just looking out the window of my room you can tell its day. Why would the lights be out?
I proceeded to sit up to a more comfortable position on the bed. “Clank!” I quickly found myself throwing the covers over my head while letting out a very embarrassing girly scream. Every part of me was shaking out of being nearly scared to death. My pupils the size of grapes I… I could very much go for some juicy fresh grapes. My mouth waters as my body relaxes and pupils returned to their normal size. Never did I realize I was this hungry, I could eat an entire archered of fresh ripe grapes. I wonder if they have any grapes in the cafeteria, I sure hope they do. I can just taste them now with all their juices flowing over my tongue as I bite down on them… Snap out of it! I can’t be thinking about grapes at a time like this, no matter how juicy and delicious they can be. I need to seek out whatever it is that fell down by my bed. No matter what it is I won’t be scared I can't be scare its a hospital what would be scary in a hospital, well needles, definitely needles. Stop stalling it can’t be any worse than a needle. I took a deep breath. One, two, three!
Quickly, I leaped off the bed landing right beside the bed looking in the direction of the fallen item with my head low ready to charge. looking upon the wretched item I rise my head back up and walk over to it. Welp its just one of those bed remote things. Picking it up my eyes instantly stare at the red emergency call button. That reminds me, with how loudly I was screaming why did nopony come in my room asking what was wrong? Heh… 5 star hospital, more like 1.
I turned around and notice a dark blue saddlebag with Luna’s cutie mark (a crescent moon surrounded by a black cloud) adorning the opening flaps of the bag. Laying atop is a letter with a black wax seal stamped with a crescent moon. "Luna!" I knew she would send to me… well why wouldn’t she, I am her student. I half expected her to be beside my bed though. I trotted over to the bag, opening the flap and picked the letter up in my hooves. I'll read you later, but as of right now, OFF TO FIND GRAPES! I tossed the saddle bag across my back and trotted out the door with determanation splayed across my face.
With my head held high I felt quite relived to have left that dark room, at least the hall way lights came on. Well flicker on and off but still, lights! Somepony must have had a food fight, I mean theres ketchup all over the walls and floor. Luckly its all dry so I wont have to deal with somepony thinking I murdered somepony. Jeez could you even think of all the mass confusion. This just in a coalt comited mass murder in the hospital. HA, that would be hystorical. My gosh theres even clumps of meatloaf on the floor, this must be a griffin freindly hospital.
The cafeteria was no different, patches of ketchup in randon places with the occasional meatloaf. Tables fliped over, chairs scatered all across the room. The parts of the wall not covered by dry ketchup was a dark yellow. The tiles, white with blue and black tiles randomly placed. Just one table was left alone with a single pegasus siting down. Making my way to the food bar I noticed that the pegasus was asleep. Its probably still morning. So the food fight must have happened last night. Why do I always miss all the fun?
With a tray of red grapes and grape juice held between my teeth I proceed to sat across from the sleeping pegasus. I stared at the grapes, mesmerized by the juices that take residence within the thin red outer layer of the grape. My mouth slowly secreted saliva, a small stream flowing down my chin. Immediately I dived into the plate, devouring the sweet, savory juices that resided within. Wasting no time I reached for the carton of grape juice and gulped down the equally sweet fluid, ending with an over exaggerated sigh.
"Its been way to long since I last had grapes! I think it was at the last gala that Luna dragged me to, bribing me with Two pound of grapes. Two POUNDS! Thats a bunch of grapes."
That very moment I heard a muffle come from across me.
"Oh I half forgot you where there."
He slowly sat up just staring at me with lifeless eyes, a reticent, skin chilling groan coming from his mouth.
"So, how was the food fight last night. It must have been amazing! Of corse I wouldn't know I was in a comma. I think it was my 3rd one This year. Oh and most defiantly... Uhhhh What are you doing on top of the table?"
The pegasus had fresh ketchup dripping from... well every limb he still had, and I mean had. He is missing his left wing looking as if it had be torn right off, and quite recently too. He's staring right at me with heavily bloodshot eyes and ketchup dripping from is mouth as well. Come the think of it, ketchup isn't normally this runny... its... its... B...B...Blood! My eyes widen as my pupils shrink down to the size of juicy grapes once again. The revolting stench of decay and rotten flesh finally found its way to my seances, causing me to nearly gag. The pegasus, now completely atop the table, got ready to pounce on me with his head low. With a gurgling growl, he pounced at me.
With the help of Luna's night guard's training I quickly ducked and slid under the table. Without hesitation, I galloped toward the exit looking back to see the pegasus struggling to get up. Half way down the hall I began to hear hoof-steps from behind me closing in. Not to long and he'll be right on top of me. Within a moment's notice I dashed right into the nearest room, closing it behind me and blocking it with the bed.
Not long after the pegasus started banging on the door followed by blood gurgling screams. Moments later more and more screams joined him. "I guess there wasn't a food fight after all." I said between sort gasps for breath."Why did he attack me like that...?
"I don't know, maybe you looked tasty to him." I let out yet another girly scream and hid behind the curtain. "How Cute, I highly doubt that curtain will keep them from eating out alive. Listen, I'm here to help you, personaly sent by princess Luna. I..."
"Luna sent you! Where are you at?" I gleefuly shout, emerging from behind the curtain.
"Yes she did... Back to what I was saying, You are aboiusly traped in that room with no hope of escape, and to make matters worse the door is soon to be broken down and you'll be eaten alive."
"Where are you at!"
He let out an anoyed sigh and awnsered, "... I am curently traped in the security room, thanks to you all the infected are in the hall way outside your room, far away from me."
"Can you please get me out of here!"
"Yes yes, your famous escape, Theres a ventalation shaft behind the desk, it should be already loosened. It should also lead you strait to the waiting room, or..."
"Or, What!"
"Or it will lead you back out in the hall way with the infected."
"That sure is reasuring, What do you mean by infected."
"Later, by the looks of the door, I say you got little time for talking. I'll be watching."
"Thats not creepy at all" I wispered as I made my way to the desk.
"I heard that!"
