Chapter 7

I awoke feeling sore as all get out. I tried moving my arms and found that they were completely bandaged. I lifted one up only to be greeted by another jolt of pain my vision blurred for a second and I closed my eyes. When the pain subsided I slowly raised my head and found that I was in a hospital. Several heart rate monitors and other
medical devices were hooked up to my body.

“How did I get here?”
“the question you should be asking: why are you still alive?” Darkside whispered. Then it began its rant.
I clenched my eyes, dug my nails into my arms and tried to breathe. I tried to stop listening but, knew deep down all that it was saying was true. I rocked back and forth trying to control myself. I heard the heart rate monitor beeping like crazy and before I knew what was happening I felt a prick on my arm I opened my eyes to see a white pony with a red cross mark on its flank stick me with a syringe. I felt myself relax to the point where I could think straight.
Dazed I asked “where am I?”

A pleasant mare’s voice answered “you are in the Ponyville General Hospital in the Emergency Care Wing”
I vaguely remember nodding “who brought me here?”
“Why that would be Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. You were in very rough shape when you got here and we had no idea how to treat a, what was the term Twilight used, “hue…man” lucky for use she had some books on ancient mythological beasts and it just so happens huoo..mans were in there own section.” She replied in a very upbeat tone
“I see…” I was starting to come to my senses.
“What was in that syringe?”
“Oh that is just a mild drug we use in trauma situations to help a patient calm down. Didn’t really know if it would work but I am glad to see it did. Anyway I need to go check on another patient please try and relax. I’ll be back later to check on you.”
She walked…or I guess I should say trotted out of the room.
“Well this is weird as hell.”
The Nurse pony popped back in
“By the way I believe a couple of other ponies told me they would be coming by to see you”
“I see…” not quite understanding who would be visiting me.
Just like that she was trotting down the hall to attend to her other patients.
“Well then guess I should try and relax for a bit” the drug was actually doing wonders for my mood I felt more relaxed at that moment then I had in a long time.
“Need a drug to make yourself feel better I see hmmm?” Darkside spoke up.
“WEAK!” I felt myself scream out just as the door was opening. I quickly laid back down trying to appear I merely cried out in my sleep.
In came two ponies. Two pegasi from what I could gather. They looked at me nervously.

“Hello” I said politely attempting to lighten the mood.
They gasped. Rainbow looked at Fluttershy dumbfounded
“It can talk!? You never mentioned that!”
“Well I um you see twilights books never um….said….” Fluttershy stammered feeling embarrassed she didn’t know the answer.
I spoke up trying to diffuse the situation “Yes I can speak, I am more surprised that we speak the same language to be honest”.
“That is so…so… AWESOME! Names Rainbow Dash and this here is Fluttershy”. The Cyan Pegasus explained pointing a hoof at Fluttershy. She was hiding under her mane looking I might add more adorable than anything I had ever seen.
“Hello Fluttershy pleased to make your acquaintance” I said still trying to remain formal and polite.

“Hello” I heard her shyly squeak out.
“So yeah we are the two ponies that got you here to the hospital. How have you been feeling?” The rainbow pony asked
Trademark Response “I’m feeling alright…..thank you for what it’s worth for saving my life. You didn’t have to help me out there and you did.”
“Hey no sweat me and Fluttershy don’t leave anyone hanging when they need help. Besides we needed to get another friend of ours to the hospital as well. I’d never let a friend down when they needed me.”

Those words struck me like a brick. Another friend? Perhaps it was that pink pony I saw during the storm. If that’s the case then what if I delayed them? What if I slowed them down and that pony’s injuries were severe?
“Your other friend is she alright?” I asked fearing the answer.
The two pegasi glanced at each other nervously
“Well….” Rainbow began.
Fluttershy looked fearful at first but her look quickly turned to one of anger
“While we were bringing Pinkie to the hospital your extra weight in the wagon slowed us down! Pinkie’s injuries wouldn’t be so serious if we had gotten here sooner! It’s all your fault she is in such terrible condition!” Fluttershy yelled staring at me with those imposing eyes.
I didn’t know how to respond. I felt like the world needed to end my life right there but, it was taunting me,
“You have to do it yourself” Darkside whispered to me.
Rainbow spoke up very much appalled by what he friend had said
“Fluttershy… we both know it’s no ponies fault… we did what we could and that’s all that matters”
Fluttershy had tears in her eyes
“I know whose fault it I….I….it’s mine! If I had just noticed how serious her injuries were we could have avoided all of this!!”
And just like that she broke down sobbing uncontrollably right before my eyes. I let what she said sink in if Fluttershy had noticed earlier they would probably never of found me….this whole fiasco would have been prevented. I would never of been a burden to them and I could have died out there. I couldn’t take it my pulse was racing. I needed to die.

Looking around as Rainbow was consoling Fluttershy I noticed a jar of pens. They were old school metal italic pens. I grabbed one feeling the edge. Not sharp but it’ll work I thought. Without thinking I jammed it into my wrist, the cold metal cutting like a blunt knife through my soft skin and luke warm blood. I let out a scream as I pulled it out for the strike on my other wrist.

Rainbow noticed what I was doing immediately.
“Whoa! NURSE WE NEED HELP IN HERE!” Soon after the sound of hooves echoing through the halls began getting louder.
I needed to escape otherwise they would try and stop me
“You need to finish the job” Darkside whispered
He was right. I managed to get to my feet and shakily began running through the hospital past a terrified looking Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.
“Wait stop I….” I heard Fluttershy say as I was bolting out the room. I ignored it only one goal was on my mind at the time. End it all.
Pain and Blood coursed through my body as I stumbled down the halls. My wrist was dripping blood. I needed to find a place to hide. A place where I could bleed out in peace.

My mind was racing
“They’ll think I left the hospital if I leave a trail of blood towards an exit….” I held my arm low to the ground my eyes fixated on the exit sign. Upon reaching it I quickly wrapped my arm up in my shirt apparently they kept me dressed while they treated my injuries. Hoping they would buy the blood trail to the outdoors. I then ducked into the nearest what I thought to be empty patient room.

I leaned my back against the door slamming it shut. Thankful to have some silence. To be alone in my pain just like it should be.
“Now you can die and no longer be a burden to anyone ever again, your worthlessness will never again plague this world or any other. All you need to do is cut the other wrist, it’ll make it quicker.” Darkside whispered.
“Is someone there?” I heard a weak female voice coming from the bed in front of me. I raised my head just enough to see a pink pony all bandaged up with an IV hooked up.
“No one important is here, go back to sleep”
“I have never heard your voice before are you new to Ponyville?”
“I guess I am….but none of that matters now I’ll soon be gone.”
“All he has to do is slit his other wrist and he won’t bother you anymore.” Darkside chimed in darkly.
“What!? You can’t do that! I may not be sure what a wrist is…I think Spike has em but whatever, slitting any part of yourself isn’t right!” the pony yelled.
“You don’t know me I whispered bringing the pen up to slash my other wrist. This is the slow way I thought to myself just go for the neck slit it open.
“I’m not worth it, I am pathetic and a burden to everyone in this world or my own. No one needs to care about me and no matter how much I give it would never be enough. I deserve to die.”

The Pony raised her head seeing the pen in my hand. Her eyes widened in terror. I pressed the edge against my neck the cool metal digging into my skin.
It all happened in an instant. I heard the pony scream she flung herself out of bed and lurched forward landing right in my lap. She…she was sobbing crying out
“Please don’t….PLEASE!”
“I don’t care what you think of yourself just please don’t do it! I care I may not know you at all but I care.”
I was stunned. I dropped the pen. And then I broke…I split in two like a tree branch.
“You are lying” I whispered choking
“You shouldn’t care.”
She didn’t answer aloud she simply wrapped her forelegs around me more tightly than before sobbing.
Her warmth. Her aroma of cotton candy, and her billowy mane enveloped all my senses and I cried all along with her until I passed out.

I awoke after what felt like an eternity. I looked to the wall the clock showed 3:30am. I looked at my wrist to see that it was completely bandaged. And I was back in my hospital bed. Empty and exactly the same except one small detail there was someone watching me.
“So you are awake.”
He had a gruff gravelly voice compared to most of the Ponies I had met. He stood up his coat was dark grey his mane the color of ash. His tail was short and again black he appeared to be wearing some type of black and gold body armor that covered his body. He would be menacing enough and when I saw his face let’s just say I looked away a little too quickly
His eyes, or I should say lack of eyes. There was one empty socket, not eye patch no glass eye, nothing at all just a vacant hole scarred all around. The other was a filled with some type of device. Not quite a glass eye but almost. It appeared to glow a deep shade of red the pupil swiveling up and down staring at me as if appraising a gem for market value.

“I was to inform Princess Sparkle when you awoke please excuse me.”
Perplexed I simply nodded. A few minutes later a purple unicorn or Pegasus…what was the word….ah Alicorn entered the room.
“I see you are finally up I hope you feel rested. I placed a sedation spell on you in an effort to avoid waking you as we brought you back to this room.”
“You gave us quite a scare back….” She seemed nervous but at the same time her eyes hid some kind of unbridled curiosity.
“Yeah….please…let me apologize even though I know it is inadequate.” I didn’t expect to be forgiven for all the chaos I caused earlier but, still part of me still wanted to try and apologize.
The purple alicorn looked perplexed by this.
“Please, there is no need to apologize. You had been part of a difficult series events and you simply weren’t in control of yourself.” She said quickly still staring at me with those quizzical eyes I also noticed a quill and note pad sticking out of a saddlebag she was carrying. perhaps she has some things she wants to ask me.
“Oooo what am I doing!? Let me introduce myself my name is twilight sparkle former student and now assistant of Princess Celestia here in Equestria.”
I finally had some information on where I was. For some reason it didn’t really phase me. After all the crap I had been through the past couple days ending up in a completely different world didn’t seem like a big deal.

“I see….well then, thank you for informing me as to where I am Miss Sparkle, you can ask your questions now if you like.”
She looked a bit embarrassed
“How did you know that?” she looked to her left and noticed the quill and notepad sticking out of her pack,
“Oh…” she looked at me sheepishly
“I hope you don’t mind answering a few most ponies know next to nothing about humans, most are believed to have been myths or fables.”
I really wasn’t in the mood to be questioned but, I really didn’t want to be rude either.
“Just please go ahead and start.” I said curtly
She seemed taken aback by my response
“I could come back another time there is no rush, after all Celestia did want you confined here until we could interr…..oops.” She had slipped up.
“What do you mean confined? Am I a patient or a prisoner?” I asked attempting to keep the anger out of my voice which didn’t work.
Twilight looked down ashamed

“ I’m sorry, but Princess Celestia wanted you kept in the hospital until you were deemed safe, if it was found you were a threat I was asked to keep you magically imprisoned here until you could be transferred somewhere else. Celestia tells me I need to work on my rhetoric.”
At this point I should have been very upset; however, anger seemed to be leaving my mind as if something else was influencing me. I was feeling weaker and weaker.
“What are you doing to me…” I mumbled feeling myself going light headed.
“Me? I’m not doing anything….” She examined me more closely to see a gray aura surrounding my head.
She looked out the hall and saw her bodyguard concentrating.
“CAPTAIN Rhyo! I told you not to use any passivity spells unless absolutely necessary. Stop it right now!”
The captain walked in, he was the same guard as before.
“My apologies princess but I felt it best to pacify the subject, you did tell him information he shouldn’t be privy to. I judged the situation to be dangerous for you.” He said in a formal manner.
The purple alicorn could not object to this fact, and opened her mouth only to shut it again.
“You are right Captain, I should not have divulged that information, regardless I can use magic myself and I feel I can continue this…interrogation without your help.”
“I see well then I shall interfere no longer. My apologies Princess I will be outside if you require my assistance.” The captain said curtly as he bowed and left the room but not before looking back and giving me a look that made my blood run cold.
“Now then”

Twilight said turning back to face me. I was still somewhat shaken up from the spell. I felt cold and my skin was pale.
“I am so sorry for that. Please let’s start over this hasn’t gone as I wanted it to go….”

I was fed up at this point

“Look just ask your question and leave me be please Princess” I said as politely as I could trying to hide the anger in my voice.
Seeing how upset I was Twilight simply nodded and with a look of regret began her questioning.
“So as far as we know Humans no longer exist in Equestria and have only survived through myth and legend, so tell me how did you end up here?”
I wasn’t sure how to respond. After all her guess was as good as mine as to how I got here. So I gave her the whole story minus my desire for self-destruction. I also left out the strange hallucination I had getting hit by a cyan pony probably wouldn’t make sense considering I was still on Earth at the time. She doesn’t need to know that.

20 minutes later

“So you are from this realm called Earth. That is so fascinating most of the magic I know of only allows teleportation from one area to another. But in your case you managed to get from a completely different world to Equestria. It must be connected to that stone you found in that basement somehow. That’s incredible.”
She has this look of wonderment on her face and I couldn’t help but smile she really did seem to have a passion for this kind of stuff all things magic and what not.
“You see Miss Sparkle magic as far as I know magic does not exist in my world, in fact I think the only way I could have gotten here is through the properties of that mineral. The stone I found exploded while I was in that basement and I think a few pieces were embedded in my skin.”
“Your skin!?”
“Yes in my right arm I believe.”
“Oh my gosh maybe the hospital staff still has a sample…” she said excitedly
“Perhaps they do” I said quietly
The princess looked embarrassed as if she just now realized she was not the only one in the room.
“Please I’m so sorry I get so caught up in my new role of being a Princess with royal duties I forget the really important things. I can’t believe I didn’t ask how you were feeling especially after the hospital staff told me you had tried to escape”.
“I am feeling alright” I responded in a neutral tone another trademark response. Saying I feel good always tastes like a lie probably Darkside’s fault therefore my own. But, to be honest it had been a long while since I actually felt good about myself.
“Are you sure?” she asked not quite believing me.
“Yes”.
“Alright well I have just one last question to ask. Do you mean to cause harm to any pony in this world and are you a threat to anything here?”
“No I am not I have no intention of doing anything that could harm the inhabitants of this world nor am I a threat to anyone” except myself I thought.
I was nervous almost shaking if she didn’t believe me I could be imprisoned on this alien world for who knows how long.
She stared at me more a few more seconds then she smiled and nodded
“Well then I believe you” she said kindly
“You do?” I asked somewhat surprised

“Yes I do believe you deserve a chance to show us we can trust you. Therefore as a first gesture of this trust I will have the captain move you out of this isolated room.”
I odd mixture of relief and dread came over me partly because I was relieved that is no longer a prisoner and partly due to the fact that the captain would be escorting me to another room. That dark stallion I won’t deny scared the crap out of me but at the same time he would be taking me to a place where I wouldn’t have to be alone with Darkside.
“Captain Rhyo!” she called in a formal royal voice.
“Yes Princess?”
“Would you please escort our patient and guest to the two pony room recovery room down the hall?”
The captain scowled but quickly saluted the purple princess
He trotted over to my bed and lowered his back.
“Climb aboard” he said in a gruff voice glaring at me as I grasped his mane.
I didn’t have much strength so I simply laid my head on his neck.
“Well then this where we part for now” Twilight said as we headed out the door.
“I work and live at the Ponyville library so once you recover I am sure we can meet there to talk as friends hopefully. You can’t miss it the library is in the center of town inside a large tree.”

That last detail hit me like a freight train. Perhaps I had experienced the sensations of a certain pink pony walking to the library only to be hit by that cyan blur that could have been Rainbow dash. I felt kind of stupid for not thinking of that earlier.
“Yes you are stupid” Darkside chimed in my head as I watched the princess trot away.
Once we were at the Recovery Room door. The captain stopped a few feet from it.
“Why did we stop?” I asked confused “the room I believe is right here”.
He didn’t answer. He simply turned and issued a threat in a voice that made my blood turn to ice.
“Just know this, I do not like you, in fact it is taking every ounce of willpower right now to stop me from crushing your skull!”
Now normally my first instinct would be to jump off this crazed stallion’s back and sprint out the hall, but given my condition I could only lay on his back paralyzed in fear. Darkside however was unperturbed.
“Do It then. It’s what I deserve after all, break my bones and decorate the hall with my blood.”
“I may despise you, but that kind of death is much too quick and it would definitely jeopardize my station in Canterlot. Therefore I will wait for you slip up and of course I will make sure to put you in a cell where you can rot forever, after what your kind did to my ancestors you deserve nothing less.”
With that he tossed me off his back, I fell head first onto the white tile floor. Groaning in pain the Captain proceeded to place a hoof on my arm near my recently bandaged wrist slowly applying pressure until blood began spurting beneath the gauze.
I screamed but I had neither the strength nor the will to try and remove his hoof. My vision blurred but I could make out a sadistic smile on Rhyo’s face. Twisted and cruel almost as if Darkside broke out and became this demented creature tormenting me. If only he were that kind instead he is stuck in my head.
After what seemed like an eternity the captain lifted his hoof, blood had seeped through the bandages and began to pool on the floor. I pulled my throbbing arm toward myself applying pressure to my wrist to stop the bleeding, whimpering like a pathetic dog.
“What a pathetic creature you are it’s a wonder how your species manages to survive at all.”
With that he trotted down the hall. My arm slowly stopped bleeding. I tried to pull myself up but to no avail the handle to the door was just out of reach. I felt myself fading out my body simply couldn’t handle all the stress it had been put under recently. With my last ounce of strength I slammed my fist against the door hoping someone would hear.
“You should just stay out here cold and dead is what you should be but, cold and alone is how you should die” Darkside remarked.
I didn’t have the energy to argue or protest.
Suddenly the door opened slowly
“Is someone there?” a high pitched female voice asked.
I managed a weak yes.
She gasped “who said that? You silly ghosts you don’t scare me” she giggled.
“Down here” I squeaked out
Her eyes widened as she saw me.
“I know you! You were that human that stumbled into my room here at the hospital……” her voice trailed off as she noticed my bloody bandaged wrist.

“Yes that was me” my voice weakening as I struggled to get on my knees.
The pink mare then did something I did not expect she placed her head low down beside me and managed to shimmy my body on to her back.
She stilled smelled the same fruit and cotton candy as I rested my head in her mane. Simply lying there was the best I had felt since I got to this world that wasn’t due to some drug.

She seemed to be in much better shape than when I saw her last as she easily trotted us over to an empty bed. This was the first time I really got a good look at her given how high off the ground I was she probably came up to my waist in height. Considering how close my feet were to the ground she was fairly long since they weren’t dragging on the floor. Her mane was rather billowy almost like it was inflated with air and she had what appeared to be a tattoo of three balloons on her flank in different colors. She gave me a halfhearted smile her eyes filled with concern.
“You think you could slide off on to the bed… or wait you shouldn’t be moving maybe I could make a ramp or maybe…”
“ I can manage” I said as I slid off my head landing on the pillow.
“Thank you Miss erm… I am sorry I never got your name”
“Oh it’s Pinkie Pie. We just met and I haven’t gotten your name…but really though I am no Fluttershy at examining injuries. You need rest right now. We can be friends when you wake up” she giggled a little trying to lighten the mood.
I laid there clenching my good hand trying to suppress Darkside. The last thing I wanted was to push this kind young mare away.
“Thank you Pinkie Pie I should be alright now” I said weakly
“Oh silly don’t mention it, it was no trouble.”
I just laid there cold but at least I wasn’t alone. I closed my eyes and heard Pinkie trotting over to her bed. She has wasted enough of her time on me I thought.
I was freezing cold and shivering but I couldn’t bring myself to get under the covers. I simply didn’t have the energy. Sighing I resolved to just get some sleep.
To my surprise I felt someone pull the sheets out from under me and lay them on top. I peeked out one eye to see pinkie again covering in me in the blankets.
“Thanks” I whispered.
“Shhh just get some rest you really need it” she whispered back.
As I laid there warm and with someone or rather somepony I felt content. The world wasn’t as dark as it was in the hallway. And for once Darkside didn’t show up keeping me from sleep.

Author's Note

Here's the seventh chapter, including people and ponies. I have been uploading chapters that I have written already so the next 4 are already finished. Anyway I got 7 likes on this so far making me a happy camper. Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions on how it could be improved.