Caring for the Sickly

by Surgeon Pony Silver

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, Sad
Length: 4573

I found this filly during my time at the hospital,she seems to be fine but her mane's color is at a loss...

Basically I'm a doctor/surgeon and I care for this filly that is sick and I plan to have the characters shown play some role in the story. This story is pretty much my fantasy, enjoy!

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-12-12 03:41:34 UTC

The foal

        Beep....beep.....beep....beep... Is she breathing? Beep....beep....beep....  Her mane and coat is most similar to mine, just faded a shade of white. Beep.....beep.... beeeee....... No I can't allow this, she will not die young.... I will change her fate! She won't pass... I lowered my head and spoke in a soft tone. "I promise..." I knew what I had to do, and that was to shock her body enough to bring back her pulse. I raised my horn and imagined the harshest ways to die, but also how prevent it...  In a matter of seconds  a wave of red electricity is casted through her body.

                   The cardioscan begins to beep again.

Her coat is white, making her veins show up, especially because of the shock. I hope it didn't hurt her. But the difference is that her veins are, red? No this can't be. No it's just a genetic mutation. It can't really be what I'm thinking can it, can it? She begins to tossle and turn. Oh my she appears to be waking, should I say something? No not until she looks at me.

       "Ehh."  She stuttered.

I guess she did feel it, poor thing. She could awake any second. Her mane regains it's former color. I don't know what to say, she survived. She surpassed treatment, incredible. "Are you ok little one?" She turns her head and faces me, with eyes wide open. She either hasn't learned to say basic words, or lost her memory. That wouldn't be good, maybe I'll test her with the word apple. "Can you say apple?" I spoke with exaggeration.  "Very simple word actually."

        "Hehe!"

**Ok well I atleast know what to say to cheer her up, always good to know. "Ok little one time to take you back to nurse Redheart."  I levitate the foal onto my back and cast a teleportation spell to arrive at ponyville's hospital. "Nurse Redheart, I have brought back the foal and in good health!"

       "Thank you Silver, I'm glad I can count on you." "I'll watch over her, I don't want you to have more work to do."

       "Thank you Mrs.Redheart, here you are." As I gently pass the foal to her, she begins to squirm in her arms. I hope the treatment doesn't have some sort of effect on her that wasn't expected.

       "Now now little one say bye to Dr.Silver."

In an instant I see the foals horn glow... blood red and silver. Just like mine?  In the blink of an eye, she appeared on my back.

        "Oh Silver." She says in a low tone with a curious look. "It seems as if she is choosing you to be her care taker."

        "Come again?"

        "You heard me."

I... I'm very puzzled, she only looked at me for a minute. There is no way she could have these feelings for me, unless she knew what I was doing. If so, she is some foal. I turn to look at her on my back. Her eyes are closed and for a foal she is hanging on tight, does she think.... I'm her father? I begin to feel my heart's pace increase.

       "Aww you look so cute together, almost as if she was your own." Redheart stated with feeling. "Just one moment, stay right there and don't move!" She pulls out a small camera that seems to be years old. Click!  "Here you are."

We do look the same, It's almost scary how similar we look. Her mane is slightly different from mine in shape, slightly. As a doctor/surgeon I have her medical records, meaning I know what she needs, she appearantly has no gaurdian. "Doesn't she have to be put up for adoption first?" I exclaimed with worry.

     "No silly! She is just going to be in your care for a few days, unless; you want to keep her?"

I'm scrambling right now, clueless on what to say. I don't understand, nothing in the world can make me lose my mind. It seems as if I have found my kryptonite.

     "Um.... Doctor are you alright, you seem to be lost in thought."

     "Yes yes I'm fine, I shall oversee her health for a day or two." "Carry on!" The first thing that came to mind was my home. I quickly casted a teleportation spell and vanished.

      "Wow, I never knew he was this soft, he always had a plan for everything."  I think I just caused him to have a mental breakdown. Should I mail him an apology? No he'll be fine, he always is.

Home Sweet Home

          "Here we are, home sweet home." "Time to show you around!" I gently place the foal on the ground. She begins to wander around and notices my red lava lamp, she also takes a seat. "Luckily that thing is on a table and away from her reach." Her horn begins to glow and the lamp is engulfed with an aura. I doubt she can lift it, she is only a foal. The real question is; who taught her how to cast spells? To my amazement the lamp begins to levitate off of the table and slowly move. She is doing it, astonishing! The lamp slowly is lowered to the ground, so slowly it is almost as if she knows what it is made of. Almost there, gently, gently.   Tink!

          "Weeehehehe!" she giggled.

She did it and without a single crack too! "Good job little one!" She gave a little smile and began to walk towards the other room.

          "Na ah ah!" I said with care  "You can see the house and get a better view on my back." She giggled. I guess that means yes. Hehe. "I think I'll show you the kitchen." As I walk to the kitchen I take the hall with many portaits of great wizards,doctors, and surgeons. I quickly take a glance to see what she is thinking. She was looking around as we pass but notices me and stares. She smiles towards me. I think I'll return the gesture. I grin, she giggles. We arrive at last, luckily all of the fruits haven't been touched by ants. So lucky indeed. "Would you like some apple?" I kindly gesture towards the foal.

         "Ohh!" She says excitedly.

         "Ok here you go!" I cast a summoning spell to bring me a bonesaw of red light and began to cut the apple into 8 symmetrical slices. As I was doing so she trotted to my side to watch and sat down. When I finished I released the bonesaw, as it fell it exploded like glass. Triangular fragments of red light filled the air for a brief moment and vanished. In that very moment the little filly ran under me in panic. While doing so her small horn poked my chest, I looked down and met her worried eyes.

         "It's ok little one the doctor is here to make everything better." I lowered my head and nuzzled her to ensure that everything is fine. Her shaking began to subside, she nuzzled back and let out a small wimper. "Now now little one follow me, so we can snack." While exiting the kitchen I opened the fridge and pulled out some grape juice. My favorite! I helped her up onto the white chair, which was padded with a red seat cushion. I took a seat right beside her. I teleported a plate infront of the both of us to place the apple slices into. She takes a glance at the slices neatly piled ontop of one another and focuses on the one that I levitate infront of her. She makes pleading noises and gives me puppy eyes. I gently pass the slice halfway into her mouth. She tries to chew it but doesnt have the strength to do so. I don't hesitate to help. Crack! She closes her eyes and enjoys the juiciness of the apple, when she finished she gave me a begging gesture much like a hug but more like a "Feed me please." I couldn't resist. I give her the other half while consuming a slice for myself. After the brief moment of enjoying life's sweet dessert we stared into eachothers eyes and giggled.

            After a few moments of enjoying apple slices, I decided that it would be a good time to pour us a drink. I took two cups off of the counter, one normal sized and the other smaller. I twisted the cap off of the container and poured us some grape juice. Before I even thought about taking a sip of my favorite drink, I decided to watch what the filly's reaction would be. As I gently pass over the cup, she reaches out to grab it with open arms. She looks at me and than back to her cup. She smells the strong scent of the juice. Wow she actually smells her drink before drinking it, much like I do. She starts off with a small sip, but soon begins to guzzle it down. She is litterally chugging the drink! Incase she gets thirsty I know what she likes.

            "Ahhhhh.... hehe."  Grape juice began to drip from her muzzle.

I've never seen a young filly act this way, I know I'm a doctor but... her reaction is very different from many. "Oh my what a mess you made, I'll clean it!" I levitate a white wash cloth and whipe her face carefully, In doing so the cloth gets stained with a small radius of purple. "There, all better."

             "Hehe!"

            "Umph!"  Oh my!.. she leaped forward and gave me a hug, It would be rude of me if I didn't do the same. "Thank you young one, that was very kind of you." She still sat their hugging me. "Alright alright, you won." I said in a soft tone. I lowered my head and before I decided to nuzzle her back, I realized something. Did she see our photo? The one Mrs.Redheart took? Does that mean she thinks... I'm her....... Father?

Home Sweet Home: Continued

            After a snack and some comforting I decided it would be best to show her the rest of my home. As I looked around I realized that all of the window curtains where closed. I think I should start by showing the outside world. I didn't need to originally, candles have been lit to give the area a warm feeling. As I used telekinesis to pull the curtains away from eachother, a slight screech from the friction of the poll and rings was heard. Light began to pour into the room and the candles flickered. To her suprise of the new enviroment, she jumped off of her chair and hopped onto the couch. She tried to leap on top of it but she was only short by a foot due to her size.

She did try, I will give her that. She also seems to be either the adventurous or knowledgable type. With some focus I gently lifted the filly on top of the couch and while doing so she gasped happily. Her face was pressed squarely against the glass. I guess the sight is amazing to her. Outside of my home there is a large, sharply cut lawn with a white fountain in the middle surrounded by blossoming red flowers. Quartz paths hug the curves of neatly trimmed bushes as they extend out in reach, in lower and higher elevations. "If you think that is amazing let's go see my work place, yes?" She tilted her head sligtly and gave me her attention. She hopped off the couch and trotted to me. On my side I could feel her trying to climb onto my back. "Here you go." I kneeled to the floor, she had just enough height and strength to climb aboard. I believe she is trying to get a better grip on my neck, she is squirming all over the place. It tickles! " Are you ready to go little one?" She replied with hugging my neck for balance and resting her head, face first into my doctor's coat. Her horn may be small, but I can definitely feel it. I slowly got up and adjusted to the change of weight on my body. "To my office!" I closed all the curtains before leaving the room and re-lit all of the candles.

            Before us was a steel door and a white table lower than me, which had the the width of a soccer ball. I placed my hoof at the top and formed a red circle. A speaker above sounded "Access granted." The steel door sank into the ground, unfolding an entrance to an elevator.  "Going down." I said softly to the filly. My eyes wandered and looked over my shoulder, only to find her cowering. I don't believe she is used to the feel of this kind of gravity, a fear of falling maybe? I felt her grip tighten and she began to shake. "It's ok, the doctor is here." I raised my hoof and moved my arm backwards, I moved my hoof in a rubbing motion on her cheek to mimic nuzzling.

           "Hhmm...." She wimpered. As we finally reached our destination, a small bell sounded and the door slid open. I slowly entered the room and gently placed her on the floor.

            I sat down and said "Lights on!" In an instant, red light projections of keyboards,mouses,screens, and even a Jelly fish aquarium appeared. Now that the room was well lit, she was open to explore. First thing that caught her attention where the computer screens. Quickly, she trotted over and used a stack of papers as a stool to hop onto my seat. At first she tapped a few keys and quickly and withdrew her hoof. She mashed the keys and gave a puzzled look, as sounds where made when she touched them. She decided to put both hooves down on the pullout table and push down. The table should be able to withstand her pressure. Atleast I thought so. While organizing some books I heard a violent snapping sound and the swerving of my wheeled chair. I quickly turned around and saw the little filly on the floor crying. Darnit, I knew I forgot to replace something on the list! "Wahhhh, wahhh, wahhh." She cried softly.

          "I am here now, you are safe in my hooves." I swiflty picked her up with my fore legs and began craddle her just enough to calm her down. She tried to wipe the tears from her eyes, but her tears only stained her coat. Wait a moment. Are her tears red? Her eyes where crystal clear and tears red like blood, backwards compared to every pony else. "There there I'll clean you up." I carried her to the bathroom and had her sit down in the tub. I began to fill it with warm water and clean her face with a damp washcloth.  "Look at me please." She slowly turned her head towards me, I place my left hoof on her mane and use my right hoof to wipe her tears away. "It's ok." I stated soothingly "I'm right here." As I carefully wipe her tears away she pushes against my hoof with her head. This seems to comfort her. I began to fill the tub with water, it filled to about her chest's height and I stopped it from filling any further. "Time for you to take a bath after a long day!"

           "Hehehe." She squealed.  I took a small plastic bucket that was similar to the one I used as a filly and filled it halfway with water. Before I drenched her mane she looked up at me, closed her eyes and waited. "Here comes the rain." I began to slowly pour the water above her head. She enjoyed the water so much she did the same thing she did at the dinner table earlier, and that was to do the "Feed me please" look. She is so cute, truly like none of my other patients. I reach for the shampoo and pour some into her rustled mane. I began to scrub her mane, enough for it to make bubbles. She began to move around the tub trying to pop the bubbles.

          "Alright come here you!" I carefully pulled her towards me with my magic forcing her to sit down. Like a flash of lightning she got up, turned to the side and doggy paddled around the tub, splashing water every where. "Hey, your getting my mane wet!" I replied playfully. The water connected and fragmented as it traveled inbetween the tile, appearing like glass snakes sneaking up on their prey. "That's enough horseplay." I began to pull her by her tail slowly with my magic. "You aren't going anywhere!" I said with laughter.

          "Hehehe!!!" She giggled.

           I grabbed more shampoo and applied some to her tail. She looked at her tail as if it was cotton candy and showed an open mouthed smile! While she was hypnotized with her tail's new look, I refilled the bucket with water and washed away the shampoo from her mane. I repeated the step once more to make sure that she was free of shampoo. I then proceeded to washing her tail. "May you sit for me please?"

I said kindly. She replied with a violent splash, even more water escaped the bath tub."Don't hurt yourself little filly, sometimes you don't need to overdue it." I reached over and grabbed a comb to help the shampoo fade into the water, after a few strokes I said "Time to get you dry!" I gently pick her drenched body up like a wet towel from her belly to give her support while I carry her out of the tub. I place her onto a towel and suddenly, she shakes her body around like a puppy and causes a drizzle. "Oh no you don't!" With the nearest towel I began to dry her off. Upper body first. I was giving her a soft noogie as I used the towel like a rag and dried her mane. With a few more sections to go I decided to make things interesting. I placed a blowdryer beside me and began to dry her coat with the other side of the towel. While doing so she gave a small grin and looked at me with her large spectrum brown eyes. For a few brief moments I forgot what I was doing.

           I returned to drying her coat, and then her tail. "Almost done!" I plugged in the blowdryer and said "Here comes the storm!" The level of air flow was small and warm, just enough to cause her to start rolling around. The motion was the same as "stop,drop, and roll", but she was just being playful. I than focused the steady stream of air to her belly as she looked up at me upside down, ears folded, eyes wide, and hooves covering some of her face.  Oh my she is so adorable, so adorable infact I wish I could just hug her to pieces! After a few minutes of air drying, I decided it would be best for her to either go to sleep or have a snack. I think I could go for a snack, caring like this is a workout let me tell you! "Alright, want to eat something, maybe like an apple?

She inhales excitedly.

              "I'll take that as a yes, hop on my back little one." Without hesitation she did. We arrived to the kitchen only to find out that there are no apples left, I sighed and she wimpered. "Ah ha I have a solution, a nice glass of warm milk!" I opened the fridge and withdrew some milk, opened the cabinets and pulled out chocolate powder,cups,and a small cloth. I poured the milk into a small glass and added a teaspoon of coco powder, stirred it and placed it into the microwave. It was set to one minute of heating. As it warmed up it spun round and round again, causing the filly's eyes to go side to side. Ha she is entertained, I can tell.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

            "Done." I withdrew the hot cup with my magic and blew softly to cool it down a notch. I turned my neck to the left and waited to see if she likes it. She took little sips that made loud slurping sounds. She let out a soft exhale when she was done drinking. She didn't drink much, but she will be fine. Small droplets of milk began to form around her muzzle, I quickly wiped it off with the extra cloth. "Ready for sleepy time?" I said in a soothing tone.

            "Hmph!" She said in a muffled tone.

            "Now now, it's getting late, off we go!" After walking a few stairs we have finally arrived in my room. My bed was red and white patterned with plain wooden polls holding up the small roofing above, beside it was a much smaller bed that I had prepared for her ahead of time. Just incase I needed to watch over her. "Here you are, this is where you will sleep." I said softly. As I began to place her into her bed she held out both arms in an attempt to hang onto me. When she finally laid down I pulled the soft covers over her small body. She wimpered and began to get teary eyed. Oh how much this breaks my heart to see this..."Don't worry, tommorow we can see more things, eat apples, and drink some juice." She finally began to relax and close her eyes. "Night night"  I lowered my muzzle and gave her a small kiss on the forehead. Her body collapsed as she finally went to sleep.

         "Now I too can rest." I crawled under my covers, turned the fan on and went to sleep. In just minutes I heard crying from the young filly. I climbed out of bed and went to check on her. The moment I got close, she began to wail and tear up.

         "Wahhhhhhhhhh, wahhhhhhh!" She screeched.

          I reached into the covers and picked her up. I began to gently craddle her in my arms while speaking words of calm. "Hush now little one, doctor is here to make it all better." I said soothingly. To my suprise she woke up with entirely open eyes and stared at me. After some time she began to calm down. It seems as if she doesn't feel safe in this new environment without me, that's no problem. My bed is big enough for 2. I brought over her small pillow for her to rest her head on, while I climbed into bed. I also wiped her face clean off her tears, but something I didn't try before was to see what kind of tears she cries. For a brief moment I licked the fluid with my tongue. Iron, I taste iron. This only means one thing,she cries blood, like I do. Poor thing, it's a very painful experience with all honesty. "You may lay here with me." She moved towards me and gave me a little hug. "I'll make sure nothing bad happens to you, I promise." I said quietly. I've never felt this way about a filly before... Did Mrs.Redheart know I would react like this? If so she is a very wise mare. She began to yawn, but that didn't signal the end of our conversation.

          She let out a small yawn and quietly spoke these three words.

          "I wuv you...."

          "I love you too darling." We laid in eachother's warm embrace and enjoyed eachother's company. After so many years of lonelyness i forgot the definition of lonelyness itself. I believe I have found my purpose in life.

          "Thank you" I said softly. I shedded a tear droplet that traveled slowly down my neck.

Home sweet home....

Some dream...

    "Silver wake up, I do believe this filly that is in your current care longs for you."

    "Hugh, what?"

    "Your in a dream and I'm here to talk to you."

     I sat there silently and thought for a moment. How does she know about her, oh wait she probably went into her dreams before mine. She is the protector of fillies dreams.

    "I'm here to talk to you about this filly, it seems as if she sees you as her father." I hope he understands what I'm saying...

    "Why yes I am aware of that." I think I know where she is going with this.

     The environment felt like an illusion, purple and blue skies swirled like a whirlpool above. Only an apple tree was present with Princess Luna infront of it. Boy this is odd.

    "Silver in her dreams she remembered how you held her in your hooves, you fed her and kept her clean. When she cried blood you wiped away her tears. She is emotionally attached to you and she has no memory about her past or who are her parents." Hopefully he understands that he has the capability of taking this foal as his own..

    "I discovered the fact that she was without a guardian when I looked at her medical history, she was in Pony Ville's local hospital after all. Luckily she was in the care of nurse redheart a trusted assistant of mine." What would I do without her...

    "She is very good at what she does, you picked the right pony for the right job."

    "Thank you."

    "Back to the filly, you are also emotionally attached to her as well. Is this not true?"

    "With all honesty Luna I have no family left what so ever and I need someone to care for. I've always wanted to be a teacher, an example for a young one. When I was a colt I was always looked to by my cousins whenever they needed my attention. It felt good and being able to help them out was even better! But when you can live for 257 years, it just gets lonely. You know what I mean?"

    "Yeah, I've been sent to the moon for a thousand moons. It changed me indefinetly."

    "So luna, what do you propose I do?"

    "It is already within your heart, do so when the time is right."

     I felt a warm object laying idley in my hooves as I stretched my legs in bed. What ever it was it poked my chest like a fine, small bump that nudged me when I stretched.

    "Yawwwnnnn...... Oh goodness its already morning? Welp better get a shower in."

    "Da?"

    What in the world, did I hear something or was that just my aged brain gone psycho. All I know is that this is my room and I'm in bed. Who could possibly be with me?

     "Da da."

     "Da da?" I looked down and a red and gray mane taking up most of my view. A fresh strawberry fragrance filled the room, probably from the filly "Yes dear?"

      She slowly pulled out of my chest and stared at me vacuosly with her big light brown eyes.

      "Ah!" She opened her mouth a little and held it open for a few seconds.

      "It seems to me we have agreed on our next move, breakfast. But before we get some ponycakes let's get you freshened up!"