TumblerXAzure

Arriving at the hospital, I was exhausted, and in a huge amount of pain. I nearly collapsed at the entrance, and a nurse grabbed me and placed me in a room. A doctor soon arrived, starting to examine my wings and taking x-rays on it. I was patient most of the time, but this was driving me crazy. I wanted to know what was wrong with me, and my questions were met with silence. The doctor cleared his throat, than started to speak to me,
“Your wing is a rare case, its muscle is deteriorating at a rapid pace, and the bone structure is falling apart.” He said, nearly emotionless.
I started to scream in outburst,
“What!?” I yelled.
The doctor remained silent, and let me continue my outburst,
“You mean I can’t fly anymore! Just why did it have to be me! How am I supposed to live with only one wing!?” I yelled.
I felt like blaming him for everything, but deep down, I was afraid. I couldn’t show the fact that I was afraid, nopony truly knows how I feel deep down inside, I was soon gasping for air; that yelling fit I threw took a lot out of me.
“You’re going to have to stay here for a while, we will figure out a solution.” The doctor said.
“Just rest for now and wait until morning.” A nurse said.
I reluctantly embraced sleep, my mind in a rush on all of these events from happening. True sleep was hard to come by for me, the sun was beginning to rise, and it disrupted my sleep. I ended up not getting much rest, since I was dealing with constant pain throughout the morning. A nurse walked into the room and gave me the regular slop they server at the hospital. I’ve only been to the hospital once as a filly; I had my back injured from an incident at flight school. From my short experience at a hospital, I knew things weren’t so well. Trying to at least enjoy the meal they gave me, I was left alone.

***

A knock on my door brought me out of my sleep; I saw that it was Azure. She was happy to see that I was safe, but highly worried about me. She was soon next to me, gripping my hoof as if I was on my deathbed.
“Please, tell me you’re alright Tumbler.” Azure said.
“I’m fine.” I said, trying to reassure her, but it didn’t work.
Azure was soon starting to cry, making no effort to quiet down. I pulled her close to me and started to embrace her tightly, her sobs still echoing throughout the small room.
“Don’t worry.” I whispered.
Two other ponies soon entered, I recognized them as Twilight and Pinkie Pie.
“Azure, come on, let’s bring you home.” Twilight said.
Pinkie Pie soon grabbed Azure and started to slowly push her out. I held out my hoof as a way of saying goodbye, and the door soon shut, leaving only silence.
I felt like bursting into tears myself, but I just couldn’t; I just wanted to be with Azure. I realized how a majority of my life was alone, and that I’ve missed out on all these things. These new feelings and experiences, they were like heaven almost. My wing was starting to get better, but the doctors said that it would be a miracle if they could save it. The muscle and bone in it is severely weak and can be very brittle. They want to conduct a surgery to fix it, but they also gave me another option, amputation. I didn’t want to lose my own wing, it didn’t seem fair. The doctors patiently waited for my answer, their casual smiles doing nothing for me.
I was nervous, my lips shaking, I muttered out my decision,
“Just, just get my wing off.”
The doctors soon left me alone yet again; I couldn’t believe I took that choice. Only a few moments until they get everything prepped and then off goes my wing. I looked at my left wing; it was still heavily bandaged so I took my time removing it. Looking at it, I noticed that it was significantly thinner and looked frailer than my other wing. I sighed, and started to watch the minutes tick by.

***

Azure was able to be the last person to visit me until my surgery. She hugged me tightly,
“I don’t want you to do this.” She said.
I nodded my head, I understood her completely, but with this decision already stuck in my head, there was no turning back. I nuzzled up against her, ignoring the slight pain my wing was still giving me. I was starting to cry, and Azure tried her best to cheer me up,
“I’ll see what we can do to help you afterwards, just be strong Tumbler.” She said.
Her words only made me cry harder, I wanted to do one last thing before she goes away from me for who knows how long. I give her a quick kiss just before the doctors arrived for my surgery.