Same, But Different.

"What is it, Twilight?" asked Buddery when he trotted downstairs.

"I need you to go gather up the other girls so that I could tell all of you,"  she responded.

"What!?!,I could've brought them over when I ran into them! Oh, but they had things to do,"  said Buddery.

"What?!? Ugh, I needed to ask them if they could do a little report on the other world," sighed Twilight.

"Other world? Uh, I could go?" asked Buddery.

"No. You wouldn't know how to move your legs and arms!" exclaimed Twilight.

"Legs and arms?" said Buddery, confused.

"Nevermind. Go play! Be a kid!" she told him.

Buddery groaned and obeyed the purple allicorn. He hated being considered a little kid. Though he loved hanging out with Twilight and the girls, and Spike, he hated that they thought he couldn't handle things like this. Well, he'll show them! He's going to do something big. While Buddery was lost in thought, he slipped on a book near the edge. What made it worse was how high up Twilight's stairs are! Buddery yelled as he fell.

"BUDDERY!" screamed Twilight.

It was too late. Buddery had already hit the floor. He lay on his side, blood dribbling out his mouth. Twilight immediately called an ambulance. Spike heard the commotion and came out, only to see his best friend in a stretcher.

"Buddery!" yelled the dragon, "You'll be okay! Trust them! Trust ME!"

Buddery couldn't move. Twilight notified Buddery's parents, and the girls. Soon, he was laying in a hospital bed while his right wing was broken, his rear right hoof, and his jaw was pretty sore. And bloody. The girls and his parents waited in the lobby.

"This was all my fault! If my llibrary wasn't such a mess, he would be playing games with Spike right now!" Twilight sobbed. She hated seeing her friend in such a condition. About half an hour later, Buddery Shine came out with a cast on his hoof, a bandage on his wing, and a cleaned mouth.

"Buddery!" exclaimed his mother,"Are you alright, dear! Oh Celestia!"

Buddery was taken home and the girls and Spike came to help him. He didn't ask for much though, because he didn't want them to think of him as small AND needy. And his jaw hurted everytime he moved it. So he mostly watched the cartoons on his television. The girls had a chat in the kitchen.

"Twi, don't beat yourself up! It was an accident on both sides of the story," Applejack consoled her.

"Yeah! And seeing you frown makes me down!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie.

"But what if he takes a long time to recover!" Twilight yelled.

"Yeah! Than I can't play games with him!" said Spike. He sadder than anyone except his parents about this!

"Darling, you must not worry! The doctor said he should be back in a few days!" said Rarity.

"Ugh! Can I go talk to Buddery? I wanna check up on him," asked Rainbow Dash.

"Sure," said his mother, who was cooking lunch.

She flew to his room, and knocked.

"Come in! Ow..." groaned Buddery. Rainbow Dash walked in and sat next to him on his bed.

"How ya doing?" asked the blue pegasus, as she touched his wing. He gave a small yelp, and she backed up.

"Sorry!" she apologized.

"It's okay. You can go if you want." he told her.

"See ya, dude," she said as she pecked his cheek like the girls always did. He sat there, slowly recovering. Waiting. Waiting. Recovering.