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It only took a few moments until I woke up again. The pain I’d just felt from before was gone.

Awe shit. Am I dead? Am I about to meet the Author?

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I waited to hear from the Author, but there was no response. I started to worry as I slowly opened my eyes to a room dimly lit by Celestia's sun. I felt a soft feeling beneath me, and I think I was laying on a pillow.

I also heard slow beeps to my side. Like an IV machine. It became clearer that I was at some kinda hospital. Ponyville hospital? Canterlot? As I slowly put the pieces of the puzzle together, I felt something strapped over my mouth. I glanced down, my vision still blurry, and noticed a tube sticking up from a mask. An oxygen mask. Okay…

I also felt an IV strapped to my left arm, underneath some blankets laid over me. When I went to raise it, I noticed a television on the wall in front of me.

Wait a minute.

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There were no TVs in Equestria. My heart started beating faster as I shot up. Or… slowly pulled myself to a sit. My body was pretty numb, so everything was a bit difficult to move. The blankets on top of me were also pretty heavy. The monitor beside me started beeping faster. It sped up a little bit until a loud, annoying alarm started ringing from it.

Stupid fucking thing.

I started panicking. I raised my right hand and tried to pull my oxygen mask off, which only triggered an even louder alarm behind me. I slowly squirmed in the bed, but these blankets were making it difficult. I mean… it was comfortable, sure, but I was also freaking the fuck out.

Where am I? What the fuck is this?

I squirmed for another few seconds before the door flung open. An older looking white man with a white doctor’s coat came through, immediately startled once we met eyes.

“Gah!”

“WAH!”

“WHOA!”

“BWAHH!”

“D’mitry!” he exclaimed, rushing up to the monitor. “Jesus Christ, hold on buddy.”

As he fiddled with the monitor and turned off its alarm, a black lady in scrubs came rushing in the room as well.

“Oh lordy, he’s awake!” she commented, fast-walking to the doctor's side, her enormous built-in airbags bouncing on their journey.

They both turned their attention to me once the monitor and the siren on the wall finally shut the hell up. The doctor turned to the lady and asked her to grab something before turning his attention to me.

“Son, just lay back down for now. I know you’re probably itching to figure out what’s happening, and I will tell you in a minute. Just lay down.”

It was taking a hot minute for me to come down from my shock, so I slowly laid myself back down on the bed. The doctor took this opportunity to run the blood pressure cuff on my other arm as he checked more of the equipment surrounding us.

“Where the fuck am I?” I asked.

“You’re at Emory, son. Near Atlanta.”

Oh shit.

I was back! NOOO! This had to be some kind of nightmare. I was back on Earth now, near where I used to live before the alicorns beamed me out of existence. Or at least, that’s what I thought! What the hell happened?

“What happened?”

“You’ve just woken up from a coma, D’mitry.”

WHAT?! This made no sense! I thought the alicorns had pulled my whole body from Earth. There is no way that was a fucking dream, or some kinda stupid ass acid trip, right? Was it a dream? Author?

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Author?

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AUTHOR?

There was no response from the Author, which started freaking me out. Was my whole stay at Equestria A FUCKING DREAM? There is no way. It can’t be true. I refuse to believe that. I could hear the monitor beeping faster beside me, and my heart was starting to thump out of my chest.

“D’mitry, please relax. I know this is scary news, but it’s okay. Your vitals look good right now.”

“How long?! How long was I in a coma?!”

“D’mitry… relax. Then I will tell you. It’s not the worst case.”

I tried to relax, but was having trouble.

“The nurse is getting you a sed-”

“NO! HOW LONG?! I’LL RELAX IF YOU TELL ME!” I exclaimed.

Another lady in scrubs came through the door, probably overhearing my voice. She eyed the doctor, but he told her everything was fine.

“D’mitry, look buddy. It’s been ten months, alright?”

I froze. That was how long my stay in Equestria had been. Now, my brain was looping around itself. Even if it was a dream, which I could not come to realize, was it over? No… it could not end like this. I restrained myself from lashing out, barely, and quietly laid back on the bed.

“Son, don't worry. I know this news is not pleasant to hear. But everything is alright. You’re finally awake.”

“How did I get here?” I asked.

“We aren’t entirely sure. You were picked up off the streets of Atlanta. Not to sound vague, but they found you unresponsive, with earbuds in your ear. From what I can recall, they believe you just passed out while walking down the street.”

“Fuck… okay…”

This caused my brain to chill a little bit. I do remember being beamed into Equestria while I was walking downtown. So... not a dream? Either way, I was still concerned that it might be over. How would they bring me back?? I tried to settle my thoughts as the doctor continued.

“There is a lot to discuss, and we will discuss it when the time is right. For now, let’s focus on getting you back to health.”

The black nurse came back with a pill and a cup of water.

“What is that?”

“A sedative,” she explained, “it will help you relax.”

“I don’t need to relax. I’m fine. I’m okay. Just leave me be for now. I have to think.”

“D’mitry,” the doctor said, “please, just take the sedative. It won’t put you to sleep, it will just calm you. You can still think after taking it.”

I angrily scoffed down the sedative.

“Okay, I’m calm," I said calmly, "Can y’all leave me alone? I need to think.”

“Okay, sweetie,” the white nurse said, raising the hospital remote and placing it by my side. “Just push this red button if you need one of us, okay?”

“Okay. Thank you.”

The three of them made their way out, shutting the door softly behind them. Okay… what to do now. I waited a few minutes while I tried to think.

I then quickly ripped off my oxygen mask, but it set off the DAMN ALARM AGAIN! Fucks sake. Thankfully, the mask detached from me fully. Okay. Time to move. I grabbed ahold of the tape holding the IV in place, and braced hard before ripping it off. The needle pulled from my arm, causing a burst of pain to explode through it as blood was flung on my bedsheets. I tried to ignore this pain as I ripped off my blood pressure cuff and threw my legs over the side of the bed.

My body was still a bit numb, but adrenaline from the new shock had me bursting. I had to get out of here. I had to find Twi. How? I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking straight. But I was so upset about being taken from her that nothing mattered right now. If I had to find the street I passed out on before to somehow see her again, ah … none of this is making any fucking sense. This was an irrational panic, but I was going to follow through with it somehow.

I have to see Twi and the others again. I need to. I sprinted to the window, just to find that I was very high up. What was that? 5, 6 fucking floors? Damn. Tall ass hospital. I instead sprinted to the door and threw it open. I stuck my head out briefly, noticing the black nurse from before rushing back down the hall... her melons continuing to bounce in her scrubs.

“D’mitry!” she screamed.

I quickly turned the other way, and began sprinting down the hall. I definitely looked like some crazed fucking lunatic in my hospital gown, bleeding out on the marble floor, but I had to get out of here. I had

OH SHIT!

I felt my numb-ish foot slip on the marble floor as I prepared a right turn, since the hallway was about to end. I was passing a receptionist desk when I slipped, falling face forward. I had a lot of speed in me when I slipped, causing me to slide as I fell. Before I knew it, my head slammed right into the wall.

Hard.