One Week Later... October 7th, 2025. 1:34 AM

I open my eyes to a darkened room and a beeping to my side with a window to my side, the curtains were open so I could see the full moon in the sky. I was in a comfy bed with a white blanket over me, I sigh and try to sit up but I wince as a burning pain runs through my torso. I push the blanket aside to see that it is covered in bloody bandages. I look at the beeping noise to see a heart monitor, I chuckled but soon go into a coughing fit from my sore throat.

I hear the beeping on the heart monitor rise in tempo as the coughing went on for another few seconds before the coughing ceases and the beeps decrease to its normal speed, I go to rub my eyes but I feel a bandage over my left eye so I just rub my right eye and yawn. I sit in the silence for another minute before I decide to head back to bed, hoping to gain a few more hours of sleep. I lay back down and pull the sheet over with my magic, closing my eye in the process.

In the Morning... October 7th, 2025. 7:40 AM

I wake to that monotonous noise of the heart beep monitor and chirping of birds, I sit up and yawn while trying to stretch out my stiff spine. I let out a sigh as I relax against the headboard of the bed. I hear the door of the room being open so I look to said door to see a mare with white fur and light pink hair, she was also wearing a hat that had a red cross with hearts on it so I assumed she was a nurse or something. We stare at each other for a few seconds before she clears her throat and says "Hello?"

I nod and try to greet her back "H-Hello" My voice was very rough and my throat was pretty dry so I kindly ask the mare "Can I have a glass of water, please?"

She nods and says "Alright, I'll be right back sir." She backs out of the room and closes the door, leaving me to my thoughts for a minute. The minute goes by fast as I look at the door when I hear the handle turn, the nurse enters again with a cart that had a glass of water and 2 pancakes on it. I smile as she approaches me causing her to smile back and say "I figured you'd be hungry so I got you some breakfast"

I nod and thank her before she picks up a tray with her teeth and attaches it to the hospital bed before pushing the tray in front of me. She goes to pick up the plate but I say "No, I can get it"

She seems unsure but agrees anyways so I carefully pick up the water and plate of pancakes with my magic before setting them down onto the tray, I nod with a smile and she says "Is that everything?"

I nod again before a thought enters my head so I ask "How long have I been asleep and where am I?"

I go to take a sip from the glass of water as she says "You've been out for 8 days and you're in the Ponyville hospital, sir."

My eyes widen as I choke on the water and began to cough "Holy fucking shit!"

The nurse winces at my swearing but doesn't comment on it. She waits for a second for me to stop coughing before asking "Is this all you need?"

I sat and began to think of stuff to need before my brain focuses on a certain group of girls but I push it aside and say "That's everything."

The Nurse nods and says "Alright, just push the green button on the bed to call me if you need anything" I nod so she leaves the room and shuts the door, leaving me to my thoughts.

I rub my eyes and let out a yawn as I stare out the window of my room to see Rainbow Dash pushing clouds around, she looked depressed as she disappeared out of my view. I lay back and let out a sigh, closing my eyes for a few seconds before opening them but I was not in the hospital as I was before. I was now in a decaying bedroom, the paint on the walls peeling off and a layer of dust covering everything and the beeping of the machine gone.

The more I looked around the bedroom, the more it seemed familiar, the worn out posters, the rusty TV, the dust-covered toys littered about the room. An unknown male voice says to me "Seem familiar? It should"

But before I could inspect the room any further, I blink and I am back in the hospital room. The beeping of the heart monitor resuming which was already making me annoyed, I would see if there was some volume button but I didn't want to mess with it unless I wanted to pay for a new one. I look down at my plate to see that I somehow already eaten the pancakes I got a minute ago and half of the water in the glass cup was gone, My right ear swivels toward the door as I hear hoofsteps and the door handle turning. I see the nurse from before entering my room and clear her throat before asking "You have a visitor, do you want to see them?"

I nod as I take a sip of water, she nods and goes to get said visitor but I stop her and ask "Don't tell them I'm awake yet, I want it to be a surprise" The nurse giggles and nod before exiting the room to fetch the visitor, I grab the plate and cup with my magic before sliding them under the bed so any evidence of me being awake is gone. I go into a fake slumber and lay still, I wait a 2 minutes before I hear the door open and quiet hoofsteps approach my bed.

I hear a sniffle and feel somepony lay bury their face into my chest, I hear Fluttershy's voice speak up but its muffled by my chest so I couldn't properly hear her. I crack open my only eye to see the yellow pegasus quietly sobbing into my fur, I suddenly feel bad for not letting her know that I'm not in the coma anymore so I break the act and slowly stroke her hair with my hoof.

She freezes and slowly looks up at me, she stares into my eyes before smiling with tears in her eyes and lunging her forelegs around my neck. I feel a sharp pain in my side but stay quiet as I hug her back, Flutters begins to incoherently sob into my shoulder so I rub her back softly and quietly shush her like a crying baby "It's okay Flutters, I'm alright"

She lifts her head from my shoulder and says "I thought you weren't going to wake up, I waited here every day for you to wake up but you wouldn't!"

Before she could continue to ramble on about how she thought I was dead, I kissed her on the lips silencing her. The kiss held for a few seconds before we part our lips and look at each other, I brush aside some of her mane that was blocking her face before smiling at her. She takes a few deep breathes to calm herself before smiling back. I sit my pillow against the headboard and lay against it as I ask "What did I miss?"

Fluttershy then went on about boasting magicians and a bug infestation which was pretty wild to me. soon enough, a knock at the door was heard before it was opened by a yellow glow of magic and in walked Princess Celestia. She gave me a motherly smile as she walked up to my bedside, asking "How are you feeling?"

I nodded and answered, "Could be better but I'd say I'm pretty good considering the situation..."

Celestia stifled a laugh with her hoof before saying "You are indeed correct, do the others know of your awakening?"

I shook my head and replied "No and I'd like to keep it that way until I recovered a little more"

The Princess nodded before lowering her head in thought, after of few seconds she looked back up and asked: "How about you come to the castle for the wedding of Shining Armor who is Twilights brother and then you could reveal yourself when the rest of the elements arrive for the wedding preparations?"

I gave it thought before thinking what could go so wrong so I say "That could work... I just need to get a few things."

Author's Note

Yes, as you can probably tell if you have seen the wedding episode, more action is coming :D Just sit tight