I woke up once again, except this time, it was daylight shining through the window. I stretched.

“Finally! The time when we’re supposed to wake up.” I said, glancing over to Vinyl. Or, at least where Vinyl was. I was alone on the bed currently.

“Vinyl?” I called. No response. I stood up, and peeked out of the doorway. I could hear something that sounded like sizzling. I quickly threw on a shirt, and ran to the kitchen. Vinyl was there, fussing with the toaster. The entire kitchen was a mess.

“W-What the hell happened in here?!” I asked, bewildered. Vinyl looked at me sheepishly.

“Um, I’m making breakfast?” she replied, not sounding to sure of her own statement. I sighed.

“Wouldn’t you have realized by now that a kitchen here, and a kitchen from your world is a bit different?” I asked.

Vinyl nodded.

“I wanted to try, to make up for what I did last night. I still feel rotten about it.” she said, pawing at the floor with a hoof. I knelt in front of Vinyl.

“Vinyl, for the love of god, I told you to forget about it!” I said, standing back up. I picked up a few things off of the floor, and threw them away.

“Take a seat at the table. I’ll finish breakfast.” I told her, pointing to the kitchen table. She quietly sat in her chair, and I turned back to the mess on the counter.

“So, you were try to make toast? And that resulted in all of this?” I asked, raising an eyebrow. Vinyl shrugged. Sighing, I put two slices of bread in the toaster, and pushed the handle down.

“See? Simple.” I said, turning towards the mess on the counter. I slide everything into a trash can, and tied the bag into a knot. “There we go. Now, what would you like, besides toast?” I asked.

Vinyl put a hoof to her chin in thought.

“Umm… some coffee and maybe a muffin sounds good, if you’ve got any.” she said. I nodded.

“I’ve got coffee, but I’m out of creamer. I’ve also got some chocolate chip muffins, if that strikes your fancy.” I said, heating up the coffee pot. Vinyl was nearly drooling.

“I love chocolate, so that sounds good to me! I also drink my coffee black, so don’t worry about creamer.” she exclaimed. I flipped on my Coffee machine, and pulled out a box of Chocolate Chip muffins. I set one in front of Vinyl, who ate the entire thing in ten seconds flat. My eyes widened.

“I take it you were hungry?” I asked.

“Vwwy.” she said through a mouth full of muffin. I chuckled at Vinyl’s adorableness.

Sighing, I looked at the clock.

“Look Vinyl, I called in sick today for work, but only because I’m not sure what to do with you in the situation where I’d have to leave you alone for that long.” I said. Vinyl snorted.

“Honestly dude, I’d probably just sleep most of the time. I’m kinda a night crawler.” she said. I raised an eyebrow.

“Well, regardless, we should figure something out. But, in the mean time, you wanna see some stuff outside?” I asked, twirling my truck keys around my finger. Vinyl’s eyes widened.

“Oh can we! It would be rad to see what your town is like!” she said excitedly. I smirked.

“I can imagine. My truck has tinted windows, so nobody should see you easily, as long as you keep the window up.” I said, walking towards the front door.

“Um, actually, I have a better idea.” Vinyl said, turning to face me. “Hold still.” she said.

I did as she said, and a bright light began to illuminate from her horn. A steady, horizontal wave appeared to scan over my body, from head to toe, and then vanished.

“What was that?” I asked.

“It was a body scan. I have an extremely difficult spell I want to try. Um, you should turn around, in case it goes wrong.” Vinyl said. I obliged, and as soon as I turned away from her, there was a flash of light so bright, I thought I was going to go blind.

“O-Okay, I think it worked.” I heard her say.

“Just so I know, what should I expect when I turn around? I don’t want to pass out from shock or anything.” I asked cautiously.

“It should look familiar, I don’t think you’ll be too overly shocked.” she said. I shrugged, and turned to face… her? My eyes grew huge.

“What the f...” I couldn’t even finish my sentence. Standing before me, was a white skinned girl, wearing purple pants, a white jacket, purple finger gloves, and the same electric blue hair. She immediately fell forward into me. I barely had the reaction time to catch her.

“Vinyl? What the bloody hell happened?!” I asked, losing my cool. The girl, I mean… Vinyl, slid out of my arms onto the floor. I quickly knelt next to her. She was barely awake.

“Vinyl? Can you hear me? VINYL!?” I said, starting to panic. The pony turned girl went limp in my arms.

“Fuck. FUCK!!” I shouted. I quickly carried Vinyl to the couch, and gently placed her on it. I snatched my out of my pocket, and quickly dialed 911.

“911 Emergency? What can we help you with today?” I frantically started talking.

“Hello! I’ve got a pon… girl! Girl on my couch that suddenly just passed out! I need an ambulance over here right away!” I yelled.

“Sir, I understand you’re concern, the best thing to do in this case is remain calm. We’re dispatching an ambulance now. Please, try to remain calm. The emergency service’s will be along soon.” I hung up the phone, and tried to follow the dispatchers advice. I slowly breathed in and out, and closed my eyes. I relaxed, and turned my attention back to Vinyl.

She was motionless, I checked for a pulse. I nearly shit myself. She had no pulse.

“Oh fuck...” I muttered, starting to panic again. I patted Vinyl’s face, but still, she didn’t respond. I sat there, my head in my hands, crying. I feared I had lost the one special friend I had. After a moment, the wailing of a siren caught my attention. I ran to the front door, and nearly ripped it off its hinges as I opened it. I ran out into the front yard, and saw the ambulance driving down the street. I waved my hands frantically. The ambulance screeched to a stop in front of my driveway, and quickly backed in.

A paramedic jumped out, and quickly ran over to me.

“Where’s the problem?” he asked.

“Inside! Hurry! She’s got no pulse!” I screeched, pulling the paramedic into my house. When he saw Vinyl, he shouted towards the door.

“Paul! Bring in the stretcher, hurry! We got a code red!” he said. A few seconds later, the clattering of metal could be heard, and a second paramedic ran into the house, carrying a foldable bed on wheels. He unfolded it in seconds, and I gently lifted Vinyl onto it.

“Sir, what is your relation to her?” one paramedic asked. I quickly thought.

“Friend! Very close friend!” I quickly responded. The second paramedic gave a slight nod to the first one. I heard another siren outside, and a squeal of tires.

“We had a police officer come to this location so he could give you an escort to the hospital.”

I breathed heavily.

“Hello! Anybody here? Police!” I heard a third person call. I froze. That voice was familiar.

“In here!” I called. After a few seconds, a Police Officer walked into the room. He stopped, and stared at me, moving aside as the paramedics wheeled Vinyl outside.

“You again?!” he said. I would have laughed if the situation had not been so dire.

“Yeah, I need an escort to the hospital! She’s my… girlfriend I told you about. The one with the blue hair!” I said, grabbing my keys off of the coffee table.

“Right! Follow me in the squad car!” the Officer said, heading back outside.

I ran out, closing the front door behind me. I jumped into my truck, and started the engine. The Crown Victoria Police Interceptor parked in the street in front of my house switched on it’s blue and red’s, and began to follow the ambulance down the street. I was quick on the gas, squealed out of the driveway tires blazing as I followed the Police car closely. Once we cleared the neighborhood, both the Ambulance, and the Squad car switched on their sirens, and I flipped on my hazard lights.

We traveled pretty fast, averaging around fifty miles per hour. The hospital was only about seven miles away, so we got there in a decent amount of time. The Ambulance sped around to the rear of the hospital, while I followed the Officer around to the front. I parked behind the Crown Vic, and me and the Officer walked into the lobby.

“It’s going to be a few minutes until they can tell us what’s happening, I have a few questions to ask you for my report, if you don’t mind.” he said. I plopped into the nearest chair, and put a hand to my head.

“What the hell ever, ask away.” I said, closing my eyes.

“Alright, what caused her to pass out?” he asked. I growled internally. I couldn’t tell him a pony to human transformation, he’d arrest me right on the spot.

“I don’t know. We were talking, then she just suddenly fell into my arms, passed out.” I lied. The Officer looked at me for a solid five seconds, then scribbled on his notepad.

After a few more unnecessary questions, a nurse came out and grabbed me.

“You’re Vince?” she asked. I quickly nodded.

“Yes, how’s my friend?!” I asked, trying to read the Nurse’s face. The Nurse forced a smile, pulling back through a door.

“She’s conscious, but we’re having some trouble with her.” the nurse said. I sighed, relieved that she was at least awake.

“What trouble?” I asked. The nurse shrugged.

“Well, our instruments aren’t getting accurate readings! According to our computer, she has no heartbeat, and nothing is wrong with her!” the Nurse explained.

I sighed. If faulty instruments was the trouble, that was fine with me!

I was led into an open hospital room, where I found Vinyl laying on a bed, tubes and other bullshit hooked all over her body. She looked plenty scared, although once she saw me, she relaxed a good bit.

“V-Vince!” she cried. I ran over to the bed, and Vinyl wrapped her… arms around my waist, nuzzling her head into my chest as I knelt down beside her. I looked towards the Nurse.

“Can we get a few minutes alone please?” I asked. The Nurse nodded.

“Just a few minutes, but if anything goes wrong, please find somebody immediately.” she said, walking out of the room.

I turned back towards Vinyl.

“Vinyl, what on Earth happened to you!?” I asked. Vinyl sighed.

“Well, when you said no one around would readily see me as a pony, I decided to pull out an old magic spell back from my world. It lets me scan another kind of being, and shape shift into their form, for a while. I thought if I looked like everyone else, I'd be ok to walk around. I guess it took so much energy out of me, I just… kinda passed out.” she said, smiling sheepishly. I suddenly realized something.

“Uh, exactly how long is… a while?” I asked, looking at the clock. Between the time Vinyl first changed, and the time it was now, it had been about three hours. Vinyl furrowed her brow.

“Usually about six hours or so. Why?” she asked quizzically.

“Fuck Vinyl! It’s already been three hours! You’re in a hospital now, if you hadn’t figured it out. If someone sees you, I don’t know what could happen.” I said

Vinyl’s eyes widened.

“Oh man! You’re right. I mean, I could always teleport us somewhere else nearby. But I’d probably be out for a few more hours.” she said. I sighed. What choice did we have? Odds are, the hospital wasn’t going to let a passed out for an unknowable reason girl out of the hospital for a few days, at least.

“Let me think about it for a little bit.” I said. I then had another thought. I quickly turned back towards Vinyl.

“Hey! Why the hell don’t you have a pulse!? I was scared shitless when I tried to find your pulse, and you didn’t have one!” I asked, a bit loudly. Vinyl winced.

“Oh, yeah. When a Unicorn pulls a shape shift spell, it doesn’t do anything to the inside of our body, like change organs or anything like that. Basically, the only thing inside my body right now is magic. Magic is keeping my alive, allowing me to breath, and everything else. But once I go back to my original form, all my normal organs return.” she explained.

I nodded. I guess that made sense?

“Well whatever. My truck is right outside the hospital, if you can get us outside, I can get us out of here.” I said. Vinyl nodded, and closed her eyes. I waited…

…

Nothing was happening.

“Uh, Vinyl?” I asked. She opened her eyes, and looked around. Suddenly, she leaned her head against the pillow.

“CRAP! I forgot. I don’t have a horn right now, so I can’t pull of any spells. We’re going to have to wait until I’m back in pony form.” she said. I wanted to bang my head against the bedside railing.

“We need to come up with a plan then. Something that in...” I glanced at the clock.

“Two hours and fifty minutes, will keep everyone out of the room for a bit. Because as soon as they discover both of us missing, everyone is going to freak. And I want to be far away by then.” I said, trying to think of a plan.

After a few minutes, I had an idea. The bathroom!

“Wait, I’ve got it! You need to use the bathroom!” I said. Vinyl looked at me.

“No I don’t.” she said. I rolled my eyes.

“I mean, we tell them you need to use the bathroom! Usually, when a patient needs to use the bathroom, a Nurse helps them, but because of how I told them we’re involved together, they’ll probably let me help you, and let us be for about ten minutes.” I said. Vinyl nodded.

“I guess? But wouldn’t we have to go out of the room for that?” she asked. I looked around the hospital room.

“Nope! All hospital rooms have a bathroom.” I said, pointing to a door in the wall of Vinyl’s room.

“Wow. Ponyville General didn’t.” she muttered.

I sat for a few minutes in silence, trying to fully formulate my plan, when Vinyl broke my train of thought.

“What did you tell them for how we’re involved together? I don’t think friends would help each other in the bathroom.” she said.

Shit. I was going to have to tell her.

“Um… I told them that you and I were… romantically involved with each other.” I said quietly. Vinyl’s response was not what I expected. She laughed.

“Whoa! So like, special someponies? I thought you weren't sure!” she said. I sighed.

"Vinyl, I just said it so they'd let me come with. I was barely thinking straight. I'm still not sure if I could love you like that. I don't think we can be special someponies!" I exclaimed. Vinyl was silent for a few minutes.

“Do you want to be?” she suddenly asked.

Wait. What?

“What?” I asked, hoping she hadn’t just asked what I thought she did.

Vinyl turned towards me.

“If I was actually one of your kind, would you want to be my stallion friend?” she explained. I bit my lip. In all honesty, in the short time I had known Vinyl, I was getting rather… attached to her. But a full on relationship?

“I… I don’t know. I mean, I haven’t known you for that long, and...” I couldn’t figure out how to finish the sentence. Vinyl’s face changed ever so slightly. It showed a sign of… sadness? I couldn’t be sure.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right.” she said. We both sat in silence for a few minutes, then she turned onto her side, facing away from me.

I felt like I had done something to hurt her, but decided not to bring it up.

Author's Note

Vince, you dumbass. You clearly hurt Vinyl's feelings with your answer to her question, and you decide not to apologize? How could you?

Could it be you're trying to think hard about what your feelings really are for her?