Drew's Tragic Story

Waking up from a pretty good nights sleep, Drew got out of his bed, and had two carrots, raw, and decided to go for a nice morning trot around the outskirts of Ponyville. He left his home and began to head to the Northern edge of town, the closest edge of town to his home.

Once he began, he looked around to see a few animals going about their business. He smiled when he noticed a few watching him trot by. After nearly twenty more minutes of going on, he began to hear a group of birds singing. He found their birdsong peaceful, so he began to follow the sounds. As he grew closer, he began to hear a mare singing along with them, and he could have sworn his ears were mistaking the mare for an angel.

As he approached where the beautiful notes were coming from, he slowed down as not to startle any pony who might be there.

He walked up to a bush and listened, peeking over slowly as not to startle the birds aswell as the mare singing with them. He saw a whole rainbow of birds in a tree, on a fence, and lining a cottage.

Amongst the birds, was a yellow coated Pegasus mare, with a pink mane and tail. He smiled warmly and moved to the other side of the bush, revealing himself, but the Pegasus mare had her eyes closed. He simply watched, content where he was for the time being while the Pegasus mare finished her song. The mare smiled blissfully at the birds, then froze as she finally noticed Drew.

Drew smiled warmly. "That was simply beautiful! My name is Drew, pardon if I am intruding, but that wonderful music and song bought me here when I was trotting around the edge of town. I must say, you have a truely wonderous singing voice." Drew stated honestly.

The yellow Pegasus blushed, looking away shyly. She spoke very softly, hoofing the dirt a little. "Thank you.....my names....Fluttershy.." She said to him, but she was so quiet, he hadn't heard her.

"Pardon ma'am? I couldn't hear you.." Drew said, hoping she wouldn't take offense for some reason. He took a few steps closer and rotated his ears to hear her a little better.

The Pegasus meeped and looked away, hiding half of her face with that pink mane. "My name's......Fluttershy..." she had said again, and glanced up at him.

Drew smiled softly. "It's nice to meet you Fluttershy." He said, having heard her that time. He nodded to himself, looking away now. "Well, I guess I should probably be on my way now." He said, and turned to leave.

"O...oh....ok..." Fluttershy said, pausing for a moment. "B....Be safe.." she stated, noticing he was heading towards the Everfree Forest now.

Drew looked back and nodded, smiling. He gave a polite wave before trotting off. Fifteen minutes later, he had gotten curious about the forest around him, and had found himself at a pit with sides far too steep for a unicorn or earth pony to climb. He groaned, turning back only to trip over a rock, and lose his balance, falling into the pit. He groaned as he had cut his leg pretty deep on his way down, and he got dazed by a rock to his head on the fall down. He tried to get back up, his whole world spinning.

It took him another five minutes to recover from the dizziness, but he finally got back to his hooves, only to discover he had a rather large gash on his leg. He groans as he thinks to himself, trying to think his way out of this pit where no pony knew he was.

It took roughly another twenty minutes efore he gave up and started to yell, hoping to get some pony's attention. "HEY!! I'M DOWN HERE!! I FELL INTO A PIT AND HURT MY LEG!! CAN SOME PONY GET HELP?!" Drew yelled out for about an hour before some pony actually showed up. It was the same yellow Pegasus he met earlier. He smiled some upon seeing her. "Oh hello Fluttershy! Thank goodness some pony heard me! I tripped over a rock up there and fell in here. I gashed up my leg and hit my head on another rock on my way down.....could you get help please?" He asked nicely.

Fluttershy gasped upon hearing that, and all bashfulness vanished from her all at once as she flew down to him, and inspected his leg, head, and even his hooves. After assessing the situation a bit more, she called a bird over. "Hey there, um, could you go into town, and get some pony to follow you back here? My friend here needs help, and I can't leave his side right now." Fluttershy said and the bird chirpped, as if understanding her and flew off towards Ponyville. Drew blinked at her now.

"They understand you?" He asked, watching Fluttershy. She nodded and hid her face with her mane again. "Yes, and I can understand them. How badly are you hurt Drew?" Fluttershy asked with a genuinely concerned tone.

Drew caught this, and smiled at her warmly. "Oh I've had much worse, but with the conditions as they are, I'm stuck here in this pit, with a bleeding leg, which hurts like hell. Feels like someone cut my leg open with a blade."

Fluttershy nodded as she thinks for a moment. She wasn't strong enough to fly him out of the pit, and she knew it.

"Let me see if I can find a vine and large enough leaf so we can keep pressure on your leg." Fluttershy said and flew into the trees above, looking around. She found a few vines and began to look for a large leaf. This took her a few minutes, and she returned with both. She landed beside him. "Hold still now please." She said as she placed the leaf, and began trying to tie the vines. She groaned in frustration, and Drew chuckled. "I got it. Just hold the leaf please."

Drew activated his horn, and took the vines with his magic. Fluttershy nodded and held the now bloody leaf in place. He began to tie the vine to his leg tightly, and moved away from her to let her stop. "Thank you Fluttershy!" He said with a wincing smile.

Fluttershy blushed and smiled, looking away a little. "Anytime. I just couldn't stand by and do nothing while some pony needs help!" She said and glanced up at him. "Yes, but still. It was very kind of you to come help some pony you had only just met." Drew said with a warm smile.

Just as Fluttershy was about to reply, a white unicorn trotted up to the pit, the bird from before following right after. "Oh my gosh, Fluttershy darling, are you ok?!" Said the white unicorn. Drew looked up and saw Rarity. He smiled lightly and gave a wave. "Oh, hello again Rarity." He said as Rarity blushed deeply.

"He remembered my name..." Rarity thought to herself and waved back. "Yes, Hello Drew." Rarity said, and Fluttershy flew up to Rarity. "Drew is hurt, not me. He tripped over a rock and cut his leg pretty bad and hit his head on the way down..I'm not strong enough to fly him up on my own..." Fluttershy said bluntly. Rarity nodded and activated her horn, picking Drew up in her magic and lifted him up, inspecting him too. She shook her head and didn't set him down. "No no, that won't do. You need to go to the hospital and get that stitched!" Rarity said and began to gallop towards Ponyville with him, knowing Fluttershy would follow.

Once at the hospital, the doctors gave him a room, and began to check him out for themselves.

(To be continued)