Peace At Last

I woke up the next day, and I had a hangover that made me feel like I had been dropped on my head from the highest tower of Canterlot Castle. I shook my head to clear out the mental cobwebs, and saw that there was an Earth Pony stallion in full armor across the room. I also became aware that I was covered in bandages, and of a loud beeping that was throbbing in my ears, and making my head feel like it was going to literally explode. Turning my head, I saw that the beeping was coming from a heart rate monitoring machine, to which I was connected through wires attached to my chest by circular disks. There was also an IV tube going from my right front leg to a clear bag of liquid hanging on a metal pole, and a bright beam of sunlight shining in through the window.

"What the buck?" I groaned wearily, as I noticed the bruises, and scratches that covered the parts of my body that weren't covered by the covers of my hospital bed.

"Oh good, the you're awake", the guard said.

"What am I doing here?" I asked.

"The owner of Club Chaotic found you at the bottom of the stairs leading to the basement storage room, beaten, and bloody. He had a bouncer find the guards, who brought you here to the hospital."

"How long have I been here?"

"Since last night," the guard told me.

Suddenly, there was a light knock on the door, and it opened, revealing Celestia, and Luna. The guard bowed as the Princesses walked in.

"Would you please excuse us?" asked Celestia.

"Of course your highness," the guard said, leaving the room, and shutting the door on the way out.

"Nimble, art thou alright?" Luna asked in a worried tone. "What happened?"

"I don't remember. The guard did fill me in on a little bit of the details, but it's all just a foggy haze."

"I did warn thee not to stay out too late, and not to get too drunk," Luna said in an almost scolding tone.

"I only had three drinks throughout the whole night, and spaced them out well enough, so that I wouldn't get drunk."

"And I highly doubt that those injuries were the result of you falling down some stairs in a drunken stupor," added Celestia.

"So I was assaulted. The question is by whom."

"We shall begin a investigation straight away," Luna told me. "Did you have any altercations with anypony at the club?"

"No. The last thing I remember is sitting at the bar, and sipping my drink."

"Hmm," said Celestia, thinking aloud. "Perhaps we should go to the club, and speak to the owner, as well as some of the ponies who were at the club last night."

"That would be a good place to start, sister," Luna said.

"So how did you find out?" I asked.

"After the guards brought you here, they reported it to us, since they recognized you, and knew that you're our friend." Celestia stated.

Turning, the Princess of the night smiled at me.

"Rest now, Nimble. We will continue the investigation, and let thee know if We find any new information about what had happened last night. We will also send a letter to the Element bearers to let them know what has happened. "

"Thank you."

Using her magic, Celestia opened the door, and exited, followed closely by Luna. The door closed most of the way, but through the small opening, I could hear Celestia whispering something to the guard that had been in the room when I'd woke up, though I couldn't really hear exactly what was being said. I did year the guard's reply though.

"Yes, your highness," he said, and I could hear his armor rattling around as he either bowed, or saluted, though with the door shut most of the way, I wasn't really able to see which.

A short time later, the door opened, and a grey Unicorn mare nurse with a orange mane, and tail, and green eyes stepped into the room carrying two small plastic cups in her magic. I saw that one had a couple of blue pills in it, and the other had water in it.

"For the pain," she said. "By the way, my name is Caring Heart, and I'll be your nurse during the day today, so if you need anything, just call out, and I'll come running."

I nodded, and accepted the two cups, downing the one with the pills first, followed closely by the one with the water. The nurse then used her magic to fluff up my pillow a bit before taking the two cups back from me.

"Sleep now," she said. "You need to be well rested, so you can heal faster."

"You'll get no argument from me on that, I said. "Besides, I owe whoever did this to me a beating they won't ever forget."

"Well, there wil be plenty of time for that once you're back on your hooves again."

"Now I wish I'd gone back with the girls to Ponyville, rather than hanging around to get drunk, and mope over how evil my parents are."

The nurse glared at me.

"They got off easy after what they did."

"Then you know who I am,: I said.

She nodded.

"There's no one on Equis, who doesn't know now," the nurse replied. "Or about what happened to you."

"Don't let me forget before I leave, I owe the staff here an autograph session. It's the least I can do for putting up with me while I'm here."

"The least you could do is nothing, but we all know you're not that much of a jerk."

"You won't say that once you get to know me," I retorted with a yawn.

The nurse giggled, shut the curtains on the window. Then she left, turning out the lights, and shutting the door most of the way, and allowing a little light in from the corridor. As soon as she was gone, I closed my eyes, and fell asleep again.