A Mad Man in A Filly's Body

I eventually reawoke to see a nurse and the CMC as well as Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Cheerilee and the students from the schoolhouse.

"Wh... what happened..."

"You've been out cold for two days." Nurse Redheart said as she brought in my dinner for the day, "You were having quite the panic attack a few days ago and we ended up having to knock you out with an anesthetic but... we accidentally gave you too much."

"Eh... can't blame you." I sighed as I ate some of the oatmeal, "Mmmnnn! My compliments to the cook this is the best oatmeal I've ever tasted! Also, what are the school kids doing here?"

"We may have accidentally spilled the beans about what was going on with you." Silver Spoon blushed in embarrassment

I then annoyingly huffed.

"Alright. Lay it on me. What's it gonna be? Sicko? Loony? Shouldn't be in an asylum? Everyone I've ever met, minus a few, have called me all sorts of names because of my... condition to say the least."

"Why in the heck would we do that?" said one of the students

"Condithon or not, you're athually kind of a cool pony."

Twist really needs to see a doctor about that lisp problem...

"You took out Ponyville's Griffon problem in just one day where the Royal Guards have had no choice but to arrest them one at a time due to Celestia wanting to show a moral high ground. Pffft. Like as if that has ever proven anything!"

Snips, for an idiot that was actually pretty cool of you to say.

"Well, she... wasn't exactly in the right mind when it happened, Snips." Silver Spoon objected, "She... kind of went postal because no matter where she goes trouble just seems to follow her like a stray dog."

"Ain't that the truth..." I groaned in agreement

"We even made you a few get well cards, even this big one!" Scootaloo went as cards were given to me and the big one as well

"C-cards? N... no one's ever done this for me. Only my family and that was for that time I slipped on black ice on my way to the school bus and I landed on my backpack to cushion the blow but forgot I had something inside and a pair of scissors stabbed me in my back."

I began to read them, both out loud and in my head, and as I read them, I couldn't help but let a few tears run by me. All of them were cheering me on, hoping for me to defeat The Postal Filly and saying they had my back 100%. They... they all considered me a friend? All of them? I then looked at the big card and while the poor drawing skills were obvious, I couldn't ignore what it was as a whole. It was me among all the other foals and Cheerilee in a big group hug with me standing tall over The Postal Filly cartoonishly beat up and bleeding out with the big message under the whole thing.

We'll Be Your Friends If No One Else Will

I couldn't hold it in anymore, put the card down and cried into my hooves.

"Justin? Are you alright?" Cheerilee asked as she put a hoof on me

"I... I just...... no one's ever been this kind towards me... Everyone I've ever met outside of Katie has either just ignored me or used my reclusiveness to take advantage of me in some way shape or form. But... you foals have been the first real kind creatures I've ever met... I just... I don't know what to say......."

What happened next was everyone either got in my bed or found some way to get to me and just simply gave me a hug. In response, I only cried harder. Until the left, I couldn't stop. When the did leave I put the cards on the dresser and fell off to sleep.

In my dream I saw myself playing with the other foals and going to school along with them, not a single thing ruined the day and throughout the dream, I was smiling and laughing. Those foals... they didn't have to do what they did... but... for some reason, it made me feel more at ease with myself. Was it because I now had more than just two friends? Was it because I was shown actual kindness since I arrived all those days ago? Was it because there were people who actually believed I could pull through? Was it all of the above? Or was it because of something else? That I don't know the correct answer to. All I knew for certain, were things were starting to look up for me.

........

But what happened next, put paid to those thoughts...

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