Even a princess has feelings

I woke up about half an hour later and decided to get a better look at what was around me, seeing as I didn't have much time lately. I saw that there was a table to my right that had a glass of water on it. I grabbed the glass realizing that my mouth was dry from not drinking for who knows how long.

With some of the water already threatening to leak out as I raised the drink to my lips, I noticed a pony at the other end of the room, and from what I could tell was a mare. All four of her legs were strapped up in a cast, similar to my very own right leg was. Although it seemed like she was staring at me, it was obvious that she was mainly looking at the glass in my hand.

I let out a sigh as I asked "Would you like to have it?" She nodded furiously at what I had asked her. I quickly looked around to see if there was anything I could use for a crutch. To my surprise there was actually one right against my bed to my left.

"Convenient." I said to myself as I grabbed it with my free hand. I swung it over to my right but before I could try to get up I realized my leg was still in the cast hanging over the bed. "Well I'm gonna have to do something about that." I knew this was going to hurt but I used the crutch to help get the bindings off of my leg so it could fall to the foot of the bed. As it fell it hit the railing with a loud "THUD!"

"UGH....oh god that hurts." I proceeded to put the glass on the table as I placed the crutch under my right arm. I sat up legs over the right side of the bed. I put the crutch against the floor and with the help of it I got up. I took the glass in my right hand and walked over to the mare. As I approached I got a better look at her, finally able to see what color her coat and mane were. Her coat was dark blue while her mane was orange and was long and her eyes were light green.

"Here let me help you." I said, wincing in pain slightly. My leg and arms still hurt from the crash but I was willing to ignore the pain while I helped somepony. "Did I just really say that?" Snapping back to reality I lowered the glass to where her head was. I tipped the water against her lips and slowly rose it up while she began drinking it. I would stop a couple of time so she could get a breather. By the time her thirst was sated, all the water in the glass was gone. Slightly irritated due to the fact that I did not get to drink any of the water, an overbearing sense of joy flowed throughout me, knowing that I helped someone....er somepony that was in a worse shape than I was.

With a smile she turned to me and said "Thank you."

I nodded as if to tell her "Your welcome" without actually speaking, as I made my way back to my bed. I sat down putting the crutch against the right side of the bed and reattached the bindings to my right leg so it could hang over the bed again. At that time I decided to lie back down. That's when the memories started coming back to me, the bad ones. Surprisingly I didn't cry as much as a normal child who lost everything would. I guess I thought that if I cried I would be weak. The only time I cried over what happened was this morning that Princess Celestia used her magic to have me re-live those horrible memories. But now all the sorrow hit me like a rock.

My vision got blurry as my lips quivered. Tears weld up in my eyes while I looked at the ceiling. I couldn't hold in anymore of this sadness. I sat up, slumping over as I place my face into my hands and sobbed like a baby. I have not cried this badly in a long time. I was remembering all the times I should have told my family I loved them. I could've helped more for mom, helped Noah with his school work, or made sure that my dad wasn't so close to the machines. As these memories flooded my mind I was still sobbing. I think it lasted for a couple minutes until I calmed down enough. I wiped away my tears as I sniffled a couple of times.

"Are you ok Jerry?" I heard somepony ask me. I looked to my right and saw that it was Fluttershy.

"Yeah yeah.....I'm doing just fine. I'm just remembering what happened back on earth." She didn't even talk as she got to her hind legs and hugged me the same way Twilight did. Man, was I going to get a lot of hugs while I was here, and did all of these ponies have the same kind of feelings? I shook the thought and just hugged her back, accepting the embrace she was giving me. I was just hoping I wasn't doing anything I wasn't suppose to. I knew to avoid her wings since they might have disturbed her.

"I'm sorry, I really am sorry." She said in a soothing voice. I just continued to hug as I felt her hug harder even though it wasn't that much, seeing as she was really was soft and extremely gentle. I guess her name fits. After a bit I let go of her as she went back on all fours.

"Thanks Fluttershy that helped. But...mind if I ask what are you doing here?" I said as I wiped my face again making sure there was no tears. That hug really did help a lot, I wonder if she does this kind of thing with anypony?

"Oh I'm here because Princess Celestia came here to visit you again. So I decided to come along in case there would be anything I could do."

I chuckled, but quickly realized what she just said. "Wait, Celestia is here?"

"Yes I am." A somewhat familiar voice stated

I looked up at the doorway and saw Princess Celestia standing there. There was something different this time however, her mane and tail were no longer flowing as if it was in the wind anymore, instead the were just hanging there, with all of the usual color being completely grey now. I never thought I would see her this way, nor did I think she would come visit me.

"Princess Celestia!" Fluttershy cried out in fear. I guess she never saw her this way before either.

"Please Fluttershy, there is nothing to worry about...just please leave us alone...please." Fluttershy left the room with a worried look on her face. Then Celestia entered using her magic and weakly closed the curtain, isolating us from the other pony that was in the room.

What was happening to her? One day she's all happy and nice then the next she sees my memories. "Oh god." I thought to myself. She saw my memories and now she's like this. I guess she never saw anything so terrible. She walked in and sat down on the floor to the left side of my bed. "You wanted to see me Jerry?" She asked weakly. This was starting to become too much for me.

"Yes I have. Look I just wanted to talk to you about my memories, but now I'm worried about you Princess Celestia. I mean why are you like this?" It was then that I realized that the sun wasn't as bright as it should have been.

"Jerry..... you don't have to worry about....me" She even had to take time to think of what to say.

"My god is she like this because of what she saw?" I asked myself

"Celestia please, tell me what's wrong...is it from what you saw in my mind?" Her ears perked up at the question as she looked me in the eyes. As she did I noticed her eyes begin to water up. When I saw this, I just did the first thing that came to mind almost like a reflex. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her. I could feel her muscles tense at the sudden affection I gave her.

"Please Celestia don't be sad because of what happened to me. What happened in the past is the past...and don't think I'm mad at you for what you did. I'm honestly not mad." That must've been the case all along, because while I was hugging her the sun seemed to have gotten brighter as her tail and mane began to get their normal color back, beginning to flow through the air as if there was some kind of wind was doing it. She then did something I didn't think she would do. She returned the hug I was giving her. I felt her forelegs slowly wrap around me as she began to relax her muscles. Several minutes went by while we kept hugging each other. Then she finally pulled away from the hug as she rest her forelegs back against the ground while I put my arms to my sides.

"Well Celestia was that the case?" She knew what I was talking about as she closed her eyes to gather her thoughts. She nodded as she opened her eyes.

"Yes Jerry, that was the case. It's just for some reason after looking into your memories, which I am really sorry for by the way I saw everything that happened. Well the parts you remembered. From great to terrible. I even saw some thing that you probably don't remember. Again Jerry I am truly sorry. How about I make it up to you. When you get released you can come live in the castle with us. We have a spare room that our.........friend used to live in." She took some time to finish that last part, but that was small compared to what she just offered.

"Wait, you're asking me to stay in the palace with you and your sister? What will the other ponies think and what will the guards do and how do I know there will be guards?" I questioned her. She just giggle cutely.

"Well first yes I am asking you to stay with us, second the other ponies already know about you living here, and lastly the guards will be informed of you staying with us." She finished that with a smile.

I just shrugged, shocked expression gone. "Ok...I guess it wouldn't hurt to stay there. How long will it take till I get out of the hospital?"

"Oh maybe tomorrow at the most. Equestria medicine works in amazing ways. Well, I better get on my way now." She closed her eyes halfway looking into mine as she turned and walked out of the room.

"Did it suddenly get hot in here?" I asked myself. I quickly shook my head and saw that Fluttershy had already left and the day had turned into night.

"Huh...wow that was one long conversation and it ended abruptly too. Oh well." I yawned "Better get some sleep." I laid down, and closing my eyes I fell into a deep and comfy slumber.

(AN:Ok i would liek to thank Medcat124 for beingm y proof-reader for this chapter and hopefully the rest. Sorry for the long delay just had to wait for him to PM me back the chapter I sent him. Some of the work you see in this chapter was done by him and he did a little better than I did at this. Well hopefully a new chapter will be out. CYA NEXT TIME!!!!!!)