The life of Whaehonah

On her way to the coffee shop, a young orange dragon walked out in front of her, Whaehonah put her hoof down on the horn, but it was too late, she hit the dragon. She immediately stopped the car, got out and ran over to the young dragon.

“Are you alright?!” Whaehonah said fearing the worst.

“It hurts to move.” The young dragon said in pain

Whaehonah picked up the dragon and put her in the back seat of the car, strapped her in and sped off towards Canterlot hospital. Staccato honking could be heard from the car the whole trip.

They arrived at Canterlot ER, Whaehonah got the dragon out and rushed inside.

“HELP, HELP, we need urgent attention.” Whaehonah yelled

Four nurses quickly came with a stretcher and took the dragon.

“What happened?” A nurse asked putting a resuscitation pump over the dragon’s mouth

“An accident, my brother built a car for me and on my way to the coffee shop she walked out in front of me.” Whaehonah said frantically

“She’s losing her breath, we need to get her on oxygen now!” Another nurse yelled out.

Whaehonah felt bad for the young dragon, she only wanted to get a couple cups of coffee and instead of making coffee in the apartment, she felt the need to drive over to the coffee shop. Multiple things went through her mind, why did she drive instead of going to her apartment, what could she have done differently that could have changed this, why a young dragon, why couldn’t she have just been paying attention, all these things and then some rushed through her head.
One thing’s for sure, she didn’t need coffee anymore, she was definitely wide awake now.

Whaehonah sat down in the waiting room, she didn’t want to leave until she knew whether or not the dragon was going to be alright. She sat in the waiting room for a half hour until a nurse came up and gave her the news.

“You’re the one who brought the dragon in right?” The nurse asked

“Yes, I’m Whaehonah, is she gonna be alright.?” Whaehonah asked

“She’s fine for now, but if you hadn’t gotten her here as fast as you did she wouldn’t be.” The nurse replied

“What’s going on?” Whaehonah asked in fear

“She’s got two broken ribs and a deflated lung, we’re doing our best to fix her and keep her alive, but we won’t know if she’ll live until we get done. It’s best just to wait and see.” The nurse explained

Whaehonah couldn’t hold back her tears any longer.

“We’ll do our best, we can’t guarantee anything but we’ll do our best.” The nurse said putting a hoof on Whaehonah’s chin.

“Don’t let her die, please.” Whaehonah said crying

“We can’t promise that, but we will try and keep her alive.” The nurse reassured

After her attempts to calm the crying mare, the nurse noticed something happening to Whaehonah, heart failure in progress. Whaehonah fell to the floor holding her chest, the nurse called code six, the code for a heart failure.

Whaehonah woke up five days later, she looked up and saw three nurses standing over her.

“Oh good, you’re awake.” A nurse said in relief

“What happened?” Whaehonah asked

“You almost died. Heart failure, it took forever to stop it.” The second nurse replied.

“Definitely our first case of a broken heart syndrome in years.” Nurse one brought up

“Is the dragon alright?” Whaehonah asked

“She’s fine, she’s resting but she’ll live.” Nurse three said

“Oh thank goodness.” Whaehonah said in relief

Those words had relieved her, but until she saw with her own eyes, it wouldn’t be enough.

“Can I see her?” She asked

“You need to rest right now. We need to make sure that you’ll be stable enough to leave first. We’ll keep you updated if that’ll make you feel better.” Nurse two replied.

Whaehonah nodded and laid her head back down. She went back to sleep, but her night was rough, the same thing replayed over and over, the events of what happened. Eventually a figure appeared and approached her. The figure was a type of pony she had never seen before, she was a pegasus and a unicorn.

“A warm welcome to you, Whaehonah.” A voice said

“Who are you?” Whaehonah asked

“I’m princess Luna. I’m here to help you. I know what you’re going through, you feel pain for hurting that dragon.” Princess Luna said putting a hoof on Whaehonah’s chin.

“I feel terrible about it, I should have just made coffee in the apartment.” She replied

“You shouldn’t dwell on it, things will only get worse for you that way.” Princess Luna assured

“Well it’s too much for me, I can’t stand the thought of killing a young dragon.” She replied

“I understand, it’s not the easiest thing to deal with, but thinking about it all the time will only make you feel worse.” Princess Luna replied.

“What do I do?” She asked

“Just let her get better, when she’s healed, apologize.” The Princess recommended before backing out of the dream.

Whaehonah thought for a moment before waking up the next morning, the princess was right, but how could she stop thinking about it, the pain was too much to begin with, so how could she deal with it now. Her question was answered soon after thinking about it. A nurse brought the young dragon in hooked to an oxygen tank.

“I heard you wanted to see me.” Said the young dragon

“Yes, I’m so sorry for hitting you with my car, are you going to be alright? I haven’t been able to stop thinking about what happened.” Whaehonah said starting to shed tears

“I’ll be alright, I heard about what happened with you, broken heart syndrome, I can’t believe the incident punished both of us. I’m Smolder by the way.” The dragon said introducing herself

“I’m the one who should be punished, I drove while tired and it landed both of us in the hospital.” Whaehonah said

“Don’t blame yourself for all of this, I shouldn’t have walked into the street without looking first, you’re not looking at what I did to cause this or what you did to save my life, if you hadn’t rushed me here, I wouldn’t even be alive right now. Look at the positives, not just the negatives.” Smolder explained

“I never thought of that.” She replied

“I learned that from Princess Twilight’s school of friendship, I also learned that you shouldn’t beat yourself up all the time when something bad happens.” Smolder replied

“I’m so glad you’re gonna be alright, I don’t know about myself, but I’m more concerned about you.” Whaehonah replied

“I don’t want you to beat yourself up over this, sure you shouldn’t have been tired while operating that thing, but I made a mistake too and it led us here, we both messed up, not just you.” Smolder replied walking closer to Whaehonah

“I’m just glad you’re gonna be alright.” She replied

The two had a conversation for a half hour before the nurses had to separate them due to visitation time running out. Whaehonah was relieved that Smolder was gonna live and had a better night’s rest this time. The next morning she was feeling better and was hoping to be released, but when she asked about it, she wasn’t happy with the answer she got.

“Looks like you are getting better Whaehonah.” A nurse said

“Good, does this mean I can leave?” She asked

“Actually, we don’t know if you’ll be alright in public, so you’re gonna have to stay for a while, but the dragon made a full recovery and is ready go, isn’t that great.?” The nurse replied

“It’s amazing that Smolder, recovered from her injuries and I’m glad, but I’ll be fine.” Whaehonah replied

“We still need to run some more tests to make sure things will still be alright when you leave.” The nurse said looking at her clipboard

Whaehonah started getting angry with this response.

“I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine.” She replied in frustration

“We don’t know that yet.” The nurse replied just making Whaehonah even more frustrated.

The nurse left and Whaehonah started forming a plan in her mind. A plan of escape and revenge.

The same nurse came into her room to take her vitals, but when she got in the room, Whaehonah wasn’t in her bed. The door shut behind the nurse and Whaehonah attacked. Whaehonah bit the nurse’s vocal cords out so she couldn’t call for help, then bit her spine below her neck so she couldn’t move. Once the nurse was down, Whaehonah went and locked the door so she wouldn’t be disturbed and then went back to the nurse and proceeded with her meal. When she got done eating the nurse, Whaehonah grabbed the trash can from the corner of her room and put the skeletal remains of the nurse in it, she then broke the window and flew out with the trash can in her hooves. She flew over to her car, put the trash can in the back, got in, started the car and drove off. Since this wouldn’t go unnoticed, Whaehonah knew she couldn’t stay in Canterlot, so she drove as fast as she could, right past the gate guards and out of Canterlot. She didn’t even care about a destination or anything at the moment, she just wanted to get to a secluded area.

Whaehonah found an area just below a city called Cloudsdale, she parked the car and went to sleep.