Blood From Kindess
Chapter 2 - The Hospital
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You wake up, hearing voices, thinking that you are dead, the voices of your anxestors
"......found.......on beach....washed... up ......... on shore.." you hear, from a woman, talking to someone else in the room.
"amazing...., lacerations and hemoragging...... remarkable......still, dont know what it is...." You guess a doctor. He continues with "Well, im leaving, I have other patients." Yep, a doctor. "you can stay if you want"
You hear boots on what sounds like ceramic floor, sounding like 2 people....
You wait for several minutes, listening to the breathing of the person next to you, as they suddenly burst into question.
"Can you speak or understand me?"
You attempt to speak, only managing a wheeze, cough and finally settle with nodding your head.
She exclaims, saying "Oh! You're um, not feeling well are you?"
No, you don't say...
"Well I mean you were... I mean... You just looked bad when i saw you... Do you remember it?"
You hold up a hand, shaking it to show "kind of". She reaches down holding your hand... weird she must have needed a amputated arm... Feels weird, she has no hand...
She decides to refresh your memory, "Well, I saw you on the beach while i was looking for seashells, which is besides the point, and you were all bloody..." you interrupt pointing at your wrist for time and she asks the time "I found you on Thursday at 7AM..." You think about it, sounds right, and then she quietly says "and um, well today is Wednesday,"
How could I be out for 6 days?! It must be pretty bad...
She then elaborates, saying " I um, ran and got Doctor Hooves as fast as I could..." Strange names... She continues, "You um, kept whispering for me to not let you go... You kept feeling my mane and shoulder, it was a little odd, but I guess you had your reasons for being a little um, scared. Oh my, I am so rude, my name is Fluttershy..." You barely hear her name as she got quiet while saying it, almost of she didn't really wanna tell you."I really have to go now, I'll see you tomorrow then, yeah?" Yeah really, where am I gonna go? Anyways why'd you call it a mane? If only you could speak at this moment, as you are bursing with questions.
You fall asleep shortly after, dreaming about your childhood. When you were just 8 you started riding horses, and loved it ever since... Strange that you would dream about that...
You wake up, coughing a few times...
"Well at least youre awake now."
"Yeah, real swell, gonna cough my way to death..." you say as a smartass response.
"Well you can talk too! Well, um I hate to say it, but you were extremely injured, with a broken arm, and shards of glass in your legs and shoulder, I managed to get them all out. You have a cast on your arm, a bandage on your eyes and yet its really a miracle that you lived. You get some rest now, and well see what we can do tomorroe,. "
"Thanks doctor, for taking care of me," you say.
"No problem, its my cutie mark"
"Wait what? Nevermind, just let me sleep..."
You drift off to a dreamlesss sleep, waking up when you feel who you think is Fluttershy holding your hand.
"Fluttershy, Is that you?" you ask.
"AHHHHHHH!" she lets go of your hand and she jumps back. "Oh um, y-y-you scared me... I d-d-didn't know you could um, speak."
"I'm sorry..."
"No, its okay, I'm um, a little shy..."
"So um, did you visit me while I was still unconcious?" you ask.
"No, well yeah... I visited twice, I was kind of busy in Ponyville the other days.." she replys curtly, seeming a little akward on speaking about the topic.
Creative name for a town...
"Are you okay? Is something wrong?"
"Dash is convinced you are some kind of dangerous creature... She went on and on about it. I-I-I mean I dont think that you are dangerous" Fluttershy replies with a giggle.
Wait what? I guess they just don't have my file here and don't know my name...
"Well I'm not dangerous, I assure you. Unless I want to be! OooOOOooo!"
She squeaks and sounds legitimately afraid.
"It was a joke Fluttershy, it was only a joke." you say.
"Oh. Um, hehe, I'm sorry. Now that I've talked to you, you seem very nice... "
An akward silence ensues as you hear other pateints moaning and coughing down the halls, a cacophany to your recently sensitive ears, after the crash.
"Well, what do you do Fluttershy?" you ask.
"Um, well I suppose if you want to know, I um, take care of animals..."
"Wow, that is nice. Wish there were more people like you back at home. There are a few people who take care of animals in my area but really, everyone should be respectful to the animals." you reply.
She responds, saying "Um, I thought you were going to laugh at it... Well um, I guess I'll leave you to yourself. You must be bored of me and you need your sleep."
"No, it's fine Fluttershy, I'm not -um thanks- bored of you. I have nothing else to do here., you say, pausing to thank her for pulling the sheets up.
...
"Fluttershy?" you ask for her, groping the air and finding her arm-stub-whatever
"Yeah?"
"Thank you... For saving me, even though you have no idea what I am... "
"Well, you looked like you needed help, and it would be rude for me not to do it.. And deadly if I didn't... So um, it was only the right thing to do." she says as she rests what feels like her head on your chest... "Mmh, I can hear your heartbeat."
You both sit in silence as you reach up and touch her hair "mane", whatever she calls it. Its so silky and smooth. She giggles and says "Well you must like my mane if you were once close to dieing and you MUST touch it."
You laugh and say "Yeah, it feels so soft!"
"Oh well, um, thank you. Rarity helped me with it, and then I just did it the same every other time."
You remind yourself to thank this amazing person named Rarity after this
You sit there in silence, almost falling asleep, when you hear the doctor come in and say "Well, I see you met Fluttershy." Fluttershy giggles, lifting her head off of your chest.
He continues, "Well, I didnt come here for now reason. I'm here to change your bandages and take off your eye bandages. Fluttershy, can you fetch a nurse for me?"
"Sure" she says as you hear boots on the ground. Does everyone wear those?
Once she departs, the doctor slowly peeling your leg bandage off, saying "This migt pinch a bit.." You winch as he applies disinfectant to your leg, as you feel the sting.
"I'm going to take off your bandages now... You might see a bright light and you might freak out at what you see... You aren't one of us, so seeing us might be kind of scary..."
"wait wha-?" you say as you are blinded by bright white hospital lights... At least you arent in a shed somewhere.
Your eyes are adjusting, as you see two blobs walk in, which you presume are Fluttershy and a nurse.
Doctor Hooves whispers to the nurse and your eyes come into focus, looking at your leg, completely scabbed over, "Well, my leg doesn't look so good..."
Doctor Hooves says to Fluttershy "You might wanna step back, and don't be alarmed by this, it's normal... I assume..."
Your eyes spot a thing with yellow hair, and a pink mane and suddenly your eyes widen.
You say very quietly then get louder and louder, "This is a dream. Gotta be a dream, hehe I'll just um, go back to sleep now... This has got to be a fucking DREAM right? This is not real."
As you thought, Doctor Hooves answers, confirming your suspicions. "Son, this is real. We are ponies."
You jump out of bed, having your leg fall out under you as it is under excruciating pain from being shredded. You reach for the door and fall short. Within this entire span of 2 seconds Doctor Hooves is upon you, with the nurse and a sedative at his side... You feel the needle and turn to look at Fluttershy, a look of horror on her face...
Please, be a fucking dream.
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