When tragedy breeds mare-acles(miracles)

by Sofocles the Drake

Charity is always paid with blood.

Previous Chapter

*Cling*

The sound of the glass door of the local ponyville hospital resonated in the currently empty reception due to the hour.

*Drip*
*Drip*
*Drip*

As the sound of wet splashes hit the ground, the present ponies look back to the source. Gasping in surprise and horror as a red tainted local dragon of town carries a bleeding pony in its claws to the receptionist, while his body trembles in what can only assumes is fear.

"HELP! SHE WAS HURT! SOME RANDOM STALLION STONED HER!! I DONT KNOW WHY BUT... BUT SHE IS BLEEDING!!!

The local towns folk for the most part relaxed at this, calming themselves realizing spike was incapable of hurting anyone afterall, however of course some ponies chit-chat anyway.

"I bet he did it to her, always knew he was up to no good" said a random stallion

"Do you see that Dear?, i never knew he could actually hurt anypony... perhaps i was wrong" said a random mare

"wait a minute... see her belly it looks like actual bruises the sizes of balls.... i think he is not completely lying here" answered the husband of the random mare.

*Drip*
*Drip*
*Drip, drip drip*

"I feel her getting colder!" spike thought in a panic.

After a couple of seconds Nurse red heart pulled herself together and started digesting the situation

"a-all right spike... uhhh" she clicked the speaker.

"i need help, triage CODE RED, i REPEAT CODE RED!, Mare of unknown name, uncontious, slowed breath, continues bleeding with multiple traumatisms, posible interal hemorrage!"

As the sounds of Para-ponies coming for her the chit-chat stopped and all left was the stares all the attendants gave the mare and the dragon, the later feeling progressively scared.

With raged breath, spike inner monologed "No, no, no, no, NO, they must be thinking I did something to her! , but... but i havent!, if this gets out and ponies extend rumors all my years of effort will be for naught!, i may even be a pariah! even more than the past!" at the last comment he made a pitiful sound of being physically hurt.

"All right!, where is the patient!" came Dr. Horse trotting in his white robe with the paraponies next to him, coming all to stabilize the mare. "What the fuck happened here!?" Dr Horse asked as he looks at the mare in spike´s claws, then looks at him

"All right spike, I know you. And i KNOW for a fact you are too much of a puss to hurt anyone, anyone innocent at least so i will ask you latter IN DETAIL what happened her but for now i WILL focus on this mare. She needs attention fast!" Dr Horse said intensely looking at spike while a white light came from his horn, a sign of magic.

"uhhh-Doc?" spike was getting afraid.

"Relax!, im just cheking her blood type, we have magic remember?" Dr Horse said, with a clear look of annoyance in his face.

"O-... Buck" he whispered.

"Dr. Fauna!!, How many bags do we have left compatible for O- patients?"

Dr. Fauna's eyes widened while looking at her cooler "Im sorry Dr, but... Zero"

"ZERO? YOU BUCKING SERIOUSS?!"

Yup, O- blood type ponies much Like with humans have the less compatible blood, so not having compatible blood for the mare to recieve was basically a death sentence unless they got a donor, fast . Or that should have been the case under normal circumstances, circumstances where chance did not have a say in it.

Dr. Horse´s horn shined brightly white again and circled spike as his eyes widened and his mouth went agape.

"...Spike?" Dr Horse asked slowly

"yeah?-...." spike was clueless right now.

"How....how much do you care for this mare?" every single word coming with purpuse.

Spike got annoyed "I Dont even know who she is!, what does that even matter right now?!"

With a sigh Dr. Horse just looked at him and dropped the bomb " You can save her life, your blood type by mere chance of destiny 0-, as i just checked. You COULD save her life but..."

"But what?!, just tell me to jump and i will jump!" spike remained impulsive.

"BUT!" Dr. Horse raised his voice. "Like i was saying before i got interrupted you COULD bite it! We would need at least maybe 6 units to save her! (every blood unit being 450ml) you could at the very least get seriouss side effect damage of too much blood being drained in such a short time! so i need to know if you care for her enough to risk biting the dust! NOW ....FUCKING TELL ME! DO YOU CARE FOR THIS MARE ENOUGH!?

Spike got stunned for a second as the patients in the reception all gasped at the predicament.

"Mom, im cold..." the mare whispered at tears fell from her face in his arms."

Spike´s heart ached at this, while simultaneously the nights event´s came back to him all at once. Rarity´s betrayal, a random mare getting pumeled by a stallion, him running with blood and tears in his face, the unconciouss mare crying for her mom as she feels death´s door aproaching. It was all... just to much for him,to bare it all. So much in so little time. He felt like he wanted to die.

"Wait" he whispered. If he wanted to die, then at least...at least giving the chance of living to another tormented soul like him would mean something.

He looked back at Dr. Horse and then at the mare.

"Plug me up" was the last thing he said as the medics, and mare as well as himself got transported to the operating room, all of this while the ponies in the reception went mute. They could not believe what they we just witnessed.

"That was...Hell of a doozy..." whispered pinkie that was with her younger sister marble in the hospital due to a stomach ache.