A Spoonful of Sugar

by Ameliathefatcat

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Silver Spoon, Octavia, Slice of Life, DJ P0N-3
Length: 1737

(Also posted to Ao3) Silver Spoon life gets thrown for a loop after fainting at school

Silver Spoon hasn’t been feeling her best for the last few days. She doesn’t want to go to school, not only is she feeling sick she has a massive test as well. But after fainting at school she realizes the test might not be the hardest thing in her life.

Tw type one diabetes and mentions of blood and needles just to be safe

Silver Spoon and Octavia are half sisters. Vinyl and Octavia are married and Vinyl uses they/them pronouns. Sorry if I don’t update a lot I have really bad ADHD

Published 2023-05-07 17:30:00 UTC
Last updated 2023-05-07 17:30:00 UTC

Chapter 1

Silver Spoon woke up, her head was aching. Not again, she haven’t been feeling her best since her parents left for their trip. She walk to her sister’s kitchen and got a bowl of cereal.

“Morn’ Li’l Spoon,” Vinyl Scratch greeted. Silver managed a smile at her sibling-in-law.

“I don’t want to go to school today. I don’t feel well,” Silver muffled as Octavia walked into the kitchen. The earth pony mare put a hoof on her sister’s forehead.

“You don’t have a fever. You know father’s rules about saying home. I’m sorry,” Octavia whispered.

“How about I pick Li’l Spoon up early. I don’t have anything planned after lunch today,” Vinyl offered. Silver nodded and finished her breakfast. She got her saddle bag ready for the day. She grabbed her lunch and walked to school.

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“Silver Spoon, Silver Spoon.”

Silver Spoon snapped out of her daze as Ms Cheerliee called her name. She looked down at her half finished test.

“Yes Ms Cheerliee,” She muffled.

“Times up for the test, hmmmm, are you feeling ok?” The teacher asked taking the incomplete test back.

“Not really, can I just get some fresh air?” Silver asked sheepishly.

“Ok, can you stay after school to re take your test with me?” Ms Cheerliee asked. Silver nodded as she walked outside to the playground. She was unsteady on her hooves, she was having trouble seeing where she was going. She felt truly terrible, she wanted no need her older sister.

“Ooof.”

Silver felt her glasses falling off of her face as she walked into somepony.

“Watch where you’re going,” Diamond Tiara
yelled.

“I’m sorry, Diam- blaaahh,” Silver tried to say before vomiting on her friend. The world started to spin, her vision was double and blurry, her hearing went fuzzy, everything started to slow down. She tried to cry out for Octy but she couldn’t speak at all. Oh sweet Celestia, she was dying. She didn’t want to die. If she died, Octavia would blame herself. The last thing she did alive was vomit on her friend. Would Diamond feel guilty for what happened? Her parents. How would they feel if their daughter died while on their trip? Her brain raced with so many thoughts. Then everything went black

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“We still need to run a few more tests, but her blood sugar levels was what made her so sick.”

“Ok doctor. Is she going to be ok?”

“She’s in good hooves Mrs Octavia.”

Silver Spoon wasn’t dead. She was too weak to open her eyes, she just listen to Octavia talk, well more like yelled at the doctors.

“Octy calm down. Li’l Spoon is gonna just fine.”

“Vinyl this is all my fault. I’ve should have let her stay home from school. I can’t calm down, my sister fainted at school. What if it was Record Blast who’s sick?”

Silver felt even worse, Octavia was in distress because of her. Vinyl was trying and failing to calm Octy down.

“Octavia get you need to calm down, go and get some fresh air. I’ll be here with Li’l Spoon.”

Silver heard the door open and close. All she wanted was to hug her sister. She was scared, what was the doctor talking about? What was wrong with her? Was she going to die. Her brain started to rush with a million more thoughts. She wishes her brain would stop. She wishes her body would us it’s strength to open her eyes. She needed to open her eyes to show Octy and Vinyl that she was ok. The lights were harsh when she open her eyes. She looked around the room, she was connected to different machines and had in IV in her front hoof. By looks of it, she had been unconscious for a couple of days. She tried to reach for her glasses but it felt like her limbs weighed a hundred pounds. With magical aura her glasses floated onto her face. With her glasses Silver could truly see her hospital room. Colorful get well soon cards lined the bed side table and nearby shelves, she received many stuff toys as well. Several minutes later Octavia ran into the room and ran to the hospital bed pulling Silver into a tight hug.

“Silvie, Silvie, thank Celestia you woke up,” Octavia cried. Silver started to cry into her sister’s chest. All of her emotions flowing out and into her sister. Vinyl joined the group hung, comforting the sisters. Octavia ran a hoof though Silver Spoon’s mane, trying to comfort the filly.

“Can I come in?” The doctor asked knocking on the door. The doctor walked into the room looking at his clipboard.

“What’s wrong with me? Am I going to die?” Silver asked.

“All of the tests we have ran came back. We were able to rule our leukemia, an eating disorder, a-“

“Just tell us what’s wrong with her,” Vinyl yelled cutting off the doctor.

“Ok, Silver Spoon was in diabetic ketoacidosis when she admit. We were able to bring her blood sugar down to a health levels. We ran tests for type one diabetes, and it came back positive.”

“You are saying my sister has diabetes? Isn’t that the disease that unhealthy ponies get?” Octavia asked.

“That’s type two diabetes. Type one diabetes is a genetic disorder. A specialist is going to explain more to you and help with the lifestyles changes.”

Author's Note

My first fic here. Sorry if formatting is an issue on mobile.

Chapter 2

Silver Spoon spent nearly a week in the hospital, learning more about her condition. She learned how to moderate her blood sugar and give herself insulin. Octavia and Vinyl also learned how to help Silver manage her diabetes. Although she had their support, Silver felt alone.

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“Silvie you have a visitor,” Octavia said walking into Silver’s room (well the guest room she had been staying in).

“Who is it?” Silver asked.

“Diamond Tiara, she’s been super worried about you,” Octavia answered. Silver buried her face into her pillow.

“I don’t want to see her. I don’t want anypony to see me like this,” Silver muffled. Octavia sat on the bed running a hoof though the filly’s mane.
“You haven’t talk to anypony that wasn’t me, Vinyl or Vinyl’s mother since you got home from the hospital. Talking to a friend will make you feel better,” Octavia whispered. Silver sighed and got our bed. She walk to the living room and saw her friend sitting on the couch. Silver took a deep breath and sat next to her friend.

“How are you feeling?” Diamond Tiara asked. Silver Spoon didn’t answer.

“What am I missing in school?” Silver asked.

“Snips and Snails history rap battle. You are lucky you didn’t have to sit though that. It was the worst thing know to ponykind,” Diamond complained. Silver laughed at this, of cause those idiots were making fools of themselves.

“What else did I miss?” Silver asked trying to find out the gossip going on at school.

“Well, in art Rumble knocked over paint and it got all over Twist’s face. When she took off her glasses it looked like she had a reverse mask, she look even more of a loser then she already is. During recess that blank flank Scootaloo road her stupid scooter down the slide, she fell off and ran over her own wings. And that was just yesterday. You need to come back soon it’s hard being surrounded by loser idiots.”

“I don’t know when I’m going back,” Silver Spoon told her friend.

“Seriously, you need to come back. You won’t be a good friend if you don’t,” Diamond demanded. Silver got mad and jumped off of the couch. Her bathrobe flew off, and got snagged on her glucose moderator. The small device was ripped out Sliver’s front leg and she started to bleed. Diamond nearly fainted at the sight of blood. Super embarrassed Silver ran back to her room. Diamond Tiara can not know about her Diabetes. If Diamond did find out she would bully Silver about it. Silver broke down crying, she was a big pony not a little foal but she was crying like one. She never wanted to go back to school.

“Can I just be homeschooled?” Silver cried as Octavia helped put in a moderator.

“Father can hire a tutor for me,” Silver added.

“You can’t hide forever, you need to go back to school,” Octavia replied. Octavia kissed Silver’s forehead before leaving the bedroom.

“Hey, Li’l Spoon can I come in?” Vinyl asked knocking on the door. Silver pulled the covers over her head. Vinyl walked into the room and sat next to their sister-in-law. They put a hoof on the filly.
“Hey, I know how you feel,” Vinyl whispered.

“How?” Silver sniffled.

“I know it’s not the same thing, but with my eye condition. When I was in school I had to take eye drops and these weird eye goop. I was bullied for that, a lot,” Vinyl said taking the covers off of Silver’s head.

“Once I got fed up with my bullies and chased them around with an empty tube of eye goop. It was so funny, ok I was the only one that thought it was funny but it was.”
Silver imagined a young Vinyl chasing around other foals with a tube of eye goop. She couldn’t help but laugh. Vinyl smiled at Silver messing up her mane.

“Did I see you smile? You are lucky that you don’t have my teacher. Ms Curmudgeon was the worst, she didn’t make me feel better about my eye goop.”

“Telling Silver about the eye goop?” Octavia asked walking into the room. She walked over to Silver’s bed and sat next to Vinyl.

“I’m sorry that your visit with Diamond didn’t go well,” Octavia whispered.

“It’s ok, It’s not your fault.”

“We have a meeting with Ms Cheerliee tomorrow so we all can be on the same page,” Octavia whispered fixing Silver’s glasses.

“It’s going to be ok, I promise,” Octavia whispered kissing Silver’s forehead. Silver buried her head into her sister’s chest and broke down crying. Octavia rubbed the filly’s back singing a lullaby into her ear.

“You are the most important pony in my life, I won’t let anything happen to you.”