Shadow Colt The Series

Patient Health Report

(D)-Deceased (A)-Alive (U)-Unknown

Doctor: Dr. Whooves MD

Patient: Red Mane/Shadow Colt/██████

Occupation: N/A

Age: 1-C [assumed]

Family:██████ (U) / ██████ (A) / Rusty Plains (A)

Offspring: Shard Obsidian (A)

Report: Day 1- Patient was Involved in a fight with his brother and received major tissue damage to the face, forearms, and right side lowered brain activity and clear comatose state life expectancy is 5 days at most.

Doctor’s Notes: Upon receiving Shadow he was put into intensive care and kept under close supervision. With only known family being Rusty Plains, ██████, ██████, and Shard Obsidian (A) I have yet to release Shadows current state as not to raise hopes in case of death. Friends have also not been notified for the same reason. Honestly I wish I didn’t know I can't stand seeing Shadow in this way he only wanted to protect us and that caused his possible death

Report: Day 100- most tissue wounds have healed up. Brain activity is still low and he is still in intensive care. Shadows current state was released to ██████. I have yet to release his state to others.

Report: Day 123- Brain activity was higher for a few days but has now dropped to a new low if it stays like this he will die. Hair has started to regrow on most of the wounds but it’s not the same which is to be expected.

Doctor’s Notes: Shield came in today to see his father after acquiring his age which is 15 years. I allowed him to see his father under the supervision of Shining Armor who came in with him. Shining was off today-

“You should go watch the kid.”

“Why?”

“I’ve had a… revelation.” He exited my office and I had to go watch Shard.

“You alright kid?”

“Will he make it?”

“Only if his brain activity rises right now it’s low, which is really bad.”

“So he could die?”

“It’s… it’s possible, but trust that I'm doing everything I can.”

“I don’t doubt you, he's told me about you. He said you’re the best Doctor and friend in all of Equestria.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, he also said you’ve been there for him when no pony else was.” a smile crossed my face when he said this.

“Do you know what happened to Shining?”

“No he just walked out then you came in.” I spent the rest of the time watching him, which was about 30 minutes or so.

Report: Day 262- Hair has grown back everywhere except where the deepest of the wounds were. Brain activity has spiked up and fallen down many times but I have never had to resuscitate him. I have not notified any pony of these spikes or falls as they are a normal occurrence with him. After further research of the phenomenon it turns out two previous patients have had this Luna and Celestia. I talked with the two but the conversation was short and one-sided. I heard them talking as I walked away. One of the two mentioned about him being Redacted this is very Redacted I have been explicitly told to keep my current care.

Doctor’s Notes: Shining came in again today. He seemed normal, a complete difference from how he left a few months ago.

“Shining.”

“How is he doc?”

“He’ll be alright. Brain activity is normal.”

“Good, I'll have something good to report to Shard.”

“Why didn’t he come in today?”

“He caught the Flu and is on bedrest.”

“Oh sorry to hear. Anything else new with him?”

“He wants to join the guard but with his age we can’t allow him.”

“I think you can make an exception. I mean the kid was raised by a fighter and he was raised fighting for his life.”

“I’ll tell Luna and Celestia maybe they’ll change their minds.” He exited and I went to tend to other patients.

Report: Day 365- I had to resuscitate today. His brain tried to wake up before the rest of him was ready. I told no pony as he was stable afterwards and had no noticeable issues. No pony came in today which was weird. It’s been a year since Shadow was brought in and he’s still in a coma.

Doctor’s Notes: Today was Shard's birthday. I can't help but wonder how many he’s had to miss or skip and how many he’s not had his father. I’ve been trying to get Shining in here every time he comes in he shows symptoms of anxiety or depression maybe both.

Report: Day 420- No resuscitation needed today, nothing new since last report.

Doctor’s Notes: I finally got Shining to come in. I was right when I said anxiety. I'm glad it wasn’t depression.

Report: Day 680- I reported one week worth of heightened brain activity to ██████ they were pleased to hear this. I told no pony else as to not raise hope.

Doctor’s Notes: Shard has been coming less and less the last time he came in. I asked why his words were “it’s been almost two years and he hasn’t woken up. I'm just preparing myself for when he dies.” I broke inside. It's one of those things where you want to take his fathers place but you know you can’t so you just do your best to comfort him.

Report: Day 720- Brain activity has been high for two weeks I have reported this to the princess's, Shadows family, and his son. With higher brain activity for this long it signals that he might wake soon which would be nice since Shard’s birthday is only ten days away.

Doctor’s Notes: War is a Bitch Shinings gone off the rails he won’t come in and let me check him out he’s so far as to quit the guard and go “home” everyone blames it on the war he blames it on Shadow. I thought shard was going to kill Shining today.

“Hey Doc.”

“Hey shining. What can I do for you?”

“Nevermind.” I sighed.

“Hold on. What’s eating at you?

“If he had just stayed away we would be fine today.”

“But we’re fine now.”

“No, we aren’t, we lost at least a hundred guards. I'm lucky not to have lost any of mine but others aren’t as lucky. With Luna at Copper’s throat, Raider is just… different. I'm going home Doc. I'm going to the crystal palace to be with my family.”

“Shining give it time.”

“I’ve given it two years!”

“That’s not enough.”

“Well then I'll give it more time but I won’t be here giving it!”

“You know… he tried to fix his wrongs, he tried to get you to see he was wrong but you overlooked it so now it’s on you that you feel this way.” Shard said as the door closed behind him.

“He should've never committed such a horrible wrong in the first place. What are you doing here anyways?”

“He’s my father.”

“How can you care after what he’s done to you?”

“Because he didn’t do it, Rusty did, my father only tried to fix it.”

“Your father hurt a lot of ponies.”

“He tried to keep that from happening!”

“Bull crap!”

“Shining, cool down, go talk to somepony.”

“Fine, doc!” He walked towards the door but rather forcefully hit Shard on his way out. When he got to the door it was held shut.

“You can hate my father all you want behind his back but you won’t hate me right in front of my face, do you understand me!”

“I’m sorry it was truly an accident, I wasn't trying to hit you.”

“The same goes for my father. You can hate on either of us but I better not hear about it! Do you understand!”

“You’re just like your father, you get your point across.”

“That wasn’t an answer.”

“Hey children, break it up, this is a hospital not a war zone!” Shard let him leave

“How is he doc?”

“Higher brain activity so he might wake up soon.”

“That’d be nice.” he sat down on the chair beside him and started to cry.

“Hey what’s wrong?”

“My father is fine and here I am deciding not to come in to see him due to preparing myself for his death.”

“You didn’t know he would be ok, you were just protecting yourself.” I let him go in and see his father unsupervised as I felt it was only right.

Report: Day 730- He’s awake. After exactly two years he’s awake. I have yet to tell Shard but I have told Blue who was trying to get something setup for Shard's birthday.

Doctor’s Notes: I gave warning to Cadance when I heard Shining was leaving that he has anxiety and may have PTSD or depression. I only hope she got it in time. The questionnaire with shadow went as follows:

"I need to ask you a few questions do you want some time or do you want to start?"

"Let's start I guess."

"OK so how do feel overall?"

"I feel broken"

"That does work as an answer. On a scale of 1 to 10 what is your pain level?"

"7."

"OK that was really it."

"It's my son's birthday. Tell him I said happy birthday."

"Wait, how do you know?"

"I heard you talking about it a few minutes ago."

"Oh I didn't know you were awake already."

"I've missed so many birthdays and now I'm going to miss his 16th."

"This is his 17th. His 16th was last year."

"Doc, he was 15 last year."

"Shadow you've been asleep for two years exactly."

"Doc, don't lie to me."

"I'm not, I promise."

"I missed one birthday already and now I'm missing another?"

"You're not missing this one, you're awake now." For the first time ever I saw Shadow shed a tear.

"I'm such a horrible father."

"No you're not, you saved your son's life."

"I wouldn't have had to, I could have spared him of his pain."

"you're here now ready as ever to have a great life with your son. I'll send for him to come here."

"What about me going to him?"

"I don't think your ready to get up yet at least not without help"

"And you can't help?"

"I don't know if I can support you."

"We can try." I sighed there was a 50-50 chance he was able to get up at all and an even less chance he could walk. I helped him sit up and turn around.

"Hah that prosthetic you made certainly holds up."

"That's a new one, the other one I never got back."

"I figured I can also tell that's not the only fake part on me."

"Your right front hoof was too bad to save, luckily it was only the hoof."

"Yeah I know I felt it break." He eased off the bed and I supported him when his hooves hit the floor.

"Alright I got it, give me some space." I backed away slowly, giving him enough space to move around some.

"Well I can move around some."

"You can move around more than any pony after a 2 year coma." He stood there for a second just staring at the door.

“You alright?”

“Rusty must have taken my magic.”

“What?”

“Can you help me out doc?”

“Yeah yeah sure.” I opened the door for him and he walked out slowly.

“How bad was it?”

“How bad was what?”

“Me.”

“Well other than your hoof you have a new scar on your face, forearms, and right side.”

“Do you have a mirror anywhere?”

“Rest room.” He walked over and took a look at himself. He stood there for a few minutes.

“No good can come without bad I guess.”

“Wait, he didn't take your magic, I forgot about the suppression ring.”

“Why did I have one?”

“It’s medical stuff. You could easily break it if you wanted.” I walked over but he broke it before I could get over to grab it.

“Just because I said you'd be able to break it doesn't mean I wanted you to.”

“Sorry.” he walked out and walked beside him as we headed to find his son. When we entered the castle those who knew he was in a coma saluted him.

“This isn’t what I do this for.”

“It’s a show of respect.”

“Did we lose any guards I know?”

“Shining.” He stopped dead in his tracks

“You’re lying!”

“He’s not dead, he quit.”

“Where did he go?”

“He went home.”

“Great, that'll be a fun ride. I bucking hate trains.”

“He’ll come to visit he made that promise.”

“He won’t come to find me, I'll have to go to him.”

“Take it slow, you just woke up, you're not ready to go running around.”

“I know I have to make sure all this stuff gets done though and it needs to be done soon.”

“I get it but go slow, give yourself time.” We made it to the barracks where we found his son with Blue. Shard couldn’t see us but we could tell something was wrong.

“Shard look you’re going to be 18 next year. I'm sure your father will be fine by next year.”

“It’s not the same he’s missed so many birthdays it’s not fair!”

“I won't miss anymore. I'm here from now on.” Shard looked over quickly. I've never seen a happier colt.

“Dad!” Blue got up from his kneel giving shard room to move.

“It’s nice to have you back sir.” Blue said.

“Apparently not everypony feels that way.”

“Shining?”

“Yeah.”

“He umm… he was mad at you.”

“Really? What for?” Shard pushed even closer to Shadow he clearly didn’t like this conversation

“Hold on Blue. Hey bud, why don’t you go find Shield for me.” Shard ran off to go find Shield

“What was he mad at me for?”

“He said it was your fault that his son got hurt and that so many guards got injured and killed.”

“No pony else thinks that?”

“Nope no pony is that stupid.”

“Hah! Yeah, yeah he was right though.”

“What?” Me and Blue said simultaneously.

“I never had to come back and now that I have more thought on it we all would’ve been better off if I just stayed away.”

“It doesn’t matter that you came back, you proved yourself a good pony.”

“One can never make up for a death not with money nor jail time one can only make up for a death by dying himself.”

“Dad, I got Shield!” Shadow turned around and saluted Shield.

“Sorry about your father son.” Shield saluted back.

“Forget him, he went bat crap crazy for no apparent reason.”

“I wouldn’t say that he had a good reason he was correct for hating me, he just didn’t go about it correctly.”

“I took his place hopefully I can prove my family isn't as crazy as he made it out to be.”

“You took his place?”

“Yeah when I heard he was leaving I signed for a promotion.”

“That’s a lot of responsibility.”

“Yeah I know I’ve felt it, the paperwork is terrible.”

“Hah it's a little more than that.”

“Oh yeah i know that’s just what i’ve gotten so far.”

“Just wait until your first time out.”

“Hah I have to get a group first. They gave me the option of taking on my dad’s group but some just wanted to move groups.”

“Give me a few hours. I'll sit down with you and help you out.”

“Ok, works with me.” Shadow went around to try and find Luna, Celestia, Govend, Garring, and Goring but we couldn’t find them before he was exhausted. I left him in the barracks with Shield and Shard and now I have to finish filling out these forms.