AUG 1 Wednesday.

I quickly glide through the air and let the wind blow past me in a quick rush.

This morning was interesting, Philomena decided to show up and she and Entropy had a very fun time as always. But I saw that Entropy was a bit sad to leave her friend and head out with me, so I let her stay after some thought. The days where I need her to get me out of trouble are gone and if I need to teleport away I can do that myself.

Sure I can't go anywhere near as far but this is a major city and fifty feet is enough for me to get inside a building or to another area away from any danger. While I do like having her with me it's not absolutely needed anymore, plus giving her some private time seemed like a good idea.

I did make it clear I'd ground her if she broke anything, or at least I would try my absolute best to ground her. I could probably just take something away as an extra punishment to discourage her just going places regardless. I'd need to be careful not to go too far though, parenting is a balancing act and it's hard at the best of times.

I leave those thoughts alone for the moment as I make my way down from the sky and land in the same place I did yesterday. As I walk inside I dismiss my wings and I count out the Ponies inside. I can sense we are only missing a dozen or so, I am once again a little early but it shouldn't take long for everypony to arrive.

The scene I walk into is about the same as the day before, all the Ponies here to be tested are in a large group and talking to each other as we all wait for everything to begin. I spend a moment putting my things away and once again feel a little uncomfortable about taking off my necklace and bracelet, it can't be helped though.

After a short while of waiting, I once again just zoned out, spending the time in my mind going over a spell matrix for an elemental spell I was improving this morning. I needed something to pass the time so I was learning and improving an Ice Splinter spell, it's simple but interesting.

After a few minutes, I focus up as Dr. Meadows appears in front of us and looks over us again, looking at her clipboard and seemingly checking we are all here. "Hello, everypony. Before we begin, just a reminder to follow all the rules laid out yesterday and to please ask us if you need any form of help." She instructs as a different pony starts walking up and handing out cards of some type.

"These will be your identification and will also list who will be observing you today, ask them whatever you need." I'm passed a card and my mind drifts to the instructions we learned at yesterday's tour. Each of us will have a Pony directly working with us for the day and giving us our tests while marking results down.

I can guess they will also be adding in questions while we do our practical and making sure we don't really fuck up. I look at my card and see a name I recognize, Dr. Stick, full name Black Stick. A little odd for a Pony name but not the oddest one I've heard, he's good at his job from what I know so this should be interesting.

"All right, everypony follow us, again I remind you to not stray away." With little else to say she leads us to the ward we'll be working in, well, it's actually four wards that we'll be split throughout but they are all identical so it doesn't matter. When we arrive at the first ward Dr. Meadows calls out names and moves us along to the next ward.

At the next ward, she does the same, the group being cut down more and more over time, and eventually reaches the last patient ward with only eight Ponies remaining. It seems we're going to be doing things separately from the Ponies becoming nurses. "All of you are expected inside, be respectful and remember to behave." She opens the door and we walk inside, I sense her walking away somewhere else soon after.

The inside of the patient ward is the same as the many others the hospital has. A lengthy room much longer than it is wide with beds on both sides and a few side rooms for more private things. Inside the room are nine Ponies, all dressed appropriately but one stands out a bit.

An older mare is sitting off to the side and just marking things down on some paper, probably some form of legal overseer or something of the sort. As we walk inside one doctor steps forward to greet us, "We all know why we are here, and we have patients that need treatment, so I won't waste time." The mare doctor is blunt and to the point.

"You all know the names of who you are assigned to, read the badges and go to them, they will line up a mix of questions, questions from the tests, and patients for you." The mare moves past us and checks the time with a spell before opening the doors behind us and leaving them open. I don't waste time and head to Dr. Stick quickly.

He smiles a bit and motions for me to follow him, "We have most things planned out, and there will be some volunteers who are patients, we won't be telling you though. Just heal the patients as best you can with only magic, no need to prescribe anything either." He instructs and I nod as we step by a bed, several Ponies being wheeled in by nurses and set on beds quickly.

I notice there are eight color-coded sections in the room, one for each of us, and an easy way to make sure a patient is actually yours. A few moments later a pair of nurses drop off an injured Pony who looks to be a bit loopy, probably from pain considering his leg.

I quickly moved over to him. "Can you hear me, Sir?" I get a mumble in response and cast a pair of scanning spells, one on his leg as there is a bloody bandage on it and another on his head. His head is fine and I glance at the short document the nurses left on the bed with him, it seems he was given a fairly strong medical herb for pain and he is a bit out of it as a result.

He has some mild blood loss but it's not bad, his leg is the problem as he has a deep gash near the base of it from something. I take off the bandages and look it over for a moment before casting a cleaning spell and adding a spell to help it heal. I also add a sticking spell to keep his leg firmly in place on the bed in case he tries to move it in his state.

His bleeding is slow as no large veins were hit so a slower working spell will work just fine. I leave him be for the moment as the wound slowly grows shut and I see Dr. Stick nearly raise a brow as I move over a bit and stand near the front in case another patient comes before this one is fully healed.

None do and by the time the flesh is healed I cast another spell to regrow the skin after making sure it healed properly. I leave him in the bed to rest and Dr. Stick walks closer to me. "Why stand a bit away? He could have moved while in that state?" He sounds neutral but is serious about the question. "What is the benefit of healing the wound slowly?" He asks even though it's obvious.

I motion to the leg. "A Sticking spell, he couldn't move his leg off the bed at all." I am short and concise with my answer while he nods and marks that down. "As for the speed, it takes longer and costs less. I'm here for a few hours and need to keep a reserve if I can." I again am completely honest as lying wouldn't help.

He just writes something down and a new patient is moved over to us, this one fully awake and looking uninjured. I walk over and look at the clipboard, it says he has an unknown problem with his breathing. I turn to the Batpony stallion. "Hello, Sir. Can you please describe where the problem is and if it is painful?" I ask in a polite but neutral tone.

He nods with a smile and breathes before being overcome with a fairly hard coughing fit. "That would be the problem, mostly in my chest, upper half I think." I notice the somewhat vague answer, it could just be a bad description from the patient or he might be a volunteer, either way, I have something to work with.

"Do you mind if I cast a few spells on you?" He shakes his head and I immediately scan his lungs, using some paper from a small table probably holding paper for this exact reason. The results show it's not his lungs, at least not fully, they are irritated by something. They seem fine though so next I go for the throat, finding the problem pretty quickly.

He's sick, plain and simple. I cast a wider-scale cleaning spell over the area around us and a small shield around the bed he's in. "I'm afraid I can't help you much sir, you're sick, most likely something unthreatening." I turn to Dr. Stick, "Can you transfer him to a different ward so he can get proper care?" I ask as I have no way to cure him.

I do the only thing I can think of and cast a Cleaning spell to help clean out his throat so he can feel a bit better, even just temporarily. "That's about all I can do for you, unfortunately. Please wait until we can transfer you to a different ward for some proper care." I instruct him and stretch my senses to see Dr. Stick talking to some nurses about the patient.

The stallion looks pretty happy with my little action and nods before lying down on the bed. I leave him alone and check on my first patient, him having fallen asleep as whatever he was given got him relaxed enough to do so. I cast a silence spell to let him sleep quietly and go back to waiting.

I cancel my shield spell as two nurses in masks take the second patient away and Dr. Stick walks back over to me. "Ok, give me a rundown of the spells you just used." I do so quickly and he marks them down, actually raising a brow at me cleaning out the pony's throat with a spell.

After that, he asked some questions about why I didn't use other spells or try other things, and then he just gave me a test filled with questions asking me them one by one. Once he's done I take a moment to look around, seeing a lot of the Ponies being tested are waiting around, it makes sense as healing doesn't take as long as finding new patients.

The few that are healing others seem to be making quick work of things, casting scanning spells, and healing problems quickly. I do notice that one of them is being a bit short with their patients, barely asking them what's wrong and just scanning them without permission.

It's completely legal as they are in our care and agreed to heal, but it's still rude and somewhat unprofessional of them to do. Everypony seems to have had a similar number of patients, and none has been too severely injured so far. I glance at a clock and settle in for the long haul as another patient is brought over to me.

The next hour proved to be much the same, with one of the other testers looking a bit tired. The entire time we were asked questions about our choices and the patient's injuries and treatments, while also being quizzed. I keep my spell use as low as I can while trying to provide the best care I can.

Sometimes that means wasting a small bit of magic on letting a patient sleep in silence, but that helps in other ways and I'm not just here to heal Ponies, I need to actually care for them. I don't get many large injuries and most things can be solved by a simple spell or two.

The third and fourth hours prove to be where things start getting difficult. First, a few of the others start to look tired and stressed, not just from magic use but also from general exhaustion from focusing so much and not relaxing for hours on end. I'm used to the wear and tear of long training sessions though and my well-built body makes it pretty easy to stay energetic.

There are times when my magic can increase somewhat, but over time my reserves start to dip and drain despite my best efforts. By the end of the fourth hour, four testers look pretty warn out and we are all given water and a quick bathroom break. I don't decline as when you have the opportunity you should take it even if it's not fully needed.

While walking back to the patient ward from the bathroom one of the other testers walks up beside me, looking a fair bit worse off than me. "How the hay are you still so awake? It's been hours and I feel my legs getting weak." I think the unknown mare is more just venting than anything but she seems genuinely curious as well.

The Unicorn mare is a fair bit shorter than me, I take in her appearance but don't take the time to really get to know her as we still have more to do. "I exercise, it helps with this stuff, you could try taking runs, it's a good place to start." I don't waste words and just keep walking while the mare gives me an unamused look before falling back behind me and staying silent.

I hope I didn't come off as too short or rude but by this point, I'm very focused and trying to do my best. The small break was nice and I made a mental note that I'm back up to half of my magic capacity, not ideal but it will have to do. I step back into the patient ward and notice a change immediately.

I can see one of the doctors actually helping one of the testers and said the tester is straight up crying, while also looking distressed. I quickly walked over to Dr. Stick, "What happened? Anypony injured?" I ask as keeping tabs on the Ponies you work around feels like the right thing to do, and curiosity is a bitch.

He looks at me and adjusts his glasses while sighing. "Poor mare got a little too stressed and failed to cast a spell. It's not bad, just some minor bleeding, but she got sprayed and panicked and... Ya." He coughs and looks over at the doctor working on the patient while another helps the mare calm down.

I'm honestly impressed it took this long for anything like that to happen, a few of the other testers looked pretty stressed by the time I took the short bathroom break. I nod and watch Dr. Stick wave another patient to us by gesturing to the nurses, the patient seemingly having been lined up for the panicking mare.

They bring them over and I quickly notice a very old mare, looking pained but keeping surprisingly calm about things. The old unicorn mare has a large amount of wooden splinters in her foreleg, most are small but several are fairly large. I smile trying to reassure the old mare, "Hello Ma'am, would you mind me casting some scanning and healing spells on you to remove the splinters?" I ask quickly but speak a little louder so she can hear me clearly.

The old mare surprised me by smiling despite her ears being pinned back and jaw being a little clenched, the mare's faded and graying coat shifting a bit as she moved her foreleg closer to me and held it out. "Go ahead dear, no need to worry over the pain, I've had worse. I wouldn't mind having these things just pulled out, if you can?" The kind and steady voice actually tries to reassure me.

I nod firmly and just start to pull splinters after casting a scanning spell, using my field to pull three at a time. If anypony wanted to know about my field they could ask the many nurses who have seen me use my field, it's not exactly a secret. Dr. Stick raises a brow at the sight, seeming to take more note of the ability than before.

It may make me stand out a little more but they already know I can do it so this is not too much. Once all the wood is out, with the old mare only making a few small sounds of discomfort on her part, I heal the flesh and skin easily enough. "Everything feels fine Ma'am?" I ask while casting another scanning spell.

The old mare moves the foreleg around with a smile and nods happily, glancing over at the mare who's now recovering from her panic and is actually sitting to the side to relax. "Better than ever dear, thank you for your work. Oh, I hope that poor dear is fine, nothing like an accident to get you all panicked." The kind mare seems to speak from experience.

I nod and turn to Dr. Stick as he moves over and a nurse leads the old mare away. "Well, first, I don't think I even asked how you actually move things. I always thought it was your bracelet or necklace." He says honestly and I spend a while explaining what the field actually is over the final hour while dealing with two more patients.

I know Celestia never published what I gave her on it, I think it was mostly used as research material or maybe sent off somewhere for testing? He finishes writing my explanation down looking fairly impressed, "Huh, it's a pretty interesting trick. Well, the time's up in a few minutes, not enough time for a patient though so you can head out. Good job and have a good day." He gives me a pretty simple dismissal and I just nod silently.

I've told a few Ponies who have asked about my ability, mostly because I never made a secret of it in the first place and have been here for over a year now. I always give a very generic explanation though and don't give much detail, I also claim it was taught to me by somepony else when I was young and not my discovery.

I leave the room to make sure I'm not in the way of anypony still working. I stretch in the hallway and make my way to the locker room to head home. It was nice being able to heal so many and be challenged more by the need to conserve magic, heal, and answer questions all at once.

It makes sense though, being able to do all that and more at the same time could happen in the future and how I react to it is important. I think over my choices and try to come up with ways to improve as I fly back home, happy to get back to my ball of fluff.

POV shift Mellow Meadows

I look around the office that has had seven Ponies come and go already, all were here to go over everything they learned and check that everything is recorded properly. It's just me and Dr. Stick, him being the last to arrive. "So how did Mr. Evergreen do?" I ask as he moves over with a stack of notes and papers.

I already had another Dr speak about the accident and I would hope that was the only one, but one can never be sure until everything is accounted for. Dr. Stick moves his glasses up and looks as tired as he always is, "Well, a few oddities but nothing bad and a large amount of good as expected."

I flip through a few papers and quickly notice what he means. On most patients, he prioritized stabilizing wounds and healing them slowly, a good way to conserve magic and a good choice overall. But there are also completely unnecessary spells added in for logical reasons.

Just simple things that would cost little magic but make it a little easier on a patient, a good attitude to have. Dr. Stick sits down and turns the pages over some and shows me a much longer note, a note on something pretty interesting. I read through it with a slowly raised brow and looked back at him. He shrugs, "Who knew, right? It's pretty creative and actually raises some good questions, I do wonder who taught him though." He adds curiously.

I can't help but nod in agreement. I've seen Mr. Evergreen move things before but I never would have guessed that the ability was completely natural, it may prove to be an interesting avenue for research, if we can find whoever has the rights to such a discovery. This explanation is a little vague though and doesn't help us narrow it down, actually a few Ponies could already be working on it for all we know. Still, it's an interesting skill, if mostly unimportant.

Mr. Evergreen is proving to be a far more capable Pony than I expected him to be and in more ways than just his ability with magic. At the end of the report I notice that he handled the mental and physical toll with relative ease, even if he gained some experience with his time with us remaining that calm is again an impressive thing.

A clear mind, strong body, good magical ability, and even a large amount of knowledge on practical healing. All without any backing and seemingly just self-study, it's not often we find a Pony like this in our field. Dr. Stick looks at me and I raise a brow knowing that face, "Did we find out what was up with the spell matrix problem?" He asked, seeing my reaction.

I nod slowly as yet another surprise from Mr. Evergreen comes to mind. "We talked to the doctor who made that part of the test, it turns out he broke two other parts of the spell by accident, it was subtle and they are no experts so nopony noticed." I flip a page and look over another of the impressive stallion's patients.

"Out of the two accidental mistakes one other of the eight testers found one of them, the second accidental mistake however... Well, it took three of us nearly an hour of research to find out if he was even right about it being wrong, and he very much was." That might be his most impressive feat out of all of this as it stumped us a fair bit, to be fair it's not our field of expertise.

"The mistake was so small that nopony else even noticed, including us, and even with it pointed out it took us an hour to find out if it was wrong, and another hour just to figure out why it was wrong. I was watching him and he did it in less than three minutes, the fastest time for that portion out of all eight testers." I explain in thought.

It also didn't seem like luck as he was very calm when picking it out, as if it was as obvious as the sun. Dr. Stick whistles slowly and nods, "Wow, he's certainly got an eye for detail then, not a bad thing to add to his file." He says with a rightfully impressed tone.

I nodded as I thought much the same. "Yes, then there were his results on the hypothetical patient test, that one was also impressive. Add today's performance in and he's on strong ground." I can't help but feel a little pride at such a Pony doing so well.

I am interested to see what his third day will be like.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading. :]
Current year is 996

Again not the most interesting but I was able to make it somewhat more interesting. We even have our first POV shift to an OC pony, an oddly specific but notable thing that I'm pointing out for no reason.

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