Cure for Pain

Hey, everybody, and welcome to the second night of Winter Wrap Up! I’m your resident music geek, Walker, and this next song goes out to a good friend of mine. Hope it works out, man. This is "Remember When (Side A)" by The Black Keys!

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“Thank Celestia, you’re awake!”

Coleton woke up slowly, his whole body aching and a splitting pain in his neck. “Where am I?” Rainbow Dash was crying, but it seemed to be tears of joy instead of the alternative. “We’re with the birds in the south, Coleton. We needed to get you some medical attention because of what happened, so we found the nearest town. You’re in the hospital.

Coleton suddenly recognized the smell as sanitary hospital equipment. The smell of the clean bed sheets was nauseating, and the pain he was feeling was sickening. “Wait.” He said, looking at the clock in the corner. “Turn on the radio please!”

The nurse did as Coleton asked and turned on the radio. A very slow, dreamy ballad was playing that Coleton had heard Walker play many times before. I guess this is what Walker was planning to play. Coleton thought. My desire isn’t really going to happen in a hospital, though, so it’s kind of useless.

“So, Dash. What happened?” Coleton asked, wincing through the pain in his throat. “I’ll just leave you two to talk.” The nurse said nicely, and left the room to deal with another patient. It was just Coleton and Rainbow talking now.

“Well, the first thing you may want to know is that the kid you saved is okay.” Rainbow Dash said. “His family sends out their gratitude for what you did.”

“Everyone knows your name now.” Rainbow Dash said happily. “When word got out of what you did, everyone heard about it. You’re a hero back in Ponyville now. Isn’t that cool?”

Coleton’s world was spinning, but not because of the pain in his head. I'm... a hero?  “But I didn’t really do much, did I? I just saved some kid!”

Dash chuckled. “What you did was awesome.” She said with finality before leaning in and kissing Coleton.

Thoughts jumped through his mind like gunshots as his senses tried to tell if what was happening was actually happening. The ballad was still playing in the background (he would thank me for that later, by the way) and the next two minutes were pure euphoria.

All thoughts in Coleton’s mind were a blur as he and Rainbow Dash disconnected. Both of their faces were covered in red, and Coleton was left babbling and stumbling to form a coherent sentence.

“I guess I’ll leave you to sleep. It is nighttime after all.” Rainbow Dash said, walking out of the room. “Twilight will use her magic to teleport you back to Ponyville when you get healed. Just give her a call when you’re fully healed. The rest of the pegasi need to return to Ponyville with the birds, and I need to lead them.

“See you in a couple of days. Get some sleep.” She said, leaving the room. Like I’m going to sleep. Coleton thought with a smile as wide as the hospital room he slept in.