Lifting a Soul

Time to Check Out

"I hate it when I get fabric burns." I said to myself as I scratched my irritated neck. I shifted my head my head a bit, trying to get my irritated neck to feel a little bit comfortable. A sudden curiosity hit my head. "How long was I out anyway?" I thought to myself. "Maybe I should ask Berry?" I gazed at Berry. "Hey Berry." I called out to Berry who is sleeping on the bench beside my three other friends.

"Huh... Wha?" Berry snorted as he slowly opened his eyes.

"Sorry to disturb you, but I need to ask you something?"

"Sure uh... I guess..." Berry raised his shoulder, still unsure of his decision.

"How long was I asleep?"

"I think..." Berry's eyes narrowed as he tries to search for his answer. "For a whole day..."

"You sure?"

"Well Heart's Warming Eve is already over. Too bad we didn't get to celebrate." Berry scratched his head.

"Yeah. me and my temper. Also, Samphy told me something about getting my temper from my father."

"Well it is good to know, at least you knew something that you got from your father."

"I don't even know if I'm happy that I got something from my father, or get mad that it is because of him I have a short temper." I rolled my eyes.

"If I were you, I would stop looking at the negative sides and then try to be positive." I sighed at what he said to me.

"Yeah I'll try, also, I think I need to go see a psychiatrist." I lowered my head, thinking that maybe I really need to go to psychiatrist, even though I don't want to.

"Yeah, you do that. Is there anything else you want to ask?" Berry raised his eyebrow.

"None." Berry nodded is head as he tried to go back to sleep. Another question suddenly pops up on my head. "Wait, Berry..." Berry opened his eyes again, accompanied by an irritated grunt.

"Where did you find Amabel?"

"I think your brother told me something about trying to search for her at the train station." Berry placed a hoof under his chin. "I tried to follow him on finding Amabel, but he told me to stay with you so somepony could keep an eye on you."

"Well at least I know that she is with my brother." I sighed in relief. "Also, when did Samphy brought Amabel to a psychiatrist?"

"I don't know, all I know is that after Samphy found Amabel, he told me about bringing her to a psychiatrist. It was almost getting dark that time yest-." Berry didn't get to finish her sentence as I interrupted him.

"What time is it now?" I hesitated.

"There is a clock there." Berry pointed the clock, mounted on the wall at my right side. I gazed at the clock and saw that the time was at 1:23 P.M.

"How long am I gonna get confined in the hospital?"

"I guess you could check out of the hospital now, since you are already awake."

"Good, could you talk to one of the nurses here and tell them that the patient in this room needs to check out of the hospital." I gave Berry a sheepish smile.

"uh sure,,, I guess..." Berry stood up lifelessly on his hooves, and then head towards the door. He opened the door and then exited the room, closing the door with his hind leg.

"Thank Celestia, I could finally get out of the hospital." I gazed at my three other sleeping friends. "I guess I should probably wake them up." I took a deep breath and then gave a long sigh.