This isn't a dream?

After my first flying lesson with Rainbow Dash, my wings were aching. She made me flap my wings for over an hour, pretty much non-stop. Only one good thing came out of that lesson…I got up to 6 inches off the ground. Yeah, yeah, it's not much, but hey, it was my FIRST lesson. I was pretty proud of myself, even if I still had a long way to go.

I decided I would take a walk around Ponyville. I hadn't really ever gotten to explore much of it since I ended up here, so I figured now would be the time. It was still early, maybe around 7. Ponies awake, setting up their stands to sell fruits and vegetables like they did every day. I walked ahead more and more, maybe for about 20 minutes before I encountered a dark forest. I had never seen this forest before, and thought maybe it was fine to go in, after all no one had ever said to me there was a dangerous forest. Everypony was happy and everything seemed harmless, maybe there wasn't anything evil at all in Equestria? I walked forward into the forest, it was definitely darker the more you went in. It was as if it were night, and not day. I didn't see as many animals as I really expected, especially because it was a forest. Occasionally an Owl would 'hoot' or a frog would hop by. I had definitely lost track of time, and was probably walking through the forest for about 20 minutes. There was nothing in sight, besides trees and bushes ahead. Although…something didn't seem right…I felt as if I were being stared at. I looked to my left, and saw nothing, and then I turned over to look to my right, and noticed in the dark pitch black behind the bushes, two glowing green eyes staring at me. I could see no face, no body, just the green eyes staring deep into mine. My eyes grew wide as I saw more appear. Pair by pair they appeared in both directions. I held my breath and stayed still. One of the pairs came closer, and closer until I could see huge paws, that looked as if they were made out of wood, and very long sharp nails. A tapping sound was made each step it moved forward. I could now see the whole body of it. It was all wood, and was about twice the size of me. I looked up, as it came closer and closer to me. The rest emerged from behind the first one, as did the others from my left. Large sharp teeth were shown, as they growled all together. I started backing away until I bumped into one behind me. They had circled around me. I screeched and turned around backing up, yet keeping as much distance as I could from the others surrounding me.

One was about to leap right at me, until I kicked my back legs right at it. It fell apart, and was no longer a worry to me. Except the fact that all the rest of the 'things' got angrier. One leaped at me, and knocked me down, twisting my leg, and used one of it's wooden legs to stomp onto my unprotected wing. I screamed in pain, and everything around me faded. The last thing I saw was the angry creature staring right into my eyes, growling viciously.

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I opened my eyes, and everything was bright white, and I was laying on a bed with green covers. I heard beeping noises coming from my right, and instantly felt a sharp pain coming from my wing and leg. I looked to my side, and my wing was wrapped in bandage, and my leg was held in the air and wrapped in more bandage. The last thing I remembered was being attacked, and then everything went black...

How did I end up in the Hospital? Who took me here, and who found me?

I sat up, carefully trying not to move my leg too much.

I saw a nurse walking by my door, not noticing me.

"Um, excuse me?" I asked, and she looked at me with wide eyes, and ran.

What was all that about? A few moments later, a doctor rushed in, re-positioned his glasses, and looked at his clipboard.

"Ms. Kate, you're awake!" he exclaimed.

"Yes, um... what's going on? How long have I been out?" I asked nervously.

"For 3 days, you're quite lucky to come out with only a broken wing and leg in a Timberwolf attack."

"3 days?! You're joking, right?" I asked in disbelief.

"I'm afraid not..." he replied, staring at his clipboard.

"So, who got me here to the hospital?" I asked curiously.

"Zecora." he answered.

Zecora? Who the hay was Zecora?

"Who's Zecora?" I asked before Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, AND Spike came into the room.

"Oh my gosh, Kate! You're finally awake!" Twilight said, relieved.

"Yeah! I am, heh." I said looking at my poor leg, and wing.

"You gave us quite the scare, darling." Rarity said giving a small sigh.

"We came as soon as we heard you were awake." Fluttershy explained quietly.

"Yeah! Now that you're awake, we can throw a party!" Exclaimed Pinkie Pie, somehow taking out a Party Cannon that was NOT there before, and making it explode, with confetti floating everywhere.

"Pinkie, I don't think she'll want a party right now. She's still got to heal from her broken wing and leg." Twilight said, walking over to the side of my bed.

Pinkie frowned and her hair deflated. Huh, deflated. Weird... but she looked really sad.

"Oh, no Pinkie, don't be sad! We can have a party as soon as I get outta here!" I reassured her.

Her hair popped back up and she jumped around in delight.

"Pinkie, you are SO random." Rainbow Dash said grinning.

The nurse who ran away from me, walked in and told everypony to leave, as visiting hours were over.

We all said our goodbye's and Twilight even let me borrow a few books while I was going to stay here. I thanked her and they all left.

"So, Doc, how long am I stuck in here for?" I asked looking over to him.

"Soonest would be tomorrow." He replied, not even looking at me.

"Well, alright." I said, laying back a bit.

A new nurse came into the room with a tray of what looked like peas, and pink jello.

Blech. The peas looked like they had hair! I don't even think these are edible. I only had the jello, which I would have eaten up fast, if it weren't warm.

After eating the jello, I started reading the books Twilight gave me. They entertained me until I became tired, and went to sleep.

I woke up when the doctor nudged me and had a wheelchair by his side.

He lowered my leg from the air and helped me into the wheelchair.

He pushed me out to the front of the Hospital.

I headed my way back to the Library and Twilight greeted me, pushing me to my room.

I was still really tired, and really wanted to take a nap, especially in my own bed. Hospital beds aren't that comfortable, well for me at least.

I very slowly crawled into the bed, and made sure not to move my broken leg too much, it still had a bulky cast around it.

Looks like the Wheelchair will be my transportation for a while.

For some reason, I couldn't sleep. I was thinking back when I was in the hospital, and the doctor told me Zecora took me to the hospital. Did this 'Zecora' fight off the Timberwolves? How did she get me back to the hospital? How did she even find me?

Tiredness slowly took over me and I was left to ask later when I woke up.

I woke up from my nap, and lifted my head to look out the window. It looked around noon. I slowly crawled and settled into my wheelchair and went out of my bedroom. Twilight was reading, of course. She usually was when I went out in the main room.

"Hey, Twilight!" I greeted.

"Hey, Kate." She said looking up from her book.

"So... the doctor told me that somepony named 'Zecora' took me to the hospital when I blacked out... do you know them?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, yes. She lives in the Everfree Forest! The one you were in, and heard you scream. She somehow got the Timberwolves to leave and took you to the hospital. Lucky she wasn't in the town when you were attacked! What were you doing in there anyway, Kate?" she stopped telling me about Zecora, and asked me.

"Well, you see... I was wondering around Ponyville, and saw the forest, and decided to go take a look... I lost track of time, and all these timberwolves started surrounding me! I kicked one, and the rest got angrier...then I got knocked over by one, it stepped on my wing and twisted my leg! And!-" I started explaining with hand motions.

"Kate, you need to know you shouldn't go into that forest again. It's the most dangerous place around here." she interrupted.

"Yeah... well now I know that..." I mumbled to myself. She really didn't even need to tell me to go in there again. I wouldn't dare step NEAR that forest unless I had to.

"Well, anyway... I need to get back to reading. I need to study." she said facing back to the book.

"Alright, good luck!" I said wheeling my way to the door, out to the town.

I was wheeling my way around town and just exploring, still not near the forest. Hah, never again.

Rainbow Dash swooped down and landed right in front of me.

"Hey, Kate!"

"Hi, Rainbow!"

"So I'm guessing no flying practice for a while?" she joked.

"Yeah, no. It's still broken, as you can see." I pointed to my wing.

"When can you start practicing again?" she asked.

"Eh, I don't know Doc said maybe in a week or two. Just hope it goes by fast, I need to learn, and quick." I said looking at my broken wing.

"Ha! That's for sure." She laughed.

"Haha, hilarious." I said sarcastically.

"Well, I gotta go finish up some weather jobs, see ya round, Kate!" she said flying off.

I waved and set off to explore parts of the town I hadn't seen yet.