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// Comfortably Numb 
// Story: The Grounded Musician 
// by SilasSilversti 
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Chapter 2




*Shift to Silas, 1st person.*




My head felt dizzy, then I opened my eyes slowly. I awoke to three ponies, one of them was yellow, with a long pink mane. Another was orange with a blonde mane, she was wearing a cowboy hat. The other was a nurse from the looks of it, she was white with a pink mane.

"Ugh, wh-what happened?" As I spoke all three of their heads turned in an instant. The nurse was first to speak, "Ah, you're awake. I am nurse Redheart and I will be taking care of you while you're here in the Hospital." The words hit me like bullets, "Hospital," what the hell did I miss? "U-um, what am I in here for?" I really wanted to know why i was here. "We found y'all in the Everfree Forest mister." The orange pony replied, what was the Everfree forest?

The yellow pegasus then spoke, "If it wasn't for Angel, we would of never found you!" I looked down next to her to see a small rabbit she was pointing towards. A rabbit found me half dead in the forest, then brought back two mares to help me. Damn I guess I owe him one. The orange pony spoke next, "Y'all were bashed up sumthin' nasty. How do you feel?" I tried to move my left wing, a sharp pain riddled my spine. My teeth chattered, "Like hammered shit." The three mares cringed at my language, well its not like I felt too good.

The orange pony came to my bedside, "Ah'm Applejack by the way." She extended her hoof, I gave it a weak shake. The yellow pegasus slowly came over, "I-I'm Fluttershy, nice to meet you." Even though I wasn't going places, I guess I was still meeting people. "Erm, nice to meet you both. Do you by any chance, got a mirror around here?" I wanted to see how bad I actually looked. Nurse Redheart held up a small one with her mouth. Hmm I guess it wasn't that bad, my face had a couple burn marks on it and I had a small gash next to my right eye. Then I looked at my wing, it was bent in the opposite direction. Dammit, looks like I'm grounded.

I wanted answers. "So, uh how long will it take me to recover?" The Nurse seemed pretty easy going about it, "Probably a couple of weeks of no flying, but we'll have you out of here by tomorrow afternoon." Now I knew I wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. "So where am I?" I was eager to find out what town I supposedly crashed near. "You're in the Hospital in Ponyville, we brought y'all in." Applejack said. "If we hadn't, y-you'd probably w-would've-" Fluttershy looked down and didn't finish, she probably didn't like thinking about that kind of thing. 

I was slowly coming back into reality. "What was the last thang you remembered?" Applejack asked with curiosity. I had to think a bit, "Hmm, I was flying to my next gig over in Manehattan. A storm was brewin', I had to fly through it. I just don't know what went wrong. (Gotta love dem Derpy quotes) I just remember feeling a sudden burn then I fell, I guess I passed out, now I'm here."

Nurse Redheart then spoke, "It appears you must have been struck b-by lightning." Fluttershy gasped, I was pretty freaked out. I felt this burning feeling on my right wing, "Ow! Oh wow, how am I even still alive?" She spoke again, "It just struck your right wing, you must have broke your left wing on impact." I turned and looked at my right wing, it was missing most of its feathers and was badly burnt. Then I turned to my other, it was wrapped up in bandages and bent. I just sighed and hung my head low.

"O-oh, I almost forgot." Fluttershy started, "We have your case, it was next to you when we found you." She held it up, my eyes lit up "Thank you, thank you so much." I placed the case on my lap. "You're mighty welcome mister." Applejack said. I opened the case up, inside lay my Stallion Ray Vaughan autographed Fender Stratocaster. I smiled widely, not a scratch was on it. Applejack grinned "That's an awfully nice instrument you got yourself there partner."

I closed the case and placed it next to my hospital bed. At least I had something I loved by my side. Nurse Redheart gave me some medication, "Well, we best let him get some rest." She said. Applejack nodded "Come on y'all." She and Nurse Redheart trotted out the door. Fluttershy then whispered, "C-can I get your name please?" I smiled and said "Black Strat, but you can call me Silas." She smiled back and trotted out the door, Angel followed. The medication was taking effect, I felt somewhat drowsy and my body felt numb. As I drifted off to sleep a few words came to my mind.

I have become, Comfortably Numb