"Quite roomy in here." I observed as Twilight moved a bit to my right side, holding up a hand as if she's showing off a prize in a tv game show.
"This is my humble abode. The guest room is on the second floor, the last door in the hallway." She informed me while I managed to wheel myself slowly around the room. Taking in the exquisite carving that was done to the innards of the tree. The walls were smooth to the touch, no splinters. Each shelf that was carved in the wall didn't have any rough edges of corners as everything was rounded off. There even was a mini horse head in the center of the room that was carved from a log of some sort.
"Whoever did the art in here is one hell of a craftsman."
Twilight walked up behind me as I was staring closely at the horse head. "You always had a thing for artsy stuff. It could be the reason why Rarity went so far as to groom you in your coma." She scratched her chin lightly. "Come to think of it, she was acting a bit strange ever since we heard what happened last week."
"Please, I don't want to be reminded of the incident..." I looked down in embarrassment. I don't want to be constantly reminded about how bothersome I was.
"Oh, sorry." She held her head down for a bit before I could feel her hand on my shoulder and her gaze looking my way. "We all missed you. We weren't sure about when you would wake up. Rainbow ended up giving up..."
There was a good pause in the atmosphere before I spoke. "Rainbow... gave up?"
Another pause occured. "Yes..." she spoke softly, enough for me to hear the sorrow.
I didn't know what to say. I haven't met her yet but my heart aches. Rainbow must have grown impatient and assumed that I would never wake up. I swallowed the heavy lump in my throat before I mustered up the courage to speak again.
"Well, I wouldn't blame her. If I was close to a friend that has been in a coma for an unspeakable amount of time, I'd want to at least put him out of his misery..." I said in a monotone voice, keeping my eyes glued to the floor.
"David..." She whispered. "I-"
"D-David?"
A voice creeped into the room from the door behind us. I looked up and turned my head toward the door to see a young teen with short green hair and eyes. He wore an unzipped dark purple jacket over a white t-shirt. His legs were covered in dark blue jeans and had white socks to cover his feet. He then suddenly rushed to me, wrapping his arms around my neck to hug me tight.
"So it's true! It's so good to have you back, big bro!"
I didn't really know how to react so I ended up returning the hug with one arm, patting lightly on his back. "Y-Yeah, I'm back alright." I smiled, giving a light chuckle. "So uh, who exactly is my little brother?"
"Oh, right!" He let go and stood back a bit, giving me a small salute in a childish manner. "I'm Spike. You used to show me a bunch of cool stuff and give me cool advice. Isn't that righ-Twilight? What's wrong Twilight?"
I look at Twilight, who was on the opposite side of me, to find that she was wiping away a tear from her cheek. She adjusts her posture before speaking. "Oh, it's nothing, Spike. I'm just happy to see David again."
Oh crap... I did the inevitable in less that 10 minutes from walking in the front door...
"Oh Spike," I spoke quickly to try and get Twilight in a better mood. "You should've seen her bounce in my room! She was bouncing over the walls, trying to get me into reading that way I wouldn't be bored in the hospital. She was all like, 'You should read this one. It's about this guy falling in love with a girl just by looking at her.'" I ended up putting on my best Twilight impression with the information I gained from her personality I experienced from the walk here. "Then I was all like, 'If it doesn't have action scenes and hot babes then it's a no-go, bro.'" I put on my most manliest voice on to emphasize my masculinity.
My efforts weren't in vain as I heard laughter from both sides of me.
I look at Twilight and reassured her. "But here I am, better than I'll ever be."
She nodded to take the hint to look ahead and no behind what had happened. She cleared her throat, "Spike, can you go get the package Celestia sent us?"
"Sure thing!" Spike zoomed off and came right back with a small box. He then placed it on the table beside the equine carving.
Twilight spoke up, "So, Celestia ended up getting her top scientists, including me," she batted her eyelashes proudly, "to help research the best way to keep you at your healthiest. We developed these pills to substitute the things we don't have here in our world. They have all the protein you need in a day."
"Protein? There's no meat her-" Twilight held up a hand to interrupt me.
"The meat here has been filled with substances your body isn't used to digesting. We had to artificially build the protein without the use of any magic, which is not the easiest thing to do."
I took the box and opens it on my lap. It contained pill bottles that lined up 5 horizontally and 3 vertically. It seemed to be stacked onto one more set below it inside the box. "I appreciate every bit of effort that was put into this... What exactly did I do before these were made?"
"You had to drink a milkshake that was made with a lot of powder. You never liked it and no-one could blame you." She winced from remembering what it tasted like to her.
"Too bad you can't eat gems," Spike said, "If only you could taste how sweet emeralds are."
I cupped my jaw with a hand, imagining the dental work that would be done if I tried gnawing on a gem. "Yeah, I don't think I'll be eating any rocks anytime soon." I said sarcastically.
"Should you run out of any," Twilight continued, "you can always send a letter to Celestia through Spike. He always has a roll of enchanted paper to send the princess any letter you wish to send. But that doesn't mean you can spam her with ridiculous requests. Got it?"
I nodded, "Yes ma'am. Important letters only."
I wonder if the princess would like a love letter. She's probably been so busy and stressed about her princess duties so maybe she wants to wind down with a nice gentleman like me. I chuckle a bit to myself in this humorous fantasy.
"What're you laughing about?" Twilight asked with a cocked eyebrow.
Uh oh...
"Uh, I thought of a funny joke just now." I said half confidently. "Don't worry about it."
"Nevermind then." She gave a me a dead panned face. "Are there any questions you have that doesn't involve any form of puns?"
"Actually, yes." I looked at my hands curiously. "I saw that a couple people have magical powers. Do I have any magical abilities?" I reach my hand out towards a bookshelf and tried pulling a book out from it. The book I had targeted shifted a bit before slowly floating to me and I grasped it with an amazed look.
"No, you don't." Twilight said. I looked toward her to find her hand glowed a mild magenta hue that seemed to be coating the book that was in my hand. "But that doesn't mean you're nowhere near weak without it, no matter what anybody says."
Disappointment filled my brain as I looked at the book cover. "The History of Equestria and How It Came to Be? No thanks Twi, but I'm not reading a history book. The last thing I need right now is more backstory in a place where I just woke up. What I need now is some tender love and care from a close friend of mine."
She blushed for a bit, coming close for a hug. She carefully wrapped her arms around my neck, getting as close as she can.
"Um, Twilight?" I spoke up, leaning a bit back in confusion, making her lean more against me for balance.
"Y-yeah?"
"I meant pizza..." My stomach growled loudly, enough to make Spike laugh out loud and make Twilight jump back with a flustered tomato face painted on her face. I chuckled at the funny display of embarrassment. "That's one meal I'd like to get behind right now."
Twilight rushed into the kitchen to hide shouting jibberish. The only thing I understood was "I'm gonna go order it" and a bunch or sorries.
What a nerdy gal.