Twilight and Applejack were waiting in the corridor for any news of Celestia - Twilight pacing up and down the corridor which was starting to look more and more worn with each passing second, her hair stood chaotically in tufts, which one would find strange if you found out she had only been pacing for five minutes. Applejack on the other hoof was a picture of serene calm, sitting on one of the uncomfortable, cheap plastic hospital chairs drinking some of the cheap plastic hospital coffee. The taste of the stuff revolted her, but it kept her busy and stopped her losing her mind like Twilight was.
"Twilight, would ya stop ya gosh darn pacing already, ya wearing a grove in the floor and making me all dizzy."
Twilight looked at her friend with a forced, sheepish smile and quickly sat down beside Applejack. "Sorry," she said as she started playing with her hooves, the clopping sound causing Applejack's ear to twitch. "I'm just no good at dealing with stress. You know."
"Ah sure do, ya know Big Mac still has that doll from that one time."
Twilight almost perked up for a second. "So that's where Smarty Pants got to, I thought she had got lost in all the confusion."
"Nah, ma big softy of a brother took it, not that he knows ah know he has it. Ah can get it back for ya if ya want?"
"Maybe some other time, I'm sure Smarty Pants is in good hooves with your brother."
"Yeah, he's such a big softie."
The two mares started smiling as they both imagined the rather large stallion snuggling up with Twilight's fillyhood companion. For a moment, they both forgot the terrible situation they were both in and just sat there with blissful smiles on their faces. The moment was however unfortunately broken by Luna's sudden appearance through a door at the far end of the corridor.
"Princess?" both of the mares asked, both worried what the presence of Celestia's sister meant. Especially since she was up during the day.
Luna nodded to them, "Miss Twilight, Miss Applejack, I see you've been waiting here patiently. Any news on my sisters condition?"
"Last thing we heard, Princess, was that she was out cold. None of the medical staff have left since then."
Luna let out a sigh, a sigh filled with all the stress and worry the situation was causing. "She's still not awake?"
Twilight and Applejack shook their heads. "As far as we know, she's still out cold."
"This is not good news, not good at all. Both me and my sister possess a healing factor far greater than the average pony. If she's still asleep, something must be very wrong."
"I'm sure she'll be alright, Princess, I mean maybe she's just sleeping?"
"That is possible, but that still doesn't help us answer the bigger question behind this entire event."
"You mean why did Princess Celestia, a talented flyer and sorceress, fall off her balcony and make no effort to stop her descent?" asked Twilight.
"Exactly, there's no point dealing with the fact that my sister is passed out, if we don't consider that this is just a consequence of the actual problem. And that problem is whatever caused her fall. Sure it could be an accident, and we have nothing to worry about. But until we have more symptoms to work with, we can't diagnose her, and I can't help but feel we might be able to identify more symptoms were she awake."
"That don't sound no good."
"It isn't AJ, I mean, if there's nothing wrong with the Princess, then everything will be okay. But, if are symptoms we are missing because she is out cold, if she has something wrong with her, the disease could get worse before the doctors have any clue what they are dealing with."
"Exactly, Twilight, and that's not including the problems of identifying the disease from any symptoms we have. After all, there is very little evidence on how common illnesses affect a pony with the traits of all three species - wings, magic and the natural traits of an earth pony."
"Well, what do we do?"
"What do we do? Wait, nothing else we can do apart from that, Miss Applejack. I know I'm not experienced at medicine, and I doubt you have much in the way of medical training. No, nothing we can do except wait. Twilight on the other hoof, there is something you can do."
"What is it, Princess?"
Luna sighed, she knew what she was about to ask would not sit right with Twilight, that her sister's prize student would probably refuse. However, she knew this was something she would probably have to do, after all, her sisters life could quite possibly be at stake, and their own doctors were struggling to know what to do.
"Before I tell you, Twilight, you have to promise you'll do this, for Celestia's sake."
Twilight swallowed hard, if she was being made to promise before she was told what it was, it must be something she probably wouldn't agree to normally. For a moment she thought about declining, a thought she chastised herself for. This was Luna, the Princess wouldn't ask her to do anything that wasn't necessary.
"Alright I'll do it."
"Do you promise?"
"Yes, I promise. Cross my heart hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." As she went through the motions of the Pinkie Promise, Luna looked at her somewhat bemused. Still, despite the absurdity of it, the Princess managed to understand what Twilight meant.
"Good. Now don't worry, I'm not asking you to do anything too difficult. I just want you to lend your, what I assume is considerable, knowledge on pony anatomy and assist them with their medical investigation."
Twilight looked at the Princess confused. "Me, assist a doctor? You have to be kidding me, I can't help any of your trained doctors. The doctors that work here are the finest in Equestria, no way I can help them."
Luna sighed, "This doctor... Is from out of town," she tried to word her sentence carefully, she needed Twilight to be fully committed to this before the mare found out who she would be assisting. "He isn't really an expert in pony physiology, but given the circumstances, I thought it best to get every medical mind around involved, just in case."
Twilight brought her hoof to her chin in concentration, 'It does make sense,' she thought to herself. 'If their is a chance the Princesses life could be at risk, getting anyone you can offer any help might be worth it. Besides, it sounds like they're a gryphon or a zebra, maybe they'll have some experience in these matters.'
"Alright, I'll help. Anything to help Celestia."
A small smile appeared upon Luna's face, causing her eyes to soften and look like she was relieved of some small amount of her burdens. "Now I have to warn you, you might not get along with them to begin with. But if you give it some time, I'm sure you'll become the best of friends."
Twilight nodded, "Yeah, sure, best of friends." Her voice sounded empty and unsure. "So where is this doctor?"
Luna turned towards the door at the end of the corridor, the same door she had entered by. "Follow me." The princess set of quickly down the corridor, clearly in no mood to waste any time. Twilight moved to follow, but quickly turned to talk to Applejack before she left.
"Wait here AJ, and let me know if anything changes."
"Sure thing Twi, just make sure ya do ya best to help this fellow now. With the way everypony is in a stir, sounds like they may need the help."
"Cheers AJ, see you soon."
"You too, Twi, ah Know ya can do it." Applejack placed a hoof on Twilight's shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. Twilight tried her best to return it, but the smile faltered on her face. Applejack pulled Twilight into a tight but quick hug, before pushing her away. Twilight understood the sign and quickly followed after Luna, who had already disappeared through the doors and out of sight.
Twilight sighed, she hoped the Princess hadn't got too far ahead.
Sooo slow pace...
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If you mean in updates, I know, I'm sorry :( Will try and pick it up :D
I need updates... moar!
Well I'd like to see a little more than just a single scene in each chapter. But all right. I'll wait for more.
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Dude, I know how you feel, trust me, when I read this update, and compare it to what happens in the winningverse stories, I feel ashamed. Next chapter will have more. I just can't promise 10k+ words :D
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Of course you'll get them, how could I deny a reader with such a cute derpy avatar.
At least we know now that you are still here.
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You have no idea how many people told me exactly the same thing
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Derpy is sooo cute. Almost makes me want to continue my "Handle With Care" derpy story :D
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ALMOST...
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Got this story and my Sombra story to focus on.
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GIVE ME DAT AVATAR!!!!!
horse jokes, sarcasm horse comments incoming, will be surprised if house goes unharmed in this ordeal.
3314351 Yup.
3314358 Nu o3o
I enjoy this so far. It is very interesting to see House's personality conflict with that of the ponies. Can't wait for the next one.
I agree with hunter
I never thought that I would ever see a House/mlp fanfiction. I guess I can't rule anything out.
"Cross my hear hope to fly"
You forgot to cross the heart.
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Rule 34.2 There is a pony version, no exceptions.
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10,000 words is too much in my opinion.
Just 3,000 is fine. It promises more than just a scene of them in a single room chatting away about typical things. I'd rather see some of that in a chapter that's more meaningful toward the progression of the story than it being stand alone.
I'm not sure why you're putting ashamed of it though. Regardless it was a good scene, just needed another one after that.
3314595 Holy hell XD
Im looking through the comments to see if I should give this story a quick read, and I see your profile pic XD
Guessing your a spitfire fan... *snrk*
I must say something before I read. House in Equestria? GENIUS!!!
I am the 1001 like! Fear me for I am your God!
Read up to here from the start in one sitting. Definitely needed a proofreader, but it wasn't painful to read, so there's that. The only thing you really, really need to work on is your dialogue attributions ("Blah blah blah," said Alice). I know it's awkward sometimes to write "x said" or an equivalent over and over again, but it would make a few of the conversations much easier to follow, especially the conversation between the CMC and Wilson in chapter 5.
Other than that, I really, really want to hug Wilson. Him without a cutie mark + the CMC has me so interested that I'm disappointed with the switch to medical drama mode. House is so-so: he's still his standard snarky old self. It's entertaining, I guess, but he hasn't surprised me yet. I hope that changes.
Good
Please tell me there isn't gonna be a HUGE delay. PLEEAASE?
Oh man, I've read all of the chapters in a couple hours. I'm real excited on what's gonna happen next. Lovin' this story and keep up the good work.
3315786 Come on! They've said "hand" plenty of times in MLP.
3315180-squee- how could ya tell
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Fixed it anyway :D
Blast it all, i'll likely forget about this fic before I get back to it.
it's lupus
Your depiction of House is incredibly spot on.
edit: Great fic. I hope you continue to update it... even if it's only every few months.
I sure am only speaking for myself when I say this: I do not need regular releases, since you are obviously not inactive considering your other fics. It is completely fine if you want to focus on your other stories for now, inspiration comes and goes. Considering the previous chapters, I know for sure that you can make something great for both House and Wilson, once you put your mind to it. Until then, I can wait. This series has a permanent reservation in my favorites in any case.
About the chapter: I wonder if you will actually try to recreate the fancy discussions of the show in later chapters, possibly mixed with Twilight's magic pseudoscience. That might become quite an endeavor.
Im with the dude above me.
Don't force it boss, the wait is worth it!
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But, if are symptoms we are missing because she is out cold
If their is a chance
1. But, if there are symptoms.
2. There.
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the subclauses of rule 34 merely state that if something is a thing, then either it exists in "x" form, or someone considers it "x" (rule 63 notwithstanding, as it is a large enough occurrence to warrant its own rule.)
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Is who a pony or a human?
Not bad. A bit short and development-y for my taste, but your reasoning makes sense.
A point, though:
No. Unless much has changed in the... two years since I watched it regularly, House does not have friends. At least, not in any of the commonly understood meanings of the word.
That said - I can't wait for Pinkie Pie to give it a shot. The resulting prank war will be the stuff of _legends_.
Before I read Im wondering if they cure his cancer. Is it going to be like:
Well the bad news is you can never go home. The good news is you have a clean bill of health!
3320646 Wilson is a pony and House is a human
3359158Indeed.
Hmm... Chapter 9 seems to have declined in quality compared to the rest of the story. Did you lose a prereader or something?
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haven't had my prereader in some time. :D Sent him chapter 8 and never heard back from him :D
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