//------------------------------// // Hospital Time // Story: Team Harmony // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// Gilda lifted her claw to finish of Fox who was laying on the ground and he was not moving but before she could finish him off the door to the house open and AJ stepped out. “What’s going on out here?” She then saw Gilda standing over Fox with her claw above her ready to kill him. “What have you done to Fox?” Gilda said nothing she just spread her wings and flew off into the night, AJ ran after her but Gilda was too fast. She then looked to Fox who was just lying there on the ground face down, AJ ran to him to check if he was okay. “Fox, are you okay?” She got no responded, she checked for a pulse and she breathed a sigh of relief when she found out that he was alive but then she noticed the blood. She turned him around on his back and she almost threw up when she saw his eye, it was torn up. “Mac, get out her NOW.” AJ shouted. Mac came out as fast as he could, he ran over to AJ and Fox to see what the fuss was about. Then he saw Fox lying on the ground. “AJ, what happened to Fox?” He asked her. “I don’t know, I was on my way to my room when I saw somepony outside, when I got outside I saw Gilda standing over Fox. I think she was going to kill him.” When Mac heard that he stared to see red, he and Fox might not have been best friend but Mac considered him as friend and nopony hurts his friends. “We need to get Fox to the hospital his eye is injured.” That got Mac back to reality, bent down and lifted Fox over his shoulder. “AJ, you run a head and warn the hospital. I’m right behind you.” AJ said nothing she just ran as fast as she could to the hospital. Sunset was doing her night routine, she was about to close the curtains of one of her window in the library when she saw AJ running outside. ‘Where is Applejack going at this hour?’ She opened the window. “Hey Applejack.” Applejack stopped. “Where are you going? The clock is 10 at night.” “I’m heading the hospital Fox is hurt.” AJ answered her. That got Sunset attention. “Hurt? What happened?” “It was Gilda.” When Sunset heard that her fears rose. “Look, I can’t take Big Mac is right behind me and I got to warn the ponies that are working at hospital.” Applejack stared to run again while Sunset quickly closed the window and ran to the door, when she was outside she could see Big Mac running toward her with Fox on his shoulder, she ran to them. “Mac, what happened? Your sister said that Gilda hurt Fox.” Mac said nothing just ran and Sunset followed him, even thought he had a giant fox on his shoulder Mac was pretty fast and Sunset had difficulty keeping up. When they arrived at the hospital one doctor and nurse Redheart waiting with a stretcher, Mac laid Fox down stretcher and staff hurried to fixed Fox’s eye. “Now that we all have stopped running can one of you tell me what the hay happened.” Sunset almost shouted. “Gilda was about to kill Fox, I think.” Applejack answered her. “You think? Applejack what happened?” Applejack told her exactly what happened, when she was finished Sunset was furious. “When I get my hands on that griffon I’m going to rip her wings off.” Both apple siblings backed off when they saw the anger in Sunset eyes, one thing everypony in Ponyville knew never get too close when Sunset is angry. Luckily for them Redheart came in to the waiting room. “How is he Redheart?” Applejack asked. “He lost his left eye, it was so badly damage that it couldn’t be saved. Other than that, he’s fine.” “Can we see him?” Sunset asked. “He’s is sleeping right now, I think it best you all come back tomorrow.” None of them argued with what Redheart said so they went home. When I finally awoke after I pasted out the first thing I felt was the pain in my left eye, I tried to remember what happened. Everything was a little fuzzy at first but then I remember that Gilda attack me, she tried to kill me that pitch. I tried to open my eyes but only my right eye open and the first thing I saw was a white ceiling, I guess I’m in the hospital, I hate hospitals. The food tasted bad and I hate sleeping her, I tried to feel my left eye with my left hand and I could feel bandage that was wrap around my eye. I could already guess what has happened but before I could take it of the door open and stallion with white coat walked in and he was holding a clip board. “Let’s see, the patient is…” He looked up from the clip board. “…awake.” He walked over to my bed. “Hello Mr. McCloud my name is doctor Stable, how are you feeling tight now?” “It feels like someone is hitting my head with a hammer and someone is hitting my left eye with an ice pick right now, other than that I feel good.” “Yes, about your eye…” I raised a hand to cut him off. “Doc, I already figure out what happened with my eye. Just tell me how bad it is.” “Alright then, you basically lost your left eye we tried to save it but…” He just trailed off. “Great, just great.” “You don’t sound to broken off to have lost eye Mr. McCloud.” “Trust me doc and lost eye is nothing compared to what I lost before I come to Equestria.” “If you say so, by the way you have some guest are you up it?” I just nodded my head. “I’ll tell them they can visit.” He left the room. After I had left the room I just stared at the white ceiling just trying to figure out why she tried to kill me but nothing comes to mind, she said that it was my fault that she was made a fool at the party. How the hell is it my fault? I wasn’t even there, I left when Dash had punch me in the face. I was brought out of my thought when the door open and AJ, Fluttershy, Rarity and Sunset walked in. When Shy saw mw she ran straight over to me. “Are you okay Fox?” I just couldn’t help but smile. “Yes Shy, I’m fine. If you don’t count that I have lost my left eye. So, where’s Pinkie and Dash.” They looked at each other with worried face’s. “What? What did I miss?” I asked them. AJ was the one that spoke. “This morning when I told them what happened they both felt bad for what happened to you, Pinkie for throwing the party and Dash for not to hear your side of the story, what happened to Fluttershy. We tried to convince them to come but they wouldn’t listen.” Well that’s just great, now I have to convince those two that I don’t blame them. “Great, just great.” “How are you holding up darling?” “Beside the pain and the headache? I’m great Rarity.” “That’s something I guess but what did Gilda do this to you?” “It was my fault.” That just confused them. “What do you mean that it was your fault?” Shy asked me. “After I had talked with AJ I stayed out a little longer, when I was about to head in Gilda attack me and blamed me for everything that happened to at the party. So, she tried to kill me.” That got Shy and Rarity to gasp. “What’s wrong with her? It was her on fault that she looked like a fool at the party not you.” Rarity said with anger in her voice. “I have no idea Rarity, I’m just glad that it just my eye she got. Know that I think of it, how did I get here?” “Me and Mac got you here.” I looked at AJ. “You and Mac.” She nodded. “AJ, what happened after I pasted out?” “I was heading to bed when I heard some noise outside so I decide to see what it was, when arrived outside I saw Gilda standing over you, it looked like she was going to kill you.” “Then I owe you two my life.” I told her. “You don’t owe us anything Fox, I’m just glad you are alive.” “That’s makes us two.” We didn’t get to talk more because Redheart enter the room. “I’m sorry to interrupt but visiting hours is over and Fox need his rest.” They all gave me a hug before the walked out. “Hey Red.” She poked her head in. “When can I leave, I’m not very fond of hospitals.” “You have to stay here a few days to see if nothing bad has happened to your eye.” She walked out the room and closed the door after herself. I really hate this part, waiting. There is nothing to in a hospital, the only thing you do is lying in bed, eat or going to the bathroom. I tried to stand upright and when I did that the world stared to spin, I fell face first on the floor. Then I heard the door open, I thought it was Red but it wasn’t. I heard a gasp. “Fox, are you okay.” It was Twilight, I could hear her walking over to me, then I she helped me up on my feet. “What happened? Why are you on the floor?” I looked at her. “I was trying to get to the bathroom.” She just gave me ‘oh’. “I guess the damage was worse than I thought by the way, why are you here? I thought that visiting hours was over.” “I ask Redheart if I could visit you, she gave me ten minutes.” “Alright, why didn’t come before?” She looked down on the floor. “I wasn’t in the mood before, after what happened on Applejack’s farm I felt really bad the way I reacted. I was very upset because you help Applejack and not me.” “You were upset because I help Applejack and not you?” She nodded. “Why would that upset you? Does it very mater who help her?” “It doesn’t but it upset me anyway, I was afraid to fail princess Celestia.” She sat down on the bed and buried her face in her hands, she started to cry. I sat down beside her and but a hand on her shoulder. “You’re not failing her Twilight.” She looked at me with tears in her eyes. “How can you know that? You’re not her student, I was supposed to write her a letter every week what I learn about friendship and I can’t do it.” “What do you mean ‘you can do it’? just write the letter and then send it.” “That last part is the problem, I can write the letter but I can’t send it. It’s like something is preventing me from sending the letter.” It looks like that the elements are preventing her from sending letter to the Celestia, so what can I say to her. “Let me ask you something Twilight, when you are writing the letters how do you feel inside you.” She took a deep breath. “It makes me feel uneasy, I have troubling sleeping at night. I don’t know what it means.” “Maybe it’s your conscience that’s telling you not do write the letters.” “My Conscience?” She just looked confused. “Didn’t you say that too me a couple of days ago?” “I did?” She nodded, I thought a little. “I guess I did.” “I can’t believe that you had forgotten that.” “Well excuse me, I was attack by and angry griffon.” I pointed at my left eye. “Cut me some slack.” “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.” I sighed. “Don’t worry about it, can we talk about this after I have gone to the bathroom?” She nodded. “Thank you.” I went there and did my thing, what? Do you really think I’m going to write about me peeing? Who do you think I am? Pinkie? When got out from the bathroom Sparkle was still sitting on the bed, I got back up in bed and lay under sheet. “So, what are you going to do now?” She looked at me confused “What do you mean?” “Well, you can’t send letter to the princess so what are you going to do?” “I don’t know, maybe I could send them by the mail.” I couldn’t help but roll my eye of that. “Do you really need to send her a letter every time you learn something new about friendship?” She stood up and I could see that she was about to panic. “Of course, I have to if I don’t she going to send me back to magic kindergarten.” I couldn’t but wonder where she got that idea from, magic kindergarten? Seriously. “Twilight calm down.” That didn’t help. “What I’m going to do? I don’t want to be send back there.” She stared to pace around the room so I decide to talk some sense before she was the one that need a doctor. “Twilight, if you don’t calm down I’m going to slap you again.” She stopped pacing. “Why do you think Celestia is going to send you back to magic kindergarten? Have she done that in the past?” “No.” She answer whit uncertainty. “Then why would she do it now and does it really matter that she gets the letters or not as long you are learning, isn’t that the reason she sent you here, to learn?” “I really haven’t thought about it that way, maybe you are right.” She grabbed her head. “I don’t know what do anymore. I need time to think.” She walked out of the room leaving me alone, I felt kind of bad for her for what the elements was doing to her but I couldn’t do anything so I’ll just hope that she does the right thing. Now let’s get back to business, I was in a hospital with bandage on my left eye. I won’t bore anyone with the details but it was so boring, a hospital is supposed to make a person feel better so why do the serve so crappie food? The plus side was that the girls came to visit med, except Dash and Pinkie. They were still felling quilt over what happened with Gilda, once I can leave I’m going to have a talk with them that’s for sure. Twilight came also to visit me, she said the she wouldn’t send letter to Celestia. She said that as long as she is learning it doesn’t matter that Celestia get letter from her, I said that I would help her when she was practicing magic. She said that I did not have to do it but I insisted, she agreed eventually. Thunderland the other guys also visit me, which was nice. The day was finally here, the day they could remove my bandage and let me leave. Three days I have been in the hospital and let me tell you I was eager to leave. The one who was removing the bandage was Redheart. “Would you hurry up Red, I want to get out of her.” I tried to shift position in the bed “Would you stop squirming Fox, I don’t want to hurt you.” “Hurt me? I got a scar on my left eye, how can you hurt me even more?” I asked her while she removed the last part, I heard the girls who was also here gasp. “What? Is it bad?” I ask them. “Well, it isn’t bad.” Said Sunset. Now I was curious. “Does anyone have a mirror?” “I have on.” Rarity pulled out a hand mirror from her purse that gave her a look from the others. “A lady is always prepared.” She gave me the mirror. What I saw made me sick, I saw Wolf O’Donnell. That’s right, thanks to the scar I look like him. It stared just above my eyebrow and goes down right above my mouth, the girls could see that were something wrong with me. “Fox darling, are you okay?” “I’m just fine Rarity.” “Are you sure? You don’t look good, you look like you’re going to throw up.” I’m about to. “Like I said I’m fine, here.” I tossed Rarity the mirror, she manged barely to catch it. “Carful Fox.” “You have probably more of them.” “That’s true but breaking a mirror can give you seven years of bad luck.” Too late. Then I saw Red took out eye patch and gave it to me. “What’s this?” I ask her. “You need to wear this.” “Hell no, I’m not wearing that.” “If you don’t then your eye may get infected.” “That’s chance I’m willing to take because I’m not wearing that.” I pointed at eye patch. “Fine, if you don’t want to wear it then I won’t force you.” Red took the eye patch and walked out the room leaving me with the girls, minus Dash and Pinkie. They all looked worried about me and I don’t blame them. “Why don’t you want to wear it?” Sparkle asked me. “Not now, I just want to get dress and leave.” I was about to get out of the bed when I noticed the girls was still in the room. “Do you girls mind?” After I said that they got out pretty fast, when they had left I went over to the chair where my clothes were and got dressed. When I got to the main lobby then only one I saw was Sunset and Sparkle. “Where are the other?” I asked them. “Applejack had chores do to, Rarity had to buy food while Fluttershy has to check on her animal.” Sunset answered. I just nodded while I went over to desk where Red was with some paper I had to sign. “Where are Dash and Pink by the way?” I asked them after I had sign. “Well, both hasn’t been out from their home since the accident.” Said Sparkle. “Are you serious?” Both nodded. “That was four days ago, don’t tell me that both blame themselves for what happened to me?” Again, they nodded, I couldn’t help groan. “I better have a talk with them, talk you girls later.” With that I was on my way. My first place was Dash’s home and it was pretty easy to find, it’s a giant floating fortress with a rainbow waterfall. Getting there was not easy, walking with one eye was very difficult. I looked up and it looked like no one was home. “Dash, get your rainbow tail out here.” Nothing happened. “Don’t ignore me, I know you’re up there.” Then I hear movement. “Leave me alone Fox.” Yeah right. “Hell no Dash, I heard that you and Pinkie are blaming yourself over what happened and I’m not leaving until we have talked.” I could hear more movement and the Dash poked her head out from edge of the clouded and she looked like mess, even more than before. “You’re not going away before we have talked.” “That’s right, now come down here.” I pointed at the ground. “Fine.” She flew down and I finally got a looked at her and let me tell you it looked like she hasn’t taken a shower in days, it smelled like to. “Here I am what do you…” She then noticed my eye. “Holly crap, your eye Fox. What happened?” “Gilda happened, remember?” She looked down on the ground. “Oh yeah, I forgot about that and it’s my fault.” “Dash, look at me.” She did. “I don’t blame you for my eye but I’m angry because you didn’t let me tell my side of the story, you just assumed that I was guilt.” “I know and I’m sorry about that Fox.” “Sorry is not going to cut it but you have to stop blaming yourself for what happened to my eye, look. I know that we aren’t best friends but do you really think that I would hit a female?” She stared to rubbed her arm. “No, you wouldn’t.” She sighed. “I guess it’s not my fault, Gilda isn’t the friend I remember. But why did Gilda do that to you?” “She blamed me for what happened at the party.” That shocked Dash “What? You’re not to blame, she is. She made fool of herself at the party not you.” “According to her, it was my fault. I got to talk to Pinkie, see you around Dash.” I turned around and stared to walk away. “Wait.” I looked over my shoulder. “Thanks by the way, for helping Fluttershy. That means a lot to me.” I smiled. “You’re welcome Dash.” One down one to go. Sugarcube corner, the most famous place in Ponyville, home of the Cake’s and Pinkie Pie. This is one conversation I’m not looking forward to. When I enter Sugarcube corner I could see Mrs Cake behind the counter, I walked over to her and she noticed that I had enter. What I noticed that she wasn’t angry at, that’s good I guess. “Hello Mrs. Cake, I heard that Pinkie hasn’t been out from her room in four days.” “That’s right, she blames herself for what happened to your eye, which looked pretty bad.” “Don’t worry about my eye, it isn’t so bad as it looked. Back to the reason I’m here, can I talk to Pinkie?” She nodded. “Sure, her room is up the stairs and the last room in the end of the hall.” I thank here and went up the stairs, when I reached the end of the hall I saw a door that was painted pink. Yes, it was pink. One word, random. I knock a few times and I got an answer right away. “Who is it?” That didn’t sound like Pinkie, it didn’t sound happy but it sounded sad. “It’s Fox, can I come in Pinkie?” “The door is open.” I open the door and walked in, I was meet by complete darkness. I’m glad that I can see in the dark, by the bed sat Pinkie but something was wrong with her, her hair was flattened and not bubbly like before. I sniffed in the air and it stinks, I had to cover my nose. “What the hell Pinkie, why aren’t the windows open? It stinks in here.” I walked over to one of the windows pulled away the curtains to open the window. “That’s better, fresh air.” I looked at Pinkie who was sitting on her bed and she had change, her hair, tail and fur was much darker. I guess she looks like that when she is sad, I sat down beside her. “I heard that your blaming yourself for what happened to me.” She just nodded. “Well you shouldn’t, it was Gilda who gave me the scar not you.” “But it’s my fault, if I haven’t throw that stupide party she wouldn’t have attack you.” Wow, Pinkie saying a party is stupide. Never thought I would hear those words coming out of her mouth. “Listen Pinkie, you could have never known what she would do. You only did was you thought was right, nothing more.” “Maybe but I still feel bad for what happened to you.” I put and around her. “Don’t worry about my eye Pinkie, that is nothing was I lost before I came here.” She looked at me. “What did you lose before you came here?” Shit, I didn’t mean to say that. “Look Pinkie, I’m not ready to tell anyone about that part yet. What I want right now is you to stopped blaming yourself for what happened to me, it’s not your fault or Dash’s, it Gilda. Got it?” “I know but I just can’t stop think about it.” This isn’t working, I have one idea but it’s not the best idea I’ve had. I got up. “Then I guess you don’t want to be my friend anymore.” I could she stared to panic. “What? Of course, I want to be your friend, why would you say that?” “Then stopped blaming yourself, it’s not your fault. Either you stop blaming yourself or you can forget to be my friend, your choice.” This may not be nicest thing I have done but when it comes to Pinkie and friends, you get the idea. “What’s it’s going to be?” I asked her. “Alright, I stopped blaming myself.” “Good, now go and take a shower because you stink, very bad.” She sniffed herself. “I’ve been sitting here for four days, guess I need a shower.” She ran past me and out the door to the bathroom, I just only shook my head of that pony. Before I left I told Mrs Cake that I had talk with Pinkie and she would get back to work soon, I hope. She was very grateful to hear that. Before I head back to the farm I took a walk to clear my head. The last couple of days has been crazy, first I get blamed for given Gilda a black eye, Dash punching me in the face, Cheerilee slapping me face and Gilda given me a scare over my left eye. I guess this is my life now. Before I head to the farm I decide to see how Fluttershy was doing. When I arrived at her house the sun was starting to set, I still don’t believe that Celestia and Luna move the sun and moon. Back to Shy, her light was still on so she was awake. I knock on the and when I did I could hear a ‘eep’ inside, I guess she’s still jumpy. “Who is it?“ I could barely hear that. “It’s me Shy.” I heard footsteps coming towards the door and it was open very carefully, she poked her head out. “Hello Fox, what are you doing here at this hour?” “I just wanted to check on you, see if you were okay after what happened to Gilda.” She nodded. “Yes, I’m doing fine. Thank you for asking.” She smiled “That’s good, see you around Shy.” I stared to walk away. “Wait.” I turned around to see what she wanted. “Do you want to come in for a moment?” I thought about it, it was getting late but it had been rude to say no. “Sure Shy, I can stay for a couple of minutes.” She stepped aside so I could enter her house, this is not the first time I have been in Shy’s house but her house always amazes me. Squirrels, birds and mouse inside her house, I’m surprised that she hasn’t a bear inside. And then there’s Angle bunny, I swear that bunny hates me. “Why don’t you take seat on the couch and get us something to drink.” She told me while heading towards kitchen- “No thanks, I can’t stay long. Is there something you want Shy?” Her cheeks became red and she tried to hide her face behind her face, what now? “No, maybe.” Then Angel came up to Shy and kick her on her foot. “I’m trying Angle.” Trying what? She took deep breath. “I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me, if you want to.” I didn’t see that coming. “I’m flatter Shy but I’m don’t think I’m ready to go on a date right now, I just brook up with Cheerillee four days ago. I think we brook up, I don’t know. Where did this come from any way?” She stared to twiddle her thumbs. “I have seen couple in the park and they look so happy and I just want to have that special pony, I just feel so lonely at times. I have my animals but I just want to have someone that I can really talk to.” Then her mood dropped so I put a hand on her shoulder. “Don’t give up Shy, you’re a beautiful mare and I’m sure you will find that special pony one day.” Her cheeks became red. “Do you really mean that?” “Of course, I do you are just a little young for me and besides, I see you as little sister.” She then gave me a hug and I returned it. “I’d love to be your little sister.” That part made me very happy and let me tell you I need that. We broke up the hug. “I have to go, talk you late.” She nodded. I stepped outside and saw that the sun was setting, I waved goodbye to Shy and headed to the farm. When I arrived back at the farm the night was coming and I could see AJ and Mac sitting outside by the terrace having a drink, Mac was leaning against the railing and AJ was sitting on a chair, they notice me coming. “Howdy Fox, want a drink?” “Sure AJ, I could need one.” She tossed me a bottle of apple cider, I popped open the cork and drank the hole bottle. “I need that.” I tossed the bottle back to her, she manged to catch it. AJ whistle. “You were thirsted, how did go with Dash and Pinkie?” “I told them that it was not their fault but if it worked I don’t know, only time will tell. There something I want to tell you both.” They looked at me with questions looks. “I’m moving out.” I tried to read their faces after I said that but they were normal. “Don’t go crazy all at once.” “We kind of knew it was coming, we didn’t expect you to live here for ever.” Said AJ. “You got a pointed there, so you two are okay with it?” Both nodded. “That’s good, I think okay for granny that leaves the little one.” I looked up where the bedrooms were. Ever since I arrived me and Applebloom have become close, almost like brother and sister. We have done a lot things together that sibling would do, she is going to hate me for moving out. “Yeah, she going to take it the hardest.” Said Applejack, Mac just nodded. “I’ll think about that tomorrow, I’m heading to bed.” I headed to the front door. “Oh, it turns out that Shy had crush on me.” With that I disappeared into the house.