The next morning, Fluttershy was up on time and feeding her animals their breakfast. After she fed the ferrets, they ticked her neck with their, tails causing her to giggle. “Aww... you’re welcome,” she said. After a few minutes of feeding time for her animal friends, and feeding Angel, she walked upstairs to go wake up her son. “Momma? I don’t feel so good,” Thomas said in a soft raspy voice. “Are you okay, sweetheart? You don’t sound like you usually do,” Fluttershy asked. Thomas then coughed for a few seconds, causing Fluttershy to gasp in horror. She saw him covered in red spots, his nose red, and him sweating. Thomas was sick!
“Oh no! You’re burning up with a fever!” Fluttershy exclaimed, as she placed her hoof on his forehead to check his temperature. “Don’t worry, baby. After you had your breakfast and a nice bath, I’ll take you to see the doctor,” she said. Thomas nodded, and then she carried him downstairs so he can eat. When he sat down, Fluttershy made him a bowl of porridge with orange juice. After breakfast, Fluttershy helped him with his bath, and then he was wearing his fire engine red jacket, safety green shirt, and chocolate brown pants. When Fluttershy lifted him up and held him against her chest so he can rest and listen to her heartbeat, she left the cottage and carefully walked off to Ponyville so she can take Thomas to go see the doctor.
While walking in Ponyville, Thomas kept coughing. “Thomas, I know you’re sick, but don’t worry. I’m sure the doctor will know what’s wrong,” she said. Thomas nodded, and then went back to sleep. Fluttershy then kissed him on the forehead and continued to walk, until she spotted her friends up ahead. “Fluttershy! How are you doin- AAAAHHH! Whatever happened to my darling little nephew?!” Rarity exclaimed shockingly. “Shhhhhh... you’re gonna wake him up,” Fluttershy said. Thomas coughed shortly, and then moaned as he slept. “I’m on my way to take him to the doctor, because he’s burnt up with a fever, and he’s covered in red spots.”
“Aww, poor little feller,” Applejack said. “I hope you know what you’re doing,” Twilight said. “I do,” Fluttershy said, then she said her goodbyes and Rarity gave Thomas a quick kiss on the cheek, and finally, Fluttershy continued her walk to the doctor.
When she sat down on a chair with Thomas sitting on her lap wearing a blanket, and the doctor was examining him. He was a earth pony stallion with grayish amber fur, a curly brilliant orange mane and tail, brilliant amber eyes, a white lab coat over a purple shirt, a stethoscope over his neck, a mirror headband, and his flank had a cutie mark of a stethoscope and varying first aid kit.
He checked Thomas’s heart pulse with his stethoscope, and then looked through his mouth to check his tonsils. “Well, it looks like he’s sick alright,” Dr. Horse said. “But it looks like he has some kind of relationship with pony pox and a common cold, and something called “pneumonia”.”
“Oh, dear. I was afraid that he would end up like this,” Fluttershy said. Thomas then coughed again and again, then the doctor stood back. Fluttershy looked at Thomas, and gently rubbed his back as she brought him closer towards her chest. “But the good news is he’s not contagious,” Dr. Horse said. Fluttershy nodded and then thought of an idea, “Thank you for trying, Dr. Horse. I’ll see if Zecora can help.” Dr. Hooves nodded, and then Fluttershy left the hospital and traveled through the safer part of the Everfree Forest and walked over to a tree hut covered in tribal decor and had yellow windows.
Fluttershy knocked on the door, and then waited for Zecora to answer, and then she saw Thomas softly coughing. “Shhhhhh shhhhhh... It’s okay, baby. Miss Zecora will know what to do,” Fluttershy said, as she gave him a small kiss on his forehead and gently rocked him both quickly and softly. Suddenly, the door opened and Zecora was standing there, “Ah, Fluttershy? Whatever can I do for you, since you’ve come so soon?”
“Um, I’m sorry for disturbing you or not, but I kinda need your help. My son, Thomas? He’s very ill. The doctor said something about a combination of pneumonia, pony pox and a common cold,” Fluttershy said, as Zecora looked down at him, and softly touched his forehead as he coughed. “Oh, my. Such sorrow for this child, all so tender and mild. But nevertheless, I have one solution for him, that should cease his fever that is ever so slim,” Zecora said, and then she looked through her cabinets for some ingredients and put them in a powdering bowl and put it in a small paper envelope. “Give him this, but blend it in a bowl of broth whatever he likes, and his fever shall disappear as quick as ice. And then he must rest, so that tomorrow, he will be at his best.”
Fluttershy nodded, and then she took the medicine from the zebra and thanked her for her help. After she left the forest and used the trail through Ponyville, until she made it back to her cottage and then placed Thomas on the couch, and then made him some chicken broth and then chopped some vegetables into the pot, and then added some noodles, and finally, she added the medicine into the broth and mixed it up. When it was ready, Fluttershy walked over to the living room and gave her son his medicine filled soup dinner.
When he was done, Fluttershy gave him one more bath, and then he put on his favorite blue star covered pajamas and then he was tucked into the bed, and then Fluttershy read him a little bedtime story. He then fell asleep, and Fluttershy put the book away. “Goodnight, sweetheart,” she said, then gave him a kiss on the forehead, and left the bedroom to let her sick boy sleep.
