A day later, Applejack is visiting Pinkie. She’s sitting next to her bed, when one of the machine’s alarms goes off. A doctor rushes in, pushing Applejack away lightly. He looks at all the machines then pulls out a stethoscope placing it over pinkie’s heart. Her heart rate has slowed to an alarming rate.
“Pinkie..” Applejack says quietly. “Doctor what’s goin’ on?” she asks, placing a hoof on his shoulder.
“Her heart rate has slowed down rapidly..” he says quietly. “Its barely beating now..”
“No.. Please no..” she says becoming hysterical “Pinkie, Pinkie please wake up..” she says, tears beginning to fall.
The doctor calls to a nurse and the nurse takes her out of the room. As she’s walking out she stops and turns back to the doctor.
“Please.. Do all that ya can..” she tells him, almost begging him.
He nods, “I will do all in my power.”
She nods back and walks out to sit in the waiting room, she lays down on the couch in the waiting room crying. A nurse sits out there with her, trying to comfort her.
“what do ya think will happen..” Applejack asks her through the tears.
“well.. I can’t say for sure deary..” she replies, “but we can be sure that the doctors will do everything in their power to help her.”
“Ah hope you’re right about that..” Applejack says.
From outside the room, more machine alarms go off and yelling can be heard.
“Bring another IV bag!”
“Get a shot of --” She couldn’t understand the name of the medicine said by the doctor.
“Bring in the paddles, we may end up needing them!”
Applejack cries harder knowing what that last line meant. “Please Pinkie..” she whispers to herself, “Please pull through.”
She lays there quietly for the next couple of hours, watching doctors and nurses rush in and out of Pinkie’s room. She just keeps thinking to her self that Pinkie will pull through. One of the doctors walks out of her room and stops outside the door. Applejack looks up at him teary eyed.
“What’s goin’ on doctor” she asks him. “is everythin’ okay?”
“She’s still alive..” he says quietly. “but.. For how much longer, we do not know.” he tells her.
“Whadaya mean, you don’t know for how much longer..” she asks him.
“With how fast her heart rate dropped and how slow its going right now, Its amazing that she’s still alive as it is..” he says to her.
Applejack sighs sadly, “you can’t do anything for her?” she asks sadly.
He sighs starting to feel bad for her. “At this point.. No we can’t do anything more for her.. As of now, its just a matter of time..” he says to her. Then walks over placing a hoof on her shoulder. “I’m so sorry..” he says, then walks away.
Applejack starts crying again, “Pinkie.. Please don’t die.. You’re a fighter.. You can beat this..” she says to herself. “Please Pinkie.. Please..” she just keeps repeating.
She gets up from the couch and walks into Pinkie’s room. Looking at Pinkie, memories flash into her mind. Good, and bad. She sighs sadly, glancing at the heart rate monitor every few minutes or so. Its slowing down. Trying to think of something to help Pinkie live, she starts giving her a pep talk.
“Pinkie, ah’ve known you for a long time now.” Applejack says, starting to tear up almost instantly. “Ah know you’re a fighter, Ah know you can beat this.” she pauses choked up, the heart rate monitor has slowed further. “Pinkie, if you leave us.. We wont be able to beat anyone that attacks Equestria again” she says softly, nuzzling her. “You’re the element of laughter.. We need you Pinkie..” the heart monitor flat-lines. “Ah need you..” her tears are flowing freely now. “Ah love you Pinkie..” Applejack nuzzles her, after a few moments, the heart rate monitor starts showing a heart beat again. “huh..?”
Applejack looks over at the heart rate monitor, then at Pinkie. The frown on her face has turned into a soft smile.
“That’s all I needed to hear..” she whispers.
Applejack’s eyes go wide, she can’t believe it.
“Pinkie.. You’re alive..” she says quietly,
Pinkie nods slightly, barely able to move in the first place. “Eeyup..” she says, then forces a giggle.
Applejack kisses her cheek. “Pinkie, Ah’m so happy you’re alive.. I thought.. I thought..” her tears start flowing again.
Pinkie shakes her head. “I’d never leave you Applejack.” she says quietly.
The doctor from before comes in. “We got alarm out front that she--” he stops what he’s saying, seeing that Pinkie is laying there smiling, eyes half open. “How’s that possible..” he says completely shocked. “She..”
Applejack walks over to him. “Ah know..” she says.
“Well we’ll get right on helping her recover, don’t you worry.” he says with a smile.
He buzzes two nurses and they start doing their job. Applejack walks out of the room and sits in the waiting room like she had before. About an hour later, the doctor comes back out, tapping on her shoulder. She looks up at him.
“She’s going to make a full recovery.” he says with a smile.
“That’s great doc!” Applejack says happily, hugging him.
He hugs her back “She’ll be able to go home in just a few days. I don’t know how she did it, but she lived.”
Applejack nods, “Thanks so much for all your help doc.” she tells him.
He nods and walks away. Applejack looks through the window in the door to the room smiling. Pinkie’s talking to the nurses, they’re smiling and laughing. Applejack sighs happily.
A week later Pinkie is cleared to go home. Applejack walks home with her.
“Pinkie, “Ah’m so happy you’re okay.” she says.
“I’m happy too, the doctors told me you visited me every single day for almost two months straight.” Pinkie says.
“Yeah.. Ah did.” Applejack replies. “Except for one day, Ah had to deliver some food to Canterlot for a garden party.”
“I see, well I guess I can let that slide.” she laughs. Applejack laughs too, then sighs softly. “Applejack, is something wrong?” Pinkie asks.
“Ah shouldn’t have let what happened to you happen..” she says
“Applejack, it isn’t your fault. I wasn’t watching what I was doing. Don’t blame yourself, okay?”
“Okay, if you say so.” she smiles softly.
Pinkie then nuzzles Applejack. “I love you..” she says quietly.
“Ah love you too.” Applejack replies, kissing her softly.
The End.