Chapter 10
~Syphony's POV~
I woke up from my sleep. I heard horrible screaming.
The lights flickered on, lighting the room to reveal nurses and doctors bursting through the doors.
I shot up, intent on seeing what they were going after. What I saw surprised me. It was that puppy. He was screaming and thrashing in his bed.
"Hold him down!" A nurse yelled at the doctor.
I watched that puppy was actually pushing grown ponies back and actually managed to knock a stallion down. I was amazed and he was so strong. The pup finally woke up crying.
"I wan't Octey!" Pup screamed at the top of his lungs. The doctors stuck him in the neck with a needle.
Pup eyes slowly started closing. And he fell on his bed.
The nurses and doctors left the room almost out of breath. I noticed the pony staring at him the way I probably was. I flew over to her bed and turned on the light.
"Hey what ar-"
I silenced her with a hoof. "I just wanna talk, ok?" I asked. She nodded and I took my hoof away.
"What do you think his problem is?" I asked the orange filly.
She shrugged, "I don't know, bad dream."
I facehoofed. "Look that wasn't any bad dream, that was a night terror. I should know, I have to take medicine for mine."
"Sorry, but what is a night terror?" Scootaloo asked.
Again, my hoof met my face. "Um... imagine the scariest nightmare you've ever had..."
"Ok."
"Now make that nightmare ten times worse," I said, looking over to Pup.
He was twitching and crying. I really didn't like him, but the doctors were mean just putting him right back into it.
"You think we should wake him up?" The orange filly asked.
"Scootaloo, they gave him a tranquilizer, he wouldn't get up if we hung him by his tail," I said at a level tone.
"Oh... Hey, how'd you know my name?"
"You and Pup were talking," I replied.
"Oh, well what's your name?" She asked, holding her hoof out.
"I'm Syphony. Syphony Waves," I said proudly, bumping her hoof.
"That's a strange name, are you musically talented?"
"Celestia no. You're thinking of S'm'phony, with the 'm'."
My name resembles taking. Like syphon, just ad a 'y' at the end and you have it," I explained.
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"Are you sure we should be doing this Syphony. I mean if it does what you say wouldn't he be embarrassed?" Scootaloo asked.
"Well duh, thats the point. Now just stick his fat hoof in the water."
"Um, I think wolves have paws."
"What are you a wolf expert." I whispered, stamping a hoof down on Pup's stomach.
He started coughing. "Whoops," I said, getting off his tummy.
He snorted and rolled over. Right on top of me.
I gasped for air. "S-Scootaloo...h-he's... C-rushing me..." I wheezed out.
Scootaloo hopped over the wolf and rolled him off me. I gasped for breath and stood up. "Luna, he's so fat," I said, glaring a him sleeping. "Did the water spill?"
Scootaloo peered over him and started giggling. "No but his paw landed right in it," she said pointing a hoof at the paw that sure enough was in the warm water.
I chuckled at the sight. "Lets go."
On command we both hopped off the bed and raced to her bed, giggling all the way.
I got there first and flew up there. I looked back down to see Scootaloo flapping her wings furiously.
After about a minute of this she stopped and sighed in defeat and looking up at me. "Um I need help," she said.
"Sure thing." I smiled at her and hopped down.
Before she could object I hopped on her back and wrapped my front and back legs around her body. I flew in the air till my wings tougthe ceiling.
Once there Scootaloo panicked, but before she could say anything I dropped her.
A good five foot drop must have been really scary. I mean come on she was a pegasus for chrysalis sake.
I folded my wing and let out and dropped. Flopping next to her, on She glared at me.
"What?" I asked giving the most innocent look I could.
"You could have told me you were going to do that," she said angrily. "Hey aren't you in my class?" She asked, completely forgetting about the subject.
"Um...no, I'm a grade under you," I answered back.
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"How long do we have to wait?" Scootaloo complained.
"We got to wait till he wakes up," I answered tiredly.
"Got? Filly, you really are a grade under me."
"And what is that supposed to mean, Scootaloo? I asked grumpily.
She giggled and said, "your grammar needs a little work."
"Oh, bite me," I said playfully.
"I will."
I scooted closer to her and held my hoof out to her face.
"..."
"Ouch!! You bit me!" I yelled in surprise.
"no really?" she asked sarcastically.
"I didn't think you would," I said. I softly rubbed my hoof and sniffed a tear back.
"Are you gonna... Cry?"
"No... I... Y- you just bit really hard."
She spread wrapped me in a hug. "Eww get off me Scootaloo, It may hurt but not around my neck," I scolded the weird pony.
To my annoyance she giggled. "It's called a hug syph," she said.
"What did you call me?!" I asked getting in her face. "If you got something to say Scootaloo you better say it while I'm listening!"
She held her hoof up in defense. "Celestia, relax Syphony. 'Syph' is just a shortened version of your name, like a nickname," she explained.
I backed away from her. A little embarrassed. My cheeks must have been as pink as that pony that threw a party for my parents and me when we came to this town.
"I'm...sorry... I thought you called me a bad name."
Scootaloo was in a fit of giggles. "It's ok, I get made fun a lot too. But hey we're friends now so you stick with me and Pup and we'll make sure nopony messes with you," she said.
"I don't think Pup wants to be my friend. He called me a runt I don't know what it means but I'm sure it's nothing good."
"Syph It means like the smallest. I'm pretty sure Pup is a runt because me and my friends got a look at another wolf and he was a lot bigger but couldn't have been older than him."
"When did you see him?" I asked.
"Uh... A day before I was hospitalized I think," she answered back.
That sparked my curiosity. "What are you here for anyway?" I asked.
She looked down in shame, "I did something very stupid."