//------------------------------// // Hospital Stay Part One // Story: The love of three // by Shadymist //------------------------------// Chapter Three Hospital stay part 1 “Well Spike, I should be going now. It’s getting late and you need your rest,” Twilight said as she got up. “Alright. See you tomorrow Twi tell everyone I said hi ,” I replied, before rolling onto my stomach so I could go to sleep. I heard the door open and second later heard Twilight say, “Hmm what’s this?” .“What is what?” I said before turning my head to look at her I was surprised to see a familiar white box floating in her magical grasp. “I found this in front of the door.” Twilight rubbed her chin with her hoof in thought. “I wonder who brought it or what’s in it for that matter?” I didn’t have to think about what was in it I already knew, “That’s the box with cupcakes!” I said with excitement. “You mean the ones the girls bribed you with?” Spike nodded. “I can smell them from here.” The scent of the jewel encrusted confections was mouthwatering. Twilight opened the box and checked inside and indeed the were cupcakes inside. “Well I guess you’re right.” She closed the box and began to leave with it. “Wait where are you going!?” “Uh home I guess. Is there a problem?” Twilight asked. “Yes. Why are you taking the cupcakes?” Spike asked. “Spike you’re in the hospital, therefore you will eat the food they serve you.” I shuddered at the thought of having to eat hospital food. “That’s not fair. I got beat up by a manticore for those cupcakes!” To have the cupcakes so close, and then to be told that I would have to suffer through the mush that the hospital called food was maddening. “And you will get them when you are discharged. Bye now.” “Twilight don’t you-” I was interrupted by a flash of light which blinded me for a moment, when I opened my eyes again she was gone meaning twilight had teleported away. “ dare, just great.” With a loud sigh, my head dropped into my pillow and sleep took me. When I woke back up in the morning I could feel the warm heat of the sun hitting my back. As good as that felt though I forced myself up to face the new day. Carefully I turned my body around, and laid back in a sitting position taking extra care not to put too much pressure on my back. I let out a loud yawn and finally opened my eyes. To my horror instead of find the bright light rays of the sun I found to big blue eyes. “AHHH!” I yelled in terror, in my fright I made myself fall off the side f the bed face planting onto the ground with a thud. “Hahahaha that was awesome good job pinkie.” I heard a tomboyish voice say. I let out a quiet growl before getting up and looked at the two pranksters Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. “Not funny guys. I could’ve fallen on my wings.” I said with annoyance. “Lighten up Spike, it’s just a prank,” said Dash who was hovering over the bed. “Yeah turn that frown upside down,” Pinkie said, bouncing on the hospital bed. “Whatever. What are you doing here anyways its-” Spike turned around to look at the clock on the wall that read 8:30. “Before 10:00. Shouldn’t you be asleep Dash?” Dash opened her mouth to speak, but Pinkie interrupted her. “Usually she would be but when I woke up this morning I remembered I needed to visit you today so I thought to myself wouldn’t it be better to have someone else for more company but I couldn’t get the other girls because the punishing the crusaders so I used my new pony launching cannon to shoot myself into dash's cloud house and tackled her out of it and brought her here with me,” Pinkie said in one breath I stared at Pinkie for a long moment before looking at Rainbow who looked horrified. “you okay dash?” I asked “Yeah I’m just remember the horror of a pink demon flying through my home and tackling me out of bed.” Dash shook her head before speaking again “Anyways we came by to check up on you. I know how boring the hospital can be.” Dash said. “And we have cake.” Pinkie said pulling a cake out of her hair that read ‘Get well soon’. I eyed the cake warily. “Yeah I think I’ll pass. Thank you though.” Pinkie shrugged and stuffed the whole cake in her mouth. “So where are the others?” Spike asked “Well Applejack is making Applebloom help Rarity shop for fabric and dig up some gems, Rarity is forcing Sweetie Belle repaint some barns with AJ, I don’t know where Twilight went, and Scootaloo parents got Fluttershy to punish her by making her count all of Fluttershy’s animals.” Pinkie explained. “Well thats boring ,” Spike said just as a idea came to him. “Pinkie, can you do me a favor?” “Sure what is it?” She asked eagerly. “Twilight took a box of gem cupcakes from me. Can you get them back please?” “I dunno Spike she must have taken them for a reason, but then again sweets do heal all wounds.” She tapped her chin in contemplation. “Okay I’ll be right back.” Pinkie Dived under the bed and disappeared from sight. I expected her to come popping out soon, but after a moment of waiting I started to get worried. From the look on Dashes face she was too. “Uh Pinkie?” I called out There was no answer Rainbow flew down and checked under the bed when she picked her head back up she looked startled. “What wrong” I asked “She’s not there” Dash with a hollow voice “Nope, nope, nope too early for this I’m just going to chalk it up to just one of the many perks of being a Pinkie.” Rainbow nodded in agreement “So how was Canterlot?” “Meh same as always: boring and snooty,” “Well why did you have to go?” “Something about some dragon who’s supposed to be waking up in a few months from its hundred year nap or something.” “Really? That’s awesome! How is that boring?” “Well it wasn’t so much as boring as it wasn’t the interesting to listen about a dragon who isn’t even awake yet, but there was an upside.” “And what was that?” “Guess who asked Rarity out on a date.” “Who?” “Oh my gosh it was so funny. It was Blueblood.” “What!” That was really shocking he would’ve never thought Blueblood would have asked anypony out on a date let alone on somepony who threw cake at him. “Yeah Rarity looked like she was going to yell at him, She didn’t probably because princess Celestia and Luna were in the room.” “Well what did she say?” “She told him and I quote ‘I am disgusted that a wretched welp unfit for the title of a royal would ask me on a date and I would never be caught dead out in public with the likes of you’ And she said with such a calm voice it made just that much funnier.” I began to laugh “Oh my gosh what did the princesses do?” “Well Luna just fell over laughing like the rest of us and Celestia just sat there smiling but I could tell she wanted to laugh too.” “I wish I was-” I stopped talking as I noticed a pink hoof jutting out an unaware Rainbow Dash’s mane. He pointed at her with a shocked expression. “What?” Dash asked as the hoof had soon gave way to show a Pinkie head coming out of Rainbow’s mane. “P-P-P-Pinkie Pie.” Was all he could say because he was so freaked out. “Pinkie Pie where?” By this point Pinkie was now fully out of Rainbow Dashes mane and was standing on her back somehow undetected. “HERE I AM!” She shouted, causing Rainbow to fall in shock landing directly on on my head.