As I start to regain sense of what is around me, I hear the faint calls of birds, and the occasional rhythm of…hoof-steps? ‘So if there are hoof-steps; there will be someone nearby,’ I think to myself, curious as to who it could possibly be.
As I look out the window nearby, I see a newly raised sun. ‘Those nightmares are going to be the literal death of me at some point,’ I muse to myself as I wait for something to happen, and just hoping that the next person I see is that nurse that ran off before. Just thinking of how she reacted to my response brought a sad smile to my face.
After reflecting for a while, I hear steps approaching closer but don’t put any mind into it. ‘Might be a new nurse trying to check on me,’ I guess but without any information going with the information, I could have guessed maybe one of the princesses were coming back to see me. ‘Why am I such a fascinating creature, they must have things that look like me or at least close enough?’ I ponder. Taking a guess from last time, I was expecting to see a nurse walk slowly into the room, fear written all over her face.
That wasn’t the case.
“Ahh, it is good to see you awake, Adrian.” I turn my head and see Celestia at the entrance to the room, looking at me with a pleased look on her face. “I was going to guess you’d still be resting but sometimes it is good to be wrong.” Hearing that, I was surprised that she would say something along those lines. I had expected that she was happy she was right, not to be happy that she was wrong.
“Yea…I woke up a little while ago, actually I still waking up really,” I respond. As I was still in bed, and that I couldn’t feel anything on my chest still, I was expecting that I would need to be in the hospital for a little while longer. Though if there is magic, who said I wasn’t healed already? I raise my voice, but as how fate would have it….I cough. I look towards Celestia in my fit of coughing, and I see one of the most caring faces I have ever seen. After the fit, I say, “I was just wondering something. Well more like two things really. First one is when am I going to be able to get out of here and the second relates to food.”
“To your supposed first question, you can leave within the day, or now. Just to make a final check to clear you is all that needs to be done. To that second question…well we kind of don’t know what you eat. From what the doctors told me, you were carnivorous but then they saw molars farther back in your mouth. I take it you are omnivorous?” I nod and then shake my head. “What do you mean ‘Yes’ and then ‘no’?”
“Let me clarify that. I can eat meat but I do not. The main reason being I was raised since birth to only eat fruits and vegetables. Since I was a child, I have never truly eaten meat. The times I have were either dares, or that I didn’t realize that there was meat in what I was eating until a bite or two in. So, yea… Does that help clarify things for you?” I look to her as she stared at me. I was about to say something more but not only did she raise her hoof to silence me I just didn’t know what I was really going to say.
As I sit in silence looking at Celestia looking at me, I start to get uncomfortable. After a few more minutes of silence, I decide to look away and notice something that makes me feel uncomfortable…again.
“Uhh… Celestia…where are my clothes?” I ask. Looking around I don’t see anything resembling my pajamas.
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Oh… you mean those things that caught fire and burned away?” Hearing that, I snap my head towards here with the my face contorted in utter shock. She giggles, “I am just joking. Your clothes are being cleaned and repaired. Blueblood’s attack left a gaping hole in the front of what was your upper garment,” She says. I sigh in relief at hearing they weren’t burned away. But with how she said it I feared the worst.
“And speaking of clothes, I take it you are uncomfortable in your current state?” She asks in a curious tone.
I look down at myself and notice that, other than the blanket that I had, I was completely naked. Yea…totally gonna walk around naked around creatures I have never seen before. “Ummm.. I could but I would rather wear something.” I say. Celestia nods and abruptly leaves.
I sit there, surprised that she up and left. Thinking that she’d come back much later in the day I lay down to rest.
-Not that much later-
As I sit there looking at the ceiling, counting all the blocks for the umpteenth time, I hear hoof-steps again. Guessing that my previous guess last time was wrong, and guessing this might be Celestia, I just wait while I look towards the door. Then after a brief time I see… “Luna?” I see Luna standing there, tired as hell, and standing there with my clothes in her magic.
“Yes. It is I *Yawn* and I have come to give you your clothes back.” She says. She obviously looked ready for bed.
“You look ready for sleep.” I state bluntly. She nods her head to this.
“Yes. I was going to bed but *Yawn* Tia told me to gather your clothes for you and to give them to you. Tia also bid me to tell you that she wants to see you after you dress yourself.” She launches the clothes at me. The projectile coverings soared through the air, and landing on my face. As I start to remove them I hear receding hoof-steps.
A little while later finds myself fully clothed, and ready to go see Celestia.
“ So… it’s off to see the princess.” I state as I start to move towards the large double doors, and from there to a new day, or was it afternoon?