//------------------------------// // Doctor's Visit // Story: The Final Human // by BananaRocket Productions //------------------------------// Last night wasn't too bad, you have had worse like the time you spent a whole night fighting those Aliens. They stopped messing with you for a while after that. The sound of hooves grabs your attention, it's Fluttershy coming straight for you. The grin she is giving you is heartwarming, like a ray of sunshine piercing your heart with kindness. "Good morning Anon," she said with her calming voice. "Would you like anything to eat? I have no idea what your species eats but I do have lots of fruits and vegetables. Would you like any?" "Actually," you reply, "I'm an omnivore so I am good with anything. But I haven't had fruit in a long time, any fruit is fine." "Alright then, I'll bring you some apples if that is fine with you. They are really good, my friend Applejack grows them and she only picks the best." "That's great, I'll take it. Thank you." "I'll be right back then. Oh! I forgot to tell you but the doctors are going to be here in a little. They should be able to heal anything pretty quick." With that she walks off to the kitchen, she is so nice to someone who has only known you for a couple of hours. Well she is the Element of Kindness. What about the rest of the Mane six? Will they like you? Maybe, they all seem to be really kind from what you remember of the show. Just please let Pinkie be as happy and crazy as she was in the show. She really influenced the way you lived for a while, trying to spread happiness and laughter to others. That is when there was 'others' to spread it to. "I'm back. Here you go," Fluttershy says handing you a plate of sliced apples. You reach towards the plate only to notice your hand is awfully shaky. Fluttershy notices this and pulls the plate back. "A-are you alright? You don't seem very well, are you hurting?" "Yea i'm alright, it just seems to be from shock from the fall or something," you reply and reach for the apples once more. She cautiously gives the to you, watching to see that you were truly alright. With the plate in hand you put an apple in your mouth, the taste is overwhelmingly good. Your eyes widen from this and Fluttershy takes notice. "What's wrong? Are they bad?" she says with a very concerned tone. "They are the BEST apples I've had in a long time! I am really surprised! I've never had anything taste this good but from my Mom's cooking, and that's saying something!" as you say this, you down the rest of the apple slices. "I'm really glad. You really had me worried! I thought you hated the apples, Applejack would have really hated herself for picking bad apples." "Thank you Fluttershy, that was great! I'm actually full now, can't really believe it only took one apple." As you finish saying that, someone knocks on the door. "Excuse me," Fluttershy says as she turns around. She opens the door to reveal one unicorn doctor and two earth pony nurses. They say hello to Fluttershy and walk in, making their way to your couch. "Hello Mr Anon," says the Doctor. "My name is Doctor Horse and I'm here to check up on you. From what I heard you had a pretty nasty fall. Let's see is anything is broken. Now it may take me a while but I have to get used to your physiology in order to not damage anything further. I will have to put you to sleep to examine you extensively if that is fine with you." "That's fine, just don't cut me open too much" you say jokingly. Thankfully it looks like he picked up on the joke. "Well as long as you cooperate then I won't. Don't worry it will be quick and painless. Goodnight Mr. Anon...." With that you fall asleep. Being put under is weird, like time slows down and speeds up at the same time. You can hear people talking in the distance but what they're saying is a mystery. Blobs of color and darkness is all you can see, but you know you aren't dreaming. An unknown amount of time passes and you begin to awaken. Something isn't right, you are laying on dirt on top of a hill. Where are you? You start to regain your senses and realize what is happening. The hill is overlooking a ditch not to far, this is familiar. You look more closely into the ditch and see a group of figures sprawled across it, they are humans! You focus more on the one closest to you, it's bloody and the face on it brings you horror. Your eyes widen and you yell a blood curdling scream. "MOOOOM!!!!" Your eyes readjust to reveal that you are back on your couch in Fluttershy's cottage. Everyone is looking at you, Fluttershy, The doctor and his nurses, and Rainbow Dash. Tears run down your eyes and you are hyperventilating. Did they hear you? Clearly, they are all far from you. "What happened?" you ask. "We were finishing fixing you up and were about to release the spell to wake you up. Then you yelled for your mother and awoke to what you see now." said the doctor, he seemed very concerned and scared. You know you yelled at the top of your lungs but didn't realized it was that loud. "I'm sorry. It was just a bad dream, nothing else." "Seemed like a really scary one at that," said Rainbow Dash. "Well we are done with fixing all your wounds," said one of the nurses "you should be good to walk in five days time." "Was it bad?" you saw wiping away your tears. "No, just a couple of fractured bones, far from what we expected from a fall like this." "Well that's good. Will I be able to go see Twilight soon?" "I recommend you rest for about a day before attempting anything." "Alright, how about this bathing issue?" You actually haven't taken a bath for about half a year. The soak you had when coming here really took away any smells you had but you still need a proper shower. "Bathing is fine but just don't stand on your hind legs." "Oh! These things at the end of my legs are called feet. And these," you say holding up your hand " are hands." "That's good to know." She quickly pulls out a notepad and pencil and quickly jots down a few things and puts it back into the saddle bag she pulled it out from. "Well we are done for today, we can't give you any medicine for the pain for now as we don't know the effects it will have on your body. We are sorry but we are sure Fluttershy here can do her best to comfort you as best she can. We would like for you to come by to the hospital in two weeks for a check-up and to get more data." "Sure! But what do you mean about data?" "Well seeing as you are a new species to appear in Equestria, we would like data about your species physiology for historical records." "Seems reasonable, will do." All the hospital staff say their goodbyes and are out the door. You don't care what they did to you in your sleep, you feel way better now. They actually healed some injuries from Earth! They really are good! Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash both turn to you looking like they have some questions to ask. "Umm.. Anon?" Fluttershy starts, "What.." "What the HAY was that 'MOOOOM!' thing about anyways" Rainbow Dash asks, interrupting Fluttershy. "I mean that really scared all the other ponies, except me. Nothing ever scares me." "I already told you it was just a bad dream. Lets not talk about it now, alright?" "Fine," Rainbow dash said with an annoyed tone. She motions to Fluttershy to follow her, they move outside. Despite moving outside you can still clearly hear them. They are talking about you. "See!" Rainbow dash starts "I told you! He is hiding something, and I think we should find a way to get rid of..." "Dashie! How could you say that! He said it was just a dream! And even if it wasn't a dream, it shows he isn't out to hurt anypony. Somepony who wants to hurt things usually isn't worried about their mother. He probably misses her, all alone and hurt in some strange place. That shows that we need to help him even more as he is probably really scared right now." "Uhhhggg, fine I'll play nice for now. But if he does anything suspicious, I'm planting my hoof straight into his face." They walk back inside, they both walk past you, both nervously smiling. Little to their knowledge, you heard everything thanks to your good hearing. You know why she is so concerned, an alien arriving to her town. She fears for all he friends, you know the feeling all too well. You have to confront her to remove the tension sooner or later. Maybe later when she feels more comfortable with you, better give her some space for now. All of this is too much for you, you need a good sleep with no nightmares preferably. Maybe Luna could help you with that. Wait? Did Luna see the dream you had last night? Well if she did, there is nothing that can be done now. You are tired so you don't care right now. Your eyes become more heavy and the familiar calmness takes you. The dreams you have are of happy memories, ones of your mother hugging you, taking you to the park, and the time spent just sitting and talking with her. Overall a good night with plenty of sleep.