Pain coursed through my head as ah slowly opened my eyes. Bright light caused me to flinch as ah accidentally looked into the bright light above me.
“Ugh, Where am ah?” ah ask as ah sit up slowly to to look around. My head ached for a second as ah brought sat up, causing me ta flinch an' nearly knocked somethin' over.
“AJ? Your awake!” exclaimed a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane. She looked tired as if she had been sleeping by my side in that chair.
Ah just sat there looking at her in confusion. Which earned me a slight chuckle from her. “What's wrong cowgirl? Cat got your tongue?”
Ah scrunched my face at her, “sorry ta ask but . . . who are you?”
The rainbow maned mare looked at me in disbelief. She was obviously offended, which ah hadn't meant ta do. Ah felt bad for what ah said, but it was true ah didn't recognize this mare.
Ah heard a clicking noise, and turned to see the door just across from me opening.
“I do hope she'll wake up soon. I really feel bad that-” A white unicorn with a curly purple mane an' tail was saying, but stopped as she noticed me. She had several other ponies with her, one was a yellow pegasus with a pink mane an' tail, another was a lavender alicorn with a dark purple main and two colored streaks in both her mane an' tail.
An awkward moment seemed to stretch out as ah seemed to become the center of attention.
“Hi . . .” ah say in an attempt to break the building silence.
Out of no where ah see a pink streak, an' suddenly ah'm being hugged by a pink mare with a wild mane an' tail, that seemed way to energetic an' happy.
“OHHH, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOUR OKAY!” yelled the pink mare, she was huggin' me so tightly ah could barely breath.
Thankfully the lavender alicorn was able to pull us apart, allowing me to breath. “Pinkie you know what the doctor said.”
The pink mare looked at the alicorn with a smile, “I know but I was so worried because of my right eye, left eye flutter, and poof mane. That usually means something RE~EALLY bad was happening.”
“What in tar-nation . . .” ah shook my head trying to get my thoughts straight. “who are all ya'll?” ah ask feeling a little overwhelmed.
Everyponies reaction was almost instant. Each one of the mares looked at me as if they had just heard something unbelievable.
“Applejack?” the lavender alicorn asked, “what do you mean 'who are we?' we're your friends.”
Ah raised one questionin' eye at them all. “Ah, beg your pardon?” ah ask even more confused.
The rainbow maned mare, who ah had almost forgot was there, spoke up. “AJ you don't remember who we are?”
Takin' a moment to compose my thoughts I asked myself a few questions, 'who are these mares? Where am ah? An' an even better question WHO am ah?' Closin' my eyes ah turned shook my head in frustration, an' turned back to her “sorry, ah can't even remember who ah am.”
A gray unicorn stallion walked past the mares an' walked up to me, his mane an' tale black with white streaks, an' an image of a weird little device. He was holdin' a clipboard in his magic. “You my dear, are Applejack of the Apple family. Your friends here brought you in to the hospital late last night, after you were attacked by something in the Everfree forest.”
Ah blinked as ah looked at myself. Several bandages covered my hooves but nothin' else seemed injured. But the instant ah lifted my hoof to my head ah felt the bandages on my head.
“you had several cuts on your legs, relatively minor one, and a what looked like a large cut on your forehead.” He turned the page, “all non-lethal, but could have attracted some seriously dangerous beasts to you.”
Ah turned ta look at the girls who had moved ta their friend with the rainbow mane. “I guess ya'll saved my life by getting me out of there as quick as ya did. Thanks.”
“Applejack, deary, your our friend.” the white mare said, “Of course we would help you.”
“She's right Applejack.” the Alicorn said with a smile. “we'll always be there to help you then you need it.”
“Well,” ah said with a slight pang of guilt that I couldn't fer the life of me remember who these girls were. “I'm probably going to need it. 'cause I don't even know where my home is.”
The alicorn girl smiled, it was a warm an' welcomin' smile that made me feel like ah was in good hooves. “Sure thing, but first we're going to have to reintroduce you to everypony.”
She held out her hoof in an' gave me that same warm smile. “I'll start. My name is Twilight Sparkle, it's nice to meet you Applejack.”
With a smile o' my own a reached out and shook her hoof, “It's my pleasure Twilight.”