Applejack and Twilight had gone home to the hospital, Zecora had also gone home but to her home. On the hospital Applejack wasn't really wanted. Everyone were turning backs to her, and with her new look. They feared her. Some doctors even gave Twilight an offer. "We'll take her off your hands, take her to our hospital." A Green unicorn male with black mane had told her, the Tall Tale hospital. Twilight had only heard about it, the hospital was known to be hard on their patients. Of course, Twilight had always refused his offer. But in doing so he would send her a glare before walking away.
"I tell you Doctor Whooves, they won't leave me alone. They almost beg me to give her up." Twilight said, she and Doctor Whooves walked down the hallway. Twilight was carrying a writing book, she had bought it to maybe help Applejack with her new problem. Doctor Whooves was walking down the hallway to meet his wife, he was about to go on vacation. With him, his wife and their daughter.
"Don't worry about it miss Sparkle, with our hospitals security you don't have anything to fear. I gave her to you because I know you can do it." He said smiling. "well, here is where I go off."
They were already by the door, Twilight said goodbye and watched Whooves walk though the door to his wife and daughter. Twilight had meet them before. His wife's name was Ditzy, but everyone called her derpy. She was a really nice and caring pony. Their daughter went by the name of Dinky as Far as she could remember. Dinky where a adopted unicorn filly, Twilight also remember her when she broke her arm once. Twilight had taken the x-ray and go to know Dinky a little.
Twilight watched whooves hug his wife and pick up his daughter. Joy spread though Twilight, it was such a warm sight. As Twilight watched the family, Derpy had seem to notice her and waved friendly toward her, Twilight smiled and waved back. Before she went off.
Twilight went back to her office to do some undone paperwork. She had already brought Applejack to breakfast and back, she had gotten her medicine. There wasn't really more to do, so she got Applejack to relax and sleep, she had been really tired after Lazur vanished.
Her office wasn't much to brag about, it was coloured with light yellow with a door and a window. Had dark wood furniture, the desk was spruce wood, the chairs where made of the same but had green fabric covering it. A shelf was beside the door with medical books and files she had found out about Applejack. A leaf plant was placed in one of the corners to give some light and life to the room.
As Twilight sat down behind her desk she looked at the papers. Everything from work to taxes. She sighed.Well, better get this done with she thought, as she picked up the first paper.
An hour later Twilight was just half way though, when a particular paper stuck out from the others. Twilight took a sip from her coffee she had gotten. The letter read
Dear Twilight Sparkle
We wish to inform you that your patient Applejack is rare, we wish to take some blood tests on her. We know that you are overprotective over your patient, but we wanted to inform you. There will be coming a doctor to take her away to us. Her name is Delight. She is a really kind mare and will be gentle and careful.
The reason we want to have some blood tests is to see if what you have reported is true. We do not doubt you, but in all kindness we really want to help. This offer is a yes or no, you are fully allowed to say no. Just message us, we will send Delight when we have gotten your answer if yes.
~ Doctor Trica
Twilight looked at the letter for a while, she had never heard about a doctor named Trica. "who is Trica?" She asked out loud.
"Trica is a really good doctor." Twilight's head shot up as she second voice spoke, to her relief Fluttershy and Rarity were standing there, it seems like Rarity was the one who had spoken.
"I never heard about her." Twilight said.
"Well, she doesn't take credit for her work." Fluttershy said. Both Rarity and Fluttershy took a seat. "But I wouldn't send Pinkie there"
"Why not?" Twilight asked. If this Delight was such a good doctor why wouldn't she take the offer?
"Because she works for Tall Tale hospital. There is a myth that says they have their ways to help patients, one says that they abuse them into believing in what they say, or that they treat them like animals, get punished for being bad and rewarded when good." Rarity said for Fluttershy since all of the sudden she became really quiet and almost became in tears.
"H-how do you know?" Twilight asked.
"My father was taken in there after my mother passed away, she was a nurse and I wanted to be like her. Well, I became a doctor." Fluttershy said, she didn't show sadness or pain, her face held a loving smile.
"What was wrong with him?" Twilight dared to ask.
"He just lost it, they were always good to me. I was about ten when I told him I wanted to be like mom, he supported me. He did his best to help me, but I saw his sadness when he watched me read on medicine. One day I found him on the floor, I called for help. A day later I was allowed to see him. Of course the first thing he did when he saw me was to hug me. Later I found out that when I had fallen he had hit his head and had brain damage, I had read about it. I asked the doctor what would happen, he told me hat they would send him to another hospital. But as he heard the doctor he panicked, he couldn't stand being away from me." Fluttershy sighed. "He almost killed a nurse, I had never seen him like that. But they took him away."
"What happened to you?"
"My aunt took care of me, she wasn't really my aunt. She was a really good friend of my mom, she was just like an aunt, she loved me, she watched me, took car of me when my parents were busy. she was basically family." Shy smiled, she remembered everything. "we visited my dad at the hospital, he was in really bad shape. We rushed up to him, we asked the doctor to leave and he did. After that he told us everything. How they abused him, punished him, the pain, the fright of maybe he wouldn't see me ever again." Fluttershy could barely speak now, she was speaking with sobs for almost each word "When... *sob* we confronted t-the hospital, *sob* we weren't allowed there again. *Sob* I don't k-know if he is dead or alive or in pain." She lost it at pain. Rarity had to take over for her.
"Everyone at that hospital is forced in there. Many of their original doctor refused when they heard this, but they would take everyone they could, even kidnap them." Rarity wrapped her arms around the crying Fluttershy. "So whatever you do, watch Applejack and don't let them take her. That poor girl has been tough a lot. I feel sorry for her." Rarity finished.
"Thanks for the warning." Twilight said with a smile, before something hit her "Wait, you feel sorry for Applejack? Everyone else seem to ignore or slightly bully her after the change."
"No everyone is mostly scared or jealous, I know Dash is. She came to me and was like. why couldn't I have those cool powers" Rarity said, her voice changed to something like Dash's. "I told her that, I don't think Appejack asked for them."
With that Rarity and Fluttershy said goodbye and walked out to do their work, And Twilight went back to her work.
In Applejack's room, she was sleeping. But she felt like something was trying to enter her mind. She heard a drumming. Going rapidly three thumps then two slow ones. Almost like war drums. *thump, thump, thump* then *thump... thump*