//------------------------------// // The Hospital // Story: Life in Equestria // by Blossom Comet //------------------------------// Man, that light was blinding... As I struggled to open my eyes, I heard five familiar voices. I couldn't place them, but I knew I heard these voices somewhere. My body felt weird. Stiff, different. I suppose that was to be expected, since I died and all that. I could see the outlines of the five heads, but not much more. "Twilight? Are you still with us?" A soft female voice asked, whoever this was, they were a gentle person, which was obvious due to the heavy concern in their voice. I croaked in response, I had tried to say "Who's Twilight?" but my throat was totally dry. I needed water before I could speak. "Water" I managed to croak, noticing that despite my dry throat, my voice was definitely higher than usual. That's different. "Oh, of course, darling. Take it easy and only speak if you can." This voice was clearly the voice of a woman who was a bit more "posh", for lack of a better word. At that moment I felt my head being moved into a more comfortable position, although I didn't feel any hands touching me. It just felt like a force, as if my head might as well have moved on it's own, but it didn't. I felt a glass next to my lips and began to drink up the water. Half a glass later I felt as though I had enough. "Better?" the posh voice asked. I decided to keep my eyes closed for now, until they could adjust to the bright lights. "Better." was my response, but my heart skipped a beat as I said it. My voice was definitely a lot higher, I could swear I sounded a lot more feminine. "We're just glad you're okay Twilight, I knew you'd pull through!" A scratchy voice spoke up, this person was clearly very confident. Although, their statement did raise a few questions. "Who's Twilight? And, what's up with my voice?" "It's alright, sugarcube. You've been out for a while, you're confused." I felt an arm rest itself on my bed, this southern voice clearly belonged to a kind, honest person. "You're Twilight, and your voice is the same as ever. Can you remember who I am?" I shook my head in response. "Well, that's okay." The voice said calmly, but there was clear hurt in her tone, "My name is Applejack, we've been friends ever since you moved to Ponyville. Y'all remember that right?" Applejack, Ponyville? I know I recognize those names. I was beginning to put things together, albeit unwillingly. "So, I'm Twilight, you're Applejack. We're in Ponyville. And I'm in the Hospital?" "That's right." "Twilight! Please tell me you remember me!" A high pitched voice yelled, in a panicked but excited tone. I recognized this voice too, and I'm not too sure if it was the kind of person I needed to see right now. Nonetheless, barely two seconds later I felt someone jump on to my bed, crushing me. This caused me to scream and open my eyes. That scream wasn't my manliest. As my eyes opened I came face to face with what I was expecting, but dreading. I was staring at the face of a pink mare with a poofy mane, and a huge grin on her face. As my eyes widened with horror, I looked around the hospital room to see the shocked faces of an orange Pony, a rainbow maned, blue Pegasus, a timid, yellow Pegasus, and a proud, purple maned Unicorn. This was the cast of My Little Pony. "But, this can't be possible... I- I..." I raised a hand to wipe the sweat from my forehead, only to come face to face with a purple front leg, and what I could only assume was a hoof. "What's happened to me!?" The yellow Pegasus, I think her name was Flutterby spoke, "Twilight, it's okay. You've had an accident. You need a calm down. I mean, if you want to, but whatever you do is fine with me." The Pegasus bowed her head down towards the end of that sentence. "Yes, quite. And somepony isn't helping." The white furred Unicorn glared at the pink pony on my bed, who grinned sheepishly and jumped off. "Sorry! I was just so excited that Twilight woke up today, and when I felt that tingle in my right ear this morning I knew it was going to be today! So I went and got all you girls, and brought you to the hospital, only to see Twilight waking up minutes later, so I was all like 'omigosh! Twilight! You're okay!' but I wanted to make sure Twilight remembered me so I jumped-" "Shut up for a second!" I shouted at the pink pony, who dropped her head in response, with a look of guilt in her eyes. I immediately felt guilty, but I needed to know what was going on, and I was beginning to panic. I just needed a minute to get my thoughts together. So I seem to have woken up on another planet, I'm surrounded by cartoon Ponies, and I'm pretty sure I'm a girl now. Nope, getting my thoughts together didn't help. If anything it made me panic more, and I began to hyperventilate. Applejack walked over to me and reassuringly placed her hoof on my side again. "It's alright sugarcube, your friends are here for you." The Mare's kind words didn't help much though, as I felt tears emerge from my eyes. Whatever has happened, I'm a long way from home. At that moment I heard footsteps, and then a new voice made it's way in to the room, "Twilight! I came here as fast as I could, I'm so glad you're okay!" This voice was the voice of a young boy, full of concern and relief at the same time. The next thing I knew I was being hugged by some purple lizard with green hair, and in my current condition, that was enough to make me scream again. So what did I do next? Pass out, of course. A few hours later, I woke up. It was clearly night time, and everyone else was gone. The extra rest must have calmed me down and given me time to process everything that happened. As I studied my hospital room I noted that it was a single room, and quite a high class one at that, not that I was complaining. There was a window to the side of the room showing colorful buildings that looked more suited to Tudor times which only confirmed to me that I was in Ponyville. There was also a bedside table to my right, with a lot of books on it, and a mirror in the corner of the room. At that moment, I heard what I could only assume to be hoofsteps, and the door to my room opened. A cream colored Unicorn with a brown mane entered the room. "Hello Twilight Sparkle, I'm Doctor Horse. You might remember me from when I was taking care of Rainbow Dash." Doctor Horse? Really? I shrugged, and the Doctor looked at me with concern, "Do you know how you got here, Twilight?" I shrugged again. Doctor Horse continued to look at me and began to speak again, "Well, you were in the Everfree forest a few weeks ago, and you had an accident of some kind. Your friend Zecora brought you here right away. Whatever happened, you sustained a head injury, and it's safe to say from your reactions you have a concussion at the very least." Something told me the Doctor wasn't going to believe what I said next, but I figured it was worth a shot, "But Doc, I'm not actually Twilight, I'm not even from this planet. I don't know what the hell has happened but-" "It's okay, I know you're confused right now, but try to get some rest." I groaned, and the Doctor continued, "You seem to have recovered pretty quickly since waking up, if I didn't know better I'd say you'd have used magic to speed up the recovery." He said with raised eyebrows, "But I know you're smarter than that, you know that using magic for something like this is a little too risky. At any rate, you should be ready to go home within the next few days, but do get some rest." And with that, Doctor Horse walked out. Gee, what a ridiculous name. Despite his advice, I knew I couldn't rest just yet. I still had unanswered questions from earlier, the first being, what's happened to me? I pulled myself out of bed and stood on two legs. Big mistake. After falling on my face I rubbed my muzzle with my hoof, man that part was sensitive. I made my way to the mirror on the other side of the room, walking on all fours. The experience was weird, to say the least, and it was incredibly awkward to walk with four legs, but as much as I hated to admit it, right now, it felt a lot more natural than walking on two legs. Regardless, I had to see what happened to me. I already kind of knew, since everyone was calling me Twilight, but I needed to see it for myself. Despite knowing what to expect, it still hit me like a tonne of bricks. Looking straight in to the mirror I saw a Purple Unicorn, with a dark purple mane with a pink stripe and purple eyes staring back at me. Any man cards I had at this point were gone. I made sure to check and I was definitely female. I sat on the floor, the same way a dog sits, staring at my new reflection. I was Twilight Sparkle.