BEEP...BEEP...BEEP...BEEP...BEEP
Nova gear grunts as he slowly opens his eyes.
"He's waking up!" A nurse pony yelled.
"Uhhh...." Nova grunted.
"Sir! Sir! Are you alright?" The nurse asked.
"Where... am... I?" He asked weakly.
"The Ponyville medical center." The nurse said. Nova gear moves his head towards the voice. His vision blurry.
"Ponyville?" He asked.
"Yes...we heard the ones who discovered you, found you in some...thing, they didn't know what. But you were inside, barely alive. They rushed you here as fast as they could...I'm nurse Red Heart. What is your name?" She asked.
"Nova gear." He said. His vision clears and he sees nurse Red Heart.
"Well, I've never heard such a name before! But then again, what can you expect when everypony has a unique name of their own." Red Heart said. She smiled slightly as she removed the cold compress from his head, which wasn't so cold since its been there for about an hour. "How do you feel?" She asked.
"Sore, tired, and somewhat in pain." Nova said.
"Well, you've got a broken right foreleg, a few ribs completely snapped in half, possibly a slight concussion, a few torn and sprained muscles, and severe blood loss. The blood loss came from being impaled through the right side of your abdomen by some metal shaft thing. In other words, you're pretty banged up and lucky to even be alive!" She said. Nova's eyes widen.
"I never knew it was going to be that bad, and I have been through bad stuff." He said.
"It's quite incredible if you ask me. Nopony has ever survived injuries like yours!" Red Heart said. She let out a sigh. "It was so stressful...I have never taken on a case like yours. I've never had somepony else's blood on my hooves before, yet I found myself with three other doctors sitting her for four hours trying to save your life." She said. She stares at her hoofs. "I didn't know the first thing to do...nobody did." She said. Nova goes through a coughing fit. Nurse Red Heart trots over to the sink where she grabs a plastic cup from one of the cupboards and fills it with water from the sink before trotting back.
"Here. Have some water." She said. She gave him the cup and yawned loudly, struggling to keep her eyes open. Nova gear grabs the cup with his magic and drinks it all.
"Thank you." He said. Red Heart's head drooped as she nodded.
"I'm so tired..." She said.
"You should probably get some rest." Nova said.
"I can't. I'm on duty. I was up so late...saving your life..." She said.
"And I am grateful for it. But do you have another doctor that can look after me while you get some rest?" He asked. Red Heart shakes her head.
"They're all busy trying to catch up on the other patients after half of us were dealing with you. Need anything? You must be hungry." She asked.
"I see. And I am hungry, but I don't know what you serve." He said.
"Food." She giggled. Nova gear sighs with irritation.
"Then I will have that." He said.
"Do uh...pancakes and eggs sound good?" Red Heart asked. Nova gear nods.
"Yes, that sounds good please." He said. Red Heart yawns.
"Alright. I'll get you some from the," She yawns in the middle of the the sentence. "Cafeteria." She finished. She smacked her lips before heading out the door, first missing and hitting the wall. Nova gear slightly laughs at that.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Sorry...just really sleepy..." She said. She groaned and walked out of the room. Nova gear looks around the room, taking in the new sights. She returns a while later with a plate of food. "Here you are." She said. She set the plate down on his lap. Nova gear starts to eat.
"Thank you." He said.
"N-no...problem..." Red Heart stuttered. She suddenly fell forward onto the floor and soon began snoring. Nova looks around and sees a blanket on the chair. He uses his magic to cover Nurse Red Heart with the blanket.
"There you go. You needed to rest." He said. He continues to eat. There was a knocking at the door. Nova looks at the door.
"Come in." He said. The door opens and six ponies walks in. Nova tilts his head.
"Um, hello." He said. He saw what looked like a unicorn at first until he saw the wings at her side was the first to enter, followed by the six others. He saw a tall pegacorn come in last after the other five. He could tell that she had power radiating off of her, which ment that she was in charge.
"Um, hi. I'm Twilight Sparkle. These are my friends, Princess Celestia, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy." The purple pegacorn said. Each of the ponies took their turn to give a slight wave upon hearing their name being called. Nova gives a slight wave with his left fore hoof, but winced slightly at the pain.
"Hello, my name is Nova Gear." He said.
"We know that." Twilight said.
"If I may ask, are you even from Equestria? Me and my sister Luna saw you falling from the sky in some sort of pod." The tall pegacorn, who he assumed to be Celestia, asked. Nova shakes his head.
"No, I'm not from Equestria. In fact, I'm not from this world at all. And that pod you saw, was called a escape pod." He said.
"Then how is it you're a pony? And an alicorn at that?" Celestia asked.
"Alicorn? That's what it's called? We've been calling it pegacorn. And the reason why I am a alicorn, is that before, I wasn't a pony. And if I may ask, where is my clothing?" Nova asked.
"Burnt and torn to shreds in the wreckage!" Pinkie pie said. She smiles wide, along with that little duck quack. Nova looks down with a sad look.
"I see." He said. He looks around and sees his bag and smiles that it's unharmed. "At least that's not harmed." He said.
"What's in it?" Celestia asked.
"What I have left from my father's starship. Some clothes, my candy stash, a photograph of my family, my family's heirloom, and a model of my father's starship." He said.
"Who's your father? You said you came in an escape pod...so...did something happen on the ship?" Twilight asked. Nova looks down with a sad look again. A tear falls from his face.
"It's gone." He sniffed.
"Awe, what happened?" She asked.
"Sugarcube, I think it's best we save those questions for later. He just woke up from near death and all, so Ah don't think he's ready to be bombarded with that stuff." Applejack said.
"Oh, you're right." Twilight said as blushes from embarrassment. Another tear falls from Nova's face as he sniffs. He uses his magic to levitate his bag close to him. He hugs it as he mutters.
"I think it's best we leave him be for now." Celestia said. She turns and walks out of the door and soon the others follows.
"Sorry about your father." Applejack said. Nova doesn't say anything, but continues to mutter. Applejack opens her forelegs for a hug. Nova sniffs as more tears fall from his face. He looks at Applejack with a look of deep sadness. Applejack hugs him.
"I know what losing your father feels like...Ah lost mine when Ah was just a filly..." She said. Nova tries his best to hug back as tears streamed down his face.
"It was the hardest thing in mah life to go through." She sniffed. She teared up as well, and soon began crying along with Nova. Twilight peeks back into the room and was about to say something but only closed the door instead.
"He... could have made it." Nova said.
"Ah'm sure he was a great stallion." She said.
"I... I think I'm ready to tell you guys how it happened." He said. Applejack wipes her tears.
"Are you sure?" She asked. Nova gear nods.
"Yes, I need to get this off my back, or else it will make me feel more terrible." He said.
"How about you tell me, an Ah'll tell them. This room is too small to be crowded and with your injuries you need your space." She said.
"Before I awoke here, I was on my father's starship, the Hermes. It was quite a fast starship, one of the fast ones. It was full of humans and ponies. One day, I was talking with my father, who was a human. He said that he was so proud of me. When he left for the bridge, I left for my room, when the ship shook violently." He said.
"And then what?" She asked.
"I looked out a view port window and saw asteroids hitting the ship. I quickly grab my bag, which is what I have here. And ran for the special escape pods for me and my father. I got in and activated the escape pod. I got out of the ship and saw more asteroids hit it. I saw a massive asteroid hit the ship, near it's engines, causing it to explode, k-killing my father and the crew." Nova said.
"I'm so sorry to hear that.. Maybe he got out too?" Applejack asked. Nova shakes his head.
"He didn't. Because his automated will came on. And that only comes when... when someone died. And... that's not the worst part." He said.
"I'm so sorry." She said. Nova looks down.
"Today... today is my birthday." He said.
"I wish I could say happy birthday, but it doesnt seem very-" Applejack began to say, but was interrupted when the door bursts open and Pinkie pie bursts into the room.
"Did somepony say it was their birthday!?" She yelled. Nova gear sighs with sadness.
"Yes..." He sighed.
"Who!?" She yelled, looking around.
"Me..." Nova said.
"Pinkie Pie I think it's best of you don't do the whole singing and shooting confetti from your party cannon and stuff this time." Applejack said. Nova sighs and hugs his bag.
"Oh, why not?" Pinkie pie asked.
"It's just best we don't. He's not in the mood for it." Applejack said. Nova looks at Pinkie pie.
"Maybe... later when I get out of the hospital." He said.
"I don't think that will be for quite some time. Maybe a week or so." Applejack said.
"But with my augmentations, I should be out of here in slightly less then a week." He said.
"Augmentations?" Twilight asked as she poked her head in.
"Yes. I was on a starship, which means advanced technology, which means augmentations. I underwent surgery and got augmented. I am stronger then any normal pony on my starship, faster then the pegasi, and am able to do very advanced magic without trouble." He said.
"If you haven't broken the sound barrier you still aren't the fastest since I did that as a filly!" Rainbow Dash said proudly.
"Actually, I did that in my father's starship training facility. I beat the other pegasi quite easily and clocked at speeds of two hundred miles per hour." He said.
"Not possible. You can't go two hundred miles per hour straight, it's just not possible. You're bluffing!" She yelled. She crosses her legs across her chest. "Nobody is faster than me!" She said.
"It's true. If I was to go into a dive, I would probably surpass that." He said.
"Balonga." She said.
"Yea, yea, yea, you weren't the only one who said that." Nova said.
"Only cuz me and this anonymous guy are right!" She yelled.
"Rainbow ah think that's enough. We haven't seen him fly, so there is no telling if we can or can't belive him." Applejack said.
"You know, uh, Rainbow Dash was it? You remind me of someone from my father's starship. He had a big ego and always acted before thinking. And from my perspective, that's what you do. Act before you think." Nova said.
"Ugh! I...I do not!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"Sadly, Ah have to agree." Applejack said. Nova yawns.
"Come now, my little ponies. Nova Gear needs his rest." Celestia said. Nova nods and yawns again. Celestia and the others slowly walk out of the room, closing the door behind them. Nova uses his magic to place his bag back on the table next to him and closes his eyes, falling asleep a few minutes later. Nurse Red Heart slowly wakens as Nova began snoring. Nova mutters something, but continues to sleep. Red Heart grunts as she stood.
"I'm gonna be so fired if anypony knew I was sleeping..." She said as she left.
TO BE CONTINUED