The first thing I felt when I woke up was pain, a lot of it. I flinched as soon as I opened my eyes, it being too bright all of a sudden. As my eyes adjusted to the new amount of light, I started to sit up. Looking down I find that there are bandages covering almost my whole body.
Feeling that my mouth was too dry I started looking around the room I was in to see if I could find any water, my eyes finally landed on a pitcher of water and a glass sitting on a table right next to me. groaning a bit from having to move my aching body I fill the glass up until it is almost overflowing. After taking a much needed drink of water I put the glass back next to the pitcher.
Looking around I started to wonder just now where I actually was, I also just now realized that all but my boxers were gone, which was understandable I mean with all the bandages on me. Looking around myself once again, I see a that I'm in some sort of hut or shack.
As I keep looking around the room looking at all the masks and stuff, I spot my clothes folded on a chair in the corner of the room. Sighing in relief of knowing that my clothes weren't taken, I was about to get up to grab them when the door opened. A zebra with a giant mohawk and a lot of jewelry walked in. She jumped a little as soon as she saw me awake and sitting up.
"Oh my, you were covered with Timberwolve injuries," the zebra said in a female voice. "so how are you up so fast, if I may inquiry?" she asked as she set a glass bottle filled with something green on the shelf.
I vaguely remember Twilight telling me about a zebra that she said lived in a hut in the Everfree, I just never really thought I'd meet her so soon, assuming this was her, but I mean how ponies or zebra's in the Everfree.
I try to remember her name, but as I try to remember I felt a sharp pain all of a sudden in my head, I lift my hand to rub my head when I found out my head is also wrapped in bandages. 'How did I just now notice that' I think to myself until another sharp pain hit my head as I wince in pain.
"Though it seems your head is still paining you," she said with a worried look. "Maybe I can bring it down with the help of this brew," she said as she grabbed a few things from the shelf and walked over to the cauldron.
I remember Twilight saying that the zebra also always rhymed. "You must be that zebra that Twilight told me about who lives in the Everfree," I say with small smile. "Though I'm sorry, I can't really remember your name, everytime I tied to think I feel a sharp pain in my head" I finished with an apologetic smile.
"It seems that you cannot recall, that you took quite a hit to the noggin with that nasty fall," she said as she started pouring some stuff into the cauldron. "although of zebra's there aren't a plethora, I am one of the few and am named Zecora," she said as she started stirring whatever that stuff was.
"Well then thank you Zecora for bandaging me up and bringing me to your hut," I thank her. "Although I think I heard you say you're making a brew that could help me with this headache," I say as I rub my head in emphasis.
"Yes a brew it is I am creating I am, and healing your headache is a part of the plan," she said. "The brew I am making is almost finished, so hopefully that pain will soon diminish," she says as she pours some of the liquid into a cup.
She walked over to me with the cup and handed it to me, I curiously sniffed the strange green liquid. "Ugh, no offence but this stuff smells like shit," I say looking down at the liquid in disgust, holding the terrible smelling liquid away from me. "Do I have to drink all of it?" I ask with the same expression on my face.
"I know that it may stink, but for it to work all of it you will have to drink," she said with an apologetic look. "and foul it may test and smell, it will bring your headache down a spell," she finished as she pushed the cup back towards me.
I look down at the liquid in defeat, taking a little sip of it first I almost throw up but am able to hold it down. "Whelp, here goes nothing!" I say as I throw my head back and dump the disgusting liquid down my throat. It burns my throat as it goes down and I almost threw up a few times, but finally I got it all down.
Fortunately the stuff was working because my giant headache was starting to go down. "Wow, you were right I can barely feel the pain anymore!" I exclaim with a smile on my face. "Thanks again, Zecora!" I say with a relieved smile on my face.
"I am happy to hear that your pain abates, hopefully it was well worth the taste," she says smiling back at me. "Although you still may need a few days to recover, if you don't want your body to b broken forever," she finishes going over and putting stuff back away on the shelves.
"I still can't thank you enough Zecora is there anyway I can repay you?" I ask hoping I could repay her in some way. "Really I mean anythin-,"
"Now stop with that nonsense my dear friend, just try and not let this happen again," she said as she walked back over to me. "While you here resting and healing, I went to Ponyville and told Twilight about our meeting,"
"Thanks, I guess, I hope she didn't get too worked up about it though," I say "I mean, it was just a hit to the head and a few scratches," I say rubbing my bandaged head.
"She would have come to see you for herself my friend, If she didn't have so much princess duties again," she said, then she looked at my legs. "But a few scratches and a bump on the head is not all that you have, for I found that your leg was almost broken in half," she says going to grab things off the shelf.
"I think I would notice if my le-," I say until I look down and see that my leg was in a splint. 'How did I not notice before and why doesn't this hurt' I ask myself in disbelief. I try to get up but feel a very sharp pain travel up my spine, so I sat back down. I reiterate my internal question out loud to Zecora. "and I don't even remember getting my leg broken," I say until I remember myself jumping off that high tree. I say this to Zecora "I did feel a sharp pain in my leg after hitting the ground," I tell her, thinking of how stupid that might have been at the time.
"Do not fret over your broken leg my friend, for very soon you will be up and walking again," she says mashing some stuff in a mortar bowl. "For this ointment I am making you see, will have you very soon standing up with ease," she said as she started to rub a greenish-brownish like paste onto my broken leg. "this will sting for a while, but having no broken leg will make it worthwhile," she said as she stepped back, finished rubbing the stuff on my broken leg.
At first it was just a little tingle going up my leg, until it started to mend the bones back into place. It was probably one of the worst feelings ever. I gritted my teeth trying not to scream, I can't deny that a couple of tears might have fallen from my eyes. It had only been a few minutes but to me it felt like an eternity. finally the pain started to subside and replacing the pain was relief that it was over. "Fucking hell," I say panting a little bit. "That was one of the worst fucking possible things I have ever felt," I say.
"I am sorry that the ointment has caused you great pain, but you'll be happy to know that you can walk again," she said as she helped me stand up
Walking around a little bit, I found that she was right. It felt like I got a completely new leg, I put my weight on it and it still didn't hurt. Turning around I thank Zecora. "THANK YOU SO MUCH ZECORA!," I say with a giant smile on my face, kicking my newly healed leg a few times. "I still wish there was someway I could repay you though," I say to her feeling a little guilty.
"Like I said before there is no need for thanks any friend of Twilight is a friend of mine, you are welcome to my hut anytime," she says smiling at me.
"Still I can't thank you enough," I say giving her a hug after a surprised moment she returned to hug. "I should probably get dressed and get back to the castle though, so the princesses don't get worried," I say putting, walking over to my clothes and I start to get dressed.
"It is probably best for you to go home, wouldn't want the princesses to wonder where have you gone," she says. "Try and rest for a couple of days, before start becoming more strained," she tells me as I finish tying my shoes.
"Thanks and I will, wouldn't want to get anymore injured than I already am," I say opening the door to her hut. "Goodbye Zecora and thank you again," I say thanking her for the hundredth time.
"Goodbye and good luck my friend, and if you ever need help come see me again," she says waving to me and I wave back.
I close the door behind me before levitating into the air. I fly at a leisurely pace towards the castle, mulling over that dream I had. I decide that I should probably keep it to myself for now, I don't know why I just felt that I should. I sigh
"Well that sucked but at least I finally met Zecora," I say to myself. 'I should also start teaching myself how to brake' I say to myself with a sweat drop.