My Little Pony: The Medicine of Friendship

Chapter 3

Studying The Virus

Neo was sick, and now he had gotten worse, he had very strange symptoms that nopony had ever seen before. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Twilight had seen his symptoms and they were all shocked by what they saw, they had never seen anything like it and they knew that Neo was very sick and he had to be treated immediately. Twilight was very worried about Neo and she thought she should tell her friends what was going on, Twilight wrote a letter to her friends about what happened to Neo and how sick he had become, she sent the letter to Rarity and asked her that when she reads the letter that she should show it to the rest of her friends.

After Twilight wrote the letter, Princess Luna personally flew over to Ponyville and delivered the letter to Rarity. Rarity was shocked when she read the letter, Twilight mentioned everything about Neo's sickness and his fall down the stairs, Rarity immediately went to find the rest of the mane 6. She showed them all the letter and they were all very worried about Neo, they all thought they should go to Canterlot Castle to be with him as he is treated so they could be there for him, Rainbow Dash did not want to wait, she wanted to go there right away, she knew that Neo needed them and their support. The ponies got on the Friendship Express and were on their way to Canterlot Castle to see Neo, they got there in less than 15 minutes, they galloped inside the castle and looked for Twilight. Twilight greeted them and they asked about Neo, she said he was very sick and when they go in to see him, they must be very gentle with him, and he also has very strange symptoms and they must try not to stare at him. They understood and Rainbow Dash really wanted to see Neo, Twilight took them to the room Neo was in, they went in the room and Neo was in bed sleeping, the ponies all gathered around his bed and just watched him, waiting for him to wake up so he could see that his friends came to see him.

About 20 minutes later, Neo woke up and saw his friends in the room, Twilight asked him how he was feeling, Neo said he still felt bad, Rarity and Applejack came over to Neo, they tried to comfort him but Neo didn't want them to touch him because he was afraid he might be contagious, the last thing he wanted was for his friends to get the sickness he had, they all talked for a while and Pinkie Pie told Neo that he would be okay and he will get better, trying to be optimistic. Then Twilight took a sample of Neo's blood and put it in a small tube, she was going to send the blood sample to Doctor Horse in Ponyville so he could figure out what virus Neo had and if he could be cured. After sending off the blood sample, they waited for a response from Doctor Horse, 2 hours later, Twilight got a letter from Doctor Horse, she read the letter and Doctor Horse said that he examined the blood sample she sent to him, but he couldn't find anything strange in the blood, Twilight had mentioned all the skin masses he had, but Doctor Horse said in the letter that he's examined the blood sample many times and he can't find any evidence of infection, Twilight thought that was very strange, Doctor Horse mentioned in the letter that if Twilight finds out anything about Neo's virus, she should contact him right away.

In Neo's room, Spike was sitting on the bed next to Neo who was now sitting at the edge of his bed, Spike was trying comfort him and assuring Neo that he will get better. Then Twilight came into the room and said she wanted to talk to Neo, Spike left the room and went to take a walk around the castle, Twilight asked Neo how he was feeling, and of course Neo said he still felt horrible, Twilight mentioned to Neo that Doctor Horse in Ponyville examined his blood sample and didn't find anything, Neo thought that was strange, Twilight wondered if Neo's symptoms might be an allergic reaction, she asked Neo about that but he said he wasn't allergic to anything. Twilight asked Neo if there was anything he could tell her, Neo thought of something, he took out the book that he was reading the night before and he showed it to Twilight, he told Twilight that he started getting sick right when he started reading this book, Twilight looked at the book, the book was called Mission to Zebulon, at first she didn't get it, Neo said that his virus may not be from Equestria, Twilight said, "Your virus came from planet Zebulon?" Neo said, "No, I think it's from the book, you see, I got sick right after I started reading it, and the symptoms I have and the virus I think I have is exactly like the virus described in the book, read the back cover."

Twilight thought this was really weird, but she looked at the back cover and read the description, "The mission to Zebulon takes a disastrous turn when crew members contract a hostile virus whose first stage symptoms include uncontrollable bleeding and a strange pattern of black skin protrusions." These were the same exact symptoms that Neo had, Twilight kept reading the book description, "Their only hope is to find an antidote, something that will reverse the process before the virus starts purging all the blood from the bodies of it's victims." Twilight said to Neo, "Neo, this is a fictional virus." Neo said, "I know, but this is too coincidental, I start reading a book that's about an alien virus and soon after reading it, I start developing symptoms that are the same exact symptoms described in this book, what other explanation is there?" Twilight thought to herself, Neo said, "You believe me, don't you Twilight, you're my best friend, you know I would never lie to you." Twilight knew deep down that Neo wouldn't lie to her and that they truly were friends, so she said, "I believe you Neo, don't worry, I will look into it." But then Neo remembered that Spike has touched him a lot since he got sick while comforting him, then Neo said, "Wait, Spike has been touching me a lot, what if he's caught my virus, what if he's spreading it?" Twilight said, "Calm down Neo, worrying won't make you feel any better, you just rest and I will look into this." Neo was worried, but he got into his bed and rested.

Then Twilight went to see her friends and the princesses, she told them what he told her and she mentioned about the book to them, they were concerned as well, Twilight said, "Neo claims that his virus came from this book." She read the description to them and explained that the symptoms Neo had were exactly like the ones in the book, they knew there was something really weird about this book. Suddenly, Spike came into the hallway, he couldn't walk very well and he collapsed on the floor, 2 guards came to his aid, then Twilight, the mane 6 and the princesses came to him as well. They saw that Spike's nose was bleeding a lot and she saw that Spike had huge red bumps all over his body, which were the same huge red bumps that Neo had. When Twilight saw the bumps, she said, "Everypony stay back, this could be contagious." Everypony except Twilight backed away from Spike, she said that she had to get him into the room with Neo, Twilight used her magic to make Spike levitate and she took him into Neo's room. Spike was in a small bed in front of Neo's bed, the mane 6 came in to be with them and to be there for them. Twilight wasn't sure what she was going to do now, she thought about anypony who could come up with an antidote to cure Neo's virus, then Twilight knew exactly who she had to go see, there was only one pony she knew that could probably come up with an antidote that could cure Neo's virus, and that pony was Zecora.

End of chapter 3, chapter 4 coming soon.