Red Glare awoke when the sun was low on the horizon. His eyes were on fire and every little sound was like a bull horn in his ears. Glare closed his eyes tightly and covered his head with pillow. Just wanting to go back to sleep. Through the pillow came a gasp and a muffled voice coming from a pink earth pony with a puffy mane and tail of the same color.

"Twi! Twi! He's waking up! Lookee! Lookee!"

Shit. This is gonna be real fuckin' fun Glare thought to himself. In his current state, the last thing the young stallion now in a medical cot, wanted, was attention. He tried his best to make it look like he'd just rolled over and went back to sleep, but come hell or high water, attention was what Red Glare was gonna get. Red heard movement outside of the hospital room he was in and brought himself enough strength to sit up. Just as Glare arose, the pink pony bounced back into the room and began shooting off questions in what seemed like one long, continuous breath.

"Hello there! What's your name? Mine's Pinkie Pie. Where are you from? Why are you here? Are you ok? What do you do in the MLP? Have you been in a battle before? I have, but not with guns. With apple pies. Do you like Pie? How about apples? Do you like apples?"

"PINKIE!" Screamed a lavender colored unicorn from the doorway.

"Yes Twilight?"

"I think Captain Glare here need's a little silence. Don't you?"

Captain? Red thought to himself. Since when am I a Captain?

With a sigh, the Pinkie replied, "I guess you're right Twilight. See ya later Re...I mean Captain."

Twilight Stepped aside to let Pinkie Pie out of the room. The purple unicorn then reentered the room and approached Red Glare's cot. The closer she got, the more attractive she seemed to become. By the time Twilight had reached Red's bedside, Glare was thinking to himself, sweet Celestia she's hot. Why can't all nurses be that way? Twilight levitated Glare's chart from the foot of the cot in front of her face. Red looked into Twilight's purple eyes. It was at that moment he realized he'd used the wrong word. She's not 'hot', she's beautiful.

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