(POV: Drakaian)

We continued to walk around the place for the next hour or so, Rainbow showing me where everything is and where to go to get something that you need. Soon though, it started to get rather late, the sun having already past the horizon and the moon was now fully out in the sky. With the majority of the tour done, Rainbow decided that it was a good time to show me where Twilight’s place was.

After a few more minutes of walking, I was starting to feel really tired and fatigued, my legs shaking slightly as I softly panted, leaning against my staff for support. Rainbow, on the other hand, seemed like she was completely fine, stared at me with a confused look.

“Hey, you ok? You’re looking a bit worn out.”

I took a few more deep breaths before I felt well enough to respond to her. “Yea, I’m ok, I just…feel…feel tired.” I answered, straightening myself out a bit when I recovered enough to do so.

Dash gave a nod of understanding. “Yea, that makes sense. I remember when I had to stay in bed for a few days. When I was finally allowed to fly again, I felt really out of it, getting tired a lot quicker then normal. You’re most likely going through the same thing, though I’m not sure how severe it is with you. However, the sooner you start working those muscles out, the sooner you will return back to your old self…whatever that is.”

I raised an eyebrow at her a bit upon all the info the Pegasus just gave me. “So, that’s it, huh? I just exercise a bit and I’ll be all better.”

“Yup, that’s all there is to it. It’s not genius science or anything fancy like that. If it were, then I would have no idea what to do. If anything, then Twilight would be the one who tells you what to do.” She said, giving a small, nod.

I was about to respond to her comment about Twilight telling me what to do for exercising when some other pony speaking beat me to it. “Really? Well, Rainbow Dash, your interpretation of muscle weakening is rather lacking, to say the least. Why, I could have added a few more things to the topic if you so desire.” Upon hearing the voice, we both turned around and saw that it was indeed Twilight who had spoken up, seeming to be closing a door that led inside a tree before-

I stopped for a few moments as I looked up at the tree, for the first time noticing that it was there. The tree was huge, and not only that, but I could see a porch on one of the higher branches as well as some windows and such. Getting a quick glimpse inside showed that it was indeed hollow, though I was unable to see much with the lights all off inside. The front door was red and currently open, showing Twilight Sparkle standing at the entrance, looking at Rainbow as she continued to talk about muscle weakening.

“-and furthermore, just exercising isn’t the only way of fixing muscle weakening, and it can be caused by a lot of other medical problems, such as-“

Thankfully, Rainbow was able to stop her rambling before it got more carried away. “Ok, ok Twilight, I get it, but I’m pretty sure that he just needs some exercise, that’s all.” She said, giving the unicorn a deadpanned look.

Twilight, realizing that she was rambling, closed her mouth with a snap before giving a slight blush in embarrassment. “Oh, of course. Sorry about that.” She then walked towards us, closing the door behind her. “So, you ready for tonight Rainbow?”

The Pegasus gave a quick nod, a grin on her face. “Hell yea I am!”

I raised an eyebrow in confusion, looking at both ponies. “Tonight? What’s happening tonight, if I may ask?”

Rainbow was about to respond, but Twilight beat her to it. “Oh, nothing important. We were just going to meet with the rest of our friends at Sugarcube Corner, and we were hoping you could come as well.”

“But I thought the place was closed for renovations.”

This time it was Dash that spoke. “Well, Pinkie wants us to…uh…check and see how things are going with the renovation, and since you need to exercise some more, then you might as well come with us.” She said, giving a bit of a sheepish smile.

I looked at both of them in disbelief, still not quite believing them. First it was Rainbow telling Fluttershy about something happening around 6 PM, then the fact that we were unable to go into Sugarcube Corner. Now Twilight and Rainbow apparently have something that they need to be going to, and judging the position of the sun and the fact with how late it was now, guessed it was only a few minutes away from 6. Deciding that enough was enough, I crossed my arms across my chest as I faced them, wanting to know just what was going on.

“Ok, that’s not what is going on. If that were true, then we would have just walked into Sugarcube corner in the first place. I may have amnesia, but I’m pretty certain I wasn’t born yesterday. Now, can you please tell me what in the world it is that you two are talking about?” I said, keeping my voice calm and low, not wanting to scare them by shouting or raising my voice in any way.

They both remained quiet as they glanced at each other, neither of them saying anything. After a few minutes, Twilight was the one who finally spoke. “I…we can’t really tell you, Drakalian, sorry. All I can say is that you do need to come with us to Sugarcube Corner. I promise that it’s nothing bad, ok?” She said, giving me a trusting smile.

I was quiet for a few seconds as I thought it over, both of them waiting in anticipation. Finally, I let out a small sigh and a nod before speaking. “Ok, I’ll trust you. I mean, you did kind of save my life, so I do owe you for that.” I said, chuckling a little.

Twilight gave a small wave of her hoof before responding. “Nonsense, I just did what any other pony would have done upon seeing an injured po...er, being.”

“Somehow I doubt that.” Rainbow whispered to herself, causing both of us to stare at her in slight surprise. “What, I didn’t mean me, I would have totally tried to save you.”

I gave a nod of thanks and a small smile. “Yea, I know you would have. So, shall we go to this…whatever this thing is?”

They both gave a nod before they started to walk, taking the lead as I followed them, since I didn’t know where things were around here that well. During our walk there, we simply talked about how things were going. Well, they talked; I mostly listened, just responding when they asked me something or when I thought I should say something. Twilight seemed a bit peeved when Rainbow mentioned that Fluttershy did find a bruised rib on me, but Rainbow was quick to calm her down before she got really angry. It was only about three minutes before we reached the bakery, this time there were no lights on inside that I could see, which puzzled me a bit. However, since I did say I would go with them, I decided I would figure out what was going on once I got in there.

Before we entered the bakery, Rainbow stopped and turned to face me as Twilight entered the building. “Ok, just wait here for a minute or so, then just come on in, you got it?” Before I could ask her any questions or even answer her question, she quickly turned and flew into the building, leaving me alone outside.

I gave a small sigh as I stood there, simply looking around the place as I waited for the time to go by. My feet started to get a bit numb after a while of standing in the snow, and I tugged in my hoodie to try and keep myself a bit warmer. Finally, I decided that I stayed out here long enough, so with that, I walked up and opened the door.

Just as I saw from outside, all of the lights were off, making me squint to try and focus on anything. After a few seconds of looking around, I gave up and just stepped on in, closing the door behind me.

As soon as the door closed, all hell broke loose.

I turned around and was about to look for a light switch, but suddenly the lights were all turned on, and from what seemed like out of nowhere, ponies popped out from behind the counter, tables, chairs…everywhere, throwing their hooves in the air before they all shouted in unison.

“SURPRISE!”

At first I was well…shocked with what was happening, but as time went on, I could feel the place start to…tighten, like the room was getting smaller. My breathing became a bit more ragged, the air started to feel colder. I wrapped my arms around myself to make me warmer…make me safer…but it just kept getting worse. I lowered my hood even more over my face, but that barely changed anything. I was freezing up…m-my chest…I…it’s getting….s-so hard…c-can’t breathe…I…memories of…something…shouting…jeering…I…I just…

Please…just…no…l-leave me…JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

(POV: Twilight)

So…we ran into a slight problem.

Everything was going great, all the ponies in town were in their places (I still have no idea how Pinkie manages to fit everypony in here, but I just leave it at Pinkie being Pinkie), the decorations were ready, the food was set on the table, Vinyl had her records ready to play, and now all we had to do was simply jump out and give Drakalian his surprise party. And for the next few moments, it did work out just like that.

But then, instead of just jumping in shock/surprise before laughing it off, like I thought he would, he just…froze up.

The second we all jumped and shouted surprise, Drakalian rather quickly wrapped his arms around himself, pulling his hood down until it covered the majority of his face, and then just…stood there. I was rather confused as to what he was doing, and I could tell that I wasn’t the only one.

“Wow, that is the best reaction we got yet Pinkie!” Exclaimed Rainbow, nudging the pink mare a little as she quietly laughed.

Pinkie nodded in agreement. “I know, Dashie. It’s like we turned him to stone like Discord.” She said before walking up to the human and tapping him. Strangely enough, it sounded just like if she was tapping on stone.

“Are you sure he’s ok darling? He doesn’t seem to be looking well.” Stated Rarity, walking up as well as she examined the human a bit closer.

I gave a nod as I too walked up to the human, ignoring the other ponies in the room that were silently chatting away to each other, trying to figure out what was going on as well. “I have to agree with Rarity. I’ve never seen anypony react like this to one of Pinkie’s surprise parties before. Then again, humans might react differently to situations like this.” I said, getting a closer look on the frozen human.

“Ah have ta agree, sugarcube. Normally, they would just be shocked for a few seconds before laughing it off, but ah never seen this before.” Said Applejack, who was also walking to us. At this point, all six of us were now around the human, trying to figure out what was going on.

“M-maybe we scared him too much?” Asked Fluttershy, a worried look on her face.

“Oh please, if he was really that scared, then he would have at least said something by now.” Rainbow said, leaning against the human. As she did so, she accidentally caused Drakalian to tip over, but thankfully AJ was able to quickly catch him.

“Whoa, careful there partner.” She said to the human, only to realize that Drakalian barely moved a muscle to save him. In fact, he only shuffled a bit forward so as to not fall down completely, like he wasn’t even paying attention to his surroundings.

“Hey, you alright there buddy?” Dash said, looking up at him as she tried to look up his hood and at his face. After a few moments, she looked back at me, a rather worried look on her face. “Hey Twi, I think you should come look at this.”

I gave her a curious look as I walked up to the two, looking up at the human’s face as well. “Look at what Da-” I stopped I mid sentence as soon as I saw his face…or more accurately, his eyes.

Instead of his emerald color irises and his rather smaller than normal pupils (well, smaller compared to a pony, that is) that he had, they had…changed. His pupils were much larger then before, maybe about 2.5 times larger. What was left of his irises was a very thin halo, and instead of the normal emerald color, it was a deep bloodshot red.

As I stared in shock at his eyes, I felt Fluttershy urgently tap on my shoulder to get my attention. Pulling my gaze away from Drakalian and bringing it to the yellow mare, a rather worried look on her face. “What’s wrong Fluttershy?”

After a few seconds of deep breathing, the shy mare was finally able to respond. “D-Drakalian’s not breathing.” She said in a low whisper.

Everypony was quiet for a few seconds, stunned with what they just heard. Soon, I was able to shake the shock off and I quickly placed my ear onto his chest, hoping that she was wrong. Everypony else in the room was quiet as they watched me intently, waiting for the results.

I could hear the low thumping of his heart beating in his chest, which was rather loud, but I just assumed that it was loud because of his larger stature. However, as I continued to listen, I grew more and more worried as I finally came to the same conclusion.

For whatever reason, Drakalian wasn’t breathing.

I quickly backed up and lit my horn, tugging the frozen human with my magic as I started to give my friends directions for what to do.

“Ok girls, we need to get him to the hospital right away. Fluttershy, I need you to help me keep Drakalian stable as Rainbow and Applejack help carry him back to the hospital. Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, I need you two to take care of the party guests here and to make sure that they are all calm before meeting us back at the hospital. Everypony got it?” I finished, looking around to make sure they all understood what they were going to do.

They all nodded, and with that settled, I carefully pulled Drakalian a bit towards me before holding him in place as Applejack and Dash stood on either side of him, making sure he was steady. Once that was taken care of, the four of us began to move the human back outside of the building while Pinkie and Rarity began to gather up the rest of the ponies in the building, making sure that they were all calm. Thankfully, Drakalian was still responsive to small nudges, allowing us to gently move him along and to the direction we needed him to go. Along with Rarity and Pinkie, Spike also began to help with clearing out the guests, but by the looks of things, he seemed to be falling asleep already, and I wasn't sure how much longer he was going to keep himself awake. After all, he's only a baby dragon.

It took a while for us to lead Drakalian back to the hospital; Dash or Applejack giving him a small nudge or tug on his arm or side when he started to stray a bit too far away, but for the most part he would stay within hoof distance of us. During this time, Fluttershy was hovering right next to him, placing her hoof on his shoulder every so often and saying some soothing words to try and help him. Thankfully it did seem to work, for he did relax a little, though he still didn’t seem to be breathing. After a few minutes of nudging him around, we finally made it back to the hospital.

I quickly ran inside, my friends close behind with the human in tow. I could see that Redheart was stationed at the front counter at the moment, making this a lot easier to explain the situation to then if it was somepony else. Currently, she was reading one of those fashion magazines that Rarity loves to read, so she didn’t see us enter the building.

“Redheart, we need your help!” I exclaimed, coming to a stop right in front of the counter.

The white mare gave a small start upon our sudden appearance, placing the magazine down as she looked up at us. “Twilight, what a surprise. Why are you here…is that Drakalian? Has something gone wrong?” She said, noticing my friends and the human behind me.

I gave a nod. “We were going to throw a party for Drakalian for coming to Ponyville, you know, the traditional Pinkie Pie Party, but as soon as we shouted surprise, he just… froze up like this. I…I don’t know what to do, he’s not responding to anything besides nudges and pulls and he’s not even breathing and-” I started to say before the nurse quickly shushed me.

“Calm down Twilight, calm down. Now, let me take a look at him, ok?” She said, giving us a comforting smile.

With that, she walked up to the frozen being and started to examine him, looking at his eyes and listening to his chest for his heart and breathing. During her short examination, both Rarity and Pinkie entered the hospital, walking to us with worried looks as well.

"We were able to get the guests to leave, as well as cleaning up the place." Rarity said, Pinkie nodding in agreement.

"That's good to hear. Wait, where's Spike? I thought he was with you girls?" I asked, wondering where my number one assistant went to.

Before they could say anything, the door opened once again, letting in a rather tired looking baby dragon as he came to a stop right next to us. "D-don't worry, I...I'm here." He said, panting slightly.

I gave a smile as I nuzzled my number one assistant. "Oh Spike, you must be tired after all that running around, let alone with how late it's starting to get." I said.

"It's ok Twi, really. I just need a breather, then I can enjoy my bed when we get home." He stated, a small smile on his face. It was at this point that I noticed that he was holding something behind his back, but before I could say anything about it, the party mare interrupted me.

"So, is he ok? He's not sick, or dying, or trapped in some sort of crystal, or-" Pinkie started to say before I shushed her with a wave of my hoof.

"We don't know yet. Redheart is just checking him out now." I said before turning my attention to the nurse and human.

After a few minutes, the white Earth pony stopped and gave us a calming look. “Well, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that he’s fine, and he is still breathing, if a bit shallowly.”

“What’s the bad news?” Asked Dash, her wings giving a nervous flutter every so often as we all stood there. Fluttershy seemed just as nervous, staying by Drakalian’s side as we all waited. Strange enough, I noticed that she didn’t leave the human’s side even when Redheart was examining him. Applejack was nervous as well, but she didn’t seem as nervous as the rest of us, which I found a bit strange, but I was brought back to attention when the nurse began to speak again.

“Well, the bad news is that he…um…he’s having a panic attack.”

My eyes went wide with shock as I looked at the human before back at Redheart. “A panic attack? But this is nothing like it says in the books.”

She gave a small nod before continuing. “I know, this is a very strange case of a panic attack, at least in my time being here. However, it’s not unlikely for a panic attack to look like this, it’s just not that common. I can’t really explain why this happened, or how it happened, or even why he just locked up like this. All I do know is that the best way to help him is to calm him down from whatever he is worried about.”

“B-But…but what is making him worried?” Fluttershy asked, looking up at the panic stricken human.

“I believe we can help with that.” Said a rather familiar voice from behind us. Surprised and curious, we all turned around to see whom it was, only to be met with something that I never thought I would see.

It was both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna…along with a dozen of the best Day Guards alongside both of them. We all simply stood there for a few seconds before any of us said or did anything. I was the first one to react, quickly shaking my head to clear it before running over to my mentor, a smile on my face.

Once I reached the white Alicorn, I gave her a quick hug. "Princess Celestia! It's good to see you again." I exclaimed, before realizing the rather large number of guards that were with her. Confused, I looked at both princesses. "Wait, why do you have guards with you? Has something happened to Canterlot?" At this I grew worried, but it was thankfully calmed down by my mentor.

"Rest assured, Twilight, everything is fine back at Canterlot. I am, however, more worried with this new guest that we have." Said the Sun Princess, giving me a hug in return before looking at Drakalian with a curious look.

I gave my mentor a confused look, not sure what she meant by that. However, before I could ask her what she meant by that , Celestia spoke up once again.

"Fret not, my faithful student, you have done nothing wrong, and thankfully nothing bad has happened as of yet. In fact I should thank you girls for finding him and making sure that all stayed safe during his stay here." She said, giving a quick smile on her muzzle before it went back to her more serious expression. She then turned her attention to Redheart. "If we may, Nurse Redheart , could we borrow one of your patient rooms for a few minutes?"

"Of course, your Highness. It's no trouble at all." The nurse stated, giving a small bow to both of the royal sisters before gently tugging the human with her mouth and leading us to an empty room. As the white mare brought Drakalian into the room, Celestia looked at the rest of us, still with her serious look.

"I'm sorry to say this, but I think it is best if it was just Luna and I here." She said, getting a surprised reaction from the six of us, and even more so from her guards.

"Princess, are you sure that's such a good idea? Even in its current condition, we're not sure if-" one of the guards started to say before being interrupted by the Solar Princess.

"I'm quite sure, Hammerhoof, though your caution is noted. Now, if you will please excuse us..."

We were all hesitant for a few seconds, my friends and I mostly because we were worried for Drakalian, while the guards were more worried for the princess's safety. After a few moments, however, we each gave a nod before turning to wait in the waiting room. As I turned to join my friends, I was stopped by the white Alicorn's voice.

"Twilight, I would like it if you could stay with us please." Stated Celestia with a calming expression on her face.

I blinked in surprise as I turned to face the two princesses, confusion evident on my own face. "Me? I-I mean, of course Princess, but may I ask why?"

"Of course you may ask Twilight, I'm just worried with what his reaction will be once he sees us." Said the white mare, and before I could ask her anything else, they turned and walked into the room. After a few seconds of hesitating, I followed them in soon afterwards.

Once the three of us were in, I closed the door behind me before looking back at Drakalian to see what his condition was. Thankfully, or maybe not thankfully, very little seemed to have changed from his appearance. Not really sure what I should do at this time, I simply sat down at a nearby table as I watch both princesses look Drakalian over.

After a few moments of silence, it was Luna who first spoke. "You see sister. Tis he."

It was the first time I heard the dark Alicorn speak since she arrived here, and even though I could tell she was speaking old Equestrian again, instead of it being its normal light hearted tone, her voice seemed to have a more...neutral tone to it than before.

Before I could ask anything, the Solar Princess spoke up. "I must agree, Luna. It appears your intuition was right. However, I'm still worried about his reaction to seeing us, especially since we didn't part on the most...positive of terms."

"Do you think he would be able to forgive us, sister?" Luna asked. Celestia was about to respond, but before she could, she was interrupted by a rather large gasp, causing us to quickly shift our attention to the source of the sound.

As we watched, Drakalian seemed to be slowly relaxing from his stance, his good shoulder sagging slightly as he started to slowly move, almost like he was waking up from some sort of trance.

"Well, it looks like we shall have our answer soon." Said Celestia before she fell silent, waiting.

So, as you guys may have noticed, this chapter may seem a bit...blocky to you, as well as having a few more grammar errors then normal. That's because I'm now having to resort to typing this with my phone. So...while I was able to put up the majority on here with my computer, I finished the rest with my phone, starting where Twilight runs and hugs Celestia. I will be editing it to try and make it better to read, but until then, you guys will have to deal with this until I get to fixing all of it. So, with that said, I'll see you guys later.
PS: can anyone tell me how to indent the paragraphs with a mobile phone?