Hey guys, just to clarify, there is a perspective shift this chapter. I hope you enjoy it!

(Character Switch: Jaycee)

“Man, I just can’t believe that Danny crashed like that.” I tell the girls as we walk down the road, “I mean, it’s just friggin’ unreal.”

“Yeah, I hope that he gets better, for Rainbow.” We all exchange sympathetic glances as Twilight talks, “For all of us.”

“Hey! Hey girls!!!” I hear a voice behind me and turn around 180 degrees to find the source. What I see is a grinning Rainbow Dash.

“What is it Rainbow?” I hear Rarity say to my left.

“Danny woke up! He’s alive!” I feel a smile grab hold of my face as I grab all of the ponies into a group hug. We are all smiling and laughing about how silly it was to doubt Danny.

“Man, I knew he would pull through!” I chuckle, “Hey, we should get his laptop and drop it off for him.”

“Why’s that?” Pinkie asks me, “Does he get super duper bored and start going like ‘unnngh’ a lot?”

“Heh, yeah, he’s got ADHD, so he loves being occupied.” I smile at Pinkie’s randomness, I’m starting to get used to this place and I have to admit, it’s pretty damn nice, “Plus, he loves his music and his games. Back home, that’s all he’s do was game all the time.”

“Okay, well ya’ll can ride his fancy dirt bike back to yer house and get that laptop.” Applejack tells me, “It’s nice ta know that he’ll be alright.”

“Yeah, well, I’m gonna go now.” I tuck my hands into my coat pocket and start down the road. Taking out my iPod, I put on No Apologies by Eminem and walk towards Twilight’s house humming the tune.

“Nah suckers I’m not sorry…” I continue to sing the song to myself until I am confronted by a cheery Ditzy Doo. Pausing my music, I look into her eyes, or at least try. My favorite mailmare!

“Hey Ditzy, what’s up?” I smile as she walks closer to me, her saddlebag filled to the brim with letters, packages, and one cute little filly.

“Oh, I’ve got a package here for Danny, I wondered if you knew where he was.” She smiles whilst saying this. Does she ever even stop smiling? I am forced to grin too as her adorable (Yeah, even Mr. Hardcore Soldier thinks these ponies are cute) eyes spin out of focus.

“Actually, he’s kinda in the hospital right now.” She covers her mouth with her hooves, as does the filly, “He crashed his sled over on the hill and broke a lot of bones. Knowing him, he’ll be alright.”

“Oh my gosh, that’s awful.” She frowns, both eyes looking at the floor, “I guess I’ll stop by there and give this to him.”

Something about her behavior just made me feel bad in general. I have to do something to make her feel better, but I don’t really know what. Aha! I got it!

“Hey Ditzy, my horoscope told me to do something nice today.” I tell her, lying through my teeth, “So how’s about I treat you to a dinner tonight. At that fancy place near town square; the La’Marra Café was it?”

“You mean it?” Her smile returns slowly, filling me up inside, “Thank you so much! Nopony ever does anything nice for me! I’ll be there at six, when my shift ends!” I watch as the smiling mare flies into the sky and begin to think to myself as I near Twilights library house. What have I gotten myself into?

--About thirty minutes later--Time 5:30--

I speed back towards town on Danny’s bike, my dress clothes flapping in the wind. Good thing Rarity made me these, I had a feeling I’d need them sometime.

With my military backpack I continue on . I still like wearing this thing, as it has room for anything I might need and even a little more. Danny’s laptop and DJ stuff fit nicely into the main pocket of the pack. Even though it’s been awhile since my encounter with Ditzy, I still find myself thinking about it constantly.

Why do I care so much that I want her to be happy? I’ve killed people with my bare hands and felt nothing! I’m a warrior! I’m not supposed to care about stuff like this!

Maybe it’s because these ponies are so peaceful and happy, you don’t want to see anything make them unhappy. Maybe you don’t want to see another war.

Yeah, that sounds about right. Thanks subconscious, you’re pretty cool.

I know.

Now shut the fuck up.

Okay…

Looking forward, I see that I’m passing through the gates of the town. Here I am! I look at my watch and see that I still have plenty of time left until I have to meet Ditzy at the restaurant. I slow the bike down to a halt and dismount it, leaving it leaning on Twilight’s house.

“Now to see what’s up with Danny.” I begin to walk towards the hospital, hopeful thoughts in my mind. Eventually I reach the building and enter the double doors. As soon as I enter, I am greeted by the sight of a traditional waiting room. A few benches and chairs over in one corner with some magazines scattered about. My eyes focus on none of this and instead lock on the pink mare behind the counter. She seems to have a nurse hat on, so I’m guessing that she works here.

“Hello?” I advance towards the counter, eyes locked on the mare, “I’m here to see Danny, gonna drop some stuff off for him.”

“Oh, well he’s still in surgery dear.” The nurse tells me, “He probably won’t be out for at least another two hours. Even then, he’ll most likely be really tired, the poor dear.”

“Yeah, well just tell him that Jaycee dropped this off for him.” I take off my backpack and unload its contents onto the table, the equipment spilling out with a loud clunk.

“Heh, hope I didn’t break anything.” I grin, “He’ll skin me alive if I did.”

“Really!” The mare looks horrified at my words.

“No no no! It’s just a figure of speech.” I explain, calming the mare down a bit.

“You humans sure do say a lot of weird things.” The mare shudders, then begins to gather the stuff up into a bin, “I’ll make sure to give this to Danny when he wakes up, okay?”

“Yeah, thanks a bunch!” I put the backpack back on and start for the door, “See ya later.”

I exit the hospital, the door shutting behind me with a clunk. Now to go to meet Ditzy at that fancy-ass restaurant! I check my watch, which tells me that I have five minutes to make it to the restaurant before I’m late for my dat-dinner with Ditzy. Oh SHIT! James Bond action time! I pull out my iPod, select my new favorite running song (My Feelings For You Prototypes remix) and put the buds in my ears.

I run like my life depends on it, because I really don’t wanna be late for this. I climb up on the rooftop of a nearby house and begin to parkour. Adrenaline begins to set in, and the world turns into a blur as I hop down from the house and begin to rush down the road to town square. The song switches to a tune I recognize as Tiesto’s Speed Rail, another good running song. I see a cart in the middle of the road and remember my personal advice I gave myself all those weeks ago; ‘DO COOL SHIT!’. I grin a bit and decide to go for it.

I increase my speed and prepare my legs for the task, then jump with all of my might, sailing over the cart. YES! Slamming against the dirt road, I do a duck roll and continue down the path. My adrenaline begins to fade a bit after that leap, however, and after a quick check of my watch, I can see that I have one minute left to reach the town square!

I look around frantically and see that the square is right around the corner. Maybe I can make it! I press pause on the mp3 and make a mad dash for the outlandish and fancy building that I instantly recognize as the La’Marra. After a little bit of pushing and shoving, I make it to the front door. One thing that’s nice about this particular place is that there aren’t many wealthy ponies in Ponyville, so the place is almost never full, meaning that you never need a reservation to get in.

Bolting in through the front doors, I see that I have arrived JUST in time! Whew! Made it! I look around the room and examine the waiting room; posh décor, velvet chairs, chandeliers , seems like the kind of place Rarity would like to visit.

“Hey, Jaycee, you made it!” I spin around to find to source of the voice, and what I see spellbinds me.

Okay, Ditzy’s pretty cute usually, but now she simply looks amazing. Her dress is beautiful; a greenish-blue cape with gold trim and bubble print on the back. She’s wearing a pair of cute golden shoes with pearl inserts that look like bubbles. In addition to this, her hair is tied back. This is going to be a fun night…

Okay yeah! I’m liking this! And by the way, the reference in last chapter was to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’s sledding scene.