04:00 am

Doctor Stable was snoring under his desk. This was his safe place, there were no emergencies, no yelling; just peace and quiet.

"Get up!!!"

He got up so fast his horn got stuck on the wood. "Auh."

"Stop lazing around, the morning shift has already started!" Nurse Redheart yelled at him.

"Really? it feels like the night shift to me..." he said, trying to release his horn.

"Maybe if you sleep for once in a real bed instead in your office like a dog you´ll be able to tell day and night apart." she said and pulled the desk off with no effort.

"Is that an invitation?"

"Don´t push your luck." And she left.

Stable smirked, adjusted his glasses and coat.

This was going to be a long day.

09:00 am

"Well, that´s why I hate the SIsterhooves event. All patients come in pairs. All right Shorty, you deal with the right side of the room and I´ll take care of the left" Nurse Coldheart said to Nursery Rhyme, the foal nurse.

"Wouldn´t it make more sense if I deal with all the fillies?"

"Oh excuse me, Princess White Cap! I didn´t noticed you were there! Why, with your magnificent wings and your glowing horn. Oh please, forgive me your highness!"

"...no need to be so sarcastic."

"Look Blabbermouth, just do what I said. The day you suddenly sprout wings and a horn, then come talking to me. Ha, that´ll be the day. An alicorn visiting the hospital."

Meanwhile back in the reception

"Hello, do you have more of these furniture magazines? They are such a fascinating read!" Princess Sparkle asked before knocking down a flower vase. "Ups! New wings, sorry!"

14:00 PM

"The Cutie Mark keeps appearing and disappearing. I´ve never seen something like this," Nurse Tenderheart said.

"It has to be Cutie Pox," Nurse redheart said.

"It never is Cutie Pox," Dr. Stable sentenced.

The three of them looked at the board intensively. Scanning all the symptoms listed, searching for an explanation.

"If Cutie Pox is not the cause, may i ask why I was called?" Zecora asked.

None of them had a good answer.

18:00 PM

Coffee break.

19:00 PM

"Have you wondered if this is the real world? Maybe our world is nothing more but a dream, trapped inside a snowglobe," Nurse Sweetheart asked, watching the rain hit the window.

"...just shup up and clean the vomit," Coldheart told her throwing her a bucket.

In the bed next to her, Carrot Top expelled the muffins she had last night for dinner.

23:00 PM

Vigilance, the security pony, was in the hallway standing stall. His eyes fixed on the aisle, not moving an inch.

A pony covered entirely in bandages passed in front of him, his forelegs extended and he was dragging a few loose bandages.

Vigilance didn´t move an inch.

23:45 PM

"Scalpel!"

"Check!"

"Suction!"

"Here!"

"Napkin!"

Doctor Stable put the napkin on, covering his coat.

"All right then, dinner is ready!" And he cut the apple pie, sharing it with the other nurses.

23:50 PM

Nursery Rhyme passed next to Vigilance.

"Hey! Don´t run in the hallway!"

03:25 PM

Doctor Stable returned to his office. He found a cup of hot coffee waiting on the desk.

"Oh Redheart. You spoil me too much,"

He took a sip, got under his desk and quickly began to snore.