Chapter 45: Removal

A heavy downpour if rain, fell over the town, and Dusk and Fluttershy were the only two residents who were still outside. They were still side by side, as he kept his wing over her, to prevent the rain from pouring down on her. (Well... that was their excuse) Both of them were blushing as they moved towards the hospital, which is still about five minutes away.

Dusk is getting drenched with rain. Every single part of his body was affected by the rain, and he couldn’t see as well, since his short mane had gone straight, which prevented him from seeing anything above sky level. He looks at Fluttershy, who is visibly less wet than Dusk, but still quite soaked by the rain.

The dark blue stallion is quite a lot happier than usual, and not just because of what happened a few minutes ago. He absolutely loves the rain, and so he didn’t mind getting wet at all, he actually preferred it. He felt Fluttershy lean on him ever so slightly. He could see that she is smiling into the distance, and he swore that he felt his heart melt.

He smiles in pure bliss, as he wonders about how he is so lucky to have a mare like her, with such beauty, such compassion, such kindness.

‘I don’t deserve her, I’ve lived too much of a horrible life for her to even know me, let alone love me. But she has done wonders for me. She just makes me fell... content with my life.’

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As they approach the front door, Fluttershy begins to worry about something. She hesitates as she approaches the sliding doors of the building, and she turns to Dusk.

“I really don’t think that we should go i-inside, because I-I don’t think that they would like it if we came in... like this.” She wipes a forehoof on her wet body and lets the water drip off said hoof. Dusk understands what she is implying.

“Yeah, I get the picture Flutters, we are both sopping wet, (especially me) and I don’t really think that they’d like, it if we just uh... left an enormous water trail inside.” Says Dusk in a somewhat sarcastic tone.

“Um... yeah... that wouldn’t be um... very nice if we did that.”

[IDEA!]

“I’ve got it covered.”

Dusk looks inside the hospital area, and is thankful when he sees one of the hospital’s nurses walking through the nearby corridor. She has a light pink coat, with a pink and white mane tied into a ponytail. ‘I wonder why they call it a ‘ponytail’. It would make much more sense to call it a tail mane style, or something like that.’ She is quite chubbier than most of the other mares that he’s seen in Ponyville. She has a white cross with hearts surrounding it as her cutie mark, and she wears a nurse’s cap.

She is unoccupied. ‘Perfect...’

“Hey excuse me? I need some towels over here.” Crudely says Dusk.

She turns around and looks at him, confusedly. “Need some towels?”

“Yeah, I need towels. As it turns out, walking through the rain gets you quite wet.” He says bluntly.

“Um... sure then. I’ll get some.” She walks off, slightly confused as to why she is doing this.

Dusk looks away, and back at his soaked marefriend, “Crude tactics, they work.”

Fluttershy looks away slowly facehoofing, and shaking her head. He saw that she is smiling in a humoured way.

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When both Dusk and Fluttershy had both dried themselves, (thanks to Nurse Sweethooves) and had stepped inside the hospital, causing no mess to the hospital, much to the satisfaction of Fluttershy. They had both gone their separate ways, she had gone to Room 126, while Dusk had walks towards the receptionist at the nearby counter.

“Uh... hullo. I’m here to speak to you about my appointment with Nurse Redheart, with the removal of this cast on my wing.”

“Ah yes, she told me that she was to expect you here, Dusk. I’ll tell her to meet you here in a second.”

‘Must be a slow work day, if she remembers about my cast removal.’

The receptionist flips through a few of the folders in the nearby medical cabinet. As soon as she finds the surprisingly small medical folder, she contacts the nurse using her unicorn magic. (Magic, how does it work?)

“Just sit in the waiting room for a few minutes, Nurse Redheart will be with you in a few minutes.”

“Alright.”

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Dusk has been sitting in the waiting room for five minutes, waiting for the nurse to get him. There are several grey chairs attached to the walls of the room, and he sees numerous outdated fashion magazines on the table in the centre of the room.

The nurse enters the area where he is sitting and calls for Dusk to follow her to one of the rooms in the hospital. He willingly obliges, as he gets off the chair and follows...

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Point of View: Fluttershy

Fluttershy is walking down one of the hospital hallways, looking for Room 126, where Twilight and Zephyr were staying. As she walks, she finds 126 in the distance. She approaches, and knocks on the door.

*knock knock knock*

She waits for a few seconds, until Twilight opens the door of the room. “Hello Fluttershy, what are you doing here?” Asks Twilight in a pleasantly surprised tone.

“I um... came here to see if you are okay.” She answers quietly.

“Don’t worry too much Fluttershy, I’m a lot better than I was yesterday.”

“Oh that’s good Twilight. Well I-”

“Why don’t you stay for a bit Shy.”

“...Okay.”

As she steps inside the room, she sees Zephyr laying on the hospital bed, in a bit of pain. The painkillers that the hospital gave him were starting to wear off again, and he is starting to feel tightness in his chest again. Fluttershy looks him sympatheticly, before talking to him.

“Hello Zephyr, I hope that you feel okay.” Says Fluttershy.

“I feel a lot better than I did yesterday. I’ll still be in quite a bit of pain for about a month, but I’ll still be fine.”

“Oh... uhm... well, good luck with the injury.”

“Thanks Fluttershy, at least I can still spend time with Twilight over there.” He points his forehoof, over to where she is standing, which makes her blush a little bit.

“U-um... thanks Zephy.”

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Fluttershy, Zephyr and Twilight were engaging in light conversation with each other. Twilight took it upon herself, to remind Fluttershy about the experiment she is organising. She had brought up other issues, such as the well-being of the town, but she is currently asking about their friends.

“So Fluttershy, do you know how all of our friends handled the attack?”

“Um... no. (Sorry) I only know about Rarity. She... she locked herself up at the Carousel Boutique after we visited you. She d-didn’t want to come out, in case the diamond dogs went for her again.”

Zephyr is the first to speak up. “Really? She did that?”

Twilight starts worrying, “Oh no, oh no, oh no. Do you remember what happened the last time she locked herself up in her Boutique?”

“Yes, that was-”

“Wait a sec, what happened the last time this happened?” Asks Zephyr.

Twilight starts to explain what happened, to her coltfriend. “When she was captured by the diamond dogs, about a year and a half ago, she became fearful of the dogs. So she locked herself in her house, and stayed there for two weeks, until she ran out of food.”

“For two weeks?! That seems a-”

*knock knock*

They all look at the door, after hearing the knocking. Twilight approaches the door, asking herself “Who else could it be?”

She opens the door, and looks at a familiar dark blue pegasus, but he appears to be missing something. He has a smug smile, as he begins to speak.

“Hello Zeph, Fluttershy, and Twilight. They have finally removed my cast.” He flares his wings as proof of what he just said.

“No wonder something seems off, Dusk, but I think you suit being injured, since you seem to get injured every second day.” Remarks Zephyr, in a slightly trolly way.

“Hah, says the one who can’t work, in both ways, for six weeks, because of injury.” Retorts Dusk. He is grinning evilly after the comeback.

“Dusk, I swear, sometimes, you are the epitome of annoyance.”

“Sucks to be you right now, Zeph.” Next Chapter: Chapter 46: Locked Out Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 17 Minutes