"A bar?" Celestia asked me.

"Yes, I used to own one back home and until I find a way home I'd like something to remind me of there and my goal." They stared at me unblinking.

"I shall have the deed to you by tomorrow morning. After breakfast I'll have someone show you the way." I nodded and headed to the door. Opening it I looked back.

"Oh, you have until the end of the week." I walked out the ward and explored the castle. The ponies would either run away or simply stare, frozen in fear, as I passed them. After a while I stumbled across a garden of sorts. Rose bushes and golden lilies lined the path. I came across a small pond with a tree near the edge of the water. I sat down underneath the tree and began to gaze out at the water as I thought.

"How am I going to get home? Will I be able to? No, I got here so that means there's a way back. There has to be, but how will I find it? I can't just wander hoping I find something. I can't ask for the princesses help either, this is something I need to do myself. I don't know what I'm looking for though." I'm not sure how long I sat there thinking; I only snapped out of it when I felt a tap on the shoulder. I turned to see a mare with white fur and light pink hair. The orange rays of the sunset complimented the shine of her blue eyes and white nurse uniform. I stood up as she began to talk.

"We need you in the medical ward please. Something has happened and we need to confirm it." I nodded my head before following her. We walked for a few moments when I noticed something odd. She wasn't scared or nervous in any way. With how everyone else was acting, it was weird to say the least.

"Are you not afraid of me?" I decided to ask.

She glanced at me, "Why should I. If you wanted to do something you would've. There's no point in being afraid of what won't hurt you." I simply stared at her slightly wide eyed.

"May I have your name?"

"It's nurse Red Heart. What's your name?"

"Well miss-"

"Nurse."

"Yes, Nurse Red Heart, I'm John and I'm opening a bar here in..." I trailed off.

"Canterlot."

"Right, I'm opening a bar here in Canterlot. A nurse such as yourself would do wonders. I'm sure we'll need someone to help after all the bar fights that'll happen. What do you say?" She looked over to me not saying anything. After a few seconds she smirked at me.

"I'll have to think about it. As much a I hate to omit it I've been quite board here. Not many ponies enter the medical ward of Canterlot castle and I need something interesting in my life. I won't give you a answer now but I will give you one eventually."

"That's fine by me nurse Red Heart." We walked in the ward to see utter chaos, and not the good kind. Papers were all over the floor and desks. Ponies, doctors and nurses alike, were visibly stressed and tired. They turned to us as we entered and looked both relieved and worried. Nurse Red Heart lead me to a side room.

Luna laid strapped to the bed. Munltiple bags of IV were sent through needles embedded through out her arms. A tube connected to a breathing machine was fed into her throat; the heart monitor giving a slow, rhythmic beeping. Her midsection was bandaged up but the blood leaked through. Celestia, the girls, and the dragoness were off to the side.

I walked over to the side of the bed, "What did you need me to confirm?" Nurse Red Heart came over and undid the bandages. There was a black symbol on what flesh was left.

"It looks a lot like a Oriental dragon, but why is it biting its own tail?" I noted out loud.

"A Oriental dragon?" Spines asked me.

"Unlike other dragons they aren't dangerous. In fact they're guardians. Protectors of the heavens and guards to the people. They have four legs with four toes on each foot and a serpentine body without any wings attached. What confuses me is that it's bitting its own tail."

"Why, is it weird?" Twilight asked me.

"In a way yes. The Ouroboros or "tail devourer," is a very ancient symbol. It has several meanings interwoven into it and symbolizes the cyclic Nature of the Universe: creation out of destruction, Life out of Death. The ouroboros eats its own tail to sustain its life, in an eternal cycle of renewal. So why is it on her?"

"Um, excuse me John." I turned to nurse Red Heart, "The magic tests show that it's a slave mark. We think it belongs to you but we've never seen a stallion give a mare one before. Can we please have a blood sample to make sure." She handed me a orange bottle and a needle. I pricked my finger and let the blood drip into the bottle. I handed it back and was told that it was all that was needed of me.

I returned to the garden and sat under the tree once more. The night had fallen and the moon was in full view. I simply stared at it, letting my mind wander. I thought about home, my family, and friends. I felt the warmth of my tears my fall down my face as I continued thinking. I heard the rustling of the grass behind me. I wiped my tears away and turned to see nurse Red Heart there.

She held a warm smile as the pale moons glow shined down on her. She opened her mouth and began to speak.

Author's Notes:

CLIFF HANGER, but I'm all seriousness I'm sorry that this was short and took a while. I wanted to try something different and add more detail to my writing. Please tell me what you think and if I should keep doing it (longer to write) or do what I used to (more updates). It's all up to you guys, and thanks for reading