Just as you suspected, the night went by incredibly slowly. Sleep had came somewhat quickly, as you felt indescribably tired, but it still felt uncomfortable.

One minute you were freezing cold and had to wrap yourself up in your blanket, and the next you were overheating and were sweating profusely. In combination with a splitting headache, stomach pains and a throat that felt like a razor blade, it all combined to a terrible night.

Once you fought through all of that, however, sleep felt like the best sensation in the world. There were no dreams, no uncomfortable pain, so sleep paralysis demons. It was just peaceful.

It felt like all of your troubles and all of your pains melted away as you relished your silent state of unconsciousness that you were rarely granted. The last time you had such a peaceful sleep was a very long time ago. Nowadays, your sleep schedule was constantly plagued by nightmares and visions of your home world.

Quite honestly, you wanted to never wake up. Your entire body felt relaxed, and you didn't want it to end.

You remained in that resting state for a while, until finally you did wake up. Or, at least partially. Your cloudy vision was parted by the rays of sunlight shining in through your window. There wasn't a sound coming from the house, so you figured that Twilight and Spike had let you sleep in.

As your blurred vision slowly began to return to normal, you didn't seem to notice anything out of place. That was, until you looked into the corner of the room.

Sat on a stool in the corner of the room was Rainbow Dash, looking out the window with her head resting on her hoof. You weren't sure what she was doing here, but you figured she must've been really bored.

Just as you were about to say her name, the pain returned. Shockwaves of pain rippled through your brain, enough to persuade you to stay in bed.
It was safe to say that you now understood why Rainbow could hardly move from her bed that day.

"R-Rainbow..?" you asked, groggily, looking over at the cyan mare with half closed eyes.

Rainbow Dash jumped slightly, as if startled by your sudden awakening, before quickly turning from the window to you. Her slightly panicked expression quickly change into a smile.

"Hey! Your awake!" she exclaimed, happily. You smiled back at her before she began scooting the wooden stool she was sat on over to you.
As funny as it looked, the way the legs of the stool scraped on the floor created an unbearable screech, making your headache even worse than it already was.

"Ow! Can you stop that? Please?" you asked, snapping slightly under the pain of your headache. You had quickly added a please onto the end, in an effort to correct your anger, but this headache was affecting your patience badly.

"Sorry." Rainbow said with a guilty smile as she hopped up from the stool. Instead of scraping it along the floor of your room, she now picked it up and hovered over to your bedside, laying it down gently beside you, "So how are ya feelin'?"

As much as you didn't want to admit it to her, it did hurt. It hurt more than any illness you had ever felt on Earth.

"It hurts." you said, your head laid down on your pillow. You were expecting Rainbow to start teasing you over your intolerance of pain, but to your surprise, she didn't.

"I can agree with you on that!" she exclaimed, placing her hoofs on the side of your bed, "I'm guessing you already know what's wrong with you?"

You most certainly did. Everything that happened last night was as clear as day. Everything from the demon that had entered your room, to tackling Twilight into a pile of books.

"Yeah, I do." you said, looking at her out of the corner of your eye. You could raise your head, but it was way to much effort to be bothered doing.

"Well in that case, you know why I came by, right?" she asked, smiling at you slyly.

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe to apologise for making me bedridden?" you said, not being entirely serious. You even laughed softly under your breath.

A wave of guilt washed over Rainbow's face, causing you to feel twice as guilty as her.

"It's not really your fault!" you reassured her, giving her a slightly painful grin. Thankfully, that seemed to return her to her normal demeanour.

"Oh, well, good! Because that's not why I came here!" she pouted, crossing her forelegs over her chest.

You made an effort to raise your head, and as difficult as it was, you did it. The price of this, however, was that you needed to lean your head on the wall in order to stop yourself from falling back onto the pillow.

"Then why did you come here?" you asked, giving her a curious smirk.

"Wellll..." she began, her eyes lighting up with excitement, "I figured that, since your nowhere near as awesome as me and all, you wouldn't recover nearly as fast as I did..."

To be honest, you weren't really surprised by that explanation. But it didn't really explain why she had came by.

"So..." you said, not really understand what she was getting at.

"So I came over to help you recover! Just call me Doctor Dash!" Rainbow exclaimed, proudly, as she flew up into the air with her hoofs placed heroically at her sides.
She lowered back down to the stool, and looked into your eyes awaiting approval.

You stared at her blackly for a few seconds, before asking a question that had just appeared in your mind.

"Where's Twilight?" you asked, shifting in your covers slightly. You partly were genuinely concerned as to where Twilight had gone, but were also just unsure as to wether a Rainbow was being serious or not.

"Oh, Twilight? She left." she replied, holding her hoofs together and glancing evilly at the door. She almost looked like a super villain planning their next scheme.

"What, did you kill her or something?" you asked, jokingly. Your head plummeted back down into your pillow, carelessly.

"What? No! I literally mean she left!" she retorted, seeming slightly offended that you just assumed she murdered one of her best friends. After a few seconds of silence, however, she seemed to understand that you were joking.

"Where'd she go?" you asked.

"She went to look after Fluttershy and her animals. She caught it too." Rainbow explained, sadly.

You were a little shocked that this illness was spreading so rapidly, but then again, you shouldn't really have been surprised. It did originally transmit from a tortoise to a pony after all.

"Wait, so aren't you and Twilight gonna get the illness from caring for us?" you asked, rolling your entire body over to face her.

Rainbow placed a hoof on your coat, and you had to admit, it felt quite soothing. Due to the illness, your coat seemed to be hyper-sensitive to touch.

"Don't worry, I doubt I can get it again." she reassured you, "And as for Twilight, she might get it, but then you and Spike will just have to try your best to take care of her!"

You nodded at her in response, as if silently promising that you would take good care of her friend. Twilight was the one who had taken you in after you first landed in this world, after all. You weren't just gonna leave her hanging when she needed help.

"Speaking of Twilight, why aren't you taking care of Fluttershy, and why isn't Twilight here? I mean, Twilight lives here, and you and Fluttershy practically grew up together!" you asked, watching as Rainbow got up and carried her stool back over to the corner of the room.

"Heh, just a change of scenery, you know!" she replied nervously, waving a hoof in your direction. She didn't make eye contact, and instead fixed her eyes on the corner of the room as she placed the stool back where it belonged.
"And how do you know about me and Fluttershy growing up together?" she asked, now fully turning to you. Her voice had shifted from caring and compassionate, to suspicious and slightly aggressive.

You gulped nervously, as you had once again let some of your human knowledge slip out. If it was your choice, you would have no memories of your life on Earth.
If anything, they were a curse at this point.

"Um... Twilight told me! Yeah!" you explained, quickly finding an excuse for your cursed knowledge.

Rainbow stared at you from the curse, sternly. You could feel her magenta eyes piercing through your soul.

"Hmm..." she said, quietly. You were beginning to have your doubts wether she believed you, "I suppose that makes sense."

And with that, everything returned to normal. You let out a relieved sigh as all the tension dissolved. Well, all the tension aside from the physcial tension in your muscles.

"Now, what services of Doctor Dash do you require?" she asked, walking over to your bedside once again. Seemingly out of nowhere, she pulled out a head mirror that doctors used whilst in surgery and placed it on her head. Her mane didn't get in the way, as it seemed to slide right over it.

You laughed softly as you looked at the cyan Pegasus beside you, who was now role playing as a doctor. Out of all the things you never expected to see in your life, this was definitely one of them.
Then again, this whole world was something nobody would ever expect to see in their life.

"How about a massage!" Rainbow suggested, enthusiastically. She didn't strike you as the type of pony to go around offering free massages for seemingly no reason. You laughed once again, before letting out a slightly reluctant 'sure'.

You weren't sure how a massage from Rainbow Dash was going to feel, but your approval seemed to make her happy. Not to mention the fact that your muscles were aching quite a lot.

You rolled over onto your back, like most usually do during a massage, and awaited the oncoming treatment. Wether it would be relaxing, or torturous, you weren't really sure. But either way, it would be something for sure.

"Ok, now watch Doctor Dash work her magic!" she exclaimed as she leapt up onto the bed, trying her best not to trample you into oblivion.

You closed your eyes in anticipation, but also tensed up, as you had no idea how this was going to feel.

After a few seconds you feel her hoofs begin massaging your lower back, gently at first. It actually felt quite nice, as most of the built up tension seemed to melt away.

"Um... Is that ok?" Rainbow asked, obviously quite worried over whether she was doing a good job. You nodded into your pillow, not wanting to move at all.

Rainbow began speeding up, putting more pressure into the massage. Now this was how you imagined it was going to be. It did hurt slightly, but you had to admit, it seemed to be working quite well in relieving the tension.

You had never had a massage in Equestria before, but it did feel pretty similar to how it did on Earth. It felt incredibly good. Maybe that was in combination with the thought of Rainbow literally being above you, but nevertheless, it was nice.

Once all of the pressure in your lower back had been relieved, she moved onto your wings, that seemed to be naturally fanned out. She massaged these much more gently, as a pegasus' wings were are fragile. Of course, they are also incredibly strong in the right circumstances, but they are made of feathers.

You were even more unsure of how a massage to your wings would feel, as on Earth you didn't have wings. It felt a little strange at first, but after a while it began feeling just as relaxing as a massage anywhere else.

The way it felt seemed to relax your wing's bones, and allowed them to settle down beside you, comfortably.

Finally, Rainbow climbed off of you and jumped off the bed.

"How was that?" she asked, worriedly.

You lifted your head from it's fallen position and rolled over much more easily thanks to what she had done.

"That was amazing!" you exclaimed, happily. A smile quickly grew onto her face and her eyes lit up with happiness.

"Well, I am just that awesome!" she boasted, proudly, "So do you need anything else?"

You were a little surprised that she was willing to do so much for you. She seemed like the type of pony who would attempt to escape work whenever she could, but then again, she was the element of loyalty.

"Are you sure you don't mind doing all of this?" you asked, a look of worry on your face.

"Sure! I mean, what kinda friend would I be if I just left you hangin'?" she said, now hovering beside your bed.

You weren't sure of anything else she could do to make you feel better, but there was something you could think of to pass the time.

"In that case, could you go get a book from downstairs?" you asked. Seeing as you lived in a library, the one thing you could think of to make the time go by faster was reading.

"On it!" Rainbow said, smiling with determination, before hovering over to the bedroom door. Suddenly, she stopped dead in her tracks, seemingly for no reason.
"Oh, crap!" she exclaimed, quickly turning around with an urgent expression plastered on her face.

"What's wrong?" you asked, seeming just as worried as she was.

"I rushed to get over here this morning, and I forgot to do my weather pony duties!" she explained, panic in her voice, "I've gotta go fast!"

She quickly swung open the door, but stopped herself once again.

"I'm really sorry!" she said, turning to you one final time.

"Hey, it's ok! You already helped a lot!" you replied, which seemed to calm her down a little bit, "I'll see you later."

"See ya soon, Storm!" Rainbow said happily, before closing your door, lightly. As much as it hurt your throat, you shouted a thank you through the almost empty library, to which she also responded with a 'you're welcome'.

You heard the distant sound of the front door opening and then closing, and then the library was silent once again. You weren't sure how long it was gonna be before Twilight and Spike got back, but you felt like you could catch up on some sleep much easier thanks to the treatment Rainbow Dash had given you.

The one thing you were certain of however, was that you certainly weren't going anywhere.

Not for a day or two, at least.

Author's Notes:

Not gonna lie, it almost took longer to think of a name for this chapter than it did to actually write it.
A shorter 1k word chapter planned next (hopefully it doesn't extend again) that I think will focus a little more on Storm's life on Earth. I want the next 2 chapters to focus more on Twilight and Spike, as it's been a while since they were featured prominently. They aren't in the tags since the story doesn't revolve around them like it does Rainbow Dash, but they are still important characters in the sense that they are the only 2 to know about Storm's past so far.