The heart monitor continued to beep as it matched George's heart beat. I was glad that the doctors were able to bring George back. It was all thanks to the Princess who said that she had looked into our old world to see how to properly take care of a human. They didn't want to mess anything up. George was now sleeping, he never did wake up from when he was brought back by the doctors. He just continued to have his eyes close from his supposed death to his revival. I was tearing up slightly, how could this happen to George. All he had was a cold, colds couldn't do things like this to a person, so why did he pass away for a brief moment?
"Lucy...", I heard Twilight say my name as she placed her hoof on my arm.
"*Sniff* Yes, Twilight?" I asked as I looked over at the unicorn who was sitting in a chair by my own.
"How did this all happen? Scootaloo and I didn't see anything before we came in, all we saw were the doctors rushing in", she said.
"Well...", I began to explain
"Everything was pretty normal. Diamond Tiara, George, and I were just playing some tic-tac-toe on some paper when he said that he was getting heart pains all of a sudden", I said as I placed my hand on top of his.
His skin was warm, his cold had gotten a little better, but I was worried about why he would end up like this from just being sick from a cold. Twilight just nodded at what I said and turned to look at George as well. She let out a sigh and shook her head. Curious, I turned my head to look at her to see why she was shaking her head for.
"Everypony, and Lucy, I have something to say...", she said as she took a deep breath.
"Twilight... are you sure it is a good idea to tell them?" Princess Celestia asked as she came into the room.
"It isn't right to keep this from them", Twilight said.
"Keep what from us?" I asked.
"George didn't end up like this because of a cold, but because of a illness he got from his world. This illness has no name in his world, but it is known in our world. It's called the Demon's Brand, and it also has no cure in this world as well", Princess Celestia said.
The room fell silent, all that could be heard was the sound of the monitor beeping away and the doctors and nurses walking up and down the hall outside.
"Maybe we should have told everypony when everypony's actually here", Twilight said with a sigh.
"N-no cure? But does that mean he'll die again?" I asked as I covered my mouth with my hands, trying to hold back my tears.
"It's okay, as long as we keep George from falling critical again, he'll be fine", Twilight said.
"But you said it has no cure, how is he going to be okay?" I asked.
"Scootaloo, Princess Celestia, and I discovered that George was sick before this even happened. Though we only learned about it less than a few days ago", Twilight said.
"Indeed we did, but there;s still something that I do not understand. Twilight, the letter from his doctor in his world said that he had two weeks left. Why did something like this happen before the two weeks?" Princess Celestia asked.
"Maybe... maybe it's because he used magic? Magic does wear out the body a little, for unicorns it doesn't do much to us unless we over use our magic. George isn't a unicorn, maybe his body isn't as fitted to handle the stress?" Twilight suggested.
"That may be true... all we can do now is wait", Princess Celestia said as she let out a sigh.
"When will Zecora have the potion ready?" Scootaloo asked as she laid the side of her face on the bed George laid upon.
"I'm not sure, Scootaloo... but I hope she finishes the potion soon. I'm not even sure if she's back at her hut yet", the unicorn said as she looked out the hospital rooms window.
A knock came at the door. I slowly got up from the chair and walked towards the door and opened it. At the door stood a mare with a nurses hat on top of her head that had a red symbol. She had a box in between her fore hooves.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Is... eh, Twilight Sparkle here?" She asked as she leaned down towards the box and read the name that was strung onto the box with string.
"Yes, I'm in here. Do you need anything?" Twilight asked as she came towards the door.
"Zecora asked me to give this to you. Bye!" She said as she nudged the box into the room before she trotted away.
"What is it?" Scootaloo asked.
"My potion is complete, but it lacks a difficult herb to find for your friend. Once found, I will send", I finished reading the note on the other side of the tag.
"That's the potion?" Scootaloo asked as she pointed at the box.
"It says so on the card... what's this potion for?" I asked.
"It should be for George's disease", Twilight said as she looked at the box in my hands.
"Let's open it already!" Scootaloo said as she looked over her shoulder.
Taking the box over to the bed, I sat down on my chair and began to pull the string off. Opening the top of the box, I reached inside and pulled out a funny looking bottle that was capped off with a cork.
"Do we give it to him, or do we wait for this Zecora pony to bring that herb she wrote on the note?" I asked as I held onto the bottle with a dull green colored liquid in it.
"I guess", Twilight shrugged.
Princess Celestia left the room. Diamond Tiara said she was going to go see her father at work. Leaving Twilight, myself, and Scootaloo who was sleeping by George's side. It was kind of cute actually, save for the fact that George wasn't doing so well. I couldn't understand anything else on the heart monitor, but the beeping seemed to be normal.
"Lucy, do you know how George got this disease?" I asked.
"I'm not sure... I don't know anything about the disease, other than the fact that it makes whoever gets this disease to have a lot of bruise like marks on his or her body", she said.
"The doctor said that he and his assistants found a lot of bruise like marks on hi body, mainly his back", she said.
We heard a low groan coming from the bed, it was just Scootaloo who was waking up from her little nap.
"Wow... I actually fell asleep for a little", she said as she let out a tiny yawn, placing her head back onto the mattress.
The door suddenly swung open, nearly slamming against the wall but it was stopped by a staff that hooked onto the door. It was Zecora. She had a lag slung across her form.
"Zecora!" Scootaloo cheered as she got off of the bed.
"Do you have the herb you were looking for?" Twilight asked as she got up from her chair.
"The herb I indeed have found. It was hard to harvest, for it makes quite a sound", Zecora said with a smile.
Only then did I notice a muffled noise coming from her bag. The sound continued for a moment, but stopped. When Zecora stepped forward, the same sound came again from her bag. Placing her bag on the floor, she opened the top and took out something that looked like it was some sort of root, but was a light gray color.
"Oh! I've heard of those! That's the root of a Fright Plant, the actual part of the plant that gets scared", Twilight said.
"Huh?" Scootaloo and I said as I we looked at one another.
"The Fright Plant makes a loud noise when it gets moved", she said as she turned to look at Zecora again.
Her horn glowed and a part of the root that Zecora had placed on top of her bag, moved a little. A loud noise emitted from the plant. Twilight quickly used her magic to contain the sound.
"Wow, that really hurt. I can see why you said it was was hard to get", Scootaloo said as she shook her head to shake off the headache it had caused us.
"What the heck was that?" George's doctor said as he leaned to the side of the doorway.
"It's okay. We're just giving George his medicine now", Twilight said.
"Oh? Is it another medicine Princess Celestia brought over from his world?" He asked.
"No, it's something that Zecora made", Twilight said as she motioned to Zecora.
"And this will do what? Cure him?" He asked, slightly excited to hear that something could cure a disease without a known cure.
(A/N: Wait... if it has no known cure, then how does Zecora know of a cure?... Wow, I don't think this through o_o)
"His disease it cures, indeed it well. For your friend will find its taste to be quite ill", Zecora said as she came towards me.
With one swift movement, she swung the hook of her staff underneath the bottle in my hands and knocked it into the air and caught it with the other end of her staff. Trotting towards George, she placed her hoof underneath his side and lifted him up slightly. I could see the dark black areas on his back from between the openings of the hospital robe. Gently letting his body down on the bed again, she opened his mouth with her hoof and shoved the root into his mouth. Not letting the root make it's mind splitting noise, she moved his jaw up and down, causing him to eat the root. Once the root was supposedly done from my point of view, she uncorked the bottle and poured the liquid into his mouth. Tapping the bottom of the bottle to get every last drop in, she placed the bottle on top of the heart monitor and turned to leave.
"That's it?" I said, surprised to see how fast it was.
She nodded. Smiling, she turned towards the door again and left. Upon closing the door, rather loudly, a note was blown from the floor and into the air space of the room. The piece of paper flipped and glided in the air and landed on Scootaloo's nose. Taking the paper from her face, I read it.
"Your friend is safe, but more he requires. For more I shall make, all that he desires", I read aloud to the others.
"Okay... I really don't understand her way of talking", I said as I placed the note on the bed.
"I think it means that George is going to be okay, but she needs to give him more?" Twilight shrugged.
"Ugh...", George groaned.
"GEORGE!" We all exclaimed.
George groaned again as he sat up right. He suddenly lurched forward and covered his mouth with his hand. Slowly turning his head towards us, he looked like he was going to puke.
"Did one of you put muddy wood chips in my mouth?" He gagged a little as he plopped himself back down.
"Well... how do you feel?" I asked nervously.
"Uh... I don't feel sick anymore... but I do want to wash my mouth with soup right about now.
"Twilight, do you really think it's going to work?" I asked as I leaned over towards Twilight.
"I'm not sure, but I hope it does", she said.
"Uh, hope what does?" He asked as he scratched his head.
~Time Skip: 3 Weeks, 5 Days~
"Urgh", I held my stomach as I downed another one of the potions that Zecora had made for me.
I had finally met her officially. After being fed all of that nasty potions and creepy screaming plant roots, I was starting to feel better. The doctor said that he was seeing fewer and fewer of the bruises on my back, and I no longer had new ones whenever Lucy came back from Rarity's and gave me one of her back breaking hugs whenever she saw that I was still alive. Seeing as it has been nearly two whole weeks since the day I was supposed to die, Zecora's potions were really working.
"Feeling better?" Scootaloo asked as she took the empty bottle from me and placed it in the box she had taken the bottle out from.
"I really feel like hurling... but alive, none the less", I forced a smile as I held onto my stomach.
"Zecora said that that was the last potion you would need. She also said for you to not use magic for two months, to prevent yourself from ruining your body", Princess Celestia said.
"I'm okay with that", I said as I smacked my lips, tasting the foul medicine in my mouth still.
"You alright, George!?" Filthy Rich shouted as he trotted into the room.
"Yeah", I smiled at him.
"Good! Cause we need you back at work. Stamper's out of order now, he kinda overworked himself from taking all of your work!" Rich said as he let out another one of his hearty laughs.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll get to it", I said as Lucy wheeled in my wheelchair and positioned it near the bed.
Pushing down the armrest, I lifted myself up from the bed and shuffled my way onto the chair. Thankfully I was already changed into my normal clothes, today being my last day in the hospital, thanks to Princess Celestia's prediction. Not sure how she predicted that though. Letting out a happy sigh, I wheeled myself forward at out of the door. After a short trip through the hospital, I came towards the sliding front doors. As the doors opened up, I took a deep breath of the fresh outdoor air.
"Ready to go, George?" Lucy asked as she rubbed my right shoulder with her hand.
"Yeah...", I smiled at her as I placed my hand over hers.
Smiling down at me, she smiled too. Leaning down, she kissed my lips with her own, and held them together for a while before lifting her head away from mine.
Sorry that the final chapter was shorter than the usual 3k+ words D:
Yes, this is the last chapter! Once more! I have written a crappy ending xD Sorry if I rushed his recovery, but at least I sort of ended it better than I usually do? Stick around if you want to read my Pokemon fanfic! It might have lemons in it, I can only count two so far. I MIGHT write it! Only if I can write it good enough. If I do post it, I will write the second lemon depending on what responses I get from the readers of that fanfic.
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