The waiting room at Johns Clopkins buzzed with activity as Fluttershy sat near the help desk, her head in her hooves. Even though it had been a half hour since Pinkie went to get taken care of, the yellow pegasus couldn't get her mind off of the sight of her friend's injury. Looking at Rainbow Dash revealed that her back had a couple of spots where Pinkie's blood had dripped onto her, the red standing out like a sore thumb amidst her light blue coat. The thud that occurred when her head hit the table was on endless replay in her head, and she felt like she was going to lose her lunch, which she very nearly did when Applejack and Twilight came back with some snacks from the cafeteria.

"You okay there, sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"No...no I'm not. If it wasn't for me we wouldn't be here."

"Don't say that," Spike said. "It was an accident."

"It could've happened to anypony," Rainbow Dash added. "I'm sure Pinkie's gonna be fine and back to her old self in no time." As soon as she finished her sentence, the blue pegasus' face paled as she realized what that could mean.

Twilight put her hoof over Fluttershy's back, smiled, and said, "It's nothing to worry about. Just try and take your mind off of it."

"I can't, Twilight! That noise when her head hit the table...the blood...your party...it's just...it's..." Tears flowed down her face as she cried into Twilight's shoulder, the purple pony doing her best to comfort her as Rarity assured her everything was fine.

"It's okay, Fluttershy," Rarity whispered. She grabbed a muffin from the tray on Applejack's back and offered it to her friend, with Fluttershy gingerly taking it from her and nibbling on it in small intervals.

"Do you need anything else?" Twilight asked.

Fluttershy sniffled and replied, "Just...just stay here for a while." Everypony complied and moved close by her to calm her down. However, the calm was short lived as the door to the patient area opened with Pinkie bounding out, leaving a trail of streamers and balloons in her wake. Her doctor was behind her, a stoic expression on his face. Pinkie bounded up to her friends with a big smile on hers, asking, "Why the long faces, everypony?"

They all screamed her name and ran to hug her, expressing relief that she was okay. Fluttershy kept repeating "I'm so sorry" over and over again as Pinkie returned the hugs before the doctor gave his diagnosis.

"Well girls, there's nothing to worry about," he said. "The flesh wound took five stitches to close, but that was the extent of her injuries. We also performed a concussion test, and it came back negative."

"Hey Rarity, did you hear that? Now I'm stitched up like one of your dresses!" Pinkie removed the bandage covering them and showed her stitches to the white unicorn, her forehead inches from Rarity's face. "See?"

Rarity cringed and tried to look away while saying, "Oh! Of...of course you are! And a cross-stitch too! Fancy that!"

"Yeah! Aren't they neat?" She whirled around to show them to the rest of her friends, and they all tried to look away as they assured her that yes, they were very neat. The doctor cleared his throat, drawing their attention back to him.

"As I was saying, your friend is going to be just fine. Just make sure to rub some ointment on those stitches every day so they don't get infected, okay?"

"Okey-dokey-lokey!"

The doctor turned to her friends and said, "She has quite the personality. It must be fun having her around."

"Oh, it's certainly interesting, Doctor..." said Twilight, trailing off as she looked at his nametag. "...Dr. Horse."

"Never a dull moment with Pinkie Pie," Rainbow Dash chimed in.

"So...so we can go?" Fluttershy asked.

"Certainly," Dr. Horse replied. "I'll just get her a new bandage and everything will be set."

It was a relief to be on the way back to Ponyville. The initial worry over Pinkie's condition had evolved into a round of laughter and good times as the girls laughed along with Pinkie at what had happened. The only one who wasn't laughing, however, was Fluttershy. She hung a bit further back from the group until everyone slowed down and stopped when she blurted out, "I'm sorry, but I don't know why everyone is laughing."

"We're laughing because Pinkie's back to her old self," Twilight answered. "Like I said, it was nothing to worry about."

"You don't have to worry about me, Fluttershy," Pinkie said. "I'm all fixed up and ready to party!"

"But you're hurt! I don't want anything like that to happen to you again! If it did, I would never forgive myself!"

"Accidents happen," Rarity said. "You're not at fault in any of this."

"Are you...sure?"

Pinkie smiled and beamed, "Sure she's sure, silly! And I'm sure sure too! Now turn that frown upside down and show me your smile!" Her enthusiasm was always infectious, and this was no exception as a small grin formed on Fluttershy's face.

"That's better! Now let's get back home!" As the group continued back to Ponyville, the sun set over the horizon as the stars and moon began to appear in the sky. They reached the village limits shortly before eight o'clock, at which point the group went their separate ways towards their homes. Pinkie returned to Sugarcube Corner and began to clean up the mess from Twilight's party when she heard a knock at the door.

"Now who'd be knocking at this hour?" she wondered to herself. Opening the door, Pinkie gasped in surprise at who was standing before her.

"Luna...?"