As we made our way down the hall towards the kitchen, I couldn't help but keep glancing over at my sister. A large smile was plastered on my face, with quite the opposite look on Luna's face.
"What do you want Tia?" Luna said through her teeth, not bothering to look at me. I could practically feel the anger in her words. My smile grew by a fraction of an inch.
"Care to tell me what happened with Daniel?" I asked her.
"What do you mean," she said while stopping in front of me, stopping us in the hallway.
"I mean, in the meeting room. The way Daniel dealt with you. He played you like a fiddle, and no one does that to you. What happened?"
"I know nothing of what you are talking about," she told me, closing her eyes and continuing to walk down the hall.
"Oh please, he practically walked all over you, compared to how you act. He directly challenged you, and you backed down," I said, rolling my eyes. She continued walking without making a sound. I followed her, and pressed on.
"I've never seen someone say things like that to you, much less you be so okay with it. Why?" I asked, and she spun around to face me.
"Listen, I don't have to answer anything you ask me! What he told me almost cost him his life, and it would have been his mistake. Personally, I don't see why we are wasting resources on him and his friend, when we could just take the elements from him!" she yelled back to me. She turned, and kept walking.
I smiled a little wider at this.
6:01 PM
After a few hours of trying to take a nap in my room, which was unsuccessful by the way, I was collected by a doctor Windy. I was told that I was to undergo a full physical examination, to determine if the elements had any effects on me. Personally, I felt no different from a few days ago, but there could be underlying changes that I was unaware of.
According to the fair doctor...
After leading me down several halls, we entered a room full of medical equipment.
"Please, take a seat Daniel," doctor Windy told me. I sat down in a chair across from doctor Windy, who sat down behind a desk. To my right was a bed, and past that, all sorts of various workout equipment. I swallowed, and looked back to Windy.
"Alright Daniel, we are going to be testing you on your physical performance today of that's alright," she told me.
"Do I really have a say in it?" I asked her.
She stared at me for a moment, before cracking a small smile, and looking down at her papers. Whether or not it was genuine was unclear to me, though I would bet on the latter.
Standing up, she walked over to me, and started playing with some equipment what was behind me. Various measuring devices, like blood pressure, heart rate, weight, height, and the sort.
"If you would, please stand up for me," she instructed. We measured for all of the things just mentioned. I was quite tall for my age, my birthday having come and gone in June. At just seventeen years of age, I stood six foot three inches tall, weighed one hundred and fifty seven pounds with a body mass index of 20.1, a relatively small build. Blood pressure and heart rate were all normal.
Well, that's good, at least. No worries there...
"Good, very good. Your immediate physical health seems to be quite normal. Now, the fun part," she told me, leading me over to the equipment.
"Please, if you will, step onto this treadmill,"
I sighed, and did as she asked.
"Alright, start running. I'll time you, and we'll see how you do," she said, smiling. I almost missed it, but I could hear the slightest inkling of annoyance in her voice.
"You know, if I didn't know any better, I would think you didn't like me," I said, starting to run, pushing the track forward, quickly speeding up to a quick jog.
"Oh, Daniel, what ever would give you that idea?" she said with a smirk.
I groaned, and closed my eyes.
After around five minutes of brisk jogging, I was started to feel winded.
"Stop when you need to, we don't judge here," Windy told me, while writing something on her papers.
"We," I said apathetically.
After a few more minutes, my legs were starting to ache. I was by no stretch of the imagination a runner. I never ran anywhere except for gym class, and only rarely did I jog. The only reason I was anywhere near fit was because of the constant walking and exploring I did with Austin. At the same time, overweight individuals were uncommon in Equestria. Diet played a huge role in that.
I pushed for a few more minutes, before giving up. I stepped off of the treadmill, sweat dripping from all over my body. I doubled over, trying to catch my breath. Doctor Windy seemed more or less... disinterested. Writing something on her papers, she paid no attention to me. I would be willing to bet that she didn't even notice that I was done.
"Hey... do you... need me to do... something else, or what?" I said in between breaths.
"Oh, you're done, good" she spoke in a monotone. I narrowed my eyes. I had had enough of this.
"Hey, do you have something you want to say to me," I asked, walking up to her.
"Now what could I possibly want to say to you Daniel? I just want to get this done and go home as much as you do. The longer you keep me here, the bigger of a problem we have,"
"Oh ha ha, good for you. In case you haven't noticed, you're the lucky one here. You get to go home. You get to go and see your family. I mean fuck, you have family! Are you married?"
Doctor Windy looked at me, her gaze softening.
"Are you married? Answer me," I pressed.
"Yes. Two kids," she told me.
"Then you have no reason to be mad right now. You get to go home, you get to see your kids, you get to sit down and have dinner with them at night. Why would you possibly have a problem with me!?" I yelled.
"I already told you, I don't,"
"Quit bullshitting me, I can read you like a book, clear as glass. Don't sit there and pretend that you like me when you clearly don't," I pressed.
"Well maybe when a person who lies in bed for three months, keeps me here, and away from my other studies, I might get a little irritated. I still want to be more, you know. I want to be more than just a grunt doctor for my whole life. But then the princess pulls me aside, and tells me that you and your friend are my problem now. Yeah, I have a problem," she shot back.
"None of that is my problem though! It's not my fault that Celestia picked you over any other doctor! Maybe she picked you for a reason!"
"Well maybe if you hadn't gone and stuck your nose where it doesn't belong like a stupid kid, we both wouldn't be in this situation right now!"
My gaze lowered. The doctor took a big breath in, and turned, sitting down at her desk again.
"We're done here. Get out," she told me in a low voice.
I scoffed, and turned to leave.
"Good riddance," I said loudly, leaving the room. I went back to my room, and slammed the door, locking it behind me. Taking off my shoes, I plopped down in my bed, and turned on my side. I could feel my anger simmering. I closed my eyes.
...
What happened? Why did I do that? Why did I say those things, or better yet, get annoyed in the first place?
Recapping on what had just happened, I realized that what I said, what I told her, was completely uncharacteristic of... well... me. I'm not saying it isn't my fault, just... why did I say that?
I started relaying possible causes in my mind. The biggest one that stood out was stress. Being in a coma for three months, and waking up in a totally new environment, completely separated from my past life... Sure, okay, there was stress. But not enough to warrant what I had said to doctor Windy.
Anger? No, not really, I'm not a very angry person. Then what else? My mind started to drift as I thought, many ideas and scenarios swirling around in my head. I could feel the pull of sleep, and I did not resist. Before I fell asleep, a vision of six lights danced in my head. Before I could correlate anything, I fell into a deep sleep.
Hey, sorry for my absence over the weekend. I would have loved to write a new chapter, but I had to take a trip. and was busy all weekend. Back to semi-regular uploads for the foreseeable future. Also, don't be afraid to leave me a review. I openly welcome all criticism, and encourage you to tell me what I am doing right, and wrong. Thanks!