>You are Anonymous. >And are about to have a heart attack. >Or you would be, if you had a heart. >But that's not the point because there's a screaming pony between your legs. >Good lord, the set of lungs on this one. >You begin to pick yourself up off the floor after having stumbled backwards. >You take stock of your surroundings. >You're in the Generator room with three screaming poni-HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE. >Your pony anatomy isn't much of anything, but you're definitely sure their legs don't bend that way. >Well that explains the screaming. >Oh, that and you're hideous. >Then there's the red unicorn. >....no, that's just hydraulic fluid. >You look at a Generator close to where she's currently screaming her fool head off and, sure enough, there's a horn shaped hole where the hydraulic radiator is. >Well, at least that's an easy fix. >.....You feel like you're forgetting something... >.... >... >.. >. >Oh right. >BROKEN PONY LEGS.   >You sprint off and yell back at the ponies that you're going to go get your robes, some towels, and a few first aid kits. >Along the walls of your complex, there are first aid kits spaced evenly every 200 feet or so. >Snagging a few off the wall as you continue to run, you eventually reach the room you were looking for. >The Laundry room. >Grabbing an armful of towels, you look around for a robe. >You only spot a lab coat. >Fuck it, you're in a hurry. >Snatching up the labcoat, you barrel down the corridors back towards the now not screaming ponies. >It seems the red unicorn has passed out and is lying in the hydraulic fluid. >The two other ones, an orange pegasus and a yellow normal one, were huddled near another generator, shivering in what you suspect is shock. >They can wait. You're not sure how toxic hydraulic fluid could be to ponies. >You begin to reach down to pick up the red unicorn but are stopped by one of the other ponies yelling at you. >”Leave her alone, you monster!” >Nevermind, that explains the shivering. They're scared shitless of you. >Suddenly getting an idea, a really convenient one at that, you move towards the pony pair and prepare a spell. >You hated using magic, but they'd thank you for this later. “Sleeeeeeeeeeeeep....”   >Your eyes flash with a warm blue glow and the two ponies go limp as ragdolls, succumbing to a magically enduced sleep. >As you end the spell, you are eye level with both of the ponies and practically lying on the floor. >You had forgotten how much taller you were than most anything else alive in this era. >Hefting yourself off the floor, you walk over to the red unicorn and pick it up again. >Now there was supposed to be am emergency chemical spill station over here somewhere... >While looking for it, you begin to wipe down the unicorn with a towel, uncovering that the red unicorn is, in fact, off-white. >Finding the spill center, you activate the emergency chemical wash and give the unicorn a shower, making sure not to get water in her airways. >Once all the hydraulic fluid was washed off of the unicorn, you grab a fresh towel and wrap her up in it. It wouldn't do for her to catch cold. >Now, the next order of business was the normal pony and the pegasus. >Rifling through the first aid kit, you find some bandages, medical tape, tongue depressors, a few Band-Aids, and some alcohol for sterilization. >You grab the bandages and medical tape and toss the rest. They're useless. >You might have been able to use the tongue depressors for a splint if there were enough of them. >Sadly, there were only four. >Cheap fucking government contracts. >You sigh. You knew you had to, but that didn't mean you were going to like it. >After setting the fillies legs back in place, you begin dismantling one of your feet to use as a splint.   >You are Sweetie Belle. >And your head feels like it's filled with wool. >You slowly open your eyes and come to look at a tiled ceiling. >It doesn't look like any ceiling you've ever seen. >You squirm around a bit and end up seated on your haunches. >You take in the sterility of the white walls and the really tall and big beds that are arrayed in the room. >Scootaloo and Applebloom are lying on one of the massive beds and in between them is what looks like a massive pile of cloth. >”Ah, you're awake.” >The cloth mass shifts upwards, nearly doubling it's height. This causes you to withdraw further away from it and bump up against the wall behind you. >”Please don't be afraid. I mean you no harm young one.” “Oh yeah? And why should I believe you?!” >”Because you've been out for about ten minutes. If I wanted to do harm to you, it would have happened already.” >Well, the cloth monster had you there. >Wait a sec...   “Are you that bone monster that was yelling earlier?” >The mass of cloth chuckles, “Why yes, I am indeed. I appologize for startling you. My name is Anonymous for now. What is yours?” >For now? What does this mean? “My name is Sweetie Belle. And what do you mean for now? And why are you under all that cloth?” >”First off I would like to say that you have a very lovely name. To answer your second question, I do not wish to cause you discomfort from my appearance. And to answer your first question, I have a tendency to forget my own name. So, I adopted the name of Anonymous to identify this entity known as Self until Self can find Self's own name. If that makes any sense.” >So many words... >Celestia, your head is too fuzzy for this. >You shake your head to hopefully clear it up a bit, but are greeted with a stabbing pain and let out a yelp. >”By the way Miss Sweetie Belle, I would recommend you to refrain from doing that. You have a slight concussion. It will go away within a day. The other two will not be so lucky. They have broken a few legs each. I could heal them if you would have me do it.” >Wait, broken legs? >That's right! >Scootaloo and Applebloom broke their legs in the fall! >Wait, he said he could heal them. That's great! “Could you heal them for me please? They're my friends.” >”They're your friends? Oh my, this is interesting news. But enough of that, I shall be right back.” >A bony hand appears out of the cloth heap and pulls back a hood, revealing a bare skull with those flaming blue eyes you saw before. >They still unnerve you heavily. >The bone monster leaves the room, leaving you with an unconscious Scootaloo and Applebloom.   >You are Anonymous. >And you know you left that blasted dagger around here SOMEwhere. >You could never find that thing whenever you neede-AHA! There it is!. >You grab the aged leather sheath of the dagger and pull the weapon free from it's confines. >The dagger gleams a silvery black, just as you had remembered it. >You run an old, withered index finger across the blade, feeling the energies crackling from it's edge into the nearly disintegrated flesh of your digit. >It still functions flawlessly. After all, YOU enchanted it. >Sheathing the glistening fang, you turn around and make for the Medical wing post haste, walking a bit arrhythmically due to missing a foot. >Once back in the ward where the three ponies were, you walk up to the orange pegasus and begin removing the splint, tossing aside one of your foot bones. >This draws the attention of Sweetie Belle. >”Uhh...Mister Anonymous, where did that bone come from?” “That would be a few of my metatarsals. They're bones from my left foot. I dismantled my own foot in order to make a splint for these two friends of yours.” >Sweetie Belle gasps with surprise at this revelation. >”Wow Mister Anonymous, that's...why would you do that?” “I suppose I've always been a bleeding heart.” >”A what?” “Too kind for my own good.” >”Oh, well, thank you regardless for helping us.” “Don't thank me yet. I still have to deal with these two.” >With that said, you draw the black fang from it's sheath and pressed it into the orange pegasus's tiny leg, and ran the hungry blade's length fully across it.   >You are Sweetie Belle, and you cannot believe what you are seeing. >The Bone monster has just cut off Scootaloo's leg! >The bone monster looks at you and cocks his head to the side quizzically. >”Something the matter?” “YOU JUST CUT OFF SCOOTALOO'S LEG!” >”So that's her name. Oh, and I didn't cut off her leg. It's still quite attached.” >To demonstrate his cruel humor, the bone monster picks up Scootaloo's leg and...Scootaloo...comes with it. >...what? >Your mind is full of buck. >Billions and billions of bucks. >The confusion must be evident to the bone monster because he looks at you, looks at the dagger, looks at Scootaloo, and starts laughing. >It sets Scootaloo back down and continues laughing, dropping the dagger and falls down onto the floor, clutching it's sides. >You are so confused right now. >“Ooh. Oh my. You. You thought. You thought that I was cutting off her leg? Oh my word no child. Allow me to demonstrate.” >Picking itself up, the bone monster grabs the dagger and moves over to Applebloom. It picks her up and sets her on your bed. >The bone monster removes the bandages from Applebloom's legs and throws a few bones on the floor. >You are too stunned to stop it but too curious to look away. >It's like watching a train wreck. >The bone monster makes sure the bone is set, and then presses the blade onto Applebloom's leg and draws it across her flesh. >You notice that wherever the blade contacts Applebloom's skin, a white energy shoots from the blade into her skin. >You also notice no blood and the scent of burning hair. >You gag slightly at the smell, but continue watching out of morbid curiosity. >A few seconds later, the bone monster is done, and Applebloom's leg is healed with little more than a line of singed hair in her coat. >You look up into the eye sockets of the bone monster and wait for an answer. >It seems to sense your unspoken request and presents the blade to you. >”Observe how the blade has sliced your friend to health.” > Sensory overload, your brain shuts down.