Ponyville Medical Hospital is where all the sick and injured citizens of Ponyville go when they need medicinal attention.  It's staffed by friendly doctors and helpful nurses ready to serve the community to their utmost.  Facilities include Pony medicinal needs, veterinary needs for pets, and psychiatric support for those who need to talk out their problems.
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Enter from Town Square

Walking at Rainbow's side through the light rain, Applejack  found that leaving the crowds behind and just spending time with Rainbow on the way had changed. She seemed just a  little more tense than usual, and didn't say much once they'd set out.

She had her doubts about outright telling Rainbow that she'd be competing. She'd already told Rainbow it was a bad idea, after all... she didn't want her to misunderstand.

---> from Town Square

Rainbow Dash was glad to get away from the attention for once. Normally, she could bask in it all day, but today she was happier to leave it behind. She glanced at Applejack with a thoughtful expression. It was nice to have her other friends there of course, but it really was the farmpony's voice that ultimately gave her the strength and will to beat Fung. She found herself blushing a little as she looked at her and had to give her head another shake. She surely must have hit her head during the crash.

Deciding to dodge around her own feelings, she covered it up with conversation. "Hey, AJ, you alright there? You're awfully quiet. Normally I can't even hear myself think over the sound of your chatter." She grinned, obviously teasing her and not insulting.

"Uhh.,.. ain't nothin' wrong, Rainbow. Ah thus thought ya might not be in the mood fer talkin'." Applejack answered, and came to a stop . "Ah gotta ask, though... Yer contest thing. You're sure you wanna do it?"

"Are you kidding? I'm always in the mood for talking! Especially after a big win like that!" she grinned with a laugh. She stopped suddenly with Applejack and her expression changed with the farm pony's. "My contest thing, the one I put the poster up for this morning?" she asked rather rhetorically as she knew the one she was talking about. "Well... yeah, I think so. There's a lot of really nice ponies out there and I have to admit, seeing all the couples at the moon raising last night did make me feel a little... weird." She couldn't bring herself to admit she was lonely, even to Applejack. "I know you and Twilight didn't exactly take it well, but my contest idea gave me an awesome pet in the past, I know it will work again. Maybe, like Tank, somepony I've never even thought about will win and we'll hit it off. Besides, I'm a big filly, I can handle myself if it comes to it. If some scuzzy pony ends up winning, I can always give them the date that's promised and leave it at that, ya know?"

She moved her head down a little trying to meet Applejack's eyes from under that hat of her's. "Why do you ask...?"

"We... uhh...  just didn't want ya' to get yerself hurt or nothin'. That's all." Applejack answered, adding in that slightly nervous laugh she had, when she was hiding something. she picked up the pace, glancing back over a shoulder. "Let's get that wing checked out, RD."

Rainbow Dash paused a moment, trying to think about what Applejack was really trying to say. She wasn't telling the complete truth, or what was really on her mind, that was for certain. "Yeah... alright, let's get it checked out." she gave her friend a bit of an odd look before breaking into a trot to catch up. She was sore all over, but she could at least do that.

Catching up and walking at her side, she entered the hospital with Applejack.

The hospital was rather quiet as Applejack and Rainbow Dash headed on inside.  Ponyville was a pretty laid back town and there weren't many medical emergencies for the most part, so the hospital defaulted to a place of calm and restfulness more often than not.  A candyfloss-maned mare Rainbow Dash was all too familiar with from how many times she'd had to be brought in with bumps and scrapes was at the front desk doing some paperwork.

"Welcome to the Ponyville Hospi-- oh, hello again Rainbow Dash.  You're back sooner than I expected." Redheart interrupted her own rehearsed greeting at the sight of the multicolored Pegasus.  She looked back and forth between her and Applejack with a smile.  "Let me guess; another crash landing?"
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"It's all just one big ruse in order to enjoy your company again, Nurse Redheart." Rainbow Dash smiled, glancing over to Applejack to see how she would react. "Yeah, another crash. Happened during my race with Fung Shui. That's the problem with constantly pushing the envelope, you get some crashes and whatnot. I just hope you don't tell me it's broken. I can move it... a little bit at least." She managed to move it ever so slightly with a wince of pain.

Applejack rolled her eyes a little at Rainbow's commentary, though if Rainbow was looking for some offense, she didn't see it. APplejack nodded. "Rainbow was showin' off like always. Ah'll stick around for a bit, 'till ya know how bad it is." She chimed, and put a hoof gently up to Rainbow's shoulder, avoiding her wing.

"Easy on the charm, Rainbow.  I've already got a date this weekend." Redheart smirked over Rainbow Dash's comment as she trotted around the desk.  A gesture for the two to follow her to an available medical room would soon have the trio settled in with the Pegasus up on the examination table.  Redheart gently went about examining her wing starting from the shoulder, gingerly flexing the joints and easing it out to spread as close to full span as it could get without causing pain.

"Well, you can relax -- it's not broken.  You wouldn't have this much range of movement if that were the case." She mulled aloud as she prodded a few spots to see how quickly Rainbow would yelp.  "It's only sprained, which is no worse than I've seen you with most of the time.  Just give it some rest for a day or two and it'll heal up on its own.  No flying, got it?"

She looked to Applejack firmly as well, as if expecting the farm pony to enforce that rule on Rainbow.  Of course, if there was anypony who could, it was Applejack.  The nurse went about gathering a lightweight cloth brace to apply to the wing and wrap it, being careful not to crush the feathers -- Rainbow could still lift it at the shoulder, but couldn't spread it out.  She'd just have to deal with it being cramped up for a little while.  "There you go.  Take this cold compress too, and keep the joint iced for about twenty minutes a few times a day.  It'll help with any swelling."

Applejack did blush a hint when Redheart put a more flirty angle on Rainbow's comment, but it wasn't an obvious thing, as she followed the two to the hospital room. By the time they were settled, her cheeks had cooled down again, and she took a seat to wait.

Once the Nurse had vinished attending to the sprain, Applejack stood up again. "Well, Thank ya' kindly, Nurse Redheart. Ah don't know what Rainbow'd do without ya." she said, though this time there was a bit of that same teasing tone that Rainbow herself had used with the nurse at first. She stepped over to see her. "Guess you'll stay with us down at the farm for the night?"

"Ehhh... I've had worse crashes falling outta bed." Rainbow grinned, making a joke out of it all. "But, honestly though, my goal is to have a wing of the hospital named after me. Best customer and all." she laughed. "Thanks, Nurse Redheart as always." She sighed about the no flying part, but she knew she had to let it rest and heal up.

She turned to Applejack with a smile. "Thanks, AJ, but I couldn't impose. I could always get a room in Ponyville if I need to." She had a feeling Applejack wouldn't hear a word of that, but she wanted to be polite about it.

In reply to Rainbow Dash (msg # 13):

The farmpony prodded her good shoulder lightly. "Yer' stayin' with us, an' that's that." She said. "An' besides, ah wouldn't wish the Hospital a wing named after you - it'd be broken all the time." Applejack teased with a grin at the nurse.

Redheart just sat aside while the two chatted, though Applejack's wisecrack got a muffled giggle out of the mare that she politely hid behind her hoof.  "Well, so long as you two have things worked out, have a good evening.  And remember -- no flying." she warned Rainbow Dash again.  Part of it wasn't so much having to keep tabs on her as it was she knew how much time Rainbow Dash spent habitually airborne; hovering instead of standing, fluttering along instead of walking... being earthbound was hard on some Pegasi, but it was necessary sometimes.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and shook her head at Applejack's tease, but couldn't help but chuckle some. "Oh, har har. Veeeery funny, AJ." she stuck her tongue out at her. "Alright, alright, I'll stay with you tonight." she smiled and then waved a hoof to Nurse Redheart as they made their way out. "Thanks again, Nurse Redheart! I'll go easy on it. See you next time~!"

To Sweet Apple Acres! --->

In reply to Rainbow Dash (msg # 16):

Applejack joins RD off to the farm!

Exit to Sweet Apple Acres

[Enters from... Widget's Workshop]

Having narrowly avoided the siren call of Sugarcube Corner and the mysterious belching noises in the town square, Quill arrived at the entrance of the reassuringly large Ponyville Hospital. Having never visited a hospital, he wasn't entirely sure what the correct procedure was and, after stepping through the front door and in to the reception area, he quickly approached the front desk. Somebody at the hospital would know what to do.

"Um, h-hello," he called out, trying to peer over the desk, before waving a claw about in the air, which would hopefully be a little more visible, "I know it's early, b-but, this is a m-medical emergency!"

"Well," he corrected himself, "maybe, sort of."

At the first little 'hello' Quill gave out, Nurse Redheart perked curiously at her seat behind the front counter.  It had been a slow morning and she'd been busying herself with the local paper, but now she had reason peer around only to find nopony about.  At first she thought she'd been hearing things, but when the voice continued she followed it and leaned over the front desk to spot the diminutive Dragon on the other side.

"Oh!  Good morning, mister Quill.  What's the matter?" she asked with genuine concern as she stepped around from behind the desk to speak with him directly.  While she'd never met Quill personally before, word about another Dragon in town traveled fast.
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"It's, um, do.." Quill paused, as while he'd set himself on this course of action, he wasn't entirely sure how to explain it and, as Nurse Redheart stepped out from behind the desk, he began to fiddle with his tie, "...d-do you know Widget? Tall, um, blue, invents things? It's about him, but, we, um, h-have to keep it a secret. I think he's, um, well, I have a list of symptoms, and..."

From the look on Quill's face, he was either starting to become even more nervous, or about to burp loudly. Whatever the cause, the dragon looked rather uncomfortable and, by the time he'd finished stammering about Widget, he'd almost untied his tie.

At the first mention of Widget, Nurse Redheart began to turn to get her bag for a house call.  The inventor hurt himself often enough that there was practically a 'Code Widget' status for the hospital.  She paused when Quill went on to mention symptoms though.  Had he fallen ill and needed to send his assistant to seek medical aid?

"Oh my... well, please, tell me what's happened." she urged the Dragon in concern.

"W-well, he, um," casting his thoughts back, Quill sat himself down on the floor in front of the desk, looking up at Nurse Redheart thoughtfully, "it's, there, um, well, he's sort of going out to see Miss Twilight, and he's got wobbly knees, and he sort of, um, drifted off this morning, with this funny look on his face."

Pulling off his tie completely now, he began to wrap it around one claw, then unwrap it, then wrap it again. The tie, that was once quite neat and tidy, was now a crumpled, creased mess.

"I was w-worried it might be a bone condition, or maybe p-problems with his nervous system," he continued, his gaze flicking back and forth from the tie in his claws to Nurse Redheart, "b-because that'd explain the wobbly legs and the sort of d-daydreaming smile."

At first Redheart listened eagerly for indication of what might be the matter, but when she got the details her expression eased up quite a bit.  She had to keep herself from giggling over the whole situation and just how fretful Quill was being.

"I see.  This does sound familiar... has Widget been displaying other symptoms like redness in the face, mild nervousness, and having difficulty keeping still?  Particularly when around Miss Sparkle?" the nurse asked in a gently goading manner.

"Yes, yes," Quill nodded as Nurse Redheart rattled off a list of other symptoms, though he still fiddled around incessantly with his tie, almost to the point that he'd managed to tie his claws together, "that's why I thought it might be contagious, and maybe he caught it from Miss Twilight, or, or, she got it from him, or ma- oh! I read a book once, a-a-and there was a person who g-gave everyone else a cold, but never suffered from the sniffles themselves, so..."

"...n-no, this isn't the time to be thinking about books, it could be serious! H-how long do you think Mister Widget has left?"