The Wonderful Life Of Ford Mustang

Chapter 10 - A Waking Nightmare

This is it. The day that Ford Mustang has been looking forward to for quite some time. Practically since the day he married the most wonderful mare in all of Equestria.

But right now, at this very crucial moment of his life, something feels... off.

Very off!

In general, he's not the biggest fan when it comes to hospitals, especially those on Earth. Mostly, it's because of the color in the walls. Their palette choices are usually so bland, so ugly, and for lack of a better term... so utterly lifeless. But the room he is in right now is literally devoid of any form of color. In fact, there was nothing around him whatsoever. Just a black, foggy atmosphere with a shade of deceptive red. And all he can hear in this dismal fog is the loud and irritating sound of a rhythmic beeping noise.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEEEEP.

Then, a bloodcurdling scream echoes in the bleak darkness. A familiar outcry that Ford dreads most of all. It is the sound of his wife, Rainbow Dash. Frantically, he searches his surroundings on the horrifying screams of his beloved angel, but in this awful, foggy gloom he is in right now, he can't find her anywhere.

Suddenly, the frantic stallion sees the abrupt appearances of two well-known associates of Ponyville Hospital, Doctor Horse and Nurse Redheart. But just as he is glad to see some familiar faces, he is shocked to see something truly spine-chilling: their faces are completely blank as they lack eyes and mouths.

Startled by the colleagues' literally blank expressions, Ford is about to question their missing features, but once again, he hears the unpleasant screams of his wife. As he begins his hysterical search anew, another pony appears out of nowhere right in front of him. This time, it is the pony he's about to search for: Rainbow Dash, reclining on a hospital bed. And thankfully, unlike the faceless doctor and nurse, she still has her mouth and magenta eyes.

As relief starts to set in, he attempts to call out her name, but to his never-ending shock and confusion, no words could escape from his gaping lips. And before he can ponder on this increasing bewilderment, he sharply turns his attention to far more important matters due to the agonizing cries of his wife once again.

From glancing downward, he sees that Rainbow's pregnant belly has expanded significantly since the last time he remembered; especially when she's carrying two foals inside. At once, the faceless Doctor and Redheart take their positions as Dash shrieks in unimaginable agony while going through the final stages of her labor. As she goes through her contractions, her cries get louder and more dreadful with each passing minute as the inexplicably mute Mustang can only hold Rainbow's right foreleg tenderly and delicately nestle her screeching head.

In the midst of her struggle, Rainbow temporarily ceases her shrieking and pants heavily while pleadingly looking at her husband in the eye. Ford wants to comfort her so much right now. He wants to assure her by saying that everything is going to be okay. Yet he feels so utterly helpless due to his suddenly unexplained, muted voice, so all he can do is gently pat her mane as he kept his gaze unto her and pointlessly mouths out the words "It's going to be okay" over and over again. But when he keeps up with his desperate chanting, the horrific beeping noise gets even louder as its chimes beat at a faster pace.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Soon enough, the rapid ringing throbs drastically into his mind, and Rainbow's pain-stricken screams echo at its highest pitch. And as soon as Ford is on the verge of not taking the horrific noises anymore, the nauseating sounds finally die down and are replaced with a new one... a far more soothing sound. Two sounds to be exact. The sounds of new lives being born!