I struggled with the idea of uploading this or not. It's the completed first panel of the next comic. I worry that it might give too much away, but in the end, as hard as I worked on this, I didn't want to let it get completely passed over.
In the comic, you can't see details very well, but I put a LOT of effort into every pose and expression. There's meaning behind many of the things you see and a story for some as well.
And, holy Celestia, 25 OC ponies in this one scene that have never been seen before. All custom, all unique (except the guards). Wow.
For the sharp-eyed, there's a cameo by 's character. I asked for permission to include her because her night guard comic really punched me in the heart (this one right here:[link]). The cameo with her in the actual comic (not just this set-up thing) is my way of dealing with it.
Thanks as always to Hasbro/Lauren Faust for the art style and story I based all of this on.
EDIT: Just after uploading, I noticed some pretty severe structural issues. I could have blamed Nightmare Moon, but I chose to fix them... Sigh.
EDIT2: The cutiemarks you see repeated on the medical ponies are "the staff of hermes". It's a winged staff with two snakes wrapped around it and is an ancient medical symbol.