//------------------------------// // Hospital // Story: Twilight's foals. // by Sugarcube66 //------------------------------// Nyx panted as she finally made it to the hospital, Spike running by her side. She almost collapsed as she wondered what the surprise that Twilight had mention was. What could it be? She slowly walked into the hospital, the darkness of the interior scaring her for a moment. She then realized that it was because it was late, most doctors and nurses had already left for the day and so the hospital wasn't very bright any more. Spike looked at her for a moment then back at the blackness of the room. There wasn't a single trace of natural color, at least not at first, he was almost surprised to see a colored figure walked by them, red and white clashing against the black background. Upon realizing who it was, he decided to call out. ''Nurse Redheart!'' ''Yes?'' mumbled Redheart, then she noticed and recognized Spike and Nyx. ''Oh. Hello, Nyx and Spike. I suppose your mother requested that you come. I do remember her saying something about you two coming. Oh, it doesn't matter. Come this way, please. Twilight is waiting for you two.'' Nyx glanced at Spike for a moment, before they both nodded. They followed Redheart through the dark corridor and towards a room, that only Spike recognized. He gasped a little and said, out-loud. ''The maternity ward. Why would Twilight be here?'' ''..Um.....step back a sec, Spike. What's a 'maternity ward'?'' asked Nyx, causing Redheart and Spike to look at her strange. ''Nyx, a maternity ward is where pregnant mares have their foals. Sometimes, the foal is kept over night here too. That's why I'm confused, Twi isn't pregnant so it just doesn't make sense.'' ''I see, that is strange.....'' Redheart smiled and said, in a calm voice. ''You'll find out soon enough why Twilight is in this ward.'' They walked into the maternity ward and sure enough, waiting there was Twilight. She wasn't on a bed, no she was resting on the floor next to a maternity crib. She looked at them, with a small smile that was clouded out by her tired and worry filled eyes. ''Hello, Nyx and Spike. I suppose you confused about all this.'' ''We are, Twi. Can you tell us what's going on, and what the surprise is?'' asked Spike, as he walked forward. Nyx following shortly. ''Well....look in the crib, you'll see then.'' said Twilight, in a soft voice as she peered at the crib. ''Don't be loud, just quiet. You don't want to wake them.'' Nyx and Spike looked confused at that and glanced into the crib. They saw the two injured fillies, sleeping calmly despite being in obvious pain from their condition. The unicorn had a bandage around her horn, though blood still leaked through and the pegasus had bandages around her wings, which were from her wing surgery. Nyx and Spike were now shocked and stared at Twilight, but it was Spike who got the courage to speak first. ''Twilight, who are these foals?'' ''Their a pair of foals that I found in a dustbin, half-dead. I've named them and I'm also planning on adopting them. As for their names, the unicorn is called Aura, the pegasus is called Dazzle. They both have disabilities, Dazzle, despite recently having wing surgery, may never fly nor will she ever see. Aura, she's physically mute and thanks to her horn injury, unless a spell is placed on her, she may never be able to use magic, properly. Same with her voice, though that one I'm already working on.'' ''....So this is the surprise....'' mumbled Nyx, looking down at her two new sisters. ''...Mommy, are they twins?....They look like opposites of each other, Aura's pink eyes going to Dazzle's pink coat....and Dazzle's blue, blind eyes look like Aura's coat.......So I kinda thought they were related like that....'' ''Well, Nyx. Without taking a DNA test, we are unable to recognize if their actually twins or simply left together, though I have paid the bits to find out. However, we're able to tell their ages. Both of them are 3 months of age. Unable to talk or walk and somepony was cruel enough to treat them like this.'' ''Twilight, the DNA tester is ready. All I need now are blood samples, mind if I take them.'' asked Redheart, a doctor standing next to her. ''Sure, I would like to know if their related.....and who their parents are, because I will put them in jail for this. Mistreating foals to this level is just sick.'' said Twilight, with fury filling her eyes. Redheart nodded and went to take the blood samples from the young foals. It was easy to get Aura's blood, because of the blood surrounding her wrapped up horn and it wasn't too much harder to get Dazzle's, because of the many scars that were still weeping blood. The conditions of the foals still got to her, as her eyes went misty. Nyx looked up at Twilight, asking gently. ''Mommy, does the girls know about this yet?'' ''No, they don't know. I'm planning on telling them as soon as the foals are released to me and we can't do that until we find out their parents, which should hopefully be soon.'' ''...I see, so only me and Spike know so far.....When do you think they'll be released, once their parents are punished?'' ''Hopefully, in two days time, Sweetie. It should be tomorrow when I can punish them so they should be released the day after. Though, that depends on how bad their condition gets.'' said Twilight, trying to be calm. She turned to Spike. ''Can you get some baby items for me, I'm going to need them. I already made a list for you.'' She handed him the stroll, containing the list of baby stuff that was necessary. Bottles, cribs and all that. Spike glanced at it and was surprised to not see baby formula or baby food on the list. ''Um, Twilight....where are the baby formula and baby food?'' Twilight blushed a little. ''Remember when I said they were only three months.....well, babies of that age can't hold down the baby formula and so they need....breast milk....'' Spike caught the word and blushed, before nodding. ''I see, I'll get the items. Be back soon.'' And with that, the embarrassed dragon was gone. Twilight and Nyx giggled a little, Nyx didn't know why as she didn't hear the words but it didn't matter to her. She looked at her sisters, hoping they would have a happy life when they were released to Twilight.