Unexpected Relations

by Edward256

TTS Prologue

Author's Note:

Some of you may know that on certain browsers and OSs if you click/tap a paragraph and then Read FimFiction will read the story for you using your computer's Text-To-Speech.
So far this thing is not perfect and still has problems in pronouncing certain things, like "read" and "read", or "wind" and "wInd", or intentional misspellings.
The thought here is to butcher the writing in order to cater to the TTS engine. This has been tested on Chrome's internal US dictionary as well as @Voice Aloud Reader's UK.

Saffron Mango had always felt different.

This was quite normal considering her situation.

Due to a birth defect she was unable to fly, or at least she was not able to gain enough lift.

What her wings had managed to do so far was give her forward thrust.

With a set of wheels, an extra pair of wings, or a parachute, she was able to get pretty far.

Another thing different about her was that she had 2 mothers, and neither of them were her biological mother.

It had never been said aloud, nor had she found any adoption papers, but she had still known for most of her young life.

Partly it was 1 of those instinctual feelings that told her these 2 mares were not her biological mother, and partly she had some distinct memories of being in another home with other children and adults.

It did not feel like a preschool or a daycare center, but it did not feel like a home either.

Her adoptive mothers were called Japonica and Spray, and were hard working ponies.

Spray was a pegasus and worked as an accountant in clouds-dale.

Japonica was an earth pony and worked as a cashier at the local burger joint.

They could spend more time with Saffron when she was younger, but once they realized there economic situation, they needed to work extra to compensate.

When she started school and was able to find her way around, she saw less and less of them.

She used the hours of peace until her mothers got home to do her homework.

When her mothers finally got home, they made a quick dinner, ate, then collapsed into bed.

Saffron Mango went to her room shortly after and either looked over her homework, or red a book until she fell asleep.

In the mornings the mothers prepared breakfast for every-pony and a packed lunch for Saffron to take with her to school before heading off to there time consuming jobs.

They took time off for her birthday, and got 1 day off for the holidays, but she saw little of them outside of that.