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Unable to lift himself more than a foot off of the ground and unwilling to accelerate pass a walking pace. This in turn left him unable to find his calling, his true purpose in life. This was driven home to both himself and to others in the form of his still blank flank.\r\nThis was not to change until some week past his 15th anniversary of birth, on the day of the Summer Sun celebration. It was a slow day at the clinic in which his mother worked, but it was also a day wherein a majority of the staff were Awarded the day off. Understaffed due to this, Redcross was asked by his mother to help out temporarily. In a busy moment, an emergancy call from a Panicked moment\r\nRed was helping at the clinic his mother worked at when an emergency call came in from a paniced Parent. In a moment, Redcross was out of the door, neglecting to leave a note explaing either where he was going or what the problem was. He spread his wings and, forgetting in the heat of the moment what had weighed him down all of the years, Flew. Faster than he had every Flown before, faster, in fact than a good many Ponies COULD fly. Red Reached his Destination in Minutes flat, Discovering his Target, A young colt. The foal had a Fractured Leg and his wing was Twisted Unnatural, bent in the wrong direction. Not Hesitating in the Slightest, Redcross swiftly and efficiantly Splinted the Child\'s leg and, Reworking a naerby cloud into a stretcher, Flew back to the hospital in a remarkably short amount of time. Arriving back at the Hospital, His mad dash caught up to him and he fell unconscious, The stunned Staff swiftly got to work on the foal.\r\nRedcross Himself woke up an Hour later, on a hospital bed, His mother sitting Beside him. Upon noticing his awakening, her Look of worry gave way to one of relief, before swiftly morphing into one of anger\r\n"You IDIOT! What were you DOING? You Flew out of here at breakneck speeds, You tell no-one where you\'re going, You crash Back in here, Interrupting EVERYONE! Carrying an Injured foal as well!You\'re lucky No major surgeries were going on, or the death of somepony might\'ve been on YOUR HOOVES!"\r\nHis mother\'s rant abated and she panted for breath slightly, as every head in the Clinic was Turned to hers. Her expression turned into a strange mixture of Pride and relief "but still, I\'m glad yo got over your fear of flying, at the very least.. and the little Foal you brought in? he\'s doing fine YOu did a good job, Cross." She turned away and proceeded back to her station\r\n"Oh, and Cross? YOu have something on your flank" As she walked away, Red looked at his new cutiemark in shock. The bright Red Cross on his flank seemed to smile up at him and as he lay back on his bed to rest, He pondered on his future. He knew it was going to be busy. He was Ponyville\'s newest Paramedic, After all