Trying her best to keep up with Tulip, Scootaloo did everything in her power to try and convince Tulip to not do anything rash. In her mind, she had to keep Tulip from doing anything rash or foolish not just for Tempest's sake, but for her own. "Tulip! Wait!" Scootaloo cried, catching up to the angry white mare. "Let's just take a deep breath and talk about this! Think about what you’re implying."
"There’s no chance to talk about this!" Tulip snarled, ignoring Scootaloo. "That monster needs to be given a piece of my mind whether she likes it or not! Now, where is she?!"
Following the trail of guards, Tulip and Scootaloo found themselves walking towards Canterlot General Hospital, which was under heavy guard. A guardspony noticed the angry Tulip storming towards the guards, and stopped her and Scootaloo from advancing any further by blocking the entrance with his wing. "Halt!" He barked. "State your business!"
"Is Tempest Shadow here?" Tulip demanded.
"She is, but you are not allowed to…" The guard began.
"Don't tell me what I can't or cannot do!" Tulip snapped, her voice filled with rage. "I demand to have an audience with Tempest Shadow right this minute!"
"I'm sorry, but you can't! Princess Twilight was quite insistent that no one see Tempest without prior permission!" The guard protested, trying to keep Tulip from getting into the hospital.
At that moment, Rainbow Dash happened to be walking by and saw what was happening. "What's going on here?!" She asked, stopping the guard from holding Tulip back. "Scootaloo, what are you doing here?! And who are…, wait! Don't I remember you from Twilight's coronation?"
Tulip stopped struggling for a moment. "Yes, I was one of Princess Twilight's bearers," She answered.. "Now, have you seen Tempest Shadow?"
"She's under heavy guard doing her sentence, Miss…" Rainbow began.
"Tulip." Tulip answered.
"Right. Well, we don't want to have anymore tension than there already is,” Rainbow pleaded. “Twilight is here being treated for damage to her psyche, and the last thing we want is for her to put through more pain learning that others are harassing Tempest. Whatever your beef with her is, don’t take it out on her. Not here, not now."
Acting on her own judgment, Tulip reluctantly calmed down and followed Rainbow Dash into the hospital's waiting room. As they walked in, they all saw a mortifying sight before them! A dead pony with a sheet over him (or her, they couldn’t tell) being wheeled out of the hospital.
"Who was that pony?" Tulip asked.
"Not sure, but apparently they died of a heart attack," Rainbow Dash sighed. "I've head it’s because of the stress of the invasion. That's the fourth pony to die in as many days from what I hear."
"So even after the invasion, Tempest continues to kill," Tulip bitterly remarked under her breath, before turning back to Rainbow Dash. "Is she here?"
"All part of her community service." Rainbow nodded in reply.
"Why? So she can kill more ponies by just being here? Allowing them all to see the face of the one who would throw them into cages without a second thought?!" Tulip hissed.
"Will you cut her some slack?!" Rainbow Dash protested, glaring at Tulip in the face. "Tempest is still working on burying her past! Do you really think she’d come here to kill?!"
Soon, they walked towards the hospital's maternity ward and looked inside to see Tempest cradling what appeared to be a newborn foal.
Tulip looked at Tempest. Despite this sight, she was not convinced.
"Don’t you see?" Rainbow Dash protested. "Does that look like a pony who wants to harm anypony else?"
"Those ponies are probably going to be scarred for life with her holding them,” Tulip protested. “Is this all part of her community service?"
"It’s part of it, Rainbow confirmed. "She’s going to be here a few days a week to help take care of the newborn foals, and she's not the only one doing it."
Just then, they saw Lemon Lime and Irish Spring also helping out with the foals, much to the surprise of Tulip.
"Who are those ponies, and why are they helping Tempest?!" Tulip bitterly demanded.
"They’re her friends," Rainbow answered. "They wanted to help out because they were just as guilty of the Canterlot Invasion as Tempest was. When Tempest was at her lowest, they turned their backs on her."
Tulip watched them closely and sighed heavily, knowing that she couldn't focus all of her anger on just Tempest, no matter how much she might feel justified in such a feeling.
Just then, they saw Shining Armor walking down the hallway, his face filled with exhaustion and concern. "Shining Armor!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "So, how's Twilight?"
"Finally asleep," Shining Armor sighed with relief. "I gotta tell you, seeing Twily like this is just heartbreaking for all of us. Who knew that she was carrying so much trauma?"
"Can you really blame her, Prince Armor?" Tulip sighed, looking over towards the Prince of the Crystal Empire. "This was a mare that my sisters and I announced to everypony at her coronation. She was carrying the entire weight of Equestria on her shoulders during the invasion. Where is her room?"
"Down the hall," Shining Armor directed. "But, you might not want to stay for very long."
Tulip made her way down the hall to where two guards were standing guard outside a room. Just then, the doors opened and out came Princess Cadence and Princess Luna, their faces filled with worry and disbelief. Trying not to be nosy, Tulip got between the guards, looked through a small peephole, and saw Twilight.
She was laying there in a hospital bed with a mask on her face, sound asleep and surrounded by Princess Celestia, her mother, and all her friends. Tulip felt her heart sink upon seeing this as she quickly darted away from the room.
"Well, that was fast," Rainbow remarked, as Tulip returned to the maternity ward. "Guess you saw what Twilight's going through right now?"
"I did. And that mare is responsible, Rainbow Dash!" Tulip angrily burst out. "Her and her friends, they are all responsible for what happened to Princess Twilight! I can't just sweep this under the rug and pretend like it was nothing! I still think Tempest Shadow needs to be severely punished for putting Twilight in this situation! Someone has to pay!"
"Twilight isn't the only one here who’s been affected," Rainbow cautioned, she was already starting to become fed up with Tulip's actions and behavior. "In fact, why don't you try talking to Tempest yourself, and see for yourself that Tempest is truly sorry for what she did here? She made a bad choice, we all do sometimes! But, we have to learn from them and move on! Revenge won’t solve anything!"
No sooner had Rainbow Dash said that, when the doors to the maternity ward opened and out came Tempest Shadow and her friends. Both Tempest and Tulip shared a small glance as the broken horned unicorn was led away.
"Think about that for a moment, would you?" Rainbow suggested. "Now you’ll excuse me, I've got to get back to Twilight."
Tulip watched as Rainbow Dash walked away and realized that yes, she needed to have a talk with Tempest Shadow, to let her know how she truly felt about her actions during the invasion of Canterlot.