Zero-Three

by Cipher800


Diagnosis: Unknown

I.V. had just put three out of the four tests tubes into the centrifuge and activated the magic within, causing it to spin rapidly and defuse the blood into its contents. He kept the fourth one undisturbed so he can see the blood in full. When the blood finished defusing, he saw the main components of the blood, as well as some odd, black substance. When he noticed the new stuff, he immediately decided to contact Celestia, who was an old friend of his. Of course, Twilight's parents have already arrived at the room Twilight was staying, but as for Celestia, she was with him. "Of all the years the medical industry has existed, and all my years of living, I never saw anything like this." the Princess of the Day said as she looked at the new beings through the microscope. Along with the red and white blood cells, the occasional black sphere with one eye each and orange petals floated in the blood. "Just what is that thing?"

"I do not know. Out of everything I saw, this is the strangest." I.V. said as he looked at the new life-forms swimming around in that sample of Twilight's blood. "You see, there is more of them than usual." Celestia gasped. "Yes, gasp. I've seen some samples of Twilight's blood before, and I saw the exact same thing, only they weren't very active." I.V. said as he got a previous sample of Twilight's blood. Celestia looked in it through the microscope to see that there were still some of those weird black things, but fewer of them were active, most of which were dormant. "Princess Celestia, she has those things in her blood, but both of her parents lacked it, as well as every other race in Equestria. Do you know what that means?"

The bewildered alicorn looked at the creatures one more time. She had to find a solution, she just had to, but there was nothing that came. "I... I do not know." Celestia mumbled, for once, this thing has had her hooves tied.

"I'm unaware of what caused these things, whether it be magic or a newly-evolved germ. Might check to see what will happen if I injected them, but an interruption in her surge must have awakened them." the doctor said. Celestia knew that the surge alone did not have transformation properties, but the combination of magic from the lightbulb and a great amount of pain must have woke those things, or so she guesses. Neither of them know. "From what I saw, these things do not harm her in any way, they aren't destroying any blood cells." That made Celestia smile, knowing that these things did not harm her student. "And watch what happens when I shine a light on them. I.V. put the lamp over the petri dish, and the princess looked at it. The black part of these things absorb the surrounding light. "This is pretty wild, don't you think so?" I.V. asked as Celestia looked at them and nodded. "Boggled me as well."

"This... what, I mean..." Celestia stammered before clearing her throat. "Who knew my faithful student even had those things in her from birth!?" the Princess of the day said in a complete sentence. "Mr. I.V., I have a job for you. Take one sample of Twilight's blood once every year and monitor the behavior of these creatures. And you must be Twilight's doctor for every year starting from this one. I am not sure where they came from or how they got into her, I only pray to whatever god is up there for the best." Celestia explained. She knew that a good amount of ponies worship her as a goddess, some even think she created the world. But she is no goddess, and isn't afraid to admit so. Unfortunately, a large amount of the populace is stuck to old beliefs, correcting them takes a lot of work. She also knows that if there was a god out there, he or she would probably hardly look like a pony, and might not even have a gender. Celestia then shook her head, snapping herself back into reality. "Sorry, my mind was wandering elsewhere." Celestia admitted.

"It happens to the best of us." I.V. replied. "Speaking of wandering, you should help you student." I.V. joked, causing the white alicorn to chuckle a little bit.

"Alright, she's already looking up to me. I'll go fetch her." Celestia said as she went out. The princess went into the room that Twilight's family was in. Twilight woke up with a start, looking at the princess with her red-sclerae eyes. "Are you ready to go now?" Celestia asked as Twilight nodded. They got up from their respective seats, and Twilight's parents checked their daughter out. The walk back home was the same route up until Celestia decided to turn the right, walking them up to a small restaurant.

"Princess Celestia, why are we going another route?" the little alicorn asked.

"Mainly because it is about time for lunch, and there is this restaurant I'd like to show you." Celestia answered. It was not the fancy type of restaurant you'd normally expect a royal to dine in. Celestia wasn't that type. Whenever she has some free time from all the nobles, she secretly comes there to get a hayburger every once and a while. "Do any of you want something to eat?" the Princess of the Day asked. A grumble from everyone's stomachs conformed that it was just about time for lunch. "I'll take that as a yes." Celestia said before knocking on the window, out of which came a light blue unicorn with a dark green mane and brown eyes.

"So, Princess, nobles bothering you again?" Quick Cuisine asked. Celestia moved her head side to side was a surpising grin on her face.

"No, not really. I've got some new friends of mine with me, and they want something to eat." Celestia said. Cuisine was another one of her old friends, every time she could have a break with all the riff-raff, she always went to him for a quick bit to eat. "I'll have my usual, I'll ask my friends what they want." the Sun Princess said as Cuisine nodded and handed her a menu. "Alright, what would you three like?" Celestia asked.

"I'd like a large hayburger with hay fries and a drink." Nightlight said.

"Same here." Velvet said.

"I'm not that hungry, maybe a carrot dog for me?" Twilight asked as she looked at the kid's menu.

Celestia nodded before looking over back to Cuisine. "Alright, they asked for two large hayburgers, three drinks, some hay fries, and a carrot dog." the Princess of the Day said. Now, the occasional ponies gave them strange looks, but that was only rare for Celestia. For Twilight, she was pretty odd, so she got the bigger share. The four waited for Cuisine to finish his meals, and handed them out in some bags as Celestia handed over some bits. The group walked back to the Sparkle household. "Twilight, you are a very extraordinary pony, both in body and in mind. Also, don't think of your new features as an obstacle or a hindrance, I don't think of it that way. You are special, my faithful student. Don't let anyone, whether it be a pony, griffon, dragon, you name it, take those feelings away from you." And with that, Celestia went out with her lunch, leaving the other three with theirs. Twilight looked over to see her parents opening up the bag, levitating their food out of said bag.

"Well, time to join them." Twilight said to herself as she went over to the dining table. Whatever is going to happen in the future, she knew that she had a lot of people by her side.