"Your as bad as a mom," complained Saffron Mango as she was rolled into the hospital's lobby by Princess Light Wisteria.
She had complained about going to the hospital almost all the way.
A few times she tried to steer or kick off to some other direction, but Wisteria's magic caught her each time.
Wisteria smirked at Saffrons last comment and replied, "I was your tutor for a while. I'd say I'm almost there."
Saffron Mango groaned as she was wheeled up to the reception.
The receptionist saw the rough state of Saffrons body and asked, "Oh my. What happened to you?"
Wisteria replied, "Quite a nasty accident from high up. I was hoping some-pony could take a look at her."
The receptionist said, "Of course. Please, have a seat and some-pony will be with you shortly."
They took a seat each and waited.
They doubted they needed to wait long as there were only 2 ponies there.
Saffron still fidgeted, wanting to get out of there.
Before long a nurse walked up to them.
She did not need to look twice to know who the patient was.
The nurse said, "Oh dear. That does look bad. I do hope you don't take after Sail and make frequent visits here."
Despite Sail being part of the Wonderbolts reserves, she still got a little carried away by trying some new stunts, which usually got her a little too close to the ground for comfort, and landing her in the hospital.
As much as Saffron Mango wanted to be just like Sail, she did not want to follow her every hoof step.
Saffron grumbled, "I'm just fine."
The nurse said, "I'll be the judge of that."
She ushered them both to an examination room.
There, the nurse performed the usual tests by pressing on certain spots on Saffrons body, asking what hurts and how it hurts, checking the blood pressure, cleaning and patching up the scars.
The nurse asked, "How did this happen anyways?"
Saffron was a little reluctant to answer, but eventually said, "I jumped off a bench to grind along a flower box..."
Wisteria interjected, "That was on the second floor of a house, no less."
Saffron winced at the princess's tone while the nurse winced at the mental image playing out in her mind.
Saffron finished, "And I missed my mark..."
The nurse said, "Well, you are lucky you didn't break anything and no joints are out of place. But I'd recommend not doing anything with that scooter of yours for a few days."
Saffron groaned loudly.
The princess said, "I know it is tough. And I know you'd like to be just as awesome as Sail. But you shouldn't try to rush things, especially something like this. You should practice bit by bit, and in the case of parkour, without your scooter."
The nurse paled when she realized what Saffron was attempting, which was quite the accomplishment considering her coat was already 100 percent white.
She composed herself and said, "Like I said, you're lucky. Seeing as it isn't too serious I won't inform your..."
She paused and looked towards Light Wisteria.
At 1 of Saffrons visits, and when she was alone, she asked the nurse not to reveal she had 2 mothers.
By oath of doctor-patient confidentiality, she agreed.
She continued. "...parents immediately. But I will be sending them a note that you are to take it easy."
This got Saffron a little on edge.
She knew her mothers were not going to be happy she got this hurt, and especially when they could not be there.
Then another thought struck her, but she did not want to say anything in front of Wisteria.
She quickly looked for an excuse to excuse the princess.
She could not find anything except 1 thing.
"Wisteria," she said, crossing her hind legs. "There's something I need to discuss with the nurse in private."
Wisteria looked to the nurse who gave a nod. "Of course. I'll be in the waiting room."
When Light Wisteria was out of Saffrons view, she asked "Could I see... my birth certificate?"
The nurse stopped in her tracks in retrieving gauze to wrap Saffron up in.
Wisteria stopped in her tracks because she had not left earshot yet.
She wondered why Saffron Mango was asking about such a thing.
The nurse slowly wrapped the gauze around Saffron and asked, "What brought this up all of a sudden? Did they tell you?"
Saffron answered, "No. I kinda knew all along. And I just... want to know."
The nurse stood back and studied the filly in depth, trying to remember if she helped deliver a pegasus filly with those colors, or saw in a crib in the display room.
She drew up a blank and figured she was off duty at the time.
She asked Saffron, "When's your birthday?"
Saffron answered, "Um, in 3 months and 2 days, I-I think."
The nurse said, "I'll go check the archives. Don't go anywhere."
The nurse trotted out and made a beeline for the archives, completely oblivious to the fact Princess Light Wisteria had slowly made her way closer to the door and was now leaning against the wall, lost in her thoughts.
She was going over the words in her head several times, wondering what words she was missing out on to know what they were talking about.
Did Saffron not trust that her parents were her real parents?
Wisteria then noticed something was definitely missing, and it was not a word from the conversation.
It was her own memory.
Not once, throughout all her time spent with the 3 fillies and teaching them to hone in on there talents, did she ever get to know Saffron Mango's parents.
Wisteria practically got to know Sandwisp's entire family tree when she first arrived in Ponyville, and got to see Bon Joors parents while undoing some dark magic that occurred during the Foal and Filly Fair.
It then occurred she had not seen Sail's parents either.
Sail never spoke about her family, and it never occurred to Wisteria to ask.
She was starting to panic a little.
So little she knew about her friends.
So little she knew about the residence of Ponyville.
The residence of a village which was now her kingdom.
"Princess?"
Wisteria jumped out of her thoughts and back several steps with a shrill squeak from the nurse's voice.
The nurse was holding a folder in her hoof.
She asked, "What are you doing here?"
The princess stuttered, "Me? I was, uh, just, um. Thinking!"
A plastic smile was plastered on her face.
"Thinking I would, um, escort Saffron home!"
The nurse gave her a look, then said, "You will have to wait a while yet. We're not done yet."
Wisteria said, "Right! Of course. I'll just... wait in the waiting room. Where ponies wait."
The nurse sighed, walked into the room and closed the door behind her.
Wisteria thought about eavesdropping some more, but it was not the right thing a friend should do.
Her curiosity was strong, but so was her guilt in eavesdropping in the first place.
She slowly and reluctantly made her way to the waiting room.
The nurse sat down in front of Saffron Mango, and rested the folder in both of her front hooves.
The nurse said, "I did not find anything that matched you on that specific date. I did, however, look through other files surrounding that date. I may have found a match barely a day before what you mentioned."
Saffron Mango watched with rapped anticipation as the nurse opened the folder and started reading it.
"23 minutes past 10 at night. 4 pounds, 12 ounces. Pegasus. Orange coat, purple hair, lilac eyes. No name registered."
Saffron was hanging off the edge of her seat, trying to get a look at the files. "And the name of the parents?"
The nurse took a deep breath.
She got a bit of a shock the first time she read the names, and she knew Saffron was most probably going to have just as big of a shock, if not worse.
"A Mister Ebb and a Missus Cupid."
Saffron Mango fell flat on her face.