Chapter 4 – Say ah
The trip from the house wasn't bad and the snow cover that layed on the road wasn't too bad, not that you could feel it with the boots anyways. You are glad that you decide to pop back up stairs and grab a scarf, so what if its Twilights at least its not pink and its warm.
But being warm kind of came with a trade of, going from warm to cold back to warm has made your cold come back a little bit worse.
You snort your nose back as you look around the room they brought you Twilight and Violet to, it feels like you've been here for hours and now that there's nothing left to look at the small hospital room it really is starting to feel like the whole day is gone.
You turn your gaze back to the light purple filly that sits on the doctor's examination table, er you think the tables name is if it has one. But as you look over the little filly that now moves her tongue through the spots of missing teeth you get a faint smile. Violet has calmed down since you three got here and shes now just more curious than anything.
Twilight on the other hoof has kept her serious face, she looks more like shes about to have some epic fight with Discord or some thing rather than just listen to some other pony talking. Your smile holds as you look over the lavender mare filled by your still apparent gut feeling that tells you nothing's wrong.
As your thought end the door to the room opens to a caramel colored unicorn wearing what looks like a ponified lab coat with a clipboard floating next to him.
"Ah, Mrs.Sparkles, what brings you three in today?" The stallion turns his eyes to the filly's stare as he continues, "Did somepony play out in the snow to long." As his words end he floats his clipboard towards the counter on the other side of the room from you and Twilight.
You give a quite sniffle of the nose as Twilight's voice comes back to the room, "Um no, Violet had a problem earlier this morning..."
Twilight's words make you roll your eyes for a second as you sit up a little more while her voice rings through the room.
Doctor Stable holds to Twilight's explanation word for word as she run through your morning, her voice still holds a little bit of its worry from earlier but as her story comes to its end she maintains her patient posture.
Stable nods his head with with his own bit of surprise, "Lost teeth? Well I must say that is strange, especially for a filly." Stable shifts his eyes back to Violet as he looks her over, "I'm not a dentist but I think I can at least see if its a problem of bone."
You squint to his words as you lean a little forward, ponies don't loose baby teeth but they have dentists?
"Hello Violet, would you mind showing me your teeth?" Stable gives a soft smile to the light purple filly as he waits for the filly to comply.
Violet hesitates for a second before the filly opens her mouth, as she does this Stable's horn sparks up in low blue as a small wood tongue pusher comes over Violet's tongue giving the stallion a better view. "Just say ahhh Violet."
The little filly blinks to the words as her own wheezing response tries to copy the stallion's, "Hhhhh."
It doesn't actually match Stable's but as Violet's slight wheezing response comes from her, his horn holds its glow as Violet's upper row of teeth take on the magical aura.
The low chime from the stallion's horn ends fast as he takes the small wood tongue pusher from the fillies mouth, but the glow of his horn doesn't change as he turns to one of the cabinets.
You don't follow the stallion's motions through as you look back to Violet's attempts at trying to get the wood taste out of her mouth.
"Alright, lets see what's going on." Stable floats a black see through piece of paper in front of him as his horn sparks up in bright blue glow. The empty black see through paper turns into a x-ray outline of Violet's mouth as he floats it past the lights of the ceiling to a holder on the wall.
As the paper comes to set in the x-ray holder the outline of see through paper becomes more clear, "Hmm..."
Twilight's usual know it all tone and expression is lost as the stallion continues to stare to the paper, "What is it?"
Stable's tone shows his confusion as he looks between Twilight and the paper, "Um, well it looks like where Violet's teeth were lost..." The stallion gives a slight chuckle as he squints to the paper, "It looks like shes going to grow teeth to replace them, and the replacements seem to be about the same size."
You hold a grin to Twilight as her eyes turn back to you, but you keep your mouth shut as you just enjoy the fact that you were right. In the silence Stable turns back to you and Twilight as he speaks back up, "It might have something to do with a magically induced birth, but I-I have never seen something like it before."
Twilight nods her head as her voice comes back to her, "So its...normal?"
A faint laugh comes from the stallion as he shakes his head, "Well I have never seen a pony loose teeth and then regrow them without the help of magic...but yes, this looks to be normal." The caramel stallion turns back to the paper as his voice continues in an almost fascinated tone, "If you see here it looks like there's a few other teeth that will fall out and be replaced, its really quite interesting."
You snort your nose back as you nod your head to his words, oh ya, baby teeth so strange... You turn your head to Violet as you think to yourself, congratulations Violet you just took your first step to becoming an alien ice bending bad ass...who wiggles her hooves a lot. The thought gives a bitter sweet taste to you seeing as how it helps to fuel your idea that ponies grow up too fast...
Twilight breaths a sigh of relief as she nods her head silently.
Stable floats the paper from the holder as he looks to Twilight, "Would you mind if I kept this, it really is something interesting."
Twilight squints the comment but she eventually nods her head yes, "Is there anything we should do Doctor Stable?"
The stallion floats the paper towards the counter under the cabinets as he thinks to himself, "Well if this was a result of her early birth perhaps doing magic would help her grow her teeth faster...Oh yes that reminds me..." Stable floats over the clipboard he set down as he speaks back up, "I know this is a little off topic but seeing as how we are talking about Violet's magically induced birth I feel it would just be better to know this now."
You and Twilight shift a little uncomfortably as you wait for the stallion to continue, "...Have you two thought about having another foal?"
"Um..." Twilight holds her stumbled sentence as she turns to you, but you hold off on your own answer as you and Twilight stare a little confused from the question, "...Why? Is there something we should know?"
Stable bobs his head as he trails on, "Well its been recorded that mares that go through a magically induced birth tend to have a longer carrying period."
You squint to his words as you speak up, "So like ten months not nine?"
Stable holds a confused stare to you as he pauses for a second, "Um...no, it would be around fifteen months instead of the normal eleven."
Twilight's eyes go a little wide at the comment as she nods her head, "Oh..."
You follow her wide eyed gaze as you think it over, fifteen months and Twilight can’t use magic when pregnant...You swallow hard as you hold your voice back.
The moment of silence starts to end with the sound of Doctor Stable’s hooves starting to move towards the door, "Um yes, but as for Violet I would suggest helping her with a few spells." He gives a slight chuckle as he looks to Twilight, "But I would think for Ms.Sparkle there should be no problem with that."
You and Twilight both capitalize on the change in mood as Twilight moves towards where Violet sits. As she moves towards Violet, Doctor Stable cocks his head to you, "You know, I have still yet to have you come in for...well anything."
You focus on making your voice sound normal as you shake your head, getting a physical from a stallion via hoof is not something you think you'll be trying anytime soon, "I'm fine."
Stable nods his head as he dips out from the room leaving the door open.
As you turn your head back to Twilight you notice her questioning stare of you, "What?"
She's quiet for a moment as she holds her questioning stare, but she speaks back up as she shakes her head, "Nothing, its just you really are different."
You give a faint laugh as you move from the door, "Said the talking horse."
She rolls her eyes as she and Violet start out the door.
End of chapter 4