“Emerald, Emerald!” The filly head as she started to regain consciousness, “Emerald, honey, wake up!”
“Mommy,” Emerald asked as the shape of her mother came into view, “What happened?”
“Honey, you passed out!” Sweetie said as she held her fillies hoof, “Are you ok? Does anything hurt?”
“No,” Emerald responded as she got her bearings, “Where am I?!” She exclaimed as she realized that she was not at her Aunt Rarity’s house. She was in a very white room. “Mommy, am I in a hospital?!”
“Honey,” Sweetie said. At this point, Emerald noticed that she was the only one in there, “You were jumping on the couch when you passed out. We told you that you were going to be a big sister and you went to jump to daddy, but you went into shock mid-air. You landed on one of Aunt Rarity’s vases.”
“Is that why my hoof is wrapped up?” Emerald asked as she looked at the pink bandage on her hoof, “And why is it pink? I hate pink, why can’t I have green?!”
“Well it sounds like you are back to normal,” Rarity said as she walked into the room. She was holding three coffees in her magic, “And to answer your question, they only had pink and black. We figured that you would rather have the pink than the black.”
“You got that right!” Emerald said as her face twisted in disgust, “So, when can I get out of here? This place sucks.”
“I know it does honey,” Sweetie said as she took a sip of her coffee, then gagging, “Not only do the rooms stink, the coffee does too. Rarity, can you go get coffee? Only this time not from the family waiting area, but from Starebucks. Please?”
“Darling,” Rarity said as she brought her cup of coffee to her lips, “It’s not like the coffee here is that bad- SWEET CELESTIA!” Rarity cried as the taste of the coffee reached her tongue, “This coffee is terrible! Where are those complaint cards? Oh, Sweetie, I am going to get decent coffee here if it is the last thing I do! I mean, the least they could do is give us cream or sugar to put in it!”
“So,” Sweetie said with a grin, “You will go to Starebucks for me?”
“Yes,” Rarity responded as she grabbed the cups, “And I don’t even know what Rumble would do if he tasted this!”
Rarity left the room, taking a complaint card as she went. Sweetie and Emerald talked for about an hour when Rumble finally came in. This time, Emerald saw something different about her dad.
“YOU’RE A WONDERBOLT?!”Emerald nearly screamed, “But- You- How- When-… My dad is a Wonderbolt. Excuse me, Mr. Wonderbolt!”
“Yes little filly,” Rumble said, playing along, “How may I help you?”
“Can I have your autograph?” Emerald asked as she looked intently ad her dad, “I want to put a picture of my hero on my wall!”
“Oh,” Rumble said as he raised an eyebrow, “So, now that I’m a Wonderbolt, I’m your hero?”
“No!” Emerald said she motioned her dad for a hug, “You were always my hero, I just never had a picture of my hero for my wall!”
Rumble felt like he wanted to cry. His little filly, whom everypony thought he abandoned, thought of him as a hero. He hugged his little filly for a long time. When she started to squirm, he let go and handed her a bag.
“What’s this?” Emerald asked as she looked at the green bag with white paper, “It’s not my birthday, that’s in a month!”
“Just open it!” Rumble said as he sat on the bed. Emerald pulled the paper out of the bag and saw that there was a card inside. She opened it and read aloud what it said.
“’My little big filly, I hope that you are having a good time in the hospital.’ How can I have a good time in here?! Anyways, ‘While I was at Wonderbolt practice, I saw this little something and thought on my little big filly. I thought that you would enjoy it and so I got it for you. So stop reading this card aloud and open the rest of the bag!’ You know me so well.” Emerald said as she put the card down.
She pulled the rest of the paper out of the bag and looked inside. Well, she would have if a balloon hadn’t have floated out. After the balloon was tied to the end of the bed, she finally got a look at was inside. Her eyes went wide as she pulled out a mini Wonderbolt uniform. This uniform was special, not only because it was small, but because it didn’t have wing holes but a place for her horn. She looked in the bag and saw something in the bottom of the bag she pulled it out and saw something that made her eyes grow even wider. It was a poster of the Wonderbolts signed by the Wonderbolts!
“Oh, daddy!” Emerald exclaimed as she held up the poster, “This is the best gift ever, thank you daddy!”
“Anything for my little big filly,” Rumble said as he gave Emerald another hug, “I’m glad that you like it.”
After a while Ruble took his uniform off and just sat on the bed talking to Emerald. It was about three when Emerald had a visitor.
“How is my favorite eight year old filly?” Twilight Sparkle said as she came in the door, “Hi Rumble, Sweetie.”
“Hi Twilight,” Emerald exclaimed as she saw her mentor at the door, “Please tell me you brought books! This place lacks a decent library!”
“Well that’s not good!” Twilight said as she walked toward the bed, “You know what, I didn’t bring any books, but I brought something better.”
“What could be better?” Emerald asked.
“My niece, Crystal,” Twilight said as a Crystal alicorn walked through the door, “Emerald, meet my sixteen year old niece, Crystal Lily.”
“Hi Emerald,” Crystal said as she walked toward the bed, “What happened to you?”
“Let me sum it up in ten words,” Emerald said as Crystal handed her a book, “My parents told me I was going to be a sister.”
“Oh, I know that feeling,” Crystal said as she sat on the bed next to Rumble, “My mom just gave birth to a little colt. When she told me and my sister that we would get a brother, we literally exploded with excitement that would put Pinkie Pie to shame!”
“Crystal, I need to get back to the library, do you mind if I send C. C. in here?” Twilight asked the teen.
“Sure Aunt Twilight,” Crystal said, “I think Emerald would like to meet my cousin and sister.”
“Alright,” Twilight said as she headed for the door, “I’ll send them in.”
“Um, Twilight,” Sweetie said to the Princess, “The doctor said that Emerald could go home. Do you mind if they come to our house?”
“Depends,” Twilight said, “Are you going to Rarity’s or do you guys have a home?”
“Oh, we have one,” Rumble said, “It’s my old place.”
“Alright,” Twilight said, “I’ll tell them that you will be going home soon.” And with that, twilight left the room. It wasn’t long before two figures poked their heads through the doorway. The first one was a pink-ish filly about Emerald’s age. When she walked in, Emerald saw that it was an alicorn and assumed that it was Crystal’s sister. The second figure poked its head in first. Emerald could tell that it was a colt probably a year older than her. But when he walked in, Emeralds eyes went wide.
“Didn’t expect me to look like this did you?” The colt asked, if you could call it a colt. The entire left side of the colt was a normal pony, but both his right hooves were different. The back right leg had a goat’s hoof and the front leg had an eagle talon. He was all sorts of colors. Part of him was yellow, another was green, and then some brown. His hair, which you can’t really explain, was purple and green, “Don’t worry, I get stares all the time, I’m used to it.”
“Well,” Emerald said as she shook her head, “I shouldn’t stare. Mom says that it’s rude. My name is Emerald by the way!”
“Hello Emerald,” The colt said, “My name is Counter Chaos. And if you couldn’t tell already, Twilight is my mom. My dad is Discord, the dreconicus.”
“Oh,” Emerald gasped, “You dad is Mr. Discord?! I love Mr. Discord! Will all of that chocolate rain! Oh, can you tell him that his chocolate milk goes amazingly with waffles?”
“Sure,” Chaos said, “I can tell him.”
“What am I,” The alicorn filly said,” Chopped liver?”
“Oh, sorry Skyla,” Chaos said, “Emerald, meet my cousin, Skyla!”
“Hi Skyla!” Emerald said to the filly, “So, what are some things that you like to do?”
“If this is about me not having a cutie mark,” She threatened, “Don’t even go there!”
“Sorry!” Emerald exclaimed, “Chaos, what does your cutie mark mean?”
“Oh,” Chaos said as his ears folded back, “It means that I am great with watch Chaos. In other words, I can change things, making it look like it did a few hours ago with the snap of a talon!”
“That sounds cool!” Emerald said as Sweetie removed the covers so that Emerald could get up so they could go home, “I just got my cutie mark and I don’t even know what it means. But enough about cutie marks! What are some things you guys like to do; something that we could do when we get home?”
“Well, Sweetie said that she has some board games,” Crystal said, “Let’s stick with that, ok?”
“Ok,” Emerald said, “And guys?”
“What?” They all said.
“Thanks for being my friends.”