Twilight and Sunset walked through the streets of Canterlot, it was a glistening bright day with everybody out, enjoying the peaceful warmth of the summer's day. Twilight, having come from her world to have a date with Sunset, was happy as could be. She leaned on her girlfriend's shoulder, as Sunset gave her a peaceful smile.
''Sunset, I'm so happy that Celestia gave me a break today.'' Twilight whispered, closing her eyes as Sunset leaned in and gently kissed the purple girl's forehead. The latter girl's blushed brightly, looking around before reaching up to the taller girl and kissing her lips. Sunset was a little surprised by the adorkable, shy girl's sudden assertiveness but soon melted right into the kiss. The orange girl put her hands on her girlfriend's shoulder, to deepen the kiss.
The two girls kissed for a little while longer, but suddenly Sunset pulled away. Twilight was caught off guard, and decided to follow Sunset's eyes as they trail into a nearby alleyway. In the alleyway was a couple of figures, but it was too dark to recognize what the figures were and in some sense, the lack of knowledge made it unclear. ''What....''
Sunset suddenly let go of Twilight's shoulder and bolted into the neighboring alleyway, to see what the figures were. Twilight, unable to process that Sunset had ran off, looked around for a few seconds before stepping, slowly but surely, towards the alleyway. She finally worked the courage and ran in only to gasp at the sight;
Sunset was holding a sleeping baby, stroking her fingers through the fuzzy hair that were built up on the infant's head while laying down next to her was a badly injured, unconscious little girl. Sunset's eyes were misted with sadness as Twilight slowly pulled the injured girl's head onto her lap. The purple haired girl quickly examined the child, noticing blood weeping from the girl's side and from under her skirt. ''We have to take her to the hospital!''
Sunset instantly nodded, as she got the unconscious girl onto her back, while Twilight took the infant into her own arms. She didn't care if the blood ran through her back, as long as they got to the hospital with enough time to help the children. Twilight was in just as much distress as she held the infant close. While the baby wasn't bleeding, they was badly malnourished, which was the cause of Twilight's personal distress, that and of course, the older child's injuries.
While running, Twilight decided to calm herself down by taking in the children's appearance; the infant asleep in her arms was wearing a white onesie that covered the child's pale pink skin that was many shades lighter then Pinkie Pie and Cadance. The fuzz of hair that sprouted on the baby's head was a mist of red and purple while the sleeping child's eyes were a complete mystery, as least for a few minutes before the azure orbs opened as the infant began to cry out for food.
While calming the infant down, whispering that food was coming, Twilight's eyes trailed along the older child's body. She looked about the age of the human crusaders with a body of dark gray, almost black, ruined by the glistening trails of blood. The child's hair was a long, tangled mass of regal purple that glimmered in the light of the sun. And she wore a purple vest top and black trousers, but both were stained with streaks of red.
Tears filled Twilight's eyes, as her thoughts were invaded by persisted images of her own daughter in this situation as the older child looked identical to her young daughter, Nyx. With the exception of a teal headband that Nyx adored wearing, and the child's eyes; which had briefly opened to reveal the same bright turquoise but with a different appearance; see, Nyx's eyes looked like that of a dragon, but with pale turquoise whites, this child didn't have those eyes.
But as the hospital came into view, Twilight's thoughts managed to rid themselves of the awful and tear jerking images as she began to cry out of hope for the children. There was hope now and she wasn't going to let some images stop her from seeing that the two children were brought to health and that their past would be discovered. As now, two questions filled Twilight's mind; who were these kids? Why were they in a alleyway, one being injured?
Sunset was quick to explain where she had discovered the children and that she wasn't sure on who they were to the patient doctors, as they checked over the infant. The child had been discovered to be a baby girl; that weighed 4.2 pounds. Which caused quick concern to Twilight and Sunset, as the child was severely underweight and might not even survive. The doctor instantly put the young baby on a drip to stabilize her before turning to the worried couple.
''The drip will stabilize her, but she's gonna have to be under strict care for a few days; but all the nurses are busy. Miss Sparkle, Miss Shimmer, would it be alright for you to take her in for a few days and follow the feeding program. In 5 days, I want to at least have her at 4.5 pounds.'' He then sighed, as the two girls nodded in understanding, before continuing. ''As for the older child; she will be out of surgery in a few hours and will be strictly watched; since we don't know her legal guardians, we have placed you two as her guardians within the hospital, so that you can be kept up to date on her care; since you will be looking after her sister for a little while.''
Twilight was the first to speak, as Sunset was still getting over her shock and upset. She stood and said gently. ''We'll be happy to look after the little one for a few days, doctor. Please take care of her older sister.'' The doctor smiled, as he told her to let the baby off the drip in a hour, then come to him to tell them that they were heading home, as he gave her a slip with the details for the baby's feeding program. After the doctor left them alone, she turned to Sunset, with a few fresh tears dripping down her cheeks. ''They'll be okay, right?''
''We can only hope they'll be,...their so young and yet so full of pain and anguish. Why would anyone just ignore a pair of innocent children?'' whispered Sunset, as Twilight sat down and hugged her, as the two wept slightly for the pair of children, who weren't even theirs.