Episode 16: Generations collide
“So, why are we going to the hospital again?” Dark asked Sparkler.
“Yeah, we aren’t sick or anything…right?” Light asked.
Sparkler giggled as she and her batpony charges approached the Hospital on another beautiful day in Maretime Bay. “Nah. Nopony’s sick…I hope at least.” She responded. “This is just a routine checkup. Plus a chance for me to know exactly what it is that makes you two…you.” She explained.
“We each have one eye and one ear.” Dark said. “That’s obvious.”
“Yes it is.” Sparkler responded. “But you two might have things going on that even you don’t know about. You two are gonna be in my care for the time being. I need to make sure I know the best way to care for you.”
“…Fair enough.” Dark said.
“Maybe we’ll finally get to know what our condition is called.” Light commented.
Sparkler couldn’t help but chuckle. “Funny thing. I didn’t know I was called an Alicorn until about 8 months…ago…” Sparkler’s eyes widened as an epiphany slammed her like a brick wall. Her irises shrank to near invisibility. “Horse apples…” she whispered.
“What?” Dark asked.
Sparkler quickly whipped out her phone, navigated to the calendar app, and checked the date…and sure enough, her fears had been realized. Her six month anniversary with Twilight was TOMORROW. She nodded, put her phone away, and took a deep breath.
“Sparkler? Something wrong?” Light asked.
“I’ll…I’ll tell you later.” Sparkler said, trying her hardest not to break down sobbing. She still had a few things to do before she could get back to the house and let her tears fall. Faust I miss her so much! She thought. She took a deep breath. You still have your interview after this. Keep it together. She told herself. Remembering the interview she was called into at the new restaurant in town after filling out an application the previous day.
Meanwhile, at the restaurant Sparkler applied for work at, a Unicorn Mare with a white mane and a green coat was busy booking up a DJ station when she heard another pony call out to her. “Yo Winter! Got an interviewee here!”
Winter raised an eyebrow and checked her watch, it read 11:30AM. Right, still interviewing for positions here. She thought as she stood up from behind the DJ station to see a Unicorn mare smiling at the front door.
“Hey y’all!” The mare said. “Your new head waitress is in the house! Now where’s the interviewer so I can wow them into hiring me?” She asked nopony in particular
Oh brother. It’s a Silver-Mane. Winter thought. This mare’s tone definitely screamed entitled. Winter took a deep breath and put on her best professional smile as she walked out from behind the DJ station. “Hello Ma’am, welcome to The Medley Delly. You’re here for your interview?” She asked.
“Yes I am. You’ll find me to be your most qualified applicant.” The mare responded.
Well you already failed first impressions. So you better give legendary answers to my questions. “Excellent. Have a seat anywhere and I’ll be right back with your file.” Winter said.
The mare gave a triumphant smile…for some reason, and sat down at a table. Winter sighed, it was going to be a long interview.
“Well, there’s nothing but good news here guys.” The doctor said to Sparkler, Light, and Dark after he finished his checkup of the twin brothers. “Both Light and Dark are perfectly healthy. Eyesight is good as it can be, as is hearing. Temperature’s good, no evidence of malnourishment. Clean bill of health nearly across the board.” The doctor said.
“Well that’s good.” Sparkler responded. “And what about their condition specifically? Anything special there?” She asked.
“Yeah, the nurse mentioned you were looking for information on their condition.” The doctor hoofed her a pamphlet. “Your two charges have something called Optical Audiological Deficiency Disorder. More commonly known as Red Heart Syndrome. In the case of Light and Dark here, Red Heart Syndrome essentially prevents a second eye and ear from developing while in the womb. One in every billion foals are affected.” The doctor explained.
“One in a billion? But we’re twins.” Dark countered.
“From what we’ve been able to gather throughout the existence of Red Heart Syndrome, it affects the developing fetus as it enters the egg of the mother. My guess is both of you entered your mom’s egg at the same time and the genetic code was affected for both.” The doctor responded.
Light and Dark blinked. They didn’t understand a word of what the doctor just said. “Huh?” They both asked in confusion.
“It was decided you two would be special from the moment you were conceived and growing inside your mom.” Sparkler attempted to simplify the medical mumbo jumbo, taking a look at the pamphlet.
“Oh.” Light and Dark responded.
Sparkler chuckled. It was always cute when a young one learned something new. “Are there any special needs ponies with Red Heart Syndrome require?“ She asked the doctor.
“It’s a case by case basis.” The doctor responded. “For Light and Dark, fortunately it appears their Red Heart Syndrome has only affected their missing eye and ear structure, and nothing else like internal organs. They shouldn’t require any special medical attention. But of course I do recommend that you keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. Red Heart Syndrome can leave nasty surprises that develop without warning.” The doctor warned.
“We’ll be sure to do that.” Sparkler responded. “Thanks doc.”
“Yeah. Thanks.” Light and Dark said.
“Alright. I think that takes care of that. I’ll walk you guys out to the front desk.” The doctor responded.
They walked out of the hospital soon after that. Light and Dark were smiling. “Red Heart Syndrome. Hehe, I was expecting worse.” Light said.
“Yeah. It doesn’t sound so bad.” Dark commented.
“Yeah. Just like Alicorn sounds better than the Horn and Wing Combo.” Sparkler commented.
“The Horn and Wing Combo?” Dark asked.
“Yeah. That’s what I called my own condition, which ended up not being a condition, but a species.” Sparkler responded.
“…yeah. I agree, Ailcorn is better.” Light said.
“Ailcorn?” Dark asked. “Don’t you mean Alicorn?”
“Isn’t that what I just said?” Light asked.
“You flipped the I and the L.” Dark responded.
“I did? Huh. Didn’t mean to do that.” Light said.
Sparkler couldn’t help but chuckle. “Not the first time somepony’s mixed that up.” She said, her mind thinking of Melody.
At that moment, the three of them saw Spike land in front of them. “Hey guys!” He said. “How was the Doctor’s appointment?” He asked.
“It was good.” Light responded.
“Finally found out what we have.” Dark said with a chuckle.
“Ooh. That’s good!” Spike said.
“Yeah it is.” Sparkler responded. She hoofed the pamphlet to Light. “Anywho, hey, Light, Dark, do you two mind going home with Spike now? I gotta go for a job interview.”
“Sure thing Sparkler.” Light responded.
“You’ll do great.” Dark encouraged her.
Sparkler smiled and nuzzled both of them on the cheek. They were such angels. With one final goodbye, she trotted off into town while Spike flapped his wings. “Come on guys, Pipp Sunny and Izzy are gonna show us some modern music.” He said.
“Yay! Dance party!” Light and Dark responded excitedly as they flapped their wings and took off with Spike towards home.
“And so, that is why you should hire me as your head waitress.” The mare finished.
Winter Moon had to beat down a sigh of relief that it was over. Suffice to say, the interview was nothing but the mare going on and on about her life story and bragging about how she was the best employee they would have. “Thank you Ms. Copperbottom. I believe I have everything I need.” She said.
“Great!” Ms. Copperbottom responded. “So when do you want me to start?” She asked. “I can start today.”
Never. You can start never. “Well I have to talk with the other owners of this place first. We have to go through each applicant and decide who to hire, it should be a few days before anypony hears—“
“A few days? Pfft. You don’t need that much time. You can just hire me now.” Ms. Copperbottom responded, cutting Winter off.
“Ms. You’re not the only applicant. We have quite a few others and we only have so many positions open. We can’t start talking until everypony’s been interviewed. It’s only fair.” Winter tried to explain.
“You don’t need anypony else though. Besides, I bet they’re not actually qualified for the job.” Ms. Copperbottom responded.
Winter was about to retort back before she heard the door open. She glanced at who walked in, and froze when she saw who it was. Oh my Faust. It’s HER! She exclaimed in her mind
Sparkler looked around at the new restaurant. She hadn’t noticed the two mares at the table yet as she took in the decor. The Medley Delly…I really hope I didn’t just cause a time paradox because this place was named after—
“Hey! You there! Don’t you know this place isn’t open yet?” An apparent angry shout brought Sparkler out of her thoughts. She turned to see a pair of mares at a table, and one of them was looking mad.
“Oh, uh, I’m here for a job interview.” Sparkler responded. “Sparkling Medley.” She told the other mare, who was presumably conducting the interview.
As soon as she said her second name, the first mare went from angry to happy. Winter saw what was gonna happen next coming from a mile away. “Oh. You’re the owner? Great! You can tell your interviewer here that you guys don’t need to hire anypony else but me.” She said.
Sparkler sat there, confused as all heck. “Uh…I don’t work here yet.” She said. “I know my second name matches the name of the restaurant but that’s just an incredible coincidence.” She explained.
“Don’t lie, the restaurant wouldn’t have your second name if you weren’t the owner. Now hire me, you won’t find a better employee and I’m all you need.” The mare said.
Sparkler didn’t know how to respond to this bizarre situation. “Uhm, again, it’s just an incredible coincidence. I’m here for an interview just like you.” She said. Though I really hope we aren’t BOTH hired. She thought.
“Ugh. If you’re not the owner then leave. They don’t need to see anypony else. I’m obviously the best applicant they’re gonna find.”the mare said.
While Sparkler was beginning to realize that this mare was full of herself. Winter decided to shut this Silver-Mane down. She smiled. “You know what Ms Copperbottom? You’re right. I don’t need to consult anypony else about whether or not to hire you.” She said as she closed Copperbottom’s file.
Ms Copperbottom smirked and turned back to Winter. “Excellent. So when would you—eep!” That was as far as Ms. Copperbottom got before Winter lit her horn, and Copperbottom’s file burst into flames, catching Sparkler and Copperbottom off guard.
Winter just smirked. “Sparkling Medley is here for an interview just like you. She has just as much right to an interview as you do. And honestly? I doubt you’ll get a job ANYWHERE with that attitude of yours. Especially with how you’ve treated a mare who could have been your fellow staff member here. Sorry Ms. Copperbottom, but you just aren’t what we’re looking for.” Winter said.
Ms. Copperbottom was speechless. Her brain seemed to have frozen. Winter smiled. “Now if you will kindly vacate the premises as now you have no further reason to be in a closed restaurant.” She told Copperbottom, throwing her own spiel back at her.
Seeing that Winter was dead serious, Ms. Copperbottom just sulked and left. Sparkler and Winter watched her go. And Winter sighed and walked over to Sparkler. “Sorry you had to see that.” Winter told her. “She went on and on about how she was the best employee we’d ever find and how we don’t need anypony but her.”
“Eh, I’ve met somepony like her before. Although he was actually worse.” Sparkler responded, immediately thinking of Silver-Mane.
Winter nodded. “I’m Winter, Winter Moon.” She introduced herself. “Nice to meet you Sparkling Medley.”
“Nice to meet you too Ms. Moon.” Sparkler responded.
“If you’ll please take a seat anywhere, I’ll be right back with your resume.” Winter said.
Sparkler nodded and went to take a seat. Winter walked to the back where she saw her five siblings working. As soon as she was certain Sparkler wouldn’t hear them, Winter squealed. “Guys, it happened!” She said.
“Huh?” Her siblings asked. “What happened?”
“She’s here! Sparkler made it! Just like she said when she told us the story!” Winter exclaimed. “Future Incursion is happening right now!”
Her five siblings all beamed with joy. “Awesome!”
“About time!”
“Great!”
Winter nodded and summoned Sparkler’s resume. “We all knew this day was coming. Thank Faust we managed to set up shop before our ancestor arrived!” She said as she went back out to conduct Sparkler’s interview.
Suffice to say, Sparkler passed. She gave satisfactory answers to all of Winter’s questions, and while Winter wanted to tell her that she got the job as head waitress right there, she knew she had to be fair and do what she told the Silver-Mane she’d do. But she wasn’t complaining. She knew what she and her siblings had to do, it was their duty to help their family. Although it was satisfying to send that text to Sparkler only ten minutes after she left.
To be continued…
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Sparkler working in a restaurant, what a twist! And nice coincidence for me
can't wait to see what happens next also great chapter
Gets a little confusing at points with Silver Mane in the other story being a or should I say the villain
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Well remember that this is the future. 1,019 years into the future so he’s not alive anymore. But he’s such a Karen that I thought it would be funny to make him to be the pony version of that meme. 😂
hmmm, interesting, quite fortunate for Sparkler,
the chapter
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What do you think of Silver-Mane being made into the Pony Karen? pretty hilarious and appropriate right?
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definitely a surprise for me and funny, eager for more chapters and surprises XD
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Oh don't worry. This isn't over yet. :)
Good thing about time travel is that if you remember exact time and date, you can come back practically one second later than you've disappeared.
That said, I wonder how ponies are doing back in the 'normal' timeline....
I wonder if dates are included in the resume.
"Oh I see you have had a Music Recording agency"
"Had?"
"Yes, here, see? It says you had it one... thousand years ago?"
"Don't think too hard about it"
"But-"
"We're trying to avoid additional paradoxes"
"Additional?"