> Kida's story > by Glitterstar > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The foal with Kaleidoscope eyes > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nurse Redheart brought a pink bundle to Orion Comet, before biting her lip ,giving a sad glance at the bundle,and walking away. Orion didn't understand why the nurse had acted in this way. She looked down and nuzzled the pale green foal. She could find no fault with the pink-maned earth pony. Until the foal opened her eyes. Orion couldn't believe what she saw, the foal's eyes were broken, pupils and iris scattered in jagged pieces around the surface of the eye. The jagged pieces were all different colors. The color drained from her face, This is what i get for marrying an earth pony. A tear rolled down her face,They said that there could be defects but, why, why my poor little baby!? her wing unfurled around the little bundle, the creamy brown contrasting the powder pink. Why? ************************************************************ “y-you can’t fix them?” Orion sobbed as she cradled the pale green foal “She can’t see anything!” she cried, poking the doctor in the chest, “My baby might die because she can’t see anything but tie-die!” the foal snuggled to her mother unknowingly, oblivious to the arguing ponies, the only thing she cared about was being warm. The doctor shook his head, “not tie-dye, Kaleidoscope.” Orion recoiled at the correction, and sighed, what would be a good name that’s not too straightforward…..she thought as she stared at the rainbow-colored, jagged puzzle-piece eyes of the foal, and decided,”Bring me her birth certificate.” She muttered blankly, and when the doctor returned, she wrote two words in the name slot, Kida Scope > The first day and a solution > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kida muttered a quick goodbye to her mother before breathing deeply and walking in the general direction of the schoolhouse. She was greeted by a cheery magenta mare "Hi sweetie, and what's your name?" Kida jumped a bit at her speaking so suddenly and tripped over the stairs."Er...I'm Kida" she introduced herself as she got back onto her hooves. "What a nice name!" the mare said cheerily "I'm Cheerilee, I'll be your teacher!" Cheerilee helped Kida to her seat and stood at the front of the classroom, Kida could hear the low mutter of the others and feel many gazes piercing her coat and shifted uncomfortably "Class," Cheerilee began, "This Is Kida, she will be our newest student!" the whole class was staring at her ,she didn't like it, not at all. After school was over she heard the swishing of a mane and heard a nasally, jeering voice say , "so what are you, like, blind or something?" Kida had heard enough impressions of that voice to know who it was- Diamond Tiara. "Well?" the bully pushed her face towards Kida. When Kida said nothing she backed out of Kida's face and muttered to Silver Spoon, her renown partner, "this mare has some attitude issues!" , snorted, and walked away. Kida felt the street sign,and pointed herself toward home I guess today wasn't all that bad, I'll talk to Twilight and see how weird her first day was. ************************************************************************************** Dr. Feelbetter shook his head, as did the other ten doctors before him, "we can't fix her eyes." Orion looked disheartened, a little glad that her daughter was too close to her to see her face "but.." the doctor continued, "we have many talented unicorns that can reverse the sight, giving her impeccable vision, but at a small price." Orion's wings flared "I don't care! What is it!?" The doctor smiled and replied, "Five hundred bits and thick, buggy goggles." Kida sat, knowing the paperwork was going to take a while, Are my eyes really going to be fixed? forever? I don't care about the goggles, as long as I can see like a normal filly"mama?" Orion turned to her daughter "Yes?" Kida turned to her mother and the doctor, "How soon will I get them?" The doctor gave a chuckle "A maximum of seven days, they need to be flown in from Gremaney, but they will be here very soon, you just need to follow me and after we take measurements and determine exactly how the goggles need to be cut and colored, Then we can put in the order." Kida followed the doctor and sat through her eyes being poked, scanned, and measured, but she got ice cream afterward so she didn't care. A few days, huh? this wont be too bad, then I'll be able to see and do things without having another pony help me! I'll make friends, maybe find my cutie mark!   > finding a friend > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kida walked into the classroom, Amazing! she thought,I can see! And that yellowish filly at the back of the room looks nice,I'm going to talk to her Kida started over and smiled at the filly "Hi, y'all must be the new kid, Kida, I'm Apple Bloom, Nice tah met ya! there's an open seat right next to me, if yah wanna sit there." she said in a heavy country accent . Kida sat next to her and started conversing, finding that they had a lot in common, they became friends. Before Kida left for home she sat and talked with Applebloom, until Diamond Tiara showed up "So," she said in her nasally tone,"Two blank Flanks! and one of them looks like a total dork!" Silver Spoon, her accomplice, giggled, "Look at those goggles! Be careful, they're so thick they might throw you off balance!" This wasn't the first time they had messed with her, she hated them, and so did Applebloom, she quickly muttered to applebloom, "let's go, Let them get in trouble." Applebloom shook her head as they walked away, "Ah don't undahstand what they 'ave against us! 'Ah've been 'nuthin but nice to them!" Kida shrugged and said, "Next thing you know they'll be telling our family that we've been teasing and bullying them!" Applebloom nodded,"Ah think we should go an tell their families how they've been making our lives terrible!" she said, her voice raising Kida shook her head and replied,"Think it through, Ab, we tell their parents and they'll make our lives worse!" She squeaked,"You need to promise that you won't do anything to make them angrier." Applebloom sighed and agreed,"I promise." "good! this is where i leave" she turned around the corner and walked off at a slow trot applebloom smiled and muttered to herself,"not."