----------(1 PM AT THE PONYVILLE HOSPITAL)----------

It was a very hectic day at the hospital for both Master Zhi and Mr Tang as they rushed alongside the medical orderlies as they roll their two wheeled stretchers. One of the stretchers had Starlight Glimmer laying unconscious on the soft cot mattress of the stretcher with an attached IV hooked up to her brachial artery, while the other one had Sunburst who was partially wrapped in medical gauze around his head, part of his scalp, arms, legs and lower flanks.

"Get the fuck outta the way, all of y'all!! We got two critically injured patients hanging by a tiny thread here!", shouted Mr Tang as he struggled to ran alongside the moving stretchers as they pass through the hallways.

"Every creature, please excuse us!! Make room for the headmare and her vice-stallion!!", cried out Master Zhi as he rushed through the hospital in a panic, as the orderlies escorted the two victims on their wheeled stretchers.

Patients who were sitting their seats or standing idly by to await their own treatments watch the two rolling stretchers pass by and were also amazed by the panicking frantic nature of the two strangers who seemed to be too worried about their physical well-being.

"If you're just standing around here doing nothing like statues, then go pose somewhere else!!"

"Somebody tell me where the hell are these goddamn medics!!"

"C'mon, you pansies! If you're gonna keep us waiting for immediate medical attention, at least let us lend a helping hand!!"

"I will use up ALL my life savings to buy you the BEST medical tech equipment and pay for their medical bills!! Just PLEASE don't let them die in vain, goddammit!!"

"This is a serious fucking matter of life and death, you morons!!"

"Are there even any REAL doctors in the house right now??! This is a freakin' emergency we are dealing with here!!"

As the panicking duo continued to rush and orbit around the two moving stretchers like madman, one butter-yellow male unicorn doctor with a brown mane, a pair of glasses, a long white coat and a pair of brown pants came rushing out of the two swinging doors of the emergency room and shouted "What's with all the commotion about??!"

"Are you a goddamn doctor?!", shouted the worrisome Mr Tang.

"Yes, I am. I'm Doctor Greymare." he replied as he adjusted his glasses.

"HMPH, you don't look like a doctor! You look like a patient who's trying to play the doctor!", commented Master Zhi as he stared at the doctor's cliche uniform costume.

"Lemme show you how a REAL doctor diagnoses his patients", boasted Master Zhi as he adjusted his pair of glasses. He began with his own quick lecture over what really happened at the crash site.

"Here, we have two injured victims laying on their stretchers, both of which were hit on the forehead by a flying water barrel, though the male victim over here sustained more severe trauma from two oxen and one cart barrelling over his body like a rag-doll. We suspected that the cart was speeding at a high velocity, before its futile attempt to slow down led to the momentum of the barrels to fly them off the cart, hitting our two victims as shown here."

Mr. Tang, now acting professionally, then helped continue with Master Zhi's diagnosis with his own medical report speech.

"Now, onto the specifics on each trauma victim. While the paramedic was occupied with fetching bandages from the ambulance, I took out my personal stethoscope to check their heart rate pulses by counting the number of heart beats as I timed my pocket watch. My calculations found that their average heart rate for both these patients were 60 beats per minute. In another physical diagnosis, I monitored the blood pressure levels with my own personal sphygmomanometer¹ as the paramedic was busy setting up an IV on the unconscious lady. His levels amazingly read 120/80 mmHg, which indicates that this stallion man here was only at the brink of suffering high blood pressure, in spite of the severity of the cart crash."

After Mr. Tang was done with his part of the diagnosis, it was Master Zhi's turn.

"The strangest part of his diagnosis? His X-ray photos showed that he suffered no broken bones and aside from the severe scrapes and bruises over his nose, flanks, arms, legs and head, there was not much excessive bleeding and no complete penetration or shearing of the epithelium. This was completely out of the norm of a typical cart crash victim."

Then, it was Mr. Tang's turn to finish with the presentation that somewhat came out of nowhere for the surrounding nurses and patients. However, the doctor seemed to only give off a stoic expression as the explanation went on.

"Nevertheless, my initial diagnosis of this lucky man over here is that he has no critical conditions that needed to be monitored, though I would recommend he sees a physiologist and neuropsychologist to check for any signs of possible concussions. Lastly, for this fine young mare on this stretcher, we suspected that she may had suffered a possible seizure from witnessing the crashing cart alongside this man. How do I know that? As another paramedic was busy wrapping bandages around the young man, I performed the swinging-flashlight test on her eyes and found that one left pupil shrunk in the presence of sudden light, while the other dilated under the same treatment. Thus, my diagnosis for this mare here is that she must be taken to immediate intensive care, while the young man can wait outside with his stretcher until further notice."

After the two strange Far Eastern Equestrians were finished explaining their diagnosis, Dr Greymare pointed at Master Zhi and Mr Tang, before he asked, "Nurse Redheart, could you explain to me who are these two bumbling bystanders over here?"

Nurse Redheart, a white earthen mare with a pink bun and in her pink nurse's outfit, came to Dr Greymare and replied, "Those were the two gentlemen who helped sent these two patients to the hospital after that cart crash"

"Look, I appreciate that you wanted to act like Good Samaritans and help take care of these patients, but in spite of the overwhelming number of patients we had been dealing with, you don't have to worry about these two not getting their immediate treatment. I'll take care of these patients as soon as I can.", assured Dr Greymare as he spoke to the two gentleman with a respectful manner. However, Master Zhi and Mr Tang did not feel content about the doctor's answer and they put their hands on their hips out of disdain about their rejected help.

"Now, would you tell me who these patients' names are?", asked Dr Greymare. Checking her clipboard for the list of patients, Nurse Redheart answered to Dr Greymare

"I checked her cutie mark on our official database and her name Starlight Glimmer had popped up on her medical records. This man over here though, has no identity card and, as told by these two gentleman, his flanks were so badly scraped that his cutie marks became unrecognizable, so we don't really know who he is until his face has finally healed."

"I know who he really is! It's uhhh---well----uhhhh---well, all I know is that he's known called by one nak girl as Vice-Stallion! Possibly the School of Friendship, based on his close relations with the headmare.", answered the hollering Master Zhi as he raised his hand and lay his finger on his chin.

"Take the one with the cutie mark to the emergency room! As for the bandaged victim, have him further diagnosed at the intensive care unit over there!", ordered Dr Greymare before the nurses rolled their patients out to their respective rooms.

"HUH?! Now HOLD on a second! I told you this young man here doesn't have any serious internal and external injuries!", shouted Mr. Tang as he witnessed Sunburst being rolled down further through the east hallway.

"LISTEN, old man! I may not look like a doctor in your eyes, but I still see thousands of patients like them every day! Most of them come out very fine once they left the hospital. So how's about you let me do my job while you sit in the waiting room? Capiche??", scorned Dr Greymare in response to Mr Tang's protests.

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As the six tuxedo-wearing kirin stood up in a shoulder-to-shoulder lined-up formation at the far backside of the waiting room, Ginseng Dragon ordered his men to form a gap in the middle of their kirin wall to assess the situation, as he sat down and hid behind his bodyguards.

Now wearing dark sunglasses and a taped bandage on his forehead where he got attacked by the slingshot stone, Ginseng asked Delft Blue, "I hope nothing terrible comes to my lucky stallion. That cart crash must have been a total calamity for him and his companion".

"It's too early to assume, Dragon Head. Though I may hate to believe it, those two fools still believe the young stallion may still be alive. With that kind of special physique power against that crash AND those thugs, he may as well indeed be your new successor!", complimented Delft Blue as he whispered to his crime boss.

"May the fortune gods have mercy on this lucky stallion's soul", prayed Ginseng Dragon for Sunburst.

"UHOH, here comes security! Every kirin, cover Saan Jyu!", ordered Delft Blue as he pulled the two kirin together to close the gap in the kirin wall.
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As Master Zhi and Mr Tang slowly sneaked behind Dr Greymare as he approached the emergency room entrance, Dr Greymare immediately turned around, causing the two eccentric gentleman to back off.

"Just WHAT do you two think you are doing??", questioned the suspicious Dr Greymare.

"What does it look like we're doing?? We're helping you prepare for her lobotomy!", replied Mr Tang as he was now randomly carrying a medical saw.

"I TOLD you gentleman that everything is under control! There is nothing else left for you to do, other than to sit in the room over there!", shouted Dr Greymare as he pointed to the north where the rows of violet couches stand in the waiting room.

"YEAH, Tang! Quit being such a worry wart and sit your ass down by those cushions!" immediately shouted Master Zhi towards Mr Tang, as to make himself look less guilty of being suspicious to the doctor.

"HMPH, fine! Whatever!", shouted Mr Tang before he and Master Zhi walked away, while Dr Greymare entered the emergency room.

Then, just as soon as the doctor had entered, the two mad stallion men turned around and entered the emergency room as quietly yet swiftly as they can.

"All right! Coast seems to be clear here! Let's head on out to our target and show that Headmare how much I really care for her! Then she might give me a second chance at her school!", quietly shouted Master Zhi as Mr Tang crept behind him.

Then suddenly, Nurse Redheart came walking in towards the two trespassers from the second set pair of swinging doors and shouted, "Why are you here back again, despite being told by our head surgeon!?"

"We're here to lend a hand in the operation!", exclaimed the determined Mr Tang as he popped out from behind, wearing a head concave mirror.

"The head surgeon had told you two nicely TWICE that your assistance is not required! Now get out of my emergency room before I call in security to escort you both from the hospital!" demanded Nurse Redheart as she opened the right-side emergency door to show the two crazy stallion men out.

"UGGHHHH, FINE! As you wish, ma'am!", cried the frustrated Master Zhi as he and Mr Tang exited the emergency room with disappointment.

"I spent five years in Harvester University to get my PhD in Neuroscience, you know??! What a waste of my education!" shouted Master Zhi as he grumbled under his breath.

"BAAHHH, don't mind them! These damn doctors may be intelligent, but they are very poor judges in character!", grumbled Mr Tang as he took off his head mirror and threw it back over his shoulder.

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As Delft Blue and Ginseng Dragon were hiding behind the bodyguards, they spotted Master Zhi and Mr Tang entering the waiting room. Delft Blue kindly asked to his crime boss "Hey, these two assassins over there! These so-called 'bat exterminators'! Should I follow them outside the hospital and rough up their sorry hides?"

"Not worth it, Deputy! So long as my lucky stallion is still alive, we'll be sitting on thrones of gold and we won't have to deal with these two fumbling fools anymore" replied Ginseng Dragon.

"Of course, Dragon Head. As you wish", obeyed Delft Blue.

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"Wait, Yona??!! Gallus??!! What are YOU two doing here at the hospital?!", shouted Master Zhi when he spotted Yona and Gallus sitting next to each other, at the middle seat section of violet couches on the second row.

"Is Vice-Stallion all right?!", cried Yona as she brought out her big sad eyes as he looked up at Master Zhi.

"I need to know---PLEASE! I-I---I can't take this guilt anymore---! She's not going to die, is she?", whimpered Gallus as he trembled violently as tears ran down his face.

"I thought you two youngins were supposed to be working at the park with Miss Applejack! The police made it very clear about staying off the crash site when they had you all escorted from the premises!", scolded Mr Tang as she waved his finger at Yona and Gallus.

"She's my Headmare!! I deserve to know! I needed to know if she'll be alive for me to apologize to her!", bawled Gallus as he stared hard right into Mr Tang's face.

"That's NOT AN EXCUSE to ditch work!!", shouted Mr Tang.

"You didn't come back to work after that crash either!"

"It was a PART-TIME JOB, you bird brain!! What, you really expected me to guard your feathery ass all day long??!", Mr Tang shouted with fury.

"TANG, if you PLEASE....!", shouted Master Zhi as he slapped his hands on his shoulders.

"Sorry, Mr Tang gets pretty antsy with---creatures he doesn't know very well." apologized Master Zhi as he bowed his head with respect.

"Yona no like arguing...it not make Headmare and Vice-Stallion better..." whimpered Yona as she cower in fear

"I checked with the doctors' diagnosis. Though your Vice-Stallion had bear most of the brunt, he seemed to be doing fine.", said Master Zhi. "He's in the intensive care unit right now, where they'll be assessing how much hurt he has in his body. But----I'm sure he'll come back to school once he's all healed up!"

"And Headmare Starlight?", asked Gallus briefly as he bent his feline legs close to his face and hugging his lower paws.

Mr Tang gave out a groaning sigh and replied, "She's not THAT hurt, gruff boy. It's only a bop to the head by a water barrel. Though, I expect she might had suffered major shock from seeing that cart crash coming towards her......BUT, I'm 99% confident that she'll be back to normal once she exits outta that emergency room."

"SNIFF----thank you----that really means a lot to me......I---I've been meaning to apologize to her for my behavior once she wakes up from her slumber.....", said the tearful Gallus.

"It be okay! Once Headmare is back, she be happy you be here to---"

Just as Yona was about to finish her sentence, her tummy started to growl like an angry bear. Yona then started to blush and moan from that embarassing sound from her stomach.

"UH-OH! Looks like our little blackhorn got the rumblies!" shouted Mr Tang as he sat next to Yona on her right side.

"Yeaahhh---sooo---hungry! No had lunch after leaving farm to see Headmare and Vice-Stallion...", whimpered Yona as she rubbed her fat tummy.

"Yeah...me too....didn't felt like eating after witnessing that horrible crash", said the depressed Gallus.

"WELL, lucky for us, while you were crying over Starlight's unconscious body, I managed to save your bag of tasty fresh bats from being stolen!", cheered Mr Tang as he whipped out his medium canvas bag.

"Yona no like eating bats nor animals! Bats be important for Professor's farm!", protested Yona.

"Seriously, dude?! She's going to kill you if she find out you took her seed dispensers!", shouted Master Zhi as he sat next to Gallus on his left side.

"It's ONLY a few BATS! Probably just four! She's not gonna know the difference! She's got TONS of those vermin flying around in her refugia orchards!", exclaimed Mr Tang as he waved the medium-sized canvas bag.

"Besides, she doesn't have to know, riiigghtt Gallus? I know you gruffs used to chow down on that stuff back in the old days!", suggested Mr Tang as he waved his bag in front of Gallus' face.

"Siiiggghh, thank you for the offer---but I'll pass...", sighed the groaning depressed and upset Gallus.

"Fine, your loss! I'm going to bake them in my oven when I get back to my apartment kitchen! YUMMY!", cheered Mr Tang as he opened up the medium-sized canvas bag.

"Let's see how many bats I had kil--ERRR--knocked out---!"

It was at this moment that Mr Tang had realized that instead of looking at a colony of potentially delicious bat meat, he was now looking at a compact four-limb steel crossbow loaded with an arrow!

"WAAAAAHHHH!!!!!", cried Mr Tang before he immediately shut the bag tight with his hand.

"What is it, sir??!!", shouted Gallus as he broke free from his depressed state and saw Mr Tang sweating profusely with his hands clenched around the canvas bag.

"I'm so dead meat!! I'M DEAD MEAT!!", mumbled Mr Tang loudly as a few sitting patients around Mr Tang started looking at him with confusion.

"Uhhhhhh YEAH, we know, Mr Tang! You were the one who tried to kill Applejack's favourite fruit bats. Imagine what kinda dead meat you'll be when she finds out you cooked those dead meats!" joked Master Zhi as he laid back on the couch.

"It's NOT THAT, you idiot! LOOK!", whimpered Mr Tang as he handed the canvas bag to Master Zhi.

"Huh? This bag feels rather pretty hard. You sure you didn't accidentally dried them out in the sun?", jokingly questioned Zhi as he felt the surface of the canvas bag before peeking into its opening.

When he later also saw the metal crossbow for himself, he later shut the bag tight and looked to his right to realize that Gallus had also saw what's inside the bag too. Gallus' expression was that of utter pupil-shrinking horror.

"Are you INSANE?! Every creature knows that bringing weapons into a hospital can land you in the slammer for 20% of your whole expected lifetime!! That's like 5-6 years for you pony people!", cried the quiet but panicking Gallus as stared angrily at Master Zhi.

"How in the hell did that get in there in the first place?!", cried Mr Tang as he shuddered in disbelief.

"Did Yona hear right?!", cried the nak girl who was the next to snap out of her depression.

"You have weapon with you in bag?! GASP! Yona now know! This must happen when Yona took wrong bag after crash in Professor's park! AAHHHHH, Yona feel so duuummmbb!", shouted Yona as she suddenly remembered that fateful late morning at the park.

"We gotta get rid of this bag NOW!! Quick, Yona! Swallow it!!", cried Master Zhi as he took his opportunity to shove the bag into Yona's screaming gape.

"EERRFFHH!! I canft'!!" cried the muffled Yona as she struggled to talk with a bagged crossbow inside her huge mouth.

"C'mon, Yona!! I thought you yaks are supposed to be the best at everything, and I think that includes swallowing huge sacks!", demanded Mr Tang as he covered Yona's mouth.

"Sweet Celestia, have you two gone loco?! She can't swallow it down her throat! It's not gonna fit!", protested the panicking Gallus as began to sweat profusely like a sauna.

"Swallow it, right now!", demanded Master Zhi as he tried to push her mouth with his palm.

"YOONAAFF NOOVVEE SVALLOOAAF!!", screamed the muffled Yona as she struggled to breathe with the two men trying to forcefully shove the dirty sack down her throat.

"Guys, guys! Stop! You're attracting bad attention from the creatures around us! Look alive!", cried Gallus in anger as all sorts of creatures looked at the strange scene developing in front of them.

"Look, there's a trash can next to the reception room! We can throw it out while you two sit there and DO NOTHING!", suggested Gallus.

"Hate to act like a prick, but you two might end up looking suspicious trying to throw away a sketchy bag in a trash can", warned Mr Tang as he tried to be very subtle with his prejudice.

"Try me, old man!", shouted Gallus as he pulled the wet slobbered bag out of Yona's mouth. "I'll throw away this piece of junk like a normal Equestrian! Just watch!"

"FINE, your funeral", joked Mister Tang as he laid back on his couch seat.

"Just DON'T act weird when you get to the trash can", suggested Master Zhi.

"I SAID I know what I'm doing! And don't lecture me being normal when you're nutty in the head too!", snapped Gallus as he walked out of the waiting room with Yona.

As Gallus and Yona marched to the reception desk and saw the trash can standing by the entrance into the east-side hallway, they both went with bag in talon, hoping they could get rid of the weapon, once and for all.

"HEY, what do you think you two are doing?!" shouted an Abyssinian police officer who was behind Gallus and Yona.

"EEEPP, we caught! No good!", screeched Yona softly.

"Just throw that shit in the can!!", panicked Gallus.

"Yona cannot! Hole on can too small to fit in!", whispered Yona loudly as she and Gallus turned around to see the feline officer standing very tall above the catbird boy and nak girl. The police officer's face seemed to possess a serious expression on his green-eyed brown-striped and orange-coated face.

'Told ya this would happen! Caught by a moggy copper!', thought Mr Tang as he witnessed the scene from afar by the reception desk.

As Yona quickly hid the bag behind her back, Gallus was nervously smiling at the police officer and said, "NOTHING officer! Just throwing out some trash!"

"YEAH! And visit patient after too!", shouted Yona as she accidentally raised her bag in the air for the officer to see. After realizing her mistake, she quickly tried to hide the bag behind her.

"Riiiigghhht, of course you are. We've been getting some reports of suspicious behavior back in the waiting room recently, so we got called out here to check it out. Is this bag yours?" questioned the Abyssinian officer after spotting the bag sticking out from Yona's back.

"Uh NONONONONO! It's not mine! It's just garbage! BORING old garbage!" shouted Gallus as his legs began to tremble and his eyes started darting side-to-side.

"YEAH, bag no mine! It trash!" yelled Yona as she gave out a huge fake smile at the officer.

"If it's not yours, then lemme take a look-see!", ordered the police officer as she outstretched her left paw, demanding to see the canvas bag.

"NO, you can't take it! It's----uhhh--pretty disgusting! YEAH!", shouted Gallus as he shivered with fear at the officer.

"He's going to lose it and become some griffon's egg layer if we don't budge in!" whispered Master Zhi as he watched from a distance with Mr Tang by the reception desk.

"Do yak and catbird must show bag to you?!" cried Yona as she desperately hid the bag behind her back.

"Look, kids! If you don't give me that suspicious bag right now, then I'll have you both arrested for obstructing a police officer!", threatened the Abyssinian lawman.

"NO NO NO, don't arrest us! PLEASE!! I'm still too young!! I won't survive an hour in prison!!", squawked the poor ruffled Gallus as he raised his talons up in the air in a panic. Yona shivered in fear with Gallus as they saw the police officer was about to snatch the canvas bag with the metal crossbow inside.

"Officer, if I may---?!", suddenly shouted a coffee-brown coated and minty fluffy-maned mare, who was wearing a white-yellow dress on her person. After she tapped his shoulder to get the officer's attention, she asked, "We would like to take this opportunity to pose for a nice photo-op with you for our town newspaper."

Startled by her sudden appearance, the officer felt pretty confused as what was going on. He also noticed that the two suspicious creatures were gaping in awe, as the unknown minty-maned mare was also accompanied by a purple male unicorn with a teal swirl mane, as well as a couple of Equestrian news reporters taking pictures around the well-dressed stallion unicorn. Not only that, a purple alicorn with a dark blue mane bun and a vertical fuchsia mane stripe was also present. She was wearing her usual golden tiara with a dark purple amethyst in the middle, as well as her sparkling yet casual pink dress, with its hemline going down to her knees. The Princess of Friendship was comforting and standing behind the well-dressed stallion, who just so happened to be carrying a box of tissues as he was wiping away his many tears.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle??!!!", shouted the bewildered Gallus and Yona.

Then, the minty-maned mare told the officer, "Oh, my apologies for not introducing myself properly. My name is Minty Mocha, the assistant manager for Sire's Hollow mayoral candidate, Firelight."

"It's an honor to be here in Ponyville, sir! I wish to become the mayor of the next diverse melting pot in my home town!", sobbed Firelight the mayoral candidate as he shook the feline officer's hand.

"Uhhhh, of course---sir!" nervously muttered the officer.

After Minty Mocha and the officer posed for another newspaper photo-op with them holding paws and hands with each other, the alicorn princess later asked, "Morning, officer! You may know me as Twilight Sparkle, Princess of both Equestria and Friendship! We received an urgent telegram about the mayoral candidate's daughter being involved in a terrible cart accident and was told she and her friend would be at this hospital. I humbly ask of you to please guide us where the mare named Starlight Glimmer and her stallion friend Sunburst is being treated right now, so I could visit them both in person."

"OH, uhhhh---sorry about that, Your Highness! I wasn't paying attention while I was doing my rounds, so I wouldn't know where they might be.", nervously chuckled the Abyssinian officer.

"We know exactly where your friend is, Your Highness", spoke Master Zhi as he and his friend Mr Tang appeared out of nowhere behind the surrendering Gallus, which caused him to squawk in surprise.

"He's being taken care of at the emergency room, over behind that reception desk, to the left." Master Zhi pointed out to the swinging emergency doors.

"YEAH! And for Vice Head-Stallion, he be in intense caring room! He may no be ready for visitors! He being tested for more body injury!!", shouted Yona as she raised the bag again and instantly hid it behind her back.

"Sorry you won't be seeing him soon, Princess. But at least you might see the Headmare!", said the depressed but smiling Gallus as he still raised his talons up.

Firelight hung his head in sadness and sighed. He continued to sob and wipe more tears from his wet face. "SIGH, it's all right, you two! As much as I am in intense competition with my rival Stellar Flare, I really wished she could be here with us to visit her son."

"If it makes you feel better, I was told that he didn't suffer too much, despite the horrible crash. So she might have time to visit the Vice-Stallion soon", said the surrendering Gallus.

Firelight continued, "Well, right now, she's at an important political conference in Manehattan to debate about the controversial bill about flight restrictions of non-Equestrian flyers. I'm sure that after she received that telegram, she'll be stopping her campaign temporarily to see how her son is doing". Soon, the reporters started asking various questions and flashing their cameras at Firelight in response to his comment.

"Why do you have sympathy for your opposing candidate's son?"

"Are you well aware about the relationship between your daughter and the son of your rival?"

"How do you think this love story will affect your polls in the long run?"

"Are the rumors about you having an affair with the rival candidate true?"

Minty Mocha muttered something at Firelight's ear with clenched teeth, "I told you to watch what you're saying! They can record your speech and take that audio out of context..."

As Firelight deals with the many questions by the reporters, Mr Tang started to berate his command at the officer

"Hey, what are you standing around here for?! Get those reporters of that mayoral candidate's back, so he could see her daughter in that emergency room". As he scolded the unprepared officer, he quickly snatched the bag from Yona's cloven hand and had it hidden within his pants at the back without the officer noticing.

"RIGHT, of course! Okay, all of you surrounding Mr. Firelight! Out of the way, so he could see his daughter in the emergency room! Unless you are an associate with Mr. Firelight, no unauthorized entry will be permitted on my watch!", the officer commanded at the reporters before they obediently back off. Soon, the officer escorted Minty Mocha and Firelight to the emergency room, while the reporters proceeded to exit out of the hospital building.

"Aren't you coming, Princess?", asked Firelight as he stood by the entrance.

"I'll be with you later! I got a pair of students who happen to be playing hooky away from my school!", Twilight sneered as she disappointingly stared at Gallus and Yona.

"Hehe, we just wanted to check up on her like you do, that's all!", nervously chuckled Gallus.

"AND Vice-Head Stallion too!", shouted the concern Yona.

"I know you're just as concerned as I am about your Headmare, but we all know you should've known better than to run off without Professor Applejack's permission. If you wanted to see the Headmare, you should only do that on your own time, preferably with an adult." lectured Twilight Sparkle as she used her giant wings to hug Gallus and Yona.

"C'mon, let's get you back to Applejack's park, before she becomes worry sick about you", the Princess said as she teleported herself, Yona and Gallus out of the hospital.

"PHEW, that was TOO close! But how in the hell are we gonna get rid of this now?", asked Master Zhi.

"You won't have to look far. LOOK!" pointed Mr Tang as he saw the unconscious and partially bandaged Sunburst being wheeled out on the stretcher.

"Well, the angiograms² showed no signs of internal hemorrhaging and CAT scans showed no signs of any skeletal fractures, splinters or stress points", said one grey griffon nurse.

"I just can't believe any Equestrian like him would survive a crash like that. It's a miracle he only survived with these nasty gashes. Guess we'll just have to take him to the hospital ward room to rest up", said one white griffon nurse.

"All the wards are filled! We'll have to ask the head doctor for permission to make due with some compromises first. Right now, let's just leave him here by that ward room at 4-A! You remember what his toe tag looks like?", asked the grey griffon nurse as she set the stretcher by the wall.

"OF COURSE I do!", the white griffon nurse assured with confidence.

"You better! I don't want you getting fired for mixing up patients again!", cawed the grey griffon nurse as she and her partner flew across the hallway to search for the head doctor.

"Look over here, Zhi!", pointed out Mr Tang. "We can hide that bag underneath that Vice-Stallion man!". On the wheeled stretcher set adjacent to the wall, there lies the partially bandaged Sunburst who was sleeping peacefully on his stomach.

"Are you outta your mind?! We can't leave that bagged crossbow under that poor man! What if the nurses find it and accuses him of taking weapons into the hospital?", pondered the upset Master Zhi.

"What if we continued walking around with a suspicious bag in our hands, huh? All the other trash cans here have holes too small to fit the bag in! The best we could do is hide it and hope we don't get caught getting rid of the evidence! Besides, he'll be found not guilty once the nurses who took care of him testify on his behalf!", whispered the grouchy and loud Mr Tang as he side-stepped across the hallway with a concealed weapon in his pants. As soon as they reached their target, Mr Tang clandestinely chucked the bag underneath Sunburst's belly.

"All right, it's outta sight! Now let's get the freak outta dodge!", Mr Tang whispered loudly as he and Master Zhi briskly crept away from the occupied stretcher.

Suddenly, noticing an unusual bump underneath his belly, Sunburst suddenly leapt up from his bed, grabbed the unusual bag and stood up on the floor, before hollering "HEY, wait a minute, you two!! Stop right here!!"

"OH SHIT, we're dead!!", thought the panicked Zhi as he raised his hands in a surrendering position.

"Uhhhh, what seems to be the matter, sir?", nonchalantly asked Mr Tang as he also raised his hands to surrender and turned around to the bandaged up Sunburst.

As soon as Zhi turned around to see the former crash victim, he and Mr Tang saw that Sunburst's face was partially wrapped up around his right top-side of his head and covering one right eye. Only his left eye was visible and it was squinting really hard, since he didn't have his glasses with him. His mane had to be partially cut to make room for the bandages over his scalp. A single wide gauze was also placed over his nose bridge to cover the nasty gash over his nose. In general terms, he was basically barely unrecognizable.

"I think you must've forgotten to take this with you", said the injured Sunburst as he offered to give back the mysterious canvas bag.

"Uhhhh NONONONO, it's not mine! This is yours! You keep it!", panicked Mr Tang as he tried to not be involved with anything about the canvas bag.

"How could that be? I don't even know what to do with it. Just take it." moaned Sunburst as he struggled to reach out his arm that was holding the bag.

"Dude, he already told you! It's yours to keep! You can have it!" cried Master Zhi as he sweated with agitated suspense.

"But I already told you I don't want it! You keep it, all right?!", persistently insisted Sunburst.

Just when things are about to go nowhere except blowing things out of proportion, a shaded turquoise-coated male pegasus stallion custodian with a brown mane and mustache came over to see what was the commotion about. He was wearing his khaki-colored shirt and pants as his uniform, as well as pushing his garbage cart that was half-filled with trash.

"Hey, are you guys fighting over who gets to keep the bag??", questioned the curious custodian.

"No, we're arguing over who DOESN'T have to keep the bag!", replied the anxious Master Zhi.

"So lemme get this straight! YOU don't want it, YOU don't want it and YOU don't want it, correct??", questioned the custodian as he individually pointed at Sunburst, Master Zhi and Mr Tang.

After each three of them nodded in agreement, the custodian later snatched the bag and shouted,

"Then it's GARBAGE then! Problem solved!!"

He later threw down the canvas bag into his large green garbage bucket, giving a total sigh of relief as the crossbow was finally out of sight and out of mind.

"PHEW, that really almost scared me to death", sighed Master Zhi as he and Mr Tang finally put their hands down.

Sunburst was a little shaken and confused at what happened just now. As he was about to question about why he was in bandages in the first place, he looked behind and saw a grey male Diamond Dog orderly wearing a light green uniform about to roll his stretcher cot away.

"HEY WOAH WOAH WOAH! What do you think you're doing??! I needed that!", shouted Sunburst as he quicky grab hold of the rolling stretcher

"Sorry, sir! But we need to make use of any unused beds for the overcrowded patients in this hospital. I need to take this bed for some creature who really needs it", said the canine orderly with a gruff voice.

"But---I slept on it for so long. I'm surprised nopony ever woke me up any sooner", said the confused Sunburst.

"Uhhh, it's every creature now, in case you were forgetting!", snapped Master Zhi

"OH MY CELESTIA, who the hell cares??! Nopony cares about your politically correct grammar!", commented the frustrated Mr Tang as he facepalmed in disbelief.

Ignoring the two strangers, the Diamond Dog orderly replied "Well, in spite of those bandages around your body, you seem to be still moving pretty much fine like a normal Equestrian".

"I-I--I may look fine---but----what if I'm suffering some internal injury?", stuttered the disorientated Sunburst as his mind began to wonder.

"Well, you still look perfectly fine to me!", complimented the canine orderly as he skimmed through his body.

"LOOK, I may----it's not that----you see---Oh dear Celestia------what's---what's wrong with me?!", Sunburst stuttered as he began to feel more loss in his thoughts. He couldn't remember why he was in the hospital in the first place, nor why he was covered in bandages. He couldn't know why his vision was somewhat a bit blurry.

"Could I at least ask for your name?", asked the Diamond Dog. "I would check your toe tag, but it seems like that tag got smudged with black ink, so I wouldn't even know what your ID patient number would be."

"Of course. That's easy! It's-----uhmmm----my name is-----UUHHHH!!!" the orange-yellow bandaged unicorn started to panic as he couldn't remember who he really was. "It's-----my name-----MY----NAAMMEE---!!!"

🍥Suddenly, the bandaged patient started shaking the Diamond Dog violently as he felt himself losing his own identity and his sanity. He could no longer remember who he really is. Did his name started with an 'S'? NO, maybe a 'B'! Who was he?! Why was he here in the hospital in the first place?! Does he even have a family and a home??!🍥

"What's my name?!! Tell me my name!!"

"I don't know your name! That's why I'm asking you!!"

"But I don't know who I really am!! Please, just tell me what my name is!"

"STOP! I don't know who you really are!! You're scaring the patients around you!"

"Who am I??! Who the hell am I??! What am I supposed to be??!"

Frantic about the sudden patient having a mental breakdown, Master Zhi and Mr Tang both went after Sunburst and attempted to grab him from behind to pull him off the scared orderly employee.

"DUDE, chillax!! You're hurting him!", shouted Master Zhi as he grabbed Sunburst's shoulders.

"Come on, young man! You're at a hospital! Quit behaving like a mental ward patient!", yelled Mr Tang as he attempted to grab him by the legs.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!!", bellowed the amnesiac unicorn as he instinctively cast a shockwave spell that pushed the two stallions off their balance and sent them crashing into a parked cot. Both Master Zhi and Mr Tang now lied barely conscious with their backs laying against the tipped over cot.

😭"TELL ME!! Who am I??! Who am I?!! What am I supposed to be called??!! Why can't you tell me??!!", the deranged young stallion continued to cry.

"太陽仔 (Taai Yoeng Jye)³!!", shouted an unexpected voice out from nowhere.

When the injured unicorn looked to his left, he saw a tall red-coated kirin with a black fluffy mane and a gold-yellow suit coming over to greet whoever he was talking to. It was this unexpected hollering that stopped the commotion between the young bandaged stallion and the diamond dog orderly.

"Well, if it isn't my little good ol' Sonny Boy!", cried Ginseng Dragon as he face his prized possession.

"Uhmmm, I think he's referring to you, sir", said Sunburst as he face towards the Diamond Dog.

"Uhhh, my name's not Sonny Boy! I think he might be actually referring to YOU!", replied the canine orderly before Sonny Boy immediately turned his amazed gaze towards Ginseng Dragon.

As Master Zhi and Mr Tang regained most of their consciousness, they were shocked and afraid to see Delft Blue approaching him with a malicious grin on his face. As they shook with the utmost fear, Delft Blue told them

"Now now now! You got nothing to worry about! I'm not here to hurt you!"

"You're not?? But---what about---?" Master Zhi asked before he was interrupted by Delft Blue as he crouched down to meet them eye to eye.

"OH, the slingshot incident?! NOOOO, I'm over that already. It should be me who should apologize for---getting too irrational, all right?? How's about we make a deal to make up for our rash behavior?? We'll agree to take care of your stallion over there, and we won't send any more of our friends to come after you for hitting my boss, all right?? If anypony asks---just tell them----he's still recovering and he is catching up with his long lost colleagues from gifted unicorn school!"

Wanting to question them even further, but feeling too weak to even move on, Mr Tang struggled to speak, "H-h-how---do--we know----you--redhorns---are---to be----trusted??"

"Tell you what, old man. If you managed to keep this secret quiet for just one week, I'll send you 1000 bits each month from my salary and you can live a more comfortable luxury back home...sounds like a deal?---Unless----you want me to summon more of my old friends with my mass teleportation spell to keep you permanently quiet???" threatened the smirking Delft Blue as he lit his horn with a bright blue glow.

Seeing the ominous glowing blue evil eyes and the malicious teeth-baring grin on his face, Mr Tang quickly hesitated and cried, "Uh, YES! Of course! Understood!"

"Is something wrong?" asked one of the two Equestrian police officers who came over to witness the commotion.

"OH, there's nothing wrong now! We just had a struggle with our godson over here, but we're escorting him out of the hospital, right son??", answered the joyful Ginseng as he wrapped his shoulder over Sonny Boy.

"Yeah, you two should've been more careful when handling our Sonny Boy! You could've gotten pretty hurt, just about now! He could get real feisty when he feels threatened!", assured the now cheerful and smiling Delft Blue after he tone down the magic in his horn. The other police officer later replied,

"Well, all right then. But just in case something goes wrong again, we'll be escorting you two out of the hospital with---"

"NO NEED, I already have six of my personal bodyguards to take care of that!", shouted Ginseng Dragon as he was suddenly surrounded by all six of the well-suited tuxedo-wearing kirin.

Shocked by the sudden appearance of the buff kirin, the police officers said their farewells, turned their backs and later resume their usual patrols around the hospital.

"You're----my---godfather??", asked the confused Sonny Boy as they walked together.

"YES, of COURSE!! Finally! I'm here to pick you up from the hospital after that terrible cart crash!", assured Ginseng Dragon as he and Sonny Boy walked together with their bodyguards.

"But I'm still recovering from my injuries---right?" questioned Sonny Boy.

"Ahhh, no need! My home has the BEST kirin remedy medicine that will heal even the most gravest injuries! Come with me and I'll show you my big surprise for you!", hollered the smiling crime boss as he, his bodyguards, Delft Blue and Sunburst finally exited the Ponyville hospital.

As Master Zhi and Mr Tang got up from the floor, Master Zhi cried, "Dude, what were you THINKING?!"

"What the hell are we supposed to do?? If we told the authorities that the Vice-Stallion might be possibly kidnapped, those redhorns would've finished us off right on the spot while we were incapacitated! As much as I hate to admit it, that kirin will beat our ass down relentlessly with his army of chi fighters until our bones turn into dust, even with our special martial arts training! Until we get this situation under control, I say that we keep our mouths shut for now and focus on helping that headmare!", grumbled the begrudged Mr Tang as he dusted himself off.

Suddenly, Princess Twilight Sparkle teleported right in front of Master Zhi and Mr Tang, scaring the jeepers out of the two strange stallions. She later kindly apologized for her intrusion.

"Oops! Sorry about that! I got caught up lecturing Gallus and Yona with my many lectures on work ethics. I didn't miss anything important, did I? OH, did you hear anything back about Sunburst? I've been meaning to see him after Starlight had recovered"

"NO!!", cried Master Zhi as he nervously stood up pretty still. "We--uhhh--saw him leaving with his many friends from magic school!!["

'(SHIT, why did I agreed to this??)', thought the sweating Master Zhi.

"YEAH, some of his colleagues came over to see him---and now he's going over there to catch up on old times. He REALLY needs a long time to recover from that accident...he's not hurt THAT bad---but--doctors told him to take some time off to get over the---mental trauma..." Mr Tang muttered as he struggled to find the right words without raising suspicion.

Though still skeptical of their explanation, Princess Twilight Sparkle believed what Mr Tang had told him and replied, "Hmmmm, I see. Well, if you see the Vice-Stallion again, tell him that he's free to visit me any time back in Canterlot Castle. Now, let's see how my favourite Headmare is doing.".

"Mr Firelight, I'm afraid that your daughter has lost most of her memories about her current life, due to both the physical and mental shock to her mind from that crash." said Dr Greymare as he escorted Firelight, Starlight and Minty Mocha out of the emergency room. "As of right now, my current diagnosis is not sure about whether this is a temporary or permament effect."

"It's all right, Doctor." replied Firelight as he held his daughter's hand. "As much as it pains me to see Starlight had lost a huge part of herself, there is a silver lining to this situation! At least now I wouldn't have to worry about being berated for treating my little daughter as a filly again! Isn't that RIGHT, my pumpkin cheeks??". Firelight started pinching her soft cheeks as if she was a little foal baby.

"DAD, I may had lost most of my memories, but I'm still a grown mare inside!", shouted Starlight as she tried to move away from his pinching hand.

"Did I hear that right?? She lost most of her memories?? Oohhhh, I was kinda afraid this might happen", groaned the sad Princess of Friendship as she palmed her forehead.

"Uhhhh, who are you?? What's an alicorn doing here in the hospital?" questioned the forgetful Starlight as she moaned from the little migraines in her head.

"It's me, your best friend. Princess Twilight Sparkle. Ohhhh, I know this may be a shock to you right now---but we'll get you and Sunburst back to normal again once we figure out a way to restore your memories! Don't you worry!", assured the confident princess.

"Uhhhhh, who's----Sunburst?", Starlight asked before shaking her confused head.

"Oh NO, it's worse than I thought, isn't it Doctor?", reacted Princess Twilight Sparkle as she turned her attention to Dr Greymare.

"I'm afraid so....BUT---maybe if you help jog her memories by re-introducing her past and current life, it could help speed up the process in returning her back to normal. If she ends up relapsing, you can come back to me and we'll figure out the best course of special treatments.", advised Dr Greymare before giving Princess Twilight his home address on his business card.

"WOW, you look better all ready, Headmare!", shouted Master Zhi as he and Mr Tang barged into the conversation.

"Excuse me, but are you two actually friends with the Headmare?" asked Minty Mocha.

"Uhhh, YES...well, actually---NO, not really..." replied the stuttering Master Zhi.

"We're just fellow immigrant citizens from Far Eastern Equestria who wanted to help a poor citizen in need, so we provided the necessary first aid and brought her over here to the hospital, just like any other fellow Equestrian", replied the cheerful and rough-voiced Mr Tang.

"Hmmmm, I see. Well, how's about as appreciation for your generosity of saving my boss' daughter, we will let you attend our future mayor's speech rally in Sire's Hollow? How does that sound, Mr. Firelight?", requested Minty Mocha with a suggestive tone.

After Firelight was out of his saddened state, he suddenly changed his expression into gratified interest and said, "Yeeesss, of COURSE! And to top it all off, how about we also invite that---griffon and yak friend over here too!?". Firelight started to place his pellicula⁴ underneath his chin, before slowing stroking it.

"Wait, you mean the students from the School of Friendship??! Well---I'm not sure about this....", hesitated Princess Twilight Sparkle as she pondered on Firelight's politcal stragety.

Then, Firelight started to speak out about his convincing argument to the princess.

"Hey, the doctor said the Headmare should spend her time trying to regain her memories! If she hung out and converse with the students from her own school, I'm sure that will help jog her memory! Besides, it's the best chance for me to show these citizens how much I am willing to move forward in diversifying the town of Sire's Hollow! It will ALSO be the best chance for your students to explore the world of politics. Think of this as an extra cirriculum assignment."

After hearing out his word, Twlight pondered for a moment, and then gave her conditional reply.

"Well........all right then...BUT on the condition that they only do that on their free time, NOT during the school hours! AND you can only invite them IF they give you their permission. I don't want to be involved in exploitation of my students as token political and endorsement tools for your campaign."

Firelight then responded as he held out his right palm, "Say no more, Princess. If they refused my invitation, I will humbly accept their decisions. I will not plead and beg whatsoever!"

"Very well, Mr. Firelight. I trust you.", said Twilight Sparkle as she activated her magical horn. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way to finish the rest of my princess duties. Farewell, everypony. Oh, and Starlight..."

"Huh?", mumbled Starlight as she looked up at the princess.

With their glistening eyes meeting directly with each other, Twilight Sparkle said to Starlight

"......please get back to normal soon......your friends will be waiting for you..."

And just like that, the Princess of Friendship teleported out of the hospital, leaving the amnesiac Starlight, Master Zhi and Mr Tang with bewilderment over what will come next in their future.

---END

Author's Notes:

1. Sphygmomanometer: Scientific term for "blood pressure meter"

2. Angiogram: an X-ray test that uses a special dye and fluoroscopic camera to take pictures of the blood flow in arteries or veins

3. Cantonese for "Son of the Sun"
https://www.bing.com/translator?ref=TThis&&text=Son%20of%20sun&from=en&to=yue

4. Pellicula: stretched out skin region between the finger and thumb