While Applejack was seeing Colgate, Twilight came in to see Dr. Whooves. Twilight rushed to the receptionist's desk and said, "Oh my goodness Sea Swirl, I'm so sorry I'm late."

Sea Swirl gave her a look of slight disapproval, entered a few things into the computer and said, "It's alright princess, although I'm sure the doctor may not be so thrilled."

As soon as Twilight got sat down Twinkleshine, the doctor's nurse, came out and got Twilight. She said, "Your Majesty, you're late! That is so unlike you, are you ok?"

Twilight replied, "Yeah, I just lost track of time this morning."

Once she got the princess back to the exam room she took her blood pressure, checked her pulse and took her temperature. While her temperature was fine, her pressure and pulse were high. Twinkleshine asked, "Princess, your blood pressure is much higher than it was last time and your heart is racing. Have you been doing anything differently here lately?"

Twilight looked up in thought for a minute and replied, "Not that I can think of. Maybe it has been me eating more fried daffodils but I'm not sure."

Twinkleshine said, "Well let me go get the doctor so he can take a better look at you."

After the nurse left Twilight sat there wondering why her vitals seemed to be off balance. A couple minutes later the doctor came in. He had a concerned look on his face and asked, "Princess Twilight, Twinkleshine told me about your elevated vitals. Let's check things out. I just want to make sure her readings aren't off."

He checked her vitals, listened to her lungs and heartbeat. Like with the nurse, her blood pressure was high and her pulse was elevated. He asked, "Your Majesty, your blood pressure and pulse are through the roof. Have you had any changes to your diet recently, such as an increase in your consumption of fatty foods or sweets?"

Twilight replied, "Well yeah, I have developed a taste for fried daffodils and fried cupcakes."

The doctor shook his head and said, "Well that would explain it. That stuff is far, far worse for you than the double cheeseburgers Colgate eats all the time."

Twilight asked, "Seriously?"

Whooves replied, "Yes, seriously. She eats at least three of those a week and she is in perfect health."

Whooves was looking at Twilight and also noticed something strange about her wings. He noticed that her wings had a lot more muscle to them, the type of muscle that normally a stallion Pegasus or Alicorn would have. He asked, "Your Majesty, what is up with your wings? They are so muscular. Have you been working out?"

Twilight laughed, "Yeah, I have. I want to be able to fly a lot faster and besides, I would think that all that exercise would help burn off the calories and fat from the treats I love so much."

When Whooves heard about her wanting to fly faster and working out a lot, he became extremely concerned because high blood pressure and strenuous exercise are a dangerous mix. He said, "Well with your blood pressure and pulse being the way it is, I really think you should take it easy when it comes to exercise. I don't want you having a heart attack. I have a feeling your cholesterol may be higher than it should be and I am worried about your kidney function, so I am going to run a couple of tests. Twinkleshine will be in to draw your blood and to collect some urine shortly."

Twinkleshine came in to draw some blood and this made Twilight cringe. She shied back and asked, "Do you really have to do this? Couldn't you just do everything with the urine sample."

The nurse replied, "Sorry your Majesty, but this is what the doctor ordered."

Twilight cringed and looked away as the needle entered her hoof. She was gritting her teeth in pain as the blood was flowing into the vial. Once the blood draw was done and a bandage put over the draw site, Twinkleshine led Twilight to the mares' room and said, "Alright your Majesty, follow the directions on the cup and then leave the sample on the back of the toilet."

Twilight went in and done as she was told. She was wondering why the doctor wanted to run tests that he has never wanted to run before. She said to herself, "I never knew that you had to run so many different kinds of tests just for a few things."

Twilight finished providing her sample and was led back to the exam room where Whooves was waiting for her. He said, "Alright your Majesty, we have to send these out to the lab in Manehattan and the results should be back around the 24th, so I want to see you again on the 25th."

Whooves gave Twilight a card and told her to take it out to the receptionist so she could be scheduled. Twilight headed out and handed the card to Sea Swirl. Sea Swirl pulled up the doctor's appointment schedule and asked "Would 1330 on the 25th be ok?"

Twilight smiled and replied, "Sure, that will work."

Twilight was also supposed to see Colgate as soon as her appointment with the doctor was done. Amethyst heard her talking to Sea Swirl and immediately headed out to the waiting room. With a smile she said, "Come on back Twilight."

Twilight followed Amethyst back to the chair. Amethyst was expecting Twilight's teeth to be just like every other patient's teeth that she had ever seen but would be in for a surprise. When Twilight opened her mouth the hygienist saw that her teeth were yellowed a bit and saw what looked like a cavity to her. She got a nervous look on her face upon seeing this. Twilight noticed her look and asked, "Amethyst, is everything ok?"

Amethyst replied, "Yeah, let me go get Colgate. She'll be here in a couple of minutes."

Amethyst found Colgate in her office. She said, "Dr. Colgate, Twilight is ready to see you."

Colgate could sense a bit of uneasiness in her hygienist's voice. She asked, "Amethyst, what is wrong? You seem really nervous."

Amethyst replied, "Oh I'm just concerned for Twilight's sake."

Colgate figured that it must be something such as maybe her patient being overly stressed. She got over to Twilight and said, "Alright your Majesty, let's take a look."

Twilight opened her mouth and Colgate was not happy with what she saw. While she looked calm and collected on the surface, a fury was erupting in her that she had not felt in over fifteen years. She asked, "Your Majesty, what the hay have you been doing? Your teeth are in horrible shape."

Twilight could see a sense of unhappiness in the dentist's eyes. She replied, "Well I have started eating fried cupcakes quite often along with fried daffodils."

Colgate's slight look of disapproval turned into a scowl as she replied, "Princess Twilight, fried cupcakes are not only horrible for your teeth but they are also horrible for your body in general. Does Doctor Whooves know about this?"

Twilight replied, "Uh, yeah. He seems really concerned about it."

Colgate asked, "So your Majesty, how often have you been brushing? From the looks of things I am guessing you either only brush once in a while or you quit entirely."

Twilight replied, "Well I figured since I am an Alicorn that I don't need to brush anymore since we can't be killed by any kind of illness."

Colgate put her hoof over face and was clearly angry. She growled, "Princess Twilight, do you not remember when Celestia wound up needing a root canal and I had to write a pain free root canal spell?" She rolled her eyes and continued, "Look, just because you can't be killed by some sort of infection does not mean that you can't develop cavities!"

Twilight said, "But,"

Colgate interrupted, "Well since you stopped brushing you have developed FOUR cavities. I want to get these filled as soon as possible."

Twilight asked, "Well I have a followup appointment with the doctor on the 25th, do you think you could see me that day?"

Colgate replied, "I have only one patient coming in on that day so yeah, I can. How does 1430 sound?"

Twilight said, "Yeah, that will work. I see Whooves at 1330 so I should be done by that point."

Colgate replied, "Alright. Amethyst will be in to clean your teeth shortly. I will see you then."

While the rest of their patients that day were perfectly fine once their office closed it would become obvious that the two doctors had completely different emotions running through their minds. One is in a state of shock and sadness and the other is very angry.

Author's Note

oxabolone ---------- performance enhancing drug