What a Foal Always Needs

"Hello?"

The visitor of an apartment is unsure whether or not she has the right address.  The earth pony's mane and tail are completely curled in white while her eyes are of the same yellow as her coat.  Her cutie mark is the figure of a house.  "High Glow, is it?"  The pegasus stallion before the visitor nods, confirming the visitor's assumption.

"So, what brings you here, Home Care?"  High Glow's mane and tail are straight and blonde all the way through.  He has slightly faded pupils with a thin, light brown iris around each.  His coat is of an orange color and his cutie mark is a light bulb.

"I've come to inform you about your brother under your care."

"Would Power need to hear the news?"

"Indeed, yes."

"Okay I'll get him."  High Glow walks to the door furthest to the right.  Behind the door frame is a bedroom between another, to the right, and the bathroom, to the left.  "Hey, Power.  Someone's sharing news with us."  The stallion leads a smaller pegasus with a light red coat.  His eyes, mane and tail are exactly the same as High Glow's, complete with the slightly faded pupils.

"So, what's the news?"

"I'm here to tell you that some nasty, major rumors about you, High Glow, which are that you've been failing at strong supervision over your brother."

"Well, this is news to me.  Tell me more."  High Glow shoots his faded eyes open.

"These rumors were solely based on incidents that happened outside of school, including, but not limited to, hill rolls with older mares, lightning strikes and almost getting knocked out, hit in the head with a frisbee."

"Even if I were there, none of those could've changed if I saw them coming.  Most of them were because of the citizens here in Detrot.  I won't fault them though.  Accidents happen once in a while."

"High Glow, these could be serious injuries that may be beyond medical assistance if it's bad enough!  Do you want to risk going broke because of the continuation of these potentially serious injuries, much less being arrested for neglect?!?  It's bad enough our economy suffered from that storm we had a year ago!  Power needs a safer environment!"

Meanwhile, Power slowly steps into the hall in worry of what may happen.

"Power, get to the lobby, now!  This could get bitter between me and Home Care.  I'll come get you."

And with that, Power disappears from view.

"Okay, Home Care.  First off, I do not neglect Power!  I call him my brother and I'll do what it takes to keep it that way!  Secondly,  I don't go helicopter parent on him!  He's already earned my trust in him and all it took was being my brother!  I love him!"

"I'm sorry High, but if rumors' reasons are true events that have transpired that the mayor of Detrot has heard about, then I have no choice but to take him away!"  Home Care walks to the entrance, only to be stopped by a speeding High Glow.

"No!  I won't let you take him away from me!  Who knows how much worse things might be for him?!?  Plus, you, yourself, said that these were nasty 'rumors'!"

"Stop blocking the door way and let me do my job!"

"No.  I've been where Power is now.  Mom thought Dad was neglecting me, but even he knew he just trusted in me to be free.  If family blood has to fall apart because of the law thinking, mind you, that a host is neglectful, everything else will too."

"If you want this to go all the way to Princess Celestia, then keep doing what you're doing.  I'll find a way out somehow."

"Go ahead, tell Princess Celestia!  I'm sure she won't believe you!  Do you think that's going to change my mind?!?  Of course it won't change my mind!  I'll do whatever it takes to keep you out of the likes of him!"

"Suit yourself."

"But I will keep an LB eye on you in case she does, 'cause I'm willing to go to jail if it means keeping Power under my supervision!"

And with that, both leave the apartment, one out the window, and one out the entrance.  High gallops over to the lobby where Power is.  "Power, we need to go right now!  Home Care's on her way to Canterlot!  I cannot risk Princess Celestia siding with her!"

At Canterlot, High and Power manage to make it to Celestia's castle before Home Care can.  High sighs.  "Thank Celestia we flew all the way here."

Unfortunately, their sigh of relief is cut short by the arrival of a tired Home Care.  "How in Equestria do you get here so fast?!?"

"Oh, no, not this mare again!"

"Just let me get in there and we'll be on our ways."

"No, Home Care.  Don't go in there before me and Power."

Suddenly, a pair of guards come by.  "What seems to be the problem here?"

"I'm being accused for neglect by somepony who believes some one sided rumor about me and my younger brother."

One of the guards looks behind him.  "Is this true, ma'am?"

"Yes, it's true, but there's more to that rumor than High is letting on."

"I see.  Shall we see Princess Celestia about this?"

"Yes," Home Care and High say in unison.

"Follow us then."  The two guards walk into the entrance of the castle with High and Power between them and Home Care.

In the courtroom, one of the guards that have guided

"Princess Celestia, may I bring in three residents from Detrot?"

"You may.  I am sure I have time for any citizen of Equestria."  As soon as the guard leaves, he comes back with High, Power and Home Care.

"Hello ponies.  Anything I could help you with?"

"Yes.  I've been accused of a one sided rumor about me and my brother by Home Care."

"And what is this rumor that you were accused of?"

"Neglect."  Princess raises an eyebrow in response.

"Where did you first hear this from?"

"It was me, your highness.  And this rumor proves that this foal needs a safer environment.  Take it from me, I want what's best for both Power and High."

High gives a death glare to Home Care that says, you're lucky I can't give out personal attacks in front of Princess Celestia!

"Princess Celestia, I also want what's best for Power.  I'm willing to, as Home Care puts it, 'go broke from medical bills' and 'go to jail' if it means I provide the environment best for him."

"Now, about those rumors... what happened that led to these kinds of comments?"

"It was just a few accidents that happened.  Plus, it wasn't as if he was underwater under a machine or anything.  Just accidents that would've had no long term effects if not for these rumors.  In fact, the rumor was the only long term effect that's happened.  No scars, no change in paths, none of that happened.  It was just a frisbee to the head, a lightning strike and a couple of hill rolls that were caused by a few mares.  I don't fault anyone for these accidents."

"Thanks for your input, both of you.  I'll heavily deliberate on this."  Celestia leaves the room heading to her throne.