Monday morning arrived in Ponyville and like every other morning, Colgate and Amethyst woke up in a tight embrace. The two had been married for three years and they could not be happier. As they headed downstairs they were greeted by General Pearly Whites, who was allowed to remain in Ponyville along with a few soldiers when Luna took the rest of what was Colgate's special army back to Canterlot.

He saw huge smiles on their faces. He asked, "Good morning Colgate, good morning Amethyst. So what do you have planned for today?"

Colgate replied, "Well it is Monday so it is just another day in the office."

Pearly asked, "Why in Equestria would you be so happy that it is a Monday? Most ponies hate Mondays!"

Amethyst joyfully replied, "Pearly, you know we're happy no matter what! We have each other and that is more than enough of a reason to be happy."

Despite it having been years ago, *Pearly still remembered the days when they would fight and yell at one another over Colgate's plans on who to punish. He said, "Very true. I still can't help but remember those turbulent days of old."

Colgate asked, "Could we please not bring that up? We have moved on and are much happier because of it."

Pearly replied, "Sorry Colgate. I didn't mean to cause you any undue stress."

Amethyst asked, "So, what's for breakfast this morning"

Colgate replied, "Eggs, bacon, steel cut oats and cider."

While they have ate it ever since before they were married, Amethyst still was not a fan of bacon so all she could do was sigh in disgust and stomach the meat that her wife loved so much. Once they finished their breakfast they headed to their office.

It was not long after they opened that their first patient of the day arrived. Amethyst greeted her, "Miss Cheerilee, how are you doing today?"

Cheerilee replied, "Oh I'm doing ok but my upper right teeth hurt whenever I eat anything cold."

Amethyst sighed, "Well let's get you on back so we can get this taken care of."

Given that Amethyst is normally overly cheerful her reaction unnerved the teacher a bit. While she knew that the worst she would likely get would be a stern lecture from Colgate, she was not the type that enjoyed being lectured.

When Amethyst got her sat down in the chair she began to look in her mouth. While she still did not know Colgate's X-ray spell, she could see a couple cavities with her eyes alone. She sighed, "Well Cheerilee, let me go get Colgate but don't be surprised if she lectures you."

While she headed back to get Colgate Cheerilee sighed in frustration. She ate healthy foods for the most part so she didn't know what would cause her to develop any problems. When Colgate returned she said, "So Cheerilee, Amethyst told me that things don't look good."

Cheerilee replied, "Yeah, that is what I got from her reaction."

Colgate asked, "Well let's take a look, shall we?"

Colgate lit up her horn and began to examine the teacher's teeth. What she saw would not frustrate her, it would anger her greatly. She looked down at Cheerilee with a look of pure hatred, "Cheerilee, I have never seen teeth this bad before in my life. You have seven cavities and two of your teeth are rotting."

Cheerilee replied, "But I eat healthy foods and try to brush when I think about it."

Colgate screamed, "You claim you eat healthy and yet you develop seven cavities and have two rotting teeth." She smacked the teacher and continued, "And you say you only brush when you think about it? It's no wonder your teeth are in such bad shape."

Cheerilee replied, "No need to be such grump. I know you want ponies to have healthy teeth but it is no reason to smack me."

Colgate snapped, "But it is! I am so sick and tired of ponies showing up with dental problems, especially as bad as yours are! There is no excuse for it! Ponies should have the brains to take care of their teeth!"

Cheerilee shied back, "Look, I'll try to do better in the future."

Colgate ordered, "Cheerilee, go check out with **Lemony Gem and schedule an appointment to get this taken care of. I don't want to see you get sick because of this and not be able to teach the fillies and colts." Cheerilee began to get up but Colgate stopped her, "Speaking of teaching, have you been teaching the foals about the importance of proper oral hygiene like you agreed to a couple years back?"

Cheerilee replied, "Well no. I haven't in a couple of years because they found it so boring so I decided that time could be replaced with a time to have fun and play games."

While Cheerilee's bad teeth angered Colgate, this infuriated her. She snapped, "No wonder most of them come in with cavities and rotten teeth." She smacked her harder, leaving a red spot on her face and continued, "Look teacher, get back to teaching those foals what they need to know, not dumbing them down with stupid games."

Cheerilee was terrified. She gulped, "Ok, I'll start teaching them about oral hygiene again."

Colgate pointed her hoof towards the exit and ordered, "Now go check out and schedule an appointment so we can get you fixed."

Cheerilee nodded and raced towards the desk. Amethyst saw this and wondered what would cause her to rush out so quickly. Amethyst headed back to find Colgate snorting and stomping her hooves. She asked, "Colgate, what is wrong?"

Colgate screamed, "Why can't these ponies listen? Why can't they just listen to me and take care of their teeth! Ugh, I'd just love to smack the shit out of them!"

Amethyst asked, "Colgate, speaking of smacking ponies, why did Cheerilee have a red mark on her face when she left?" She got a worried look on her face and continued, "You didn't smack her, did you?"

Colgate grunted, "She had seven cavities and a rotting tooth so she asked for it!" She stood tall and boasted, "I didn't smack her, I smacked her twice!"

Amethyst remembered how back in their days of torturing ponies that Colgate loved to smack bad patients. She asked, "Colgate, you aren't reverting to your old self are you? You aren't going to start torturing ponies again are you?"

Colgate replied, "Now what would make you think I would do that? I know what would happen if I did and besides, I'm not like that anymore. You should know that."

Amethyst sighed, "Oh alright. I just remember how you used to like smacking ponies."

Colgate replied, "Enough of this, let's get the next patient back here, alright?"

Amethyst nodded and headed out to get the next patient. While she was doing her best to hide it, Colgate was furious. She had visions of her punishing Cheerilee for having such bad teeth. She snickered, "There has to be a way to get around this. There has to be a way to punish her without getting caught."

Author's Note

* Like in Colgate's Practice 3, General Pearly Whites will be referred to as Pearly.

** Lemony Gem is Colgate's receptionist.