The Foal That Came From Nothing

More than a decade before Twilight Sparkle ever set a hoof in Ponyville, before she found out about the “Elements of Harmony”, before that time, stood an orphanage in Canterlot. Well, that orphanage still exists to this day and might as well still exist for a long time. A quite young mare directed that orphanage, her name was Violet Blossom her mane was an almost neon purple, tied up on the back of her head. Her fur however was a washed out green, but she covered it with her business suit that also covered her Cutie Mark, a budding purple rose.

Her orphanage, known as the "Rising Sun" Orphanage is the work of her life, a place where each of those lost foals that ended up there would be sure to gain a good and safe home. Violet treated the foals as if they were her kids too, but she always tried to not be too attach to them. It would be just more of a heartbreak when they go away, even knowing that they would be safe at home.

Violet is getting dressed to go out of her room and start her morning. Some might say that she look too strict like this, but she had to wear it so she would appear more “professional”, in the past, she didn’t hear it, but they helped the prospective parent to see that she means business.

Violet gets fully dressed in her house that was connected with the Orphanage, it was a pretty simple place, not fancy as the next building. Her house was made with wood and bricks. The walls are paint blue and the floor has a huge black carpet. There are some books shelf’s on the walls, and her old Typing Machine on a table. But this was only the main room, like said her house was pretty small, one room, two bedrooms - one of them having a bathroom- and one kitchen it’s all she need to live.

Violet open her door and walk out of the house and into a garden, where many of the kids liked to play around after lunch. Some fillies would pick up flowers too.

Violet walks in the Orphanage, which was, build with oak. It started out as a regular house, three floors, the top ones were the dorms for the ponies and the bottom the reception. She was the only worker. But as time passes, she grew the Orphanage, first were some co-workers to help her out, then a playground, more dorms, a bigger shower room, better beds and more luxury on the insides, to give a better impression to the visitors that would come.

Violet enter the Orphanage’s hall. She had hired an interior designer to change the look for the building, it used to be just a regular place, but now it was fancier. The walls were white which really helps to spotlight the brown wood on the floor, doors and corners. The floor also had a long blue carpet that go all over the Mansion.

At the ground floor was the entrance door and in front of it stairs that take you to the the upper dorms. On the walls were many pictures of parties for charity and even some from the “Grand Galloping Galla” that Violet was invite two or three times. Of course she was, she’s running the best Orphanage in Equestria…. At least is what she says, so it must be true.

She look at the grandfather clock that stay at the far left, it was saying “7AM” about time for the kids be woke up by the co-workers and get breakfast. But before she could do that, she heard a knocking at the door. It was early for the mailpony.

“Yes? How can I help you with?” Violet said as she opened the door, letting some more sunlight to enter the hall.

It was a unicorn from the Royal Guard, his fur coat was blue and the same for his mane that was a bit darker color. The unicorn’s armor was gold but a bit more ornate, to show that he had a higher rank, but nothing too special.

“Hello Miss Violet, it was quite some time since the last time I saw you.” Said that guard.

“Oh!” Violet said surprised, “I’m sorry, do I know you from somewhere? I don’t recall your face.”

“Hmmm? Really? It’s me, from high school….” He scratch the back of his head. “We kind used to date.”

Violet was a bit confused for a couple of seconds, but then, she remembered. “No… Night Light?!? Oh, look at you! You really managed to get in the army, didn’t you?”

“Oh yes! As you can see, I did… But, I’m not even close to be the Captain of the Guard… It’s harder than I thought. I don’t think I’ll make it.” He said following with a sigh.

“Not with that attitude.” Violet said before taping his chest with her hoof. “Come on! You were the best student at High School, just put some work on it and you can do it.”

Night Light laugh for a bit but then look down with a smile.

“That’s nice to hear from you, but I’ll have to retire from my Army job. I’ll have to stay at home and take care of my new born filly.”

Violet gasped at it. “No you didn’t!” She then smile and began to hop a bit. “Who is it? Someone from school? Is she Fleur Dis Lee? No! Green Luck? Oh, wait! Was the magic teacher?” After that last guess, she got close to him and gave a wink with a naughty smile.

“What?!” Night Light blushes and get nervous. “Why she?”

“Everyone knows that you always looked at her flank instead of the board.” Violet giggles.

Night Light speak up, trying to change subject. “Anyways! I-I’m here to inform you that a new foal is coming to the orphanage. Well, at least in a couple of months, he is a new born.”

Violet was a bit confuse by it.

“I’m sorry, I’m always happy that a new colt, filly - and even more a cute little foal – to come and live with us until we find him or her a family. But isn’t this supposed to be the Social Agent’s job to come here with the foal?”

“Yes, it is. Miss Silver-” Night Light is interrupt by Violet.

“Oh! Silver Sea! I haven’t seen her in months.”

“… Yeah… Miss Silver is at the hospital, organizing the papers for the foal, I was there at the place… Well, my superior was there at the hospital and they were friends so he sent me here to call you to go there to save the trip.” Night Light finish.

“Oh! Ok then, I guess I can leave now. It must be important. Sun Flower can run the place for this morning… She’s my assistant here.”

Violet walk out of the building and Night Light close the door behind her with his magic. It was a good morning for a walk to the Hospital, even if it’s an 30 minute walk. But it wasn’t a hot day and it was quite cloudy on the skies. The Pegasus were getting ready for the heavy rain in two days.

Violet and Night Light got to the Canterlot Hospital. It was the second biggest Hospital in Equestria, but it’s the best. One of the oldest buildings in the city and to this day it still stands. Different from other contractions, the hospital was made with bricks, making the walls more thick and with the white tiles, it made each room more sound proof, helping on the patients recovery. Multicolor tiles covered the floor, the red ones took you to the emergency, the blue ones to the nursery, the yellow to the recovery room and the purple back to the reception.

There she waits while Night Light talks to a mare nurse, to find where Miss Silver is. After all, they didn’t needed to find her. She walked in the reception. Silver Sea only her mane was silver colored and tied up like a ponytail. Her fur was white and her eyes yellow. You can’t see her cute mark under those busyness cloths.

“Oh! Violet! How I missed you!” She trot to you and give you a hug. “How have you been at the orphanage?”

Violet smiles. “Oh! Just all ok, sometimes the unicorns break something by accident and the Pegasus keep peaking at the bathroom window, so I had to block them until I get some one-way glass.” She said followed by a sigh.

“I see. Those little fillies and colts, always making trouble.” She let go the hug and then levitate an envelope with her magic. “Here it is the lucky lonely foal that is going to your orphanage.”

Violet pick it up with her mouth, trot to a table, placing it on and then opening with her hoof.

Violet notices something wrong when she look on it.

“Dear?” She look at Silver Sea. “I think you made a mistake here. It’s blank.”

Silver Sea scratch her head with her left hoof for a bit.

“Actually, no, take a better look.” She suggested.

Violet looked. Those papers for adoption in Equestria always had the name of the foal, birthday, blood type, body description, the hoof print, type of pony background and the parent’s name. Only a couple of directories are fill up.

“Really? What happened? He was born last week. Where is the mother?” Violet asked tapping the table.

“In the morgue…” Silver Sea said with a deadpan voice.

“Oh… His dad?”

“Sorry, we don’t know who he is. We don’t even know who this mare was either. She just came rushing in the hospital, almost in childbirth. We couldn’t get any info from her… That foal is also nameless…” Silver Sea and Night Light look down.

“Oh my… No name… That’s so sad…” Violet said as she looked on the paper.

“And he is pretty ugly too.” Silver said almost joking.

Violet slams her hoof on the table. “Don’t you riff on the foal!”

“Sorry, sorry. But his face is pretty weird, I mean it. The Doctors are looking if he was having an allergic reaction to something.”

“Ok… But don’t do your dark rumor on the boy again, ok?” Violet said, annoyed.

Silver Sea walk to Violet and put her right hoof on her shoulder. “I said I’m sorry, I won’t do this again… Oh! Night Light!”

He look to her. “Yeah?”

“Could you stay a bit? I’ll need you to take this to the registry. I know how slow things are there, so you could speed the things up” She gave a wink.

“Ok then…” He sighs.

Silver Sea was sitting at the left side of Violet.

“So. Since he has no name. You’ll get to name him.”

“Hmmm…. I think I will need to look him first. I want the name to stick.”

“He is been taking care by the staff, I can go and check how things are.”

“Ok dear, do that. I’ll call Sun Flower.” Violet got up and walked to the hospital phone. She put 2 bits in and began the call.

On the other line, in the orphanage, a unicorn called Sun Flower pick it up with her magic. She had a dark yellow curl mane and her fur was a lighter color of yellow.

“Yes? Rising Sun Orphanage, how can I help you?” She had a country accent.

“It’s me, Violet.” She said, holding the phone with her hoof.

“Oh! Miss Violet, you are outside, some of the fillies and colts were asking where you were.”

“Oh, yes, I’m looking to pick up another foal for the nursery. It might take some time, and I don’t know when I’ll be able to pick him up, but go and make sure that we have a crib for him. If we don’t have, try to call me at the hospital, ok?”

“Ok! And is very nice that it’s a foal, is it an earth pony, unicorn or Pegasus?” She asked while petting the heads of some ponies passing by.

“Hmm….” She look at the documentation. “A Pegasus, why?”

“Well, I was getting tired of the colts flying up to see the filly’s bathroom… Or fillies for that matter…. They do that too.”

“… Ok then. I see you later, it might take long, bye.” She hang the phone and even get her money back since she did that call in less than 3 minutes.

Violet was sitting down with Night Light at the waiting room, most of the tiles were purple, and it helped to spotlight the green plants too. There were couches to sit down and some magazines to read. Also a radio that was turn off.

Sitting there, Violet decided to finish that conversation with Night Light.

“So... Who did you married?” She asked.

Night Light smiles and scratch the back of his head with his right hoof. “Well… Velvet Sparkle.”

Violet smiles at him and then her expression changed to confused. “Who’s that?”

“You… You really don’t remember her? She was in the speech team with you.”

“Oh! That striped mane unicorn?”

Night Light nods.

“Oh! Very nice, you got the jackpot and gained the fatherhood” She tap him with her elbow.

“Actually that’s number two. I already have a son.” The unicorn smiles.

“By Celestia you are fast!” She then saw Silver Sea coming back. “Oh! We finish this later. Dear, how is the young colt?” Violet directed it to Silver Sea.

“He is better now, he was having an allergic reaction to his blanket. They already treated him and now he is at the nursery. Come, is right around the corner.” Silver Sea walked to that direction.

Violet and Night Light followed her to the nursery. Getting there, they saw about 15 foals been displayed there, most of them were unicorn, but there were even less earth ponies. It is normal in Canterlot to most new born be Unicorns.

“So…” Said the Earth Pony. “Who is the colt?”

“Oh! The third from the left, on the middle line.” Said Silver Sea.

There was a really small Pegasus, his mane was brown like caramel, his fur and feathers were a pastel color of his mane. His eyes are still closed.

“Aww… You didn’t told me he was a cute chubby.” Violet said with the same voice that you use when you talk to your pet.

“I didn’t! I really thought it was the allergy! His face was that messed up before.” Silver Sea wave her hoofs around.

“Oh… Ok then. I guess now he needs the name… Hmmm….” Violet began to think on it.

Night Light tried to help. “Well, he is a Pegasus. Maybe something about the sky?”

“How about Big Cloud? Or Nimbus?” Silver Sea said.

“I think the big is not good. But we could try the Cloud part.”

After some talking, Violet choose the name.

“… Thomas…” Violet said, putting her left hoof on the window of the nursery.

“What?” Said Night Light.

“Thomas? What kind of name is that?” Silver Sea said.

“I read on a book from Troidam. It’s a common name there.” Violet said while she still looked at Tom.

Night Light decided to spoke up. “Troidam? Isn’t that huge county, northeast from Equestria?”

“Oh!” Said Silver Sea, “The Fortress Country. I heard about it.”

“Like I said, I think that Thomas is a good name for him…” Violet was with his documents on her hoof, “Where is a typing machine?”

“Ask one of the nurses, they have some at the reception,” Silver suggested, “But what will be his last name?”

“How about Jones?” Night Light suggested.

“That’s sounds so stupid.” Violet and Silver said at the same time.

Violet walked to the reception. She also looked outside, it was getting dark for the time. It was only “8:30AM”, it was getting more cloudy each second, that rain is going to be strong.

A stallion nurse offered her typing machine to be use. She accepted and sat down in a different room behind the reception, where they did all the paper work. Violet put Thomas document in the machine and adjusted it. Then she typed on the paper.

Name: Thomas.
Last Name: *******.
Gender: Male.
Background: Unknown.