The Show Must Go On ~ !

So The Tale Begins

The little foal rushed into the hospital room of 185 giggling insanely and in more than just a happy mood to see the mare laying down on the hospital bed before her. She had brought a huge bouquet of bright red tulips to the mare, her favorite. She tried to speak with the bouquet in her mouth but it only came out as indistinguishable nonsense.

"Showscape darling calm down I cant understand you with that bouquet of tulips in your mouth." She laughed as her daughter struggled to find a base in the room that did not already contain flowers, she was in a hurry to spit out what she had wanted to say.

"Here darling just give them to me."  The mare had extended a hoof from where she had been resting them comfortably in her lap waiting patiently for the filly to bring them to her. She brought them over to her mother in such a rush that she  had almost tripped over her own front hooves in the 4 feet it took to get to the bed her mother rested on. The mare let out another giggle and took the flowers from the anxious filly's mouth which she had gladly given up. "Now showscape, what were you trying to tell me?" The mare raised an eyebrow at the excitement on her filly's face.

Showscape's voice burst "Mother you will never guess what happened today! They had sign ups for the upcoming talent show and i'm going to enter so that you can watch me on stage! Wont that be great mother?! The doctor even said that you would be okay if you came! Will you will you will you?! Oh please oh please oh pleasssseeeeeee?" Showscape was jumping up and down as fast as her body would allow. The mare looked a bit saddened but she began to smile again sweetly.

"Showscape, I dont know if I will be able to make your show, But I will be darned if I dont try my absolute best darling. Just don't get to upset if I cant make it, Okay love?" The mare reached down to pick up the finicky filly off the ground and set her in the middle of her lap. Showscape looked up at her mother with a disappointed look on her face, She soon remembered that her mother was very sick and it was not her fault if she could not be there to watch her preform on stage.

"Its okay mother, I know that you are sick and that you cant always come." She had a huge smile on her face even though she was still a bit disappointed on the inside, But the talent show was still 3 weeks away so it was not for sure that her mother could not come. Showscape smiled hugely at this idea and began to brainstorm with her about what things she could do for the talent show. She had really wanted her cutie mark and had thought that entering the talent show could maybe get her the mark she so badly wanted. She hoped for song notes or anything related to singing so that she could be just like her mother. She wanted to sing songs as beautifully as her mother had around the house, Why her mother just let her talent go to waste rather than going to the record company and becoming huge showscape would never know. She asked her mother on many separate occasions and always got the same answer as the first time she had asked.

A stallion had walked into the room with a warm welcoming smile for the both of them. "Daddy!" Showscape had risen her voice far louder than needed for the small space they were currently occupying. The mare looked up from her filly to return the warm smile given by the stallion. "Hello there dear, So I hear that our little showscape will be in the upcoming talent show." Her voice gave off a proud tone, "Reminds me of when I was just a small filly like you" She rustled Showscape's hair with her hoof. Showscape looked up at her mother "And I bet you were the best pony there! You had to have been, I bet you won didn't you?" Her mother simply closed here eyes and shook her head slightly. "Showscape winning does not matter, Its having fun that matters. And no, I did not win the talent contest." She looked supprised at her mother. "You mean you didn't win the talent show, but your voice is so beautiful. Didn't you sing?"

"Excuse me sir, mam" The doctor walked in and smiled at showscape. "Ms. showscape"  he bowed his head a bit. The filly just giggled and bowed her head a bit too, "Mr. Alex" She let out another giggle before snuggling up to her mother. "I'm sorry to interrupt but Floral needs her rest." The stallion smiled at Dr. Alex "Of course doctor, Come on showscape its time to go home." The filly refused to get up, "But fatherrrrrr, we just got here its not fair!" Showscape pouted at her father and looked up at her mother with pleading eyes. "I'm sorry darling but I promise you will get to see me soon okay?" She kissed her filly on the head, picked her up and set her on the ground. "Now you be a good little filly for your father okay Showscape? I cannot wait to see your talent show, I will try my best to rest up enough so I will be able to go." The two walked out the door leaving only the doctor and Floral in the room.

Showscape looked up at her father, "Mother will come to my performance wont she?" The filly asked with hopeful eyes. Her father looked straight ahead and after a while of walking answered his filly's question. "I'm not sure honey, It depends on how she is in 3 weeks time." Showscape accepted the answer as the best she would get and happily trotted on home with her father knowing that hot cocoa would soon be in her hooves and belly.