An Interesting New Life

Chapter Two : Settling In Part-1
By The Eternal Star

A few hours have passed since my family named me Critic and welcomed me into the family, during which my father had brought with him two foldable iron chairs for him and Ethern to sit on. My father and brother talked about their days before quickly going to the hospital upon the news of mother going into labor and it reached them.

Then they continued the conversation by talking about my brother's school and how far has he gone in discovering his elemental specialty, during this conversation I managed to point out some facts that could help me understand the new world around me.

It seems the education system in here is quite different because I heard that my brother was enrolled in the CANAP which I learned to be short for Combat Academy for New Alicorn Protectors which for me didn't sound like a general-use type of school like how my past life was.

This theory was later strengthened as my brother asked mother how she discovered her elemental specialty as he hadn't discovered his elemental specialty yet.

Mother then began telling the tale of how she discovered her elemental specialty in which at some point she said that when she was doing one of her assignments from her teacher at the MRIAA- which I learned soon to be short for Magical Research and Invention Academy for Alicorns -about the specialty, association, and difference between water and ice magic.

During this she accidentally created a snowstorm that generated hail from above, creating a fatal rain of ice hail that almost reached a village near her place of study.

Luckily, she soon learned that she was able to control the ice with her magic when one of its hail almost hit a nearby bystander and she summoned an ice shield that prevented the bystander from getting hit by the deadly sharp ice hail. Then she managed to control the snowstorm and make it subside before it reached the outskirts of the village.

My brother then asked if he needed to do what mother did just with a different element, she quickly said "No way" as she scolded him for even thinking about doing what she did to learn of her elemental specialty.

She said that she was endlessly scolded by the principal and vice-principal of the academy for her reckless action, and was almost banned from going into the academy again were it not for the fact that she managed to subsidize the storm before it reached the village and the villagers of the village forgave her of her action.

The tale while has managed to confirm my theory that the education system here is different than what was used back home, raised one interesting fact and that being that Alicorns seemed to be differentiated into a few categories with each category having an advanced form of it.

For example, in the tale my mother said that she was doing her assignment about specialty, association, and the difference between water and ice magic.

The word association between water and ice makes me think that ice elemental specialty was an advanced form of water elemental specialty as the ice was just water that is frozen, while water is ice that is melted. This one particular theory was supported when my brother asked father what he thought of what was gonna be my elemental specialty.

My father answered by saying that judging by my overall appearance coloration which has associations with the color purple, guessed that I would either be a force Alicorn or its advanced form, telekinetic Alicorn. My father said that purple-related overall appearance color is a common trait among force or telekinetic Alicorns.

Upon hearing my father answer, my brother turned to my mother and asked the same thing. Mother replied by saying that judging by my possibly introverted nature and unlikeness toward my brother's social and active personalities.

I would either be a water Alicorn or its advanced form ice Alicorn like her. As introverted, reserved nature and unlikeness toward social and active Alicorns are a common trait among water or ice Alicorns.

My brother's question alongside my mother and father's answer certainly confirmed that Alicorns are differentiated into a few categories with advanced forms that while having a different name and uses, are still categorized as their basic type just with the word advanced.

Such as ice elemental is still classified as an advanced water elemental specialty, and telekinetic is classified as an advanced force. This makes me wonder how many categories of elemental specialties were for Alicorns because I have only heard two after all.

The conversation then began to take hold of one particular topic right now they still arguing, about future plans for me.

"-Now honey, I know that I said if our next foal is a filly she's gonna follow your path and enroll in the MRIAA, thus graduating as a researcher just like you.- My father then turned his attention to the medical text report in his wings -But just look at the report!

She literally has her magical pathways consuming a fourth of the space in her head! With this size of magical pathways, if she were to enroll in the CANAP mage class and be given appropriate training. She would absolutely surpass her peers and teacher in terms of magical prowess, this wouldn't not only make her graduate faster than her peers.

But she would also start the rank of protectors as at least an iron class five, which wouldn't only mean she would be able to take quests that are admittedly while quite dangerous, high paying in both fame and reward.

Who knows, maybe one day she will surpass my rank and take a quest on behalf of the Empress herself" My father argued as he gave Mother the medical text report and she snatched it with her wing and began reading the report.

After a few minutes of reading the report, mother then argued back by saying "Yes, her magical pathway is certainly the biggest I have ever seen and probably the biggest the history ever recorded. While her magical prowess would undoubtedly be huge if given the appropriate training, I still think she would be better off following my path and enrolling herself in the MRIAA, thus graduating as a researcher.

As can be seen from this portrait- mother pointed at one particular portrait of my brain and a few descriptive paragraphs below it -her brain nerves are thrice that of a newborn and almost double the size of an average adult.

This would make her able to not only track down and store new information more efficiently, but she would also be able to process new information much faster than others and be able to take the correct action regarding the new information.

If all of that is combined with the appropriate education that MRIAA would undoubtedly give her, she would be able to graduate much earlier than her peers and surpass her teacher's expectations by quite a large margin.

Her being a researcher would allow her access to things that average Alicorns aren't allowed to get their hooves on, meaning she would be able to invent a lot of inventions that would revolutionize one or more aspects of Alicorn civilizations.

Her inventions and fame would eventually be heard in the Empress's ears, and the Empress would undoubtedly then invite her to join her imperial research group where she could put her knowledge to invent even greater things"

'Mom? Dad? Didn't I get something to say about this? Also, really? I was currently just a newborn and both of you already thinking that I was gonna change the world in a good way to the point that I would attract the attention of the Empress herself? Jeez, talk about high expectations.

Although I do wonder who this Empress is and what Empire does she lead?' I thought in my mind as I shook my head at my father and mother's continuous debate and argument regarding which one of their path I would follow.

However, if you were to ask me which academy I would follow, I would gladly follow my mother's path and enroll myself in this MRIAA compared to CANAP. Not only that the MRIAA is a place where if what my mother said is correct, would allow me to perform my own research and study so long as I still follow the planned lesson by the teacher.

Acquiring knowledge has always been my side hobby and I'm interested in what kind of knowledge this magical world can give me. Then using the knowledge I gathered to create something spectacular like inventing new useful spells, mixing magic with technology that I could recreate in this world, mixing two or more different spells to see what would unfold, and maybe creating an entire new branch of magic.

Oh just thinking about all of these possibilities already makes my neutral expression to one of smiles and happiness, it's a magical world where anything can happen after all.

Suddenly, a few knocks could be heard from the door and my mother and father stopped their argument with their attention now drawn to whoever was knocking on the door. The door then opened revealing a familiar aquamarine Alicorn Nurse Heal Cross and the red Alicorn Doctor Clean Feather making their way into the room with the former letter carrying a medical text report in her magic.

The former stared at my father and mother for a few seconds before saying "I'm sorry for interrupting both of you Miss Aeterna and Mr Arcane, but visiting time is over and all non-patients or medical staff are to leave the hospital quickly. So I'm sorry again but I must ask for your husband and colt here to leave the hospital"

My father looked at my mother's form for a few seconds, before back at Nurse Heal Cross's face and asked with concern in his voice "But, what about my wife and filly here? Can't they come with us home since my wife's labor had come to an end and the injuries caused by the birthing had been healed alongside my filly vision problem solved?"

Doctor Clean Feather bit her lips for a few seconds as she chose her world carefully before saying "Yes, your wife and filly here should have been able to come home with you. But some interesting matters at hoof needed to be further observed to ensure that nothing else was wrong- she looked at me, read the medical text report, then looked at me again -with one such interesting matter being your filly here.

She has a magical pathway with size that is never recorded in any medical history or the history in general. Combine this with your filly having brain nerves thrice the size of an average newborn and almost double the size of an average adult, we are concerned that any further complication other than the one she currently has may arise.

The observation is gonna be magical scans and nothing invasive in any way. If we detected that nothing else was wrong during the observation and the scan resulted in no more complication than the one she has now, your filly and wife here would be allowed to go home tomorrow morning"

My family looked at me with clear expressions of concern on their faces, my mother being the one most concerned with her eyes started to tear up. Before Mother broke her gaze from me and looked at Doctor Clean Feather's face and asked "B-But doc, what kind of other complication may arise in my f-filly here?"

'Yeah doc, what kind of other complications might arise in me? Do now I have to worry about not being able to hear properly with my ears? As if having your vision dependant upon a pendant wasn't enough of a complication already' I asked in my mind as I wondered at what kind of other complications might arise in me, and how I should handle it if there were no current fixer or heal items for it.

Upon seeing my mother's concerned and tearing face, Doctor Clean and Nurse Heal looked at each other with expressions of unsure of what they were going to say. A few seconds had passed before Doctor Clean went to meet my mother's gaze, took a deep breath, and said in a reassuring voice.

"That is exactly why we wanted to do some observation and scanning before you and your filly here are allowed to come back home, as I previously stated there has never been any recorded case of newborns having something that is this level of extraordinary.

We wanted to do observation as to what potential complication might arise so that in the future if cases similar to this occurred, we would already know what to expect and what act should we take about it.

The observation and scan are again, not invasive in any way and will be done during sleeping time as it was when the brain will perform several activities that are essential for life and is when our scan will give the most accurate result"

After hearing the answer, my mother looked at me and stared at my eyes for a few seconds with tears still falling from her eyes. Then looked at my father who quickly erased away the tears by gently wiping them off her face and Mom quickly hugged him with her wings and cried into his chest.

I don't know about you but seeing this scene unfold in front of me made me think of mother as being overdramatic, though I suppose hearing that your newborn foal might have other complications than the one they currently have will make any mother cry.

A few minutes of awkward silence with the sound of my mother crying which soon reduced to sobbing filled the room, she then let go of her hug and stopped sobbing as she said "Thank you" to my father who responded by saying "No problem, honey".

My mother took a few deep breaths before looking at my brother who had an expression of worry plastered on his face, before she said "Ethern, go home with your father. Colt need his sleep to regain his energy"

"Are you sure Mom? You had never cried this bad ever since that accident."My brother asked, his voice filled with worry and care.

Mother looked at my brother's face for a few seconds before saying "Yes, Ethern. Mommy is okay- her gaze turned to behind the two medical mares and to the door where father is waiting -now follow your father and go home, your time for sleep is near now"

My brother looked like he wanted to ask if Mom was truly okay, but thought that disobeying her order was not a good idea and thus only said "Yes Mom" before he walked to the door and left the room as father followed close behind him.

After they finally left the room, my mother turned her gaze on the two medical mares in front of us who now sported an expression of relief as if they had just dodged a bullet, before asking.

"Well, now that my husband and colt have gone home. How should we start these observations and scans?"

To which Nurse Heal answered by saying "First of all we need you and your filly here to fall asleep first, as like what Doctor Clean stated before, the scan would give the most accurate result if the target is sleeping.

We will give you three hours to fall asleep, then we will get back with other doctors and nurses to begin the observations and scans" After saying that, both she and Doctor Clean left the room as the former closed the door after they walked past it.

Now that my mother is alone with me, she floated me to her belly and hugged me with her wings as she said "No matter what other complications you may have Critic, you'll always be my little filly. Now sleep, my little one" As she began humming a soothing voice akin to a lullaby and I soon began to feel sleepy and yawned.

A few minutes later my head rested on her chest as sleep took over me and my eyes went closed as the world around me went dark.