Flurryheart groaned as her doctor attempted to extend her wings more to get an accurate measurement. "Is this necessary, Mom" She whined looking up at the Princess of Love.
Cadance only gave her a sympathetic smile in return "Auntie Celestia and Luna are coming later, if that makes you happy" She informed her. The young alicorn smiled hopping a bit in happiness "Auntie Celestia is the best, Thanks mom" She squealed.
Cadance gave her a look "What about Auntie Luna and Masquerade?" She asked. Flurry scoffed "They're mean. Auntie Luna is always to strict and Masquerade is just a pain in the flank" She explained. Cadance chuckled as Shining Armor walked in "Don't let them hear you say that, Flurry" he warned.
Flurry giggled and nodded as the doctor stood up. "28 foot long wingspan" he muttered in amazement "Have you ever thought about clipping her wings" he asked making the princesses gasps in horror. "Of course not" Cadance said quickly grabbing the filly in a protective embrace.
"Well Princess, her wings are going to a problem for her development. She has twice the wingspan of a full grown adult even though she is an 11 year old filly. This will be a flight problem, especially if she finds that her wings grown uneven like most pegasi" He explained. Cadance reluctantly absorbed this information with a pain-filled heart.
Shining looked at Cadance "We knew her wings were abnormal from the beginning, Caddy. This can be detrimental to her growth." He said with a heavy heart. Cadance nodded silently "When?" She asked with tears in her eyes. The doctor looked at the pair with sad eyes "I'd say in 3 years at the most, We will start gathering the equipment necessary for the procedure from the Griffin Kingdom" He explained writing something down on a clipboard. Flurry looked at them all with shock in her eyes before running out of the room tears in her eyes.
Hours later, a chariot from Canterlot landed in the Crystal Empire. Prince Masquerade Night and Princess Morning Eos jumped out onto the crystal road. "Masquerade! Give me my tiara" Morning whined falling face first onto the ground. Masquerade cackled before a swift hand yanked it from his grip. Her father gave him a firm look "Behave" He whispered in his ear before putting the tiara back on the filly's head.
Princess Celestia and Luna shook their heads as they gathered many stares from the crystal ponies. Cadance rushed to greet them nuzzling Celestia and Luna as they shared an embrace. Shining and Astin shared a nod giving each other a small smile.
"Where's Flurry? I can't sense her" Morning asked sniffing around. Shining and Cadance flashed each other a pained smile "We should talk more in the castle..." Cadance advised walking towards the Crystal castle.
They all filed into the meeting room filled with tension and confusion. Celestia's horn glowed a golden orange before the whole room pulsed with her magical glow. "What is wrong with Flurry?" Morning asked again growing a bit frustrated.
Masquerade watched the young alabaster alicorn with a mischievous smirk. He knew her and Flurry were close since she was born. Morning would follow Flurry when she came over and would snuggle her every chance she'd get. "So do you like Flurry?" He asked whispering into her ear. The pegasus hopped away "Eww...No! She's my cousin" She groaned gagging.
Masquerade shrugged "Hasn't stopped some of our subjects" He said nonchalantly. Morning shivered "You're disgusting Masquerade" She gagged running over to Celestia. Masquerade chuckled and walked over to Luna making the dark mare nuzzle him a bit.
"We found out something today at Flurry's doctors appointment. Her wings are detrimental to her development and will need to be clipped" Cadance said quickly. Everyone gasped softly looking at the pink alicorn in surprise. "When?" Celestia asked concerned. Cadance looked down "3 years" She replied.
Luna winced "I remember when my wings were clipped as a filly by Starswirl. It was not very professional and it was very traumatic. Mostly because Starswirl was a unicorn with no real experience with pegasus wing nerves." Luna said quickly assuring Cadance.
Morning quickly snuck out of the room to see the guards "If you would please lead me to Princess Flurryheart's chambers" She asked politely in a royal tone. One of the guard nodded leading the royal pegasus to the easternmost wing of the castle before stopping in a front of a purple crystal door nodding to the guards by the door as he left the pegasus at the door.
Morning walked in and her ears were instantly pierced by raspy sobs. Flurry laid in her bed completely covered by her baby pink wings. "Get out!" She grunted out pointing her wing at the door. Morning sighed "Flurry, you know i can't see" She whispered pouting.
Flurry looked at the pegasus's pale eyes before surrounding her with her turquoise magic. Morning flailed uselessly in the air "I didn't mean it like that" She whined. Flurry sighed curling back up within herself.
Morning pouted "Come on, Flurry. You'll be ok" She assured her. Flurry scoffed "My own mother thinks that cutting my wings is a good idea" She yelled flapping her large wings. "It's not good to have 14 feet of feather on each side of you, Flurry. You can't even tuck then in normally without help" She informed her.
Flurry grumbled knowing she was right "I heard it's painful and the therapy needed after such a procedure is immense" She explained in a soft voice. Morning nodded in understanding "My wings hit a growth spurt, too. They are a bit longer than normal but that's just because of my alicorn genes." She explained flapping her wings hoping to relate to the light pink alicorn. "I wish they could just blame mine on my alicorn genes" She muttered.
Flurry looked at her pink tinted wings that were hanging off the bed and let out a small giggle "They are huge" She said with a small sigh as she watched them scrape the floor. "I promise that I'll be there as you recover then" Morning said with a small flap of her white wings "Besides I'm a pretty useless pegasus being blind"
Flurry shook her head "You're almost as perfect as your mother, Morning..."
