Lightning Dash held a very limp Color Flourish in his hooves, flapping his grand wings mightily. Color Blotch tailed along, engulfed in a glittering purple levitation spell.
"Aren't you a bit young to be strong enough to levitate yourself?" Lightning Dash questioned.
Color Blotch smiled.
"I learned from the best. Mom taught me everything she knows."
"That explains it. Your mother was rather talented in spellwork during her school years."
Lightning descended to the ground, now carrying Color Flourish on his back, holding her down with his wings.
He and Blotch trotted to the Emergency Department of the hospital, their faces now passive.
"I'm here to check in a unicorn by the name of 'Color Flourish'. She displays evidence of mild head injuries and unconsciousness," Lightning Dash relayed to the pony at the front desk.
"We'll get her examined right away, sir."
A medical employee brought in a wheeled bed as Lightning unfolded his wings and allowed Color Flourish to roll onto it.
Color Blotch stared as his mother was whisked off down a long white corridor.
"Will she be alright?"
"You've got nothing to worry about. She's one of the toughest mares I know."
Lightning Dash stared into Color Blotch's gleaming orange eyes, the ones so much like his own. He smiled.
Blotch lunged at Lightning's chest and wrapped his hooves around his neck, squeezing tightly.
"I love you, dad."
Speechless, Lightning Dash could do nothing more than hug back.
