Obiter Dictum

For the third time that night the foal cried waking a grumpy Twilight Sparkle from her sleep. "I swear it's like this kid doesn't want me to get any sleep." Sighing she forced herself out of bed and down the stairs. The small black foal was flailing his tiny hooves in his crib reaching toward some unseen object in the sky. Twilight trotted over to his crib and picked him up. Immanently he ceased his crying and looked at her incredulously. Confused Twilight set him back down, as soon as she did he immediately began to cry again. "Really? she said picking him up again. Once again he ceased his crying and began to snuggle into her mane.

"Celestia damn it, if you weren't so cute I wouldn't put up with this." She said pulling the foal in close, carefully she walked back up the stairs and soon found herself snuggled up in bed with a small alicorn foal next to her. It had come as a shock to her when Fluttershy asked what she was doing with an alicorn foal. In her haste to make sure that the child was alright she had completely overlooked a major aspect of the child. She had eventually decided on sending a letter to Celestia about it, and, in the meantime, taking care of the foal until something was done about him. And in the mean time she would have to deal with having an adorable foal around to take up her time.

Morning came, to the disdain of a certain purple mare, quickly. Tiredly Twilight rose from her bed and noticed a small black fuzzball beneath the covers. As she moved the small foal stirred from his sleep and looked up at her with wide red eyes and sneezed violently shaking his entire body. As he did a small bolt of magic raced from his horn, past Twilight's startled head, and hit the wall leaving a scorch mark in the wood. Surprised Twilight starred at the foal who starred back and began to coo.

"Well, good morning to you as well." she said. as she picked up the gurgling foal who proceeded to grab a strand of her mane and chew on it with his gums.

"Hea stop that!" she said trying to pull her head away, but the foal continued none the less despite her constant pleading. "Well, I guess it is time for breakfast anyhow."

Carefully making her way downstairs she placed the foal in a high chair (also provided by Fluttershy) and moved to the fridge, taking out some eggs and hay bacon she tuned on the stove and set a pan on it along with a few strips of hay bacon. Then setting the eggs on the counter she took out the bottle given to her by Fluttershy and mixed the formula inside it, then put it in the microwave for a few seconds before giving it to the small foal playing happily in the high chair. Noticing the bottle he eyed it suspiciously and poked at it with a hoof causing it to fall off the chair. Confused Twilight returned the bottle and put it to his lips. The child sniffed and tentatively took a sip of the formula. Apparently enjoying it he began to happily suckle at the bottle quickly draining it as Twilight prepared her own breakfast.

After breakfast the small foal began to cry once again, squirming in his chair. Twilight smelled something awful and quickly realized what was going on. "Oh no no no no no no no, please Celestia no." she said drawing ever nearer to the child. As she drew closer the increasing potency of the acrid smell confirmed her suspicions as she raised him from his seat, taking him to the table she carefully removed the diaper and gagged. It smelled so bad that she had to put a hoof across her mouth as she used her telekinesis to remove the dirty diaper and another spell to vaporize it. Soon the smell faded and she managed to replace the diaper without puking.

"You are so not worth the smell." she said looking at the foal who had rolled over onto his front and had began crawling across the table. "But you are cute." and with that she took him from the table and placed him on her back. As she walked into the living room the door bust open and Celestia charged into the room, using her magic to grab the child she pinned him to the floor as he cried.

"Twilight, stand back! I shall remove the pest." She said beginning to charge up a bolt of solar energy. Stunned Twilight watched as her mentor prepared to kill the foal. Suddenly filled with rage at her she cast a spell of her own at Celestia that knocked her head slightly to the left sending her blast of lethal magic past the child grazing his right eye causing him to cry even louder.

"CELESTIA!!! WHAT THE BUCK ARE YOU DOING!" Twilight said enraged.

"Twilight you don't understand.." Celestia tried to explain.

"That you just tried to kill an innocent foal?! I think I understand enough to act." she said

"Twilight, you have no idea where he comes from, do you find i odd that he's an alicorn?" she said.

"Yes but.."

"That is because they are all dead, and he should be as well. Especially him."

"Why." Twilight said giving the sun goddess no ground.

"Let me tell you a story Twilight," she said visibly frustrated. "During the time of Alicorns there was one more powerful than even the wielders of harmony, his name was Distrance. He was a tyrannical king who relished in the suffering of others. He was so evil that he once served his own wife as a dish to a group of cannibalistic cultists in order to gain their favor. But not before she gave him a son, prince Nocturne. Eventually a rebellion headed by Luna and my owns mother and father, along with nearly every Alicorn known to pony-kind. They were decimated, but they managed to kill him in the end, his castle was burned to the ground and all of his relics of malicious power destroyed. However the child was never found, a single nurse managed to escape the castle taking a mortal wound as she did and fled to a system of caves and was lost."

"This does not warrant the death of a foal, he did nothing wrong. The sins of a father do not pass to his son." Twilight said adamantly.

Celestia sighed, "There is more, there was a prophecy. 'The son shall inherit the power of his father and once again plunge the world in darkness. He shall sit as king over all for all eternity.' Now do you understand?" She said.

"No," "Twilight said. "I don't. I cannot believe that somepony is born inherently evil. I will not let you harm this foal."

Celestia's face hardened. "Then his fate is now your responsibility Twilight Sparkle. And any action he makes will be your responsibility. I hope you are right." And with that she promptly left the room closing the door firmly behind her.

Twilight looked down at her new charge who was whimpering teas in his eyes. "I hope i made the tight choice"