Dreams of a Love I Haven't Met

Kira awoke from her dream, her claw going to her neck as it traced along the new bite marks that had been left there, grimacing as she rose from her makeshift bed. She had been staying in Appleloosa after her search in Las Pegasus had turned out to be a bust, but it was only a temporary stay till she moved on.

She had to stop for a moment, feeling a kicking coming from her stomach as she sat down to look at her swollen belly. She rubbed a claw along the miracle growing in her belly, still amazed that it had actually happened. It was a few weeks after one of her many dreams she had shared with her lover, she had started to throw up in the mornings, and after a few more bouts she had gone to see a doctor, who had given her the exciting news that she was carrying foals, triplets to be exact.

She had been stunned, she had never been with a stallion in all her life, she was in every way a virgin. But despite this the doctor had found something, magical residue which contained all the seeds necessary for impregnation, though how it had gotten there was beyond him.

She knew it had to be him, even though it should be impossible for such a thing to occur, she knew the foals growing inside her had to be her lovers, for he had magic inside him, powerful magic.

“Calm yourselves my darlings,” she said, rubbing her claw over her belly again and then getting up to pack. She had learned to trust the information she gleamed in her dreams with him, and in this latest one he had mentioned that he was heading to Ponyville, so that was where she was planning to go as well.

As she moved one thing to another into her saddle bags, she heard the door open, and looked up to see Braeburn standing in the door way, a concerned look on his face as he spoke. “You ain’t thinking ah leavin are yah, you’re really getting along there, and moving around like this can’t be good for tha youngins.”

She walked over to him, running a claw over his face as she smiled. “Brae you’re sweet, but trust me I will be fine, and these foals of mine need to know who their daddy is, after all it was him that gifted them to me.”

“Ah hate how yah talk so kindly about that stallion; honestly Ah want to kick that son-bitch in the teeth for leaving…”

“Brae please,” said Kira, placing a claw over his mouth to stop him from speaking. “How I got pregnant is…complicated, so complicated I know you would never understand, just trust me when I say he is not a bad pony, he would be horrified if he knew he had left me like this.”

Braeburn looked like he wanted to argue, but he had spent a lot of time with the Kirin mare, and had learned when to trust her when she said something. “Alright Kira, Ah’ll trust yah, but Ah’ll be dammed if Ah let you go wherever you’re going alone you hear me?”

Kira laughed, “Ok Brae I understand, you better get some things, were catching the next train to Ponyville.”

He nodded, then ran and grabbed a few things from his room before meeting Kira at the doorway, helping her out and then walking with her to the train station, boarding the train to Ponyville and then helping her into a bed, taking a bed next to her own, keeping watch over her as the train began to make its way toward Ponyville.

Futile knocked on the door of Golden Oaks, his little angel sleeping peacefully on his back as the door opened, and Twilight looked out, gasping when she saw who it was. “He…hello Futile…”

“Hi,” said Futile, “um…can I come in?”

Twilight nodded her head, allowing him to walk inside and then picking up Petal gently in her magic, drifting her over to her hooves as she sat down on her chair. “You seem to be taking good care of her.”

Futile nodded, but Twilight became distracted as Petal woke up, looking up to see Twilight smiling down at her, and then nuzzling into her chest before falling back asleep as Twilight looked back at Futile. “So, what’s brought you back to Ponyville Fuedra, it can’t be because you like the scenery.”

“Well I only wanted to stop by and say hello, I’m heading back to Canterlot to…to continue my search for her…”

“Oh Futile, you’re still not thinking you will actually find this pony do you, she doesn’t exist…”

“And I thought I told you not to say that, I know we may have shared something Twilight but I told you on the night we broke up that this was about more then you, I need to find her…I can’t love anypony else but her.”

Twilight again looked hurt, but she sighed in defeat, holding Petal close to her as she looked down at her. “I just wish…I just wish you could have broken up with me sooner Futile, that way I would never have gotten attached to her.”

“I know; that’s why I am leaving her here with you.”

Twilight looked up in surprise, but Futile lifted up a hoof to stop her from speaking. “Look, I know this is a bit of a shock, but out of all the ponies I have…tried to be with, she liked you the best, and honestly I can’t keep dragging her around like this anymore, she needs a place that she can grow up in and live. You are a great mother to her Twilight, which is…which is why I want you to look after her.”

Twilight couldn’t speak, looking down at the little filly in her forelegs and then back at Futile as she spoke. “Does…does she know about you leaving her here?”

He nodded, “Yes, I told her I was going to have her stay with you till I came back. Hopefully I won’t be gone long, but one way or another I am coming back here, even if I have to give up my search for her.”

He then got up, walking over and gently kissing Petal on the forehead before looking back up at Twilight. “Look Twilight, out of all the ponies I have been with, you I know I have felt the closest to, so if things don’t pan out with my search in Canterlot, I…I would like…”

“Stop,” whispered Twilight, causing Futile to look confused. “Don’t…don’t make promises you can’t keep ok, we both know how those usually turn out, now go…you got a mare to find.”

Futile hesitated, then turned and left out the door, and the last thing to grace his ears before he took off into the sky was the sound of sobbing, but he didn’t turn back…knowing he would never be able to leave if he did.