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Chapter 12 – Could be for a chance at...

A light sigh runs from you as your ears begin to bring in the faint but constant sound of low snoring. The sound cracks a slight smile to your face as you slowly start to crack your eyes to the gold morning sun colored wooden room around you, however you direct your sight to the clumps of multicolored purple mane next to you.

It's at this point you realize the weight that's being held above your numb right leg that Twilight still lays on, your left hoof drapes across the lavender mare's mid section. Knowing that you're not going to get your hooves back anytime soon you turn your eyes back to the window as you look over the now rising sun colored sky.

However, no calm or warming feeling comes to you as you quickly just close your eyes with a thought, no...no! It's not morning, it's just a dream a horrible dream...

It's been a little over two weeks since Violet left for her school and since the young mare left you haven't really had a good nights sleep. Half because you always worry about the young mare when she's not around you, letters do little to quell your fatherly fears even if they do come everyday... But, that's only half of the reason your sleeping problem has come back. The other half is something you could never control, Aerolight has gotten more energy in the day times. Meaning the little colt tires himself out and goes down for a nap, it’s not really a bad thing seeing as how you and Twilight now get a little bit more of the day back... But since the little colt now sleeps in the day a little more his nights have gotten shorter and shorter, which means you're now up all night just listening to every little whimper the colt makes.

A faint smile comes back to your face as you continue to try and force sleep back into your mind, when did I become the diaper king at night?

Twilight’s light snoring continues to peacefully chime away as your ears now focus in on it. The sound does bring a slightly happy thought to your mind as you realize Twilight may have actually had a decent night sleep.

Over the past two and a half weeks you and Twilight have been able to get the little colt to start eating solids, which has now for some reason made the little colt want milk even more; meaning Twilight has been nursing and milking more. The lavender mare may be able to do any spell she wants whenever she wants, but for some reason nursing takes a lot out of her... Even if she doesn't admit it to you.

Your thgouhts come to a standstill as a faint whimper comes up to the room. The light snoring next to you even halts as you feel the mare starting to stir.

However before Twilight even gets a chance to another breath you've already open your eyes and started to slowly move your still asleep leg from her, your voice is low as you nussle your head a little to the back of her head, "...I got it."

"Mhmm..."

The inaudible response is not really the cheer for your heroic deed you wanted, but you move to the side of the bed all the same as you take in a deep early morning yawn and begin to rub your hooves to your eyes. "Alright..."

You plant your hooves to the cool ground as you turn your head to the cozy crib up against the wall, it only takes you a few steps before the sound of your hooves bring a louder whimper up as the crib’s blankets start to stir.

The sound brings your hooves up a little quicker as you peer down into the crib as you look over the colt already starting to stand himself up. Aerolight’s mane is matted to one side from where he was sleeping but his diaper still looks and smells fresh from the last time you checked on him...Which was most likely only two hours ago.

You startup your baby like banter as you look over the colt's pink button eyes, "You're ready to get up aren't you?"

"DAh-da!" The loudish baby like sqwell rings to the room for the moment as you give a little chuckle and start to rush your hoof to scoop the little colt up, "Sh shhh shh, i'm getting you."

You don't really like trying to balance on three hooves when you walk, but it's not like you can't carry the little foal...And you also know how loud the little colt can get.

As you start your trot up towards the door you give one last glance over to the lavender mare still in the bed. There's a slight stirring to it but it looks as though you might be able to give the mare a few more minutes of shut eye.

Your attention comes back to the colt in your hold as you spark up your magic to bring the small light gold mane brush from it's spot on the dresser next to the crib.

Your voice is still a little hushed as you ninjaly bring yourself out of the room with the brush following behind you in a purple glow, "Alright Aerolight, don't squirm on the stairs ok?"

The tone of your voice brings a little grin to the colt's face as you slowly start to ease yourself to the first stair.

It takes you a little longer then normal to bring yourself down the stairs, but you finally make it as you set your eyes to the high chair, "Ok..." The brush behind you comes up in front of you as you try to set the colt into the chair.

However, Aerolight’s little legs don't comply with your actions as the little colt happily kicks his legs and gives off a loud baby laugh, "Ahh-aa haa!"

You hold your smile as you speak up, "S-stop kicking your legs ah...There we go." You finally place the little colt down as you squint to the colt's now frizzy mane, "Alright...What do we do with this?" Aerolight holds his smile as he watches the brush slowly coming closer to him, the colt's smile brings your voice up as you pause the brush, "Not food."

With your comment you begin to run the brush through the colt's mane as you try to flatten the colt's frizze. Really the young colt's mane only takes a few seconds to flatten down and put into a style, but you've turned it into a slight game as you just watch his baby like O face come up every time the brush touches his mane.

"There..." You look over the combed mane as you lower the brush, "...At least mommy doesn't make you look like her."

Your words spark the colt's hooves forward and you close you eyes half expecting to be poked in the face by the foal's reach, however as you crack one eye open you just look over the colt now wielding the brush with two hooves as he slightly bashes your head with the bristles. The hardly feelable pats on the head bring a smile to your face as you speak up, "My mane's a mess to huh?"

Aerolight ignores the comment as he just continues to enjoy his little game.

However, the colt's baby like grasp to the handle comes undone as a hoof to the door rings through the house. You pick the brush up and set it to the table as you quickly trot over to the door to open it.

"Oh, you're actually up right now."

You give a slight smile to the cyan coated and rainbow maned mare as she takes a step in from the snowy outside world, "Hi Rainbow."

Rainbow nods her head to the comment as she continues into the house, "Sup? Is Twilight coming to the winter wrap up meeting today?"

You close the door as you repeat the comment to yourself, "Winter wrap up meeting?"

"Ya, you know that thing Twi has us do every year... You know..." Rainbow sways her head back and forth as she continues, "Because it supposubly makes us perform our jobs better-.."

"Ram-bo!!" Rainbow's tomboyish voice is brought to an end as she turns her attention to the happily wiggling dark yellow colt sitting in the high chair. However Aerolight’s voice brings a slight chuckle to you as you speak up, "How come he says your name better?"

The cyan mare starts up in a cocky laugh as she takes the rainbow colored scarf from around her self, "HA! Why what's your name today?"

You shrug a little as you repeat the sound you heard earlier, "Dah-da."

Rainbow cocks her head to you as she rolls her hoof, "Pff, that's not that bad. What's Twilight's?"

"Well she's not up yet, but normally it's Mmmma, or bot-le." Your comment brings a laugh to the mare as she tosses her scarf to the table, "Ha ha, bottle?" She holds her laughy tone as she quickly takes herself from the ground, however her tomboyish voice gets a little lower as she turns to the colt, "Aw, come on the spawn of Cheesy Heart is only a little past two months old."

The name rolls your eyes as you trot a little forward, but you don't spark your voice up as Twilight's rings to the house, "Hello Rainbow."

The cyan mare stops her hooves for a moment as she tries to hold a laugh down as she speaks up, "H-hi Twilight...Nice mane."

You turn your head to the bed headed mare as you bring your voice up, "You can go and lay down if you want?"

Twilight waves her hoof to the comment as she pause her descent of the stairs, "I'm fine." However just as her words come to an end a yawn runs from her.

The yawn brings another laugh from the cyan mare as she brings the colt up from the highchair, "Come on, you know Twilight can't take the day off." Rainbow turns her head to her friend with a wide smile as she adjust her hold to the happily wiggling colt in her hold, "You know, unless you want to you know take the day off... Which totally would be cool with me."

Twilight's eyes widen to the comment as she speaks up, "Oh no, today was the Winter Wrap up meeting isn't it?!"

Rainbow casually turns her low flight away from her friend as she speaks up, "Maybe..."

You bring your voice up as you wave the comment off, "Well when do you need to go?" Before Twilight can start her voice up Rainbow's rings out, "Technically we don't even have to do anything unless Twilight calls the meeting."

"We can't just-..."

"Twilight."

A yawning boyish voice comes up from behind the lavender mare as Spike appears behind Twilight with a letter, "Hey Celestia sent a letter earlier this morning for you."

Twilight's horn sparks up as she cocks her head to the folded and gold sealed letter, "A letter?"

Rainbow quickly brings her voice up as she slows her flight a little, "Hey is it about the Element's of Harmony? Cuz, Rarity keeps bugging everypony if we know when we're getting them back."

The lavender mare floats the letter next to her as she takes her last few steps down the stairs, "Discord did something to the Elements... Celestia did say she would send me a letter when she wants me to pick them up."

"Whoa whoa..." You wave your hoof to the comment as you speak up to the little purple dragon that's starting to slink back to his room, "Wait, first off is this from Celestia?"

Spike turns his head back to you as he gives a sleepy nod, "Ya, it didn't taste like the Canterlot library so it's not Violet and it's not something I've never tasted."

"Tasted?" Rainbow slowly starts to bring the little foal back to his chair as she squints to the dragon's words. However her question goes unanswered as you nod to the comment, "Alright second, Twilight we're not taking something Discord corrupted home with us."

A faint giggle comes up from Twilight as she comes to stand near you.

You blink to the giggle as you speaks up, "N-no i'm serious."

The letter floats a little between you and her as Twilight brings her voice up, "Oh, it's probably not even anything about the Elements..." The letter unfolds as Twilight clears her throat and begins to read out loud, "Ahem...

Dear Twilight my most faithful student,
as you know Vanhoover's castle was made vacant due to the event that transpired a few months ago. My own duties have kept me from giving Vanhoover the attention it rightly deserves. I trust your judgment Twilight, and I am asking you and your husband to preside over Vanhoover until a fit ruler can be selected. You will find an all purpose train ticket attached to this letter, please do travel to Vanhoover when you can, the guard station there will have already been informed of your visit.
Princess Celestia."

There's a moment of silence as you let the letter sink in, but as it does you quickly bring your voice up, "She wants us their today? With no notice?"

Twilight stammers on her sentence as she looks the letter back over, "W-well..."

"Nope, alright game plan." You point your hoof to Spike as you speak up, "Send a letter to Violet telling her i'm coming up to check on her, then send a letter to Princess Luna..." You quickly set your hoof back to the ground as you float the train ticket from the letter's flap as you continue, "I'm going to get on the train now after I go and put on a cape." Despite the last part you hold the badassery you think you've just created.

However, it doesn't last long as Twilight's horn sparks up to pull on your tail, "Wait wait, lets just send a letter to Celestia... And if it's real...Then will take it from there."

You give a slight chuckle to the laugh as you shake your head, "Twilight do you really believe that we need to leave to go to Vanhoover to pick a new ruler for the city? What's next go and chop down the Everfree forest because the plants are growing to fast?" The point of your comment sounded a little better in your head, but you still stand by it.

A slight giggle comes up from Twilight as she takes a step towards you with a slight know it all voice, "The Everfree forest is controlled by magic, the Elements of Harmony reset the magic of Equestria when they were charged... You should remember that." She reaches her hoof to the ticket you have floating next to you as her hold to your tail comes down.

You allow the ticket from your magic as Spike's voice comes up, "So are we going somewhere?"

"No/Maybe." You and Twilight's word goes unheard as you both speak up, however Twilight brings her voice up again as she continues, "Spike send a letter to Celestia if it's true... Then I don't know." Twilight drifts her eyes to the paper as she rereads it.

"Hey Twi, I could watch Aerolight." Rainbow nods to the little foal who now is playing with the little mane brush.

You blink to the comment as you look over the tomboyish mare, "Thought you don't foal sit?"

Rainbow's voice comes up a little offended as the tomboyish voice rings out, "Hey, I can take care of a foal. Every mare knows how to take care of a foal."

"Oh ya Rainbow? Then why are you letting him eat the mane brush?" Your words bring Twilight's head up as she turns to the little foal, "Aerolight, don't put that in your mouth." The brush quickly is taken away from the foal's hold as it floats to the table.

The cyan mare sheepishly puts her head down as she speaks up, "Well... That wouldn't have happened if you didn't distract me."

Twilight turns her head to her friend as she brings her voice up, "Rainbow, i'm sure you would be a good foal sitter. But if we're going somewhere for what Celestia wants we'll be gone for at least two days, so I would like it if we took Aerolight to my parents-... Spike, when you're done with that letter send one to my parents just incase."

Spike nods his head as he turns back to the hall, "I have some paper in my room."

"Wait, we're considering this?" You blink to the lavender mare as she nods her head, "Let's just wait until Celestia sends another letter... Right now i'm going to get something for Aerolight."

You give a loud sigh as you nod, "Ya if the letter goes to Celestia and if she sends one back..." You give another sigh as you continues, "Whatever."

Twilight nods as she trots towards the kitchen, to the absent mare Rainbow brings a smile to her face as she speaks up in a whisper, "At least there's no meeting today."

You smirk to the comment as you just shake your head, "Ya, now you can work on a date for the Winter Wrap up party or just a-..."

"Work on? Pff, ya ok." Rainbow rolls her hoof as she takes a seat at the table, "You should be more worried about what you two are going to do if Celestia sends a letter back, then what i'm doing."

You roll your eyes to the comment as you think to yourself, ya thanks for the encouragement.

End of chapter 12