Waking up in Equestria

"I'm pregnant."

Harry sat in stunned silence as he stared at Twilight from across the table. The pony in question had a massive smile on her face as she bobbed side to side a bit in happiness. Realizing Harry hadn't responded for a good five minutes, Twilight's face fell a bit to a nervous grin, then to a frown.

"Y-You're not...mad, are you...?" she asks him, scared as to what his answer will be. Harry simply shook his head and stood up from the kitchen table and walking out of the kitchen. Twilight could hear the Library's front door open, then close gently as Harry left the building. She would've started to weep, had it not been for the massive cheer she heard from outside.

"HOLY SHIT! I'M GONNA BE A DAD! FUCK YEAH!"

Twilight's fears immediately vanished and she began to smile again as Harry re-entered the kitchen with a large smile on his face.

"W-What do we have to start planning?" he asks, trying to gain control of his excitement. Twilight giggles at his attitude and sighs happily.

"Well, we'll have to wait until I get checked out by the doctor to see how many we're going to have. Then we'll plan from there. Okay?"

"Yeah! Sounds like a plan! When do you plan on going in?" Harry asks taking a seat now.

"Sometime next week." Twilight says putting her hooves together. "However, I would greatly appreciate it if you can work a tad bit harder at your toy stand. Can you do that for me?" she asks sweetly.

"No problem Twilight. I agree too, sales have been kind of suffering a bit lately, and I've got some orders I need to complete." Harry says as he runs a hand through his messy mane.

"I would just like to have a bit of financial security before the foals arrived, you know?" Twilight says with a small smile.

"As does every couple when they're expecting kids. However..." Harry says, his voice trailing off and going a bit grim.

"What is it?"

"This was technically out of wedding lock...w-would we have to g-get married...?" He asks, nervousness coming in with a slight blush in his cheeks. Twilight's lips form a small 'o' as her eyes go wide.

"Oh...You're right...w-would you want too?" she asks, rubbing the back of her head with a hoof. Harry bobs his head around a bit, his eyes rolling up in thought to the ceiling.

"Y-yeah, eventually. How about we take this one step at a time?" he suggests. "Don't want to be overwhelmed by too much right now." he says in a reasonable tone. Twilight nods in agreement and sighs happily. Standing up from her seat, she went over to Harry and reared up to put her hooves on his shoulders. She gave him a small peck and loving nuzzle, which Harry returns, in addition to a scratch behind Twilight's ear.

"I've got to go and tell the girls the news, okay? Maybe we can get together for lunch?" Twilight suggests.

"Yeah, that sounds nice. I've just gotta get some of those B-17 toys done and shipped off. How about that Cafe next to the salon?" He asks. Twilight nods happily and begins to trot away.

"Meet you there around noon then. Have fun!" she calls as she leaves the library.

"You too!" Harry calls. Once the library door closed, Harry cleaned up the dishes and went into the basement to where his small toy assembly area was. Sitting down at the bench, he pulled out his iPod and began to play some music as he picked up a half-carved wooden block that was half on it's way to becoming a B-17. Picking up the whittling knife, Harry's sight went to tunnel vision as he began to gently carve out the details of the aircraft.

*     *     *

When 11:15 rolled around, Harry reclined from the wooden airplane and rubbed his tired eyes. Grabbing his iPod and silencing it, he left the basement and went into the bathroom. After slashing some water on his face, he dried off and grabbed his wallet and left the library. As he entered the town's Market area, Harry had a sudden idea.

"Hello there! It's always nice to see a new face around here! What kind of flowers are you looking for?" Rose Luck asks as she watches Harry approach her little flower stall.

"Hello. I'm looking for a small bouquet of roses." Harry says as he looks at the small display stand of flowers and the various arrangements. He was slightly taken aback at the vibrant colors that glistened in the sunlight.

"Oh? Is that so? Let me guess, they're for your marefriend?" Rose Luck asks. "Or a Coltfriend?" she asks suddenly, raising her eyebrow a bit with a small smirk.

"What? Oh, no. They're for my marefriend." Harry says with a small chuckle.

"Just had to ask, can never tell nowadays who's swinging for the same team." Rose Luck replies with a small giggle. "Well, a my smallest bouquet if four roses at fifteen bits. What do ya' say?" Rose Luck asks.

"I'll take it." Harry says, reaching for his wallet and pulling out a Twenty Bit coin. Rose Luck happily accepts the coin, gives Harry a Five Bit coin in return as change, and drops down behind her stall and produces the roses. Once he had them in hand, Harry put them to his snout and took a large inhale of the fresh flowers.

"Mmm...these smell- what the!?"

A large bumble bee had found its' way onto Harry's snout from inside the bunch.

And it had stung him.

With a roll of his eyes, Harry collapsed to the ground.

*     *     *

"Oh no oh no oh no! Please wake up, sir!"

"Whaaaaa...?"

"Sir? Are you alright?!" Rose Luck asks. Harry grunts and sits up onto his elbows. Opening his eyes, he saw that he was inside a small apartment. He was laid out on a rather small couch; which in reality was a recliner chair. To his left, a rather worry stricken Rose Luck looked at him with her ruby eyes.

"W-Where am I...?" Harry asks with a small slur in his voice.

"Oh thank the Goddess! I thought you had died!" Rose Luck says, taking a sigh of relief and drooping her head. Looking back up, Rose Luck continued. "I took you back to my place. I didn't exactly have medicine on site to treat the bee sting. It was a fat bee too! Had to be the size of a strawberry!" Rose Luck says as she trots away, returning seconds later with a small dish. "I mean, look at the size of this stinger!" she says, leaning forward to show Harry the stinger she had plucked from his nose.

"Good lord almighty!" Harry exclaims picking it up with his index finger and thumb. After he looked it over and put it back, he felt his snout. "I-It's not all swollen, is it?" he asks nervously.

"No, thankfully. I think it was just the shock of being stung that made you pass out. You aren't allergic, are you?" she asks.

"Not that I recall." Harry says with a sigh. "How long was I out?" he asks.

"Um...about two, almost three hours?" Rose Luck says, putting her hoof to her chin in thought. Harry let out a loud groan and buried his face into his hands. "What's wrong?" Rose asks.

"I'm way late for my lunch date!" he says sadly. Rose puts a hoof on his shoulder and pats it gently.

"Don't worry, I'm sure she'll understand!" she says, trying to cheer him up.

"Well, with current events, she may not be easy to read." Harry says looking up.

"Why's that?" Rose Luck asks.

"Just found out that she's pregnant. That means she's going to be changing moods faster than a machine gun..." Harry says, his voice going shallow.

"Like a what?" Rose asks.

'Nevermind. Point is, she's gonna be a bit difficult and-"

SLAM!

"SO THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE!! GETTING YOUR LAST KICKS IN BEFORE THE KIDS ARRIVED I BET!" roars Twilight in the doorway.

"-Shit." Harry gulps.

"Oh! Is this your marefriend?" Rose asks cheerfully. "I didn't know you two were dating! Congrats on the kids!" Rose says, approaching Twilight. Twilight growls at Rose dangerously, making the cream mare back off suddenly.

"T-Twilight, I can explain." Harry says, getting up and raising is hands defensively.

"Stow it! You figured that because I'm pregnant, that you should go and fool with a fit mare before you had to deal with me being all bloated up like a balloon! I thought you loved me!" Twilight says accusingly.

"Twilight, I do! I was on the way to the cafe, and I decided to stop by and get you some flowers. After taking a small whiff of them, a massive bee stung me on the snout. Rose brought me back here to fix me up, but I never realized I had been here for three hours until a couple minutes ago." Harry explains. Twilight scoffs and glares.

"A most likely story!" she snarls.

"He's telling the truth, you know." Rose Luck pipes up.

"Shut it, flower bitch." Twilight snaps. Rose gasps and takes a couple of hurt steps back. "As for you, you can think twice about things between us." Twilight says, turning on a dime and storming out of Roses' apartment. Harry and Rose stood there in complete silence for a couple of minutes. Harry took a few steps forward, but was stopped by Rose Lucks' hoof.

"Let her cool off, dude. You said she's pregnant, right?" Rose asks. Harry nods quietly. "Then that was just the mood swings talking. After a while, she'll realize that it was all a mistake, and you two will be back on good terms!" Rose says with enthusiasm in her voice. Harry simply sat on the recliner and buried his face into his hands once again.

"I hope so..." he mutters sadly. Rose frowns and rubs his back gently, between the twin wing joints. Harry begins to slightly purr at this action and Rose giggles.

"Didn't know you were part cat." she says.

"Only when I'm being petted..." Harry mutters.

"Hey, if you want, you can spend the night here if you'd like. Give her some space and time to cool off.You can sleep in my room." Rose offers.

"Thanks. I think I'll take you up on that offer. But where will you sleep?" Harry asks.

"Oh, I'll sleep in here. I've done it plenty of times in the past, especially after my-" Rose suddenly cuts off, a blush so red that it matched her hair present on her cheeks. "U-Uh, moving on! I'll go and grab some take-out for dinner!" Rose says, suddenly speeding off out of her apartment.

"Uh, okay!" Harry calls, a tone of uncertainty and confusion in his voice. "Wonder what that was about..." he mutters. With a shrug, he simply returned to sulking.

*     *     *

After their take-out dinner, Harry and Rose took the time to get to know each other a bit more. Harry tried to explain where he came from as best as he could without burning Roses' brain out. Oddly enough, Rose was fascinated with the explanation of where he was originally from. Once 11:30 PM rolled around, Harry said goodnight to Rose and went to her bedroom.

And he would've slept perfectly fine that night...

If it weren't for the fact that Rose had suddenly gotten the urge to rut and have herself some 'Private Time'.

Harry laid awake until three-thirty in the morning, when the activities had finally settled down. "It's almost as bad as my parents..." Harry mutters into the darkness, remembering all the times his parents had kept them up with their nightly activities. After a while, Harry had finally passed out and fallen asleep around four in the morning, his eyelids sliding over his bloodshot eyes.

In the other room, Rose had woken up and yawned happily. With a pop of her back and neck, she hopped to her hooves and happily trotted down the hall to her bedroom. Opening the door and poking her head in, she spoke.

"GOOD MORNING!" Rose cried cheerfully.

"GET OUT! I DIDN'T SLEEP!" Harry roars. Rose scream and bolts away from the bedroom with frightening speed while screaming a "SORRY!" back to the sleep-demanding demon in her bedroom.