Apple Jack and Shadow Stalkers love story

Rainbow Blitz was running to the hospital and is wondering how he overslept. After all, today is the day when his son is going to be born and he is going as fast as his hooves can take him and thinking on how to get there.

After he and Luna had Rainbow Dash, everything seemed perfect. They had a young foal and they were one happy family until Luna decided to have another baby, and after months of trying she was with child once again, so they went to the doctor to see what gender it is and after a long time of waiting, the doctor came in and told them that they would be having a colt, but he does not know the colors it would be until the foal is born and that they would have to pick out the name for the colt.

Blitz was now five blocks away from the hospital and he chuckled out loud and shivered at the thought of the argument he and Luna have had over naming there new colt and every time they argued he had to sleep on the uncomfortable couch and last night was one of those nights. That is why he was running late to the hospital.

Princess Celestia is helping her younger sister to the PonyVille hospital. But when they get there, the place was already filled to the brim with ponies, so they had to go to the Canterlot Hospital in the castle, which is only used for the royalty and for the royal guards.

As soon as the two alicorn sisters got there, it was time for Luna to go in. Once the young alicorn got in her room she had to put on a hospital gown, which is hard to do when she’s with child, so she had to use her magic to put it on. After that hard task was completed she had to climb into the hospital bed.

As she was trying to get comfortable in the scratchy bed, she took a glance around the room. Floating by her bedside were balloons with the well-known description: “It’s A Colt!” in bright letters. She roved her eyes to the nightstand next to her where she can see the picture of her family. The picture was of herself, Rainbow Blitz and a tiny Rainbow Dash. It was her idea to bring the picture so the new colt would know who his family is.

Rainbow Blitz came crashing through the Canterlot Hospital doors looking for his wife. Without help, he stubbornly looked all over the place until he finally found her into the room she was assigned. He took in a calming breath then stepped into the room. He approached her with a caring smile as she smiled in return. He stroked her sparkling mane.

“Sorry I’m late. How are you doing?” He asked gently even though he is still out of breath from the run.

Before she could even get a word out of her mouth she started giving birth and the doctors came rushing in telling her to push, which she was. While this whole process was taking place, the only thing running through her frazzled mind was how Rainbow Blitz was faring. She turned to see him looking pale and woozy and all the nurses were flocking to him, caring for him. She rolled her eyes at that. Finally after a long while, the colt came to the world. The doctors and nurses went straight to cleaning and examining him.

After resting for a bit, the couple looked into the crib sitting next to the bed containing the small foal, their foal, to be precise. His coat was a dark blue like his mother’s, while having a thick purple mane and tail in a similar style to his father’s. The little colt was sleeping peacefully in the crib, tucked in with his blue blanket, sucking on his hoof.

"So, what are we going to name him?" whispered Rainbow Blitz smiling proudly.

Luna shrugged as she continues to watch the little one. “I don’t really know, Blitz,” Luna replied, “Do you think we should consult the name book, again?”

Rainbow Blitz shuddered at the thought. Many arguments had been fought over just considering a name. More than once he had to sleep on the couch after a horrible screaming match. “No, I think we’re good. We must have looked through it at least a dozen times, and I’m sure between the two of us, we could come up with a good name.” He concluded with a grin.

As the two continue to discuss names, Princess Celestia trots slowly into the room. “Good morning, Luna. You too, Blitz.” She noticed the crib and a little form inside. She carefully and silently tiptoed to the crib and leaned her head over the crib to see the new colt. Smiling, she turns back to her sister,

“So I’m guessing the birth went well? He certainly seems like a healthy young colt.”

Luna smirked playfully at her. She put her hoof over her head dramatically, “Oh, it was quite painful sister, several times I had conflicting emotions on what to do to him over there.” She pointed her hoof toward Blitz. He looked up from the crib hearing his name seeing the mares smile at him knowingly. Blitz cleared his throat rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

“Hey Luna, hey Rainbow Blitz is that your new colt?" asked Princess Celestia to her younger alicorn sister Luna

"Yes, he is." said Rainbow Blitz with a proud smile.

"What’s his name?" asked Princess Celestia, with an intrigued smile.

"Shadow Stalker," answered Luna. Blitz nodded in acknowledgement.

"What a beautiful name," cooed Princess Celestia with an adoring look in her bright eyes.

"Thank you, sister.” Luna said with pride that her sister approved. Luan blinked at an idea. “Would you like to hold him for a while, sister?" asked Luna, gesturing at the crib. Celestia blushed then nodded.

"Yes, please," Princess Celestia with a chuckle. As Luna levitates little Shadow Stalker to her older sister to hold a surprise visitor entered the room. The surprise is a little filly, about four years old with braided pigtails of rainbow. Rainbow Blitz blinked with surprise seeing their first-born daughter walk into the room. He shied away from her eyes in embarrassment.

"Wh-what’s going on in here?" Little Rainbow asked with a scrutinizing expression that matched her mother’s to the quirked eyebrow.

"Ummm... well, uh, you see..." Rainbow Blitz said, trying to figure out how to tell his daughter about her new baby brother. He tried explaining it to her before, but fathers weren’t the best ponies to tell their little fillies where babies came from.

"Ummm... well Rainbow Dash, this is your, ah, little brother Shadow Stalker." said Rainbow Blitz with an over exaggerated smile.

"What?!" screamed Rainbow Dash. Blitz’s ears went flat on his head from the cry. "I wanted a little sister, not a damn brother!" Rainbow's eyes now filled with water because she does not like to yell at her dad like that. Blitz blinked hearing the curse.

“Now, Rainbow Dash, ladies are not supposed to swear!” He barked immediately. He glared at her sternly until she started crying. Blitz lowered his stern glare feeling ashamed. He wrapped his arms around his daughter.

"I know you did not want a brother, Dash, but it just happened," he said gently nuzzling her, "Besides Rainbow,"

“Besides what, dad?” She asked with a sniff.

"That fact that you will be an awesome sister." Said Rainbow Blitz with a grin.

"Really?" asked Rainbow Dash with a small smile.

"Yep, and he will look up to you and look to you for guidance and advice." He said ruffling her mane. Rainbow smiled back at him then frowned at a thought.

"But what if I can't answer any of his questions, Dad? Then what?" Rainbow Dash asked with worry.

Blitz smiled with a wink at her. "Then come to me and we’ll answer those questions together." He said with a nod. Little Rainbow nodded in return. Suddenly the cry of a foal was heard. The family turned to see that it was Shadow Stalker.

"Aww, the poor dear. Let me just put him back into his crib and kiss him goodnight." Princess Luna said taking levitating the foal from Celestia and set him back in his little crib next to her bed. Rainbow Dash left her father to walk up to the little colt’s crib. She climbed up onto the hospital bed then looked down at him. When Shadow Stalker yawn Rainbow started to smile at him.

"Well, maybe having a little brother will be a good thing.” Rainbow said smiling. Blitz and Luna looked at one another smiling. “You will be an awesome colt, and you will never be alone, Shadow Stalker. You will always have me and I will help you solve all your problems. I will give you advice and I will always love you, Shadow Stalker." Rainbow Dash whispered smiling at him. Blitz and Luna both let out sighs of relief. Rainbow Dash is going to accept her new brother after all.

Later that day when Luna and Blitz left for some lunch, Shadow Stalker woke up from his nap. He looked up to see Rainbow Dash smiling down at him. Shadow Stalker sniffed then starts to cry, he doesn’t recognize this strange new pony watching him.

"Oh, that’s just great, he’s crying." Rainbow Dash whispered with worry. She reaches down and pulled out Shadow Stalker, holding him in her forearms, rocking him back and forth, "Shhhhhhhhhh, It’s ok Shadow Stalker, it’s just me, Rainbow Dash. I’m your big sister." Rainbow Dash was trying to calm him down softly. Slowly and surly, Shadow Stalker began to calm down, he stopped crying enjoying the movement of Rainbow’s rocking then he fell asleep.

While Rainbow Dash was rocking Shadow Stalker to sleep, Blitz stood by the doorway peeking into the room to watch with pride seeing his children together.

"Maybe I will make a great sister. I mean he seems to like me a whole lot." Rainbow Dash whispered to herself while setting her little brother back into his crib and tucked him into his blue blanket.

Rainbow Dash retreated to the small couch in the room watching him. Blitz walked into the room and he sat down next to her. They sat in silence for the first few minutes just in case Shadow wake up again. When he didn’t make a cry, Rainbow turned to her father.

"Dad, do you think other ponies are going to know that Shadow Stalker and I are brother and sister?" She asked curiously. Blitz thought for a moment then turned back to her.

"I don't know, Rainbow Dash, they might but then again they might not. They might just think that you two are cousins. I doubt that any pony will think that you two are brother and sister." Rainbow nodded thinking for a moment at what she was told.

"Really, daddy?” She asked still unconvinced. “Because if other ponies found out that he is my younger brother, they would not leave him alone! They would be bugging him or they could use him to get to me.” Blitz watched Rainbow as she made her reasoning known. She looked serious. “So we have to keep that he is my brother hidden, ok dad?" She asked with a look of worry. Blitz nodded slowly.

"I can understand that, Rainbow, but why would they use him to get to you?" He asked curiously.

"In case I become a Wonderbolt, Dad." Rainbow answered seriously with a nod and a smirk on her face. Blitz blinked then chuckled before nodding.

"Oh, OK, sweetie.”

While Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Blitz are talking, Shadow Stalker was tossing and turning in his sleep. He started dreaming a strange dream: a dream of a tiny village filled with many types of ponies; unicorns, earth ponies, and even pegasi. In the dream he can tell strangely enough that six ponies of all three types get along together and go on adventures together.

But there was this one pony, just one pony that caught his eye. Something felt strange in his chest as he looked at her. This feeling get stronger the longer he looked at her. All he knows is that this pony, here . . . She looked beautiful. Even though this is a dream, it seemed that when he looked into her eyes, she had the same feeling.