Baby Blues

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“Attention, Everypony!” Pinkie Pie squealed into her megaphone, immediately silencing the cacophony of mingling ponies. Almost everypony in town had arrived for Pinkie’s shower and were excited for the new addition to be born, although it would be quite a while.

Twilight and Rarity, however, refused to join the others in any of the games or indulge at the snack bar. Both mares felt sick to their stomachs; however they wanted to keep a safe façade for Pinkie’s sake.

The pink pony grinned widely and patted her tiny, barely noticeable belly that provided a safe warm home for her unborn foal. She smiled and said, “It’s present tiiiiiime!”

All of the ponies cheered in delight, following Pinkie into the other room where the gifts had been placed. Bright blue and pink balloons floated in the air next to the profusion of presents. The weights that were holding them down were small packages of pacifiers or brightly colored stuff animals.

The small amount of gifts on the table that had previously been there when Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy had arrived had quadrupled in number. Large boxes ranging from all sizes covered in wrapping paper had hues of bright pink or blue, with little pictures of storks on them. Dozens of packages of diapers stood stacked in two corners of the room, like giant pillars, little cards taped on the boxes, clearly full of bits.

Everypony gathered around while Pinkie sat in the middle, decidedly scanning the rows of gifts with an eager grin on her face. Eventually she chose one; it was from Fluttershy, who blushed when she saw Pinkie holding her gift.

“Oooh, I wonder what it is!” Pinkie exclaimed, ripping apart the paper faster than…well, as fast as Pinkie could open it, which was really fast, considering that this was Pinkie Pie we were talking about. Pinkie gasped dramatically, squealing as she lifted up the gift for all eyes to see. “It’s a…a big pump thingy!”

Fluttershy’s blush deepened. “Oh Pinkie, t-that’s not what it is…”

Pinkie raised an eyebrow, “Then what is it?”

The butter yellow Pegasus refused to make eye contact, blushing madly as she quietly responded, “I-it’s a breast pump…”

Pinkie paused for a moment, her brain still trying to process the information. A few moments later she finally replied, “Oh. Ohhhhhh! Thanks Fluttershy!”

Fluttershy smiled despite her embarrassment.

Pinkie picked up another present, “Now who could this be from? Oh, oh! It’s from Mr. and Mrs. Cake!” The confectionary couple smiled at Pinkie as she ripped at the wrapping paper.

“Omigosh! It’s a foal carrier!” Pinkie exclaimed in delight.

Mrs. Cake nodded, “We knew you’d like it, Pinkie.”

“Like it? I love it! Thanks you guys!” The pink pony hugged her adoptive family before grabbing another present. “Oh goodie! It’s from Rainbow Dash AND Applejack! This oughta be good!”

After tearing away the wrapping paper, Pinkie stared in awe at the gift for a few moments. “Aw, it’s a crib!” She said, beaming in elation.

Applejack nodded, “Yep, that was Apple Bloom’s ol’ crib. Rainbow and ah had enough spare time to restore it and paint it today. And don’t worry, ah made sure that it’s nice and clean. No need to worry bout them germs.”

“Thank you girls soooo much! I love it!” Pinkie wrapped both arms around the cowgirl and blue Pegasus and squeezed them tightly before she sat back down onto her haunches. “Okay, what’s next?”

As Pinkie opened other ponies’ presents, Twilight noticed that Rarity was twitching and pacing in place nervously. The purple alicorn nudged her friend in concern and whispered, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I’m just nervous. Are we really going to do this here and now? At Pinkie’s own foal shower?”

“Well, we have to tell them at some point. It won’t be long before we start to show, maybe a few months or so. By then it will be too late.”

“Well, alright.” At that moment a loud gasp erupted from Pinkie Pie as she opened the final gifts, from Rarity and Twilight. She crowed, “Omigosh I love these! They’re so cute!” Pinkie then held up the clothing for everypony to see. The crowd ‘ooh’ed in delight.

“Thank you everypony for all the wonderful gifts! It means a lot to me and Glitter Cannon over here! Or maybe I’ll name it Cherry Cheesecake, or Cherry Bomb, or even Chimmecherrychanga! I don’t know what I’ll name my foal or how I’ll raise it, but thanks to you guys I know I’ll have lots of support!” Tears formed in the pink mare’s eyes as she rubbed her belly gently. “I love you all!”

“Wait, Pinkie,” Twilight interrupted, stepping forward with Rarity walking behind her. “We…have something to tell all of you. Especially you three,” She motioned a hoof towards Rainbow, Applejack, and Fluttershy, who gave Twi a questionable look.

“What’s that, Twilight?” Pinkie asked eagerly.

“Rarity and I have some news. Yesterday we both found out that…well…we’re both expecting foals, too!”

The room was silent for a brief moment, Applejack’s jaw was low and Rainbow’s eyes were wide while Fluttershy slowly started to back away. Rarity glared at Twilight, “I told you that it wasn’t a good—“

Suddenly both mares were glomped by Pinkie Pie, who nearly started to cry out of happiness. “You’re both serious? You’re pregnant too?! Omigosh, omigosh, ooooomiiiiigoshhhh! This is so exciting!”

Twilight smirked at Rarity while the unicorn rolled her eyes. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy approached them, all wearing grins of their own.

“Wow…what a coincidence. Three foals all at once? Boy, that’s weird. But that’s also amazin’! Congratulations to all three of ya!” Applejack said.

“Yeah, hopefully they’ll all be pegasi so I could teach them how to fly! That sounds so awesome!” Rainbow did her signature squishy face to prove her point.

Fluttershy, trembling in shock, slowly started to smile. Seconds later, Rarity and Twilight were embraced by a sobbing Fluttershy who cried out of overwhelmed joy. The ponies around the Mane Six began to cheer and stomp their hooves in applause.

Yes, this truly was a happy scenario, but…wait, who is that at the window?

A shocked Sweetie Belle had been watching the entire act from the window. She had heard everything. Why hadn’t her big sister told her that she was going to be an aunt? Tears slowly formed in Sweetie’s eyes as she leapt from the window and galloped back to the Boutique.