The New Jem

“Hello?” Stardella asked over the phone.

“Hey Star, could you come over? I need your help, I need to talk to some pony. Call Mrs. Snapple too if you can.” Crystal answered.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’ll tell you and Mrs. Snapple when you get here.”

Crystal hung up the phone, she sat on the couch, with tears in her eyes. Soon there was a knock on the door, Crystal got up and opened the door.

“Is this some kind of mood swing for you Crystal or do you really need to talk?” Stardella asked.

“I really do need to talk.” Crystal responded.

Mrs. Snapple, Crystal, and Stardella went into the living room and sat on the floor.

“What’s going on Crystal? You look tense.” Mrs. Snapple

“It’s Damen, He’s been gone on his part in Romeo and Juliet, I watched the one last night, and he wasn’t there. I’m scared, I don’t know if he was killed, or he’s drinking cider on the side of the road, or if he could be on his way home. Where could he be?” Crystal cried.

“Why do you say that exactly?” Stardella asked.

Crystal turned on the TV, the play happened to be on and the colt playing Romeo, wasn’t Damen. Stardella and Mrs. Snapple’s eyes widened. Soon there was a knock on the door, then the sound of keys going into the lock of the front door.

“Stardella, get back! Go! In the corner, come on!” Mrs. Snapple ordered.

All three of them went to the farthest corner of the room they were in and hid. Stardella had her hooves wrapped around Crystal and Crystal had hers around both Mrs. Snapple and Stardella. Soon the door opened, Crystal’s body tensed up, the baby was kicking hard, seeming to know that its mom was scared.

“Crystal! I’m home! It’s Damen.” Damen called, “Where are you?”

Crystal was about to answer when Stardella covered her muzzle.

“SHOW YOURELF!” Mrs. Snapple yelled.

Around the corner came Damen with his bags surrounded by his magical charge.

“What are you doing here Damen, you were supposed to be gone for another month!” Crystal snapped.

“I was, but I told the director that I had a pregnant wife at home. He didn’t want me to leave, I refused to continue. So he fired me and sent me here, I’m home to stay now.”

“But your dream!”

“My dream wouldn’t be complete without you there.”

“Did you still get paid the money?”

“For what I did, yes. We now have 280,000 bits in the bank.”

“Wh- what?!”

“Yes, and I made it all for us. Our unborn foal, for you, and for me. Mainly for you and the foal.”

Tears streamed down Crystal’s face, soon wrapping her hooves around Damen.

“I’m so glad that your home.” Crystal cried.

“What are you guys going to do first? You know, you being back and all?” Mrs. Snapple asked Damen.

“I’m just happy to be back with my wife. Thank you two for taking care of her while I was gone.” Damen responded.

“Um, Damen. I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow. It’s that time that we get to see our little foal.” Crystal informed.

“I’ll take you. If my boss calls me, during it. He can wait for me to call him back.”

Crystal smiled; Damen was home, and he was going to be a dedicated father.
***

The very next afternoon, Damen woke up early, comforted Crystal through her morning sickness, and then got her to the doctor.

“Damen, I’m scared.” Crystal informed.

“What’s wrong?” Damen asked.

“I’m afraid that our foal might not be alive. I’m afraid that this foal might not be accepted by you.” Crystal answered.

“Crystal… Don’t worry about it. Number one, I would take whatever foal that we have, he or she will be unique in their own way. And number two, if you weren’t pregnant anymore, something wouldn’t seem right, and you would know about it.”

“Crystal Feather and Damen!” Nurse Redheart called.

Damen got up, held out his hoof, and help Crystal up and down the hallway.

“The doctor will be with you soon.” Nurse Redheart said.

“Thank you.” Damen responded.

Damen helped Crystal onto the bed and laid her on her back.

“Ah, Miss. Feather. Nice to see you again.” The doctor greeted.

“No, it can’t be? Doctor Whooves?” Crystal said.

“Yes, I can see that you have had your hooves tied in busyness lately. What are you doing here?”

“Damen and I are here to see our little foal.”

“Wait, you’re not?”

“Yes, Damen married me almost a year ago, and then I found out that I was pregnant 6 months ago.”

“Ah, I just came to see you, and how you were doing. Your doctor will be here in at least a minute. See you soon Mrs. Feather.”

“See you doctor.”

The doctor left the room, and of what he said, the doctor that was caring for Crystal came into the room a minute later.

“Are you two ready?” he asked.

“Yes.” Damen and Crystal said at the same time.

The doctor put the goo on Crystal’s stomach, and placed the ultrasound wand on it, revealing the inside of Crystal. The doctor moved it around, searching for the foal. Minutes go by and Crystal started to get worried, but her worries were receded when there, on the screen, revealed the small foal.

Crystal and Damen gasped, there it was, their little creation, alive and healthy.

“Do you want a picture of her?” the doctor asked.

“She?” Damen asked.

“You’re having a filly.”

Damen wrapped his hooves around Crystal, a little filly… He wanted a little girl, he didn’t want his first foal to be a colt. Crystal hugged him back, she was happy too.

“We’ll take one doctor.” Crystal answered.

“I’ll get it sent and ready to print soon.” The doctor informed, “You two can go home. I’ll call you when it’s here.”

“Thank you.” Damen responded.

The both of them went home happily. Crystal called Mrs. Snapple and Stardella telling them the great news. The both of them congratulated her in the life of a new filly to be born soon.