The New Jem

“Damen! Come here!” Crystal called.

“WHAT?! IS THE FOAL COMING?!” Damen snapped.

“Not yet Damen! Put your hoof on my stomach. It’s okay, you can feel the filly.”

Damen trotted up to Crystal and held out his hoof, Crystal grabbed his hoof and placed it right where the filly was. The foal kicked, letting her father know that she was there, and awake. Damen’s eyes widened, he looked at Crystal, then looked back down at her stomach. Then the phone rang.

“I’ll get it.” Damen groaned.

Damen left the room and Crystal laid in the bed in their room.

“I can’t do it. My wife… I know that you are the only way that I could fulfill my destiny… Yes… But… Alright fine, I’ll take it. Bye.” Damen argued in the phone.

Damen trotted back into the room with a sad look on his face. Crystal looked at Damen.

“What’s wrong?” Crystal asked.

“I have to go to a dinner play tonight, I just randomly got a part there.” Damen answered.

“Is it just for the night?”

“It is, but what happens if the foal is born!”

“She won’t be born a month early, believe me Damen. If she does come, I’ll have Stardella call you.”

“I’ll go, but the whole time, I’ll be thinking about you and our filly.”

Crystal rolled her eyes, knowing that Damen was becoming over protective of her and the filly. That afternoon, Damen left to rehearse for the play that night; Crystal called Stardella to take her to the doctor for the final time, before the filly was going to be born.

“Crystal Feather!” Nurse Redheart called.

Crystal and Stardella followed the nurse to the room, and waited a few minutes for the doctor to come in with the ultrasound.

He put the goo on Crystal’s stomach, and moved the wand around searching for the little filly; nothing. Crystal started to get worried, it never took the doctor this long to find the foal, and he was an expert.

“I’m sorry Crystal, I can’t seem to find your little foal. I guess that she might have not survived. I’m sorry dear.” The doctor informed.

Crystal looked at her swollen stomach, and teared up, she was gone. How was Damen going to react when he found out that the filly was gone? Stardella wrapped her hoof around Crystal and rubbed her back.

“It’s okay Crystal.” Stardella comforted.

Crystal grabbed Stardella and balled her eyes out, she lost her first filly. That was it; or so she thought.

Stardella took Crystal home and stayed there with Crystal, making sure that she was okay while Damen was out. Stardella called Mrs. Snapple and Harmony Wing, letting them know that the filly was gone, and Crystal would like some comfort. They both came to the house, comforted Crystal and gave her some words of encouragement.

Late that night, Damen trotted into the dark home, all the ponies were asleep. Stardella was on the couch in their living room asleep, Mrs. Snapple and Harmony had left earlier in the evening, Damen went down the hall to find Crystal. There she was in the bed, but she was wide awake, tears in her eyes.

“I have to tell you something Damen. It’s about the filly.” Crystal informed.

“Wait, I have to show you something first. I had been working on it for a while now. Come on!” Damen responded instead.

He grabbed Crystal’s hoof and took her to the spare bedroom. Showing her the room that he decorated, painted, built, and sculpted for the little filly. Crystal was amazed by this, but all of Damen’s hard work was going to waste.

“Don’t you like it?” Damen asked.

“I love it Damen, but…” Crystal paused trying not to cry, “I went to the doctor today to check on the filly-“

“Oh she must be so healthy!”

“DAMEN! Listen to me please!”

“Why? When I know that she is alright and will be born soon.”

“THE BABY’S DEAD DAMEN!” Crystal snapped.

It was loud enough that it woke Stardella up in the next room, she quickly got up from the couch and ran to the yelling.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE’S DEAD?! SHE WAS IN PERFECT HEALTH WHEN WE HAD THE LAST CHECKUP?!” Damen snapped.

“IT WASN’T WE! IT WAS ME AND STARDELLA, NOT YOU! THE FOAL IS GONE! YOU HAVE BEEN A LOUSY FATHER!” Crystal snapped.

“It’s not my fault that I have a good running job and you don’t!”

“GUYS!” Stardella yelled trying to get into the middle, “STOP IT! YOU TWO LOVE EACH OTHER, NOT HATE!”

“Oh yeah! At least I don’t travel to all the sides of Equestria to be in a silly play! I get to be at home, wake up when I fucking want to, and use my fricken imagination!” Crystal snapped.

Stardella was trying to stop Crystal and Damen from punching each other in the face, and tried to calm them down.

“Why did I marry, and have sex, with a little filly so full of herself!” Damen snapped.

Crystal gasped, slowly trotted away, and then galloped out the door. Stardella looked angrily at Damen.

“You went a little too far there Damen. I hope that she can find the courage to forgive you.” Stardella informed.

She left the room after Crystal, trying to find the pregnant mare. Soon she found Crystal, sitting in front of Mrs. Snapple’s home, her head in her hooves, and shaking. Stardella went up the devastated Crystal Feather, and wrapped one hoof around Crystal. She looked up and saw Stardella, pushing her away, Crystal scooted over a few inches from Stardella and continued to cry.

“Crystal, I know what Damen did to you was wrong, well, he was kind of an ass about it. But, listen to me Crystal, I’m here for you and the foal, Mrs. Snapple would possibly be there too, as well as Harmony, Black Ninja, Angel, Timeless; all your friends will be there for you. Trust me…” Stardella explained.

Crystal lifted up her head, and grabbed Stardella by the neck, almost chocking her into a hug. Stardella didn’t tell Crystal to let go, she knew that this was Crystal’s way of saying, “I need your help.”

“Come on Crystal, let me take you to my place.” Stardella stood up and lifted Crystal using her magic.

Stardella took Crystal to her home, and put her in the bed while Stardella slept on the couch. She knew that Crystal would be more comfortable in the bed. As soon as Stardella started to fall asleep, she heard a noise coming from the room, the door slamming closed. Stadella quickly got up and galloped to the door.

“Crystal, is everything okay in there?” Stardella asked.

“There seems to be something going in but I’m so scared! Come in Star! Please!” Crystal yelled.

The door was locked, Stardella backed up from the door, galloping towards the door, and she opened to door, breaking the piece of wood there. Crystal was on the floor heaving.

“Crystal! What’s going on? Are you okay?” Stardella snapped.

“I don’t think that I am, I suddenly awoke with this huge pain in my lower abdomen and then it stopped, and then came back. Stardella I’m scared!” Crystal answered.

“I’ll get an ambulance!”

Stardella used her magic to levitate the phone to her face. Calling the local rescue team to take Crystal to the hospital. Crystal started to feel the pain again and started hyperventilating.

“Crystal stay calm for me.” Stardella ordered softly.

Stardella breathed slowly and calmly with Crystal, trying to keep her awake. Crystal felt a twinge in her stomach and felt the urge to push.

“Don’t Crystal, you might make this thing worse!” Stardella snapped.

“I can’t Star, I feel like doing it, it hurts so much!” Crystal snapped.

Soon the ambulance ponies came inside and to Crystal.

“Is she pregnant?” one of the stallions asked.