There's Always An Afterwards

"Y'know, we need to have a party." Pinkie said.

"I was waiting for you to say that!" Cheese laughed.

"Waiting?" She asked as she took a bite out of a huge cupcake with a pickle on top.

"Yeah, waiting." Cheese shrugged.

"Hm. We'll have one sometime." She said. "I'm just not feeling well right now..."

"What, like your stomach hurts?" He asked.

"Yeah," Pinkie said.

"Pinkie?" Cheese asked. He took a closer look at her. She had bags under her eyes. "Did you get enough sleep last night?" He asked.

"No. Not at all." Pinkie mumbled. "My stomach hurt too much to fall asleep for more than half an hour."

"I don't think eating a cupcake will help." Cheese said.

"I don't care!" Pinkie snapped.

"Okay, Miss Grumpy Hooves!" Cheese smirked.

"I'm not grumpy!" Pinkie muttered.

Cheese shrugged and laughed.

"Hey, have you been eating more than usual?" Cheese asked.

"No, Why?" She asked.

"No reason..." Cheese replied.

"What, do you think I'm fat?!" Pinkie dropped her cupcake and looked at Cheese right in the eye. "I'm not fat!"

"I didn't say-" Cheese started.

"Aren't you my coltfriend?!" She fumed.

"Yeah, I a-" Cheese slowly backed up as Pinkie gained on him, when suddenly his back hit the wall.

Pinkie leaned in close to his face.

"I didn't say you look fat, I just asked if you'd been eating more than usual," Cheese said calmly. "And you have been eating more. I'm just concerned, that's all."

Suddenly, Pinkie's eyes welled up with tears.

"I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry!" She sobbed.

What in the name of Luna? Cheese thought as Pinkie squeezed the air out of him in one hug.

"Calm down, Pinkie, it's okay!" Cheese held his hooves up. "Are you okay?"

Pinkie paused.

"I don't know..." She whimpered. "I haven't been feeling myself the past month..."

"Maybe... You should see if somepony can help." Cheese said.

"What about Twilight?" Pinkie asked.

"Sure, I was thinking more like a doctor, but okay," He shrugged.

"I don't like the doctor, he always tells me that I need to eat less sugar, or I'll get diabetes!" Pinkie said.

"Maybe you should take his advice." Cheese said.

"Hmmmmm..." Pinkie thought for a minute. "...nah!" She giggled.

"Alright, fine." Cheese chuckled.

"Let's go then!" Pinkie said as she bounced off.

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"Hey Twi!" Pinkie beamed as she appeared behind her.

"AH!" Twilight shouted as she lost her magical grip and dropped a book. "You've got to stop doing that..."

"Oops! Sorry!" Pinkie giggled.

"We need your help," Cheese said.

"With what?" Twilight asked as she stood up.

"Pinkie." He responded.

"Well there's a lot about Pinkie that he needs help with— I mean, how?" Twilight asked.

"I dunno, she hasn't been feeling herself for the past month or so, she's been eating strange food combinations, sh—" Cheese said.

"Can you use your magic to find out what's wrong with me?!" Pinkie spurted.

Twilight closed her eyes for a moment and thought. She closed her wings and turned around, facing a bookshelf. Her horn kit up as she encased a red book in a magenta aura. It floated off the shelf as the pages flipped open, bringing it to the alicorn's view. Her eyes ripped across the pages in search of a spell.

"Aha!" She beamed as she planted her hoof in the middle of a page.

"What?" Pinkie asked.

"I found a spell to see if a pony is holding a sickness or anything." She explained.

"Okay, can you do it?" Cheese asked.

"I don't know," Twilight said as he turned her head, the book moving with it. "It looks tough, but I'm willing to try for you Pinkie."

"Okay, give it a shot!" Pinkie said.

The purple mare took a deep breath as she placed the book on the floor and concentrated her magic on the spell at hoof. Her horn began to glow brighter and brighter as she worked her magic. Her eyes closed, and then opened again, but they glowed a white that Pinkie knew all too well from wielding the Elements Of Harmony. Turning her attention to herself, the pink mare noticed that she had started glowing purple. She held back a gasp, not wanting to break her friend's concentration. Twilight mindlessly sat on her rump as her wings flared open, her horn becoming so encased in magic that the couple could barely see her actual horn.

Everything happened at once. Twilight let out a small yelp as her overpowered magic threw her backwards, as well as Pinkie, who was caught by her coltfriend.

Ripped pages of books fluttered to the ground as Pinkie opened her eyes. She felt a throbbing pain at the back of her head where she hit Cheese's jaw.

"Uuuuhhhnnng...." Pinkie moaned as she sat up.

"A-are you okay, Pinkie?" Cheese asked

"Yeeah," She stood up, nearly losing her balance, but staying on her hooves.

As she walked over to her princess friend, she began to stir. She fix her bangs as she stood up.

"Twi! You're okay!" Pinkie beamed as she gave her a tight hug.

"Yes- I'm.... Fine!" She wheezed.

"Oh, sorry," Pinkie said sheepishly as she released Twilight.

"So, is there anything wrong with Pinkie?" Cheese asked.

"Well," Twilight started. "The good news is, that you're not sick," The couple sighed in relief. But then Twilight's eyes changed to a look mixed with shock and worry.

"But," She said.

"Pinkie," Twilight said quietly.

"Pinkie, you're pregnant.