A new life

A red pony with a bright pink mane paced across the floor nervously. She walked up to the body mirror in the office and stared at herself for a few moments and what she saw was a half-dragon, half-Pegasus mare with spikes running up her back, each the same color as her mane, a dragon tail, horns, dragon wings, fangs, and bright red eyes.

She looked over at her husband, who had a short black mane and tail and wore a yellow coat and said, "Do you think it'll come back positive?"

The stallion flew over to his wife and stood beside her and said, "Of course it will, Fyhera... Or at least I hope it does,” he said with a distant look in his bright blue eyes. “I for one hope that it will be a colt."

Fyhera stared into her husband’s eyes and said, "I hope not. I'm not cut out to be a mother yet." She held back a tear as she stared at her husband and continued to say, "Ying, I don't know, maybe we shouldn’t be parents," she began to sob softly.

Ying placed his hoof on her cheek and raising her head back up, said, “We should do this, Fyhera. Definitely."

She smiled and looked at him as he gave her a gentle peck on the lips

Smiling now, Fyhera said, "You’re right. I'm sure this will work out fine."

Just then the doctor walked in and said, "Ma'am, I am happy to say that your pregnancy test has just come back positive," he smiled and continued, "We can't know yet if it's a boy or a girl, but  my personal opinion is that I think it’ll be a filly."

Fyhera and Ying smiled and ying said, "That's wonderful! Can we tell when she's due yet?"

The doctor nodded and replied, "Absolutely. I'm quite sure that your foal will be born somewhere around October or November."

Fyhera smiled and said, “That would be the best time to have this baby!"

She scratched the back of her neck and her husband picked her up and said, "Come on, let's go home and get you some food and rest." He flew out of the office and checked out at the counter with his wife laying across his back, and flew home.

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OCTOBER, 1999, the 7th

Fyhera sang to her newborn filly, "Hush, little baby, don't say a word, mama’s gonna buy you a mocking bird, and if that mocking bird don't sing, mama’s gonna buy you a diamond ring, and if that diamond ring don't shine, mama’s gonna buy you a gold mine, but if that mine don't mine no gold, mama’s gonna buy you a rocking horse, but if that rocking horse don't rock, mama’s gonna give you lots of love.” Her husband stood at the side of the hospital bed, watching his newborn fall asleep in her mother’s hooves.

Then Fyhera said, "I want to keep my baby, but we both know she can't grow up in a dangerous environment like the one we live in." her eyes teared up as she said, "I can't raise this child, Ying, and neither can you. We have to give her away." She sobbed openly.

Ying slightly teared up and sobbed with her, saying, "We need to go to Celestia and get her turned into a normal pegasus. Nopony is going to want a dragon-pony baby."

Fyhera agreed with him and gave the filly to Ying, saying, "Take her to Celestia, then. She’ll know best what to do."

Ying held his baby girl and simply responded, "Alright."

He started to fly away when she spoke again, "Wait! Tell celestia that her name is... Scootaloo."

Ying turned around, looked at Fyhera and he said, "I will," before flying away.

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CELESTIA’S THRONE ROOM

Ying and Scootaloo entered the room, the filly having started sobbing as she saw her parents doing so, and he quickly gave Scootaloo to the Princess, saying, "Please, take her. Change her into a normal pony and then put her in an adoption center, please," he said to celestia, all the time still crying.

Slightly surprised at how the stallion so briefly gave away his own filly, she held Scootaloo and said, "What's her name?"

“Her name is Scootaloo, and please, take good care of her. Make sure she goes to a good home."

Celestia smiled warmly and said, "I will."