A New Apple Comes to the World
Upon their marriage, Big Mac and Cherry Blossom couldn't be happier. Apart from the fact that they were now husband and wife and they were now formally united and living in Cherry’s house, waiting for a foal, one of their own.
Cherry couldn't wait to have her baby in her forelegs, but Big Mac was even more anxious than her. Applejack even told Cherry that she had never seen her brother so happy, even when Apple Bloom was born. The big red stallion now spent part of his day to ensure that Cherry was very comfortable, passing fewer hours working on the farm, something that Applejack didn't care, bearing in mind that Big Mac was too eager to have his first foal. He even had asked Cherry to stop working at the hospital, while she was pregnant, but she told him she could perfectly work, since pregnancy wasn't advanced, besides that, if she felt bad, she was already at the hospital and could be attended immediately.
The rest of the Apple family was also quite excited by the arrival of a new family member. Apple Bloom wouldn't stop going to Cherry to ask her when the baby who would be her nephew would come. Applejack had said to Apple Bloom that it was needed a few months for their nephew could be born and to not disturb Cherry with that, but she didn't mind that the filly made those questions. Granny Smith started spending her time on her rocking chair, knitting clothes for her first great-grandfoal.
As the pregnancy progressed, Cherry began to feel the hormones’ effect. Her wishes were making Big Mac walk all over the town just to get what Cherry asked. But the worst part was, of course, her unstable emotions, something she was trying to control at all costs.
When she were in the final weeks of the pregnancy, Cherry already had a big belly and was now lying comfortably on the couch in the living room with a pillow behind her head, another one under her hindlegs and another one under her back, a stretch that could only have come from Big Mac. He then came from the kitchen, carrying on the back a tray with a glass of juice.
"Here ya go, mah love" he said, upon arriving on Cherry’s. "A fresh juice jest fer ya."
"Big Mac, you don’t have to" Cherry replied, using her magic to get the glass. "I'm perfectly fine. Also I don't even need so many pillows."
"Cherry, ya're pregnant with our first foal" Big Mac said. "Ah have tah make sure that everythin’ is fine."
"But, Big Mac, I…” Cherry started, sitting on the couch, but stopping talking suddenly.
"What's tha matter, honey?" Big Mac asked, somewhat worried. "Is somethin’ wrong?"
The area where Cherry was sit was now soaked. She then said:
"Big Mac, my water broke."
"Wait, what?" Big Mac asked, thinking he had misheard.
"I'll have the baby now" Cherry said, while puffed slightly.
Big Mac took a few seconds to react, and when he did it, he started talking hurriedly, while beat eagerly the hooves on the floor:
"But it's still too early. We have so much tah do. Ah have tah pick up tha bag, warn everypony and…"
"Big Mac... and if you start by... taking me to the hospital?" she asked.
"Yes, ya're absolutely right" Big Mac said.
The big red stallion went to Cherry and carefully placed her on his back and rushed to the hospital.
After a few hours, Cherry was ready to give birth. Dr. Stables was already in position and Big Mac was beside her, holding her hoof to comfort her, while Cherry tried to breathe deeply to withstand the great pains she was feeling.
"Big Mac... I don't know if I can do this" she said. "It hurts a lot."
"Ah know ya can, mah dear, everythin’ will be fine" Big Mac comforted her. "Our baby is going tah come out strong an’ healthy. Ah'm sure."
"All right, let's once again Cherry" Dr. Stable said. "Come on, three, two, one... Push!"
Cherry did so while screaming.
"We're almost there. I’m already seeing the head. Just a last effort."
"Ya can do it, Cherry" Big Mac encouraged. "Ah know ya do."
"Three, two, one... Push!"
Cherry did so with more strength, as much as she could, and it was then that a cry of a foal filled the delivery room, fulling Big Mac and Cherry of an immense joy.
"Congratulations!" Dr. Stable congratulated. "It’s a colt."
He then wrapped the newborn in a blanket and passed him to the new mother’s forelegs. Both parents looked to his son. He was a earth pony that was the photocopy of his father with the same coat, the same hoofs and the same mane, although it has a red streak. He even had the same white freckles.
"Look, Big Mac, our first foal" Cherry said.
"Yes, our boy" Big Mac said, wiping away a tear that he had in the eye.
After a while, they were already in Cherry’s room, where their son was sleeping. The bedroom door opened and Applejack, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith entered.
"Ah want to see the baby" Apple Bloom said going to the cradle.
"Apple Bloom, come on, keep the noise down" Applejack said, while approaching. "The little guy must be asleep."
The filly then looked at the baby and then sighed and said:
"He's so cute!"
"Apple Bloom has quite rightly” Applejack said, seeing the baby. "You gave us a beautiful nephew."
"Thank you, Applejack" Cherry thanked.
"Yeah, thank ya, AJ" Big Mac said.
"Look for this sweetie" Granny Smith said. "It's almost like his father. Ah'm sure that he will be a great stallion when he grow up."
It was then that the little colt began to wake up and opened his eyes, revealing that they were equal with his mother’s, having the same beauty and brightness.
"Look, Cherry, he has yer eyes" Apple Bloom said excitedly.
"Do ya know how ya’ll call him?" Applejack asked.
The couple exchanged a look and then Big Mac said:
"Jonagold Apple."
"Pa’s name" said Applejack. "That’s beautiful, big bro."
After the visit from the rest of the Apple family, their other friends also came, including Pinkie Pie (who couldn't hide her excitement), Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy. Twilight and Blue also came to visit her, having come from the Light Kingdom on purpose to see them. As they were outside the Light Kingdom, their coat wasn’t so luminous as if they were in the kingdom, but even some it could see some light coming out of them. Twilight was already pregnant for several months and wouldn’t take long until her baby and Blue’s also born. But the best surprise was when Cherry’s friends from her home world (Stella, Aisha, Musa, Tecna, and Flora) came accompanied by Daphne and her parents, who had received the news from the Lord of Order that allowed them to go visit Cherry, Big Mac and Jonagold.
It was then that, much to Cherry’s relief, she and Jonagold returned home. Cherry and Big Mac spent a lot of time contemplating their son sleeping peacefully in his crib.
"Our boy" Cherry said.
"Eeyup" Big Mac said.
"Now we're finally a real happy family" Cherry said.
"We already were, babe" Big Mac answered. "But now our son has just become our family even happier."
Cherry smiled and the two gave a deep, long kiss, glad they could now feel the good feeling of being parents.
Author's Note
I created the image using a template from DeviantArt.
