Test of Motherhood: Twilight Sparkle's Vogonverse Storyby CamlioChaptersBefore it all began, The orderWe went to Stonehenge Part 1: Some last minute prep and the tripWe went to Stonehenge Part 2: Those who betray get burnedMommy's hereBefore it all began, The orderIt was an uneventful day for the drake household. Nathaniel, Mary, their sixteen year old Stephanie, and their six year old Cedric were relaxing in their living room and preparing to watch a movie. Nathaniel Drake was one of the head programmers for the software division of one of the companies which furthered the use of Full Dive technology which most people in the world use to interface with computers instead of a standard laptop keyboard or mouse. It’s known across the worlds as different things thanks to branding and such but, the premise was always the same. Get you as close to the action of whatever you're doing as possible without harming you. This also had the side effect of creating a rather large and expensive network of ‘Fan Planes’ which were digital domains where people could create, enjoy, and fulfill their every desire. To say that the Drakes were well off wouldn’t be a stretch but, sadly money can only stretch so far and software techs are paid by what they sell, so every bit of money had to be kept in check. Though that didn’t mean they couldn’t splurge every now and again, which is what they planned to do as they sat in the living room of their family’s personal Dive Hub. The Dive Hub is a localized Server which copies your approximate location up to one hundred meters in all directions, this allows even for large houses and manors to be completely contained within the dive hub. The topic for tonight? Where would the family take their yearly vacation? “Well, I think we should visit Stonehenge. It’s a historical site and I really think Cid should see it at least once in case those balding punks in parliament get their way to tear it down.” The voice of Stephanie sounded out, she was sixteen, with brown hair and green eyes, just like her father. Mary the mother of the household looked at her and sighed. “But, dear there’s all kinds of ruffians out there trying to protest Parliament's decision. If we go there we might get attacked or something.” She said trying to dissuade her daughter’s reckless choice of vacation. The blonde haired and green eyed woman looked as if she was a well cared for wife and mother, with a generous figure that was slightly heavy, she definitely showed her Italian descent when she cooked, making sure everyone had plenty to eat. “Come on mom, don’t tell me you're scared of some hippies?!” Stephanie spat out with a derisive tone and a cheeky smirk on her features. Nathan was busy trying to keep his wife and daughter from verbally and likely digitally tearing each other’s throats out as they began to escalate more and more when he noticed Cedric was busy talking to what looked like some sort of digital stallion from an ad. “Oi! Who’s your friend sport?” Nathan asked as he got up and approached the stallion and found that his son had entered into a program for buying cloned consciousnesses. These things were extremely popular with the furry crowd or those with disposable income as he walked up he noticed that the stallion walked over to him. “Ah, hello there. You little colt was telling me that you were interested in a live in tutor and child care provider?” The stallion asked with a smile that seemed to just scream ‘And wait, there’s more!’ at Nathan. “Well, we are in the market for one, how much would one of yours cost?” He asked looking at Cedric who was currently holding his father’s hand, in a manner that showed shyness. Cedric was always a quiet boy, timid to the point of refusing to speak though this was likely due to the fact he had a strange genetic condition due to the heavy smog of the area that made several children his own age pick on him. His bright green eyes seemed to be slitted in the pupils as if they were the eyes of some form of reptile. The stallion looked at Nathan and began his pitch. “Well at Vogon Biotech we produce only the finest helpmates available for any need you may require, they’re fully functional, completely reliable, and most importantly they bond for life at the first touch.” Nathan sighed and looked at the stallion. “Right, I get that… but, how much and can I add in special requirements for what they might need to do?” He said realizing that he could no longer hear his wife and Daughter arguing and that by conversing with the stallion he must have entered a different domain. “Of Course, of course. At Vogon Biotech we aim to please. So Mr. Drake, is there anything this humble sales program can do for you?” The stallion said rubbing his palms together, anthros were always a weird thing for Nathan, though he wouldn’t admit to it he had been one of those who wanted to try the cloned consciousnesses to create a new body when he was in college, only to learn the process was far too expensive at the time… and when he could afford it he didn’t care too. “Right, let’s see what you have then?” He asked and the stallion snapped his fingers, causing curtains to appear and rise, there were several gaps where plaques were placed behind them showing that something was supposed to be there but, everywhere else was ponies, ponies, as far as the eye could see. “What we’re selling is a living fantasy and so much more, our helpmates are designed to cater to the whims of what memories they are assigned. From your publicly posted background I believe you’re aware of how helpmates function?” The stallion inquired to receive a nod from Nathan. “One of my friends from university has a Helpmate, some anthropomorphic bat woman who’s obsessed with gems. Though the ones you’re selling appear to be from…” his interrogation was interrupted by the sound of a button being pressed. Cedric had wandered to two pictures standing side by side of the same purple pony, she had darker purple hair with a pink stripe in it. The weird thing was that one of the pictures had wings and one didn’t. “Dad can we get the purple one?” He asked pointing to the image of the purple mare with wings tapping the picture and unfurled to show the mare in her anthropomorphic state. To say she was easy on the eyes was an understatement, but honestly Nathan knew his kids needed someone’s guidance more than he did. Nathan sighed. “Well, we’ll have to see. How much are you charging for one of your help mates?” "That's always the rub isn't it? This is Princess Twilight Sparkle. She’d be twenty-two thousand credits. It might sound steep, but consider what you are purchasing. It's not a machine, but a living breathing fantasy. She will eat, sleep, sweat, and even bleed. Everything she feels when she wakes up is real. There is no preprogrammed emotions in her. Oh, she'll have memories, slightly altered to match her new body, of her world, friends, and family. Everything ever written by the creators of the show known as friendship is magic will be given to our fair lady, and of course any of the fan based content you would like us to consider, will be added to her memories. But beyond that all of her experiences and new memories will be completely of your and her making” He said with a smile that seemed to just grow wider. “She looks nice. Like mummy does when she tucks me in.” Cedric said as he watched her for a moment before he realized that his mother must be looking for them now. “Daddy I’m gonna go back to mummy now take care!” With those words it was just Nathan and the Stallion, which was a relief due to what came next. “I see, well I’ll take her, but I want to make sure I specify something. My wife and I are worried that due to my wealth and position that we might become the target of someone who wants me out of the way of their path to the top. So in the event of our passing I’d like Miss Sparkle here to raise my children, it’s better than having them get sent to the Orphanarium.” He explained as he extended his hand to the Stallion. “I take it you’d like whatever fiction would best help her adjust to that role added to her internal memories?” The stallion asked shaking hands as Cedric came back in and gently started to tug on Twilight’s hand. “Cedric what are you doing?” Nathan asked as the mare looked at his son briefly. “I’m gonna show the nice lady to mommy so she can see.” He said with a smile before she looked like she smiled and faded away. “Where did she go?” Nathan asked as the mare faded away taking the other picture of her without wings as she vanished. “She’s currently being prepared for your family, your little colt happened to make his wish for her to join it quite clear to the system. Now remember you are getting THE Twilight Sparkle, not just a copy. There will be no others made, and not even the alternate version of her as a regular unicorn will not be produced.” Nathan nodded. “I see, well then… would you be so kind as to include any clothing she may require that would allow her to fit in here? I’m sad to say a princess’s gown doesn’t exactly fit in here.” “Well we have various outfits in stock and I would have had you select one prior… would you mind choosing?” the stallion asked with a smile. Cedric tugged on his father’s sleeve. “Daddy what about the outfit the nice lady at the library wears? It would look pretty.” He suggested causing an image of the outfit to appear, a pair of pants under a skirt, a long sleeved shirt and a sweater as well as a pair of square glasses. “Yeah that one! How’d you do that?” Cedric asked now looking confused. “Image tagging on Facebook.” The stallion said with a smile. “And I believe it will be manageable. Thank you for your patronage, she will arrive three months from today.” Cedric waved to something in the background that Nathan couldn’t see and spoke out. “Okay we’ll take care of her for you Mr. Big tooth!” With that Nathan and Cedric found themselves back in the Dive Hub and they were confronted by a mad looking Steph and a concerned looking Mary. “There you two are, sheesh what were you two doing you were worrying mom sick!” Steph said as she got a ping. “Annnnd that’s my Jeffery… I’m gonna head to bed everyone, I’ve plans with him tomorrow.” Mary blinked and turned to her daughter. “And these plans involve you going to Stonehenge hmm?” An accusatory tone thick in her voice to which her daughter only gave a sheepish smile before logging out. “Well, it could be worse, she could have tried to drag us to the U.S. or something at least Stonehenge is local.” Nathan said as he tried to calm his wife seeing what could only be called Maternal fury at their daughter’s antics building. “Yeah mummy. Besides Stonehenge is supposed to have Aliens!” Cedric said with a smile that seemed to only appear around their family. Nathan and Mary smiled and laughed at that. “Well, I guess since it’s local it means it would be cheaper… let’s go to bed, tomorrow we’re going to visit stonehenge.” Mary said with a smile. As they logged out they wouldn’t notice the slightly sad looking pair of eyes watching them from where the ad was for their owner knew that the man had made a very smart call in having Twilight ready to assume a motherly role… They just didn’t know it yet. Author's Note Here's the first chapter of the story... and honestly I'm not sure if it's all that good compared to the story that inspired it but, I gave it my best shot. We went to Stonehenge Part 1: Some last minute prep and the tripNathaniel's P.O.V. As I helped Cedric get dressed to go to Stonehenge I couldn’t shake the horrid feeling that today was going to be a bad one, it was raining, though it rarely stopped raining in the U.K. these days. Luckily we’d be chaperoned by an armored car to the monument and the ‘emerald circle’ it stood upon. The Emerald circle is a large area of unbuilt upon land where grass and trees continue to grow without being tainted by man. It’s a popular vacation spot for any of the few naturalists that still exist, even though those evangelical communists tend to try and get it built upon every few years though it as if their ‘Mighty God’ refuses to suffer them on that hill and everything built there mysteriously vanishes in a single night. Apparently my Mary had the same thought and we revised our wills after our Dive Hub was givin a visit by that stallion from the store during the night. It was… a rather interesting visit to say the least. Four hours ago “Dive Hub intruder detected. Proceed with purge?” A feminine voice came out over the bed to wake me before pulling me into the Dive Hub, I had a portable set built into my hearing aid so I could keep track of the A.I. we had, another Help Mate that my daughter bought, a dragonic female she had refused to tell me the reason for. She was one of the A.I. Only versions that did not have a real shell. “What’s it look like it Barbara? It could just be an advert?” I said as I put on my dive rig and entered the hub finding myself face to face with the stallion from before, his expression was rather grim looking. “Ah! I’m glad I caught you, I was hoping to speak with you and your wife about a technical hitch we found concerning your purchase on behalf of my employer.” Within a moment I had woken Mary and we were sitting across from the Stallion and talking. Barbara placing some tea for us to drink. Which the Stallion looked grateful for, the reason he contacted us was due to a technical hitch in legal issues of our children in regards to our passing. “Wait… you bought a helpmate to watch and raise our children if we die?” Mary asked her eyes turning to me with a rather cross expression. “He specified that the latter portion should only occur in case of your untimely demise due to your neighborhood’s rather… lackluster reputation. The reason I called you here today is because in order for Twilight Sparkle to assume Guardianship of your children she must be legally programmed to do so, meaning that you would have to alter your wills to include her having custody of your children and you will also be able to make several more alterations to her internal memories and so on.” The stallion explained his tone somber as the conversation was quite grim in tone. “Wait… Twilight Sparkle? As in from Friendship is magic? You got a helpmate of an anthropomorphic Alicorn Princess to look after our children?!” My wife started to rage but, suddenly realized she had put herself on the spot. “Ah, it seems you know our Dear Princess of Friendship… then if you would be so kind Mrs. Drake, would you happen to have any material from any of the assorted fanworks that might aid us in helping Ms. Sparkle in her endeavors?” The stallion asked with a smile that looked far too relieved. Then again there was likely a lot of it to sort through and having a deadline to get a legal guardian programming permit would mean they’d have to start fast. She sighed and nodded pulling several visual representations of fan novels and held them out. “Here, and I do think that she should have access to our houses Virtual Assistant Barbara.” She said motioning to the Purple Dragoness behind her who was wearing a maid costume complete with frilly pink apron. The stallion blinked twice and smirked. “Very well Miss. Also, nice looking Dragoness, she reminds me of Spike.” “I get that alot.” She admitted sheepishly. “Very well, then I’ll leave you two to your sleep as I make sure Twilight Sparkle will be the best she can be.” He said standing up. “Do have a nice day tomorrow.” He said with a bow before deconstructing which was a flashy way of leaving a hub net. “So… you’re one of those Pegasisters eh?” I asked with a smirk… I slept on the couch the rest of the night. Present Time, Cedric’s P.O.V. I was so excited, mummy, daddy, steph and I were in the taxi and on the way to Stonehenge! “Oooh I hope we get to see Aliens!” “We’re not gonna see Aliens Cid, come on, I mean what are the chances of that happening?” Big sis said with a sigh as she leaned into the seat and played on her game system. It was a retro game system called a 3DS which daddy said was really expensive so I shouldn’t touch it. “Better chances than you getting out of trouble for playing your father and I like you did young miss.” Mummy said with a sigh and a look of disappointment at big sis which made her look kinda scary. “Aww, mum, it’s not like it isn’t a good spot for a cheap vacation besides, the runt’s excited to go.” She said trying to get out of it by bringing me into it… but, she wasn’t lying so mummy stopped being mad wait… what did she say? “Hey! I’m not a runt! I’m taller than most the boy’s in my class!” I tried to defend as I stood up only to be held down by Mummy “Children please st-” Mummy tried to say when the Taxi stopped. “Oi! you lot, we’re ‘ere. Thanks for riding with U.K. intercontinental Taxi Solutions, need a Beacon?” My daddy nodded stopped typing on whatever he was doing for his work and took the little card thingy that they called Bacons, they don’t look like strips of pork though. When we got out of the Taxi we were met by this really loud lady who seemed way too happy for no reason, I was worried she was gonna hug me to death when she saw me, but after a while and meeting a whole lot of other people we were heading towards Stonehenge and the aliens! 3rd Person P.O.V. The tour group was filled with twenty four members, one less than the twenty five that it was supposed to have which seemed to upset Stephanie greatly as they approached the great stone monument. “Sweetie what wrong?” Mary asked quietly falling in step with her daughter which only caused Stephanie to sigh. “Jeffery was supposed to meet us here and be part of the tour group… I don’t know what’s wrong and I’m worried mum. He hasn’t even responded to any of my texts since last night.” She said sending another ping to his phone but, getting no response. It wasn’t that unusual for someone to go missing in this city, there was a theory that ran around that the reason nobody was ever found was that the government was using an unknown method of population control so that they didn’t have to build things like Stacks. Though as they got to the monument they would have wished that was the case. “Jeffery! Oh my gosh there you are! Cid come on I promised I’d introduce you to him.” Stephanie grabbed her little brother’s hand as she said that and sprinted towards him, her little brother following along. Mary was going to call them back but, her eyes widened as Jeffery pulled something from his coat pocket. “J-Jeffery why do you have a-” Stephanie was asking as she was slapped across the face with the butt of a handgun and pulled along with her brother into the crazed man’s arms as the tour group began to panic and disperse. “Nobody move! I just want to talk to these brats parents!” He screamed as Nathan and Mary walked forwards hands up and fear in their eyes. “Good, you Nathaniel Drake?” He asked and the second Nathan nodded... *Bang* Author's Note This is actually a two part chapter and I'm gonna post both parts side by side it's just that I figured after reading all that the reader might like to rest their eyeballs a bit. We went to Stonehenge Part 2: Those who betray get burned*Bang* The gunshot went off like a crack of thunder, only overshadowed by Mary and Cedric screamed as their husband and father fell limp to the ground his head bleeding from the freshly inflicted head shot wound, when Stephanie saw what was happening she started to scream and struggle to get the crazed man away from her. "DADDY!" "DAD!" "NATHAN!" The shouts of the now deceased Nathanial Drake screamed for him as he laid there upon the grassy hill in the center of the monument stripped of his life by a man who was supposedly trustworthy. “Now everyone stay the hell back or I kill these two and their mother! Back dammit!” Though the sounds of sirens suddenly filled the air within moments as Nathan had already dialed for help with his Digital Assistant’s help. “Fuck! This was supposed to be easy cash I’m not gonna go down without a fight…” the crazed gunman said with a smirk. “J-Jeffery why?! I trusted you! You said you loved me!” Stephanie shouted as her shock induced silence ended and she turned to the man who then began pointing a gun towards her head to silence her. “AND YOU BELIEVED ME YOU STUPID BINT?! You didn’t even think that I might have been after you for something else? Well you know what I think I will love you… yeah I’m gonna take you home and love you a lot while all that cash rolls in. You and your sexy mom~” He said with a perverted grin as he began to roughly fondle her only for Cedric to turn towards the man and... There was a strange sound for a moment like someone having left the tea kettle on a bit too long before the man howled in pain and tossed both his hostages away from him. Mary pulling her children to her before Cedric was pulled away and tossed to the dirt in the center of the stone formation. “Gah! The little tosser bit my dick!” he screamed out as he tried to focus with the pain. “Bah fuck it all! I only need the ladies anyway!” He said as he aimed at Cedric which caused both Stephanie and Mary to stare in open mouthed horror. *Bang* “MOMMY!” Mary had shielded her son with her own body by dive tackling the man causing the bullet to only pierce her instead as she fell over bleeding from the chest her children quickly running to her side. “Mum! Oh my god, please don’t die, the police should be here soon mum hang on!” Stephanie cried out as she pressed her hands to the bleeding wound. “Mummy… no, mummy please…” Cedric spoke through tears while crying and holding his mother's head as she gasped for breath from the pain. “Run away… you can get out of here… the police… should be here soon… be safe… and run!” Mary said as she tried to get her children to run for their lives as Jeffery was using a handgun type that only held two bullets though they hit with the force, accuracy, and killing power of a sniper rifle round. “We can’t leave you! We can make it out of this together Cid help me carry her!” Stephanie cried out not able to let herself lose both their parents on the same day even if it meant more risk. “Cid come on help me! Cid?” She cried out trying to keep pressure on the wound while also trying to carry their mother. Cedric however had suddenly become extremely quiet though his hair and the hood of the little rain jacket he was wearing began to float up in an ominous fashion. The air around them began to heat up as this happened, the stones of Stonehenge lighting up brilliantly as this occurred. Jeffery had finished reloading just in time to see the latter half of the event, and the rather freaky looking little boy staring at him, dragon like eyes glaring with hate at him. “What the fuck?! What kind of freaky shit did you parents feed you?!” He screamed out as the child raised to his feet the shoes melting off of them due to the heat his body had begun giving off causing Stephanie to have to back away from him. “Y-You hurt my mummy… you killed my daddy.” Cedric’s teeth clenched as his eyes seemed to glow before his right hand erupted in flames. These flames soon spread to the rest of his body with a scream of primal rage as two gunshots launched themselves at him. The bullets fell to a superheated pile of slag on the ground an inch from him before the little ball of fire charged at him. “I’M GONNA KILL YOU!” was all Cedric screamed before he launched himself at the man responsible for his mother and father being hurt. The news would report that a large pillar of fire and a demonic roar erupted from Stonehenge that night and that the cause was unknown… though what truly happened was that the pillar of flame was caused by Stephanie trying to save her little brother down by keeping him from launching himself at the man. Jeffery had aimed the gun where he should have been and fired barely missing Cedric’s head due to him being pulled down, the burning energy that should have launched forwards was instead directed downwards causing it to then turn into waves of flames that shot off in all directions around them, though the stones of Stonehenge acted as a barrier that forced the energy to concentrate into a pillar instead of large spread waves of flame. The only two survivors of the ‘Stonehenge Flame Pillar’ were Stephenie and Cedric Drake... Author's Note Well yeah... that happened, bit sad but, I think it does what it needs to do. This and all my current chapters are completely unedited so if anyone wants to offer to help polish these up? I'd be eternally grateful. Mommy's hereThe media had become a circus overnight, across the globe the ‘Pillar of Stonehenge” had become a worldwide phenomenon, if it wasn’t for the only surviving victims of the incident being minors and under the guard of the police till they could be released to their new caretaker the two children would be plastered on the local news. This new guardian had only arrived minutes before they did. Twilight’s P.O.V. The metal box I rode in was rather slightly cramped yet comfortable and they’d allowed me to sit on a plush throne due to my royal status, from what I was told I was finally given leave to visit my children, or well my adopted children after a long diplomatic mission abroad. The metal box was due to the foals’s home being in a rather dangerous neighborhood. They had informed me of everything that I was expected to be a part of while here, they were nice stallions not unlike royal guards. They told me that while Barbara couldn’t be here they’d managed to get a digital representation of her to respond to my voice print. They’d be by with her in a few months time. I couldn’t really remember the mission that well beyond a basic glimpse of it involving griffons, or something like that but, I had been called back after terrible news, a pair of my friends who I considered family had passed away leaving my two god foals in my care in their will along with all their worldly possessions, their only request to me was to raise them as my own. As the nice stallion that escorted me to the door another of the metal carriages pulled up, and the smaller of the two foals rushed to me embracing me in a hug, little Cedric… he was crying heavily. “Cedric, oh my gosh sweetie I’m so sorry, I came as soon as I could.” I said while embracing my little colt his older sister gently placed a hand on my shoulder, she seemed nervous but appreciated my being her, she obviously blamed herself for what happened. “Stephanie come here, you need a hug too.” She said pulling the teenaged filly into her embrace as well. That had triggered her tears as well as they both clung to me and cried. “Thank you gentlestallions we’ll be fine from here.” I said to one of the men who brought me who simply nodded and walked away with a ‘we’re done here pack it up.’ “Momma… are we gonna have to talk to the reporters?” Cedric asked holding onto my skirt like a lifeline. When he’d asked that I’d nearly broken down myself, he must be so shaken to instantly accept me like that… the poor little colt. “We’ll ask them nicely to wait till tomorrow, Barb? Can you hear me?” I asked as the A.I. appeared in a hologram just outside the door. “I’m here Twilight, what’s up?” The dragoness looked a bit older than I remembered, though it was likely whatever she wasn’t able to come with me for to begin with. “Well mind letting us in there’s a big steel shutter that’s closed down over the door, and if the media stallions and mares show up I’d like them to all come back tomorrow.” I said with a kind tone. “Alright… one sec, and…” the shutter slid open revealing the door which automatically opened. “Welcome home big sis.” I smiled at that. “Yeah, welcome home, come on you two I’ll make some dinner.” I said with a motherly tone a bit of a flutter in my chest as I gently shepherded my children into the home, the metal shutter and door locking in place afterwards. Oooh the fact these were my kids now was really just starting to sink in, but I’d promised their parents if anything happened… and well, I’m not gonna break a promise, because breaking a promise is the best way to lose a friend… Suddenly a familiar face appeared in front of me with a very familiar message. “FOREEEEEVER!!!!” She said nearly at the top of her lungs. “GAH! Pinkie?! Wait… PINKIE!” I couldn’t help it I had to run over and hug my friend. “Hi Twilight~ Oh my gosh I’m so glad I found you because I was hoping to invite all my friends to my wedding but, I couldn’t find you and I was worried that if I couldn’t find you then you wouldn’t… OH MY GOSH YOU’RE A MOMMY! That’s why I couldn’t find you!” She said getting extremely excited near the end, she looked sort of bloated like she was… no way. “Pinkie Pie calm down if you’re with foal you need to relax a bit more.” I said in a calming tone gently rubbing my foals heads as I couldn't help getting a bit giddy that one of my best friends was expecting… wait, what was that last part? “Wait… wedding? You’re getting married?! Oh my gosh I’m so sorry Pinkie I didn’t know till just now, I don’t even know where it’s going to be... BARB!” I said a bit louder than I should have if Cedric's reaction was anything to go by, a though a few moments of gently rubbing his mane and he seemed to calm down. The Dragoness appeared via hologram only to be hugged instantly by Pinkie. “YAY~ Barb’s here too, I was worried you weren’t gonna show up… so, do you think you could do a little video thingy to appear at the wedding? I know it’s gonna be hard to be there in pony since it’s so soon. Think you could make it that way?” She was definitely the same Pinkie I remembered even to the point of forgetting Barb needed to breath when she was hugging her. “Pinkie I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” I said with a smile gently loosening the hug so Barb didn’t get smothered by Pinkie’s… well rather large mammaries. “Barb, make sure that you get her contact details and arrange everything okay? I’m counting on you my number one assistant.” With that Pinkie asked me a few questions about my new family, and I said I’d get back to her after the wedding she was sort of needed there after all, and then with a gasp like she’d forgotten she was gone. “That… was weird.” Stephanie said with a puzzled expression, her and Cedric had remained rather quiet the whole time I was talking with Pinkie, I think it was the fact she popped out of the fridge... Cedric blushed and looked up at me still sniffling and shaking as he calmed himself. “Momma can we order pizza?” He asked looking at me with the dreaded and highly effective puppy dog eyes. “Yeah mom please?” My filly said with those same dreaded eyes. ”Gah Stephanie not you too! Come on I just got home can I cook the meal for tonight please… wait that would be much more effective if I said it out loud wouldn’t it? Gah curse you habitual inner monologues!” Soooo with my NOT crazy moment out of the way I decided to respond… and looked right into the two sets of the saddest and biggest eyes I have ever seen on human foals. It didn’t hurt that they were still red and puffy from crying earlier. “Alright fine… Barb would you mind ordering a Pizza for everypony?” I asked glad that Barb didn’t have to run all over this house to be able to talk to me directly thanks to her A.I. form. “You got it Twilight, can I get one too?” She asked before starting to…. “Okay! Okay! Just don’t make the face! Please no more puppy dog eyes I can’t take it!” I pleaded which got my kids laughing, all that time spent with Pinkie helping with raising the cake twins had payed off it seemed. “Yay! Pizza, Pizza, Pizza!” My foals, and Barb cheered as they ran around me making it really sink in, this was my life now. And I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Author's Note And Twilight Sparkle makes her slightly subtle debut into the world via Vogon, the media circus will arrive soon, so place your bets.
Before it all began, The orderIt was an uneventful day for the drake household. Nathaniel, Mary, their sixteen year old Stephanie, and their six year old Cedric were relaxing in their living room and preparing to watch a movie. Nathaniel Drake was one of the head programmers for the software division of one of the companies which furthered the use of Full Dive technology which most people in the world use to interface with computers instead of a standard laptop keyboard or mouse. It’s known across the worlds as different things thanks to branding and such but, the premise was always the same. Get you as close to the action of whatever you're doing as possible without harming you. This also had the side effect of creating a rather large and expensive network of ‘Fan Planes’ which were digital domains where people could create, enjoy, and fulfill their every desire. To say that the Drakes were well off wouldn’t be a stretch but, sadly money can only stretch so far and software techs are paid by what they sell, so every bit of money had to be kept in check. Though that didn’t mean they couldn’t splurge every now and again, which is what they planned to do as they sat in the living room of their family’s personal Dive Hub. The Dive Hub is a localized Server which copies your approximate location up to one hundred meters in all directions, this allows even for large houses and manors to be completely contained within the dive hub. The topic for tonight? Where would the family take their yearly vacation? “Well, I think we should visit Stonehenge. It’s a historical site and I really think Cid should see it at least once in case those balding punks in parliament get their way to tear it down.” The voice of Stephanie sounded out, she was sixteen, with brown hair and green eyes, just like her father. Mary the mother of the household looked at her and sighed. “But, dear there’s all kinds of ruffians out there trying to protest Parliament's decision. If we go there we might get attacked or something.” She said trying to dissuade her daughter’s reckless choice of vacation. The blonde haired and green eyed woman looked as if she was a well cared for wife and mother, with a generous figure that was slightly heavy, she definitely showed her Italian descent when she cooked, making sure everyone had plenty to eat. “Come on mom, don’t tell me you're scared of some hippies?!” Stephanie spat out with a derisive tone and a cheeky smirk on her features. Nathan was busy trying to keep his wife and daughter from verbally and likely digitally tearing each other’s throats out as they began to escalate more and more when he noticed Cedric was busy talking to what looked like some sort of digital stallion from an ad. “Oi! Who’s your friend sport?” Nathan asked as he got up and approached the stallion and found that his son had entered into a program for buying cloned consciousnesses. These things were extremely popular with the furry crowd or those with disposable income as he walked up he noticed that the stallion walked over to him. “Ah, hello there. You little colt was telling me that you were interested in a live in tutor and child care provider?” The stallion asked with a smile that seemed to just scream ‘And wait, there’s more!’ at Nathan. “Well, we are in the market for one, how much would one of yours cost?” He asked looking at Cedric who was currently holding his father’s hand, in a manner that showed shyness. Cedric was always a quiet boy, timid to the point of refusing to speak though this was likely due to the fact he had a strange genetic condition due to the heavy smog of the area that made several children his own age pick on him. His bright green eyes seemed to be slitted in the pupils as if they were the eyes of some form of reptile. The stallion looked at Nathan and began his pitch. “Well at Vogon Biotech we produce only the finest helpmates available for any need you may require, they’re fully functional, completely reliable, and most importantly they bond for life at the first touch.” Nathan sighed and looked at the stallion. “Right, I get that… but, how much and can I add in special requirements for what they might need to do?” He said realizing that he could no longer hear his wife and Daughter arguing and that by conversing with the stallion he must have entered a different domain. “Of Course, of course. At Vogon Biotech we aim to please. So Mr. Drake, is there anything this humble sales program can do for you?” The stallion said rubbing his palms together, anthros were always a weird thing for Nathan, though he wouldn’t admit to it he had been one of those who wanted to try the cloned consciousnesses to create a new body when he was in college, only to learn the process was far too expensive at the time… and when he could afford it he didn’t care too. “Right, let’s see what you have then?” He asked and the stallion snapped his fingers, causing curtains to appear and rise, there were several gaps where plaques were placed behind them showing that something was supposed to be there but, everywhere else was ponies, ponies, as far as the eye could see. “What we’re selling is a living fantasy and so much more, our helpmates are designed to cater to the whims of what memories they are assigned. From your publicly posted background I believe you’re aware of how helpmates function?” The stallion inquired to receive a nod from Nathan. “One of my friends from university has a Helpmate, some anthropomorphic bat woman who’s obsessed with gems. Though the ones you’re selling appear to be from…” his interrogation was interrupted by the sound of a button being pressed. Cedric had wandered to two pictures standing side by side of the same purple pony, she had darker purple hair with a pink stripe in it. The weird thing was that one of the pictures had wings and one didn’t. “Dad can we get the purple one?” He asked pointing to the image of the purple mare with wings tapping the picture and unfurled to show the mare in her anthropomorphic state. To say she was easy on the eyes was an understatement, but honestly Nathan knew his kids needed someone’s guidance more than he did. Nathan sighed. “Well, we’ll have to see. How much are you charging for one of your help mates?” "That's always the rub isn't it? This is Princess Twilight Sparkle. She’d be twenty-two thousand credits. It might sound steep, but consider what you are purchasing. It's not a machine, but a living breathing fantasy. She will eat, sleep, sweat, and even bleed. Everything she feels when she wakes up is real. There is no preprogrammed emotions in her. Oh, she'll have memories, slightly altered to match her new body, of her world, friends, and family. Everything ever written by the creators of the show known as friendship is magic will be given to our fair lady, and of course any of the fan based content you would like us to consider, will be added to her memories. But beyond that all of her experiences and new memories will be completely of your and her making” He said with a smile that seemed to just grow wider. “She looks nice. Like mummy does when she tucks me in.” Cedric said as he watched her for a moment before he realized that his mother must be looking for them now. “Daddy I’m gonna go back to mummy now take care!” With those words it was just Nathan and the Stallion, which was a relief due to what came next. “I see, well I’ll take her, but I want to make sure I specify something. My wife and I are worried that due to my wealth and position that we might become the target of someone who wants me out of the way of their path to the top. So in the event of our passing I’d like Miss Sparkle here to raise my children, it’s better than having them get sent to the Orphanarium.” He explained as he extended his hand to the Stallion. “I take it you’d like whatever fiction would best help her adjust to that role added to her internal memories?” The stallion asked shaking hands as Cedric came back in and gently started to tug on Twilight’s hand. “Cedric what are you doing?” Nathan asked as the mare looked at his son briefly. “I’m gonna show the nice lady to mommy so she can see.” He said with a smile before she looked like she smiled and faded away. “Where did she go?” Nathan asked as the mare faded away taking the other picture of her without wings as she vanished. “She’s currently being prepared for your family, your little colt happened to make his wish for her to join it quite clear to the system. Now remember you are getting THE Twilight Sparkle, not just a copy. There will be no others made, and not even the alternate version of her as a regular unicorn will not be produced.” Nathan nodded. “I see, well then… would you be so kind as to include any clothing she may require that would allow her to fit in here? I’m sad to say a princess’s gown doesn’t exactly fit in here.” “Well we have various outfits in stock and I would have had you select one prior… would you mind choosing?” the stallion asked with a smile. Cedric tugged on his father’s sleeve. “Daddy what about the outfit the nice lady at the library wears? It would look pretty.” He suggested causing an image of the outfit to appear, a pair of pants under a skirt, a long sleeved shirt and a sweater as well as a pair of square glasses. “Yeah that one! How’d you do that?” Cedric asked now looking confused. “Image tagging on Facebook.” The stallion said with a smile. “And I believe it will be manageable. Thank you for your patronage, she will arrive three months from today.” Cedric waved to something in the background that Nathan couldn’t see and spoke out. “Okay we’ll take care of her for you Mr. Big tooth!” With that Nathan and Cedric found themselves back in the Dive Hub and they were confronted by a mad looking Steph and a concerned looking Mary. “There you two are, sheesh what were you two doing you were worrying mom sick!” Steph said as she got a ping. “Annnnd that’s my Jeffery… I’m gonna head to bed everyone, I’ve plans with him tomorrow.” Mary blinked and turned to her daughter. “And these plans involve you going to Stonehenge hmm?” An accusatory tone thick in her voice to which her daughter only gave a sheepish smile before logging out. “Well, it could be worse, she could have tried to drag us to the U.S. or something at least Stonehenge is local.” Nathan said as he tried to calm his wife seeing what could only be called Maternal fury at their daughter’s antics building. “Yeah mummy. Besides Stonehenge is supposed to have Aliens!” Cedric said with a smile that seemed to only appear around their family. Nathan and Mary smiled and laughed at that. “Well, I guess since it’s local it means it would be cheaper… let’s go to bed, tomorrow we’re going to visit stonehenge.” Mary said with a smile. As they logged out they wouldn’t notice the slightly sad looking pair of eyes watching them from where the ad was for their owner knew that the man had made a very smart call in having Twilight ready to assume a motherly role… They just didn’t know it yet. Author's Note Here's the first chapter of the story... and honestly I'm not sure if it's all that good compared to the story that inspired it but, I gave it my best shot.
We went to Stonehenge Part 1: Some last minute prep and the tripNathaniel's P.O.V. As I helped Cedric get dressed to go to Stonehenge I couldn’t shake the horrid feeling that today was going to be a bad one, it was raining, though it rarely stopped raining in the U.K. these days. Luckily we’d be chaperoned by an armored car to the monument and the ‘emerald circle’ it stood upon. The Emerald circle is a large area of unbuilt upon land where grass and trees continue to grow without being tainted by man. It’s a popular vacation spot for any of the few naturalists that still exist, even though those evangelical communists tend to try and get it built upon every few years though it as if their ‘Mighty God’ refuses to suffer them on that hill and everything built there mysteriously vanishes in a single night. Apparently my Mary had the same thought and we revised our wills after our Dive Hub was givin a visit by that stallion from the store during the night. It was… a rather interesting visit to say the least. Four hours ago “Dive Hub intruder detected. Proceed with purge?” A feminine voice came out over the bed to wake me before pulling me into the Dive Hub, I had a portable set built into my hearing aid so I could keep track of the A.I. we had, another Help Mate that my daughter bought, a dragonic female she had refused to tell me the reason for. She was one of the A.I. Only versions that did not have a real shell. “What’s it look like it Barbara? It could just be an advert?” I said as I put on my dive rig and entered the hub finding myself face to face with the stallion from before, his expression was rather grim looking. “Ah! I’m glad I caught you, I was hoping to speak with you and your wife about a technical hitch we found concerning your purchase on behalf of my employer.” Within a moment I had woken Mary and we were sitting across from the Stallion and talking. Barbara placing some tea for us to drink. Which the Stallion looked grateful for, the reason he contacted us was due to a technical hitch in legal issues of our children in regards to our passing. “Wait… you bought a helpmate to watch and raise our children if we die?” Mary asked her eyes turning to me with a rather cross expression. “He specified that the latter portion should only occur in case of your untimely demise due to your neighborhood’s rather… lackluster reputation. The reason I called you here today is because in order for Twilight Sparkle to assume Guardianship of your children she must be legally programmed to do so, meaning that you would have to alter your wills to include her having custody of your children and you will also be able to make several more alterations to her internal memories and so on.” The stallion explained his tone somber as the conversation was quite grim in tone. “Wait… Twilight Sparkle? As in from Friendship is magic? You got a helpmate of an anthropomorphic Alicorn Princess to look after our children?!” My wife started to rage but, suddenly realized she had put herself on the spot. “Ah, it seems you know our Dear Princess of Friendship… then if you would be so kind Mrs. Drake, would you happen to have any material from any of the assorted fanworks that might aid us in helping Ms. Sparkle in her endeavors?” The stallion asked with a smile that looked far too relieved. Then again there was likely a lot of it to sort through and having a deadline to get a legal guardian programming permit would mean they’d have to start fast. She sighed and nodded pulling several visual representations of fan novels and held them out. “Here, and I do think that she should have access to our houses Virtual Assistant Barbara.” She said motioning to the Purple Dragoness behind her who was wearing a maid costume complete with frilly pink apron. The stallion blinked twice and smirked. “Very well Miss. Also, nice looking Dragoness, she reminds me of Spike.” “I get that alot.” She admitted sheepishly. “Very well, then I’ll leave you two to your sleep as I make sure Twilight Sparkle will be the best she can be.” He said standing up. “Do have a nice day tomorrow.” He said with a bow before deconstructing which was a flashy way of leaving a hub net. “So… you’re one of those Pegasisters eh?” I asked with a smirk… I slept on the couch the rest of the night. Present Time, Cedric’s P.O.V. I was so excited, mummy, daddy, steph and I were in the taxi and on the way to Stonehenge! “Oooh I hope we get to see Aliens!” “We’re not gonna see Aliens Cid, come on, I mean what are the chances of that happening?” Big sis said with a sigh as she leaned into the seat and played on her game system. It was a retro game system called a 3DS which daddy said was really expensive so I shouldn’t touch it. “Better chances than you getting out of trouble for playing your father and I like you did young miss.” Mummy said with a sigh and a look of disappointment at big sis which made her look kinda scary. “Aww, mum, it’s not like it isn’t a good spot for a cheap vacation besides, the runt’s excited to go.” She said trying to get out of it by bringing me into it… but, she wasn’t lying so mummy stopped being mad wait… what did she say? “Hey! I’m not a runt! I’m taller than most the boy’s in my class!” I tried to defend as I stood up only to be held down by Mummy “Children please st-” Mummy tried to say when the Taxi stopped. “Oi! you lot, we’re ‘ere. Thanks for riding with U.K. intercontinental Taxi Solutions, need a Beacon?” My daddy nodded stopped typing on whatever he was doing for his work and took the little card thingy that they called Bacons, they don’t look like strips of pork though. When we got out of the Taxi we were met by this really loud lady who seemed way too happy for no reason, I was worried she was gonna hug me to death when she saw me, but after a while and meeting a whole lot of other people we were heading towards Stonehenge and the aliens! 3rd Person P.O.V. The tour group was filled with twenty four members, one less than the twenty five that it was supposed to have which seemed to upset Stephanie greatly as they approached the great stone monument. “Sweetie what wrong?” Mary asked quietly falling in step with her daughter which only caused Stephanie to sigh. “Jeffery was supposed to meet us here and be part of the tour group… I don’t know what’s wrong and I’m worried mum. He hasn’t even responded to any of my texts since last night.” She said sending another ping to his phone but, getting no response. It wasn’t that unusual for someone to go missing in this city, there was a theory that ran around that the reason nobody was ever found was that the government was using an unknown method of population control so that they didn’t have to build things like Stacks. Though as they got to the monument they would have wished that was the case. “Jeffery! Oh my gosh there you are! Cid come on I promised I’d introduce you to him.” Stephanie grabbed her little brother’s hand as she said that and sprinted towards him, her little brother following along. Mary was going to call them back but, her eyes widened as Jeffery pulled something from his coat pocket. “J-Jeffery why do you have a-” Stephanie was asking as she was slapped across the face with the butt of a handgun and pulled along with her brother into the crazed man’s arms as the tour group began to panic and disperse. “Nobody move! I just want to talk to these brats parents!” He screamed as Nathan and Mary walked forwards hands up and fear in their eyes. “Good, you Nathaniel Drake?” He asked and the second Nathan nodded... *Bang* Author's Note This is actually a two part chapter and I'm gonna post both parts side by side it's just that I figured after reading all that the reader might like to rest their eyeballs a bit.
We went to Stonehenge Part 2: Those who betray get burned*Bang* The gunshot went off like a crack of thunder, only overshadowed by Mary and Cedric screamed as their husband and father fell limp to the ground his head bleeding from the freshly inflicted head shot wound, when Stephanie saw what was happening she started to scream and struggle to get the crazed man away from her. "DADDY!" "DAD!" "NATHAN!" The shouts of the now deceased Nathanial Drake screamed for him as he laid there upon the grassy hill in the center of the monument stripped of his life by a man who was supposedly trustworthy. “Now everyone stay the hell back or I kill these two and their mother! Back dammit!” Though the sounds of sirens suddenly filled the air within moments as Nathan had already dialed for help with his Digital Assistant’s help. “Fuck! This was supposed to be easy cash I’m not gonna go down without a fight…” the crazed gunman said with a smirk. “J-Jeffery why?! I trusted you! You said you loved me!” Stephanie shouted as her shock induced silence ended and she turned to the man who then began pointing a gun towards her head to silence her. “AND YOU BELIEVED ME YOU STUPID BINT?! You didn’t even think that I might have been after you for something else? Well you know what I think I will love you… yeah I’m gonna take you home and love you a lot while all that cash rolls in. You and your sexy mom~” He said with a perverted grin as he began to roughly fondle her only for Cedric to turn towards the man and... There was a strange sound for a moment like someone having left the tea kettle on a bit too long before the man howled in pain and tossed both his hostages away from him. Mary pulling her children to her before Cedric was pulled away and tossed to the dirt in the center of the stone formation. “Gah! The little tosser bit my dick!” he screamed out as he tried to focus with the pain. “Bah fuck it all! I only need the ladies anyway!” He said as he aimed at Cedric which caused both Stephanie and Mary to stare in open mouthed horror. *Bang* “MOMMY!” Mary had shielded her son with her own body by dive tackling the man causing the bullet to only pierce her instead as she fell over bleeding from the chest her children quickly running to her side. “Mum! Oh my god, please don’t die, the police should be here soon mum hang on!” Stephanie cried out as she pressed her hands to the bleeding wound. “Mummy… no, mummy please…” Cedric spoke through tears while crying and holding his mother's head as she gasped for breath from the pain. “Run away… you can get out of here… the police… should be here soon… be safe… and run!” Mary said as she tried to get her children to run for their lives as Jeffery was using a handgun type that only held two bullets though they hit with the force, accuracy, and killing power of a sniper rifle round. “We can’t leave you! We can make it out of this together Cid help me carry her!” Stephanie cried out not able to let herself lose both their parents on the same day even if it meant more risk. “Cid come on help me! Cid?” She cried out trying to keep pressure on the wound while also trying to carry their mother. Cedric however had suddenly become extremely quiet though his hair and the hood of the little rain jacket he was wearing began to float up in an ominous fashion. The air around them began to heat up as this happened, the stones of Stonehenge lighting up brilliantly as this occurred. Jeffery had finished reloading just in time to see the latter half of the event, and the rather freaky looking little boy staring at him, dragon like eyes glaring with hate at him. “What the fuck?! What kind of freaky shit did you parents feed you?!” He screamed out as the child raised to his feet the shoes melting off of them due to the heat his body had begun giving off causing Stephanie to have to back away from him. “Y-You hurt my mummy… you killed my daddy.” Cedric’s teeth clenched as his eyes seemed to glow before his right hand erupted in flames. These flames soon spread to the rest of his body with a scream of primal rage as two gunshots launched themselves at him. The bullets fell to a superheated pile of slag on the ground an inch from him before the little ball of fire charged at him. “I’M GONNA KILL YOU!” was all Cedric screamed before he launched himself at the man responsible for his mother and father being hurt. The news would report that a large pillar of fire and a demonic roar erupted from Stonehenge that night and that the cause was unknown… though what truly happened was that the pillar of flame was caused by Stephanie trying to save her little brother down by keeping him from launching himself at the man. Jeffery had aimed the gun where he should have been and fired barely missing Cedric’s head due to him being pulled down, the burning energy that should have launched forwards was instead directed downwards causing it to then turn into waves of flames that shot off in all directions around them, though the stones of Stonehenge acted as a barrier that forced the energy to concentrate into a pillar instead of large spread waves of flame. The only two survivors of the ‘Stonehenge Flame Pillar’ were Stephenie and Cedric Drake... Author's Note Well yeah... that happened, bit sad but, I think it does what it needs to do. This and all my current chapters are completely unedited so if anyone wants to offer to help polish these up? I'd be eternally grateful.
Mommy's hereThe media had become a circus overnight, across the globe the ‘Pillar of Stonehenge” had become a worldwide phenomenon, if it wasn’t for the only surviving victims of the incident being minors and under the guard of the police till they could be released to their new caretaker the two children would be plastered on the local news. This new guardian had only arrived minutes before they did. Twilight’s P.O.V. The metal box I rode in was rather slightly cramped yet comfortable and they’d allowed me to sit on a plush throne due to my royal status, from what I was told I was finally given leave to visit my children, or well my adopted children after a long diplomatic mission abroad. The metal box was due to the foals’s home being in a rather dangerous neighborhood. They had informed me of everything that I was expected to be a part of while here, they were nice stallions not unlike royal guards. They told me that while Barbara couldn’t be here they’d managed to get a digital representation of her to respond to my voice print. They’d be by with her in a few months time. I couldn’t really remember the mission that well beyond a basic glimpse of it involving griffons, or something like that but, I had been called back after terrible news, a pair of my friends who I considered family had passed away leaving my two god foals in my care in their will along with all their worldly possessions, their only request to me was to raise them as my own. As the nice stallion that escorted me to the door another of the metal carriages pulled up, and the smaller of the two foals rushed to me embracing me in a hug, little Cedric… he was crying heavily. “Cedric, oh my gosh sweetie I’m so sorry, I came as soon as I could.” I said while embracing my little colt his older sister gently placed a hand on my shoulder, she seemed nervous but appreciated my being her, she obviously blamed herself for what happened. “Stephanie come here, you need a hug too.” She said pulling the teenaged filly into her embrace as well. That had triggered her tears as well as they both clung to me and cried. “Thank you gentlestallions we’ll be fine from here.” I said to one of the men who brought me who simply nodded and walked away with a ‘we’re done here pack it up.’ “Momma… are we gonna have to talk to the reporters?” Cedric asked holding onto my skirt like a lifeline. When he’d asked that I’d nearly broken down myself, he must be so shaken to instantly accept me like that… the poor little colt. “We’ll ask them nicely to wait till tomorrow, Barb? Can you hear me?” I asked as the A.I. appeared in a hologram just outside the door. “I’m here Twilight, what’s up?” The dragoness looked a bit older than I remembered, though it was likely whatever she wasn’t able to come with me for to begin with. “Well mind letting us in there’s a big steel shutter that’s closed down over the door, and if the media stallions and mares show up I’d like them to all come back tomorrow.” I said with a kind tone. “Alright… one sec, and…” the shutter slid open revealing the door which automatically opened. “Welcome home big sis.” I smiled at that. “Yeah, welcome home, come on you two I’ll make some dinner.” I said with a motherly tone a bit of a flutter in my chest as I gently shepherded my children into the home, the metal shutter and door locking in place afterwards. Oooh the fact these were my kids now was really just starting to sink in, but I’d promised their parents if anything happened… and well, I’m not gonna break a promise, because breaking a promise is the best way to lose a friend… Suddenly a familiar face appeared in front of me with a very familiar message. “FOREEEEEVER!!!!” She said nearly at the top of her lungs. “GAH! Pinkie?! Wait… PINKIE!” I couldn’t help it I had to run over and hug my friend. “Hi Twilight~ Oh my gosh I’m so glad I found you because I was hoping to invite all my friends to my wedding but, I couldn’t find you and I was worried that if I couldn’t find you then you wouldn’t… OH MY GOSH YOU’RE A MOMMY! That’s why I couldn’t find you!” She said getting extremely excited near the end, she looked sort of bloated like she was… no way. “Pinkie Pie calm down if you’re with foal you need to relax a bit more.” I said in a calming tone gently rubbing my foals heads as I couldn't help getting a bit giddy that one of my best friends was expecting… wait, what was that last part? “Wait… wedding? You’re getting married?! Oh my gosh I’m so sorry Pinkie I didn’t know till just now, I don’t even know where it’s going to be... BARB!” I said a bit louder than I should have if Cedric's reaction was anything to go by, a though a few moments of gently rubbing his mane and he seemed to calm down. The Dragoness appeared via hologram only to be hugged instantly by Pinkie. “YAY~ Barb’s here too, I was worried you weren’t gonna show up… so, do you think you could do a little video thingy to appear at the wedding? I know it’s gonna be hard to be there in pony since it’s so soon. Think you could make it that way?” She was definitely the same Pinkie I remembered even to the point of forgetting Barb needed to breath when she was hugging her. “Pinkie I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” I said with a smile gently loosening the hug so Barb didn’t get smothered by Pinkie’s… well rather large mammaries. “Barb, make sure that you get her contact details and arrange everything okay? I’m counting on you my number one assistant.” With that Pinkie asked me a few questions about my new family, and I said I’d get back to her after the wedding she was sort of needed there after all, and then with a gasp like she’d forgotten she was gone. “That… was weird.” Stephanie said with a puzzled expression, her and Cedric had remained rather quiet the whole time I was talking with Pinkie, I think it was the fact she popped out of the fridge... Cedric blushed and looked up at me still sniffling and shaking as he calmed himself. “Momma can we order pizza?” He asked looking at me with the dreaded and highly effective puppy dog eyes. “Yeah mom please?” My filly said with those same dreaded eyes. ”Gah Stephanie not you too! Come on I just got home can I cook the meal for tonight please… wait that would be much more effective if I said it out loud wouldn’t it? Gah curse you habitual inner monologues!” Soooo with my NOT crazy moment out of the way I decided to respond… and looked right into the two sets of the saddest and biggest eyes I have ever seen on human foals. It didn’t hurt that they were still red and puffy from crying earlier. “Alright fine… Barb would you mind ordering a Pizza for everypony?” I asked glad that Barb didn’t have to run all over this house to be able to talk to me directly thanks to her A.I. form. “You got it Twilight, can I get one too?” She asked before starting to…. “Okay! Okay! Just don’t make the face! Please no more puppy dog eyes I can’t take it!” I pleaded which got my kids laughing, all that time spent with Pinkie helping with raising the cake twins had payed off it seemed. “Yay! Pizza, Pizza, Pizza!” My foals, and Barb cheered as they ran around me making it really sink in, this was my life now. And I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Author's Note And Twilight Sparkle makes her slightly subtle debut into the world via Vogon, the media circus will arrive soon, so place your bets.
