Fangs and all

Sighing with relief as the spell was neutralized, she waved a thanks to Braeburn, AJ, and Big Mac as they tugged hard on the rope wrapped around the rogue griffon. After returning to her book, on top of her strangely color coded bed she had realized how exactly the spell had gone haywire and had needed help for reversing it.  Braeburn had happened to be visiting the Apples which was lucky because she needed three earth ponies to subdue the creature. Spinning around to go and take care of Nova, she was stopped by a friendly hoof on her shoulder."Howdy, Twi."

Turning around, grinning falsely, she instantly replied to the cowpony. "Hey, AJ. How are you doing?"Groaning inwardly as AJ continued the pleasant but unneeded banter, she listened and made appropriate gestures when necessary. After two minutes of this she broke in on Applejacks sentence saying in a hurry "Sorry, AJ, I have to go."

AppleJack tilted her head to one side as Twilight waved goodbye and turned to gallop off to the castle. "What is it you aren't telling me, Twi?" she murmured. She could spot a liar or someone who was hiding the truth a mile away.

Back at the castle, Twilight shut the door and breathed heavily, relieved. Giggles sounded out from a room nearby. "Nova?" She called, suddenly wary. "Is that you?"

A dark shadow passed overhead and laughed again. Continuing to keep her guard up, she looked up, illuminating the dark room with her horn. Two glowing spheres appeared in the shadows in front of her and tiny white fangs appeared. To say that Twilight was scared was an understatement. She was terrified. "AHHHHHHHH!" Her mouth continued gaping as the maroon eyes were covered with.. what appeared to be shadows. And then a furry, warm ball rolled out of the black and collided with her leg. Drawing in her breath with a quick gasp, she looked down only to see Nova looking up at her. Taking in her expression, the young thestral's lip quivered, then his face followed.

A minute later, Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, was comforting a small batfoal who was bawling his eyes out. His reddish eyes rimmed with flesh red, she patted him awkwardly on the head and stroked him gently, making small sentences like "Shh." or "Its ok, I'm right here, i fine, I'm okay, you're okay." Slowly his crying was reduced to small sniffles and hiccuped sobs. She smiled gently as the black foal buried himself in her arms.

A fast rapping on the door distracted her, and she could literally feel her anger build up. "Seriously?" She broke the silence that had followed Nova's first known tantrum with a small question. Getting up and stretching each limb, she summoned a blanket for the little one, then stormed towards the door, ready to confront anyone who wanted to interrupt her time with Nova, whether aware of it or not. Her fury evaporated when the visitors turned out to be Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack.

"Twi?" That was AJ talking. "Twi?" She started again, knowing from Twilights uninterested expression that somehow her conversation starter had some how helped her get off on the wrong hoof with her best friend today. "Whats bothering you, sugar cube? Ya acted kind of odd an hour or so back." This got her attention.

"Its been an hour?!!" She exclaimed, her jaw dropping dangerously low to the ground and her wings flaring with panic. "Ohnonononononono! I was supposed to meet the mayor for coffee at lunch time and arrange the progress of Ponyville's construction around my castle!" In reaction to her outburst, Rainbow dash rolled her eyes, Rarity bit her lip nervously, and AJ reached out to comfort Ponyville's first home resident Princess.

"Big deal!" RD spoke up, obviously uncomfortable with politics and all.

Blowing at her bangs irritatedly she opened her mouth to speak, but Rarity beat her to it. "Listen. I realize you might have a couple of troubles, what with becoming Princess and all, but really, darling, this is unlike you!" To emphasize her point Rarity gave her mane a playful toss and batted her eyelids.

Sighing, she let her friends in. "There's something I need to speak to you girls about.." Somehow Pinkie appeared out of nowhere, the pink pony bouncing on the floor repeatedly and showed no signs of tiring. "Ooh! A guessing game, right? umm... Rumpelstiltskin! Ooh! ooh! Black Snooty, Black Snooty!" The mares enthusiasm showed no signs of dimming when Twilight shook her head, a fond smile upon her lips. She had learned long ago not to splutter or try and figure out the party loving enigma called Pinkie pie.

"its..." She fell silent, looking down as she scuffed the floor.

Silence followed. Then a small gasp. "Twilight Andromeda Sparkle, is that what Ah think it is?" The accusing tone had a familiar western accent to it, making the alicorn fold her ears back.

A weak smile greeted the three as Twi lifted her head. ".. Maybe?" She looked in the direction that AJ was pointing and bit her lip in worry as she saw Nova watching the four mares, eyes wide with wonder.

"Mum?" Her jaw dropped. Not only could Nova Bright speak, he had a british accent. "Mum? Where's my mum?" His gaze wandered everywhere as if expecting his mother to say Boo! and jump out of the shadows. Then she realized his gaze had shifted. Straight to her. All of her present friends followed his gaze to Twilight, who then began blushing furiously and pawing at the ground.

Each pony had a different reaction, from taking off their respective hats, to staring at her in shock before collapsing in a dead faint, which Rainbow softened with a roll of her eyes. Pinkie, however, continued jumping and smiling. "YAY! Now we get to throw a 'Twilightisanadoptivemother!' party!"

Dash, who looked disgusted by this turn of events, loudly called. "No way, Pinkie!"

Pinkie visibly deflated as her wide grin turned into a sad frown, lower lip quivering. Her hair had fallen down her neck in a straight lifeless style.

"Girls?" A bemused Twilight asked, her face having recovered since. As everyone turned to her, she gestured to the small thestral, who was sitting on his haunches. "Meet Nova Bright." As an afterthought, se added a little something. "Once you are ready, meet me in the throne room. And," She said, turning to Nova,"You better behave, buster."

The foal blinked at her innocently. "Mum?" He asked sweetly, and her stomach filled with nervous butterflies.

"Yeah." The lump in her throat when she said those words was almost too big for her to speak around. "I'm your mum." She could hear snickers behind her, which could only belong to one pony. She walked away into the throne room, resolving to kill Rainbow Dash later. As soon as the 4 other present mares entered, Pinkie looked about.

"Where is Spike?" She said, obviously hiding her confusion with added happiness.

"Oh, he's up at Canterlot... Apparently Prince..." She sealed her lips as she sneaked a glance at Rarity. "Never the less, Spike decided to throw a bachelors party, again."

Rarity paid her no attention, instead summoning a clean washcloth and going to work on an offending stain on the arm of her chair. "So, Twi, what is it?" She sighed. No one could read her as well as her friend the Element Of Honesty could.

Levitating the letter from behind the closed doors of the throne room, she set it in the center of the table, and Rainbow Dash flew over to have a better look at it. Even Rarity stopped her polishing and came to the middle. Trotting over there alongside AJ, Twi unfolded the paper and enlarged everything by a small amount. Now the paper was twice its side, and the text much more readable. The letter read,

Princess Twilight Sparkle~

I am truly sorry to place this burden upon you not long after your coronation, but I have a matter that needs my full attention. That is to say, a most dangerous matter. I had my reasons for sending my star away and though I love him so, the battles we have every day as a species are too great of a pressure to put him under. I realize that you are probably most unwilling, and would prefer he stay with me, but this... The greatest battle the bat ponies have seen is coming, and coming soon. Please, take care of my baby and don't hide his heritage. When he knows that he is adopted... tell him his true mother loves(Or sadly, I must admit, loved) him and wished he could of stayed. But as I have said before, alas, for the life of my child I will sacrifice my own.

On this day of September ninth, Most respectively signed,

House Obsidian of the Bat ponies.

"Wow." Rainbow said, breaking the silence that had followed. Even Pinkie, who had brightened up almost immediately after her hair turning straight, was back in a sad state, her lower lip trembling like Nova's a few minutes before.

"Yeah. But whats this 'biggest battle' the mom is talking about? Doesn't she know that all thestrals are under the protection of Princess Luna?" Twilight said, confused utterly."If someone is killing them or something, shouldn't the Princess know of it?"

RD, Rarity, and AJ all nodded as if this made sense, while Pinkie cartwheeled around them. "Wheee!"

Nova entered the room, looking about. "Mum? Mum?" Rainbow pressed her lips together in an effort not to laugh while her eyes sparkled with tears. "Mum?" He turned his attention to her. "Mum? I'm hungry."

As a result, Twilight looked stricken. She hadn't figured on having to feed a baby vampire, basically. "oh no..." She muttered under her breath. Applejack must of realized that her friend was at a loss because she came up and slung her arm around Twilights shoulders.

"Don't you worry, sugar." AJ glanced at the thestral. "The hospital has plenty of blood." Ears perking, as she hadn't thought of that, she nodded eagerly.

"Thanks AppleJack!" With that, she broke into a headlong gallop towards the area of Ponyville where the hospital was located.