I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!! edit.
It was a normal summer day, and six girls with a dragon were outside enjoying it. Princess Twilight Sparkle was a girl with mocha skin, long navy-blue hair with a purple and pink streak in it and a lavender horn on her forehead. Her eyes were lavender with a sparkle deep inside them. She wore a purple sparkly tank top with a jean jacket over top, a flowing white knee-length skirt and purple flat shoes. Around her neck was a new pendant: a sapphire carved into the shape of a dolphin with two pearls on either side of it on a thin chain. She had a pair of wings fluttering on her back, the same color as her horn. On her hand was a purple star surrounded by five other stars.
Applejack had golden skin and long blond hair that was tied near the end. A large cowboy hat rested on her head. Her eyes were a bright shade of green. She wore a green and red plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, simple jeans and brown cowboy boots. On her hand were three red apples in a group.
Rainbow Dash had slight tan skin, with rainbow colored hair that’s always loose and messy. A pair of goggles was strapped onto her head. She wore a black T-shirt and a red jacket; the same color of red as her eyes. She also wore loose blue shorts with blue and white running shoes. On her back were cyan blue wings, and the mark on her hand was a cloud with a three-coloured lightning bolt coming from it: red, yellow and blue.
Rarity’s skin was so fair it looked white. She had crystal blue eyes and purple hair with a curl to it. Like Twilight, she had a horn on her forehead, only it was white instead of purple. She wore a blue dress that matched the color of her eyes, knee-high white, small-heeled boots. She also had diamond stud earrings. The mark on her hand was a group of three blue diamonds.
Pinkie Pie had long, curly bubble-gum pink hair, candy blue eyes and peachy skin. She wore a pink top with sleeves that go down to her elbows, with things that looked like streamers and confetti blasted on. She also wore a blue skirt, and pink ankle boots. The mark on her hand was a group of three balloons: two blue and one yellow.
Fluttershy had long powder-pink hair and aqua green eyes, with a mark of three pink butterflies on her hand. She wore a flowing dress with light yellow straps that go down to her knees, and light pink flats with light green bows on each side of them.
Spike was a baby dragon with dark purple scales, and lime green spikes. He also had green eyes. He was the only male in this group of friends.
Twilight and her friends, including Spike, were all having a picnic, and just enjoying each other’s company generally. Twilight had just returned from a three-month studying trip abroad. Arriving home, she’d found that everything was as if she’d never left. "So Twilight darling, what was it like there?" Rarity asked. "Were the fashions amazing? Was it hard hiding your princess status?" The land that Twilight had visited was ruled by rulers who were ... not the kindest of people. They generally liked to keep some of their scariest customs from the nobles of other lands. So, in order to visit them as she was meant to, she had to hide who she truly was.
"Not that hard. All I had to do was hide my wings; with an illusion spell that was all too easy. I just told them that I was a librarian, which was true, until Tirek destroyed my library. I also told them that I had a powerful magic user as my mentor. I didn't even have to change my cutie mark."
They continued to talk and gossip with each other. It seemed that nothing major had happened in the three months, other than Twilight's castle being finished. Pumpkin and Pound Cake were two years old now, not to mention the fact that the CMC had their cutie marks at last. Apple Bloom got hers in building and repair: it was a screwdriver with an apple blossom next to it. Scootaloo got hers in doing stunts with her scooter and other things: it looked like a wheel leaving a trail of fire. Sweetie Belle surprisingly got hers in magic: it was a light green star with silver and red lines forming what appeared to be a vortex around it. Twilight ran into her unexpectedly soon after she’d returned, and she begged Twilight to be her mentor in magic. Twilight simply said, “I’m already your mentor so there's no need to ask.” People heard her hooting and hollering about it for ages and ages afterwards.
The friends stayed in the open all day, just talking and playing games, like Frisbee for one. When the sun started to go down, they decided to go home. Pinkie was trying to trick everyone into a surprise slumber party, which was beginning to work. All of a sudden, Twilight started to feel odd.
They’d packed up all of their stuff and were heading to Pinkie's place to drop it off when everything started to spin for Twilight. Her stomach became restless, her vision started to swim, and she could barely stand. "Twilight, what's wrong?" Fluttershy asked when she noticed Twilight’s current state. Twilight was stumbling around, swaying dizzily. The blanket she’d been carrying now lay on the ground, crumpled. All of her friends looked very concerned at the way she was acting. The princess had now turned green; looked extremely flushed, and seemed to be ready to fall over.
"I...he..." Twilight couldn't open her mouth without slightly retching. Her legs suddenly gave out and she fell to the ground. The last thing she heard was her friends screaming "TWILIGHT!" She hit the ground as everything turned black.
When she woke up, she was in her room at the... er... her castle. The walls had a rich purple colour; the floor was hardwood with a rose pink rug covering it. Her bed had a light purple drape hanging above it, which fell all around the bed, giving Twilight some privacy. The bed was made out of oak, with an intricate swirl pattern carved into it. Rarity and Pinkie’d also painted on flowers and hearts, to go with the swirls. The bedding had also been done by Rarity: lavender sheets with rose pink swirling-like-smoke patterns on them. The edges of the sheets were trimmed with deep blue. Also in the room was a big crystal chandelier, a gift from the Crystal Empire, which had custom-designed many of the chandeliers which decorated many of the other rooms in the castle. They were mainly in the more public rooms, and Twilight’s bedroom. The one in her room was made of rainbow-colored crystals, looking almost like an upside-down tree. Whenever light hit it in a certain way, it bathed the room in beautiful rainbow light. Other things, simpler things resided in the room: a chair, bookshelves, a desk with a mirror, a love seat and a large window that faced the forest.
Twilight heard voices past the light purple curtain: it was her friends and they were … talking to a man? "So, is she going to be alright?" Fluttershy sounded scared, even more than usual.
"Not to worry, it's most likely exhaustion from her long trip. After some rest, she'll be fine," the man said. He was clearly a doctor, but may have not been one of the best.
"Ah, what if yer wrong?" Applejack asked.
"Yes! What if there was something more to it than that? But you didn't look because you’re too laaaazy," Rainbow Dash mocked. Concern was still prominent in her voice, overlaying the sarcasm.
"That is why we are doing this test. In a week, it will prove that I'm right." This doctor certainly was full of himself.
"Oooh, really. I bet you 10 bucks that it's something else. Bucks as in bits, not actual bucks, which would be weird. Like one time I said that and they actually tried to pay me in bucks, the animal kind, and I said … mmh...mhhh!" Someone had slapped their hand over Pinkie's mouth. That someone was Rarity.
"What she means to say, darling, is that … we know you’re the doctor but you should still check, just in case. Just to consider any what if's," Rarity pointed out. She had a worried tone and seemed like she was about to scream, but kept her perfect composure for Twilight’s sake.
"Yes, yes, I know. By the way, I'll take you on that bet," the doctor said to Pinkie. "Well anyway, please bring her by the hospital in a week for the test results. I’ll see you then."
Soon after the doors of the room closed, leavening the Mane 6 alone. They waited until the coast was clear, and then insulted him, saying things like: "He is so pompous … wow, how did he become a doctor … he is soooooo lazy." Twilight's favorite was: "…wasn't even going to check, we had to force him…" It just proved that her friends were there for her, no matter what. But what happened? She remembered the picnic, packing up, and then ... oh Celestia, she collapsed. Why she felt sick all day, she did not know. Suddenly the memories and feelings flashed forward in her mind, and she shot up, fully realizing what had happened.
The curtain was pulled aside to reveal her friends standing beside the bed. "Hey there, sugarcube. You alright?" The country twang of Applejack’s accent had a hint of worry to it. All of their faces had worried looks on them, though they tried to hide it behind strength, confidence or even just a smile.
"Yes, I'm fine: better than I was earlier," Twilight said with a small laugh. "Say girls, I think you were right about me being sick, just exhaustion would not have made me want to puke." The worry in her friend’s faces only grew as they thought about what could have made her have such a reaction? They decided that they were not going to leave her side until the tests came back; they wanted to be there for her if anything else happened.
The week continued at a normal rate. Twilight did have a few dizzy spells and she did feel nauseous from time to time, but nothing really awful happened. Nothing really was so bad that she had to be cooped up in her castle all the time so she and her friends went outside, and enjoyed the growing town. Because Twilight was a princess now, many people wished to join her new guard, called the Dawn Guard. Their armor was dark purple with crystal blue trim. Rainbow Dash led the pegasus division, and was known to be one of the best and strongest flyers of that race. Some people were even looking into her ancestry to see if she's related to Commander Hurricane. This recent development made their town grow because of the guards and their families; some of whom moved there, along with builders and other people looking to start new businesses. Others were cooks and cleaner for the castle. Many areas, like the nearby farms and Fluttershy's home, were given space so the town was still rural but a little bigger in business. Anyone who decided to come to Ponyville for business had to have permission from Princess Twilight Sparkle and her court of friendship.
The town was starting to expand around Twilight's castle, which stood tall and proud on a hill just outside of town. It was made of elegant white stone with crystals streaking up the walls, making it shine and shimmer. There was also a garden surrounding it, and a fountain made by the best pegasus cloud sculptors. The fountain had images of all the three races on it; unicorns, earth ponies and the pegasi, and instead of water: it flowed with liquid rainbows. The castle looked almost like a tree: vines and flowers grew from the ‘branches’, making it look like it was one with nature, and yet completely different.
Spending the week together made it fly by quickly for the group of friends. When the time came for the visit to the doctor it seemed like they went through a time portal or something. In the waiting room they gossiped about local matters, what was true and wasn’t, and past adventures in their crazy lives. They also talked about things that Twilight hadn't caught up on yet. The six friends and baby dragon all talked until they were called to meet with... Nurse Red Heart. The nurse mare was light-colored, almost as fair as Rarity, but not quite. Her hair was soft pink, she wore her nurse outfit and her eyes were a soft gray-blue colour. On her hand was a red cross with hearts in the corners. "Um... Nurse Red Heart, could you tell me why you are here, and not the doctor that took the test?" Twilight asked. Normally, the doctor who tells you the outcome is the one who did the test. Twilight’s doctor had clearly been a man. Nurse Red Heart didn't seem at all offended by the question; she actually laughed a little.
"You’re right, I am not the doctor that took the test, but I was with him when he got the results of it. He's not here because he was going to lie about the results of your test. He was fired." The way she said it seemed strange, she was so at ease. It was kinda weird. The silence that followed was more than a little tense.
"Uh, what ya mean by he was gonna lie? Fired? Is it bad?" Applejack asked, breaking the hard silence. All of them were presently thinking that it was some kind of deathly illness, and the nurse was laughing quietly.
"Well, that depends, but first you might want to go into another room and get comfy," she said. Red Heart led the group out of the clinic area, and into the actual ‘hospital’ part. There was a room specially set up for them: a private room, which was nice. Twilight lay on the bed and her friends sat down on chairs that were in front of the window. Nurse Red Heart started to check Twilight's heart and blood pressure. "All right, I have a few questions for you. Are you willing to answer?"
"Of course, I want to know what happened to me." Twilight was a little worried about what it could mean.
"All right. Have you been craving anything or have things been tasting different then they usually do?" Spike was confused. What kind of question was that?
"Yes, actually. I've been craving fish a lot lately, and eggs have tasted weird ever since I got back."
"All right. Twilight, can you lay on your side for me, please?" Twilight did as she was told, and then Nurse Red Heart used her stethoscope on the princess’s back, then on her stomach. When the nurse had finished, she sighed a little and then smiled. "Well, congratulations, princess." Everyone in the room looked at her like she’d suddenly broken into a jig.
"Excuse me, but what are you talking about?" Twilight was trying to force herself to laugh as she sat up on the bed: feeling nervous. Rarity fainted as she understood what Nurse Red Heart meant. Applejack and Rainbow Dash just kept looking at each other, then at Red Heart and back again. Fluttershy was mumbling to herself, trying to figure it out. Pinkie Pie was writing stuff down so fast that her pencil smoked considerably. Spike tapped his head with his claw to see if his brain was still working.
"What I mean is … you’re pregnant."
Twilight's whole world stopped momentarily, everything frozen as the memory of one event during her trip flashed into her mind. Not only the moment but the bliss, the joy that He brought her the whole time she was there. Then this suddenly happened and she couldn't even tell him. All the frustration she felt towards Them, all the pain and loss: all of those emotions were funneled into her next words...
"I"M WHAT!!!!
Author's Note
I' d like to give a special thanks to my editor.
Decisions
It had been an hour since Twilight found out that she was pregnant. The friends were now all sitting in the lounge of the castle. The walls of the lounge were red, bookshelves lined the wall on one side, and the floor was covered in a light brown carpet which was soft enough to lie on. Chairs, loveseats, and couches were placed all over the room, covered with red fabric with silver patterns on. A graceful fireplace stood against the left side of the room. The fireplace was decorated with silver wings in the middle and silver flowers on the sides that held up the wings. Sitting on the top were many pictures of Twilight and her friends together.
Right now, they were all gathered by the blazing fire in the grate. Twilight sat on a chair and stared into the fire for reassurance about the future. Pinkie was sitting on the floor, looking up at Twilight. She was mentally planning Twilight’s baby shower. Rarity was stretched out on a loveseat, saying: "It's not all bad, right?" Rainbow was flying in around the room in circles, barely stopping to breathe. Applejack was standing directly across from Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy was sitting cross-legged on a couch holding her bunny: Angel. Shadows created by the flickering flames danced around the room.
"Twi … if may I ask … who is the father?" Applejack asked, turning to look at her friend. Rainbow flew over to them, evidently wanting to know as well. Twilight just played with the hem of the jeans that she was wearing, and bit her lip.
"Well, I'm one month pregnant; and the last time, and the first," Twilight added the last part under her breath, "that ‘it happened’ was about a month ago. I know who it is. But ... I can't tell you." A second later, Pinkie’s face was directly in front of hers, grinning.
"So this man lives in that other land and you can't go back there presently, so we can go and tell him instead. So who is he?" Pinkie was bouncing up and down at the idea of going somewhere completely new, and meeting lots of unknown people.
"Girls, please don't go … I need you here," Twilight grabbed Pinkie's hands and looked around at the rest of her friends. "Please … I can't go through this without you." Her eyes prickled with tears as she realized that they were about to ask about the father. "Please don't ask about the father. I pinkie-promised someone that I wouldn't tell anyone who he was." The situation had just got a lot more complicated. It was clear from her tone she loved the mysterious man, but something big was pulling her back or keeping him away. She was on the verge of tears, which for her especially was never a good sign.
The others looked at each other, and nodded. Relief flooded Twilight's face, and everything was fine. That was until Spike asked a question.
"So...uh... What are you going to do with ... it?" Clearly, he didn't know what to think about the little surprise they got, but was still trying to be strong. Twilight, however, hadn't thought of what to do next, her mind was presently full of chaotic thoughts. In fact, she was in danger of having a nervous breakdown any minute. Rarity saw the panic return to her friend’s face full force, and quickly came up with an idea.
"Well, she just found out, you see. How would she know that?" She shot an angry glare at Spike. "But Twilight darling, you are not alone. No matter what you do or go through, we’ll be here for you. No matter what." Rarity got up and walked over to Twilight’s chair. She stopped there and gave Twilight a big hug.
"Thanks, Rarity. But first, the biggest question of all, will I keep it?" The princess looked at her friends, and their faces were blank, no ideas. "Abortion is out of the question, of course. I think that it's wrong so that leaves adoption, or keeping it. Adoption is a bit of a gamble: you will never truly know how it will turn out, and to go through ..." Twilight stopped mid-sentence, the gears in her head stopped turning.
"What am I doing?!" Her sudden outburst caused all her friends to jump. "This is a living being: my child! I can't just think this through just like that! Just go with this, this is the smartest or best, or whatever!" Twilight suddenly got up and walked over to the fire. Staring into it, she could see the flames dancing and flickering, lighting up the whole place. It filled the room with a warm and kind glow, and somehow did the same for her. A metaphorical fire burst to life in Twilight's mind, burning away the foggy mess that the ‘pregnant’ news left it in, and now she knew what path to take. This plan wasn't formed in her head, but in her heart. She turned around and faced her friends: standing in front of the fire; shadows masking her face; casting a long shadow before her. Normally, this would have made someone seem scary or dark, but not Twilight it seemed. She seemed to look stronger; the determination in her eyes glowed, as bright as her magical power. "I'm keeping it, and I want all of you guys to help me if you can." None of them gave this statement a second thought. The princess’s best friends all walked up to her with the same thing in their minds. Twilight was their best friend, the glue that keeps them together; they would never abandon her or her child! They were all going to be there for both of them, no matter what happened!
They surrounded Twilight, and then came together in a big group hug.
Once again, Twilight was thankful to have such good, kind, and loyal friends. They all could have stayed like this forever, but just then a glowing rainbow light came through the smooth, blue crystal ceiling. This was a signal that it was time to hold court: the court of friendship. Twilight looked around at her friends as something popped into her head. Something unpleasant. "Uh girls, I’m sorry that I didn't tell you sooner but... Blueblood is 'appearing' in court today." There was a sudden silence, and Rarity was the first to talk, not surprisingly.
"Excuse me, did you just say Blueblood?!" Twilight nodded. Rarity had been calm throughout Twilight’s breakdown, but now rage flooded her face. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?" she clenched her fists.
"I forgot … I'm sorry but this entire ‘pregnant’ thing; well let's just say it’s my top priority at the moment." Rarity was about to say something else but Twilight cut her off. "No, we are not canceling court. Firstly, we missed too many times because I was away. Secondly, he will just keep coming back until we do see him. Lastly, he will think that we’re running away from him. I do not want him to think that we’re scared of him. Is that what you want?" Rarity’s angry face then changed into a determined one. That was the last thing she wanted that pompous jerk to think of her and her friends.
With that covered, they went to the throne room. The place still made them stare in awe whenever they entered. The crystal thrones and the tall curved roof made it seem like it was from another world altogether. On the back wall were six seats: five encircled the last one, which was slightly taller than the rest. Resting upon the five smaller seats were circlets that Rarity had designed for the members of the friendship court. Applejack's was orange with red, round jewels that looked slightly like apples. Rarity's was white with four purple diamonds on the front of it. Fluttershy's was soft yellow; the main part looked slightly like green vines wrapped around each other, had green crystals which looked like leaves, and small pink butterflies on each leaf. It spoke of nature, just perfect for her. Pinkie's was pink with three balloons on the front of it: two yellow, and the center, bigger balloon was blue. It was ‘party perfect’ as Pinkie would say. People often complimented her when she was wearing it. Rainbow's was multi-colored, just like her hair, and had a lightning bolt hanging at the side of the circlet. The biggest seat, the one in the center, held Twilight's gold and purple crown.
They each put their circlets on, all except Applejack, who kept her hat on. They took their respective seats. Court started off rather simply: they said no to a stupid mining company that wished to demolish all the land under Ponyville, and said yes to the construction of a park close to the castle. Then came the person that they dreaded seeing: Prince Blueblood. "Welcome to the castle of friendship. All here are equal and welcomed. But be warned, if you belittle others, or unjustly wish harm on another person, you shall be thrown out." Normally Twilight just said the first part, but she had a feeling that the arrogant prince needed to be told how to behave here. Twilight and her friends all had emotionless faces at this point, not really wanting to speak to Blueblood at all. Spike brought around some tea and cakes, but when Blueblood tried to grab some, all he got was a burned hand. His gaze shifted to Rarity who was glaring daggers at him.
"I see that the riff-raff are still here," he said, eyeing everyone in the room. Blueblood had been trying to convince everyone to throw Twilight out of her rights as a princess ever since Twilight's coronation. All of her friends being named nobles on equal status to Celestia and Luna just pissed him off even more. Rainbow was so close to telling him that Twilight was pregnant, just to see his reaction, but she thought better of it. His comment didn’t fall on deaf ears though, as Applejack replied with anger in her voice.
"Blueblood, that was yer first chance: keep that up an’ ya'll be gone." Twilight glared at him.
"Blueblood, you are here for something. What is it?" His cold blue gaze rested on Twilight’s face.
"I want you to remove the titles that you gave to these... nothings... and give them to people more deserving of them." That remark hit Rainbow's nerves, hard.
"How dare you! I'm guessing that the 'more deserving' one is you or others like you!" Rainbow looked just like a bull who was ready to charge. Pinkie Pie had a look that could possibly kill. The party planner was almost as angry as if he’d broken a Pinkie Promise.
"You think that we didn't earn this?” the party girl yelled. “Well, you're wrong: we’ve done more than yooouuuu will ever do. When was the last time you saved Equestria, or tried to help another person, other than yourself?" She was in a full-scale rant. Fluttershy was just staring at the ‘prince’, eyes as wide as disks. Twilight's fury was almost ready to blow, but there was something that she noticed, just then.
"Pinkie, may I talk?" Pinkie replied with her usual joy.
"Ooki, doki, loki!"
"Thank you. Now Blueblood, you‘ve been out to get me even before my coronation. Now, not only are you questioning Celestia, the ruler that has led this land in happiness from before your parents were born. Now you’re questioning the Tree of Harmony; the most powerful force of good in the whole world, the thing that has always given us what we needed to thrive, that always has a reason for whatever it does. The Tree of Harmony chose my friends to hold their titles. Not me, or Celestia, or Luna: it was the Tree. My friends have all proven themselves as true embodiments of their respective elements. We’ve all proven ourselves. And you or anyone like you can't just strut up and demand that people, who’ve truly earned their titles as nobles lose everything they worked long and hard for … to someone like you. Someone who hasn't ever done anything for the better of anyone! You must truly be desperate to have us kicked out: to try and get us to be angry, just so that you could try to convince people that we’re horrible rulers by making a false record."
When those last words left Twilight's mouth, the prince’s calm face suddenly snapped and turned into a panicked one. "I ... That ... No." Her magic blazed into existence, and pulled a tape recorder from a pocket of his white jacket. Anger sizzled in the air, almost audible. Twilight turned off the recorder and everyone, except herself, broke out into angry shouts. "Well Blueblood, I think that this will be enough proof of your acts toward the crown. I will have Celestia verify it in this case." Furious, Blueblood charged at Twilight but was caught in a magical field, courtesy of the castle itself, and thrown out.
Author's Note
three things.
1.how do you put in YouTube videos on here
2.thanks to my editor.
3.I will be taking a break for the holiday.