"What's going on?" "Claire" asked. "She" looked over at "Illusion" who was lying on the floor. "Illusion! What did you do?"

"I..." "He" started. But before "he" finished, "he" looked up at "Claire". "Illusion" was not longer a stallion, but a mare, and "Claire" was not longer a mare, but a stallion. "I did it to protect you." She said.

"NO, NO, NO!!!" The Mystery Mare yelled, "You've ruined it! Now I must actually wait 11 months for you to give birth!"

"What?" "Claire" asked as he looked over and "Illusion".

"I'm carrying the foal now." She said.

"Foals to be exact. Three of them." The Mystery Mare said with an annoyed tone.

"..."

"Well now that we're switched, we're probably going to need different names." "Claire" suggested. "Would your name be Mirage?"

"I guess," Mirage said, "would yours be Crystal Clark?"

"Sounds good."

"Yes, yes, everything's just fine and dandy!" The Mystery Mare whined, "I'm going to give you 10 minutes to get out of here. But, I have placed a tracking spell on you, so when you go into labor you'll be teleported back here. And don't try have any alicorn or unicorn put a tracking spell on you because my magic will backfire it. And finally, once you pass the field surrounding this "place", you will forget where this location is and be teleported back to Chanterlot. Your 10 minutes begin... NOW!" One she finished the sentence the door unlocked and opened, Clark and Mirage bolted out of the room.

"Which way do we go?" Clark asked.

"Let's just go back to where we started and go a different direction and look for a light or a way out." Mirage suggested. And they did just that, seven minutes later they were back where they had been teleported. "There's a light over there!" Mirage pointed. As they exited the hallway what they found startled them.

"We're, we're, we're on a planet!" Clark exclaimed, shocked. The planed was black with a multicolored aura surrounding it, just like the same aura which teleported them to this place. The planet was grayish black with many large holes onside. "We must been in the center." Clark guessed.

"There's no time to ponder, we have to jump towards the field, we've only got one minute!" Mirage said. So, they jumped.

WHOOMP!! Clark and Mirage were glad they have a soft bed. Unfortunately, that didn't stop Mirage from holding her paw over her mouth and her hoof over her stomach. She then bolted for the bathroom. "HURG!"

"First sign of pregnancy, morning sickness." Clark thought.

"Ugh, how long will this last?" Mirage complained.

"Three to four months, depends." Clark said while moving his claw in a so-so motion. After he said this Mirage flopped on the floor. "You have to be careful, even for the first few days." Before Mirage could reply they heard a *knock knock*. "Who's there?" Clark asked.

"I'm from the royal guard." The pony outside replied. "Princess Claire, Prince Illusion, are you in there?"

"More or less." Clark replied.

"You've been missing for a while, when Princess Celestia came to return Idie, the door was locked and you weren't inside. I assume now that you're back she wishes to see you. Shall I go get her?" The guard asked.

"Yes, but, only certain ponies may enter at this time. I will name them. Celestia, Discord, Idie, Luna, Nidra, Spike, T, Peridot Flame, Anastasia, and Oasis. Find them and bring them here." Clark ordered.

"Yes sir," the guard said, thinking it was Illusion speaking, "I will fetch them immediately!" The guard knew where Celestia was, in the Royal Gardens. As he entered, he saw everypony Clark named there. Convenient. "Princess Celestia!" He called, "Prince Illusion and his wife have returned, they ordered that they would only see you ponies." As he said this he pointed to everypony else that was there. "They are in their bedroom chambers awaiting you."

"I wonder why they only want to see us?" Discord wondered, "Maybe Claire is pregnant again!" As they entered the room, they didn't see Mirage (Who they think is still Illusion), they only saw Clark (Claire), hiding under a blanket. There was silence until finally, Spike spoke up.

"Claire, is something wrong?"

"Yes," Clark responded, "in fact, things couldn't be worse!" As he said this he sat up from under the blanket revealing he was no longer a she. "Oh, and my name's Clark now, not Claire." He looked up to see his family and friends in shock at what they saw.

"Where's Illusion?" T asked.

"You mean Mirage?" Clark corrected him. "She's-" Before Clark could finish his sentence, they all heard a noise in the bathroom.

"HUUURG!" The toilet flushed and Mirage walked out, her eyes with black circles under them. She look tired. She walked over to Clark, flopped over on the ground and curled into a sleeping position."

"What happened to you two, are you alright?" Luna asked, worry filled her voice.

"Mirage switched our genders to protect me." Clark said.

"But why?" T asked.

"Well..." Clark started, before he continued he and Mirage looked at each other and both turned red. "It all started while Idie was hanging out with Celestia and Discord..." As he told the story their faces went from worried to shocked and horrified. "And so yeah, that's what happened." Clark said as he finished.

"Isn't the Mystery Mare a cheesy name?" Discord asked.

"That's not important!" Clark said.

"Wait so," Nidra started, "Illu- Mirage is with foal now?"

"Yep." Mirage answered.

"I don't remember you saying that a Draconequues couldn't place a tracking spell on you without backfiring..." Discord said, "Should we try it?"

"Sure, why not?" Clark answered. Discord snapped his fingers. Clark and Mirage waited to see if the multicolored aura do something but nothing happened. "It worked!" Clark exclaimed.

"Looks like Mirage is going to have to find out the hardships of having a foal." Celestia giggled.

"Foals." Mirage said with a tired tone. "There's three." After she said this everypony just stood in shock.

"We should probably tell the guards and everypony else so they do not get confused." Luna suggested.

"Yeah, let's." Clark agreed. As they exited Clark walked over to talk to a royal guard, "Soldier, me and Illusion genders have been switched, I am Clark now, and Illusion is Mirage, she it also with foal, it's a long story. Pass this on so other guards don't mistake us as intruders. And please don't just us"

"Yes sir!" The guard said. He saluted and went to inform the others. As he did, Clark returned to his wife, who was lying on the floor looking moaning at her discomfort.

Clark smiled as he thought about how Mirage will have to endure what he did. "This is going to be fun, you're going to see how 'easy' it is." He said with a smile.

Author's Note

If you don't know what some of the ponies/dragons look like, search kilala97, then their names.