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                       Foal Return.                        
                     -by Sugarcube66-                      
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             Return of the great and powerful!             
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Return of the great and powerful!
Twilight was silently reading in the library of the crystal castle, her wings tucked along her back. She was looking down at the book on the table but wasn't really reading as such, she was thinking about the Golden Oak Library. While her friends had fixed up the castle so that it felt like home to her, she still couldn't stop thinking about her former home, and it was really good when her young daughter, a filly who she hadn't had longer then two years adored the library just as much as she did. A grown mare could, probably, handle to lose but a small filly, even younger then the CMC couldn't possible endure that.
Twilight until to think about it, a couple of tears leaked from her eyes and dripped onto the book laid beneath her. Her thoughts were clouded by that one thought until suddenly, a crash was heard followed by the sound of cracking crystal and then followed by a loud scream of the word 'MOMMY!'
Meanwhile upstairs, little Nyx Sparkle slept quietly in her bed of purple and black stars. Her black coat almost blended with the black pillows beneath her head as her beautiful yet messy royal purple mane fell onto the purple quilt and mixed in. On her bedside desk was her purple vest and green and teal headband that was left there ready to put on when the small alicorn woke up the next morning to go to Ponyville Elementary.
The sound of banging and cracking crystal rang through the castle and awoke Nyx up from her sleep. The filly crept downstairs and saw a pale blue coated mare with cold purple-pink angry eyes and a menacing and terrifying frown her face. Nyx freaked at the look of the mare, collapsed to the ground and screamed for her mommy. Twilight came running into the hallway to see the black alicorn filly crouched down, tears in her eyes.
''What's wrong, Nyx?'' asked Twilight, calmly, having not seen the mare yet.
Nyx opened her mouth to say something but no words rippled out, she just pointed a shakily hoof at the mare, who looked even more angry because she had been ignored. Twilight looked at the mare, analyzed her quickly and recognized her very quickly. ''Trixie? What are you doing here?''
''I demand a rematch! Wait, what is this anyway?'' asked Trixie, noticing Twilight's wings and the little cowering filly. ''Since when did you have a filly and a set of wings! The Great and Powerful Trixie demands to know the answer! Answer me, Twilight Sparkle!''
Twilight frowned for a moment, before sighing. ''Trixie, this little filly is my adoptive daughter Nyx. Remember that incident with Nightmare Moon about a year and a half ago. Nyx is... well she was Nightmare Moon during that incident.'' Twilight paused to take in Trixie's expression of shock, before continuing onto explaining her wings. ''And as for my wings, shortly after your rematch with me, I descended to princesshood because I had solved a very important friendship problem. Now I'm the princess of friendship and Nyx is to be my successor with her friends when she grows up.''
Trixie was shocked at what she had just heard but shook her head and her horn began glowing, surprising Twilight because she didn't appear to be levitating anything, until a strange figurine appear from under the mare's starry cape. The figurine looked like a foal with a star appear it's head, there was also two words on the star but Twilight couldn't tell what it said. Trixie grinned. ''It was about time I got rid of you, with this artifact, I can do just that. I can change you and your precious daughter and remove everypony's memories of the pair of you from existence and then I shall take your place!''
Twilight was about to say something when zap! A blue aura wrapped around her,  strangling her. She was closing her eyes when she saw the same light surrounding her daughter, she reached out and grabbed Nyx's hoof and lit up her horn, teleporting the pair of them but the ancient magical affect stay working and so the teleport wasn't very accurate.
Trixie smiled as smock filled the air, she waited for a moment and as soon as the smog was gone, she looked and was shocked when she saw that nopony was there. It took her a few moments to figure out what Twilight had gone. ''Tch, she teleported. Oh well, the affects will still happened. Now for that memory and replacement spell.''
Trixie's horn began glowing brightly, a pair of wings formed on her back to emulate Twilight's princesshood. Her cutie mark swapped to Twilight's so her talent changed form show preforming to magic in a simple moment. With her destiny alter and Equestria's memories changed, Trixie was prepared. But she still needed to get rid of the two problems to her plans. Until they were gone, her plan couldn't be in full fruition but then again, considering what she had done to them, it might not be a problem after all.
In fact, her plan was working fine without from the appearance of it. Trixie even grinned when she saw little baby dragon Spike run up to her yelling ''Trixie! Trixie! What was the bang and scream that I just heard a couple of moments ago? Are you hurt in any way!?''
''No, I'm perfectly fine, Spike. You need not work yourself up about my health.''
Meanwhile, in the city of cantorlot, in a small, rain soaked alleyway. Three sets of eyes opened, one red, one blue and one turquoise with very light turquoise highlights. A trio of cries rippled along the walls of the alleyway but didn't reach the ears of any ponies that walked the streets until a single pony walked by the alleyway and crept inside and looked into the box where the trio of ears laid.

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                 In the hooves of another.                 
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In the hooves of another.
Rainy Aurora walked down one of the Cantorlot streets, one by the name of Lune Avenue. It took years for Aura to figure out why it was named that certain name, now she know. Lune was french for Moon as in Princess Luna. She sighed, her thoughts drifting back to her filly years where she was discriminated for her talent.
As she walked down the deary and lonely street, she came across a cracked mirror that had been simply left there by somepony. It had no real meaning but Aura walked up to it, with sad eyes. She felt sorry for it, it had been abonden much like she was shortly after her birth. Sure, she had her foster/surrogate mother but she almost had nopony to call family and nopony really talked to her since she was like 6 years old.
She looked into the mirror and saw a unicorn mare with a beautiful pink-purple coat and a straight magenta mane that was tied back into a single ponytail with a pink bow. Those striking blue eyes crept into her soul and frightened her, she stepped back, changing direction as she did and spotted the 'mare's' cutie mark, a beautiful rainbow that flew between two clouds. Her own self reflected into a mirror.
She was about to move along when a cry rippled through the air. A weak and cold sounded voice that was filled with mucus. Where? Where? Where was the sound coming from? Aura frantically searched around and eventually found a alleyway which linked onto Lune Avenue, her ears pinpointed the sound emitting from within the alleyway.
Aura gulped, frightened. The alleyway was dark and it was already evening, who knew what kind of weirdo would come out of there. But she had to find out what that sound was. After all, it sounded like it could be a filly or a colt and if it was, she wouldn't leave her. Her past wouldn't let her.
She slowly stepped into the darkness and almost stumbled over something on the floor just inside the alleyway. Her ears shot up as more crying was emitted and it was coming straight from the thing laying beneath her. Her horn glowed to emit like so she could see and saw a basket, only big enough to contain about three foals if that.
She gently nudged it only to be rewarded with a high pitch cry, no three cries. Wait three!? The mare had to find out and she nudged the blanket that laid over it off, only to be rewarded with a pretty shocking side. There laying in the box, were three very awake and crying baby fillies. Yes, she knew they were fillies because they weren't even wearing diapers and were laying in their own waste.
She picked up the closely to her quickly and rocked her to sleep. She stared down at this particular foal to see a small pegasus filly with a dark magenta-ish coat and a purple mane with split ends, a lot of them but surprising the mane still managed to be formed into two pigtails that trailed along the filly's back. As for the filly's eyes, they were a striking blue that looked very similar to her own.
She looked down at the filly's 'sisters' and picked up the second closest, leaving a smaller filly within the basket. She looked down at the filly which she was now holding to see a beautiful unicorn filly with a purplish-grey coat and pink hair, but those eyes were what scared Aura the most, a amazing red that burned deep into her soul.
The mare put the unicorn filly back in and looked at the last filly without picking her up. The smaller filly was a amazing black that Aura had only seen on a few selective ponies. Chrysalis, who had a fainter version of black, and Nightmare Moon, who had a amazing black coat just like the filly. In fact, the filly could be a doppelganger of Nightmare Moon, with her unicorn horn, pegasus wings, black coat and purple mane. Wait, pegasus wings and unicorn horn!? Most ponies only have one, unless there a princess, this filly must have been a little bit of a hybrid between a pegasus and a unicorn, it would explained how she could be sisters with the other two. Aura was shocked, even more so when the filly finally opened her eyes to reveal a amazing turquoise glow with faint off white turquoise highlights.
Aura couldn't describe how she felt right now, she had found the youngest alicorn in existence and had found two other foals alone in a basket, in a deary alleyway at night with nothing to eat or drink and with no diapers on so they were laying in their own waste which wreaked by the way. She sighed, she had to get them out of there. Her past and her mind told her to do so and she wasn't going to ignore what they were telling her.
She gently put the pegasus in the basket and levitated it carefully as to not annoy the tiny fillies. She walked out of the alleyway and almost ran to her apartment. She looked at the apartment door thinking to herself. 'This is no place to raise foals....Wait, what? It's not like I should keep them....but....they look so young...like their not even 6 months old yet and that alicorn looks no older then 3 months. Wait?! There months with siblings that are younger then a year old but she's older then a month old!? How the buck does that work? The only way that foal siblings could be related to each other and still be under a year old would be if they were either adopted or 11 months apart...or if they have the same father but different mothers. Okay, I need to rest my brain.''.
The mare sighed and took the fillies inside in their basket, wondering what she should do. She was trying to not think about the logical problems that these foals had, such as how their probably siblings yet they are less then 11 months apart in age. And the fact that one of them is a alicorn. She sighed, she would have to think of these questions later.

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                         The night                         
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The night
Aura sighed as she put the basket down on her dining table. She gently picked up each foal one at the time and placed them down and put the basket down on the floor. She stared at them wondering what their names could be. She stared at each foal and decided to give them makeshift names for the time being.
She first looked down at the black alicorn, thinking of names that could fit her. She truly did look like Nightmare Moon, the princess or goddess of the night. Wait, goddess of the night. She didn't spend 3 years in her few school years studying Greek. The Greek goddess of the night was referred to as Nyx, that would be a prefect for the little filly and somehow Aura felt like it suited her like it was her name anyway.
She smiled and turned her attention to the twins, as she was referring to them considering they looked about the same age, and tried to think of names for them. The unicorn was light and bright, almost like a wish but that couldn't be her first name but her second. What could go before Wish though. Star....Starry. Yes, Starry Wish was a prefect name, thought Aura.
As for the last one, Iridescence fitted her because of her twin's name. Iridescence meant a type of colorful light and in the form of a name, it could be shortened to Iris which was a cute nickname. Aura was glad that she was a very studious student when she was a filly because she knew these things and it helped her greatly.
Now with the fillies having their makeshift names, she needed to get them into a makeshift diapers. She ran and got some cloth out of her bathroom. It wasn't great but it would at least do the night before she could get some diapers in the morning. She wrapped it around the foals' cute little bottoms and secured each one with a small drawing pin.
''Okay, sorted. Anypony hungry?'' she asked, as if they could speak and she was a little surprised about the next thing that happened.
''Wes Pwease. Mwlk! Mwlk!'' A babyish tone that came from Iridescence, who was buzzing her wings energetically but she never took flight. Aura was shocked, she might have to rethink they're ages or could it be that they weren't normal foals, well it would explain the alicorn filly at least. Wait could Nyx speak? And what about Star.
''Um, okay. What about Nyxie and Star?'' asked Aura.
''I wawt swme, mama.'' came Star's voice, it was quite and delicate. Like a bell, or a melodic harp. But Aura was shocked by the last word 'Mama', did these foals think she was their mother.
''Um...o-okay, sweetheart.'' Aura's voice came out stuttering, due to the awkwardness of the suitation. She was meant to be their mother, that was just crazy. But then again, she couldn't leave three beautiful sweethearts. But now, considering two could speak. What about Nyx? Could she or couldn't she? ''What about you, Nyxie?''
Nyx doesn't answer straight away, but nodded instead and cooed at the same time. The cooing gave Aura the answer. Nyx couldn't speak whilst the twins could. Wait, considering she was using baby talk, did that mean?! Oh. Not good, like really not good. Aura realized that she might have to breastfeed the little filly. But she hadn't given birth, then how could she?!
She looked down in the basket, seeing a yellow colored note. She blushed at the note of what the yellow stuff was. She picked up the note and read it. She was shocked by the words on the page.
Dear reader.
If you find these fillies, then their magic has drawn you to them. They are really special as you may note. For starters, the older two, a pair of twins have the ability to speak and walk despite only being 6 months old. As for the youngest, who is only 2 months, she doesn't have these talents but instead, she had the unique thing about being a alicorn who looks so much like Nightmare Moon.
But, that bit doesn't matter. Since you were drawn to their magic, you will now be genetically related to them so setting out searches to find their parents would just head back to you. Since they are now your daughters, I'll give you some helpful warnings and tips that you should watch out for in their development.
First of all, the oldest of the group, the unicorn filly, is very shy and timid. If you want her to speak to you, you must be calm and gently and very quiet otherwise she will become frightened. I do not know how long this will last for but it could last through fillyhood and if it does, you'll have to warn their teacher. But other then that, she a almost normal with the abnormality of her highly strong magic. Be sure that she doesn't learn magic to quickly or consider yourself dead. Why do you think I can't handle her?
As for the pegasus filly, she lacks the ability to fly because of being a hybrid. You may have noticed before picking this letter up that she simply flutters her wings but never takes flight. Well, you see because she is a hybrid. Because of this, her pegasus magic is being held back by the unicorn genes inside of her and thus, she doesn't know how to control her magical in pluses. You may also note that she was a huge appetite, don't feed her too much before bedtime otherwise she will never sleep and will go searching for food in the middle of the night and when I had her, one more then one occasion, she managed to slip outside so make sure all your windows and doors are bolted just in case.
As for the last filly, my personally favorite. Not because she's a alicorn, but because she's the easiest to handle. She is very bright for her age and when she learns how to speak, be warned, she'll constantly ask questions on various things and do not, I repeat DO NOT ever let her hear bad words otherwise she will never stop asking about them. And then you have her curiosity, not in the form of her questions, her curiosity reaches suicidal levels. Make sure you keep your eye on her. If she is heard, I will know and then I'll hunt you down till your blue in the face because well I can't care for them myself, I do love them with all my heart. Their my foals after all.
And a tip on all three of them, make sure to feed them three times a day and never, I repeat NEVER, give one more attention then the other or they'll get upset and may even run away from her. But that enough of the downers. Just remember to feed them, clean them, bathe them and put them to bed, at least till they're older and you'll be fine.
From, their mother (You need not know my name, just be warned)
PS, there's mothering pills in the basket because you'll need to breast feed the alicorn filly. I managed to wean the other two before I gave them up but she wouldn't  have it. I'm sorry if this annoys, upsets or any other emotion is aroused by this but I can't help it. She just wouldn't listen to me.
Well, that was annoying. Aura couldn't help but think that. She glanced down and saw the mothering pills in a small case. There wasn't many, enough for a week though but there was a tag on it saying where she could get more when she ran out. She sighed and popped one in her mouth, she swallowed. It didn't feel so bad but she knew what it was doing to her body. Altering it's systems and making her produces milk for the infant.
Nyx seemed to know what had happened because she crawled over to her and moved her fore hooves skywards in a 'uppy, uppy' sort of way. It was actually pretty cute. She picked up the filly and breast feed her, the filly suckled eagerly. Whilst she was happy to have the filly there, Aura couldn't leave the twins alone.
She carried Nyx across the room, and opened her fridge as the filly continued to suckle. The filly was still suckling when Aura managed to find two cartoons of milk. She gently placed a straw in them and brought them to Iris and Star, who instantly began drinking the beloved taste. The mare smiled, but felt weak as Nyx drained her body of milk. She now knew those pills weren't going to last the week at all. Especially since she would have to feed them three times a week. Well, tomorrow was going to be busy, wasn't it.
She grimaced. She realized something, where was the babies going to sleep for the night. Their basket was ruined and she really couldn't have them on a bed with her. She could suffocate them after her. And judging by the warning, she didn't really want the fillies true mother coming after her.
''....I might have to go out tonight. But will the baby store even be open at this time of night.'' mumbled Aura, as she put Nyx down on the table. ''No, it probably won't but I have to try. Okay, I can't leave you three alone can I. Okay, let's do it like that.''
Aura's horn began glowing as she levitated Iris onto her back, she moved her mane so that the filly was snug and warm. She smiled when she saw the filly curl up and fall asleep in the sunken bit of her back. Aura then picked up the other two and walked slowly out of the apartment and down the street the nearby baby store. It was going to be a long evening.