the start of something new

“What is he up to now?” Angelus Amore said exasperated she had just found out she was pregnant and was about to tell her husband Ahli Kimia when he just rushed to the basement where all his chemist stuff was and said he would be right back. Now she stood at the top of the stairs to the basement and wondered what he was doing, just by standing at the top of the stairs she could smell the rancid smell of chemicals. When Ahli came up the stairs he was holding a vile of some form of a liquid, “Angelus, this is a new formula I have been working on, it is supposed to give the pony who drinks it immense beauty,” he told her excitedly. The liquid was a beautiful magenta colour but something seemed off to her about it, “does it work?” she asked. He shrugged and she felt something in pit of her stomach that it wasn’t safe to find out. “I want you to drink it so I can tell the professors that it could work,” he said. Angelus searched his face to see if there was any doubt in it, there wasn’t but she knew it wasn’t safe. She shook her head and said, “I’m sorry but I won’t drink it, I sense something off about it.”

‘It’s not harmful,” he argued. She just shook her head and left the house. Maybe its not the best time to tell him, she thought.

It was a beautiful day in Cloudsdale, Angelus thought. Sunny, no rain scheduled, yes, a beautiful day. She just couldn’t help but think about Ahli and his belief that it was safe for her to drink it, despite her belief that it wasn’t safe she so wanted to drink it just to make him happy. She was headed up to her friend Rose’s house.

“so how did it go with Ahli?” Rose asked while pouring some tea for Angelus.

“um, well…” Angelus couldn’t force the words out of her muzzle.

“You did tell him didn’t you?” she asked.

“No, I couldn’t tell him,” Angelus blurted.

“Why not?” Rose asked, setting the tea pot down.

Angelus told Rose what happened and how she had a gut feeling the formula wasn’t safe. Rose just sat there, expressionless, motionless and silent. After Angelus finished there was a long pause and then, “are you sure it could not be safe?” Rose asked.

Angelus nodded, “or at least it’s not safe for the baby. What am I to do, Rose? I want to make him happy, but I’m not sure it’s safe for the baby.”

“How about you tell him at dinner while you’re eating and then he may understand,” Rose said soothingly.

“Okay, I will tell him at dinner,” Angelus said.

When Angelus got home Ahli greeted her with a smile, at least he seems happy, Angelus thought. Ahli made dinner and hey sat down at the table. Halfway through dinner Angelus breached the topic, “listen I have to tell you something.”

“No, I have to tell you something. I don’t know why you refused to help me but I understand that you may have been frightened for me to want you to test it,” he said.

“Look, the reason I turned you down is because,” she took a deep breath, “because I’m pregnant and I had a feeling it wouldn’t be safe for the baby,” she said in a rush. He stared at her in shock. “Are you okay?” she asked.

“I’m sorry,” he said.

“For what?” she asked puzzled.

“I-I put the formula in your food,” his voice was wavering slightly. She was shocked, there was no other way to describe it she was just shocked that he would do that.

“Well, then I guess we see what happens,” she said as she calmed herself down and went to bed, she felt exhausted.

***

"I hope nothing happened to the baby because of me," Ahli said to himself while pacing in the waiting room. Angelus was now giving birth to their child that could be damaged because of him and if anything was wrong with the little baby then he would blame himself.

"Ahli, you may come and see your wife and new filly," announced one of the nurses. Ahli quickly made his way to the hospital room Angelus was in and stopped dead at the door.

He couldn't believe his eyes, the little filly seemed healthy, but there was something off about her. Ahli forced himself forward and once he was closer he saw what he found was a little off about her; there were hearts decorating her wings, a strange heart that curled in on itself on her chest and on her ears, and the white parts of her eyes were hearts.

"Her name is Valentina," Angelus said looking at Valentina lovingly as if not seeing the errors in her otherwise perfect features. Ahli couldn't help but smile at the name, it seemed to fit the little filly perfectly and he hardly knew her.