"Aagh! Another one liner. I don't know what we're doing wrong, Spike!"
Spike called from the bedroom, "Well, I don't really know either. Maybe we could ask Zecora to help?" Rarity pondered the idea for a short spell, then walked out of the bathroom.
"Well, Spikey-Wikey," Rarity said wearily, laying a hoof on her husbands shoulders, "it seems Zecora is the best option at this point. Sweetie Belle and I were going to go tomorrow, taking some herbs and ingredients Zecora said she needed. You can come along and we'll ask her about it." Rarity huffed. "I can't believe my little sister actually had foals before I could. I can't understand much though. It could have to do with our different species qualities. Honestly, you're a dragon, for Fausts sake! If my element hadn't extended my life, I don't think this would've worked."
"You do have a good point," Spike said, "I'm just glad dragons like me mature and grow faster than young colts. If I was a pony, oh ho. This definitely wouldn't have worked." A small letter appeared on Spike's bedside table. The violet and pink striped ribbon let him know it was Twilight. He opened it and read it out loud. "'Rarity and Spike, Would you two like to visit today? The castle is always open to my family and friends. We're having lunch, with dandelion sandwiches, a small gem cake for Spike, tea, and lemonade. Hope you will join! Love, Twilight.' Should we go? It sounds like a good time to catch up."
Rarity replied excitedly, "Sure! I'd love to see Rainbow Dash and how round she is! Here, I'll write the reply." Rarity got out a slip of parchment and a quill. She wrote, 'Dearest Twilight, Spike and I would love to come over! Thank you so much for inviting us. We'll be by a little early, about 11 o'clock. Hope you don't mind, we'd just like to catch up with you first. Your dearest sister-in-law, Rarity.' She wrapped the note in a violet and green striped ribbon and gave it to Spike, where he blew his recently discovered magenta fire to send to Twilight.
"Come on, let's just start getting ready, if we'll be early. I will not wear a suit, Rares. Just a forewarning," Spike said, climbing out of the shared bed to clean up.
"I'm ready, Spikey! I'll be down in a moment," Rarity called down the stairs of her boutique. Before Rarity came a small gift for Rainbow Dash, a hoof-sewn doll for her daughter. "I just know Dash will let her daughter have this, it's perfect!" The doll was a perfect resemblance of the rainbow-colored mare, with magenta button eyes and a Wonderbolts outfit sewn on. The small Rainbow Dash doll was nearly a remake of Dash's Spitfire doll from when she was a foal.
"Well, of course Dash'll let the filly have it, it's a perfect representation of how 'awesome her mom is.' That last part is a direct quote from RD. It's mainly because AJ asked her if she'd let her daughter have a doll," Spike said. "Don't be surprised if AJ has a doll for Rainbows daughter too."
Rarity replied, "I wouldn't be surprised anyways. I heard Twilight got her a little blanket, a light gold one. All right, let's head out."
The dragon and the unicorn mare left the large boutique. It's size had to be slightly modified for the still-growing dragon. And someday soon, for their growing foal or foals. Rarity wore a extra decorated sundress, since 'Simple' isn't in her fashion vocabulary. The end was studded with tiny gem shards, a shiny blue ribbon tied around her waist, and another blue ribbon tied into a ribbon on her head. The ribbon on her head held her extra hair that wouldn't go into a ponytail out of her face.
When they arrived at the enormous crystalline castle of Twilight, Rainbow Dash floated down on her cloud that Soarin insisted she use for transportation. "Hey Rares, Spike. How's the baby stuff going?" Rainbow asked, her own bulging stomach buried into the cloud.
"Ah! Rainbow Dash, I was hoping to see you first!" Rarity said, and opened her saddlebag to get out the doll. Rainbow gasped at the likeness of herself and her Spitfire doll she'd had. "I didn't have it done at the foal shower, so I though I'd give it to you at the next possible time. Oh, and to answer your question, still nothing yet."
Spike rubbed his eye, saying, "Yeah. We're going to Zecora tomorrow to see what she can do."
"I'm so sorry guys," Dash said, "I'm sure Zecora could help though, she's got all the potions and stuff." Dash stepped off the cloud, tying it down to one of the castle's more misshapen crystal pieces. "Let's just head inside, I'm STARVI-I-I-ING!" Rarity giggled while Spike chuckled and opened the door for the two mares with his wing.
Once they got to the main room, there was a loud laugh, a familiar sound from the one and only Apple Jack. "Pinkie Pie, I cannot believe how you come up with these things!" AJ said, still laughing, tears running down her face. She wiped away a stream of tears, only for more to stain her cheeks. Once she caught her breath, Apple Jack said, "Hey, it's Dash, Rarity, and Spike! Howdy, y'all. Rares, any news on yer baby-makin' yet?"
"Still none, AJ," Rarity said.
Dash somewhat interrupted, "They'll be stopping at Zecora's tomorrow. Here, look at what Rarity got me for Rapid!"
"Ah ah ah!" Spike said, continuing, "Hoof-made for you. And so Rapid is going to be your daughter's name?"
"Yeah, Rapid Strike. I do hope she'll be fast like me and Soarin, but you never know." Rainbow shrugged, indicating she didn't know whether her daughter would be a wild fire, burning fast and crazy, or a tame little pit fire, calm and collected. She could even be like a bonfire, large and something to see while controlled.
Fluttershy was the last one to arrive, an egg it a tiny basket on her back. Her lengthy mane was in a braid she had to drape across her back. "Oh," she said in her high, quiet voice, "am I the last to come?"
Twilight stepped into the room, saying, "Technically, no. But in a certain way, yes, you were the last one to come into the castle. I was the last one to come into the room. Wonderful, now that we're all here, I'll bring in the food and drinks." Her magenta magic brought three platters out, each with different dish. A large teapot, seven teacups, and a large pitcher floated out alongside the platters, and they were set neatly on the decorated table. Twilight hadn't been able to remove any of Rarity's decorations from the dining room when she'd asked her five friends if they'd help make her castle feel more like home.
Occasionally, Rarity would come in to change the decorations, washing the dirty parts and polishing the gems. Always replacing the ribbons and such. She'd done so yesterday and realized today she'd need to replace the tacky ribbons. "Twilight, dearest, it's always a pleasure to come and visit! I'm just glad you picked such a gorgeous day! When we're done, I was hoping we'd go outside and just enjoy the weather."
"Rarity," Twilight exclaimed, "that sounds like a perfect idea! We could get some kites, bring out any extra tea and lemonade we have, and just sit in the sun!"
Apple Jack said gleefully, "That there sounds a might perfect, if ya ask me." She tipped her hat up a small bit, and blew a loose strand of her mane out of her eyes.
For some reason, Pinkie Pie had been silent the entire time. Rarity looked at the pink earth pony mare, only to see her asleep on a dandelion sandwich. She'd drooled all over the smashed bread, a quiet snore escaping her lips. Rarity took her fainting pillow - which she never left the house without - and put it in place of the sandwich, making sure to have a drool-catcher under Pinkie's mouth.
"I do wonder what caused Pinkie to be so exhausted," Rarity said quietly, thinking of Cheese Sandwich's declaration of love only two weeks before. Pinkie had been ecstatic, since she shared these feelings, and for the past couple days, had never been away from Cheese up until today.
"Well, whatever the outcome for our visit with Zecora, if Pinkie can't make it to the announcement of the outcome, we'll tell her as soon as we can."
"Sweetie, Spike, are you ready to head to Zecora's?" Rarity called. She had gathered up all the ingredients Zecora had told Sweetie Belle she needed for a very important potion. Rarity wasn't sure what it was, but she'd helped anyways.
"I'll be down in a minute," Spike and Sweetie called in unison. Sweetie came out first, her lengthy mane tied into a tight ponytail. Her slightly round stomach showed signs of foal number two for her and Button. There was no guarantee this next foal would be male or female just yet.
"Wow, Rarity," Sweetie said, "I've never been done after you! It's a new Ponyville record of you finishing getting ready!"
Rarity replied with a simple chuckle, saying, "Cut it out, Sweetie. I know, I take a long time to get ready, but I didn't have anything to change. You only took longer because of your ponytail."
Spike came out a second later, explaining, "My basket tipped over. I had to pick everything back up."
"That's alright, Spikey, you only took a minute or two. Let's head out," Rarity said, reassuring Spike.
"Ah, so that's what you need, a potion to fertilize your seed. Do not worry, this potion will be done in a hurry," Zecora said after Spike and Rarity explained what was going on. Zecora handed Spike a small cup and whispered in his ear. A heavy blush flooded over his cheeks, but he went outside for a short while. "Now, while the dragon gathers, I'll mix the other matters. Petals of a Heart's Desire flower, a sprinkle of gem shards to enhance the power." Spike came back inside, a clearish liquid in the cup. Zecora poured the liquid into the potion, and she stirred it, saying an incantation. The potion turned clear, as though it was water.
Zecora took out a small ladle-full of the potion and gave it to Rarity, saying, "Drink up, young mare, there is no time to spare." As Rarity drank the potion, Spike gave Zecora a questioning look. She recognized it quickly and said, "The effects weaken if not drank in a day, but if you want to hurry, you may. A few days from today, come back to me and do as I say."
The sounds of moaning and retching reached Spike's ears even from the room farthest from the bathroom. Rarity had been getting sick almost every morning for the past few days.
After a few minutes of silence, Rarity came downstairs, saying, "Oh, Spike, I'm so sorry about everything... I didn't think I'd have morning sickness almost every morning."
Spike said, a smile in his eyes, "Well, not to worry, we've got to head to Zecora's today anyways. And you know, I'm just glad we'll finally be able to have our foals! Thank Celestia and Luna we've got Zecora living nearby."
"Sweetie Belle," Rarity called in a moan-like voice, "do you want to join us to Zecora's today?" A moaning "Nooooo...." called down the stairs, and Spike guessed Sweetie was having pregnancy problems too. "That's alright, I just wanted to know."
"Welcome back, Rarity and Spike. I hope everything is as you like?" Zecora asked, nodding towards Rarity's stomach. "I do expect to hear good news, but tell me any bad if you choose."
"Well, Rares has been definitely showing signs of pregnancy, so that's good," Spike said, "But..."
Rarity finished his sentence with, "Morning sickness. It's natural, Spike, but it's horrid. Otherwise, the day after I drank the potion, I took a pregnancy test, and there was one line!"
Zecora clapped her hooves together, saying, "I'm so happy for you, and soon we'll see if you have one... or two."
"Two?" Spike and Rarity said in unison, eyes wide. They looked at each other, saying, "Do you think we'll have twins?" The two smiled widely, and Spike took Rarity's hoof. "Zecora, if you don't mind, what did the potion do to allow our foals?" Rarity asked.
"I know you can tell, but the potion worked well. The womb of a dragoness is now what you posses," Zecora said, and Rarity's eyes widened. "The outcome won't be known, but in a few months we shall be shown."
"Wait, does that me-" Spike was cut short as Zecora's door burst open, Twilight in the opening. She was panting, as though she'd run the whole way.
"Rarity, Spike... We've... We've got to... get... to the... hospital," Twilight said between breaths. She took one deep breath and said, "Rainbow Dash went into labor."
Soarin and Fluttershy were in the delivery room with Rainbow Dash, her dad sitting near the door, his hoof in his mouth. He had asked if he could also be in the room, but the doctor said Dash had insisted on her husband and Flutters.
"Mr. Blaze? Don't worry, I'm certain Dash only asked for Fluttershy due to her birthing experiance. If Dash didn't already tell you, Fluttershy works with animals, and helps them give birth if necessary," Twilight said, laying a hoof over RD's father's shoulders. His wings drooped as he relaxed slightly.
Dash's dad sighed, saying, "I know, I realized that. But as a father, and now a grandfather, it's making me worrisome."
Rarity suddenly put a hoof to her mouth, and raced off towards the bathroom. Spike followed her to the door, waiting as she vomited. When she came out, she said, "This is one of the only things I hate about the pregnancy process... This, hormones, and cravings." She'd recently told Spike of her gem cravings, and he'd only laughed and told her that it should be normal since she was carrying dragon-pony foals.
Soarin came out of the delivery room, and said, "It's done. It'll be a few minutes while they clean Rapid up before friends can come in. But sir," Soarin said, looking to his father in-law, "You may come in now. They're allowing family."
"Soarin," Rainbow Blaze said, "Just call me 'Blaze' from now on." He smiled and followed his son in-law into the delivery room.
A few minutes later, Fluttershy came out to tell the others that they could go in to see Dash and Rapid. When they came in, everypony noticed the small, light pink blanket in Dash's arms. Rainbow Dash said, "Everypony, may I introduce to you to, Rapid Spectral Strike." Tucked in between Rapid's hooves was Rarity's doll she'd made.
"Awwwww," everypony said, and Spike said, "That's so precious..."
"Oooh, my goodness... SPIKE! What do I do if I'm having gem cravings?"
"I don't know! Crush one up and eat the dust? Maybe not... Just eat a big piece of Pinkie's rock candy! It's colorful enough to pass for a gem."
Rarity picked up a gem and set it on the table in front of her. She glared at it, then glanced at her ever growing stomach. She looked back to the gem, stuck out her tongue, and licked it. Her eyes popped open and she hummed to herself, then licked it again. "Spike, I figured it out!" Rarity called. "I'll lick them!"
Spike called back, "Make sure they're clean, first. I don't want you getting sick!" Rarity continued to lick the gem as though it were a lollipop. But it never ran out, and it never lost it's flavor, so it was more like an Jawbreaker. Rarity stopped and thought to herself, This has to be the weirdest thing I have ever done in my entire life.
Even as she got ready for Rapids 1 month old birthday party - planned by Pinkie, conceived by Pumpkin and Pound Cake's 1 month birthday party - she licked a gem.
And even as she sat at the small table in the party, stared at by a puzzled Apple Jack, she licked the gem. "Rarity," Apple Jack said, "I don't mean to, uh, rain on your parade or anythin', but you're licken' a gem..." Rarity hummed out a "Mm-hmm," continuing to lick the gem. "Um, why exactly are ya licken' a gem, Rares?"
"Cravings. I've been having gem cravings, and Spike says they're probably normal since I'm carrying dragon-pony hybrid foals. I can't eat them, so why not just lick them?"
Apple Jack said, "Ah... Ah don't think... Ah don't really believe that's a normal trait for pregnancy an' all. But... You aren't just pregnant in a normal sense, so... Ah don't know. Have you told Zecora about it yet?"
"No, actually, last time we saw her, she said that cravings were normal, but I didn't tell her about the gem cravings. I didn't want to worry her that something had gone wrong with the potion-"
"Wait, something went wrong with that potion Zecora made ya?"
"No no no, I didn't want her to worry if it HAD gone wrong. If you can't tell, it's working just fine."
"Hey, everypony," Fluttershy's quiet voice said over the portable speaker system. "Look who's finally hatching!" She held up the small eagle egg she'd brought for Rapid Strike, tiny fractures spreading across its surface. The top separated from the bottom, and the baby eagle's head pushed it up, a sickly looking bird. Rarity gasped at how bad it looked, but Fluttershy said, "Don't worry, baby birds always look like that when they hatch. The little guy just needs to dry off his feathers."
There was a soft coo at Rarity's hooves, and she looked down to see Rapid, her Rainbow Dash doll in her hooves. "Oh, hey Rapid, how are you?" Rarity asked as she lifted Rapid onto her lap. She set the gem to the side, saying, "Let's leave that little thing alone while I give this little filly some attention." Rapid giggled as Rarity tickled her stomach. When she stopped, Rapid put her hoof on Rarity's stomach.
"Oh, Rapid, do you know what's in there?" Rarity asked. The filly turned her bright green eyes on Rarity, and blinked. "Babies, just like you. But they won't be here to soon. Just another month, okay? Then you'll have one, two, or even three little cousins to play with." Rapid giggled, and clapped her hooves together.
Rainbow Dash came over and said, "Hey, pretty filly, can mama pick you up?" Soarin was next to her, holding a small camera.
"Mama," Rapid said, holding her front hooves up as if saying, 'Hold me!'
Dash put her hooves to her mouth, and whispered, "Her first words... Oh, c'mere my sweet little mare!" She sat down and hoisted Rapid high above her head, the small blue and white filly laughing the whole time.
"Oh, ah do oh so love the sound of a filly's laughter. It just fills me with joy like a basket o' apples," Apple Jack said.
Rarity walked into her kitchen and said to Spike, "Well, I could go any day now, I was planned for tomorrow, but they might wait. You never know with foals." Spike nodded, stretching his wings out. It was raining today, a heavy rain that kept ponies inside their houses. Unless a mare allowed her foals to play in the rain, since there was no lightning planned. "Let's head to Twilight's, see what she's up to. But send a letter first, it'd be rude to just pop in unexpected."
Spike wrote the letter telling Twilight they'd stop by the castle in a few minutes. Rarity said, "Y'know Spikey, it'd be nice if we could just go to Canterlot, but thanks to worthless Blueblood, we can't." She remembered the day they'd gone, about three months ago.
Rarity walked through Canterlot, enjoying the scenery. Last time she'd been here was the previous Grand Galloping Gala, the first one Spike had asked her to be his date. That was where Spike had told her he loved her with all his heart. They'd danced throughout the night, holding the other close.
That night had been perfect, far better than the first Gala she'd been to, with "Prince" Blueblood. He'd been rude, and plain awful the entire night. He'd never been as sweet as Spike was.
"Oh, what an adorable pet, Ms. Rarity. How'd you find the urchin, out of the pound? Ha ha ha!"
Rarity would never forget the sound of that voice. "Oh, Blueblood. How 'wonderful' to see you again. Well, this here is not a pet. This handsome young dragon is my husband, Spikey-Wikey. And I'll ask you only once to be nice to him."
Blueblood said, "Why would I ever be nice to a *dragon?** All they do is hoard gems and gold for themselves. Greedy creatures they are. Don't be surprised if he takes all your money and leaves."*
"Well, *Blueblood, it's not like you did anything good for me! You used part of my dress as a cover for a spill you could've just as easily walked around, you made me pay for food you didn't even eat, and you used me as a shield for a flying cake! This dragon is far more of a colt than you will EVER BE!" Rarity yelled into Blueblood's face, and he flinched back. "You'll **NEVER deserve a mare."*
Blueblood had nothing more to say after that, and he took off to hide his embarrassment.
Rarity had loved that day, getting to shout at the colt - or at least one of them - that she despised the most.
A sudden pain flashed across her stomach, and there was a loud splash. She looked down to see liquid pooling all over the floor. "Spi-i-I-IKE!! My water just broke! We've got to get to the hospital!"
Spike hurried over to Rarity and said, "No time to run there, I'll just fly you! Hold on tight, Rares!" He hoisted Rarity into his arms, and she wrapped her own around his neck. A sharp pain - a contraction - flashed through her stomach, and she groaned loudly.
Spike ran out of the house, spread his wide wings, and took off, the rain pelting him and Rarity. They flew past Sugarcube Corner, Pumpkin and Pound Cake playing outside, seeing Spike's enormous shadow on the ground. They looked up to see him and especially Rarity, then ran into the sweets shop to get Pinkie Pie. She ran outside with Cheese Sandwich to catch Spike landing off in the distance at the hospital.
Spike hurried into the hospital as Rarity moaned heavily, having to bend over to fit, and said to Nurse Redheart, "My wife went into labor a few minutes ago! Can you take care of her?"
"We need a wheelchair in here, stat!" Redheart called, and a colt came in pushing a small wheelchair. Spike set her in it, and Nurse Redheart said, "You'll need to wait in the Delivery Waiting Room, sir. Check in with the nurse at the desk first, then head down the hall, down the first left."
Spike went and filled out the small sheet of information the nurse asked him to fill out, then he bounded on all fours down the hallway to the waiting room. He sat down on the floor in front of the delivery room door, slowly carving a circle into the floor. A nurse came outside and said, "Sir, your wife, Rarity, asked you be in the delivery room with her, and also a Ms. Fluttershy? Is she here right n-"
Pinkie ran down the hallway, with Twilight, Fluttershy, Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash, Sweetie, Button Mash, Cheese Sandwich, Soarin, Flash Sentry, Sweetie's daughter Pixel Heart, and Rapid Strike. Spike said, "Fluttershy, Rarity wants you and me in the delivery room with her, come on!" The two hurried down through the door, heading towards Room B2, where groans escaped through an open door.
Fluttershy said somewhat out of breath, "Don't worry, Rarity, we're right here. I'll help you through this, though to be honest I've never helped give birth to dragon-pony foals."
38 minutes later, Rarity gave one last scream to get out...
"An egg?! Everypony said in unison. It was light green with slightly darker green spots.
"Well," Spike said, "That explains why there were no back hooves... or tail..."
Rarity moaned and said, "No! We're not done yet! I think it's twins! Aagh!" She continued to have contractions for another 20 minutes, when the second egg came out. This one was light violet with slightly darker spots as well. Rarity seemed to stop having contractions, her stomach as flat as it could be after birth.
"We'll clean up the eggs and bring them back in. Do you have any family here in the waiting room?" the nurse said.
Spike nodded, "My sister in-law, Sweetie Belle, and her husband, Button Mash. A pregnant unicorn mare and a brown coated earth pony colt." The nurse nodded and left the room to get them. "Oh, Rarity, you did wonderful! I don't understand why it was eggs, but I assume it was because the potion gave you a dragonesses womb." Spike kissed Rarity's forehead.
Sweetie and Button came back in, and she said, "Oh, Rarity, what do they look like? Was it a filly and colt, two colts, or two fillies?"
"Well..." Spike said, rubbing the back of his head. "We... don't honestly... know. They weren't, uh... foals."
"What do you mean?" Button asked "How would you go to have foals and the outcome not be- Ooh..." Spike nodded as he realized Button understood. "They were eggs, weren't they?" Rarity nodded this time.
The nurse came back with the two eggs wrapped up in white blankets. "Here are your eggs... I will never understand why you had eggs, but okay. I'll go get your friends."
When everyone came in, they looked at the eggs strangely. Only Pinkie looked at them like they were the cutest foals in the universe. "Hi, little eggie's, I'm your Aunt Pinkie Pie! When you hatch, I'm going to have the most fun time foalsitting you!"
"Well... ah just don't understand. Why eggs?" Apple Jack asked. Spike explained how the potion worked, and when he got to the 'womb of a dragoness' part, they understood. "Now ah see. Cause dragons lay eggs."
Twilight said, "Congrats, you guys! They may not be actual foals, but I guess they'll be real foals when they hatch!"
Spike puffed another breath of fire onto the cooling eggs, as they needed to be warm. He couldn't sit on them like a bird, that's not what dragons did. And since Rarity wasn't even able to breath fire, he had to do it.
Which involved eating a ton of nasty charcoal.
Spike hated the flavor, smell, and mess, while Rarity just hated the smell and mess. But it was necessary if they wanted their foals to hatch. So charcoal for a snack it was.
"Spikey," Rarity said, nearly whining, "Could you at least keep the charcoal in it's bag, or in a bowl, or SOMETHING to keep it off the floor? It's making a massive mess that I need to keep cleaning!"
Spike replied wearily, "It'll only be another day or so before the eggs hatch. I don't enjoy having to get up so early to keep the eggs warm..." Spike started to doze off, his head drooping. Rarity grabbed his cheeks and patted his face to wake him up.
"Don't worry, Spike, as soon as these eggs hatch, I'm getting up with them. Now, go take a nap for a little bit, I'll wake you when they need to be warmed." Spike hummed out a "Mm-hm..." as he wandered off towards the bedroom. Rarity laid down next to the eggs and wrapped her hooves around them, slightly burning her front legs. She let them burn. "I'll always love you two... No matter what you," Rarity yawned, "look like..."
The loud sound of cracking woke Rarity, and she looked up to find a tiny purple set of claws pushing their way through the violet egg. Fresh cracks covered the green egg, just as the whole leg stuck it's way out of the violet egg. A tiny mouth then started biting the edge of the hole, making it larger. Rarity began to panic and ran to woke up Spike.
"Spikey! Spike, wake up! The eggs are hatching!" She shook her furiously, and he jumped awake.
"What? They're hatching?! I'll go get some towels and warm water! You go get Fluttershy!"
When Rarity got back with Fluttershy through teleportation, two violet legs were sticking out of the violet egg, and the baby in the green egg was biting away at the edge of the hole it had made. Fluttershy said, "Let the babies get out on their own, and when they're done, I'll wash them up."
It took two hours for both babies to make it out of the eggs, but by then, all of the elements of harmony and then some had gathered in the boutique to see the historical day that a pony and dragon had babies. Every one of the ponies Aww'd at the sight of the two strange looking foals.
The violet one was a female with tiny dragon wings, and the green one was a male with tiny dragon wings as well. They had a basic pony's body, but with claws on their hooves. Both foals had tons of freckles covering their faces, only slightly darker than their coat color. Both also had tiny dragon tails, tipped with a slight bit of hair. Their manes were brunet, the females eyes were deep blue, and the male's eyes were dark green.
"Now that you know the genders," Twilight said, "What will you name them?"
"I'd been asking Spike for a few days now, and we'd picked two female names and two male names. The female's were Beauty and Gemstone, and the males were Wild Claws and Beast. What do you guys think?"
"Hmm..." Pinkie said, "Why not combine them? Beau-Gem Stoney and Wild Beaclawsts!"
"Uh, Pinkie," Rainbow Dash said, "Those don't make any sense. How about Beauty Gem and Beast Claws?"
"Potato-Tomato," Pinkie said, waving off Dash.
"Those are perfect names for our foals, Dashie! Little miss Beauty Gem and little mister Beast Claws." She nuzzled both foals in turn, and they coo'd happily.
Rainbow Dash had brought in Rapid when she'd come, and the tiny foal wandered up to Beauty, and placed a hoof on her muzzle. Rarity got scared, but Beauty just giggled and did the same. This scared Rarity even more, since she thought the fillies claws would scratch Rapid. "Aww, Rarity, Dashie, they've become friends!" Pinkie said.
"Y-Yes, they surely... have..." stuttered Rarity.
