The Magic of Motherhood (Motherhood is Magical Collab)

                As Twilight Velvet walked home from the store, she couldn't help but worry about her son. Shining Armor was a sweet kind of colt, but lately he hadn't been following any house rules. This was very concerning for Velvet, especially with her young filly, Twilight Sparkle, watching her brother’s every action.

                "Shining, Twilight? I'm home!" Velvet called, as she walked through the door and set her bags on the counter.

                 Walking into the hall, she saw Shining Armor furiously scrubbing a wall that was covered in crayon.

                 "Well," spoke Velvet, startling her son, "Coloring on the walls now, Shining?"

                 "It wasn't me!" Shining Armor started, "Twily wanted to decorate the walls like a coliseum! I told her no, but she did it anyway!"

                  "Really?" Velvet replied skeptically before sighing, "Shining, she's only 2, practically still a newborn foal . You need to stop trying to use her as a cover."

                  Shining looked at his mother, mouth agape, "Y-you love her m-more than me!"

                  "Shining!" Velvet gasped, "Where in Equestria did you get that idea?"

                   "Because you always let Twilight get away with everything! It's always my fault!"

                   Twilight then entered the hall, a cookie in her grasp and an angry expression on her face as she realized what her brother was doing.

                   "Mommy!" Twilight exclaimed, frowning, "Shiny's erasing my painting! Send him to his room!"

                   Twilight Velvet turned and looked at her daughter in shock, "Twilight?! You did this?!"

                   "Yes!" Twilight replied proudly, taking a bite out of her cookie.

                   "Twilight, no cookies before dinner, you know this!" Twilight Velvet scolded

                   Twilight finished off the cookie, "But I'm your little princess, so I can do whatever I want!"

                   At that moment Twilight Velvet realized that she was doing something that she swore she would never do. Not punishing the baby of the family because she was the baby. Thus having the elder take all the blame. In this case, Shining Armor.

                  "Twilight Star Sparkle!" Velvet spoke with such authority Twilight shrunk in on herself, "I think it’ s time for your first punishment!"

                  Shining gasped, and looked up. "Really?!" he exclaimed.

                  "Yes, really." Velvet affirmed.

                  "B-but I'm not bad!" Twilight whimpered, her eyes growing large.

                  "Indeed you're not," Velvet said, and bent down to the height of the filly, "But walls are not for painting, and cookies are for after dinner! Go to you're room, Twilight, I will come and get you when I feel you've learned your lesson!"

                   "But, don't you love me anymore?" Twilight asked, her big lavender eyes starings saddly at her mother.

                   "More than you'll ever know, my little filly," Velvet replied "That's why I'm doing this."

                    "No fair." Twilight said, and trotted up the stairs in defeat.

                    Shining Armor was shocked and speechless on what just happened. Did his mother really just punish Twilight? She was the favorite one!

                    "Thank you honey for cleaning this mess up but I'll take it from here. Why don't you go and play with your action figures, okay?" Twilight Velvet suggested.

                     "Okay."  Shining Armor replied, his state of shock not fading as he quickly trotted out of the hall. As he left, one thought flowed through his mind. "Did I end up in an alternate dimension?"