Will You Want To Call Me Mom?

by Foals Errand

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia, Slice of Life
Length: 3701

After A check up Twilight begins to doubt her ability to be a good mother.

Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight Sparkle are very excited. After more than a few misses, Twilight is now close to the end of her first pregnancy. The happy couple couldn’t feel more blessed than they are now.

When Twilight goes for a check up, she receives news that she wasn't quite ready for and begins to question if she is prepared to raise their foal. What if she does something wrong? What will she do?

She fears her foal will never want to call her mom.

*Comments contain spoilers*

Written for the Eighth Twilestia contest

Edited by Zodiac

Reading The Twilight Of Her Singularity is encouraged but not required.

Published 2015-09-23 23:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-09-29 23:44:29 UTC

Main Story

Twilight glanced up towards the quietly ticking clock in the waiting room of the Ponyville hospital. She knew that Celestia hated the fact that Twilight was going to this final check up without her but there was nothing to be done about it. Right as they were climbing into the chariot, a full of himself noble demanded her wife’s attention. No matter how many times he had been informed that Celestia was not seeing any petitioners, he refused to budge.

Twilight shook her head, remembering her wife’s hurt expression as she turned back to the throne room. That stick up his butt, I hope he chokes on it.

“Twilight Everfree?” The nurse called as she stepped into the waiting room, a clipboard levitating in front of her face.

Slowly, Twilight pushed herself out of her chair and waddling after the nurse. “I feel like a beached whale.” She chuckled as she stepped up onto the scale looking away from the results.

The nurse glanced at the weight and wrote it down with a chuckle “At almost eleven months along, most mothers do, my dear. This is your last check up before we celebrate the first born Prince or Princess isn’t it?”

Twilight nodded, stepping off the scale and following her into the exam room. A board on the wall was covered with letters and pictures of smiling foals. “That's right. Dr. Tenderhoof says I should go into labor sometime this week or early next week.”

The nurse nodded. “Well then, this’ll be your last chance to see your foal before you hold them in your hooves.” The nurse looked the clipboard over before her eyebrow raised. “Hmm, says here that neither you nor your wife have actually seen an ultrasound of your little one?”

Twilight’s ear flicked. “Ah... my wife and I have decided we want our first foal to be a surprise. She says after living as long as she has, a surprise is a welcome thing.”

The nurse glanced at Twilight’s expression. “Is that right? Well how do you feel about surprises, Twilight?”

Twilight tapped her hoof on the table and swallowed. “Oh... uh, well truthfully? I’m not crazy about surprises. You said that the ultrasound machine is available?” Twilight knew that Celestia would be disappointed that they wouldn’t share the surprise together but Twilight was already certain she knew what her foal was going to be. As the pregnancy came from two alicorn mares, probability showed a ninety seven percent likelihood that the foal was a filly alicorn. But it would be nice to make one hundred percent certain of this.

The nurse nodded. “Oh yes, I made doubly certain it would be ready in case you changed your mind. To let you in on a little secret, Twilight, most mothers do.”

Twilight took a deep breath then nodded. “Yeah, all right. I suppose I am more than ready to see my foal.” Her smile spread across her face. “Yeah. Let's do it.” Twilight laid back on her back as the nurse applied some warm gel onto her quite large belly. The nurse levitated a strange looking wand onto her belly and moved it around. After only a few seconds, Twilight could hear the familiar ‘whoosh whoosh’ of her child’s heart beat. A smile covered her muzzle, Twilight would never get tired of hearing that wonderful sound after so many times of never hearing it.

“All right, Twilight, turn your head this way so you can see your foal.” The nurse gently called over the sound of the foal’s heartbeat.

Twilight sat up a bit, bracing herself on her foreleg to get a better look. She turned and stared at the image. Her foal, her and Celestia’s foal was curled up just a bit—its head down and one of its hooves in its mouth. It was obvious nothing was wrong with her foal—as she had secretly worried since the test came back positive.

She laughed in relief, wiping a tear away. Four hoofs, a little muzzle, two wide open eyes. No horn, a pegasus then? Twilight shook her head, taking more of the details of her child in. A full coat covered its body. and bits of their mane fell into their eyes like Celestia’s non-magical mane had a tendency to do. Twilight watched as the foal shifted a bit, exposing their wingless back.

An earth pony?

“Well here’s the big question, Twilight, shall we try to get the little one to open those back legs up for us just a bit?” The nurse asked, watching Twilight’s eyes take in every inch of her child.

A silent nod was her only response as she pressed in just the right spot to make the foal kick out. “Well, Twilight, it seems that you are having a son. Congratulations!”

A son…An earth pony son…

Twilight wasn’t sure how she got out of the doctor’s office. She had the ultrasound picture of her foal, her son, in a yellow envelope. She shook her head and stared at the ground in shock.

A son? But my calculations… Twilight shook her head again—harder this time—and sighed. Taking the ultrasound out of the envelope, her eyes looked over the image of her son.

He was beautiful. A smile began to grow on her muzzle as the shock faded away. “I’m having a son.” She breathed out the word and it made her feel warm inside. As she walked around the streets of Ponyville, she found her way to the park where several foals were climbing on the jungle gym. She she sat on a bench to watch the foals play.

“In a few years my son will be out there with them.” Twilight tried to imagine it what would he be like. Strong for certain, it was an earth pony trait, but she desperately hoped her son would not bully ponies smaller than him.

She laid a hoof on her belly as she continued watching. Her son wouldn’t spend much of his time in Ponyville though. Twilight’s ears pinned back as she realized her son would be Celestia’s first born. He would be a Prince, her heir apparent. Twilight shivered as she envisioned how the nobles would react to the fact that their prince was an Earth pony.

Her eyes closed tightly, trying to force the images of the noble’s faces away from her mind.

How will my son do against those stuck up unicorns? I can just imagine what they’ll say about him… Phrases such as ‘dirty blood’ and even the idea that Twilight had cheated on Celestia caused Twilight to silently cry out.

What if Celestia believed them? What if she leaves me and our son? What if she takes our son and forbids me from seeing him? Twilight felt herself begin to shake as she got up from the park bench and began to walk back to where the guards were waiting to take her home.

She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly as Cadance taught her long ago. Feeling a bit better, she picked the ultrasound picture back up in her magic and froze.

Wh-what if he is scared of me! Instantly, images of her son nervously walking into her lab to try to get her attention as she worked on something dangerous and magical came to mind. She cringed as she imagined her barking at him for disturbing her.

Magic is my whole life... What if he thinks I don’t love him as much as I would if he had a horn? Twilight’s heart broke as she saw images of herself helping a unicorn student as her own son sat ignored in a corner—his hoof feeling where a horn would be.

Twilight shakily bowed her head to the guards as she climbed into the chariot—closing her eyes to hold back the tears. Visions of her son running away to find ponies who understood him filled her mind.

As the chariot lifted into the air, a final fear rent at her heart. What if he doesn’t want to call me mom… With that final thought, she curled up on the bottom of the chariot and the tears fell unabashed as her sobs shook her body..

Celestia paced back and forth as she waited for the chariot to land, much to Luna’s amusement. “Tia, if this is how you are when she has gone to a simple check up, how will you be once she is in labor?”

Celestia glanced over to where her sister was laying. “I will be in the delivery room holding her hoof. Tell me, do we need an ambassador to the Dragon lands?”

Luna cocked her ear. “I do not believe so. In fact, I am almost certain they requested we not send a soft pony to their lands.”

Celestia nodded with a snort. “After dealing with dear Wellington, I’m almost tempted to send him.”

Luna lifted an eyebrow.

“I said almost—Oh! There’s the chariot!” Celestia and Luna both moved back, giving the chariot room to land. Celestia eagerly rushed to the cab but froze at the sounds of Twilight’s sobs. Nearly ripping the door to the chariot off, Celestia’s eyes widened at what she saw. Celestia’s mane stopped moving; turning to light pink as fear filled her heart.

No. The-There can’t be anything wrong with the foal...This was just a check up...Please…

Twilight looked up to see Celestia gazing down at her, the fear radiating from her. Celestia swallowing hard. “The foal?”

Twilight smiled, tears falling down her cheeks. “He is beautiful.”

It hadn’t taken Celestia long to get Twilight back to their room where they laid on their bed, Celestia’s forelegs wrapped around Twilight as they looked at the ultrasound. She looked at the image, her eyes wide and ringed with moisture. Twilight was right, he’s beautiful.

“Sweetheart, if our son…” ”Our son.” Wow, that’s going to take a few days to get used to. “if our son is healthy, why were you crying so hard?”

After some coaxing, Twilight spilled her fears that their son would be made to feel as a second class pony, that he would be scared of her. that he wouldn’t feel worthy, and most of all, that he wouldn’t call her mom.

Celestia sat up letting her wife lay against her for a moment before speaking. “Twilight, I would never let anypony treat our son like that. He will be their prince and my heir whether he can raise the sun or not.” She shook her mane as it once again returned to its trio of colors. “As for thinking I’d leave you…” Celestia turned a smile her way. “Twilight, face it. This is forever, and you are stuck with me.”

Twilight blushed and nodded. “Are you saying that being with you is a bad thing because I have several hundred scrolls worth of… poetry that says elsewise.”

Celestia’s smile turned warmer. “I may have to read them sometime.” She lifted her head. “Now, back to our foal. Our son will grow up loved by his two mothers, two aunts, an uncle, grandparents, and all of his godmothers. And as for him being afraid of you? I must admit, sweetheart, you get a bit… scary, even to me. But that's just the sign you need a break and that we need a family day.”

Twilight’s blush deepened and Celestia stroked Twilight's mane as she sighed. “I’m certain some day he’ll ask why he doesn’t have a horn like us, but personally I think that he doesn’t have a horn because he’ll go on to do amazing things with earth pony magic.”

Twilight blinked, her eyes widening some. “You really believe that?”

“I’m certain he’ll surprise us.” Celestia nodded before she cupped Twilight’s chin. “Look at me, Twilight.”

Twilight looked up into her wife’s serious but loving pink eyes.

“As long as he lives, He will always call you Mom.”

Epilogue

Twilight chewed her tongue. “All right, just a bit to the right now, dear.” The crib lifted into the air, held in a red aura, and moved slightly to the right before setting back down. Twilight tilted her head a bit, humming before shaking her head. “No, I was wrong. It’s better to the left. Maybe point five centimeters more.”

The red aura around the crib vanished as Twilight’s sixteen year old daughter turned to face her, an eyebrow raised. “Mom, I love you dearly, but you have lost it! I’ve moved this stupid crib twenty six times today, and if I move it point five centimeters to the left, it’ll be back in the exact spot it was before I started!”

Twilight stood up with a bit of an ‘oomph’ as Eclipse rushed over to help her up. “I know, sweetheart, I’m sorry I’m so nutsy.”

Eclipse nuzzled her under her chin. “It’s okay, Mom, I get it. I really do. You and Mother are both a bit panicked about the upcoming arrival of my brother.”

Twilight chuckled, her ears pinning back as a blush crept on her face.“Yes, I suppose we are. I’m just glad that your Auntie Cady and Uncle Shiny were able to take you to the Crystal Empire the last few weeks. Not that I didn’t miss you with all my heart but.” She blew a sigh. “I did have a bit of a panic attack a week ago.”

Eclipse shook her head as she helped Twilight into her rocking chair. “I heard a bit about it. The guard is still trying to fix that chariot from Mother ripping the door off.”

Twilight rocked back in her chair, her fore hoof resting on her daughter’s head. “I’m certain everything will be fine now that my stable, down-to-Equestria daughter is home...Oh!” Twilight starts, a hoof pressing at her belly.

“Mom? What is it? Mom, is everything alright?” Eclipse reached up to move the bangs from Twilight’s eyes, a worried expression on her face.

“Everything is fine, Eclipse, just a small pai—” Twilight winced again, gripping Eclipse’s hoof “Honey, do me a favor?”

Eclipse nodded. “Of course, Mom. What is it?”

Twilight pulled herself out of the rocking chair, her legs shaking a bit “Go tell your Auntie Cady I need her. Then go to the Day court and tell your Mother to meet me in our room.”

Eclipse nodded though she bit at her bottom lip. “Is everything okay, Mom?”

Twilight smiled once before wincing “Oh yes, darling, it’s just your little brother wants out.”

Eclipse’s eyes widened and she sprinted from the room. “Auntie Cady! Auntie Cady! Mom needs you!”

Twilight chuckled before her eyes went wide as a drip drip noise reached her ears. “Cadance!!!”

Several ponies sat in the hallway in various states of anticipation. Luna paced in front of the door to Twilight and Celestia’s room. Twilight had been very firm that only Celestia be allowed in. In fact, Pinkie Pie had been escorted out of the room no less than five times in the last thirty minutes.

“Princess, all due respect to ya, but you are driving us all nuts with your pacing!” Applejack said as she rubbed at her forehead. “We’re all anxious and eager to meet the foal, but your pacing ain’t going to make it happen any faster.”

Luna paused a moment before chuckling, a faint blush creeping across her face before she sat down on a nearby chair. “My apologies Applejack, I'm just very excited. It’s funny, I teased Tia that she would be the one pacing as we waited for the foal.”

Applejack waved it off. “Not a problem. I understand, we all do.”

They all turned as they heard a familiar ‘proinking’ sound coming from the hallway. Pinkie bounced down the hall, much to the surprise of her friends.

Rainbow leaned over to whisper into Rarity’s ear. “Didn’t the Princess teleport her to the Everfree last time she broke into the room?”

A bemused frown crossed Rarity’s face before she shook her head. “I’m afraid it’s simply Pinkie being Pinkie, darling.”

Rainbow Dash shrugged. “Better reasoning than I could come up with.” She turned to Pinkie as she finally joined them. “What’s up, Pinkie? You aren’t going to try to get back in are you? Princess Celestia might send you to the sun next time.”

Pinkie Pie tapped at her chin before shaking her head. “No way! Then I’ll miss meeting Twilight’s foal! And I’ve already been waiting forever!” She shook her head so quickly, her mane bounced around wildly. “Nono, I just was thinking who gets to see the foal first? I mean after Luna, and Twilight’s Mommy and Daddy, and Eclipse, oh and Spike and Twilight’s BBBFF and Cadance can’t forget Ca-mmph!”

Applejack looked at the others, slowly lowering her hoof from Pinkie’s mouth. “Ah think what Pinkie is trying to ask is: other than Twi’s family, which of us gets to meet the little guy first?”

The five ponies looked at each other, sparks seeming to come from their eyes.

A yellow unicorn sitting next to Cadance blinked before turning her way. “Do they really do this a lot?”

A wan smile tugged at Cadance’s lips. “More than you would think, Sunset.” She turned her gaze from the feuding friends to give the unicorn a smile. “Twilight and Celestia will be so glad you were able to make it for their son’s birth.”

Sunset Shimmer smiled in turn. “Where else would I be other than here? There’s only so many times Twilight will have her first born, and since Twilight in the human world is still working on figuring out what dating is, well this may be the only time for a while.”

Both of them cringed and covered their ears as a shout of, “WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN’T HAVE PAIN MEDICINE?” echoed from the room.

Cadance winced, rubbing at her ears. “I would not want to be the pony who just told Twilight that.”

Sunset backed a bit more away from the door. “Yeah, me either.”

“I’m sorry, Princess. You are progressing too fast.” Doctor Tenderhoof’s cheeks rose in a smile behind his surgery mask. “In fact, it’s time to start pushing.”

Twilight stared at him, an eye twitching. “Time? Time! What do you know about time!” She pointed an accusatory hoof at him. “I’ve gone back in time! There is always time!” She turned her head to where Celestia sat dressed in a set of green scrubs rather than her usual regalia while holding Twilight’s hoof. “You’ll stop time for me won’t you, love?”

Celestia nuzzled Twilight’s cheek. “It’s all right, Twily, I’m here. We’re just about to meet our son.”

Twilight’s eye stopped twitching as her heart slowed a bit. “So, no stopping time?”

“Afraid not, darling,” Celestia said, giving Twilight’s hoof a soft kiss. “After all, if I stopped time, it would be more of a wait to hold our son.”

“All right, Princess Twilight, I want you to look at me. He’s right there, just give me a good hard push.”

Gritting her teeth, Twilight gave a push, trying to force out the young life that so eagerly wanted to be born.

Tenderhoof lit up his horn as Twilight cried out. “That’s right! Just push!”

She gripped Celestia’s hoof so tightly that she almost cut the circulation. “Why do I have to push?” She screamed again before turning a scathing glare at her wife. “Celestia, you did this to me! If we ever have another foal, you’re going to carry them!”

Luna had her ear to the door as the other ponies stood waiting, cringing at the words that flew from the young mother—words not suited for polite society.

“What is happening, Auntie Luna?” Eclipse asked, sparing the door a worried look.

“She is pushing.” She cringed again. “My, I didn’t know she knew such language!”

All sets of ears perked when the swearing was replaced by a new voice. A voice that had only taken its first breath.

Everypony in the hallway slumped in relief at the sound as it came from behind the door.

“He is here, Eclipse, you are a big sister now! Huzzah!” Luna beamed as the teenager stood with a giant smile on her muzzle.

“Ten pounds, six ounces. Twenty inches long. Earth pony. He’s a beautiful, healthy colt. Good job, Mom,” Tenderhoof said before gently placing the newborn colt on Twilight’s chest.

Twilight gave a soft, warm smile to her son as he continued to cry. “Oh, oh he’s here. My son is here…” She gave the newborn a slight nuzzle before turning her gaze to Celestia. “Our son is here, Tia, look at him!”

Celestia smiled, taking her son’s tiny hoof in her own. “He’s perfect” She smiled a bit more as she examined her newborn son. “It seems he takes after me for his coat though!”

Twilight laughed, a weak, tired laugh. “And Luna as well. Look—” She motioned to his back end. “He has purple splotches on his flank and his muzzle is also purple.”

Celestia placed a hoof gently on his head. “Seems he’s taken your mane though, dearest.”

Twilight nodded slowly. “ It looks good on him. I wonder what color his eyes are?”

The colt whimpered before blinking his slightly swollen eyes. Snuggling deeper into his Mother’s coat, his eyes were open long enough for them to see. “Oh, Tia, his eyes look like both of ours.”

Celestia placed a wing carefully over her new family. “I don’t think any pony could deny he is ours.” She gave her wife a nuzzle before frowning softly. “Though he does need a name.”

Twilight glanced out the window as the sun rose on the first morning of her son’s life. “Morning Star.”

Celestia glanced down as their son fell asleep, the little one exhausted from his ordeal. “Morning Star, yes. Welcome to Equestria, Morning Star. I sure hope you like it here.”

Twilight lifted her head to nuzzle Celestia. “I’m sure he will. After all, he is our son.”

Author's Note

Yes it was done with pony creator... He is still the cutest colt ever!