Twin Trouble

Mood Swings

Soarin, Sandstorm and Stronghold must now battle with Rainbow Dash, as she goes through her furious mood swings... a simple, yet challenging part of her pregnancy.

Soarin was sitting down in the living room of their cloud house, taking a few deep breaths, as he cherished the few moments without his wife.

Not in that way, but ever since a few weeks ago, Rainbow Dash had become extremely moody. It was, of course, her pregnancy acting up, but that didn't stop it from being horrid.

No... Rainbow Dash was a special case. Once, she even pushed Soarin's head down the toilet! She threw soap into his mouth, and made him clean the house inside and out with a toothbrush! She definitely knew how to liven things up around the house.

Of course, Soarin was the target for most of her attacks, which didn't suit him well... he was quite annoyed, to be honest. But alas, he couldn't do anything, he could only pray.

Suddenly, the clopping of hooves were heard coming from the steps. Soarin grimaced slightly, but turned his expression into a bright smile, as he got up to go greet his wife.

"Morning, sweetie," he said, kissing her on her cheek. "How did you sleep?"

"Argh. It felt as if a thousand pin cushions were stabbing into my back. Hey! I can do that to you, if you'd like!" she said innocently. Soarin's eyes widened, as he took a few steps away from her.

"Hehe... I'm good..." he said nervously. Dash glared at him, and nodded, before clutching her stomach tightly. Soarin instantly changed his expression to a one of worry, as he cast a nervous glance at her.

"Dashie? Are you alright?" he asked, placing a hoof on her shoulder. She quickly nodded, before rushing to the bathroom. Soarin realized what was happening, and rushed behind her to try and help.

"Sandstorm! Stronghold! Get your flanks in here!" Dash yelled out to the twins from the kitchen. It was a Saturday, which meant no school, so Sandstorm and Stronghold were kept inside the house, with their angry mother.

Sandstorm and Stronghold both rushed inside the kitchen, and quickly took a seat, not wanting to cause any issues with the pregnant mare. Although Dash was only about a month in, she definitely didn't seem like it. Her abdomen had already started to grow in size.

"We're here, Mom," Sandstorm said quietly, as Dash plopped a sandwich down in front of them. Dash shot her daughter a nasty glare.

"I never said you had to speak!" she spat, heading to her own seat, and beginning to eat her daisy sandwich. She then suddenly spit it out, grimacing.

"Yuck! This is gross!"

"Dashie... I think they can go..." Soarin tried. Dash shook her head.

"They are far too young to go for a slumber party," she said, crossing her hooves. Soarin sighed.

"Dashie... they're going to be fine. Trust me on this one. Besides, they're eight! What harm could they cause?" he asked, shrugging slightly. Dash shot him a disgusted look.

"Oh, I don't know? Trash the house?" she tried. Soarin shook his head.

"I'm sure there's going to be a responsible parent there..." he said. Dash let out a loud snort.

"Yeah... like Rarity's responsible," she said. "And who's going to be there anyway? Don't you have like a guest list or something?"

"Yeah. I know that Adobe and Illusion are going to be there," Soarin replied. Dash laughed.

"Heh... the twins at a sleepover with Illusion? That'll turn out perfectly!" she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. Soarin frowned.

"Sandstorm told me that she and Stronghold have started to get along with her," he said. Dash shook her head.

"I really doubt that. Now do you really want to be arguing with me about something like this?" she asked with a threatening stare. Soarin groaned.

"Really Dashie... is all of this stuff really-" he started, before being cut off.

Rainbow Dash raised her hoof, and slapped him hard on the cheek. He winced at the impact, as Dash started to breath heavily. She looked upon the bruise that was beginning to form on her husband's face, as she let out a soft cry.

"Oh my god! Soarin!" she yelled, as he sat down on the bed from the slap. She quickly lowered herself besides him, desperately clinging to his coat. "I'm so sorry!"

Soarin let a small tear escape. Rainbow Dash could hit hard, that was for sure. And his cheek was still throbbing from the pain. He looked over to her with a shocked expression. She had never done that before! No matter how moody!

He looked into her eyes, her tearful, watery eyes. She gasped as she saw his tears, that were now falling freely down his cheek. Soarin didn't move. He just looked at her with a hurt expression.

Rainbow Dash's mouth opened slightly, shocked at what she did. How could she do that to him? He was her husband for ponies sake! She felt absolutely awful about it.

The two just sat there for a few minutes, not daring to say a word.

Suddenly, Soarin lifted his hooves up, and behind her back. Dash was confused, but knew he wouldn't hurt her. She let him tightly grasp her arms, and roughly pull her in.

Dash landed hard onto Soarin's chest, instantly wrapping her own hooves around him, closing her eyes tightly shut. Soarin did the same, as he bent his face in, nuzzling her mane. Dash rested her head onto Soarin's chest, and softly settled inside his strong embrace.

The two broke. They broke into tears at the exact same moment, crying to their heart's content. Soarin collapsed down inside once he heard his sweet, beloved Dashie's cries. He tightened his embrace around her, pulling her in closer as he cried to himself.

This wasn't about the slap. It wasn't even about the slumber party. This was their emotions. The emotions that had been bottled up for so long. The emotions from their elope, Dash's first pregnancy, meeting all their friends and family again, being alone for almost nine years. It hurt. A lot..

The two wept freely in each other's arms. Soarin couldn't believe that Dash had been hiding this from him for such a long time... as did Rainbow Dash. She had only seen him cry once before. When he left her for that short amount of time.

But ever since the elope, something just felt... different. Not from outside, but from the inside. Rainbow Dash and Soarin felt like something was missing. And now they knew what it was.

It was each other.

Since Sandstorm and Stronghold were born, Rainbow Dash and Soarin barely ever had any time for each other. They always had to tend to themselves, or the children at some point or another. They couldn't just simply relax, and enjoy each other's company in a sweet, romantic way.

Dash suddenly let go of Soarin, and looked up to him with her tearful eyes.

"You know what?" she asked, as Soarin stared back into his wife's eyes. "Let the kids go to the slumber party," she said. "You and I need some alone time together."

"That's the best thing I've heard all week."