Twilight and Applejack sat inside Sweet Apple Acres' humble dining room; not for the first time, and certainly not for the last sharing a meal together with the Apple clan again, their bellies soon to be happily stuffed with country-style viddles; meals that Twilight could never quite understand how something so simple to make could be so delicious.

"Boy-howdy Granny, y'sure did go all out t'night didn't ya?" Applejack asked, looking over the grand spread that would be more fitting on the ruling Princesses' royal banquet tables rather than their humble dining table.

"Aw when Ah heard dear Twilight was comin' over fer supper, Ah couldn't help but make 'er somethin' special," Granny said, smiling to the named. Since she and Applejack had started dating, Granny had started viewing Twilight more and more like a long-lost granddaughter, treating her to special treats, and like one of her own kin; something that Twilight had only too happily accepted.

"You didn't have to Mrs. Apple, but thank you," Twilight said with a smile, before Granny Smith then waved her hoof over the table.

"Ain't nothin' sweetie. Go 'head an' dig in, y'all look hungry!"

~

Near the end of their meal, Twilight looked over to Applejack and gave a gentle cock of the head, and received a nod. At that, Twilight levitated her fork and gently clanged it on the glass cups, both of which the Apples reserved for special occasions, or visiting guests of honor. As she was a Princess by title, she was always treated like royalty, despite always requesting not to be.

At the gentle tings of metal on the glass breaking the silence, the other family members' ears perked up, all looking to Twilight, who then smiled and placed the fork back down. "Excuse me if I'm interrupting anything, but Applejack and I have something we would like to tell you," she said, looking to her fiance and smiling. Both then stood.

"We're gettin' married!" Applejack said suddenly, looking over her kin's faces as she did. She saw Granny Smith's and Apple Bloom's faces light up, but Big Mac remained his stoic self.

"OHMIGOSH, I'MMA BE A SIS'ER-IN-LAW!" Apple Bloom shouted in excitement almost immediately after the words had been spoken, virtually squirming out of her seat in excitement.

"Well, Ah was kinda hopin' fer a few great-grandbabies from you Applejack, but as long as y'two are happy, Ahm happy fer you two." Granny Smith said with a hint of disappointment mixed in with her happy tone at that fact; the same she had also displayed to each of them individually when Twilight and Applejack both had asked the matriarch of the family's blessing to marry the other in private. She was indeed happy that they wanted to share their life together, but was upset that their pairing would bear no fruit; it was impossible for two mares to bear foals of their own after all, to her knowledge.

Twilight's own mother and father had reacted much the same when they were told of their engagement, but all of them were assured they'd be getting their grandfoals, and soon.

"Bro, Ah'd like fer you t' be my best stallion, and Apple Bloom, I'd like fer you an' yer pals t' be my flower-ponies," Applejack said, getting a smile and nod from Big Mac as he accepted. Apple Bloom once more nearly fell out of her chair nodding so hard.

After discussing briefly when they were planning on the marriage occuring, and what they needed to do, a thought struck Big Mac."Sis, ain't ya always said ya wanted lots'a foals?" Big Mac asked in his calm, booming voice, looking to his sister, then her chosen mate; " ...an' don't that require a stallion t' make th' foals?"

As this was asked, Twilight opened her mouth to explain exactly how they were going to get the foals everypony so desired, before Applejack saw it in her eyes and put a hoof up, giving a gentle shake of the head to silence her. It would be far too embarrassing to tell her family that Twilight could grow either of them a penis on demand. "Ah can assure you, Twi has found a way fer us t' have foals," Applejack said, hoping it would be left at that.

"Oh yeah, an' how's 'at?" Apple Bloom asked, the ever-curious nature of a foal, regardless of subject matter, making her sister wince. All the other family members leaned in, also clearly wondering the same thing.

"Well...it involves some...very special magic. Le's jus' leave it at that, iffin y'all don't mind." Applejack said, a deep blush forming as memories of just how 'special' that magic could be came back to her...and at quite an inappropriate time.

Satisfied with the promise of them having more foals in the family in time, no matter how strange the idea of two mares having them was to the tradition-based Earth-Pony family, the other ponies relented and went back to their meal. After all, unicorn magic was capable of things Earth-Ponies could never understand, with alicorn magic even more so, so they didn't ask for elaboration.

~

After dinner and dessert, a home-made strawberry-cream tart, were finished, the family retired to the family room, Apple Bloom having volunteered to clean the dishes.

As they sat and spoke amiably about the wedding plans, the question of where their foals would come from once more came up, this time without the grace a foal present to impede such a mature subject from being explored among adults. "So sis, where exactly are them foals y' were talking 'bout coming from?" Big Mac once more had asked, loving since their foalhood to make Applejack squirm at uncomfortable subjects.

"Yeah, how can two mares have a foal t'gether?" Granny Smith backed him up, herself curious on the strange suggestion. Even if the answer given was one she couldn't understand, at least it would sate her curiosity.

Twilight looked to Applejack, her eyes almost pleading to tell them exactly how the spell worked, but once more received a blush and frantic shake of the head 'no' from AJ.

"Well, ain't like a mare c'n just grow herself a cock with magic, is it?" Big Mac joked, laughing as he unknowingly slammed the nail right on the head.

Applejack went absolutely rigid, then sighed, her family staring at her reaction to the joke. Her expression had told too much to go back now. "Well, cat's outta the bag now. Alright Twi, y' can tell 'em."

Twilight clopped her hooves excitedly. "Alright, well, by genetically manipulating the chromosomes of a mare's lower abdomen temporarily..."

By the mid-way point of Twilight's speech on the intricacies of just how she could use her magic to give herself or his sister a fully-functioning set of stallion genitals, and just how big she imagined Applejack's penis would be if she shared her brothers' genetics, Big Mac's blush was burning hot, making him wish he'd just kept his big mouth shut. The smirk on Applejack's face made the whole situation even worse.

~ ~ ~

The next day Twilight and Applejack headed to Canterlot, having arranged to meet with Twilight's parents, Twilight Velvet and Night Light. The two lived in a quaint Canterlot residence near Canterlot Castle, quite a lovely view of the majestic building making the lot a rather premium-valued estate. "Oh hello dears! Come in, come in." Velvet said as she answered the door and invited the two in, offering a glass of tea to both as she invited them to the living room.

Night Light was sitting at his desk, looking over one of his wife's manuscript or another, before hearing the commotion of greetings and chatter from his wife and daughter, as well as the pony he knew as Applejack and one of Twilight's closest friends, having stood to greet them as well and giving Twilight a hug.

"Mom, Dad, I know you've met Applejack many times before," Twilight said, holding a hoof to her fiance and her parents nodding their greeting. "Well, we came here to make an announcement. Mom, Dad, Applejack is my fiance. We're getting married!"

Velvet and Night were stunned at first, but when the news sunk in both virtually lunged to hug their daughter, knocking heads in the process. Backing away rubbing their heads, the two laughed and Twilight joined in, Applejack giving a few contributing chuckles. Velvet then took the first hug, while Night waited his turn. After both mares received their congratulatory hugs, the most obvious question was asked;

"So, when are you two going to be joined in marriage? Oh, I can't wait for the wedding!"

Author's Note

Protip: don't ask a unicorn or alicorn about magic if you're not one yourself. It'll cost you about an hour of your life, and you won't understand anything they said by the end of it. If it's about sex, you'll be embarrassed to boot.