It was a cold, dark night in the arctic of the frozen north. There was a dark cave hidden hundreds of miles from the Crystal Empire. Wendigoes flew above the cave that was hidden upon the midst of pony and dragon statues. A ruined fortress laid buried in the cold ice.
In the cave, a long spiraling stairway crept ever so in the darkness. Green crystallized cocoons hung from ice glaciers. On the flat bottom, arched dragon claw-like pillars surrounded a circular stone table. A red horn of a unicorn pony lay on the table.
Then a brown hooded pony entered the cave. The pony descended down into the darkness, with a small glowing horn. The pony walked down the spiraling stairway and walked toward the table that held the red horn.
“The time for revenge has almost come,” said the hooded pony, which sounded to be a gray male unicorn. His voice was deep and shallow. He lifted his hood and shown his face to the red horn. His black mane, with some brown swirls, was long and curled. His eyes were glaring red, and his grey horn was curved. “The time to strike back is nearly there. Within three days the Princess of Friendship shall be a mother and she will have a daughter. I will not allow this foal become an Alicorn. And I will be ready to attack them… father.”
“You always keep saying that,” hissed a female voice. “Are you really going to keep talking like or are you just deluded of taking over Canterlot?”
“It’s very rude to be talking while lingering in the darkness, Chrysalis,” said the dark pony.
Then the changeling queen Chrysalis emerged from the darkness, revealing herself to the dark pony. Her wings had been torn and her horn was dented. Her frail body leaned toward the right side as her legs limped weakly.
“That is QUEEN Chrysalis to you.”
The gray pony stood up and walked to the frail changeling queen. “Then why do you have such a weak body, queenie? Don’t forget it is I who found you. You! The great and powerful changeling queen ripped of her beauty and magic. I found you when you were buried in the ice, completely stripped of everything. I even found the remnants your changeling army, which I counted no higher than fifty.
“When I found you, I expected you to be powerful and… well, better than your current state. You should have known better than to spare the little Alicorn when you had the chance of silencing her. Instead, you decide to imprison her.”
“I did what I had to make sure I won. If it weren’t for that little purple wrench, I would have succeeded.”
“If you had silenced her when you had her alone, you would have won. Now, she is an Alicorn and the Princess of Friendship. You let a little weak unicorn get the better of you, changeling. She has become more powerful than you, and you’ve let her become powerful. When her daughter is born, there is one more Alicorn to deal with.”
“Hyph,” the weak changeling grunted.
The gray unicorn levitated the horn of the dead King Sombra and walked it over to a mirror. The mirror showed the reflection of the grey unicorn when he gazed upon it. Then a vision appeared how King Sombra was blasted away and the Crystal Empire saved.
“My father was weak, too. Despite all the powers he’d thrown at the ponies and that dragon, he hadn’t succeeded in the hostile takeover of the Crystal Empire. However, he had a backup plan: me. I, Deep Sorrow, will finish what my father had started.”
Deep Sorrow walked away from the mirror showing him the flashback of his father’s defeat. He placed the horn back on the stone table.
Suddenly the cave began to rubble. The green cocoons swung as rocks fell. Cracks grew upon the walls and the spiraling walkway. A grim, large cloud of Shadow emerged from the horn. Green eyes glared with great anger and fear. Sombra’s spirit was not broken.
Deep Sorrow knelt before the presence of his father: King Sombra.
“My son, you are now my last hope for my survival,” said Sombra’s disembodied voice. “Do not make the same mistakes I have made. Before you go charging off to battle, annihilate the Princesses. Wipe them from existence!”
“Yes, my father,” replied Deep Sorrow. “And do the same Twilight Sparkle’s little foal?”
“It’s a little foal. It will have no memory the day, in which it will be born nor remember what mother it may have, as long as its eyes are shut. Make that foal one of us. Make me a Shadow Alicorn.”
“And if she is resistant?”
“Kill her before she discovers her Alicorn magic is meant for a new brand of Elements like the Elements of Harmony. This baby must not lead a new brand of Elements, which would be our ultimate downfall and the ultimate of evil itself. Don’t fail me!”
“As you wish,” nodded Deep Sorrow.
Sombra's Shadow form drifted back into his broken horn.
“It seems you may have to start tonight instead of tomorrow,” said Chrysalis.
“It will all depend, if your changelings are strong as you say they,” said Sorrow.
“I will not have you question my subjects’ strength. They are as powerful as I have told you. They feed on love of ponies. It happened to me when I fed on Shining Armor’s love for his pitiful wife Cadence.”
“I know what happened down there. Still it all depends if they can infiltrate on being the Royal Guards. If you want vengeance against Twilight, we must wait for Twilight to become desperate, sleepless. We must show Princess Twilight Sparkle what is means when there is a real threat clanging on her very own life.”
“What do you mean?” asked the queen.
“Twilight’s love of her friends is her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. Twilight’s unborn daughter will also be her weakness. First, I will falsely curse the baby and make Twilight think her daughter’s life is on the line. This will make Twilight Sparkle feel desperate to find a way to remove the fake curse. And when she is tired and desperate to sleep, we’ll attack her with all the power we have and take her daughter.”
“Oh, come on. She’s an Alicorn, and she’s going to have hundreds of guards. Not to mention her so-called friends will be there with her. Their connection to the Elements of Harmony is still strong.”
Deep Sorrow leaned toward the weak changeling queen. “And the Elements of Harmony will grow stronger when her friends have their own sons and daughters! Twilight’s daughter will lead them toward a brighter future, and she is the key of the future. We have better toss that key before it unlocks a brighter future for Twilight and her friends.”
Deep Sorrow turned away from the queen and walked to Sombra’s horn. Sorrow horn glowed and the gray pony levitated a toy figure looking like Twilight Sparkle. “By my father’s will, Twilight’s daughter will join the Legion of Shadow or die!”
Then his horn magically dropped the toy to the ground and stomped it hard. His pounding hoof squished the cotton stuffing from the stuffed toy, threatening the life of a young pony.
The bright sun rose from the east. It was an autumn day rising in the village of Ponyville. Ponies everywhere were putting up celebration party supplies. The entire town was buzzing with great cheer.
Little fillies and colts decorated signs of a baby pony. The Unicorn ponies used their magic to place signs that pictured a baby pony on high buildings. The Pegasus ponies placed the same signs on higher buildings. The Earth ponies prepped food and cups around every corner in Ponyville.
Right by Ponyville’s hospital, a sign saying “Congratulations, Princess Twilight!” was hung ten feet away from the hospital’s entrance. Ponyville was going to welcome a baby pony expected to be a son or daughter to the Princess of Magic: Twilight Sparkle.
Since sunrise, the ponies of Ponyville had been prepping the entire town to welcome Twilight’s son or daughter or twins or triplets and so on.
At Ponyville’s town hall, Twilight's friends were contributing their parts. Pinkie Pie was filling her party cannon with of confetti, nearly overfilling it. Rainbow Dash was placing up signs above the stage. Applejack was setting drinks and food at the tables. Rarity, as usual, prepped the pretty dresses for Twilight’s newborn. Fluttershy was teaching a bird choir to sing. Twilight’s friends took up most of the town’s hall. They were trying to get their things done in little space.
“Oh, I can hardly wait,” exclaimed Pinkie Pie. The pink pony was becoming overzealous about Twilight Sparkle having a little baby.
“I can’t wait too, Pinkie,” said Rainbow Dash. “Since Twilight got back from her honeymoon with Flash Sentry, Twilight had to make a pit stop at the hospital. I mean, how did she get pregnant that fast in a few short months?”
“Why, she does happen to be an Alicorn, my dear Rainbow Dash,” said Rarity. “I’m sure Alicorns have different… um… abilities than Unicorn, Pegasus, or Earth ponies.”
“Nothin’ to worry about, sugercube,” said Applejack.
“Yes, I’m sure Twilight is going to be fine.” Fluttershy walked to the other busy girls. The shy pony turn his eyes to the window showing the sun setting. “Oh, we better hurry!”
“Why?” the girls asked Fluttershy.
“The sun is setting! The doctor said that’s when the baby is expected.”
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s speed things up!” Rainbow Dash finished getting the last of the hanging signs up and landed on the ground; she moved and began to sing:
What are we waiting for?
We need get to moving
If we want to get ready on time
Come on, ponies, let’s soar
Then Applejack joined in:
We need to get ready and speed up things
If we want to see Twilight's baby
We'll need to pull some strings
And see the little filly smile, maybe
Rarity joined in the fray:
I'll be making dresses for Twilight's newborn
Seeing her (or him) shine brightly
I'll be getting ready to dress the little darling, politely
I'll make a dress shine as yellow corn
Now, the five girls all joined in:
We've got to speed things along
If we want to to Twilight's son or daughter
We need to get ready and sing the song
With little time, we have no time to drink water
We need to put more backbone and get ready
For Twilight's newborn
We need to go faster
We need to be be steady
And do our jobs just right
Let's get going and finish our chores
To be done
To have fun
And get ready for opening of the doors
When everything is ready and complete,
We will have the time of our lives
We will show Twilight's little baby
To make merry and sweet
So we are getting ready,
For we have to be steady
And get our jobs on time
And be show the little pony
To have the time of its live!
The girls ended the song as they finished the last touches in the town hall, laughing. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack exited the town hall.
The sun was setting. The night was right around the corner, and Twilight Sparkle was to have her baby right around that time.
The girls talked about ideas for Twilight's newborn as they walked to the hospital. Once they got there, the girls saw Spike pacing around the main entrance.
"Come on, Spike, hold it together. Hold it together." The baby dragon nervously walked back-and-forth at the hospital's entrance. "Just a little while longer, and everything will be okay. This is going to be a good day."
"Spike, what's wrong?" asked Fluttershy.
Spike yelled loudly, after being startled and startled Fluttershy herself.
The girls shushed loudly Spike.
"Oh, sorry, girls. I just can't get a grip that Twilight is getting a baby already."
"Well, we can't do anything about it now," said Rainbow Dash. "It just happened. Try not to overthink things, alright."
"Okay, alright."
For half an hour, the ponies of Ponyville had anxiously waited for Twilight and Flash to exit the hospital, with the baby in hoof. Pinkie Pie was ready to get blow her overflowing-confetti party cannon. However, due to the time of waiting, she grew bored.
Then the doors sprung open wide and everypony shouted: "Surprise!" All ponies had cheered loudly from the top of their lungs, congratulating the princess's newborn pony.
"Hurry!" Pinkie Pie shouted. She banged her party cannon that sent the confetti over Twilight Sparkle and Flash Sentry.
Twilight, who was carrying the little baby in her hoof, and Flash gasped loudly; they saw the entire neighborhood cheering for them. Twilight and Flash exited the hospital and gazed upon the entire neighborhood cheering for them. Twilight's eyes burst into tears of joy. She seemed more happy than the time she transformed from a Unicorn pony to an Alicorn pony.
Then Pinkie dashed up close to Twilight and "Oh, Twilight has a baby unicorn." She looked at the baby pony that had a small horn on its tiny head. "And it's a girl. Twilight has a baby Unicorn pony."
"No, Pinkie, she's an Alicorn," said Pinkie.
“Okay, she an Alicorn and WHAT!” Pinkie loudly gasped.
Twilight placed the little filly closer the pony’s eyes. A horn was easily shown and two small wings were folded. A baby Alicorn was born to Twilight Sparkle.
“A BABY ALICORN!? Oi!” Pinkie Pie flopped to the ground. Her brain had been overloaded by the sight of a baby Alicorn.
