The night was still young in Ponyville, the sun having only been down for an hour or two. Most of the town's residents were closing up shop and head home to enjoy a relaxing evening after a hard day's work. Others were just leaving their homes and heading to work to begin the night shift. A few foals were out with their parents, holding their hands and talking about the many wonders that only foals could understand like ‘the tooth pony’ or ‘the boogiemane’. All in all, the entire town was happy and peaceful.

It was the perfect hiding place.

While everypony was enjoying their evening, they were completely oblivious to a cloaked figure sneaking around, ducking behind stands and into alleyways. Good, that made her mission so much easier. It was a shame really. She would've really liked to stay here, surrounded by so many loving and caring ponies. She'd never go hungry again! She noticed a young couple walking past her hiding spot. Maybe she could just….

‘Keep it together! You must complete this mission!’ She thought.

She shook her head and looked down at the blanket-covered basket in her arms. Yes, her mission was top priority. The most important thing right now was getting this little bundle to a safe place. Nothing else mattered. Feeding could wait.

She snuck through the town, sticking to the shadows to avoid being seen by any street rats that happened to be hanging around. Not that she couldn't handle them, mind you. She just had much more important things to deal with at the moment. She made her way to the edge of Ponyville, away from the large crowds and to the more homey part of town. The ponies there tend to be more peaceful than the ones deeper in town. Perfect for what she had planned. Her horn emitted a green glow, not to feed, but to detect any surrounding emotions. She needed to find a home with a large amount of love if she wanted her plan to work. Exiting another alley, she came upon a cozy looking two story cottage. It didn't didn't look like much at first glance, but she knew better. The amount of love in the house caused the glow of her horn intensify, nearly exposing her.

She really did love this town.

Dispelling her horn, she made her way over to the cottage, being careful not to be seen. She couldn't mess up, not now. Not when she was so close. She looked around to make sure nopony was watching before looking through the window of the cottage. There, sleeping (and drooling) on the couch, was a very well endowed white unicorn mare with a long scarlet mane and tail. She wore a baby blue tank top and matching short shorts. On the back of her hand, there was a cutie mark of a group of ponies holding hands. What really caught her attention though, was the amount of love radiating off of her. The sheer quantity of it was enough to make her mouth water.

She was perfect.

Quickly making her way to the door, she reached her hand out to knock on the door, when a small moan reached her ears. She looked at the basket and noticed the blanket was moving. The sight made her realize just what exactly she was doing. The thought brought tears to her eyes. No, she reminded herself. This was not the time to get soft. She needed to do this, no matter how much it hurt. It was for the best. She hugged the basket closer and cooed to it's contents.

“Shhhh. It's okay. Everything's going to be alright,” She whispered, placing the basket on the ground. She reached into her cloak and took out a note (hey that rhymes!). After carefully placing it in the basket, she knocked on the door twice before turning to leave. Before crossing the street into another alley, she took one last look at the basket.

“Mommy loves you; never forget that.”

And with that, she left, disappearing like a ghost in the night.

“....Not now girls…. “ Unity muttered as she cuddled into the couch cushion, her sweet (small) mind off in dreamland. “....sex later….cookie now….”

KNOCK KNOCK

“PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN!!” She yelled, bolting into a sitting position.

She looked around and saw that she was still in her cottage and not in her bedroom with her herd wrestling while she watched, eating a plate of cookies. The realisation shook her to her very core, causing tears to well up in her eyes.

“My cookie…” She sobbed.

KNOCK KNOCK

“Huh?”

She looked at the door and raised an eyebrow. She got off the couch and walked to towards it, wondering who would visit her during her daily nap. Were the girls home? She looked at the clock and saw it was 18:05. Much too early for any of them to be off work. Well, whoever it was, they were gonna get one tartarus of an earful for waking her from such a pleasant dream.

‘There better be cookies behind this door.’

She opened the door to scream at whoever was on the other side, but frowned again she saw that nopony was there. She blinked in confusion before looking around. Nope, nopony there. But then what was that knocking she heard? She shrugged it off, thinking she was hearing things. She was about to close the door and catch up on her napping when a small moan stopped her in her tracks. She blinked and turned around. Now, she may not be the smartest unicorn (or pony for that matter) but even she knew something was wrong here. She heard the noise again and looked down. There, covered by a blanket, was a basket. Small, squeaky noises could be heard from it. A smile began to crawl on her face as she began to bounce in excitement.

“Oh my gosh, could it be?” She picked up the blanket and listened.

“It is! A squeaking basket!” She squealed with joy, intensifying her bouncing. “Oh, I've always wanted one! Come on squeaking basket, let's go inside,” She said as she brought it inside and closed the door with her magic. She ran up the stairs to her bedroom and sat herself on the bed, placing the basket on her lap. She then noticed a note sticking out of the side. This just kept getting better and better! She grasped the note in a pink aura and read it aloud.

“Please take care of my little Waspy.” She gasped in joy.

“OhmygoshohmygoshohmygoshOHMYGOSH!! The squeaky basket has a name!” She picked it up and hugged it. “Hi there Waspy! My name's Scarlett Unity but you can just call me Unity and we're gonna be best friends forever!”

She placed the basket on her bed. She giggled when she saw the blanket beginning to wrinkle itself.

“So, why are you under a blanket Waspy? Are you cold?”

The basket did not respond. It only made more adorable noises that made her giggle. Squeaking baskets are so weird.

“Well, don't worry about that Waspy; it's plenty warm in here. So, I'll just take off this blanket and….”

She peeled away blanket with her magic and neatly shoved in the drawer. No use letting a nice free blanket go to waste. She smiled, satisfied with her awesome blanket shoving skills, before turning her attention back to Waspy, and saw...a foal?

She blinked in confusion before rubbing her eyes, positive that she was just feeling the effects of the salad she had for breakfast. She knew she shouldn't have let Stainless Steel cook. She opened her eyes again and, sure enough, there it was. A foal laying in her squeaking basket….or at least she thought it was a foal. It wasn't wearing a diaper so she knew it was a colt, but it definitely didn't look like any colt she'd ever seen. Instead of fur, his body was covered in shiny greyish-black chitin, and his legs and arms were riddled with holes. He had pupiless red eyes and a curved horn on his forehead. He had small but sharp-looking claws and a pair of transparent wings sprouting from his back. He had no mane, just a long fin-like structure running along his head, and his tail was very webby, like a spider's web. All in all, he looked like some weird, icky, mutant insect-alicorn hybrid.

And she loved him.

“Oh my Faust, you are so adorable!” She squealed, lifting the strange foal with her magic and placing him in her arms. “You’re even better than a squeaky basket! Yes you are. Yes you are~” She cooed as she tickled his belly, making him giggle. His body was surprisingly soft and smooth to the touch. His voice was a little raspy but still adorable all the same.

“I can't wait to introduce you to my herd. I bet they'll love -”

“Unity, we're home!” Three voices called in unison, making Unity gasp in joy.

“They’re here! Come on Waspy, let's go meet your other mommies.”

The chitinous colt gurgled in agreement as he was lifted in the air by a bright pink aura. Unity smiled and made her way downstairs while levitating Waspy behind her. She was extremely giddy. She couldn't believe she was actually going to be a mother. Now, if only she had a plate of warm cookies, then all her dreams will have come true!

“Yo Unity, where are you?” One of the voices called.

“Coming!” She called as she made her way downstairs. When she walked into the living room, she was greeted by the sight of two mares simultaneously kissing another mare. Each mare was just as well endowed as her.

“Hey! No starting without me!” She said, quickly hiding Waspy behind her back and out of sight from the three mares who had separated, and were now looking at her with seductive expressions.

The first mare was a white pegasus with a long blonde mane. She was wearing a white lab coat with a black vest and a blue skirt underneath. She completed this look by wearing a pair of specks. Her cutie mark was a beaker pouring purple fluid into another beaker.

The second mare was a brown earth pony with a long black mane. She was incredibly tall and well built. She wore a leather shirt and gloves and a pair of blue genes. Her cutie mark were two metal swords crossed over a shield.

The third mare was a hot pink unicorn. Her raspberry mane was styled in a ponytail. She wore a dark-red belly shirt and a black skirt. Her wrists adorned many gold bracelets while diamond earrings hung in her ears. Her cutie mark were three garnets.

“Oh, don't worry babe, we didn't forget about you,” Said Stainless Steel. She walked towards Unity to give her a kiss, only to have her move out of reach.

“That can wait. I have a surprise for everypony!”

“What is it Sweetheart?” Garnet asked as she smoothed out her skirt.

“It's not another ‘free lovin’ coupon, is it?” Asked Bunsen Burner. “Because Stainless always steals mine.”

“I see what you did there,” Giggled Garnet, causing Bunsen to cock her head in confusion.

“Did where?”

“No! Something even better!” Unity stated . “Do you all remember how we talked about having foals?”

“No,” They deadpanned.

“Well too bad, cause look what I found!” She levitated Waspy out from behind her back and into plain view. The mares were filled with so much happiness at the sight of him, they almost looked horrified.

“Oh my Faust!”

“What is that thing?!”

“What on Equis?!”

Yep, so much happiness.

“Stainless, quick, get the flyswatter!”

“You will do no such thing!” She brought Waspy closer and hugged him tight. “How could you want to hurt our son?!”

Everypony froze and stared at her in horror and disbelief. Bunsen Burner was the first to snap out of it.

“O-Our s-son?”

“Yep! At first I thought he was a squeaky basket, and you know how much I like squeaky baskets, and then I was so excited and -”

“Woah woah woah! Hold up! I'm still reeling from the whole ‘he's our son’ thing,” Stainless said. “Where did you even find him?”

“The same place I find all my favorite things; in a squeaky basket in front of our door.”

“You stole a foal?!”

“What? No! He was given to us….I think.” She levitated the note over to Garnet, who was in the middle of a wide eyed staring contest with Waspy. “See? I have a piece of paper to prove it.”

“Waspy?” She read.

“So someone just left him outside our house? Just like that?” Stainless asked.

“Yeah, isn't that great?!” All three mares facepalmed as Unity nuzzled Waspy. “I'm finally a momma!”

“So what is he anyway?” Garnet asked. They all paused before turning to Bunsen Burner, who blushed at all the attention.

“H-How should I know?!”

“You're the one wearing a lab coat,” Stainless pointed out.

“I'm a scientist, not a doctor!”

“Do we even know how to raise a foal?” Garnet asked.

“We'll buy a book on it tomorrow. Now hold your colt bitch!”

Not giving her a chance to respond, Unity magically shoved the colt into Garnet's arms. The purple eyes met red ones as they stared at each other, neither really sure what they were looking at. Waspy blinked twice before reaching towards her, clasping and unclasping his claws. Swallowing the lump in her throat, she offered him her finger, squeaking when she felt the tips of his claws prick her skin. He stared at the finger in wonder before placing in it his mouth. He looked at her as he nibbled on her finger, the happiness in his eyes clear as day.

“Aaaww!” She cooed. “Look, he likes me!”

“Huh, I guess the little fella is kinda cute,” Stainless said as she played with the fin on his head, making him giggle.

Bunsen grasped the colt's leg. “An undiscovered species of pony; how fascinating,” She said as she inspected the holed limb. “Just think of all things we could learn. I could win a Nobel Prize for this.”

“Great, then you can hold him.”

“Wait wha -”

She instinctively took hold of the colt as she Garnet placed him in her arms. She looked at him, then at her lovers, who just smiled at her. She looked back Waspy and found him staring at her with wide eyes. She sent him a nervous smile and folded her wings around him. He turned his attention to the feathery appendage and grabbed it. He began to mess around with the feathers, giggling all the while. Bunsen's smile changed from one of nervousness into one of welling happiness as she watched the colt make his own fun. Eventually, the sight became too much for her, and she could no longer help herself.

“Ooooh, you are so cute!” She nuzzled the giggling colt. “Who's a cute little bug-pony thing? You are! Yes you are!”

“My turn!” Stainless exclaimed as she, much to Bunsen's bemusement, took the colt from the pegasus. “Hi there little Waspy! I'm your other momma and I'm gonna teach you everything I know! Hay, you might even end up being as good a blacksmith as me one day.”

“Hey, quit hogging him Stainless!” Garnet exclaimed as she reached for the colt, only for the earth pony to move him out of her reach.

“I wasn't done holding him yet!” Bunsen complained.

As Unity watched her wives fight over Waspy, a smile spread across her face. She had never seen them this happy since their wedding day. True that was only five months ago and none of them were were even thinking about having a foal just yet but you know what? When life gives you lemons, throw them back at life and go eat some cookies.

Speaking of which, she could really go for a cookie right about now.

Author's Note

I would like to thank Koekelbag for proofing this chapter!