Stories Of Our Future

Twilight and her friends simply dropped their jaws as they stared at the shy mare. "You're... You're what...?"

Fluttershy turned red. "I... I'm going to have a baby." In the silence, a pin could've dropped and it would have been deafening.

The first noise was Rainbow shooting over to Fluttershy, followed by angered yelling. "THAT FUCKING DRACONAQUES HOW DARE HE STICK HIS-!"

Applejack slammed a hoof over her friend's mouth. "Rainbow Dash! Ah now you're mighty protective of Fluttershy but that's no reason to go swearing like a sailor!"

Pinkie rushed over to Fluttershy. "A BABY!? OH MY GOSH WE NEED A BABY SHOWER AND A CRIB AND-" She started rambling on and on about different baby supplies as the girls spoke.

Applejack stood strong with Fluttershy. "Everypony calm down. Fluttershy can make her own decisions, she's a grown mare."

Twilight nodded. "As much of a shock this is, Applejack is right. I trust Fluttershy."

Rainbow sighed. "A... All right, I trust you, Flutters."

Fluttershy blushed slightly. "Well, erm, what I said wasn't entirely true..."

Rainbow raised an eyebrow. Fluttershy breathed out a quick addition to her sentence. "I'm having twins."

Even the drama couch couldn't stop Rarity from fainting, who had previously just been staring at Fluttershy in shock.

Fluttershy held her little girl, Anomaly, in one arm, shushing her and rocking her while her own heart hammered in her chest. Discord was laying on the floor with her son, Enigma, on his back, softly giggling. Even the draconaques looked slightly nervous.

But neither of them could match the pacing and heavy breathing of Dr. Whooves. He looked like he could have a heart attack, which was understandable. Derpy Hooves was in there having his child, after all.

Fluttershy whispered to Anomaly, who was busy popping bubbles. Where the bubbles were coming from, Fluttershy had no clue. They had discovered early on that Anomaly had Discord's powers, though Enigma wasn't known to be able to use his powers.

Anomaly was a deep purple with a long string of a tail until it reached the end where a tuft of white with thin pink and yellow and light blue stripes, similar to her mane, sat. Her eyes were a soft brown. Her back left hoof was similar to her father's, yet it had purple scales and white talons. Her front two hooves were both purple lion paws. She, like Discord, loved to just float around instead of trotting. Her back right hoof was a normal purple hoof, by the way.

Enigma was a deep red with Fluttershy's teal eyes. He had a tail similar to Discord's though, it was light blue with the tuft being white with thin green stripes, like his mane. His front left hoof was a claw, yellow like his father's. Both of his back hooves were lion paws. They were yellow though. The remaining hoof was red.

Fluttershy gave Dr. Whooves a worrying look. "You need to calm down, Doctor. She'll be fine, she's always gotten through everything." Ever since Fluttershy had moved to Ponyville, Derpy had been a kindred spirit, giving the mare some muffins along with the mail.

The doctor started breathing even heavier. "Fluttershy, I appreciate the sentiment, BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO BE CALM WHEN YOUR WIFE IS HAVING A CHILD."

Anomaly started crying, and the bubbles popped. Discord sighed as he stopped Enigma from falling off his back. "Ugh, what made me think being here was a good idea? I could've been having fun making mischief and- OWWWW!" He yelped as Fluttershy stamped on his tail.

"Oh, honey, I'm sorry, what were you saying?" She said with a scary sweet smile as Anomaly started laughing again.

Dr. Whooves growled. "Not helping."

Suddenly, the doors opened and a mare stepped out. It was the nurse. "Mr. Whooves, Derpy is ready for you."

Dr. Whooves rushed to follow her. Discord and Fluttershy waited, the latter patiently and the former impatiently. Finally, after a while, the two came back out. They were red-eyed, most likely from crying tears of joy,

In one of Dr. Whooves' hooves, he held a tiny little foal. The foal's body was beige, yet looked more creamy. Its mane was like a lighter version of the Doctor's, nearly matching the older stallion's coat. It was an Earth pony, like its father. For some reason it reminded Fluttershy of copper.

Fluttershy smiled as the foal opened its eyes and revealed two golden circles. "What did you name...?"

"It's a boy," Derpy whispered, stroking the foal's mane, and smiling with one eye on the foal and one looking past at the Doctor's arm, "And we named him Stopped Clock."

Discord lifted an eyebrow. "Isn't that labeling your son as- OW!" He yelped as Fluttershy stepped on his tail again.

"That's a wonderful name." She smiled gently at the two. And she laughed as both Enigma and Stopped Clock made little gurgles in unison.

Twilight watched with a smile as her son, Arcane Circle, sat watching Pinkie's daughter, who was playing with Clock and Enigma and Anomaly. His eyes kept lighting up whenever her hair randomly caught fire (quickly put out by 'Auntie Twilight'). And then he would giggle when he watched Anomaly pop another wooden block onto the pile.

Pinkie's daughter, Candle Wish, had a pink body like her mother and had a yellow mane and tail like her father's shirt. She was an earth pony with green eyes. Her mane and tail were so curly she put her parents to shame. Arcane, however, was a dark navy blue with a light purple mane and tail that had a single yellow streak in each. He was a unicorn, and had pink eyes.

Clock and Enigma looked like they were already best friends, ganging up on Anomaly in the baby games they played. Candle and Anomaly seemed to have opposing ideas, constantly trying to knock down and build the block castle at the same time.

She laughed as she watched Anomaly barrel into the block tower, much to the others' delight. Except for Candle, who wailed and started trying to hit Anomaly. Twilight grew concerned as Anomaly started hitting back. Yet before she could do anything, a weak pink magic aura surrounded the two to pull them apart.

She swung her gaze around, trying to find who had used the magic- And landed her gaze on the pink glowing horn on her son.

"Num?" Arcane mumbled.