Twilight’s Love Volume Two: Rainbow’s Love

Rainbow was sitting in the park. Her friends were there all happy and joyous. They were eating picnic lunches, romping on the green or engaged in games. They were also accompanied by foals and stallions or other mares. The stallions Rainbow didn’t recognize but somehow she knew these were her friends’ husbands and partners. The foals of varying ages, their children. They were all different; Rarity and Applejack had a very beautiful filly with which Rarity was constantly fussing over. Pinkie and her stallion were perpetually and happily chasing after no less than half a dozen fillies and colts. It was the same with the rest of her friends to differing degrees.

“I’ve begged you not to come here,” said a familiar voice.

Rainbow turned and there stood her beloved Twilight, tears in her beautiful purple eyes. Rainbow was at a loss, why would Twilight ask her not to come to the park?

“Why Lover-Pony?”

“Because it always makes you sad,” said Twilight starting to cry, “you get so upset you married me, because you’ll never have children. I’m afraid one day you’ll not come home from here because you went off to find somepony else so you can have a foal.”

“Upset I married you?” said Rainbow in unbelief; “I want nothing else in life.”

“Nothing?” asked Twilight.

Rainbow looked around; she felt the seeds of envy looking on her friends and their children.

There was one little foal that was away from everypony else, a little Pegasus colt of brown with a red, yellow and blue mane and tail. He was just sitting on a blanket by himself looking sadly at Rainbow. The sight of him was tearing her heart out.

“I thought as much,” said Twilight sadly kissing Rainbow, “I’ll give you what you want. Goodbye My Love, remember your wife always loved you.”

There was a flash of magic and then on the lawn was now a grave, the Headstone read:

TWILIGHT DASH
SHE COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT RAINBOW’S LOVE
AMICITIA MAGIA EST

Rainbow fell to her knees, she could see the soul of Twilight ascending to Elysium. Rainbow was wanting to die as well.

“OH FAUST, TWILIGHT! PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU! DON’T LEAVE ME TOO!” screamed Rainbow sitting up in bed, a cold sweat drenched her.

“Honey! Honey!” said Twilight shaking Rainbow. “It was a dream! I’m right here, I’m not going anywhere.”

Rainbow wrapped her forelegs and wings around her purple wife and buried her face in Twilight’s chest. Rainbow was weeping uncontrollably.

“That dream again?” asked Twilight.

Unfortunately, Rainbow had been having this dream every week or so for the last couple months, Twilight was starting to be concerned.

All Rainbow could do was nod her head; she wasn’t in any hurry to let go of Twilight, not even a little bit.

“Calm down my Love, there no such thing as suicide spells. Despondent and depressed Unicorns have tried, but it doesn’t work, so don’t even think it.

Besides, I love you and I’m not leaving the greatest thing to ever happen to me.” Said Twilight reassuringly stroking Rainbow’s mane, as she held her close.

“Honey, Honey, I’m not going to go anywhere, not without you!”

Twilight held Rainbow and rocked her gently. Soon the blue Pegasus had her fears under control. The two lay back, Rainbow folded her wings but still holding each other.

“Honey, may I ask a question,” said Twilight timidly.

“You can always ask me anything Lover-Pony,” said Rainbow, looking in her wife’s eyes.

“Don’t be mad at me for asking, and I don’t mean anything by it,” said Twilight, “but because of the dreams, do you have any regrets marring me? It was sprung on us.”

“Don’t even think thoughts like that,” said Rainbow. “I truly wish I could’ve known how you felt all along, we could’ve been married sooner.”

“I know, my Darling,” said Twilight snuggling closer, “but I’m wondering why you’re having dreams about foals. Did you think you’d want foals when you were growing up?”

There was one thing Rainbow hadn’t told Twilight, that one thing. Fluttershy was the only other pony who knew. But if Rainbow really loved Twilight, she needed to tell her, maybe she should’ve told her before now. Perhaps it was time to bring it out to everypony.

Maybe a part of her life can be made right if not whole.

“The only other pony who knows this is Fluttershy,” said Rainbow with a faraway look in her eyes, “but when I was in high school in Cloudsdale, a little older than Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle or Scootaloo, I got pregnant. I wasn’t even sure who the father was.”

‘That explains the ample breasts,’ thought Twilight.

“I wasn’t going to go through with it,” said Rainbow, “but my sister talked me out of it. She convinced me my stupidity wasn’t the baby’s fault. She said I had to show responsibility. If I was ‘adult’ enough to get pregnant, then I should be ‘adult’ enough to be there for the child.

So I went through the eleven months and it put a kink in my high school life. I didn’t get to play sports and it made me mad. It made me think if I was single and kept the child, I could never be the athlete I wanted to be, I couldn’t be free to be the ‘wild’ Rainbow Dash I enjoyed being. So I decided I’d give the baby up at birth, I didn’t tell my sister, I knew she’d stop me.”

Rainbow paused; her voice was getting shaky. She swallowed hard and continued.

“When the time came, and the child was delivered, they took him almost immediately.

I did get to hold him...

One time...

Only for a minute...

He was so beautiful, I almost couldn’t go through with it. But the nurse carried him out of the room and as far as I know, I’ve never seen him again.”

Tears were pouring from Rainbow’s eyes.

“My sister was furious with me and threw me out. She’s had nothing to do with me since.

Fluttershy was my closest friend at the time and luckily her parents took pity on me and let me stay with them.”

Rainbow looked into Twilight’s eyes, it was the most pitiful and heart rending look Twilight had ever seen.

“Twilight,” said Rainbow, choking back the sobs, “I miss my baby! I... I... I never even got to name him.”

Twilight held Rainbow close; it was hard to tell which pony was crying harder.

“Oh Rainbow, My Love, My Love!” said Twilight sobbing, stroking Rainbow’s mane, “I’m so, so sorry!”

The two eventually got their crying under control. Twilight held Rainbow and gently stroked her mane until she went back to sleep.

Twilight’s mind was racing, trying to figure how to make this better. She knew if the foal had been adopted, the adoption records were sealed and normally would be impossible to get information on where the foal would’ve went.

She then thought perhaps with her connection with Princess Celestia she could use some leverage to find out about where the colt may’ve gone.

But this would be improper for her to ask her mentor to do, and even if the princess did, it’d be unfair for any adoptive parents to have the princess invade their privacy.

‘I’m now a ‘Dash’,’ thought Twilight. ‘I need to do something more aggressive than I would’ve normally done...

But what?’

That morning both ponies woke with difficulty due to interrupted sleep. But the two and Spike ate breakfast, Rainbow kissed Twilight as she left for her daily weather duties and Twilight busied herself with the business of the library.

Later, almost like clockwork, about thirty minutes after school had let out (long enough to stop by Sugarcube Corner for a treat) the Cutie Mark Crusaders entered the library. They’d come to work on their homework and get help understanding the harder concepts from Twilight.

But today, they were one Crusader short.

“Hi girls,” said Twilight, then noticing there were only two, “didn’t Scootaloo go to school today.”

“She was there, Mrs. Dash,” said Apple Bloom, “but she had to go home to finish packin’.”

“Her foster family is moving to Baltamare and now Scoot has to move back into the Children’s Home,” finished Sweetie Belle.

“Oh dear!” said Twilight, “that’s like the third time this year.

Oh and girls, I keep telling you that you can still call me Twilight. I may be married to Rainbow, but I’m still the same pony who’s been a friend to your sisters and to you.”

Twilight helped the girls with their homework. Then when they left, Twilight thought about the issue of Rainbow’s dreams.

‘I said I need to do something aggressive and I think I know what I can try.’ Thought Twilight, ‘if it works it might solve two problems.’

“Spike!” shouted Twilight to her assistant, “watch the library and if Rainbow comes home early, tell her I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

“Sure thing Twi,” responded Spike from a different room.

Twilight vanished with a flash.

It was a hard day getting ready for the big storm due tomorrow. Rainbow was so looking forward to a great meal and evening with her beloved Twilight.

Rainbow was met at the door by Twilight; she was excited to have Rainbow home, almost more than usual. After a kiss she’d been waiting for all day, Rainbow went and washed up for dinner.

As Rainbow sat at the table she noticed there was an extra place set. Twilight sat by Rainbow and gave Rainbow a kiss and then she called out.

“Time to eat, get down here while it’s still hot.”