The Tale of Prince GiggleTuff

Chapters

Just like his parents
How did this happen?!
A royal visit

Just like his parents

A while ago in the humble town of Ponyville there was a Pegasus stallion by the name of Lucky Tool. He is a construction worker with a knack for gardening, as proven by his beautiful garden of fruits, vegetables and flowers. He is a large maroon pony with spiky lake blue hair. He looks quite intimidating from a quick glance, however he is a gentle and kind soul to all he meets, especially to his wife.

A while ago in the humble town of Ponyville there was a unicorn mare named Piza. She runs a small pizzeria from her home which has quickly become a hit with everypony. She is a creamy yellow pony with a smooth mane of lime green and baby pink but don’t let her looks deceive you. She is a proud pony with standards that must be met if one wants to court her, which she has already been.

Lucky Tool was busy at work per usual, working on the taller parts of buildings along with other ponies. Some pegasi, some earth ponies and some unicorns. On this particular day Lucky worked with hammer in hoof and excitement in his heart. His love, Piza, has been pregnant for months now and they are both anxiously awaiting their baby’s arrival. Would it be a filly or a colt, a unicorn or a pegasus, he couldn’t wait to meet it. Lucky was so busy wondering about his foal that he didn’t hear his boss, Stone Hammer, calling him.
“Lucky Tool get down here this instant, someone’s here to see you!” Stone Hammer called. He is an earth stallion with dark grey hair and a metallic blue coat as well as a rotund figure.
“Oh, Sorry Stone, I’m coming down.” Lucky yelled as he began to descend. Once on the ground he was greeted by an excitable unicorn mare with puffy red hair and deep peach fur. It was Bakely, Piza’s mother, who is quite spritely for her age.
“Come Come we haven’t a moment to lose!” She said as she began to push Lucky towards the site’s entrance.
“Hello to you too.” Lucky said cheerfully, “What’s going on?” He asked,
“We got to get there fast if we want to see it.” Bakely continued.
“See what?” Lucky pressed patiently, whenever Bakely got excited she was deaf to everything except her own words. Finally she registered his question and looked at him irritably,
“The Baby of course!” She exclaimed. Once those words were out of her mouth Lucky’s eyes went wide, and his heart stopped. A second later he was in the air headed for the hospital.
“Wait for me!” yelled Bakely as she ran for the exit.
“Congratulations!” Stone Hammer and the construction workers exclaimed but Lucky was lost in his thoughts again.

Lucky burst through the doors of the hospital at top speed, knocking over nurses as he flew.
“Sorry.” He said out of breath. He helped the nurses to their hooves before asking where Piza was.
“She is currently delivering the baby.” Said one of the nurses.
“I should be in there with her” Lucky began, Nurse Red Heart raised her hoof and said
“It’s a bit late for that, you’ll have to wait here. I’ll call you when she is ready.” she said as she walked out of the room. Lucky took a seat in the waiting room, ruffling his wings anxiously. He had only waited 5 minutes before a piercing scream was heard. He jumped and instinctively rushed to the door leading to the various hospital wards before being caught by one of the nurses and taken back to his seat. A minute later however gasps and chatter were heard and Lucky began to worry. What was wrong, was the foal alright? Was Piza alright? He snapped out of his daze when he heard his name called for the third time. It was Doctor Stethoscope. Lucky rushed toward him and began to bombard him with questions.
“How’s Piza? How’s the Baby? What Hap…” The doctor raised his hoof,
“Piza is fine and she has given birth to a healthy young colt.” Normally Dr. Stethoscope and his team would be overjoyed bringing a new foal into Equestria but today they seemed perplexed. Lucky didn’t care, he galloped past the doctor into Piza’s room.

There he saw Piza lying in bed, exhausted but smiling. Lucky slowly walked toward her and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Then he looked down and saw a little orange foal curled up close to Piza, sound asleep. His heart fluttered and he gently picked up his newborn son. On closer inspection Lucky could see a little horn jutting from the foal’s head.
“Ah, he’s a unicorn just like his mom.” Lucky cooed. The baby awoke and stretched and as he did so a tiny pair of wings unfurled behind him.
“And a pegasus like his dad?!”

How did this happen?!

Lucky looked at Piza as if she knew how this happened.
“I don’t understand it either.” She said, too tired to think. Doctor Stethoscope entered the room along with Piza and Lucky’s moms and dads, Bakely and Gold Coin, Flower Bud and Shooting Star.
“Didn’t you hear me telling you to wait for me?” Bakely said irritably. She was about to say more until she saw the little bundle in Lucky’s arms. A gigantic smile spread across her face.
“Ooohh!” she cooed rushing over to hold her newborn grandson.
“Mom.” Piza said patiently and Bakely stopped in her tracks.
“Oh, what is it dear, do you need something?” Bakely asked, lowering her voice so as not to disturb the infant.
“We should let her rest, she did just give birth.” Gold Coin said, placing a hoof on Bakely’s shoulder.
“Yeah, and the kid needs some more rest too.” Shooting Star added and Flower Bud nodded.
“Before you go I would like to ask you all some questions concerning your family history.” The Doctor said.
“Why, what’s wrong?” Flower Bud asked beginning to worry. As if on cue, the foal began wriggling around in Lucky’s arms. His wings fluttered behind him all the while until he was in a more comfortable position in which he settled down.
“Oh!” Flower gasped.

Everyone was silent, just staring at the foal. Lucky walked over and gave him back to Piza.
“Sooo…” Shooting Star broke the silence.
“What is it that you need to know Doc?” Everyone turned to the Doctor looking for answers.
“Well, I have deduced that he could not simply be born an alicorn simply for having a unicorn and pegasus for parents.” Doctor Stethoscope explained.
“There must be some answers in your family’s history.”
“Well…” Gold Coin began.
“That’s right, Goldie is a renowned collector of doodads from the past!” Bakely exclaimed.
“If anypony knows about our past it’s my Goldie!” Gold puffed up his chest a bit, a proud grin on his face.
“Wait, why would you be looking into our history?” Shooting Star asked.
“Well, he is a treasure hunter dear.” Flower said
“And I’m sure he would’ve shared whatever he found with his family.” She added, looking at Gold.
“Of Course Of Course but all I found were a few seeds and an amethyst.” Gold explained.
“Can I have the seeds?” Lucky asked hopeful.

“Can we discuss this later please?” Piza proclaimed irritably.
“Yes, right.” The doctor replied.
“Can you tell us anything about your family history?”
“Yes in did, before the founding of Equestria each pony tribe kept to their own groups. Both our families were in fact earth ponies but once Equestria was founded they began to find love in the other tribes. Bakely and I had both unicorn and earth pony ancestors whereas Shooting Star and Flower Bud had both pegasus and earth pony ancestors.” Doctor Stethoscope thought long and hard about this new information.
“Then the only explanation I can give is that, through your family’s earth pony predecessors as well as your own genetics, you two had a 0.0000000002% chance of having an alicorn child.” The doctor explained.
“As opposed to?” Piza asked.
“0.0000000001%.”

Author's Note

Family history

A royal visit

The news spread like wild fire of the baby alicorn (partially thanks to the grandparents’ gossiping and bragging). Quite a few ponies came to see the young colt but thankfully the nurses kept them away. Even when a few nosy foals got in, Piza was more than able to scare them off. Lucky went back to work but was unsure how to tell the other workers the news. He simply said the baby’s gender and that it was… “Special”. The others wondered what that meant but they knew from past experiences that they wouldn’t get more info if they pried. So it wasn’t until Piza came back from the hospital a week later did the truth finally come out. Ponies flocked from all over Ponyville to see the new born alicorn. Piza found this disturbance quite annoying even if her business was booming. Lucky had to build a fence around his garden so as to prevent anypony from trampling any of his beauties.

The only pony seeming to enjoy all of this was the young foal who giggled with excitement at every new face he saw. He stayed in his playroom where all his toys and blankets were as well as a changing station Lucky made. Piza found it nice whenever she was on break to go up and check on her baby. Surprisingly the only time the little one was upset was when he was either hungry or needed changing. He wasn’t fussy and would usually give a groan if something or someone was disturbing him. Lucky and Piza chocked this up to him being an alicorn.

As such it was only a matter of time before Princess Celestia heard of the news. A matter of days to be exact. She arranged to meet the family a week later in Ponyville to discuss matters concerning the babe. Lucky and Piza had mixed feelings about the arrangement. Lucky felt honored to have the princess visit them of all ponies but at the same time he felt anxious, obviously not wanting to make a fool of himself in front her. Piza also felt honored about the arrangement but was still annoyed by all the fussing ponies. It was bad enough when Ponyville ponies clogged up their house but once the princess came she wouldn’t have any peace for who knows how long.

The day finally arrived when Princess Celestia came to see the family. Lucky was granted a day off and Piza closed up shop for the day. They made their home and themselves as neat as possible. Lucky even picked his best flowers to put in the living room. Their parents had asked repeatedly to be invited to their house for the visit but Piza held her ground and ensured that they would not disturb them. The foal didn’t know what was going on but was excited to find out what was happening. Celestia, along with her guards, glided into Ponyville on her chariot. Ponies stopped and bowed for the princess who walked gracefully in front of them. Bakely and Gold Coin eagerly lead Celestia to their daughter’s house much to the annoyance of Piza. Celestia was welcomed inside while her guards stood outside the building. She was taken into the upstairs living room where Lucky was waiting anxiously along with their son. He was playing with his toys but stopped when he heard voices above him. He looked up to see his mommy and daddy properly greeting a very tall pony with pretty, wavy hair. He smiled, always happy to see a new face. He trotted up to the big pony and greeted her with a squeak. The big pony looked down and smiled at the little foal. She picked him up in her hooves and began to tickle him, cooing all the while.
“He is certainly a friendly fellow isn’t?” Celestia said laying the colt on a nearby pillow. He gave a grunt, upset that the tickling had stopped so soon, but shrugged and went back to playing with his toys.

The grown-ups sat down in separate chairs and began to talk.
“What’s his name?” Celestia asked taking a seat on a nearby lounger.
“Well…” Lucky began nervously.
“We haven’t agreed on a name… suitable enough for him yet.” Piza explained.
“We have considered Roughael and Major.” Lucky said. Celestia frowned.
“To make him sound tough and regal.” Lucky quickly added. Both he and Piza smiled nervously, waiting for a response.
“His name shouldn’t describe his title instead it should describe who he is.” Celestia said patiently. Piza blushed, embarrass that she had not thought of this. Lucky was lost in thought thinking about their son’s name. The two began to discuss possible names while Celestia kept herself entertained. She watched the foal play with a stuffed alicorn toy. It had blue fur, a purple mane and tail, buttons for eyes and a purple button for a cutie mark. He played with it fondly as if it were a friend. Piza noticed this, “Lucky’s mom made that for him,” She explained.
“He calls it Waba and he takes it everywhere.” She added chuckling to herself.
Celestia grinned, “What an interesting name.” She said.

“Speaking of which, have you decided on one?”
“Well, Yes but it’s a little silly.” Piza replied blushing.
“I suggested Giggles since the little guy is always giggling.” Lucky chimed in.
“But I still believe he must have a strong name, no matter his status of course.” Piza exclaimed.
“So we decided on… GiggleTuff.” Lucky proclaimed proudly. Piza’s face went a deeper red but she did agree that it had an interesting ring to it. Lucky picked up his son, “What do you think GiggleTuff?” He asked. The foal didn’t understand what he said but liked the sound of it, he smiled and gurgled happily in response.
“Aww, he’s smiling!” Lucky said triumphantly.
“When is he not smiling?” Piza retorted. Celestia chuckled to herself which caught the attention of the parents.
“Oh right,” Piza said hastily.
“What is it you want to discuss princess?”
“I am here to discuss GiggleTuff’s current state as well as answer any questions you might have.” Celestia replied.
“Current state?” Lucky pondered.
“His abilities.” The princess explained.
“Unicorns tend to have random magic spurts, Pegasi are eager to test their wings and Earth ponies show great strength at a young age.”
“What about baby alicorns?” Lucky asked curiously. He was speaking less for his son and more for himself as he began to wonder what the princess was like as a little baby.
“Well I’m afraid I cannot remember my own infancy,” Celestia said with a smile.
“But I believe a young alicorn would exhibit these traits similar to any other child.”
“Well, not exactly.” Piza said.
“He hasn’t really displayed any of these traits. When he tries to use his magic he can barely lift a thimble before tiring himself out.”
“When he tries to fly, he only gets a few inches off the ground at a time.” Lucky added. Celestia furrowed her brow.
“And his strength?” She asked.
“We can’t say for sure but he’s able to lift multiple building blocks at a time.” Piza answered.
“I see.” Celestia pondered. She stared at GiggleTuff playing with his blocks.
“I’m afraid I have no explanation for your situation at the moment.” She said getting up from her seat.
“However, if you have any further questions, use this.” She produced a small notepad and pencil which she gave to the couple.
“Anything you write in this notebook will be shown on a similar one back at the castle.” She explained.

“Thank you for coming princess Celestia.” Piza said, keeping herself from bowing on the stairs.
“It was an honor having you.” Lucky added.
“The pleasure was all mine.” Celestia replied smiling. As Lucky and Piza were escorting Celestia to the door, GiggleTuff ran past them towards the door. He screeched to a halt in front of it and began to flutter his wings furiously, trying to get some lift. When this tactic failed he started to use his magic to twist the doorknob but to no avail. Celestia watched curiously at this performance, what was he trying to accomplish? Piza lifted him up with her magic and brought him back to her, all the while he was grunting and groaning. Lucky opened the door for Celestia as she waved goodbye to the young alicorn. Once the door shut, GiggleTuff began to cry.