Author's Note

There will be chapters that will focus on the other mane six's lives, but don't worry, the main focus will remain on Twilight, and things are far from over. Also, if anypony is interested, I'm trying to make this isn't an audio drama on youtube. So if you're interested in voicing, please let me know. Thanks

Healing

Three days went by, and things were peaceful. Spike was home from Ponyville Urgent Care, he was fixing Twilight's library up.

MoonDancer was upstairs with Twilight, the two eating lunch together. Cadence was downstairs, getting Flurry Heart lunch.

“I haven't had hayburgers in so long, I forgot how good they were”, Twilight admitted, as she ate, holding the hayburger up with her magic.

She had a tray over her lap in bed, Cadence and MoonDancer fussing over her, due to her wing. The doctor ordered bed rest for at least five days.

Since she was eating for two, she had five hayburgers, horse shoe onion rings, and soda. MoonDancer was having two hayburgers, hay fries and a soda.

Twilight's wing was still in a bandage, and even after three days it remained sore.

“When you asked for lunch that wasn't homemade today, it was the first thing Cadence and I though of”, admitted MoonDancer, smiling.

She ate her own hayburger.

“I feel a bit better now that I got some sleep, I just wish my wing would heal faster”, admitted Twilight, softly.

She spread it out gently, but then winced, getting a bad cramp in it.

“Ow...”, she grimaced, and folded it back down.

“Easy, Twilight. Don't move it”, MoonDancer fussed, worried.

“It feels so stiff though...”, Twilight said.

“I know, but you have to be careful. As it is, the doctor is worried you'll suffer permanent damage...since it was delayed any real treatment”, MoonDancer said, worriedly.

Twilight looked down, softly.

She still couldn't quite get over what all happened. Even though Flash was banished to Tartarus, and the amulet was locked away by Princess Celestia, she still couldn't rid herself of her fear.

Especially considering she was pregnant.

“Hey...”, MoonDancer saw her friend's worried look. Twilight looked at her.

“Don't worry, you're okay now”, she assured her.

“I know...I just don't want anything to happen to any of you, or my foal...”, Twilight replied.

“It's behind us now. You don't have to worry. Flash never had the power, he tricked you. He never even met with Queen Chrysalis. The only things that have the real power to take away the Crystal Heart, is Alicorn Magic”, MoonDancer assured Twilight.

“Without my magic, King Sombra can't return. He needs it to shatter the Crystal Heart...but still”, Twilight's ears folded back.

“It's all right, Twilight. King Sombra won't return...he never will. You should be focusing more on something else”, MoonDancer said sweetly, as she gently placed her hoof on Twilight's stomach.

Twilight's ears folded back, as she blushed a bit.

“You're right...in the middle of all this...I still haven't got over the shock. I'm...going to be a mother”, Twilight said, she looked at her stomach, tenderly.

“I know...I'm so excited for you”, smiled MoonDancer.

“But...what if I'm not a good mother?”, Twilight asked then, paranoid.

“I had that same fear when I was pregnant with Flurry Heart”, admitted Cadence, as she entered the room.

“But you're a wonderful mother. What if...”, Twilight worried.

“YOU will be an amazing mother”, Cadence gently wrapped her hoof around Twilight, pulling her close.

Twilight smiled softly and blushed at her sister in law's sweetness.

There was a knock downstairs then.

“I'll get it”, Cadence exited the room.

“Just do what you do best Twilight, study it”, MoonDancer suggested.

Twilight suddenly beamed.

“That's it...! Can you bring me some books on pregnancy and foaling?”, asked Twilight, she was so excited to read something.

When with Flash, she was too stressed to focus to read much of anything.

“Sure!”, MoonDancer hurried into the library, where Spike had finished rearranging the books.

“Spike! Twilight needs some books on pregnancy and foaling”, MoonDancer said.

“Oh! Okay, I put them over here”, Spike climbed up on the ladder.

He got four for MoonDancer. “Thanks, Spike”, she went back to the bedroom.

“These are perfect, MoonDancer”, Twilight opened “First Time Pregnancy in Mares” with her magic.

Downstairs, Cadence opened the door to see Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rarity.

“Oh, hey girls”, smiled Cadence.

“We came to see Twilight!”, Pinkie bounced, excited.

“How's our girl doing?”, asked Applejack, worriedly.

“She's still quite weak, but she'll be so happy to see you all”, Cadence let them in.

“How's her wing doing?”, asked Fluttershy, softly.

“It's still sore, but it is healing...unfortunately though, the doctor thinks she'll have permanent damage”, replied Cadence, as they headed upstairs.

“So...will she be able to fly again?”, asked Rainbow, worried.

“Yes, but she just has to be careful”, replied Cadence.

“How has she been resting?”, asked Rarity, worriedly.

“Well..I've been having to cast Dreamless sleep spells every night, since she keeps having nightmares”, admitted Cadence, worriedly.

They entered the room.

“Twilight...!”, the five ponies cried.

Twilight looked up from her book, and she beamed tearfully.

“Girls...”, she smiled.

“How ya feeling, sugar cube?”, asked Applejack.

“I've been better...I'm just so glad to be back home, with all of you”, Twilight replied. MoonDancer and Spike were in the library, finding Twilight more books.

“We brought you Get Well gifts!”, Pinkie cheered, happily.

She set a bakery box on the nightstand, it was a whole sheet cake, saying “Welcome Home, Twilight!”.

“I made it special for you from Sugar Cube corner! The foals helped!”, Pinkie said.

“That's so sweet, Pinkie”, Twilight smiled.

“I got you a new book to read”, Fluttershy said.

“Thank you, Fluttershy! You read my mind!”, Twilight beamed, her face lighting up.

“And I got us each a free special for the Ponyville Spa! When you feel better, the two of us have a full day of pampering there!”, Rarity said.

“That sounds perfect, Rarity”, Twilight said, smiling.

“Here ya go, Twi”, Applejack placed beautiful flowers in a vase for her.

“Applejack...that's so sweet”, cried Twilight, her ears folding back.

“Look a little closer”, Applejack hinted.

Twilight blinked, and noticed a piece of paper. With her magic, she lifted it, and read it aloud.

“You're Invited to the Wedding at Sweet Apple Acres of...”, Twilight gasped then.

“Big Mac and Marble Pie?! They're getting married?!”, she cried, beaming.

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! We're gonna be sisters in law!”, cheered Pinkie Pie, as she pulled Applejack close.

“It's not for another year, we need to take the year to save up money for the biggest wedding Ponyville's ever seen”, Applejack explained.

“That's wonderful, you can give them my Congratulations”, Twilight smiled softly.

“Rainbow Dash? Didn't you have a get well present for Twilight?”, Fluttershy noticed the blue pegasus's eerie silence.

“Huh?”, Rainbow blinked, she seemed distracted this whole time.

“Are you okay?”, asked Twilight, concerned.

“Yeah, sorry everypony. Went off in a daze there, anyway, here you go Twilight”, Rainbow a present on the bed. It had Daring Do wrapping paper.

Twilight opened it, and her jaw dropped.

“It's the newest Daring Do books”, Twilight realized, touched.

“And tickets to the next convention in 3 months”, added Rainbow.

“Oh Rainbow...thank you”, Twilight smiled.

“I knew you'd want the newest copies”, Rainbow said.

Twilight blinked softly...she couldn't place it, but something seemed off about Rainbow.

“Are you sure you're feeling okay?”, she repeated, worried.

“I'm fine, Twilight. You're the one with the broken wing. Just felt a bit tired today”, Rainbow Dash reassured her.

The girls exchanged worried looks, all knowing Rainbow was only due in a month.

“You sure?”, asked Applejack.

“I'm fine girls, really”, Rainbow Dash said.

Soon, the five had to head to their homes. It was dark out, Princess Luna had raised the moon already.

“It was so great to see them again”, Twilight said softly, as she settled into bed.

“I know...especially Rarity”, Spike said, blushing.

Twilight rolled her eyes at him, but smiled, seeing him head to his bedroom.

“How are you feeling, Twilight?”, Cadence entered. MoonDancer was already asleep.

“Just tired...”, Twilight yawned, placing her hoof over her belly.

“You've been through a lot, sweetie. Of course you're still exhausted”, Cadence soothed.

Her horn glowed, and Twilight drifted to a peaceful dreamless sleep.

Cadence already tucked Flurry Heart in for the night, so she lay down in the bed by her sister in law, drifting to sleep.

It was extremely early in the morning, Celestia hadn't even raised the sun yet. Three in the morning to be specific.

Twilight stirred, she kept thinking she was hearing a voice, despite the dreamless sleep spell.

“Twilight...”, the voice was faint at first.

Twilight groaned.

“TWILIGHT!”, the voice was loud this time.

“OUT HERE! WINDOW!”, now it was obvious the voice was Pinkie Pie's.

Twilight groaned again, but opened her eyes.

“W-What...? Pinkie Pie?”, she asked, out of it.

“OUT HERE!”, Pinkie Pie yelled.

Twilight blinked, seeing Pinkie Pie starring urgently in her window, and then she fell back down. Then she bounced back up.

She was bouncing on a trampoline, so she could keep reaching Twilight's window.

“What the?”, Cadence woke up, seeing. Twilight got out of bed, being careful with her wing. She opened the window.

“Pinkie Pie? What is going on?”, she asked.

“TWILIGHT!”, Pinkie bounced back down.

“IT'S!”, she bounced back down again.

“AN!”

She bounced again.

“EMERGENCY!”

She bounced down again.

Twilight facehoofed. She used her magic to keep Pinkie hovering by the window.

“What emergency, Pinkie?”, she asked.

“Rainbow Dash had her twins!!!!”, Pinkie yelled, urgently.

“What?!”, cried Twilight urgently, dropping Pinkie.

“But...isn't it early?”, asked Cadence, worriedly. Pinkie Pie continued to bounce on the trampoline, listening to their conversation.

“We have to get up to Cloudsdale!”, Twilight cried, her heart sunk, worried for her friend.

She hurried downstairs, Cadence following.

She quickly let Spike and MoonDancer know, so they could watch Flurry Heart.

“I'll catch up!”, Pinkie called.

Twilight exited the castle. She went to spread her wings, and then instantly cried out in pain, flinching.

“Twilight!”, Cadence galloped over, worriedly.

“Forgot...it was broken...”, Twilight winced.

“Climb on”, Cadence said softly. Twilight got on her sister in law, and they headed up to CloudsDale.

They landed on a cloud, seeing Fluttershy, GoldenFeathers, and the Wonderbolts waiting outside Rainbow Dash's and Soarin's home.

They then saw, an extremely freaked out Soarin. In fact, freaked out was putting in mildly. Twilight realized he looked just like her brother, after Cadence had Flurry Heart.

His mane was a mess, and his eyes looked crazy.

But one thing was different, his one hoof was completely bandaged, and he wasn't putting any pressure on it.

“Soarin! What happened?! Is Rainbow okay?”, cried Twilight, hurrying over with Cadence.

“Ohhh...she's fine, it just happened so fast and sudden, I didn't know what hit! She woke me up, saying the twins were coming, I panicked, and she told me not to panic, but I panicked anyway...!”, Soarin babbled.

"So...are the foals okay?", asked Twilight, anxiously.

"I kept panicking, and it happened so fast, I never knew becoming a father started out this...stressful! Amazing, confusing, but stressful..!", Soarin continued to babble.

Spitfire shook her head, and slapped him across the face.

“Get a hold of yourself, Soarin!”, she yelled.

Soarin shook his head, snapping out of his shock a bit.

“Sorry...what happened was, Rainbow went into labor suddenly. I panicked, but I knew first time foals always take a while to come. She was really scared, and kept saying the foals were coming NOW! And I just kept trying to assure her the doctor was coming and well...next thing I knew, she had the first one! Within about 5 minutes...from there it's all a blur”, Soarin explained.

“But is she okay? What about the foals?”, repeated Twilight, worriedly, wanting to be sure.

“They're all fine, Rainbow had the second foal only about 2 minutes ago, I just came out to let everypony know”, replied Soarin.

“And what happened to your hoof?”, noticed GoldenFeathers.

“Oh...well, you know my Dashie...she's got a strong grip”, replied Soarin, as he held his bandaged hoof up.

“Ouch...”, Goldenfeathers looked scared, since Fluttershy was expecting.

“I'm just glad they're all okay”, Fluttershy said, she had looked quite worried.

“Can we see the foals?”, asked Twilight, relieved her friend was okay.

“Sure, but they're sleeping”, Soarin led them in.

Twilight entered the room with the rest.

“Rainbow...”, she smiled, seeing an exhausted looking Rainbow Dash resting in bed.

“Hey guys...”, she gave a tired smile.

“How are you?”, asked Fluttershy, worriedly.

“I'm fine, I think Soarin's the one you should be more concerned about”, joked Rainbow.

“I'm glad to see you're well enough to be making jokes”, Twilight said, relieved.

Twilight then froze, her heart skipping a beat.

“Oh Rainbow...they're beautiful”, cried Fluttershy, tearfully.

In two cribs, right by Rainbow's bed, slept two newborn foals.

Both were Pegasus.

“Here's our colt, Skylar”, Soarin introduced. The colt was light blue, with a dark blue and light blue mane and tail, matching his father's.

He also had green eyes like his father.

“And our filly...Winter Rainbow”, Rainbow Dash said, softly.

The filly was extremely beautiful. She had a snow white coat, but had a rainbow mane and tail, and her mother's eyes. She was noticeably smaller than her brother.

“Oh Rainbow...they're so beautiful”, Twilight cried, tears in her eyes.

“Simply gorgeous”, added Cadence, smiling.

“I'm just so glad you're all okay”, Fluttershy added, tearfully.

Cadence blinked then, seeing Tank was hiding in the closet.

“What's wrong with Tank?”, she asked.

“Oh...poor guy heard it all. He's a little freaked out...”, replied Rainbow, worriedly.

“Tank...it's okay, Rainbow's all right”, Fluttershy gently coaxed the tortoise out.

“It's okay fella, I'm okay”, Rainbow assured him, as Tank climbed onto the bed, worried. He then smiled slowly, at Rainbow's foals.