Hidden Magic

It was a happy day, or at least at the start. They had been waiting for this day for a while. It was doing to be their first child. The mare was breathing heavily and covered in a thin layer of sweat from labor. The male was near her side with his hoof around her. Both were unicorns and smiling. When a nurse walked in they turned to look at her. She was smiling so there smiles grew bigger. They had waited until now to know the gender, they had wanted to be surprised.

"It's a girl!" The nurse cried happily. She handed the little bundle over.

The new filly's parents looked at her for the first time, and tried to hide their shock and disbelief. Unlike them she had no horn, it confused them greatly. They both came from a long line of pedigree unicorns, and this filly was the first one born in a century not to be a unicorn from their families. The stallion disliked the filly instantly.

They must have hidden their confusion and dislike well because the nurse kept smiling.

"She's. . . adorable." The mother replied. Hugging the filly close, already not caring she wasn't a unicorn.

"I can tell she's not a unicorn, so is she a. . ." The Stallion started before being interrupted.

"She's a pegasus and a beautifully healthy one, too." The nurse finished him beaming.

"A pegasus?" Both parents asked, both surprised, but one was almost disgusted.

"Yes, she's such a sweet thing, I don't think you'll have much trouble. The nurse looked fondly at the little filly, who giggled as if she understood, then began sucking on a hoof.

"Can we take her home?" The mother asked, looking at her foal lovingly.

"Of course, after the paperwork and a few more tests, but it shouldn't be too long as she seems to be in perfect health." the nurse explained.

"Thanks, I'll be happy to do that for you." the father answered.

"Wonderful! Just follow me and we'll get that filly home."

The stallion followed the nurse out of the room, with a look at his wife and filly. He smiled at his mare, but when his eyes moved to his filly, his eyes took on an angrier look. His filly met his eyes and started to cry. The mother hadn't seen the look her husband had given the child, and instead continued to smile at her foal and calmed it down.

It was later when the stallion finally returned. He was smiling, but if his wife had looked at him closely she would have seem it wasn't a smile caused from happiness, but more like that of a pony who had figured out a plan.

The mare yawned as she greeted him. "Is the paperwork done?" she asked.

The stallion rubbed his head against hers and nodded. "Yes, but I think you should stay here for the night. I'm sure you're tired and the filly can be held in the nursery for safe keeping." he suggested.

The mare looked at their filly, who was already asleep and yawned. "That might be for the best." She yawned again, and laid her head down, quickly falling asleep.

Once she was asleep the stallion took the newborn filly and left the room. He brought her to the nursery and laid her down on a bed. Being careful he wasn't seen he used magic to make a duplicate of the filly, though this one was clearly not alive and would disappear once the sun rose. He then casted another spell  that caused the real filly to become invisible. He then took the real one out of the crib and walked out of the hospital, telling the desk mare he was going to get everything ready for the filly at home and be back later. She bid him goodbye, never realizing he still had his filly. He confidently strode out of the hospital and made his way home.

Once there he unlocked the door and began getting things together. He also made the filly appear again. She had woken up and was now staring at him with bright blue eyes. She smiled at him and he glared at her.

"I'd don't know what you're so happy about because we are not going to keep you. I won't stand to be a laughing stalk of my family all because of you." he spoke, continuing to glare.

The little filly frowned, but was soon smiling again. The stallion shaking his head in disgust used his magic to get everything that they had bought in preparation for the baby. He wanted it took look like he had spent the time to prepare everything, like her had told the desk mare at the hospital. Once everything was satisfactory his looked through the house until he found a basket. He placed the filly inside.

"It might be best if you were dead, but even I am not that terrible." he remarked towards the filly, who had spent the whole time staring at him. "I happen to know an orphanage that's out of the way, so I'm going to send you there." he nodded, satisfied with himself.

He turned towards a towering bookshelf in the room and carefully, using his magic, chose a book on spells. When he found the one he was looking he reread it a few times before placing the book back on the shelf and turning toward the filly.

"Now, you be good, or who knows what might happen to you during this spell." He remarked. His horn glowed with his light blue magic and once the filly was enveloped in it she disappeared in a poof. The stallion smiled to himself and left the house, on his way back to the hospital to be there when the filly turned up missing.