March 31, 1002.
Canterlot Castle, Canterlot.
4:57 P.M.

Princess Cadance was concerned. She trotted through the hall's of her aunt's castle feeling very worried.

"Oh, what am I going to do?" She was frustrated mostly because she had an idea but didn't know if her aunts would sign off on the idea. As she continued to aimlessly wander around the castle she was stopped as her snout plowed into a wall of pink.

"Ow." She rubbed her snout with a hoof looked around.

"Shining Armor you get your royal ass out here right now!" She demanded as her husband's laughter echoed throughout the hallway.

"How'd you know it was me?" He said materializing from out of a pillar in the hallway. Cadance smirked.

"Really? Your the only stallion within a hundred mile's with a pink aura." She quipped causing Shining to smile. He trotted over and gave his wife a hug and a kiss.

"So I take it this has to do with that foal you found?" He smirked as Cadence looked at him in shock.

"How?" She stopped herself.

"Of course. I don't know how I keep forgetting who you work for." Shining laughed.

"Even after I find you out before you can step hoof into Equestria and you still forget my ability's?" Cadance just blushed and playfully pushed her husband off of her.

"Oh quit you." She smirked.

"I was young and not that well trained as an infiltrator back then." Shining just smiled.

"Still didn't stop you from arriving a few days later in disguise with some half-baked story about an evil enchantress that cursed a whole village into fighting while she fed off their love." He stated as Cadance blew a raspberry at him.

"Oh please. You didn't have to go along with it but you did." She stated as the two trotted off down the hall.

"So what's got you so up in arm's about this foal?" He asked they made their way to the great hall of the royal sister's. Cadance was silent at first but looking at her husband's concerned face gave her strength.

"He's dying." The statement hung in the air until they reached the throne room. Shining inclined his head to the door.

"You think they'll be able to help?" He asked as his horn lit up and the door glowed pink. Cadance nodded.

"I hope so." She said as they opened the double doors and trotted in.

Ponyville.
Friendship Castle.
5:00 P.M.

After an awkward conversation with Dash about the fact that he would need ongoing healing treatments in order to make sure he was fully healed the two friends discussed what this meant for them as friends.

"Trust me Dash It's fine." He stated as Dash twiddled with her hooves.

"Are you sure?" She asked feeling less like dirt than when she got there this mourning. Joseph nodded.

"For the last time yes." He chuckled giving her a hug and scratching her ear causing her leg to start twitching.

"I know just how cuddly you ponies can be." He stated as Dash shook her head and pushed Joseph's hand off of her. They just laughed and Dash stepped out the way as Joseph stood up.

"Easy there," Dash said as she took flight and used her forehooves to steady Joseph as he tried to walk. He tittered for a little bit but soon found his balance again with some help from Dash.

"Thank's." He said as Dash floated behind him her hooves on his shoulder's now. She smiled.

"No problem." The two made their way out the room and down the hallway.

"So what are your plan's for tonight Dash?" Joseph had made it a habit to ask his friend's about the outside world considering he was grounded at the moment.

"Maybe grounded in to harsh." He thought about it.

"Disabled?" He was brought back to the present by Dash who tapped him on the shoulder.

"Huh?" She smirked.

"You ok dude?" He laughed.

"Oh yeah. Sorry." He said rubbing his head in embarrassment. Dash chuckled as they continued there trip to nowhere.

"It's cool." She smirked.

"I was in the hospital to you remember?" She gave him a soft nudge. He stumbled and glared at Dash as she gave him an apologetic look. His scowl dissolved into a grin and the two shared a laugh. As they stopped outside the library the two checked inside to see if anypony was present.

"Hey there Spike!" Joseph threw the door's open as the drake looked up from his book. His eye's lit up.

"Hey man!" He tossed his book down on the table and ran over to Joseph who gave him a big hug. The two let go and Spike gave Dash a hoof bump.

"Man the hospital should charge you rent," Spike smirked as Joseph smiled and Dash laughed.

"He's got a point you know," Dash added.

"At this rate, you just might beat me for how long one pony or in your case person has spent in Ponyville General." She slapped Joseph's back causing him to sway.

"You just love trying to put me back in there don't you?" Dash chuckled.

"Maybe." She smirked.

"I've been told I'm a really good kisser so that could have something to do with it." She wrapped a hoof around Joseph's neck as he shook his head and blushed fiercely.

"Yeah well, what can I say you have a magic touch like no other." He stated as the trio left the library with Spike in tow.

"So Dash what are your plan's for tonight?" Joseph asked once more. Rainbow rolled her eye's.

"Who want's to know?" She giggled as Joseph grumbled.

"Someone who still has,"-He looked at his watch-"A week's worth of recovering to do." He stated as Rainbow gave her night some serious thought.

"You know with all the hectic stuff going on I was seriously thinking of taking tonight off form everything." She said. Joseph nodded.

"Understandable." He said as the trio got the front door.

"Why you ask?" Dash asked. Joseph just smiled.

"Well, I was wondering if you might want to help me get out and go stargazing tonight?" He asked feeling very awkward.

"There's no way-

"That sound's great." Dash's answer cut off Joseph's train of thought.

"Really?" He said feeling out of place. Dash nodded.

"Of course. It's not too strenuous and it's a clear night out tonight so why not?" She smiled as Spike looked around.

"Hey, you two don't mind if I go and scoop up the other's do you?" He asked. Dash was curious.

"Nope. Why'd you ask?" Spike just chuckled.

"Ow, no reason." He'd been spending to much time with Rarity. He snickered as he set off to go fetch the others.

"Those two are in for rough ride." He chuckled to himself.

Ponyville General.
5:21 P.M.

"This way your highness." Nurse Red Heart escorted the royal sisters to the maternity ward where Cadance and Shining greeted them with a bow. They all exchanged pleasantries as they looked into the foal center.

"Doth the little tyke fare well?" Luna asked as she spotted the little foal's pristine white coat amongst a sea of colors. Cadance shook her head.

"I'm afraid not auntie luna." She to looked at the foal and felt her heart break a little. Celestia raised a hoof to the glass.

"Twilight had informed me of the little one's plight but even we haven't been able to find a solution to this dilemma." She sighed as she let her hoof fall from the glass.

"We sifted through all of our ancient text and manuscripts and still nothing." Celestia looked at the little foal.

"I can only pray that Twilight has a solution in that vast library of hers." Cadence sighed.

"Honey is there any world from Sunburst?" She gave her husband a pleading look. He shook his head.

"None. Starlight is with him so that should help speed thing's up a bit." He smiled as he thought of those two.

"That is if they can stop screwing each other's brains out long enough to look." He roared with laughter as Cadance and the royal sister's all blushed and shook there head's.

"Only you." Cadance took in a short breath as she gave her husband a sly smile.

"Well, maybe you would like to go and join them?" She said stopping her husband's laughter dead in its track.

"What?" He asked as he started sweating bullets. Suddenly his wife was engulfed in green fire and in her place stood Starlight.

"Oh, you thought I didn't notice the stares and glances you threw my way?" She slid up to Shining who tried to stop his ever stiffening erection from growing.

"Cadance honey please not here!" He begged to which Starlight just chucked.

"Oh, what is the big strong stallion afraid of?" She teased as she got ever closer to Shining backing him into a corner. Stuck and with no way out Shining looked beyond Starlight at the royal sister's who shook their heads.

"You dug your own grave Shining." Was the jist of there expressions smirk and all. Shining gulped as he felt himself reach full mast.

"Oh boy." He gulped as Starlight finished backing him into a corner and proceeded to give him those sultry eye's.

"So what 'll it be Captain?" She said as she stood there smirking.

"You know I've been a very bad mare lately?" She roped a hoof around shining's neck.

"After all isn't it a crime to lust after a prince?" She asked as she nibbled on Shining's ear earning a moan of pleasure from him. He gave out a small grunt as a glob of pre-cum spilled out his now throbbing shaft.

"Cadence honey t-th-the-baby." He stated as Cadance looked back at the royal sister's.

"Don't worry too much dear," she stated as she began to need his shaft with her right forehoof.

"He's not in any immediate danger and we still have to wait for Twilight." She leaned in and gave his snout a seductive lick slowly making her way up his snout to his ear she was just nibbling on. Shining's breathing had quickened.

"Cadance wh-at -- a-b-b-bout-th-e staff?" He said moaning in ecstasy at her ministrations. She smiled.

"Don't worry about them." She whispered into his ear. Her horn then glowed and a room next to them opened up. Soon they were making out like young ones and awkwardly trotting to the unoccupied room leaving the royal sister's standing there.

"Dear sister, what has Twilight looking up lately?" Luna asked as she slipped into modern equestrian. Celestia shook her head.

"She hasn't sent me a letter in over two week's." She sighed.

"I guess our newest resident has been keeping her preoccupied." She smiled.

"We'll just have to see what she can come up with when she arrives." Luna nodded and then went back to staring at the baby.

"Oh YEs! Shining! Right There!" Celestia snorted as the sound of grunting and a bed being bashed against the wall permeated the hallway.

5:25 P.M.

Twilight frantically searched around her library.

"SPIKE!" She tossed a few tables about in her search for the drake. Sure he had grown quite a bit since coming to ponyville but he could still fit in some small space's.

"Spike!"She yelled once more. Not receiving an answer she screamed and in a flash, she was outside in the town square.

"SPIKE!" She bellowed using her royal voice.

Upon hearing his name being shouted throughout the town Spike, Dash, and Joseph all stopped and looked around.

"Oh boy. She sound's mad." Spike sighed as he made his way to the center of town. Once there Twilight spotted her surrogate brother waving his arms about. She descended to the ground and trotted over to the little group.

"Spike where were you? I've been searching for-" She stopped as she spotted Dash and Joseph grinning like fools.

"Oh, so he was with you two." She deadpanned as they shook there heads.

"So what's the hurry there princess?" Joseph asked as she gave him a sheepish look. She took a deep breath calmed down and her face lit up once more.

"Ok, so you know how that foal we found hasn't been feeling well?" She had summarized what was wrong while trying to not alarm her friend's but it looked like the cat was about to except tonight. They all nodded. Twilight then rummaged through her saddlebags and pulled out a letter.

"This came from Starlight earlier today." She held it aloft for them to see. She then ripped it back and shoved it into her bags. Dash who had read to letter through gave her a fleeting smile.

"According to that if the little guy get's an influx of magic it should stabilize him right?" She asked. Twilight nodded.

"Then there's no time to lose." She zipped off to the hospital leaving Joseph, Spike, and Twilight. Twilight wasted no time and in a flash, they were in the front doors of Ponyville General. Dash was waiting for them at the front desk. Spotting them she trotted over.

"The nurse say's that the Princess's are already up there." Twilight gave out a sigh of relief and the group bolted up the stairs to the maternity ward. Once they reached the hallway around the corner however they all stopped as the smell of sex hung in the air.

"Wow someone's having a fun time," Dash said as she fanned her wing's pushing the offensive odor away. Twilight lit up her horn and a bright beam of light flashed around them.

"There that should counteract any lingering pheromones in the air." She gave them all a soft smile.

"Now let's go." She marched forward followed by the rest of the group. Soon they came across Celestia and Luna talking about the finer points of eating a cake.

"But sister how does one eat a whole cake on there own?" She asked causing Celestia to clam up. Upon seeing Twilight she let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh hello, Twilight." She said making her sister turn around and spot the little group approaching them. Twilight and the other's bowed.

"It's good to see you all again," she said as she looked around.

"Where'--" Her question was answered before she could ask it.

"A-lmost --There!" Shining shouted as the walls shook. Twilight fumed.

"Seriously!" She shouted and with a pop vanished. The sound of Shining and Cadance climaxing came to the forefront of the hallway before violently being torn away by a scream ripping throughout the hallway.

"Twilight! What are you doing?" Shining shouted as Twilight appeared in the room. Twilight snorted upon seeing Starlight in being mounted by her brother.

"I should be asking you who you are doing but I think I can put two and two together!" She pointed a hoof to the hallway.

"I need you two outside. Right. Now!" She slammed the door shut as she left and took a deep breath to calm down. As she made her way down the hallway she stepped in something sticky. Lifting her hoof to get a closer look she saw her hoof was wet. She sniffed it only to recoil and quickly try to wipe it off onto her coat. That only served to make it worse.

Quickly thinking of a cleaning spell she cast it on herself. Her fur heated up then went slack and was soon surrounded by a force field before some water materialized inside the field and her walking forward caused the shield to vibrate which helped work the water into the guppy stain and wash it away. As she made her way to the other's the spell ended leaving her coat looking pristine.

"Having some trouble there Twi?" Spike smirked to which Twilight scowled.

"Not a good time Spike." She snapped causing the drake to chuckle. Soon Shining and Cadence joined the little group looking no worse for wear.

"So," Cadance said slapping her hooves together.

"So," Joseph said wandering what they were all doing here. Twilight pulled out her letter.

"I got this form Starlight a little over an hour ago." She said handing it over to the other princesses. Shining smiled.

"So I guess they can do something besides screwing each other ten's way's from Sunday." Twilight cleared her throat and gave her brother the evil eye.

"Really?" She said not wanting to go down that road tonight. Shining rubbed his head.

"Alright point taken." He stood back and let Cadance read the letter. She gasped and ran over to the glass window.

"Yes! yes! yes!" She danced a little jig as the other princess's trotted up to the glass.

"Shall we begin?" Luna asked. The other's nodded. Cadence went to go retrieve the little guy while Celestia looked for a suitable room. She found it and they all followed her there baby in tow.

Ponyville General.
5:30 P.M.

"Ok, every pony let's see if Starlight's spell works." Twilight rechecked the letter. Slowly her horn began to glow. Soon a soft lavender hue engulfed the baby and it began to float in the air. Thing's were going well until Twilight felt a strain in her horn an then something latched into her magical stream. Crying out she reached for the others.

"Twilight what's wrong?" Shining asked as he rushed to his sister's side as she struggled to keep a hold of the spell.

"There's something draining my magic!" She shouted as the baby began to glow a soft white.

"Hold on Twilight." Cadance fired off her magic to try and take hold of the baby but soon found her own magic being siphoned as well. Crying out she struggled with an unseen force hell-bent on consuming her magic.

"What In Tartarus if happening?" She screamed as Shining tried using his magic to pull his wife and sister free from the foal only to fall prey to the same effect's.

"GAAAHHH!" He struggled to control the flow of magic that began to leave him at alarming level's. Shining thrashed about as his magic was sucked away bit by bit. Joseph not knowing what else to do ran over and tried to pry Shining away for fear of his life. As soon as his hand's touched the stallion however his world went dark.

??????

Joseph awoke to a strange yet familiar scene. Black as far as the eye could see.

"Great. Where the hell am I now?" he asked to himself.

"Hello!" The voice ripped through the blackness causing Joseph to stumble a little bit.

"Wait a minute? That voice." Joseph began to look around and off in the distance he spotted it. A little speck of white against the darkness.

"There you are!" He set off in a dead sprint praying he would make it in time.

Ponyville General.

"Joseph!" Dash tried to go to his aid but was blocked by a yellow barrier.

"Hold yourself Dash," Celestia ordered. Dash stopped mid-step and looked at the princess.

"What?" She asked looking from Celestia to her friend's all writhing in agony. Seeing what she had almost done she stomped a hoof to the ground cracking the tile floor.

"Damn it now what?" She asked feeling helpless. Celestia shook her head.

"I don't know. We will just have to wait and see." She stated as she and Luna sat down. Dash then had an epiphany.

"Wait a sec Luna you can dream walk right?" Luna nodded and gathering the jist of Dash's plan talked it over with Celestia. The two nodded and Luna laid down.

"Come Dash. We mustn't dally." She stated as her horn glowed and Dash's world went black.

?????

"Hello?" Dash called out into the endless void. She didn't get a response. So she trotted along. As she did so she spotted a white speck off in the distance. Flaring her wing's she took off at full speed. When she arrived at the white light she was shocked to see Joseph already there.

"Joseph!" She smiled as she went over to him but soon her smile faltered as she saw he wasn't responding to her.

"Hey, you ok?" She asked concern creeping into her voice. She went over and tentatively poked him. Nothing happened.

"Hey!" She shook him.

"Wake up!" She screamed as she shook him even more. Still nothing. Looking around and not seeing anypony else she grabbed him by the waist and started pulling. Slowly he began to come unglued to the white sphere she could see as he uncoiled himself from around the object.

"Come on! Let it go!" She screamed as tear's dripped down her face. With one more heeve she and Joseph were sent flying backward as the world began to fade from view.

"Please. Wake Up." That was the final thought echoing through her head as she succumbed to the darkness surrounding her.

Author's Note

Well, folk's that's the end of Act 1. Hope you all enjoyed it. I'll be back soon with the first chapter of Act 2.