Becoming a mother

Chapter 3: The joys of pregnancy

It was a calm and peaceful morning in Ponyville, the usual suspects on there day to day routine. Bon Bon was stood at her sweets stand in the town centre with a certain mint green unicorn. They had been dating a long time now and the people of Ponyville didn't seem to care that it was two mares, but why should they thought a now little larger Pegasus as she made her way towards the cmc club house. It was time to confess to Apple bloom and Sweetie belle.

They were both aware she had to go the hospital but were never told why, so she felt as a fellow crusader she had to tell them. But how.

Many people in Ponyville were non the wiser about Scootaloo's situation, but as she drove through the back end of town towards sweet Apple acres she could hear people murmur about how slow she was going. She knew she had to be responsible now as it wasn't just her she was looking after.

After what felt like and endless roll of trees coming over the horizon she arrived at the clubhouse, heart in mouth as she made her final decision and stepped of her trusty scooter. As she begrudgingly began to walk up the ladder to the club house she could hear voices from the inside that were the unmistakable southern accent of a farm pony, now larger than the other two crusaders and the gentle and calming voice of a white unicorn with a curly tail that's seemed pristine mainly due to the fact her big sister forced her to brush it every morning and night before bed.

The two of them looked over as the door to the club house swung open. And there stood the little orange Pegasus with her purple mane and small wings that surved no purpose other than to propel her on the scooter she now wished she could run off on. This was the first time in 3 weeks since they had properly seen each other due to it being the summer hollidays and them meant no school and most importantly no DIamond tiara or Silver spoon. The would have a field day with this story.

"Hey'a scoots, what's wrong ya lately" Apple bloom asked with light smile on her face as she tried to get the Pegasus to filly the same.

"Ye scoots were really worried about you, I asked rarity but she wouldn't tell me. I doubt she knew anything anyway" sweetie spat out those last words. Although it was true they loved eachother as sisters sweetie wanted to be away from her and be independent, but Rarity was having non of it.

The other two crusaders could see the shaking that took charge of Scootaloo body. It was no natural movement. The both took this as a cry for support as they never left a crusader in trouble. "C'mon scoots you can tell us anything," Apple bloom softy said in a caring voice.

"Ye we won't be mad, and we'll help you through no matter what." With that input and reassurance Scootaloo spoke up.

"Well you see..." Scootaloo hesitated. She still couldn't get the negative thoughts out of her head. What would her friends think of her. Would they even be her friends. No, she shook that thought from her head and just decided to be out with it. They were the cutie mark crusaders, even if they now had there cutie marks. "I'm... Pregnant."

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Across town there was a large amount of ruckus coming back from the "Princes Of Friendships" castle. Rainbowdash had called to meet her friends there, she needed help. She had gotten barely any sleep these past 3 weeks as one thing kept replaying in her mind. The note she had seen at the hospital was burned into her eye lids, she saw it when she closed her eyes and she couldn't take it any longer.

"Ok so what's this all about rainbow?" Twilight asked in her demanding, Canterlot voice. Rainbow was a bit taken back by the use of it, but quickly waved it away as her friend wanted to know what was happening. But she also let out a light giggle as twilight didn't notice but she sounded like Luna on the first nightmare night she came to visit.

"Ye Dashie" pinkie pie chimed in "it's not like the author is gonna make you into a green tentacle monster and you destroy all of equestria? Right. Oh or maybe you'll be sent to a different universe where there's creatures that walk on two legs and be taken in by some person and raised as his own." Rainbow didn't normally listen to most things pinkie said but that was the strangest one she'd ever heard.

"The... what? And where. Pinkie I don't have time for your stupidity. Look Scootaloo is pregnant." As she said that last word the mouths on all her friends faces dropped open in shock she could see there minds ticking away at what she had just said.

Two whole minutes passed before anyone spoke up. The quiet whisper like speech came from fluttershy "oh my is she ok, what's happening to the foal?"

"She can chose to keep it, but it has to be put up for adoption" dash said as a tear ran down the side of her face. "That poor fillys had such a bad start in life and it's all my fault."

The other 5 glanced at her and what she meant by saying that. "A few years ago after I'd first met scoots and found her situation I was going to adopt her and rase her as my daughter, but then the wonderbolts took me into the academy and I chose not to, for my own selfish needs. I'm a horrible sister." Dash shuddered as she called herself her sister. How dare she call herself that.

Applejack who had been quiet throughout all of the commotion that happened that day quietly spoke up and asked "dash ah know you feel bad for what ya did. I can see it in ya eyes but you need to ask yourself what your gonna do now your retired, you have a lot more time on your hoofs after the, ya know accident."

Dash cringed at the mention of her crash. It was a normal wonderbolts routine until a storm blew in from the everfree forest. A lightning bolt struck her left wing and stripped it of all the feathers. With not feathers there was no way she could stay airborne and whike fell and the world went black she believed that that's where it would end for her. She was in slight shock as she woke up and saw a fiery mane and the blue wonderbolts uniform. All she could remember from that horrid day was the doctor saying she'd never fly fast again and was lucky just to be alive. She never had except for the other week when she went to see Scootaloo. At that moment in her mind she realised how much she really cared for that little filly. Her heart sank as the weight of the situation hit her again. She needed her to be the mother she never had, and Dash needed her to the daughter she'd dreamed of all her life.

At that moment dash knew she had to make that choice, the one that would change her life, change scoots life weather for good or bad whichever way she saw it. But the only issue was the time it was gonna take but she decided it's all be worth it in the end.

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"Your what!" Sweetie exclaimed following the long silence.

"I'm pregnant" Scootaloo said again this time more audible.

There faces now flush of all colours as sweetie made an approach towards the Pegasus with wings flared out as a natural Instinct to make her self seem threatening in the face of danger. But before she could do anything Sweetie hugged her and let out an adorable squeak, one that made Scootaloo blush slightly.

Apple bloom saw this and looked at Scootaloo, she knew they both liked each other but neither was able to admit it and with what happened to Scootaloo with colts she doubted she's ever go near one again.

Scootaloo noticed the look from Ab but didn't protest it, it felt nice to he held by someone who truly cares for her. Emerald had done a great job at raising her but she wasn't really prepared to raise a moody hormonal teenager who had a foal.

After the hug was broken the all went and sat arround the new table they had put in a few years ago so they could have proper meetings. But one question still lingered on Sweeties mind. "What are you gonna do with the, you know foal? I mean I know you'd love to keep it but you can't right?"

Scootaloo shuck her head sorrowfully. She couldn't bring the thought of having the Colt or filly and then just giving it away! It was her foal after all why should they decide what happens with it. But she still wasn't sure about having the foal all together. She was far smaller than the other Pegasus her age and still couldn't fly what if it caused complications and the foal died or even worse, she did.

The look was visible to the other two crusaders but they knew the perfect thing cheer her up. Sweetie belle used her magic to levitate her saddle bag over and pulled from inside a orange feather. It was the first primary feather Scootaloo had lost as she grew up. She was a little shocked that she kept hold of it but those thoughts were lost in the hysterical laughter that could be heard throughout the acres.

Whatever happened, she had the best friends behind her to support her through whatever she chose.

Author's Note

I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. It was a little larger than the last ones and I'll be trying to improve on size of them and with what I've planned for this story that should come to fruition.

Anyway until next time. Please leave any suggestion of questions you have in the comments and if you spot any spelling or grammar errors please point them out to me.