(10 months later)

Luna sat in her room on bed rest for the growing foal inside of her put a strain on her body. Luna groaned putting a hoof on her expanded stomach, It was just a matter of time before the young foal would make a grand appearance. The second foal born from an alicorn since Flurryheart who was happily destroying everything that she could get her eyes and hooves on.

Luna silently pleaded for her foal not to act like Flurry. Luna wondered if the foal would be a Unicorn or Pegasus or maybe even an Alicorn. Luna just smiled shaking away her thoughts. 'Just as long as it's healthy, I'd be happy with an earth pony' She thought to herself rubbing her stomach lovingly.

Suddenly, a sharp knife-like pierced through Luna's stomach making her cry out. The guards rushed in seeing the whimpering alicorn in the bed "It's time" She whimpered.

Astin and Celestia both groaned at the stacks of paper work pleading for it to end. "This is the only thing, I hate about being prince" He said with a laugh. Celestia nodded joining in with her own melodic giggle.

"Your Majesty! It's time" A guard said with a nod. Celestia and Astin rush out of the room to the Medical Wing of the castle. Suddenly, Celestia could feel a burst on power that almost knocked her off her hooves. "What the heck is that?" Astin grunted. Celestia sighed "It's Luna" She said pushing past the magic waves.

They walked into the room to see Luna fighting against the Doctors and Nurses attempting to hold her down and winning. "That's my mare" Astin chuckled walking up to her. "Astie..." Luna gasped looking up at him with a pain-filled expression. He leaned down a kissed her forehead "He'll be here soon" He said giving Celestia, a look.

"I bet him, 1,000 bits that it would be a girl" Celestia said nonchalantly making Luna facehoof as a contraction rippled through her. "It is quite painful, I assume" Celestia said giving her sister's stomach a quick kiss. Luna nodded gritting her teeth as the contractions came faster.

Doctors rushed in and escorted Celestia out leaving just Astin and Luna. "Hey, little dude..." He said to her stomach "You're causing your mommy a lot of pain but it's worth it because I'll get to see you soon"
Luna smiled warmly before whimpering as the contraction hit her harder than before. "Princess Luna, It's time to push" The doctor said firmly. Astin watched every expression his wife made as she brought their foal into the world. He calmly encouraged her and ran his thumb up and down her hoof in reassurance.

Suddenly with a sharp cry from Luna, A high pitched wail filled the room. The dark foal was promptly taken and cleaned as it wailed. It was then wrapped in a blanket before behind returned to its mother.

Luna teared up looking at the tiny foal. A piece of her she had been carrying for 11 months. "It's a little colt, Princess" The nurse said before pinning a small cresent moon similar to Luna's cutie cutie-mark to his dark blue blanket. "Our son" Astin said breathlessly trying to hold back the tears. Luna gave him the bundle and he gazed upon the innocent foal inside of it.

The foal made a small whining noise as a gleaming liquid dripped onto his tiny muzzle. He opened his golden eyes slowly puffing up his tiny cheeks in anger. "I'm sorry, It's your first time seeing me and I'm crying like an idiot" He laughed softly wiping his tears.

Celestia slowly snuck into the room giving them a small smile. "You owe me" Astin mouthed to the alicorn before continuing to rock his son. Luna watched with a small exhausted smile before reaching out for him. Astin laid him gently in his mother's arms before sitting in the chair next to them.

"He's very handsome" Celestia said with a congratulatory smile. Astin and Luna both shared a bit of a blushed before laughing bashfully. "I agree that he'll do something extraordinary" Astin said his chest filling with pride.
Extraordinary...

Author's Note

This is the official ending of When Stars Align aside from bonus chapters and potential rewrites. It has been a pleasure making this book and the sequel will be even better now that I'm getting better at writing... Until then...