A purple blur of wings and magic surged down the passage, careening around unaware hospital staff and sprinting down the hall, ignoring the cries of doctors and nurses. She counted off the numbers on the doors as they whizzed past her, until she finally came to the one she was looking for. The alicorn came to a screeching halt as she stopped before door number one oh one. With panic borne of utter terror she threw aside the door and flew into the room.

“Zecora, Cheerilee? What happened, are you alright?” She yelled, her eyes darting about the room only to find two baffled mares propped up on a pair of hospital beds.

“Were fine, Twilight. The doctor just left.” Cheerilee replied weakly.

Zecora nodded. “It is as my friend said, do not worry your pretty head.”

Twilight sighed, pulling a chair between the two beds and taking a hand each from the two mares. “I was just so frustrated that the peace accord with the changelings took longer than I wanted, I missed out on so much!”

The teacher shook her head, giving the alicorn’s hand a gentle squeeze. “Don't worry so much, they were delivered fine, and there were no complications.”

“That much is true, the doctor’s minds we blew.” Zecora added.

Twilight gaped. “What do you mean?”

Cheerilee raised an eyebrow at the alicorn’s confusion. “Oh, they just came so easily that the doctor hardly needed to do anything. Wonderful little angels and less then a day old.”

Zecora nodded as well, squeezing Twilight’s hand.

The alicorn looked from one mare to the other, then back again. “Wait a second, you keep saying them, did you mean they did turn out to be twins?”

Zecora chuckled. “An explanation we should try, would you rather, or should I?” The zebra offered.

Cheerilee shook her head. “I got it.”

“Got what?” Twilight asked nervously.

“It was triplets, both of us had triplets.”

Twilight’s jaw hung open, her grip suddenly limp in the two mare’s hands.

Zecora laughed at the alicorn’s stunned expression. “It seems there were mysteries to alicorns we did not know. Even then, I do not regret a single moment though.”

Cheerilee nodded as well. “It's going to be quite the handful but Zecora and I have been talking and we think we can handle it.”

The zebra merely nodded sagely, hardly noticing the distant expression on Twilight’s face.

“I didn't even think this was possible, but it explains so much.” The alicorn muttered.

“Err, what explains so much?” Cheerilee asked.

Twilight shook her head, recalling the impish expression on Celestia’s face before she left on that fateful day. “I just enjoyed making so many ponies happy that I signed up for the rest of the festivals of the whole year and all three next year.”

Zecora burst into a deep laugh.

“If every pregnancy ends up like this, that's…” The alicorn blinked, her expression straining for a moment. “Around three hundred mares signed up for each of the three festivals I’ve already been a part of, which means I may have sired almost two thousand seven hundred foals.”

Cheerilee flopped back into the bed, stunned by the news.

“Congratulations my amazing stud, at least we know that cock is not a dud.” Zecora added with a snicker.

A sudden knock on the door broke the stunned silence and Twilight squeezed her friend’s hands. “Come in.” She called.

A doctor with deep grey hair poked his head in the door and smiled at the sight of the three of them. “Oh good, you’re here. They said you were coming.”

“Are the foals alright?” Twilight asked, a hint of nervousness slipping into her voice.

The doctor smile proudly. “More than okay, they are actually ready to be returned to their mothers sooner than we thought. Are you two ready?”

Both mothers nodded enthusiastically.

The doctor opened the door, allowing a nurse to wheel in a large trolley with a clear blanket lined container in the center, wherein six small bundles wiggled excitedly.

“Here we are.” The nurse announced, lifting the first bundle up and gently placing it in Zecora’s arms.

The zebra smiled down at the foal, quickly accepting the other two and placing them beside the first. Zecora cooed softly to the smiling face of the hybrid foal staring up at her.

Twilight couldn't help but stare in awe at the sight she beheld.

Each little bundle seemed to have both her and Zecora’s features in addition to something else. A small horn poked out of the center of one bundle while a tiny pair of wings peeked over the corners of the next one’s shoulders. The last held no such addition, making Twilight realize just what had happened. She continued to stare in awe at the three babies, stunned by the sight of the first set of zebra hybrids she had ever even heard of.

The alicorn looked from each baby in turn before turning her attention to Cheerilee who held three such bundles in her arms. Again the alicorn gaped in awe, each bundle sporting a horn, wings or neither.

“A pegasus, a unicorn and an earth pony.” She muttered, hardly noticing the doctor and nurse slip out of the room.

“Three perfect little foals.” Cheerilee corrected.

“Three wonderful souls.” Zecora added.

The alicorn couldn't help but feel tears begin to stream down her face and she kissed each foal in turn before squeezing their mothers in a squishy hug.

“This is the best moment of my entire life.” The alicorn announced through tear strewn eyes.

The two other mare’s couldn't help but cry with her. “Ours too.”

Author's Note

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