Author's Note

Well guys, we've made it to the end. I had so much fun with this story. I really enjoyed giving this to you all.

Special thank you's to: Josh for your awesome ideas. Pip for your badass opinions. My parents for ideas for the games that RD and her friends played. And thank you, Raevyn, for always being my inspiration.

Enjoy the final chapter. But don't fret too much. I plan on beginning the next installment in this series tomorrow!

Thanks for taking this ride with me! Enjoy!

Goodbyes

Rainbow awoke the next morning to sunlight streaming through the windows and into her eyes. She yawned and smacked her lips a few times around the pacifier in her mouth. That sure had been a fun dream last night. She sat up and felt the squish of a clammy wet diaper beneath her. She made a face. That was not fun. She looked around, eyes bleary. Pinkie was already awake, and so were Twilight and Applejack. Rarity was still asleep, and so was Fluttershy, but Fluttershy seemed close to waking. After a minute or two, her hypothesis was proven correct. Fluttershy stretched awake. That left Rarity, but a few minutes later, she was awake too. Rainbow stood up and held onto the bars of her crib.

“Mommy? Dada?” She called. Usually it took them a few minutes before they came for her in the morning, so she turned to her friends and waved.

They waved back. “Morning, everypony!” Pinkie cheered.

“Good morning, darlings.” Rarity greeted.

“Mornin’.” Said Applejack.

“Good morning.” Fluttershy responded sleepily.

“Good morning everypony.” Twilight added.

“Mownin.” Rainbow yawned.

Just then, the nursery door opened and the parents filed in. Windy and Bow, The Shy’s, Cookie and Hondo, Cloudy and Igneous, Velvet and Nightlight, and Buttercup and Bright Mac came in. Windy and Bow got there first, and Windy picked up her daughter.

“Good morning, Sweetie.” She cooed.

“Mownin Mommy. Mownin Dada.” Rainbow said.

Bow did a diaper check. “Looks like we have a wet little trotter on our hooves today.” He said. Windy carried her to the changing table and Rainbow giggled.

“Uh huh, I wet.” She said.

“Let’s get you nice and clean.” Windy said. She took off the pajamas, disposed of the diaper and cleaned her daughter up quickly, but did not replace the sodden one with a fresh one. Rainbow cocked her head.

“Mommy?” She questioned.

Windy gave her a sad smile. “Mommy and Daddy have to go today, remember?”

Rainbow pouted at the thought. “No.”

“Yes,” Said Bow. “You know we would stay longer if we could, but Mommy has to go with me to Manehattan tomorrow for the big flying competition. You know I could never compete without my number one girl.”

“I couwd come.” Rainbow argued. Bow ruffled her hair.

“I know you want to, little one, but you can’t miss work. You know that.”

Rainbow’s pout grew more pronounced at the reminder of work. “I dun wike wowk.”

“I know you don’t, but you take care of the weather here. You’re a very important pony here. And you’re needed. Plus you have Wonderbolts practice. You want to be the best, don’t you?”

“…Yes.”

“Of course you do. This was your break, but now it’s time to get back to work. But don’t worry. We’ll be back soon.”

“‘Kay.” She said. She looked around the nursery, taking in every detail. She was really going to miss this place. Bow and Windy noticed her longing look. This gave Windy an idea.

“Sweetie?” She asked. Rainbow looked at her. “How would you like us to make your room at our house into a nursery?”

Rainbow’s eyes lit up. “Yeah! Awesome!” She cheered. She sat up and gave her parents a big hug.

As soon as Rainbow hopped off, Pinkie was put on. Cloudy stripped her of her clothes and did one last diaper check, and found it wet. She suspected that Pinkie hadn’t wet herself during the night but had rather gone this morning after waking up. She also figured that it was a kind of gift from her daughter to her, a few more moments of bonding as her little girl before she had to go back to the rock farm. Cloudy cleaned her up quick as a flash, then gave her one last kiss on the forehead. Pinkie sat up and hugged her mother. Then, she bounced off.

Twilight was next. As Velvet checked her, she found that her daughter, too, was wet. She knew it was possible for her daughter to have wet herself at night due to the final feeding, but she had another idea on why she might have been wet. The answer was simple: She didn’t want to waste the diaper. But Velvet just smiled and kept her thoughts to herself. She changed her out of her diaper, and wiped her clean. Then, She gave her a nuzzle. Twilight kissed her cheek, blushing.

“Thanks, mom.”

“Anytime, Twilight.”

Fluttershy was undressed next, but she was dry. Applejack was after her, and she was too. That left Rarity, who was dry, and simply relieved that she was getting out of the foalish clothing.

Once everypony was cleaned up, they all helped taking out the items from the room, restoring it to it’s former glory. When Windy told the other mothers of her plans for Rainbow’s bedroom in Cloudsdale, Everyone agreed to let her keep the original items. So a crib, rocker, high chair, and changing table were teleported by Velvet into Windy and Bow’s Cloudsdale home. Windy hugged each mother, and each of her daughter’s friends, thanking them for giving her daughter some playmates and herself some support. Each of them thanked her back for the experience, particularly the mothers. Getting their little girls back for a day was the best.

When everything was cleaned up, everypony headed to the dining room for breakfast. This time, however, the parents did not cook. Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy all cooked together to thank their parents for the weekend. Pinkie made prench toast, Applejack made apple pancakes, Twilight made eggs, Rarity made oatmeal, Rainbow baked some muffins, and Fluttershy sliced fruit for a fruit platter. Spike came in halfway through the preparations and decided to help by cooking hash browns. The parents all gathered around the table, sitting as their children cooked, and they discussed how yesterday’s events made them feel and their favorite moments.

Finally, everything was ready. Each pony brought out their dish for everypony else to enjoy, and then went back to get drinks in pitchers. Orange juice, apple juice, milk, and water were set on the table. Everypony passed the dishes around family style, making chit chat as they served themselves. When their plates and glasses were filled, everybody dug in. Each mother complimented their child’s cooking, and told them what a wonderful job they had done with the meal. The fathers nodded and smiled, mouths full, but despite their silence their looks of pride and kind grins said it all. They were proud.

When breakfast was done, everyone helped clean up, and then the parents and children alike began packing their saddlebags to leave. They all gathered in the entrance to the castle, and headed off as a group to the train station. The walk was filled with general conversations. No goodbyes. Not yet, at least.

Sooner than anypony would have liked, they arrived at the train station. There was a long beat of silence, and then the goodbyes began.

“Thank you for this weekend, Fluttershy.” Said Mrs. Shy. “It was everything I needed.”

Fluttershy blushed and hugged her mother. “You’re welcome. I hope I see you both soon.”

“You can count on it.” Mr. Shy said, hugging his daughter.

Next was Rarity’s family. “Darling, you have made me so happy these past few days. Your generosity gave me everything I was missing.” Said Cookie.

Rarity smiled. “I’m glad.”

“And don’t think I’ve forgotten our little agreement from yesterday.” Cookie said.

Rarity resisted the urge to flinch. “I didn’t think you would.”

“We’ll discuss it sometime during our next visit, but for now, I’m just happy with what we had.” Cookie said.

Rarity nodded. “Me too.”

Then came Velvet. “Twily, you made me thrilled. Just having my little girl back for even a day was exactly what I had hoped for, even if I didn’t expect it.”

“Anytime you want her back, just ask. It was fun for me too.” Twilight said.

Velvet wrapped her in a comforting hug. “I will miss you so much. Come and visit soon, okay?”

“Okay. I will.” She promised.

Pinkie was the fourth to say goodbye. She wrapped her hooves around her mother. Cloudy sighed.

“Pinkemena, I will miss you. Thank you. For everything.”

“Always, Mommy!” Pinkie giggled.

Cloudy pulled away, looked her daughter in the eye, put a hoof under her chin and grinned. “I love you, Pinkie.”

Pinkie pounced on her one more time. “I love you too.”

Since Applejack didn’t have to say goodbye to her family, Rainbow was the last one. She stared at her parents, filled with a dozen emotions. Happiness, sadness, contentment, and comfort prevailed the most among all of them. She launched into a huge hug.

“I love you guys so much.” She said.

Bow kissed her head. “We love you too. You are everything we could have ever wanted in a daughter.”

Rainbow gave a dazzling smile. Windy spoke up. “Are you sure you’ll be okay while we’re in Manehattan?”

Rainbow nodded. “I’ll be fine. If anything happened, I could go to Mama or my brothers. Or my sisters.” She said. Windy smiled.

“I’m sure you would. I just worry.”

“I know. But I’ll be okay. Really.”

“I believe you.” The train pulled up to the station. Windy looked at it for just a second before turning back to her daughter. “We’ll have your room set up the next time you come up.”

“Okay.”

“I love you, Dashie.”

“I love you too, Mommy.”

They hugged for a moment before Rainbow turned to her father.

“Take care, Little Trotter.”

“I will, Daddy.”

With one last smile, her parents boarded the train.

She and her friends all waved goodbye to their parents. As the train pulled away, Rainbow smiled.

Bye Mommy. Bye Daddy. I’ll see you soon.