Flaming entered the large-ish room and was surprised to see her little sister sitting on a small stool, watching Philomena’s newly laid egg. She was frowning at the bright egg, tilting her head in... an emotion Flaming couldn’t quite understand. Her ears were flat down on her head, and she didn’t notice her sister entering.

“Uh... what are you doing?” Flaming asked skeptically, raising an eyebrow.

“Waiting for de egg to hatch.” Fire said in her small lisp, still staring at the egg.

Flaming nearly face hoofed, then remembered this was a four year old. Yesterday, Fire had been watching that egg for several hours while Flaming was a school. Or, so her mum had told her. She ought to know...

“Um... ya know that isn’t gonna happen, right?”

“Yeth it will!” Firebird yelled angrily, glaring at Flaming.

“I jutht hafta be pathient.”

Flaming groaned and facehoofed. If she kept this up, Fire would be nearly school age. She then said calmly, “I’m glad you’re being ‘pathient’, but Philomena only laid the egg last week. It might not hatch till next year, Phoeny.”

Firebird’s eyes widened in realization, and she looked at Flaming, despaired. That one look alone made her feel extremely guilty.

“N-next year? But, dat’s ageth away-“

The door burst open, and Sunset came in, saying worriedly, “Girls, what’s going on?!”

The door had scared the two girls, and, in her fright, Firebird lost control over her magic and a pink beam shot from her horn, hitting the egg and engulfing it with magic.

Magic swirled around it, and small sparks, growing bigger by the second, began emmitting from the egg as it glowed brighter and brighter. Eventually, the magic faded away and the room was blinded in a bright flash of light. Sunset shielded her daughters from it, and thankfully, the glow faded away, leaving the egg exactly as it was.

Flaming deadpanned, “Talk about anticlimactic.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, a small crack resounded from the egg. The three stared at it, and cracks began forming in the egg itself. A piece of the it was cut out, revealing a tiny pale yellow and orange beak. The rest of it burst into nothing more than tiny shards, revealing an adorable baby phoenix.

She had the normal colours of a phoenix, although they were unusually paler, similar to Firebird’s own colour scheme, strangely. Beneath the feathers on the top of her head were little firey wisps with tiny glowing white orbs at the tips. Spread all across her body and wings, there were small teel and pale pink spots, all connected with a tiny white line. Spotting the three ponies staring at her, the baby gave out a tiny chirp and fluttered her wings in an attempt to reach them. Upon failing, she flopped back in the nest and chirped, disappointed. Firebird couldn’t help but fall for it’s adorableness, and she trotted towards it.

The phoenix chirped once more, and Firebird giggled, “Hey, you know your own name! Firefern!”

Flaming stared. and uttered, “H-How d-did you know that?!”

Fire rolled her eyes, giggling, and said, “She told me, you thilly-billy!”

Suddenly, a bright flash appeared on Fire’s flank. They all stared as, to their enormous shock, a cutie mark appeared! It was two phoenix eggs, one laying in front of the other, with a small pink magic burst behind it. Surrounding that were nine symmetrical creamy white dots in a circular shape.

A stunned silence followed. Sunset could barely breathe, let alone think properly. Firebird hatched the phoenix egg. She got her cutie mark. She could understand phoenixes. AT THE AGE. OF FOUR. Sunset was sure her brain broke in that silence.

Firebird lept into the air, yelling, “I WOVE IT I WOVE IT I WOVE IT!!!... what is it?”

Flaming said, stunned, “You... you got your cutie mark. YOU GOT. YOUR CUTIE MARK. HOW?!”

Fire looked up at her mother and tilted her head slightly, saying, “Are you okay, Mummy?”

...

“Well... I... I’m certainly... p-proud of you, Phoeny, but, um...”

Without warning, Philomena swooped in, and landed next to the little nest. She chirped at her new little baby, and nuzzled her head affectionately. She turned to Firebird amd squawked to her, and Fire smiled, “You’re welcome, Fiwomena!”

Flaming stared, and said, “She can understand phoenixes. So did not see that coming... uh... congrats on the new... arrival, Philomena?... Con... congrats...”

An hour later, Firestreak returned to the castle and saw Sunset staring into space.

“Hey, Sun, you okay?”

“Define okay.”

Firstreak grew worried, and said, “Is something wrong with you? What about the girls? Are they sick? Are they alright?!”

“No, no, they’re fine. I’m not sick or anything. I think I broke something though, with what happened today...”

“WHAT?! OH, CELESTIA, SUNSET. JUST TELL ME!!!”

...

“My brain...”

Author's Note

This was alot of fun to write, and I hope you enjoy it! The next two chapters will hopefully be coming soon, so *sings* BE PREPARED!
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Aaaaaanyway, sinse they’ll be showing up fairly soon, I should probably tell you guys about how my Headcannon characters work.
Night Light x Twilight Velvet- Shining Armor, Starling (Magic)
Bow Hothoof x Windy Whistles- Light Speed (Loyalty)
Mr Shy x Mrs Shy- Pansy Glow (Kindness), Smooth Winds
Igneous Rock x Cloudy Quartz- Amethyst Pie, Sandstone Pie, Emeraldine (Emmy) Kate Pie (Laughter), Quartz Pie
Bright Macintosh x Pear Butter- Big Macintosh, Apple Flower (Honesty), Apple Blossom
Hondo Flanks x Cookie Crumble- Rosabelle (Generosity), Sweet Notes
Okay, i’ll admit the names aren’t exactly original, but I did my best. I was having a mind blank with Big Mac and Shining, (still am) so I just kept the original. The next gen will be revealed in the next chapter.
Let me know what you think!
Signing out, Firebird Phoenix
(Edit- I just kept the original NAMES. Sorry, I just realized that wasn’t clear here.)