Auntie Rarity

Apple Bloom's POV

Big Mac hasn't stopped looking at me different since he found out about Fancy Fedora. I mean sure a lot of bad things have happened to me lately, and now I'm pregnant, but it's no reason to treat me like I'm a victim of a murder that's somehow still alive. He just is always so protective of me now: Even worse than he used to be.

"Apple Bloom!" Sweetie Belle smiled galloping into the barn. "Scootaloo is waiting outside, are you ready to go?" She asked with a grin.

"I guess so," I started. "I just have to grab a drink real fast." I put a water jug in my bag. Sweetie's little girls were spending the day with Rarity, Fluttershy and Shadow. I don't even wanna know how that's goin'.

"Hi Apple Bloom!" Scootaloo smiled. She had no idea about everything that had been happening to me lately, but I know if she did something bad would happen to Fancy Fedora, not nearly as bad as what my brother and sister wanna do, but still.

"Hi Scootaloo! How's it goin'?" I asked.

"Everything's great! I just missed you guys so much! I rarely ever get to see you two anymore!" She said hugging Sweetie and I. We all went to the carnival that was in town, so we could all do something fun and not worry about anything else.

"Apple Bloom how are you feeling?" Sweetie asked me worriedly when Scootaloo left to get us a funnel cake.

"I feel pretty good, considering how bad I've been feeling lately." I told her. She looked sympathetic towards me.

"I remember when I was pregnant and I got really sick, so it's best just to take it easy." She warned me.

"Don't ya worry about me none. I'm gonna be absolutely fine." I promised her as we shared a smile. Scootaloo came back over with a giant warm funnel cake with powdery white sugar covering it. "Thanks Scootaloo!" I smiled as we both took a bite.

"Aren't you gonna have some Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo asked.

"I'd love to, but I feel a little nauseous. I don't wanna risk anything. Thanks though guys." She said backing up a bit. There was no hiding the fact Sweetie must have dropped a lot of weight lately, but she's just overdoing losing the baby weight a little. Hopefully she'll realize in a couple days and start eating like a normal pony again.

Rarity's POV

My little niece Minnie was still a little under the weather, but Pearl was already much better thanks to that shot.

"Dada," I heard Minnie giggle with a sniffle. I turned my head and he was bouncing her up and down.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked walking over to him snatching my niece. "I specifically told you to NEVER touch my nieces."

"They're my daughter's! I don't understand why you always have to get in between me and my family! I made these foals remember? Without me you wouldn't have nieces!"
"I didn't want them for a few more years Shadow, so you're NOT helping your cause." I snapped. "Although, they do add an addition onto my life that just makes me such a happier mare." I couldn't help but admit how much I love them.

"Then why do you have such a problem with me around them?" He asked.

"I have an issue with it because you beat my sister senseless, and next you'll be hurting these beautiful little girls! You better believe you'll kiss your tail goodbye the day that occurs." I threatened. I started to growl. "Why do you have to make me SO un-ladylike? I cannot take it!"

"Why don't we all just calm down a bit please?" Fluttershy asked. "For the girls,"

"I suppose your right Fluttershy. These impressionable fillies don't need to see anymore fighting. That's the main reason Shadow's not allowed them in the first place." I explained.

"Shut up. Just shut up Rarity!" He battled, charging towards me looking like he was going to attack.

"Shadow, stop!" Fluttershy begged grabbing his tail with her teeth and trying to pull him back. "She's just trying to protect her nieces."

"They're not hers to protect!" He was flailing on the floor like a maniac!

"Why do you have to act this way?! Why is violence the answer?" I asked him.

"It's not the answer, ok? I just want you to realize I'm a grown adult, you're a grown adult and I don't understand why you don't see how much I love these foals. You know I love them." He was still breathing heavily from the flailing, but I couldn't even begin to believe him.

"Why must you always lie? You lied to my sister, you lie to me, you lie to Fluttershy, and you even lie to yourself! I mean I understand that you have an attachment to your fillies, but sometimes you just could use a beating."

"But I give your sister plenty of those don't I?" He said all-to-calmly.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, but I'm leaving. Shadow if you ever ask yourself WHY you're not allowed near these girls, this is the reason." I huffed picking up the young pegasus and unicorn. I heard Shadow yelling and cursing at poor Fluttershy after I left the house. I know he was talking about me, but I just have to remember that my sister, and her foals are worth this. I just wish they had a better father. One that they deserve.

Sweetie Belle's POV

After my friends ate a funnel cake, two corn dogs each, and drank who knows how many sodas, we all decided to go find something else to do before we went home. It was dark, but Rarity begged me to have some fun. I haven't been out of the house without my foals for a very long time. I hated being without them, but it was nice to hang out with my two best friends.

"I know the perfect place to go!" Scootaloo smiled walking down the sidewalk. We followed her and then she took us to the nearest night club.

"Scootaloo!" I whispered surprised. "We can't go in there! Apple Bloom's not eighteen yet, and I'm a mom! I can't just go out and party like I don't have any responsibilities."

"Oh lighten up Sweetie Belle." She smiled walking up to the stallion that was checking ID's.

"Sweetie Belle I don't feel so good." Apple Bloom frowned. She threw up into the bushes and I wasn't about to let her go in the club.

"Don't worry Apple Bloom, I'll call," Before I could say Apple Jack's name, Scootaloo was dragging me to the door.

"Show him your ID Sweetie Belle." She nudged me.

"No! I'm not going in there, and Apple Bloom's sick."

"You're such a stick in the mud now, what happened to you?" Scootaloo vented.

"Your best friend over there is sick and pregnant, and all you're worried about is getting her into a club?" I grunted.

"W-what?! Apple Bloom is pregnant?" She asked shocked. "Why did you BOTH have to get pregnant before you're even out of high school?!" She huffed.

"We didn't decide to!" I defended. "Especially not," I couldn't tell Scootaloo without Apple Bloom's permission.

"Well if you two aren't going to have any fun, then I guess I'll just see you when you can stop being mothers. Even without your kid you still act like a mom! A BAD mom I might add." She confused me for a second, but she already seemed drunk. She was probably drinking during the fair when we weren't paying any attention. Best friends have to look past fights, but her calling me a bad mother is REALLY going to take a long time for me to get over! How dare she?! I took out my phone to call Apple Jack.

"Hello?" She answered from the other line. It sounded like she was in the middle of something, but Apple Bloom needed her. She couldn't get home alone, and Rarity's gonna worry if I'm gone much longer.

"Apple Jack, its Sweetie Belle. You gotta come get Apple Bloom, she's sick." I told her.

"I'll be right there! Are yall still at the carnival?" She asked.

"Well…er…no. We're at the dance club…right near the package store." I wanted so bad to say that it wasn't my fault, and that Scootaloo was the one who dragged us here, but Apple Jack was too worried to be angry right now. She got to the street about twenty minutes later.

"Apple Bloom!" She ran up and hugged her tightly. "What are yall doin' up here? I thought you fillies were smarter than this! Apple Bloom you can't be in places like this, and ESPECIALLY not when you're pregnant!" She was already taking her back to their barn. Scootaloo was inside, and I really didn't want to go in there, so I turned around and left. I wanted to go home and see my daughters.

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity grinned as I strolled through the door.

"Hi Rarity, I um, I'm just going to go kiss the foals goodnight and go to sleep." I yawned. "I'm so tired."

"Wait darling, I saved you a plate of dinner in the fridge." She told me. I stood there and thought.

"I ate a lot at the fair Rarity." I assured. She rolled her eyes with a bit of a smirk.

"You fillies can eat anything, can't you?"

"We sure can." I laughed nervously before galloping up the stairs. "I just don't want to…" I muttered to myself.

Twilight's POV

"I'm tellin' you ponies! That Scootaloo is nothin' but trouble!" Apple Jack said pacing around. She called an emergency meeting at my house to talk about something that's been bothering her, and apparently Scootaloo is involved.

"Calm down Apple Jack, tell us why you called us all here." I asked gingerly.

"Well first and foremost Scootaloo took my sister and Rarity's sister out against their will to a wild club outside an alcohol store!" She was outraged. "I mean in her condition she cannot be in that type of place!"

"Her condition?" Pinkie asked. "What's wrong with her? Is she allergic to clubs?! Being allergic to clubs is like being allergic to ponies!"

"Well if Rarity was brave enough to tell yall, then I am too. My sister's pregnant." It sounded like she was ripping off a bandage. All the girls' jaws dropped, including mine. Rarity didn't look too shocked though. Before I could open my mouth to try to encourage Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash burst out laughing. "This is funny to you?!" Apple Jack seemed extremely defensive, which is very understandable since the Apple family is so close.

"I'm just laughing because when Sweetie Belle got knocked up, you said 'my sister would never do anything like that' well weren't you right?" She was still laughing. I looked over at Apple Jack and Rarity standing side by side, red in the face.

"Do not bring my sister up in this! She's innocent, and was taken advantage of by an outrageously juvenile stallion!"

"Everypony calm down please!" I implored. "We're never going to help each other if we're fighting." I reminded. "Rainbow, it's not funny at all that Apple Bloom is pregnant. Apple Jack, don't worry I'll see her as soon as possible." I promised. I loved to check on Sweetie's foals when she was pregnant, so I was a little excited to get to see Apple Bloom's too.

"Well I appreciate it very much Twilight, but I'm just tryin' to get her to get used to everything right now. She's already four months along, and she's startin' to really show. It's not real bad yet, but still it's noticeable." She described.

"Well all the food those fillies ate at the fair the other night probably didn't help." Rarity giggled to lighten the mood.

"That's why Apple Bloom got so sick. She told me her and Scootaloo ate way too much, but she said Sweetie was feeling sick and didn't want nothin'." Rarity's face twisted in confusion.

"She told me that she didn't want to eat dinner because she ate a lot at the fair." She remembered out loud.

"Rarity…" Fluttershy started. "When she came over to my house I gave her an apple and she told me she ate it, and there was the core on the table, but it looked like it was eaten by an animal, not a pony."

"Are you calling my sister beastly Fluttershy?" Rarity asked insulted.

"Oh, no of course not! I just wanted to point out that…I think she tried to trick me into thinking she was eating by feeding the apple to one of my animal friends." She said quietly. We all sat around silently while Rarity thought. "I'm sorry, am I a snitch? I don't want any stitches!" She said hiding under my desk. Rainbow Dash always threatens her with that old 'snitches get stitches' phrase.

"No Fluttershy, no one's going to give you any stitches." I consoled pulling her out from under the desk. I looked over and Rarity was silently crying.

"Does my sister have some sort of eating disorder?" She asked sniffling. "I just thought she was losing a few pounds, but now that I think of it she did look rather sickly." Pinkie Pie stood up and started bouncing.

"I think we need to get some food and give her an entire food PARTY!" She cheered hopping around.

"I think what she really needs is a little at a time, and just to work back into a regular eating schedule." I suggested.

"I say we hold her down and stuff the food into her." Rainbow Dash said hovering in the air, ready for action.

"There shall be no 'stuffing' my sister with food!" Rarity defended. "Maybe we could lock her in a room until she eats." She thought.

"No, haven't you ever heard of bulimia?" I asked. Rarity shook her head.

"It's where ponies make themselves throw up to get food out of their systems before they digest them." I defined. She looked like she was about to faint. "Calm down Rarity, we're all here to help you." I promised. "We're all here for each other."

"Thank you girls," She weakly stated rubbing her eyes. "I just don't want this to get any worse."

Sweetie Belle's POV

I walked home from the day I had in the park and my twins were sleeping on my back. I opened the front door and Rarity was sitting there with all of her friends. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo were sitting there too, and I was a little confused. Was Pinkie throwing a party at Rarity's house?

"Darling, please sit down." Rarity asked taking my two foals in her magic and watching me carefully. I sat and she stared at me, halfway in tears.

"Are you alright sis?" I wondered. Everypony was looking at me the same way, like they were worried sick.

"Sweetie we're worried about ya." Apple Bloom frowned making Apple Jack nod.

"Ya see, we just want what's best for ya, and to see you doin' what you're doin' is really not healthy." Apple Jack told me. This entire time I didn't think a single pony noticed: or cared for that matter.

"I'm telling you ponies, I have no idea what you're talking about." I fibbed standing up.

"Sweetie, why haven't you been eating?" Twilight asked as I stood.

"I have been! I ate yesterday." I had told Rarity I ate yesterday so she'd surely back me up on it.

"Why didn't you eat breakfast this morning?" Twilight retaliated with her ears pointed down.

"I was going to after I got back with the girls." I hope they don't realize I'm making up excuses, because the only two who seem suspicious are Apple Jack and Rarity.

"Perfect, so why don't you go eat right now?" She asked with her smile.

"I just…I ate at the park,"

"Sweetie Belle, stop lying!" My sister begging in an outrage. She was shaking and tearing up, but still trying her best to keep her cool.

"I'm not lying! I did!" I swore. She galloped over to me and threw me into a hug.

"Sweetie Belle!" She reprimanded. "I know you haven't been eating, and so do you. I want to know why, and now!"

"Fine! I'm not eating because I'm fat! Do you know what it's like to have two foals grow inside you and stretch you out for eleven months? Or how about going out in public AFTER and having ponies ask you when you're due. Not to mention bullies like Diamond Tiara pointing out how fat I STILL am!" I said starting to get hysterical. Apple Bloom joined Rarity in hugging me, and so did Scootaloo.

"Sweetie…I'm sorry about the other night. I didn't mean anything I said. I think you're a great mom, and you're not fat."

"Scootaloo's right Sweetie," Twilight chimed back in. "You're not fat at all. In fact you look way too skinny. I mean, how long has this been going on?"

"A few months…but I don't want to stop; it's just going to make me wanna do it more if I see myself gain weight." I cautioned. Fluttershy walked nervously to me and pointed my head in the direction of my sleeping foals.

"The girls would love you to eat Sweetie…" She said skittishly. "They'd also love it very much, if you lived to watch them grow up." The room was silent.

"…Yeah. I think what Fluttershy means Sweetie is that it's not healthy to be this skinny. Don't worry we'll help you through all of this." Twilight really loves to help, and this time I've very glad.

"Thank you." I said to Everypony around me, especially my big sister who was snuggling me the entire time.

"You feel like skin and bones," She confessed as if I didn't know.

"I know what'll make you feel better Sweetie!" Pinkie squealed leaping up and jumping. "I brought you a huge chocolate cake!"

"Thanks Pinkie." I couldn't help but laugh. I picked up my two foals and carried them in the kitchen with me. "My foals would be really angry if I didn't share." I appreciate all the girls coming to help me today, but somewhere I think all of us know that this isn't the end.

Apple Jack's POV

Man these little fillies know how to keep me stressed out. Apple Bloom's been better at least. I walked back in to the barn and Big Macintosh was bucking haystacks out of anger.

"Big Macintosh, what in Celestia are yall doin?" I asked over his frustration.

"Guess who just got parole?!" He asked swinging his hoof into another stack of hay.

"Who? Calm down!" I pleaded. Big Mac's never let me see him like this, which just proves he's too mad to hide it.

"The stallion that bucked, punched, assaulted, raped, impregnated, and RUINED our sister!" He bucked a stack of hay and it all came toppling down. He stood over it all breathing heavily and steam could have been coming from his nose.

"They can't let him out, he's a monster!" I thought out loud.

"Well then I say we go down there and murder that stallion! That's the only thing he didn't do too sweet little Apple Bloom!"

"I'd agree with ya, if we wouldn't go ta jail, and leave her alone to raise that foal." I know Big Mac doesn't think straight when he's like this.

"Let's go down there and tell him that if he steps foot near our sister when he gets out, he's a dead pony." He growled. I followed him out the barn door, and checked on Apple Bloom who was in her room in the house. I opened the door and she was lyin' there sleeping like a baby. Aw, heck, she is a baby! I had to close the door. I can't look at her so vulnerable like that. I have to do something. When Apple Bloom is with her friends, I can't just tag along, but I know who can! I just got the best idea. Tomorrow morning I'm calling up my cousin, and asking if her little sister Babs can come and stay with Apple Bloom in her time of crisis. I know that wouldn't be suspicious, and she wouldn't be in near as much danger. Thank goodness for family. I ran out and met Big Mac, now that I got this idea, we're free to go to the jail and give that stallion his first and FINAL warnin'