Despite All Odds

Three Years Later

"Mommy Twilight..." Twilight Sparkle mumbled and tried to shoo away what was prodding her side. "Mommy, wake up." Once again, Twilight mumbled and hid herself deeper into her pillow.

"That's not how you do it Moon Song. This is how you do it. Hey Mommy Twilight, wake up!" The lavender pony's eyes shot open and before she knew it, she was on the floor as her daughters looked down from the bed, laughing.

"Moon Song...Scootaloo? What is so important that you have to wake me up after a whole night of studying?"

"We were told to come get you."

"Momma wants you!" The dark purple filly said. Twilight smiled as she gazed at her daughters. Scootaloo had grown and was now taller than the other Crusaders (which they heard about to no end). Though she still had trouble flying on some days, she had achieved her goal of flight itself.

She had also discovered her cutie mark: a dark green book, symbolizing her love to write (not that she would admit. Twilight still remembered the orange pony coming home and complaining that her cutie mark wasn't as "cool" as she thought it would be).

Her other daughter, Moon Song, was a little smaller than Scootaloo was when they had adopted her and was a dark purple with a dark emerald mane with a little horn poking out from it's embrace. Her eyes were the clearest turquoise, which surprised both mothers. "Alright. Tell Fluttershy I'll be done in a moment."

"Mkay. C'mon Moon Song." Scootaloo gently grabbed the filly and put her on there floor, where she immediately ran over and hugged Twilight.

"Love you Mommy."

"I love you too dear."

Scootaloo smiled and said, "Love ya." Before heading out the door with her younger sister in tow. Twilight stood up off the ground and after stretching, she gazed out the window. The sun was shining brilliantly and all over Ponyville, flowers bloomed and displayed their beautiful colours for all to see. As she looked, she saw Pinkie walking by, talking with Rarity.

The party pony must have noticed her because she stopped in mid-conversation and waved enthusiastically at Twilight. Rarity turned and smiled with a polite wave. Twilight waved back to them and turned away from the window as they continued on. After that night under City Hall, the others had been quite angry with them and it had been a few months before they had spoken to either Pinkie or Rarity.

Luna had wanted to punish them, but after a few calming words from Octavia, she agreed to leave them alone apart from the watching she would do to make sure neither of them would try anything funny. During this time, the winter only got colder and colder from what Twilight guessed was the Windigos, feeding on the anger they all felt.

The snow piled up and even persisted into the beginning of spring, trapping many ponies in their homes. Thankfully, it was only a month and a half that passed before the ponies affected by Pinkie's plans had forgiven her.

Of course, the pink earth pony had thrown a party to celebrate the reuniting of friends and they both promised not to interfere with anypony's love life ever again (unless asked in Rarity's case).

Twilight smiled and quickly ran the brush through her head and then headed down the stairs. As she got closer, she could hear laughter coming from the living room. 'Huh...wonder who's here? Maybe Warm Breeze decided to stop by again.' However, Twilight was shocked into stillness after she saw who was sitting on the couch beside Fluttershy, the two of them laughing merrily.

"I...I can't..."

"The great Twilight Sparkle, at a loss for words? Now I really HAVE seen it all."

"Amethyst Star?"

The magenta pony smiled and said, "Of course. Who'd you expect; Discord?" Twilight's body finally allowed her free movement and the first thing she did was tackle the other unicorn into a hug.

"Where have you been? How are you? I mean, it's been so long! How have you-"

"Whoa, slow down Sparkle. I'll explain everything after you explain some things to me." Twilight chuckled sheepishly and sat in the space between her friend and her lover.

"Okay...what's your question?"

"Well, First of all...how in Luna's sake did you two get MARRIED?! And how did you have a KID? I mean, you're both mares...doesn't that kind of thing require a...you know."

"Require a what?" Moon Song had found her way onto the couch beside Amethyst Star, nearly scaring the magenta unicorn off the couch.

"Oh! Um...uh..." Amethyst's eyes shifted from every inch of the room to avoid answering the question. "Boop." Amethyst had tenderly poked Moon Song's nose as she had spoke and the filly burst out laughing.

"Boop!" She did the same back to Amethyst before running off to do the same to her older sister.

"Whew..." Twilight and Fluttershy laughed as Amethyst wiped a few beads of sweat off her brow. "Now then, back to the matters at hand."

"Right. Well...Fluttershy, why don't you explain how we got married?"

"Of course my lazy bookworm."

"I am not lazy!" Fluttershy and Amethyst rolled their eyes and Twilight just huffed and laid her head on Fluttershy's side.

"Well...perhaps she should know of what happened before we were married." So for the next two hours, the married mares told the story of how they came to be a couple while leaving out a few parts that they thought wouldn't need to be included. Finally, by the time they had finished the story itself, Amethyst was shocked.

"Wow...all of that..." They both nodded.

"Yes...but we came out alright, as did our friends."

Amethyst nodded and said, "And are you really sure it was Windigos? I mean, what if the pegasi just got bored and made it especially cold that winter?"

"Our friend Rainbow Dash works for the weather patrol and she told us that it wasn't a the pegasus ponies who were doing it. Besides, only Windigos can make it that cold in such a short amount of time."

"Plus, it started to get warmer after we all made up and forgave them." Fluttershy explained after Twilight.
"I see...Alright, so tell me about the marriage! I bet it was SO romantic!"

The married couple reflected on the day of their marriage and they both nodded and said, "It was." Amethyst laughed, making the two blush.

"So, tell me." She said impatiently.

"Heh, alright. Let's see..." Fluttershy said, recalling the events. "It was two years ago on...February eighth...Twilight had been preparing everything for the wedding a week before it was scheduled. I personally took care of music, food, and the guests." It was here that Amethyst interrupted.

"How come I didn't get an invitation?"

Though she only meant it as a joke, Twilight replied, "Well, maybe if you sent a letter every now and then? Speaking of which, where DO you live?"

"Eh? Oh...I live in Tall Tale, over near Vanhoover. Anyways, back to the wedding." Fluttershy nodded and gently patted Twilight's head as the lavender unicorn pouted.

"The wedding itself was held in Canterlot. We had the whole park rented and it was just beautiful."

"It was the park near one of the mountain cliffs; you know, the one that looked like the open sky would just swallow you up." Twilight explained to the other unicorn. Amethyst smiled and nodded.

"I remember. We used to go there all the time and throw pebbles off the side to see if we could guess where they would land." Twilight laughed and allowed Fluttershy to continue.

"We began to say our vows and as we finished and kissed, the sun was rising. It was very beautiful."

Amethyst smiled warmly and said, "Wish I could've been there to see it."

"I wish Princess Celestia could've seen it as well, even though she was the one who ROSE the sun..." Twilight said with a light sigh.

"Eh? I thought she would've been right there next to you since you are her star pupil."

"Well...if the wedding would've happened closer to now, she would have. However...she was still hurt about what had happened and what she had done."

"She took it rather hard upon herself..." Fluttershy said, wishing she could've helped the Princess in her time of depression.

"Well...maybe if she would've have tried to break you two apart, I'd be a little more compassionate but..." Amethyst started to say, but Twilight stopped her.

"We thought the same but look at it this way; she's been alive for who know how long and in that time, she had locked her sister in the moon for a thousand years. Imagine her loneliness for all those years. She can't have a lover since they would pass away after so many years..." Twilight said, a tone of sorrow in her voice.

"Hmm...Yea..." Amethyst mumbled, stirring Twilight's words in her mind. "Well, moving on..." The magenta unicorn mumbled.

"Well, since Celestia wasn't there, Cadence oversaw the wedding in her place. You should've seen Shining Armor's face when he saw who I was getting married too." Twilight said with a light chuckle.

"I can only imagine if he's the same as he used to be when we were younger. So who was the ring-bearer? The cute little pegasus running around?"

"Scootaloo was our ring-bearer yes. Her friends were so jealous. It was quite cute." Fluttershy said, smiling as Moon Song and Scootaloo rushed by and out the door.

"Well, since we're on the subject...how'd ya have'em?" Amethyst said, nodding her head towards the direction of the door.

"Well, Scootaloo is adopted like Fluttershy explained in the story. Moon Song however...we really have no idea how that happened. Not that we're complaining or anything." Twilight said, shifting her body to stop the numbness building in her legs.

"Well explain how she came to be then. Maybe I can help." The magenta pony suggested. Fluttershy and Twilight glanced at each other as a blush formed on their cheeks.

"Well...it was a few months after we got married...we got into a...rather intimate exchange. The only strange thing about it was that during our "act", a large flash of magic came from my horn when I...uh..."released"." Twilight told Amethyst, her blush getting even darker as the magenta unicorn's smile got bigger and bigger.

"A-anyways...no unicorn doctor can explain it, nor can Celestia or Luna. It's quite a gift, but I just wish I knew how it happened. I know about ancient rituals that unicorn mares can preform to induce a pregnancy in their mates, but we didn't do ANYTHING described in the ritual." Twilight said, her mind wandering to the ritual itself.

"Hmm...that is strange, but sometimes these things happen for a reason, ya know? Better not to question them or else something bad could happen." Amethyst said, shrugging as she went.

"Well...either by magic or something else, I'm glad we have her." Fluttershy said, nuzzling Twilight's neck, making the lavender pony chuckle.

"So was it you that had Moon Song Fluttershy?"

The pegasus nodded and said, "Yea. I've seen animals give birth and helped them through it, but it was quite an experience to go through that myself."

"I don't doubt it. Though, with you bringing up animals, I have to ask; what exactly do you do since your cottage was burnt down all those years ago? I don't mean to be rude in asking that since it WAS your home after all."

"No, it's alright. At first, I thought about rebuilding it but then I realized that if I did, I'd be farther away from Twilight and since I was with foal, I felt that if I left to live out near the forest's edge, I'd basically be taking our child away from her.

So, I got a job at the pet store here in Ponyville. Don't get me wrong though, I still go out and look at the patch of land where my home once stood and mourn the loss of everything...but in the end, it turned out well, didn't it love?" Fluttershy asked, nudging her wife awake.

"I wasn't sleeping..." Twilight mumbled, rubbing her eyes.

"Honey, I know you like to study, but if you keep this up, I'm going to lock your books up until you get a few nights worth of decent sleep." The pegasus said with a playful roll of her eyes.

"You'd feel bad and give them back." Twilight said with a yawn.

"Same ol' Twilight." Amethyst Star said with a light chuckle. "Well...I guess I had better get going." The magenta pony said after her chuckles had died down. This made Twilight perk up and jump off the couch in front of her old friend.

"B-but you just got here! Surely you can stay a little longer! I mean, we have a guest bedroom and-"

"Calm down Sparkle. I'll be closer than you think."

"Huh?"

"I'm moving here, to Ponyville."

"Really?" Amethyst just nodded. Twilight could barely hold her excitement for more than three seconds before she started bouncing around, saying, "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" The other ponies simply laughed at the lavender mare hopping around like a school-filly. When Twilight had calmed down, Amethyst Star offered to give them a tour of her new home.

Of course they took her up on the offer immediately and the three headed for the door. However, as soon as it was opened, the three mares saw Spike kissing Dinky on the doorstep to Golden Oaks. "Ahem." Twilight said with a smirk.

"Ahh!" Both pony and dragon screamed in unison at the sudden noise behind them.

"Oh, uh, heya Twilight." Spike said sheepishly.

"And after the hard time you gave us, you turn around and do it." Fluttershy said, trying her best to contain her laughter.

"Indeed. Now, what do you two have to say for yourselves?" Twilight said, her smirk evolving into a smile.

"Umm...well..." Spike racked his brain for something to say, but Dinky beat him to it.

"Good morning?" All three of the older mares laughed aloud and Spike sighed in relief. "I'll talk to ya later, alright Spike?" The young dragon nodded and Dinky lightly kissed his cheek before walking towards the Market. Twilight chuckled as he ducked his way inside, a bright tinge lighting up his face.

"We'll be right back Casanova. Tell the girls if they come looking for us."

"Got it!" With that, the mares stepped into the warmth of Ponyville and headed for Amethyst's home.

(Author's Note: Alright ponies, this is the official end of Despite All Odds. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I have to give like...a BAJILLION thanks to Incognito for putting up with me and editing everything I gave to him so...Thanks Incognito! I hope I answered any questions that were brought up in the last chapter, but if not, I'll be glad to answer them for you :3
Well...guess that's it for now. I am going to begin writing my next fic, but it's still up to you ponies as to what I write. So far, I have two votes for a Scootaloo X Fluttershy but we'll see...so for now, Nightroad, OUT!)