Bucked... In Every Sense Of The Word

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‘’Mom, Dad it’s me, and Soarin’s with me!’’ exclaimed Dash as she knocked on her parents front door. While they didn’t have to wait long the door when it did open did so fairly slowly.

‘’Oh hi Dashie it’s good to see you, and you too Soarin. Please come on in.’’ said Windy in an unusually calm demeanor which surprised Dash a bit as they came inside. As usually her mother was always really chipper and upbeat when she was around.

‘’Mom is everything alright? As you seem kinda out of it.’’ asked with a hint of concern.

‘’Well truth be told physically I’m fine but emotionally I’m feeling a bit taxed right now.’’ said Windy and then she continued. ‘’Look your father is waiting in the family room got there and I will be there in a second as I’m getting us a pitcher of water and some glasses first.’’

‘’Uh okay then. Come on Soarin this way.’’ said Dash as she really began to wonder what this was all about as they trotted towards the family room. Soarin for his part remained silent and followed along.

‘’Oh hi there sweetie! And uhhh… hello there Soarin.’’ said Bow with a bit of a pause as they both walked in. he continued on before they had a chance to respond. ‘’Please have a seat right over there.’’

‘’Uh okay and hello to you to dad.’’ said Dash as she noted his odd behavior as they sat down in the chairs furthest from the door way. She could tell that he’s been standing there for awhile and judging by the marks on the floor was pacing back and forth the entire time until they showed up. ‘’So you doing okay too dad?’’

‘’Yes! Uh I mean yes dearie. Well sort of anyways.’’ blurted Bow trying to get out a sentence. ‘’I guess it’s just that the last week or rather the last two weeks has had your mother and I on edge and it’s been tough to deal with.’’

‘’So what’s the big deal then dad? What’s go you both all worked up?’’ asked Dash as she did her best to remain calm.

‘’All will be explained shortly.’’ called out Windy, cutting off Bow from even having a chance to respond as she entered the room with the water and some glasses. She closed the door behind her and then totted to the couch where Bow was standing and set the water down onto the coffee table and poured everypony a glass of water. ‘’Come on honey let’s sit down now.’’

‘’Yes dear.’’ said Bow obediently as they both sat down next to each other very closely.

‘’Okay spill it you two.’’ said Dash calmly and as patiently as possible. ‘’This whole situation has been… weird and quite the emotional rollercoaster to say in the least and seeing you two like this now is really unnerving me now. Oh and I will just mention that I do apologize for not being around last weekend, but as you know it was out of my control.’’

‘’Yes Dashie we know and we also fully understand your concerns.’’ replied Windy light heartedly at first and then quickly her tone became more serious. ‘’But before we begin I must ask you Dash do you love us?’’

‘’What!? Well yeah of course, but what does that have to do with anything?’’ ask Dash in bewilderment as her mothers’ opening question.

‘’Okay so please, please be understanding and just know that we as loving parents have done everything we possibly can do to raise you right and provide you with the best experiences growing up that any foal could hope to have.’’ continued Windy without answering Dash’s question. ‘’And please find it in your heart to eventually forgive us for our mistakes as we are not as perfect of parents as we have strived to be.’’

‘’Alright what is going on and what are you going on about!? You are really starting to concern me!’’ exclaimed Dash as she was starting to become upset.

‘’Dash sweetie, do you promise to hear us out and promise that you will believe us?’’ asked Windy

‘’Look yes whatever! If that’s what it takes for you to tell me the truth!’’ exclaimed Dash getting more frustrated, but then caught the stern gaze of her mother which is a gaze Dash had rarely ever seen from her mother which caused Dash to calm down and think about what she just said before restating. ‘’Okay look I do aright and I will do my best to trust and understand you to the best of my ability. And I’m sure whatever it is I will forgive you.

‘’Thank you so much sweetie.’’ said Windy as she let her gaze down and looked down at her hooves as if thinking about what to say next.

‘’Soarin?’’ asked Bow getting the Wonderbolt’s attention. ‘’I know this whole situation seems really odd to you and I know you are wanting to know what this all has to do with you as well. But before we get into that I must ask that you too please hear us out and trust us as much as you possibly can.’’

‘’Ummm well I guess so.’’ spoke Soarin for the first time since he came inside their house. ’’I between me knowing you guys fairly somewhat well and since Dash here is not only one of my best friends but also a pony I’d trust my life with I’d have say that I’d go out on a limb and trust you.’’

‘’Thank you so much Soarin.’’ said Bow as his facial expression changed to that of a serious yet calm demeanor. ‘’So to start this off we must first ask you Soarin first. What do you know of your parents, your biological parents?’’

‘’What the hey does that have to do with anything!?’’ exclaimed Dash starting to become irritated.

‘’Dashie please!’’ pleaded Windy. ‘’You promised to hear this out!’’

‘’Hmph! Fine.’’ scoffed Dash. ‘’It’s just I wanna hear answers and not more questions.’’

‘’I have to say I agree with Dash on that one Mr. Hothoof.’’ said Soarin not sure where this was going.

‘’Pease just call me Bow, and like my wife just said please trust us that it has everything to do with this.’’ said Bow with a pleading look in his eyes.

‘’Alright it’s not a problem. It’s just not what I was expecting to start off with at all.’’ sighed Soarin.

‘’Thanks again Soarin. ‘’said Bow. ‘’Please do continue.’’

‘’Well as you may know I was adopted at a very young age by my adoptive parents Golden Skies and Thunder Streak.’’ began Soarin. ‘’In fact it was just a couple days after I was born, and the only thing I know about my biological parents is their names Sky Fissure and Meadow Breeze and that I haven’t ever known where they are nor have they ever tried contacting me.’’

‘’I see so have you ever tried looking for them at all?’’ asked Bow right away.

‘’Well…’’ began Soarin but then paused. He wanted to ask again what this had to do with anything but opted to rather just play along for now and just roll with it. ‘’I did look into it once but I didn’t get very far. Like I said my parents adopted me when I was just a few days old. I knew that they were in prison for like five years or so and that when they were released they disappeared off the face of the map. Ultimately there were a couple reasons why I didn’t look into it any further. One, they disappeared and never ever tried contacting me in all these years and at this point if they were to do so I’d assume they’d only be doing so just because of my fortune and fame. Though I do wonder from time to time if they are all right and whether or not they truly are good and better ponies today. So that leads me to the second reason, and that being regardless of whatever their circumstances were then the fact that they haven’t tried reaching out ever and that alone is a bit off putting to say in the least. But the biggest thing of all that you may or may not know is they didn’t even name me when I was born. They gave me up that day and it was my adoptive parents who gave me my name. And why would they do that? The only thing that I could think of most likely being the case is just that they didn’t want me at all, not then and not now. And so I’ve never looked into it again since and I decided years ago that my mom Golden Skies and my father Thunder Streak are my true parents, even if not technically by blood. There I hope that is more than enough of an answer for you guys.’’

‘’Hmmm that sounds about like what we were expecting you to say Soarin.’’ said Bow intently.

‘’Wait really!?’’ exclaimed Soarin in a bit of shock.

‘’Yes really.’’ responded Bow.

‘’Aright what’s going on!?’’ exclaimed Soarin again this time for the first time his temper was starting to raise as this was beginning to upset him like it had been for Dash. ‘’What does this have to do with Dash or me or anything else for that matter and what’s with these cryptic questions? I mean why are you asking about this now? I mean your acting like you knew them or something…….WAIT! Did you know them!? Is that what this is partially about!?’’

‘’Uhhh We…well you s…see…’’ began Bow stuttering his speech as he was surprised Soarin was already making a connection. ‘’The truth i…is that Yes, yes you could kind of say that.’’

‘’WHAT!?’’ exclaimed both Soarin and Dash at the same time, but Soarin was the first to continue. ‘’You knew my biological parents!? So tell me do you still know them to this day!?’’

‘’Yes you could more or less say we did, and also yes you also could say that we do.’’ said Bow while gazing down at his own hooves.

‘’Really!? How!? No wait are they still here in Equestria!?’’ asked Soarin quickly.

‘’Well yes.’’ replied Bow.

‘’Are they still here in Cloudsdale!?’’ exclaimed Soarin not sure if he was truly excited of not.

‘’Well technically they are.’’ replied Bow again, but this time softer.

‘’Really!? Where!? Can you tell me where they are!?’’ asked Soarin enthusiastically.

‘’Well ummm….’’ Bow began but trailed off and went silent as he turned and looked at Windy.

‘’Enough of this cryptic crap!’’ exclaimed Dash getting fed up with her parents lack of straight answers. ‘’Just stop dancing around the questions and just answer our questions, please!’’

‘’Well…. The truth is....’’ Bow began but paused for moment before continuing. ‘’Is that they are here.’’

‘’What!? They are here waiting for me!?’’ exclaimed Soarin.

‘’NO!’’ yelled Bow quickly before Soarin could ask more questions and after he knew he got back their attention continued. ‘’They….they are right here in this room!’’

‘’What!?’’ exclaimed Soarin as he turned his head back and forth trying to spot anypony else in the room with them. ‘’What do you mean I don’t see anypony else here?’’

‘’Yeah dad what the hell are you going on about!?’’ exclaimed Dash now getting more upset. ‘’Just spill it and tell us already!’’

‘’We are! I said that because we are……we are…..’’ began Bow in response but the final words were getting stuck in his throat, but as he tried making the words work Windy cut in to finish it.

‘’It’s because we are Sky Fissure and Meadow Breeze!’’ yelled Windy as she started crying.

‘’Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold up!’’ exclaimed Soarin as he and Dash were taken aback in complete surprise. ‘’What are you saying!? Are you telling me that you…..you’re…..’’

‘’YES! WE ARE YOUR PARENTS! YOUR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS! YOU ARE OUR SON!’’ yelled Windy cutting Soarin off as tears began rapidly flowing down her cheeks.

‘’WHAT!?’’ yelled both Soarin and Dash in unison as they then both froze in complete and total shock as to what they just had heard. Both their immediate internal reactions to all the implications running through their minds caused them both go completely numb in an instant. As if their very souls had left their bodies or as if everyone they’d know and loved just died. Their bodies began to quiver and tremble as they were doing everything in their power to process what they had just heard.

‘’C…come again? You…..you wanna run that by me again?’’ asked Soarin weakly as he struggled to get words out.

‘’It’s true Soarin!’’ exclaimed Bow as tears began to trickle down his cheeks as well as he rambled on. ‘’We are... or rather we were a long time ago Sky Fissure and Meadow Breeze! You are our son! And Dash… Dash is your sister! Which is why… WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID THE OTHER THE OTHER DAY!’’

‘’NO!... NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!’’ yelled Dash. ‘’THIS CAN’T BE!?’’

‘’I’m so sorry sweetie but it is!’’ sobbed Windy as then everything went silent for a few moments as Dash’s face began to contort with various emotions until anger shot forth.

‘’NO! NO IT IS NOT! YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO PULL SOME KIND OF PRANK ON US!’’ screamed Dash convinced that this was all some kind of hoax.

‘’No Dash we’d never do that to you!’’ exclaimed Windy.

‘’NO MOM! YOU ARE! THIS HORSE SHIT! THIS IS SOME SICK FUCKING JOKE THAT YOU’RE TRYIN PULL ON US YOU… YOU FUCKING BITCH!’’ screamed Dash in complete disbelief, shock, and rage.

‘’RAINBOW DASH YOU DO NOT TALK TO YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT!’’ screamed Bow at Dash which despite her completely clouded mindset at that moment cause Dash to pause and reel back. ‘’YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WE EOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AS A JOKE!’’

‘’I...’’ began Dash but she was stuck frozen in more shock as she had never heard her father ever yell at her like that. And the look in his eyes despite the tears still flowing told her that he as well as her mother were indeed not joking or lying. While she could not get herself to say anything yet she did slump backwards into the chair and remained staring in shock towards her parents.

‘’Dash please, we never meant for any of this to happen and we are so, so sorry!’’ said Bow back in his gentle yet saddened voice. And then he turned to Soarin. ‘’And Soarin we are so sorry that you too had to find out like this!’’

‘’I… I don’t… I don’t know what to think right now.’’ said Soarin after being in silent shock for awhile. His body was still shaking and he was having a real hard time believing what he was just told. ‘’You’re Dash’s parents so I should believe you but… but at the same time theres a part of me that… that wants to smash your face in for lying to me.’’

‘’SOARIN PLEASE!’’ pleaded Windy while still crying hard. ‘’We didn’t mean for this to happen! Please be just mad at me as well as I’m equally at fault!’’

‘’I… I want to know… I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING!’’ exclaimed Soarin. ‘’From the very beginning! And you will tell me now!’’

‘’Yes! Yes we will!’’ cried Windy. ‘’We will tell you everything! Just please promise or at the very least try to listen to everything first before acting on any impulses!’’

‘’I can’t guarantee anything right now but I… I will do my best to hold back for now!’’ said Soarin sternly as he tried regaining some semblance of composure. ‘’But you had better tell the full truth!’’

‘’Yes we will!’’ exclaimed Bow. ‘’And please Dashie you too! Please do your best to hear us out!... Dashie?... Dash, sweetie!?’’

‘’Honey please say something!’’ begged Windy as Dash sat there remaining silent while just staring blankly as if completely out of it mentally, which now finally caught Soarin’s attention as well.

‘’Dash!’’ exclaimed Soarin in a somewhat calm tone as he reached over and grabbed a hold of her shoulder and gave her a light shake.

‘’Uh what?’’ said Dash weakly as she began to snap back into reality.

‘’Dash! You have to focus! You have to be strong!’’ said Soarin intently.

‘’But I… But we…’’ Dash began sputtering.

‘’I know Dash. This is hard… Harder for you than me even.’’ said Soarin gently yet firmly. ‘’But just like Spitfire says about before going into battle, we must wait to hear all the facts and information beforehoof lest we fly into battle blindly and make bad mistake which make a bad situation worse! So can you do that? Be brave with me and face this head on?’’

‘’I…’’ sputtered Dash at first as raw emotions were still running rampant through her mind, but upon hearing what Soarin had said and seeing the very stern confident yet pleading gaze being bestowed upon her caused her to snap out of the daze that she was in as she began to think much more clearly about the situation they were in. ‘’Soarin this is so hard. But your right and… and I will do my best’’

‘’I know Dash and I’ll be right here beside you okay.’’ said Soarin reassuringly as he rubbed her shoulder for a few seconds before letting go and turning back to face Bow and Windy. ‘’Alright now talk.’’

‘’Yes of course.’’ said Bow quickly. ‘’So this all starts with… ummm… oh sweet Celestia how and where do I even begin?’’

‘’Honey l…let me start this.’’ said Windy as she had now stopped shedding tears for the time being.

‘’Are… are you sure?’’ asked Bow a bit worriedly.

‘’Yes dear, I think it’s for the best that I start this from the beginning.’’ said Windy.

‘’Okay if you say so honey.’’ replied Bow as they both turned to face Dash and Soarin.

‘’Look Dash this all starts way before you were even born. In fact it starts a little while before even Soarin was conceived.’’ said Windy as both Dash and Soarin stared at her intently as she continued. ‘’As Dash already knows, Bow and I were both born to single mothers living on the south side. Which as you know isn’t the greatest place in Cloudsdale as you know, especially thirty to forty years ago. Both our mothers struggled with booze and drugs and subsequently resulted in us both being in and out of various foster homes. It was one of these homes that we both first met. While it wasn’t love at first sight, we did quickly become great friends and we looked out for each other and helped each other get though school and what not.’’

‘’And so this next part now is what Dash doesn’t know about us.’’ continued Windy as she notices both Dash and Soarin are listening carefully yet both are completely void of showing any emotion. ‘’While we’d like to think of ourselves as good ponies overall growing up the fact is growing up in that environment led us to make bad decisions what with no proper parenting and no bits and all that. So once we finished school we were essentially two broke young adults with no jobs and no bits and no place to call our own. We were already hooked on drugs and alcohol while in school and we knew that the dealers made good money doing it so with us being desperate we decided to try it.’’

‘’No this can’t be…Why?’’ exclaimed Dash weakly.

‘’Dash we were not proud to be making that decision but you have to understand the position we were in at the time.’’ said Bow as he continued on. ‘’We didn’t make this decision lightly or just on a whim. We promised each other we’d only do this long enough to get out of total poverty so that we could start a normal life by the time we started a family. So we started dealing cocaine. I did all the running, delivering the goods and picking up the bits while your mother did the scouting and making sure nopony we’d be dealing with was a cop. And about once a week or so we would both make a trip to our broker on the north side and pick up the next load. So once we got the process down we were all of a sudden making bits. Lots and lots of bits, or at the very least a lot by our standards at the time, but still we were beginning to make a living.’’

‘’However after doing so much work for several months we found out quickly that we had hit a ceiling in regards to how many bits we could possibly bring in on a given week.’’ said Bow while shifting his tone a bit as he too noticed that both Dash and Soarin were sitting there while silently listening intently. ‘’We didn’t want to get involved with any of the local gangs so there was only so much we could possibly do just by ourselves where we were at. So I asked our supplier one day that we wanted to better and asked what we could do differently. He told us that it was all due to location and that it’s just because there just isn’t that many ponies there with lots of bits that are not part of the gangs there. So he said we’d have to go to a richer part of Cloudsdale.’’

‘’And that’s when we made our first major life decision.’’ said Windy taking over the explanation. ‘’I had asked him how we could do that? While we did have some bits saved up, making that kind of move without any connections would probably get us broke quickly. We luckily for us our supplier liked us and liked our hustle and hard work we were doing so gave deal that if we made the move to the west side which as you know is the more wealthier side of the city, that he’d give us some of his contacts there in which they’d have us prove our worth. So we did it.’’

‘’But only under one condition!’’ blurted Bow quickly.

‘’Yes dear I was getting to that.’’ replied Windy. ‘’We wanted to maintain a low profile as possible. We didn’t want anypony connecting us as to who we are and where we were from, mainly because we didn’t want to be connected to our friends and family in any way. Which thinking back about it is kind of silly as we didn’t really have much for close friends or family, but regardless we wanted to maintain a low of profile as possible.’’

‘’Which is when we became Sky Fissure and Meadow Breeze.’’ said Bow flatly as he saw visibly shocked reactions show up on both Dash and Soarin’s faces. ‘’When we moved we legally changed our names and we dyed out coat, mane, and tails too different colors and we used all of the bits we had saved up to rent a decent apartment on the west side. Thus effectively starting a new life.’’

‘’It was really hard for the first few months.’’ said Windy continuing on. ‘’But just like the first time we got a hang of it and again started raking in the bits like never before. Though after several more months we again we hit a ceiling as to how much we were making because again we were trying to maintain a low profile and we could only do so much because a lot of the west side is controlled by the mafia which we very much wanted to keep our distance from. Though we initially were okay with that limit as we still would be able to get where we wanted, it’s just that I would take a bit longer. However again it was our supplier how helped us out and said that he needed more ponies to bring in shipments of cocaine from various distribution centers and in our case from Las Pegasus. We knew it’d be a bit riskier but we were doubling the bits we made a week by doing so. We’d fly to Las Pegasus and pick up several bricks of coke and fly back to our distributor and get paid for our work as well as take our portion to sell locally.’’

‘’Oh how things were going so well then.’’ Bow chimed in. ‘’We felt like we had finally really made it. We were able to do things that we had only dreamt of doing before. We could easily afford to go shopping for nice furniture and clothing, go to nice restaurants and clubs, go to any sporting events, etcetera. I mean don’t get me wrong we were still saving up most of the bits we earned, but for the first time ever we got to live like most ponies strived to live. Which umm leads us to you Soarin because umm after a coke and boozed filled party night, me and Windy umm ended up having a more passionate love making session than we had intended. In other words we accidentally conceived you.’’

‘’But you were a happy accident!’’ blurted Windy quickly as she seen Soarin’s reaction at that revelation. He was completely shocked. Well he had always figured that, that was most likely had been the case given how young he was when he was put up for adoption, but still hearing it now and for the exact reasons with the given circumstances still complete shook him to the core. And Dash for her part to looked more visibly shocked but still was unable to do or say anything. ‘’Look we were shocked and scared when we first found out I was pregnant but after a little while we not only came to accept it but also embrace it. We quickly became thrilled at starting a family. And so having made our decision we vowed to give you the best future possible which meant that we would have to get out of the dealing business sooner than later so as to not to ever have you know about it after you’d be born. We promised that we’d continue doing it for two maybe three years maximum at which point we figured we have so many bits that we’d be able to quit the drug trade and buy a nice house completely and both of us could go to college or whatever for awhile and eventually find great jobs after words and still not have to worry about bits. So in other words we’d be able to live comfortably for the foreseeable future all while providing you with the best foalhood possible.’’

‘’And for awhile we did just that.’’ added Bow. ‘’For the next several months things were going great for us. We were making it work and we stuck to the same formula that made it work and we thought that for sure we’d make it. But that was until it didn’t.’’

‘’I was just over ten months pregnant with you when our world was turned upside down.’’ said Windy. ‘’That day was one of the worst days of our lives. Somehow we got caught. To this day we don’t exactly know how the police found out about us but they did. We ended up losing just about everything that day. We lost our apartment and everything in it. We lost a lot of our bits as well, though not all if it as we had them stashed in many places but still lost a lot. Then worst of all we got split up as mares and stallions as you know have separate prisons. The only other somewhat lucky thing about when were arrested is that when they caught us we had already sold most of our weekly load so we didn’t have that much cocaine on us. But since we were still charged as being dealers we ultimately were hooved down five year prison sentences.’’

‘’Which then leads us to the worst day of our lives.’’ said Windy solemnly as she gauged the shocked reactions of Dash and Soarin to the revelation of their imprisonment. ‘’The day that you were born Soarin was supposed to be the happiest day of our lives, but instead it was to be the worst. We were still just in jail at the time waiting for our sentencing to be passed so at the very least they did let Bow be with me for your birth which made the worse day ever be a little bit easier. We were still so ecstatic the moment you were born and believe me we immediately loved you with every fiber of our being. And then the doctors and the police let us have some private time with you, during which we ended up having to make the hardest decision of our lives.’’

‘’Holding you within our hooves was the greatest feeling ever at that time.’’ said Bow. ‘’And we never wanted that moment to end, but we knew the reality of the situation at hoof and the fact was we were bad ponies for what we did and that we were going to be in prison for quite awhile. So we talked everything over and the fact is we had no close family or friends that we thought would be willing to take you in let alone provide you with a decent foalhood living experience. And we absolutely did not want to have you end up in various foster care homes like we were in. So we came to hard conclusion that the only way that we would be best able to most likely insure that you have the best life possible was to eliminate us from the equation completely and have you put up for adoption. And believe me we absolutely did not want to do that but we had no other choice!’’

‘’That day was a nightmare for me!’’ exclaimed Windy as she began to cry. ‘’I was a wreck for months after that. It felt like torture on my soul for so long.

‘’It was for me too.’’ said Bow while doing his best to hold back tears. ‘’But we were so relieved to hear that you were adopted within a week but we were still scared about your well being. And also on that day right after they took you from us we made a vow to become better ponies… the best ponies we could possibly be and never get into anything illicit ever again. And further more we made a vow that if we were still in love with each other we got out of prison, which thank Celestia we were, that we the next time we had a foal we would do everything right and do everything in our power to insure that we gave them the best foalhood that anypony could possibly give. And then shortly after that day we were sent to our prisons down in Canterlot for the next 5 years.’’

‘’And… and like Bow said. Thank Celestia we still loved each other after all that time.’’ said Windy as her crying had let up. ‘’It was such a rush to be finally out of prison and to finally be back together in your Fathers embrace. So after we were out and back home, Bow left Cloudsdale right away and changed his name back to Bow Hothoof and found a job in some earth pony town working at a factory. We had quite a few bits stashed away already but we wanted to get to a normal life as fast as possible which meant for us was getting enough bits to go towards a decent house as we didn’t want to be stuck renting. As for me well I had no place to go so I was in a mares home for the homeless which wasn’t a much better experience than prison but luckily it was only for about six months until Bow had gotten me a job at the same factory he was at, so I too left Cloudsdale and changed my name back to Windy Whistles.’’

‘’It was so wonderful to be finally living back together after so many years.’’ said Bow continuing on. ‘’We worked so hard and for such long hours at that factory so we could get out of there as fast as possible and get back to Cloudsedale. In which we did. After just several months we figured we had enough combined bits to be able to afford the down payment to a decent home and with the factory experience we had we managed to get decent paying factory jobs back here in Cloudsdale. So we came back and put our bits down on the very house we are in now.’’

‘’Oh how it was such a wonderful feeling.’’ continued Windy. ‘’We felt like we had truly made it this time. And with having done it without having to rely on doing something wrong….. granted a good portion of our bits were from what we did before but that’s just a minor detail as the fact is we were working super hard pay check to pay check making our new life work. So much so that within just a few months I felt that it was time to try again at stating a family. And this time while not doing anything illegal. On the one hoof part of us felt that it was too soon but on the other hoof it was just over 6 years since you were born and I was constantly fighting depression since the day we were forced to give you up and I just knew having a foal would help alleviate that pain. And so after a lovely, wonderful night of love making, Dashie here was conceived.’’

‘’The Day our little Dashie was born was the second time we had a bittersweet happiest day of our lives.’’ added Bow. ‘’We were so elated when she was born and yet so sad that you Soarin weren’t here as part of the family. However we did keep our vows that we made the day we gave you up in that we kept our promise that we’d turn our lives around and that we would do everything in our power to ensure that our next foal had a great upbringing and that they would succeed in whatever they wanted to do. Which I’m sorry and embarrassed to admit Dash but it’s that very reason why we act….. the way we do around you. We’ve overly praised you and pushed you towards your goals the way we have because of that promise. So I guess we’re sorry for being overbearing or too much at times but now you know the reason why.’’

‘’And so now you know the full truth.’’ said Windy ‘’But there is one more thing Soarin. On the day you were born just before they took you away we asked for one thing, and that was we wanted to have a picture taken of us together for us to keep. That way we would have something to remember you by and also to serve as extra motivation for us to become better ponies and to for fill our promises. And well they did which did help us get through them tough five years in prison. And so now I think you should see it’’ said Windy as she reached over the end table and pulled the drawer out and retrieved a photograph and hoofed it to Soarin.

‘’I… I don’t…’’ began Soarin but he couldn’t find the words to what he wanted to say at first as he was still reeling in shock. As until he was given that photograph there was still some hope in the back of his mind that this was still some elaborate ruse, but sitting there in his uncontrollably shaking hooves the picture that confirmed everything they had said and he knew now that there was no chance that they were not telling him the truth as there he was as a newborn colt held in the legs of Windy his….. his mother and Bow his….. father next to windy hugging her. And at that point in time their natural coat colors were returning from the last dye job they had gotten before getting caught. Soarin felt utterly broken and as he looked over to Dash who could also see the picture also looked white as a ghost. He had so many questions swimming around in his brain but it was tough to find which one to say first until finally one of the most important ones came to him. ‘’Why… why have you never come to me and told me this?..... Why in all these years did you never… never come find me?..... You say you loved me and that you hated letting me go, so why….. why did you not ever try to come back for me!?’’

‘’Soarin we wanted to! We wanted to so badly all this time!’’ exclaimed Windy as she began tearing up again.

‘’But you didn’t! Why!?.’’ asked Soarin desperately.

‘’We… we just couldn’t!’’ cried Windy. ‘’When we discovered how well you were growing up and being raised we felt too ashamed to even attempt to bring ourselves into your life!’’

‘’What!? That doesn’t make any sense!’’ yelled Soarin.

‘’Soarin please! That was just the short answer! It’s much more complicated than that!’’ exclaimed Bow.

‘’Well then let me hear it! I want to know everything!’’ exclaimed Soarin as he wanted all of the truths.

‘’Yes, yes! We will!’’ exclaimed Bow. ‘’Though Windy would be the best to explain the first part’’

‘’Yes I most certainly will!’’ said Windy while doing her best to hold back her crying. ‘’Right after we were freed, and just after Bow had left Cloudsdale to get that job I started looking for you. Even though we believed that you most likely were doing just fine we needed to know for sure, and not only that we wanted to know your name as it hurt emotionally not knowing. So I first went to the office of the lead social worker who handled your adoption process and asked about where you were. But due to the privacy laws when we gave you up she could not tell us who adopted you and not even your name, not until you were at least eighteen a legal adult. I was devastated at first. I mean I get that they don’t want a crazy pony going after a foal that they had given up but still that’s not something we’d do. But I kept on pleading and begging trying to convince her otherwise but to no avail. At least not directly, I’m not sure if she took pity on me or if it was an accidental slip but just before she asked me to leave she told me that I had nothing to worry about and that your adoptive parents were very good ponies that were well off so you would most certainly would have a great upbringing. So that told me that you must have been adopted by someponies whom were either upper middle class or richer. Which that significantly narrows down the search provided they were still in Cloudsdale.’’

‘’So with that information I proceeded to go looking for you.’’ said Windy continuing on. ‘’Being that you were about six years old at that time and that supposedly your adoptive parents were wealthy I figured that most likely you were enrolled in one of the private schools in Cloudsdale. So for the next couple weeks I was checking out all the private schools waiting to see if I could see you go in or leave from one of the schools. I did that every day for awhile until one day it finally happened, I seen from a distance a light blue with navy blue maned colt that looked the correct age. I couldn’t believe my eyes at what I was seeing but while I didn’t know for sure it was you I just knew that it was. I watched you leave the school and seen you get into a fancy looking carriage. So naturally I followed that carriage until I got to the gated community in which you know very, very well. I knew there was no way I would be able to get in so I waited a few moments after you got though and then I flew in and trotted on by the security guard stationed out front and as casually as I could I asked who’s carriage that was and by the grace of Celestia he told me that it was owned by Thunder Streak. So then I flew to Cloudsdale’s central library as fast as I could so I could go through the newspaper archives in hopes that I could quickly find out something. And wow, did I ever. I ended up finding out just about everything I wanted to know.’’

‘’I quickly found out that your adoptive father was the founder of Clouds R’us Insurance and so I started looking at anything related six years prior.’’ said Windy as she continued on. ‘’And after a little bit of searching I finally found a news letter report from the company stating that due to Thunder Streak’s wife Golden Skies inability to conceive foals due to a bad fillyhood accident that they had gone forth with adopting a newborn colt to be their first, and ultimately only foal into their family. And that colts’ name was…..Soarin. Finding that out was the happiest moment of my life since the moment you were born. I was so excited at the revelation that I could hardly contain myself. And at the very least I was happy knowing that you were given such a beautiful and fitting name. However even though it had seemed that you were in a great family environment, I wanted to confirm that firsthoof. So a few days later when I had gained enough courage I had waited outside for school to be done, and I had once again seen your family’s carriage pull up and your adoptive father stepped out to wait for you. Once the bell had rung and all the colts and fillies started piling out the front door I made my move. I flew in and started trotting on by Thunder Streak and purposefully accidentally ran into him by mistake. I had quickly apologized and said it was all my fault and what not and he said something like that it was quite alright. So then I had introduced myself with some made up name just in case he knew of my original name, and then the he introduced himself as Thunder Streak which at that point I acted surprised at that fact and told him that I knew of him because I had a few shares of his company’s stock. So we chatted for a few moments until you trotted by us to get into the carriage. Oh sweet Luna how I just wanted to reach out and grab you, to hug you, feel you, to take you with me. You were so close to me that it just hurt so much, but you looked so happy. So after you had gotten in I changed the subject and had asked Thunder if that was his son Soarin. He was a bit taken aback by the question and I said I’d seen in mentioned in his company bio page, and then I asked to affirm that you were adopted. At first he was apprehensive that I asked that, but I said I meant no ill will and that you seemed to be such a wonderful colt. Which then he relaxed and had said yes that you were adopted but that, that technicality meant nothing to him or his wife as you were the greatest joy in their lives and that they would always be your loving parents no matter what. And that was all the confirmation that I needed to know that you were having a wonderful life with a proper loving family. I was so happy and yet…. And yet so devastated at the same time.’’ said Windy as she began to cry a bit more again as Bow spoke up to explain what she had meant by that.

‘’What Windy means by that is after that encounter, when she finally met up with me and told me everything she had found out about you and including describing that encounter she had with your adoptive father, we spent all night talking it over and we came to the conclusion that we just could not bring ourselves to force ourselves into your life. You were doing so well and had it made, and we were poor screw ups fresh from prison that had let you go in the first place. We felt terrible and embarrassed and we did not want to put any unnecessary turmoil into the perfect family you already had. So our plan at the time was we would let you grow up the way you already had been and that some day when you became an adult we would then come forth somehow and introduce ourselves.’’ said Bow as he continued to explain. ‘’However in the mean time we have always been close to you Soarin. We always kept our distance but we would check up on you all the time. Mainly seeing how you were when you were either dropped off or picked up from school and we would do that a few times a month. And as you got older we figured you’d take after me and get into sports which you did, and did very well. So by the time you got into the high school hoofball team, we came to just about every home game there was to cheer you on. It was such a bittersweet wonderful time watching you grow up into a young stallion while at the same time raising our ever wonderful daughter Rainbow Dash whom was proving to be every bit as athletic as you were. It was so happy and so sad for us at the same time. Anyways we had planned on trying to get a hold of you within a year or so of you graduating but right after you did you disappeared. That worried us a bit as we had no idea where you had gone. We had figured you would have taken the scholarship offer to the Cloudsdale University that we know you had gotten but you didn’t. Then came one of the biggest shocks of our lives, you finally returned several months later as a Wonderbolt! We were so shocked and so thrilled at the same time. Even though we ourselves had never gotten into loving and watching the Wonderbolts we still knew how amazing and an honor it was that our son had gotten in. Especially since our little Dashie was already completely enamored by the Wonderbolts herself.’’

‘’While we were so overjoyed that you had become a Wonderbolt, it also proved to be problematic for us as well.’’ said Windy as she continued on. ‘’It made us scared to want approach you again as now that you were this rich and now famous pony. We thought that you would immediately push us away and think that we only wanted to get a hold of you just for your fortune and fame. So because of that we again decided to wait, and also we had a good feeling that Rainbow Dash would someday make the team as well so we figured that we’d wait a bit and see if that would indeed happen and if it were too it would make it easier to find an opportune time to come out it with. And wow were we ever surprised, as just like you we had no idea that she even tried out to become a Wonderbolt let alone becoming one. And I know it may be hard to believe but since Dash had become a Wonderbolt as well we were planning on coming out very soon to tell you I swear on Celestia herself. We were just waiting until Dash was fully adjusted into the Wonderbolts and for the most opportune moment, which for us we were planning on something during you next off season which is coming up very soon. But then this all happened….. If only we would have done it during the last off season none of this would have happened! We were so close on doing so to but we didn’t.’’

‘’So look Dash, Soarin we are so, so sorry about all of this.’’ began Bow. ‘’Had we known that this situation even had remote chance of happening we would have came forth immediately and stopped it! Even if we weren’t ready to tell you yet we would have done so no matter what. We can’t even begin to imagine how you must feel right now and how much worse it’s going to be for the next several weeks or even months knowing that whatever type of relationship you two have at this point that it will have to be nullified from here on out. And again we are so, so, sooooo sorry you two! And this may not be easy to hear right now but the fact is in a little bit of time you don’t need to feel too bad about it okay? As you both had no idea so you have nothing to feel ashamed about where as us on the otherhoof will feel shamed for the rest of our lives as this is not something we as parents should have never let happen. And at the end of the day nothing that bad has happened and we are all in good health and if you casually break off your relationship to the others around you nopony should ever find out about this as we won’t tell anypony else. Alright everypony?’’

‘’No…’’ said Dash finally saying something after being silent for so long, but now tears began streaming down her cheeks.

‘’What is it honey?’’ asked Windy.

‘’No… No… NO… NO… NO!... NO!... NONONONONONONONOOOOOOOO!!!’’ yelled Dash repeatedly.

‘’Dashie what is it!?’’ asked Windy again as she was becoming very concerned.

‘’NO IT’S NOT ALRIGHT! IT NEVER WILL BE NOW!’’ Dash yelled out loud. ‘’MY LIFE IS RUINED FOREVER!’’

‘’Dash sweetie, what’s wrong? What’s the issue!?’’ exclaimed Bow now getting a bit scared now.

‘’TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GREAT DAY, AND NOW IT’S LIVING HELL!’’ Dash yelled out frantically.’’

‘’Dash what’s wrong!? What happened!?’’ pleaded Bow. ‘’Please tell us what the problem is!’’

‘’WHAT’S WRONG!? WHAT’S WRONG YOU ASK!?’’ Dash began yelling hysterically. ‘’WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT’S WRONG!’’

‘’Dash honey please calm down!’’ begged Windy.

‘’HOW CAN I CALM DOWN!?’’ yelled Dash as tears were pouring out her eyes now. ‘’WHEN I KNOW THAT I’M PREGNANT, AND I FIND OUT THE FATHER TURNS OUT TO ALSO BE MY BROTHER!’’

‘’WHAT NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!’’ screamed Windy.

‘’NO IMPOSSIBLE!!!’’ yelled Bow.

‘’AND IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!’’ cried Dash.

‘’WHAT!? HOW!?’’ exclaimed Bow as tears began streaming down his cheeks and Windy next to him was sobbing uncontrollably.

‘’WHEN YOU BARGED INTO MY ROOM DURING OUR SEX!’’ yelled Dash. ‘’WHILE I WAS BUSY YELLING AT YOU FOR RUINING MY PRIVATE TIME SOARIN ACIDENTALLY CAME INSIDE! AND I WAS IN HEAT!’’

‘’AHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO’’ screamed Windy as she fumbled her way towards Dash and grabbed a hold of her all while she continued to sob uncontrollably. ‘’NO! NO! NO! NO! MY POOR DAUGHTER! OH GODDES WE’VE RUINED OUR DAUGHTERS LIFE! AND OUR SONS! OH SWEET CELESTIA WE’RE THE WORST PARENTS EVER!’’

‘’NO MY SWEET LITTLE ANGLE! I’VE FAILED YOU FATHER!’’ yelled Bow as he too ran over to Dash and hugged her tightly as he was now sobbing uncontrollably as well. ‘’I’M SO SORRY MY BABY FILLY! I DESERVE TO BURN IN HELL!’’

‘’NO! GET OFF OF ME! GET AWAY FROM ME!’’ cried Dash loudly as she tried to break free from her parents grasp.

‘’DASHIE PLEASE! WE ARE SO SORRY! WE NEVER MEANT FOR ANY OF THIS!’’ cried Windy desperately trying to hold on to her daughter.

‘’NO! I WANT TO GO! I WANT… I WANT TO… GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME I WANT TO GO!’’ screamed Dash as loud as she could as she finally ripped herself from her parents grasp and jumped away from her parents and towards the door.

‘’DASHIE NO!’’ screamed Windy as she reached out to try and grab Dash but to no avail. Dash had whipped open the door and ran down the hallway until she reached her foalhood bedroom in which she flung the door open and ran inside. The 3 remaining ponies herd the door slam shut.

‘’MY POOR BABY! I’VE RUINED MY BABY!’’ cried Windy hysterically as she began shaking and hyperventilating. ‘’NO! NO! NO! DEAR LUNA THIS JUST CAN’T BE HAPPENING!’’

‘’OH GODDES WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!’’ cried Bow as he tried to bring his wife into his embrace.

‘’NO! NO! NO! I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!’’ screamed Windy as she ripped herself from Bows’ grasp.

‘’WINDY WAIT!’’ exclaimed Bow as he watched his crying wife run out the room and down the hall towards their bedroom and after a moment the two ponies remaining herd that door slam shut as well. With Windy now gone it was just him… and Soarin.

‘’OH SOARIN, CELESTIA HELP ME I AM SO SORRY!’’ yelled Bow while still bawling his eyes out. He turned towards Soarin but stopped short of trying to embrace him as he wasn’t sure if it was appropriate, but still pleaded to him nevertheless. ‘’I KNOW YOU HATE US AND DON’T WANNA EVER SEE US AGAIN, BUT PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU DO ONE THING FOR US! DASH NEEDS SOMEPONY RIGHT NOW! SHE NEEDS YOU! PLEASE HELP HER!’’

‘’I…’’ began Soarin but stopped as he was still trying to process everything that has just happened. He was silent and unmoving during the entire exchange due to the huge mental overload he was experiencing. He was being hit with a huge flurry of emotions and in particular, rage and anger even resentment. So when he finally was able to come up with a response it wasn’t one of hysterical yelling but rather one that was of calm yet barely contained anger. ‘’Mr. Hothoof… I can’t… I don’t know what I am feeling right now. Part of me wants to just run away while the other part of me wants to pound your face in. I… I just don’t want to see you right now.’’

‘’SOARIN! PLEASE I…..’’ Bow began yelling back in surprise but stopped upon seeing Soarin’s unmoving gaze at himself. While Soarin’s answer was shocking to hear out loud, it was still perfectly understandable and Bow didn’t want to make things worse. ‘’I GOTTA GET TO MY WIFE! PLEASE HELP DASH!’’ yelled Bow as he turned away from Soarin and also ran out the room and down the hallway to his bedroom where his wife was. After Soarin heard a door slam shut for the third time he knew he was all alone.

‘’What the hell just happened to my life?’’ asked Soarin to himself not knowing what he should be doing. He felt completely lost. He still wanted to run away just as much as he wanted to run after Bow and pound his face in. He sat there unmoving for a few minutes as if he was a mannequin. But then after a few more moments his body began to move pretty much on its own accord as if it were on autopilot. He was still completely lost but he was slowly shuffling forwards out of the room and turned to go down the hallway. He kept moving forwards even though he wasn’t entirely sure why. Eventually he reached Dash’s parents bedroom door in which he paused. His rage all of a sudden peaked. He wanted to do nothing more that burst into that room to chew them out like never before and just wail on Bow as hard as he could. But for some reason despite what he wanted to do mentally his body resumed moving forwards to the next room on the other side of the hallway. When he finally reached Dash’s bedroom door his rage was still burning hot. So much so that now he wanted to burst into Dash’s room and just start yelling at her. But why? He knew none of this was her fault. Maybe it was solely him thinking of her being guilty by association? He just didn’t know as his mind still felt like a jumbled mess, but it still seemed to move on its own accord. He reached out and grabbed the door handle and slowly opened the door, and as it was opening he stepped inside.

‘’……………….’’ nothing could be said by Soarin. He couldn’t form a single word let alone generate a single thought when his eyes finally laid their gaze upon Dash. There on her bed Dash was lying on side curled up in a prismatic ball. She had a pillow clutched in her legs and she was crying… no, absolutely bawling out her eyes uncontrollably. She looked so small, so weak, helpless, even broken. Which is something Soarin could never in a millions years imagine that the tough and brash pegasus could ever be reduced too. The sight immediately crushed Soarin. All the thoughts he had were gone. All the emotions including the seething rage were extinguished in an instant. All of it was gone as none of it mattered anymore, but in its place the weight of the world hit Soarin like a ton of bricks. The gravity of the situation and how much more of deal this was for Dash his best friend than him…….Soarin broke….. like as if a damn had burst. Sadness, empathy, pity, they all hit Soarin right I the heart and he just broke. The door closed behind him as he slowly shuffled forwards towards Dash. Tears began flowing down as cheeks as he too now began crying. Once he got to the bed he did not stop, he crawled in next to Dash and without her even bothering to react to him being there or to what he was doing. With her back facing him, Soarin used his forelegs to pull Dash into a close embrace and he leaned his head forwards into the back of her mane and he to lay there motionless except bawling his eyes out uncontrollably as well. And thus now there was no noise or movement in the house except for the weeping of four ponies.

‘’Mmm.’’ groaned Dash quietly to herself as she woke up from her sleep. Despite the rest she felt the worst she had ever been in her life. Then the reality of why she felt that way dawned on her and she realized the situation she was in. This was a living nightmare that she wished she could wake up from but no matter how hard she tired waking up from this reality nothing changed. Dash was beginning to be aware of her surrounds as well. She felt Soarin spooned up against her and his forelegs wrapped around her and while it was comforting to some extent she still felt sick to her stomach. It must have been at least four hours since she rushed into her room and she knew she couldn’t stay here forever despite the fact that she would like to if it were possible. As she began to stir she felt Soarin stir as well and so she knew he had to be awake now.

‘’Dash? How are you doing?’’ asked Soarin quietly as his face was still buried in Dash’s mane.

‘’I… I feel terrible… I feel like shit.’’ replied Dash quietly. Soarin began to hug her tighter but after a few moments Dash started to shrug him off she got up to face Soarin so she could better conversate with him. ‘’Soarin we need to talk.’’

‘’Oh Dash I’m so sorry.’’ said Soarin as he got up as well and then he leaned into give Dash a hug.

‘’Soarin please stop.’’ said Dash weakly as she put up a hoof to stop him. ‘’Please no more of this sorry stuff for now okay? I’ve cried out all the tears that I possibly have and it really hurts now to even attempt to cry more. And saying sorry over and over at this point isn’t going to get us anywhere so I ask that you refrain from doing that as much as possible okay?’’

‘’Dash…’’ whispered Soarin in a bit of shock that Dash was already trying to be strong despite the situation she was in. It made him realize that he too had to be strong, if not for himself he had to be for Dash. ‘’I wish there was something I could do to fix all this, to change it back, undone the damage that’s been done to us… Done to you.’’

‘’I know Soarin, and I too wish change the past but we can’t and so we need to figure out how to move forwards.’’ said Dash while looking at Soarin.

‘’Dash I know what your decision was before and hearing me ask this now won’t be easy but I will completely understand and stand by you if you were to abort the foal now given the circumstances that have been forced upon us.’’ said Soarin with a pleading look in his eyes.

‘’NO!’’ exclaimed Dash quietly. ‘’Soarin I can’t. Not even now and not ever.’’

‘’Dash I’m not asking that just to get out of being a father but rather because doing so would save us… save you from having to give birth to an inbred foal that we would have to spend the next two decades protecting from the truth.’’ said Soarin as he pleaded with Dash.

‘’Soarin I know you’d never say that for that reason and I know it’s going to be hard and I don’t know yet how to move forwards or what to do, but I know it would be so much harder for me if I were too do that because being that I am the element of loyalty it would tear me apart a hundred times worse if I went against my promise to the foal inside me. I could never live with myself if I were to change course now.’’ said Dash with a heavy suddenness in her voice.

‘’Oh Dash you are really too good for this world you know that?’’ said Soarin as he came to terms with her decision. ‘’And I will stand by you and our foal no matter what, but umm what do we do now?’’

‘’Thanks Soarin I knew I could count on you.’’ said Dash with a bit of relief. ‘’But look Soarin I be lying if I said I had any clue as how to move forwards. However I do know one thing that has to happen and I know you probably won’t like it and if I’m being honest neither do I right now.’’

‘’And what that?’’ asked Soarin.

‘’Look we can’t stay in here forever so we have to talk to my… our parents right away in order to figure out how we will move on.’’ said Dash.

‘’Dash I… I don’t think I can bring myself to do that… Ever.’’ said Soarin with resentment in his voice.

‘’Soarin I know this won’t be easy for you, but it has to be done.’’ said Dash. ‘’Look I am not expecting you to forgive them now let alone ever and truth be told I don’t know if I will fully forgive them either. But one thing I do know for sure is that they never meant for any of this to happen, and I know that they love with every fiber of their being. They always have and always will, and I know they love you just as much. And as bad as we got it, especially me, I can’t imagine how they must feel right now knowing that a good intention ended up leading to this happening. So I please ask that you please do this for me.’’

‘’Haaaaawe’’ sighed Soarin verbally as he gave in to Dash’s request. ‘’All right fine I will try and do my best Dash. And even though I hate to admit it you’re right in that this needs to be done, but then that leads me to the next important question….. What about us? Our relationship from now on?’’

‘’Soarin I… I don’t know okay. I haven’t gotten to think that far ahead and I don’t want to right now either as first we have to figure out how to move forwards first okay.’’ said Dash with a heavy heart.

‘’Okay I understand.’’ said Soarin disappointedly as he felt compelled to reach forwards to bring Dash into a hug.

‘’Soarin?’’ asked Dash a bit surprised and tried to push apart. ‘’We should get going.’’

‘’I just need a moment okay?’’ said Soarin as he did not let up on his grasp of Dash.

‘’Oh... Yeah okay.’’ said Dash as she gave up resisting him and leaned into him as well. They both sat there in silence, unmoving as Soarin breathed he could smell the scent from Dash’s mane, and when she breathed she could smell his sent from his chest fur. They sat there for several minutes just listening to each other breathing and to their heart beats. Just doing that ended up doing a lot to help comfort them and help them relax if just a little bit.

‘’Okay Soarin that felt really nice, but we should go now.’’ said Dash as she pulled away from Soarin. Soarin said nothing as Dash rolled off the bed and started walking to the door. ‘’Come on Soarin.’’ said Dash as she opened up her bedroom door and walked out. Soarin wordlessly complied as he got off the bed to follow her. Meanwhile Dash stopped in front of the parents, took a deep breath and then proceeded to lightly knock on their door as she called out to them. ‘’Mom, Dad? We need to talk… All of us… Together. We will be waiting for you in the family room.’’ Dash said as she then continued forwards down the hall with Soarin in tow. They stepped into the family room and walked over to the chairs they had been sitting in before. Upon seeing the water still sitting there it reminded Dash of how thirsty she now was after all that crying she had done so she poured herself and Soarin a glass of water. And as they sat down and started drinking their water, both Windy and Bow also walked into the room. They both looked absolutely terrible almost as if somepony close to them had died. As they walked up to the couch Windy also grabbed the water and poured herself and Bow a glass as well before sitting down.

‘’Mom, Dad, we need to figure this shit out.’’ said Dash rather calmly.

‘’Dashie please! We are so sorry! We never wanted to hurt you or Soarin like this!’’ exclaimed Windy.

‘’Mom stop! Stop this right now! And that goes for you too dad!’’ yelled Dash quickly but without anger in her voice. ‘’I already know that and saying it over and over a million times isn’t going to solve this comedy of errors clusterfuck that is now our lives. Me and Soarin are still pissed off at you two and I don’t know when I will ever forgive you for this but we need to work together right now to figure out the best damage control!’’

‘’Dashie…’’ began Bow as both him, and Windy were shocked at what Dash said and how she said it. Luckily though the power of her words registered with them and they began to calm down. ‘’We truly are sorry to the day we die and it pains us greatly seeing what we’ve done to you because of our terrible decisions, but we understand the gravity of the situation and I guess you’re right. Right now we have to figure out the future.’’

‘’D…Dash honey. Are you… do you… do you plan to… to terminate it?’’ asked Windy very weakly.

‘’No.’’ said Dash strongly but without raising her voice. ‘’Even though it pains me to say this now given what I now know, I made a promise to bear the foal several days ago when I first found out I was pregnant and I can not break that promise now no matter the circumstance as it’s not fair to the foal.’’

‘’Oh honey I’m so sorry!’’ gasped Windy but quickly continued. ‘’I know you said not to say that but this kind of news is supposed to be the happiest moment of our lives since I had you and instead it’s the worst and again it’s all our fault!’’

‘’Yes I know mother, but that’s why we have to figure out how we are going to make this all work.’’ said Dash a bit agitated that Windy already lost focus.

‘’So what do you purpose then Dash? Where do we start?’’ asked Bow.

‘’Well I don’t know exactly.’’ said Dash as she began to think to herself.

‘’I think I know what to start off with.’’ said Soarin speaking up as all ponies turned to him. ‘’Look as of right now as far as I aware nopony has yet to connect me and Dash together as being siblings right? Which that is the first piece of good news that I can think of in this fucked up situation. And that would be something I’d like to keep that way for the rest of our lives if possible. So I must ask you two, is there any ponies you know that know about us?’’

‘’Yes what Soarin said, I completely agree!’’ exclaimed Dash happy with Soarin’s question.

‘’Uhh well umm that I would have to think about.’’ said Bow as he thought hard about it for a few moments before answering. ‘’Well now that I think about it I don’t think there’s anypony from our early days that would know. None of our distant relatives or the few friends we had would know at all. And the few ponies that knew us when we were Sky Fissure and Meadow Breeze well they would know a little bit more but they wouldn’t of known the foal Windy gave birth to and the same would go for anypony we knew in prison. And after prison we never told anypony so the only ponies that I could think of that might be able to know or at the very least be able to look into it would be the police and judge that handled our case as well as the lead social worker who handled your adoption. Would there be anypony else you can think of Windy?’’

‘’Well not really, I think you covered it all for the most part.’’ said Windy. ‘’But one thing I do know for sure is the judge that handled our case and the lead social worker that handled your adoption have both since passed away. So I don’t think there really is anypony else that would know. And if I may, that was one more thing we worried about over the years while you were growing up was somepony random getting a hold of you Soarin and telling you about us, but that never happened.’’

‘’Holy crap! So you’re telling me that in theory theres pretty much nopony that actively knows about us!?’’ exclaimed Dash. ‘’That’s a huge advantage for us right away!’’

‘’Well yeah, when you put it that way that would seem to be the case.’’ said Bow.

‘’But the biggest problem is once the public finds out that I’m pregnant and that Soarin is the father I fear some nosey reporter or crazy fans will dig deep into our families pasts and accidentally make the connection!’’ exclaimed Dash worriedly.

‘’Well I don’t think you really have to worry about that or at least I hope not.’’ said Bow. ‘’But the only way I could ever see that being possible is if somepony were to look deep into our records.’’

‘’Celestia Damn it!’’ exclaimed Dash. ‘’I just wish there was some way to hide or change or heck destroy them records!’’

‘’Oh Dash honey.’’ said Windy a bit worriedly. ‘’I wish there was something that could be done but there isn’t. We just have to hope that nopony ever finds out. Which so far has been working out fairly well.’’

‘’Gah! I just wish we knew somepony on the inside who could do that for us! Somepony like……’’ paused Dash mid sentence as a major epiphany came to her. ‘’Twilight…’’

‘’What was that Dash?’’ asked Soarin.

‘’TWILIGHT! PRINCESS TWILIGHT!’’ yelled Dash out loud. ‘’The ruler of all Equestria! She could easily make all that go away!’’

‘’Dash you really think she’d do that?’’ asked Bow.

‘’YES!’’ exclaimed Dash. ‘’She may not like doing it but she defiantly do it for us!’’

‘’Well you will have to get a hold of her and find out sweetie.’’ said Windy enthusiastically.

‘’YES! BUT NOT LATER, NOW!’’ yelled Dash to everyponies surprise.

‘’Now? Like right now, right now?’’ asked Windy.

‘’YES!’’ exclaimed Dash again. ‘’Now come on! The time is of the essence! All of you get your shit together as I want to leave within the next five minutes!’’

‘’Umm yes as you say Dashie.’’ said Bow as he and Windy got up to get ready.

‘’Dash you really think this will work and is a good idea?’’ asked Soarin.

‘’Yes! I know it is and I know it will as Twilight would never let me down in a tough situation.’’ said Dash. ‘’I just want to take care of this as soon as possible so as to eliminate as much hell from our lives as much as we possibly can, for our sake and more importantly for our foals sake. Now come on and get moving! We got a princess to talk to!’’