I had done it again. I had actually done it again. The moment I was freed of the pheromone-infused haze I had been entrapped in, I realized just what a giant dickhead I had become. It had been merely a week since she confessed to me and already, I had cheated on her with not one, but two other mares! What's even worse than that fact alone, was that there was still that voice in the back of my head that was telling me that everything was fine. It was clear to me, I needed help and that help had to come from Twilight.

I stood in front of the door to the Library and pondered my next steps. How should I tell her that I cheated on her? Forget that, Rainbow has likely already told her, but how will she react, when I tell her about Applejack?

"Oh, I can tell you, she's mad. The moment you open that door, you better be prepared for a fierce battle."

Oh shit... really?

"Well, no, Twilight's not that bad, but you better get yourself ready, 'cause loyalty is a very big thing in pony relationships."

I gulped down my fears and slowly opened the door to the Castle. I was greeted by an empty hallway and to say that I wasn't relieved about that would be a lie. I slowly made my way to the library, being as quiet as my 400+ tons of weight would allow me.

I arrived at the double doors that sepearated the hallway from the library. they towered over me like I would nomally tower over the others and for the first time since I arrived here, I felt intimidated. These double doors looked like a gateway straight to hell before my minds eye and I was the one mortal soul, who was stupid enough to risk a glance into the abyss.

Slowly, I pushed the doors open and poked my snout inside. "Hello? Twilight?" I called, before I stepped in.

Twilight sat in a corner of the library, between two giant piles of books, with one laying open before her and her reading in it with a... smile?

Ok, she's in a good mood, so, maybe it isn't all too bad?

"Nah, Rainbow just didn't tell her."

What?

"Yeah, she went in here, blurted something out, before her bird brain got the better of her and she forgot what she was gonna say when they were talking about something else."

Yeah, great, back to square one... although, that's likely for the better, if she's going to hear it from me...

"Twilight?" I called out a second time.

This time, I got her attention. She looked over to me, her smile widening just a bit, as she got up and skipped over to me. "Hey Alex." She greeted happily, before rearng up and giving me a kiss, which only made the guilt inside me burn more than it already did. She noticed the frown I suddenly wore and got back down to her hooves. "Alex, what's wrong?" She asked in concern.

I scratched the back of my head, not knowing where to start. "euh, Twilight, there's something I need to tell you... something... happened."

Yeah, great start, Alex! Oh man, what am I even doing here?

Twilight gasped and held her hooves before her face. "Oh, Celestia, what happened? is somepony hurt? Is somepony... d-dead?" She started hyperventilating, so I quickly waved her off.

"No, no, not that bad... well, maybe that bad, but nothing like that..." I sighed and ran a claw over my head scales. "Twilight, I-... a few days ago, I... spend the night... with Rainbow Dash."

Twilight looked a bit confused and tilted her head. "That's what so bad? But you already told me that, remember?"

I sighed again, as she obviously didn't understand what I was getting at. "Yeah, well, not just like that, Twilight. More like... spend the night, like... we did." She formed an 'o' with her mouth, as she realized what I was getting at adn I looked away from her, to avoid the gaze of pure hatred that was inevitably to come very soon. "And today, just an hour ago, I did the same... with Applejack."

Silence ensued. A tense, uncomfortable silence. I still didn't look at her and I was sure, she was glaring daggers into my sould. I didn't know what I should say, but I had to say something... "Look, I-I'm sorry. I didn't want to cheat on you, bu-but there was always this feeling in the back of my head, that everything... had to be this way or something and-"

"Oh, that's wonderful!"

"Y-Yeah, I know and- wait, what?" I looked over at her again and to say that wasn't expecting her to be beaming at me would be an understatement.

"That's absolutely wonderful! Do you know what that means?!" She cheered, leaving me completely dumbfounded.

"Uh, no, I-I don't." I answered, almost at a loss for words.

"Really? You don't know, what that means?" She asked, becoming more and more like a second Pinkie Pie. Then, suddenly, she went still and closed her eyes, apparently concentrating on something.

"Sooo... what does that mean now?" I asked.

"Oh, you will see veery soon, but first, we need to wait for a moment." Twilight asked cheerfully, before happily hopping back to her books and continuing to read.

Ok, what the fuck?

At that moment, I heard Navi cackle and sputter in my head, before he broke out into a laughing fit that would even make Rainbow jealous.

Oh, you motherfucker! You knew that she would react this way!

"Of course I knew, I 'm a god! It's just that you were working yourself up over it so badly that I just had to ake advantage of it!"

Man, I swear, sometimes you're even worse than that jerk, Discord.

"Well, duh. Who, do you think, created him?"

I rolled my eyes at that state ment and leaned against a wall, waiting for whatever Twilight was waiting for.

Suddenly, the door burst open again and Applejack and Rainbow walked in. "Howdy, Twi." Applejack greeted, before looking over to me and blushing slightly. "And, euh... hey, Alex."

"Hey, you two. What brings you here?" I greet, just mildly suspicious, that i just so happened to be these two mares to enter right now.

"Uh, well, honestly, I just felt that I had to come here fer some reason."

"What, you too?!" Rainbow asked in a shout. "It was the same thing with me!"

"Oh, wow, that means it's really true!" Twilight chimed in, as she came hopping over like Pinkie Pie would.

"Euh, Twilight, what's goin' on here?" Applejack asked nervously.

"Oh, one thing at a time Applejack. First things first: congratulations on your pregnancy!"

"What?! So you really are pregnant and that wasn't just my mind being stupid? Wo, that's great! That-" Rainbow suddenly stopped, as she noticed that they both apparently knew about the pregnancy without Applejack saying anything about it. She looked over to Twilight and asked, in a slightly panicked tone: "Twilight... what's going on?"

Twilight, meanwhile, was still jumping in place like Pinkie would and answered cheerfully: "Oh nothing, just that we're in a heeeheeeerd~! And I~ am~ the alpha mare~!"

"Oh. Wow, that's awesome!" Rainbow exlaimed, before she turned around with her forelegs crossed, as she saw the other wo mares smirking at her. "N-Not that I wanted to be in a herd or something."

"Of course you didn't." Twilight and Applejack deadpanned.

I laughed at their antics, finally having found relief over my constant anxiety from the past few days. "Well, I'm just glad taht you aren't actually mad at me."

Twilight suddenly stopped hopping and smiled at me. "Oh, but I am mad at you."

Oh shit.

She slowly came towards me, never losing that smile of hers, before she reared up and brought her forelegs around my neck for support.

"You know, it's normally the privilege of the alpha mare, to be the first one to be pregnant and even though I'm really happy for Applejack, it still stings in the back of my mind, that she's the one to be pregnant first..." She paused for a moment and brought her face closer to mine, until we were touching noses and she was looking at me with half-lidded eyes. "... And you should also know that I won't let you sleep tonight."

"Heh, good thing that it's only afternoon..." I said awkwardly.

"Oh, but I am the personal student of princess Celestia... A single letter to her can very well change that, you know?"

... Oh shiiiiiiiiit!

A few minutes later, Princess Celestia got a letter from her most faithful student, which read:

Dear Princess Celestia,
Would it be possible for you to lower the sun a few hours earlier today? I need the extra hours for an experiment of mine...
Your most faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle.

"Hmm, surely an odd request from Twilight." Celestia mused aloud. "Oh well, it's not like it's the weirdest thing she has asked me yet. That one thing about if I ever had... that experience with a Dragon definitely holds that spot..."

A few minutes later, in a cave beneath Canterlot.

Big Bang was gallopping through the cave, heaving and panting, but yet not stopping. His master needed to know this. This information had to be delivered as quickly as possible!

"Yo, master!" He started, as he reached the large cavern. "The sun has been lowered and outside is now night. Your undead are awake and are ready to fight!"

The master looked over to him with an incredulous gaze. "Isn't it a little too early? Have they changed their schedules yet again?" The master pondered for a moment, before shrugging it off. "Oh well, in the end, it will only mean that their end comes earlier. Prepare the armies and climb the walls, when you're ready."

Yet a few minutes later, on the walls surrounding Canterlot

Night Fire was looking over the valley that lay just a few inches before him. It was quiet, just as it was every night. He wasn't even sure why this post even existed, seeing as no known species could ever climb these walls. Still, he was a loyal guardspony, so he was doing his duty just as he was commanded. He looked over the wall, seeing just the ordinary yet again. Rocks, trees, a few clouds, thousands of strange figures climbing the cliff.

He did a double take, as he noticed what he just saw and, sure enough, thousands of little dots could be seen sliwly ascending the rocky cliffs of the mountain. Night Fire froze for a moment, before he remembered the one thing he had to do in such a situation.

"SOUND THE ALARM!!!"

Back in Ponyville, Twilight was currently dragging Alex in her magic. He was fighting against it as much as he could, but Twilight was extremely powerful, when she was pissed. The fact that Rainbow and Applejack had decided to join in on the fun certainly didn't help things. However, just before they were about to enter Twilight's room, salvation came in the form of a small flash of light and a letter that plopped on Twilight's head.

She eagerly opened the letter, but that eagerness faded as soon as she read its contents. Then she just sat there, eyes open in disbelief.

"Twilight? What happened?" Rainbow asked after a few moments.

Twilight suddenly snapped out of her trance. "Rainbow, get the others, quick!"

Without another word said, Rainbow sped off, leaving Applejack, Twiligh and Alex alone in the hallway.

"Twi, what happened?" Applejack asked in concern.

Twilight' face became dreaded, as she looked over to her friend. "Canterlot is under attack."

I was speeding through the night with everything I had. The Elements of Harmony were holding tight onto the scales on my back, while I made haste to arrive in Canterlot as soons as possible. The princesses had told us via letter, that the City was under attack by a horde of Zombies and that they were slowly overwhelming the defenses.

The distat City grew nearer and with every meter I closed, I could see more details. The wall that hung over the cliff was completely wrapped in countless undead, while glints of gold were standing atop it and trying to fight them off. I made haste to reach them, quickly dropping in altitude and descending upon the horde with a lance of flame already loaded and ready.

I let fire rain upon them, clearing the whole wall with just a single swipe, before setting down within the city's perimeter and dropping off my passengers.

"Twilight!" I heard Celestia call. twilight immediately turned to her and gave her a hug.

"Princess Celestia! We came as quick as we could. What happened?" She asked. I decided that I had seen scenes in the likes of this too often already and instead went to do my job as protector.

Without saying a word, I took off and prepared another fire lance, which I sent directly into the newly coming wave, setting them all ablaze. Burning flesh and loose bones fell down back into the depths, where multiple thousand of them yet seemed to be waiting. However, not for long anymore, as I decided that letting them wait would be very impolite, wouldn't it?

I decended upon them, a fire/lightning-mix at the ready, which I blasted direcly into the middle of the group as soon as I arrived. The fire set the center ablaze and I saw the lightning zip through the horde, as one by one the undead fell. However, not all of them seemed to be affected. there were twenty or so more, that seemed to simply shrug it off.

Suddenly, I felt something stab between the scales in my left foreleg and with some amazement, I came to notice that there was a yellow stallion with two daggers attached to his hooves running along my claws and slicing into them. I bat him away and refocus my concentration on the undead, when I come to notice even more of these little stings. I look back again and saw with horror that the little bastard was back adn this time, he had brought friends.

Twenty or so more stallions and mares were slicing and stabbing between my scales. I tried to shake them off, but they were relentless.

"Alex, use your light! These are perfect undead!"

I quickly spew out a light odem and, while I unfortunately missed, they quickly ended their attacks in order to evade my beam. Now I knew, what I had to do.

Thanks man.

"No problem."

I got to work, quickly blasting light beam after light beam at these fuckers. However, they were quick as hell. I only got four of them before they managed to evade my attacks. I had to get creative.

I missed a few more shots, before I pretended to be spent, while charging another beam of light. The effect was that the remaining seventeen came charging at me again, stabbing and slicing through the thick skin that was protecting my internals. That was when I unleashed my beam... without opening my mouth.

I absorbed my own light, causing the energy to spread over the rest of my body and blast the remaining undead. That is, all except one. I still felt stabbing on my tail and with a quick swish, I saw that yellow bastard get flung over. Not letting myself get irritated, I charge another light beam and, with the remaining charge from my last one, I blast him full-force. However, it seemed to have little to no effect on him.

"Alex, you idiot, that's not an undead! That's a normal mortal!"

What?! Holy shit, that guy's fast.

He was already lunging back to me, when I simply just repeated my last trick... only this time with lightning. He zapped himself, dropping to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. I had only charged myself with very little energy, since I thought that this guy might know a thing or two about these zombies. Maybe he even was their caster? However, that thought quickly went out the windo when I saw that he didn't possess a horn.

"You are very adept with your blades, little one. Truly, a worthwhile toy. Say, what does a simple mortal like you have to do with such a horde of undead?" I asked as I grabbed him with a claw, holding him tight to avoid letting him escape.

The stallion tried to spit into my face, however the blob fell short. I had to suppress my laughter at that, having just witnessed a true failure at badassness. Suddenly, the stallion started to grin like a maniac, as if there was something that I hadn't noticed.

"Yo, you gonna kill me and that's totally fine, 'cause all I hadda do was ta gain a little time!"

Momentarily amazed to hear the voice of that rapper-bastard from the mirror-verse, I almost didn't notice the shaking earth and the sudden eruption of draconic roars from up in Canterlot.

I quickly decided that I had spent enough time playing with my little 'toy', crushing him in my claw before ascending back into the city.

Celestia, Luna and the Elements were fighting off another wave of zombies, when the earthquake began. The City shook and trembled, as a hole opened up right in its Center and from it, there rose a pitch-black dragon, that somehow seemed familiar...

"Tia?"

"Yes, Luna?"

"We art just experiencing the biggest deja-vu in all our two thousand years of life."

"I know Luna, I know. I feel the same."

The two princesses were interrupted, as the dragon let out a guttural roar and went into action. He smashed into buildings, spat fire into the streets and within just a few seconds, the whole city centre was a burning hellscape. Luna and Celestia were frozen in shock, as they saw their little ponies be eaten and burned by the monster.

Suddenly, another roar filled the air, just before a white arrow shot into the black lizard. Alex hit the other Dragon directly into the side, causing him to stumble over. But now that they were both there, they saw why that other Dragon seemed so familiar. Apart from the colour scheme, they both looked the same.

The two Alicorns were quickly ripped out of their stupor, as Alex was flung off the other Dragon. They went into a brawl, exchanging tastes of their claws and teeth, ripping deep wounds into each other's body. Alex was hit by a swipe of the other's claw, ripping a deep gash into his head, barely past the eye. In turn, Alex bit him into the snout, while simultaneously clawing at his throat and ripping miltiple gashes into it.

However, the other Dragon seemed to slowly gain the upper claw. He yanked Alex off his snout and gave him a strong whip with his tail. He was shoved over into a few buildings and stumbled over. The black dragon took advantage of that and quickly went to claw his fallen opponent. However, Celestia and Luna have by now regained their compusure and were joining in on the fight.

They both sent lances of concentrated magic flying towards the Dragon. He, in turn, shielded himselffrom their attacks, momentarily giving alex time to take a breath. They circled around him, shooting beams at him from different angles, trying to get through his defenses, but every time, he managed to bring his wings or a claw in to block the attack.

Suddenly, the wails of a lost foal pierced though the sounds of the burning City. Luna, who was the more battle-hardened of the two sisters, simply ignored it and continued her assault. Celestia, however, was the more motherly of the two. She immediately whipped around, trying to find the lost foal and momentarily forgetting about her foe. He, in turn, used that moment of distraction and slapped Celestia out of the air. She flew into a wall, hitting the ground beneath, where she remained unmoving.

"TIA!!!"

I knew my break was over when I saw Celestia get swatted like a fly. Luna went to care for her sister and I found myself yet again face-to-face with my black lookalike.

"Well well. now that the minor disturbances are gone, we can finally continue our dance." He suddenly spoke.

"Heh, so you can actually speak. I draw my hat in respect." I answered mockingly.

"There is no need to fake respect. I have none for you. Long enough have I waited for this day to come. The day on which I can erase all life and make undead reign supreme. And you, my dear counterpart, shall be the first."

He breathed in deep and I made myself ready to absorb an odem, when Navi suddenly screamed.

"Dark Magic incoming!!"

In a split-second-reaction, I countered with a beam of light. the two beams hit, creating a strange orb that seemed to revolve around itself and was slowly shrinking.

"RETREAAAT!"

I quickly did as Navi said and saw my opponent do the same, just before the ball exploded in a massive shockwave that sent me stumbling even when I was almost half a kilometer away. I roar in pain, as I felt the remainder of the dark energy sizzle over my body, but I was almost relieved to see that my opponent went through the same.

Wait, I am his counterpart. That means he is weak against light, isn't he?

"Yes, but you are weak against the dark, so watch out. Basically this encounter will end as soon as any one of you gets a full blow in on his opponent."

With this new information, I quickly charge a light beam and fire it at the other Dragon. However, he manages to evade and retaliate with a beam of his, which I then evade. this exchange continues on and on. Sometimes, we cause these explosions to happen, when we can't evade, sometimes we destroy a house or two, when our beams are evaded. In the end though, none of us managed to hit the other.

Dammit, if only he would hold still for a moment!

Be sends another beam of death towards me and I counter with my light. I jump away from the explosion and ponder my next move, as the remaining energy surges through me again.

"It's obvious that he won't stay still by himself, but maybe you can make him do so?"

Yeah, but- OOOOh, I think, I've got an idea!

I send another light beam towards him, which he counters again. I jump away, this time towards the wall where Twilight and her friends are still holding off that undead horde. the explosion comes and we both are momentarily dazed by the remaining energy. A moment which I use to speak to Twilight.

"Hey Twilight, can you hit me with a light beam? I have a plan!"

Twilight turns around and looks at me quizzically for a moment, before she charges up her horn and sends a light beam my way. I start to glow brightly white from the charge I am getting and I see him prepare a dark energy beam of his own. However, unbeknownst to him, I am secretly blasting my own teeth with lightning. sure, even if I use all of my glands, I would have to blast him more than once to kill him, but... a charged lightning blast will surely suffice as a tazer.

"That's ma boy!"

Having received a sufficient charge, I lunge towards my opponent and, upon landing I unleash my odem. He does the same and the two beams collide in the middle, creating a giant orb. However, the lightning part remains unaffected, whipping past the orb and hitting the other Dragon head-on. I see him cramp up from the electrical current, just as I make my escape out of the blast zone. the ball compacts more and more and I see in his face the realization that he has lost, just before it all explodes.

He was ripped to pieces right before our eyes. The undead collapsed as their master died and fell down into the depths beneath Canterlot. The Dragon himself, meanwhile, no longer resembled one. His bones and flesh were scattered all over the place and his blood was slowly boiling in the heat of the surrounding fires.

"Heh, guess Celestia has-"

My eyes go wide, as I remember something about a certain Alicorn.

"Oh shit, Celestia!"

Alex and the six Elements of Harmony are waiting outside a room in the Canterlot Central Hospital. Luna had refused to leave her sister's side, so she was currently in her room together with the best doctor the hospital had. Seconds became minutes and minutes became hours, as the anxious mares waited for news about their ruler.

Finally, after what feltt like an eternity to them, the door opened and the doctor stepped out.

"How is she? Did it go well?" Twilight immediately asked.

The doctor sighed at that and looked at the mare. "I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that she is alive and is no longer in danger."

Cheers went through the group, as they hear the news.

"However, the bad news is that we had to remover her horn."

The cheers died down immediately. "What do you mean 'remove her horn'?!" Twilight asked agitated.

The doctor sighed again, before he elaborated. "The base of her horn was cracked, constantly sending pulses of magic energy into her skull. We had to remove it or she would have fried her own brain before the crack could've healed up."

Twilight's head sagged and her ears flopped down. "Can we... can we see her? Is she awake?"

The doctor nodded. "Yes, she is awake. Princess Luna is already talking to her this very moment. Though, I may ask you to avoid agitating her. She needs to stay calm and rest now."

Twilight nodded and the doctor stepped aside, letting the group enter into the princess's room. Luna was sitting by her sister's side and, just as the doctor had said, Celestia was awake. Her horn was no longer there and only a scar, with minor signs of magical healing, was left as a reminder that it was ever there in the first place.

Twilight immediately rushed to her side, giving her a hug, as if she needed to test out if she was really there. "Princess, how are you feeling?" Twilight then asked, as she loosened her grip.

"I am alive, so much I can tell.... However my new situation will need some getting used to, now that I have become a Pegasus..." Celestia said, trying to lighten the modd a little.

"Hey, being a Pegasus is awesome. It's just that you can't... you know... use magic and stuff." Rainbow stated.

"Quite indeed, I will have to learn to live without my powers... and speaking of which..." She looked over to Luna, who gave a confirming nod to continue. "It seems that I am no longer fit to rule as princess of the sun."

A collective gasp sounded from the group. "WHAT?!" they all shouted in unison. "So, will Princess Luna now be ruling alone?" Twilight asked.

The two rulers gave each other a short glance, before Luna shook her head. "Nay. 'Tis true that we possess the power to raise both the moon and the sun, however our rule was always meant to be shared, even when I became nightmare moon and had to be... banished. And especially because of that, we cannot take rule upon ourselves. Not after what had happened."

A short moment of silence ensued, before Twilight asked again: "S-Soo... who will be the next ruler?"

Another glance beeetween the two sisters, before Celestia gave a soft smile towards Twilight. "My sister and I have talked a while about that and.. we both find that you would make an excellent heir."

"Wh-What?!" Twilight exclaimed. "B-But princess, I-I can't! I mean, I don't know how and I mean would I really be able to-"

"Twilight!" Celestia said in a calm, yet commanding voice, immediately bringing Twilight to calm herself. "Like I said, we both have talked about this for a long time. Actually even long before all this happened. You are the perfect mare for the task."

Twilight stood silent for a moment. She and Celestia looked at each other, carrying a silent conversation. A look of determination overcame Twilight's face. She breathed out and agreed. "Alright, I promise I won't disappoint you."

"I know." Celestia said with a smile. "I am glad that I can leave Equestria with a mare I know I can trust."

"Thank you princess." Twilight smiled back.

Celestia turned her attention to the rest of the group. "I am truly glad that you all came to visit me. However, I will now ask you to leave. I'd like to get some rest."

They all nodded and left the room. However, Alex stopped outside and turned to Twilight. "Hey, can we talk for a moment? Applejack and Rainbow as well."

The mares looked between each other and then nodded. "Okay then, we will wait outside for you four." Rarity said.

They waited until the others were out of earshot, before Twilight then spoke first. "So, what's the matter?"

Alex scratched the back of his head, trying to properly phrase what he wanted to say. "Well, now that you're going to become the ruler, you're probably moving to Canterlot, huh?"

"Uh, yeah, I guess. Why?"

"Well, actually it's more about Applejack and Rainbow than you." He turned to the other mares and continued. "I want you two to remain in Ponyville."

"Aww, don't like to be alone, huh?" Rainbow teased.

"No. Actually, I'm going to move to Canterlot as well."

"What?!" shouted the three mares.

"So, ya gon' abandon us? Now that y'all gon' an' knocked me up?!" Applejack accused.

"Actually it's exactly because of that. I don't want our kid to be in danger."

Rainbow's and Applejack's expressions softened. "Wha-What do ya mean?"

Alex sighed. "You know, there's a saying... if you want to keep someone safe, push them away from you... When I was fighting that Dragon earlier, he said something. He had been planning all this for a long time. What if there are others out there, planning similar things right beneath our noses? Twilight will become their new target, but they know that she is strong. They will try to hurt her in other ways and... the easiest way to do so is to hurt someone who is close to her." He looked over the two silent mares for a moment, before he continued. "Even if they don't know anything specific, we all know that it has long become public knowledge that Twilight and I are very close friends and that's okay. I am too big to be spontaneously kidnapped and openly fighting me will at least make a lot of noise. However, you two are a different story. Especially now with the foal you are carrying, it would be easy to overpower you." Rainbow gave an insulted huff. "Okay, relatively easy, but you get my point. I just don't want you two to be connected to us and be targeted because of it."

Silence reigned again. Applejack and Rainbow were both looking to the ground and then at each other. "But what 'bout Applepunch? What should I tell 'er 'bout her father?" Applejack then asked.

"I believe it is better for her to not know who her father really is. At least not until she can make her own decisions. You have a little sister, you know how easily a kid can slip up and spill some things that were better left unsaid." Alex said. "And speaking of which... I also think we should keep it a secret from the others, including the princesses."

"Okay, now you're going a bit overboard." Twilight stated.

"I know, sorry, it's just... As much as I trust them, I also know that both, Pinkie and Rarity, can sometimes run their mouths faster than their minds can keep up and... like I said, it's all to keep you safe."

Twilight, Rainbow and applejack looked at each other for a long while, contemplating what had just been said. After said while, they all shared a collective sigh. "Alright. I can't say I like the idea, but if you say it's all to keep mah foal safe, ah'd be okay with it." Applejack said.

"Yeah, and besides: when I become a wonderbolt, I can be around you all th time, running airshows and such!" Rainbow said.

"I think seeing each other will be easier than becoming a wonderbolt, Rainbow." Twilight giggled. "After all, friends visit each other all the time, so it would be weir if we didn't, right?"

"Exactly." Alex agreed. "Now, we really left the others waiting long enough, don't you think?"

The three agreed and so, three mares and one Dragon finally left the hospital, but not before Rainbow disturbed its sterile calmth one final time.

"Wait a second, you'll call your foal Applepunch?!"

Author's Note

Yep, it is done, me lads and I've got to say... I can't say I'm particularly satisfied with how it turned out. It could be that I'm just becoming hypercritical with myself or something like that, but I've got the feeling that this whole thing turned out to be... generic, mediocre, inorignal... Ah well, whatever. What's done is done and speaking of done, I'm done with this story.

Well, not quite, I'm currently thinking about moving the Epilogue over to this one, but I'll think about that one tomorrow.