Author's Note

This story will be told in the third pony since Violet is a newborn.

A New Start

It was two hours after Colgate and Lyra had punished Twilight Velvet and Violet Shade for the things they had done, especially Violet. Colgate and Lyra had taken the newborn Violet home with them and they had absolutely no idea how to care for her. She was crying loudly and that was about to drive Colgate nuts. She yelled, "How do we shut her up Lyra? How do we shut a newborn up?"

Neither one of the two had ever raised foals but Lyra was more calm and composed when it came to things like this. She replied, "Well she's probably hungry. We're going to have to go to the store and get some baby food, some formula and a bottle for her." She paused for a minute before adding, "And she's going to need diapers too."

Colgate sighed, "Very well. After we get her fed though, we're going to have to go up to Canterlot, make up a world class lie and then see if we can adopt her so she can be raised right."

"Alright, sounds good." replied Lyra

Colgate headed out and she dreaded going to the store to buy such items. Everypony in town knew that she had never had any foals and had no plans on having any. They knew that her temper was way too short to handle even school foals, much less newborns.

When she got to Barnyard Bargains she headed in and at began to wander through the aisles, trying to find what she needed. When she finally got to the foal aisle, she began to wonder what to get. She grabbed some formula and figured, "Meh, formula is formula." She then grabbed a couple bottles and then went to the baby food. She figured that she should likely get a variety of flavors because she wouldn't want to eat the same flavor of things all the time. Then one more thing crossed her mind, a stroller. She knew that she couldn't just carry her in her aura.

Given that she was a newborn, getting diapers for her was much easier since there were ones specifically labeled that they were for newborns. Filthy Rich would be shocked when he saw what Colgate was buying, "Colgate? Why are you buying baby stuff? Did you hide a pregnancy or something?"

Colgate lied, "Actually yes, I did. I wanted a foal so I was artificially impregnated and given that I always wear oversized shirts, hiding the pregnancy was easy."

"Huh," he replied "you don't really remind me of the foal type but congratulations!"

Colgate said, "Thanks!"

Colgate left the store and then realized that she was going to have to lie to not only Lyra, but to Celestia when they go up to Canterlot so she can get a birth certificate and thus, citizenship. When she got home her and Lyra got a diaper put on her before beginning to feed her. Almost immediately Violet calmed down and Colgate decided to bring up her lie to Lyra.

"Lyra, I think I may have made some sort of mistake when I went to Barnyard Bargains."

"Oh, what was that?" Lyra asked

Colgate replied, "Well you see, Filthy Rich asked me why I was buying stuff for newborn foals and if I hid a pregnancy and I told him that I did."

Lyra gasped, "You what? You told that huge of a lie?"

Colgate replied, "Yes but I did it for a reason. I told Filthy that so that we can take her up to Canterlot, hopefully get a birth certificate for her and then she will be recognized as my foal."

Lyra wasn't real sure about this. She asked, "Colgate, are you even going to be able to handle raising her? I know how short your temper is and I don't know if I'll always be around to calm her down."

Colgate replied, "Well I'll have to sign up for parenting classes. I do want to raise a model citizen after all."

Lyra asked, "What are we going to do during the week? I don't think I can just keep her behind the receptionist's desk with me! That would be a violation of health codes!"

Colgate sighed, "I know. I'm probably going to have to close up shop for a couple weeks until we can get all this figured out. For now though, we need to get up to Canterlot."

Lyra replied, "Alright, let's get going." Lyra then remembered one more thing, "What are you going to name her? I doubt you can just use the name Violet Shade because ponies would wonder why you would name her after such a horrible pony."

"Hmmm...." Colgate stood there for several minutes before saying, "Violet Sky! How does that sound?"

Lyra replied, "Well the Violet part may sound fishy but she does have a violet coat, I think, so that should be good."

Lyra put everything in a bag and Colgate put Violet in her stroller and they took off. Colgate was really wishing that she could have just carried Violet in her aura but knew that doing that would likely lead to her being deemed an unfit parent and having her "new foal" taken away from her before she could even get herself classified as her mother.

During the train ride, Violet Sky began to cry and Colgate realized that she had better get used to playing the role of mother. When she checked on her, she discovered that she needed her diaper changed. Even though the process nearly made Colgate vomit, she managed to get her diaper changed and while she knew she likely shouldn't have, she simply put the dirty diaper under their seat when nopony was watching.

When they got to Canterlot, Colgate, Lyra and Violet immediately headed to the palace. Once they arrived, they immediately headed to the throne room. When Celestia saw Colgate with a baby stroller, she was in a state of shock. She asked, "Colgate, what are you doing with a baby stroller?"

Colgate replied, "Well it is an interesting story, one that you likely would never expect from me."

Celestia said, "I'm listening."

Colgate began her lie, "Well you see, last year I decided I wanted a foal and given that I am a lesbian, I wasn't about to do it the old fashioned way." Celestia nodded and Colgate continued, "Well I headed back east to the sperm bank in Manehattan and was artificially impregnated." Celestia again nodded and Colgate continued, "I did a very good job of hiding the pregnancy but this morning, I wound up giving birth in my home and I need to see what I need to do to get my daughter recognized as an Equestrian citizen."

This was a lot to take in because Celestia knew how Colgate was when she was in her school. She remembered how she was the only student that refused to take any kind of parenting class since she had no desire for children. She gave her a half smile and asked, "Really Colgate? What changed? What caused you to want to be a mother?"

Colgate continued her lie, "Well I just saw how happy the Cake Family was after their foals were born and I wanted to experience the same thing."

She motioned for her to approach her, She asked, "So what have you named her?"

"Violet Sky." replied Colgate.

Princess Celestia took a look at Violet and then at Colgate before taking another look at Violet. She said, "I must say, whoever it was that provided the seed for her must have been a dark violet in color and had purple eyes because it is obvious that she doesn't share much of any traits you have outside of being a unicorn."

Colgate replied, "Well the seed they provided was random for the most part. The only requirement I had of the sperm provided was that it came from a unicorn."

Celestia was having trouble believing her but then she remembered another pony who didn't look anything like her parents, Pinkie Pie. She gave Colgate a smile and replied, "Alright, we will get her a birth certificate and an Equestrian ID number since she was born of an Equestrian in Equestria." She motioned for her to follow her and continued, "Follow me."

Celestia led the three to Canterlot tower where she began to fill out a birth certificate.

Name: Violet Sky
Kind: Unicorn
Gender: Female
Coat Color: Violet
Mane/Tail Color: Black, Pink, Dark Violet (Tri-color stripes)
Eye Color: Purple
Mother: Dr. Minuette Colgate
Father: Unknown

She then took a picture of Violet to go along with the certificate for the birth records. She then made a copy of the certificate to give to Colgate. She gave Colgate a smile and continued, "Well you are the last pony in Equestria I ever expected to give birth to a foal but congratulations! I know you will do a good job raising her." She then gave her another smile, "Although I would advise you get her some clothes and get some blankets. She can't go around in nothing but her coat and diapers and she will get cold."

Colgate replied, "Will do princess, will do." She turned to Lyra and added, "Well sis, shall we go shopping? You're more into fashion than me so you'd know what would look best on her."

Lyra laughed, "Of course sis, you know I'll be here to help."

Celestia gave them one more smile before adding, "And Colgate, if you need any advice on being a new mother, I know Mrs. Cake can give you the best of anypony in Ponyville."

"I'll take that into account." replied Colgate.

Once they began to leave the palace, Colgate asked, "Well let's go find a good store with newborn clothes? After that we can go and get some lunch before heading home." Then one more thing crossed her mind, "When we get home, we need to get Violet a crib, pillows and some bedding."

Lyra replied, "You know, I think you're going to be a better mom than anypony would think."

Colgate gave her a smile, "Well I plan on it!"

As they headed towards the shopping district to get some good clothes for Violet, Colgate felt happier than she had in ages. For so much of her life she had always viewed foals as a burden and caring for them as a royal pain but now that she was in that situation, she felt good, she felt happy that she could make the life of a pony much better.

Lyra did have her concerns though. She had her concerns that eventually what the two of them did would be discovered and that not only would somepony find a way to restore the Violet Shade that had made the lives of so many mares miserable but then face criminal charges of their own. She knew that the spells they used were highly illegal and that even knowing them could land them in jail. One thing Lyra did know too though was that Colgate was good at thinking ahead and would be more than likely able to get away with this.