A Life Desired

Feeling the warm glow of dawn on her fur, Seeking Sparks yawned and slowly opened her tired eyes. There was a soft orange light filling her bedroom. She blinked, yawned again, and rolled over to see her girlfriend. River was...several feet below her. Sparks’ eyes flew wide open as she failed her legs, finding herself suspended in mid air in an aura of golden magic.

“What the FUCK?!?!?!”

The earth pony below her jolted awake with a start and toppled out of the bed. Groaning and rubbing her head, she blinked and blearily looked around for the source of the sound.

“Sparks what’s going…..” River’s voice trailed off as she caught sight of Sparks in the air above her. “WHAT THE FUCK????”

“I DON’T KNOW!!!! BUT GET ME DOWN!!!!!”

River stood on the bed and grabbed her girlfriend’s hoof, trying to pull her down towards the bed. The magic didn’t budge and Spark’s stayed stubbornly suspended. River doubled down, throwing all of her earth pony and farmer strength against Sparks’ forelegs.

“OW OW OW!!! BABE!!!” Sparks howled as tears sprung to her eyes.

River let go and ran a hoof through her hair. “I…”

Her eyes darted to the side and she rushed to the window, flinging it open. She stuck her head out, looking desperately for the unicorn performing the spell. It was still the middle of the night, and there was no one around. Feeling her heart rate spike, she ducked back into the room, which was fully illuminated by the dawn-colored magic surrounding Sparks.

“I...I don’t know who’s doing it….” Her voice was quiet and trembling as she stared helplessly up at Sparks.

The pegasus took a breath and counted to ten. River had never been good under pressure. Taking charge and handling a crisis was always Sparks’ role. River took care of all the foal problems that required patience. River nervously ran her hooves through her mane as Sparks took deep breaths and centered herself.

“Okay babe. Take a breath okay? I’m perfectly fine. Just a little stuck. We just have to figure out where it’s coming from okay?” Sparks felt the shake in her voice too. No matter how confident you are, getting stuck in a mysterious magic spell will put you on edge, she mused to herself.

River nodded and trotted off to do a sweep of the house and make sure no one had broken in. Sparks closed her eyes and ran a worried hoof over her baby bump. With a start, she realized it felt...tingly. Sparks opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling, her heart racing once again. Holding her breath, she forced her eyes to slowly scan down her body to her belly.

Sure enough, a warm magic glow surrounded the baby bump, the same color as the magic currently holding her suspended in mid air. Sparks blinked, completely dumbfounded by the sight.

“RIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!” She heard her own voice cry out, but had no recollection of actually choosing to speak.

There was a resounding crash from below, then thundering hoof beats as the blue mare rushed up the stairs. She flung open the door, a wild and crazed look in her eyes.

“Are you okay?!?!?! What’s going on?!”

Sparks pointed shakily at her belly. “It’s the foal.”

There was a beat, then a thump as River collapsed to the floor.

Sparks slapped a hoof to her face and groaned. This was so not the time for River to be fainting. The pegasus stretched out her wings and watched as the magic expanded around her. Twilight hadn’t said anything about the baby expressing magical ability at 6 months. A decrease in morning sickness? That was mentioned. New cravings? Yep she had said that too. Higher sex drive? Oh yeah that was already true. But magic??? That had definitely not been on the list.

Sparks looked over at the blue mare who was still on the floor. She gritted her teeth, feeling her frustration growing. It was the middle of the night and she was stuck in her baby’s magic prison. She didn’t have much sympathy for River’s overreactions right now.

“Ow. ”River moaned from the floor as she raised her head and rubbed a bump under her mane.

“Bout fucking time.” Sparks grumbled.

River hung her head. “I’m sorry.”

“Just get me down.” There was more ice in her voice that she intended, and she immediately wished she could take it back.

River looked away and Sparks sighed. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude. I’m just...frustrated.”

The earth pony nodded but still refused to make eye contact. Grabbing some rope from under the bed, she climbed up and started tying a knot around Sparks’ foreleg.

“River...I’m so sorry. I shouldn't have snapped.” Sparks felt her eyes fill with tears, then felt River’s lips on her own.

Both mares melted into the soft kiss. When River pulled away, she was smiling. “It’s okay. I know you’re hot headed. I love you anyway.”

Sparks smiled and nuzzled her. “I love you too. Now what are you doing?”

River held up the free end of the rope. “Well if I can’t get you out of the magic, I’ll just have to take you AND the magic to Twilight.”

Sparks choked as her eyes bugged out of her head. “You’re going to pull me through town...to Twilight...like a weird parade balloon...with our SEX ROPE?????”

River glanced at the rope, then at the box from under the bed that she had taken it from. “Well it’s the only rope in the house. What else do you suggest?

Sparks flushed a deep crimson. “Oh sweet Celestia…” she murmured under breath. “At least you’re getting better in stressful situations.” She winked at River as the blue mare rolled her eyes and climbed down off the bed.

“I’m learning from the best.”

“You did still faint though.”

River scowled and picked up the rope in her teeth, pulling Sparks towards the door.

“Huh. It works.”

Sparks’ impressed amusement didn’t last long though as she promptly ran head first into the door frame.

“Ow.”

River grimaced as Sparks reached up the door and tried to maneuver herself from inside the magic. After a bit of struggling, she managed to curl her body under the frame and pull herself through. They made it down the stairs just fine before Sparks had to once again het herself through the door frame. Once outside though, the journey was much easier.

Sparks floated on her back, looking up at the stars through the orangy magic haze. River walked below her quietly. The night was pitch black, the whole sky sparkling with stars and a thin crescent moon. Sparks ran an absentminded hoof over her slightly distended belly as she traced the constellations with her eyes.

“Do you remember our first date?”

River chuckled and paused on the road, sitting herself down and looking up at the sky. She spoke as she tied the rope around her own foreleg.

“Yeah. We went stargazing on the dock. I was so nervous that I fell in the lake.”

“Only after I kissed you.”Sparks grinned. “I still can’t believe you had no idea I was flirting.”

River groaned and rolled her eyes. “Are you ever going to let that go? I told you, we had always been like that! Flirty and super close! I didn’t want to get my hopes up.”

“I told you you were the prettiest mare I had ever seen.” Sparks felt herself get tugged along, rougher than before. She grinned. “I told you that I was attracted to you.” The mischievous glint in her eyes sparked brighter. “I whispered in your ear because I knew it turned you on.”

Suddenly, Sparks felt a sharp pain in her head as she ran into something solid. She tilted her head back and saw the crystal castle looming above her.

“Ow.”

Whoops.” River smiled at her sweetly.

“Whoops my ass.” Sparks muttered, but she smiled nonetheless as River pounded on the door.

As expected, there was no response. River shrugged and continued to knock rhythmically on the door. Sparks drew a huge breath into her lungs and turned her muzzle towards the upper balcony.

“HEY SPIKE!!!!!”

Her voice echoed around the town as River winced and rubbed her ears. “Remind me why I love you?”

Sparks smirked. “Cause my tongue can make you scream just as loud.”

The blue mare flushed so red that her whole face looked purple. She was just about to retort back when Spike flung open the door. His eyes were bloodshot and he scowled at River.

“Do you know what time it is?!?! A baby dragon needs his rest!!”

River simply pointed silently up to Sparks, still floating in the air. Sparks tilted her head back and waved at the dragon. Spike’s jaw fell open.

“Oh sweet Celestia!!! What happened??”

“We don’t know. Can you wake up Twilight?” River walked through the door, pulling Sparks in behind her.

Spike stared for another moment until River waved her hoof in front of his face and he snapped to attention.

“Yes! Twilight. I’ll...I’ll go get her.”

He scampered off and returned moments later with two disgruntled and sleepy looking purple ponies.

“See? She’s floating.”

Twilight and Starlight both blinked in astonishment at the sight before them.

“Um. Hi. It’s the baby.” Sparks gestured to the smaller circle of magic around her belly.

“This is fascinating.” Twilight popped into the air next to her, flying around and studying her from every angle. “I mean I have read a lot about foal’s magic use as babies, but never anything about magic use while still in the womb! This is unprecedented!!”

She teleported herself back to the ground and galloped towards the library. “SPIKE!!!! FETCH MY QUILL AND INK!!!”

Starlight stepped forward and ignited her horn. “Let’s get you into the study Sparks and see if we can get you down.” She levitated the rope and pulled the floating pegasus down the hallway.

Twilight was already running around, pulling books off of shelves and setting out parchments on the tables. Starlight pulled Sparks over to one of the couches and tried to lower her onto it, but like before, the magic refused to lower her. Twilight immediately flew over and touched her horn to the magic aura.

"Fascinating…” She made a couple notes with her quill then rushed to a shelf and pulled out a torrent of books. She flew them by so quickly that Sparks couldn’t read the covers.

“None of my pregnancy or foaling or magic books has anything on fetal magic...This is an Equestrian first!”

“It’s also weird that the foal is a unicorn. Neither of us have unicorns anywhere in our families.” River piped up.

Starlight and Twilight looked at each other, grins spreading across their faces. “What if the magic from the spell actually infused into the embryo???” Starlight asked.

“Is that possible? It would explain the overactive magic….” Twilight tapped her hoof on her chin and pondered. “So the magic that we used to combine the hairs into reproductive cells actually got worked into the foal’s biology…”

Starlight glanced over at Sparks. “Making it a unicorn and giving it exceptional abilities.”

Twilight nodded and scribbled furiously on her scroll. “It probably doesn’t have any control over this magic though. These are just fluctuations and outbursts resulting from the overwhelming amount of magic that was used in the spell.”

Starlight nodded, still looking at Sparks. “How can we control it though?”

Twilight flew up and touched her horn to Sparks’ belly. Immediately, the golden aura faded and Sparks was picked up in Twilight’s magenta one. The princess lowered her friend carefully to the floor.

Sparks collapsed onto her haunches, running her hooves over the solid ground. “Oh thank Celestia that’s over.”

River let out a huge sigh and sank down next to her girlfriend. “Gosh I didn’t realize how nervous I was.”

The two mares nestled against one another, taking a moment to relax and decompress as Twilight and Starlight discussed possible control methods. Finally, the two mares walked over to them.

“We’re gonna try Fledgeling’s Forebarence. It’s the spell we used in the Crystal Empire to curb Flurry Heart’s magic.” Starlight explained.

“We hope it will stop the foal’s power fluctuations and help control the effects of the pregnancy spell.” Twilight helped Sparks to her feet and gave her a quick once over. “Although, we will now be doing magic checks at all our weekly appointments.”

Sparks nodded tiredly and brushed herself off. Twilight and Starlight ignited their horns and once again the pegasus was surrounded by swirling magenta and teal magic. This time though, there was no pain. Sparks just felt a settling over her belly as the light faded. As soon as the spell was cast, Twilight returned to rushing around the library, pulling out books and scrolls.

“Okay we have to run some magic detetance test and get readings on the power of the levitation spell and see if casting through the womb is having any effect on the qualities of the magic…”

River’s face went white and Sparks shouted over to the excited princess. “Actually Twilight, I think we’re just going to go home and sleep.” She could hear Starlight snickering as absolute dismay flashed across Twilight's face.

Before the alicorn could protest, Starlight nodded and guided the couple to the door. “I think that’s a good idea. Get some sleep-” She shot Twilight a sidelong glance, “And just come by sometime tomorrow so we can get a magic profile for the foal.”

Sparks nodded and followed River out of the castle. Her growing belly hung beneath her as they walked quietly back through town. Sparks reached back and nuzzled her stomach. Despite the chaos and the magic and the complications that were coming as the pregnancy progressed, it was so nice to finally see and feel the evidence of the foal growing inside her. She and River walked back home, ready for a well deserved rest.