I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

A few miles to the west off the Dragon Lands coast, sailing north out of the Neighdian Deep

The months pass with winter turning into spring as Jack and Celestia continue to sail the seas together while her abdomen gets bigger and bigger, eventually reaching the point where she is mostly stuck staying in bed as her robe doesn't completely close anymore. She begins to raise the sun and lower the moon still heavy with child, suffering from discomfort as she thinks, 'Oh I can't wait until this foal is born, then I will be free of these constant aches and pains, be able to actually close my robe, then walk about the ship. I'm so sick of being stuck in this cabin...I would cherish the opportunity to be able to stretch my wings and fly for a little while.'

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As if reading her mind, she finishes raising the sun while lowering the moon and turns around, heading back to the bed when something wet gushes out from between her legs and soaks her coat, then splatters all over the floor. Gasping at what she just felt, she looks down to see a puddle on the floor and then looks up at the door and shouts in her royal voice, "JACK! GET YOUR FLANK IN HERE NOW!!!"

Jack steadies himself as the ship rocks slightly from Celestia using the royal voice and lets go of the wheel, then races down the stairs, then turns and heads for his cabin. As he throws open the door and rushes inside, he looks at his love as she stands in a puddle of something saying with slight curiosity, "What's wrong darling, did you have an accident?"

She frowns at him and shouts in her normal voice, "NO I most certainly did NOT! If you don't realize what has just happened, let me tell you." Shifting to her royal voice to punish him for suggesting she peed herself and shouts, "THE FOAL IS COMING YOU, IDIOTIC PIRATE, NOW TAKE US TO WHERE THE SHIP WAS WHEN YOU ABDUCTED ME AT THE GALA SO THE DOCTOR CAN DELIVER IT OR THERE WILL BE TARTARUS TO PAY!"

His face pales as his ears ring, using his fingers to try to get rid of the ringing and quickly nods saying with wide eyes, "At once darling." then spins around quickly and runs out of the cabin, closing the door behind him and shouts, "ALL HANDS FULL SAIL, MAKE THE SAILS CATCH EVERY BIT OF WIND POSSIBLE! OUR LIVES DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY YOU MOVE SO SNAP TO AND SCURRY!"

Celestia hastily grabs parchment from the desk along with a quill and inkwell from a drawer with her magic, then hastily writes a letter to her assistant and sends it off to her in a flash of magic.

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In Canterlot's Throne room a moment later

Swift Quill is preparing to open day court and write down the ponies' petitions and send them to Princess Celestia later when a parchment appears in front of her face, taking her by surprise and making her yelp briefly before grabbing it and looking at it. As she notices the ink is still wet, she begins reading it, 'Swift Quill, my diligent assistant. My water has broken, so that means I need the doctor I visited in secret to come to the Black Pearl in a regular carriage instead of a royal one pulled by two pegasi royal guards NOT WEARING ANY of their armor that can be trusted with this secret. The ship will be near the coast, due east of Canterlot somewhere south of Manetown, and north of Fillycity. Have them wait if they arrive before us.' She looks up from the letter as her eyes sparkle with happiness as she then looks back to the letter, noticing a bit at the bottom she missed, 'P.S. BURN THIS LETTER AFTER READING, LEAVE NO EVIDENCE BEHIND THAT I AM GIVING BIRTH!' With a nod of her head, she memorizes the letter and then incinerates it with a spell while ensuring no scraps of paper are left behind and scatters it across the floor. She looks to the closed doors and calls out to the guards outside, "Bring Captain Smooth Flight to my quarters at once!" She then hears the two guards say, "Yes ma'am!" and take off down the hallway, then quickly makes her way towards the doors and opens one to see a guard walking past the doors and saying, "Guard, I want you to stand in front of these two doors and tell any who wish to enter that Daycourt will be delayed an hour due to a light layer of dust being on the floor. I will have some staff come clean it so Daycourt can resume."

Smooth Flight quickly follows the guards to the princess's assistant's room as her voice calls out, "It's about time you got here, come in and close the door!" She then opens the door and enters the room, closing it behind herself asking, "What has happened, is there word about Princess Celestia?"

She looks at the captain and uses a finger to urge the pony closer with a smile on her face saying softly, "There is indeed, come here so I can tell you."

The captain eagerly steps closer, curious as to what the news could be and stops in front of the assistant curiously asking softly, "Is this close enough?"

Swift Quill's eyes sparkle with glee as she gets close to the captain's ear whispering, "A special day has arrived. Get a royal guard that can be trusted to keep a secret, you two are to act like normal ponies and leave the castle without any of your royal guard gear, then locate Doc Hoofwood in the city. You are to then tell him to gather what he needs for a birthing and nothing else, secure his secrecy about this birthing by threatening to throw him into the deepest part of the Canterlot dungeon should he tell anypony. Once he has everything he requires, get a carriage that is not royally marked and depart with all haste due east of here along the coast between the cities Manetown and Fillycity. Travel back and forth along the coast if you do not see the Black Pearl, that just means that you arrived before them. Now get to your task and quickly find a trustworthy guard to take with you, time is precious and there will be Tartarus to pay if you are not there when the Black Pearl and Princess Celestia arrive."

Smooth Flight's eyes grow wide as she figures out what is happening and quickly nods her head, then rushes to the door, opens it hastily, and rushes down the halls to find the pegasi guard Sturdy Shield.

Sturdy Shield sits in the barracks polishing his helmet when he hears the door thrown open roughly, drawing his attention and notices the captain standing in the doorway breathing heavily. Snapping to attention and putting his helmet on his head saying, "Forgive me, Captain, I was polishing my helmet!"

She looks at the stallion and calms herself down, then enters the room and closes the door behind her saying, "At ease Sturdy Shield. Remove all your royal gear and come with me, we have been selected for a secret mission. I will fill you in on the details when we are alone, remember to act like a normal pony when we are out of our gear for the duration of this task."

They quickly get out of their gear and make their way out of the castle and into the city as the captain leads the way to the doctor's place of business as she pulls him into a side alley and quietly fills him in by whispering the details of their mission into his ear.

His jaw drops open as he is dumbstruck at what he just heard and whisper screams back, "Really! That was why he made such a scene of kidnapping the princess?! I had no idea that they were involved."

Smooth Flight clamps her left hand around his muzzle and glares at him saying barely loud enough for him to hear, "Keep your voice lower or other ponies will find out and Celestia will have both of our heads mounted on her wall! Neither did I at first until Celestia's assistant trapped me and swore me to secrecy, now don't you dare tell anypony about this or we are all dead."

Sturdy Shield quickly nods his head in agreement humming, "MM-HMM!"

She then lets go of his muzzle and leads him out of the alley saying, "Come on, let's get going."

Six hours later, several miles from the coast

Jack watches as the Black Pearl cuts through the water as every sail on the ship is at its fullest and angled to catch the most wind when he hears the lookout in the crow's nest finally call out, "LAND HO!" letting out a nervous sigh, hoping that they reach the coast sometime soon.

Smooth Flight and Sturdy Shield turn around and start flying south once again as the doctor calls out, "Are you sure the pony is on this coast, I don't see any pregnant mares down there along the shoreline?"

The two royal guards out of their armor under orders from Princess Celestia and her assistant breath heavily as they begin to tire from traveling up and down the coast between Manetown and Fillycity for the past four hours as Smooth Flight snaps back, "We were told to come to the coast and keep watch for a pregnant mare until she gets here, so shut up and keep searching!"

Sturdy Shield looks to his left at the water, panting from the prolonged flying while pulling a plain carriage beside his captain. Something on the ocean catches his eye and shifts his gaze over to where he thought it was and sighs saying, "Where is she for pony's sake, we have been up here so long that my eyes are starting to play tricks on me."

The captain chuckles and says, "That tends to happen when flying a dozen feet above the ground and look at the sea for too long, just wipe your arm against your eyes and give your head a shake to clear your vision. Then go back to check the sea if the mare is swimming in the water somewhere."

Doc Hoofwood pokes his head out and looks at the two pegasi in disbelief saying, "She shouldn't be out swimming at this stage in her pregnancy! What if she were to get a cramp and couldn't stay afloat, she and the foal would both be in great danger!"

As they fly further south, Sturdy Shield's eye catches a shifting speck on the sea. Wiping his eyes and then giving his head another shake, he looks again and focuses more on the speck.

Smooth Flight notices him looking at something intently and notices the speck herself, thinking that it is the ship they are looking for and asks, "Do you see something out there Sturdy?"

The stallion keeps staring at the speck as it becomes larger, turning his head to his captain saying, "I think I see something big out there, shall we go check it out?"

She looks out at the spot and looks at him nodding her head and saying, "Yes, I think that we should. If it isn't her we will return and continue searching the coast for her."

The two pegasi turn together and fly towards the distant object, flying a good six miles before Sturdy Shield focuses on the spot on the sea and smiles seeing black sails on a dark ship saying, "It's her! She's finally here, let's go!"

Smooth Flight smiles as she is relieved at the Black Pearl's arrival and puts her remaining strength into getting to the ship as quickly as she can saying, "Race you there, last one there is a rotten egg!" Seeing him look at her and grin as they both take off towards the ship.

The lookout on the Pearl's crow's nest sees something flying towards them and extends his spyglass to identify it, saying a few moments later, "Captain, there are two ponies pulling a carriage our way! What be our orders sir!"

Jack sighs in relief at their arrival and calls out, "Furl all sails, haul the lines and drop the anchor after that, then get the longboats into the water so the ponies pulling that carriage can unhook and get some rest."

As the two tired pegasi get closer to the ship, the crew scurries about the ship bringing in the sails and lines. Smooth Flight looks at what they are doing and says, "I suggest we circle the ship until they finish with what they are doing before trying to drop the doctor off, we don't want to catch a wing on one of their ropes and fall into the sea."

Sturdy Shield nods his head saying, "I agree with you on that, catching a wing on a rope hurts and really bends the hell out of your primary feathers."

The doctor pokes his head out the window and looks at the ship, seeing a large warship black as night with sails to match. As the carriage passes the back of the ship, he reads the gold lettering on the back of the ship reading Black Pearl and gulps saying, "The mare is on the Black Pearl?! This is the ship that handled the entire Griffon Armada on their own and her captain even got them to surrender!"

The two pegasi continue to circle the ship as the crew sets the longboats into the water when Smooth Flight smirks and calls back to the doctor saying, "Yep it is, get ready to meet him and the mare that is carrying his foal."

Gibbs and the crew finish tying ropes to the longboats as the crew clears a path for the pegasi to land the carriage and then makes his way to the helm saying, "Cap'n, everything is done. What should we do next?"

Jack looks at Gibbs and says, "Tell them they can land the carriage there where the longboats were, but don't let them block the stairs."

He then nods his head saying, "Aye Cap'n." then returns to the top deck, waving an arm to get the pegasi's attention. He stands near the side of the ship and brings both hands to his mouth and shouts, "Ahoy up there, ye can land the carriage where the longboats were at just behind the main mast."

They both nod their heads, acknowledging what he said, then circle around and approach the center from the port side. Having to rely on the crew to make sure that they get into the proper position before landing on the deck, finally able to rest for a while.

Gibbs heads over to them and starts to help them out of their harnesses and says, "There are hammocks below that ye both can rest on until the foal is born, so follow me."

Jack hurries down the steps towards the carriage as the doc exits the carriage saying, "You've finally arrived, get your things and come to my cabin at once before she screams again and destroys what hearing I have left."

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Doctor Hoofwood grabs his big bag of birthing equipment and follows the captain to his cabin as he opens the door for him, entering the cabin while looking to his right saying, "Hello miss, I am here to deliver your foal..." when he notices that it is Princess Celestia who is giving birth and yelps in surprise, "P-Princess Celestia! W-Why are you giving birth on a ship out here at sea instead of Canterlot, the citizens of Equestria would throw a celebration at such a joyous occasion!"

Celestia glares at the doctor and says, "Precisely, which is why I am doing it out here. So they don't know this foal is mine and spoil it by treating it like royalty, turning it into a high-minded, self-absorbed pompous, puffed-up noble and therefore ruining the possibility of the foal experiencing a normal life!" Her mane then starts to smoke as she narrows her eyes at him threateningly and saying, "Now you better take this secret to your grave without telling anyone including your family or you will suffer a punishment worse than Tartarus." switching to her royal voice to finish, shouting, "DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!"

The captain once again tries to get rid of the ringing in his ears saying, "And there goes the rest of my hearing..."

Hearing what her love said causes her to whip her head to him and narrow her eyes further asking, "Pardon me...but what did you say dear?" adding a little venom to her voice, daring him to repeat himself.

Jack smiles nervously and says, "I said, I am so eager for our foal to come into this world!" Trying to assuage her anger, he sidles up next to her and holds her left hand in both of his hands saying, "Oh darling, this is the happiest moment of my life. Would you do me the greatest honor in becoming mine in holy matrimony?"

The question causes both Celestia and the doctor to gaze at the Captain in utter shock and disbelief at what they both heard, their jaws hanging wide open and threatening to hit the floor.

Slowly, Celestia starts to recover from the mind-blowing question as her eyes grow wide and sparkle wildly while her jaw rises up and the corners of her mouth curl up into a big, ecstatic smile as she cheers up saying, "YES!" and yanks Jack towards her and gives him a big french kiss when another cramp hits her, making her clench her hand around his while hissing in pain.

Doc Hoofwood hears her hiss in pain, jumpstarting his brain into working properly again as he says, "Okay then, well congratulations and all but let's see how far along you are in labor. Please raise your legs up and spread them please so I can get a good look."

Jack pulls his left hand out of Celestia's grip and draws his pistol, cocking it in a single motion and aiming it at his head while giving the doctor a death glare saying, "I don't think that would be in your best interest, mate. It would not bode well for your health if you catch my meaning."

She sees the doctor staring down the barrel aimed between his eyes then looks over at Jack and smiles saying, "Calm down dear, it is normal for a doctor to need to check a mare down there. It is important for them to see because that is how they know when the mare can start pushing to deliver the foal. So please put your pistol away or this foal will not survive the birth."

He hesitantly nods his head and uncocks his pistol unhappily saying, "Very well darling, but if he gets any funny ideas I am going to hang his head from the bowsprit."

Celestia chuckles nervously at that and sighs saying, "Don't worry dear, this doctor is a professional. I promise you he won't get any weird ideas while helping me give birth to our foal, so do your best to not make the doctor too scared and just hold my hand, or watch our foal come into this world."

Jack then puts his pistol away and smiles at her saying, "After our child is born, when would you like our secret wedding my love?"

She then raises her knees and spreads her legs apart so he can examine her while looking at Jack with happiness in her eyes saying, "I would love to say the day after tomorrow, but we will be quite busy after our newborn foal is born so we will have to wait a year for the wedding. Who are you going to get to marry us, my love?"

He grins and then says, "I can't tell you that because it would ruin the surprise, love, invite whoever you wish to attend it once you decide on the day."

Doc Hoofwood makes his way to the end of the bed as she chooses to get married this day next year then lifts up her skirt to see how far she is dilated, taking a look while illuminating his horn saying, "Everything is going splendidly so far being your first foal, a few more hours and then you can start pushing. Would you like some opiates to help with the pain, Princess Celestia?"

Celestia shakes her head side to side saying, "Absolutely not, I do not want to be out of my mind on drugs when this foal is born. I want to be right here and feel every moment of it right to the very end."

Jack looks at the doctor incredulously and asks, "Oi, pardon me, but how long is this going to take exactly?"

The doctor looks at her and sighs, nodding his head saying, "Very well, Your Majesty. I must warn you that you will feel great pain as you push the foal out." he then shifts his gaze to the captain and says, "A mares first foal always takes the longest we have noticed, through observations of various births we have learned that the first foal could take as long as two days. Although there is no specific time a birth takes, as each mare is different."

She looks up and groans with irritation saying, "Are you telling me that I might be here for even longer?!"

Doctor Hoofwood gulps nervously and nods his head saying, "Our intimate knowledge of the birthing process is rather limited Your Highness, due to males being allowed to deliver the foal only ten years ago."

Celestia looks at him incredulously and asks, "If things are that bad, why do you never come to day court to request further studies on the birthing process in mares?!"

He sighs and hangs his head saying, "I try to attend day court when I have time, but whenever a noble sees me...they tie me up and dump me back into my clinic."

The princess growls under her breath as her mane smokes saying, "This is exactly why I despise those insufferable nobles, if I could do anything to deal with those nobles without ruining the image that the citizens of Equestria have of me." She then groans with sad frustration and looks at Jack asking, "Dear, do you have any suggestions that might be of help?"

He smiles and nods his head saying, "Aye love, I do have a couple, however I think that you would frown on said nobles losing their lives. There is a better one that is a bit...unprincess-like so I shall have to tell it to you when you are finished giving birth."

Celestia looks at her love and studies him curiously for any hint of what he might be thinking, sighing as she can't figure out what he is planning and says, "Oh alright love, I guess you leave me no choice with how unpredictable your actions are."

As they wait a few more hours for the moment to arrive, Doctor Hoofwood takes another look to see her progress using a silver scoop-shaped tool he dipped in alcohol and smiles saying, "Alright Princess, I checked your progress with these new forceps that I came up with and had a skilled toolsmith craft them for me. Though normally Undertakers use something similar to this in the embalming process, I saw their scoop-like shape and wondered if they would help me with my study of pregnancy. It turns out that the design did provide a better look at what goes on down there on a mare during pregnancy, but the design needed to be improved so it didn't damage the insides. So after a few attempts, this one works much better at not damaging the sensitive inner lining of the mare's genital region. Sorry for rambling Your Highness, but you aren't quite there yet. So while we keep waiting, let me get your hooves raised so you can have some extra stability so you can concentrate on pushing the foal out." He then looks around the room, then up at the ceiling and sees the beams saying, "There we go, that beam will work just fine to fasten the straps to."

Jack watches the doctor use his magic to fasten a couple of straps on the beam a little further apart than her legs, and then takes her hooves in his hands and fastens the padded straps around her legs just above her hooves saying, "Alright, now for the last couple of pieces." and pulls out a long rod with a couple of rings on each end of it and attaches it to the straps around each ankle, before finally grabbing a piece of leather and offers it to her saying, "This is for you to bite down on Princess when the pain starts."

A couple more hours pass when she feels him check her again and look up at her saying, "We are ready to begin, Your Highness." she nods and folds the strap a couple of times before placing it into her mouth when she hears him say, "Alright...now push Princess." then squeezes her abdominal muscles to begin her first push, biting down onto the leather hard as she screams around the leather. Feeling her vagina start to stretch wider through the push causes her to squint her eyes closed from the pain as the doctor says, "Okay Princess, relax and just breath for a moment."

The captain holds Celestia's hand as she grips it tightly saying, "Just breath steadily my love, our foal will be here before you know it."

Celestia breathes through her nose, listening to Jack asking her to remain calm when she hears the doctor say, "Okay, take a big breath and push again." then takes a breath, and starts to push.

Doctor Hoofwood watches the foal's head start to show and says, "I see the foal's head starting to come, which means that you need to stop pushing and relax. I have noticed that several mares which push at this point tear the skin between your vaginal entrance and rectal exit, so don't push at all and just wait until the foal's head comes out on its own."

She listens to the doctor and relaxes, breathing normally while sweat drips down her face while holding Jack's hand tightly from the pain that feels like her insides are being ripped open.

Curious at what he is missing, he leans just past her hips and uses his free hand to move the robe to either side. He looks down at where her lower lips are and sees something large slowly making its way out of her, slowly forcing the skin to stretch more. He sees the top part of a head having a black coat with a blonde mane saying, "So far, I see the top part of a black-coated head with a blood-soaked blonde mane."

Celestia fights her urge to push even harder just to see her foal faster as she hears Jack say, "I see a tiny horn on its head, though I will never forget how gruesome of a sight it is to see something so small stretch that much, it is amazing how a mare can even survive birth." and yanks him back to her, not wanting him to know more about the foal before her.

The doc watches as the head takes a while to come out, placing a sterilized hand underneath the foal's head to support it and looks up at the princess and sighs saying, "Okay, the head is out, you may resume pushing whenever the urge comes."

She waits a minute or two until the next urge comes, screaming around the leather between her teeth as she attempts to push the foal out as her coat is drenched in sweat from the effort it is taking her to push the foal out. The urge to push passes and then comes again a little later, making her scream again until the urge passes as the pain fades away. She then relaxes and takes a few breaths when she hears the neighing cry of a newborn foal as her eyes start to grow wide with anxious curiosity and asks, "Well doc, what is the foal?"

Doctor Hoofwood stares in disbelief at what he sees before his very own eyes, blinking a few times as he holds the little filly in his arms before shaking his head and looking back up to Princess Celestia with shock-filled eyes saying, "It's a beautiful little filly, Your Majesty."

Eager to see her filly, Celestia weakly attempts to sit up but fails and asks, "Well, is there anything wrong with her? I want to see and hold my little filly!"

He slowly starts to rise up and says with amazement and wonder all over his face and shock in his voice saying, "Well...umm...see this for yourself, Your Highness. It's unbelievable, impossible even."

She watches while holding her breath as he slowly rises from the floor when she sees a unicorn filly with a blonde mane and tail, a painted, two-tone coat with the more predominant color being snow white with black patches around her flank, running up her back to cover the base of her neck and most of her right shoulder, coming together in a strip going up her throat and completely covering her head minus her left ear and a stripe with a snip down her forehead and mouth. Her eyes nearly bug out of her head as she notices one other detail, stealing her volume away as her throat constricts causing her scream to sound like a gentle screech saying, "SHE'S...SHE'S A...AN...AN... IMPOSSIBLE! THERE'S NO WAY SHE CAN BE REAL!! TOUCH THEM TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT SEEING THINGS JACK!"

Jack walks up to his daughter with eyes wide with wonder as he carefully runs his hand along her back, feeling each wing before tugging very lightly on one and lets go of it quickly, then looks at Celestia with a nod saying, "It be true love...she's indeed an alicorn like you." then makes his way to her and helps her sit up against the headboard so she can hold their daughter.

Doctor Hoofwood makes his way around the bed, carefully making sure that the cord does not catch on anything until it stops pulsing, and starts to hold her out for the princess to hold, saying, "H-Here is your baby alicorn filly, Your Majesty. What shall you name her?"

Celestia tenderly takes her daughter from the doctor and cradles her in her arms, looking up at Jack with a shocked smile and asking, "Do you want to pick the first or second part of her name darling?"

He looks at Celestia as she cradles the foal and thinks for a moment saying, "I shall choose the second part of her name, what's the first part of her name going to be love?"

She looks at her foal affectionately as the shock starts to slowly wear off, then looks to Jack saying, "I think Summer fits her perfectly, what name will you choose to give her?" while silently hoping that he chooses a decent name for their filly.

Jack looks down at the filly with an affectionate grin as he looks up at Celestia and says, "The name I want her to have, is...Poppet, my love."

Celestia smiles at the adorable name and looks down at her filly cooing at her name saying, "What a beautiful name you have...Summer Poppet, your father has a talent for picking good names. We are going to have such wonderful times together as you grow up..."

The doctor recovers from the shock and asks, "Could I get her back so that I can sever the cord, clean her and wrap her in a blanket, Your Majesty?"

She then sighs and hands her little filly back to him saying, "Very well, but don't take too long."

Doctor Hoofwood takes the filly and lays her on the bed, bending down to grab some thick surgical thread from his bag and taking a short length from it before returning it to the bag. With the thread in his hand, he holds one end of it in his hand while the other is about halfway up the thread and lays it on top of the umbilical cord a few inches away from the filly's stomach and releases the hand holding the end of it and uses a small pair of surgical scissors to snip the thread in half. He then passes the thread underneath the cord, then back over the top, and fastens the ends together. Before tying the knot, he pulls on the thread to stop the circulation and loops it around one more time to be sure. Repeating the process again, he ties the last knot before moving a couple of inches down and uses the second half of the thread to tie the other end securely. With both ends tied off, he uses the scissors to snip the cord between the two ends and starts cleaning the filly up. He then pulls out a pink blanket and wraps the filly in it, then hands the filly to her mother saying, "Here you go, Your Highness."

Celestia takes her filly back eagerly, cradling her in the soft pink blanket as she sighs happily while nuzzling her daughter saying, "Our little girl is finally here. With Summer here, our family is complete...well almost with one member absent but will return one day. Sadly, due to how long your lifespan is as a human, I know you might not be around for when that day comes and will keep you in my heart."

A couple of hours pass as the doc looks at the princess saying, "Alright Your Highness, all that is left now is for the afterbirth to come out." then makes his way to the end of the bed to wait for the process to be complete.

Jack then looks at the doctor with mild curiosity, asking, "And when does this cord detach itself from the baby, er...foal?"

Celestia then chuckles and looks at Jack saying, "It will fall off on its own after a little while, so do not worry dear." feeling a slight bit of pressure in her lower abdomen and feels the urge to push.

The captain watches as she pushes for a few minutes before something sack-like flops onto the bed and asks, "What in the world is that?" pointing a finger at the sack still with some blood still in it.

Doctor Hoofwood looks at him and says, "This is the placenta where the filly just came out of, which can be discarded."

She looks at the doctor as he starts to put it into a bag and narrows her eyes saying, "What do you think you are doing with that? Set it beside me so I can dispose of it."

The doctor quickly does as he is told and sets it near her on the bed saying, "There you go, Your Majesty."

Celestia charges a spell and blasts it with a bright yellow beam, watching with a smile as it vanishes in a fraction of a second and says, "Now all that is left to deal with are the bedsheets, but it gets cold at night on the sea so we will have to wait to replace them."

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Jack looks outside and then turns to her asking, "Hey love...when is the sun supposed to set?"

She looks outside and sees it is day, then casts a spell to check the proper time and gasps saying, "Oh no, it was supposed to be down a half hour ago!" She then attempts to lower the sun, but can't find the strength to do move it past the horizon saying, "I...need...to get...the cycle...changed..." grunting with great effort to try to force it past the horizon, only to exhale roughly and try to catch her breath.

The captain looks at her and shrugs his shoulders saying, "Well love, you could always claim today as a new holiday and have the sun stay up longer today than the rest of the year."

Celestia smiles as she catches her breath, an idea forming in her head as she looks at Jack saying, "Yes, and it could be called the Summer Sun Celebration! Oh you are the greatest Jack, thank you for that idea." Remembering that someone else is in the room, she turns to the doctor and narrows her eyes threateningly at him saying, "Oh, one more thing Doctor Hoofwood before you take your leave..." Letting her words hang in the air for a moment as the doctor looks up at her curiously and continues quietly, "If you give anypony so much as a hint about anything you learned or seen here today on this ship, I promise you and them a fate far worse than Tartarus..."

For a split second, Doctor Hoofwood swears he saw a fire burn deep within her eyes and gulps nervously, then quickly nods his head up and down rapidly, saying, "Y-Y-Y-Yes Y-Y-Your H-H-Highness, I will take this information to my grave!"

She then calms down and yawns saying, "That is very nice to hear, thank you for your assistance today. You are free to leave whenever the guards are rested up." then looks to Jack and frowns saying, "Jack, my love, could you wake me up in an hour so I can finish lowering the sun and raising the moon?"

Jack nods his head and smiles as the doctor gathers his things together including the straps and rod holding the princess's legs in the air saying, "Of course I will my love, is there anything else that I can do for you?"

Celestia thinks for a moment and says, "Yes, could you bring up the bassinet that you traded some of your goods to make?"

He hears the cabin door open and close, then nods and starts heading towards the door himself, saying, "I will have Gibbs assist me, that way it is much less likely of being damaged."

She glares at his back and says, "If that bassinet is damaged by either of you, I will send you to Tartarus to play with Cerberus for a week."