Author's Note

Took me a bit to solve a little mystery, it's a plot idea I had for this chapter that I plan on having a bit of fun with. I put Time and Kid(s) in the title of this chapter for a reason ^_^

Part 14: Time and Kid(s)

Princess Wild Rose felt her magic swirling around her as a single word was spoken from her lips. “Skyvaria.” Her body swirled in a lavender aura from head to tail her body lifted off the floor. Purple smoke covered her body, a bright light erupted from the smoke as it shifted into her dragon form again. In this form she was nearly as tall as Rogus, her fur was a light pink like her alicorn form. She had her same dark green eyes, yet now they look even more intense.

Discord recalled all the forms he’d taken over the years, yet he’d never been a dragon before. “Simply amazing.”

“Now if we found our kids both as dragons, I wonder what they would say and how they would react to see you like this?” Rogus asked seeing Princess Wild Rose in her dragon form for the second time. He remembered Wild Fire showing up after she’d first transformed. Would it happen again? “Discord, let us get out of here and get to the cave.”

“Worried about Wild Fire bursting in?” Discord asked while he held up his eagle claw and snapped it. The trio disappeared just as Spike and the two Rarity came out of the closed room, they were in. Spike’s Rarity had the scroll floating beside her with her unicorn magic.

“Oh my, I believe we’re missing a few of our friends.” Rarity said as she kept the scroll levitated.

Princess Twilight Sparkle noticed the scroll. “You got another scroll again?”

“Well yes…” Rarity couldn’t help grinning, the words on the scroll echoed in her mind.

“I remember the last one, it revealed that you were expecting, and looks like your unborn…um…” Princess Twilight Sparkle paused and thought about what Princess Wild Rose had called her and Rogus kids. “Ah yes…dracony has given you Spike’s ability to receive scrolls.”

“Knowing when it’ll happen makes it…well…tricky…” Rarity cleared her throat and unrolled the scroll.

Sunset Shimmer lifted an eyebrow at what Rarity had said. She noticed there weren’t any scorch marks on Spike. What were you two doing with Spike that you had to go behind closed doors?

“I’m not the only one who’s expecting.”

***

The trio appeared outside a large opening in a mountain that lead deep into darkness unless you had dragon eyes or unicorn magic.

“That’s odd…” Discord rubbed the long tuff of fur under his chin and he used his connection to his chaos magic to scope out the area. “There’s something strange about this cave…” I wonder if other magical creatures know about this cave?

“What do you mean?” Princess Wild Rose asked when she heard what Discord had said and the fact that he was deep in thought.

“I can tell this cave will have surprises besides finding your kids inside.”

“Huh?” Rogus asked trying to make sense of Discord’s cryptic words.

“I’m not sure myself, so I’m just as confused as you.” Discord said to Rogus and turned to Princess Wild Rose. “Once inside I think you should change back to your other form. And don’t worry your father won’t know where you are, this I promise.”

The three of them walked into the cave, once inside Princess Wild Rose transformed back into her alicorn form. Then summoning her alicorn magic illuminating her horn and the area around them.

Rogus had been looking around using his dragon ability to see in the dark. “I can already say in this area we’re alone. Guess we venture deeper inside the cave to find our kids.” He turned to Discord. “What is so special about this cave?”
“All I’ve know is that it feels different. Once we leave things outside will be different.”

Rogus didn’t even bother to try and figure out what Discord was saying, he was now determined to find his son and daughter somewhere in this cave. He noticed some strange glowing crystals on the walls that had started once they’d entered the cave. Were they glowing when we first walked into the cave or did us being here made them start to glow?

Could this be what Discord was talking about?

Discord closed his eyes and focused his chaos magic and reached out to watch the group back at the Ponyville Day Spa.
The images of his friends looked like they are moving faster than normal, going in slow motion, and stopping altogether all at once. This is even weird for my chaos magic control. The thought of how his chaos magic was so unpredictable to him made this make sense. Anything is possible in Equestria when magic is involved.

Discord…

Discord heard his name spoken by Fluttershy; his eyes widened when he heard the distress in her voice. His jaw dropped open he felt himself vanish from the cave and not by his own doing. He appeared not in Ponyville Day Spa but at Fluttershy’s cottage.

Fluttershy was laying on her side on the floor, her head lifted her head and letting out a sigh when she spotted Discord. “Good…you’re…hear-” She gritted her teeth when a pulse of pain shot through her lower area.

How was I summoned…. The thought stopped the second he saw the pain in Fluttershy’s face. But…I was only gone a few minutes… He knelt beside her. “Dear Fluttershy…are…you…”

***

Back at Carousell Boutique Rarity was having her issues while expecting the birth of her and Spike’s first child. She was surprised that today of all days was the actual day. She and Fluttershy had both kept an eye on one another after the unexpected long disappearance of Discord. Spike had been the go-between for them. It had been Rarity’s request. She’d discovered that finding the exact cave with thousands of caves in the mountains around Equestria would take a lifetime.

Spike came in through the window and nearly crashed into the wall. He had exciting news. He’d been standing watch just outside of Fluttershy’s cottage keeping a visual. A flash of light had come from inside the cottage. Spike knew without a doubt that it was Discord returning. Taking off he managed to get back to Rarity within a few minutes.

“Spike, whatever has you flying so fast?” Rarity asked as she felt another contraction ease down. Spike had gone to Zecora to hut in the Everfree Forest for a tonic that would make the pain more bearable. He did this for Rarity and Fluttershy.

“Discord just showed up at Fluttershy’s cottage,” Spike said, he’d used his back legs to kick off the walls and land beside Rarity who was laying on the floor. She wasn’t about to get her favorite red couch dirty, though it would have been more comfortable. “How are you doing?”

“The tonic is working…wonders…” Another shot of pain made her whence while she replied to Spike, the pain was still present just not as bad as it had started. Her eyes widened when she felt a new sensation overtake her body. “Um…Spikey…”

***

Discord’s jaw was still on the floor, he’d watched a miracle happen right before him. It was an event he’d never seen first claw.

Cradled [EB1] in Fluttershy’s hooves was a smaller version that looked like Fluttershy, yet the child had characteristics of Discord as well, his horns, wings, plus the child had the back legs like discord. A tail swayed with flowing pink hair along the top and bottom, with a tuff of pink hair atop its head with a unicorn horn jutting out between the tuffs of hair.

“My darling little Shyla.” Fluttershy said with a warm smile, as she ran her muzzle along their daughter's cheek.”

“Shyla?” Discord tilted his head.

“Well, why not? She looks like me in a way, you know I was shy when we first met, plus it’s in my name.” She smiled at Discord.

Discord smiled back, that look was his Achilles heel. “She could share my openness and she’ll most likely have my chaos magic; I think it was her that pulled from the cave so I could be here.”
“Where’d you go Discord? You were gone for months…”

“Months? For me, it was but a few minutes.” He ran his eagle claw over his chin. This answers my question about the cave and its strange effect on time… A strange tingling sensation creeps up his spine. “Oh…well, we have another creature now born.”

“You’re referring to Rarity and Spike?”

***

Princess Wild Rose and Rogus had been searching around the cave and its pathways and they’d both started hearing noises that were coming from them.

“Okay you two can come out,” Rogus said, his words were followed by a set of giggles.

Wild Blaze dove and tackled his father while Wild Bloom pounced on her mother from behind.

"Kids." Princess Wild Rose said as she used her hoof to move Wild Bloom off of her, she then summoned her alicorn magic to pick up Wild Blaze.

"Hi, mom...huh?" Both of their kids started to say at the same time when they got a good look at their mother with her alicorn magic illuminating her body.

Princess Wild Rose got back to her hooves and opened up her wings. "Yes. I am still, your mother. Just...a little well different now." She said folding her wings back to her sides.

Wild Blaze walked around his mother the spikes along his back were yellow like his father's, along with the same green scaly skink. His hair was red like his mother's. Between his two horns protruded a pink unicorn horn. His eyes were blue with a hint of green in them. "Guess now Wild Blaze is the only one who can't fly."

Wild Bloom let out a huff at her brother's comment. "I have my own way to fly, thank you." Her pink coat was identical to her mother's, yet her underside had green scales like her father's, plus her back and tail had green spikes. Her eyes were the same blue color as her father's. "You look amazing mom. How'd this happen?" She couldn't help her curiosity.

***

A loud sound could be heard outside of Carousell Boutique. Spike had tears in his eyes as he held a small unicorn that from all outside appearance was what she was. He knew better, she had the same green color in her mane and tale as he had in his spikes. The unicorn’s coat was pure white. The unicorn blinked her eyes as she opened them for the first time taking in the light that streamed in through the window.

“She’s beautiful darling.” Rarity said still laying on the floor. Spike had been ever so kind to clean up Rarity and the floor. He’d handed their child over to her.

“The name Rika keeps coming to mind it’s a combination of our names and I know how you like sapphires…so let’s call her Rika Sapphire. it just fits. Don’t you agree my darling Spikey Wikey?”

“I couldn’t agree more Rarity,” Spike said, the name sounded as beautiful as Rarity was. He couldn’t help but smile at the sight of Rarity and now their daughter Rika laying in her arms. Reaching out he ran the tip of his claw along her little nose and fletched when she took in a quick breath, then another.

“What…” Rarity got out as Rika let out a quick short sneeze, yet wasn’t a normal sneeze, a small burst of green fire shot out of her small mouth. Rarity’s eyes widened at the sight, coughing she cleared her throat. “Well…she is your daughter.”

Spike couldn’t help but laugh a little at the look of utter shock in Rarity’s eyes. “Guess she’ll be a fun one to nurse, dust might be good for her to avoid…”

“And my fabrics of course.” Rarity said trying not to picture a single one of her fabrics going up in a green fireball. I’m sure she’ll learn how to control her abilities.