The episodic adventures of Belle Star-

Ep: 10- An egg of a time

Belle Star rolled out of bed as the morning light peaked through the crack of the long black curtains. The solar ray reflected off of her one long red nail claw as it dragged across the ground. Her long white hair patted against her two hanging bat-like wings as silver chains jingled while she walked.

Making through her morning routine, Belle Star opened the door to the attached bathroom and stepped forward as her head bounced off the top of the door frame with a loud *thwack*.

"Ah, what the fuck?!" The digimon exclaimed as she went to hold her now bleeding nose with her left claw, only to hit her face with her elongated forearm. Her voice came out with a slight reverb as her set of two eyes glowed red.

"Wha… *yawn*, Is all the yelling about Belle?* Luna asked from their king size bed as she hugged a slightly large egg. Its once room temperature shell now as warm as a towel fresh out of the dryer.

"I'm not sure… Do I look different to you, Luna?" Belle asked as she turned to the nighttime alicorn as the mare craned her neck up just enough to get a better look at her. Her once flowing starry mane now a dark blue that laid flat.

Another yawn escaped the mare's muzzle as she spoke her reply. "Yeah… you're a bit taller and your mane is white." Luna stated without a hint of concern. "Also your clothes are different."

Ducking into the bathroom, Belle stared into the mirror as she took in her reflection. Where the once image of Bellestarmon was meant to be was instead replaced with the slightly taller form of one Lady Devimon. With a quick blink, Belle raised her right arm and the reflection did so in kind. After a few seconds waving to herself in the mirror, Lady Devimon exited the bathroom and returned to her bed.

"I can't believe it…" Belle said in shock.

"If we may ask, what exactly caused this change?" Luna asked, unaware of the changes to her mane.

"I de-digivoled. My body reverted to a weaker form." Belle said as she rubbed the blood from her nose. "I didn't even think I could, I mean when laying the digi-egg didn't to it…"

Belle's red eyes grew as she looked down at the digi-egg. The mental image of her ultrasound fresh in her mind. Reaching down with her large claw, a slight pull of energy flowed out from her claw and into the egg. Belle Star's body underwent another change as her body shrunk to that of a small toddler.

Her arms were both now the same length, however her long hair was gone. Instead of smooth pale or white skin, she was cover in black fur and sported a lengthy tail with some purple tuff at the end. Her human like ears were replaced with that of a cat and she wore two purple gloves on her now paws. A pair of yellow eyes peered over the edge of the bed as Luna let out an awe. Pulling her small paw away from her egg, Luna watched as the small cat turned back into the demonesk digimon.

"Luna, put the egg in the wheelchair, we're going to the doctor." Belle ordered flatly as her adorable form stomped towards the door.

~Ep:10~

Standing in the waiting room of the medical wing, Princess Luna and Belle Star waited with the digi-egg as several nurses eyed the now taller Belle Star. The brown and purple egg wrapped in a gold and silver blanket in the middle of the wheelchair.

After a few minutes of waiting, Doctor Blue Cross walked in with a tired look to his eyes, a white mug with his name written on it in his hands as he took a long sip before noticing the two princesses.

"Good morning Princess and… I don't believe we've met." Dr Cross greeted as he looked up to the tall woman.

"We have, I saw you two weeks ago when you told me I was pregnant with this." Belle corrected as she placed her large claw on the back of the wheelchair. "I need to know what's going on with it as well as why I've taken on this form. I already have a guess, but I want to hear an expert's opinion."

"Oh, Princess Star… I didn't realize it was you, yes why don't we head to one of the examination rooms and see what's happening. Shall we?" The doctor offered as he lead the two down the hall to the first available room.

Entering the room, Belle had to duck while Luna pushed the chair holding the egg inside. The three of them taking different seats as the doctor pulled out a clipboard and pen to take notes.

"Alright, first congrats on your egg. I've heard it wasn't the most pleasant experience, but at least you and your egg pulled through." The doctor said as he wheeled his stool over to Belle.

"Thanks, I had to resist the edge to murder the staff after I was done." Belle spoke with a hiss.

"Right… so let's start with the beginning shall we, when did you notice your form had changed? Is this your ultimate form or your ultra?" Dr. Cross asked, pointing at the digimon.

"Ultimate, at some point during the night, I de-digivoled into my ultimate state. As I currently stand, I'm what others of my kind would call Lady Devimon. Most of whom are a lot more nasty then me." Belle explained as she raised her left claw to make her point.

"I see and what normally causes one to 'de-digivoled' as you say?" The doctor asked with a raised brow.

"There are a few causes that are normal. Most of the time it's caused by injury, sometimes it can be from exhaustion. Even starvation can cause de-evolution. De-digivolution is a form of conserving energy when we're extremely low. As an excess amount of energy can cause a regular digivolution." Belle Star went on.

"Is that why you ate twice your bodyweight last night at the banquet?" Luna asked, jumping into the conversation. Only to be ignored by the digimon.

"Well, with the exhaustion of labor, plus the damage that could have been caused by passing an egg that size, I'm not surprised that de-evolution was a thing." The doctor said as he continued his notes.

"Normally I would agree, however." Belle placed her claw lightly onto the egg. The pull of her energy flowing out of her claw as her form shifted to the small black cat as she held her paw there. "This is what has me concerned. As far as I'm aware this isn't normal."

Removing her paw, the female digimon turned back into her ultimate form. The doctor dropped his clipboard at the sight.

"Interesting, may I?" He asked as Belle gave a nod.

Placing his hand on the digi-egg, the unicorn doctor felt a small wave of nausea as his magic started to be pulled into the brown egg. As the egg absorbed the equestrian magic, the doctor noticed the outer shell grow warm to the touch before finally pulling his hand back and taking a breath.

"Uff, well that is odd, interesting, but odd. I might have a theory as to what's going on, but let me ask. How long does it normally take for a digi-egg to hatch?" The doctor asked, gulping down the rest of his coffee.

Belle stared at the doctor for a long time before finally answering. "I… don't actually have an answer for that. The only times I've seen it happen, it was never made clear as to how long they were there." Belle said with a blink as Luna slowly turned to her.

"Okay, what was the longest amount of time you've seen one of those eggs before it hatched?" The doctor asked, rephrasing the question.

"Hmmm, three months I think, I've also seen one hatch in under an hour. However, that one was a bit special." Belle said as she looked up in thought as she played out the events of the first digimon movie in her mind.

"We would like to ask about the possibility of the egg having a time table of that of a pony, could that not be a possibility?" Luna asked, throwing the possibility out there.

"So we're looking at somewhere between three months to a year. With the father being a pony, it could be closer to the latter. If that's the cause. Then it's also possible that what's happening is an external variation of what happens during a regular pony pregnancy." Dr Cross theorized as he picked up his clipboard and made some notes.

"And you lost me." Belle said, looking at the stallion.

"Well, when a mare is pregnant their womb acts as an egg, like a water balloon for example. While the foal grows inside the womb it gets not only its nutrients, but also allows them to form into a pony completely inside their belly. While the foal grows in the mare they start to form their own magical signature. This is due to the foal naturally feeding on the mother's own magic until their own magic stabilizes when they're born." The doctor went on as he explained loosely on how pony reproduction is done. "It's possible that the same thing is happening here. Your egg is trying to absorb the necessary magic or energy needed to form and stabilize its own. Like a magical incubation period. When you or another pony touches its shell, it pulls in their magic in order to develop. That would explain why your body was forced to revert to this weaker form, because the egg took what was needed to incubate itself leaving a gap in your Mega form's energy supply. "

After finishing his explanation on what he theorized, Belle and Luna looked at each other before glancing at the egg.

"That could actually explain why our own magic was slightly drained as well." Luna said with a tilt of her head. "So Doctor Blue Cross, what would tho suggest we do than about the egg?"

"Well… if you as the mother are intending to provide the magic or energy needed to hatch your egg, I would suggest consuming more food than you normally would, in addition I would suggest finding someone whom you trust to take turns feeding your egg while you recharge." The doctor suggested as he placed his clipboard off to the side.

"So like a wet nurse?" Belle asked as she looked over to Luna.

"We mean, we are unopposed to the idea, however we aren't sure if we will be able to for a good portion of the time." Luna stated with some disappointment.

"Well, I'm sure you two will figure something out. Was there anything else you wanted my opinion on?" The stallion asked as he stood up.

The princesses merely shook their heads as they made their way to leave.

~Ep:10~

Twilight Sparkle and her friends sat at the long wooden dining table as the six of them and Spike joined the solar princess for lunch.

"So that's when this guy wearing a long blue cloak and wizard's hat showed up to help Twilight with the Ursa Minor. You should have seen them." Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she depicted the night they met the Wizard digimon from the forest. "They were awesome."

"I wasn't that impressive, besides Wizardmon did most of the work, I just rocked the poor guy to sleep." Twilight said as she took another bit of her sandwich.

"Well it sounds like you girls had an interesting time." Celestia commented as she went to take another drink of her tea only to stop and turn as the main doors to the dining hall opened up.

The group watched as Princess Luna and another taller woman wearing skin tight leather with long bat-like wings entered the room, the smaller of the two pushing a large brown egg which rested in the center of the chair.

"Good evening sister, who's your friend?" Celestia asked, looking up to the black and white digimon as they took their seats next to the solar alicorn.

"I don't want to talk about it." Belle said as she placed her large claw on the table. The confused and worried stares of the other seven were unnoticed as the digimon called over a waiter and placed an absurd order.

"Belle and I have had an interesting morning. Apparently her egg had absorbed quite a bit of power from the two of us, leaving poor Belle in her current state." Luna explained as grabbed an apple from the table to eat. "So now she needs to consume a decent amount of food to refill her supply. The doctor can explain more in his report."

"I'll have to give it a read." Celestia said as her meal arrived.

"So, what now her outside matches her inside?" Rainbow Dash commented as she eyed the digimon.

"Bite me sprinkles." Belle retorted, giving her the finger. "Even in this form, I'm still strong enough to leave you out cold."

"You want to go!" Rainbow Dash challenged as she smacked her palms on to the table. The digimon not even turning to face the blue pegasus as she tapped her claw against the wood.

"Easy Now Rainbow, we're all friends here." Applejack said as she placed her hand on the pegasus's shoulder to pull her back into her seat. "Well, mostly."

"You should listen to your friend, we don't want to break another bone now, do we?" Belle threatened as the waiters slowly started placing food in front of the digimon mother. "Besides, I can't afford to waste any energy on you."

Rainbow grinned her teeth as the dark clad woman started to devour the food placed in front of her.

"And why is that?" Twilight asked with a curious look.

"Because, in order to incubate my egg so it hatches, it needs to pull in a lot of power. Which in order for me to give requires me to be in my Mega form. For that to happen I need to eat. Think pregnancy but with me carrying the foal on the outside." Belle Star answered between bites. The whole spectacle impressing some, while disgusting others.

"My words, I think she could give even you a run for your money, Pinkie." Rarity said, covering her mouth.

After her fifteenth plate of food, Belle Star finally slowed down as she felt her energy supply top off, her body glowing as her figure shrunk a few inches and morphed. The group of six alongside Princess Celestia watched with interest as the scary looking woman transformed into a slightly more annoyed looking Bellestarmon.

"Ugh…" Bellestarmon groaned as she rubbed her belly. "You better be worth it kiddo." She said as she picked up her digi-egg and held it in her lap. The eggs shell glowing slightly for a moment before returning back to its normal shade of brown and purple, this time only pulling in a smaller portion of her power.

"I gotta hand it to Braburn, he definitely helped in creating such a hungry 'fresh'." Belle commented to herself as she rubbed the shell of the digi-egg.

Applejack’s ears perked up at the mention of her cousin. The talk with Granny Smith once again fresh in her mind.

"Speaking of Braeburn, how did that happen anyway?" The farm mare asked with a look of concern. The question gaining the digimon's attention.

"Oh I do hope it's a wonderful tale, please do tell us." Rarity spoke, her eyes glowing with excitement at the possible love story.

"Ummm… We met in town, he gave me an apple." Belle said as she looked between the two mares. "We had a few drinks and I asked if he wanted to have sex. That's about it."

"Oh…" Rarity let out with disappointment.

"What do you want from me, it was a one night thing. He was cute and I was horny it wasn't like we were looking to make anything official. It just happened." Belle said with a huff. "He was a nice guy, but it wasn't like either of us were looking for marriage."

"So what, that's it? Have his foal and then have nothing to do with him?" Applejack asked with a narrow brow.

"Or what, show up on his front door and drop my baby off at his feet?" Belle shot back. "Look cowgirl, life isn't that simple. People have lives. Think of it as you will but shit happens."

"Now ladies, while don't we settle down and-" Celestia was cut off as the digimon slammed her fist into the table breaking it.

"You don't get to talk, Celestia!" Belle shouted. "For two months you attempted to force me into your sister's roll without even listening to a single damn word I said."

Luna placed a hand on the enraged digimon as she put herself between them. "Belle Star that's enough…"

"No it isn't she never bothered to look, she never tried. The only time she felt like she might have been wrong was when I held you right in front of her. She never even attempted to apologize!" Bellestarmon's eyes started to glow red as the egg in her lap started to shake.

Luna placed the palms of her hands on the sides of the digimon's face as she forced her to meet her eyes.

"Bellestarmon… you need to calm down. Look at me, you are scaring your egg." Luna said in a soft yet sisterly tone. "Yes, Tia was in the wrong and yes things happen that we don't plan, but we have to carry on. Not just for ourselves but for the ones we care about. You're a mother now, you have an egg. Don't let what happened negatively impact their future. Be better."

Belle took a long breath as she tightened her hold on her egg. Her red eyes dimmed with a blink.

"You're right." Celestia's voice broke through from behind Luna as the group turned to look at her. "I never looked. It didn't even cross my mind because I saw a part of her in you. I wanted to believe that you were her so badly that I fooled myself and trusted you into a role that wasn't your own. Even worse, I tried to make others believe my misguided fantasies. Yes I owe you an apology."

Celestia stood up from her seat and walked to the other side of the digimon's seat. Kneeling down next to the digimon mother to make eye contact, she placed a hand on the digimon's knee. "Belle Star, I am sorry for what I've done to you. I wanted my sister to return and I tried to force it on you. For that I apologize, not only to you. But also to you Luna. If not for Belle bringing you back, I don't think I would have ever found you."

The room went silent as Belle just stared down at the egg in her lap. The poor digimon baby shaking through its shell.

With a deep breath the digimon looked over to the solar alicorn, her eyes laced with worry as she met the apologetic eyes of Celestia.

"Thank you. That's all I wanted to hear." Belle said as her eyes calmed with her emotions. "Would you… would you like to hold them?" She asked, offering the digi-egg.

"Only of that's what you want, Belle Star." Celestia replied as the digimon handed over her egg. The shaking of its shell stopped as it took in the warmth of Celestia's magic and body.

"I think you two could be good aunts for it." She said as she stifled a cry.

"Would you and Luna like you to go punish those guards from Appleloosa while I look after your egg?" Celestia asked in a tone that didn't match the words that left the solar sister's lips.

Belle only gave a nod as she wiped a tear from her eye.

"Alright, Capitan Armor is having them gather in the training room, just try to keep them alive." Celestia requested with a small smile as she allowed the two younger siblings leave the room.

When the doors to the dining room finally closed. The princess of the sun stood up and glanced at her student and her friends. The seven of them gawked at her in shock. "What? I'd rather keep her on our side. The girl hits hard."

~Ep:10~

Bellestarmon was a little happier when she saw the guards from the incident in Appleloosa covered in bandages and standing as a squad. Over thirty five soldiers were in front of a screaming Shining Armor as he went over the uncessassery long list of protocol violations that the squad had made while outside of the capital.

"What in Celestia's name were you thinking!" He yelled in his purple and gold uniform.

As Bellestarmon walked in with Luna, the two noticed a single pink alicorn wearing a rather normal looking gray skirt with a white button up long sleeve shirt. The pink mare getting up to greet them as the two caught her eye.

"Good afternoon Princess Luna, Princess Star." The shorter pink alicorn greeted as she met them halfway.

"Belle is just fine." The digimon said as she looked at the girl from top to bottom. "You were at the banquet."

"Yes I was, my name is Princess Mia Mora Cadenza, but most ponies just call me Cadance. I'm Princess Celestia's adoptive niece. " Cadance said, offering her hand for shake.

"Gotcha." Belle responded, taking the mare's hand in her claw and giving it a firm shake.

"So how is it going down there?" The digimon asked, looking down at the guards. Some of which looked as though they were gonna cry.

"Some of them are being dishonorably discharged, a few have been demoted and placed on probation. A few were new recruits and they'll be sent back for retraining." Cadance said with a huff.

"What about those two?" Luna asked pointing at two mares whom were glaring up at the three princesses.

"Those two were to be left to her." The pink alicorn pointed to Belle. "Apparently, both Shiny and Auntie Celestia thought that their fate should be left up to you."

"You don't say?" Bellestarmon grinned as she hopped over the railing to the training grounds.

Shining Armor turned as he heard a thud come from behind him. The captain of the royal guard gave a slight bow as the digimon approached.

"Lieutenant Weaver and Lieutenant Blade, approach, the rest of you get out of my sight. " Shining Armor ordered as the guards quickly left the training grounds, all except the two mare who were ordered to stay as their eyes never left the digimon.

"Lieutenants, Princess Belle Star has been given full permission from Princess Celestia herself to issue out your punishments in whichever way she deems fit up." Turning back to the digimon, Shining gave a nod as he stepped back towards the edge of the grounds.

"Oh, this should be good." The one known as Lieutenant Blade commented under her breath as the digimon stood in front of them.

The two female Lieutenants looked different outside of their standard issued armor. The one known as Weaves sported a long white and teal ponytailed mane, her eyes were gold and her fur was a shade of aquamarine. While the other had her mane cut in a short orange bob, with red eyes with fur a shade deeper yellow then Fluttershy. The two were dressed in dark brown leather armor, a set that looked like it was designed to go on under their golden plated mail.

"So what's it going to be, Prin-Cess." Lieutenant Weaver sassed as she looked at the taller woman. "You gonna send us back home without a job too?"

Belle smirked as a thought entered her head. "I think I have a better punishment for you two." Belle stated as she glanced over to Capitan Armor. "I want these two stripped of their ranks and sent back to basics for training. When they have completed their tasks there, we will meet back her for a two on one match, if they fail to beat me in combat, they will have to start their training over again." Belle slowly turned her head to face the mares. "We will repeat this until you two can best me as a group. If you quit it will be seen as abandonment of the royal army. Which will be sentenced as life without release. Do I make myself clear."

The two guards looked at each other for a moment before watching the digimon princess walk past Shining Armor.

"I'll see you two when you get back." Belle called out without turning around, as she did, she could hear the falling of two ponies as Shining Armor turned to follow.

'You got to raise a little hell.'

Author's Note

Next chapter will contain a little time skip.