Glimmer's Diary

5/19/13

"Pregnant!?" Glimmer repeated the word, her whole body feeling like a glass window somepony through a giant rock through.

She was standing next to Cadance in the throne room, playing the part of her handmaiden as the Wizard who Cadance tasked with translating the spell book reported his work.

"Ugh, well, yes" The wizard confirmed what Glimmer heard him say, oblivious to how he shattered her world. He was a nice stallion but where he excelled in bookmarks he lacked in personal skills. The fact that he just devastated the mare standing next to Cadance flew right over his head.

The wizard in question was an orange-coated unicorn with cream-colored hands and legs, and a short beard that was as well kept as his frazzled mane and tail. A reflection of his lifestyle and how he focused more on his work than his basic hygiene. He had a large pair of glasses that sat at the bridge of his muzzle slipping down every third or fourth word. He wore an aqua marine-colored cloak that had star designs all over it. Honestly, though, at the moment, Cadance and Glimmer could care less if he was dressed like a wannabe wizard or a circus clown.

"Are you sure?" Cadance's tone is firm but not aggressive as she dresses the messy wizard. "Maybe you misinterpreted something."

"I triple-checked and cross-referenced the book with several others before and after that time period, which is what took me so long. I can assure you that my translation is 100% accurate. If you want to double-check, I translated the whole book while I was at it. I hope you don't mind if I made myself a duplicate copy, for research and reference purposes of course."

"Of course, but can we please get back to the take at hand?" Cadance was glad the wizard was so into his work that he didn't pay any attention to Glimmer practically falling apart at her side.

"Oh! Right!" the wizard then levitated the book up to himself and began reading it out loud. "It said here that although a mare changed into a stallion could not impregnate another mare, the creators of the spell found out that a stallion made into a mare could indeed get pregnant by a naturally born stallion. If a stallion turned into a mare happens to successfully get impregnated, the magically changed mare will be unable to change back until she gives birth."

"I'm very pro-life, but, for argument's sake, let's say the mare doesn't want to, ugh, be a mare anymore or wait until she gives birth, can she-" Cadance started to trail off. She felt strongly about her political position on her pro-life stance, but this situation was... Complicated.

"The book gives a warning about that" The wizard continued reading from the book, almost forgetting that this was all for a 'friend' of Cadance's. "It says that if a turned mare either loses the foal or is unable to give birth, she will permanently be stuck as a mare. That the only way they can ever turn back into a stallion is to successfully give birth. Even if the changed mare loses the foal and gets pregnant once again, they will forever remain as a mare. It also goes on to say that if certain ponies want to just fool around, to make sure to use protection or deal with the consequences like everypony else."

"I see..." was all Cadance could muster, trying to steady her shaky voice. She put her hand casually on Glimmer's, who looked like she was about to pass out and was hanging onto her thrown for dear life. Cadence mustard the strength to clear her throat and dismiss the wizard. "That will be all. Thank you for your help."

"My pleasure! And if you have any other books you need translating, please let me-" The wizard wasn't paying attention to the fact that Cadance had levitated him off his hooves and floated him out of the throne room.

"Pregnant!? I'm PREGNANT!?" Glimmer started panting heavily, tears already running down her cheeks.

"It's ok, we'll get through this" Cadance put a hand on her shoulders, to steady her husband, er, wife?

"I'm going to be a mare for a year! A YEAR CADANCE!" Glimmer wailed, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Luckily Cadance had the better knowledge to cast the silancing and privacy charms on the thrown room before having the wizard summoned to them.

"Actually, it's only 11 months" Cadance tried to rreassureGlimmer who had sunken to the ground now, knees to her chest, head down, sobbing.

Glimmer's head shot up, anger splattered across her muzzle as she spat out "Oh!? Is that all!? 11 months as a mare! As a hoofmaiden! Lying to my parents! To Twily! If we hadn't bucked around with that stupid spell! None of this-"

Glimmer's enraged rant was silenced by the feeling of teardrops on her shoulder. Looking up, Glimmer's anger melted away at the sight of Cadance's crying. Pure pain was painted across Cadance's face and dripped down her cheeks. "This is all my fault... If I wasn't such a freak... Such a pervert...You'd still be... I'm...It's my fault..."

With her anger subsided Glimmer got to her hooves and wrapped her arms around her wife, who continued to cry into her chest.

"It's not all your fault..." Glimmer tried to reassure her. "I agreed to this... We'll get through this... Somehow..."

After several long moments of comforting one another, Glimmer and Cadance did their best to clean themselves up and make themselves presentable. Cadence had a meeting with a Yakyakastanian ambassador and needed to look like a proper princess.

"We'll talk about all of this after the meeting," Cadance told Glimmer after a few more of her signature breathing exercises.

"We'll get through this" Glimmer flashed her wife a smile, putting on a strong face to treasure her wife.

"We will" Cadance returned the confident expression even better than Glimmer had.

As the two of them walked out of the throne room and began down the hall for the meeting room, they crossed the paths of several maids cleaning up for the arrival of the ambassador. Glimmer was shocked to spot a certain pink-haired mare with sapphire eyes. When their eyes met again, the timid mare winked at Glimmer, a small smile on her face as she did.

"You know her?" Cadance asked when the both of them arrived at the meeting room. They were the first and only ones in the room. "That pink a haired maid?"

"She goes to the gym" Glimmer stiffened, hoping her wife couldn't see into her mind and know that Glimmer saw her naked in the shower rather than on a treadmill or pumping iron.

To Glimmer's surprise, Cadance flashed her a smile. "I'm glad you're making friends, at least. That might make this whole thing easier."

They dropped the subject when the ambassador from Yakyakastand walked in with his two traveling companions.