January 16, 1112 C.E.

The village of Ponyville, a humble village that around hundreds of ponies like to call, their home. The village where most of now Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends used to reside in for a while. The time was about 8:30 in the evening. Deep in a house located on the southeastern side of the village, an aquamarine coated mare could be spotted in her living room, in her home reading a novel. About what? The world may never know. The mare, however is pregnant and is nearly close to be in labor for her second time. Her daughter was upstairs in her room playing with her dolls that resemble the Mane 6. As the mother was reading, she could hear loud trotting coming from upstairs.

"Mommy, mom," yelled out a grey filly as she trotted down the stairs in the home finding her mother as she was in the living room.

"Yes sweetie," she looked up at the stairs watching her daughter run down the stairs, holding her book. "What can I do for you, my little angel?"

As the filly went down stairs, she went and sat down in front of her mother looking at her seeming both excited and nervous to ask her. The mother could see her frustrated at what emotion she should be expressing through those beautiful, gray eyes.

"Mom, do you think the baby will be a girl?," she looked at her mother with gloomy eyes. "I-I want to have her around so me and her can play hide and seek, have little playdates with Princess Twilight and her friends. Do you think that'll ever happen." As her mother giggled, she smiled back at her and put the book down on the armrest that was in the rocking chair she was sitting at. She petted her adorable daughter, Ariel, in the head.

"Aww, Ariel, that's so sweet of you my love," she rubbed her head, playing with the little pony's head. "But do keep in mind that only the universe can decide if you'll have a sister, or a brother. Though I'm sure you'd be ok with whatever the baby comes out as, right, my love?"

"I hope so. I just don't know what I can do with my brother if it comes out as a boy." The little girl looked down and thought about what would happen if the baby is a male. What could they do together? Would her brother love his little sister? These are all thoughts that were clustering her mind.

"Sweetie," the mother grabbed Ariel's cheeks and raised her head. "You are stressing yourself out. I'm sure you'll find plenty of things to do with your brother if that's the case. But don't think about it too hard. I'll make sure I'll tell you when me and your father find out the foal's gender. But you need to go to bed sweetie, you have to go to the schoolhouse tomorrow." She kissed the girl in her head. "Goodnight, my Ariel."

"Goodnight, mom." She looked worried about the gender of the baby hat she was overthinking. The little filly went back upstairs and went to her room. She closed the door and laid in bed. As she looked out in the window, she stared at the night sky, the full moon gave the spectacle a bit of lighting. As she calmed down, she turned off her lamp next to her bed. Deep down, she really wants to give her sibling the best memories she can give them. Though unfortunately, she only knows how to have fun with the fillies as she only hangs out with them. As she wraps herself up in a blanket, she just tries to put herself to sleep for the night. She was just overthinking, but she now has confidence that she will be loved by her sibling.

As time flew by, the mare was waiting for her husband to return from work as she seemed to be getting rather sleepy. While she was drinking a glass of milk before she goes to lay in bed, at around 10 in the night, her husband finally showed up, and at the right time at that. He started to take off his boots, and his hat, and took off his uniform.

"Hey my love, doing alright?," the dark stallion asked to his wife.

"I am doing alright hun," she gave her husband a quick kiss on the mouth.

"That makes me happy, Mabel," he began to look at her belly as he is aware he will very soon become a father of two. He starred at it for a while, showing signs of nervousness. "How is the baby?"

"I'm sure the baby is doing just fine Rafael," she tried to comfort her husband. "You seem to worry too much, just like our little Ariel. She is worried about the gender of our foal. Probably because she tends to hang out with the girls more."

"I understand," Rafael wants to open up to his wife about his emotions as well. "I am just worried that the foal may be born sooner than we anticipated. The belly wasn't this big when Ariel was inside at around this time."

"Please don't think too hard about it my love," she began to lay down as the stallion was carefully moving her over to the side of the mattress so he can lay down with her. "The zebras are not quite far away from us should we ever require their assistance if our foal is ready to be born sooner than expected." She began to rub her hooves on her stressed out husband. "Please Rafael, get some sleep. I hate seeing you like this. I will be fine, no matter what happens." She kissed Rafael before she closed her eyes. "Goodnight my love." As Rafael gave a small huff, he calmed down for a bit.

"Night Mabel, I love you," said the dark stallion. Mabel was already vast asleep. Rafael had envisioned his life if he we're to have a colt of his own, what color would he be, and would his son kick some pony ass in case he needed to defend himself from troublemakers. Just like his daughter, his mind was clouded with ideas about the future addition to the family. Soon enough, the father closed his eyes, and passed out.

January 17 1112 C.E.

"Ariel, wake up mi cabezona(my bighead). It's time to get ready," As the grey filly was enjoying her dream, her father tried to wake her up. He was lightly tapping her shoulder. tickling her ear. Soon enough, she woke up. "I see you enjoyed your little dream you were having."

"I-I sure did dad," Ariel, then proceeded with a big yawn. Her mane was very tangly, meaning her dad was most certainly correct. "Did you sleep well?"

"I think I slept quite well mi hija(my daughter)," Rafael gave his beautiful daughter a big smile. "But let's get up. You do not want to go to school with a bad mane, don't you?" The filly then decided to get up, and go to the washroom to get dressed. She went to go ask mom, who was in the kitchen making fresh coffee, if she could help her brush her mane.

"Mom, may you brush my mane for me?," she asked her mother.

"I am a bit busy at the moment," she looked back at Ariel, "Why don't you go ask your father to help you?" As she began to brew the coffee beans, she then looked away from Ariel to begin focusing on the brewing. "Rafael, honey!"

"What is it mi amor (my love)," he started to descend downstairs while he was fixing Ariel's bed. Mabel, then asked him to fix the little pony's mane. "Ok, Ariel, come with me." He escorted his daughter to the washroom to get the filly ready for school. He got the brush, and then started to comb her mane. As he was combing, the little one began to look straight into her father's eyes.

"Dad, do you think I will have a little sister," as Ariel asked her that, her father gave out a big sigh.

"Listen, my beloved Ariel," as Rafael said those words, he put the comb down on the sink, and put his hoof on her chin, "I know you want to be the best sister you could be, and I'm so glad you have so much things planned if you have a little hermanita (little sister), but if you have a brother instead, I know you can do just as much things as you would your sister. May I ask you, why do you want a sister so bad?" The grey filly nodded while looking at her father.

"I just worry so much if my brother won't find much joy being around me. I want a brother just as much a sister, but I know I can do countless things with my sister." Rafael smiled, and gave her a kiss on her head.

"You know, you have a heart of gold, I know you do," he tried to give her encouragement. "You want the best for your siblings, and that makes me so happy. But you need to understand that this is a silly reason to be overthinking things." He then started to laugh a little. "I can reassure you if you have a brother, he will love you, no matter what. And even if you two may not do much together, like you said, it wouldn't matter much. Your brother would soon understand that. As long as you are yourself and you are kind and caring, like the Ariel I know, rest assured he will adore you, and he will grow trust in you. Never forget that." He grabbed the comb and started brushing her mane again. As she calmed down, she now feels confident that her sibling will love her, no matter what the outcome is.

Some time has passed, and Ariel is all ready to give it her all at the schoolhouse. Rafael gave her a kiss on her cheek, and sent her off to walk with her friend, Cookie Cream, another grey filly with a white coated belly, except she is a pegasus. This particular pony has a black mane with a rainbow colored stripe to add color. Her cutie mark is just three glowing smiley faces. As Cookie waved at Ariel, Rafael's daughter ran up to her friend, and gave her a tiny hug. They started to walk to school.

"Hey Ariel, ready to go?," her rather cheerful friend was quite excited to walk to school after the weather isn't that bad.

"Hey Cookie, I sure am," Ariel, however, remembered about her other friend. "Wait.. what about Cotton Swirl? Where is she?"

"She actually is pretty sick unfortunately," replied Cookie, "But I think she can come tomorrow. She just has a big headache. Not really a big deal, but, it is what it is. Typical Cotton Swirl for you, am I right?" the pegasus giggled as she likes to poke fun at her pink unicorn friend.

"Yeah, maybe tomorrow she won't be in such a terrible mood? Who knows, really"

It took them about a few minutes to get to the bus stop. As the two finally arrived at school, they played on the playground for a while with the other school ponies until it was time for them all to go to class and learn new things.

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As Ariel was walking back home with her friend, Cookie Cream, they both had an interesting conversation.

"Hey Ariel, you think your mother would allow you to come at my house for a sleepover?," asked Cookie.

"Aww sorry Cookie," replied the gray filly, "I have to stay home until my newborn sibling is born."

"Oh, I nearly forgot about that," Cookie Swirl opened her eyes a little wider. "I do hope your sibling is a girl, we could do all sorts of fun things with her, like host tea parties, play dress up. we would have such a great time with her."

"I hope so too," even though Ariel had her doubts, "What if it's a boy?"

"Good question," Cookie was thinking hard. "Mmm.. I don't know.... we could.... umm...best we could do is watch movies?," Cookie seems to have no clue in regards to that question. "I mean, that like all I do with MY brother.. other than play tag, even though it's just the two of us, sadly."

"Thanks Cookie," Ariel was expressing her gratitude, "Oh, looks like that's my house. better get going so I can eat some dinner with mom. Bye girls. see you tomorrow."

"See you Ariel, until next time," Cookie gave her a wave.

"Bye Ari," Cookie smiled and then continued to walk all the way to her home.

As the little filly opened her door, she went to the living room and took a little look at the newspaper her mother left near the table. She could hear her mom cooking up something scrumptious as the sounds of boiling echoed all throughout the living room. She wanted to spend some time with mother, so she decided to go to the kitchen. As she was walking, she noticed that the family picture has been taken down in the corridor that leads to the kitchen.

"H-hey mother," Ariel noticed that she had on glasses while reading the recipe book, totally not noticing her daughter trotted up to the kitchen.

"Ah, her there my little Ariel," she smiled at her, then glanced back at the book. "Sorry dear, I am in quite the pickle at the moment. I'm trying to figure out how many dried corn kernels I should put on this particular dish so I can serve all of us."

"No worries mother," she gave her mother a little side hug, then she opened the refrigerator to get a bottle of milk. "Will dad come home early? I miss him a lot. He hasn't been home a lot the past week."

"Ariel, I'm sure he misses you too," she turned to look directly at the little one, "He has been working quite a lot as there is a lot to do where he works at. Rest assured, he will be home earlier than he previously has been. But with my foal, he also needs to work a lot so he can be home with us while being financially stable, so that when your sibling is born, we don't have to eat beans... even though your father does love them to death." She giggled a little, then turned off the stove, and got some bowl to serve Ariel, then herself. Ariel looked down on the bowl to notice that her mother has made some type of red soup, it smells amazing.

"Oooh mom, this stuff looks delicious," she opened her eyes a little bit. "What is this called?"

"Thank you dear," she then got the little book to glance at it to see what it was called. "This is apparently pozole, it is a recipe in this book that was given to me by your father's friend, Tasunke." Tasunke is one of dad's friends who sometimes visit the family on weekends. His wife, coincidentally, is also pregnant. She gave Mabel the book to help her eat healthy during her pregnancy as the wife bought it for Mabel as a gift.

"Whatever it is, it looks tasty," she grabbed a spoon and consumed it. She tasted it, only to realize this is much better eating it, than smelling or even looking at it. "Oh my gosh mom, this is so amazing."

"Why thank you," Mabel giggled a little as she decided to eat it herself, "My, this came out much better than I expected. This is really tasteful. Not to mention that it is very healthy according to the recipe book. I'm very confident your father will love this as well."

"I don't have any doubts about that mom," she smiled and continued to eat it.

"So how was school sweetie? Have you learned anything new?," the mother looked at her while eating.

"It was alright, though we learned how to add some numbers, and we read a story about Starswirl The Bearded. I thought it was a pretty cool story."

"Indeed, history is quite fascinating," Mabel took another sip of the soup.

"Mom," Ariel was ready to switch up the conversation. "When exactly will the foal be born? I really want to meet it so bad?"

"Ah dear," she put the spoon down, "That is something only the universe decides my love. Though, hopefully it will be soon, as my little foal is getting quite heavy. a bit heavier than when you were born, as stated by your father."

"Mom," Ariel was ready to ask her, "Will you be ok after the foal is born? I can stay by your side if you want me to."

"That's so sweet little Ariel,' Mabel smiled back at her. "I think I will be fine regardless. Your dad won't work for a couple of weeks after my foal is born, so he will stay by my side throughout these events. But you can definitely stay by my side if you wish. I would much appreciate it dear. I love you so much little Ariel." The grey filly blushed as she was happy she made her own mother feel loved.

"I love you too mom," she smiled as she then proceeded to finish the rest of her pozole.

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As the two female ponies were in the living room watching some cartoons that Ariel used to enjoy watching when she was younger, they noticed that someone was approaching the door. Could it have been?

"Dad?," she rushed to the door to greet her father. As she was patiently waiting, she heard her mother giggle as Ariel was hearing her dad coughing. The door, then opened up. It was no other than her father. "DAD!!" She galloped to him and gave him a big hug.

"Ah Ariel, mi hija (my daughter)," he lifted her and hugged her back. "It's so nice to see you. I missed you so much my princess." He gave her a big kiss on the forehead. Then, he put her down and went up to his wife, and greeted her. "Hello Mabel." They shared a kiss, and then he sat down next to her to watch television. "Everything alright my love?"

"Seems like it dear," she looked towards him. "I made some food for me and Ariel. Why don't you go ahead and serve yourself some food. I made some pozole from that recipe Tasunke's wife gave to me. Ariel loved it a lot, which sure caught me off guard."

"Did she really?," Rafael looked down at Ariel who was sitting in between them.

"She sure did," she smiled at Ariel, "I am very certain you will love it a lot as well."

"Bueno pues (Alright)," he got up and left the living room to give himself some of the soup his wife made for him. As he left to the kitchen, the two were back to watching the television.

January 18 1112 C.E.

Most ponies in town were asleep, as it is currently around 3:30 in the night. Ariel was all tucked in her bed, sleeping, having a wonderful dream. As the wind was blowing, the owls were out hooting and flying out and about. Everything was going ok for the filly, until she heard someone opening the door to her room.

"Mabel, get up my dear."

As Ariel opened her eyes and flipped over to her other side, she realized it was her father who woke her up. She was confused as she still needed a lot of rest, but her father apparently needed her. For what, exactly? It was the question that was on her mind right now. Especially during the darkest hours of the day.

"W-" she yawned, "What's wrong dad." As she wrapped her scarf around her neck, she heard some loud huffs coming out from the hallway.

"Your mother's foal is about to be born," as he uttered his statement, the filly was in shock, her eyes were a bit opened. "We need you to get ready, and fast my love." As she got dressed, she went down the stairs to the living room. She discovered her mother was in big distress, with tears running down her left eye. Mabel looked at her daughter who was staring at her, trying to process what is going on.

"What's wrong Ariel," she was stuttering as she was in deep pain, "Your sibling is going to be born, but we need to wait for the zebra doctors grunts to show up." Even though she was hurting, she wanted to reassure her daughter that everything will be just fine. Though it was very fast than the family had anticipated, the zebra doctors arrived. They carried the mare to the ambulance wagon along with her husband and daughter. To accompany them, a zebra nurse was inside the wagon to assist the mare and comfort her in anything she needed. The zebra drivers who were going to carry the wagon took off as fast as they could to the Everfree Forest. As the wagon was heading to the hut where the foal would soon be born, the mother screamed in pain as she was crying. The filly got so scared that she grabbed her mother's hoof.

"Don't cry mom," Ariel looked at her mother, who was in agony. "Everything will be fine."

"T-thank you, l-" Mabel began to sob, "t-thank you..... love." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Everything will be alright Mabel," said the zebra nurse. "Just hang on tight. Do you need water or anything hun?"

"I am fine." She replied back as she was taking small breaths.

It took approximately seven minutes to get to the hut as they finally arrived. The drivers got to the wagon and lowered the mare down so they could take her to the hut. As Rafael and Ariel got down from the wagon, they followed them inside the hut. The zebras got the mare to lie down on the delivery room in their tiny hospital hut. As the doctors got their protection equipment ready in order to help Mabel deliver her baby, they got some utensils ready for if the delivery doesn't go as planned.

"We're almost ready, Miss Mabel," one of the doctors said to the mother in pain, "Just need to get some stuff ready. Everything will be ok. We should be good to go in about two or three minutes." As the doctors were rushing to set up the room, Rafael and Ariel both comforted the mare as she was struggling to take deep breaths, with Rafael rubbing her left arm, and Ariel rubbing her right arm.

"You'll be fine my love," Rafael kissed her wife's head. "Me and Ariel are going to stay here throughout the entire time you are here."

"Yeah mom," she added to help her dad in reassurance of her mother, who would soon give her the biggest blessing of all, a sibling. The mom grabbed her daughter's hoof and continued to practice her breathing.

Two minutes have passed and the zebras we're ready to delivery. Here, is where the birth begins.

"Alright Mabel, go ahead whenever you are. Need our assistance, we will be glad to step up," said the zebra doctor as she finally got ready to grab the foal when it is born. "Now, go ahead and push." As the mother was grunting while pushing out her baby foal, she was starting to tear up. "Keep it up dear, you are doing good. Keep pushing." As she pushed, she started to scream a little bit. Rafael, being next to her left side, was watching as she was in complete pain. Ariel looked away to the other side because she couldn't bear watch her own mother cry as she was taking loud, hard breaths. The zebras noticed the front legs coming out. The color of the legs were dark purple. The zebras still tried to make her feel safe by complimenting her. "Good job Mabel. You got this." As the mare continued, she was taking more aggressive breaths. However, the doctors were caught by surprise by what they were seeing, though, they had to keep quiet so that they don't give the mother a scare. What caught the doctors by surprise was that the foal somehow has a horn, despite the fact the three members of the family are all earth ponies. "The hard part is over Mabel, you are close, just a little more," the zebra doctors reminded her so that she could be somewhat relieved. She kept pushing and pushing until the body came out. However, she felt something flapping down there. What the doctors just saw left them at complete shock, they could hardly believe it. It was like they were witnessing a miracle. "A-almost there miss Mabel." The doctors were stuttering as they were now so thrilled to give her the news. Mabel took her last deep breath while being in agony, and pushed, until the foal, finally, was completely free.

"Mabel, Rafael, Ariel, I have some exciting news," the zebras were somewhat emotional. The father and the sister were waiting to hear the gender, while the mother was trying to calm down after giving birth a second time.

"What is it doctor, is it a male foal?," Rafael has his mouth slightly opened. The zebra doctor nodded yes.

"While your foal is indeed a male, there is more to these exciting news," what the zebra was about to say will change Equestrian history for generations to come. "Your foal, your beautiful and handsome foal, is not an earth pony, he.... is an alicorn" The three were shocked upon hearing those words.

"Oh my gosh, no way?," Ariel was jumping around, while Rafael hugged his daughter, then rubbing his wife's arm.

"My goodness, my son, an alicorn. No lo puedo creer (I can't believe it.)," Rafael was in tears upon hearing this. Mabel, though, actually began to cry, not believing that she gave birth to a more stronger type of pony. As the zebra doctors gave the father the purple alicorn foal, they asked them an important question upon having a new addition to the family.

"What shall you name your alicorn foal?," the doctor asked the father. Rafael, already having both the given name, and pony name, was ready to give his answer that will give his foal a theme, just like he did to his daughter.

"His given name will be Francis," said the father with a smile, while looking at his cute foal. "And his name, will be, The Moonchild."

Author's Note

Thank you for reading. This is my first ever story, so this may have appeared vague. But kind criticism is allowed. Again, thank you so much for reading, and I hope you all enjoy the rest of the story. May the universe be with you all, in spirit, and heart.