Silver Spoon's Swollen Stomach
It was the last day of spring in Ponyville and the five filly friends, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, met up outside to discuss what kind of fun things they could do as a group for the day. Applebloom, still somewhat the self-appointed leader of the group, went "Hey girls! So what shall we do today? Any ideas?"
Sweetie Belle said "We could go hang out at the club house"
Scootaloo asked "We always go there, can't we do something else?"
Diamond Tiara suggested "We could go to Sugarcube Corner"
Silver Spoon went "Nah... but I am hungry, how about the burger joint?" There was a pause before they all silently agreed that the day's first point of order was to go to the local burger joint and stuff their little filly faces with as much unhealthy junk food as they could actually pay for! Well, not really, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were loaded, they could buy the whole burger joint with their pocket money if they wanted. Once they got a table and food was ordered, Silver Spoon continued "OK, now for a topic of conversation! I'm thinking we talk about magic!"
Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes "Lame! Let's talk about the monarchy!"
Scootaloo said "We all know the princesses! Let's talk about animals!"
Sweetie Belle went "Too generic, what about the gender imbalance?"
Applebloom stepped in "No, I got it! We should talk about... the boys!"
All of them sighed with dreamy expressions on their faces as they simultaneously let out one single slightly horny breath "Ah... boys..."
They spent the next thirty minutes eating, drinking, talking about boys they liked, things they liked about boys and the fact that none of them were dating or doing things with boys yet but that they were hoping to do once they caught the attention of a boy they really liked enough to...
Of course there was only so much they could talk about in regards to boys, so they naturally moved on and started to talk about the fairer sex. All of them had mutually agreed that they weren't particularly interested in girls but that they wouldn't say no to a little female "experimentation" when they were a bit older and could properly identify what they found to be attractive traits that would persuade them to momentarily switch teams and get in bed with someone who would be more than a gal pal.
Once they had all had their fill of the over-sized portions of fatty processed fast food that the burger joint was famous for, they parted ways to go to their own respective homes to spend some time with their families, they were still young after all and couldn't afford to stay out all day basically unsupervised when they had older ponies looking after them who always worried too much about them getting into mischief.
The first day of summer! Bees will buzz, foals will blow dandelion fuzz and every pony will do what every pony does in summer, enjoy the sun! Usually during the summer, the group of friends would actually try to keep their distance, not because they weren't fond of each other but because they all wanted to do their own separate fun summer things for the first half of summer and then spend the second half together doing all the fun things that they all liked and were best enjoyed as a group. Though when they eventually did meet up, rather than chatting about all the things they had done and all the fun things they were going to do, they just noticed something odd... there was no sign of Silver Spoon.
Once Diamond Tiara met up with the CMC, she was puzzled and asked "Where's Silver Spoon? She's been hanging out with you three, right?"
Applebloom, speaking on behalf of the trio, raised an eyebrow and said "No... we kinda assumed that she was hangin' out with you actually..."
There was a confused and slightly worried silence, in all the time they had been friends, Silver Spoon had never been late or missed out on a get together, she didn't sleep in late and she wasn't absent-minded, so the idea of her simply forgetting they were meant to meet up or oversleeping was out of the question. What in the world was going on? To some others it might seem strange to think that when they agreed to meet, they were assuming they had to be attached at the hip like it was a verbal contract bordering on obligation but for a girl as dedicated to this regularly scheduled and traditional summer gathering, it was peculiar.
Sweetie Belle broke the silence and said "Well... none of us know where Silver Spoon lives, she's always made it clear that her dad doesn't like other ponies being in his house... maybe we could ask Miss Cheerilee?" All them looked at each other, seemingly satisfied with Sweetie's plan, so they began making their way to the school to see the #1 Teacher.
Miss Cheerilee was busy doing paperwork in her class room when the four fillies walked in, as soon as she noticed them she smiled, going "Hello girls! It's summer, shouldn't you all be out playing in the sun? What could I possibly help you with? Did you need help from me at all?"
Scootaloo replied "Yeah, Silver Spoon isn't around, where is she?"
Cheerilee, surprised at their concern, simply reassured all of them "Oohh yes, the young gray filly. You needn't worry girls, she is simply on holiday with her parents for the summer, apparently it was a last minute thing because the poor filly was so surprised and whisked away so quickly that she wasn't able to tell you! The only reason I know of it is because her father let me know, don't you worry. She'll be back by fall!"
That put all of their minds at rest, almost laughing at themselves for acting so silly and not assuming that Silver Spoon was on vacation. They left the class room, ready to go back outside and enjoy the weather without another worry about their friend Silver Spoon... for now at least.
Summer was over as the leaves were changing color and falling from the trees, the air was getting colder, autumn had now come to Ponyville. The girls didn't usually meet up all that much during the autumn, they preferred to get together in the warmer months and would only usually hang out during the not-so-warm months to check in on each other and continue having a social life or if there was some kind of really cool indoor activity that they were all desperate to experience at some point. This time however, the girls were all sat at the train station because today was the day that Silver Spoon was returning from her summer vacation and they wanted to welcome back their bespectacled bestie! Fifteen minutes had passed before they finally saw their gray gal pal exit the train with her parents close by... though something was... different.
Silver Spoon seemed to be glowing, not in a magical sense but something about her just made her appear to look much more radiant. Silver Spoon saw her friends and with a big grin she went "Hey girls!"
The group ignored the strange aura they sensed from Silver Spoon and embraced her in a hug, just happy that she was finally back in Ponyville. Applebloom said "Great to have you back Silver! How was the holiday?"
Silver Spoon, acting quite out of the ordinary, adopted a dreamy grin and a far off look as she breathily replied "Ooohhh... it was perfect!"
The group stopped and stared at Silver Spoon... she had never acted like that before except for when they talked about boys... it was strange. Scootaloo butted in "Are you alright Silver? You're acting... very weird"
Silver Spoon, still acting like she was high, answered "Never better!"
Another pause as the rest of them were just perplexed by Silver Spoon's behavior, what had happened on her vacation to make her act so odd? Silver Spoon went on "Anyway, I better catch up with my parents, they'll want to start making preparations for... well, like I say, catch you later!" They all watched as Silver Spoon strutted off, seemingly not in a position to spend time with the dear friends she hadn't seen all summer.
Sweetie Belle broke the silence to simply ask "What's up with her?"
Diamond Tiara went "I don't know... let's keep an eye on her and then when the time is right, we'll ask her about it. Hopefully she makes it easy so we're not forced to use the secret weapon on her, right girls?"
They all nodded in agreement, the secret weapon was very dangerous.
The girls all took note of the differences they noticed in Silver Spoon in the following weeks when she started hanging out with them again and the things they noticed left them worried that she may have been sick. First of all there was the mood swings, she could go from happy to sad to angry to depressed all in a matter of seconds for no apparent reason. The next thing they noticed was that Silver Spoon was practically gagging at the kind of foods she usually liked to eat and would instead go for meals that were either ridiculously healthy or were bizarre and strange combinations which she explained away by saying "cravings".
The things that really made them worry and made them finally confront Silver Spoon was when she started being sick at least once a week in the morning and, despite her healthy eating, looking to be gaining weight around her stomach, she was much rounder than she used to be. Unfortunately, she wouldn't tell Applebloom, Scootaloo or Sweetie Belle what eactly was going on, time for the secret weapon... Diamond Tiara.
Diamond Tiara, as well as having been besties with Silver Spoon all her life, had a special talent that was very dangerous for a creature to have... she could, to a certain extent, get others to do whatever she told them.
Diamond Tiara, thankfully, wasn't a villain and rarely used her talent for nefarious or selfish purposes but on occasion she had to put her morals aside and use it for situations like this - important information. Silver Spoon was trotting to Sweet Apple Acres, her friends had decided to meet up in one of the orchards today and when she found them all standing in a line with serious expressions on her face, she realized that they had picked the orchard because it was a secluded and silent area where they could all talk, they were staging a little intervention for her.
Silver Spoon sighed "OK, what's this all about? What's the problem?"
Diamond Tiara, not quite employing her talent yet, just calmly stated "Silver Spoon, you've not been your usual self lately, ever since you came back from your summer vacation you've been a little bit different. We all want to know why, no excuses, no fake reasons, just answers!"
There was a pause before Silver Spoon just rolled her eyes, going "Alright, I guess you'd find out eventually anyway. I'm pregnant, OK?"
Silence, nothing but tweeting birds in the distance, they were in shock. Feeling the need to confirm it, Applebloom just went "I... come again?"
Silver Spoon, exhausted after weeks of avoiding this confession, replied "Pregnant, up the duff, a bun in the oven, heavy with child, eating for two, expecting, bearing fruit, preggers, gestating, in the family way, I-"
Scootaloo interrupted "OK we get it! You mean you actually had... like... y'know, you played with a colt when you were on holiday for summer?"
Silver Spoon smugly proclaimed "A full grown horny stallion actually! He's rich, important and he loves how tight my young hot bod is! Ha!"
Sweetie Belle asked "Wow... who is it?"
Silver Spoon changed her tune, sarcastically going "I'm not telling!"
This was intriguing, Silver Spoon had been willing to admit that not only had she had sex with a stallion but that she had also gotten pregnant in the process, she'd gone so far as to describe the stallion but wouldn't name him? She had to have known his name, if he was rich and important then he must have been recognizable and Silver Spoon would have at least seen his face to know his name let alone have some sex. Keeping it a secret wasn't the problem, she could trust her friends to not spill the beans if she didn't want them to... no, something was going on. They all sensed this and looked to Diamond Tiara, time for her talent.
Diamond Tiara looked Silver Spoon in the eye and hypnotically said "Silver Spoon, we've been best friends for our entire lives. You know that I don't give up and you also know that I can tell when you're lying, so think very carefully about how you answer the question I'm asking. Who is the father of the foal you are currently carrying in your womb?"
Silver Spoon wanted to resist but the effects of Diamond Tiara's talent were too strong and eventually she conceded defeat, admitting "My dad!"
Again, stunned silence filled the air, not even birds were heard this time. Diamond Tiara, blown away by this revelation, confirmed "Your dad?" Silver Spoon just nodded, annoyed that she'd been forced to tell them.
Applebloom, who'd heard too many incest jokes about her own family, just went "How... how could he?! WHY would he?! You're OK with it?!"
Silver Spoon shrugged "Why wouldn't I be? I'm an expectant mother"
Sweetie Belle butted in "You're not worried about prison or tartarus?"
Silver Spoon pointed out "My cutie mark makes me of legal age for sex"
Scootaloo deadpanned "She means for the incest dummie, that's illegal"
Silver Spoon, nonchalantly, said "Ah, yeah. Well no pony but you guys know about it and considering you found it so easy to find out, I'm gonna have to come up with a cover story about some random colt doing the deed or something, don't want me or my dad getting in trouble. You're not gonna tell on me are you? Please please don't tattle! My mom and dad went to so much trouble, it's a planned pregnancy!"
The girls had to think very hard about Silver Spoon's request to not alert any adults, especially not the authorities. They felt obligated by law to tell someone and then let whatever happened happen... then again... There was no greater authority in Ponyville than Princess Twilight and she said that friendship was the greatest power in all of Equestria! Friendship was just too important, so they all smiled and nodded, agreeing to not only keep Silver Spoon's secret but to also help out in whatever way they could. That was the true magic of friendship after all!
