Mandatory Motherhood: Short Stories

Flight Path

Chris and Colgate watched Mia practice flying in a grassy field. She would jump flap her wings and travel for a distance before coming back to the ground running. Sometimes she would stop then jump straight up and flap letting her hover in place momentarily before floating back down. Every so often she would run and leap and just glide with her wings.

Eventually, she would start crouching to the ground and launching herself into the air with her wings. and managed to reach impressive heights by doing this. Colgate figured Mia could easily get onto the roof of a two-story building, maybe even reach the roofs of a three-story building. She could glide an impressive distance from these launches as well.

Eventually, she got tired and decided to end her practice, Mia trotted up to us and smiled. “What do you think?” she asked us, however, her gaze seemed to focus on Colgate rather than the group as a whole.

Starla simply clapped her hooves and giggled happily, while Chris laughed with a smile. “Very impressive. No wonder you could easily get around most of the city.”

Colgate nodded. “You are doing really well, especially considering how long you have been practicing for.”

While Mia smiled in response her lips curved slightly down and she kept looking toward Colgate. The two mares were confused by Mia’s stare, and Mia eventually sighed. “Colgate, could you tell me what I’m doing wrong? I really want to fly around like a bird.”

Colgate looked at me and then back at Mia before releasing a deep sigh. “Honestly I can’t answer that. I’m a unicorn so my studies were on using magic in the unicorn way.” Mia frowned and her ears sagged downward, the sight made Colgate panic. “Well. I may not know how pegasi fly and use their magic but I guess I could theorize it for you.

Mia perked back up and put all of her focus on Colgate. Colgate began explaining drawing magic to to her wings like unicorns do with their horns. Eventually, Mia began nodding her head vigorously before she marched back to the field to see if she could use what Colgate told her

They watched Mia for a while as she just stood with her eyes sl there. Suddenly Chris commented to Colgate that Mia just looks constipated at this point. Colgate nodded and walked out to Mia to explain magic by unicorns again while coaching her on magic manipulation.

Eventually, Chris and Starla fell asleep as if nothing had happened other than Mia still looking constipated.

Eventually, Chris and Starla were jolted awake by a scream, They looked around but couldn’t spot Mia anywhere, but they did see Colgate lying on her back and looking into the sky. Following her gaze they saw Mia slowly floating back down from the sky. She was up extremely high now, probably 7 stories up into the sky at this point.

Mia finally landed back down and looked a little wobbly and tired. Colgate hugged her happily and congratulated her. “That was amazing for your first time! Keep this up and you may be flying in no time!