Fluttershy snored gently as she slept. Something nudged her back and she rolled over, thinking it was one of her animal friends. She opened her eyes to a field. The outline of Sweet Apple Acres could be seen against the setting sun. The thing nudging her back was a sleeping filly. Getting up herself, she woke up the little foal.
"Mama!" The foal exclaimed.
"Let's go find her." Fluttershy responded thinking the child had lost her mother. She guided her up the hill where Big Mac sat, playing with another filly.
The foal looked at her and had the same reaction as the one next to her.
"Mommy!" the other little one said and threw her arms around Fluttershy's neck.
"She missed you." Big Mac said and kissed her on the cheek. Fluttershy could not comprehend what was happening. Apparently she was the mother of two fillies, that looked exactly like her and Big Mac, and married to him. She racked her memory for anything she might've forgotten, but nothing came up.
"I've been playing hide and go seek with Angel Apple," He gestured to the little red earth pony with pink hair "And Goldenflyer went with you." He pointed his hoof at the yellow pegasus with orange hair. They were truly beautiful, thought Fluttershy, daintier than a butterfly. And she laughed at the thought that they were hers, as it was unbelievable that she would not have remembered them. She shook her head and pinched her arm. This is a dream, this is a dream. Yet when she opened her eyes, it was still Sweet Apple Acres and the sweet little fillies were still chasing each other around the apple trees.
"Don't go too far!" she called out to them. At that point she realized her motherly instincts had been magnified 4x to what she had for her animals. She loved these foals, and Big Mac.
"I made dinner." Big Mac told her. "Come on girls, dinner's ready!" he called out and they came running. He opened the door and let them go in before he stepped inside and shut the door. On the walls were pictures of Applejack and a unicorn with a blue mane and white coat. In one, Applejack was wearing a white dress and the stallion was in a tux, the Cutie Mark Crusaders stood next to them in green dresses. They looked much older, at least 18-19 and had matured greatly. Their were pictures of everypony they knew, and finally, at the end of the hall, pictures of her. Her in a wedding dress next to Big Mac. Her and Nurse Redheart and two little foals, her carrying Angel Apple and Big Mac carrying Goldenflyer out of the hospital in little carriers, a cake with " Happy 1st Birthday from Auntie Pinkie Pie" written on it and then, just them. The two little sweethearts in their crib for the first time. She realized how long she had been standing still and walked into the dining room. On her plate there was fried apples, oats and mashed potatoes. She sat and took a bite. "Well" Big Mac said " The twins are turning three next week, what do you want for you birthday?" He asked the little girls.
"I want a biwd!" Goldenflyer said in her little kid voice.
"A bird?" Fluttershy asked the filly.
" Fwy awound." She replied, giving her little wings a flap.
"Oh." Fluttershy realized what she meant.
Facehoof.
Angel Apple looked at her father and said " I want a toy twuck Daddy." Fluttershy had to laugh.
"Just like her father." she said and giggled.
This was what she had wanted her whole life, she was finally happy. Not that she had not been happy before, but her life was not complete and this was her wish for the longest of times. It had come true! When everybody had finished, Big Mac offered to wash the dishes. Fluttershy looked through the cds they had and picked out a Beethoven one. She put it on and danced with her little fillies. Big Mac came in and started dancing with Fluttershy, and then each of his daughters. They all had so much fun. Then the twins got tired, and fell asleep on the floor. Fluttershy and Big Mac each picked up one of the fillies and put them in bed. They were still as beautiful as the picture Fluttershy saw. She bent down and kissed their heads. Big Mac did the same. They trotted back out to the living room and the music was still on. Big Mac offered his hoof to Fluttershy and she took it without hesitation. They danced and danced until Fluttershy fell asleep on the couch with Big Mac, feeling happier than she ever had before.
When she woke up she was in a hospital room, attached to a machine with clear fluid inside it. What had happened? She remembered the night before. Where were her fillies? What about Big Mac? Then the door opened and Twilight Sparkle walked in with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who were still foals.
"Ah brought ya some flowers, Fluttershy." Apple Bloom said, placing a vase of daisies on the table next to her. Fluttershy could only sputter noises. Nothing made sense. What about her fillies? Seeing the expression on her face, Twilight Sparkle knew she needed to explain.
"You fell down on some rocks chasing after Angel. You had a concussion and were out for a couple of hours. About 30 minutes after you fell Rainbow Dash saw you when she was flying. She brought you here and Nurse Redheart fixed you up an then hooked you to this machine. She said you'd be ok, and make a full recovery , and I guess you have. But you've been having some wierd dreams I guess because you kept saying "Goldenflyer" and "Angel Apple" when you were unconscious." Twilight said, watching Fluttershy nod to every sentence.
"Do you feel ok now?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I feel ok, I think." Fluttershy replied.
"Girls, why dont you go play outside?" Nurse Redheart said as she stepped through the door. "Twilight, why don't you go too? You never know what those foals will do." Twilight got the hint and trotted out the door. Nurse Redheart walked over and checked all of Fluttershy's limbs, her head and then her chest.
"Well, you have made a miraculous recovery and you can go home today." She said.
"That's good. Um, Nurse, when you have concussions is it regular to have strangely real-feeling dreams?" Fluttershy asked.
"I'm no pyschologist but I have seen plenty of ponies who have been reported to have dreams like that, so I would say yes, it is normal."
"Th-Thank you, I will leave." But Nurse Redheart was already out the door. Fluttershy got up and walked out the door.
10 years later..............................................................................................................................................................................
Fluttershy snored gently as she slept. Something nudged her back and she rolled over, knowing exactly who it was.