The process of filling out the paperwork and going over the rules took more than a month, four months to be exact. The ponies that ran the orphanage were very strict and they made sure Misty and Pipp understood what they were getting themselves into if they did succeed in adopting one of their kids.

“Princess Pipp, I would like to remind you one more time before we start the interviews. Please don’t adopt if you are doing this for more followers and fame, kids are not a tool for any of that, they are ponies after all, not only that but these are young ponies with a bright future ahead of them, understand?” Lilly said as she was looking over a small list of fillies and colts that were chosen by the orphanage to hopefully be a good match for her.

Pipp was making sure her disguise looked perfect, she resembled a unicorn with a snow-white coat and pink mane and tail, the necklace around her neck gave her this appearance and it even granted her the ability to levitate small or light objects and it even changed her cutie mark to three small stars, “I understand perfectly well, Lilly, I truthfully and honestly want to take care of a little filly or colt, with me unable to have kids of my own. This is the next best thing. Fame is the furthest thing from my mind, I won’t be sharing any videos of her or any pictures with any of my followers or online in general; just to close friends and family. We will be just like a normal mother and child. Oh and remember, it’s Twinkle Shine.”

“Very well then, I trust you, just remember, if you do break that rule, we will have to take the kid away and sadly blacklist you, this will make it impossible for you to adopt in any place.” She said sternly.

“And as I said, I understand perfectly.” She said, already getting a little tingly at the thought of her possibly becoming a mother.

Lilly giggles at Pipp’s excitement, loving the fact that she really does want to be a mother, she wishes to herself that she could find a filly or colt that she can love as if they were her own, “Well the way we do things here is simple, five minutes of introductions and after that, you will read the question from here, they will have their own questions as well, you two will have ten minutes to ask as many of these questions as possible and after that, we will separate you two and ask if you feel as if they could be a good candidate, they will be asked if they feel as if you will be a good mother to them. How they respond and how they act as well as how you respond and how you act will determine if we feel as if they can be considered a good candidate.”

“Alright, sounds like a good system. How many fillies and how many colts?” Pipp asked, desperate and eager to open the door now.

“In total, it’s eight fillies and eight colts, hopefully, that isn’t too much, this will take a while and we are sorry if you do have something important to get to,” Lilly said as she placed a hoof on the door.

“No, not at all, the more the merrier, I can't wait to meet them!” Pipp said as she was already wanting to just burst through the door to get started.

Lilly giggles at Pipp’s excitement and goes ahead and opens the door, letting Pipp go in first, which Pipp was all too happy about.

“I will be right here next to the door, I will be seeing your interaction and that will also help determine if the kid will be a good candidate,” Lilly said as she went ahead and sat down next to the door.”

The room itself was a play area, and a table was in the middle. Pipp tried to fly, but she forgot that the disguise didn’t allow her to fly and once she jumped up in the air, she instantly fell on her face.

“Oh my goodness, are you ok!?” Lilly yelled as she went to help Pipp up.

“I-I’m fine…” Pipp said as she got up, her eyes swirling, she shook her head, regaining her bearings.

She went ahead and sat on the chair meant for the adults and waited for the first filly or foal to come in.

And so it began, Pipp had a lot of fun talking to so many fillies and colts and thanks to her disguise, the fillies and colts were not trying their best to impress her, she could feel how they acted and how they felt about her.

A little over five hours had passed and things looked like they were going smoothly, but there was only one problem. “I-I don’t think none of them were the right one for me, they were all lovely and I wish I could give them all a home to live in, but I couldn’t really feel a connection with any of them,” Pipp said as she slumped down in defeat next to Lilly.

Lilly placed a gentle hoof on her shoulder. “Actually we determined that two out of the sixteen foals were a possible candidate for you, a filly named Light Sky and a colt named Wild Vines," Lilly said reassuringly.

Pipp's eyes reignite with renewed hope. “Well alright then, bring them in, we will see if they do feel like going home with me,” Pipp said as she was ready to see how this would go.

“Remember in the end it will be the decision of the filly and colt if they do want to go with you or not,” Lilly said as she was about to open the door, only the door opened by itself.

Both mares were confused, as a little black unicorn with a snow blue mane and aqua eyes poked her head in.

“Midnight, what are you doing? It’s eight thirty, you should be going to bed,” Lilly said as she opened the door more allowing the little filly to come in, as the little filly walked in, Pipp noticed that she didn’t have a cutie mark, which caught Pipp’s eye.

“I… ummm… I had… a… ummm, n-night… nightmare…” the little filly said very sheepishly, showing that she was very shy and unable to talk properly to others.

“Awww, sweetie, come here,” Lilly said as she hugged the little filly.

“Midnight?” Pipp said as she looked at the little filly, she didn’t understand why, but something told her to get to know her.

“Oh, Miss Shine, this is Midnight Sparkle, she wasn’t one of the fillies that were chosen for you, we didn’t think she would have been a good candidate,” Lilly said as she grabbed the little filly and placed her on her back, “I will just go and tuck her…”

“Wait, w-will it be ok if I have an interview with her?” Pipp asked before she could even think.

“Oh, ummm, I guess?” Lilly said, very confused, but she walked with Midnight on her back and allowed for her to sit down on the chair across from Pipp.

“Midnight, this is Twinkle Shine, Twinkle Shine, this is this is Midnight Sparkle. Midnight, Miss Shine here is a fashion designer, she lives in Bridlewoods and loves to work with nature,” Lilly explained as she went to go sit next to the door.

As Lilly said what Twinkle was and where she lived, her eyes widened as if she was told that she would be meeting her favorite celebrity. “You’re a fashionista and live in Bridlewoods!?” Midnight yelled out in shock.

Lilly was a little shocked at Midnight’s response, normally she is extremely shy and unable to talk, but hearing her yell like this, made her feel happy that she has opened up a little.

Pipp chuckled a little at her reaction, “Yeah, I do also sing a little, but as a hobby, I go to the local tea café every month to show off some of my designs and to sing a little.” Pipp said, loving her enthusiasm.

“Tell me, how old are you, what do you like to do to have fun and do you have any friends?” Pipp asks Midnight as she composed herself.

Midnight quickly got shy once she was asked the questions, but she still tried her very best to answer, “W-well, I’m… ummm… s-six, I… ummm… l-like to… draw… m-mostly… ummm… d-dresses… but also some… ummm… landscapes…”

Pipp waited for her to answer her third question, but Midnight just stayed quiet which made Pipp worry. “Y-you don’t have to answer that last one,” She said as she reached a hoof to her.

Midnight grabbed her hoof, this made her feel better and helped her gain a little more confidence to speak a little more, “W-well… ummm…I do have… one… f-friend…”

“Oh, and what would his name be?” Pipp asked.

“H-his… ummm… name is… ummm… T-thunder S-strike…” She said sheepishly.

“That’s a lovely name, is he here or does he have a family of his own?” Pipp asked sincerely.

“…” Midnight wasn’t able to answer that one, but because she wasn’t able to answer, Pipp was able to quickly understand that he was here in the orphanage with her.

“Well… why don’t we go to another question, I can tell this one is a little sensitive for you,” Pipp said trying her best to not make her feel bad.

“You said you draw, and some of those drawings are dresses, will it be ok if I see a few?” Pipp asks, hoping to make her feel better.

Almost as if a flip was switched, Midnight was very excited, she looked at Lilly, with pleading eyes, wanting desperately to receive permission.

Lilly simply nodded, she looked at the time and just shrugged, not really caring how long it would take.

As soon as she got approval, Midnight leaped out of her seat and went out of the room. A few minutes later, she came back with a small stack of papers in her magic and with so much excitement, she hopped on the seat and presented her work to Pipp.

“Here they are, Miss Shine, my dress drawings, I even brought a few of my landscape ones, I hope you like them!” She said, almost shouting because of her panting from all the running.

“Pipp looked over the drawings and she was extremely impressed, the dress drawings were amazing, it’s as if an expert had drawn them. The detail and amount of care these drawings had was nothing short of incredible, even the landscapes were incredible, they were made using crayons, but the way she used them, it’s as if she was using oil pastels, so much detail in the trees and flowers, the mountain looked amazing, they looked so real, some pony might mistake these as windows if they get hung up, “Y-you made these?” Pipp asked, wondering how a six-year-old had the art talent of a master artist.

Midnight nodded eagerly, she could tell that by how shocked the mare in front of her looked, she was very impressed, “Yes Ma’am, they were all made by me.”

Pipp looked at Lilly, all Lilly did was simply nod, confirming that Midnight was in fact the pony that made these works of art.

“They are wonderful, everything here is amazing, some of these dresses, I wish I could make them myself, I only make simple looking dresses, like sundresses and skirts, but these… W-would it be ok if I take one or two, I would love to push myself to make them a reality,” Pipp said as she picked up two of the drawings.

“What about you take them all…” Lilly said, “Take them all and you may also take Midnight with you, Twinkle Shine,” she added.

“Yes please!” Pipp yelled, this terrified both Midnight and Lilly.

“W-well, Midnight, it looks like Miss Shine would be more than happy to take you for a month, what do you say, Sweetie,” Lilly asks, stumbling a little because of her getting scared for a second.

Midnight didn’t say anything at first, but she soon mustered up enough courage to say something, “W-what… ummm… Th—”

“Don’t worry about Thunder Strike, if you want to, to make you feel better, we can set up a little play date every week. We can bring him to Bridlewoods so that the two of you could hang out for a little if you are ok with these arrangements,” Lilly said as she had a hopeful look.

Midnight didn’t know what to say, she turned to Twinkle Shine, and the soft smile she had, put her mind at ease, she turned to Lilly and nodded softly, agreeing to the plan.

“Well alright then, let’s set up the arrangements and tomorrow you can come and pick her up, Miss Shine,” Lilly said relieved she said yes.

Pipp wasn’t able to contain her excitement, she looked at Midnight, wanting to pick her up and fly up in the air as she hugged her, but due to her not having wings because of her disguise, Pipp grabbed Midnight, wrapping her in a hug as she twisted in midair causing her to fall on her back with Midnight on her belly.

“Oh my goodness, are you two ok?!” Lilly asked as she ran to the two.

“Y-yeah, I’m so sorry, I just forgot I can’t fly. Are you ok, Midnight?” Pipp asked, hoping what she said wouldn’t expose herself.

Midnight just started to giggle, something about her feeling such raw love made her feel warm inside and she wasn’t able to contain it and soon she burst out in laughter.

Pipp and Lily were relieved that she was ok and both soon joined in the laughter.

As the day ended, Pipp said her goodbyes and left to go rest, she took off her disguise and flew to the palace and was very much excited for the next day. As she prepared for bed, she fell to her knees and started praying to whatever god or deity that her time with Midnight goes well and that she could hopefully adopt the shy filly.

She has a lot of potential and she wants to help her, she knows the rules she has to follow and she will make sure none of them are broken and that everything will go well.

Author's Note

I don’t know how adoption works, so I went with what I wanted lol, hope y’all liked it