Lightning Blossom

Chapter 3: Life Changing

As Big Mac trotted up the path to the farm he spotted Applebloom running around with the other Crusaders, holding what looks to be an old yoke from Big Mac's closet. He wanted to ask them what they were doing, but when he saw Applebloom put the yoke on he figured it out.

"Look at me, I'm Red Gala~" Applebloom said in a high pitched voice, "Eeyup~"

"I'm Snowflake, look at my pretty muscles" Scootaloo said as she struck a pose, "YEAH!~" Big Mac stopped in his tracks, the overly feminine voice that came from Scootaloo made him freeze, and the noise she made afterwards make his brain cease to function. The first thought that came into head when he recovered was, I've only ever heard Dashie make that noise before, which made him blush almost immediately, but luckily his red coat covered it up. In the background he saw Sweetie Belle holding up a curtain with her magic, something Rarity had recently taught her to do.

"And I'm..." Sweetie Belle announced happily, "Princess Bluebelle!" As Sweetie Belle dropped the curtains she revealed herself with a long flowing mane and a nice dress, that would make Rarity have a panic attack because of the mud that was all around the hem of the dress. Big Mac laughed before moving on down the path, the Crusaders' antics continuing on in the background as he got closer to the sound of Applejack bucking the trees. When he was close enough he heard Applejack swearing loudly with every buck.

"Damn. Lazy. Bastard. Skipping. Work. To. See. Mares!" Applejack said with each buck, kicking the tree a few more times for emphasis. Big Mac slowly walked up to her, watching for any stray apples falling from the tree as he got under it's branches. When Applejack saw him walking up behind her she pulled in her hind legs, preparing to buck him in the chest, but he moved out of the way, causing her to fall to the ground with a loud smack.

"Where have you been?!" Applejack asked angrily, pushing him back with a hoof until he was against a tree.

"I fell asleep in the field last night, if you really want to know" Big Mac said in a dignified way, making Applejack frown. She knew he had fallen asleep in the fields before, so it wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary, but he was never this late. Maybe a few minutes here or there, but for him to be late by an entire hour? She knew there was something else going on, but she respected him too much to push the issue any further than an angry grunt before she got back to work. For the rest of the day she kept one eye on him, making sure he wasn't going to skip out in the middle of bucking so he could go do whatever, or whoever, it was he had been doing at night.

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Rainbow slowly opened her eyes, the morning sun shining right onto them through her window. When she didn't find Big Mac in the bed next to her she freaked out, but quickly remembered what had happened earlier that morning, and was calm almost immediately. She knew, deep down, that right now is when she should be scared, terrified, or even crazy, but knowing that Big Mac was going to stand by her, no matter what got thrown at them, made her feel calm.

"How does he always know what to say?" Rainbow asked herself quietly as she headed down to her front door so she could check her mail and get the newspaper. She never really read the newspaper, considering she only looked at the comics in the back, but there was the odd time when the Wonderbolts made news, which she would read as soon as she could. When she opened her door she saw Ditzy, the local mailmare, attempting to stuff a muffin into the mailbox.

"Derpy what are you doing?" Rainbow asked tiredly, just wanting to get her mail and her comics so she could go back inside.

"I found this under your house," Ditzy said, replying as usual to Rainbow's nickname for her, producing the pregnancy test from earlier out of her bag, "It has a plus sign on it so I thought you deserved a muffin for whatever you did" Rainbow sighed loudly and stuck her hoof out, receiving both her mail and the muffin at the same time, and with a wave goodbye Ditzy was off to "deliver" mail to the next pony. After Rainbow set everything on her counter she realized that she had just gotten a muffin, for having unprotected sex...

"I can honestly say I never thought I would be congratulated for having sex, but oh well" Rainbow said, shrugging it off as she took a bite out of the muffin, a rich blueberry flavor filling her mouth. As Rainbow's blueberry induced ecstasy wore off she noticed a familiar symbol on one of her letters.

"I GOT A LETTER FROM THE WONDERBOLTS?!" Rainbow freaked out, barely managing to put the muffin down before she grabbed the letter and began to roll on the floor with it. When Rainbow was finished fangirling all of her floor she sat up and opened the letter.

Rainbow Danger Dash,

This letter is here to inform you that a second round of boot camp will take place in exactly one month from now. It is mandatory that you arrive at the camp one week before we begin, and you will stay at the camp for it's duration. As before outside contact is allowed, as well as visitors, but you cannot have anypony assist you in this camp unless they are your assigned partner. Remember to bring your uniform, and we look forward to seeing you there, as after this camp we will pick which of you will be future Wonderbolts.

Spitfire, Captain of the Wonderbolts

Rainbow put the letter down, completely speechless. She was now so close to her dream of being a Wonderbolt that she could taste it, but when she saw the pregnancy test out of the corner of her eye she felt her hopes being crushed. They do a medical examination before anypony can enter the camp, and if they found out that she was pregnant...

"GAH!" Rainbow shouted as she put her head down on the counter next to the half eaten muffin, "Why does every life changing thing have to happen to me right now, at the same time?!"