It All Begins With a Spark

CHAPTER 1

Sunrise Sky, a light-orange pegasus mare with a red mane and blue eyes, walked over to the couch in her living room. She got onto the couch and carefully made herself comfortable, she had been pregnant and was expected to give birth soon.

As she finished getting settled in she looked down at her slightly larger midsection and smiled, "You're a real hassle to your mommy, do you know that little one?" she asked jokingly with a giggle as she rubbed her belly and smiled.

She began thinking of everything she and her husband would do with their new foal, who for the moment was of an unknown gender because Sunrise and her husband, Sky-blue Waters, had decided they wanted to keep it a surprise.

At that moment Sky-blue Waters walked through the front door of their home, he smiled when he saw his wife sitting on the couch, "Hey Sunrise, how are you and the baby doing?" he asked as he walked over to the couch and sat down next to his wife.

Sky-blue Waters was a light-blue pegasus stallion with a blonde mane and green eyes. He was just returning home from working with the weather ponies. Sunrise Sky didn't really know that much about weather control, other than cloud busting. She had been given time off work because she was pregnant and would not be able to work at her peak efficiency while laden with a foal. Sunrise Sky's employers had also made arrangements for after she gave birth, she work the early morning weather shifts while her husband took the late night shifts, that way the two of them would always get to spend the day together with their baby.

"I'm good, how was your work today?" Sunrise Sky asked.

"It was pretty uneventful, you've got to remember that not many interesting things happen in the weather control business." Sky-blue Waters explained to his wife.

"No kidding, but I suppose that's not always a bad thing, That way I'll always know that you're going to come home alright." Sunrise said giving a small chuckle before hugging her husband.

"Yeah, and it's not as enjoyable without you there." Sky-blue Waters said putting his foreleg around his wife's shoulders and giving her a small kiss on the cheek.

Sunrise Sky smiled, "Let's get something to eat, our foal usually kicks when it's time to eat." she said.

"Sounds good to me, I'll take you out to eat at the best restaurant in Baltimare." Sky-blue said.

"You're so sweet." Sunrise replied.

"It's only because I'm so in love with you, now lets get going." Sky-blue said.

The pair of ponies then readied themselves for their night out and left for the restaurant.

***

When the happy pony couple left the restaurant it was late in the evening, and Sunrise Sky was pretty tired even though she was usually a night-owl, despite her name which suggested she was probably a morning pony ,which was also true.

"That was wonderful, I can't believe we've never been there before." Sunrise Sky said as she and her husband walked back into their house.

"I knew you'd like it." Sky-blue replied

"I think I'm going to hit the hay early tonight, I feel really tired." Sunrise said

"Alright sweety, I'll be up to bed later, you just make sure that you get good and rested." Sky-blue said.

"OK, well goodnight then." Sunrise said before ascending the stairs to the bedroom.

" 'night." Sky-blue said back to her.

As Sunrise Sky readied herself for bed, the foal inside her womb kicked, causing her to let out a quiet, surprised yelp.

"Ah! I know it's bedtime, settle down." Sunrise said softly.

A short time later she had nestled herself into bed and fell fast asleep almost instantly.

***

Late that night, Sunrise Sky awoke with a start, bolting straight up in bed. In the process she had woken Sky-blue Waters, and nearly knocked him off of the bed. Sunrise looked at the clock on the bedside table, It was three o'clock in the morning.

"Hey, what's wrong, honey?" Sky-blue Waters asked, still half asleep.

"I don't know, I think it might something with the baby." Sunrise Sky said before wrapping her forelegs around her belly and leaning forward with a look of pain on her face.

Sky-blue Waters instantly shook off his drowsiness when he saw his wife in pain and immediately went to her side to help her. Sunrise Sky let out a quiet scream of pain before falling onto her back, Sky-blue Waters instantly went over to his wife lifting her slightly with his forelegs.

"Get help." Sunrise Sky said before passing out.

Sky-blue Waters was instantly on his feet scooping up his wife and quickly flying out the door of their home and flying, top speed, to the Hospital. The only thought on his mind was helping his wife and their baby, no matter the cost. His wife meant the world to him, and his foal would be no different.

***

Sky-blue Waters flew through the hospital doors at top speed, carrying his wife in his forelegs. He rushed over to one of the couches in the waiting room and gently set Sunrise Sky down, he then bolted over to the main desk where a surprised nurse stood.

The nurse quickly regained her composure, "Excuse me sir, but..." the nurse began before being cut off by Sky-blue Waters

"You need to get a doctor right away, it's an emergency, my wife is pregnant and we're afraid that something may be wrong with either her or the baby, please get help!" Sky-blue Waters said worriedly.

"Right away sir, just stay here with your wife, I'll be back with a doctor as quickly as possible." the nurse said completely disregarding all of her previous thoughts and Running at full gallop to get a doctor.

Sky-blue Waters went back over to his wife and sat down next to her, stroking his hoof through her mane, "Don't worry sweety, help is on it's way." he said comfortingly to his still unconscious wife.

A few moments later a doctor, two nurses, and the nurse from the front desk, came running into the waiting room, the two of  new nurses were carrying a stretcher. The nurse from the front desk and the doctor quickly but carefully lifted his wife onto the stretcher they then took Sky-blue Waters and Sunrise Sky into one of the hospital rooms.

"You're her husband, correct?" The doctor asked Sky-blue Waters.

"Yes, please tell me you can help her." Sky-blue said worriedly.

"I will do everything in my power to help your wife, sir, but I need you to tell me what happened first." the doctor replied reassuringly, putting a hoof on Sky-blue's shoulder.

Sky-blue Waters did his best to calm himself before telling the doctor the story of what brought him to the hospital.

When Sky-blue finished his story the doctor nodded his understanding, "I see, have there been any other problems recently?" he asked

"Not that I'm aware of, but from what I've told you what do you think is wrong with my wife?" Sky-blue Waters asked anxiously, still fairly worried about his wife.

"It might be that she is going into labor, but just having trouble adjusting to it, that's a common occurrence." the doctor explained.

"She's what?!" Sky-blue Waters exclaimed with a mix of disbelief and excitement, disbelief was the more dominant of the two.

"She's going into labor Mr. Waters, now I must insist that you wait outside." the doctor said again.

Sky-blue Waters couldn't believe it, his disbelief changing into happiness and excitement. He was finally about to see his first foal, the foal that had been dominating most of his thoughts for the past months, and he was eager to meet the addition to the household.

***

A while later, Sky-blue Waters was summoned by a nurse into the room where his wife had been taken a long while ago, he was filled with excitement and nervousness at the same time. As he walked through the door he was greeted by his wife who was laying on a bed in a hospital gown and  holding a small bundle.

Sky-blue Waters walked over to his wife's side, "Hey, how are you doing?" he asked softly, just-in-case the baby was sleeping.

"Better, a lot better really." Sunrise Sky replied.

Sky-blue Waters shifted his gaze from his wife to the small bundle in her hooves, "So, is it a filly or a colt?" he asked.

"It's a colt, happy and healthy." Sunrise Sky said.

Sunrise Sky shifted her left hoof to pull down the part of the blanket that covered the head of the baby.When she had pulled the blanket off of it's head completely Sky-blue Waters smiled at his new son, who turned out to be awake and also smiled back. The foal had a purple coat, a little fluff of a mane that was blonde, just like his father's, and blue eyes like his mother's.

Sunrise Sky lifted her foal in her hooves up to her husband, "Here, hold your new son, let him get to know his daddy" she said.

Sky-blue Waters scooped up his son in his forelegs and held him in a cradling manner. When he brought the foal up to his body it immediately snuggled into him.

"Aww, that's right little one, I'm your daddy." Sky-blue Waters said.

Sky-blue placed the foal back into Sunrise's lap, and smiled at her, his wife returned the smile. Sky-blue Waters looked out the window of the room and saw that the sun was beginning to rise, and immediately he moved his wife's bed over to the window so that they could enjoy the sunrise together as they did every morning, and now they had their son with them to joi in the tradition.

Sunrise Sky shifted her gaze to her husband, "What should we name him?" she asked.

Sky-blue Waters thought about the question for a moment and then answered, "How about Creative Spark?" he said.

Sunrise considered the name, "I like that." she said and looked down at the foal in her lap, "Welcome to the world Creative Spark."

The foal, newly dubbed Creative Spark, looked up at his mother and smiled, as if he accepted the name. Creative Spark snuggled into his mother then, letting out a little yawn, he fell asleep.