The Queen Ponies

Chapter 2 - Fluttershy is also a queen

In a cave, deep within the Everfree Forest, a pony princess is being born. She sits in the uterus, impatiently waiting for the cervix to open. As soon as it does, the princess wriggles herself up the birth canal and pops her head out the end to take her first breath of air. The newborn royalty speaks "Thank goodness! It was getting crowded in there".

The princess crawls onto the floor and takes a look around. She sees the face of her mother, Fluttershy. Fluttershy, looks at the young princess lovingly and says "I think I'll name this little cutie Apple Bloom". Fluttershy nuzzles Apple Blooms snout. "I'm lucky to have such a pretty daughter".

Apple Bloom hears another voice "Apple Bloom? That name choice is confusing. Whatever, I don't care". A pony named Rainbow Dash walks over to the newborn foal and licks its face "Oh yeah! I'm the father! Tough break, Gilda".

A griffon named Gilda approaches "Haha, we'll see who gets it next time, Dash"

Sitting in her mothers womb for so long had left Apple Bloom a little sore, so she rested for a while. Apple Bloom enjoyed her first few minutes of not being immersed in darkness. She sat within a limestone cavern, brightly lit by powerful diamonds.

Eventually, the other royal foals approached Apple Bloom. Their names are Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

Apple Bloom is excited to meet her sisters "Hello, I'm Apple Bloom"

"I'm Scootaloo"

"And I'm Sweetie Belle, I'm so excited to see you"

Apple Bloom says "Hey! I remember you Sweetie Belle! From before you left the womb".

Fluttershy looks on as the excited foals befriend one another. Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle are her princess-foals and they are Fluttershy's pride and joy. As she sits adoring them, Fluttershy wishes she weren't so fat, just so she could move to cuddle them more often.

The young trio notice Fluttershy smiling at them, they are feeling hungry and move over to feed on Fluttershy's milk. While suckling at Fluttershy's teats, the three foals discuss cutie-marks. Apple Bloom had not yet heard about cutie-marks, but the discussions piques her interest. Together the princesses form "The Cutie Mark Crusaders", an organisation devoted to determining one's own special talent.

They spend much time crusading about the Everfree and within the cave. The cave has a network of many tunnels, all lit by diamonds. Every few hours the crusaders would be called to see their mother so that they could feed. Once full, they would be directed out of her throne-room.

Apple Bloom was feeling somewhat suspicious as to why she'd never saw her mother out of feeding hours, the throne-room guards told her that she couldn't enter to see her parents. Apple Bloom was curious and happened upon a small tunnel that was conveniently accessible to fillies. Traveling through this tunnel gave Apple Bloom access to a hole in the ceiling of the throne-room.

Apple Bloom spies into the room, she sees Gilda and Rainbow Dash psyching each other up with an energetic motivating exchange of words. Nearby was a plump, panting Fluttershy. Gilda speaks "Okay, Rainbow Dash, let's show Fluttershy a good time!"

Rainbow Dash hoofbumped with Gilda yelling "Yes! We're two hours in and I'm ready for two more!". Apple Bloom then saw Rainbow Dash and Gilda walk over to Fluttershy and begin double-teaming her. Fluttershy receives all the pleasure she could want as she lays in the throne-room, which had always been a very private room to accommodate for Fluttershy's shyness.

Apple Bloom figured what she was seeing was the process of "mating", but she never imagined it would be so sweaty and messy. Apple Bloom calls out "Now, why the hay are you doing that?"

Fluttershy's head jerks in Apple Bloom's direction, she looks at Apple Bloom and seems somewhat frightened. Rainbow Dash and Gilda also turn to look, but only show slight annoyance at the interruption.

Fluttershy blushes brightly and says "Oh no! I didn't expect anyone would see us". Fluttershy then tries her best to hide her face with her hooves.

Apple Bloom realises that she wasn't supposed to be spying on her parents and scuttles back into her hole. Apple Bloom says to herself "I didn't expect to see that. But I've always seen Dad and Gilda hoofbumping, so going two-on-one with Mum may fit with their apparent comradery."

Apple Bloom goes back through the tunnel and finds Scootaloo at the entrance. Apple Bloom goes to explain what she saw but Scootaloo says "Don't bother, I've known about that for ages. It's disgusting I know. Dad'll probably be here soon to explain the necessity of reproduction."

Rainbow Dash finds Apple Bloom and spends some time explaining to her "the necessity of reproduction". Rainbow Dash then tells her "But there's a plus side. You see, one day, you are certain to make a brilliant bride for a couple of wonderbolts".

Apple Bloom responds "Why must it be so, Dad?"

Rainbow Dash replies "This will solidify the bond between the core colony in Everfree and the outlying colony at Cloudsdale. You see, I have friends in Cloudsdale, plus Gilda came from there".

Apple Bloom doesn't like this "But I don't wanna".

Rainbow Dash says "Well, I guess I could reduce that to just one wonderbolt, if you really want."

Scootaloo pipes up "Cool, that leaves more for me".

A day passed and Apple Bloom was still feeling distinctly unsatisfied with her fate. She begins to contemplate the meaning of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She questions her two friends "Why do ponies get cutie-marks? What do they represent?"

Sweetie Belle replies "Your special talent?"

Apple Bloom says "Yes, but what's the point of having a special talent if we're already gonna be fat queens one day. There has to be a greater purpose to the cutie-mark.... And you know... when I get one, I'm not letting it go to waste".

After Apple Bloom's inspirational speech, the Cutie Mark Crusaders work twice as hard to get their cutie-marks.

The next day, they awake particularly early with an inspired plan to earn their cutie-marks. On this occasion the Cutie Mark Crusaders will flirt with death, by attempting to earn their animal taming cutie-marks. The dangerous aspect is the resident Ursa Major, because it is her that the Cutie Mark Crusaders would be teaching.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders enter the room where the Ursa likes to sleep. Sweetie Belle exclaims "I want to teach it to roll over!"

They trot up to the still body of the Ursa Major. Scootaloo says "We need to get its attention first".

As the Crusaders approach the massive head of the Ursa, its eyes open wide and stare at them. Apple Bloom says "How do we get it interested enough to do as we say?".

Sweetie Belle rolls on to her back and begins cheering "Roll over! Roll over!". Scootaloo and Apple Bloom jump up and down and try their best to entertain, but the Ursa doesn't respond as they expect.

The Ursa is actually feeling quite hungry and moves to bite the trio of foals. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom manage to dive out of the way. Unfortunately Sweetie Belle is lying on her back and she gets caught in the Ursa Major's mouth. The Ursa Major swallows with a "Gulp". Sweetie Belle could not escape.

As Apple Bloom watched from afar, she was horrified to see Sweetie Belle eaten and digested by the Ursa Major. "Oh no! Sweetie Belle!".

Apple Bloom is stunned after seeing her best friend being eaten. She stares at the Ursa Major from a distance and feels Scootaloo put a hoof around her shoulder. The silence is broken by a thunderous "Zap!". The two remaining Crusaders turn towards the source of the noise.

Something is happening near the entrance of the cave. There are more noises and a loud commotion as ponies approach. One pony tears round a corner of a nearby tunnel screaming "The horror!".

The general chaos gives Apple Bloom an adrenaline boost, allowing her to push Sweetie Belle's demise to the back of her mind. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo hide behind a corner and peer at what appears to be an invasion.

Apple Bloom observes a purple unicorn, named Twilight Sparkle, blasting ponies out of her way as she charged down the tunnel leading to Apple Bloom's position. A white unicorn named Rarity followed. Rarity used magic that appeared to flow through the walls, reflecting a bright light off crystals buried deep within. Having observed the crystals, Rarity then turned to Twilight Sparkle and exclaimed "The throne room is this way!".

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo creep along the walls edge till they come to the small tunnel that Apple Bloom had once used to spy on her parents mating. They run down the tunnel, completely evading the enemy on their way to their mother, Fluttershy.

On the way, Apple Bloom asks what happened, Scootaloo explains "The invader was Twilight Sparkle, an infamous Applejackian warrior. Twilight Sparkle gained some notoriety when she successfully thwarted a Fluttershian plan"

"What plan?"

In the middle of running Scootaloo replied "Rainbow Dash attempted to disturb the peace in Ponyville by unleashing an Ursa Minor upon it."

"She beat an Ursa? That's something".

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo arrive at Fluttershy's throne room. But the invaders are already battling with some of the ponies guarding the entrance to the throne room.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo observe a breakthrough in defences and then Twilight Sparkle bursts in with her group of Applejackians.

Fluttershy is frightened and squeaks. Rainbow Dash and Gilda briefly continue comforting her before Rainbow Dash called out "Captain Lyra, awake the pegasus guard!". Various metal hatches that existed throughout the throne-room opened and the unicorn Lyra fired magical beams into each. From these hatches emerged streams of pegasi, who had awoken from months of hibernation.

The throne-room was soon filled with a swarming army of pegasi, who were join by their commanders, Rainbow Dash and Gilda. Together, these pegasi beat their wings to create powerful gusts of wind. The Applejackian invaders are scattered, save a couple of unicorns.

Twilight Sparkle is able to hold her ground with a force field, she speaks to an adjacent blue unicorn "Trixie, do your thing".

The Applejackian soldier, Trixie smiled "Watch as The Great and Powerful Trixie unleashes her full power". Trixie summoned a storm of dazzling, but harmless fireworks. This was enough to distract the pegasi guard while Twilight Sparkle grabbed Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, then she ran off.

Apple Bloom tried to call out but magic was forcing her mouth shut. Twilight Sparkle alone smuggled the two crusaders to another part of the cave network. Leaving the chaotic battle behind. They passed a few stray pegasi guards but Twilight Sparkle was able to handle them by teleporting them far away.

Twilight Sparkle didn't stop moving till they were in a section of the cave where no other ponies lurked. At this point Twilight Sparkle asks the Cutie Mark Crusaders "where is the third? I couldn't see her in the throne room"

Apple Bloom replied "Poor Sweetie Belle, she was eaten by the Ursa Major".

Twilight "Damn it, I don't have time. Unless.... of course! A sleeping spell!" Twilight Sparkles horn glowed bright and Apple Bloom felt as though her body exploded for a second before she found herself suddenly flying out of the cave at an impossible speed.

Next thing Apple Bloom found herself lying in some arbitrary position within the Everfree Forest, Scootaloo had landed not far away. This time Apple Bloom was able to call for help, but no ponies were nearby. Apple Bloom fell extremely tired and both fillies went to sleep.