Chapters Maybes are not always promises
Chapter 1
Maybe are not always....
Chapter 1 – Maybes are not always promises
"Violet, stop biting on that." Violet leans her head back as Twilight reaches her hoof towards the blue and rainbow rattle the little filly has plunged into her mouth. Violets fight is futile as Twilight eventually takes the rattle from the little fillies grasp. She continues to talk in a low sweet voice to her as she cleans the rattle off with a white towel, "You know not to eat things that are not food." Twilight continues to say something in a baby like voice, but your mind does not have the superpower to understand it...at least that’s the joke you always tell yourself.
You go about the normal same routine that you both have seem to make over the past few weeks as you take the towel and rattle from Twilight.
You place the rattle and towel on top of the pile of parenting books that rest on the table next to you. After you stop the rattle from rolling once you turn back to see the little light purple filly's blue button eyed gaze fixated on the rattle that was stolen from her grasp. You hold your smile as you watch Twilight's attempts at feeding Violet begin.
Twilight holds out the large silver spoon of apple sauce to Violet as she tries to talk her into eating it, "Look Violet, here comes the Canterlot train."
The sweet smile and faked train noises are not enough as Violet holds her mouth up and away from the spoon as Twilight tries to ease it closer to her.
"Come on Violet last bite." Twilight gives Violet another larger smile, but Violet doesn't bring her head to the spoon.
Your low laugh finally escapes you as Violet does this. Your laugh makes Twilight turn to you as she looks at you unamused, "You try." She holds the spoon out to you.
You smile to here as you stand, does she really think a wizard alien pony cannot get a little filly to eat?
You casually walk over and stand beside where Twilight sits as you take the spoon in your hoof. As of the last few weeks you have gotten better at stand on three legs, still feels weird but you always feel like a bad ass for being able to do it.
"Ok Violet, here comes the airplane."
Violet stares at you for a moment before she gives in and opens her mouth to the spoon.
You smile to Twilight, but your glory is short lived as you listen to Twilight's voice, "Oh, Violet. Close your mouth."
You look back to her with another light chuckle as you look at the apple sauce dribbling out of Violet's mouth. You're pushed aside by Twilight as she stands.
"See I got her to eat it."
Twilight shakes her head at you as she points to the towel that sits on the table, "doesn't count, towel please."
You turn back to the table for the towel as Spike hands it out to you, "How can there be air plains? There’s no grass in the sky?"
"Different plane." You hold the white towel out to Twilight, "Oh, Violet were going to have to give you another bath before we leave." Violet gives an apple sauce filled smile to Twilight's playfully voice as Twilight starts to clean her.
Your smile fades a little but before you can start thinking you hear a knock at the door. By the loudness of the knock you already know who it is. You give a look to Twilight before you make your way to the door, "We should pretend like we're not here for once."
The low giggle you hear from behind you reassures you that the thought is valid. But you push it aside as you open the door, "Hello Rainbow."
"Wow, what a warm welcome." You smirk to her sarcastic voice as you try again, "Helloooo Rainbow."
"Ugh, you're getting old." You roll your eyes as you close the door behind her. She stops in the middle of the room and gives a little laugh as she nudges you, "I know, you need to get some stallion friends. You're turning too much into Twilight."
You squint to her comment, "I have plenty of stallion friends."
"Oh ya? Name two." She stares at you as a smirk crosses your face.
"Well there’s you an...-"
She jabs you hard before you can finish, "Ha ha, very funny."
You shake your head as you walk behind her. Note to self, Rainbow has hard hooves...still worth it.
"There’s wheezy." Rainbows tomboyish voice echoes through the room a little as she walks over to Twilight. Violet wiggles her legs happily to Rainbow's voice as Rainbow gets closer.
You and Twilight both look to her annoyed to the comment, "Rainbow, don't call her that."
Rainbow ignores her as she lets out a laugh, "I see Rarity's super special towels got good use." You look over the applesauce and drool covered towel as you take your seat at the table again.
"Anyways, Fluttershy wanted me to drop this stuff off. I got weather planning to do today so I don't think I’ll be by again." She holds her hoof to her as she proudly exclaims, "Ya, they can't plan the first big storm of the summer without the head weather mare."
You think about what she said as you try to make a mental note, "So when is the storm again?"
Rainbow holds her hoof out to you as she talks to Twilight, "So does he like always not listen?"
Twilight tries to copy Rarity's voice as she answers her, "Oh all stallions will never listen." She gives a friendly giggle as she takes the box from Rainbow and places it under the high chair.
Rainbow give her normal tomboyish laugh as she trots over to the table, "Told you, you're going to be out numbered soon."
You nod your head to Twilight as you talk, "Ok, let’s see how well I listen when somepony ask me for a belly rub tonight."
Twilight blushes a little as she stops her giggle.
Rainbow gives a little smile as she pokes at the rattle that sits at the table, "How’s Violet like the rattle?"
You stop the rattle from falling off the table as you talk, "She thinks its food." As the rattle moves on the table Violet wiggles her legs to it. Rainbow playfully hoofs to the rattle as she stares at the little purple filly, "You want it?" Violet wiggles her legs a little fast at the sight of the rattle. Rainbow continues to play with her as she flicks the rattle again, "Do ya?"
The smile big smile that has come across Rainbow's face is intoxicating as everyone in the room stares at Violet's small wiggling legs.
But the moment doesn't last long as you watch the little fillies nose wrinkle up and her eyes start to tear up. You can hear a low little wheezing whine come from her now open mouth as she looks to the table.
Rainbow's smile stops as she holds the rattle out to Twilight who takes it quickly and brings it to Violet as she tries to calm her down, "Sh, don't cry Violet." Twilight moves the rattle around playful in front of Violet for a few moments before Violets tiny hooves wrap around the rattle. She brings the rattle to her mouth and begins to bite on it with a smile as she looks around the room.
Rainbow turns to him with a light hearted answer, "Because, she's building up her energy for a big cry."
Twilight gives a slight smile to Rainbows answer as she stands from her spot in front of Violet.
Rainbow shifts between you both as she talk, "Well I need to go...I might get out early and I’ll stop by then."
You nod your head to her as she walks towards the other room.
"Bye Twi."
Twilight calls back to her as she takes her seat across from you. She brings the pile of parenting books in front of her as she talks, "We will know after we talk to Doctor Stable again."
Spike cocks his head as he looks at you, "But I thought you guys did that last week?"
Twilight looks up from opening her book as she talks, "Yes, but we were asked to come back after one week of giving Violet that medicine."
Spike nods his head and looks back to the paper he has been writing on.
You catch Twilights eye before she looks back down to her book. You look back to the little filly as you sigh and your mind takes over you in thought. Ever since you and Twilight realized that the only sound Violet seems to be able to make is the wheezing noise, your mind has started to fill with worry and an overall uneasy feeling every time you hear the sound. You look back to the lavender mare that now looks towards Violet as you continue to think, yep the same routine.
End of chapter 1
Maybes are not always promises
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
The annoyed half smile that you hold as you look around the plain colored walls over the hospital patient room only help to fuel your anxiousness to leave...well that and the uncomfortable chairs.
Twilight struggles to hold the squirming Violet as they both sit on the patient bed. Violet has her careless baby smile as she continues to try and wiggle her way out of Twilights grip, "Violet..." Her sentence is cut up as she moves her head to try and avoid the tiny unicorns horn, "...Stop." ..."Moving."
You give a slight smile to her as you think about how lucky she is to not have to worry about anyo-anypony.
"You want down?" You smile to the little filly as you talk in a low voice.
Violet stops moving as she wiggles her legs to the ground with a loud happy wheezing sound. Twilight gives a look to the ground like its lava or something and hesitates to lower the little filly down.
"She can't get hurt in a doctor’s office." You look around the room for any sign of object that could be knocked over as you reassure yourself to your statement.
Twilight reluctantly nods as she lowers the little filly to the ground.
At first Violet sits up with her diaper bottom resting on the checker like brown and light brown tile floor. Her light purple coat and bright white diaper make her stand out from the ground as you give a little smile to her baby like O face as she look up to Twilight's hanging head over her.
But the moment of confusion doesn't last long as Violet pushes up on her front legs and stands with a happy open mouth.
Her stand is a little shaky and her little tail that matches her mixed hair poking straight up from the hole in the diaper. She kicks her back legs up as she starts to almost hop around the room.
You and Twilight both give a long happy sigh as you watch her hop around the room with her small patch of mane flopping playfully. Her playful moment doesn't get to last long as you hear a voice coming from the behind the door. "Come her Violet." You stand up and move to pick up the little filly but she turns to see your advance and gets away from you.
As she playfully hop-gallops from you the door opens to doctor stable, "Well hello everypony."
You turn back to see Twilight scooping up the smiling little filly, so you return to your seat as Doctor Stable walks over to Twilight, "hello Doctor Stable."
The caramel stallion smiles to Violet as he talks, "And how are you doing?"
Violet wiggles her legs to him and lets out a low happy wheeze.
Twilight's friendly smile changes as she looks to the stallion.
"Well, it sounds like that medicine didn't help." He dips his muzzle into the lab coat that he wears on his upper body and pulls out the tiny little wooden plank thing that every doctor uses. It has always struck you as odd on how these ponies were so like humans, but this took the cake when you first saw it.
"Ok Violet say ahhhh." Stable eases the piece of wood into Violets mouth as he look inside the squirmy little filly. "Hmm."
You and Twilight both wait anxiously for him to talk as he pull the little tough pusher out of her mouth, "Well, there is still no sign of infection."
He shifts his gaze between you two as he talks, "You used all the potion right?"
"Yes."
You nod your head in agreement to Twilight as you watch Violet stick her tongue out and wipe it with her hooves. The motion brings a little smirk across your face but it’s quick to leave as you meet Twilights serious face.
Stable looks over the clipboard that he holds in his hoof as he starts to stammer, "Is there any coughing or increasing crying?"
Twilight's voice is low and serious as her adjectives Violet on to her seat, "That’s just it, she still hasn't cried like she should."
"And she doesn't cough." You add in as Twilight stops her sentence.
Stable taps his hoof to his mouth as he thinks, "And the only sound she seems to be able to make is a wheezing sound?"
You tense up as you listen to Twilight answer yes to the question. You watch Stables face turn a little more hard as you wait for him to talk.
Stable nods his head to Violet as she talks in a low voice, "Well...she did have an early birth. It’s possible that her larynx did not properly develop.
Twilight gives an emotionless nod to his comment as she rubs her head against the little fillies head.
You squint to the word as you think...the hell does that have to do with anything? You hold your hoof to Violet as you talk in a slightly shaky voice, "Is she ok?"
Stable looks at you a little confused as he nods, "Well, yes...she from what I understand has no problems walking and no other physical problems..."
You cut him off as you speak up, "What do you mean other? What's wrong with her? Is she sick?"
Stable and Twilight both hold their heads to you with a surprised expression.
You shift between them confused, "What?"
Stable clears his throat as he talks, "If Violet's larynx is not properly developed it may never fully develop."
Twilight again puts her head on the happy little filly as Stable stops talking.
You think about the word for a moment before you speak, "What does that mean? She can't cry? She has like asthma or something?"
Stable shakes his head to the word, "N-no she does not have as-muh."
You squint your eyes to his mispronunciation as he continues, "...She has a rare disorder that stops her from talking or making the normal sounds."
You’re silent as you try to understand the mix feelings you have. You're relieved and overjoyed that she does not have a major problem... but the feeling is mixed and clouded by the thoughts of never hearing your baby's voice.
Stable gives one last look to you both before he turns back to the door, "Twilight do bring Violet back in a few weeks just to make sure it was not an infection, it could be the potion takes some time to work."
Twilight nods her head as she rubs nuzzles Violets mane.
As the door closes you look back to the still smiling filly, you don't, really feel happy but just the notion of her happy smiling face is enough for you. You push back all your uneasy feelings as you talk to Twilight in a low and still not too sure voice, "Well at least she’s ok."
Twilight's ear flickers a little as your word hit her, "Fine?! How is that fine?"
Twilight's raised voice hits you a little off as you look to her. Sure Violet not being able to talk is a bad thing but you would rather that than have something wrong with her lungs or something like that. But you're unable to say this as you look as her sad expression as she continues, "How is this fine?"
Violet stops looking around the room and look up to Twilight with a blank baby clueless expression.
You squint at her a little annoyed at the tone as you talk, "Well she’s not dying? That’s good news."
Twilight leans her head back in a sarcastic tone as she talks, "OH, sure our baby can't talk and you're just fine with that."
You stare at her speechless for a moment.
She shakes her head as her voice starts to crack up a little, "I see how much you care." She sniffles at the end of her sentence as she wraps her hooves a little tighter around Violet.
You shake your head at her as you talk in an annoyed and raised voice, "I don't care because I’m happy she’s ok? That make you think I do...-"
Before you can finish she cuts you off, "No I th...-"
"NO-no I don't care because I’m happy Violet is going to...-"
"How many ponies do you know that can't talk!" She raises her voice over yours as she shoots her sentence at you.
You give another laugh as you shake your head, "Plenty, you know what they're called? Normal..." You blink some sense back into as you expel that last word, but it comes to late as Twilight's voice yells back to you, "NORMAL!? You think that!..."
Her voice is cut off by the low wheezing sound that finally breaks through from her lap.
You both bring your eyes to the little filly that sits on Twilight's lap and right in front of your view...Violets blue button like eyes have a red puffy like tent to them and her coat around her eyes are riddled with wet matted fur that trickle down to her chest coat...she looks like she has been crying since you two started the argument and neither one of you have noticed since now. Violets low little wheezing is more of a hyperventilating at this point, which is the only reason it’s loud enough to hear.
"Shhh, don't cry. Shhh." Twilight rubs her hoof across Violets mane trying to calm her but the little fillies mouth hangs open with the same low wheezing as the streams of tears continue to trace down her face.
You stand from your seat and turn to the door, the sight of her being sad is almost too much to bear and you can't keep looking at her. You bite against the inside of your lip as you begin your silent yelling to yourself for not noticing her and for not trying to stop the argument.
After a few seconds of staring at the wood grain door you turn back to Twilight and Violet, "Twilight I’m sorr...-"
She holds her hoof to you as she talks in a low voice, "I'll be outside in a minute."
You bring your eyes to the ground as you nod and turn back to the door. You have a mixed emotion about the news for Violet, but right now you're too busy kicking yourself to really think straight.
You close the door behind you as you stand in the dull hospital hallway alone.
End of chapter 2
Maybes are not always promises
Chapter 3 – For all its worth
The walk home is quite hell warmed by the beautiful day's sky above. You walk a little behind but still beside the lavender unicorn mare still feeling sorry for yourself...which only makes you feel even worse as the silent journey has made you realize you didn't even take her thoughts on Violet into consideration when you first spoke. Your eyes have been fixated on the dirt road path before since you left the hospital, you finally let them drift to her as you notice the library coming into view in the distance.
Her gaze in front of her has not altered unlike yours, so you stare at her trying to just grasp the way she might be feeling. The area around her big purple eyes are damp and looked to have been quickly wiped. Which could explain why you had to wait so long in the hallway.
With a light laugh only heard by yourself you take your eyes from her and start to look around aimlessly as you think, How can she even say I don't care...I wonder if that’s horse shit is still an expression. You smirk to the joke that you know you would only find funny.
But the arrogant feeling of self righteousness is short lived as your eyes drift back to Twilight and set on the small blue eyes that are looking up at you. The only thing you can do is hike your head back to the path as you give a silent sigh.
At this moment you can see the library is just a short burst of energy away. You kick your body into a sprint as you run to the side of the door to hold it open.
You bring your eyes to Twilight as you patiently wait with your hoof pressing the door open wide. Twilight gives a simple nod to you as she walks in.
As you follow behind her she stops at the bottom of the stairs and turns to you, "Could you watch Violet for a little." Her voice is not a sad tone but more of a somehow beaten tone, almost as if she was tired.
You nod as you watch her walk over to the high chair. She places Violet down gently and kisses the little fillies forehead as walks over to the table where the blue and rainbow rattle sits. Violet smiles happily as the rattle is hoofted to her.
As the rattle is plunged into the little fillies mouth by her own hooves Twilight turns back with a fading smile.
She glances at you as she makes her way back to the staircase.
"Twilight, for what its worth I’m sorry." You hold your head to her as she stops at the first stair.
She doesn't say anything but she gives a nod as she continues up the stairs.
You look away from the top of the stairs with an annoyed sigh as her mixed purple toned tail leaves your sight.
The library is quiet and has a sense of emptiness to it. You look to the light purple filly that now stares at you with a face of baby like bliss.
You can't help but smile to her little face as you talk in a low voice, "You're not mad are you?"
Violet smiles back to you and wiggles her hooves to you. As she does this the rattle is freed from her grasp and rolls off the small table that is attached to the high chair.
The rattle clangs against the wood with a low rattling clang. Violet pushes herself up on the table as she tries to look for the rattle.
You smile to her reaction as you slowly make your way over to the high chair, "Where did it go Violet?"...note to self baby voice still sound bad.
You continue to try and play around with her as you look to the rattle that now rest up against the box Rainbow Dash brought by early.
Violet pushes herself from the chair a little high as you pick the rattle up. You don't notice her as you place your hoof on the rattle, still would be easier with hands you think with a smirk. At this moment you realize the high chair starting to tip over a little.
You quickly bring you head up to Violet's smiling face, "Violet don...-" You're unable to continue the as you watch Violet push herself from the seat and stand on the table. In the blink of an eye as her weight shifts onto the table completely the high chair tilts forward. You flop onto your back as Violet falls onto your chest, you embrace her with your hooves as you sit on the ground for a moment. The high chair hits the ground with a loud echoing clang.
Violet gives a happy little wheezing sound as she bounces her front legs up and down on your chest. You give a relieved laugh to her as you talk in a low but stern voice, "Don't climb on stuff. What did mommy say hu?"
She is unaffected by your light scolding as she lets out another smiling happy laughing wheezing sound.
You feel your own low laugh follow her as you kiss her forehead, "Great, I’m the one you don't listen to." You rest you head on the hardwood floor as you release Violet from you grasp. She again playfully bounces her front legs on your chest.
Your voice is a little huffed at each one of her little bounces as the air pushes out at different speeds, "If Twilight saw that she would be yelling at you right now." You turn your head to the stairs to see if Twilight had came down from the sound, but you don't see her.
The pressure from the little filly that sits on your chest starts to shift a little as she looks to the ground that may only be a few inches from her current stance.
You place your hooves around her as you lower her to the ground. You give another chuckle to her as you sit on the ground, "Hey Violet...I don't think I can get up." You stare at the little filly who stares back to you clueless to what your say. You smirk to her as you roll yourself away from her to push yourself off the ground.
As you stand Violet playfully kicks her back legs up as she makes her little hoping trot to where you stand. You smile to her as you go to pick up the high chair.
You look it over for a moment, there doesn't seem to be anything broken on it...but then again you are not really good at being a handyman. You turn to the little filly that sits with her diaper butt on the floor still staring at you as you talk, "You're not going to run too far are you?"
Violet stares at you with her baby like O face until she gets bored and begins to staring at random object in the room.
To your surprise she didn't go for the rattle so you pick it up and place it on the table to clean it later. As you place it you notice a folded letter.
You pick it up and then look back to make sure Violet has not knocked over a bookcase or something. She still sit on the ground so you open the paper and read it. You smirk at the writing you know its Spikes and he has spelled your name wrong again, you push past the spelling error as you read,
Rarity stopped by and asked me to go gem hunting. I should be back later tonight, love Spike.
ps. I might have broke the high chair.
You roll your eyes to the letter as you toss it back to the table as you think, well Spike I hope your fucking fire proof.
You snap out of your plans as you notice Violet moving from her spot towards the bookshelves in the other room, "Wait Violet."
You gallop in front of her as you stop her, "I think we should just stay in here."
Violet walks darts through your legs as she gallops towards the large wooden bookshelves. But she stops and sits on the ground after only a few steps, she gives a little yawn as she look up to the bookshelf.
You breathe a sigh of relief as you realize how close you might had been to chasing her, "Ya Violet there called books...sleeping pills for ponies." You give a smirk to your comment but her baby like O face doesn't fuel you any further. You look to the bookshelf as you walk a little closer to it, "You want me to read you a story?"
You turn back to her with a smile. Violet stares at you so you decide to take that as a yes as you start to scan the book titles. Shady Groves, Demon days, Last Trail on the right... You continue down the row of books for a little bit as you think, I think I’m in the wrong section. You move your eyes to the next shelf as a dusty old title stands out to you, A pony whisper, you pick the book from the self and burst a little bit of dust of it. It’s surprising that any book can have dust on it in this library but as you open the book you realize why nopony has picked it up. You read the description with a little frown, one out of a thousand ponies suffer from Sombrauim, the in-ability to talk. And life for these strange and unlucky ponies c...-
You flip to the first chapter as you ignore the description, the book has old pictures of a hoof and ears and describes how to talk using hooves and ears. You sit down on the floor in front of the bookshelf as you hoof through the book to chapter one, Hoofing it.
"Come here Violet." You reach out and bring Violet to sit in front of you as you look over the pictures in the book for the first time. The pushed back feelings from the hospital come back to you as you look from the dusty book back to the light purple unicorns happy smile.
End of chapter 3
Maybes are not always promises
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 – Maybe for the...
You flop your left ear down and raise your right hoof to your mouth as you stare to the little filly that sits on her pillow and blanket made throne of softness that sits in front of you. You have a dumb expression on your face, you know you can feel it but after a few hours of practicing how to flop your ear down you take all the joy you can muster from your victory as you hold the ear and hoof to the proper question.
You know Violet is most likely to young to understand anything you're doing but doing this somehow make you feel better. You place your left hoof to the cleaned up book and then bring it to the bottle that is being held in the little fillies mouth by her tiny grasp as you talk, "Was it good Violet?"
She stare blankly at you as she sucks down the last little bit.
As the bottle comes down from her mouth you feel a smile come across your face at the sight of her right ear twitch. But instead of her copying you the little filly lets out a decent sounding belch.
"Well that counts." You give a little chuckle as the filly smiles to your voice.
You look back to the book and flip the page as you read the top, I love you. You look over the instructions on how to do this, unlike the other phrases this one is only two motions and is really easy. You smile to Violet as you walk your mind through the steps. You place your hoof on your chest as you talk, "I.." You give a little chuckle as you take your hoof off yourself as you continue , "I.." You move your hoof through your coat as you follow the words slowly through your mouth, "...Love..." You extend your hoof to her chest as you say the last word, "...You..."
Violet looks down to your hoof that is pressed into her coat and wraps her tiny hooves around it instead of following the motion. You smile to her as that happy stomach feeling consumes you were tired. Your thoughts. Her button like eyes stare to you with her silent smiling open mouth.
"Well Violet, you have successful failed every instruction today."
Violet continues to hold her smile which only brings you to a laugh as you look back to the book as you read it silently to yourself.
After a few second you turn your eyes back to her, she is wiggling her front legs towards another part of the room, "What?" You turn to her gaze as you try to see what she’s looking at. As you do this you lose your smile a little, "Hi Twilight."
Twilight has an emotionless face as she look to where you both sit. Her coat around her eyes still look damp and her mane is now ruffled from where she was laying. She looks to the broken high chair as she talks, "What are you two doing?"
You clear your throat as you hoof to the book that sits toward where she stand, "I'm uh going over hoofing."
Twilight looks at the book with a silent nod and stand with an awkward silence for a moment. She gives another nod as she walks over to Violet with a half cracked smile, "And how are you?" Twilight brushes Violet with her hoof.
You hold the book up to her as you sit on the ground in front of Violet, "You want it?"
Twilight stares at the book for a moment and then back to you. Her soft purple eyes fix on you for a moment almost as if she was questioning what you just offered her. Your hoof lowers a little as you start to bring it back down.
But as you bring it back down she nods her head and sits down next to you. She smiles to Violet as she takes the book in her hooves, "Tell me Violet is daddies reading as bad as I remember?" Twilight gives you a sweet smile to reassure you that she joking, and you give her the same as you both look to Violet.
Violet smiles to her voice.
"Ok, Violet." Twilight flips the book back to the first page and silent reads it for a little bit.
You shift your eyes between her and Violet as you sit up a little bit uncomfortable on the ground waiting for her to talk again.
Twilight smile she got from looking at Violet fades as she begins to flip through the pages at a slightly heightened pace. You blink at her trying to understand why she is being so unaccepting of this...you know it’s not the best thing that you two could had hoped for but Violet is still fine and safe...so how can she be acting like this? You stare at her silently as you wait for her to stop.
The pages of the old book finally stop and Twilight's eyes scan the page for a moment. She shifts where she sits as she moves some off her overlaying mane out of her face and looks to Violet, "Ok Violet, you want to try something."
Twilight pause for a moment as Violet stares around the room. As Violet finally looks back to Twilight you watch as she puts her hoof to her own chest as Twilight look to Violet with loving eyes, "I..."
You don't know how long you and Twilight have sat on the hardwood floor staring to the little filly on her soft throne. But you don't really care, over the last few hours you would guess you and Twilight have moved closer to each other and at each one of Violet's smiles you feel that the events of earlier today are starting to be erased.
"...Ok Violet left hoof up." Twilight taps on Violets left hoof as Twilight goes through the motion again, "Like that Violet."
You chuckle to the little filly as you talk, "Or you could just wiggle your legs like you did before."
Twilight again taps on Violets hoof as she talks in an encouraging high pitch voice, "Come on Violet."
But Violet doesn't follow her motion and instead wiggles her legs to Twilight high pitch voice.
Twilight lets out a little giggle as she smiles to you.
You nod your head as you think to yourself, well Mrs. Sparkle that makes two today.
"Ok..." Twilight brings the book up to her as she read aloud from it.
You try to listen to her but you're drawn back to the little filly who now is yawning big and starting to have drooping eyes.
You nudge Twilight as you motion to Violet.
She gives a light giggle as she stands from the ground, "I think somepony wants to go to bed." Twilight scoops the little filly into her grasp and start to make her way out of the room.
You give a loud sigh as you try to get yourself to stand, "Oh crap." You mutter this to yourself as you try to move but are unable to move for a second. But you’re feeling to your two bottom legs comes back pretty fast as you stand from the ground. You roll your neck and kick out your back legs as you give a loud stretching sound, I need to remember not to sit like that for so long.
As you finish your movements you look down and pick the book up to bring it to the table. You give a light chuckle to yourself as the normal thought that plays through your mind is slightly changed, This would be a lot easier with magic.
You lay the book on the table as you look over the no longer dusty cover, you know this won't be the last time you touch that book...it’s a better reminder but you smile it off as you picture Violets happy face in your mind.
The hooves hitting the wood of the stairs brings your head back as you talk, "Oh you don't have to worry about Violet eating, I already feed her."
Twilight gives a silent nod as she walks past you to the kitchen.
You squint at her as you talk again, "I also changed her before you came down. I think she is ok for a little."
She gives another silent nod as she stops and turns back to the stairs at a slightly quicker pace.
"Twilight?"
She stops as she for a moment as she waits for you to continue.
"Don't you want to look through this book like you do all the others?" You point your hoof to the pile of parenting books that still sit on the table.
Twilight blankly turns back to the you and the book that sits on the table, "We'll worry about that later."
Later? You're stuck on the word as you smile and shake your head to her, you're the one who has to convince her to wait, "Twilight what's wrong?"
She shakes her head and gives a faked smile as she talks, "Nothing, I just think we should deal with this later."
You shake your head again as you talk, "Deal? I think we should do this now."
She look to the ground as her voice gets lower, "I don't want to right now?"
"So just wait till....when?" Your voice carries a little of the annoyed feel you're getting to her words as you stare at her.
You give a loud exhale as you calm all of your emotion and voice, "Twilight, I’m sorry for toda...-"
She cuts you off again as she talks in her low voice still directed to the ground, "No...I’m sorry for..." she pause at her words before she continues, "I'm sorry for all of this..."
You stare at her a little confused.
"It's my fault I-I should not have used ma...-" Her mouth quivers as she brings her head up to you to finish her sentence.
You cut her off as you walk closer to her, "Shhh, don't-don't cry... It's not your fault."
"I-if I had just..." She chokes up a bit as she tries to continue, "Violet would b-be ok." Her head droops down to the ground again as she starts a light sob.
You move her head to you as you press a kiss to her.
Her low whimper doesn't stop...but as you break the kiss you talk before she can, "Twilight there’s nothing wrong with Violet..."
Her eyes are water but from the look of her coat around her eyes she doesn't have anything left. It hurts you a little that you didn't know how she felt all day until now but you do your best at trying to deal with it now. You place your two front hooves around her as you talk again, "There’s nothing wrong with Violet...ok?"
You look to her head that now is pressed towards your chest, "ok." She nods her head slowly as she answer you. With another light kiss to her mane she stops her light whine.
End of chapter 4
Maybes are not always promises
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 - ....Last Time
You and Twilight sit at the table as the sun from the window slowly starts to fade in the room. Twilight holds the book in her grasp as she reads most of it out loud. Your head rest a little on hers as you listen to her reading everything that a mute pony should expect.
At each important word you try your best to make a mental note about.
"...Unicorn fillies may have a longer magical period."
Your ears perk up as the word hits your ears, "And that’s your job right?"
She squints at you as she cocks her head, "No, using any kind of magic around a young unicorn before they find their own is very bad. I can't help her find her magic."
You give a light laugh as you shake your head, "Oh, ok never mind." Your eyes widen as you bring your head away from hers as you think, oh crap I hope Violet does not become as magical bound as Twilight.
She continues down the list for a few moments before she picks her head from the book, "So when did Spike say he was coming back?"
You nod your head as your old plan start to flow back into your mind, "Um...it didn't say."
Twilight gives a yawn as she looks out the window, "Its getting kind of late."
"You're tired?"
She gives a light giggle as she nudges you, "I think you're making me lazy."
"Could be worse."
Twilight closes the book and lays her head on you as she closes her eyes, "How?"
"You could not want to wake up until late in the day like me."
She rubs her head into your coat as she talks in a relaxed voice, "Then you can change Violet in the morning."
Your smile from the light hearted moment fades a little as a thought come back into your mind, "Oh...ya, remind me to brush my teeth before I go to sleep."
She nod her head as she stand up from the table, "I'm going to check on Violet."
You nod your head as you give a little yawn. You listen to her hooves hitting the wood as she walks up the stairs. As the sound becomes faint you look back to the book in front of you as you push against it, "Your lucky I didn't burn you before."
You slouch back in the chair as you rub your hooves over your eyes and start to think, When I first came here I never thought of any of this... You stare at the fur that now sits on your body as you smile.... And yet...I’m fine with this.
The hooves behind you start to come back into the echoing room as you still stare at your hooves, "Are you coming up honey?"
You nod to Twilights call instinctively but then give a little chuckle as you turn to face her, "Did you call me honey?"
Her cheeks blush a little as she looks down to the floor, "Um...I"
You smile to her shuddering as you call back to her, "I'll be up in a minute...sweetie." You give another smile to the nicknames.
Twilight nods still with the dark purple blushed cheeks as she turns back upstairs.
Honey? You think over the word as you stand from your seat, we have a kid but skipped cute little nicknames....that’s not right. You nod your head to your thought as you give a light chuckle to yourself, but I also can use magic so...normal has never been us.
As you walk towards the other room your eye catches the still unopened box that sit under the high chair. You stare at the box for a few second as you think, well I better make sure it’s not a special cupcake or something.
You walk back to the chair as you bend yourself down to the box and put it on the high chair table. It’s not heavy so it’s nothing big. The same feeling you get when you see an unopened present comes over you as you stare at the box.
You open the box careful in case its something breakable, but to your surprise all that’s in the box is a letter and something under it. You place your hoof over the letter as you bring it up to you to read, I hope Violet likes this...um...from Fluttershy
You squint at the letter for a moment questioning why she took the time to spell out UM.
You toss the letter aside as you look back into the box. You give a surprised little squall as you notice a bright almost glowing purple necklace. You stare at the designs that cover the silver chair, the swirls look like a cloud that has been blown in the sky and the large purple stone that sit in the middle looks almost like its glowing. You bring your hoof to it and pick it up from the box. You stare at it for a moment as the stone turns a light green color. You smile to the color as you think out loud, "A mood necklace for Violet, wow that will really come in handy."
You place the glowing green necklace on the wood table as you walk over to the staircase, "Hey Twilight...-"
Your call is cut off as you hear a knock on the front door.
But her call still comes from the room, "Ya?"
You shake your head to the door as you call back, "Hold on...Spike is home."
You trot over to the door with your plan forming in your head, you hold a sweet smile as you open the door, "Helloooo Spike."
But to your surprise the figure in the door is the well know cyan mare, "Pff, You thought I was Spike?"
An awkwardly large smile crossed her face as she continues to talk in Fluttershy's voice, "Oh, I think I’m using the wrong voice again."
You're unable to move as you stare at her.
Her eyes flicker a very bright bug like blue as she talks, "It doesn't really matter though."
You listen to a low almost bone cracking like sound coming from Rainbow's figure as her wings start to fold up and turn a sickly black color. Her bright bushy rainbow tail starts to shrivel and her smile grows into a dull emotionless smiling frown. But the thing that sends your mind into a kick start is her eyes soft color and oval shape turn into a bug like to bright blue.
Your heart pounds as you realize what you're looking at change in front of you. The few milliseconds that you have spent watching this come to their end as you turn back to the stairs in a panic yelling voice, but in your quick motion you forgot to close the door as you yell, "TWILIGHT TAKE VIOLE...-" Your words come to a halt and the back of your head fills with an intense heat as the changelings back hooves knock against your head.
You hit the ground with a thud, Your mind is now a haze and your eyes are a quickly darkening cloud as you watch the changeling crawl up the side of the wall adjacent to the stairs. You make a final attempt to crawl but you completely black out as the ringing in your ears, the pain in your head and the darkening eyes finally take over.
End of chapter 5
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