Hi everypony and welcome back again.

To start off, my trip to New York was awesome! I saw the sights, got some nice stuff, and best of all I went to BronyCon and met some of the actors there. So whenever I see characters like Spike, Starlight, Flash, Thorax or Applebloom, I'll think 'hey, I've met those guys!' lol

Speaking of which, I'd like to give a big shout out to my friend StormySky for meeting me there and helping me get around. I don't think we could've gotten so far without you, buddy.

Anyway, this is the chapter you've all been waiting for, the birth of a new character in our little tale. It also features that Discord version of the Gaston song I mentioned a while back. I don't own the main song itself, but I do own this version because I wrote it myself, I really hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 73: The new Sparkle

It's been three months since my trip to Appleloosa with Applejack and Discord. From what I heard in the papers and Braeburn's letters, things have started to settle down over there since we fixed its problem with the Pony Rustler bandits. It finally seems like the Western region Equestria is finally at peace for now.

As for what's happened at home since then is a different story. Sure, it was still as peaceful as ever, but it wasn't unexciting. For starters, Mrs Cake finally had her foals, twins to be exact, a boy and a girl they've called Pound and Pumpkin Cake. I was there in the hospital with the rest of the group when they were born, they we truly adorable. It wasn't long before we all took a shine to them, but not as much as Pinkie, who was totally like an aunt to them.

However, despite all this, I could tell they weren't easy to handle. I usually dropped into Sugar Cube Corner to see the Cakes were struggling to run their business while handling two needy foals at the same time. They once even came around to the Library to ask if we could babysit them while they were go away for a little bit, we had to decline, but from what I heard, Pinkie handled it and every babysitting job since.

I was happy for the Cakes, but it got me wondering. Would taking care of foal really be that hard to handle? I mean, I know they had two and we'd probably only have one, but still. Would it be even harder for us because of Twi's studying and my delivering? Not to mentioned our jobs as protectors of the whole town. Would we have time to take care of our kid? Would it make us stronger or just make things harder?

I didn't know what to expect, but I don't regret anything, I was glad to be having a foal with Twilight. I loved her more than anything, she's my everything, and I'd feel the same about our foal.

Ponyville Library

I was in the kitchen of the Library, looking through the fridge for something to drink before I had to set off for work. I looked through all the beverages we had until I came across a bottle of soda. I grabbed the top of the bottle with my mouth before I pulled it out of the fridge. Once I had it, I turned around and used one of my hind-legs to gently kick the fridge door shut.

I then made my way into the front room and sat down in front of the round desk with the wooden horse-head on it. I looked over to one of the other tables and saw Jeff and Peewee playing cards while Spike packed books on the shelves. I looked up at him on the top of the ladder and smiled. "How's the books coming along, Spike?" I asked.

Spike turned his head around to look down at me while holding a stack of books in his hands. "Its coming along fine, Matt. I just find it a little weird that Twilight didn't want to do this, she loves stacking these books." He said as he picked one of the books out of the stack in his hand and placed it on the shelf.

I wondered this as well. I looked over to the door to Twilight's study, it felt like she had been in there for a while, I hoped she was alright. I returned my attention to Spike. "Well she has been struggling to move lately…then again, she could just use her magic...I'll go check on her in a sec." I said, wanting to have the drink I've been craving for first before anything. I looked over to Jeff holding a fan of cards in his talons. "Hey Jeff, can you help me with this?" I asked while shaking the bottle in my hoof a little.

Jeff looked over to me and frowned. "Aww c'mon, Matt, I really hate doin' that thing. Can't you open it?" he asked, sounding like he really didn't want to do this.

"With what?" I asked strongly. "My teeth? Sorry, I don't feel like going to the dentist because I broke my teeth trying to open a bottle. C'mon man, you know the drill." I said as I took a few steps towards him.

"*Sighs hard* Fine." Jeff said as he threw his cards down on the table and flew over to me, he landed on my arm and walked up to the bottle in my hoof. Jeff sighed again before he lowered his head down to the bottle cap and snapped it off by using his beak as a bottle-opener. "Happy?" he groaned as he rubbed his beak with his wing.

"Very, thanks." I said with a small smirk. As Jeff flew back to the table to resume his game, I held the bottle up to my mouth and took a quick sip from it. Feeling the cold fizzy soda run down my throat felt so good and refreshing, it was definitely what I needed. But now that was out of the way, it was time to check on the wife.

While still holding the bottle in my hoof, I made my way over to the door to the study and used my head to gently push it open. Once it was open enough, I saw Twilight sitting in front of her desk at the end of the room while reading a book, I smiled at the sight of her and walked over to her. I stopped behind her and gently nuzzled my head beside her neck. "Hey babe, what you reading?" I asked.

Twilight looked at me and smiled. "Nothing much, just something about the life style of the average Cave Trolls. I'm kinda done anyway." She said before she used her magic to close the book and move it aside. "So how are you?" she asked with her sweet smile.

I returned it. "I'm fine…how are you feeling today?" I asked, glancing down at her large belly.

"It's a little stiff, but I'm coping." Twilight said before she looked down at her belly. "Although, it does seem a little more…active…today, I've felt it kick at least six time today." She said while rubbing the large lump with her hoof.

I smirked at this. "Well its only two months from now, maybe it knows it'll be getting out soon. Maybe its getting impatient." I joked before I let out a small chuckle.

Twilight returned my smirk before she spoke. "Its not even born yet, how is it smart enough to know how long it'll be until it gets out?" she asked.

I then wrapped my arm around the back of her neck. "If its anything like you, it'll be a genius." I said, getting a warm smile from Twilight before we shared a loving kiss. Once we separated, I continued. "And if its anything like me, it'll be tough as hell."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "You wish." She said before changing the subject. "Hey, have you seen my book? Its got a green cover and titled 'Legends of the Sea-ponies', I can't seem to find it anywhere." She said while titling her head.

I looked around before I saw a green book on the desk in front of Twilight, it was practically in front of her. I returned my attention to her and gave her a small smile. "Urr…Twilight, isn't that it right there?" I asked while pointing at the book.

Twilight turned her head and looked down at the book I was pointing at. It was indeed the book she was looking for, which made her blush from embarrassment. "Oh…its right there…sorry, I don't know why I didn't see it." she said before her horn glowed.

As I watched Twilight pick up the book and open it in front of her, I smiled and gently rubbed her back with my hoof. "Its ok, Twi, its just the effect of the pregnancy." I said before I reached my head down and nuzzled her head with mine. "It'll pass soon enough." I said.

Twilight smiled again as she looked at me. "I know…thanks Matt." she said before she leaned in and gave me a small kiss. "But don't worry about me, you should get ready for work." She said.

My smile turned sly as I slowly wrapped my arms around her and turned her to face me properly. "Well I could…or I could spend some time with you, I have plenty of it to spare." I said before I leaned in to kiss her deeply.

Twilight smirked before her horn glowed and the book hovered up between us, making me kiss it instead of her. "Slow down, Romeo, we're not starting any of that. I know how you work, once we start, you're not gonna stop." She said before she placed the book down on the desk.

I keep my smirk. "What can I say? I'm a passionate person. There's no such thing as loving you too much." I said before I lean in to try and kiss her again.

Twilight's horn glowed again before she disappeared and reappeared behind me. "Ah-ah-ah, I said no, mister. Now get to work, those deliveries aren't gonna make themselves." she said before she used her magic to make my saddlebags appear and placed them on my back.

I rolled my eyes before I smirk at her again. "Fine, but when I get back, we're finishing this." I said before I took another sip of my drink before I turned and made my way over to the exit.

Twilight kept watching as I made my way out the door and re-entered the front room. "Love you, Twi." I said as I kept walking away.

"Love you too, Matt." Twilight said before she returned her attention to her book, she opened it with her magic before she started reading it. As she did, she suddenly felt a painful kick in her belly, making her flinch before going back to reading.

Meanwhile, I walked over to Spike and saw he was nearly finished stacking the books on shelves. "Hey Spike, I'm taking off now, can you watch Twilight while I'm gone." I asked, hoping he would agree.

Spike looked down at me from the top of the ladder and nodded. "Sure, but you ask me to do that every time you leave to go somewhere and nothing happens, don't you think she's strong enough to take care of herself?" he asked as he placed the last book on the shelf.

"I do, but she's a little off right now, the foal is really messing with her brain. I just want a pair of eyes watching her until I get back." I said as I watched Spike climb down the ladder.

"Well maybe Discord can watch her, he can watch anyone from all the way across Equestria." Spike said as he walked past me to head for the kitchen.

I watched him go as I responded. "I would, but I don't where he's gone. He's been going somewhere a lot lately, which is kinda worrying." I said as I tried to think of where Discord could be. "He's supposed to tell me where he goes if he ever goes off by himself, otherwise he's breaking Celestia's orders." I said, thinking back to what Celestia said a while back.

Spike stopped where he was and turned his head around to look at me. "He told me he was heading for the Grey Horse-Shoe bar, you know, that place you went to when you thought Twilight was going to leave you. Apparently he's been going there with the Diamond Dogs for some guy-time." He said before he resumed his journey towards the kitchen. "Hey, do we have any of those gem sandwiches left?" he said, acting as if it was no big deal.

But I was a little confused by this. "Urr…he told you? Why didn't he tell me? Isn't that what he's supposed to do?" I said as I watched him enter the kitchen.

"Ask Jeff." Spike called as he went deeper into the kitchen, too busy looking for one of those sandwiches instead of talking.

I then did as he said and turned my attention to Jeff who was back to playing his card game with Peewee. Hearing the conversation we were having, Jeff looked over to me and noticed me staring at him for answered. He sighed hard again before he gave me them. "Look, Discord felt that you were holdin' him by a leash, he wanted to go somewhere without tellin' anyone…or at least without tellin' you. He said somethin' about feelin' trapped, not bein' allowed to go anywhere without ya…then he started sobbin' and flooded the place with a sea of tears…somehow a few fish got mixed in that…so we just told him to go." He explained, going through much detail about what happened.

"And you let him go?" I asked, but silenced once I realised how I sounded and my ears lowered. "Huh…I guess that's what he meant." I said out-loud in a quiet voice before I sighed. "Alright, I guess he can go places as long as he tells someone where he's going. But I'm gonna have to talk about it with him once he gets back." I said before I turned around and started making my way towards the exit. "Anyway, I need to head out to work, be sure to come find me if anything happens while I'm gone." I said as I stopped in front of the door.

"We will." Jeff and Peewee said at the same time as they continued to focus on their card game.

I smiled in amusement at this before I grabbed the doorknob with my hoof and opened the door. I then left the Library and walked out into the open. Once outside, I closed the door behind me and took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down and convince myself that everything would be alright while I'm gone. I then started to make my way into the streets of town to go to Sweet Apple Acres.

Meanwhile: Canterlot/Café

Enjoying the warm sun, Princess Celestia and Luna were sat by a small table at the café of Canterlot. Standing by them were one of each of their guards, Star Beam for Celestia and Night Thunder for Luna. The two sisters were enjoying a hot coffee as the citizens of Canterlot passed by, some stopped to admire the Princesses in the open while the others just kept going.

Luna used her magic to lift her cup to her mouth and take a sip. Seeing the blank look on her face, Celestia noticed that she was being unusually quiet today, she couldn't help but feel concerned for her. "Sister, you've barely touched your muffin, is there something on your mind?" Celestia asked in concern.

Luna snapped out of her train of through before she looked down at her muffin to see it only had one bite taken out of it. "Oh, right…sorry…" she said before she picked it up with her magic before taking a massive bite out of it. As she chewed it up, she placed what was left back on the table.

Celestia's concern didn't ease as she watched Luna use her magic to pick up the Canterlot newspaper and hold it up in front of her face, practically separating her from Celestia. Celestia sighed before she used her magic to pull the newspaper away from Luna and place it down on the table. "Luna, please talk to me, I don't like it when you act so…distant." She said, wanting Luna to open up for her.

Luna sighed heavily before she spoke. "Very well…I'm just still a little shaken by the fact that Matthew and Twilight Sparkle are soon to have a little foal of their own. I mean, I am very happy for them, over the moon in fact…but…" she said before he ears lowered a little. "After it comes…that'll be the end of it…" she said sadly.

"The end of what, Luna?" Celestia asked with a raised eye-brow. With one glance of Luna's gaze, Celestia already knew the answer. "Oh Luna…we've talked about this already, I thought you were over him." she said, feeling no progress had been made.

Luna nearly jumped out of her seat, but instead just straightened up quickly. "I am!...I mean, I'm not going after him anymore…it's easy to stay away from him, but to banish the feelings…it's not that easy." She said while rubbing her arm with her other hoof.

Celestia understood what she meant exactly. "I understand, Luna…as you know, I had feelings for someone once too. After…he…was banished, I knew he was a traitor, but my feelings for him remained until the end." She said with a little bit of sadness in her voice, but strengthened up. "But once I knew there was no future with him anymore, I let it go…you should do the same, Luna…for your sake and for theirs." She said with as much kindness as she could.

Luna was a little upset by this, but knew she was right. She had been able to keep it together this long, she was sure she could hold out even longer. "I know, sister…its just…I feel like I love him." she said before she slowly yet professionally took a sip of her coffee.

"Luna, if I may say so, I think maybe you should trying…you know…finding someone else?...I mean, if you want to be with someone, why not try going out sometime? Meet stallions and see if they make you feel the same way Matthew did." Celestia suggested, knowing she's be rather shocked about such a suggestion.

And she was right, Luna nearly did a spit-take with her coffee, but managed to hold it back with her hoof over her mouth. Luna then swallowed her coffee before she spoke. "You want me to…start dating?...I…I don't think I can do that, I mean, I have my business raising and lowering the moon every night, then there's my duties protecting everypony in their dreams, I don't think I have time for such a thing." she said while blushing from embarrassment.

Celestia closed her eye halfway and rested her chin on her hoof. "Yet, you had time for it when it involved Matthew?" she said as she raised her eye-brow.

Luna's eyes shifted left and right before she took another sip of her coffee before using her magic to pick up the newspaper again and hold it in front of her face. "Oh, what's going on in the world today?" she said, trying to ignore the subject. "Oh, the pony-napping in Appleloosa has stopped…wonder what finally brought that to an end." She said, hoping Celestia would drop the subject.

But she didn't, Celestia used her magic to pull the newspaper away and place it down on the table again, she even placed her coffee cup on top of it to weigh it down. "Luna, I'm serious! You say you want to be with someone, you want get over Matthew, there's no better way to do both than to find someone else that makes you feel just as happy." She said.

Luna gave it some thought, but she couldn't think of anyone that would achieve that. "I don't know, Celestia, I just don't think there's anyone else out there." she said, feeling there was no one out for her.

Celestia gave her a small smile. "Of course there is, Luna…there's somepony out there for everyone. I'll even help you find him, if you'd let me." she said in a sweet tone.

Luna was silent for a moment before she responded. "I'll have to think about it…thank you though." She said, giving Celestia a warm thankful smile.

Celestia returned it before she reached her head over and nuzzled it against hers. "Any time, dear sister." She said before she pulled away and looked down at the menu. "Hmm, I'm in the mood for some of think cream cake they have here." she said as she raised the menu up with her magic.

Luna rolled her eyes while smirking. "Surprise, surprise." She said sarcastically under her breath.

Celestia didn't hear her and lowered the menu before she turned her head to face Star Beam. "Star Beam, could you be a dear and get me some of that cake for me?" she asked nicely.

Star Beam smiled and bowed his head. "Of course, your highness." He said before he stepped back and made his way into the café to get Celestia her cake.

Luna looked down at the menu as well and saw some chocolate cake that she thought looked nice. Once her mind was made up, she turned her head to face Night Thunder. "Night Thunder?" she said.

Upon hearing his name being called, Night jumped in a startled way a little for smiling sheepishly at Luna. "Yes your highness?" he asked nervously.

"Can you bring me some of this chocolate cake? I'd really like to try some." Luna said with a small smile.

The smile Luna was giving him and the look in her glistening eyes was enough to melt Night's heart. His cheeks burned as he returned her smile. "Of course, Princess…I'll be right back." he said before he started making his way over to the entrance of the café, but not without stumbling over a chair leg which made the two Princess giggle in amusement.

Night then entered the café and wanted to kick himself for making such a fool out of himself. He walked over to the counter where all the cakes were being held behind glass and started to search through it to find the chocolate cake. "Yeah, tripping and nearly falling flat on your face really gets the girl's attention…if she wants something to laugh at! You idiot!" he grumbled to himself before he finally found the cake and checked how much it was for a slice.

"I wouldn't waste your time, buddy." a voice said beside him. Night turned his head to see Star Beam standing beside him also looking through the cakes. "A guard and a Princess never work out…best find someone of your own rank to go for." He said before he too found the cake he'd been searching for.

Night blushed a little before he spoke. "I…don't know what you're talking about…my relationship with Luna is professional, nothing more." He said strongly, trying to convince Star Beam that he had the wrong idea.

"Yeah, sure." Star Beam said in an unconvinced voice as he placed some coins on the counter. The pony behind the counter then started cutting a slice of the cake off before placing it on a plate and giving it to Star Beam. "Here's a little advise, if you really want to try and get with her, try spending some more time with her." he said before he grabbed the plate with his hoof and started making his way out of the café to re-join the Princesses.

This left Night in a struggled place. Would he let this slide, or try to make something out of this. He didn't believe Luna would waste her time with someone like him, but after what he heard, it seemed like Luna was looking for someone to spend time with. This could be his only chance.

"Hey buddy? You gonna stand there all day or are you going to buy something?" The pony behind the counter said roughly.

Night then snapped out of his train of thought before he looked at pony behind the counter. "Huh…oh, sorry." He said before he resumed to perchance the cake for Luna. It seemed this thought of he and Luna as an item would have to wait.

Later that day: Streets of Ponyville

After arriving at Sweet Apple Acres and getting my delivery cart hooked up to me, I started making my rounds around Ponyville to deliver the food the citizens ordered.

I had already stopped by the Schoolhouse, Derpy's place and the Town Hall. I was now arriving at Sugar Cube Corner, the Cakes ordered some pretty big things, it was probably the biggest order on my list today. Plus, it gave me a chance to see the twins.

I stopped in front of the door and unhooked the cart from my body. Once it was off, I walked up to the door and knocked on it with my hoof. It took a moment, but the door soon opened to reveal Mr Cake behind it. "Oh, hi Matthew, doing your usual rounds again?" he asked with a bright smile.

I nodded. "Yep, got your orders right here." I said before I turned and walked over to my cart, I then picked up a clipboard with my hoof and read his order. "Fifty-five fresh apples and six jars of apple-source?" I asked while reading the order under the name 'Cake'.

"Yep, that's ours." Mr Cake said before he walked over to the cart and watched me pick up the large sack of apples from it. "Hear, let me help you with that." He said before he grabbed the sack with his mouth and lifted it up. Unfortunately, he didn't take into account how heavy a sack of fifty-five apples was. Mr Cake grunted as he struggled to hold it up, he soon started to slowly make his way back towards the entrance of the store to take the sack inside.

I grabbed the sack with the six jars inside before I followed Mr Cake inside. Once inside Sugar Cube Corner, I placed the sack on the counter as Mr Cake used all his strength to gently place the sack down. By the looks of it, I'd say he was glad to finally drop that thing. "Ok…oh…that's heavier than it looks." Mr Cake said before he looked over to me. "Wait here, I'll go get your pay."

I nodded. "Ok, I'll just be here." I said as I crossed one of my front-legs in front of the other.

As Mr Cake went into the kitchen to get my payment, I looked down at the sack of apples and walked over to it. I grabbed the top with my hoof before I lifted it up easily. "…Oh Mr Cake…you're a nice guy, but you could work out a little more." I said to myself before I placed the sack back down.

While I continued to wait, I heard a rattling noise near me. I looked to where it came from and saw the twins playing with some toys. Pumpkin Cake had a squeaky chicken in her mouth while Pound Cake was shaking a rattle with his hoof. I smiled at this site before I made my way over to them. "Hey guys, what's going on?" I asked, knowing they couldn't answer.

Pound and Pumpkin looked at me with curiosity before they smiled, they made cute little giggly noises before they started crawling towards me. I smiled down at them before I sat down and gently scooped Pound up in my arms, but I felt that Pumpkin might be feeling left out, so I lowered one of my wings down to her and started tickling her with the feathers.

I could hear Pumpkin laugh as I cradled Pound in my arms. "You know…it probably won't be long before I'm doing this on a daily basis. I mean, I'll only be doing one of these because we'll only have one baby, but you know what I mean…" I said before I looked down at Pound in my arms and watched him slowly start to relax in comfort.

I smiled at how cute he looked before I felt something strange on my wing, it felt tight and slobbery. I slowly lifted my wing up to see Pumpkin was hanging onto my largest feather with her mouth, she gnawed at it as she dangled from my wing. I was a little grossed out, but I was ok with it, I slowly lowered Pumpkin back down before I swapped them, so now Pumpkin was in my arms and Pound was being tickled by my feathers…after wiping off the drool on them of course.

As I played with the twins, Pinkie Pie trotted down the stairs with Gummy hanging off the end of her tail by his mouth. She soon noticed me playing with the twins and came over to me. "Hi Matty." She said with a gleeful face. "Playing with the twins?" she asked.

I turned my head to face her and smiled. "Yeah…funny, I never thought I was good with babies, but look at me now…these two are like putty in my hooves." I said before I looked back down at Pumpkin in my arms as cradled her left and right. "Can't say I'm not putty in theirs to be honest." I said, giving her a sweet smile.

Pinkie walked up beside me and looked down at Pumpkin with me. "You do seem to know what you're doing." she said before her attention turned to me and she patted my back with her hoof. "Don't worry, Matty, I'm sure you'll make a great dad!...By the way, how is Twilight anyway? Is she feeling ok?" she asked curiously.

I returned my attention to her and answered. "She's fine, although she has still been feeling a little sick a bit, but she's getting better." I said before I started to pass Pumpkin over to Pinkie. "Here, can you take over?" I asked.

"Sure." Pinkie said before she sat down and took Pumpkin in her arms and started cradling her. "So have you been? After hearing what happened in Appleloosa, I was sure you were gonna take a long break from all this work. I mean, if I was fighting bad guys all the time like you did, I don't think I'd ever want to walk or do awesome back-flips ever again." she said, imagining how exhausted she would be.

I smirk at this. "Ok, one…know you guys, you basically do fight bad guys all the time. And two, I need the work to save up some money, I still need to buy things like a crib and diaper changing table." I said before I gently patted Pound on the head and then made my way over to the counter. "Man, Mr Cake is taking his time getting my cash." I said out-loud to myself as I rested my elbow on the counter.

Pinkie walked over to me while carrying Pumpkin with one arm. "And how's Discord been doing? Has he been behaving himself?" she said with a small smile. "I mean, I know he wants to make up for all those things he did in Canterlot, so I guess he wouldn't want to do bad…but still it's nice to be kept in the loop." She said before she sat down and pulled a baby milk bottle out of no-where, she then started feeding Pumpkin with it.

I turned around to look at her while my elbow was still on the counter. "He's been fine…I mean, he's been sneaking out to go to some kind of bar…but he tells Spike or someone else about it every time he leaves, so I guess its alright." I said before I sighed a little. "I can tell all this is a bit hard on him. Discord was meant to be a free spirit, allowed to do whatever he wanted with his magic…as long as it wasn't evil, of course…this feels like we're tying him down." I said, thinking how this could be bothering Discord's vibe.

"Well its better than him going around causing unspeakable chaos everywhere." Pinkie said before she went into some deep thought about it. "On second thought, I could really go for some chocolate rain right about now. It would really be a great boost for my next party." A large excited smile then grew on her face. "Think about it! It's a great party, there'll be music, yummy food, pony getting groovy to the beat. Then boom! Big finale, chocolate rain! How awesome would that be?" she asked, getting a little overexcited about the idea.

I gave her a gentle smile while staring into her bulging wide eyes. "Its pretty awesome, Pinkie…we'll probably have to wait until Celestia gives Discord the green light to use his magic again." I said.

As Pinkie backed up and calmed down, Mr Cake returned into the room with a small pouch in his mouth. He placed it down on the counter in front of me. "Here you go, Matt." he said.

I smiled at him. "Thanks." I said before I grabbed the pouch with my mouth and picked it up. "Say hi to Mrs Cake for me." I muffled before I turned around and made my way towards the exit.

"I will, bye." Mr Cake responded as he waved his hoof. "And drop by some time, we have some new products we'd like you and Twilight to try." He said as he watched me leave the store.

Upon hearing that, Pinkie zipped up beside Mr Cake. "We have new stuff to try? Oh, I can try them! Pick me! Pick me!" she said as she hopped on the stop in excitement, being careful not to endanger Pumpkin in her arm.

Mr Cake smiled nervously at her. "Urr…Pinkie, that's nice of you to offer, but you tend to enjoy anything you eat…its not really a real critical opinion." He said, being honest with her.

Pinkie stopped hopped before he smile went away. "Oh…ok…" she said as she frowned a little. That was until her smile sprung back on her face. "Can I try them anyway?" she asked, making Mr Cake sigh as he rolled his eyes.

Meanwhile, I approached my cart and started to reattach it to my body. Once it was on, I start to make my way to the next destination. All the while, I couldn't help but think about how I handled the twins back there. It seemed so easy, but that was just me spending a little time with someone else's kids, I knew being the actual parent would me a challenge. I could only hope I'd be ready.

Meanwhile: Library

Jeff and Peewee were still playing their card game while Spike worked and Twilight studied. Jeff soon ended it by throwing his cards down on the table with a large smile on his face. "Six queens! And the crowd goes wild! Ahhh!" he said in a whisper before he reached his wings over the small pile of bird seed in the centre of the table.

But before he could take them, Peewee placed his cards down. "Seven queens…looks like the crowd's cheering for me now." he said before he got up onto the table and started eating the seeds right then and there.

Jeff was left with his beak hanging open before he crossed his wings and huffed. "*Huff* Never liked this game anyway." He said as he jealously watched Peewee eat the seeds.

Spike then came in from the kitchen with a glass of water in his hand before he looked over to the two birds with a firm look. "Can you two keep it down? Twilight's not feeling good and she wants to study in peace." He said as he made his way towards the study room.

But as he was about to reach it, the door swung open to reveal a very ill-looking Twilight. Her mane was a bit of a mess, she looked tired and a bit annoyed. "Can you guys keep it down? I'm trying to study in peace!" she said before she groaned and rubbed her head with her hoof.

Spike looked at her as he approached her. "I was just saying the same thing to Jeff and-"

"Yeah, whatever Spike, just give me that." Twilight said roughly before she grabbed the glass of water with her magic and gulped it down like it was the last drink she'd ever have.

Spike and the two birds were a little shaken by Twilight's sudden aggressive mood. Once she was done drinking, Twilight started to calm down before she moved the glass away and looked down at Spike, seeing the slightly frightened look on his face. "…*sigh*…Sorry Spike, I don't know why I snapped…I just don't feel so good…" she said while rubbing her head again.

Spike gave her a concerned look before he took a step forward and placed his hand on her side. "What's wrong, Twilight? Are you having those sicknesses again?" he asked, wondering what could be wrong this time.

Twilight placed her hoof back down before she spoke. "I don't know…my head hurts a lot and my stomach feels like…it feels like…" she said as she placed her hoof on her belly.

"Feels like what?" Spike asked as he looked down at Twilight's large belly.

Twilight didn't get a chance to answer as a sudden pain struck across her body, making her lower down and grunt, shocking Spike. "Ahh…oh that hurt…ahh!" she said as she felt the pain again.

"Twilight!" Spike yelled before he tried to help her stand up. "Twilight, what's wrong with you? What's going on?!" he asked, beginning to panic for her safety.

"Don't move me, Spike!" Twilight said, refusing to stand as she breathed rapidly. "I…oh Celestia…I…I think it's time…." She said, realising that this could finally be it.

"Time?" Spike asked with a confused look. "Time for what?...Lunch?" he asked.

Twilight gave him a sharp glare in frustration. "No Spike!..." she said before her glare went away. "I think…I think the baby is coming." She said before feeling the pain again, making her grunt.

Spike, Jeff and Peewee all shot up where they were with wide eyes. "What?!" they all yelled out at once. "But that's impossible! Its only been nine months!" Spike said.

"I know that!" Twilight said loudly. "But clearly the baby doesn't! It wants out…ahh…" she said as she felt another shock of pain.

"Ok! Ok! Ok!" Spike said as he began to panic and skip on the spot. "What do I do? Should I get the doctors over here?" he asked before he grabbed her by her cheeks and shook her head back and forth. "Tell me what I should do, Twilight!" he said.

Twilight's eyes rolled around due to Spike shaking her head before she straightened then and gave him a firm look. "First, let go of my face." she said, resulting in Spike releasing her face and chuckling nervously at her. "Second, someone needs to go get Matt and Discord!" she said.

"Ok." Jeff said before he shot up off the table and hovered in the air. "I'll go get Matt, I'll be able to see him from high up in the sky." He said.

Twilight nodded before she looked at Spike. "Spike…ahh…are you ok to get Discord?" she asked, hoping he would.

Spike nodded at this. "Of course, he should be at the Grey Horse-Shoe bar, I'll go get him right away." He said before he turned and sprinted towards the front door. "Peewee, watch Twilight while we're gone!" he said as he ran past the table that Peewee was standing on.

Peewee saluted Spike as he watched him run up to the door and open it to leave. "Will do, boss." He said.

Twilight watched as Spike opened the front door and ran out of it with Jeff following behind in the air. "Be quick!" she called before she felt another pain shoot through her body.

Now left alone, Peewee flew over to Twilight who was now lying flat on the floor and breathing quickly as sweat ran down her face. "Ok…just take deep breaths, Twilight…in and out, in and out." He said, taking deep breaths himself to guide Twilight through it.

Twilight did as he said and took steady breaths to try and calm herself down. It worked a little, but it was hard when she kept feeling the pain in her body.

Meanwhile: Sweet Apple Acres

After finishing my rounds in town, I returned to Sweet Apple Acres to give back the cart and turn in the money I made to Applejack. I was in the barn while Big Mac helped disconnect the cart from my body. "Nice job out there, Matt." Applejack said as she watched me get free of the cart. "Here's your payment for the work." She said before she tossed me a small pouch.

Seeing it come at me, I leaped up and grabbed it in my mouth before landing back down on the floor. "Thanks Applejack." I muffled before I grabbed the pouch with my hoof and took it out of my mouth. "It won't be long now before I act afford everything we need to make the baby's room." I said before I slipped the pouch of coins into the saddle bag on my back.

"That reminds me, do ya think Discord will be ok with ya turnin' the guest room into the baby room? I mean, he's been stayin' there since he moved in with ya'all, are you sure he'll take it well?" Applejack asked, thinking Discord make take it the wrong way.

I knew what she meant. Twilight and I had talked about turning the guest room, currently being used by Discord, into the baby's room when it finally arrives. We figured it would be a good idea because the guest room is right next door to ours. Problem is we never actually talked about it with Discord. "I'm sure he'll be fine with it…he is going to be our foal's godfather after all, he'll want what's best for the foal as much as we will." I said, a little confident that Discord would think the same way.

"Well I hope you're right, we wouldn't want Discord to get the wrong idea and cause another ruckus." Applejack said before she walked over to the cart and looked inside to see there was still some stuff in there. "Another batch of undelivered goods?" she asked.

I nodded as I walked up beside her. "Yeah, they weren't home, I left the note through their mail though." I said before I walked past her and made my way out of the barn. "I'm gonna take off to go home, I'll see you later, ok?" I said as I left the barn.

"Ok, see ya, Matt. Give my love to Twilight for me." Applejack called as she watched me leave.

As soon as I left the barn, I suddenly heard a faint voice in the wind. "Matt!" it called. I looked around, but couldn't see anything or anyone nearby. I was about to brush it off as nothing until I noticed something coming towards me from the sky, it looked like a bird. I squinted my eyes to try and make out what it was, it wasn't long before I could see it was Jeff, flying down towards me with great speed and a panicky look on his face.

"Jeff?" I said in confusion as I watched him dive down towards me. "Jeff! Slow down!" I said as I backed away a little.

Jeff continued to fly very fast before he eventually reached me, but being unable to stop, he crashed into the ground hard. I looked down at Jeff as he slowly picked himself up out of the dirt. "*Groans*…maybe I should've slowed down a little." He said in a daze as he struggled to stand back up.

"Really, you think so?" I asked sarcastically before I placed my hoof against him to help him stay standing. "Jeff, what's wrong?" I asked, wondering why he was in such a hurry to find me.

Jeff shook his daze off before he looked up at me, with his eyes immediately shooting wide open. "Matt! You have to get home right now! It's Twilight!" he said as he grabbed my hoof with his wings tightly and tried to pull me along to follow him. But of course it didn't work.

I stared down at Jeff while he continued to tug on my hoof. "What's wrong with Twilight? Is she ok?" I said before I began to worry. "Is she hurt?" I asked in concern.

Jeff stopped tugging on my hoof and looked back up at me. "You can say that…Twilight was saying she was feeling sick, then she started getting these pains in her body. Matt, its your kid, I think it's comin'!" he said in a loud tone.

Upon hearing that, my eyes shot open and I lifted my hoof up while Jeff was still gripped onto it, pulling him up with it until he was hanging in front of my face. "What?! The baby's coming?!" I said, beginning to panic.

Jeff nodded. "Yeah! Twilight needs you to come home right now!" he said before he released my hoof and flapped his wings until he was hovering in mid-air.

I started to panic even more. My heart was beating against my chest hard and I found it difficult to breathe, I didn't even know if I could move. "Oh god! Oh god! What do I do?" I said, trotting on the stop, trying to make sense of what to do while a million things rushed through my mind. "Gotta get home!" I yelled before I flapped my wings and took off into the air. With one big flap, I shot off past Jeff and flew towards town, leaving Jeff in a large dust cloud.

Jeff coughed within the cloud until it finally cleared. He then looked to where I took off to and saw I was already entering the town. "Yeah, wait, I'll come with you." he groaned as he continued to hover in the air.

Hearing the commotion, Applejack walked out of the barn and made her way over to Jeff. "Jeff, is somethin' goin' on? Where'd Matt go in such a hurry?" she asked, curious as to what's going on.

Jeff continued to stay in the air as he turned around to face her. "He's goin' back to the Library, Twilight's goin' into labour because the baby's comin'." He explained in a simple tone.

"Oh right." Applejack said before she turned around and started making her way back into the barn. In that moment, she finally realised what he said and froze where she was. Applejack then spun around and shot back up in front of Jeff, looking him right in the eyes. "She's going into what and what's comin'?!" she said with wide eyes, leaving Jeff feeling small and a little shaken.

Meanwhile: Grey Horse-Shoe bar

While the rest of us were in Ponyville, Discord was spending his time in the Grey Horse-Shoe bar, where he felt he could let loose and use his magic as he saw fit. No rules, no consequences, just him and the Diamond Dogs having a good time and doing whatever they wanted.

After a number of visits, the usual pony customers stopped coming because all off the mischief Discord and the Diamond Dogs cause, especially when the rest of the Diamond Dogs pack started joining them. It wasn't long before it became all dogs and no ponies. The bar-tender pony didn't complain, as long as there was gold to go into his pocket, he didn't care if his customers were soul-eating wraiths.

Discord sat at one end of the bar one his chaos throne, overviewing the large group of Diamond Dogs wrecking the place. They chased each other around, played cards, sang loudly while swinging cup of cider around, got into fist fights, basically caused usual Diamond Dog chaos.

As for the bar-tender pony, he just kept rubbing a cloth against glasses as he watched the giant dog creatures crash the place. "Hey Discord, you know everything they break goes on their tab, right?" he said as he looked over to Discord who was drinking some chocolate milk.

Discord drunk up his chocolate milk before he tossed the glass away, making a small explosion. "Don't worry about it, I'll repair everything once we leave. But if you need some payment as insurance, by all means, it's yours." He said before he snapped his fingers.

In a small flash of light, a large bag of gold coins dropped down onto the counter in front of the bar-tender pony. "…Good enough for me." he said before he grabbed the sack of bits with his mouth and used all his strength to drag it off the counter.

With that taken care of, Discord sighed heavily as he rested his chin on his lion-paw hand. He looked troubled with a bit of depression. Sure, it was fun to watch his loyal servants wrack the joint, but it didn't feel the same as causing this kind of chaos himself.

It didn't take long before Spot noticed this and came over to him. "Lord Discord, is there something wrong? You don't seem like your glorious self." He said as he stood beside his throne.

Rover and Fido stood on the other side of Discord's throne as they looked at him with concern. "Yes, we are all causing as much destruction as we can, why do you look so down? Do you not like our chaos anymore?" Rover asked, wondering what was wrong.

"Do you want a foot massage, Lord Discord?" Fido asked before he walked around in front of Discord and dropped down hard in front of him. Fido then grabbed Discord's goat-hoof with his large paws and started to roughly rub them.

Discord looked down at Discord with disgust before he snapped his fingers, making Fido lose all gravity and he started hovering upward towards the ceiling, like he was full of helium. Discord then turned his head to face Rover. "Trust me, any day that features any type of chaos is a wondrous day…" he said before he sighed and rested his chin on his paw again. "*Sigh* I just feel a little thrown off because I can't cause it. Celestia still has a grudge against me after that whole ordeal in Canterlot." He explained before his horns deflated in boredom.

"The pony Princess is still upset about that?" Spot asked before he scoffed and rolled his eyes. "*Scoff* Ponies complain about the smallest things." he said out-loud.

"Tell me about it." Discord grumbled before he placed his thumb in his mouth and blew on it, blowing his horns back up straight. Once they were back up, Discord straightened up on his throne and watched the chaos around him. "Maybe they have a point…maybe I should ease back on the chaos, maybe I should try to cut back or something…it won't be easy, but if it means getting back everypony's trust, it'll be worth it…probably." He said, thinking of the outcome of that idea.

Rover and Spot gasped in shock at this, they were so stunned by Discord's words that they didn't even care when the gravity returned to Fido and he landed hard on the floor in front of Discord's throne. "Lord Discord, you cannot mean that, your chaos is what makes you special, it what makes you better than those ponies." Rover said.

"I know, I know." Discord said, giving Rover and firm look. "But if I want to be free and gain everyone's trust back, sacrifices must be made." He said as he crossed his legs.

"This is not fair! You shouldn't be treated like a caged birdy because of what you do." Spot said before he placed his hands on the arm of Discord's throne. "Lord Discord shouldn't be ashamed of his passion, ponies should be ashamed of making you hide away passion." He said.

Discord turned his head to look down at him and smirked. "That's nice of you to say, Spot…but you're not getting any more doggy treats today, so nice try." He said while patting Spot's head.

When Discord stopped patting his head, Spot rubbed the place where he patted while continuing to look at Discord. "I wasn't saying it for a treat, I was saying it because it's true." he said before he leaped up and sat on the arm of the throne, making Discord a little uneasy. "Lord Discord, you need pull yourself together and remember who you are." He said.

Discord's eyes shifted left and right before he groaned. "Oh, let me guess, that was a musical cue." He said before he groaned. "Fine, let's just get it over with."

Spot: "Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Discord, your behaviour is not of your own…

Every guy here'd love to be you, Discord, even when frozen in stone…

There's no one in town as admired as you, you're everyone's favourite lord…

You've filled all our lives with such wonders and more, that its not…possible…to be bored!

Nooo ooone's slick as Discord, no one's quick as Discord, no one plays quite a sinister trick like Discord

For there's no one in town as great as you. Perfect, a true overlord

You can ask any pony that knows you, and they'll tell you whose ship they'd be ready to board…

Spot then got off the throne and grabbed Rover, pulling him over, before grabbing Fido and pulling him up to his feet. He looked at them both before he motioned his hand to tell them to desperately tell them to join in.

Rover, Spot and Fido: "Nooo ooone's fun like Discord, pranks a ton like Discord, no one makes a fight easily won like Discord."

Discord: "It is true that my magic's intimidating."

Rover, Spot and Fido: "Yes! You're our king, our Discord!

His name we praise, his name we shout!"

Spot: "Hey all you mutts, won't you please help us out?!"

Spot and the others then turned around to look at the other Diamond Dogs in the bar. They stopped their rain of destruction and looked over to the tree leaders, wondering what they were waiting for. With a sharp intimidating glare from them, they all joined in nervously.

All Diamond Dogs: "Nooo ooone fights like Discord, shows his might like Discord!

No one's grip on this world is as tight as Discord's!

For there's no rule that ever restrains him!"

Discord: "Just my own, they're called Chaotic Laws!"

Rover: "They can try, but they'll never control him."

Discord: "That's right! I could transform your world with one snap of my claws!"

Diamond Dogs: "No one's cool like Discord, makes mares drool like Discord."

Fido: "When he walks through town, they simply swoon for Discord!"

Discord: "I'm especially known for my looks, can't blame them."

Diamond Dogs: "You're a charmer, Discord!"

Discord: "When I was a pup, I drank just chocolate-milk, to help all of my magic grow strong

And now that I'm grown, I bring so much more fun, tell me why do they think that's so wroooong!"

Diamond Dogs: "Nooo ooone zaps like Discord, pays our tabs like Discord."

Spot: "No one's fingers have that certain snap like Discord."

Discord: "I use antlers on all of my thrones, don't judge me."

Diamond Dogs: "Say it again! Who's that god among men?

Now just say it once more! Who's our hero and more?

Who's a super success? Don't you know? Can't you guess? 'Cause his story's a thousand years long!

There's just one guy in town who's got all of it doooown!"

Spot: "And his name's D-I-S…C?...D-I-S-K…O?...D-I-S-C-O…oh…"

Diamond Dogs: "DISCOOOOORD!"

Upon the ending of the song, Discord flopped down on his throne and shared a hardy laugh with his diamond-loving minions, followed by some of them jugging down their cider, spilling some of it on the floor.

Discord continued to laugh hard until he finally calmed down and looked at the three leaders. "You know something, I never thought I'd say this…but if I was to have any followers in this life-time, I'm glad it was you guys." He said, bringing a bright smile to their faces. "I just don't understand why no lovely female has swept you off your feet yet." He said.

"We've been told that we smell." Rover answered before breathing on his hand and sniffing it, resulting in him feeling a little self-conscious about his odour.

Discord stared at them with a raised eye-brow before he shook it off. With a snap of his fingers, a glass of chocolate milk appeared in his talon fingers while a megaphone appeared him his lion-paw. He held the back end of the megaphone up to his mouth. "Attention, my loyal diamond mutts! When I came in her today, I felt a little uncertain of myself, like I didn't know what I was meant for. But thanks to all of you, I remember who and what I am! I am the Lord of Chaos, meaning I am meant to spread chaos whether the ponies like it or not!...And one day, I will return to that life and my chaos will resume!" he said with pride, gaining cheers from the crowd of Diamond Dogs.

The megaphone then disappeared as Discord rested back on his throne and drank his chocolate milk. As he did, Spot walked up beside him. "Oh, I wonderful speech, my lord. But…what about the pony Princess? Won't she be mad if you try to cause chaos again?" he asked curiously.

Discord threw his glass away before he looked down at Spot. "Oh Spot, my simple minded little friend." He said while patting his head. "I said I would one day return to my chaotic ways. By then, I'll have the Princess's full permission to have my fun. There will be no harm, no foul, and I'll be completely free." He said as he rested the back of his head on his arms.

"A very good plan, my lord." Fido said as he joined them. "But I forget, why can't you be free right now? The pony Princess isn't anywhere near here." he said, wondering what was holding him back right now.

But before Discord could answer, the doors burst open and Spike stood in the entrance, panting from running so fast to get there. Spike quickly looked around until he saw Discord on his throne. "Discord! You have to get back to the Library right away!" he said as he rushed over to Discord.

Discord looked down at him with a confused look before he huffed. "Oh what now? Does Matthew need me to report in? Does Twilight need me to rub her back? Oh I know, does Jeff need me to groom his feathers? I may be temporarily bound to Matthew, but that doesn't make me anypony's slave!" he said as he crossed his arms.

"Huh? No! Its nothing like that! Twilight needs your help!" Spike said in a loud tone, panicking from what was happening back home.

Discord snapped his fingers before a bowl of paper appeared on his lap. "Oh what could be so bad that she needs me to come back so soon." He said before sticking a fork into one of the shredded pieces of paper and eating it.

"It's the foal, Discord! Its coming early!" Spike said. "We need you to come back and help us get Twilight to the hospital right now!" he said.

Upon hearing this, Discord did a spit-take, but not of the paper, but the words written on it. He then used the end of his tail to wipe his mouth before his head shot down towards Spike's face. "WHAT?! Why didn't you say so earlier?!" he asked. But before Spike could answer, Discord spoke again. "Never mind, just hold on." he said before he grabbed Spike in his arm and snapped his fingers.

In a flash of light, Discord and Spike disappeared out of the bar, leaving the Diamond Dogs alone. "Urr…what's happening?" Spot asked, confused about what was going on.

"I…don't know." Rover responded in confusion. "Something about a foal." He said.

"…What's a foal?" Fido asked in both curiosity and confusion, not sure if even Spot and Rover knew either.

Meanwhile: Library

I rushed up to the front door of the library and rammed my way through it. "Twilight!" I called, extremely worried about her condition. I looked around, but she wasn't in the front room. "Twilight, where are you?" I called, looking around for any sign of her.

"Matthew!" Twilight's voice called from the study room.

I immediately rushed over to the door before I burst through it. Once inside, I saw Twilight lying on one of the body pillows with Peewee standing in front of her. Twilight's mane was scruffy and her fur was sweaty, she breathed heavily and looked in pain. I quickly went over to her before I lied down in front of her. "Twilight, babe, its alright…I'm here now." I said as I gently rubbed her head with my hoof.

Twilight continued to breathe heavily as she weakly smiled. "I…knew…you would come in time." She said before she grunted in pain. "Ahh…it's a fighter…" she gasped as she clenched her hoof against her belly.

I scooted closer to her as I held her more. "Its alright, you'll pull through." I said before I looked over to the doorway. "We need to get you to the hospital." I said as I stood up and tried to carefully pull Twilight up onto her hooves.

Twilight grunted in pain again before she pulled herself down, refusing to stand. "No, I can't…it hurts too much….Spike's gone to get Discord. When he gets here, he'll help us get to the hospital." She said before she felt the pain again and started taking quick breaths.

I thought about this for a moment and decided it was a decent plan. "Ok Twi, just stay calm until he gets here." I said with a gentle voice as I kept stroking her head. I then turned my head to look down at Peewee. "How has she been?" I asked, wondering what I had missed.

"Nothing much, she's just been in some pain, like the foal is trying to force its way out." Peewee said as she took a step forward. "Not sure if her water broke yet." He said.

I stared down at Peewee with a bit of a disturbed look. "Remind me not to ask how you know about stuff like that." I said before I returned my attention to Twilight. "You'll be alright, Twi, you've gotten through worse than this." I said.

Twilight looked up at me weakly. "Matt…I'm…I'm scared." She said, looking like this was a challenge not even she could complete.

"Shhh, it's alright…I'm here." I said before I lowered my head down to her and nudged her head with my muzzle. I then pulled away and looked over to the doorway again. "God, all the power in the universe and Discord can't get here fast enough." I said, getting a little frustrated with how long it was taking Discord to get here. I expected him to be here before I did.

But suddenly, my feelings where cast away when Discord appeared in a flash of light in the room, holding Spike against him with one arm. "Alright, lets see what the damage is." He said, dropping Spike before a doctor's outfit appeared on his body. "So where do we start?" he said before putting on a pair of rubber gloves.

Twilight and I stared at him with wide eyes, scared of what he was thinking. "Urr…actually, we just need you to help Twilight get to the hospital." I said, trying to correct his thoughts.

Discord then frowned before his outfit and gloves disappeared. "Oh is that all? Spike made it sound like I was needed for something more urgent." He said.

Feeling as though he thought this wasn't urgent, Twilight growled in an irritated way before she tried to stand to strike Discord, put I placed my hoof on her to stop her before I returned my attention to Discord. "This is urgent, Discord. Twilight can't move. She needs you to help her get to the hospital." I said, trying to make him think otherwise.

Discord stroked his beard before he sighed. "I suppose when you put it like that, it does sound like a major crisis." He said before he snapped his fingers.

Then with another bright flash of light, the three of us disappeared out of the Library, leaving Peewee alone in confusion. "…Oh sure, don't bring me along, I'll just fly there." he said, a little irritated by the fact he was left behind.

As Peewee was about to take off out of the window, Jeff flew in and landed beside him. "Hey Peewee, did Matt get back here already. Can't believe he went off without me, it took me forever to get back here." Jeff said before he looked around for us. "Urr…where are they anyway?" he asked, receiving a nervous chuckle from Peewee.

Ponyville hospital

It seemed rather quiet in the hospital, the doctors and nurses travelled up and down hallways, sometimes with patients on wheelchairs, as they went about their daily jobs. But all the peace ended when another flash of light went off in the middle of the hallway.

When it faded, I was standing in the middle of the hallway with Twilight resting beside me on a stretch-bed, behind it stood Discord in another doctor outfit. "Make way! Pony with a foal on the way coming through!" he said as he roughly pushed the stretch-bed along through the hallway.

I was still a little shook up from the quick travel, but I soon shook it off and saw Discord run down the hall with Twilight. "Hey! Discord! Don't be so rough with her!" I called, but he couldn't hear me…or he was just ignoring me. "Aw dammit." I cursed in a grumble. "Wait for me, ya dick." I called, having said the last part low under my breath before I started chasing after them to keep up.

It wasn't long before Discord pulled to a stop with Twilight's stretch-bed stopping in front of our usual doctor. "Doctor! The baby! Its coming early!" Discord said in a panicking tone.

The doctor looked up at him in confusion. "But that's not right, it should be another two months before the due-date. Are you sure this isn't just a false alarm?" he asked, wondering if this was just a bad case of gas or something. But upon hearing Twilight yelled in pain and clench her belly, his doubts were sent away. "Then again, I guess its possible." He said before he looked back up at Discord. "Do you know where Mr Matthew is? I thought he would like to be here for this." He asked.

At that moment, I finally caught up with them, slightly out of breath. "I'm here, I'm here." I panted before I took some breaths to help myself feel better. "Ok, I'm good…you have to help Twilight, she's going into labour." I said before turning my attention towards Twilight, whom was still struggling to keep control of her pains.

"We'll do what we can." The doctor said before he looked over to the two nurses. "Nurses, help me get Miss Sparkle to the delivery room stat!" he said. With that, both nursed grabbed the stretch-bed with their magic and started rushing her down the hallway towards the delivery room.

I tried to follow them, but I was stopped by the doctor stretching his arm out in front of me. "Sorry Mr Matthew, you and any other guests will have to wait in the waiting room until we're ready for you." he said before placing his hoof on my shoulder. "We'll do everything we can to make sure she's fine." He said before he followed the nursed down the hall to go to the delivery room.

I stood in that hall, feeling so alone and helpless. I couldn't be with Twilight to help her when she'd give birth. I was so focused on this situation that the hall seemed quieter than it actually was, like all the sound was drained out, leaving me in complete silence and darkness. But suddenly, I felt a hand place again my shoulder, I looked behind me and saw Discord with his lion-paw on my shoulder. "Soda for the nerves?" he asked before a bottle of soda appeared in his talon-hand and he held it down to me.

I gave him a weak smile before I took the bottle with my hoof. "Thanks Discord." I said before I flicked the cap off with my other hoof and took a sip of it. It helped me calm down a little, but nothing could ever truly calm me down from this. I continued to stare down the hall, wondering how Twilight will cope without me there to comfort her.

An hour later

After spending a few minutes in the waiting room, everyone else started to arrive at the hospital. Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Spike, even my own parents came after Spike sent a letter to them. As expected, they were as shocked as we were about the early arrival of the foal. Well, except for my parents, they thought it was normal…not sure if they knew about foals being born a few months later than humans.

It seemed like it was taking forever. Seconds became minutes, minutes became an hour, it seemed like this foal was desperate to come out earlier yet it refuses to do so now. Truly this was my kid, because it liked to piss around with people.

As we waited, everyone found ways to entertain themselves. Rainbow and Applejack played a card game, Pinkie was blowing up balloons for when she'd see the foal for the first time, Fluttershy was reading one of the waiting room's magazines, Rarity was sewing a small outfit which was most likely for the foal, Spike was playing bongos on his belly with a bored look on his face, my parents were talking among themselves, Discord was playing with a yoyo that went through a small portal in the floor and came out from another small portal on the ceiling, and Jeff and Peewee were hanging out by the water-dispenser, trying to figure out how to work it.

While I, being more stressed than any of them, continuously paced back and forth with a very worried look on my face. I honestly think I had ever felt so worried before, all that went through my mind was thoughts of how Twilight was holding up. Part of me wanted to rush through those doors and be with her through it all, but I knew that would be stupid, security would tackle me before I could even get there.

As I continued to pace, I couldn't help but notice how everyone else was staying perfectly calm while I was freaking out. I eventually had to stop so I could speak my mind. "How are you all handling this so well? Aren't you concerned about Twilight at all?" I asked, feeling too stressed to think properly.

Rarity looked over to me with a slightly shocked look. "Matthew! Of course we're worried about her. I mean, just look." She said before she used her magic to pick up the small baby PJs. "This thing is atrocious! This is what happens when I Stress Sew!" she said before she placed it back down on the chair beside her.

"Yeah." Pinkie said as she looked over to me. "I may not be showing it, but I'm totally freaking out! I mean, what if something bad happens to Twilight? What if she gets hurt? Or what if the baby gets hurt? It may be even worse than that! There's loads of reasons why we should be freaking out about this!" she said, giving the best examples she could think of.

Unfortunately, that wasn't exactly something I wanted to hear. If I wasn't nervous before, I definitely was now. With all those painful thoughts rushing through my head at once, I suddenly felt my head go light and my world blacken as I fainted. My body flopped unconscious onto the hard floor of the waiting room.

Without wasting a second, my mother jumped out of her chair and rushed to my side. "Matt! Matt! Are you alright?" she asked in a worried voice as she gently picked the upper-half of my body up in her hooves. When she saw that I wasn't waking up, she looked over to the others. "Someone needs to get one of the doctors! Now!" she said, beginning to panic.

But that was soon deemed unnecessary when I started to slowly wake up, groaning as I rubbed the back on my head with my hoof. "Ahh…what happened?...How long was I out?" I asked, looking around at everyone.

Before anyone else could answer, Rainbow Dash flew up beside me with a smirk on her face. "A few years, your kids already a grown pony…by the way, it's a girl." She said with her smirk growing more amused.

My eyes widened as I shot up onto my hooves. "What?! Oh god! Oh god!" I said as I held my head with my front-hooves, starting to feel light-headed again. My reaction got a light snicker from Rainbow Dash.

Applejack gave Rainbow a firm looked before she walked up behind her and grabbed her tail with her mouth, she then yanked her to the ground before spitting her tail out. "Knock it off, Rainbow." She said, getting an annoyed groan from her. Applejack then looked over to me before she came over. "She's just messin' with ya, sugar-cube. You were just out for a few seconds." She said while placing her hoof on my shoulder.

I looked at her with a bit of a shaken up feature before I exhaled in relief. "Thank God, I was scared for a minute there." I said before I sat back down to try and calm down. "All this stuff is really messing with my head, I'm not sure how much more I can take of this." I said as I brushed my hoof through my mane.

My mother gave me a gentle smile as she rubbed my back with her hoof. "You know your Dad went through the same thing when Jess was being born, but once it was done, he knew all the things he was worried about was just all in his head. And that's what's happening with you right now. I'm sure Twilight's going to be fine." She said with a kind voice.

Applejack took a step closer before she added. "Ya mom's right, Matt, you and I know Twilight's as tough nails. She can handle this. And ya know you can trust me because I'm always honest." She said before giving me a friendly wink.

I gave her a small smile before I slowly stood back up. "Thanks Applejack…I think I'm starting to get around it now…in fact, I'm not sure I remember what I was worried about." I said, feeling like I could push through this and be strong for Twilight.

But suddenly, we all heard a scream, a scream so loud that it was shooting down the hallway and through the double-doors in front of us. While everyone was a little shaken by it, I was utterly frozen in fear because I recognized it all too well. It was Twilight, she was screaming in pain. Thoughts and images shot through my mind all at once again and I was starting to black out again. I groaned before I fainted backwards again, but this time Applejack was quick to catch me. "Oh for peat's sake!" she said in frustration.

While they were busy trying to wake me back up, Discord continued to play with his yoyo before he sighed from boredom and released it, allowing it to continue to move up and down in mid-air. Discord leaned back on the chair and dragged his talon-hand down against his face. "Who would've guest pony child-birth would take so long? If I had things my way, it would be out by now."

"But you can't, can you?" a voice said. Discord turned his head to the chair beside him and saw another Discord, but this one wore a pair of smart glasses. "That would be against the rules given to us by Celestia." Norm-Discord said before turned his head to face Discord. "By the way, what do you plan on doing with the little one once it's born?" he asked.

Discord rubbed his hand against his chin as he thought. "Well I was going to take it under my wing and raise it to be a pony of chaos…but then I remembered, it wasn't mine to raise." He said before he smirked. "But still, there's no harm in showing the kid a good time, perhaps a night on the town when it reaches the right age." He said as he put on a jazzy-hat along with a pair of shades over his eyes.

Norm-Discord looked unimpressed by this. "Mh-hm, right, and what happens when it turns out this foal has no magic. Lets not forget, it's father is a Pegasus, it has just as much chance of being one too." He said he crossed his arms.

Discord huffed as he too crossed his arms. "Oh you had to ruin it, didn't you?" he asked before he pouted his lower-lip, but then he soon tried to turn it around. "Oh well, if it is a Pegasus, I'll just give it a horn instead, then we'll have some magic fun." He said as a smile returned it his face.

"No, no, no!" Norm-Discord said as a magazine appeared in his hands and he rolled it up. "You can't tamper with your own God-child, Matthew and Twilight would not appreciate it." he said before he gently swotted the magazine against Discord's head. "Plus, its not exactly Godfather material, wouldn't you agree?" he asked as he magazine disappeared in a flash of light.

Discord rolled his eyes before he sighed. "You're a real buzz-kill, you know that?" he said before as he rested his chin on his lion-paw hand. "Well, maybe Pegasi can cause some chaos too…I mean, look what they do to the weather…I could work with that." He said as s grin grew on his face.

"Now you're getting it!" Norm-Discord said with a cheery face before he disappeared in a flash of light, leaving Discord alone.

As Discord tried to piece together chaotic ideas that he could do with my foal no matter what race it was, my Dad stared up at him with a confused and disturbed look on his face, having watched that whole conversation and not know what to make of it. "…Ok, for the love of god, I don't know what's going on here…" he said as he turned his head to face Fluttershy.

Fluttershy's focused remained down at the magazine in her hooves as she responded. "Discord does that a lot, I find it best to just go with it." She said before she used her hoof to turn to the next page.

Meanwhile, Applejack and my mother sat beside me, trying to find ways to wake me up. Right now, Applejack was holding her hat with her hoof and fanning it against my face, trying to give me some air. It eventually started to work and I began to wake up. "Ahh…did I pass out again?..." I asked in a groan.

"Yep." Applejack said before she placed her hat back on her head. "Now just don't do it again, Twilight's gonna be waitin' for ya when it's all over." She said as she and my Mother helped me back up onto my hooves.

I rubbed my head before I looked up at Rainbow Dash to see she was snickering again. "…Don't even say anything." I groaned before I walked over to one of the chairs and sat down to try and relax more. "This is getting really tiring." I said as I leaned my head back against the wall.

Rarity then walked over to me and patted her hoof against me. "Don't worry, Matthew…I'm sure the doctor will be along any moment to call you in to see Twilight." she said with a warm smile.

Then, seek of the devil, one of the double-doors opened and the doctor walked in. He looked over to us before his entire focus was set on me. "Mr Matthew, your wife is waiting for you…and she has someone you wants to meet you." he said with a kind smile.

With that, I gulped hard before I stepped down off my chair and started making my way over to the doctor. But as I did, my Dad smiled at me. "Hey." He said, gaining my attention. "It'll be alright and I've very proud of you." he said.

I smiled at him for that. "Thanks Dad." I said before I took a deep breath and exhaled. I then walked over to the doctor and he stepped aside so I could go through the door. I looked down the deep hallway before I walked through door past the doctor. The doctor then looked over to the others. "Don't worry, I'll send one of the nurses in to inform you all of everything in just a moment." He said before he closed the door, leaving everyone in the waiting room to wait a little longer.

As I walked down the hallway, I felt the pressure in my heart start to spike. Room by room past by as I got closer to Twilight's, I turned my head around to see the doctor was right behind me with a small smile on his face, I then turned my head back around and continued to look ahead to where I was going. It wasn't long before I had finally reached the room and was standing right in front of the door. I just stood there, breathing as I just stared at the door, scared to open in.

The doctor stood beside me as he reached his hoof towards the doorknob, he gripped it and turned it until I heard a faint click, followed by him slightly pushing it open. "I'll leave you two alone." He said before he turned around and walked away.

With that, I turned my attention to the slightly open door and took another deep breath. "Well…this is it." I said to myself before I slowly placed my hoof on the door and gently pushed it open. As the door opened, I could soon see Twilight bed with the light of the mood shining through the window down onto her. She was leaning up against the headrest and holding a small bundle in her arms, she was smiling down at it with pure love in her eyes.

I entered the room and made my way over to her. "Hey babe…how are you holding up?" I asked in a gentle voice as I walked up beside the bed.

Twilight turned her head to face me, showing her ruffled up mane and tired eyes. She gave me a weak smile as she spoke. "Hi Matt…I'm fine…" she said before she held the bundle up against her higher. "Wanna see our new family member?" she asked.

I returned her weak smile before I walked around the bed until I was on the side facing the window. I placed both my front-hooves on the bed and looked down at the bundle, seeing it move a little. As Twilight's horn glowed, the blanket covering the foal slowly moved aside, allowing me to gaze upon the beauty it was covering.

It was a light-pink foal, with a pearl-white mane in the same style as Twilight's. There wasn't much more to describe about her until we could get a better look at her. "Twilight…it…it's beautiful." I said, my ears flattening against my head as I feel my heart warm.

"Yes…she is." Twilight said before she looked at me again. "It's a girl, Matt…a beautiful filly…and look." She said before she slowly moved her hoof towards the filly and moved its mane a little, revealing a small horn poking out of her head. "She's a Unicorn…like me." she said.

I smiled warmly at this before I lowered my head down a little more to get a closer look. "She's perfect." I said before I looked up to Twilight and moved my head towards her. After planting a gentle kiss on her head, I smiled lovingly at her. "I'm proud of you, Twilight…I love you so much." I said, feeling a small tear build in my eye.

"I love you too, Matt." Twilight said before she looked down at the filly. "Matt…look." She said in a whisper.

I returned my attention back down to the filly and saw it was moving a little, it made a little whimper noise before it slowly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of blue beady-eyes. "Hi…how are you?..." Twilight said as quietly as possible. "I'm your Mom." She said before she looked at me. "And this is your Dad." She said.

I looked down at the filly and smiled as I lowered my head down to her. "Hey…guess I'm your Dad…what do you think about that?" I asked, know I probably won't get much of an answer. But instead of words, the filly answered by weakly raising her hoof and placing it on my nose. This shocked me at first, but my heart melted as I smiled.

Twilight giggled. "I think she likes that idea." She said before she held the filly closer. "What do you think we should call her?" she asked as she looked down at her face.

I leaned up straight as I kept my eyes down on the filly. "I don't know…I thought you'd have something in mind." I said as I turned my attention to Twilight.

Twilight looked at me with a raised eye-brow. "Not really, we tend to name foals after their born because we don't know what type of pony it would be." She said before she looked back down at the filly. "But know that we know it's a Unicorn, we should probably give it a name suitable for one." She said.

I looked back down at the filly and tried to think of a name. "Umm…I honestly don't know…she has a pink coat, but we can't call her Pinkie, its taken. Most ponies are usually named after their talents, but she doesn't have one yet." I said as I try to think of ways we could give her a name.

"Maybe we could give her a stand-in name until she gets her talent. Some ponies tend to do that, I know Mrs Cake did." Twilight said with a small smile.

I looked at her with a curious look. "Mrs Cake had a different name? What did she use to be-…" I said before I decided to get back to the main subject. "I'll come back to that later." I said before I looked down at the filly. "Now what to name you, sweetness." I said as I gently placed my hoof over her, letting her place hers onto it. "Hmm…she kind of looks like an…Amy." I said, looking at her precious face.

"Amy?..." Twilight asked before she thought about it some more. "Amy…Amy…Sparkle…Amy Sparkle." She said before a smile grew on her face. "That has a good ring to it." she said.

I looked at Twilight and returned the smile. "Do you think so? I'm ok with it if you are." I said, thinking we may have just reached our goal.

Twilight nodded. "I am." she said before she looked back down at her. "Amy Sparkle it is." She said before she gently stroked her mane with her hoof. "Our little Amy." She said.

Twilight and I continued to stare down at…Amy, seeing her beauty brighten the whole room. So many things ran through our heads, like how we finally reached the point we had been waiting months for, how this would be a new chapter in our lives. But most importantly, we were thinking of how much Amy could accomplish in her life.

A while later: Hospital's baby room

After a while, we had to give Amy to the doctors to let them check on her, to make sure she's healthy and stuff like that. She was then placed in the baby room with the other new borns, the room were the new foals rested while visitors watched them from behind the glass wall.

The rest of the Mane 6, Spike, my parents, everyone that had come here for us looked through the glass to try and see our foal. "So which one do you think it is?" Fluttershy asked as she looked at each one.

"The doctor said it was a girl, so we should look any females in there." Rarity said as she looked around at all the girl foals.

"So where's Matthew anyway? You'd think he'd be here to watch his kid through all this." Rainbow Dash said as she too looked around to try and spot her.

"He'll probably be here." My Dad said. "If I know Matthew, if there's something close to him in his life, he'll be extremely protective of it." he said, thinking of how I've acted with other personal belongings in the past.

"Haha." Rainbow chuckled. "I'd love to see how that plays out when she reaches our age." She said before she continued looking. "Ok, seriously, which one is she?" she asked, getting a little frustrated.

Pinkie jumped up and pressed her face against the glass. "She's that one!...No, no, she's that one!...No! She's that one!" she said, pointed to each foal, not making up her mind.

At that moment, I entered the room behind the glass and saw everyone on the other side. "Hey guys." I said, giving them a small smile.

"Matt!" Applejack said as she placed on hoof against the glass. "How's Twilight holdin' up?" she asked in concern.

"She's fine." I answered as I walked up to the glass. "She's still recovering a little, but I think she's just glad the foal's ok. The doctor said she's perfectly healthy and we'll be able to take her home in a few hours." I informed them.

Applejack returned my smile. "Aw, that's great to hear, Matt. I think it's really special that you and Twilight finally have-"

"Yeah, yeah, we're all really happy for you. But can you please tell us which one of these foals is yours?! We've been trying to find it for the last few minutes!" Rainbow Dash said, interrupting Applejack.

I flinched a little before I turned around to face the foals. "She's this one over here." I said as I walked up to the crib that Amy was resting in. "Everyone, meet Amy Sparkle." I said, smiling down at her.

Everyone looked at her and they all said the same thing. "Awww!"

"I know, right?" I said with a smirk before I chuckled.

"Isn't she just the most precious thing in all of Ponyville?" Rarity asked, looking at Amy like she was a perfect gem sticking out most among others.

"Ponyville? She's the most precious thing in all of Equestria!" Applejack said, standing beside Rarity. "She reminds me of Applebloom when she was just a foal." She said.

Spike walked up to the glass and looked at Amy. "I just can't believe I'm an uncle. Uncle Spike…sounds kinda good, doesn't it?" he asked, flexing his chest out with a smirk. But his smirk soon went away when a troubling thought entered his mind. "I am gonna be its uncle, right Matt?" he asked as he looked over to me.

I smiled before I nodded. "Of course you are, Spike." I said before I looked over to my parents. "So what do you think of your grandchild?" I asked, knowing they would love her.

"She absolutely perfect, Matt." My mother said. "I just can't believe you're a dad. I remember a few years back where you said things like you were never going to get married and have kids, but look at you now." she said.

I shrugged as I continued to smirk. "Guess all it took was the right girl." I said before I looked back down at Amy, my smirk turned into a loving smile as I lowered my head down to her. "And you're gonna be a great as she is…I just know it." I said in a whisper as I gently stroked her head with my hoof, getting a small whimper from her as she slept.

Jeff then flew up on top of Applejack's hat and looked down at Amy, but he looked unmoved by her. "Huh…just looks like a normal foal to me." he said with an unimpressed tone.

Fluttershy turned her head to look up at Jeff. "Well maybe you just think that because you're not really a pony." She said gently before she looked at Amy again. "But for us, its something wonderful. A new face in the family…and a beautiful one at that." She said as she stared at Amy's face.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Matt and Twi." Jeff said before he returned his attention to Amy. "I just don't see what the big deal is…must be a bird thing, right Peewee?" he asked before he looked over to Peewee, whom was standing on top of Spike's head.

However, Peewee was having a different reaction than he was. "Aww, isn't she the most adorable thing ever." Peewee said, unable to keep his eyes off her.

Upon seeing this, Jeff rolled his eyes. "Must just be me then." He groaned before he crossed his wings and looked back over to Amy.

Suddenly, Pinkie shot up to the glass and pressed her face against it again. "So, seeing how it was born today, that means it's her birthday, right?" she said, getting excited before she picked up a cake with no candles out of no-where. "Its party time! And like with the Cake's twins on their birthday, it has no candles!" she said before she gave me a sheepish smile. "Umm…am I ok leaving it here? I'm not allowed to go in there after last time." She said.

"Sure Pinkie." I said before I looked up at Rainbow Dash. "You've been a little quiet, Rainbow, are you ok?" I asked curiously.

Rainbow Dash hovered in the air as she looked at me. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said before she looked over to Amy. "She definitely a sight." She said with a sweet smile before she whipped it off and put on a strong face. "But you're not gonna see me going all mushy over it, no way at all." She said with a smirk.

But at that moment, Amy woke up from her sleep and saw me, making her smile at little. But she soon noticed Rainbow Dash flying in mid-air, which really caught her attention. She let out a small laugh as she tried to reach up to her. Rainbow Dash noticed this and couldn't help but let a warm smile grow on her face. "Not gonna crack…not gonna crack…ok, I'll crack! She's the sweetest thing ever!" she said, moving downward a little to match her level.

Suddenly, Discord appeared in the room in a flash of light and looked down at Amy. "Hmm…she's a little too normal for my liking, but I've worked with worse…just ask the Diamond mutts." He said before he reached his talon-hand down to Amy and tickled his finger against her belly, getting a small giggle from her.

I watched this and gave Discord a concerned look. "Discord, I'm glad Amy's already taking a shine to you…but can you please be careful, you talon-finger might be sharp to her…" I said, worrying that he would cut her with his finger.

Discord retracted his finger before a cork appeared on it in a flash of light. "Better?" he asked.

"Can you just use your lion-paw finger please?" I asked with my eye-lids half closed.

Discord rolled his eyes before he cork disappeared and he started tickling Amy with his lion-paw finger. "I can tell this is going to be hard to get used to." he said as he continued to get laughs from Amy.

"So what's gonna happen now?" Rainbow Dash asked, gaining my attention again. "Are you, Twi and the little one gonna go home soon?" she asked.

"The doctor said we could leave in a few hours, there's still a few tests to run with Twilight and Amy. I'm sure everything will be fine, but I'm staying her until the results come back." I said before I looked at Spike. "Spike, if we have to stay here longer, are you ok to take care of everything back at the Library until we get back?" I asked, hoping he'd agree.

Spike gave me a strong smile before he saluted. "I won't let ya down. You can count on me! And don't worry, I'll be sure to keep…you-know-who…in check." He said in a whisper while pointing at Discord, which he didn't notice due to being too occupied with Amy.

"Thanks Spike." I said while giving him a thankful smile before a thought came into my mind. "Oh god, we haven't told Princess Celestia or Luna! We should send a letter up to them." I said, thinking how they might react to this news.

"I already did, they said they'd have to come see her some other time." Spike informed. "Something about a meeting with some visitors from Vanhoover…but they told Shining Armor as soon as they found out." He said.

"Oh, I wonder how he's handling it." I said, thinking how Shining Armor will feel knowing he was an uncle.

Suddenly, the doors burst open, gaining our attention. That's when we saw Shining Armor rushing in with a worried look on his face, not to mention he was soaking wet and wearing a towel around his waist. "Where is she? Where's Twily?!" he yelled as he rushed up to the glass and saw me. "Matt! Where's Twily?! Is she ok?! Where's the foal?!" he asked in a panicky way.

I stared at him with wide eyes and looked over to everyone else. "We'll…just leave you guys to it. See ya later, Matt." Applejack said as she and others started to make their way out of the room.

"Congrats on becoming a Dad, Matt, hope to see you guys out soon." Rainbow Dash said as she left the room with her, still hovering in the air.

Everyone else took one last look at Amy before they all left the room, including Discord, leaving me and Shining alone with Amy. I turned my attention to him with a calm look. "Twilight's fine, Shining…but before I say anymore, I need to ask…why are you all wet like that?" I asked, looking him up and down.

Shining looked down at himself before he looked back up at me. "What? I was taking a shower when a guard told me that my sister was giving birth." He said before he pressed his face against the glass. "Now tell me what I missed!" he said, not wanting to waste a second on hearing the tale.

I sighed before I began to tell him what happened during his absence, knowing I probably wasn't going to get any rest for some time.

Later that night

After Shining's finally left the hospital, I was left to look after Amy and be with Twilight. It took a while, but the doctor finally came back, he told me that Twi and Amy would have to spend the night to make absolutely sure that everything was ok with them.

Not wanting to leave either of them alone, I decided to stay the night with them, even if I had to sleep on a chair. I went back to Twilight's room and sat beside her bed as we talked for a while. Twilight laid down on the bed, looking relaxed as she placed her hoof on top of mine. "So where's our little Amy?" she asked.

"She's staying in the baby room with the other foals, she seemed very peaceful there…I just hope she doesn't notice we're gone and gets upset." I said, thinking how Amy must feel right now if she did notice.

"She only a few hours old, I doubt she even knows us that well." Twilight said before she leaned up a little. "How do you feel?" she asked with a sweet smile.

I chuckled before I responded with an amused one. "I'm the one who asks you that." I said before I leaned closer. "But I'm fine…I'm just a little shaken…I mean, I'm a dad now…you're a mum…do you think we'll manage?" I asked, wondering if we were really ready for such a task.

"Matt, if there's one thing I've learned since meeting you is this, we're ready to take on anything. Any challenge, any task, any threat against Equestria that might involve an insane Alicorn…we can do it. And with my knowledge, your protective skills and both our care, Amy will grow to be a very skilled pony, not to mention a very loved one." Twilight said as she wrapped her arm around me and held me closer.

I smiled lovingly at her. "Thanks Twi…I love you." I said before I moved closer and we shared and loving kiss.

Once we broke apart, Twilight returned then smile. "I love you too, Matt." she said before a smirk appeared on her face. "But is a kiss all you've got to show it? After what's happened today, I expected more." She said.

I grinned devious. "Is that so?" I said before I leaped up onto the bed with Twilight and held myself above Twilight. "Then let me show you more." I said before I lowered my head down to her and kissed her deeper.

Twilight kissed me back before her horned glowed. Within that instant, the door locked and the lights went off, rendering the room completely dark.

This was the beginning of a new chapter for me and Twilight, this was when our life with a new family member started. This was the birth of Amy Sparkle.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

So what did you think? The foal is finally born, let me know what you think of her name. I've been planning this chapter for a very long time.

The song I used in this chapter my self-made parody of the "Gaston" song from the Disney movie "Beauty and the Beast", I don't own anything. But I do own this version of it because I wrote this myself. Also, if any of you are interested in making an animated video of it or something, just let me know. I don't expect anyone one to do so, but I can hope.

Message to SamFraser: I did the life for a life moment like you wanted, please stop asking me to do more based of other FanFics, I don't rip off other people's stories. What happens with Spike and Rarity next will be whatever it will be. I'm sorry to be blunt, but you've been sending these reviews with the same messages too many times.

Pony News: So much to tell this time, let's see what I can remember.

The MLP movie will be released in October 6th, for anyone who's forgotten and hasn't realised how close it is

It seems some elements from the movie, such as Seaponies, will make their way into S8. This may mean we'll see some characters from it. Lets hope, right?

BTW, it seems I was wrong about the S6 DVD. It was released onto Amazon, but only for Pre-order, it will actually be released November 7th, sorry for the misleading.

Speaking of S8, the sneak peak was released at Hascon, showing the return of a very familiar character. Ask yourself, what do you get when you mix photos and hair sample of the ponies you took pictures of?...Seriously, tell me, 'cause I don't know.

A music video for the movie was released by SIA, its called 'Rainbow' and will make its way into the movie. Be warned, do not watch it unless you're ok with seeing spoilers.

And this just in! The plot for the S7 final has been revealed! Expect Starswirl the Bearded and the Pony of Shadows! It's gonna be awesome.

End of pony news.

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