After two weeks, Applejack was walking over to Fluttershy's. She had arranged an appointment for them a few days ago, and she was running late. Applejack, being a worrier, went over to see what was the matter.

"Fluttershy?...Ya' in there?"

The country earth pony slowly creaked the door open. The inside of Fluttershy's house had a grayish atmosphere, and everything was too silent. Mice were scampering everywhere, and somepony...or something...had broken into her fridge to steal her food.

"What the...?"

She heard what sounded like her friend coming from the bathroom. Applejack ran to the bathroom and saw Fluttershy on the floor, looking paler than she'd ever seen her.

"Fluttershy? Ya' alright, sugarcube?"

"Yes, Applejack, I'm fine. No need to worry."

She suddenly sprung up, and she vomited into her toilet.

"Well, from the looks of ya', ah'd say that ya' ain't."

Another surge came over her, and she vomited again. She tried to flush to get rid of all of it, but it overflowed with the stuff.

"Ew...Fluttershy, we've gotta get you to the doctor!"

"No, Applejack, I'm not sick. I'm just a little...under the weather.'

She tried to stand up to prove it, but she collapsed under her own weight.

"How long ya' been this way, sugarcube? And where's that rat boyfriend of yers? He should be helpin' ya!"

"He left...a few weeks ago. He's afraid I'm going to..."

She vomited again into her bathtub this time.

"Come with me."

She offered a helping hoof to her friend.

"No, Applejack, I don't want you to catch whatever I've got."

"Ah won't. You need help."

She cautiously took her friend's hoof, and she led her out the door.

The sunlight stung the pegasus' eyes as they walked down the road to the hospital.

"Yer animals looked a little malnourished."

Fluttershy gasped and looked like she was about to cry.

"I'm sorry...I've been in that bathroom for two days. I ate toothpaste to survive."

Applejack smelled her breath.

"Mmm, minty."

"Forget it, I don't need the hospital. I have to feed my critters."

She tried to let go of Applejack and go towards her house, but she couldn't support herself. She couldn't even crawl more than a few inches without tiring out.

Applejack lifted Fluttershy onto her back and carried her all the way to the hospital.

In the doctor's office, Applejack was waiting with Fluttershy and supporting her.

"It's alright. Ah'm sure it's just a little case of the flu or hay fever."

"I'm just glad none of the animals couldn't catch what I've got. Especially Angel, he catches any bunny disease that's going around."

The doctor came in, and they both perked up.

"Okay, uh...Fluttershy, I've got some good news and some bad news."

"Give us the bad news," said Applejack.

"Well, this statement is kind of a mixture of good and bad. Also kind of shocking. Are you ready for this?"

The two held each other's hooves.

"Fluttershy...you don't have a disease. This sickness you've been feeling is just part of the early stages of pregnancy."

Applejack's eyes grew bigger than Fluttershy had ever seen.

"WAIT...SHE'S...?!"

"Yep, she's preggers. Two weeks, to be exact."

"Ah...ah can't believe this!"

"But doctor, I don't understand. I took a pregnancy test, and it came back negative."

"Oh, did you use that dollar store brand? Yeah, they recalled those a week ago. Man...who would've thought?"

The doctor wrote something on a prescription pad and handed it to Fluttershy.

"Here's some antibiotics for your symptoms and, uh, don't drink alcohol or do any strenuous activity for nine months. So, uh...Bye."

He left them to handle current issues.

"Fluttershy...Ah never would've thought..."

"I'm sorry, Applejack. We didn't know what we were doing. I'm so stupid."

"No, you're not stupid. You're about to be a mom. That's tha' greatest gift a pony could ever have."

She gave a teary smile to her friend.

"Look, uh, everypony else is at Sugarcube Corner. Maybe we should break tha' news to them-"

"No! What will they think of me?"

"Sugarcube, we're your friends. We'll support you and love you no matter what."

"Even in this situation?"

"Especially in this situation. He said, 'No strenuous activity.' Well, as yer friends, we're gonna help ya' take care of yer critters."

"But Applejack, I can-"

"No, ya' can't. There's somepony inside of you that's dependin' on you, Fluttershy. And takin' care of him or her is yer number one priority. You just focus on that, and we'll take care of the rest."

She hugged Applejack tightly and couldn't help that happy tears were flowing down her eyes and onto Applejack's mane.

"Just sit here, Mr. Graves, and..."

The doctor noticed that they were still in his office.

"Oh. You two are still here."

"We'll be on our way."

"Thank you so much."

The patient stared at Fluttershy's flank as she walked away.

"Don't even think about it, man. She's knocked up."

"Aw, dang."

Outside of the Cakes' Bakery, Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash were talking while Rainbow Dash was showing them something.

"What in Equestria is that, Rainbow Dash?" asked Rarity.

"Oh, this? This is 72/20 Energy Drink, the official energy drink of the Wonderbolts. When I drink a couple of bottles of this, I'll be faster than the fastest-"

"Uh...howdy, y'all. Fluttershy here has somethin' to tell ya'."

She stod in front of her friends, trying to overcome her shyness to tell them.

"Well, are you gonna tell 'em, or should I?"

"Tell us what, Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

She took a deep breath and kind of hid behind her silky, pink curtain of a mane as she spoke.

"Um...I'm..."

She trailed off into something barely audible.

"What?" all of her friends asked.

"Um...I said, I'm..."

"Speak up so we can hear ya', Fluttershy."

She braced herself for the worst as she spoke up. All of her friends were leaning in close so they could hear.

"I'm...pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Rainbow Dash choked on her first sip of energy drink.

"Oh, Fluttershy, congratulations!"

Rarity ran up and hugged her tight, almost knocking her down.

"I am so happy for you! Oh, you're going to be a mom! That is just...the most precious thing ever! I can't stand it!"

"Well, she is the oldest of us, so I guess it makes sense," explained Twilight.

"Fluttershy's gonna give me two new babies to play with! This rocks!"

They all embraced in a group hug, except for Rainbow Dash.

"Where ya' goin', Dash?" called Applejack.

"Oh, I'm just gonna congratulate Discord myself. No big deal."

"Ah don't like her tone. You'd better follow her, Fluttershy."

Fluttershy caught up to her friend, heading towards Discord's spinning house in the sky.

"Rainbow Dash, what are you gonna do?"

"I just wanna talk to him."

She reached into her saddlebag and pulled out a double-barrel shotgun.

"Wait, why do you have a gun?!"

"I just wanna talk to him," she said as she loaded her weapon.

"Rainbow Dash, please don't!"

"I just wanna talk to him." She flew up to his front porch, Fluttershy in close pursuit.

"You can't kill him!"

"I just wanna-" She knocked on the door.

"Please!"

"I just wanna shoot him."

The first thing Discord saw when he answered the door was Rainbow Dash's gun in his face.

"Whoa, WHOA! WHAT THE HAY?!"

"No, please don't shoot him, Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy sobbed at her feet.

"You got my friend pregnant, scumbag! Now, you're gonna pay for it...with your life!"

She clicked her gun and pressed it into his forehead.

"Dang it, what was I gonna say after that? Oh, yeah. (Russian accent) Say hello to my little friend!"

"I thought I was your little friend, Rainbow Dash!" yelled Scootaloo from the ground.

"You are, squirt, I'm just...making a reference."

"Making a what?"

"Nevermind."

"Wait just a minute!"

He pushed Rainbow's gun out of the way and kneeled down to where Fluttershy was crying.

"Fluttershy...you're pregnant?"

She sadly nodded.

"Well...this changes everything! Even if Rainbow Dash wasn't aiming a gun at my head, I still wouldn't have a choice."

He took the twist tie from the loaf of bread he was eating and fashioned it into a ring.

"Fluttershy, I know this is a bit sudden, but...will you make me the happiest being in the world and...marry me?"

"Say WHAT?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Isn't that why you took the gun?"

"Uh...sure, let's go with that."

Fluttershy stared at the engagement necklace in shock, then pure joy and happiness.

"Oh, Discord...Yes! Yes, I'll marry you!"

He put the ring on her, and they hugged tightly.

"Well, looks like my work here is done."

She threw the gun on the ground 1,000 feet below. Offscreen, it discharges and shoots somepony in the kneecap.

"AAAAAAAAH!"

"Oh, sorry!"

Rainbow Dash flies down to tend to the injured colt.

"Oh, she's gone. Wanna make out?" Discord asked.

"Okay."

They pressed their lips together and made out as an engaged couple.