King Sombra Loves Fluttershy!

Chapter 12: The Birth

The Birth

The snow had long since melted. The grass was green and lush once more, and the animals frolicked freely across Fluttershy's yard and across Ponyville. Through the thin glass of a round window, the creamy-yellow mare watched as a doe curiously and cautiously made its way across the grass, from one edge of the forest to the other.

She smiled, watching as the tall, skinny-legged critter came into view and disappeared. She stood up slowly, using her wings to support her as she went from her soft and blanket laden couch towards the door to her cottage. She opened it, the door drifting outward on the breeze and clambering against the frame. She stepped out, breathing in the fresh and sweet smelling air of spring. Fluttershy loved spring.

She stepped out a little, feeling the grass beneath her hooves and the wind beneath her slightly outspread wings. Although she wasn't a frequent flyer, Fluttershy hadn't flown in months. "Flutters?" Called a deep but soft voice, the tall and muscular grey stallion standing up, wiping off his knee and trotting slowly over to her. "Oh, I'm sorry if I bothered you..." She whispered, he cupping her chin, then lifting up her head so he could kiss her lips. She trembled, pressing her chest against his as she melted into his warm embrace. "Not at all, how're you feeling?" He asked, running his hoof along her distended belly. She blushed, holding his hoof there. "Do you feel that?" She asked, the stallion falling silent. Then, he smiled wildly and jumped up and down, feeling around in hope of experiencing the sensation again. "Our foal is kicking me." Fluttershy stated with a giggle, Sombra nodding. "She's a strong one." He said calmly, kissing his mare's cheek.

Fluttershy took a few more steps forward, looking down at what he'd been doing. Across the grass were scattered parts to a crib. "I figured I should make one, it's a lot harder than I thought." He said with a chuckle. Fluttershy thanked him, kissing his cheek. "Sommy?" She said quietly, looking down at her hooves nervously. "Do you think... maybe we could..." She paused for a long time, afraid to keep on talking for fear of offending him. She loved him so, Fluttershy couldn't bear to have Sombra take a single step away from her. "What? Maybe we could... what?" He asked, taking her narrow frame beneath his hoof and rubbing her shoulder supportively. "Wait." He said, an idea coming to mind. "There's something that's been bothering me." Her heart fluttered in her chest, Fluttershy feared what he was about to say, his touch seeming to grow stale and under threat of never happening again. "It's not... normal, for a mare and a stallion to have a foal... unmarried. It never has been." He looked over to her, his red eyes tracing her aqua orbs for signs of flight. She was shaking. "I want you to be mine in every way; I want to be married to you." He said, kissing her cheek and hugging her. "R-R-Really?" She said with tears falling from her eyes, her lips trembling as her heart continued to dance and sing. "Y-Y-You really w-w-want me?" He nodded, kissing her forehead after raking her pink mane out of his lip's path. "Of coarse Flutters, you make me happy." She kissed him passionately, loosing her balance only for the stallion to hold her up in his magical warmth. "Oh Sommy..." She said cheerfully, the two ponies walking back inside, together. Sombra set his mare down where she first was, bidding her farewell and going back to finish his chore.

The next morning, Fluttershy awoke feeling fairly uncomfortable. She sat up in bed, pushing the sheets down to her waist and rolling onto her side. She collided with the stallion beside her, he stirring suddenly. Sombra hadn't gotten much sleep in the past few weeks, the lingering thought of his mare birthing their foal keeping him on edge. "What?! Is something wrong?!" He asked, his whole body on alert as he scanned her physique with tired but worried eyes. Fluttershy shook her head, holding his hoof. "No, no... I, ah... just cramps." She said quietly, he shouting. "Ouch! You really squeezed my hoof there..." He stopped, running a hoof through his mused mane. "You're having contractions!" He nearly faded into unconsciousness. Fluttershy was about to have her foal.

In a matter of moments, Sombra had converted their bedroom into a delivery room. Fluttershy had insisted their foal be born in the bed of conception. The stallion found this odd, but argued very little as pregnant mares are of poor temperament. Within minutes, the mare's friends had gathered outside. Pinkie Pie had so kindly assembled them with all the pomp and circumstance of a royal wedding or a national holiday. But by then, her yelling had transformed into the nervous whispers of her friends as they waited for news. The door to the cottage opened, Sombra stepping out and closing it tightly behind him. "Ladies." He said nervously in greeting, looking over all of them in a quick and disconcerted look. "Where's Fluttershy? I want to see my friend!" Growled Rainbow Dash, entering Sombra's personal space and trying to frighten him. Although he was not remotely intimidated, the stallion understood- finally- what another pony was feeling. "The foal is almost here, you'll be able to see them both soon." He said reassuringly, the pegasus mare taking a step back. "Do you need any help?"'asked Twilight Sparkle, the stallion shaking his head. "No thank you." Behind him, he heard a moan from Fluttershy. "Excuse me!" He said quickly, darting back inside and closing the door behind him.

Rainbow Dash flew forward, checking it. "It's locked!" She exclaimed, then flying over to check Fluttershy's window. The mare grunted angrily when she discovered the curtains were drawn tightly. "I can't see anything!" The mare settled down, upset. "Well, I can't wait to throw a massive party for the little guy... or girl!" Pinkie Pie was practically floating, her excitement was beyond all others. "I would quite like to create some marvelous foal clothes for them, oh it'll be fabulous!" Chanted Rarity, clapping her hooves in excitement. Twilight Sparkle smiled. "See guys, there's a lot of good in this! Sombra is... nicer than he's ever been, and we all have something to look forward to! Rainbow Dash, if the foal is a pegasus, you can teach him or her to fly! Pinkie Pie can throw another amazing party, Rarity can sew some foal clothes, Applejack can sell them foal food... like applesauce!" The farm mare nodded with a tip of her hat. Twilight Sparkle managed to rally her friends, all of them growing excited for the new addition to their group, that addition being an utterly cute little foal and a stallion. "Wait, what're YOU gonna do?" Asked Pinkie Pie, tilting her head and looking curiously at her intelligent friend. Twilight Sparkle thought for a moment, but didn't know what to say. In that moment, she felt almost completely without purpose.

They had been talking for a while outside, but then there was silence. The door to the cottage opened in a red haze of magic, a magical whisper drifting down the stairs to the five mare's ears. The magically generated voice spoke to them softly, in an almost comforting way. "You can come in now..." It said to them in a voice that sounded half of Fluttershy and half of Sombra. The mares looked between each other, considering the idea of going in. "C'mon, let's go see." Said Twilight Sparkle quietly, all of her friends following after her. They ended up in the living room, one mare after the other trotting silently up the stairs. They peaked their heads into the bedroom, seeing their friend- who was suddenly thinner- laying in bed, propped up by several pillows. She lay beneath a mess of blankets, a small bundle cradled in her hooves and she looked down at it with a gleam in her aqua eyes; perhaps that gleam were tears or an impressive display of her joy. Sombra sat in bed beside her, looking down at the bundle with a look on his face that was far happier than he'd ever looked. He smiled, tears falling from his eyes as he nuzzled his cheek against his foal.

The mares gathered closer, looking down and cooing at the adorable little pony. "It's a little filly." Said Fluttershy with a blush, she feeling exhausted after such a long morning, but her mind willing her to stay awake and admire what she had created with her stallion. "Just like we wanted." She added, kissing her stallion's cheek with dry lips. He nodded, resting his head against hers. With one- gentle- hoof, he pulled away the blanket so Fluttershy's friends could see in. "She's so beautiful!" Chimed Twilight Sparkle, all of the mares cooing again as Fluttershy gratefully accepted their praise. The filly was a deep, azure color with small, twinkling, pink-purple eyes. Her mane was black with a single yellow streak, and would one day grow to be astonishingly beautiful. Rainbow Dash looked carefully, pumping her hoof when she noticed two, small, wings.

They all sat in silence for what felt like a very long time, simply admiring the filly and watching as her eyes scanned the room. She giggled and made gestures with her tiny hooves in slow, sweeping motions toward her mother and father. "I love you." Whispered Sombra, pressing his muzzle to Fluttershy's cheek in a quick peck, she blushing. The mares saw this display of brief although passionate affection, it planting the seed of friendship between them and the reformed stallion. "I love you as well." He said in a careful voice, kissing his filly who in turn reached up and touched his nose.

Applejack shifted on her hooves, stepping forward and opening her mouth to speak. "I was wonderin' what y'all were gonna name 'er. Eh, do ya got any good ideas?" Asked the farm mare, her green eyes tracing between Sombra and Fluttershy. The stallion looked down at his mare, who smiled and giggled in response. "We picked a name before you all came in, it's..." "Shade Streak." Sombra finished her sentence, she looking to him to introduce their filly's name. The mares cooed once more in celebration.

Fluttershy looked up to her friends, waiting a moment before she spoke. "Um, Twilight?" The unicorn looked up from the filly, making eye contact with Fluttershy. "Will you be her godmother? I, ah... only if you want..." Said the petite pegasus nervously, she looked to her stallion who nodded approvingly. Twilight Sparkle covered a smile with her hoof, nodding her head. "Absolutely..." She replied, leaning over the bed and hugging her friend, careful not to disturb the filly in her hooves. "Can I?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Fluttershy offering up the filly. The unicorn held her gingerly, swaying the filly from side to side as her lavender eyes grew misty. "She's so precious." She said softly, looking up and smiling as a few tears streamed from her eyes. Everypony giggled in unison, agreeing with her.

Sombra held Fluttershy close, looking down at her with his red eyes that looked so soft and gentle. She smiled up at him, he taking her hoof into his own. In that moment, they were one.

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