This story will occasionally switch between Flurry Heart and Shimmering Glow's point of views.

I happened to be returning from my night date with Shimmering Glow at the bar at the Crystal Empire. We've been dating for almost half a year, and if everything goes well for some time we're going to get married. Shimmering happens to be five years younger than me, but that doesn't get the way into our romance.

We were just arriving at the doorstep of our palace when our parents were at the door, with King Sombra and Madam Radiant Hope looking in a hurry as if they're leaving for somewhere.

"Are you all going anywhere?" Shimmering asked.

"Yes, my dear. In fact we are going to catch tonight's train to get to Mauritania!" Madam Radiant Hope replied.

"I thought only Mom and Dad were going?" I asked.

"They um… wanted to accompany us. The travel agency happened to have an offer on travel tickets, and they were interested, too!" Dad explained.

"Shining's right," King Sombra agreed. "Now if you excuse us, if we're standing here talking to you for another minute I fear the train's arriving at any minute, and we couldn't be boarding it on time."

"We gotta go! See you guys in a week!" bade Mom to us. "Take care of the castle and the town with your siblings when we're gone, and I hope you both enjoyed your night! Oh, and if you need anything, ask Sunburst and Starlight!"

"We will!" we replied as they left hurriedly.

---

Not long after they have left we both gathered in Flurry Heart's room, settling ourselves.

"Ah, a tiring day, isn't it?" I asked Flurry as I sat on her bed.

"You could say that," she replied. "Wanna have some candies?" She dug into a drawer and produced a bag of them. "I got them from some fillies at a fair in Ponyville a month ago. They're quite tasty, you should try them!"

"Are they?" I pondered.

"Of course they are! I've been taking one candy every few days!" she then levitated a candy to me. "Try it, you'll love it!"

After a few seconds of hesitation I took over the candy and put it into my mouth. Unsurprisingly they're the usual candy taste they had every day.

"They're just normal," I remarked. "No specialties within them."

"Hmm, you could say that. I bought them for charity!"

"Oh, you're too kind, Flurry!" I chuckled. I loved Flurry's personality. Every time she's with me she's never failed to disappoint me. Every date we made, I was attracted to her compassion she treated her subjects. For tonight, I wouldn't be expecting a bit of a surprise.

"Flurry," I spoke to her. "All the while we've been together, I loved the way you treated the subjects, regardless their status."

"Oh, I love to hear that. Thanks for complimenting," she replied happily. "And I hope you're keeping your good grace when you're with me."

"Maybe a kiss for a reward?"

"Sure thing, you handsome little youngster."

Instantly we locked our mouths together as we fell onto the bed. Every time we kissed I always had that feeling of ecstasy, making me feel everything in my life was complete.

"Shimmering, you know what?" Flurry got up after a minute of kissing. "I'm feeling hot tonight."

"For real?"

"Yeah so," she paused as she locked her room door. "Wanna have some fun tonight?"

"'Fun'? What 'fun'?" I asked, bewildered by what she meant.

"You know what couples often do when they feel high?" As she said, she produced herself a cloud from her magic, and then she laid on it, her body facing down. She then raised her tail such that her buttocks were exposed. "Now that our parents are away, we could do this safely, and our siblings won't know what we're doing!"

I began blushing as I looked at her butt. "W-w-wait a minute… Does that mean you want me t-t-to have s-s-s-sex with y-y-you?" I stuttered. "B-b-but that's unexp-p-p-pected, and I'm still young for th-th-that! We aren't married yet, either!" As I spoke, I could feel my private part rising from excitement.

"Sex before we're married is fine as long as we've been loyal and faithful to each other," she replied sensually. "Now come on, don't be shy. I understand this is your first time and you're insecure about this."

Before I could speak further her horn started to glow. The next thing I remember was that I slowly walked towards her, and then I leapt onto her body, and also inserting my thing into hers. It fitted perfectly, and immediately I was in extreme ecstasy, as I felt myself pushing back and forth into her butt.

"Uh, oh, ah…" I could hear her moaning with pleasure, sexual pleasure. "Harder, please…"

"Like… this?" I asked, shoving my thing harder.

"Yes… that's right… keep it up…"

"Will you… be… alright?"

"Don't worry about me… Just… enjoy this fun… ah…"

As time passed, our motions got harder and faster. After some time it died down, and with the sexual pleasure we had gone, I felt my thing started to contract, and I gradually left her body and fell to the floor on my back, with sticky stuff coming out from it. As for her, she leapt from the cloud and sprawled on the floor.

"Uh-huh…" I panted. "So you got me after all…"

"Now you know how fun sex is, huh?" she asked me tiringly but lovingly. "Shall we try it again tomorrow?"

"We'll see about that. For now I think I got the hang of it…" Then I remembered something. "But hey, now that we had sex, and what comes next is that you might be having a baby! Are you gonna be worried about that?"

"Oh, a baby?" Flurry asked as she approached me, helping me up. "Like I said, Shimmy, if we're loyal and faithful to each other, even a baby coming for us won't be a problem, because it rightfully belongs to us, and not from an unfortunate rape victim or a prostitute. And you know what my mother said, as the Princess of Love, when there's love, there's new lives coming! That's an endless cycle."

"So you mean if we're having a baby, it won't be a problem?" I asked. "And… what about the others? What if they knew we already had sex before we're married?"

"Hush, dear. We'll find the right moment to tell them the news, if that's possible. Now, let's get some good rest, then we'll decide more tomorrow."

"Alright, good night…" I said as I drifted into drowsiness, exhausted from all the sexual pleasure I had.

Meanwhile, on the train to Mauritania…

Mom, Dad and Prince Shining Armor were asleep while Princess Cadance was still awake, looking outside the night scenery. Suddenly, her horn lit up.

"Oh, they're doing it," she whispered.

"Cadance?" Prince Shining moaned, having heard her whispers. "What was that?"

Princess Cadance hushed him. "It's something loving happening between our kids."

"Huh?"

"Shh, don't worry. We'll find that out next week."

---

It was a really great sleep we had. I cuddled Shimmering within my hooves. He looked like a little brother to me, always needing to learn everything new. No, I don't dislike or ditch Paladin Knight either. He's a good brother, but he just gets over-confident.

I was glancing at my sleeping lover, stroking his smooth hair, when I heard a knock at the door.

"Flurry Heart? Shimmering Glow? Are you two awake?" Dark Glare's voice called from the outside.

"Oh, bother. Hang on, your sister's calling," I whispered to him as I got down from my bed. "I'm coming!" I unlocked the door, and standing beside Dark was Madam Starlight Glimmer.

"Ah, good morning, you're awake!" greeted Madam Starlight, then she looked over to see a still snoring Shimmering. "Oh, he's still asleep. Never mind, we're here to inform you that breakfast is ready. I'll be off to prepare his share. You'll take care of the rest, Dark!"

"Okay!" As Madam Starlight left, Dark turned to me. "I see you two had a good night's rest, huh?" she asked. "How was your date, and the fun you guys had last night?"

"Yeah, it all went well… wait a sec, did you really know what we did last-"

"Oh, geez," she chuckled. "Paladin and I were strolling through the corridors last night and we somehow heard moaning sounds when we went by your room."

Uh-oh, looks like we're busted. If Paladin or Dark informed any one of the others, we'll be toast.

"Oh, come on, don't be scared! I won't be telling anypony about it!" Dark laughed as if she had read my mind. "I've even shushed Paladin too when he got surprised knowing you two had sex. I'll let you two guys decide when to tell the episode."

"Oh, gosh, thanks, Dark Glare." I hugged her. "You're my best friend and also my best future sister-in-law I've had!"

"Heh-heh, don't mention it!" she giggled as she returned the hug. "After all I'm happy you two loved each other."

"I'm glad you've taken care well of Paladin, too," I smiled at her. "He's learning to pick responsibilities from you."

For every night in one whole week, Shimmering and I had our late night sex. Every sex we had was ecstatic, as my tummy felt the excitement he gave me. How I actually wished it could go on forever, like being in heaven. We even tried different sex poses as well. So long as Dark Glare helped to keep our secret, we were able to do it without worries.

And it was the last night we had our sex, our parents came back the next morning.

"Welcome back, Mom and Dad," I said, hugging them.

"We're glad you're alright," Mom replied. "Starlight, how's everything?"

"Oh, yes, everypony behaved," she replied. "No trouble from them."

"Very well," remarked King Sombra. "Everything is like clockwork."

And as our conversation went on no one seemed to talk about the fun we had in the past week, which gave us some relief. But what felt weird to me was that Mom would glance and smile at me occasionally for the rest of the day when we cross each other. Well, maybe she's happy that we've kept everything in order, but who knows…

---

I left my room after getting myself up and groomed, and headed towards Flurry's. Most of the time both of us would get up at the same time, sometimes one of us would be earlier than usual. But today, she was later than me.

I went up to her room door and knocked three times. "Flurry? Are you up yet?"

"Oh, Shimmering Glow, there you are," came her reply. "Come in, the door isn't locked."

I opened, and there she was, lying on her bed, and it appeared to me that she was quite ill.

"Flurry, are you okay? You look like you're ill," I said, feeling concerned.

"Yes, I am," she replied rather weakly, but she was able to summon her courage to get up. "I don't think it's got anything to do with what I ate last night, I feel dizzy too."

I felt her all over. Her body was a little warmer than usual. "Poor thing. You want to meet your parents?"

"I would, if I could…" she struggled to get down from her bed and stand. "It's okay, I could stand. Just… walk beside me, in case… you know…"

"Glad you still have the strength," I sighed. As we walked, I told her. "If you ever feel like throwing up, I got it covered."

It took us less than five minutes to get to the throne chamber to meet our parents, but it seemed like an hour for Flurry. But we finally still reached, and they were chatting casually.

"There you two are!" Mistral Violet greeted us. "Goodness, Big Sister! Are you okay?"

"I'm… okay," she answered weakly. "I'm pretty sure… it wasn't the food I had last night…"

"Oh dear, you look terrible!" Mom blurted. "I think we should get the doctors later. If food isn't what's causing you to-"

"Hold it," Princess Cadance suddenly interrupted. After looking for a moment at Flurry, she asked a question.

"Flurry Heart, are you getting pregnant?"

That left everyone's jaws wide open.

"Pregnant? But… how could somepony get sick before she's pregnant?" my elder quint brother asked.

"It's a true fact, because your body is making some changes to let you carry a baby nicely, and you might feel sick from the changing," Princess Cadance explained.

"If that's the case," Prince Shining asked, then he spoke sternly. "Then what did you two actually do when we're away?"

"Um, well, I, uh-"

"If you're putting poison just to harm your lover, I'm gonna smite you!" Dad was looking cross too.

"Father, Prince Shining, please calm down," Sis told them. "Yes, they indeed had fun while you're away, but not what you're expecting."

"So what exactly did they do?" Uncle Sunburst asked. "If it's not anything illegal?"

"I guess we'll have to see what they did last week," Prince Shining said. "In case they're really lying…"

"Dark Glare was right, Dad," Flurry spoke. "Yes, we had sex for a week."

"You WHAT!?" Mom shouted, and she turned to me angrily. "Shimmering Glow, you…"

"Now hold on, Radiant," Prince Shining ordered. "Let me check their memories first before you do your job…" He turned to me. "So if you're the one responsible for banging my daughter, I'll see if your sister is correct…"

"It's true, Sire, true…" But Prince Shining already cast a spell upon me to obtain my memory, and then Flurry's, and he projected our memories together onto the space behind us. True enough, it was showing everything from our points of views simultaneously on the night they left, and on the night of our first ever sex. Everyone stood wide-eyed and wide-mouthed as they saw our kissing, then Flurry showing her butt, and me getting onto her body with my thing inserted into her. And some of us had to close the eyes of my quints siblings, as they hadn't really learnt the concept of sex yet.

"Well, that's about it," Prince Shining said when the memory projection ended when we began to sleep after our sex. "Looks like you guys were right after all."

"Shimmering Glow, I can't believe you did something… something… dis… dis…" Mom stammered, with her eyes in fury.

"Disgraceful?" Dad finished for her.

"Not just that, it's… it's…"

"Oh, Radiant, everypony, please don't get carried away," suddenly, Princess Cadance spoke. "I believe they aren't really guilty, for them to have sex before their marriage in fall."

"Huh?" Mom and Dad asked, bewildered.

"What do you mean by that, Mommy? I thought that was a taboo," Mistral asked.

"Now then, I understand Flurry Heart's feelings to Shimmering Glow, and his feelings to her as well. Since both were loyal to each other, and their love was uninterrupted, what they did has taken their relationship to a whole new level. It's no longer the taboo everypony used to think in the olden days."

"So that means… they won't get punished?" my middle quint sister asked.

"In this case, we understand each other well, thanks to the love and relationship our children made. Sombra and Radiant, I'm sure you realize the love your children have to our own, too?"

"I suppose you're right now," Mom said, this time her tone softened. She then approached me. "Hey Shimmering, I'm sorry for giving you a… scare. What Princess Cadance said really made me think again. So, congrats to you two."

"Uh, it's alright, Mom," I looked at Dad and Prince Shining, who were coming to me. I could see in their eyes, were a flaming glow.

"Shimmering, you…" Prince Shining paused for a moment. I was expecting a harsh lecture but then, he changed his tone. "… did a great job. Congratulations, kid. And Flurry, congrats on being pregnant."

"Thanks, Daddy," Flurry replied. "Mom, if there's the responsibility on raising a family together, would you two…"

"Of course, we're happy to help, dear," Princess Cadance replied. "Your relationship was worth it, now it's time to get prepared more for the wedding."

"Hey bro, bravo," Paladin Knight hugged me. "I've got some inspiration now. I can't wait to have a family with Dark soon."

"You will, dude," I said and I looked at Sis. She winked at us, signaling a good job.

"I'm pretty sure your aunt, your cousin and her friends will have mixed emotions about the news," Madam Starlight told Flurry. "She'll be surprised, but soon she'll be glad."

"Yeah," Flurry replied. "However right now I don't wish to announce the pregnancy to our subjects first. We'll have a scan to confirm the sex of our baby, then we'll ring the bells." She stroked her belly.

"I wish your pregnancy will be a good one," Mistral said to her. "I'm sorry you were scared at the expected predicament, but keep up with the relationship," she told me. "Not long after that, Solar Shine and I will be doing the same thing…"

"Heh-heh, whatever you say, Mistral," said Solar Shine as he blushed.

"Heh, thanks." I glanced at Flurry, who smiled back at me. It was well for us.

"Now all of you don't celebrate first," Princess Cadance suddenly announced. "Flurry, we need to double-check if you're really pregnant. I have a pregnancy test kit in my room, so why don't you go there and check it out if you're really pregnant?"

---

"… I hope you and your friends could come visit us and have a feel of my baby soon. Yours sincerely, Flurry Heart." I finished the letter written for Melody Aurora. "There, we'll mail it tomorrow."

"Nice," Shimmering replied. "Now, if that's possible, could we have a night together here?"

"Sure! This morning I felt dizzy but now, I somehow felt more or less better after telling the truth." I rolled up the letter, tied with the royal ribbon and went towards my bed where he was waiting. "Let's cuddle together. You're a nice pony to cuddle."

"Same to you," he replied, and we dozed off together. Now we had made an important milestone in our romance, but what's going to happen in a few months would be more than a surprise…

One month

"Ugh, ahh…" Flurry managed to throw up her final bit.

"You feeling better now?" I asked her.

"I'm okay now," she said, and leaned and hugged me. "Man, those morning sicknesses, my body is really changing for my pregnancy."

I hugged her back, then I felt a sense of guilt running into me. "Um, Flurry, do you uh… blame me for making you pregnant? Because… I felt sorry seeing your morning sickness, and everything you're going to suffer carrying that baby…"

"No, I don't blame you," she said with a compassionate tone. "I just wanted to put those body-changing situations to the test. I am aware the first few months are going to be tough, but what's inside me is the fruit of labor."

"Oh, gee, I wish I could see our baby soon. We still have a long way to-" I stroked her belly when then, she let out a yelp when I reached her near bottom. "Flurry! Did I hurt your… baby?"

"No, but…" she paused for a moment. This time, she felt her near bottom of her tummy. She gently pressed it a few times. "Wait a minute, I think I could feel my womb!"

"Flurry?" I asked her. "Can you stand up and let me check your body?"

"Okay…"

Just as she stood up and as I examined her body, I noticed something a little bit off. Her belly seemed to have gotten a little bit bigger, bigger than I recalled how she looked like a month ago.

"Notice anything weird?" she asked me.

"Yeah, your tummy's… a little bit bigger," I replied, rather nervously.

"Bigger!?" She immediately glanced at her mirror, then checked her last photo before she was pregnant. "Oh gosh, you're right. But I'm only one month pregnant, right? How could my baby have grown so quick?"

"There's only one way to find out," I told her. "Off to the hospital!"

---

"So you felt something weird upon your womb…" the nurse said as she spread gel all over my belly. "While I'm very much sure you don't have a history of diabetes, which results in huge babies, but another possibility is that you might be carrying more than one."

"More than one?" I asked. "Then that means…"

"Don't panic now. I'm gonna get this thing started!" She turned on the ultrasound machine, and placed the scanner on my belly. Eventually the image of my womb was processes on the screen beside me, and I could see a number of tiny dots.

"Okay, so, let me see… One, two, three…" The moment she said "two", I began to feel surprised. I'm really carrying more than one!?

"… seven, eight! Goodness, gracious me!" Even the nurse was shocked. "Eight babies! Oh, Celestia, you're having eight babies! That's the highest number I've ever heard! No mare in Equestria has ever had eight babies!"

I looked at Shimmering, and he looked at me. At first we were speechless. Then he came over me and we hugged each other.

"Oh, Shimmy," I said with tears of joy. "What a surprise for us! It looks like… this was a huge reward…"

"I-I'm gonna faint…" he said drowsily. "Eight babies… I made my marefriend pregnant with… eight… babies…"

"Now then, don't get carried away!" The nurse supported Shimmering. "Really, congratulations to you two! You've finally recorded the first ever case of naturally conceived octuplets!"

"My Celestia, this was a huge surprise for us…" I replied. "Please don't tell everypony yet. We'll announce it by ourselves…"

"Okay, as you all wish!" the nurse said before we got up to leave. "Princess Flurry, you're a brave and good princess, I am confident you and your babies will be born healthy! Come here again next month, so that I could monitor your body. Oh, and don't forget your ultrasound image as proof to your families!"

"Okay, goodbye, thanks for checking me out!" We bade her and we made our way back to the palace, avoiding the looks from the others who were glancing at our smiling faces.

And it was a complete surprise for everyone when we told them the news.

"No kidding?" Dad asked us.

"It's true, Dad!" I even showed them the ultrasound scan image obtained. And they were all bemused when they counted the eight little bodies in the womb.

"Wow… I definitely can't believe you two got eight in a try," said Mistral.

"It's a really well-deserved reward," Mom complimented us. "The true love you've shown to each other has given you the biggest reward only the most loyal couples can achieve."

"I guess… I was right about what you said after all," I replied. "I told Shimmering almost the same thing."

"But still, this whole bloodline's gonna get bigger," Paladin said to us and he gave us a hug. "Keep it up, you two. I might be doing the same thing to Dark Glare soon."

"More sensibility you'll learn and we're all set!" laughed Dark at Paladin.

"I hope this octuplet pregnancy will be a good one for you," Madam Radiant Hope approached and hugged me. "I've endured a lot on carrying my quints to full term, so I should probably give you some help."

"Thanks, Madam Radiant," I returned the hug. "I still remember your huge belly. Now's your turn to see mine!" I giggled.

"So yeah… congrats on getting octuplets, Flurry," Solar Shine spoke to us a bit later. "But meanwhile I was a bit puzzled on your conception. I kinda agree with Princess Cadance's words, but I wonder what made you ovulate highly that you ended up with eight babies."

"Nothing, we didn't take any fertility drugs," Shimmering admitted. "The last thing we took before our first sex was candies Flurry bought from a school fair from Ponyville more than a month ago."

"Hmm, how often do you consume these candies, Flurry?"

"Let's just say, I took them once every few days when I'm bored, so right now, I haven't exactly finished the entire package of candies," I replied. "Why did you ask about the candies, though?"

"Well, if you guys didn't take any fertility drugs, they might be slipped into any food you have consumed. I don't suspect any one of our cooks could have done something despicable to the menus. So I need a sample candy to be examined, and I'll let you guys know earliest by this evening or so."

So we waited, and it wasn't long before he waited for us at his study like a professor having made a new discovery.

"Okay, I managed to find what's inside the candies," he told us. "There's some kind of fertility drug mixed with the candy ingredients, which is why you didn't really taste the drugs. Perhaps the one who made the candies must have slipped the drugs by accident? Your continuous consumption of these candies has increased the hormones in your body, causing you to ovulate more. And with the combination of what your mother said about love, it all makes sense now. Anyway, just try to talk to those candy makers when you come across them by chance."

"Alright, I'll try to talk to those foals. I'll be going to Ponyville next month anyway, since I needed to order some maternity wear, and tell Melody Aurora and her friends about my pregnancy!"

"Would you roughly remember how do the foals you bought the candy from look like though?"

"I'll try. For now, I'm preparing to announce my pregnancy to my subjects tomorrow."

For some reason, after I made my pregnancy announcement, blues started to hit me. Each passing day instead of feeling excited about my pregnancy I began to feel worried, worried on how my pregnancy's gonna affect me. Even my family knew I wasn't feeling right. Despite Mom's advices nothing seemed to cheer me further.

It wasn't until one night when we were going to bed.

"I need to sleep early tonight," I told Shimmering.

Shimmering was aware of my situation. "Rest well, Flurry," he told me. "Don't worry, this depression would be over soon."

"Yeah, I hope so. Please lie with me. Cuddling you makes me feel good."

"Okay, anything I would do for my beautiful marefriend." He dived into me and he began snoring soundly. I smiled, feeling his presence giving me comfort. Eventually I drifted to sleep.

The next thing we woke up, we found ourselves in an open field. We strolled until we found a huge, shady tree. We stopped there to rest our hooves.

"It's so relaxing," I told him. "Finally there's a place where we can be alone."

"Yeah, it's serene," he smiled. Then it appeared as if he had an idea. "Hey Flurry, now that it's just the two of us, how about we'll… have sex here?"

"Oh, I won't mind that!" And soon we began our moment of paradise. The pleasure of him pushing his member into my butt was exhilarating. Ah, such excitement.

Soon we both lay on the ground, exhausted after our intimate sex.

"Good job, Shimmy," I said tiringly but happily, but suddenly, I felt something weird happening onto my belly. "Huh? What's happening?" I sat up and felt it, and just moments after feeling it, it began to expand!

"Flurry, what's wrong?" Shimmering went alongside me, and he too was shocked by my growing belly. "Wait, we just had sex, there's no way your belly could-"

"Oh!" I felt something kicking inside me. No doubt, I was pregnant instantly after our sex! "No way, this can't be…"

"What's this thing supposed to be!?" Shimmering asked.

We watched as my belly grew to a certain size. Then I felt contractions going on in my womb, and a strong contraction made a pop sound and liquid gushed out between my legs. I quickly realized that I had reached the stage of giving birth.

"I need to push," I told Shimmering, and I laid down by my side and started to birth the foal. There was intense pain like my body was about to be ripped apart as the foal went down my body. Slowly but surely, I managed to feel the head and front hooves coming out of my bottom, and with another push, cries of a baby were heard. My first baby was born.

"Pull it out, dear," I instructed him.

Gently, Shimmering removed the baby out of my body. "It's a colt, an alicorn colt." He told me.

"Oh, put it here. I want to see my beautiful boy." He laid down the crying foal in front of my face, and I was amazed at his beauty.

"Gosh, he has my fur. What a beautiful baby." I glanced and stroked him. For real, getting pregnant and giving birth immediately was a wonder.

But there wasn't much me to enjoy my infant, for I suddenly felt my womb going nuts again, and it was, of course, expanding again! This time, it expanded a bit faster and bigger as well.

"What!? You're pregnant again!?" Shimmering had seen everything. "But you've just given birth!"

"I know, but- Ah!" This time, the kicks were more intense. "It looks like I got more than one in there!" I declared.

My belly grew almost twice the size of my first pregnancy I had earlier. Then labor contractions hit me again and my waters broke, and just like how I pushed the colt out, I slowly pushed the babies out of me.

"There's… four of them!?" Shimmering exclaimed as I pushed the last baby out. Indeed, I had quadruplets. All were fillies.

"I think I might be expecting the worst again… oh no!" Just a minute after I pushed the quadruplets, my belly grew alarmingly again. And it was nearly twice the size of the four girls I had inside me.

"What's it gonna be this time!? A monster!?" Shimmering screamed.

"No, more babies…" I moaned as contractions broke my waters again when the belly growth reached its peak. Strangely, for the next few babies I pushed, my pains got less intense and it was faster to push them out.

"It's eight babies this time…" he looked at the newborn litter. It was four colts and four fillies. "Wait a minute, where were the first five!?"

We looked around. To our shock, they had instantly grown into young adult ponies!

"Y-you're…"

"Hi Mom and Dad!" The stallion and four fillies called us. "Let's populate this place!"

"Populate? But how would you find a partner for that!?" Shimmering asked them.

"He had fun with all of us. Now let's help you!" one of the quadruplet fillies called. Then, all their bellies grew at the same time, and they started giving birth too!

We looked at our octuplets, and we were ashen-faced. One minute they were just newborns, then they grew into children, then teenagers, then young adults.

"Come on, Mommy and Daddy! Let's make more of ourselves!" We then saw them having sex with each other, and then they too got pregnant instantly.

I was about to say something when then, my belly grew crazily again. But this time, instead of shrinking as I gave birth, the belly stayed at the same size, only it was half bigger than I carried the octuplets, and I began birthing foals, one popping out of my body every few seconds, and I barely felt pain at all.

We watched as our offspring gave birth generation after generation, and each generation was producing babies non-stop. Every baby that came out of me slowly grew into adults, and began reproducing. Soon the entire place was filled with thousands of my offspring and descendants reproducing, and they eventually spread miles away!

"Know a spell to stop this?" Shimmering asked me. "This can't be really happening!"

"I… don't know!" I cried. "There's no way I'm giving birth like crazy and watching ponies grow up and reproduce so quickly in a place like this! I wish this was a dream!"

"Indeed, this is never going to happen like what you've seen." A familiar voice called. Then, in a flash of blinding light, we found ourselves in another dimension, with all of our offspring and descendants vanished, and my belly back to its one-month pregnant size.

"Flurry, are you okay now?" Shimmering asked me as I got up.

"Yes, thank goodness my belly's back to my current size," I said, stroking my belly. "But who saved us?"

"You two were freaked out, didn't you?" A familiar alicorn figure descended.

"Princess Luna!" I cried. "So what we saw was a dream!?"

"And you and I…" Shimmering looked at me. "Whoa, we're dreaming together. We're having the same dream!" We both embraced.

"I happen to see your troubles, and coincidingly, there is somepony who can be your greatest guide." Princess Luna moved aside to reveal yet another pony familiar.

"Hello, Flurry Heart and Shimmering Glow." It was Fluttershy. She had ascended into her alicorn form for nearly more than a year after her heroic feat with her friends and families in defeating our greatest enemy yet. "Congratulations on your first ever pregnancy, Flurry. Your news has reached well to us at Ponyville." She hugged me as she finished.

"Fluttershy, how am I so grateful to see you!" I replied with tears of joy. "I'm keen on advices from others regarding my pregnancy but I'm suddenly down for no reason!"

"No worries, no worries, I can see you're glad to see me," she calmed me.

"So, how did Flurry's friends in Ponyville react to her pregnancy?" Shimmering asked her.

"Oh, everypony was surprised but happy when she was pregnant. And everypony was bewildered further when you announced you're having eight babies! Nopony was ever pregnant with as many as eight before!"

"So, Fluttershy, what actually brings you here, along with Princess Luna?" I asked her.

"Oh that," she began to explain. "The night you announced your pregnancy, I had a vision encounter with an unfamiliar alicorn while I was sleeping. She told me that she's the Goddess of Fertility overlooking the life cycle of all ponies, and that she got to know about you being pregnant. She then told me, there have been hundreds, or even thousands or millions of ponies have died in the past, due to various circumstances: disasters, pandemics, conflicts, or wars, and many are waiting to be reborn, including those who realized from their past sins…"

We were amazed at the massive amount of ponies that lived and passed on many years ago. "So basically, this means our children would be-"

"That's where I'm getting to point. She told me that it has been prophesied that when the eldest daughter of the Princess of Love happens to get pregnant three times, each with a high-order multiple pregnancy, and upon reaching her third pregnancy, Equestria will enter an age of a massive baby boom a few years after they are born."

"The Princess of Love… Mom! And… a massive baby boom after my third pregnancy? And I'll be having a lot of children in a few more years by being pregnant three times?" My mind was running with a lot of questions after hearing what Fluttershy said about the Goddess of Fertility's prophecy.

"Well, she told me that the upcoming baby boom was due to getting many of the ponies who lived in the past to be reborn, and to populate Equestria and make it more resourceful."

We were awed by what the Goddess of Fertility truly prophesied. "I can't imagine… an Equestria populated by a gazillion ponies in a hundred, or maybe a thousand years?"

"So, why would the Goddess of Fertility pass this message to you and not us?" asked Shimmering to her.

"She caught her eye on my Element of Kindness, and that she offered me to be a representative of her in the real realm. I was feeling honored, and with that I could help her to manage the population growth of Equestria."

"So, about Melody and her friends, I'm going to visit them in a month, and, there's a lot of thing I've planned to do…"

"No fear, Flurry Heart! I'll relay the news to her and her friends. Until then, have a good rest, and we're always around you to support your growing babies…" Gradually, she faded into growing brightness.

"Whoa!" I sprung up. I looked around. I was in my room. It was already morning. I looked at my belly, one month big. I looked at Shimmering. He was awake, too, and probably had looked around like I did. It was really a dream, and gracefully, Princess Luna and Fluttershy were able to clear our fears away.

"That was… miraculous," Shimmering told me.

"Indeed," I replied. "I think, I feel much better now. I think I am quite confident that I could carry my babies for ten more months…" I stroked my bump, saying to my month-old unborn children, "Hello, foals, this is your Mommy speaking. You were lucky because my love with your Daddy has created all of you inside me. I know I'll be having some discomfort while I raise you all in my tummy, but… I can't wait to see how the eight of you look like, in ten more months… I can't feel you all yet, but I could already feel your assurance given to me to bake all of you until you're ready to come into this world. Mommy and Daddy forever love you all…"

Shimmering then joined me in stroking my belly. "So that's what it is, the seeds of our love, planted in this fertile body of yours, and they grow into beautiful fruits of labor that give us contentment in our lives."

"I couldn't agree more on that," I replied, as we cuddled together. In a while I would be telling everypony in this palace that I've regained my spirit for my pregnancy, and that I was determined to see my foals soon…

Two months

"Hi, Flurry! We've been waiting for you!" Today I accompanied Flurry to meet with her schoolmates at the park.

"Can we see your belly? Please?"

"Of course, of course, let me settle myself down with my boyfriend first," she said as she carefully sat down. She was two months along, and looking from the pregnancy books in the library, the belly was as big as a single-baby pregnancy in the sixth month.

"So, Flurry Heart, was your pregnancy hard?"

"Was your morning sickness severe?"

"How weird did your cravings go?"

"Now, now, now, don't ask her so many things!" I advised them "She's only two months along so she might still be uncomfortable so take it easy on her!"

"Relax, Shimmy. I can handle this," she spoke to me calmly, then proceeded to answer her friends. "Yes, the morning sickness I had is quite severe. I believe somepony who has more babies tend to have more severe morning sicknesses than somepony who's having one baby. With eight babies inside me I couldn't help it. Well, my cravings were… yeah, I would crawl to the kitchen in the middle of the night to grab some cookies or cakes and um… pickles!" She blushed as she finished.

"Flurry, um… I know you're still early, but can we get a feel of your belly, please?"

Flurry looked at me. "Well, dear, what do you think?"

"Well, um, uh…" I looked at the mares, who looked eagerly at me as if I was a professor or something. "Fine, go ahead, but whatever you do, don't bully those little seeds I planted in her body."

The mares laughed on my punchline.

"Oh, Prince Shimmering, I like the way how you said when your marefriend's with you. Relax, we won't do anything bad to her."

"Now, be gentle to my belly," Flurry told them. "I know you wanted to expect some kicks from my womb, but you won't feel them yet until next month."

"Aww, but hey, I could run my hoof around your belly like it's going 'round a mountain!"

"Hah-hah, it tickles! Take it easy! You don't want me to get miscarried, either!"

"Which reminds me, Shimmering," one of her friends asked me. "Do you two have more plans for this month?"

"Well as a matter of fact," I replied. "We're going to have a scan on our babies tonight, and tomorrow, we'll be staying for a week at Ponyville to meet Flurry's cousin and friends."

"Amazing! You know we can't wait to find out what foals you two are having!"

"That we'll have to wait until the next month, too!" Flurry chuckled to them. "But for now… I'd actually choose not to surprise myself on the sexes of the foals until they're born."

"Oh, but we're still excited anyway!"

---

"Nothing else much, just the babies have gotten bigger than last month, so keep doing what you're supposed to do until the fourth month," the nurse said as she scanned my belly.

"Alright." As she printed the ultrasound image, I asked her. "Can you do me a favor?"

"What is it, dear Princess?"

"I want to let only me, my fiancé, my family and my closest friends know the types and sexes of the babies, so could you please try not to announce our babies to the hospital staff or anypony else? I want to keep this thing confidential only between us until they are born."

"Oh, sure, I can do it! I promise I won't let the others but only your family members know. In the meantime what about the ultrasound photos?"

"It's between us as well," answered Shimmering to the nurse. "We'll release the ultrasound photos only when our foals are born."

"Nice! What about your friends?"

"Don't worry, we'll tell them what to do," I assured her.

"Oh yeah, since you're going back to Ponyville tomorrow, this suddenly came to my mind! You don't need to always come here to check for your babies. You can try other places like Canterlot, Ponyville or Manehattan if you're happening to visit these places during your monthly appointment. Just get to the hospitals once you arrive and told them you have a monthly appointment to check your babies!"

"We know what to do, Madam, don't worry!" I smiled at her.

---

We were on the train to Ponyville the next morning. I sat at the aisle with Flurry beside me at the window. We left the Crystal Empire about twenty minutes ago, and we'll be arriving at Ponyville in less than two hours.

Flurry was sleeping soundly, her head leaning against the window. Her seated position made her pregnant pose looked adorable. Quietly I took out my camera from my bag, and focused on her sleeping body, and took a few snaps. I've been snapping on her pregnancy since the week we confirmed our octuplet pregnancy, and we decided to keep track on our belly growth every week.

"Shimmering… were you… taking photos?" Flurry Heart began waking up after what seemed to be a half an hour nap.

"Yep, I was taking photos of you sleeping! You were cute with that belly," I chuckled at her.

"Oh, was it?" She gasped surprisingly. "I want to see them when the film is full and developed. I hope you took them nicely!"

"I did, honestly!" I laughed.

"Right now… I think I'm craving for ice cream… where was the snacks delivery pony?"

---

No sooner we eventually reached Ponyville. I managed to move a bit around the coach, if not I would've suffered some numbness and cramps on my hooves.

We unloaded our luggage and alighted the train, and there was Melody Aurora and her husband Chaos Control, waiting to greet me at the platform.

"Flurry!" She ran towards me and hugged me. "I've been expecting you! Everypony wants to see your belly!"

"Oh, it's only two months," I said, glancing at my bump. "Expect it to be bigger the next time I come!"

"Congrats on your pregnancy, you two," Chaos Control told us. "And I'd like to announce to you that Melody's pregnant, too, for about a month!"

"Oh, congrats to you, too!" I hugged her back. "If possible our babies could be born in the same month!"

"Yeah, hopefully," she replied to me.

"Right now take us to your mother, please," Shimmering told her. "We've come a long way and we wanted to rest our hooves."

---

"We're so happy you're here," Princess Twilight hugged her when she saw us. "Congratulations on beginning a family, Prince Shimmering!"

"Heh, thanks, Princess Twilight," I replied. "Truth be told, I didn't know I was going to be a father of many children very soon!"

"At least this shows your relationship didn't go to waste, Sugarcube," Princess Applejack remarked.

"And you've got lots of playmates to have fun!" added Princess Pinkie Pie.

"If any one of your kids got wings, they have no fear, because I am the guardian of the skies!" said Princess Rainbow Dash proudly.

"It could be more than one, Rainbow," Flurry giggled, replying to Princess Rainbow's remarks.

"Could you take us to our room? We really need rest after nearly an hour's ride," I told them.

"Anything you want, you sweet couple," Princess Twilight flirted as she led us.

---

"… and up, and down, and up, and down!" Pepper Flake ran her hoof around my belly over and over.

"Oh, you're ticking me, Pepper!" I laughed at her motion.

"Don't harm our fruits, you little rascal!" Shimmering warned her.

"Relax, dude, she knows not to take it too far," Pizza Frenzy advised him.

"Yeah, my brother's right, in fact, I can point out which ones are they with my Pepper sense!" she said and poked gently on my belly to locate each of my babies.

"Alright, Pepper, that's good of you," I finished, stroking her head. "Anypony else haven't felt yet?"

"Me! Can I feel a little kick yet?" Malinae stepped forward.

"Aw, Malinae, I think you'll have to wait until next month or so before I come here again, because you can feel them move and listen to their heartbeats at the same time!" I assured. I held her hoof and placed it on my belly. "Here, these little kids I'm having will be the future of the Crystal Empire and also Equestria. One day, when you're pregnant as I am, it's your duty to educate your children to make Equestria a great contribution."

"I understand, Princess. I can't wait to see your babies, and Melody's too!"

"She wants to feel my baby, too, Flurry. I told her the same thing as well," Melody said.

"It takes time for your belly to grow when you're pregnant, Malinae. It's a long time, but your beautiful curves will be worth the wait," I added.

"That's interesting to know about the beauty of pregnancy," Bloodthirst remarked.

"Yeah, since you're here, Mom and Platinum thought about making you some maternity dresses. Would you like to come and meet them?" Prudence Aura asked me.

"Of course! That's what I'm here for," I answered happily. "I need to look for those foals that sold me those candies at the school fair and ask them about the candies too."

"Why would you want to look for them? They did something despicable to them?" Thunder Clash asked.

"Not despicable, they might have added some fertility drugs by accident which made Flurry carry so many babies at a time," Shimmering clarified.

"Really? Something ridiculous," said Greenie Hats.

"I'm pretty sure it was pure accident or probably something experimental sold by mistake," Beryl said. "Oh, yeah, I think you could try and give you check-ups, too. I'm taking nurse training on obstetrics and gynecology at the Ponyville Hospital."

"Perfect! My nurse has allowed me to make appointments at anywhere whenever I travel on my appointment dates!"

"Then you are welcome to the hospital. I'm always waiting for you," she smiled at me.

That night, in our bedroom, Fluttershy accompanied us for some talk.

"I'm very lucky that you visited me in my dream last month, to clear away some of my worries, with Princess Luna," I told her.

"It's my latest duty, and I've already got the hang of it," she smiled. "Besides, you and your friends' pregnancies, both current, future and your descendants will be lucky!"

"I wonder why?" asked Shimmering.

"Pregnancies don't go full term for mares having more than a baby, which I feel very sorry for, because their babies aren't fully developed. Luckily for you, Melody Aurora, my daughters and your friends, there's a kind of magic that the Goddess of Fertility casted in your wombs when you start to get pregnant. This magic keeps your womb stable until full term, then you will give birth to your babies safely and healthily. Regardless of how many babies you have, you'll birth them all safely. And any wife whom our male descendants are married too will be cast the same spell upon them. By that way you won't get premature labor or miscarriage easily! Perhaps you could do an extreme labor for a feat?"

"That seems like a beautiful plan. I wonder how big my belly could get…" I looked at my belly.

"We'll see about that!" she chuckled. "But that's not all! Despite the magic protecting your womb, you still have to eat right and avoid taking illegal drugs! What's a prefect pregnancy without good food and healthy lifestyle?"

"Yeah, the drug thalidomide… I'll remember that."

"In any case, the womb-protecting magic is not enough if you want to see your beautiful babies. A healthy lifestyle is important, too!"

---

"Um, you know…" Sonic Flash began.

"We wanted to add something into our candies for sale for fun," Novella Fantasy added. "And for only one bag."

"I just concocted some kind of potion I made myself and I mixed into the candies," Sweet Potion continued. "I made that one bag for fun so I thought no one would buy that one bag, and I didn't tell them I added the potion into that particular bag either! While we were selling the bags of candies I was called back to Sweet Apple Acres for a bit of amends, and by the time I came back, my bag was already sold!"

"So did you two know about her bag?" I asked.

"She didn't until Princess Flurry Heart bought the bag and left our stall before she returned. By the time she returned she searched through our bags and was looking worried, and that's when we knew what she did to that bag of candies," elaborated Sonic. "But it was too late for us, and we had no idea where Princess Flurry went!"

"Oh, now I know what was exactly behind my candies." Flurry Heart appeared calm. "You three don't need to feel bad about it though. It was made well so I don't see any reason to return it. Besides, thanks to you, I set a new fertility record as well!"

"Yeah, my marefriend's right. Now we know that it was by accident, we won't be blaming you," I added.

"Guys, I'm sorry again," Sweet Potion said with guilt. "I-I didn't realize what I did was-"

"Sweet Potion, how could we blame you?" replied Sonic. "You're still our friend! After all we've been long from doing our favorite things together!"

"Yeah, I suppose we made history too!" Novella Fantasy finished, and they all hugged. I glanced at Flurry, who winked at me in return.

---

"As far as I could estimate," said Platinum Royale as she surrounded the measuring tape around my waist. "Your belly might grow this big, so therefore, I'm thinking of making some dresses made up from stretchable fabric."

"Okay."

"It might take us more than a month if we do it alone, but we can get the help of Mrs Pommel at Manehattan to help save our burden!" she added. "Either way, we'll make your dresses beautiful and such that it fits the royal fashion."

"Come to think of your cousin and her friends, Platinum," I told her, changing the topic. "To create a concoction out of accident, and they wouldn't realize what they did eventually made history!"

"Yeah, she was miserable right after the fair, and she couldn't help but be worried on whether the buyer of the candy would be furious later."

"Never mind about that, I just talked to them, on how the candies actually helped me carry eight babies, with the combination of Mom's concept," I told her.

"Oh, that's great to know about them!"

"Which, by the way, how are things planning for your wedding with Bloodthirst later on?"

"Hmm, all I can say is that we're getting everything fine. He's been to Melody's wedding and he has already picked up the basic steps. If all goes well maybe my friends' weddings could be held on the same day!"

"Cool! Mine would probably be held at the same time with Paladin and Mistral."

"Send my regards, then. But if I got invited, it's gonna be fantastic."

"You're automatically invited, you're my cousin's closest friends after all!"

"Aw, which is why Melody, you and the other princes and princesses get so much love and respect." And we all laughed.

Three months

We were now at our three-month mark. Flurry was almost as big as a mare in her eight-month old single-baby pregnancy, and it absolutely stunned anypony crossing by. For now Flurry kept wishing that her dresses would have arrived by now, as she said it could help improve her gravid look more.

It was that one night, when she was feeling high and hot yet again.

"Really?" I asked her. "You still want to have sex when you're pregnant?"

"There's no problem with it, from what I've read," she told me. "Really, summer's here, and the heat has gotten my sexual desires higher. Our babies would be fine, too, though I'll get uterine contractions, but that won't trigger early labor."

"Well, whatever you say. Show me your rump."

"Here…" She showed me her booty, which again made my thing rise. "Come, you know what to do. Let's enjoy this…"

So I went, and I thrusted back and forth within her.

"Man, you really are warmer than usual!" I said.

"It's the presence of the babies I think," she replied. "Ooh, I can feel it! That's right, do it! Don't change that…!"

---

We both had an extremely well-deserved sleep, after a night of great sex. The sun shone through the bedroom window. My bed was so warm and comfortable that I didn't wanted to get up. With Shimmering still hugging me and sleeping, I glanced at my belly, and stroked it.

"Hey kids," I whispered to my belly. "It's been three months you're growing inside me. I'm getting a bit better now, just… I'm eating a lot so you guys won't get hungry too… heh-heh…"

"Flurry!" I heard Mistral Violet knocking at the door. "Can I come in?"

"Oh, come in! The door's not locked."

The door opened, and Mistral came in with a parcel. "I just received this at our doorstep. It looks like your friend in Ponyville has sewn your dresses! The address reads that it's from Carousel Boutique in Ponyville."

"Oh, great! Let me see what's inside." I sat down carefully and began to unwrap the parcel.

"Oh, Flurry, look at your belly. Your button has popped!" Mistral suddenly pointed. "And you got a line in the middle of your belly."

"Really?" I felt it. My navel has indeed risen due to the pressure from my growing belly, and it pointed outwards, just like every expectant mother. Apart from it I noticed my "line", running from the tip to the bottom of my belly. "I'll enjoy it later. Right now I need to examine the package."

On top of it was what it looked like a folded letter. I unfolded it and read it:

Dear Princess Flurry Heart,

Enclosed in this parcel are seven dresses sewn truly by both me and my mother. We've designed the fabric such that the dresses fit your ever growing belly of eight foals as your pregnancy progresses, and the dresses will even make you look beautiful when you make public appearances.

The total price of this entire package is 2500 bits. Miss Pommel's family is making an additional five more so I believe theirs should be coming in a few days after mine. When they're here, you will be paying them the money as you did to mine. I hope you will feel comfortable with what we've made. Send my regards to your parents and family too!

Yours truly,

Platinum Royale

I began unpacking the package. Every dress was nicely folded into transparent plastic bags. We slowly unraveled the dresses.

"Wow, they are beautiful," Mistral cried. "Platinum really does have her talent."

"I couldn't agree more!"

"Mmhh, what's going on?" said Shimmering drowsily, as he tried to wake up, and saw me just in time trying to wear one of the dresses.

"Whoa, so-"

"Yes, they just arrived. How do I look, dear?" I said, strutting in one of my new dresses.

Shimmering looked like he was mesmerized. "You… look… beautiful, ah…" He stared at me, with his mouth wide open. We thought he was going to drool at such a beautiful, gravid mare in a pretty dress!

"Oh, cut it out!" Mistral laughed as she closed his mouth. "Your fiancee's beautiful enough to stun a lot of passers-by already!"

"Take it easy, we both are a perfect couple already," I told her. But then, I felt something jerk in my belly!

"Huh? Wait…" I placed my hoof at my belly.

"Flurry? What's wrong?" Shimmering asked.

"The babies just… kicked?" added Mistral.

"I think… they did!" I said, feeling again. "Don't make any noise, guys. Let me feel it again…"

We waited for a minute. Soon I felt another kick, a few seconds later, more kicks came.

"They're kicking. They're really kicking!" I cried to them.

"Hold on, let me feel them," Shimmering placed his hoof on mine. A while later he too felt them. "Gosh, I could now! You're three months along, now we can feel them!"

"I guess the foals wanted to congratulate you!" laughed Mistral. "You two have been well for three months. I guess you can now bond better with them now!"

"Oh, dear, this is a miracle!" I cried. "Are the others still having their breakfast? I guess we can tell them!"

"Come on, I was just about to begin my meal anyway," said Mistral as she escorted us.

Four months

Madam Starlight and Solar Shine were shopping with me at the grocery. "Let's see, a toilet roll pack, check. Snacks, check. Some ice cream, check. Pickles, check. Everything else for the kitchen, check. Anything we left out?"

"Don't think we have," I said, but suddenly, as I looked at our shopping cart, I was appalled by only three cans of pickles. "But… is three enough for Flurry? She's craving a lot of these, Madam, and this won't be enough for her!"

"Relax, Shimmering," Madam Starlight calmed me. "I have a trick for her. I'll tell her what do to."

"We don't want to really waste money caring for your pregnant fiancée. If my mom's got something in her mind, she know the tactics," Solar told me.

"Um, okay, I kinda get what you said," I replied. "I'll see how you'll teach her then."

---

"Now then, Princess," Starlight said to me in my room. "I know pickles and ice cream are must-haves for your pregnancy cravings, but, as a good pony, and a good princess, we must learn to be thrifty as well. That's why I didn't buy many cans of pickles just now. Do you think I'm rational for what I've said?"

"I understand, Starlight," I answered. "So basically, are you trying to teach me to do some magic or something?"

"Yes, that's right!" she beamed. "Now I'm sure you've learnt the duplication spell from us." She took out a pickle from the jar. "See if you can make five out from this one."

Using my magic, I successfully created five identical copies out from the pickle. We both smiled.

"See? Doesn't it help save money in a better way?" Starlight asked me.

"I think it does! Thanks for reminding me about the magic, Starlight!" I replied as I ate the newly duplicated pickle.

"Don't mention it, Flurry," Starlight smiled. "You know, we've been watching you mature into adulthood, learn lots of things together, and now, you're learning on making a new family! You and everypony else are all of our pride."

"I'm forever grateful to you and Aunt Twilight, Starlight," I said and hugged her.

"Take care of these babies, too when they're born!" Starlight added as she rubbed my belly with her hoof. "You and Shimmering will bear the similar duty of educating them right and wrong. It's an endless cycle!"

"I'll try. I can't wait to see them."

---

"Welcome to your fourth month checkup!" The nurse greeted us as we entered the ward. "Boy, you surely have gotten big, Princess. You're like somepony carrying twins at full term! I'm sure you're still doing everything you can in this stage?"

"I am, Madam," Flurry replied. "Overall I am getting better, I have less and less morning sicknesses. And my babies, they're kicking healthily. My womb looks like a gym to them."

"And now your babies' types can possibly be determined at this stage, but as for their sexes we might get to know either now or later. Get up to the bed, dear." Flurry heaved herself onto the bed, and lifted her dress for the nurse to work on it. "My, what a beautiful dark line you got here. And ooh, your 'button' has popped already!" She ticked it.

"Hey, it tickles!" she giggled.

"Remember what we promised," I reminded the nurse. "The results are known only between us, our family and friends!"

"Yes, yes, I remember that, Sir," she smiled as she spread the gel on Flurry's belly. "Now, let's see what we've got…"

She then moved the scanner around her belly, and the images were projected onto the screen. She hummed as she pressed a button to capture each of our babies' images and printed them. As we watched we could roughly see some babies sporting unicorn features, yet we still held on to our breaths.

"Alright, let's see…" she said as she finished scanning every one of our octuplets. "Hmm, I can't see much of their genitals yet, but…" She examined them for a further few minutes.

"Okay, here's a set of pictures for each of your babies," she showed us. "While I couldn't really determine their sexes yet, but let me reveal to you: you are having two foals of each main pony kind. Two earth ponies, two unicorns, two pegasi and two alicorns!"

We were surprised at their types.

"Wait, I'm a unicorn and she's a princess. How did we produce earth ponies and pegasi?" I asked.

"Don't forget, it's genetics!" the nurse continued. "And from what I've observed, all their placentas are separate, so all eight of them would not be identical. What's more, this alicorn fetus is at the bottom of your belly, and this alicorn fetus is resting at the top." She said as she felt the bottom and the tip of her belly.

"Wow, so my eldest prince or princess will be an alicorn!" Flurry exclaimed. "And for my youngest one, too!"

"Anyway, keep these pictures. You don't want to let the others know until they're born, right?"

"Absolutely. We're gonna keep this excitement to ourselves," I replied. "We'll be back next month to find how many colts and fillies we're having, then."

"Of course! Do come back again!"