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!"