"Fen-Fen, I have been troubled by...something." Katie sighed as she sat down. "Please, take a seat."

Fenrir did as told. "What is it, sweetie?"

Katie sighed, "I...er...have a confession to make."

"Yeah?"

"About...twenty something years ago, a man I married got burned to death. This was around the time I..." She trailed off, tears starting to fall down her face.

"The time you did what?" Fenrir asked, confused.

"...I....I...gave birth to a son."

"A son?" Fenrir asked.

"Yeah, I...fell in love with this man from a group of people that made the Ku Klux Klan seem like innocent angels. Got married to him, skip the honeymoon formalities, husband burned to death and I gave birth." Katie answered, shaking her head solemnly. "B-But I never....I-I mean, when I first m-met him in front of C-Celestia, I shrugged it off. But the dreams of my... I've been talking with my own child and I didn't even realize it! I wish I could've been there for him and perhaps then he would not have attempted to...!" The tears were released from her ducts and into the world, falling on the table in utmost silence.

Fenrir remained silent, but the fox knew what he was trying to ask. She scribbled something down on a piece of paper and handed it to him.

"He's a who?!" Fenrir exclaimed in utter shock, slamming the piece of paper down onto the table.

"I-I'm afraid s-so. And I d-did not even realize h-he was my son until a f-few minutes a-ago," Katie sobbed, "It's j-just been t-too long... twenty or so years, p-perhaps?"

"I...overreacted. But how did you become separated from him and miss him growing up?" Fenrir asked as he put a paw on the fox's shoulder.

"The humans started a witch hunt," Katie cooed, tears still falling from her eyes, "And like I said, his dad was killed, but I was able to get away. After fleeing for three days without food or water, I put him in a basket, scrawled his name on a piece of paper, put the basket with him in a tree and had no choice but to leave."

"At least people found him and brought him up without knowing who he belonged to. He still got the loving care he needed," Fenrir sighed, his voice hinting a pang of guilt.

"There's that, but then..." Katie trailed off, ears folded back. She could not bear to keep this in any longer.

"How are we gonna approach this? How the hell are we gonna tell him?" Fenrir asked, confused, "I seriously doubt he'd believe us!"

"I use illusions, remember?" Katie pointed out, "I can make him see. But I won't force him to do so. Forcing him is more likely to not convince him."

"True." Fenrir agreed with a nod, "But is he half-demon?"

Katie shook her head, "Unless he somehow mutated, he should be full-fledged human."

The fox got up and sighed, wiping her tears with her huge tail. She then took her glass of tea and finished it off before nearly slamming it onto the table in frustration and hurt. She and Fenrir began walking to the door that led from their room into the adjoining hall. They then began to walk toward the throne room--right where the rest of the party would be likely striking up a conversation with Cadence or Shining Armor.

"We found the location of Magic, finally," Matt and Shining said in eerie unison, "It's in the Everfree."

"Um...is something wrong?" Lance asked, an eyebrow raised as he noticed the faint smile on Katie's face.

Katie couldn't help but shed a tear and widen her smile for all to see. "You're gonna be a big brother."

"B-Big brother?" Lance asked, confused, "But I never had any siblings! Mom was infertile!"

Katie's smile only broadened. Her eyes were dead-set on the Nazi as if she had an invisible sniper rifle scope at the ready.

"Wait..." Lance said, putting a hand to his chin, "Mom said she found me in a tree when I was only three days old. And this was before I tried taking over the world."

Cadence and Shining looked at each other, eyes wide as dinner plates as their confusion piled into a mass array of questions.

Matt glanced between Blake and Natz, and they were unbelievably silent. Was it confusion or revelation?

Anna was equally as confused as Lance himself. Was something wrong?

The Mane Six, Zecora, and Gilda kept glancing at each other, unsure of what to make of this.

Coryza glanced between Lance and Katie, her head moving so fast it was as if she were going insane.

Lance's eyes suddenly widened, his arms falling slack against his sides and he started heaving in shock.

It didn't take long for Anna to catch on to what was said with so little...

"Y-You're...." Anna stuttered as she held both hands onto Lance's shoulder. "Y-You're his mom?"

Katie nodded and flat-out expected to be gunned down on the spot. Hell, she expected a barrage of Overdrives to check her into the Smackdown Motel!

Instead, Lance ran up to her and hugged her like she'd never been hugged before. She hugged back and broke down into tears.

Anna smiled warmly.

Natalie kept her mouth shut, tears falling from her eyes. Blake and Matt glanced at each other, mouths hanging open.

Coryza slapped herself to make sure she wasn't seeing things. Her eyes did not deceive her and she herself was slack-jawed.

The ponies remained silent, wondering how this was possible.

Gilda's wings spread out wide in shock. If she were flying, she'd probably deadpan midair.

Zecora kept her mouth shut. She was the most calm being right now.

Azure's wings buzzed. She had no clue what to say.

Fenrir nodded.

"Tomorrow," Katie and Lance said in unison, "We go to the forest!"