The party was stationed back at Ponyville due to its proximity to the Everfree. But there was a catch: whoever went in previously, save for Fluttershy and Zecora, never returned.

And that was what they were discussing.

Twilight would've been the voice of reason if Katie wasn't as old as she is. Hell, the unicorn assumed the fox was older than Celestia herself.

Azure was nervous. She wondered if ponies and humans could accept her and end the fruitless feud Chrysalis started.

Gilda was busy wondering who'd be elected new Gryphon King. After all, because of Katie's raid, there were few good males left. At least the slave-drivers were taken care of.

Believe it or not, Iron Will the minotaur had joined the party. If help came in the form of a bulldozer, it was him. And besides, he was a head taller than Fenrir, so why not? Katie needed to conserve her strength due to the pregnancy. In short, she and Fenrir would have to stay put anyway, and so would Anna for that matter. Coryza was also staying.

Which meant Natalie, Blake, Matt, and Lance would have to venture with a minotaur and Fluttershy.

And a zebra and undisguised changeling, for crying out loud.

"Don't get killed." Katie called from the top of the Valkyrie.

"Okay, mom," Lance sighed as he began walking with the others to the forest.

"That's your mother?" Azure asked, wings buzzing. No, she wasn't even hovering.

"Yeah. Do you have memory loss or something?" Lance replied.

"I think I do..." Azure cooed, fangs glinting.

"Hey there, fools!" Called a strange voice from the forest. Out from where the shout happened, a cerulean unicorn mare with a white mane (and barely noticeable blue highlight) reminiscent of Fluttershy's mane, deep eyes of plum, and a purple magician hat and matching cloak covered in yellow and cyan stars and moons showed herself. A sapphire gem held her cloak around her neck and her cutie mark, though concealed, was a star-tipped wand spreading blue stardust. The star on the wand was also blue. The Element of Magic sat on top of her hat, just above her smothered horn.

"T-Trixie?!" Rainbow shouted in shock. She was hovering until the unicorn showed up, and she deadpanned midair.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie shall decimate all of you if the forest doesn't!" Trixie caterwauled with a mocking grin before she teleported to who-knows-where.

"DAMMIT!" Shouted everyone that was not in the Valkyrie, who rushed headlong--recklessly, I might add--into the forest. Trees were felled and animals scampered to and fro as the party-turned-mob searched like they were the Ku Klux Klan.

Meanwhile, the girls and Fen-Fen had settled for a brutally long discussion over the upcoming children, among other things.

"I feel like I'm craving something already!" Anna sighed as she rubbed her belly. It was the size of a small balloon now.

"First time being a non-virgin." Coryza agreed. "Hooray for condoms."

"How'd Matt score first base with you?" Katie asked, turning her glance to the mugician and away from her in-law.

"How'd you read my mind?!" Coryza replied in shock, pink hair standing straight up on end.

"Trade secret." Katie grinned.

"Isn't....Natz also pregnant?" Anna asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I think she is." Twilight commented, "But she's yet to be tested."

"Good call." Fenrir sighed as he proceeded to down a ham and cheese sandwich.

"I want moon cheese for some reason." Katie sighed, her stomach growling for all to hear.

"Bitch, please!" Anna cried, standing up and pointing at the fox, "I want bratwurst covered in freaking pork rinds!"

"The carnivore in Anna has awakened," Coryza stated, impressed, "We're all going to die now."

"How long has my kid stayed in Germany again?" Katie asked in shock.

"I don't know." Anna sighed as she sat down while one of Lance's army-men brought her the required meats and some German rolls for good measure. She saw the plate and took it from the man with a feral gleam in her eyes.

"If I can't have moon cheese," Katie declared, wings fluttering, "I shall have deer meat and pig's blood instead!"

The army man ran right back into the kitchen.

Coryza looked at Anna. "Don't look at me, all I know is she's nuts." Sighed the archer after she finished her plate. "Aren't you in-laws supposed to be at least some level of crazy? Why the fucking hell do you think my man is insane? He gets it from her!"

"Insanity is an inherited curse in my family." Katie commented. "I had thirty-two siblings in a past life and only one was crazier than I. I was the suicidal kind."

"Damn." Coryza sighed.

"Seems like everything is fucked up in your clan." Anna scoffed after she downed her fill.

"Please, that only barely got me started on what goes on in the freaking daily life!" Katie stated.

Anna grinned seductively.

"Congratulations, you are now a crazy." Katie sneered.

"Do you eat tofu?" Coryza asked.

"No. Too chewy for me. Chewy things usually try choking me." Katie answered. A brown cat with darker brown stripes and green eyes meowed. Unlike NoLegs, this cat actually had legs. "I wasn't making fun of you, Chew-meister."

Chewy purred.

"Why does he have legs?" Anna asked.

"He's a Hellcat. Not a normal cat, a Hellcat. The legs came as endowments upon becoming such." Katie answered. Chewy meowed again.

"Guys!" Coryza called from the top of the tank in shock, "We have a major problem!"