When we make it back home I run upstairs and throw a bunch of clothes onto the bed. I stand in the middle of the room and try to focus on changing into a human. I've yet to actually do this, but every time I can feel myself getting closer and closer. I give it a few more tries before feeling the energy escape me. With a sigh of defeat, I go to drastic measures.

"Miles?" Luna asks when she enters the room. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, but can you punch me first? I need to be human for all of this." I ask her, getting a bemused look in return. "What? I need hands."

"You know I don't like hitting you to do this. Eventually something is going to go wrong in that thick skull of yours." She sulks while lying on the bed, facing away from me. I sigh and walk over to her, nuzzling her back a bit before speaking.

"Luna, look I'm sorry about-"

"I'm not mad about the whole foal thing. I know it was out of control and that you had nothing to do with it." Well... that's a completely logical thing to say. What the fuck is actually wrong. "I... I'm just going to go with Celestia for a day."

"Luna-"

"I just need a day to talk to her about something." She tells me before rolling over to look back at me. "I'm not mad, I just need some advice on something, promise." I look away from her and frown a bit as I try to process this, but can't without coming to a bitter end.

"Luna, what's bothering you? Is it the... 'monitoring'? The foals? Or-"

"It's none of those things... though I would like to know more about your little monitoring project. This is just some... pregnant mare talk I want to do. Nothing more." She reassures me, reaching out and setting a hoof on my cheek. "Promise."

"*Sigh* well, okay. If you say it's nothing more, then I'll take your word for it. I'll let Fluttershy and Big Mac know we'll go to Topaz later-"

"No, you figure that out now. I'll have Spike escort me to Canterlot. I'm sure he'd like to see Twilight and Speaks Softly, so convincing him to go shouldn't be hard. Call me the minute you get the results, got it?" I nod my head and lean down to kiss her lightly on the lips-

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"... a little warning would be nice." I groan from the ground.

"Well, I'd like a little less stress. But we don't always get what we want now do we?" Luna snickers from the bed. "Now out with you. I want to nap a bit before the trip. For the life of me I can't get a minute of sleep on those trains, darn bumpy carts." She tells me as she gets comfy on the bed. I chuckle and get up to kiss her cheek before heading out with my clothes, wishing her a safe trip as I shut the door.

I slip into my clothes outside the door and head downstairs to get my boots on. Once done, I head out back and go to my shed, entering the pass code to enter. My collection of projects and experiments clutter most of the work space around here, but it's an organized mess. In the center of it all is my jeep. It's facing the newest addition to my mess, a broken AA-20 from Topaz. I've restored my original back to operating standards, but getting the rest of the fleet back has been time consuming. Not to mention I've been adding my own additions to the two vehicles, just some better armor enchants as well as enhanced data relays.

With a quick flare of my hands I open the earthen ceiling and bring the jeep out. I jump into the drivers seat and start the engine, hearing the satisfying roar of the pistons freely gliding in the engine block. Okay, enough drooling over a car, time to get moving. I kick it into gear and take off for the Library, leaving a tall dust cloud in my wake. First stop, minion.

I mumble a bit when I hear Hati and Lupus barking down stairs. I sigh a bit as I pull the pillow over my head and try to drown them out. UUUHHHHHGGGGG! I miss sleeping in... and sleep in general for that matter. I try to ignore it a bit longer until I hear Spikes cries for help. Why does he even need help? He's a dragon, they can't bite through his scales.

"Alright already... down wolves down." I groan from bed, surprisingly getting the barking to end. Well, he's here, may as well get out of bed then. I push the sheets off of me and slide out of bed, somehow managing to fumble over myself and fall down. I panic a bit from falling, but when nothing happens, except a slight pain in my behind, I calm down enough to completely remove the bed sheet.

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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" I scream at the top of my lungs.

"LUNA!" Spike yells from downstairs, coupled with some howling. In a panic I scramble to the door, tripping over myself constantly, and slam the door shut just as Spike starts to open it.

"STAY OUT!" I yell in fear as I press myself against the door, trying to lock it but to no avail.

"What happened!?" He asks while trying the door. I press my back against it in hopes of keeping it shut.

"Just stay out! It's nothing! It's... cramps!" I yell back. He stops trying to open the door but I can hear Lupus and Hati trying to scratch their way in.

"Cramps?" He asks, completely confused.

"Uh... yeah, cramps. You know, bloated. Hormones flowing, all my emotions just... it's pregnant mare stuff, so stay out." I close my eyes and hope he buys what I made up. I know Twilight and Storm have had the talk with him, but I'm really banking on him still not understanding mare physiology right now.

"Um... I'm just going to... wait downstairs-" YES! "-just let me know if you need anything okay?" He asks timidly.

"Yes, I mean, okay. Thank you Spike... I just need... a few minutes." I tell him as I look down. When I hear his steps begin to go down the stairs I fumble my way into the bathroom and pull myself onto the counter to look at myself in the mirror.

I'm human.

I have pale white skin with short blue hair and bright blue eyes. My stomach is large, as expected, but it seems my breast have... grown. A lot. Well... compared to what I've seen of Miles's memories, they seem... supple? Anyway, I look down and try to stand on my two feet, but can't seem to get my legs to hold me correctly. How does anypon-er-human, do this!? These scrawny things could never hold me! Especially now!

"Okay, okay... just calm down... just... work... on... standing........... do all humans talk to themselv-AH!"

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FLASH

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I grumble a bit as I rub the top of my head. How has Miles gone through all this punishment without being brain dead? That really hurt... I have a horn. I look myself over and realize that I'm back to being a pony. You have to be kidding me. I have to bonk my head to turn between the two, really!?

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No. Sorry Miles, but my head isn't as thick as yours. As far as anypony can tell, I'm just an alicorn. And it's going to stay that way... Unless the baby comes out a human... *sigh* sometimes I hate life. I get onto my hooves and make my way down to the living room, finding Spike sitting on the couch with Lupus and Hati sitting beside him. He seems really tense, eyeing the two wolves as the stare him down. Every time he fidgets or budges their eyes dart to whatever moves, waiting for him to make the wrong move.

"Hati, Lupus, go outside." I tell them nicely. They look to me before running off, charging through the door that Spike left open. "Spike, they can't hurt you."

"That doesn't make them any less scary." He defends, standing quickly. "Anyway, are you okay now.... you know, with your... cramps." He whispers the last part, making me roll my eyes.

"Yes Spike, I'm fine. Let's get going now though, do you have everything you need?" I ask as I go to the dining room, where I have my emergency foal saddle bag.

"Yeah, here let me take that though." He offers before running over and taking the bag.

"Thank you, Spike."

"Don't mention it. Anypony would do it really." He shrugs while heading out the door. I pause for a moment to think about what he said before following after him. I'm part human now, so what exactly does that mean for me? More reason to have my talk with Celestia.

After a long, and quiet, trip down the new tunnels Miles made, we finally arrive at the bulkhead to Topaz Falls. The bulkhead is open with two small stone buildings take up the corners with a squad of Legion bots. Each of them seem to house a bot with a machine gun pointed in our direction. As we approach, four red beams of light scan over our vehicle, moving from side to side. After a few seconds the lights disappear and they lower their guns, so we drive through.

"Wow, Topaz is looking much better." Fluttershy notes from my side as she looks out to the massive stone city. To me, their just stone, block buildings. Easily reminding me of Miles home, but larger.

"I've set the bots to restore the city. It's taken awhile, but we're getting there. Now, at least, it's not a nightmare to walk through the streets." Miles tells us as we take a ramp up a street. The street levels out and leads us to the P.C.H over most of the buildings. In the distance I can see several aircraft lifting up building materials.

"What do you plan on doing with the city once it's restored?" Fluttershy asks. I look to Miles and watch his face as he thinks about his answer. He's obviously conflicted about this. But I can tell he doesn't have an answer for it yet.

"Well, for the time being, it's being rebuilt entirely on sentiment. After that, we'll have to see how life turns out. Who knows, maybe one day ponies will fill these streets. Like a tourist attraction or something, I don't know." Miles muses with a shrug of the shoulder. "How's the little guy?"

"Rampant's fine." Fluttershy says, holding our... holding him a bit closer. He's staring out at the city, scared but intrigued. "We've never taken him out of the house before... or this fast... or this far from home... or-"

"Easy there." I tell her, nuzzling her cheek a bit. "It'll be fine. Don't work yerself up over nothin'." She offers me a nervous smile but keeps the rest of her worries to herself. "So... what uh... what happens if... ya know-"

"Let's save those questions for when we get the results. I don't want to get worked up on something that could be just paranoid delusions." Miles tells us. We remain quiet for a moment before I finally have to ask the question.

"How exactly could the foal be yers?"

"Well... it's completely off of speculation, but I believe that the baby being an alicorn is directly influenced from my becoming an alicorn. The machine seemed to have changed my... my biological make up. The excess energy could have affected them in the early stages of life. It all depends on if the embryo had a soul that early."

"When do they typically get a soul?" I ask, barely following what he's saying.

"It's hard to say. There's never a set time when they do develop their soul. It could happen during the first cell split, it could happen during birth. Without the tools to check, it would be impossible to check."

"So... if he is... connected to you... does that mean he'd have a soul fire to?" Fluttershy asks.

"... well, I'd think so. I mean, I assume my power is hereditary. Typically, stuff like that is..." He pauses at the end to think to himself. Fluttershy and I share another uneasy look but keep quiet for the rest of the trip. When we come to a stop in front of the giant building, with a green utility bot waiting for us by the road. We step out and the bot takes the vehicle away. Much of the destruction and carnage from before has been repaired. But the craftsmanship is obviously lacking.

The mico station is well lit and still holds that upper crust glimmer. Miles brings us to one of the stations and tells us to take it one at a time. We send Fluttershy first to have somepony be there for Rampant. When she teleports away, I look to Miles to tell him something.

"Miles... there aint no easy way ta say this, so imma jus say it."

"What's up?"

"Rampant is mah colt." I tell him firmly, holding Rampant a bit closer. Miles step back a bit while looking away, thinking to himself more. "Shy an ah have been tryin too hard fer too long ta give 'im up. Ah don't care what yer D.N.A. says, he's mah colt."

"I know. Trust me Mac, I'm not trying to take him from you or anything. I just... I think we all need to know. It probably a mistake of mine to blurt it out like I did, but I have to put those worries to rest. I'm sorry about all of this, I really am." He looks me in the eyes and nods. I sigh and look down to Rampant. He's looking around curiously while suckling on his pacifier. I sigh and set him on the platform, teleporting him to Fluttershy. I take one look back to Miles before stepping on the platform and flashing away.

I appear in a waiting room where Fluttershy and Rampant wait patiently for us. Once Miles makes it here he guides us down one of the halls. Medical beds line the light green walls with strange metal contraptions sitting at the top left of each of the beds. Miles takes us to the closest bed and has Fluttershy lay on it, so I take Rampant.

"Alright, just lay still and this will be over before you know it." Miles informs Shy. She gives me another nervous glance before fluttering up and laying on the bed. Miles hits a few buttons on the metal thing and steps back when it comes to life. A blue beam comes out from a needle looking thing and scans over Fluttershy's body. It focuses around her eyes and wings the most, but as soon as it starts, it ends.

"I-is that it?" Fluttershy asks timidly.

"Yeah, now lets put Rampant up here." He says as he hits a few more buttons.

"What about you?" I ask as I set him there.

"I'm already in the system. All we need to do now is scan him and compare results." I nuzzle Shy a bit and set Rampant there, belly down. The mechanical arm comes around and starts to scan him, scaring him. He cries out when the beam goes over his eyes and tries to wiggle away in his wrappings. When it finishes scanning him Fluttershy grabs him to comfort him.

"Well? What does it say?" Fluttershy asks over his cries.

"Hold on, it needs to run some-"

"May I have your autograph?" Easy asks, scarring Miles.

"GAH! Easy! What the fuck man!?" Miles screams, getting scowls from Shy and I.

"Order twenty initiated. Orders please." Easy asks. Miles and I go still from this, staring at Easy.

"What was that?" Miles asks nervously.

"Order twenty initiated. Orders please." He repeats. Miles darts out of the room, running as fast as possible back to the teleporter.

"What's order twenty?" Fluttershy asks, confused.

"Order twenty," Easy explains, "Enemies within our space. Defensive actions advised."

"Enemies? Who?" Fluttershy asks.

"Unknown. Scanners indicate large forces moving at high speed with intelligent descent. Reactions advised." Easy tells us before walking off. We both sit there quietly, Fluttershy trying to comprehend what we've learned while I try to think about the possibility of an upcoming war. We can't go to war. Fluttershy and I just had a foal, the farm needs me, there's too much for me to do for a war to start now.

"What are the orders?" Fluttershy asks, breaking our silence.

"The orders are used ta indicate our threat status. Orders one through ten are fer peaceful times, while orders eleven through nineteen are fer every day stuff. Orders twenty through twenty three tell us how imminent a threat is. After that, there are three more orders that indicate how we fight. Ah imagine we'll move inta order twenty four, distant fighin."

"What if that fails? What if they get here? Are we going to be invaded? Is a war about to start? What's-"

"Shy." I say firmly, getting her attention.

"D.N.A. ANALYSIS COMPLETE. NEGATIVE. D.N.A. ANALYSIS COMPLETE. NEGATIVE. D.N.A. ANALYSIS COMPLETE. NEGATIVE. " A voice says from the contraption.

This is it my bronies! Only three more chapters until the Q/A Blog Post! Be sure to go there and update your questions or post your own, you only have three chapters let to do so!

Brony on!