Daybreak found difficulty in keeping his thoughts focused for most of the "party", which Pinkie insisted was totally necessary. Even as she managed to gather more and more of their friends into the large room, Daybreak only wanted to be alone with his thoughts, or maybe with Twilight. Everypony seemed to find a reason to talk to him though, not that he really minded, he certainly owed the majority of his friends an explanation and apology. Rarity and Fluttershy were thankful, but it seemed that stubbornness was shared by Apples, as Applejack also refused point blank, to allow him to apologize to her. She told him repeatedly that he had nothing to be sorry for, and should be more focused on important stuff. He partially agreed with her there, he kept trying to locate Twilight in the quickly growing mass of ponies in the room. He suddenly wished that the maximum occupancy limit for the room was lower so he could find his way to Twilight easier. Once he did manage to track her down, he pulled her to the side before she could vanish again for some private talk.

She still looked beyond happy every time she saw him, and he felt the same, but there was still some stuff he needed to know

"Twilight...we still need to talk about some stuff"

"Ok...what's up? Is something wrong?"

"No no, nothing is wrong, this whole thing just got started so quickly, we didn't get to finish talking."

She smiled brightly, her pearly white teeth shining bright enough to make him chuckle

"Ok, so what do you wanna talk about"

"Us mostly...How could these doctors and nurses possibly know you're pregnant, it's barely even been two weeks?"

She giggled at the bemused expression he always made when he was confused, his face scrunched up to where he looked like he was making a fish face, she thought it was the cutest thing.

"When they brought us all in, they did thorough examinations on all of us using medical unicorns. I don't know the exact details, but apparently while they were scanning over me, they could sense a miniature life force residing inside of me...right where a foal should be..."

Daybreak leaned back and sat down on his flanks, this was alot for him to absorb. Twilight sat next to him and nuzzled his cheek

"Wow...I'm gonna be a father"

"Yeah I know...we're gonna have to start baby proofing the library ya know"

Now that made Daybreak chuckle, he couldn't wait to see how they managed that one.

"This is a huge step for us Twilight...are you sure we're ready for it?"

Twilight stared at him, she could see the spiral of emotions circling inside of him

"Daybreak...are you happy...happy that I'm pregnant"

He shot his eyes back to her and locked their stares for emphasis

"Of course I am Twilight, I'm happier than I've ever been...I'm just worrying about how much responsibility this will be for us."

"As you should" a voice came from behind them

Both Daybreak and Twilight jumped in surprise, Twilight landing perfectly in Daybreaks lap. However their initial shock was nothing compared to their faces when they saw the source of the voice. Princess Luna stood behind them smiling

"Aunty Luna!"

Without hesitation, Daybreak launched himself at his aunt and embraced her with a hug. Her squeezed her tightly, trying to convey all his feelings to her with that hug. She seemed to understand him as she patted his back for reassurance

"It's ok Daybreak, I'm not mad"

He released her and took a step back

"You're not?"

"No, although initially I was, I have taken the time needed to understand why you did what you did, and I do not blame you for it. Though my sister does not share my sympathy, and though she wishes to convey her congratulations to both you ad Twilight...she has no wish to see you right now" She motioned to Daybreak and he understood that meant Celestia didn't want to see him mostly, Twilight was just with him.

Twilight seemed extremely annoyed by this and Daybreak could see the color building in her cheeks. He quickly decided it was best to get the subject off his mother before another yelling match occurred.

"What about Cadence? Or my father? Are they here?"

Luna shook her head

"Both of them wished to come, and assure me, Discord especially, that they will make a visit. But both are too busy right now. Discord is busying negotiating with Queen Chrysalis and the few remaining changelings on their current status as friend or foe and Cadence is working on getting the Crystal Heart back in place and making sure everypony in the Empire knows Sombra is gone for good now."

Daybreaks mind heard the word Chrysalis and a red flag rose in his brain

"Why is Discord with Chrysalis...come to think of it...I never saw what happened to her during my fight with Sombra"

Princess Luna looked away, having a brief flashback of Discords description of the encounter.

"Well..."

.....

Queen Chrysalis exploded forth from the collapsing cave around her into the dust filled air. She looked down from the sky as her changeling shot upwards into the air, all attempting to flee heir collapsing home once again. She watched as King Sombra scrambled forth from the smoky depths and took off in a mad dash away from the scene, moments later Daybreak emerged and followed in pursuit. She knew this day was lost, not that she had ever really cared to begin with, she didn't care for Sombra' conquest, all she had really wanted was her race to flourish again. She looked down at the many drones who turned back and began to fight instead of fleeing like they should, there was no helping them now, she could only hope to gather the ones that were fleeing and rebuild in a more remote location. She made her way higher into the sky and took off towards the horizon as fast she her wings would take her.

Meanwhile, Discord sat on a cloud some several meters away, continuously tossing popcorn into his mouth as he watched the scene below unfold from above. Cadence herself had requested that he come out here to keep an eye on the situation, but so far he was sure his offspring could handle it and entertain him along the way. Just then he watched as Queen Chrysalis herself emerged from the dust filled cavern and took to the air, with a glance back down at her army, she took off in the opposite direction away from the battle. Discord set his popcorn down on his cloud chair and lowered the sunglasses on his face. He hadn't really been planning on helping in any way, but for his offspring to go through all this trouble just for Discord to allow one of his targets to get away...now that was just too cruel even for him to do, at least...not to his own kin anyway. So with a sigh he stood up snapped his fingers. The next moment he appeared in front of the changeling queen, stopping her in her tracks

"Why hello Chrisy, I don't believe we've met before..."

Chrysalis flared up her horn, preparing for a fight with this sudden invader. Discord smirked

"But either way you'll soon learn not to challenge Discord!"

He snapped his fingers and watched as Chrysalis was suddenly wrapped in a silk-made cocoon, mummifying her from head to hoof leaving only her snout free for her to breathe. The section by her abdomen formed itself into a tiny silk handle, which Discord then wrapped his fingers around and began to carry Chrysalis like a briefcase.

"Come along Chrisy, let's get you back to the Princesses, I'm sure they're just dying to see you"

With another snap of his fingers he was gone an instant later.

.....

Luna ended her story leaving both Daybreak and Twilight slack-jawed with bemusement. Daybreak was the first to recover his senses

"So that flank-hole just left us there? We could have died...in fact, we did, both of us...technically"

Luna raised an eyebrow to him

"Yes about that...Celestia would request to have the book back I she were here I'm sure...but fort he sake of our relationship, all I'll is this...Is it safe?"

Daybreak nodded and Luna smiled

"Wonderful...well than I'll leave you two be, you have a party to enjoy"

She turned and made for the door, giving them both a quick glance back and a wink, she disappeared through the exit.

"She didn't even mention my banishment"

"I'm sure she's expecting me to have already told you by now."

"Good point"

With a smile the duo stood back up to reimmerse themselves in the party that they were managing to miss. They went back to enjoying themselves for the remainder of the evening. Everypony partied and danced in the surprisingly spacious room, they played games and even drank cider. However it was eventually time for everypony to leave, and so Daybreak took this chance to track down what had become of Shining Star, Daring Do and Trixie. After some searching and many questions, he found that Shining had not been held more than a few hours and had been released, what did surprise Daybreak was that he had taken possession of Aecious' body and was intent on tracking down everything he could about the pony. Seems he had more of an impact on the Wonderbolt than Daybreak had thought. That having been decided, it seemed Spitfire had somehow agreed to this and switched Shining to the Wonderbolts Reserves until he returned. She seemed a little annoyed about it when Daybreak spoke with her, but she understood why he had left and said he had given her a good reason, which Spitfire was unwilling to share. But before he had left, he had apparently asked her to marry him and she had said yes. Daybreak had no idea how long they had been together nor could he ever see a mare like her settling down, but if it's what they wanted then he wasn't the guy to stop them.

Next came Daring Do, who was the easiest to find, oddly enough. Once she had arrived She had been immediately placed in a private room to hide her identity and was kept there until she awoke and was able to disguise herself. Daring Do was still in the hospital when Daybreak went looking for her, and managed to catch her right as she was being discharged. Her and Rainbow were saying their temporary goodbyes. According to Rainbow, Daring said it would be impossible for her to settle down in one spot, but that didn't mean she didn't want a family. Luckily for them Twilight seemed to have the perfect idea on how they could start one, and had just the spell for it. After giving them explicit advice and instructions on how to make it work, along with a little potion for the effect, Daring Do was off again, and headed for her home until Rainbow was released.

Lastly came Trixie, suffering only minor wounds, she too had been discharged before he had awoken, but not before she wrote him and Twilight a note congratulating them and telling them where they could find her if they ever wanted to. Apparently she was taking Aecious' death pretty hard and needed some time alone, so Daybreak would give her space until she was feeling better. He hoped her ability to quickly bounce back would still apply here, but he wasn't sure.

With everypony accounted for and all the proper papers filled out, Twilight and Daybreak were both discharged (after being forced to clean up most of the mess from the party on their own), and headed for home. They promised Rainbow they would visit until she was better, but had to start preparing for the newest addition to the library family. With Spikes help, foal proofing the library didn't take but a few weeks and once it was finished...it was the most hilarious sight to behold. Next came the two parts Daybreak had feared the most ad out off for as many weeks as possible. But as two months went by and Twilight was actually beginning to show it in her belly, Daybreak knew it was unavoidable now...he had to inform her parents. Daybreak and Shining Armor had wrestled over who would have to tell several times, but Daybreak always lost to the stallions superior strength. He wanted to write them a letter, but that wouldn't be right...so eventually they made time to ask them to come visit, seeing as they couldn't visit them with Daybreak being banned from Canterlot for the foreseeable future.

The next ting they had to do was find ponies who could foalsit for them in case they were ever busy. Twilight, being the prepared mare is, wanted to have this ready before the baby was even born, and although Daybreak put it off as much as possible, he agreed. Although he was banned from Canterlot, he was still a prince and had royal duties occasionally, and those times where his duties and Twilight would happen together would mean they would need a foal sitter since Spike often went with them whenever they had those duties. But they needed somepony who was always available, and their friends had lives too so they couldn't count on them. Eventually Daybreak came up with an idea that Twilight was absolutely against 100% but could find nopony better, or readily available. And so around the fourth month, after Twilight's parents got done reacting the way parents did, which was happy crying from her mother and severe glares from her father. Twilight and Daybreak called for the Cutie Mark Crusaders to come over for a visit.

Truthfully the parental visit hadn't gone nearly as bad as Daybreak thought. The few times he had met them before, they were only intimidated by him in his nonpony form. But these days he spent most of his time as a stallion, so her father had no issue giving him a stern lecture about how raising a foal was a huge responsibility and he better be ready for it. Her mother cried mostly but they both showed him their love at the end of the visit, when they hugged and kissed his cheeks. Her father even said that Daybreak was a fine stallion for his daughter to be with. Now they only had to hope that the Cutie Mark Crusaders visit went as smoothly, but they knew from experience not to hold their breathe. Before the three destructive fillies entered the library Spike had Crusader proofed it himself, it would take alot to make any books come crashing off those shelves now, anything less than a hurricane was not removing those chains.

As the three fillies entered the home, Daybreak and Twilight greeted them with same happiness they always had. They did love these girls to death, but if they ere gonna foal sit their child, they needed to be briefed...and Twilight was gonna make sure that happened...alot. The moment they were inside, the first words out of their mouths was that Twilight still looked beautiful, even with a giant tummy. The comment made her blush, but helped lighten the mood of shyness she had suddenly developed. Daybreak eventually sat the down and told them why they had invited them over. The whole town knew they were looking for a foal sitter who could always be ready when needed, but not everypony was qualified or available. So they had chose these three because they believed, or at least Daybreak did, that wit the right prepping beforehand these flies could be the perfect foal sitters. As expected the trio began to shriek with joy and happiness, but Daybreak quickly reminded them they needed to take it seriously. He had chosen them because they were the three fillies who knew how to have the most fun, and he wanted his foal to experience that...but he also knew their capacity for danger exceeded his own. So they needed to learn to balance fun with responsible well enough for him and Twilight to trust them with their foal. The fillies gave a Cutie Mark Crusader salute and promised to practice whatever they were taught.

For now that was enough, and Daybreak se them on their way with the promise to invite them back once they knew more about their foal, like the gender for instance. Once out side he heard the fillies screech "CUTIE MARK CRUSADER FOAL SITTERS YAY!" and smiled to himself.

As the months went by and Twilight got more and more into her pregnancy, Daybreak found that he barely had time to keep that promise of lessons to those fillies. Most of his day was spent taking care of Twilight, not that he minded, it made him think of how things were when he was a little colt, the real problem was keeping her hormones under control. A pregnant mare was easy, a horny pregnant mare was something of another universe. It got to the point where Daybreak actually invited Pinkie Pie over to help him out of desperation. Between taking care of her, her royal duties, his duties, the library and teaching the Crusaders, he barely had time, or the energy to sedate her lust, and he needed help. He would have gone to Rainbow, but lately she was gone with Daring Do, and hadn't been back to Ponyville for several months, she wrote frequently though and was clearly excited about something as of late, but didn't say what. So that left their other friends and the list of willing "buck buddies" for Twilight was thin, not cause of anything to do with her, it's just that when you compare Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy on a list of "who would be most likely to buck the hell out of you just to help out" Pinkie Pie kinda stood out among the rest.

Pinkie also offered to help with the house work, Daybreak and Spike pretty much that covered. Between magic and dragon stubbornness, the house remained clean twenty-four seven. Daybreak wished he could join Pinkie as she hoped into bed with Twilight, but he and Spike were so tied they literally collapsed on the couch (yes they had a couch now) most of the time and napped together. Though the few times Daybreak had the energy, he made sure to remind Twilight how much he loved her and still thought she was sexy, and Pinkie was defiantly a helpful partner in this.

All in the as the months went by, the time for Twilight to give birth drew ever nearer, and Daybreak's duties became more and more frequent. He began to worry he wouldn't be around he help his love when she needed him most. Then one day, while he was working at Rainbow Falls to settle a trade dispute at this years market, a letter poofed into existence in front of him. It was clearly from spike and the message was even cleared, it was happening now! He quite literally dropped what he was doing, stood from his seat and teleported away without a word. He had bee gathering up his chaos power in the last month, making sure he stored enough power so tat he could teleport home no matter where he was and be with her, and it paid off in the end.

Daybreak appeared in the library just as Spike and Pinkie were helping Twilight into a carriage. She was yelling in pain and may of the towns ponies were gathering around, aware of what was happening. Daybreak galloped through the crowd and hoped in the carriage as it began to take off. Twilight face showed immediate relief when she saw him. He grasped her hoof in his while Spike held the other and Pinkie watched her tummy, all the way to the hospital. Once they arrived, Daybreak took over taking care of Twilight, and with an unbelievable output of magic, he literally separated the crowds in their way while Spike and Pinkie quickly informed the nurse Princess Twilight was about to give birth. It may have been greatest display of medical affection Daybreak had ever seen. Doctors and nurse rushed about guiding them to a room while news ponies gather outside the doors to witness the miracle. Once they were successfully inside the room and had Twilight down on a bed. Pinkie ran with a speed that would have frightened Rainbow Dash herself, to go and gather there friends.

Once the pain and screaming began, only Daybreak and Spike were allowed to remain in the room, and even that pushed it. The nurses wanted to remove Spike too, but through insistence from them both he was allowed to remain. The little dragon never looked so afraid in his life for Twilight, the moment she let out her first scream of pain, he buried his face against Daybreaks' chest and tried to block out the sounds. Daybreak could see all manner of ponies gathering outside the window, and thanked Luna it was a one-way glass. He spotted all their friends, the Apples, the Wonderbolts, Derpy, Vinyl, eve ponies he didn't know, practically all of Ponyville was taking up the hallway outside. The only ones Daybreak was unable to spot, were Rainbow Dash, Daring Do (or her A.K Yearling disguise), or Shining Star, heck, he even spotted Trixie in the crowd.

A scream of pain brought him back to reality and he brought his face next to Twilights, giving her an affectionate nuzzle on the cheek. As she grasped his hoof with al her strength her felt her body convulse again, and she screamed louder than before

"OH CELESTIA IT HURTS! IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS! OH PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EQUESTRIA MAKE IT STOP!"

Daybreak held her hoof and endured listening to his love suffer, he couldn't tell who was closer to tears, him or Spike. The next scream of pain brought with it a reaction from her horn. The beam shot across the room and struck a nearby trash can, immediately changing it into a well developed cactus. The next beam missed one of the nurses holding Twilight down by only a few inches and Daybreak was forced to intervene. He squeezed her hoof hard in his and put his face in her line of sight, so she could only see him

"Twilight listen to me, I love you and I know you're in pain, but please try and stay calm, you're going to hurt somepony if you don't"

She let out a breath as her body shook again and screamed

"AHHH I CAN'T....AHHHH I CAN'T STOP IT, IT HURTS SO MUCH...PLEASE PLEASE DAYBREAK HELP ME! MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOOOOOP!"

Several more beams fired off from her horn and Daybreak was forced to take cover, along with the nurses and doctor as they barely missed each of them. Daybreak and the others resumed their position but exchanged worried looks, Spike hid behind Daybreak.

"Don't you all know any spells to help at least control her magic like this?"

The doctors and nurse shook their heads, even the unicorns

"No, we've never had somepony so powerful before, most unicorns just give us a small zap or spark, nothing we can't take, so there has never been any need for one."

"Then what are we gonna do, even I don't know what to cast for this?"

"I do!"

The door flew open, enveloped by a pink aura, and in its wake Trixie stood, her hat and cape already removed. She quickly shut the door behind her and dashed over to Twilight. She stood on the side opposite Twilight and smiled at Daybreak

"Watch what I do Daybreak, in case you ever have another kid and the Great and Powerful Trixie isn't around to save your flank again."

Her horn buzzed to life and a small pink bubble formed around Twilight's horn, then the same happened on Trixie. The next convulsion came a moment later, followed by a scream and another wave of magic, but this one did not escape the bubble, instead Trixie's horn lit up in Twilight's aura and she received a brief shiver as her whole being was momentarily electrified. Daybreak was impressed but partially confused, Trixie smiled.

"It transfers all the power she releases to me temporarily, she can release her magic without harming us, and I only get buzzed for a moment, its helpful"

Daybreak nodded and quickly resumed comforting Twilight. He nuzzled her cheek even while she screamed and gently rubbed her chest with his hoof. The process went on four hours and by the twelfth hour, Trixie was higher than a kite on Twilight's power, she reminded him of Pinkie on a sugar rush, but she nevertheless remained enough in control to continue the spell. Several more screams later the doctor finally gave him some good news

"It's coming, the baby is finally coming!"

Daybreak smiled and watched Twilight do the same, but only for a brief moment, for then her eyes went wide and she let out the loudest scream yet

"OH MOTHER OF CELESTIA IT FEELS LIKE I'M BEING SPLIT IN HALF! TAKE IT OUT TAKE IT OUT! I THINK I'M DYING FOR THE LOVE OF HARMONY SOMEPONY TAKE IT OUT!"

A nurse bent down in between her raised hind quarters and instantly said

"Ok, I need you to push...right...now!"

Another scream rocked the room as Twilight whole body began to violently shake as she squeezed the life out of his hoof! Daybreak felt his hoof going numb but he didn't care, Twilight screamed again and this time the bubble around her horn finally burst! Trixie's bubble popped as well and she looked worried as Twilight's eyes began to glow with white light. Daybreak looked around frantically and sighed to himself

"Oh man...this is gonna hurt..."

Without another word he quickly mimicked Trixie's spell and cast a green bubble around Twilight's horn, then around his own. Instantly his eyes began streaming tears as head splitting pain erupted inside his skull. is body shook as violently as Twilight as he struggled to take in the massive amount of power she was releasing. He felt his vision blur and darken, and he realized he was blacking out, but he held the spell in place. The magic began to electrify his whole body and traveled down his legs and to the floor. He heard one final scream from Twilight and then he felt his back hit the far wall, then there was silence.

Dazed and in agonizing pain, Daybreak opened his eyes and saw Trixie hovering over him with a smile. She quickly helped him to his hooves and motioned over at Twilight, whose whole body was sprawled out over the bed as she panted loudly. Spike was holding a bundle of cloth in his arms and standing next to her.

Twilight's watery eyes found his, and she silently called him over to her. He was by her bedside before he could even think about it and took the cloth from Spike into his hooves. He was filled with new energy as he held the foal in his arms, the shakiness was gone from as he stared at the body of his child

"It's a filly" the doctor said

Daybreak smiled and showed Twilight her daughter. She had the smallest little patch of green hair on her head, and an even tinier purple streak within the strands. Her coat was the faintest shade of brown, possibly due to her father, but it was bordering on pinkish, nevertheless she was the most beautiful thing Twilight had ever seen.

"What should we name her sweetie?"

Twilight's eyes stared back into his, full of love and happiness. Even in all her pain she would never ever forget his moment with him.

"Aurora...Aurora Sparkle"

Author's Notes:

So that's the end. Yay :D

aww don't be too disappointed, there is one more installment in this series coming up. The last fic in this three parter, but it's gonna take alot of time to fully plan out so don't expect it for a long time. But that doesn't mean forget about me :3
I Pinkie Pie Promise this will be written
and we will be picking up at where Twilight and Daybreak first bring her home
Love you guys, please comment on what you thought of the story in total and compared to the last one, I love to hear what you have to say.
OH! And by the way, the next one will be clop also (no not with the filly) so look forward to it
Brony on until then and don't miss the season 4 finale coming soon
Bye bye