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The Power Foals and Hair Raiser

by Shadowmane PX-41

Chapter 2: A Fair Decision

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Spike, Hair Raiser and the foals finally arrived at Twilight's castle. Whilst the children were awestruck at the sight of living in a castle, Spike merely smiled and opened the door for them, courteously stretching an arm in front of the open doors as a sign that they were allowed to enter.

The eight of them trekked down the corridors of the castle, being led by Spike. Looking in each door for a short period of time before they were motioned by Spike to keep moving.

"I've gotta hand it to ya, Spike," Hair Raiser said, taking in the gorgeous design of the crystal-lined corridors. "When we heard you'd be giving us a place to live, we never expected to live in a castle." She smiled and patted him on the back.

"Aaw, thanks." Spike blushed as he took the compliment to heart. "It would break my heart to see you suffer without homes. Especially on how cute looking these foals are." He brushed their hair again, once more feeling a sense of familiarity as he did. This was replaced with a sense of adoration once he heard the foals babbling at him, in a kind tone nonetheless.

Finally, the group stopped at a massive double-door located at the end of the corridor. It was coated with a golden lining and had constellations painted all over both doors. At the top of the door's lining, was Twilight's Cutie Mark, shining brightly for all to see.

"Well, we're here." Spike said as he placed one of his hands on the door handles and grasped it tightly. "Since there are some new faces in town, they've got to meet Princess Twilight before they can be allowed to live here. As per Twilight's new law in Ponyville."

"New law?" Hair Raiser looked confused as she tilted her head at Spike. "I thought only Kings and Queens were allowed to make the law."

"It's been eons since there was a King or Queen as ruler of all of Equestria." Spike said to answer the filly's question. "At least, that's what Twilight's been telling me."

"Oh, so this land is all ruled by Princesses?" She asked, wanting complete and utter confirmation.

"Exactly, led by two sisters, Celestia and Luna. Equestria has been safeguarded from attacks on multiple occasions, even if most of them were Twilight's doing." Spike explained as he opened the doors, leading to the room inside.

The room was quite dark, and quite bare, except for the massive amounts of constellations and planets whooshing by Spike, Hair Raiser, and the foals. There was a light at the center of the ceiling, no doubt where all these constellations were being projected from.

Spike had fallen over due to the massive amounts of constellations, he placed his hand on his chin once he pulled his face out of the ground and looked up.

The seven children, however, were completely awestruck at the sight of outer and deep space, all packed into one tiny little room. They were all sharing smiles as they gazed at the stars and planets whilst being regaled by a beautiful orchestral song that made them feel so at peace with each other.

Some of the foals even tried to touch some of the planets, and merely giggled once the projections went straight through their little hooves, like a magic trick. Hair Raiser also got in on the touching of the projections as well, sharing her own share of laughs as the planets and stars went through them.

At the top of the nearby stairs (If you could even make them out in this dazzling light show of constellations), Twilight was standing on a balcony, using her hooves to move the projections around herself, checking each and every star with a smile.

Spike ran up the stairs, calling out for the children behind him. They took notice and began walking through the stars, again with that awestruck look on their face.

"Oh, Spike. Have I ever told you how much I love having a castle of my own?" Twilight said as she brought a planet onto Spike's nose, as if to lightly tap him with it. "I'm learning so much from this astronomy bedroom, it's almost ridiculous."

"Yeah, believe me, I know." Spike said, in a bored tone this time. Since Twilight got her new castle, he hadn't gotten much sleep in Twilight's new room, due to all the stars and planets constantly pulling him from his slumber.

"Oh, I see you've brought some company back with you." Twilight said as she just now noticed Hair Raiser and the six foals in her hair. "And who exactly are these children?"

"Allow me to introduce ourselves, Princess." Hair Raiser bowed for Twilight, as per courtesy when meeting with royalty. "My name is Hair Raiser, and these are Lightspeed, Glimmer, Gale, Aurora, Shy Hearted, and Honest." She said, cleverly giving names to each of the foalized Power Ponies.

"Nice to meet you all." Twilight smiled and brought down a galaxy for the seven of them to play with. "I'll be back with you all after I discuss some important business with Spike here." Twilight watched Hair Raiser put the foals onto their bottoms and begin playing with the projection she had left for them.

"Spike, might I ask where you found these kids?" Twilight said, looking a little apprehensive as she addressed Spike firmly.

"I don't know, Twilight. I was just reading the latest Power Ponies comic, and once I got to the end, they just popped out of nowhere." Spike said, as short and sweet as he could make it. "I have no idea how they got here, but they're here."

"Hmm..." Twilight looked back at the seven kids and then looked back at Spike. "Spike, do you remember who these kids are?"

"Hmm..." Spike had to place a hoof on his chin again, he could vaguely remember seeing ponies like these before, but to him, these looked like six foals with costumes on, and a filly with magical hair. "Sorry, Twilight. Nothing comes to mind."

"The book must have given you amnesia on who they were." Twilight said to Spike, patting his scales apologetically . "These are childhood versions of the Power Ponies and the Mane-iac. Huh, I'm surprised you didn't remember them. You're one of the biggest Power Ponies fans, I've ever seen."

"It takes a lot more than amnesia to make me forget about the-" Finally, the realization hit him, and he now had a shocked expression on his face. "Wait, WHAT?!?!?!"

"That's right, Spike." Twilight said, magically bringing Spike's comic into his hands with the book opened to the blank page with the footnote in it. "Interesting. Each footnote must have different properties from the last. So instead of pulling us in, it pulled THEM out."

"But still, they're here, living, breathing! These are the ACTUAL Power Ponies and the ACTUAL Mane-iac." Spike was awestruck at seeing the seven of them playing happily. "But for some reason, they're not fighting each other. That's weird."

"The power of the footnote must have given them complete and total amnesia on their lives as heroes and villain." Twilight said, examining them brush the projections through their hairs, smiling once they appeared behind them. "The only thing they do remember is the fact that they have their powers."

"So, they don't remember that they're locked in an eternal conflict?"

"It would appear not." Twilight walked over to the balcony and created a digital whiteboard for Spike to gaze at. "It would seem that the only memories these ponies have, are memories of their childhoods and being born. Nothing else." The digital board demonstrated this all with some stunning visual scenes before dissipating into nothingness.

"So that means, they only know themselves?"

"Yes, that's true." Twilight then walked over to Hair Raiser and the foals and walked them over to Spike again.

"So, can we stay here?" Hair Raiser asked, wanting a good reaction.

"Yes, you are welcome to stay in Ponyville." Twilight said as she cut off the projections, finally revealing the room around them all. "However, I am far too overworked as the Princess of Friendship to care for seven children at once, but I know some friends who can pick up the slack."

"Way ahead of you, Twilight." Spike had already pulled out the parchment and the quill he used for sending letters.

"Take a letter to my friends." Twilight began to issue a letter for him to write.


Dear fellow Spirit(s) Of Harmony.

My colleague, Spike, has recently discovered the youthened versions of the Power Ponies and the Mane-iac in Equestria. However, you should not be alarmed. They have been age-regressed into a more docile and childish state upon arriving. This is why I have called on each of you. I am in no condition to take care of all seven of these children and tend to my duties at the same time. So, I'm calling all of you to the castle to help me. Me and Spike will be taking care of Aurora, who was the Masked Matterhorn, and Hair Raiser, who was once the Mane-iac. Meet me in my quarters ASAP, so that I can distribute the other Power Pony foals to the rest of you. But be advised, these ponies may be foals now, but they still retain all of their powers. So be careful when handling them.

-Princess Twilight.

P.S: Take good care of them. I'm looking at you, Rainbow Dash!


Spike finished up the letter and copied it five times, before handing them to Twilight, who teleported the letters straight to her friends.

"When do you suppose they'll get here?" Hair Raiser asked, looking quite puzzled.

"Usually it takes my friends 5 minutes to walk from Ponyville to the castle." Twilight said as she pulled up the constellations and planets again. "In the meantime, would you like to see some of the fascinating planets that I've been studying on?"

"Sure. At least it's something." Hair Raiser smiled and turned her hair into makeshift chairs and sat the foalized Power Ponies onto them.

"Good to hear it." Twilight started pointing at planets which she'd been curious to know about. "Here's the planet which adorns Canterlot High. It doesn't seem too far away when you check this star map to be honest." She shared a slight giggle. "And here's a few other interesting planets I've been reading up on. There's Chi-Q for one, looks pretty large for the size of the people living on it. And here's PNF-404. A world that looks kind of like a massive overgrowth. And if you look over here..."


It had been a while, and now Hair Raiser and the foals had amassed a hefty amount of knowledge from the stars, courtesy of Twilight. And even though the foals would forget it anyways, they still had fun looking at the stars and hearing Twilight going on about them.

Now the door had been opened, and her friends were walking into her chambers. Twilight turned the projector off, enabling the girls to see where they were going and where Twilight was.

Once they made it to her, Twilight pushed a button on the wall, causing the stairs to disappear into the wall. The open space which would usually be at the top of the stairs, was now replaced by an extended balcony wall.

"Thank you all for coming." Twilight said as she firmly addressed all of her friends. "I trust you all know why I've summoned you all here?"

"Yeah, yeah. We know. You want us to take care of some foals which came out of nowhere and somehow arrived in Equestria." Rainbow Dash said, looking a little more bored than usual.

"First of all, I'd like to say yes, yes a thousand times yes!" Pinkie cheered as she bounced excitedly in the center of the balcony. "Now then, where's my cutesy-wutesy wittle foal?" She asked before Twilight calmed her down with her aura.

"Patience, Pinkie." Twilight said in a calm tone. "You'll get your foal in good time, but first we need to address some key rules for being a good mother figure for your foals."

"Not ta upset the applecart here, Twilight, but ah don't really think there are any rules fer caring fer foals." Applejack said, her words as firm as Twilight's.

"Even so, Applejack. We can't take any chances. Especially since SOMEPONY has a reputation for risking her life." She death glared at Rainbow Dash.

"Who, me?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking quite surprised as she looked at Twilight's death glare. "Nah, you're thinking of that jerk, Lightning Dust."

"Well, she has done some pretty risky things in the past..." Twilight said to herself, before turning her attention back to Rainbow Dash." But that's not the point here. I'm talking about you and your reckless daredevil attitude. If you want to take care of your foalized superhero self, you need to learn to control yourself."

"Wait, run that by me again." Dash said, clearly looking dumbfounded on what Twilight had said.

"These foalized Power Ponies are essentially us, but from another universe where somepony made us powerful, on top of our already powerful Magic of Friendship." Twilight explained to each of them.

"So, what you're trying to say is, we'll be taking care of baby us-es?" Rarity asked.

"Precisely. You'll both share common interests, even if they tend to act foalish every now and again. But they can't help it, and you can't blame them for behaving like foals, it's their nature and their burden."

"Well, I guess it would be nice to have some company around the house." Rarity smiled and accepted this fate. "Don't get me wrong on this, I do adore Sweetie Belle, but things have been taking more of a downturn as they would say in terms of interest." She walked over to Twilight and placed a hoof on her shoulder. "I'm sure I can handle two children. I mean, if Pinkie Pie can handle foals, so can I."

"Well, I have always wanted to raise a foal of my own, even if it is just me with superpowers." Fluttershy said, her voice being medium enough for everypony to hear. "I'd be more than happy to take up the responsibility of motherhood."

"Ah guess the Apples can handle having another mouth ta feed on the orchard." Applejack said, she too was now complying with the deal. "Sure, Ah can handle mah own foal. Granny did it with me, and ah partially did it with Applebloom."

"Trust me on this, Twilight. I 100% Pinkie Super Double Ultra Swear to keep foal me safe, sound and happy. Just like a regular foal should be." Pinkie Pie walked over and signed a contract which she pulled out of her hair and then put back in once it had been signed. "And it'd be a great start in helping little Pound and Pumpkin make some friends of their own."

"Alright, that's everyone in the room accounted for, except Little Miss Flying Deathwish." She looked at Rainbow Dash, who was still airborne.

"Look, Twilight. I'm good with handling foals." Rainbow Dash said, trying to get herself on Twilight's trusting side again. "I've had to take up a part time foalsitting job for some extra bits recently. And this seems no different from that."

"Alright then, I'll agree with you on this one time, but I want all of you to keep special foal status diaries just in case." Twilight gave each of them a small diary with a red ribbon coming out of it. "Write in it at the end of the day. Every day, I'll be checking your diaries to make sure you're handling them well. And just to be safe, Rainbow Dash. I'll come by your house instead of you coming to me."

"Twilight, don't you have foals to present?" Rainbow Dash said, looking a little impatient.

"Oh fine, but I will be checking on you, remember that."

Twilight stepped aside, allowing Hair Raiser and the foals to come forward. Every foal had a smile on its' face and was wearing a spandex Power Pony costume, that would have been a great dress-up article for any other foal, but looked the best on them.

"Everypony, I'd like you to meet Hair Raiser. Aurora, Shy Hearted, Gale, Glimmer, Honest and Lightspeed." Twilight pointed out each of the foal superheroes for them. "You'll get the foal version of you to look after. Make sure you treat them with care and kindness."

The girls were at a loss for words, until Pinkie finally responded by hugging Lightspeed in her hooves. She was now cooing kind things at the foal her and prompting the other girls to do the same. Besides Rainbow Dash, the rest of the girls were loving swaddling the foals in their hugs and magic.

"Rainbow Dash..." Twilight said, warningly.

"Oh, fine." Rainbow Dash said, hanging her head. This was so humiliating for her, and she wasn't going to hide it. But still, she did her best to feign happiness and meet her foalish side.

After 5 minutes or so, everypony took their foalish sides up in whatever way they could carry them and began to proceed back down the stairs which Twilight had called back, and walked out of the castle to their homes, so that they could start the preparations for foal caring.

Twilight and Spike, however, took Aurora and Hair Raiser down the corridors to another room. As the four of them left Twilight's room, she shut the door behind her and began to walk.

"So what's first on the agenda, Princess Twilight?" Hair Raiser asked as they passed a number of doors on their journey.

"First of all, you don't have to call me that." Twilight chuckled awkwardly. "You can just call me mom if you like."

"Ok, Mom." She giggled as she said it a few more times to let it sink in. "Ok, now it's stuck in my head."

Twilight giggled and arrived at the door she was looking for and motioned the rest of the group to check it out.

"The first thing, is for us all to get some lunch." Twilight said as she opened the doors to a rather expansive table with an open view kitchen nearby. There were chefs working in the kitchen, all hard at work preparing Twilight's lunch. "I'll feed little Aurora myself, and once we're all full, I'll enroll you in the Ponyville Schoolhouse."

"Sounds good to me, Mom." Hair Raiser smiled as she took her seat, next to Spike. She then watched Twilight conjure up a special high-chair for Aurora to sit in next to her. A mother is never far from her foal, after all, unless she hires a foalsitter.

"The usual." Twilight said to the butler who had walked up next to her. "And make sure to get an extra meal for my newest royal child, Hair Raiser. I'll feed my royal foal myself, but the filly gets a meal. Understood?"

"Yes, your highness." The butler jotted the request down and ran off to the openview kitchen, so that the chefs could make the lunch for Twilight, Spike, Hair Raiser and Aurora.

"A new life for me." Hair Raiser said to herself as she looked at Spike, a helpful dragon who aided her in her time of need. Aurora, her cute little baby sister who could melt the heart of anypony like butter. And Princess Twilight herself, who was looking forward to a well-deserved meal. "Something tells me, everything's just gonna get better from here..."

Author's Notes:

My god, I'm sorry for the delay.

When there's a problem with the phone line that's connected to your grandma's Wi-Fi, you know there are going to be inconveniences.

But still, I'm back, and after a long week of doing nothing but go on my IPad, go to Edinburgh, and attend my other grandparent's birthday, I realized my fic needs updating ASA-Now!

Also, I've dusted off a lot of my old apps at Grandma's house, playing them to kill some time. And I've noticed something. Robot Unicorn Attack 2 mutes the game music when you play your iTunes music. So you could play any Brony song (Provided you have it on your ios or android) and play that instead of the generic RUA2 music.

Also, I've been looking into Osu! recently, and it's a rhythm game I think you guys should try out for yourselves. Even if the IPad version has a very limited number of free songs(That and I have no idea how you can get more songs or play your own songs on it.) it's still worth checking out. But if you are going to check it out on IPad, beware Ignition, Set, GO! on Expert difficulty. The rhythm is insanely fast and I failed at least 22 times trying to even complete it.

I think I've rambled on long enough, so I'll let you get on with the rest of your day. Be sure to leave your CONSTRUCTIVE criticisms below and be sure to send this story to your friends, see what they think about it.

And try to be sociable. I don't want to have to keep fishing for compliments every time I push out a new chapter, I want to talk to you guys, see what you think.

See you soon, guys. This is Shadowmane PX-41, signing off.

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