I felt a tap on my shoulder which woke me up, I turned to see Rarity's face with her eyelids half-open.

"Morning darling, have you looked outside?" she asked.

"Not yet...is something going on?" I asked back.

"Well, see for yourself...oooh."

"You okay?"

"I'm alright darling, the pregnancy is only slowing me down."

"That's okay then."

We both got out of bed and after a morning breakfast, I opened the door to see the town snowing. Wait, what's going on around here? My question could be answered when I saw Pinkie and Applejack coming towards me.

"Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!" Pinkie greeted happily.

"Hearth's Warming Eve, didn't we just have Winter a few weeks back?" I replied.

"No that was when we were clearin' up the whole area for Winter." Applejack answered.

I then remembered back to when Rainbow tried to stop Winter from coming, looks like it came during the night.

"Oh right, well in that case, thanks Pinkie. Are you joining us for something today?"

"Oh, that's mighty sweet of you, but we're just stoppin' in to wish y'all a happy Hearth's Warmin' before we go." Applejack replied.

"Going where?"

"To celebrate with our families!" Pinkie answered. "It's like picture the most fun-tacular thing you can think of. Now multiply that times infinity! Whoo! It's gonna be great!"

"We have to go now. See you later!" Applejack said.

"Alright, you two enjoy yourselves." I replied as they turned and trotted to the station.

Rarity then came downstairs in her robe. "Who was that dear?"

"Pinkie and Applejack, just saying the Winter greetings before going on a train ride with families."

"Hearth's Warming Eve?" Rarity asked before gasping. "Oh goodness! I forgot to get a few presents for Sweetie Belle and my parents."

"And I've gotta get a few presents for my sister and cousin." I then got dressed into my winter outfit.

"Then shall we go now?"

"If you want to, love."

Rarity smiled, holding my hoof. I knew she would be alright, considering how far she is into her pregnancy. But after she got her Winter outfit on, I suddenly remembered something about yesterday.

"Hold on love, weren't we supposed to be going to the hospital?" I asked.

"Oh yes darling, we'll do that right now." she replied, holding hooves and walking over to the hospital.

When we arrived, Nurse Redheart was there at reception. "Welcome Rarity and Prince Bond Racer." she greeted. "I assume you're here for the check up."

"Indeed Nurse." Rarity replied.

"Well, right this way, I'll take care of the procedure."

We walked into one of the check up rooms and saw a monitor equipment in the middle, I had a rough idea what this was all for.

"So if you'd like to rest on this bed, miss Rarity, we can set it all up." Redheart said.

"Of course." Rarity replied, taking off her Winter outfit and getting on the bed.

"I like to stand close, so I can see." I said.

"That's perfectly fine, Prince." the Nurse replied.

The nurse turned on the machine and then picked up some kind of gel cream and rubbed it on Rarity's pregnant stomach. She then got the heart monitor switched on and turned on a blue screen by the bed. I held on to Rarity's hoof as it was all going on, hoping everything was good.

"Okay, now we'll have to wait for a few moments before we can see the inside of your stomach due to the gel." Redheart said. "Whilst we're waiting, I want to ask if you're feeling any stomach aches."

"Only for a quick moment." Rarity replied.

"Do you have any headaches or suffer from stress?"

"Not really, all of my friends keep me calm and cared."

"And have you had any mood swings?"

"Just a few when I'm at home."

"That's perfectly normal during a pregnancy."

"We're also making sure that she eats healthy and that she's eating for two." I added.

"You are a very good Prince to your fiancé." Nurse said smiling. "Oh and we're ready to have a look, can you see it?"

I looked on the monitor and sure enough, among the wave lines, I saw a tiny head and I smiled instantly.

"Look darling, there's our foal." Rarity said calmly. "Could it be a colt?"

"I'm not sure, it doesn't look like it has what I have...it must be a filly."

Rarity looked at me. "Oh if it's a filly darling, I wanna name it as soon as our foal is born."

"Oh yeah, we need to come up with a good name after our shopping."

"We can think of that at a later date, dear. But for now, we can enjoy this moment."

"Yes..." I moved my head to hers and placed my hoof around her, seeing our foal-to-be sleeping on the monitor.

After a few minutes, the check-up was over and we were free to leave. Rarity put her Winter outfit back on and we left the hospital, the town seemed a little busy, but it was okay for us.

"Let's go here first, I want to design a gift for Sweetie." Rarity said, pointing to a fabric and material store.

"Okay love." I replied. "I might find something for my sister, Sweet Chocolate."

We walked around the store, Rarity found what she was looking for and I found what caught my interest thinking that a light pink and dark red coat would suit my sister, so I bought it and had it wrapped up. Rarity then left the store with me with her present for Sweetie wrapped. Next was a music store I went into with Rarity and there I met a few ponies I hadn't seen for a while.

"Well hi Octavia and Hi Vinyl." I greeted.

"Hey cousin!" Vinyl replied, giving me a hug.

"Hello Prince Bond." Octavia replied. "And hello Rarity, you looking well."

"Thanks Octavia." Rarity replied. "My foal bump is coming along nicely."

"Awww yeah, congratulations to both of you." Vinyl said, giving Rarity a hug."

"Thank you, Vinyl" I replied. "How are things with you-know-who?"

"Neon Lights? Yeah, things have been going great...we're kinda close now...and in love."

"And I just feel so proud they finally confessed their love." Octavia added. "It happened a few days after Cranky and Matilda's wedding."

"That's so cool!" I exclaimed. "I think you two make an awesome couple."

"Thanks cousin." Vinyl replied. "Anyways, have you been shopping yet?"

"Yeah, I just bought a gift for my sister, do you want one from me as well?"

"Nah it's okay, my boyfriend Neon has it covered, he's promising me something very special."

"Alright, take care you two."

"You take care as well, Prince Bond." Octavia replied. "Goodbye."

Rarity and I waved and then left the store and walked all the way back to our home. When we got in, I placed the gifts on a spare seat so we wouldn't forget them and Rarity and I settled down for a late lunch session. Now we felt was a good time to talk about foal names.

"So my love, do you have any name ideas?" I asked.

"I have quite a few." she replied confidently. "What about you?"

"Yeah, I have a few names of my own too."

"Shall we write them down on a scroll?"

"If you want to, I think that would be nice."

Rarity grabbed two empty scrolls and with our magic, we sat on opposite sides of our long sofa and started writing down names. After a while, Rarity was done and I just about finished.

"Shall we exchange scrolls?" I asked.

"Oooh, good idea, darling." she replied, taking mine.

I took and read the names Rarity wrote and I was smiling, think they were good, but there was one that caught my eye and I knew it was perfect, since we knew it was a filly she was having.

"Crystal Shine." I said with a glad heart.

"You like that name, darling?" she asked. "Because it's the best name I could up with."

"I love it, Rarity and I love you for coming up with the name, it just soothes when it's said from the mouth."

"Aww thank you dear." she then took the scrolls away and moved to my side. "And I love you too for loving what I do for the both of us."

We both shared a passionate kiss and then I placed one of my hooves on her stomach, feeling the warmth and love for our foal.

"We should have a relaxing bath session together in the tub, I'll get it set up for us, darling." she said with a sly look.

I raised my eyebrows at her with a smirk. "Alright my love, I'll be up when it's ready."

Rarity got off the sofa and walked upstairs, whilst swaying her flank and tail from side to side. She is such a charm queen I tell you!

"Bath's ready, darling." she called.

I got off the sofa and walked upstairs to see Rarity's name straight down and she got in first. I followed afterwards, taking my clothes off and feeling turned on by her stunning beauty. After a passionate bath session which I won't go into detail, we got ourselves dried and cleaned up.

Just then, I heard a knock on the door and I opened it to see Pinkie and Applejack again.

"Hey there, girls." I said. "What's up now?"

"We just came back from our trip and we have a few presents for you." Pinkie replied, placing a present by my hooves.

"Don't tell Rarity, but we think she's gonna love what we got for ya both." Applejack added.

"Thank you both, that means I gotta get presents for you both too." I replied.

"Nah, don't worry about it, ya'll deserve a bit of a generous gift. Ya don't to give us anythin' in return."

"Wow, well in that case, thank you very much, both of you." I then gave Applejack a hug and then Pinkie a hug.

"Hugs are always good." Pinkie commented.

I giggled. "They sure are, see you again, girls."

I took the presents in and placed them by the spare sofa, closing the door behind me. Rarity noticed me with the presents and smiled at me. There was no need for words, we were really happy with how things went today. It was a quiet day for one which made a real change, but best of all, we now know we're having a filly and we had the best name that we agreed together as well as doing our part of Hearth's Warming Eve.

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