My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 27

Best Mother Ever

Derpy couldn‘t get to sleep. She was feeling… different. This was her second to last day here in Feather Top and she was feeling… under the weather, so to speak. On one hoof, she was angry that eTu`nes went behind her back and went to Ponyville and told her parents she was here. On the other hoof, she was glad that he did. Feather Top was a bit too big for her tastes. She also missed D.D. something fierce and was happy to be seeing her again. But… there’s also those bullies that started this whole mess in the first place; Lyra Heartstrings and Octavia Philharmonica. How was she going to deal with them? How are they going to react to her and her new eyes. That part scares her more then most. She rolled onto her side and closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep.

eTu`nes, meanwhile, was thinking about what he’ll do next. When Derpy goes back to Ponyville, it’s likely he won’t be able to come with. He’d only have been there for 2 hours and already the townsfolk were ready to run him out of town. His first meeting with Derpy’s family didn’t go well either; her father looked like he was going to slay him and be a town hero. They probably didn’t believe that he was friends with Derpy. With that in his mind, he was thinking of what he’ll do. Will he stay in Feather Top? Go with Derpy part of the way? Leave and hope for the best? He can’t exactly go home; he was beaten to near death last time by his own kind; including his parents. This was going to eat at him all night. He rolled onto his side, facing opposite of Derpy, and closed his eyes. Either way, he’s going to get hurt. Good choice in this situation is the one that would hurt less.

Both didn’t want to say goodbye to the other; they didn’t want the other to leave. But what could they do to get the other to stay?

18 Years Later…

“this is a Z.” Dash held up a card with that letter printed BIG and showed it to Eris. “can you make that sound? Z?” Eris curiously blinked her eyes. “ZZZZZZ.” Eris blinked again.

Dash had come to Fluttershy’s place to help get it ready for winter. Dash finished her tasks with ease and has now turned to teaching Eris the alphabet. Bahamut also helped with Eris, holding the cards for her. Fluttershy was just about done with hers and Edge… well, being a Changeling, a Changeling in disguise, he doesn’t like the cold that much. And in his case…

“just say it slow, Dash. That always works.” Edge cynically said.

“what’s your problem?” Bahamut asked.

Edge sputtered as he went back to his job. “I’m not a fan of the cold.”

“no pony is.” Dash said.

“No Pony.” Eris said in the cutest way possible.

“Hey. Nice going, Eris. You’re saying words other then my name.”

“My Name.”

“Oh, she is just so cute the way she says them.” Fluttershy said.

“Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy happily gasped. “Oh. And she knows my name.”

“Guess she’s a quick learner.” Edge grumbled.

“Mirror’s Edge.” Edge rolled his eyes.

Bahamut chuckled. “pretty soon, she’s going to be saying everyone’s names.”

“Bahamut.”

“See?”

Dash got up and stretched her wings. “Well, i gotta get going. Gotta help put the snow clouds in position.” she walked to the door and opened it. “can you guys keep an eye on Eris until I get back?”

“Sure thing.” Fluttershy and Bahamut replied. Edge just grumbled.

“see you later, Squirt.” she said to Eris.

“see you later, Rainbow Dash.” Eris replied.

“Wow. She spoke a full sentence.” Fluttershy said in admiration.

“I bet when you get back, she’ll be speaking philosophy.” Bahamut joked.

Dash shrugged. “you never know. She is a Draconequus, after all.” Dash flapped her wings and hovered above the floor. “From the stories I heard, they are… were the smartest species on the planet.”

Dash flew out and headed for the sky. “were?” Bahamut muttered. Did something happen to the Draconequus’ that they ain’t saying?

Dinky threw items out of her closet, trying to find a certain item. “where is it?” she worriedly said. When she couldn’t find it, she got worried. “Mom!”

Derpy, down in the kitchen and in a apron, heard her. “what is it, dear?”

“do you know where I put my necklace?”

Derpy thought about that for a moment but couldn’t place it. “Em… no, I haven’t dear.”

“oh, man.” Dinky got up and grabbed her CMC cape. “I was hoping that I’d show it off to Pipsqueak.” she said to herself before heading into the living room.

Jax laid back on the couch, reading a comic when a sad Dinky walked in. she would ask what’s wrong but Dinky’s a pony. Not in her nature to be concerned for equines.

“was that necklace something important?” Derpy asked.

“yeah. It was a gift from Auntie Shine. I was hoping to show it to my friends, but…”

“You lost it.” Derpy concluded.

“yeah.”

Dinky depressingly looked to the ground. Derpy couldn’t stand seeing her daughter sad. That’s when she got a idea. “Wait right here.” she told Dinky before flying off into her room. Both her and Jax were wondering what Derpy has planned. Derpy flew back out. “here.” she said, offering a gold ring with a chain though it.

“what is it?” Dinky asked.

“a gift my very best friend gave me just when I got pregnant with you.” Derpy looked at it and smiled. “Take it. I have plenty of memories about him.”

Derpy handed her daughter the necklace. Dinky begrudgingly took it and looked it over. “okay…?” Dinky took it and put it around her neck. “it’s actually pretty cool.” Dinky gave her mom a kiss on the cheek and ran out the door. “Thanks, mom.” Derpy waved good-bye before returning to what she was originally doing.

“what happened to him?” Jax asked. Derpy was surprised to see Jax actually being concerned about a pony. She looked back to her. “what happened to your friend?”

Derpy stayed silent for a moment. Thinking back to that day hurt her in more ways then one. “we… had a argument. I can’t remember what it was about. I think it was about something stupid. All I do remember is the result; he left and I haven’t seen him in 7 years.” Derpy held her heart tight. “I just hope he’s okay.”

“if he survived you, he’s probably alive.” Jax said. She straightened her comic and kept on reading. Derpy rolled her eyes and went back into the kitchen.
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Derpy walked to the counter and continued chopping carrots.

“hehe!” “No way!” “Really?”

Those sounded like Dinky’s friends. She walked to the window and looked out. Her friends were outside, not aware that they were just outside the kitchen. It seems Dinky was telling some story.

“Uh-Huh! And she STILL delivered the letter!” the CMC gasped wow. Dinky let her joy burst out. “I have the coolest mom ever!”

A couple of tears ran down Derpy’s face as she smiled. “oh. My little muffin.” ‘Coolest Mom Ever.’ that was her title and nobody’s gonna take it away. But she does wish that Dinky could’ve know her father a bit more.

Dash moved several clouds into position above Ponyville. At midnight tonight, it starts snowing, starting winter in Equestria. She immediately bolted to another cloud cluster and moved them into position.

“my, you’re working fast today.” Cloud Kicker joked. “and that’s a rare case with you.”

“sorry, Cloud. I just want to get this done as soon as possible.”

“Ooohhh. You have a date tonight?”

“what? No no no. I don’t have a date. I just need to get back to someone.”

“Sounds like a date to me.”

“It’s not a date.”

“hey there, guys.” Thunderlane said as he flew over.

A flabbergasted Cloud Kicker turned to him. “hi, Thunder.”

“so, how’s everything going over here?”

Dash shoved a cloud into position but it was stuck between 2 larger clouds. “just… about… done…” she shoved it in. “you?”

“got the clouds over Canterlot into position. I’m about to go back to Cloudsdale.”

“same here.” Kicker said. A pop came from a cloud. Snow began falling prematurely. She put her hoof in it, plugging it. “After I get this plug dealt with.”

“Okay. See you two in Cloudsdale.” Thunderlane flew off. Cloud Kicker watched him fly away with dreamy eyes.

Dash noticed this and snickered. “Oh… you have a thing for Thunderlane?”

A flustered Kicker blushed and tried to hide it. “n-no I don’t.”

“Then how come you’re blushing?” Dash insinuated. Kicker had no reply to that. “Why not ask him out?”

“*scoff* because it’s Thunderlane. He’s too tough and too cute to go out with someone like me.”

Dash rolled her eyes. Sounds like Halo all over again. “Kicker… you got to be more confident in yourself. Just ask him.”

“I… I don’t know.”

Dash patted her on the back. “trust me. He’ll go for ya. Although it probably won’t hurt to make you pretty. Not many ponies go for the rugged look these days.”

“otherwise, you’d have a coltfriend, right?”

“Hey! I had Soarin’, remember?”

“till you found out you were both brother and sister.”

Dash blushed. She was hoping that that story didn’t make it this far.

“*sighing groan* ogh. Finally.” Twilight groaned as she closed the last book. It took her a while but she finally read every book in the library on Pregnancy, Foalbirth, and Child Rearing. She memorized every lick of information and is prepared for whatever the growing Starlight will throw at her.

Requiem and Rarity walked in and instantly tripped over a pile.

“Ow…” Rarity groaned. “that hurt, you know.”

“why are there all these…” Req picked up a book and looked at the title. “oh, brother. Twilight. Did you read all these pregnancy books?”

“of course I did. Now I’m prepared for whatever this pregnancy will throw at me.”

Requiem and Rarity looked at each other and chuckled. It’s cute to think she can plan this out. “Twi… you know, books aren’t always reliable when it comes to the real deal.” Req said.

“how so?”

“well…. You heard me mention Jessica, Aura’s sister right?”

“Yeah?”

“well, she was like you and read every book she could find about this yet she was COMPLETELY unprepared for morning sickness, cramps, swelling of the ankles… childbirth.” Twilight whimpered in fear. “see, this is one of those things that no matter how much you prepare, you’re always unprepared.”

Twilight stood there in fear. Rarity waved her hoof in front of her face. “nice going, Req. I think you scared her senseless.”

“not what I was going for, though.” Req snapped her fingers, summoning a urn of water that washed down on Twilight. That snapped her out of that trance.

“Thanks.” Twi shivered.

“no prob.”

Rarity picked up one of those books and looked at it. “mind… if I borrow this?”

Rarity? With a book Twi read about her scenario? Both Twi and Req got suspicious. “Why?” they both asked.

Rarity got a little nervous. “um, well… you know me and Spike have been going out for a month now, right? And you know we’ve been… for lack of a better word, active, right?”

Req got a good feeling where Rarity was going with this but wasn’t sure herself. “what are you saying, Rarity?”

“well… I’m not really sure if it’s true or not, I’ve yet to make sure but… I think I’m pregnant.”

“WHAT!?!” Twilight and Requiem yelled out. Rarity shushed them down but the impact was done.

“Who? What? when, where, why?” Twi jabbered.

Req rolled her eyes. “now that we got the 5 W’s out of the way, are you sure your pregnant?”

“well… not really no. I got the symptoms. I missed my period. And me and Spike have been--”

“aba da da da da. That’s something we don’t want to know.” Req said. “just a simple ‘got the feeling’ would do.”

“wow.” Twi gasped. “this is big. A Pony/Dragon hybrid. Those haven’t been seen in a century.” she headed for the door. “We have to tell Spike.”

Rarity suddenly appeared in her path and blocked the door. “no, you can’t tell him.”

“What?”

“at least… not yet. Not until I’m certain.”

“Rarity…”

“Please!”

Twi gave a sighing groan. She didn’t like this. Req didn’t like this. And she was certain Rarity didn’t like this. And this involves Spike, the little dragon she raised when he was a egg. “fine. We’re keep quiet. For now.”

“oh, thank you.” Rarity hugged Twilight who didn’t feel like hugging back.

“you nervous?” Req asked.

“hell, yeah I am.” Rarity nervously chuckled. “I’m the probable mother of a Pony/Dragon hybrid. I’m nervous on how it’ll turn out. Will it be ugly or cute? Will it be a normal foal or a egg? Will it be just one or a litter? I… I… there’s so many possibilities.”

Requiem picked up a book and looked though it. Luckily enough, it was one focusing on hybrids. “Well… in most cases like yours, the child usually turns out normal with some elements of mommy or daddy. Take a Pony/Gryphon hybrid, for example. Most times, the child turns out to be a normal Pony with Gryphon elements, like larger then life wings or a lion tail, or a normal Gryphon with Pony elements, like a bushy tail or smaller wings.”

“What about Pony/Dragon hybrids?” Rarity asked.

Req flipped though a few pages and found the page focusing on that. “well… normally it’s a pony with Draconic elements like dragon wings or a dragon tail. It’s mane is replaced with Dragon spines. Everything else is incorporated from mom. Depending on who she is, the baby will be more dragon or more pony.”

she flipped to the page in front of that chapter then to the page behind it. “ah. Here’s what your hoping for. With all hybrid possibilities, the way the child is developed is focused around the mother. If it’s a dragon or gryphon, it’s born as a egg. But as a pony…”

“it’s the same as always.” Rarity said with relief.

“yep.”

“of course, that depends if Rarity is pregnant.” Twi said.

“I know.” Rarity said. “I’ll go the doctor first thing tomorrow. Better make sure if this is real or not.”

“Good idea.” Req said. “till then, I recommend taking it slow. If you are pregnant, you don’t want to put strain of the baby.”

“I know. And I will.” Rarity walked to the door and stopped 2 feet away. “me. A mother. Hehe. Kind of hard to believe.”

Rainbow Dash laughed as she returned to Fluttershy’s cottage.

“oh… Cloud Kicker is so lovestruck, it’s funny.” she laughed as she walked in. “Hehehe. I got the best plan for her to impress--”

“Shh.” Fluttershy went as she walked down. “Eris is sleeping.” she whispered.

“oh.” she walked in and helped Edge and Bahamut pick up Eris’ toys. “so, how was Eris?”

“oh, she was a angel. Really nice. I wish I had someone like her in my life.”

“unlike the other Draconequus on the block who would distort you before loving you.” Dash interrupted, looking to Canterlot.

Bahamut thought about what she said. “what exactly are Draconequus’s, anyway?”

Dash, ‘Shy, and edge looked at each other, trying to figure out a explanation. “emm… we don’t know.” Dash said. “The only ones we met were Discord and Eris, and they are on two different sides of a good/evil spectrum.”

Bahamut didn’t really understand. “so…”

“oh look. It’s snowing!” Fluttershy exclaimed. She flew over to the window and looked at a the slowly falling snow.

Confused, Dash walked on over. “what? It’s not supposed to snow for another 5 hours.”

“Maybe someone decided to start it early.” Edge guessed.

“but I’m the leader of Ponyville’s weather team. It wasn’t supposed to start until midnight. I checked the schedule. Something‘s wrong here.”

“so it started snowing earlier. It doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world.” Bahamut said. As much as she would hate to admit it, Bahamut was right.

A tired Eris walked down from Fluttershy’s room, rubbing her eyes. “Eris. What are you doing up?” Dash asked.

“I had a bad dream.” she said with little difficulty.

Dash was surprised to hear her speak full sentences. Well, the way Eris was talking before she left, she shouldn’t be surprised. “oh, it’s okay squirt. It was just a dream. I can’t hurt you.” Eris yawned and her eyes drooped. Dash chuckled and put Eris on her back. “we’re heading home. Bye guys.” Dash said as she walked to the door.

Eris tiredly waved back. “Bye, Mirror’s Edge. Bye, Bahamut. Bye, Fluttershy.”

“bye, Eris.” they all replied.

Eris yawned and got comfy on Dash’s back. “good night, mommy.”

Dash froze in place when she heard Eris say that. “mommy…” she softly repeated. She thought about it and smiled. she was a mommy. And she loved it. Meeting Eris was the best thing that may have happened to her. She looked back to the sleeping Draconequus and smiled.

“Good night, Eris.”

“such a wonderful night.” Trixie said as she and Luna looked at the landscape as the snow began to drop. “have I told you I always loved the snow? It always seemed so… mystical and free; being able to become what you want to be, being able to go wherever you want.”

“You make it sound like something out of a fairy tale.” Luna delightfully chuckled.

“yeah.” Trixie looked at a box she had hidden in her mane. She was waiting for the perfect moment to ask and she already had a good plan. “Say, have you ever been to Colomaro?”

“no, but I heard it’s quite the winter get-away. Why?”

“well, I have some old friends there. I could pull a few strings and get us the nicest cabin there.”

“oh, that would be nice. But I could use my authority to get us the cabin.”

“I couldn’t let you do it. Think of this is a Hearth’s Warming Eve present from me to you.”

“oh. Pretty extravagate. But there must be something I can do.”

Trixie thought for a moment. She wanted there to be a audience when she asked. Not a big one but still, a audience. “you know, there is.” she used her magic to summon a pen and paper. “how well can you write invitations?”

Author's Notes:
what could Trixie have planned? and why would it involve a cabin? eh. who knows?

and Rarity, pregnant with Spike's baby? think that's a good idea?