I push Cadence back into the Castle and up to our room where Shella is sitting on the bed with Galaxia and the foals.

Galaxia is using her magic to make a little ursa stuffed bear dance on the bed making the foals giggle and clap their hands. I can't help but smile at their happiness.

She then makes the bear crouch down and shake its backside before pouncing on Mavis who squeals as she falls onto her back and the bear snuggles with her.

Vespula is then tackled by a manticore stuffed toy and Valiant is glomped by a giant parasprite plush.

Each foal is laughing and hugging their toys back while Galaxia has the biggest smile I've seen on her yet.

"Hello," I greet them getting Shella to look at me.

"I take it Celestia and Solaris are on their way then?" she asks me.

"Yes. They've taken one of those portal frames that's linked to another in the Crystal cave, in case they need reinforcements," I reply and push Cadence towards the bed and carefully help her onto it.

"Ohhh. It's getting more and more painful to move about now," Cadence complains as she lays back against the padded headboard.

"But think of it this way, just a week or two and our foal will be born," I tell her making her smile.

"And I can't wait!" she says and rubs her belly.

"Well then, I'm heading down to the Training Room to continue my five element practice. Just send a maid or guard if you need me," I tell them and push the wheelchair to the side of the room.

"Okay, Adrian. I think I'll just take a nap," Cadence says and yawns.

I smile at them and make my way out the room then out the Castle.

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I enter the Training Room and spot Twilight with her elven books and Discord watching her as her hands glow with her purple magic.

She grunts as I notice she's holding a cut ruby with an elven rune etched on it.

I walk over to her as her magic flows from her left hand into the ruby and after a few seconds it starts glowing.

"Well done, Twilight!" Discord praises her making the elf smile.

"What's going on?" I ask making Twilight yelp and jump a bit.

"Adrian! Discord's helping me to infuse gems with elemental properties which can then be attached to objects giving them an effect," she replies.

"Ah. So you're going to be making elemental gems for the weapons of the guard?" I ask her.

"That was the idea, but I'm still learning how to enchant gems first," she tells me and holds the ruby out to me.

I take it and examine it. It feels warm due to the tiny flame that can be seen in it.

"Nicely done. You're picking up on your elven magic very quickly," I say and hand the ruby back.

Discord then speaks up. "I know right? She's learning faster than most elves do! And that's saying a lot," he says making Twilight blush slightly.

"Well keep at it and maybe you can even make the portals they're trying to open surge back at them... maybe pull them through instead so we can get some answers," I say.

"Well, as long as that orb is projecting the anti-portal spell, that will be impossible. So that's why I'm helping her learn about enchantments, so she can protect herself better by equipping her staff with different gems," Discord tells me.

"Staff? I don't have a staff..." Twilight says confused.

Discord grins and reaches behind his back and pulls out a long white staff made from elder wood and polished to a shine.

"I-Is that my horn!?" Twilight asks mortified as at the top of the staff is her unicorn horn. It appears to be infused to the tip of the staff with eight indents around the neck of the staff.

"Yup. Now before you have a go at me, unicorn horns are a rare and powerful conductor for elven magic. The strongest of elves have a staff with one on it. But there are only three on Terra as the unicorns are hard to find and there’s so few of them left. So, I took Starswirl's old staff, fixed it up, and attached your horn to it," he tells her making her stutter.

"T-T-This was Starswirl's!?" she asks in awe.

"Uh-huh. This was beardy's staff, and now it's yours," he tells her and holds the staff out to her.

Tears start rolling down Twilight's cheeks as she takes the staff reverently and gently strokes the purple horn on the end.

"I... I don't know what to say..." she says and quickly hugs Discord. "Thank you."

Discord smiles and pats Twilight on her back. "You're very welcome. Now then, why don't you attach that ruby you just enchanted onto the staff? This will allow you to shoot bolts of fire from the tip of your staff by converting the mana you channel through it," he then tells her as she lets go of him.

Twilight wipes her eyes and then lifts the ruby up to one of the eight empty sockets and the ruby fits in perfectly as it glows for a second before returning to normal.

"Now then. Tap the ruby to activate it and then aim your staff at the gryphon, then Just channel your mana into the staff, once it builds enough it'll shoot a fireball out," Discord tells her and creates a transparent gryphon which is making funny faces at Twilight.

She giggles as she taps the ruby which lights up. She then aims the horn on the end at the gryphon. I watch as her hand glows with her purple magic which then travels quickly up the staff and turns red as it passes the ruby and into the horn.

After a couple of seconds a ball of fire about the size of my head fires out and hits the gryphon in the neck. The fireball explodes in a burst of flame making Twilight yelp and hold her new staff to her chest.

"It's that simple!" Discord says and looks to Twilight. "So now let's make an electric rune gem so you can cast bolts of lightning!" he then says making Twilight nod dumbly.

"While you do that, I'll be over there practising myself," I tell them getting a nod from Discord.

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After a few hours of practising with five life elements and Twilight making an electric and ice rune which is now attached to her staff, I head down to the Dining Hall for lunch with Twilight and Discord where we see the others already here sitting at the table.

"Hello everyone," I greet them getting hellos back.

"Where did you get that, Twilight?" Cadence asks her with confusion, but then goes wide eyed. "Is that your horn!?" she then asks shocked. Luna is looking at the staff with wide eyes.

"Yes it is. Discord infused it to Starswirl's staff and gave it to me!" she replies and bounces on the spot like a child getting a gift they really like.

"Starswirl's staff?" Cadence asks as Twilight walks over to her and shows the staff to her.

"Tis really Starswirl's staff!" Luna then says and takes the staff from Twilight and looks it over with a look of reminiscing.

I sit at the table as a maid walks over and takes my order of a salad with some ham and a small glass of ale.

"So what will you be doing until Celestia and Solaris return?" I ask Galaxia.

"I will be helping to look after the little ones and take over court for a few hours when the others need a break. Which reminds me, it's your turn later today," she replies and I sigh.

"Alright, I just hope I don't get more stupid demands from the nobles," I say and wait for my food.

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I'm in the Training Room again as I cast another five element life beam at a wall for as long as I can. So far I can hold it for fifty seconds before the strain becomes too much on my arm.

Twilight is here with Discord again practising with her staff and making more enchanted gems for said staff.

So far she has; fire, electric, ice, and wind gems attached to four of the eight sockets. She still jumps when any explosions from spells she casts from her staff go off.

Court last night was a mess as some of the nobles demanded to see Celestia and I told them repeatedly that she is away at the moment. Their constant complaining got me in a bad mood until Cadence was wheeled in by Shella where she then sat on my lap and brightened my mood again.

I yawn as I walk over to the bar area and get a bottle of water and drink half of it quickly. I just watch as Twilight points her staff at a gryphon dummy and fire off a blast of wind that blows it back a couple of metres before fading away.

"Getting better!" Discord tells her and grins. "So, for now I just want you to practice with those four gems and your aim. Once you've gotten the hang of it and no longer jump from the little booms, we'll move onto the next gem," he instructs her getting a nod in return.

"Oh, by the way. When are you going to help the Order Aspect?" Twilight asks him.

"In a couple of days. I need to prepare myself to sneak in without my magic as the Cyclops' aura will even negate mine. So I'll need to make a few things before I go in and retrieve her," he replies and frowns.

"I've read about Cyclops' but never seen one," I comment making them look at me.

"And be grateful you haven't, humans need a large force of marksman just to blind one, let alone take it down. The only reason they're not a major threat is that they prefer to be alone, imagine if there were lots of them and they worked together like humans do? They'd be a serious problem to all races," he replies with a shudder.

"Well I hope you can save her... What is the Order Aspect's name?" I then ask.

"Believe it or not, as my name is Discord, which represents chaos. Her's is Harmony, as to represent order," he tells me.

"I see. Well, I'm going to check on Cadence, she's finding it harder and harder to get around now," I tell them and head to the exit.

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For the last nine days I've been training, and now I can hold a five element life beam for a minute straight before it strains me.

I've used the mirror to contact Celestia and Solaris and they're just about to reach the Gryphonia border. She told us to get more troops ready and inform Vortigan that it's almost time to attack the gryphons. Luna went to tell him and once they're ready, the portal to the E.A.F Nightingale will be opened where Vortigan and his troops will go through.

Cadence is having cramps and the doctors think she's close to giving birth any day now, and both Cadence and Galaxia are eagerly awaiting the day.

My parents visited a couple of times to say hello and mom traded a new design she made with Rarity for one of hers.

Shella has been getting reports that those new changelings her Hive have been sensing nearby lately are being sighted now. They have a dark purple chitin with a light purple shell and eyes. Their wings look like a dragonfly but without the tattered appearance. Though once ours tried to make contact they fled.

Discord has left to go get back Harmony, the Order Aspect from the Cyclops that has her with a bunch of adventurer's equipment like tools and armour. It would seem Cyclops’ are nothing to laugh at if even uncle is being serious about it.

Luna is spending more time with Cadence as her cravings are starting to get weirder. She asked Silk to bring her a bowl of chilli flavoured ice cream up which she shared with Cadence. She's also only practising with her magic aspect form when she's here as she doesn't want to strain herself physically now that she's pregnant.

I'm taking a break at the bar area after a long training session while Twilight has her nose in her books. Her training has been going well and she's now reading up on the next gem to enchant.

A guard bursts into the room as she looks around until she spots me. "My King! Princess Cadence is going into labour!" she tells me making me choke on my mouthful of water.

"What!?" Twilight yells and quickly runs for the door.

I cough a few times before following her out and we head towards the infirmary. Once there, we hear screams of pain from Cadence and while Twilight has to stay in the waiting room, I'm allowed in where I see Cadence on a bed with her legs spread and screaming her lungs out. Luna and Shella are in here as well to the side with worried expressions.

I walk over to her side as tears are streaming down her face. She then looks up at me as she takes my hand.

"I-I-It hurts!" she tells me and screams again.

"Push, Princess! I need you to push!" the doctor tells her.

"I AM PUSHING! AAAAAHH!" Cadence yells at her angrily and then pushes again.

For seven minutes this goes on, and Cadence is starting to get exhausted.

"Come on, Cadence. Our daughter is almost here, you want to hold her in your arms don't you?" I try to encourage her and it looks like a fire has been lit in her eyes.

"OF COURSE I DO! RRRAAAAGGGHHH!" she screams at me pushes with all her might.

After a few tense seconds, the cries of a baby fill the room and Cadence can't help but start crying as the little pale pink foal with a blonde mane and tail is cleaned up and then gently placed in Cadence's arms.

Her lower lip is quivering as she stares at her daughter before looking back at me. "She's so beautiful..."

"Just like her mother," I reply and gently kiss her.

After Cadence's lower half is cleaned up and covered, the others are allowed in. Twilight and Galaxia are gushing with excitement while Luna and Shella smile warmly.

Cadence lets me hold her and as I pick her up, her eyes open to show light blue eyes staring back at me.

Tears slowly go down my face as I gently kiss her on the forehead and pass her back to Cadence.

"So, what will you name her?" I ask her.

Cadence just looks at our daughter who is staring back at her.

"Hope... Hope Stormsword," she replies and nuzzles her.

"Tis a lovely name," Luna says as Cadence lets her take Hope.

Everyone congratulates Cadence and each take turns to hold the foal. I use the mirror to let Celestia and Solaris know about it and they congratulate her as well. They let us know they're getting ready to land and take the trail through a mountain that leads into Aires Peak. So far they've gone undetected due to staying low to the ground and away from any settlements.

Once all done, Cadence is allowed to leave and we're now laying on our bed where Cadence can't stop smiling.

"I've waited so long for this moment..." she says on the verge of tears again and looks at me. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now get some rest, Galaxia will look after you for now. I need to return to my training," I reply and get up where Galaxia takes my spot.

"Oh she's a little sweetheart," she says and strokes the foal's head.

I leave the mares to fuss over our new daughter while I head back to the Training Room.

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