The door to the sauna opened bathing the four mares in white steam, again.

“Heya, gals. Who’s ready to sweat like we were buckin’ apple trees in Appleloosa on the hottest day of summer?”

Applejack glanced over to Pinkie as she pronked in, followed by Twilight.

“Actually, Ah’ve been in here for a tick too long. Ah’m gonna get a drink and dry off,” she looked back to the sleeping mare on her flank, “and get this’n to relax a bit. She’s been on edge all day cuz… reasons.”

“Awe,” Pinkie whined as she sat next to Fluttershy and nuzzled her before lying down on the bench.

“Actually, I’ll be leaving in a minute as well,” Fluttershy added as she panted, sweat pouring down her face and across her body. Her mane lay limply against her head as she returned the nuzzle.

“Well, that’s unfortunate because I have n~ews,” Twilight sing songed gathering the attention of the others.

“Oh~, finally some gossip?” Rarity asked between pants and with a growing tired smile.

“Um, Rarity, you look like you need fresh air,” Twilight said as she closed the door and nickered from the temperature.

“Oh posh, it can wait, a moment. Do tell,” she asked.

Twilight used her magic to take the ladle from below Applejack and scoop some water, pouring it over the magically heated rocks sending billowing steam into the room before she lay beside Rarity.

“Well, this’ between us, but… I wanna baby!”

The room was deathly silent.

“Well?! Isn’t that great news? I’ve already made plans for the spring to-”

“Twilight, darling, while I don’t doubt your maternal abilities,” she gasped in a deep breath of air, “I don’t believe you’re thinking this through and with the right stallion.”

“Oh, psh. You sound like Princess Celestia now. I know what I want and what we need. We’ve been having a little trouble and I know that a baby would fix it right up,” Twilight said knowingly.

The room was deathly silent except for the water boiling on the rocks.

“What?”

“Twi… Uh, Ah really think ya need to take a bit to think of this… A foal ain’t gonna fix nothing, and it could make it worse if yer havin’ troubles.”

“Hey,” Twilight said furrowing her brow, “it’s not like you and Dash are having one, like, ever. And if you did, sure, Rainbow’d make a rough mother, but I’d support you.”

Applejack narrowed her eyes as she glared at Twilight. “Reckon ya may be right, but Ah believe we’re in a good place and we ain’t thinkin’ of havin’ a baby ta fix up anything. Why not listen to what everypony’s sayin’ and wait. This Sun guy’s still new around here, same goes for them mares yer all over.”

“They come back often,” Twilight mumbled.

“Well, for one, I… I really believe you should, wait and… and discuss it with him. Have, you talked with him about, it yet?” Rarity began to pant.

“Rarity, you really don’t look well. I really think you should go and cool off.”

“Oh… tell us, first. Quickly dear,” Rarity said quickly as she began to list side to side.

“Fine,” Twilight said quickly, “we haven’t talked yet but once we do we’ll make concrete plans. Now please, hurry out,” Twilight urged.

Rarity whimpered as she tried to get up and collapsed. Twilight didn’t miss a beat as she lifted Rarity in her magic and opened the door, quickly sending the alabaster mare out of the room and to the floor outside the sauna before closing the door again. “She’ll be in good hooves,” Twilight said taking a deep, clensing breath.”

“Well, Ah’m headin’ out. Dashing,” she turned her head and whispered in Rainbow’s ear, “time ta get up.”

Rainbow nuzzled Applejack’s cutie mark before sitting up and looking around the steam filled room.

“Woah, what happened? I feel really refreshed and… Oh no! I’ve gotta go; I don’t wanna scramble my eggs,” she hastily got up, slipping and staring wide eyes as she slid to the door, opening it and hopping out, leaving the others.

“‘Scramble her eggs’,” Twilight asked openly as Applejack got up and shook some sweat from her body.

“See y’all in a bit. Ah’m gonna talk with Dash and make sure she’s okay.”

“See ya in a Kia, AJ.”

“...Yeah.”

“Pinkie, what’s a ‘Kia’?”

“Oh Twilight, you’re so funny sometimes,” she said as her poofy mane fell heavily from the humidity.

“Well, I think I’m fine as well,” Fluttershy said as the white steam billowed through the room. She leaned over and nipped Pinkie’s ear before getting up and walking from the room.

“Did ya see that, Twi?!” Pinkie beamed.

“Pinkie, I can’t see my hoof in front of my face.”

“Oh, that’s okay. Let’s sweat until we look like dates.”

“Uhm, well, that’s a good idea, but not very safe or realistic.”

Pinkie sighed. “Ya know, for one of the most powerful unicorns in history, you sure don’t just believe enough.”

“If this is about your Pinkie sense…”

“No, it’s about,” Pinkie scrunched her face in thought, “it’s like when you have a cake and two cupcakes,” Twilight groaned, “and you eat the cake but inside is another cupcake. For a foal it’s like, super magic, but for a grownup isn’t it just magic to watch them love the three cupcakes?”

“Pinkie, what’re you talking about?” Twilight asked shaking her head as sweat began to drip into her eyes.

Pinkie got up and walked to the door, opening it. No steam billowed this time even though it was just as hot and humid.

“You’re like a pony who showed up to the party and only saw three cupcakes,” Pinkie said as she walked out of the doorway, leaving Twilight alone to dwell on Pinkie’s wisdom.

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