A few days after the proposal

Nathan sat in his pony form at the side of his shared bed while holding Sonatas hoof as she lay on her back. The time had come, Sonata was now going to lay the eggs that would develop their future children. It would take from a few weeks to a few months for the eggs to hatch, but it only took a few days for them to be ready to lay. It wasn't as painful as childbirth, far from it, but it still did put a strain on the siren. Adagio and Aria had come through the mirror portal, that was now able to open on comand thanks to Rodens modifications, to see their sister for a few days and to help take care of her.

Nathan and Sonata looked at each other with soft smiles, a slightly pained expression on Sonatas face. "You doing alright there Nata?" Nathan asked softly.

"Y-Yeah, it hurts a little, but I'll be fine...as long as you get me a taco after this."

Nathan chuckled. "Don't worry, Lyric is making you some right now, he's trying his hand at cooking."

"He has been reading a lot of books lately, it's good that he's trying something productive...unlike Sapphire who just likes to shoot things and make stuff explode."

Nathan wiped a tear of pride from his cheek. "She makes me so proud." Sonata just looked at him questioningly. "What? She's following in my footsteps...or is it hoofsteps now? I can't remember. Either way, she's taking after her father and I couldn't be happier."

"She tried to blow up the Everfree Forest two days ago."

"She didn't know there was anyone living in there and she felt it was dangerous for the eggs to be near so she tried to remove the danger, I can't blame her for trying to look out for our safety." He countered with an honest smile.

"You're a real piece of work you know that?"

Nathan just smirked and pointed to the ring on her hoof. "Well you best get used to it, cause you're going to be married to this piece of work very soon."

Meanwhile Adagio looked to Aria. "Is it just me or is Sonata...mature?"

Aria just shrugged. "Being a parent can change someone, priorities change and sometimes to look after your kids you have to mature yourself."

Adagio just looked to Aria in shock. "And how do you know this exactly?"

"I was bored and read a random book I found in the library." Adagio nodded and they turned their attention back to Sonata who was now groaning with the now growing pain.

A few minutes later

Sonata and Nathan both sat on the bed, looking down at the batch of five eggs. Each was a different colour, one green, one purple, one white, one orange and one black. They both looked to each other with a small loving smile before lying down surrounding the eggs with their bodies. "So, what do you think names should be?" Sonata asked.

"We know one thing, there's two girls and three boys there, I think I can determine which one is which by looking at their energy readings." He slid off the bed, switched to his ranger mode and scanned the eggs before returning to his pony self and back to his spot on the bed. "The purple and white ones are girls, I think we should call the purple one Amethyst and the white one Diamond."

Sonata nodded in agreement and looked towards the green egg. "I think we should call this one Bass."

Nathan smiled and looked to the orange one. "This one will be Chord."

"And the last one will be Treble." They both smiled and looked to the eggs. Just then Lyric walked in with a small tray with a plate of tacos, he walked over to his parents and set the plate in front of Sonata.

"Here you go mom, I hope you like them..." Lyric said quietly.

Sonata smiled softly and kissed Lyric on the forehead. "I'm sure they're delicious sweetie." With that she picked up one of the tacos and took and bite out of it, Lyric waiting patiently for her response. "They're lovely, thank you Lyric."

Lyric gave the smallest of smiles. As he was about to leave he spotted the eggs, his curiosity drawing him towards them. "It's alright son, you can see them." Nathan reassured him.

Lyric climbed up on the bed and crawled over to the batch of eggs, looking at them with interest and from what Nathan could tell from his expression almost judging them in a way. "They look too small to hold a baby in them..."

"They grow over time." Adagio stated, earning everyone's attention. "They come out small but over the course of their development they grow with the infant inside until it gets to the point where it can't grow anymore and the hatchling breaks out of the shell."

"I want to see them!" Sapphire yelled from the down the hall, she burst into the room and came to a screeching halt just before she hit the bed. Nathan chuckled at his daughters antics before standing up.

"I've gotta go take care of something, I'll be back in awhile." He kissed Sonata and rubbed a hoof over one of the eggs before switching to a Pegasus and flying out of a window.

Thane sat going over his weapons in the squads chamber in Canterlot. He heard heavy footsteps coming from down the hall and stopped what he was doing. The large chamber door opened and Nathan poked his head in, now in his ranger mode. "Hey..."

"Hey..." Thane replied.

"Mind if I come in?" Nathan asked.

"Come on in..."

Nathan nodded and walked the rest of his body in before closing the door behind him. "Look, I'm not gonna beat around the bush here, I know this is awkward for you just coming in here all of a sudden."

"It's fine...I need to learn to let the past go." Thane sighed. "What do you want?"

Nathan rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Well...Sonata and I are...getting married."

Thane noticed the golden ring on Nathans huge finger. "I guess congratulations are in order, you finally have that family you've always dreamed of."

"Thanks." Nathan cleared his throat and resumed. "Anyway, with the wedding and all happening I was...I was..."

Thane looked at him curious. "You were what?"

"I was...wondering if you'd like to be the best man." Nathan said, surprising Thane in the process.

"You...want me to be your best man?"

Nathan nodded. "Had to think a long time on it, I don't have that many guy friends, and with the few I do have only you, Zane and Scorpan really know me well enough to fit the bill. I can't ask Scorpan because he's busy with repairing his village and destroying Maniac outposts, and I wasn't sure about Zane with his shyness...that only left you."

Thane was about to agree but then something in his body made him say the opposite. "I'm sorry Nathan, but I can't do that."

Nathan sighed. "I should have known, but what kind of man would I be if I didn't give you a chance eh? Anyway, thanks for listening, I'll get out of your hair now." With that Nathan left the ranger in silence.

"Why? Why did I just say that?" Thane whispered as he turned away from the door.

Meanwhile Nathan was flying back to Ponyville. "I guess I'll ask Zane or Discord if something, or maybe Roden, he's helped me out so much, he deserves to be at least asked."

Author's Notes:

Things are gonna get a little crazier from now on