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*May 25th* *Final Day Of School*

"You have to show them that you're really not scared, you're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare, they'll kick you, then they beat you, then they'll tell you it's fair so beat it, but you wanna be bad!"

I yell into the microphone as my fingers dance across the electric in my hands. Can you say best band ever? I pulled out my electric guitar that I hadn't played in forever a couple months ago, and started a band with Alex, Skyler, and Trevor from the baseball team. Let me tell you something, we fucking rock! Here we are, last day of school, big ass talent show that the every student and their mothers came to. We're performing our own version on Michael Jackson's "Beat It", and we are totally killing it on stage!

We have me on electric and vocals. Alex is on the drums, Skyler on the keyboard, and Trevor on bass. The rest is prerecorded and playing over the huge speakers above us in the auditorium. Everyone is cheering for us like we're some professional band. Who knew we could all play instruments, and none of us even knew about it. Skyler is the best singer by far in our group, but her voice just doesn't do this song justice. So, being the idiot I am, I decided to step up and take lead vocals. Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

And there she is. Little Rainbow Dash standing in the front row, cheering like there's no tomorrow. I can spot the lump on her stomach from here, and if you had seen her two months ago, you would be able to tell it has grown slightly. Not much, but slightly. Honestly, if you didn't know there was a little filly/colt in there, you wouldn't even know she was pregnant, that's how small it is. I guess even though it has been four months for her, it would be the equivalent of about two months for a human girl. I suppose that explains the slower development. We still don't know the gender even after three monthly checkups. We don't really want to know either.

"Goodnight Jacksonville!" I yell into the mic as our instruments die out. Everyone cheers as we wave and walk backstage where we are congratulated by some of our fellow contestants. Of course, we get a couple disapproving looks from some of the bad sports who ended up not doing so well, but that's their problem not mine. Did that come off as kind of an asshole thing to say? Maybe, I don't know. I'm still too pumped up on sheer adrenaline to care.

You wouldn't believe how much Rainbow wanted to join the band. While I really wish she could, I turned her down for two reasons. First, she can't play any of our instruments other than vocals. Second, I don't want her moving around too much. Call me overprotective, but I've put quite a limit on what I allow her to do. Ever since she started getting those cramps that women get when their pregnant, I've restricted her from doing too much physical activity. She protests of course, but at the end of the day, she usually does what I recommend.

"If all contestants would please walk on stage, we will begin the award ceremony." I hear the announcer say over the speakers. Guess we were the last act. We all walk out on stage and stand in groups. They give out the third and second place trophies, and pull out the card with the first place winner on it. The four of us cross our fingers in anticipation.

"And the grand prize winner is... Impact!" The four of us jump and cheer in a group hug as they announce our group name. I was inspired to name the band after something significant in my life. We settled on Impact to celebrate Rainbow's arrival, and how she got here. They hand us a giant gold and blue trophy, and snap our photo. We won! Yeah!

"You guys were awesome!" Rainbow says excitedly as we drive down the highway. We all packed into Trevor's giant truck which can hold two in the front, and three in the back. I guess four in the back if you count our little friend on the way. Alex is up front with Trevor, and the rest of us are in the back.

"You know we were!" I say as I pump my fist. "First place, and summer starts tomorrow!? What could be better?" I say as I highfive Skyler.

"We totally rocked it out there. We should become like, the next big thing. Imagine it, the celebrity life, traveling the globe." Alex says as he pans his hand in front of him for dramatic effect.

"Trust me, the celebrity life isn't all that glamorous." I say as Rainbow and I look at each other. We know how annoying it can be to bothered by the press any time we go somewhere in public. Speaking of press, somehow word got out that Rainbow is expecting, and now I get weird looks at times when I'm seen with her. Guess there will always be people who look down on us being a thing. Whatever, that's their problem, not mine. I am, however, grateful for all the positive comments we get when we're seen together.

"So, how's the little guy doing in there?" Skyler says in that excited girl voice that none of us guys can stand. She and Rainbow both start to feel around Rainbow's stomach and giggle. I start to stare out the window as their little conversation starts to fade away in the background. We stop at a red light, and I stare out the window towards a pretty vacant gas station, save for one black sedan. It's late afternoon, and the sun has yet to being setting, so it looks really nice out right now. The rest of the conversation between everyone fades out as I squint my eyes and take a closer look at the sedan. No... that can't be right, I must be seeing things.

Watching us through the window of the sedan is that same fucker that I saw at my baseball game. The same guy that stared me down before vanishing just seconds later. I wasn't paranoid, I knew that for a fact now. This guy is definitely following either me, Rainbow, or both of us.

"Floor it..." I say quietly. Nobody responds at first.

"What was that Matt?" Trevor asks from behind the wheel.

"I said floor it." I say in anger as I put my hand on his shoulder.

"Dude, we're at a red li-"

"HIT THE DAMN GAS!" I say in both anger and fear. Whoever this guy is, it's freaking me out. Apparently, yelling was enough to get Trevor to hit the gas and take off into the intersection. Several cars swerve around us, but we make it to the other side without a scratch. We continue going a little faster than we should until I feel that the sedan is no longer following us.

"What the hell is your problem Matt?" Trevor asks as we pull into my street. Looks like this is our stop.

"N-Nothing. I just... saw something that looked dangerous... Look, I need to get off here so if you don't mind..." I unbuckle myself as well as Rainbow, and hop out of the truck. I pick up Rainbow and hold her in my arms like a baby. Baby-ception.

We walk into my house, ignoring the group calling me from the truck to get an actual answer. I head upstairs, Rainbow in arms, and enter into my room. I close the door behind us and sigh as I start to take my jacket off. I explain to Rainbow I saw that guy in black again. She's the only other person who has seen one of those people in black watching us. There have been several that we've spotted, but they've always been different people, but in the same outfit. But this time, I know for a fact that that was the same guy from the baseball game. The first guy we saw. We try to put that past us for a while as I continue taking off any unneeded layers of clothing.

Once I'm down to just a t-shirt and shorts, I plop down on the bed next to Rainbow. We both smile wordlessly as each other as my hand slowly makes it's way down to her lower abdomen. I was scared at first, I'll admit that. But now, I can't stop counting down the days to the actually delivery date at the end of December. I still haven't exactly proposed to Rainbow, but I'm actually not sure if I will before the baby is even born. While that might be weird for a normal couple, Rainbow certainly isn't normal by any standards. I think marriage will be the final step in us becoming an official family. I know I know, I'm doing things out of order, but it just feels right to me for some reason.

"You've been giving the foal more attention than me Matt." Rainbow says as she wraps a leg around my neck. I pull her into my side with my arms, and lightly bop the tip of her nose with my index finger.

"How do you know it's a foal? Maybe it's a little Matthew Green in there." I say as I lightly tickle her stomach with a finger.

"I'm not gonna give birth to a human Matt." She says with a laugh. "I'm surprised we even have compatible genetics in the first place. Did you ever find out how that was possible?"

"Well, I personally think we both have human-like genetics, and you just have a pony body. Or even the other way around. Of course that's not definite, but it's my theory. Of course, Twilight just told me it was magic, but that's Twilight."

"That sounds about right. I still can't believe I actually have a little foal in there." She says as she crawls up on top of my chest, the lump pressing into my stomach.

"You really don't seem like the pregnant type." I say as I push a strand of hair out of her face. "You've always been the athletic, carefree, tomboyish Rainbow Dash to me."

"Yeah, it's still really weird to me... I never thought I would be a mother, much less have somebody like you to help me through it."

"I'm sure you would have found somebody better than me if you never came here. Who wouldn't want you?"

"Actually... a lot of ponies." Her ears droop and her eyes have that glossy look to them that lets me know she might start crying soon.

"Are you kidding? You were like, the most popular mare in the show, what makes you think nobody likes you?"

"I... was picked on a lot as a filly. Ponies would make fun of my voice, or my hair, or..." She starts to choke up as the tears flow. I look directly into her shining magenta eyes and try to comfort her.

"Or what?" I say calmly as I push my hand slowly down her back.

"Or... my parents." She's able to choke out. "I-I was an orphan Matt. I never knew my parents." She's far past gone now. Maybe it's the hormones, or maybe it's actually this hard for her to talk about her past.

"Y-You were an orphan?" I say in shock. She never told me this. Why would she hide it from me?

"Y-Yes, and I was made fun of because of it. And that was only the beginning. Ponies made fun of me for just about everything I did. It mostly stopped when I moved to Ponyville, but I still have nightmares of all the ponies laughing at me every day." I can't believe this. THE Rainbow Dash... MY Rainbow got made fun of? Who the fuck would even have the heart to do that to someone as innocent as her?

"They told m-me that I would never find a special... special somepony. I believed them for so many years..." She breaks down again and buries her head into my shirt. This must be really hard for her to talk or even think about this. I hold her close to me and let her cry it out. I don't say a word for a good twenty minutes before Rainbow sniffles and looks up at me. "I guess I proved them wrong." I almost forgot what she was talking about, but I remember now. She did find someone special to her, and I found someone special to me. She really did prove them wrong.

"Wanna prove them wrong some more?" I say with a smile as I pull her face closer to mine. My lips hover just inches from hers.

"Gladly."