I raised through the corridors and up the stairs. I’d received a message from one of the clones saying that Luna was in the hospital wing. It had been given the message one of the guards thinking that it was the real me. The clone was as shocked as I was when I received the information from it in the Time Chamber and as it dispelled itself. I soon arrived at the castle infirmary where I found Tia pacing back and forth. I suddenly stopped caused A burst wind to hit the whole waiting area blowing the chairs over.

After a couple of seconds of allowing her eyes to readjust Tia looked at me in confusion and worry. “Edward?”

“Tia, what happened? Is Luna alright?” I frantically asked my sister. “As soon as I got the information from my clone I rushed here as fast as I could.”

“I don’t know,” Tia looked at he doors with deep concern. “One of the guard patrols found her in the hallway close to her room. The Lunar guards stationed at her door said she left and head off in the direction of the thrown room and she told them not to follow her.”

“So they weren’t the elite guards,” I raised my right hand and bit down on the thumb thinking rather hard.

“Ed, do you know something?” Tia placed her hands on my shoulders.

“She was most likely coming down to the lower area to my lab. Only you, her, Twilight, Pole, Shining and the Elite Guards know what’s down there and only you guys and Cadence are allowed there and not the regular guards know what’s down there.”

Suddenly, the doors opened and out came an earth pony doctor by the name of Blue Cross came out staring at the clipboard in his hands. He looked up and over to me and Celestia.

“Princess Celestia. Prince Edward.” Dr.Cross walked over to us in a rush.

“What happened?!” We asked in out of concern in a raised voice.

The doctor readjusted his glasses as looked at both of us. “Please no shouting,” we scowled at the physician. “Yes… Ah… Princess Luna is stable at the moment,” He looked back at the clipboard and flipped a page up before looking back to us. “Apparently, she collapsed due to over overexertion and sever magical drain due to how close it is for the babies to be born. Her water broke not to long ago and is going through the contractions now.”

“WHAT?!” I grabbed the doctor by his shirt and held him up in the air. “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US THIS SOONER?!” I snarled at the doctor.

“Ed, please calm down. I know you’re concerned about Luna and the twins but that’s no reason to lash out at Dr. Cross. He’s only doing his job.” Tia placed her hands on my left arm. I could feel her shaking in fear. “Now, please set him down so he can get back to helping Luna.”

I set the doctor back down on the floor as gently as I could. “Sorry Doc. I let myself get a little out of hand there. Can we go in and see her?”

“It’s quite alright Highness. It’s not the first time it’s happened and I doubt it’ll be the last,” Dr.Cross nervously snickered as he readjusted his shirt and lab coat. “And yes, you can both see her but do keep in mind that she is very weak and that the babies are due at any time.”

We nodded and headed to Luna’s room. We walked in to see her hooked up to the heart monitor and IV’s. Tia turned away at the sight of her sister in such a frail-looking stated and turned away in tears onto my shoulder. I did everything I could to keep myself from falling apart but I still didn’t keep my sadness from letting me cry. We both took up an empty chair on either side of Luna. Luna soon woke up and saw us at her side as she first looked to Celestia and weakly smiled her and then she looked to me and still smiling, shakingly reached for my hand. I caught her hand with both of mine and returned her smile with tears of joy in my eyes.

“We’ll be parents soon,” Luna managed to say as she leaned over to my side of her bed.

“Luna, don’t overexert yourself,” Celestia said in a quivering voice.

“I’m fine for the time being, sister. Uraaa,” She winced from a contraction.

“Luna,” I shot up from my seat.

She smirked at me, “It’s just the little ones Edward. They just can’t wait to see their dad and aunt.”

Then a unicorn nurse came in and started to look over Luna’s medical equipment and her charts. She then looked at Luna and us. “How about we do an ultrasound to check-up on the little ones?” She left the room and soon returned with an ultrasound machine.

“Prince Edward, would you like to help me?” The nurse smiled warmly as she turned on the machine. “You’ll be the one to deliver the babies after all. At least, that’s what I assume given your medical knowledge and that Princess Luna is your wife.”

I shook my head. Tia and Luna both looked at me puzzled. “I’m an emotional rollercoaster right now. It’s best if the doctors handle this. My place is right here at Luna side as her husband not as a doctor.” I looked over to my wife and sister as they both offer a warm-hearted smile. “I will help you with the ultrasound though. I can do that much at least.”

I made my way to the other side of the bedroom and help the nurse. As I turned the machine on I could help but wonder how I had this technology in this world but some other less complex things.

‘Not the time for such thoughts Allen.’

I went back to the machine as it was now warmed up. “Machine’s done Nurse… Ah…”

“Morning Glory your highness,” She smiled at me as she motioned me to bring the ultrasound to her. As I did she looked back to Luna. “Going to put some gel on your stomach now Princess Luna. It’s going to be quite cold.”

Luna’s eyes shot wide open as Morning Glory applied the gel. All four of us looked at a monitor as a fuzzy black and white picture of a pair of small foals appeared.

“There they are,” The nurse sang softly. “Hmm… It looks as if they’re moving along at their own pace.”

“What’s that mean Nurse Morning?” Tia asked in frantically as she looked to Luna who was going through another painful contraction.

Before she could answer I tried to interject as Luna quickly grabbed my hand and squeezed hard. “Owowowowowowow!” I placed my free hand on Luna's head trying to comfort her as she winced in pain. “It means that the babies are fine and they’ll be here in their own time Tia. Ow. Luna, I know the healing abilities help by me but that doesn’t mean I don’t still feel the pain.”

“I’m sorry about your hand Ed,” Luna looked at me with an apologetic smile. Suddenly she let out a scream in the royal Canterlot voice. “RAAAAAAAAAA!”

“Oh Dear,” The nurse looked at the heart monitor as it started to beat faster and faster. She dropped the ultrasound and ran to the hallway. “Get the Doctors in here NOW!” She shouted.

Just as nurse Morning Glory ran and shouted for them a whole team of doctors ran into the room. I heard many things from all directions and I recognized every single word.

“She’s gone into intense labor…”

“You, go prep the OR just in case…”

“Get scrubbed down and changed and let those who need to do the same when you return.”

“Contractions are right on top of one another Dr. Cross…”
“Right, they’re coming now....”

“What's going on?” Tia voiced over everypony in the room but Luna.

“Princess, please calm down and head to the waiting area and remain there until one of the infirmary staff comes to get you,” Dr.Cross order firmly to Tia before looking to me. “As much as a father is usually involved with the birth of his children I’m afraid I must ask you to leave as well your highness.”

“What?!” I angrily glared at the Doctor. “Why?!”

“Things are very delicate for Princess Luna right now due to not yet having recovered from the drain that the twins have placed upon their mother,” The doctor explained. “Normally I know you’d have figured this out for yourself but you’re to mentally unfocused due to your emotions right now and I can’t have you rushing in if something goes wrong with the patients. Once things become more stable I’ll let you come back in if it’s before the babies are starting to crown.” He moved in closer and whispered. “I know you are extremely worried but think about how the other Princess feels right now. “

I looked over to Tia who was in tears. I looked back to the doctor and as I gritted my teeth in sadness, anger, and concern nodded in agreement. I walked over to Celestia and lead her to the waiting area as quickly and softly as I could. I got Celestia to set in a chair while I stood and paced slowly back and forth.

‘I’d never have thought of the sudden magical and physical drain that her body would go through once she was ready to deliver.’

I suddenly found myself staring at where the floor meets the wall. I was filled with a wave of sudden anger and an uncontrollable urge to hit something. So I did.

“NRWAAAAA!” I roared clenching my fist as a reeled back and then allowed my anger to flow out into the wall in front of me creating a massive hole wall. Tears rolled down the sides of my face.

“Edward,” Tia rushed over and wrapped her arms and wings around me. “Calm down, please. I know how much this hurts you having to sit here and wait but know that you’re doing the right thing. Remember what Lex told you. You have to rely more on others rather than do everything on your own.”

She held me tight as I still gritted my teeth and scowled out of anger at myself. I then felt something warm and wet hit the back of my neck. I turned my head to look over me shoulder to see Tia’s face twisted in sorrow with her own tears.

“I’m sorry Tia,” I softly grabbed her arms and gently stroked them. “You’re right and that’s why I’m here but that still doesn’t mean I don’t hate this. That’s my wife and my children in there. I know your hurting even more as you don’t have the medical knowledge that I do and that’s got to make everything even worse when your force to wait.” I pulled myself free of here embrace and turned to face her place my left hand on her face I wiped away her tears and led her back to the chairs and sat her down while I took a seat next to her.

Hours passed as Celestia and I sat there in the waiting area. I couldn’t till how many hours it was that passed but it felt as if were actually years that was passing to me. Ir was as if I was entombed in stone once more. I only moved from my seat as It was time to lower the sun and raise the moon. I saw to both as Luna was in the hospital and Tia was too distraught over Luna’s condition leaving me to be the only one capable to do so but I just barely as I was much better off than Tia. She had fallen asleep a few moments ago due to emotional fatigue. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost either her or Luna. I had denied Celestia feelings in favor of Luna for so long but I’d be lying to myself if I’d said I didn’t love them both and not one more than the other at this point.

I sat back down next to Tia and brush her main out of her sleeping face. Her eyes were swollen and red from all of the crying she’d been doing. Suddenly the doors to the infirmary opened and Dr. Cross walked out and over to us. I shook Tia awake and she shot up and locked her hand together and looked at the doctor pleadingly. He looked to her then to me with a concerned look on his face.

Dr.Cross let out a heavy sigh before he spoke. “We’ve done all we can,” He looked down at the floor. “The foals were delivered as per the norm. Prince Edward, may I be the first to congratulate you on being the father of two completely healthy alicorn foals.”

“What about my sister?” Celestia stepped forward as her face became even more saddened.

“Princess Luna was severely drained of her magic and her physical strength before she was even brought here and due to that, her body was struggling to keep up with the birthing process. I think it has something to do with the foals biology as they’re technically hybrids,” Dr.Cross took a cloth out and cleaned his glasses. “She’s stable at the moment and resting with her son and daughter in her arms but for how long and if she stays that way… I can’t say.”

“I want to see my wife and children, now,” I demanded in a serious tone as I leaned over the doctor.

“You know the way your highnesses. I’ll be resting here. Call the nurse to get me if something happens,” Dr.Cross leaned back into his seat.

Tia and I walked into the infirmary and into Luna’s room. We walked in and saw an extremely exhausted-looking Luna clutching a pink bundle in her right arm and a light blue one in her left. I walked up and saw my and daughter in her mother's embrace. Even though she was in a pitiful looking state this scene before me made me so happy. My son had golden blonde hair and amber eyes similar to mine with a pair of jet black wings and a horn. My daughter had astral red starlight hair while she had a pair of dark sapphire eyes and a white horn similar to Tia's with a pair of red wings.

Luna soon came to and looked at the foal and filly in her arms and smiled weakly. She then looked at me. “Ed, look at our son and daughter. Our Solar Eclipse and Morning Star. Aren’t they beautiful?”

“Our Twin Stars,” I smiled as I looked upon my children with tears of joy in my eyes. My little girl opened her eyes and they were a light sapphire blue. My son soon followed his sister’s example and opened a set of amber eyes of his own. “Luna… can… can I… hold one of them?” I shakily asked my darling lunar princess.

She smiled warmly at me. “Certainly,” She giggled weakly. “Why don’t you take Morning and Tia can Tia, you can hold Solar Eclipse.” Celestia and I both took a foal from Luna and help them close and gently.

I used my left hand to brush some of Morning’s hair out of her face and then she did something I never expected. Morning Star, my baby girl, she immediately pulled her hands free of her blanket and grasped my finger. She then looked right at me and started to giggled and then she placed her hands on my face and kept giggling. The whole time I couldn’t help be grin and cry at her actions. I sat down in a nearby chair and looked at Celestia with Solar Eclipse in her arms as she rocked him back and forth he giggled uncontrollably. We stayed this way for about twenty minutes before the babies started to yawn in sleepiness so we placed them in their respective cribs that nurses had brought. Luna had dozed off while we were entertaining the foals. I looked at her in a very worried manner but left the room as the doctor said it was best if she was left to rest for the time being. Tia and I returned to the waiting room.

“Edward, I have to ask,” Tia looked at the wall opposite me worry in her voice. “If it had been me in there and not Luna, would you still have acted the same way as you did before?”

I turned to Celestia wide-eyed at her question. “Why would you ask such a stupid question, Tia?”

“Don’t play stupid with me Edward?” She shot back. “I know you prefer Luna over me but I have to know. Would you still act the way you did for me if I was in her place, even if it is to a lesser degree?”

“It’s still bothering you that I chose Luna over you that much? I can’t fault you for that Celestia,” I walked over to a nearby seat and hit it with a hard thud. She looked at me disheartened and then turned away. “Tia,” She turned back to see an empty seat and then she bit her lip in anguish.

“I knew it,” Celestia muttered in a deeply hurt tone. She then turned to leave but I stopped her by standing in front of her. I looked her straight in the eyes and let out a sigh before I spoke, “Tia, would react the exact same if it was you and not Luna.The two of you are my whole world and my world just got even bigger now that the twins are here.”

I wrapped my arms around Celestia and placed a hand on the back of her head. “I denied your feelings for seven thousand years Tia and I can promise you that I won’t ever do that again. You, Luna, and the twins are my everything and I would sell even my Void Stone to Truth if it meant keeping all of you safe,” I let her and placed a kiss on her lips. I then pulled out a golden locket similar to the ones Luna and I have but it had a sun on it. “I know it’s a little earlier but here’s consider this an engagement gift. Once we’ve had the wedding photos taken you can put one in it.”

“Oh Ed,” She kissed me.

I then heard and alarm going off and then I saw Dr.Cross rush by.

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