Twilight was walking beside Celestia quiet as could be. She was glancing in front of her while her hooves were moving automatically. Celestia moved towards the waiting room of the hospital. It was calm and quiet as the solar alicorn looked towards Twilight.

“How do you feel now being a mother?” Celestia’s voice broke the silence causing her student to shake her head.

“I’m worried” Twilight’s voice was soft as she lifted her head towards the window.

“Well every mother is worried about”

“No princess. I am worried about the curse. Star said the only reason it wasn’t advancing was because of the twins.” Twilight glanced up towards Celestia with a hint of worried in her eyes. The solar alicorn closed her eyes and let out a soft sigh.

“The castle is closed for hearths warming eve in a few days. Me and Luna can stay here and watch over her. We can be here if anything happens” Celestia placed a smile on her face as Twilight nodded softly. Noticing her student’s face she leaned down and smiled “I think this means you could learn more about magic” she called out as Twilight looked towards her for a bit. A small smile formed on her face.

“Well I did complete the spells she was able to give me” she looked away as she blushed a bit. Celestia smiled back as she knew her student could always be made to smile just by talking magic. She pulled her student closer and nuzzled her softly.

“Twilight do think about the worse right now. Think about the positive. Besides your friends will be here and so will your family. You want this to be a happy time”

“Thank you princess” she smiled as Celestia pulled her into a tight hug.

“Any time my student” she placed her wing over Twilight’s head causing her to chuckle. Celestia’s ears moved as she felt a pop behind her.

“Sister here you are! I been looking for you” Luna was standing in the room her eyes had circles under them as she moved towards Celestia “You promised to help me tonight remember? I find out you went to bed on me” she groaned as her wings were fluffed up. Celestia placed a smile on her face as she looked away.

“Sorry Luna I forgot”

“You forgot! How could you forget? We were going to stay up and make smores and talk about what we are going to do for the holiday” she groaned as Celestia nodded as she rubbed the back of her head.

“I’m sorry Luna. I had just finished some other treaties and I thought I could take a small nap before staying up with you” she smiled as Luna squinted her eyes.

“Then why did I track you here?” she used her wing to point towards Twilight “Are you planning on ditching me for your student?” she started to pout as Celestia shook her head.

“No Princess Luna…I called her for help. You see”

“Twilight, Princesses…you can come to the room she is calling for you” Nurse Red Heart turned and walked away. Twilight turned and walked into the hall as Celestia pulled her sister with her. Luna quickly followed her sister as she was trapped in her magic. Golden was standing at the door filling out paperwork as she looked towards Twilight.

“How is she?” Twilight’s ears laid against her head.

“She needs rest. Tons of rest as this took a heavy toll on her body. The little ones seem healthy and happy and well developed for being a month early. They are currently with her at the moment and they have their eyes open” she smiled before walking away from the door leaving the chart hanging from the frame. Twilight opened the door as Celestia walked in leaving her sister in the hall. Luna let a huff as she walked in noticing Selene was on the bed. She had different wires attached to her along with an iv and blood bag attached to her. Her tail was wrapped around something with her fin stretched over it.

“How are you feeling?” Twilight broke the silence as Selene opened her eyes. They were black for a moment before turning blue.

“Sore” her voice was raspy as she looked towards Twilight. She moved her fin allowing her to see the twins. The white colt was staring up at her his eyes were blue on top and pink on the bottom mixing into a soft purple in the middle. Twilight leaned her nose in and rest it on her tail. The colt moved his nose in and sniffed her. He let out a giggle as the filly moved her head looking towards Twilight. Her eyes were alight lavender and sky blue. She wobbled herself over to her brother and sniffed Twilight. Her tail was moving as she had a giggle and a squeal on her face. Selene let out a chuckle.

“I named the girl Celestial Twilight. The colt Dusk Shine.” Twilight glanced up towards Selene noticing red stains on her neck.

“Selene did it happen again” Twilight stood up causing the twins to wine.

“Yes. Not as bad. Though it happened again” her voice was getting quiet as she looked towards Twilight. Celestia moved closer as Luna kept her head down looking towards the twins.

“Why are you hooked up to blood?” her voice held a bit of worried as Twilight looked up towards her teacher.

“When a year is up the curse makes her cough up blood and bleed from her eyes.” Twilight shivered. Celestia looked towards Selene as she let out a large yawn.

“How do you know this?”

“Remember the harbor?” Selene looked up towards the alicorns. Celestia was nodding as Luna was locked onto the twins beside her “I didn’t make it to Twilight in time. Her heart was so slow and I gave up a year of my life to save her. It didn’t catch up to me till I was home from the aquarium. I thought I was hiding it well” Selene was huffing as she fixed her tail a bit. Twilight shook her head as she leaned in and picked up Dusk from her tail.

“I went to check on her and me and the girls noticed she was not acting right. I saw her throw up blood” Twilight looked towards Luna who was at this point staring without blinking. Her wings were fluffed up by her side as she was captivated by the cuteness.

“Princess Luna?” Twilight spoke up as the lunar princess quickly sat up. Her cheeks were blushed as she moved her wings.

“I’m….I’m sorry sister for yelling…but you should have sent me a scroll” she used her wing to smack her sister.

“I would have sent one but you beat me to it sister” Celestia glared towards her causing the twins to cry. Selene leaned down and nuzzled her daughter as Twilight moved her legs rocking Dusk. Her eyes were getting heavy causing Celestia to take Dusk from her.

“Twilight you need your sleep as well” She smiled as the purple unicorn shook her head.

“I’m fine…I need to be awake to help” she sat on her flank as Celestia pointed towards Spike. He was curled up in a chair asleep still clutching the towel in his claws. Twilight nodded slowly as she heads towards the door. Selene held her hoof out towards Twilight. Celestia picked up Celestial in her magic moving both twins to the crib nearby. Luna moved towards the crib looking down at the twins. Twilight stopped as she looked towards the crib. Her eyes spot Selene holding her hoof out to her. She walked over to her as Selene patted the bed space beside her.

“You can stay here” she smiled as Twilight nodded. Selene moved to one side of the bed as she let out a yawn. Twilight climbed up onto the bed and stretched out beside her. Selene rested her head on her chest as Princess Celestia placed a large blanket over them.

“You two get some rest. We will be back later…” She noticed her sister was to focus on the twins as her wings moved. They were watching her ears as Luna stuck her tongue out causing them to laugh “Or my sister can stay and watch over you two. I will be back with some help” she had a smile before leaving the room. Twilight let out a yawn before falling to sleep. Selene closed her eyes and drifted off as well. No dreams haunted her allowing her to rest. Her body felt sore as she tried to move her tail getting stopped by something. Her eye opened up as she noticed Twilight was missing but Spike was near her tail asleep. Sitting up she noticed Nurse Red Heart walking in and replacing the bags that were attached to her. She groaned a bit as she looked around noticing the twins were silent. They were sleeping in their crib holding onto each other. Their names were on a pink and blue star taped to the side. Her ears moved as she heard the sound of metal. Sitting up she noticed more tubes and wires attached to her causing her to groan. Looking to the door she noticed two stallions one in gold and white fur and one in silver armor. Before she was able to say something the door opened up. A tall light brown stallion with a black and white mane and beard. His eyes were yellow and orange shinning behind a pair of glasses. He was holding a large bouquet and a wrapped box in his magic. The guards walked out of the room as the stallion placed the flowers in a vase.

“I see that you are up and not attacking nurses” Discord’s voice spoke up causing Selene to star at him.

“Uncle?” her voice was weak as she pulled a pillow to keep her propped up. Discord used his magic to place pillows around her.

“Ahhh…I thought it would be easier if I came as my old self” he grinned a bit as he walked towards the crib “Twilight came to see Fluttershy and Tikia?” he shook his head before fixing his glasses “She told us you gave birth the other night. Asked if she could watch her owl and ya ya ya. I kind of left after I heard you were here” he turned and looked towards her. He moved towards the bed looking up at her.

“Will you ever be attached to my brothers as you are attached to me?” she had a weak smile on her face. Discord let out a small chuckle.

“If the rest of them are like the three I meet in court. Then no. They remind me a lot of the chaotic king that turned me into what I am. Short to the damn point and want everything for themselves. As I said before, you remind me of my mother. A pony who was sweet and so random” he looked up towards her as Selene nodded a bit. Her head felt heavy as she was still sleepy. Discord looked up towards her as he noticed her head bobbing.

“Why don’t you rest”

“I have been sleeping already”

“You had just given birth my dear” he used his magic to pull the blanket over her. She nestled into the pillows as she looked towards him.

“What about the twins…they should be waking up any moment” her voice was soft as she glanced towards the foals. Discord used his magic to warm up the blanket causing her to pull her tail in some more. He smiled as he looked towards her.

“I can watch them” he waved his hoof towards her.

“What If I need to feed them?” her ears were twitching as Discord looked towards her. He let a sigh out as he continued to place pillows around her. Her eyes grew heavy as she laid her head down on her hooves as her tail moved a bit.

“I will wake you up” this made Selene groan a bit. She closed her eyes and buried her head as she felt the blanket being pulled up around her head as the warmth of the blanket was resting on her gills. She fell back to sleep causing Discord to smile. He climbed up on the bed making sure she would stay asleep as he opened a book his ears twitching. He kept reading as Selene opened an eye causing him to look towards her.

“Why are you awake?” he spoke up as she lifted her head. She was silent as she looked towards the twins as they started to wine. She started to move before he placed his hoof up “No you lay here. I will get them” he climbed off the bed as he picked up the twins placing them beside her. Pulling them in she moved the blanket allowing them to latch on to her. She looked down towards them as Nurse Red Heart poked her head in.

“I wanted to see if the new mother was up” she smiled as she walked in and noticed Discord in his pony form. Selene looked up and nodded “Good” she smiled as she walked into the room with Princess Cadence following her. She had some balloons in her magic and two large teddy bears.

“I brought gifts” she smiled as she walked closer to the bed as Selene looked up towards her.

“How are you feeling?” Cadence sat next to the bed as Selene looked up towards her.

“Fine but I feel a bit of tugging in my tail” she kept her eyes on the princess as Nurse Red Heart cleared her throat.

“Well, that would be the stitches. You see you had some tearing in your” her face was turning red “Area. The doctor said it looked like the horn from your colt caused them as your body doesn’t look like it could handle a pony with a horn. Some mares have that problem but it is a low number for us.” She smiled as Selene moved a bit.

“When will the tubes come out” she waved her hoof as Nurse Red heart looked towards the chart in her hooves.

“We can remove the tubes when the blood and the iv are complete. Her blood levels are up however we will live the iv in till she ready to leave. The doctor will check on her when she is asleep. He thinks its best after the first incident” she glared at Selene as she looked away.

“Okay thank you” Cadence spoke up as Nurse Red heart walked out of the room causing Selene to turn red. Cadence looked down at the merpony.

“Selene”

“I panicked and attacked the nurses when I was looking for the twins” Selene felt light touches of feathers running down her neck. Selene looked up towards the pink alicorn noticing her smile.

“I’ve heard a few stories from new mothers.” She chuckled as she moved down to the twins. Dusk turned and looked towards the pink alicorn. His fins went up as he spits a stream of milk into her face. Discord fell over in a howl of laughter as Cadence blinked towards them. Selene looked towards her and shook her head.

“I did not teach them that”

“That’s because if a child of a merpony finds something threatening. They will spit up the mother’s milk” Kibby was standing in the doorway dressed to the nine in winter gear. She let out a yawn as she pulled her coat off. Cadence cleared her face off with her wing as Celestial started to laugh and move her fins.

“No that is bad” Selene nudge Celestial causing her to giggle.

“Well this is going to be interesting” Cadence glared towards Discord as he was cleaning the tears from his eyes.

“What happened to Golden?” Selene laid her tail out as Kibby walked overlooking over the chart.

“Came back and told me what happened. Said you needed stitches and attacked the nurses. I saw the bruises and asked what happened. I told them that is what they would get when they took the kids from you. I said I would come down and check on you and the twins and to point out what meds they can give you.” Kibby smiled as Selene let out a small yawn. Kibby shook her head as she pulled her badge out.

“I am going to look at your charts now. I just stopped by to see if you were up.” She smiled before leaving the room. Discord took this time between breathes to fix his glasses.

“I am going to go and have a chat with our friends” he smiled before disappearing from the room. Cadence shook her head as she moved the bears towards the twins. Dusk lifted his head as he blinked a bit. Celestial kept her head down as she moved her tail. Selene laid her head down as her eyes were heavy again. This caused her to groan as she nuzzled her head into the pillows. She watched the twins move towards the bears sniffing them a bit scared of them. Dusk tried to keep his head up but he would fall over winning a bit. She chuckled as she picked up Dusk and rocked him in her wings for a bit.

“You remind me of your uncle. Very headstrong and will defend any pony” she smiled as Celestial looked up towards her with tears in her eyes. Cadence chuckled as she placed Dusk down before picking her up.

“You two are so cute. Oh, I half to be the baby sister” she smiled as Selene held her hoof up.

“Go for it” her voice was soft as she was trying to fight to stay awake.

“Selene, sleep and let the meds take over,” Cadence noticed the rings around her eyes as Selene nodded willingly. She yawned as she closed her eyes leaving the twins in her care. As Selene slept Cadence created a thick blanket on the floor before placing the twins down. She made some blocks appear for them. She laid out and watched the twins poke the blocks with their hooves. Dusk poked them with his horn causing Celestial to laugh. He stopped and smiled as he looked up towards Cadence unsure of what to make of her. He closed his eyes and let out a small sonar causing Selene to jump up.

“Is something wrong?” she was looking around as Cadence looked up.

“No why?”

“I heard sonar” she looked around and noticed Dusk on the blanket with his eyes closed. Selene smiled as she opened her gills letting out a small sonar causing him to open eyes. He smiled and clapped his hooves.

“What is going on?”

“He was searching for us. He just nervous.” Selene let out another yawn as Celestial copied her brother. Selene groaned as she opened her gills causing them to laugh “Twilight knows the spell. She can teach you the copy of the spell and how to read it and listen to the sonar” Selene rubbed her gills as she felt them getting sore.

“Oh!” Cadence smiled as the twins in front of her rolled around and giggled. Cadence used her magic to make some smaller toys appear in front of them. Dusk had his eyes staring at Cadence’s horn. He looked up and noticed his horn causing him to close his eyes. Grey sparks started to appear from his horn causing his sister to turn and watch. Selene looked down and pointed towards him.

“Is that normal?” she watched as Cadence turned and watched as the sparks landed on the blanket causing them to burn through the material. The pink alicorn picked the twins up placing them on the bed near Selene.

“A bit. Normal unicorns have unruly magic during their early years. Twilight wasn’t so bad from what I heard from Velvet. “ she smiled a bit as she rolled the blanket up. Selene watched as the twins were laughing and giggling. Celestial used her fins and spread them wide as she lifted one of the bears from the floor. Cadence watched in shock as she turned towards the little pink merpony.

“I thought she needed water to lift”

“She does…but she also half surface pony” Selene looked towards Cadence as they gave each other a small smile.