I awake the next morning to Rooster's crowing as Derpy slumbers away whispering to her ear, "Ah'm going to do mah chores first and start making breakfast Miss Derpy." and then start getting dressed for the day.

Derpy stirs awake, lifts her head drowsily, and looks over to see Roger heading out the door, saying, "Where are you going dear?"

I turn around and smile saying, "Ah'm going to get started on my chores, the sun has just poked its head over the horizon. When ah get back, ah'll make breakfast."

She smiles and tries to wave a wing at him and giggles saying, "I look forward to it as I certainly can't go to work if I can't even get my wings to obey me." and tries to get up, causing her to giggle again adding, "Or my legs, as it seems that I can't move them at all. I will just rest here until I can take myself to the bathroom without bumping into anything."

I then nod saying, "Very well, but ah wouldn't mind carrying ya to the toilet as ah did last night."

Remembering what all she said last night, her face turns crimson from embarrassment as she says, "I hope that I didn't make you feel uncomfortable last night with how I talked to you..."

I then shake my head saying, "Not at all, ah understand that each pony has a special way they act during lovemaking, some are a bit wilder, some like it rough, some are a little bit...kinkier. Ah hope that ya get yer wish this season dear."

Derpy smiles and asks, "Are you okay with having a breeding relationship with a mare?"

I cock my head and ask, "Is that similar to a special somepony?"

She shakes her head saying, "Not really, a breeding relationship is where a mare may choose one stallion to breed them whenever they want a foal. That just means that they are breeding partners, nothing more.

I shrug my shoulders and say, "Alright, ah have no problem with that, ah'll see ya when ah get breakfast started."

Derpy giggles and says, "I would wave you goodbye if I could move my legs, but all I can wave at you is my tail...hehe."

I chuckle and head out of the room waving back at her saying, "Get some rest ya silly mare."

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Rainbow wakes up and races out of bed, running toward the bathroom after the sudden urge to hurl hits her hard. She hastily lifts the seat up and proceeds to puke her guts out for several seconds, before groaning and flushing the toilet. Standing up straight to look at herself in the mirror, she wonders, 'Why hasn't the season hit me yet, it usually doesn't hit me this late...wait...LATE!?!' and races out the door of the bathroom, then out her front door as she takes off for the hospital in Ponyville saying, "Nonono, please no!" nearly performing a Sonic Rainboom in her haste to get there to find out if her suspicion is correct or not.

As she sits there for a half-hour in the hospital's waiting room on a hard chair, waiting for when the doctor calls her name, a nurse comes out and calls her name and stands up from the chair saying, "That's me, Nurse Redheart."

Nurse Redheart smiles and guides her back to the exam room and sits in the desk beside her asking, "So miss Dash, what brings you to the hospital today?"

Rainbow lowers her voice and says, "Uhm...I-I came here to get a......maternity test taken since I woke up this morning and puked my guts out."

She nods her head in understanding and says, "I will go get the kit and get started on the analysis right away, if it is positive, I hope you know that you are required to inform your superiors about it right away."

The cyan pegasus nods and hangs her head saying, "Yeah I know that, I just really hope that I'm not because it means I will be forced to take it easy with my training exercises, and will be benched from the shows until I have to take maternity leave! Being part of the Wonderbolts is a lifelong dream of mine, and I don't want to be kicked out because I had a foal to take care of!"

Nurse Redheart gets up out of her chair and hugs Rainbow as she sniffles, saying in an encouraging tone, "The Wonderbolts won't kick out their best flyer for that, you have nothing to worry about Rainbow. Let's get you tested and see what the results are before you work yourself into a panicked frenzy."

She then huffs and pulls away from the hug saying, "I am not working myself into anything...but let's get this test out of the way, please."

The nurse then leaves the room to go get the blood draw kit, and returns to the room saying, "Alright Rainbow, which foreleg do you want tested?"

Rainbow then holds up her left one saying, "This one is the closest to the desk, will this take very long?"

Nurse Redheart chuckles and says, "Not long at all unless you fight me." then takes a sterile white cloth and partially soaks it with alcohol saying, "I must first sterilize the area before I draw a blood sample."

After the sample is taken, Rainbow watches her pack everything up and asks, "How long until the results come back?"

She looks at the anxious mare and smiles saying, "It will take a few hours for the results, as we will double-check them to be sure of them. So feel free to relax and nap if you get too bored."

The cyan mare groans saying, "Oh alright...at least I can nap for the results. I should be at practice right now, but this is more important at the moment."

When 10:00 rolls around, Nurse Redheart knocks on the door saying, "Rainbow Dash, the results are here, are you awake?"

Rainbow wakes with a snort saying, "Wha?" and remembers where she is and shakes her head saying, "Yeah, I'm awake. What's the test say?"

She walks into the room and closes the door behind her, then sets a manilla folder down onto the table and sits into the chair saying calmly, "Miss Dash, please take a few deep breaths to calm your mind before I read these to you."

Doing as she asks, she closes her eyes and takes several deep breaths, then says in a much calmer tone, "Okay, so am I going to be giving birth in about 12 to 13 months or am I not going to become a mother?"

Nurse Redheart opens the folder and looks over the results, then says, "Rainbow Dash, the results of both tests conclude with 99.99 percent accuracy that..." and looks up at her with a serious look in her eyes and continues, "You are almost two weeks pregnant, I'm sorry Miss Dash. There are some supplements you will need to take to ensure you give birth to a healthy foal, as well as some information you need to know." and waits for the shock to wear off before she continues.

Rainbow's eyes stare at the floor, unfocused and in a daze when she feels her eyes moisten, starting to sob out softly. As tears start to run down her muzzle and drip off her nose, she sniffles and says, "Nooo...it's...it's not...fair, why did I have to sleepwalk that night!" then starts to break down and cry over her situation, feeling the nurse pull her into a comforting hug and wraps her hooves and wings around her as she lets herself cry out after hearing she will become a mother in just over a year.

Once the upset mare calms down, the nurse brushes her hoof against her cheek kindly and asks, "Are you ready to hear some information regarding the first thirteen weeks or the first trimester of your pregnancy?"

She looks over at her with a sad look on her face and groans saying, "Go ahead with the boring, but important details. If only it wasn't strictly forbidden to end a pregnancy when it is suspected or discovered..."

Nurse Redheart then nods saying, "That's right, the birth rates have been declining due to the food shortage, and the males all go off on vacation to avoid the horny mares to lessen the severity of the shortage. What Equestria needs most right now is determined mares to fight through the tough times ahead, I know you are one of those strong mares, Rainbow Dash. If anyone can succeed in making it work with having a foal to raise while being a Wonderbolt...you can."

Dash chuckles and says, "Nice way to fluff my pride a bit. What do I need to know about the first several weeks, Nurse Redheart?"

Smiling at getting her to cheer up a bit, she says, "Well there are some vitamins you need to take, and it is advised that you eat brightly colored, healthy foods such as dark green spinach, orange carrots, red apples, yellow bananas, blueberries and other similar foods. Swimming and walking are good exercises to do throughout your pregnancy, and take naps whenever you are feeling exhausted because your body is going through big changes to bring a life into this world, Rainbow. It would be wise to avoid unhealthy foods, alcohol..." and then explains what she should or should not do or eat.

She chuckles and says, "Some of those things are stuff that I love, such as naps, and the healthy foods you mentioned. Heck, I would even enjoy walking or swimming, but it is going to stink having to stay away from some of my favorite things like sports and alcohol!"

Nurse Redheart then looks at her and says, "It is important for the health of the foal inside you, it would be unfortunate for you to give birth to a foal with a disability due to a bad choice to drink or smoke."

Rainbow sighs and says, "I know you're right, Nurse Redheart, but it will be a challenge I will look forward to overcoming."

She smiles and says, "Alright then, I will go get you some vitamins to start taking and write you a note explaining where you were. I will not tell them why you were here, as that responsibility falls to you to inform the necessary parties."

She then nods as she goes to get her the vitamins and an information packet about what she needs to do, eat, and avoid. She watches Nurse Redheart come back with a paper bag and set it down onto the table saying, "Thanks for helping me through my...bad reaction to the news, Nurse Redheart." and digs out a hundred bits for the test saying, "Now I'll just pick up this and go let my superior know of the results, then I will tell the father of this child."

Nurse Redheart grins and says, "Is it true what a few of the mares are saying? Is he really that gifted? I've seen a few mares walking around on wobbly legs and strange, blissful smiles on their faces having abdomens swollen to almost bursting."

Rainbow chuckles and nods her head saying, "It is all...true, Nurse Redheart. Believe me, I was the first one to experience him, though I only remember the end of it. I have a strong feeling that there will be a lot of mares in the maternity ward in about 13 months or so, I would advise you all to be ready for things to be quite busy around here."

She smiles and watches her head for the door saying, "Thank you for warning us, Miss Dash! I hope your day gets better."

The cyan mare walks out of the clinic with the note and a copy of the results in the paper bag and flies off to the Wonderbolt Academy to deliver the news to Spitfire, the Captain of the Wonderbolts and Sergeant of the Wonderbolt Academy.

Spitfire is at her desk, enjoying a hayburger sandwich after dismissing the team for an early lunch when she sees Rainbow walk into her office holding a paper bag and smiles, swallowing the food in her mouth and saying, "Well, if it isn't Rainbow Crash, I was wondering where you were when you didn't show up for practice. So what's going on?" and sits back in her chair, looking at Rainbow for an explanation.

Rainbow sighs and pulls out the slip saying where she was and sets it on the desk, then hands her the test results. Pulling up a chair, she sits down in it saying, "Well, there was an incident about two weeks ago during the weekend, my friend Twilight and I had a few drinks with a new friend of ours that recently arrived in Equestria the other day and was injured badly when they crashed through a fence post at the edge of Sweet Apple Acres. They have been tended to at the hospital and will make a full recovery so don't worry about them, but during the night...I had a sleepwalking episode while at their house. That incident resulted in me going to the clinic to get a certain test done." She then stops beating around the bush and sighs saying, "Captain...I'm sorry to tell you this, but...I got the test results back and...I'm pregnant."

The captain sets the slip aside and looks over the test results for a moment with a stoic look on her face as she walks around her desk, ignoring her sandwich for the moment and smiles widely just before pulling her in for a wing-hug saying, "I understand why you're apologizing kid, but this is amazing news to hear! Congratulations, Dash, I am pleasantly surprised to hear that you are going to join a few lucky mares in motherhood next year. There is a secret bet that the others made on which of the Wonderbolt mares would wind up pregnant, and they all bet on it being me...haha. Well, sadly for them, I'm not quite ready to try for a foal. Go on out there and do some light exercises, you're benched from the shows until after ya recover from giving birth. Of course, you're gonna get 14 weeks of paid maternity leave, when that's over and you come back..." and chuckles evilly as she says, "I'm gonna burn that baby fat off of you with back-to-back exercises Crash!"

She grins at her Captain saying she still will be part of the team saying with a salute, "I look forward to the workout you will have prepared, Captain!" then returns the test results to her bag before turning and walking out the door saying, "Thank you for not kicking me off the team for getting pregnant, Captain Spitfire."

Spitfire smiles at her and nods saying, "I would never kick anypony out just for getting pregnant, let alone our best flyer. Now, if they got pregnant on a regular basis so that they could be lazy and skip out of the shows and full training, I might actually consider it."

Rainbow chuckles and heads out the door saying, "I would never do that to the team, I love being a member of the Wonderbolts."

She then says, "Remember to only do light exercises Crash, or I will get angry!" and returns to eating her sandwich, deciding to finish it quickly to supervise and instruct her on what a 'light exercise' routine entails. When she finishes it and heads outside, she finds Dash doing some pushups and calls out angrily, "STOP THAT AT ONCE CRASH, THAT IS NOT A SAFE EXERCISE ROUTINE!"

She stops at once and cocks her head saying, "Uhm...okay. Can you show me what exercises are safe?"

Spitfire nods her head and says, "First off, how much do you run?"

Rainbow then says, "Four or five times a week."

She then replies, "Cut back to just twice a week and I will show you some water exercises to do once a week, I will also show you some regular exercises to do as well. Come with me, Rainbow."

After following the captain and following her demonstrations, only doing a few repetitions of each exercise shown to her, she finds herself kind of tired saying, "Why am I feeling....hah...so tired right now?"

Spitfire then smiles and says, "That will be your signal to stop, drink some water, and then take a nap. What is happening is that your body burns through energy much faster while you are pregnant. You will find yourself napping quite often, and only exercise for thirty minutes each day, and no more than 15 or 20 repetitions of the exercises I showed you. Just so you know, you will have to give up running several months from now. Always keep this in mind, it is extremely important...avoid falling at all costs! Even the smallest fall or strike to your stomach could cause you to lose the foal growing inside, so be very careful. One more tip before I send you off, don't let yourself park your flanks on a couch for too long if you're awake. Moving around and walking will help blood keep circulating throughout your body and to your foal."

The other mares in the Wonderbolts come back from lunch to find Spitfire talking to Rainbow Dash as High Winds says, "Hey Dash, where you been? We missed you during training this morning."

Spitfire turns to the other mares and says, "Sorry ladies, but Dash is benched for the rest of the year as she found herself with foal today." as the mares shoot off questions right after another.

Fleetfoot squeals with delight and says, "OOOH LUCKY YOU!"

Surprise cuts in and asks, "Congratulations or my condolences to you if you're not happy about it. So who's the lucky stud?"

Sun Chaser then quickly says, "Yeah, congrats! Are you two seeing each other? If you're not, would he...uhm...be willing to to help another have a foal?"

The captain frowns and says, "Cool your flanks, ladies, don't bombard her with too many questions at once."

Rainbow chuckles and says, "It's alright captain, it's natural for them to be curious." then turns to her team saying, "Thank you all for the congratulations, I wasn't happy to hear the news earlier today. With a little reassurance from the nurse and Captain Spitfire, my fears were assuaged and I started to actually look forward to bringing a foal into this world. To answer your curiosity girls, the lucky stallion is the new resident human in Ponyville, his name is Roger Sheridan and no, we are not dating. He happens to be the only male in Ponyville during the season as he is too busy getting land prepared for the Spring planting season. If you want to have a foal this season, you will have to talk to him about it, but perhaps you should okay it with the captain first."

Spitfire groans as she sees two of the mares turn to her with hopeful looks on their faces, seeing the question burning in each of their eyes 'Can we? Please, Captain!' and sighs saying, "Alright, ya two can try for a foal this season, but let me know the moment you get positive test results from the hospital and show me the proof."

The two mares all prance giddily, squealing with delight and saying, "OOOH Thank you Captain!" as Surprise adds, "I really think that you should join us this season because you would look really good with a foal belly as you coach us on from the sidelines during training and making sure we remember the details of our routine during the minutes before a show."

Fleetfoot goads her on by commenting, "Apparently, Derpy seems to finally have gotten her wish for a foal this season."

Surprise then giggles and says, OH YEAH! Did you see the way she was flying, it was like her wings didn't want to listen to her as she was heading home.

The mare then grins and says, "I most certainly did, she had a freshly-fucked-silly look on her face. I wonder if she could even walk normally?"

She then smiles and says, "I'm not sure, let's go watch her later after practice okay?"

Fleetfoot smirks and then says, "Sounds fun...okay!"

The image pops into her head and watches it play out for a bit before shaking her head saying, "Maybe some other season, I don't think I am quite ready yet to have a foal."

Sun Chaser then pulls Spitfire into a half wing-hug saying, "That's the thing, a mare can never fully prepare herself to have a foal, that's why life is so unpredictable...life just isn't a game you can control."

Spitfire blushes ever so slightly and stammers, saying, "I-I'll think about it, alright?" then gets back into her drill sergeant persona and says, "Alright Dash, we will see you here tomorrow morning around the usual time. Remember those exercises I showed you and what I said."

Rainbow then nods and wing-salutes her saying, "Yes ma'am!" then takes off to go talk to Roger about the results.

The captain then turns to the gathered mares and says, "Alright we have a show coming up in a couple of months. With Dash benched due to pregnancy, we will have to keep training until the stallions come back after the season passes. Now all of you do 20 wind sprints!" and blows her whistle.

Hearing the whistle go off, she looks back and sighs saying, "I'm really going to miss training for the following several months..." then continues heading to Roger's farm.

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