"Hello?" Big Mac said as he entered Zecora's house, thinking her or Scootaloo might have woken up, but he received to answer. He carefully entered the house, the worst situation possible running through his head as he did. What if the Blanks came here and decided to kill them to get back at me? He continued to think about it until he heard a loud moan coming from Zecora's room. As quickly as he could he ran in, careful not to break the door down, and found Zecora on her bed holding her stomach while Scootaloo watched, horrified.

"Mac, thank goodness you are here, as you might be able to see..." Zecora was saying, until she was cut off by another a sharp pain. Mac decided to look her over to see what was wrong, and when he looked at her lower half he figured out what was happening. He quickly turned to Scootaloo and put his hooves on her shoulders.

"Keep a close eye on her okay" he said before running off, leaving a confused Scootaloo to watch Zecora moan in pain all alone. Mac's knowledge of pregnancy was about to come in handy, but he would like to have somepony to help him, maybe Doctor Stable or...

AAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!

"Oh to the moon with it!" Mac shouted as he turned around, running back to Zecora's side. After he gathered some bed sheets, and what he hoped was soap, he rolled Zecora onto her back.

"What are you doing Mac?" Scootaloo asked worriedly. She had no clue what was going on, nor what Mac needed bed sheets and soap for. Was he going to give Zecora a bath or something.

"Darn it, I almost forgot!" Big Mac said as he looked back at what he had gathered, "Scootaloo, can you go get a bucket or something and fill it with water for me?". Scootaloo nodded quickly and ran through Zecora's house and managed to find a rather large bucket, probably used for washing her bed sheets. After filling it with water she ran back into the room, only to find Mac with his head between Zecora's legs.

"M-Mac?" Scootaloo stuttered, her face turning a dark shade of red. Was Mac really about to do that?

"Did you get the water?" Mac asked quickly, pulling his head out from Zecora's thighs. Scootaloo nodded and he quickly shooed her out of the room. Scootaloo decided to sit on a chair in the main room, waiting for Mac to be done his business so he could find out what was wrong with Zecora.

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After a few hours of long, painful, moans from Zecora Big Mac came out into the main room covered in sweat. Scootaloo looked at him in disgust until she saw Zecora laying in her bed smiling.

"What did you do Mac?" Scootaloo asked happily, waving at Zecora.

"I delivered a baby" Mac said in an exhausted voice, collapsing to the ground.

"Zecora was pregnant?" Scootaloo asked in surprise. She didn't even notice a bulge on Zecora's belly, but then again, she didn't know anything about a zebra's anatomy, let alone a pony's.

"I guess so, but this wasn't a normal birth" Mac said as he got to his hooves with a grunt, "This baby was two months early"

"Woah..." Scootaloo said slowly as she thought about how long two months was to a baby. When she stopped thinking she found Mac sleeping in a chair next to Zecora, who was also sound asleep. Scootaloo guessed they were tired from the delivery, so she looked around for the baby, finding it sitting in the bucket, splashing around happily. The baby wasn't like a pony baby, but it did have some pony qualities. It was probably mostly Zebra, but it's mane was a bright pink and it's body was somewhat pink, but it still had the same stripes that Zecora had. The baby stared at Scootaloo when it noticed her, but then quickly splashed her with water, making her growl.

"Stupid baby, if you weren't so tiny and cute I'd get mad at you for that" Scootaloo said with a small laugh as she rubbed the baby's head before heading back to the main room. Since Mac was here she might as well stay as well, since he had probably come back to get her anyways. As Scootaloo laid down she thought about how she got here anyways, but she was too tired to think about it now. Withing in minutes she had passed out, and started dreaming about what the baby would be like in a few years.

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The next week passed by quickly after Zecora gave birth, the other two fillies of the forest coming to visit the new baby, which they decided to name Pink Pearl due to her pinkish color, and because of the rarity of a zebra/pony baby being born. Everyday Big Mac would take the fillies to go see her, and they would spend hours playing with her while he talked to Zecora in another room. As odd as it seemed, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle never got an urge to eat the baby, but Scootaloo jokingly said it was because 'Even monsters have rules', which the other two pushed her for. As Scootaloo got ready to go pick up the letters from the elements she gave Pearl a hug.

"See you in a bit kiddo" Scootaloo said before taking off on her scooter. She had always heard Rainbow Dash say that to her, and now that there was a filly younger than her around she finally had someone to say it to as well. Which reminded her that Rainbow said she would occasionally fly over the forest and find Scootaloo so she could bring her some treats, they just had to figure out a place to meet up. As she ran up to the library door she heard Rarity talking loudly inside.

"And then she tried to eat me, but Scootaloo and Applebloom held her back!" Rarity said dramatically. The other four ponies gasped, but then Rainbow piped up.

"Serves you right for going in there, Luna specifically told us no too" Rainbow said in a moderately angry tone.

"I know she said that dear, but it's my sister, don't you want to go see Scootaloo?" Rarity said defensively, trying to turn the attention towards Rainbow, who she had seen flying by the forest for the past few days.

"Of course I do, but I'm not going to just walk in there after Luna said the other two eat meat!" Rainbow shouted angrily. Being the element of loyalty meant she hated it when ponies were disloyal, especially when it was one of her friends.

"Well I never!" Rarity said dramatically as she walked towards the door, opening it on Scootaloo's face, making her fall backwards in pain.

"Ow..." Scootaloo moaned as she rubbed her nose, looking up to see Rarity with a surprised look on her face.

"Are you here to take our letters?" Rarity asked quickly, acting very uptight.

"Uh, yeah..." Scootaloo said slowly, not sure what was going on. Rarity quickly used her magic to give her the letters from everypony and then trotted back to her boutique angrily. Scootaloo watched her as she walked away, not sure why Rainbow making a good point was making her upset, and it was her fault anyways since Luna did warm them about visits. As Scootaloo got up she felt a hoof on her shoulder, and when she turned around she saw Rainbow smiling at her happily. The rainbow maned mare quickly pulled Scootaloo into a big hug, holding onto her for a while.

"Uh, hi Rainbow" Scootaloo said slowly after Rainbow let go of her. Rainbow just smiled at her, and then gave her another hug before going back inside the library. Scootaloo had no idea what was going on with them, but she knew she couldn't stay for long or else somepony might see her and ask questions, so she got on her scooter and left, heading back to the forest.

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In Canterlot it was a much different story. The princesses had begun fighting again and many of the guards were worried one of them might, pull a Nightmare Moon, as they called it. Both Shining Armor and Night Wing, the two captains, had tried to keep word from spreading outside the guards, but somepony spilled the beans and now many of the higher ups in Canterlot society knew. As if that wasn't enough both Celestia and Luna haven't come out of their bed chambers in days, leaving  Cadance to try and run the government, and even with Shining and his parents help she was quickly getting overwhelmed. Night knew it was time to talk to Luna about what was going on, and was determined to do so, but every night he tried he would be shooed away without saying anything, but tonight would be different, he could feel it.

Knock, Knock

"Princess Luna? It is I, Night Wing, I would-" he said, but was cut off by her doors opening, with her on the other side.

"What is it captain?" Luna asked coldly, tired of his nightly interruptions.

"Ma'am, if you and your sister don't repair things soon, things may take a severe turn for the worst in Canterlot, possibly even all of Equestria" Night Wing said quickly, trying to get it all out before Luna threw him out, but tonight she didn't.

"What would go wrong captain?" Luna asked as she turned to go back to her bed, which she had been laying in before he had knocked on the door. Night Wing quickly walked up next to her, only to be pushed back a few feet by her magic.

"Ma'am, the nobles have heard that you and your sisters are fighting, some of the more ambitious ones are talking about performing a coupe" Night Wing explained, pausing to take a breath, "And Princess Cadance is not able to run all of Equestria on her own, nor with her husband and his parents help"

"So? Why don't you ask Celestia to things like she did while I was on the moon?!" Luna snapped. She knew what was going on, she could control dreams with her magic, and she had seen the dreams of those wishing to overthrow her family, so none of this was news to her.

"Ma'am, I would rather it if you and Princess Celestia both ran Equestria, that is how it should be" Night Wing said, before bracing himself to be thrown out. It was a good thing he did too, because Luna had had enough of talking to him and being reminded of her sister, so she picked him up and threw him against the wall. He landed in a heap, unconscious due to the force of the hit.

Kill him

"NO!" Luna shouted, waking up the captain.

DO IT!

"NO!" Luna shouted again, bringing her hooves to her head, the captain staring at her in complete confusion.

It will be fun, trust me!

"SHUT UP!" Luna screamed as she picked up a decorative sword she kept on the wall. She held it close to her as Grey Hoof continued to whisper in her head, trying to get her to kill the captain, who was now walking towards her.

"Princess, are you-" Night Wing started to ask as he put a hoof on Luna's shoulder. In her crazed state she spun around, slicing his throat with the sword on accident.

Perfect, now wasn't that fun?

"What?!" Luna shouted, looking around, seeing the body of Night Wing on her floor, blood flowing out of the gash on her neck. Luna realized that she did just as Grey Hoof had expected she would, and she ended up killing her own guard in cold blood. She quickly picked up Night Wing's body and flew towards the balcony, preparing to dispose of his body, framing it so that it would seem as though he was killed in a mugging rather than by a princess.

"I've fallen so far..." Luna said sadly as she flew off her balcony towards the city. No sane princess should ever have to frame the deaths of one of their guards, let alone their captain. When Luna had come back Night Wing was the only guard to speak to her, and now he was dead, by her own hoof no less. As Luna laid his body down in a back alley she started to cry, and when she laid back in her bed she wept, not only for Night Wing, but for herself. Next Chapter: Ghost of a Sister Estimated time remaining: 24 Minutes