One day at the Castle of Friendship, Nurse Redheart came visit Twilight and Storm.

“Oh, Princess Twilight and Prince Storm!” Nurse Redheart said as she, Twilight, Storm, and Eric were walking down the hall. Spike was walking behind them with a long scroll, “Everypony in the hospital is so excited for your visit today!”

“We’re never too busy to visit sick foals,” Twilight replied.

“I’m glad we can make their days just a little bit brighter, especially when they have to deal with illnesses.” Storm added.

“I can’t believe a whole class just came down with the horsey hives!” Twilight said.

“On school picture day, too,” Nurse Redheart added. It was then the very class picture was shown on screen of all the little foals covered in red spots and looking miserable. Cheerilee just had a very uncomfortable look on her face as she looked at them nervously.

“Ugh, horsey hives are the worst,” said Storm, “Honey, remember when we got them?”

“How could I not?” Twilight replied, “We ended up getting them at the same time, and I know for a fact that I didn’t just read books the whole time we were in the hospital. I remember us playing games together and reading stories to each other.”

“Yeah. Getting sick was more fun when you had a friend at your side.” Storm said.

“That explains why you both ended up with the chicken pox together too,” said Spike.

“Good times, good times,” Storm remarked with a happy sigh as Twilight giggled.

“As much as good friends can help with the healing process,” said Nurse Redheart, “Seeing the two of you would help too. Oh, the poor dears really do need cheering up.”

“We’ll do our best,” Twilight replied, “We’ll bring snacks, my husband and I will read to them, and get them gifts.”

“Food and presents always cheer me up,” said Spike. Nurse Redheart, Twilight, and Storm all smiled and nodded in agreement. Twilight and Storm then escorted Nurse Redheart to the front door and opened it for the nurse pony to leave.

“We’ll see you soon!” said Twilight as she waved goodbye.

“Buh-bye,” said Storm as he waved as well.

“Okay, if we want to be at the hospital by lunch, then we’ll have three hours to buy get well presents, borrow a book from the schoolhouse...and pick up treats,” Spike replied with a sigh.

“Um, couldn’t we just bring all nine of the Space Ponies stories for the reading,” Eric suggested, “That would take one thing off that list.”

“I appreciate you wanting to help, sweetie, but I would like to read something of my choice,” Twilight replied.

“Well, excuuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess,” Storm teased as Twilight stuck her tongue out at him.

“Anyway, it’s alot,” said Twilight, “but if we stick to the schedule, I know we can get it all done.” Spike didn’t seem so confident and it showed on his face.

“Yeah, knock on wood,” said Spike bluntly.

“Give us some credit, Spike,” Storm replied, “In fact, let me set us a time table so we know how much time to spend on each task. I can even create us a few time buffers so we have some flexibility for the unexpected.”

“Now that is called smart planning!” said Spike as he handed Storm the checklist, “Go for it!” Storm had just grabbed the checklist when there was some knocking at the front door.

“Wonder who could that be?” Storm asked, “Starlight is with Jasper and Smokey and they’re helping her re-channel her magical power.”

Twilight decided to simply open the door to find out. There before them were Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart.

“Surprise!” said Cadance and Shining Armor together.

While Flurry Heart was all cheerful and happy. Cadance and Shining Armor both looked frazzled and even their manes were very messy. Also, at least in Storm and Eric’s eyes, they looked a tad mentally unstable. Storm and Twilight both gasped as huge smiles appeared on their faces.

“Uncle Shining, Aunt Cadance, are you okay?” Eric asked, before turning to his cousin, “Hi, Flurry!”

“Oh, my gosh!” Twilight exclaimed, “How’s our favorite niece?”

Twilight and Storm leaned forward as Flurry Heart extended her little fore-hooves so the couple could each nuzzle her cheeks. Twilight and Storm each kissed her cheeks.

“I’m good!” Shining Armor replied in a baby voice to make it sound like Flurry Heart, but the two knew it was him, “I was hoping my favowite aunt, uncle, and cousin could watch me for a few houwrs.”

“Hope you’re not too busy,” said Cadance as she and Shining Armor gave the couple some pleading smiles.

“Actually, we kind of are-” Spike was then cut off by both Storm and Twilight as they each put a fore-hoof over his mouth.

“Busy?” Twilight asked and scoffed, “Would the best aunt ever be too busy to spend time with this adorable little one?”

“And would the best uncle ever be too busy for this little cutie?” Storm added, cooing at Flurry Heart as he kissed her forehead.

Flurry Heart, Cadance, and Shining Armor just smiled and said nothing. Spike then appeared from the left of the baby buggy and pointed at their checklist.

“No!” Twilight replied with a smirk.

“Sure, we do have things to do today,” said Storm before smirking as well, “But as you’ve always said to me, Cadance. I now say to you. We’ll make time!”

Cadance gave him a teary smile and wasted no time embracing him happily. Twilight just smiled at the touching moment. Spike just rolled his eyes, for he knew there was going to be trouble.

A little later, Twilight was just holding Flurry Heart with her magic as she peppered her check with kisses and then blew a raspberry at her little tummy. Flurry Heart giggled happily.

“Who’s a little cutie? Who’s a little cutie?” Storm cooed as he lightly ticked her tummy, making Flurry Heart giggle even more. Cadance and Shining Armor just smiled as Spike had a weary look on his face while he stood behind Twilight, Storm, and Eric.

“Flurry! We’ve got a surprise for you! Don’t we, dear,” Twilight told the little alicorn baby as she gave her husband a wink.

“Ah yes, we do!” said Storm, giving wife a wink as he looked at Flurry Heart, “Are you ready to see what it is, sweetie?” Flurry Heart nodded as Twilight put the baby on her back. She and Storm then walked up to a set of double doors. Twilight then set Flurry Heart on the floor. The little alicorn baby tried to stand on her four hooves but then plopped into her stomach.

“Ooh...are you okay, Flurry?” Storm asked concerned. Flurry Heart just stood back up, smiled cutely, and danced on her little hooves with her tongue hanging out, “Well, aren’t we an excited little filly.” Storm said. Flurry Heart just smiled at him.

“Just a couple of toys that reminded us of Flurry,” said Twilight as she went to open the double doors. Storm’s eyes shrunk as he saw how quickly Twilight was opening the door.

“Honey, wait! Don’t...UGH!” Storm tried to warn her but was too late.

Twilight opened the door and huge pile of wrapped presents came tumbling out, burying Eric, Storm, and Flurry Heart. Twilight gasped as well as Shining Armor and Cadance in the background. Twilight quickly used her magic to find get Flurry Heart out of the pile of presents. Flurry Heart just giggled happily and the others were surprised to see Storm holding onto her. Cadance and Shining Armor sighed with relief.

“I was gonna say the presents had piled up,” Storm remarked, “You okay, Flurry?” Flurry Heart hugged the side of Storm’s face before hovering back down to check out one of the packages.

“I’m excited to show you we’ve done some shopping for Flurry Heart,” said Twilight. Eric and Storm just watched Flurry Heart as she picked up a package and examined it curiously. Cadance just chuckled.

“Oh-ho-ho, you’re both so sweet,” Cadance replied, “You didn’t have to do that.”

“I know, but I can’t help myself!” said Twilight, “Best Aunt Ever!

“You’re also Best Mommy Ever,” Eric replied as he hugged her.

“Thanks, sweetheart,” Twilight said.

“Don’t forget me, Best Uncle Ever too!” Storm added.

“Actually, your title is Best Husband Ever,” Twilight said sweetly and pecked his lips, making Storm put on a dazed smile and his cheeks turned pink.

“And Best Daddy Ever,” Eric added, hugging him.

“Thank you, sport,” Storm replied.

Storm then gave Flurry Heart a package that had gold stars on it.

You gotta open this one!” Storm told Flurry. She then tore open the wrapping paper and inside of it was a toy train that had the same colors as her mane and fur.

“I had this train painted in the same colors as you,” said Storm and then turned to Cadance and Shining Armor, “and it’s soft like a plushie so she can use it like a cuddle or sleep toy.” Flurry Heart used her magic to pick up the train and set it on the floor.

“Woo-woo!” Flurry Heart tooted as she rolled the train across the floor, “Woo-woo!”

“That’s right, Flurry. A train go “woo-woo!” But they also go chugga-chugga!” Storm pointed out. Flurry Heart raised an eyebrow at him curiously.

“Make the train move and I’ll show you,” Storm said. Flurry Heart smiled as she took control of her toy train with her magic.

“Now departing from the castle, the Flurry Express,” Storm announced, “All aboard! Chugga- chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga-chugga, woo-woo! All aboard! Chugga- chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga-chugga, woo-woo!” Flurry Heart clapped happily and then hovered onto Storm’s back, giggling and clapping happily.

“Oh, you want me to be the train?” Storm asked playfully as Flurry Heart clapped excitedly.

“All aboard the Storm Express! All aboard!” Storm announced, using his horn to sound like a train whistle and then began to make the sounds of a train as he marched quickly about the room. Flurry Heart just giggled as she enjoyed the ride. Cadance and Shining Armor just chuckled quietly to each other.

“Okay, time for the Storm Express to arrive at the station,” said Twilight. Storm then came to a stop by Twilight and Eric, making his horn give another toot and then made a hissing sound with his teeth.

“Open this one, Flurry,” said Twilight as she set the baby alicorn down on the floor and put a polka dotted present in front of her. Flurry Heart did and found that inside the package were two teddy bears. One was blue and the other was red. Flurry used her magic to pick up the blue bear, then growled as she held it, and giggled again.

“Exactly! They’re bears! You’re one smart cookie.” Twilight remarked, giving Flurry Heart a wink.

Storm just smiled back at the baby alicorn as Twilight used her magic to pick up the red teddy bear. As some elegant music was played in the background, Twilight used her magic to make the red teddy bear dance gracefully about some books on top of a nearby shelf. Eric, Flurry Heart, and Storm were rather impressed as they gave Twilight some applause.

“Brava! Brava!” Storm said. Flurry Heart then used her magic to pick up the blue bear to try and mimic Twilight’s dancing. Flurry Heart’s efforts were anything but elegant, but Storm was rather impressed.

“That’s some good dancing there for such a young foal, and you’re only going to get better!” Storm remarked.

Flurry Heart smiled as she continued to try to make her blue teddy bear dance. It was then Twilight’s red teddy bear danced gracefully across the background from right to left. Flurry Heart’s blue teddy bear was right behind her, twirling upside down on its head.

“Wow, never seen a ballerina and a break dancer do a duet together,” Storm remarked with a chuckle as Twilight and Flurry Heart kept playing with the bears, “and this is coming from a pony who seen two ponies do a dubstep and classical violin duet.” Storm then went to follow his wife, son, and niece as Spike, Cadance, and Shining Armor just watched the three ponies and boy play together.

“We’ll just put Flurry’s things over here, Twily and Storm!” Shining Armor called out.

“Uh-huh, totally,” said Twilight in a rather distracted tone.

“I’ve got this, honey,” Storm replied. “You three have fun.” Flurry Heart then whimpered sadly.

“Aw, don’t be sad, sweetie,” Storm said to Flurry, “I’ll be back soon. Just gotta talk to your mommy and daddy, okey-dokey?” Flurry Heart smiled and nodded. Storm then walked up to Cadance and Shining Armor.

“Okay, I see her baby buggy, what else she got?” Storm asked. Shining Armor then used his magic to hand over some baby food.

“Mashed peas, her favorite,” said Shining Armor.

“And diapers,” Cadance added as she used her magic to hand over one package of diapers, “Uh, extra diapers. Oh, and backup extra diapers. Heh.” Cadance then handed over two packages of diapers and then added three more.

“Mashed peas, her favorite,” said Shining Armor as he used his magic to hand over another jar of the baby food and then blinked, “Wait, did I say that already?” Poor Storm and Spike were then buried alive under a pile packaged diapers and more than two jars of baby food. Spike was the first to poke out of the pile.

“Uh-huh,” said Spike as a matter of fact.

“Oops,” Shining Armor remarked as Storm poked out of the pile afterwards.

“I don’t think she needs this many diapers and mashed peas. She’s only staying with us while you’re out for the day,” Storm pointed out.

“Oh, this is the most important thing of all, her Whammy.” Cadance said. She then used her magic to give Spike a tan colored snail with a green shell.

“Aw, that’s a cute little snail toy,” Storm remarked.

“I take it Flurry named it?” Spike asked with a smirk.

“Yup. If she gets fussy, just give her the Whammy and she’ll calm right down,” Cadance said. Storm hummed impressively.

“Ah, that definitely might come in handy,” Storm pointed out. Shining Armor noticed that Twilight and Eric were still playing with Flurry Heart.

“You getting all this, Twily?” Shining Armor asked.

“Whammy. Got it,” Twilight replied. Storm just rolled his eyes and smiled.

“Don’t worry. If she forgets, I got it all covered. See? I took notes!” Storm said, holding up a small scroll with writing on it.

“Good,” Cadance replied.

“Where are you guys headed, anyway?” Twilight asked as she put Flurry Heart onto her back. The alicorn baby continued to play with her teddy bear with her tongue sticking out from the side of her mouth.

“You remember my friend from the royal guard, Spearhead?” Shining Armor asked as Twilight and Eric walked up to them and stood between Storm and Spike. The four of them just had blank looks on their faces.

“Honestly, all of your friends’ names are very similar,” Spike remarked.

“I think I might remember him,” Storm replied.

“Well, he has a pop-up art show at the Ponyville Cafe, and we decided to go at the last minute,” Shining said.

“We’re not exactly art enthusiasts, but we could really use a night out,” Cadance added.

“You mean “day”?” Spike corrected.

“That’s what I said!” Cadance replied quickly as she looked about, “Isn’t that what I said?”

“Mmm...Mm-mm,” said Spike, shaking his head, Twilight just smiled and nodded, and Storm just nodded with a knowing smirk on his face.

“Either way, are you two sure you can watch her?” Cadance asked. It was then Flurry Heart started to suck on Twilight’s ear. She then cuddled the side of Storm’s head and then sat back down on Twilight’s back.

“Uh-uh-uh!” Spike grunted as he reminded Twilight and Storm of the list.

“Mmmh...” Twilight whimpered as Flurry Heart hugging Twilight and squeaked cutely.

“Like I said before, Cadance,” said Storm confidently, “For you, we’ll make time!”

“That’s right, honey,” Twilight replied, “Have no fear! The best aunt ever and best uncle ever have everything under control!” Spike just made a long face. Cadance and Shining Armor smiled, looked at each other, and then the former used her magic to pull Flurry Heart over to them so they could give the baby a kiss goodbye. Flurry Heart then flew back over to Twilight afterward.

“Thanks again, Twily and Storm,” said Shining Armor as he and Cadance went to leave.

“Wait up!” Storm called out as he handed them both a small pouch of bits.

“What’s that for?” Shining Armor asked curiously as he took the pouch.

“You both looked a bit frazzled,” said Storm in a gentle but honest tone, “You might want to freshen up at the Ponyville spa before you head to the cafe.” Cadance and Shining Armor then looked at each other and sighed.

“That would be a good idea,” Cadance replied slowly, “We’ll pay you back.”

“No need to,” Storm said, “Go have fun on your date and we’ll see you in a few hours.” Cadance and Shining Armor smiled and nodded as they took their leave. The front doors had barely closed when Spike spoke up.

“Okay, let’s grab that Whammy thing and go,” said Spike. It was then Flurry Heart teleported in front of them.

“Uh-uh!” Flurry Heart replied, shaking her head, and held her blue bear with her magic as she growled playfully.

“Oh, you want to pretend we’re the bears,” said Twilight, “I suppose we have time for a quick game.”

“Do we, though?” Spike asked as he glared at the Twilight, Storm, and Eric.

“Yes, we do,” Storm replied firmly before giving Flurry Heart a devious smile, “Grrr!” Flurry Heart smiled as she flew for her life.

“To infinity…and beyond!” said Eric as he flew on his broomstick.

Twilight then growled as well as the two chased after the kids, leaving the blue and red teddy bears behind. Storm used a flight spell that Starlight showed him a while back.

“Hey! All right!” Twilight said as she growled like a bear, “We’re gonna get ya!”

“Momma bear and daddy bear are hungry! Grrrr!” Storm added playfully. Spike tried to run after them, but stepped on the red teddy bear.

“Ugh!” Spike grunted and sighed annoyingly as he landed on his face, “You both should catch her soon, ‘cause we’ve got lots to do! Horsey-hives-covered foals counting on us, remember?”

“Got it!” Storm and Twilight shouted together as they, Flurry Heart, and Eric continued to fly about the foyer.

“I’m catching up!” Twilight called out, growing like a bear.

“You can’t escape a hungry bear! Grrrrr!” Storm added.

Flurry Heart looked back and squeaked as she increased her flying speed to get away. She and Eric then looked back again as Twilight and Storm growled at them playfully. Storm then whispered something to Twilight, who smirked in reply as they disappeared from view. Flurry Heart and Eric then noticed that Twilight and Storm were gone.

“Huh?” said Flurry Heart, wondering where her aunt and uncle went.

“Where’d they go?” Eric added.

The two then snuck up on them.

“GRRRRRR!” Storm and Twilight growled to surprise them. Flurry Heart whimpered as she covered herself up with her large wings and put a yellow bubble shield around herself as she floated down to the ground. Eric yelped and crashed onto the wall, “Ow, my face!” Storm and Twilight, with worried looks on their faces, landed as well.

“Oops,” said Storm worriedly, “Guess we over did it.”

“Uh-oh,” Twilight added in agreement, “Sorry, bug. Did that scare you?” Twilight then pressed her face against the bubble.

“It’s okay,” said Twilight, “It’s just Auntie Twily!”

“And your friendly and lovable, Uncle Storm!” Storm added as he pressed his face against the bubble as well. Flurry Heart timidly removed her bubble shield and then stuck her tongue out at the two of them.

“Bleh!” Flurry Heart babbled as she blew a raspberry playfully at the both of them. She shook her head about while making funny faces. Storm laughed.

“Oh, you are such a silly little filly, and quite a magical one too,” Storm remarked. He and Twilight then gave the alicorn baby a hug.

“Indeed,” said Twilight, “You know, that was a pretty advanced spell for somepony your age. Looks like you’re already taking after you Auntie Twily and Uncle Storm.” Twilight then gave Flurry Heart a wink. Flurry Heart, in the most adorable thing ever seen, tried to wink as well, but had some trouble doing so, and then just gave them both a smile.

“You are just too cute!” Storm cooed as Flurry Heart giggled.

“All right, that was pretty adorable,” said Spike bluntly, “But now...”

“Okay, okay,” Storm replied in exasperation.

“We know, Spike, we’re leaving,” Twilight added. Flurry Heart then stood up on her hind legs when her stomach gave a grumble. Flurry Heart then clutched her stomach, feeling a little embarassed at the rumbling.

“Looks like somepony is hungry,” said Storm.

“I just have to feed her real quick,” Twilight replied as she used her magic to open up a jar of baby food and went to feed Flurry Heart with a spoon. Flurry Heart blew a raspberry and leaned away as the spoon came toward her mouth.

“Come on, Flurry,” Storm said as he tried to feed her, “Here comes the choo-choo train. Chugga-chugga, woo-woo! Going into the tunnel!” Storm then tried to put the spoon in her mouth, but then Flurry Heart used her own magic to grab the spoon away and then fling the baby food on it at the two.

“Yikes!” Storm yelped as he, Eric, and Twilight leaned away just in time to avoid getting hit as the baby food splattered against a nearby wall.

“Why do I get the feeling Cadance and Shining Armor forgot to tell us something?” Storm pondered skeptically to his wife and Spike. Spike just crossed his arms and glared. Twilight just smiled sheepishly.

“Maybe we should feed her some applesauce instead,” Eric suggested.

“Good thinking,” Storm agreed.

Soon enough, the three ponies, Spike, and Eric quickly headed to Ponyville’s only toy store. Other ponies were busy shopping as they entered the store. Twilight and Storm were each pushing their own shopping cart and Flurry Heart was sitting in Twilight’s shopping cart, with Eric alongside.

“Okay, we just need to grab some toys and we are outta here,” said Twilight.

The two ponies then walked down the aisles as they used their magic to fill the baskets with various toys into their own shopping carts. Flurry Heart watched at first, but then tried to get their attention by roaring like a bear. Twilight and Storm smiled at her.

“You want to play, don’t you?” Twilight asked, but then Spike got between the couple and showed them the list.

“We get it!” Storm snapped as he used his magic to push Spike and the list behind them. Then Storm got an idea and whispered it to his wife.

“Well, we know a game that’s even more fun,” said Twilight before leaning toward Spike, “And more efficient.” Twilight then look back at Flurry Heart, “Playing race carts! Which one us will win the race?! Uncle Storm or Auntie Twilight?” Flurry Smiled excitedly.

“Three...two...one...GO!” Storm shouted.

“Ha-ha!” Twilight cheered.

Flurry Heart giggled with glee as she stood on her hind legs in her seat while Storm and Twilight sped up and down the aisles collecting toys with their magic. They were both going so fast that even Flurry Heart’s lips were flapping from the momentum.

“I’m gonna beat you!” Twilight called out playfully.

“Oh, it’s on!” Storm said.

The three ponies laughed as they finished their shopping and rushed toward the check-out stand where the salespony was just waiting patiently for them. Surprisingly, Twilight and Flurry finished first with Storm and Eric in second as their shopping carts skidded to a stop.

“I beat you! I beat you! Na-na-na, na-na-na!” Twilight taunted as Storm smiled and rolled his eyes. Flurry Heart giggled.

“Whatever, you won this round,” said Storm dismissively and then added smugly, “But don’t forget that it took two of you to beat me!” Twilight and Flurry Heart both stuck their tongues out at him and laughed. Storm rolled his eyes again, but just chuckled as Spike finally caught up with them.

“Nice thinking, Twilight and Storm!” said Spike, clearly out of breath.

“Best Aunt Ever!” Twilight shouted.

“Ahem,” Storm remarked, waiting for her to call him best uncle.

“What? You lost!” Twilight retorted as Storm blew her raspberry. Then they began to unload their carts so they could pay for all the toys. Flurry Heart started getting a little fussy and tugged on Twilight’s tail to get the purple pony’s attention.

“Hang on, Flurry,” said Twilight as she pulled her tail out of grabbing range and continued to put the toys onto the counter, “The race cart’s taking a pit stop.”

“You’ll get another race some other time, sweetie,” Storm added, “Once we’re done paying for these toys, you’ll get another ride on the Storm Express.” Storm then made his horn go “toot-toot”, “Won’t that be fun?” Flurry Heart just looked a little sad.

“Oh cheer up, Flurry,” said Storm, “Your Auntie and Uncle just have things to do today. Just sit tight for a bit and we’ll have some more fun. Okay?” Storm then kissed Flurry Heart’s fore-head as went over to give Twilight the bits needed to pay for all the toys. Flurry Heart then got an idea. She quietly hovered over to Storm’s cart. Then, using her magic, she made the shopping cart roll away from the group. Storm had just finished giving Twilight the sack of bits when he gasped loudly as he saw Flurry Heart rolling away.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Storm asked as he tried to grab the front of the cart.

“Immobulus!” Eric incanted. The cart suddenly stopped in it’s tracks and Eric took the cart back where it belonged, then took Flurry back to Twilight and Storm.

It wasn’t long before they ran to the schoolhouse. “Yes!” Twilight panted as she looked at her watch, “We gained back a whole five minutes from running here!”

“Alright!” said Storm as she and Twilight shared a high hoof together.

“Yeah, but if you add that to the ten minutes we were already behind...” Spike added, “we’re...fifteen minutes behind!” Twilight and Storm both replied by giving Spike a death glare.

“I mean...” Spike stuttered with a nervous chuckle, “Yay, team?”

“Mm-hmm!” said Twilight in reply.

“Let’s just grab a book or two and get going,” Storm said.

“We could’ve saved time if we had brought the Space Ponies stories,” Eric pointed out.

Once inside the schoolhouse, Spike was checking out some book shelves in the foreground, Cheerilee pushed forward a rolling bookshelf toward the couple as Flurry Heart just sat quietly in her baby buggy, which had been uncoupled from the train and rolled inside so the baby alicorn could sit quietly in it.

“Thanks for helping us out, Cheerilee,” said Twilight as Storm stood beside her, “Sorry, we’re a few minutes late.”

“O...kay...” said Cheerilee slowly before recomposing herself and speaking to Twilight, “Oh, no problem. But I gotta say. I’m surprised you came to me for a book. Don’t you have a huge collection? I’ve been told you’re husband’s gets you several dozen books a week.” Twilight blushed as Storm just smirked and said nothing.

“Yes, but-” Twilight was then cut off when she heard the sound of Flurry Heart bouncing up and down in her baby buggy.

“Sorry, one second,” said Twilight as she used her magic to make Flurry Heart be still. Flurry Heart gave an annoyed grunt and extended her fore-legs for some attention.

“Hmm, is there anything in here that would keep you busy...” Storm pondered aloud as he looked about the classroom. Spike then climbed up the side of the baby buggy and held Flurry Heart’s so called “Whammy” plushie. Twilight then held the toy with her magic and gave it to Flurry Heart, who quickly took the snail and hugged it.

“Sorry about that,” said Storm as Twilight smiled sheepishly, “As big as Twilight’s book collection is, we don’t have anything a young foal can enjoy other than the Space Ponies stories and maybe Daring Do. And my wife insists we find something other than those books to read to sick foals.” Twilight just rolled her eyes before speaking up.

“Plus we didn’t think the foals would be interested in The Unabridged History of Amulets in pony Latin,” Twilight added.

“Yeah, it was good you came to see me,” said Cheerilee, “How about the complete collection of Ponyville Fables and Stables?”

“Ooh, those we could read together, honey,” Storm suggested.

“Mmm, too long,” said Twilight.

“Aww...” Storm groaned.

Cheerilee then presented another suggestion.

“Alien Alicorns vs. Space Pirates?” Cheerilee suggested next.

“Well, the science there is preposterous-”

Spike then appeared between Cheerilee and Twilight.

“How about Burnferno, Warrior from Within?” Spike suggested, “It’s about a handsome dragon warrior who slays evildoers with his breath and has snappy comebacks!”

“Oh, so he’s basically you but with real muscles and just as big of an ego?” Storm asked.

“Hardy-har-har!” Spike replied indignantly. Twilight giggled.

“Let’s borrow that for you and keep looking,” Twilight told the little dragon.

“Eh,” said Spike as he sat down in the floor to read the first page or two of the book.

“What else?” Twilight asked as Cheerilee pondered and looked at the other side of her rolling book shelf. Meanwhile, Flurry Heart was just playing with her Whammy a bit but then grew bored and tossed it aside. She saw Storm putting the book away when some book beside it fell off the shelf.

“Oh for crying out loud,” Storm grunted annoyingly and went to try putting them back into their proper place, but saw Flurry Heart watching him, “I’ll be there soon, Flurry!” Flurry Heart sighed and then looked to see Cheerilee offer Twilight another book, but the purple pony shook her head. Flurry Heart was now starting to feel ignored as well as bored. She looked around the room and noticed the blackboard that had some writing on it. Flurry Heart gave a giggle as she quickly teleported to the blackboard and got a piece of chalk. Just a few seconds later, Storm had finally put the books on the shelf.

“Finally!” exclaimed Storm as he turned around, “Sorry to keep you waiting Flurry, but you know Auntie Twilight likes books shelved in a certain...”

AAH-OOOOO-GAH!

The pupils of Eric and Storm’s eyes stretched out and his jaw dropped when he saw where Flurry was and what the little filly was doing.

“Uhh...m-m-mommy...” Eric whimpered as he tapped his mom’s shoulder.

“Not now, sweetheart,” Twilight replied and didn’t bother to turn around.

“Uh, how about Gusty the Great?” Cheerilee suggested.

“Ooh, that was one of my favorites when I was a filly! Storm’s too!” said Twilight, “We’ll take it!” Cheerilee noticed that Storm and Eric looked uneasy, then winced when she saw that the princes were staring at. She pointed at the sight with a shakey hoof and her teeth chattering.

“Mm, should I go with something more current...?” Twilight asked, puzzled by Cheerilee’s face.

“Honey, turn around!” Storm said firmly. Twilight finally did and gasped. There was Flurry Heart, she had messed up all the writing on the chalkboard so she could draw pictures of herself, Twilight, Storm, Eric, and Spike. For a baby, her drawings were pretty decent. They weren’t just squiggles in but actual shapes and sizes that looked like three ponies, little dragon, and little boy. You could tell who was who.

“Ta-da!” Flurry Heart said happily. Twilight blinked and then glared at her husband.

“Honey why didn’t you-” Storm looked her straight in the eye with a deadpan expression and raised an eyebrow, making Twilight go from looking stern to feeling sheepish, “Oh...you did try to tell me...heh...my bad...” Twilight then sternly pulled Flurry Heart back into her baby buggy.

“Cheerilee, we are so, so sorry!” said Twilight, “I didn’t even hear her leave!”

“Same here,” Storm added as he looked at Flurry with a raised eyebrow, “I forgot our little niece here knows how to teleport.” Flurry Heart just looked rather sad and pointed at her picture.

“It’s a nice picture, Flurry,” Storm said in a gentle but firm tone, “But next time, you need to ask us if it’s okay to draw on somepony else’s blackboard.” Twilight then used her magic to grab an eraser and cleared the blackboard, much to Flurry Heart’s disappointment.

“There, all clean,” said Twilight as she finished.

“Great,” Cheerilee replied, “Now I’ll just write it up again...!” She then picked up a piece of chalk, “With my mouth.” Cheerilee then reluctantly got to work.

“Ehh...” Twilight chuckled sheepishly and got ready to leave.

“Hold up, honey,” said Storm, “I can fix that.”

“Storm, we don’t...mmph!?” Spike was cut off as Storm quickly used his magic to roll up the checklist and shoved it into his mouth.

“Quiet you!” Storm said sternly. He then walked up to the chalkboard as Cheerilee looked at him closely. Then a huge chalk dust cloud appeared as Storm restored all the writing in under ten seconds. Cheerilee was so shocked that the chalk in her mouth fell out. Twilight and Flurry Heart were most impressed.

“It pays to have a good photographic memory,” Storm remarked as he walked up to his wife and son, “Let’s roll!” Twilight nodded and they headed out of the schoolhouse. Spike followed behind with a long face, not bothering to pull the checklist out of his mouth until they were outside.

Soon enough, Storm and Twilight were pulling the cart of toys and books as quickly and safely as they could to their next location. Spike and Eric could tell the couple was looking rather overwhelmed.

“Honestly, Twilight and Storm,” said Spike, “I don’t even want to tell you how late we are. Should I just cancel our visit to the hospital?”

“What?! Cancel?!” Twilight exclaimed, “We can’t cancel, Spike! The sick foals are counting on us! And the B.A.E. would never throw in the towel like that!”

“B.A.E.?” Spike asked.

“’Best Aunt Ever’?” said Twilight and then glared at her husband, “And I know the B.U.E. wouldn’t throw in the towel either!”

“B.U...never mind, I figured that one out,” said Spike annoyingly. Storm noticed his wife’s glaring and then a determined look appeared on his face.

“You’re right honey,” Storm replied, “If there’s one thing I want Flurry Heart to know about me, even us, is that we don’t let a few setbacks let us down. We don’t go down without a fight and we’ll get to that hospital one way or another!”

“I know we will, dear,” said Twilight, “Besides, this errand is gonna be different.”

“How do you figure that?” Spike asked.

“Because Flurry can play with the Cake twins and stay out of trouble! Best Aunt Ever!” Twilight cheered as she made herself and Storm charge ahead. Spike just glared and as the couple took off.

Once they were at Sugarcube Corner, Twilight wasted no time setting Flurry Heart next to Pound and Pumpkin Cake, who were just playing together. Pound was giggling to himself when he and his sister saw Flurry Heart. Flurry Heart felt a little shy, especially when the Cake twins gave her skeptical looks. Then Pound and Pumpkin each offered Flurry Heart a toy to play with, which helped Flurry Heart relax.

“Wonderful!” said Twilight, “They’re friends already!”

“Twily, you are so clueless sometimes,” Storm said to himself.

“Huh,” said Spike, “I shouldn’t have doubted you.”

“Thanks!” Twilight replied but then blinked, “Wait, you doubted me?” Spike just gave a nervous squeak in reply and shrugged his shoulder. Twilight then noticed that Storm was playing innocent.

“Honey, did you doubt me?” Twilight asked, demanding an answer.

“Uhh...oh! Look! Pinkie’s at the counter,” said Storm quickly, “didn’t you want to discuss that idea you had on the way here?”

“Oh, right!” Twilight said, “thanks for reminding me.” She then turned to Spike, “Spike and Eric, you watch Flurry. Storm and I will take care of everything else.” Spike gave the couple a salute and Eric nodded.

“Please don’t take your eyes off of them for one second,” Storm warned.

Twilight rushed up the counter where Pinkie was waiting.

“Hi, Pinkie Pie,” said Twilight quickly, “How’s it going? I need to pick up the cupcakes for the foals at the hospital! And can you do apology treats?”

“I’m good,” said Pinkie and grabbed the box loaded with cupcakes, “Here they are. Of course I can!”

“You got that list ready, dear?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, right here,” said Storm.

“Do you still have a giant file on everypony’s favorite treat?” Twilight asked.

“In my secret party planning cave!” said Pinkie, “Thanks again, Storm, for helping me with that file-sort-tation a few weeks ago.” Twilight blinked.

“I didn’t know you did file-sort-tations,” said Twilight to her husband.

“You never asked,” Storm replied smugly.

“BRB!” said Pinkie as she hit a button on the cash register to make a lever appear beside her. She then pulled the lever to fall down the trap door.

It was then Pinkie appeared carrying a very tell stack of papers.

“Hee-hee!” Twilight giggled excitedly, “Remind me to tell you later how amazing you are. Cheerilee?”

“Eh, I am pretty awesome,” said Pinkie smugly, “But that’s because I have big brother streamline my files every month.” She then grabbed a sheet of paper to read Cheerilee’s favorite treat.

“Cherry oatmeal cookies with yellow sprinkles,” Pinkie replied.

“Great!” said Twilight, “Can you write “sorry” on them?”

“I’ve got a stamp for that!” said Pinkie as she took the stamp and printed a pony with a sad frown on Twilight’s forehead. Storm laughed at Twilight’s expense, until she took the stamp and pasted the same stamp over his fore-head and smirked. Storm just made a long face.

Back with the babies, Flurry Heart was just playing with some blocks. Despite Storm’s warning, Spike was reading his list and not paying much attention to the three babies at all. Suddenly, Pound and Pumpkin started fighting over a balloon toy. Spike hadn’t even noticed, but Flurry Heart certainly did. She quickly tossed a block at Spike and made grunts as she pointed to the fighting twins while standing on her hind legs, hoping Spike would do something.

“Hey, you guys! No need to fight!” Spike told them, but the two twins were determined not to share, “Uh...Hang on! I’m sure there’s another one!” Spike then rushed to the toy box, before Eric stopped him and said pointing his wand at the toy box, “Allow me. Accio ballon toy!”

Eric got out a second ballon toy instantly. Flurry Heart just watched the Cake twins fight with a worried look on her face, especially as they got louder. Flurry Heart then used her magic to grab the balloon toy and used it to tap the back of Twilight’s head to get their attention.

“Hold on, sweetie,” said Twilight, not turning around, “We’ll play in a second.” Flurry Heart then bopped Storm’s head. He looked back and noticed the two crying twins and Flurry Heart gesturing at them and the toy.

“Oh, I see,” said Storm, “They’re fighting over the toy. And where is...”

“Honey, I need your help right now!” Twilight called out, forcing Storm to turn around, “Spike can handle it.” Storm tried to protest, but Twilight put a fore-hoof over his mouth and pointed sternly to his list. Storm rolled his eyes, wondering why Twilight couldn’t read the list herself.

Meanwhile, Flurry Heart was feeling disappointed that neither Storm or Twilight would help her. Eric then gave the other balloon toy to Flurry so she could give it to the twins, who were both bawling their eyes out. Flurry gave the two balloon toys to each of the twins and they stopped crying.

Soon enough, they were running once again to their next destination. Spike was now clinging into the front of the baby buggy since Storm and Twilight had it coupled in front of them rather than behind. Spike held onto the front of the baby buggy since he couldn’t run that fast and was holding a baby bottle in his claw. Eric was on his mom’s back, because like Spike, he couldn’t run as fast as both his parents were going.

“Uh...Twilight? Storm?” Spike tried to ask.

“Out of the question!” said Twilight sternly, “We are not cancelling! It’s going to be okay,” said Twilight to herself as she started to panic, “It has to be okay! It’s been so terrible so far it can’t possible end up- blub-blub-blub-bulb-blub-Oh...” Twilight was then cut off when Spike squired the bottle of baby formula into Twilight’s face.

“Uh, sorry,” Spike apologized, making it clear the squirting was an accident. Twilight just shook her head dry and sighed. Flurry Heart just tried to get the bottle from Spike.

“No, I needed it,” said Twilight.

“And good timing too,” Storm added, “She almost said the worst possible thing you can say regarding our circumstances.” Twilight went to protest but then sighed.

“Yeah, you’re right,” Twilight replied, “it was on the tip of my tongue.”

“Well, I was gonna say, we’re here,” said Spike as a familiar general hospital appeared in view. Twilight and Storm both screeched their cart to a stop so quickly that Spike went flying ahead a few feet and landed on his back. Spike also dropped the bottle from the sudden braking and Flurry Heart easily caught the bottle in her fore-hooves. Fortunately, Spike wasn’t hurt and quickly stood up and recovered.

“And we’re only four-and-a-half minutes late!” Spike added, hoping the fact they recovered that much lost time would help the couple feel better.

“Four and a half?!” Twilight and Storm exclaimed together. Then the two ponies charged forward, making Spike smack into the front of the baby buggy again as the two ponies charged forward.

Within a minute, Twilight and Storm had unloaded their cart, uncoupled the baby buggy, and headed to the room where all the sick foals were staying in. The foals were very happy to see the couple. Storm, Twilight, and Eric wasted no time handing the foals the toys and treats. Twilight immediately began reading her favorite book, Gusty the Great, to the foals, who began to listen to the story attentively while holding either a toy or a cupcake. Even Spike was listening to the story along with the foals. This left Storm and Eric alone to play with Flurry Heart. At first, Storm and Eric weren’t having a problem keeping Flurry Heart busy. When they were playing train, she was included to make the train whistles and other sounds. Once Twilight started reading her book, he and Flurry were playing together. But as much as Flurry Heart loved playing with Storm and Eric, she was getting rather tired of Twilight ignoring her all the time. Storm could tell as Flurry Heart kept glaring and snorting at his wife.

“Flurry Heart, your auntie just has this bad habit of ignoring ponies when she’s trying to do things,” said Storm, “I’m sorry to say she does it with me too.”

“Hmph!” Flurry Heart pouted, crossing her fore-legs angrily.

“I know it isn’t right, sweetie, and we’ll make sure she knows it once she finished reading her book,” Storm said, “So don’t feel like she being mean or doesn’t care. Twilight cares about you and I do too! Now come on. You’re Uncle Storm wants to play with you!” Storm then went to tickle her tummy to make her laugh again, but Flurry Heart just swatted his fore-leg away and kept pouting. Storm just sighed sadly to himself.

“’...and while nopony had ever tried to reach Cloudsdale on hoof’,” Twilight read aloud, “’Gusty the Great was not deterred! She and her unicorn warriors marched up the hill. But suddenly they encountered...’.” Spike and the other foals listened attentively and anxiously.

“What?!” Spike gasped, “What was it?!”

“It was the treacherous Grogar’,” Twilight continued reading aloud. Nearby, Storm was still trying to find way to play with Flurry Heart, but all the alicorn baby wanted to do was complain in baby talk about how Twilight was still ignoring her. Even holding her favorite whammy wasn’t doing much good to calm her down.

“’...and Gusty could tell he was ready for battle’,” Twilight continued, “’Gusty called out to the unicorn warriors-‘ OW!” Twilight then yelped as Flurry Heart angrily grabbed Twilight’s tail and gave it a firm tug. Twilight saw Flurry Heart glaring at her.

“Honey, I thought you two were playing with her,” Twilight asked sternly.

“We were, but she’s tired of playing with me and Eric. She wants to play with you!” Storm snapped. Twilight sighed before leaning toward the still glaring baby.

“Not right now, Flurry,” said Twilight, “These foals really want to hear this. Now play with your Uncle Storm and your cousin, Eric for now.” The sound of a kettle whistle went off as Flurry Heart’s face turned deep red. She then gave a loud scream and went into a temper tantrum. Storm flinched at the sight. But neither pony noticed that Flurry Heart’s kicking and screaming had sent her whammy flying out of the room and onto a random doctor’s rolling cart as they walked past the room. Eric noticed this and went after the cart that had his cousin’s whammy on it.

“Eric, where are you going?” Storm asked, but got no reply.

“’We can fight Grogar together!’” Twilight kept reading and completely ignored Flurry Heart’s temper tantrum, “’and the Unicorn warriors shot magical beams into the clouds that wove into one! The beam, stronger than a thousand armies, shined down!’” As Twilight kept reading, Storm tried to settle Flurry Heart down.

“Flurry, please take it easy,” Storm said gently, “I know you don’t like that Twilight’s ignoring you, but going to pieces isn’t gonna make her pay attention to you. Believe me, I would know...” Flurry Heart simply faceplanted the floor in frustration. Then Storm noticed as she got back up that she started to make panicking noises and was looking around rather anxiously.

“Flurry, what’s wrong?” Storm asked when he noticed her teleport to her baby buggy and was looking around. Storm looked puzzled until he noticed something was missing.

“Wait a minute, where’s your whammy?” Storm asked as Flurry Heart gave a loud whimpered and continued searching around the baby buggy, “Alright, alright, just settle down, sweetie. We’ll find it. Just don’t go...Flurry!” Before Storm could tell her otherwise, Flurry Heart teleported over to one of the hospital beds where a filly was listening to the story. Flurry Heart quickly raised the pillow to look behind it and then let go.

“Flurry! Flurry!” Storm said in a loud whisper as he rushed over to the little baby alicorn, but then she teleported from the bed to a dresser and popped out of the top drawer.

“Flurry, you need to calm down and stop teleporting,” said Storm in a gentle but firm tone, “And most importantly, don’t leave the room!” Flurry Heart teleported away from the dresser to the middle of the room and flew right out of the room.

“’It wrapped around Grogar and pulled him to the ground’!” Twilight kept reading, clueless to what was going on with Flurry and Storm, “’Don’t let him escape!’ yelled Gusty’.”

Soon enough, in the hallway, Eric caught up with he cart with Flurry’s whammy on it and incanted, “Accio whammy.” Once he had his cousin’s favorite toy, Eric made his way back to the room where his mom was, with help from Nurse Redheart.

Back in the hospital room with the foals, Twilight was still reading her book and was completely unaware of what was going on.

Actually, that’s becoming the norm with her today.

Storm walked...actually he started walking, but was soon floating over to his wife.

“Honey! Honey!” Storm called out, tapping her shoulder.

“Not now, Storm!” Twilight snapped, making Storm growl inwardly.

“Will you listen to me?!” Storm snapped.

“No!” Twilight yelled and went back to reading as Storm pouted behind her...in the air.

“’Grogar was strong, for fear gave him power’,” Twilight continued as Flurry Heart teleported back into the room and started making beds and ponies float into the air, “’and be broke through the bonds’!” The other fillies and colts then yelped as they started hovering into the air.

“I know!” said Twilight, “So good, right?”

“Twilight, look up!” Spike called out. Twilight finally did, just barely.

“Spike, you’re floating,” said Twilight casually before it finally clicked in her head, “You’re floating!”

“So are you!” Spike shouted. Twilight and Spike saw Flurry Heart making everything in the room float and move about in a panic.

“Flurry, honey, you need to stop this,” said Twilight gently, “Put us down, please.” But Twilight found her request falling on deaf ears.

“She’s not listening,” Twilight said.

“Welcome back to reality, where all is not well!” Storm retorted indignantly. Twilight sighed loudly.

“Ignoring you has really come back to bite me hasn’t it?” Twilight remarked. Storm huffed.

“I would like to have a chat with you about why you keep doing that,” Storm said and then gasped, “but we’ll worry about that later!”

“Twilight, Storm, look out!” Spike shouted as he and Storm pointed toward something in the distance. Twilight and Spike gasped when they saw a floating bed coming straight for them.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!” Twilight, Spike, and Storm screamed as the couple used their magic to catch the bed floating toward them and set it back down.

“Honey, split up and double team!” Twilight called out.

“You got it!” said Storm as he flew off to the other side of the room. Twilight then went to set down another bed, but then Flurry Heart appeared and made it float into the air again.

“Nopony panic! Everything’s gonna be okay!” Twilight called out to the foals.

“Don’t panic! Everything’s under control!” Storm said to the foals as well as he tried to set down multiple beds at once, but then Flurry Heart came by and made them all float back into the air. Storm tried to make sure the beds stayed on the ground by keeping his magic on them, but Flurry Heart was able to overpower his magic and made the bed float back up anyway. Storm groaned loudly.

“Yeah...Sunburst you certainly did NOT limit Flurry’s magic,” Storm remarked to himself.

On the other side of the room, Twilight used her magic to place two bed down. Flurry Heart then appeared to make the left bed float up again and disappeared. Twilight winced as she tried to set it back down, but then Flurry Heart did the same to the right bed. One filly was very frightened to see her bed was floating upward, but then relaxed as Twilight used her magic to set the bed back down. But then Flurry Heart made it float up again and teleported away. Twilight tried to move quickly but Flurry Heart was making the bed float back up faster than Twilight could set them down. Storm was having the same problem as he joined up with his wife.

“Oh, I can’t keep up with her!” said Twilight worriedly.

“Neither can I,” Storm replied, “I even tried holding the bed down with my magic and Flurry still made them float up. I was holding them down for pony’s sake!” Storm slumped over despite still floating in the air.

“Oh, yeah, where’s her Snoozle?!” Spike asked.

“Her what?!” Twilight and Storm asked together.

“You know, her Whacky Whompy thing?” Spike tried to clarify as he searched inside of the baby buggy, “The snail?”

“Oh! You mean her Whammy!” said Storm.

“Yeah! Where is it?” Spike asked, “Cadance said it calms her down.”

“I don’t see it!” said Twilight.

“It’s why she’s making everything float,” Storm replied.

“Huh?” Twilight asked in surprise.

“That’s what I was trying to tell you!” Storm pointed out, “When you tuned Flurry out, she got so upset that she sent her whammy flying away and even I don’t know where it went! She’s pretty much having a panic attack trying to find it. Just like you do sometimes!”

“Oh, please don’t bring that up!” Twilight said wearily when the foals screamed again from all the floating chaos. Then Flurry Heart lifted a bed so quickly that it tipped to the side and made the filly fell out of it. Storm gasped and zoomed over with a pillow over his fore-legs to catch her.

“Gotcha!” Storm called out as he caught her just in time.

“Thank you,” said the filly as Storm smiled to say you’re welcome. It was then Nurse Redheart and Eric came in to see how things were but was stood floating into the air the instant Flurry Heart flew past her. Storm joined Twilight as they looked around the room, seeing all the floating beds and frightened foals. The couple only knew one thing, their patience had hits its limit.

“Flurry Heart! Put us all down this instant!” Twilight and Storm shouted sternly. Flurry Heart winced, teared up, and made her horn stop glowing. Everypony yelped as Flurry Heart’s magic grip made them stop float and start falling. Twilight and Storm combined their magic to catch everypony so they as well as the bed, landed softly on the ground below.

“Is everypony okay?” Twilight asked with concern. The foals all nodded and replied together that they were okay. Nurse Redheart just nodded and collapsed into a pillow with relief. Twilight and Storm both gave the group a smile, but then their smiles changed to stern looks as they approached Flurry Heart.

“Flurry, that was very, very bad!” said Twilight angrily, “You could’ve have hurt somepony!”

“Next time I tell you to stay put and calm down!” Storm added in the same tone before he yelled, “You need to do what I tell you!”

Flurry Heart then burst into tears, put up her yellow bubble, and started to cry as she scooted away from Twilight and Storm. They suddenly felt their anger melt instantly once Flurry Heart started crying and cowering away. Storm bit his lower lip.

“Flurry, I’m so sorry. I was only trying to-” Storm tried to apologize, but Flurry Heart scooted away fearfully.

“Oh, Flurry, we didn’t mean to-” Twilight said gently. Flurry Heart scooted away again and continued to cry.

“Sweetie, you don’t have to be scared,” said Twilight as she and Storm pressed their faces against her bubble and smiled, “It’s just us, see?” Flurry Heart shot them both a glare and scooted away again, whimpering and crying as she did so. Storm felt his heart break.

“I don’t think I need to explain what she’s trying to say,” Storm said sadly to his wife, tears pricking from his eyes.

“No, I get it,” said Twilight sadly as she addressed the still frightened and upset baby alicorn, “You’re scared of us. Because we both yelled at you like a pair of big scary bears.” Flurry Heart said nothing but just looked very upset and hurt as she kept her back against them.

“Flurry, I’m so sorry,” Twilight said as she and Storm sat down, “I’ve been a terrible aunt today.”

“And I’ve been an awful uncle,” Storm added sadly.

“All you wanted to do is play, and I’ve barely been able to pay you attention to you,” Twilight said, “I know your Uncle Storm tried but even he couldn’t spend as much time with you like he should’ve either.”

“No...I didn’t...” Storm whimpered as tears started streaming down his eyes, “I tried, but you want to spend time with both of us, not just me...and I let you down.”

“We both did, honey,” said Twilight gently before speaking to Flurry once more, “None of this is your fault. It’s ours.”

“You tried to help me by preventing some of the mischief she caused from happening and I ignored you. Just like I did with Flurry. So much for being the best aunt ever.” Twilight pointed out.

“I’m not exactly feeling like the best uncle ever either, dear,” said Storm and sniffled, “I’m sorry I let you both down.” That made Flurry perk up a little as she glanced back at Storm, who she saw was still looking very sad and crying quietly.

“We might not be perfect, but thing is true. We love you very much, Flurry,” said Storm as his voice cracked.

“Yes, we do,” said Twilight as she and Storm put a fore-hoof on Flurry Heart’s bubble, “I hope you know how much we love you.” Furry Heart then looked back, giggled, dropped her bubble shield, and happily hugged Storm. Then gave him a sad whimpered to say sorry.

“It’s okay, Flurry,” said Storm, “I forgive you. Promise you’ll listen next time so me or your Auntie Twilight don’t have to raise our voice at you. We care about you after all.” Flurry Heart nodded as she used her little fore-hoof to wipe away his tears and pecked his cheek three times, making Storm chuckle.

“I love you too, sweetie,” said Storm. Flurry Heart then gave Twilight a sad whimper as well.

“Oh, I forgive you,” said Twilight and Flurry Heart dived into Twilight to hug her.

“I take it you forgive me too?” Twilight asked. Flurry Heart honked cutely as she kissed Twilight’s cheek and smiled at both her aunt and uncle. Storm couldn’t resist another chuckle as he dried his eyes.

“Thanks, Flurry,” said Twilight, “How about we head home?” Flurry Heart nervously gestured with a fore-leg to Twilight, “After we find your Whammy, of course.”

“I already found it. Here, Flurry,” Eric spoke up.

Flurry Heart squeaked with glee as she used her magic to pick up the toy snail and hugged it tightly.

Once at the castle, Storm and Twilight were having to the time of their lives playing with their niece. For the moment, they, along with Eric were both chasing Flurry Heart down the hallways.

“We’re gonna get you!” Storm called out as Twilight and Flurry Heart giggled in reply. Flurry Heart then turned a corner and disappeared, but Storm and Twilight weren’t worried since they both had determined looks on her faces.

“Now where did the little Flurry go?” Storm asked in a teasing tone, “I was sure she came in here...” Flurry Heart couldn’t help but giggle from her hiding place and it was just loud enough to get the couple’s attention, but they weren’t in a rush to find her.

“Where did she go?” Storm pondered playfully.

“She has to be here somewhere, dear,” said Twilight in the same tone, making Flurry Heart giggle again. By now, both of them had found a rather suspicious lump in the side of the carpet.

“That’s funny, I don’t remember us having any bugs in the rug!” Storm said in an over the top tone.

“I guess you’ll have to deal with it, dear,” Twilight remarked, trying hard not to laugh.

“There’s only one way to deal with a bug in the rug,” said Storm. Flurry Heart smiled, but she was feeling a tad worried about what Storm was going to do. Twilight then used her magic to lift up the part of the rug Flurry Heart was hiding as Storm rushed in and gently pinned Flurry Heart onto her back.

“Tickle monster!” Storm called out and stared rubbing the baby’s side, “tickle-tickle-tickle-tickle-tickle!” Flurry Heart laughed herself silly until Storm stopped tickling her so she could calm down a bit. Twilight then put Flurry Heart into her back and Twilight flew up toward the upper ceilings of the castle. Eric also flew on his broomstick chasing his mom and cousin.

“Flurry?!” Shining Armor called out as he and Cadance walked inside, “Where’s our little foal?!” Storm winced when he heard Shining Armor down below. While Flurry Heart had forgiven him, he still felt rather guilty about losing his temper with her. Twilight could tell as she hovered over to him.

“Honey, it’ll be okay,” Twilight told him gently as Flurry Heart nodded in agreement, “Come on!” Storm groaned inwardly as he followed his wife back down to the ground. Cadance wasted no time using her magic to pull Flurry Heart toward them.

“Oh, we missed you so much!” said Shining Armor as he and Cadance gave their daughter some loving chuckles. Flurry Heart then hovered out of her mother’s magic grip and flew over to Storm, hugging the back of his neck and then hovered over to Twilight and did the same. Cadance and Shining Armor looked a little hurt at seeing their daughter fly away from them and sighed together.

“But it looks like you had a great time without us,” Cadance said sadly.

“Actually, not so much,” Twilight replied, making Shining Armor and Cadance blinked, “Flurry got into some mischief, but it wasn’t her fault. We shouldn’t have agreed to watch her with such a jam-packed schedule. It was too much to juggle.” Storm just had a sad look on his face and said nothing.

“You yelled at my daughter didn’t you?” Cadance asked in a firm tone. Storm cringed and then sighed in defeat, not even bothering to wonder how Cadance figured that out.

“Flurry Heart lost her toy and wouldn’t calm down,” Storm explained, “I tried to be gentle, but she wouldn’t listen and I...snapped.”

“We’ve already apologized for being too hard on her,” said Twilight in his defense, “and Flurry has forgiven us both for it. She even said, in her own, way that she was sorry for causing trouble. Right, sweetie?” Flurry Heart then nodded and gave them both kisses on their cheeks. Cadance and Shining Armor chuckled.

“Well, if Flurry has forgiven you, we can do the same,” said Shining Armor and then raised an eyebrow at Storm, “So you can stop acting like I’m gonna beat you up.” Storm blushed and smiled sheepishly.

“Just hate that I lost my temper is all,” said Storm softly.

“But Flurry taught the both of us an important lesson today,” said Twilight, “right dear?” Storm perked up a little and nodded in agreement.

“It turns out being the Best Aunt Ever and Best Uncle Ever isn’t about spending the most time with our niece, but spending quality time with her,” Twilight explained.

“Well said honey,” Storm replied, “We’ll keep that lesson in mind when we have our own baby.”

“And Flurry taught the both of us a really cool bear game, so I guess we learned two things,” Twilight concluded. Cadance and Shining Armor smiled and laughed as Cadance put Flurry Heart into her baby buggy.

“Well, we definitely should’ve given you more of a heads up,” said Shining Armor.

“Yes! From now on, we’ll give you plenty of notice,” said Cadance, “And I shouldn’t have been so defensive when Storm admitted his lost his temper with her. Flurry can push your patience to the limit sometimes and we should’ve given you a heads up about that too.”

“Like how much she really enjoys mashed peas,” Storm added with a smirk. Cadance and Shining Armor smiled sheepishly.

“We’ll...cover the bill if anything was stained,” Shining Armor offered feebly.

“It’s okay,” said Storm, “I managed to get all the stains out. But we do appreciate the heads up in the future.”

“Ooh, that would be great,” Twilight replied in agreement.

“Hey, what are you both doing next Tuesday?” Cadance asked the alicorn couple. Storm and Twilight both gave a surprised snort.

“For dinner, not to babysit,” Cadance clarified as Flurry Heart fell asleep with her Whammy in her fore-legs. Storm and Twilight chuckled.

“We’ll have to check with Spike,” Twilight replied, “but I think we’re free.”

“Where is Spike, anyway?” Cadance asked curiously.

“He’s still at the hospital reading to the foals,” Storm replied, “and he’s making sure another...treat...we ordered for them got there safely.” Twilight just smiled widely, hoping Cadance and Shining Armor wouldn’t ask anything else about it.

Back at the hospital, Spike was enjoying himself as he read his story of choice to the foals. Even Nurse Redheart was in the room enjoying the story as well.

“”The dashing dragon warrior breathed a scorching flame from his snout”,” Spike read aloud, “”then chuckled to himself as he flew into the sunset. “If you can’t stand the heat, don’t fight a dragon”,”“. Spike then jumped on top of a nearby hospital cart and posed.

“Hey, you kinda look like him!” a foal named Peach Fuzz remarked.

“Thank you!” said Spike, “Okay, now who wants more cake?”

“Yay!” the foals all cheered excitedly. There on another table was a giant three tiered cake with the apology sticker pasted on top of it.

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