Chapter 7: Midwife Crusaders!

"Pinkie do you need anything?"

"Is everything feeling ok Pinkie?"

"Can you get up on your own Pinkie?"

Mrs Cake I-" Pinkie tried to jut in, only to be cut off by Mrs Cake asking another question. Ever since Pinkie's pregnancy put her on maternity leave, which was about a month ago, Mrs Cake had been watching her like a hawk. Making sure she didn't just eat cupcakes, didn't jump into her party cannon, didn't have any cider at parties, no breaking the 4th-

"Pinkie, are you okay, you look a little dazed" Mrs Cake asked with her nose touching Pinkie's.

"I'm okay Mrs Cake, you don't need to be a midwife for me, I'm fine on my own" Pinkie said while pushing Mrs Cake back, a dejected look on her face. Pinkie smiled calmly as Mrs Cake backed up, heading to the counter as the door to Sugar Cube Corner opened, the Cutie Mark Crusaders trotting in happily.

"Hi Mrs Cake!" the girls said happily, each of them reaching for a bit to pay for their weekly cupcake with. After Mrs Cake handed them their cupcakes with a random cutie mark on them, per their request, they trotted happily over to Pinkie, Mrs Cake following them over.

"Hi Pinkie" Sweetie Belle said as the other two stuffed their faces. The three of them sat next to Pinkie, taking turns gawking at her belly. They looked up as Mrs Cake sat on her other side, putting a hoof on Pinkie's belly.

"If you want a midwife just ask, I'm always here" Mrs Cake said softly before running off to help Mr Cake in the kitchen after their smoke detector went off. You could hear them shuffling around quickly as they pulled a ruined batch of cupcakes out of the oven, as well as trying to get a new batch in.

"Pinkie, what's a midwife?" Applebloom asked after wiping what was left of her cupcake off her face.

"Well, a midwife is someone who..." Pinkie said, looking up idly as she thought about it, "Helps somepony who's pregnant"

"How?" Scootaloo asked, finishing off her own cupcake.

"They help her do daily things, like eat and make sure the baby is okay" Pinkie said with a smile, but when she looked down at the fillies her smile was gone. The three fillies had large grins on their faces, and after nodding to each other they jumped to their hooves before shouting...

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADER MIDWIVES!"

Pinkie quickly sighed, knowing they were going to do it even if she said no, so she simply sat back, hoping to enjoy something about it. She looked over to see the girls watching her expectantly, wanting some sort of order or command from Pinkie.

"Girls?" Pinkie asked slowly.

"Yes Pinkie?" the three responded at the same time.

"Carry me to my room" Pinkie said with a grin, barely holding back a laugh as they looked at each other and her worriedly, knowing they were too weak to carry her on their own. Pinkie quickly got to her hooves and headed towards the stairs, pausing to look back at the girls.

"You guys can go home for today, I'm going to go lay down" Pinkie said sweetly, calming the worried fillies.

"Thanks Pinkie" Scootaloo said before running out of the door, quickly being followed by the other two. Pinkie smiled before turning back to the stairs. When she finally got up to her room she sat down on her bed, looking into her mirror to see how big she was. To her it looked like she had just eaten a whole lot of cake, but she knew what was inside. After leaning down  to nuzzle it with her nose she looked back into the mirror, shock making her freeze instantly.

"Hello Pinkie, remember me?" Pinkamena said from inside the mirror, smiling devilishly. She chuckled as she looked at Pinkie's body, knowing full well it was her that made her this way. Pinkie just started in horror as Pinkamena stepped out of the mirror, walking towards her slowly, an evil grin growing with every step.

"You know, I wish you had been there, it was pretty fun, especially the ending..." Pinkamena said as she brought her head to Pinkie's ear, "It was like a party popper"

"No..." Pinkie cried, shutting her eyes tight. She felt a pair of hooves on her shoulder, and when she opened her eyes she saw the Crusaders looking at her worriedly.

"Are you okay Pinkie?" Applebloom asked softly, making Pinkie gasp. Was that all a dream? Did she fall asleep?

"Why are you crying Pinkie?" Sweetie Belle asked, placing her own hoof on Pinkie.

"It's okay girls, I just had a bad dream" Pinkie said with a forced smile, "but why are you three here?"

"We came to help you, like midwives do" Scootaloo said with a confused expression, not understanding why Pinkie had asked. The Crusaders quickly looked at each other stupidly as they remembered that Pinkie said she was going to go lay down.

"We can leave if you want us too" Applebloom said quietly, looking at the bed sheets sadly. She, nor the other Crusaders, didn't want to leave, they wanted to stay and get their midwife cutie marks. Pinkie smiled before pulling them into a hug.

"It's okay girls, you can stay" Pinkie said, getting three big hugs back from the fillies. As Pinkie drifted off to sleep, the image of Pinkamena still in her mind, the Crusaders were busy running around, cleaning every inch of her room. When she finally drifted off to sleep the Crusaders sat by her bedside, waiting patiently for her to wake up.

Later that night Frosty came to the bakery, wanting to look after Pinkie as she slept. When he found the Crusaders sleeping on her bedside her smiled warmly, and hurried off to get their sisters Rarity showed up first, quickly followed by Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow tagged along with Applejack "because she was bored" but she ended up taking Scootaloo to her house for the night. Once the mares were out of sight Frosty sat next to Pinkie, watching as she slept peacefully. She started to shake at one point as she dreamed about Pinkamena, but he quickly kissed her forehead, making her calm down. When she woke up the next morning Frosty was still sitting by her bedside, fast asleep.