Chapter 15: Foal Sitter

"Oh, and don't give him his sucker after you burp him, he'll try to eat it!" Rarity shouted as Spike dragged her away from the library.

"Ok!" Twilight shouted back, still standing in the door with Amethyst on her back.

"He likes to have gemstones ground into his milk as well, if they aren't then he'll start spitting fire!" Rarity cried, trying desperately to break through Spike's arms to go hold her baby. Spike had suggested that they go on a vacation, the last month having taken a large toll on the two of them, and with Twilight's due date coming up it would be good practice for her, even if Amethyst was only half pony.

"Amethyst! Mommy loves you!" Rarity cried loudly from the end of the block just before Spike turned the corner, cutting off her line of sight on Amethyst, who was now attempting to eat Twilight's mane because it looked like a kind of candy Pinkie had begun selling. A few minutes after Rarity was out of sight Twilight closed the door, eager to get to know what was basically her grandcolt, given that she hatched Spike from an egg and had to nurture him. A loud shout could be heard from outside, the library door being yanked open moments later.

"Is he ok?!" Rarity asked frantically as she scanned the room, "Oh Amethyst, are you ok? Mommy's here don't worry..."

"Uh, Rarity?" Twilight asked as she put a hoof on Rarity's shoulder.

"Yes, what is it dear?" Rarity asked back, her motherly instincts making her actions seem normal to her.

"You haven't been gone for more than five minutes, he's ok" Twilight said to comfort her, to no avail as Rarity quickly pulled her dramatic couch out of nowhere and began to whine about leaving her son with  Twilight, and how she has had no experience, not to mention how precious he was! The list seemed to go on and on until Spike showed up at the door, an angry look on his face. Without saying anything he picked Rarity and walked out the door, using his free hand as a muzzle so she wouldn't bother anypony else on their way to the train station.

"Ok little guy, what should we do first?" Twilight asked, the sound of scratching from upstairs catching her attention rather easily, "Oh, one moment Amethyst!" After running upstairs Twilight found Peewee flying on the other side of her door, having been the one scratching things. Before she could find out why he flew downstairs and landed in front of Amethyst, the two of them just staring each other down for a few moments. Once Twilight had made it back down to them they made strange noises at each other, making her jump back.

"What's gotten in to you two?" Twilight asked out loud, as if Celestia was about to tell her what was going on. Just as she started to contemplate that idea Peewee landed next to Amethyst, rubbing it's head up and down his head as a sign of affection.

"Ok then..." Twilight said slowly as she watched them play around on the table, "What's first on the list... Ah, breakfast of ruby milk!" Twilight quickly ran into the kitchen and began to prepare the milk when she heard Peewee squawk loudly from the other room. When she ran back into it she found Peewee and Amethyst flying around the main room, and she let out a relaxed sigh...

...FLYING?!

"AMETHYST GET DOWN FROM THERE!" Twilight screamed as she attempted to overpower the young Unicorn, but his dragon blood was allowing him to access greater magic than a Unicorn should have, and Twilight was weak from her own pregnancy, so he was able to repel her magic with only a slight glance. Knowing that she wasn't going to be able to beat his random moment of magical ability Twilight gave up, casting a spell on him to make sure that when he ran out of power he wouldn't just drop to the floor, instead he would be suspended by Twilight's own magic. Peewee obviously caught on that something wasn't right so he land back on the table, being followed soon after by the young Kirin.

"Now you two be good, and no more flying!" Twilight said, her agitation seeping into her voice. Once the two of them seemed to have calmed down Twilight turned to leave, but was called back by a strange sound from Amethyst. She thought back to what Rarity had told her about, recognizing this as a sign that he needed to be burped despite not eating anything. Picking him up carefully Twilight began to burp him, forcing up a hot fireball which set the table on fire, scaring Peewee to the other side of the library.

"Oh, this is going to be a long week..." Twilight moaned as she set Amethyst back down, quickly shouting outside for help with the fire, finding Rainbow Dash just above her with a rain cloud. Once the fire was out she said goodbye to Rainbow and finally got Amethyst his breakfast, which he happily gulped down, almost too fast for Twilight. As soon as it was all gone he fell asleep, giving Twilight two hours of rest before he would wake up, needing to be burped and fed, yet again. It was a vicious cycle that went on and on, almost like his mother's list of complaints and worries, but eventually Twilight found a time for herself. A time that was mostly spent thinking over her own pregnancy.

"Oh, I hope mine isn't going to be like this..." Twilight worried as she rubbed her belly with a sweaty hoof from today's work, "If he's this destructive and demanding then I don't know what I'll do..." Images of a young pony that looked like her flashed through Twilight's mind, each of them depicting him, or her, doing something horrible. Using magic to enslave Spike or her so they would do their bidding, or enslaving the town so they could rule something as their father did, or even attacking Celestia to challenge her for power over Equestria...

Twilight moaned in despair as the moment to herself was cut short, the young Kirin crying yet again, a sign that he had to be burped and fed more milk, this time with sapphires in it since it was past four in the afternoon. This happen three or four more times until Amethyst was asleep for the night, not waking up until early the next morning. Twilight was right when she said it was going to be a long week, but she didn't know just how long it was going to end up being for her...