Chapter 6: Spreading the Word

Pinkie woke up the find the late morning sun shining in her eyes, forcing her to get up and out of bed. As Pinkie climbed out of bed her eyes were drawn to her stomach, which had started to stick out a few weeks ago. No pony had noticed yet, but that was mostly because Pinkie was constantly bundled up because winter was almost here. Stepping out of her room reminded Pinkie about what made today important, and why she was sleeping in. Today was going to be the day that Pinkie finally told the rest of her friends about the pregnancy, or as she put it, "Telling all my super duper close friends!"

"Pinkie, is that you?" Mrs Cake shouted up the stairs, having heard the sound of somepony walking around.

"Yeah, I just got up" Pinkie said, catching herself by surprise with a loud yawn. Mrs Cake giggled from the bottom of the stairs as Pinkie continued on her way to the bathroom so she could wash up. After a quick shower Pinkie found herself sitting in front of her mirror, slowly brushing her fluffy pink mane. She couldn't help but giggle as she watched half of her mane puff up while the other half straightened out, making her seem like half a clown. Pinkie heard somepony come up the stairs after she finished giggling.

"Keeping something funny from us are you Pinkie?" Rainbow asked from the other side of the door.

"Maybe..." Pinkie cooed from inside, smiling as the door opened, a chorus of laughter coming from the other side as everypony saw Pinkie's absurd hairstyle. Even Rarity managed to let out a laugh at Pinkie despite how she would normally freak out at the way Pinkie had her hair. Once everypony had calmed down Pinkie asked the one question that was on her mind.

"When did you guys get here?"

"We just got here a few minutes ago" Applejack said, looking at Pinkie with a smile on her face, "Mrs Cake said you were up here getting ready"

"Twilight told us that what you were telling us today was going to be big news, so..." Rarity said, barely able to contain her excitement at the opportunity to learn juicy new gossip. Applejack shot her a look that made her calm down just enough to act normal, but her excitement was still in her eyes. While the two of them argued with each other, Rainbow stepping in as judge, Fluttershy noticed something off about Pinkie.

"Pinkie, is your stomach, um..." Fluttershy let out a quiet squeak before finishing, "bigger?" Everypony stopped what they were doing and looked at Pinkie, closely examining her stomach to see if what Fluttershy was saying was true. At first none of them saw anything, but when Pinkie turned slightly to the side her bump was more noticeable.

"Are you gaining weight?!" Rarity shouted, pulling her dramatic couch out of nowhere just in case it was needed. Pinkie simply smiled and shook her head, making everypony raise their eyebrows.

"If that's not it then..." Applejack thought out loud to herself, trying to think of what could be causing it, and the only thing that came to mind was...

"ARE YOU PREGNANT?!" Applejack and Rarity screamed at the same time, having come to the same conclusion. Both Rainbow and Fluttershy jumped back from the two of them, their eyes wide with fear and surprise, but they quickly joined in on the stare they were giving Pinkie, who was just sitting there with a smile and blush on her face. Twilight walked up behind the four of them and coughed, breaking their focus on Pinkie.

"Why is everypony staring at Pinkie like she has the Griffon's Plague?" Twilight asked jokingly, making everypony give her a deadpan stare.

"What are you talking about egghead?" Rainbow asked, receiving a sigh from Twilight before she remembered the big issue at hand, "Pinkie's pregnant?!" Everypony's attention quickly turned back to Pinkie, who was still just sitting there and smiling at them all.

"How long has this been going on for?!" Rarity asked dramatically.

"About four months, according the Doctor Monitor" Pinkie said, looking down at her stomach with a smile, warming everypony's hearts as they looked at her. There was a moment of silence as everpony looked at Pinkie with warm smiles on their faces, before something came to Applejack's mind.

"Who's the father?"

"It's, um..." Pinkie stuttered, making everypony worry that she didn't know, but she suddenly looked up with a smile on her face, "It's Braeburn"

"What?!" everypony said at the same time, their jaws dropping as they looked at Pinkie. Again she just smiled back at them, making their surprised stares turn into happy smiles again.

"How long is everypony going to stay up here for?" Mrs Cake asked as she reached the top of the stairs, "We have plenty of cupcakes downstairs"

"Cupcakes?" Rainbow asked, her ears perking up as she quickly ran towards Mrs Cake, "What kind?"

"Special ones, half a dozen unique ones for each of you" Mrs Cake said with a smile, "Made by Pinkie herself" There was silence as Rainbow flew downstairs to find her cupcakes, but it was quickly broken by a loud squee from downstairs.

"THESE ARE AWESOME!" Rainbow shouted as she stuffed her face with another cupcake, "THANKS PINKIE!"

"Typical Rainbow Dash" Rarity said sarcastically, making everypony that was still upstairs burst into laughter, which was broken as Pinkie walked through them towards the stairs.

"Come on, I'm sure you guys will love your cupcakes as well" Pinkie said with a happy smile before she trotted down the stairs, followed soon after by the rest of her friends. The rest of the day was spent with all of them happily playing around, the shock of Pinkie's pregnancy having completely worn off after they saw how happy she was about it.