Chapter 1: Double the Fun?

Applejack woke up early in the morning to a kick in the stomach. As she climbed out of bed she felt another kick, that made her jump slightly. From downstairs she could smell Big Mac preparing hay bacon and eggs, making her mouth water. Big Mac's hay bacon and eggs were something to die for some mornings, and this was one of those mornings.

"Hi sis!" Applebloom said happily as she ran past Applejack in the hallway, eager to get her breakfast so she could go out and play with the Crusaders.

"Hey Applebloom" Applejack said with a smile as she walked over to the bathroom so she could check how big she was getting. When she looked into the mirror she felt her heart drop slightly. For the past three months she had been growing bigger and bigger, becoming more and more selfcounscious every day. She let out a sigh before she turned around to go down to the kitchen.

"Morning Applejack" Big Mac said as he slid the hay bacon onto a plate that he had set on the table, most of them being grabbed quickly by Applebloom.

"Mornin'" Applejack said as she pulled up a chair, noticing somepony missing, "Where's Granny?"

"She's still laying down, she didn't wake up when I went in there earlier" Big Mac said as he put the frying pan in the sink, turning the water on so the grease wouldn't stick to the pan. Applejack shrugged before taking a few pieces of hay bacon with her eggs, digging in as soon as she was comfortable. Applebloom was finished first so she put her plate in the sink before running back upstairs, coming down a few seconds later with her saddlebags on.

"Bye Applejack, bye Big Mac!" Applebloom shouted as she ran out the door, her two friends walking up the path right then. Applejack looked out the kitchen window in time to see the three of them share a hug before running off to the clubhouse with a long day of trying to get their cutie marks ahead of them.

"How much trouble do you think they'll get into today?" Applejack asked as she went to make herself some coffee, getting a laugh from Big Mac.

"No more than usual" Big Mac replied as he began eating his own breakfast, a long day of work a head of him. Applejack smiled as she sat back down with her coffee in hoof, sipping it calmly as she thought about what her day would be about. After breakfast she would be heading to Ponyville Hospital for a check up, then she would come back home and Granny would give her a check up of her own, and then she would talk to the Crusaders about what it's like to be pregnant. All in all, it was a pretty normal day for her, or at least, what has been normal for the past four months.

"Ok, I'm heading out now" Big Mac said as he got up from the table, placing his plate in the sink next to Applebloom's.

"See you later Mac" Applejack said as she sipped her coffee, glancing up at the clock to see what time it was. Half past eight? I got some time, Applejack thought, giving the remaining hay bacon a look before she headed to the front porch so she could get the mail. One letter stuck out among all of them, from a certain stallion Applejack knew very personally.

"Dammit Flim, why do you keep sending me mail!" Applejack said angrily as she tossed the letter from Flim into the garbage. Ever since the incident a few months ago he had been sending her letter after letter, trying to get her to take him in and become his wife. When the news had broken out him and Flam had gotten into a fight, the two of them cutting ties and heading their separate ways almost immediately. On Applejack's end it had been rather calm, except for how pissed Applejack had become about all of it. She had spent most of the last four months thinking about stopping the pregnancy, but Granny and her friends managed to calm her down.

"Applejack, is that you stomping around down there?" Granny asked from her room upstairs, making Applejack come back to reality. She hadn't even realized that she was stomping around.

"Sorry Granny" Applejack apologized, quickly looking at the clock, surprised by the time. Without hesitation she ran up stairs to say goodbye to Granny before running out of the house so she would make her Doctor's appointment, which was at ten. Thirty minutes from now.

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"So Applejack, how have you been the past few weeks?" Doctor Monitor asked as he looked over Applejack's file.

"Good, I guess" Applejack answered, "Couldn't really complain given how everypony's been treating me"

"That's good to hear" Doctor Monitor said as he put the file down, a smile creeping across his face. He got up and moved towards the door, nodding for Applejack to follow him. She got up after him and followed him out of the room, knowing exactly where they were going to go. As they came into the examination room she prepared herself to be magically scanned by the doctor's assistant, who had been waiting patiently in the room for the two of them to arrive.

"Are you ready Applejack?" Doctor Monitor asked as his assistant got ready to scan her, his horn glowing a bright blue color. With a nod from Applejack the examination began, the familiar tickling feeling washing over her body as the magic washed over her, an image appearing next to her belly after a few passes.

"Well, looks like we have a surprise for you Applejack" Doctor Monitor said as he looked at the image, "It's twins, two fillies by the looks of it"

"Two fillies?!" Applejack said quickly, her eyes opening wide as she thought about it. If she brought two fillies home there wouldn't be enough room in the farmhouse, which meant that either they would have to build an expansion, or she would have to...

"Doctor, are you sure it's twins?" Applejack asked worriedly, not wanting to believe the news.

"I'm afraid so Applejack" Doctor Monitor said calmly as the magic scanning finished. Applejack's eyes dropped to the ground as the doctor updated her file, anything he said passing over her entirely for the rest of the time that she was there. Once she got back to the farm she felt like crying, but the Crusaders managed to cheer her up enough that she was able to put the thoughts of twins for the rest of the day.

"Hey Applejack, did they say anything new today?" Big Mac asked that night at the dinner table, taking a moment to take a large bite of his rose sandwich.

"Well, they said that they were, um..." Applejack trailed off as she tried to figure out what she was supposed to say, but  Big Mac had figured it out from what she had already said.

"They?" Big Mac asked, already knowing the answer, "They means twins, right?"

"Uh, eeyup" Applejack said shyly, a loud squeal coming from Applebloom.

"I'm going to have two nieces!" Applebloom shouted as she started to bounce around the table, making Granny laugh happily.

"Looks like the Apple family is only going to get bigger!" Granny said happily as Applebloom continued to circle the table, the other two ponies in the room however, were not in as high of spirits. Both of them knew this would only lead to more troubles in the future, many of them involving the well being of the twins.