It had taken the better part of several hours to finish up the party and to start cleaning the throne room from the prior food fight. But everything had ended up being awesome in the end. However, there was still one thing for Midnight and his brides to do, and that was to visit Samantha and Discord in the medical wing of the castle.

Once the small crew had walked into the infirmary, the moon had already risen high into the night sky. But even though it was still late, they would not miss their first opportunity to see the newest addition to the world. As they had made their way silently into the room, they noticed Samantha still sitting up in bed, softly humming to her newborn, while Discord floated above her bed looking down to him as well.

Discord smile pressing a single talon to his lips, signaling the visitors to be quiet. Little Disarray was asleep and his parents didn't want him to wake just yet. As the ponies silently made their way around the bed, Samantha gently lowered the sleeping bundle and moved the cover away just enough to show most of his upper body. The girls all gave mixed reactions for a moment as they looked at the multi-species baby before seeing him yawn once and pull his little arms up to his chest, giving a soft sigh as he snuggles more into the cover.

"Takes after his daddy I see." Midnight chuckled softly giving the draconequus a gentle nudge.

Discord beamed proudly as he straightened himself up. "I couldn't feel more proud if I tried." He chuckled softly as well.

"Oh just you wait." Celestia tittered softly, "Diapers and feeding times are all at random. I do believe that your newest addition is going to cause all sorts of chaos for you and Samantha."

Giving a soft laugh, Discord pulled his bear paw up to his face before running it down the back of his neck as he spoke. "Well, maybe more to her than me. I mean, I can just use my magic to replace the diaper and clean the little chaos bringer." He smirked slightly.

"Then you get to do all of the diaper duty." Samantha grinned toward her fiance.

"Ugh, fine! I guess it’s the least I could do after seeing you in so much pain just a short while ago. I never knew how much pain giving birth could cause." He sighed but stopped as Samantha and Celestia glared at him.

"You have no idea." They both spoke in unison only to elicit a giggle from the other girls.

"Yea, I can only imagine how badly it hurts." Midnight began, "But it is all worth it in the end, when you hear your baby cry for the first time, see those beautiful eyes and hear that first laugh. But the best part....." He paused seeing everyone looking to him, "Is when they say mommy or daddy for the first time." He chuckled giving a sniffle as his eyes began to get a little misty

"I remember the first time I heard Starlight say momma for the first time. I couldn't stop crying." Celestia beamed.

"Well, ah cain't wait teh have one of mah own. Now that everythings official'n'all." Applejack stated with a wink.

"I do believe that I am ready as well darling. After all, it should only be a few weeks, if that, when Applejack and I come into season." Rarity blushed heavily as she rubbed up against Midnight’s side. His mane and tail starting to turn a light pink.

"Well, I still have a few months before it’s my time to go into season. But then again, I'm still not sure if I'm ready for that kind of responsibility." Twilight stated with a hint of fear in her voice.

“Well you three, you definitely won’t have to worry about me running away. After being the father of two currently, I wouldn’t mind having a few more.” Midnight smiled warmly to the bunch.

“I doubt there is anything in existence as wonderful as becoming a parent.” Samantha stated as she looked to her newborn, her eyes still streaming with tears.

The group managed to get one last look at the newest addition to the world before saying their farewells and heading back into the upper rooms of the castle. It was still very late and they all had a long day ahead of them tomorrow.

As the small group of newlyweds made their way down the corridor toward Celestia’s room, Midnight slowed down slightly as his brides continued on, not noticing the lack of a certain stallion. He continued to hold his ground as he watched all four of the mares trot into Celestia’s chambers. Giving a large, and very nervous gulp, he pressed on to the entrance of the room, coming to a halt as he rounded the corner of the door and stared silently at the sight before him.

In Celestia’s bed, were all of his brides, quietly chatting as twilight lifted several covers around all of them. She paused for a moment however, causing the rest of the mares to look in the direction she was looking in. Midnight standing a few yards away, his mane and tail a bright pink as his eyes remained slightly wide at the sight on the bed.

“Ah’m guessing yer a might nervous now that ya’ve got us all together in the same bed.” AJ chuckled toward the dark Alicorn, her cheeks taking on a bright pinkish tint themselves.

Midnight simply nodded at the comment as he took a very dry gulp, his vision never straying from the sight before him.

“Well then darling, what are you waiting for?” Rarity purred toward him causing the other mares in the bed to giggle slightly seeing Midnight taking several staggering and nervous steps toward the bed. He seemingly had forgotten how to walk. His mane and tail began to flicker slightly as he took several more steps toward the bed. But just as he was about to climb into the bed, his mane and tail flickered out.

*Thud*

The girls eyes went wide as they slowly crept to the edge of the bed and peeked over the side to see their stallion laying motionless on the floor. His second horn at full attention, and a huge smile across his face.

“I guess he was a little too excited.” Rarity giggled, covering her mouth with a hoof.

“Well then, let’s see if we can stir him awake.” Celestia grinned as her horn lit up, lifting the unconscious stallion into the bed with them.

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“Mona.......... Mona wake up. It’s time for breakfast.” Charlotte stated as she prodded the sleeping mass within the sleeping bag.

The young woman turned over, giving a slight yawn as she blinked away the sleep from her eyes. After a moment to adjust to the morning light, she smiled to the young griffon who only rolled her eyes.

“Get yer butt outta bed if’n ya want teh eat, ya lazy git. Otherwise ah’m gonna eat it.” She grinned before quickly exiting the tent.

Mona slowly pressed the sleeping bag from her as she rose up in her makeshift bed. Giving a large stretch before finally standing and making her way out of the tent and into the morning light. Upon exiting the tent, a variety of different smells assaulted her nose as she took in a deep breath. It wasn’t a pleasant smell to say the least, but it was food after all.

“Ok, who cooked, and what did you kill?” Asked Mona as she stepped over to the fire pit that was still smoking slightly.

“Finally up eh?” Mitchell smirked. “Well, if’n ya had got up a little earlier ya could of helped prevent this’n here from burning our breakfast. Then again, he ain’t never been that gooda cook.”

Baron just gave an annoyed snort as he took another bite of some burnt vegetables that he had attempted to cook in the form of some type of stir fry.

“Ain’t mah fault ah never learned to cook. Always had a few others living with me that could do that. They’d cook; I’d work and pay the bills. Best way teh do it in my opinion.”

Mona just rolled her eyes at the comment as she stepped over to the charred remains of a vegetable medley that had been mercilessly burned. Her face contorting into disgust as she stared at it.

“I wonder..........” She stated softly as she placed her hand together for a moment, closing her eyes as her bracelets began to glow softly. A few seconds passed by before all of the food that had been prepared and placed onto the table vanished, being replaced by a small banquet of a variety of foods. The others looked on in awe for a moment before hearing the young lady give a tired sigh and opening her eyes.

“Love? H-how did ya do that?” Mitchell asked in surprise.

“I guess it has to do with these.” Mona stated softly as she twisted the bracelets slowly around her wrist, not daring to attempt to remove them again, in fear of getting assaulted by another bolt of lightning.

Charlotte slowly made her way over to the table, giving it a skeptical glance before poking a small piece of watermelon with a talon, easily impaling it and pulling it to her beak. After giving it several sniffs, she gingerly took a small bite, her eyes bolting open as she slowly chewed it.

Mitchell stepped up next to Charlotte as he squatted down beside her, giving the piece of watermelon a skeptical look as well. He slowly picked up a piece and took a small bite as well before stopping and smiling at how wonderful the flavor was.

“Baron, ya gotta try this!” Mitchell laughed as Charlotte began to grab several other items along the table and started to gorge herself.

“Don’t like mah cookin’ eh? Had teh showboat yerself didn’t’cha?” He snorted as he crossed his arms, only to cause Mona to give a nervous glance. She stopped however as he began to laugh, quite loudly. “Ah’m only joshing ya. Ain’t no need teh worry. Ah’d prefer this over mah cookin’ anyday.” He continued to laugh before he began to make himself a plate. Mona smiling as she did the same.

After another hour or so of filling their bellies. The small crew packed up what they could of the food and set the rest on the ground around the trees. If the wildlife didn’t come to finish it off, it would make for some good fertilizer to help nourish the trees.

As they began to pack up the camp, Mona couldn’t help but feel a pang of worry as thoughts of what she had done in the previous days began to invade her mind. She could feel her emotions starting to build slightly before she found her own body language mimicking her feelings. Mitchell being the first to notice this and speaking up.

“Hey, hey now, what’s gotten you so riled up love?” He asked only to cause her to pause for a moment and realize what she was doing.

“Sorry, it’s just that.” She paused for another few seconds as she let out a steadying breath. “I have this odd feeling that I need to go to Equestria for something. That I have to go. But I don’t know why.” She groaned a little as her hands made their way up to her hair and pressing in on the sides of her head. “This feeling............ it just feels unbearable! Like if I don’t go.......... I might just die.” She sighed finally as she lowered her hands back to her side.

Mitchell came up to her, gently pressing a hand below her chin and lifting her vision to his own as he smiled. “No worries love. If you want to go to Equestria, then I can make you a pack to take with you. I’m sorry to say that we can’t go with you though.” He stated with a pained smile. “We’ve got quite the journey ahead of us as well.” He said as he looked back to Baron who was just placing an oversized pack onto a small wagon. Charlotte carrying one in her beak as she climbed the side of the wagon to the top.

“I guess.......... that would be ok. But............. will I ever see you again?” She asked giving a hopeful expression.

“I’m sure you will in time love. Don’t fret.” He smiled softly as his hand gently pressed to her cheek, his thumb rubbing gently over it.

“Alright you two lovebirds, times a wastin’.” Baron bellowed out as he pulled on the small wagon to get it moving.

“Care to travel a small distance with us? I’m not sure how you intended on getting to Equestria, but unless you can fly there, you might as well go to one of the ports to get on a boat or one of the dirigibles.

“Well, I think I can use my abilities to fly.” Mona said as she closed her eyes for a moment, the wind picking up around her before a feeling of weightlessness fell over her.

“Duuuuuuuude.” Charlotte stated in awe seeing her float up and into the air near the wagon, Mona opening her eyes and gasping aloud, losing her concentration and falling onto the top of the wagon alongside the little griffon.

“Well, at least I know I can fly. Even if it just a short distance.” Mona laughed but paused as Charlotte snorted.

“Dunno what yer so happy’bout. I ain’t been able teh fly fer a while now. Being a ground griffon is the worst possible thing. I mean, at least those bastards that broke mah wing coulda at least lopped it off. Now ah just spend mah days in pain. Since ah cain’t even hardly pull it up to mah side.” She sighed as her eyes began to get a little misty. She paused though as she saw a small green glow coming from Mona’s hands as she pressed them forward slightly to her.

“W-what’re ya doin?” Charlotte asked in slight worry.

“Just........ hold still.......... Let me try to heal your wing.” She stated as she scrunched her eyes together in concentration.

Charlotte sat there watching as the molting feathers on her wings began to fall to the pack they were sitting on, showing the bare skin around the joint. Several knots were protruding from in, taking away from the normal sleekness that it should bare. The young griffon gave out a pained yelp as her wing snapped once, then twice causing her to whimper a little.

“It........ hurts.” She stated as her talons dug into the sack they were laying on. Her body trying to pull herself away but couldn’t due to the pain.

“Mona? What’s goin on up’there? Mitchell stated as he began to climb up and onto the wagon. Once he reached the top he paused, looking in awe at what was going on. Mona was now holding Charlotte’s wing in her hands as the green glow began to grow new feathers from her wing. The green glow slowly encasing the griffon’s body as it began to remove the old molting feathers and regrow new ones in their place.

Once the glowing faded to a stop, Mona fell over unconscious. Charlotte gave several pants as the pain began to quickly recede from her body. After a minute of gawking, Mitchell spoke up.

“Hey, h-how did your wing...?” He stopped as Charlotte pulled the once broken wing up and flared it with her other wing, giving an audible gasp upon not feeling any pain.

“No.......... way.” She whispered as she gave an easy test flap once to see if it would cause any pain. When nothing happened to cause her pain, she gave another flap, a little harder this time. She began to flap her wings harder and harder until she finally began to hover.

“My, God!” Mitchell spoke out in surprise as he stood up to reach out to his daughter but ended up losing his footing. “WOAH!” He shouted as he fell backwards over the front of the wagon. Baron looking up just in time to see his body falling toward him. But it stopped in its fall as it began to move at an angle over him. A set of wings extended outward to either side of Mitchell as he and Charlotte landed a few yards in front of him.

Charlotte had grabbed onto the falling human and glided down to the earth below, surprising not only her father and friend, but herself as well.

“Did I just.............?” She spoke out in awe before she found herself in a loving embrace by a crying human.

“My girl.............. My baby can fly again............” He sobbed only to have a taloned hand press his face away from her.

“Geez dad, gimme a break.” She groaned to no avail as she was pressed back into the hug, he rubbing his cheek against her own and causing her to fluff her feathers out in annoyance.

“Now ain’t that adorable.” Baron chuckled only to elicit another groan from the small griffon. Mitchell giving a loud chuckle before they finally noticed Mona floating quietly down to their sides.

“That......... took quite a bit more effort than I first thought.” She sighed.

The young griffon managed to separate herself from her father before she began to hover in front of Mona.

“Th-thanks for........... ya know........... healing my wing.” She began, trying to find the right words to say, unable to accurately state how she felt, she decided the next best thing was to hug the human, which she did.

Mona gave a slight yelp from the sheer force of the hug before being let go and seeing the young griffon bolt up and into the clouds above. After a few minutes they saw a cloud slowly being pulled down and over top of them. Charlotte peeking her head through the cloud and giving a giggle as she positioned it over the wagon.

“Figured we could use some shade from the desert sun.” She smiled.

Baron and Mitchell gave out a hardy laugh as they smiled up to the beaming griffon. This little trip would be a lot less stressful now that they now have a healed griffon and some shade to cover them while they traveled. But one thing was still in the open. When was Mona going to continue to Equestria?

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Edited by ReFro