Chapter 1: Keeping Secrets

It was early morning in Sugar Cube Corner when Pinkie suddenly found herself wide awake, completely unable to go back to bed as her Pinkie sense was tingling. Except this was a reaction she had never gotten before, and had no idea what it meant. After some quick thinking Pinkie rushed into the bathroom and grabbed a pregnancy test out of the cabinet above the sink.

"Positive?" Pinkie said quietly, her shaking suddenly over as she blankly stared at the test. She couldn't believe her eyes, she was actually pregnant, but from Discord?  Her mind now went a mile per minute, trying desperately to figure out a way to hide this from everypony, knowing full well that the knowledge of her spending an interesting night with him would cause a lot of problems for both him, and her.

*Knock,  Knock*

"Pinkie are you in there?" Mrs Cake asked sleepily, having woken up just a few minutes ago. Pinkie immediately freaked out and dumped the test into the garbage can they had in the bathroom, using her hooves to hopefully get it down to the bottom.

"Yeah" Pinkie replied, her anxiety evident in her voice, "I'll be out in a second" Once the test was properly buried Pinkie got up and away from the trashcan and headed outside, unaware that the test was now sitting right on top again because of her. Mrs Cake almost immediately saw it, finding it odd to see one as she didn't take one, her jaw dropping when she realized who's it was. She had no words, she was completely stunned. The playful lovable pink pony has always been carefree, but for her to get pregnant? Mrs Cake stood perfectly still as the shock washed over her, and when she could move again she took the test, eager to show it to her husband so they could confront her later.

When Pinkie got back into her room she hopped into bed and went straight off to sleep, but only dream of foals of every color, gender, and race, running around her, using her legs as an obstacle course while Discord drank glasses of chocolate milk. About an hour later Pinkie was woken up by the sound of Mr and Mrs Cake fighting with the twins, who did not in any way want to get up. She giggled at the noises at first, but suddenly remembered the test, snapping her into a depressed state. With a loud sigh Pinkie got up out of her bed and headed out into the hallway, where she was nearly run over by Pound and Pumpkin as they began their great escape from their parents, who were both laying on the floor of their room.

"Oh Pinkie you're awake!" Mr Cake said happily as he rolled over to his hooves, "Can you go get the twins for us?"

"Sure thing Mr Cake!" Pinkie replied happily before she bounced out of the room, her hunt for the twins ending rather quickly when she found them trying to steal some baked goods that were sitting on the counter. She quickly grabbed the twins and held them close to her with one hoof, and no matter how much the struggled, they were going back to their room. Once she had them settled down Pinkie went to the bathroom so she could have a shower before work. When she climbed into the shower she saw a familiar shape in the mirror.

"Hello Pinkie" Discord said happily, a devilish smile creeping across his face.

"Oh, hey Discord" Pinkie said happily with a gigantic smile on her face, "What brings you here, and why are you in the mirror?"

"It's the only way for me to be here right now sadly" Discord said in a mock depressed tone, "Anyways, did you like what you got on your test?"

"My test...?" Pinkie said slowly as she tried to remember what test she had taken, "You mean the one I took this morning?"

"Yep!" Discord said happily, "Did you absolutely love the results? I know I did!"

"Well, it's cool, but I don't know if I'm ready for that yet..." Pinkie said as she lowered her head, looking directly into the shower drain. Discord sighed loudly and when Pinkie looked back up he was gone, letting her finish her shower in complete privacy. When she had climbed out of the shower Pinkie ran into Mrs Cake, who was holding something in her hoof.

"Pinkie, can we talk about," Mrs Cake paused to reveal the pregnancy test that Pinkie had taken, "This?" Pinkie started to look around nervously until Mrs Cake put a hoof on her shoulder, making her tense up.

"Pinkie, what is this about, when did this happen?" Mrs Cake asked, looking directly into Pinkie's eyes as she did. Pinkie's eyes darted around until she finally gave up, unable to lie straight to Mrs Cake's face. Pinkie sighed loudly and was about to tell her what happened, but just then somepony entered the store, forcing their conversation to end abruptly. As Mrs Cake ran down the stairs to take the customers order Pinkie let out a relieved sigh. If anypony knew that she had gotten together with Discord things would be complicated at the least.

"That was close" Discord said as Pinkie entered her room, making her jump. She looked around quickly only to see him in her mirror, smiling at her, "Hi"

"Why are you in my mirror?" Pinkie asked, still confused on how and why he did that.

"Oh, it's just the easiest way to talk to you, that's all" Discord said nonchalantly, "So, what are you going to tell ponies when the pregnancy is noticable?"

"I don't know..." Pinkie said sadly as she sat on her bed so she could dry herself off. When she looked up again Discord was gone, leaving her alone again. She let out a depressed sigh and got herself dried off, her fluffy pink mane popping up like it always did. Before she headed downstairs to work she smiled at her mirror, hoping that it would make the rest of the day easier, but all it did was make her feel alone.