Chapter 5: Half Way There!

Pinkie slowly waddled through the streets of Ponyville, many single mares and young foals watching her as she stumbled about, trying to keep her saddlebags on. Her ever growing stomach has now gotten to such a size that her saddlebags would constantly slide off if she didn't want in a funny way. A few mares that she passed by talked about her, viewer her as some kind of lowly mare, saying that one of her parties must have gotten out of hand. The foals she passed by would ask their mother or father where Pinkie's husband was, leaving their parents in hot water. Rumors had been spreading that Pinkie might have been raped, or even tricked into it. Other rumors were spreading that Mr Cake had something to do with it, much to Mrs Cake's annoyance.

"Hey Pinkie" Rainbow said as she glided down next to her, snapping her out of her sad thoughts.

"Oh hey Rainbow" Pinkie said in a somewhat happy way, which caught Rainbow's attention.

"Something wrong Pinkie?" Rainbow asked, landing next to her friend so she could try and comfort her. Pinkie stopped and looked away for a second, just long enough for her saddlebags to slide off her flank. Rainbow hurried to pick up the bags, slinging them onto her own back instead of Pinkie's.

"It's nothing Rainbow, you can give me back my bags now" Pinkie said, a hint of sadness behind her voice, just enough for Rainbow to notice it and worry. She had known Pinkie for the longest time, and couldn't believe that something that she would hide something from her.

"Pinkie, come on, tell me what's bothering you" Rainbow urged, putting a wing over her old friend's back to pull her in. She struggled for a moment but quickly relaxed, leaning into Rainbow's body for support. Her legs had been getting tired from carrying all the extra weight while doing a strange walk.

"It's all the rumors that ponies are spreading" Pinkie said sadly, "That I'm pregnant because I got drunk, or a whore, or that I was..."

"Pinkie, don't say those things" Rainbow said worriedly. Just ahead of them was the library, where Rainbow had been headed before she saw Pinkie trotting sadly through the town, and now Rainbow had an idea. Without saying anything Rainbow picked up the pace, helping Pinkie all the way to the library where she knocked on the door, being greeted by Spike.

"Hey Rainbow, Pinkie" Spike said happily, "What brings you two here today?"

"Oh, why were just in the neighborhood, so I thought we'd stop in" Rainbow said sarcastically, managing to get a quiet giggle from Pinkie. Spike rolled his eyes and let them in, heading upstairs to tell Twilight that the two of them were downstairs. Once Pinkie was sitting down Twilight appeared, her mane a complete mess, and some signs of drool around her mouth.

"Hey girls" Twilight said with a yawn, making Rainbow raise an eyebrow at her. It was unusual to see Twilight in this state, and with how Pinkie was acting Rainbow's day was just getting weirder and weirder. She trotted up to Twilight and led her away, leaving Pinkie to sit where she was, confused and alone. As she looked around the library she spotted a mirror, and inside of it was...

Discord?!

Pinkie leaned forwards and stared at the mirror, the image of Discord waving at her with a happy smile on his face. When she realized that it really was Discord she closed her eyes, forcing herself into a daydream so she could talk to him without looking like she had gone crazy.

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"Hi Discord!" Pinkie said happily as she ran up to give Discord a hug. She jumped up at him and he spun her around a few times before putting her back down.

"Hi Pinkie" Discord said with a small smile before leaning in to give her a kiss. She happily kissed him back, giggling like a school girl after they broke apart.  Pinkie looked around the area to see what kind of dream world she had put them into, and was surprised with what she found. Bleak grey mountains, dead or dying grass and trees, dirty brown water, and dark rain clouds were what created the environment around the two of them. Discord noticed her surprise and put a hand on her shoulder.

"There's something bothering you ins't there?" Discord asked, his eyes tracking a small pink pony with straight hair running around in the distance. When he turned around Pinkie was sitting on her flanks with the saddest look he had ever seen on her face. He knelt down beside her and put an arm around her, planning to cheer her up somehow.

"Pinkie, what's going on?" Discord asked as he pulled Pinkie towards him, his tail wrapping around her back so she would be extra close to him.

"Everypony knows something is wrong about me being pregnant, but what they're saying about it..." Pinkie said sadly, a loud and depressing sigh escaping her lips. He looked around slowly to see what was bothering her, knowing that whatever she thought about would appear in the dream world. Off in the distance he spotted a group or mares, overhearing their conversations about the rumors surrounding Pinkie's overgrown stomach.

"Pinkie, I..." Discord began to say, but the dream world, as well as him, suddenly faded away...

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"Ugh, finally she's awake" Rainbow groaned as Pinkie's eyes fluttered open, "Took you long enough, we finished the procedure without you"

"Procedure?" Pinkie asked tiredly, still in the process of actually waking up from her dream. In the same mirror she had seen him in before Discord sat, looking at the events unfold with a sad look on his face. He had been in her dream, but had also been watching what was going on around Pinkie at the time, and he knew what was coming.

"Pinkie, Twilight did an ultrasound on you using her magic, she's just figuring out the information now. As if she came at the sound of her name Twilight entered the room, a somber look on her face.

"Pinkie, I'm sorry, but you are actually pregnant" Twilight apologized as she stared at the floor, "We were doing a scan so we could prove all the rumors wrong, but..."

"Woah, Pinkie, what happened, did a stallion hurt you?" Rainbow asked, a fire in her eyes at the though of someone hurting one of her best friends. Pinkie looked between the two of them nervously before darting towards her saddlebags, which Rainbow had left by the door. As soon as they were on Pinkie bolted out of the door, leaving nothing but a trail of dirt and dust behind her. Rainbow and Twilight looked at each other worriedly, and then silently made plans to find out what had happened, no matter what.