Chapter 7: A Rainbow and a Pie

After Applejack, her future children, and her future husband left Rainbow had nothing else to do, so she opted to head towards her own little home away from home, which was in fact just the house her future self lived it. It seemed so alien for Rainbow, a Pegasus of the high skies, to be living on the ground, let alone married to her best friend's big brother. When Rainbow got to the front door she froze, a little hesitant to open it because she had no idea what she would find on the other side. As she stood on the porch somepony began to watch her, without her even knowing it, until one of his big hooves went crashing down on a brittle branch.

"Who's there?!" Rainbow shouted as she jumped up and did a 180 so she could stare at her stalker. She scanned every inch of the area behind her before turning back towards the front door, only to come face to face with a large red stallion. Her mouth started to open so that she could explain what was going on, but her brain wasn't putting the words together for her, all she could manage to get out was a random assortment of gibberish.

"Who are you?" the red stallion asked, his gruff voice meaning that either he had just woken up, or he had just turned into a grump after fifteen years of marriage. Rainbow was sure she wasn't that bad of a wife, but then again she didn't have any experience at all in the romance department of life. The future Big Mac continued to stare at Rainbow until his wife and daughter came trotting up behind her.

"What are you doing jackass?" Rainbow asked, her voice sounding more playful than angry despite what she had said.

"Well, some strange pony from your fanclub showed up, and I want to know who it is" Big Mac replied as he leaned in to give her a big kiss, making both Rainbow and Red Gala cringe. Future Rainbow laughed before pulling Big Mac inside by his yoke, allowing Gala to lead Rainbow into the old farm house, which didn't look all that different than it was in Rainbow's time. Although there were a few more Wonderbolt related items than before, Rainbow had to admit that. A Wonderbolts clock, kitchen timer, as well as a magnet set, and that was only the kitchen.

"Come on, let's sneak upstairs, they can't hear us if we're really quiet" Gala said as she started trotting towards the stairs, her hooves making little to no noise as they hit the old wood floor. Rainbow decided to follow her lead and began to sneak over to the stairs, using tiny wing flaps to make sure that no noise was going to be made at all. When they reached the top of the stairs she could hear her future self and Big Mac having a heated discussion in one of the rooms.

"Do they always do that?" Rainbow asked quietly as Gala led her into what had used to be Applejack's bedroom in Rainbow's time. It looked so plain and empty that it gave Rainbow chills, which Gala saw.

"They don't always do that, only when they talk about something as weird as this" Gala replied, shrugging as she pulled some blankets out of the closet for Rainbow to use on the bed, "And even then this is a special kind of weird" Rainbow shrugged back as she picked up the other end of the blanket so that her and Gala could drape it over the bed. Once they had it all set up they sat down on opposite sides of the bed, just as future Rainbow and Big Mac stepped out into the hallway.

"You're completely okay with her stayin' here with us?" Big Mac asked in a somewhat confused tone.

"Eeyup" future Rainbow replied.

"Even though she's you back before we got married?" Big Mac asked, still feeling uneasy about all of this.

"Eeyup!" future Rainbow said, putting emphasis on it so that he would shut up, "Now, if I'm right they should be in here" Gala and Rainbow quickly dived under the bed, but they weren't fast enough as future Rainbow was soon pulling Gala out into the light by her tail, as Big Mac did the same to Rainbow.

"Let me go!" Rainbow squirmed, trying her hardest to avoid having her private areas seen by Big Mac, but she soon realized that was fairly pointless, especially since Gala was across from her laughing her head off.

"I didn't know you squirmed when you were younger!" Gala laughed, making both Rainbows facehoof at the same time, both of them equally embarrassed. Big Mac chuckled as well, making future Rainbow snap at him.

"Shut up you jackass, I know how much you like to see me squirm!" future Rainbow said, a small smile creeping across her face as she waited for it...

"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Rainbow and Red Gala shouted at the same time, causing future Rainbow and Big Mac to fall to the ground laughing. After a few minutes the two of them got up and left the room, allowing Rainbow and Gala to cower in the corners all by themselves.

"Are they gone?" Rainbow asked as she cracked her hooves apart, a sigh of relief when she saw that both her future self and Big Mac were gone. Slowly both her and Gala got up, giving each other some disgusted looks as they thought about what future Rainbow had said.

"Well, I should get to bed now..." Gala said slowly as an awkward silence fell in the room. Rainbow nodded and started to climb into bed when Red Gala left the room, popping back in to give Rainbow a second look before she headed off towards her own bedroom, which was right next door. Meanwhile, Rainbow was snuggling up in the unfamiliar bed, her mind quickly going to rest as she stared at the wood walls that was right in front of her.

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Pinkie Pie slowly trotted into the bakery she knew and loved, admiring how it all looked. It may have been the exact same bakery that she worked in day in day out, but something about it being her future bakery made it seem different. Her future daughter trotted in behind her, making sure to not bump into her by accident. Braeburn and the future Pinkie were standing far from the door with smiles on their faces as they watched Pinkie suddenly dart inside to look at every little detail with great concentration.

"Is everything okay past mom?" Surprise asked as Pinkie shoved her nose into the cupcake display, coming back out with small clumps of frosting in her fur. Pinkie bounced on the spot as she licked the frosting off her face, making Surprise turn around to look at her parents in confusion.

"Don't worry, that's normal" Braeburn said as he watched Pinkie shove an entire tray of old cupcakes into her mouth, swallowing them in one go before she ran upstairs to look at every room. EVERY room. They could hear her turn the shower on and off as well as flushing the toilet multiple times. Future Pinkie felt somewhat embarrassed about it, knowing that at some point she had done all of those things when she was in the future, and worse yet, her daughter knew all about it. Surprise was looking at the stairs with a confused look, not understanding how her own mother could have acted like this at one time in her life. Yes, her mother was strange, funny, and weird, but Surprise couldn't have ever imagined her doing something like this.

"Are you really that crazy mom?" Surprise asked as she looked a future Pinkie, "Because if you are, then I'm scared of you now" Braeburn let a small chuckle come out before he straightened up, trying to put a serious face on so his loving wife wouldn't go Nightmare Moon on him. However, she only seemed to be embarrassed about the whole thing, judging by her blushing cheeks.

"Well, back then I was a bit more..." future Pinkie trailed off as a loud crash noise came from upstairs, followed by a quiet "Oopsie..." Surprise knew what her mom was about to say, but what happened during her pause caused Surprise and Braeburn to completely lose it. As the two of them rolled around on the floor future Pinkie started to laugh, but it was cut short when a loud bell came from town hall, meaning it was about time for everypony to be getting to bed. Many fillies and colts had school in the morning, and most of the adults were going to be spending their nights indoors.

"Surprise, can you go set up a room for her?" future Pinkie asked, her laughing daughter suddenly sitting upright so she could nod before running up the stairs without saying anything. Once she was out of sight future Pinkie gave Braeburn a light kick in the side, making him immediately stop laughing. He got up and gave her a confused look with a silly smile as he tried to hold back his laughter. She leaned in and gave him a kiss before making her way up the stairs after Surprise, wanting to get her own bed ready for sleeping. When she got to the top of the stairs her face turned a shade of green, followed by her throwing Pinkie and Surprise out of the bathroom in a hurry.

"Ow..." Pinkie and Surprise said at the same time as they rubbed the backs of their heads, which had smacked against the bottom of the wall across from the bathroom door. Braeburn was upstairs as soon as he could, but when he tried to open the door he found out that it was locked.

"Honey, are you okay?" Braeburn asked as he knocked on the door, getting a groan from the other side. His face drained of all color when he recognized the type of groan that Pinkie had made. She had only made that kind of groan one other time, and that was almost fifteen years ago...

"Eye twitch; tail whip; tooth ache!" Pinkie said as her body did what she said, making Braeburn's eyes open wide. If he was outside many small ponies might mistake his eyes for the moon, with how big and white they were right now. Those were the exact same movements his wife had done every time somepony was-

"PREGNANT!" Pinkie shouted suddenly, making Braeburn shriek like a little filly. He wasn't ready for this, he loved being a father, but two of them?! He would go insane just thinking off all the crazy things the two of them could get up to, and he wouldn't be able to stop them.

"Please no, please. No!" Braeburn said as he slowly curled up into a ball on the ground, the bathroom door opening beside him to show future Pinkie with a happy, yet sad, smile on her face

"I'm pregnant"

*manly whimper*