Chapter 8
A/N: Instead of the huge monster chapter today, as I have no clue how I'm gonna write that, I decided to add a new, major plot point. There will also be a huge reference. First person to guess it gets an Internet cookie. Alright, chapter eight, on your mark, get set, go!
A month had passed since the diary fiasco. Seed hadn't actually killed Lilac, but came pretty close, but Luna kept them apart. "Honestly, you are twenty one and seventeen years old. Will you please act your age?"
"SHE STARTED IT!" They both had yelled. Luna facehoofed and walked away, head down in embarrassment. A few days later, though, AppleSeed pulled CloudStorm aside. "I think it's time we told them. It's been almost a year."
"I guess you're right."
"Hey," Seed looked up at her, "I love you."
"I love you too." And then they kissed. That night, when everypony gathered around the table, they kept standing while everypony else sat.
"Um, guys," Seed began, unsure of how to break it. However, she didn't have to because at that moment, Lilac bolted from the table and ran. She flew straight to her room, not stopping. The group of girls looked at each other, and went to check on their friend. Twilight tried to go as well, but somehow Spike managed to convince her to stay.
The other young alicorns, and the soon to be one, went upstairs and knocked on Lilac's door, and went in when there was no response. "You okay in here Sky?" Storm asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little upset stomach is all. My entire lunch was cheesecake."
"Okay then. Why don't you come back downstairs?" Tart asked her friend.
Lilac wiped her mouth as she exited her bathroom and entered her bedroom. "Okay." The girls walked downstairs, and immediately, Cadence, Twitterheart, and Twilight began fussing over Lilac who shook them off and convinced them that she was fine.
"Well, um, like Seed was gonna say, we have something to confess..."
A round of spit takes later, AppleSeed and CloudStorm found themselves confronted with rounds of "D'AWWWWW"'s and congratulations. Glad that they were being supported, they finally were able to sigh in relief.
"How long have you been together?" Dash asked her best friend's and her own daughters.
"Um... almost a year." Storm confessed.
"Now why did y'all think you'd need ta hide sumthin' like this?"
"'Cause we weren't sure how everypony would react..."
"Guys, we love you no matter what, and we'll always support you!"
"Aww. Thanks dad." Storm said.
Later, the next morning at three am, Lilac woke up sick again. She began to get slightly worried, and went through her mother's medical books to find an answer. After a while, she ran into the nearest room, which happened to be Ruby and Amethysts'. She tip-hoofed over to Ruby's bed and shook her awake. "Ruby. Ruby. Wake up, I need to talk to you!"
"What is it Lilac? It's four am!"
"I know, but I need to talk to somepony!"
"Urgh, fine, I'll meet you in your bedroom in a minute." Lilac ran back to her room, and Ruby pulled back the covers and went across the hall to Lilac's room. "What is it?"
"I got sick again so I did some research to match up my symptoms, and I came up with some possibilities. In order of likelihood, Colon cancer, Ingestion of chrysanthemum blossoms, appendicitis, or pregnancy."
"Um, in all honesty? The last one is the most likely. You might want to talk to your mom."
"Are you crazy? How would that even be possible?"
"Well you are very, ahem, active."
"But we use protection!"
"What kind? Magic? Rubbers?"
"Rubbers."
"Ever broken?"
"At one point..."
"Lilac, you have to talk to your mom. Like first thing in the morning."
"I'm an adult, I'll be fine!"
"Still, you might want to talk to her ahead of time."
And thusly, Lilac stood in her mother's bedroom the next morning, crying. "Aww, sweetheart, what's wrong?"
"Mommy, please please Please don't be mad at me!"
"Why would I ever be mad at you?"
"I think I might be pregnant." Lilac looked down at her mother with tears in her eyes, clearly upset.
Twilight held and rocked her for a straight hour, while she let her cry. "Hey. It's going to be alright. I promise. I'll take you to go see doctor Stable, and we'll go from there."
Sure enough, the results came back positive, and there was another round of crying, until one of Lilac's closest friends, a light blue, purple haired Pegasus named Skate, came to the castle as soon as she heard, and managed to get her happy and excited. She stayed with her while she told Night Star, and Lilac was grateful for her brief visit.
Lilac broke it to her extended family, and Night Star, who was completely supportive. All was happy, until the day before Seed turned eighteen, two months later. Their last day of happiness for a while. Her birthday passed fine and the flight and magic refresher courses went smoothly. The girls and their parents all crowded into that room, and Celestia and Luna prepared them. All of the younger children stayed in a magically sealed and protective underground room. The six new alicorns and their parents huddled, cried, hugged, and prepared for the worst. Then at precisely midnight, it began.
A/N: Dun dun dun dunnn! It begins! Who got the reference? No one? Let me give you a hint, (Doctor Sheldon Cooper) anyway, yup. Major plot point. That mare, seriously. Anyway, thanks for reading, and no, I won't be updating every day again, I just had a stroke of inspiration and started writing. Anyway, I love you guys, and if you read the whole author's note again, put the phrase, "Holy Celestia!" In your comment for another free Internet cookie. Bye people, I STILL LOVE YOU, WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND? Bye!