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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Maybes are not always... 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 3

"Ya, the crib I-..." You stop your sentence as you near the bottom of the stairs and see Twilight's face plated on the table.

She jerks her head up as she talks, "What?"

Spike laughs a little bit from his seat at the table, "Twilight you should go to sleep."

You nod your head as you agree, "Either you walk up the stairs or I carry."

She giggles as she wipes some of the baby formula from Violets mouth, "You can't carry me."

You think about her words for a moment, obviously she doesn't know tha-... never mind, " Then drag you up the stairs."

Twilight stretches her two front legs as she looks out the window, "It's not even barely past noon, I’m not going to sleep." She gives another yawn as she finishes her sentence.

Her eyes are hardly half open as she takes the empty bottle from Violets mouth, "Well I guess I could go to sleep for a few minutes." She turns to face you as she talks in a more rushed voice, "But don't take Violet outside, we don't know if she is allergic to anything."

You nod your head as you know there is more to come.

"If you let her walk help her to stand, don't let Spike pet her."

Spike crosses his arms as he talks, "I know how to not poke a pony’s eye."

Twilight smiles at him before continuing, "Don't drop her, don't let her climb the bookshelves, don't let her eat the books..."

You nod your head hoping that each item will be the last item but the list keeps growing.

After a good five minutes of her talking and taping her hoof to the other one she finally lets up, "...And lastly don't use magic around her."

You stare at her, "ok don't take Violet outside got it."

Twilight sighs a little annoyed, "That was the first thing."

You chuckle as you walk over to her and nudge her to get out of the seat, "Twilight, I'm not going to leave the house, and you're just up stairs."

She reluctantly gives a nodding yawn as she makes her way to into the other room.

You take her seat next to Violet as you wait for her to go up the stairs. As Twilight vanishes from sight the little filly’s soft blue eyed gaze turns back to you, her mouth hands in the typical baby like O face as she stares at you.

Spike pushes himself up from the table as he looks at Violet, "You think she knows Twilight is not coming back for a bit?"

You roll your eyes at him, "I am perfectly capable of taking care of Violet." You look back to the little filly with a smile, "Right?"

Her face trembles a little as she looks back to the stairs. Your face lights up a little as you watch her nose wrinkled up. You feel happy that she might cry but at the same time you wonder if that makes you a bad person? But you push that thought aside as you tell yourself, well at least I can tell Twilight Violet got her first cry in.

Violet's mouth opens but no cry comes out instead you hear a loud belching noise...well loud for her size. She wiggles her two front legs on the table that sits in front of her with a smile.

Spike laughs at the little filly’s happy moment.

You on the other hand can’t stop thinking about how adorable that sounded.

The sweet moment is lost as a loud thud is heard from the window behind you.

You turn around to the sight of a normal Ponyville day with a little bit of confusion, "Ok?"

A knock at the door shakes the confusion as you quickly go to the door to stop the loud banging.

As you open the door your eyes meet the cyan Pegasus rubbing her head, "Ya, tell Twilight she needs to take the baby spell off the window...the locks are good enough."

"Hi Rainbow."

She gives a shocked laugh as she pokes your chest, "You look as tired as a mule! Did you and Twilight stay up late?" She nudges you with her hoof again as winks at you.

You're too tired to pick up on her gesture so your answer is quick and not thought out, "Ya."

Rainbow's joking face turns long as she rubs her neck with her hoof, "Is uh...that ok with a foal?"

You finally pick up on her earlier statement as you shake your head, "What? Oh no, no."

She regains her normal tomboyish voice as she laughs at you, "Ok, well you want to come with me? I figure someone should thank you for saving our lives yesterday."

You stare at her a little confused as you think, wait....are we still talking about the same thing?

She notices your straight faced stare and is quick to continue, "Me and Pinkie where going to hang out at the lake didn't know if you and Twi wanted to join us."

You shake your head at the statement, "Can't take Violet out."

Rainbow squints at the name, "Whose Violet."

You smile that your name drop worked, you don't know if you should let other ponies around a newborn foal...but then again you don't know everything about the world of talking horse that you have made a family in anyways. Note to self, read more?

Rainbow looks you over a little confused at your happy expression, "What did you burn th...-" Her voice is stopped and her wings are sprawled out to the sides as she looks at the little light purple unicorn filly whose blue eyes are staring right back at her.

You walk up beside the one in a lifetime awestruck Rainbow Dash as you talk in a low voice, "Rainbow, meet Violet."

Spike waves his claw to Rainbow, "Hi!"

Rainbow is still silent as she walks a little closer to Violet.

You watch with  the same proud feeling that you had earlier today as Violet smiles to the cyan Pegasus.

Rainbow looks back to you with a sweet smile, "She’s not yours."

You squint at her word for a moment, before giving a light hmmm sound.

Rainbow grabs the filly from the seat and brings her closer to her in a hug as she takes up off the ground, "Ya, there is no way that you had something to do with this cute of a filly."

You chuckle at the comment but you are quick to show your first sign of fatherly protection as you talk, "That’s cute Rainbow, now put her down."

Rainbow closes her eyes as she rubs her muzzle against Violet. She moves her head from Violet as she gives a tomboyish scolding, "Pff, I'm not going to drop her? I could carry Twilight remember, heck I even your lugged pass out flank home yesterday."

You nod your head as you talk, "Ok well could you put her down for me?"

Rainbow looks at the little filly in her hooves as her tomboyish voice changes to a high pitched voice baby voice, "Look your daddy is all scaredy weirdy..." Her eyes widen as she look back to you and Spike, "...What....she’s cute."

Rainbow places the smiling filly back into the high chair as she talks in a forced tomboy voice, "So like when did Twilight go into labor?"

You walk past Rainbow to Violet as rub your hoof to the little fillies head, "Well that’s a long story."

Rainbow flops herself into your seat as you stand next to Violet, "well besides from cloud duty, which I can get done in like twenty seconds I’m free...so tell me."

You sigh as you try to remember though the bags under your eyes.

End of chapter 3