Everything was silent in the Four-Quarters forest. Birds didn't sing, and all the animals where hiding in their lairs. In the four castles, the guards and servants (the only non-royal ponies allowed in the forest) weren't talking nor moving. They simply looked to the sky, waiting for something. Everybody in the forest was expecting for the miracle to happen.
That day was the Change of Season.
The reason of the expectation where the ponies inside the Season Temple, where only alicorns were allowed. In fact, there were six of them inside.
At the right side of the Temple there was a magnificent couple of alicorns. The male was a very huge stallion. with a glowing white fur. He had a short golden mane and a golden beard that matched his eyes. His cutie mark was a golden sandglass. He was Cronos, king of Equestria.
At the King's side, there was an incredibly beautiful mare. She had a very dark blue, almost black, fur and a magical, floating, color-changing mane. She wore a silver tiara that matched her eyes and her cutie mark, which was a silver infinity sign. She was Queen Infinity, Crono's wife and ruler of Equestria.
On the left side were sitting three of the Season's princesses: Sunny, Bloom and Blizzard, who looked nervous for unknown reasons. The three princesses, like the Rulers, where looking silently at the fourth one.
Princess Autumn was standing at the Temple's alter. Her wings were opened, her eyes closed.Her horn was glowing bright intensively. She was doing a great effort to make her magic reach all over Equestria. It was an exhausting work, because the spell had to last until the next Change of Season, but it had to be done.
Finally, after a while, Autumn's horn stopped glowing, and she lowered her wings with a sigh. Finally she slowly openned her eyes.
''It's done"-she said.
After that, nothing seemed to happen in the forest, but all the ponies of Equestria could see the leaves changing their colors and feel the temperature softly going down. Finally, a soft rain started to pour over the ponies, who cheered welcoming the new Season.
Fall was beggining.
After the Change, the King and the Queen went back to their castle, and the four princesses reunited in Autumn's palace. It was a tradition that the princess who started her season arranged a feast for all the princesses. It was a way to make the bond between them stronger. And it worked very well...except for Bloom and Sunny, who were always arguing about wich Season was better, Summer or Spring. Autumn always tried to ignore them, and Blizzard was the one who tried to stop the arguments.
However, that time they kept arguing for a long time, because Blizzard wasn't paying attention to them. She was like absent, only focusing on the food. Autumn, who was a close friend for her, realized her behavior.
"Blizzard,''-she said, touching her shoulder ''Are you alright?''
"What? Oh...yes, yes I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Blizzard answered nervously.
"Because you have been absent during all the dinner, and you've ate enough food to feed a young dragon".
Blizzard blushed and lowered her eyes, not giving her an answer. Meanwhile, Bloom and Sunny were still arguing, not noticing the conversation between the other two princesses.
At that moment, Autumn realized that Blizzard didn't touch her cup of whine, althought she loved it, and she only drank water all the night. She suddenly had a feeling about what was happening.
"Blizz,"-she said slowly-"Are you pregnant?"
Sunny and Bloom suddenly shut up, looking at Blizzard with surprise. The winter princess said nothing, but nodded shyly.
"Oh, Blizzard, this is wonderful!" Autumn exclaimed, hugging her.
"It's a boy or a girl?" Bloom asked.
"I don't know yet"
"And when will it be born?" said Sunny.
"In five months approximately"
"Wait a minute"- Autumn said worried -"You will have to bring Winter being pregnant?"
"I'm afraid I will"-Blizzard said-"I will have to be very careful".
"It's a pity it won't be born in Summer" added Sunny.
"Summer? Don't be ridiculous!" Bloom exclaimed-" Everypony knows that the best Season to give birth is Spring!"
"And there they go again!" said Autumn rolling her eyes.