//------------------------------// // Chapter 19 // Story: Magic Paint Brushes 3: This Ice Life... // by Ugly-Duckling123 //------------------------------// Suzy was getting a bit worried... What could be taking Jack so long to get back here? She was about to snap her fingers to go to Canterlot herself, when on of Discord's snowglobe portals opened itself in the middle of the living room and Jack came out the snowbabies in his arms and a slight pained look on his face. "What happened then Jack?" Suzy said taking the kids and letting Jack flop onto the couch. "Sarah was being a protective mother to our kids," Jack said zapping up an ice-bag "And did her old fail-safe, Hit First Ask Questions Later bit when she told me off..." Smirking slightly, Suzy used her powers to think up a couple of cribs and placed Snowflake and Blizzard in them, then went over to Jack and began to rub the boys shoulders. "So you wont want Emma to be with her then?" Suzy asked talking about their child. "Of course I'd want her to see Emma," Jack said quickly. "And I'm not going to say this to them but I believe I deserved what she gave me... I just could of done it better if it was a bit higher up." "Lesson one with having kids Honey Bee..." Suzy said coming closer to his ear closing her eyes "Somehow, both parents will get hurt at some point." When she didn't get an answer, she opened her eyes and saw Jack was asleep. Smiling, Suzy poofed the sofa into a bed, took the ice-bag away, and placed a blanket over the top of him. Then, after checking the babies were indeed asleep, got changed and into bed too, her hand finding Jack's who's closed a bit when it felt hers. "Goodnight Jack," Suzy said smiling before closing her eyes. The next morning, there came a couple of wanting cries coming from the baby cribs, waking up Jack and Suzy. "Is it going to be like this with Emma?" Suzy mumbled whiningly as she folded her pillow over her ears and turned over, as Jack went to see what was wrong. "No... Of course not dear," Jack said taking Snowflake out and then getting Blizzard. "When it gets to her she'll be waking up in the middle of the night, and we'll need to be watching her more than we do with these two." "Ugh..." Suzy said in her morning mood swing voice. "Besides as far as I can see they were just upset that they couldn't get out of those cribs you placed them in." Just then there came a knock on the front door. While Suzy ran to the bathroom to be sick, Jack went to open it - after placing down the babies. "Hey guys," Jack said seeing it was Sarah, Eric and the others welcoming them in, zapping away the cribs and changing the bed back into a sofa. Happily, the snowbabies ran up to them hopping with big smiles on their tiny faces. 'You guys wanna play?' they asked together. "Yeah, I'll play with you," Pinkie said smiling hugging them and placing them on her back. "To the Great Beyond Of Adventure..." Pinkie cried and zoomed out the cabin again, just as Suzy was coming out the bathroom. "Hey everybody," Suzy said not caring too much about the babies trusting Pinkie. "Ready to go home now then? This a goodbye thing or something?" "Well that was the plan," Eric said leaning against the wall smiling "But then we remembered Tom Thumb and Thumbelina," he said cocking his head to the window "And got to wondering what's going to happen to them. I mean we can't really take them home with us can we?" "And they seem to of grown on everypony," Sarah said looking to Jack "So we can't really just turn them back into piles of snow right?" "What you looking at me for?" Jack asked a glass of chocolate milk in his hand to wake him up. "We would like to know, Jack," Twilight said stepping forward "What exactly were you planning on doing with them when this time came?" "I dunno..." Jack said rubbing the back of his neck looking away "I didn't mean to keep them alive for so long. Snowflake was just to keep me company while I was moping when we got here, and Blizzard was just to give you lot that message about the sixes. They... weren't meant to grow attached to anyone." That made the room go quiet as everyone looked to each other and out the window. "I... I want to keep them," Suzy said quietly hand on her tummy "And... If Jack would want more than one flesh baby and one of you's got enough power..." she trailed of seeing everyone got what she was suggesting. "You... You'd do that Love Bug?" Jack asked quietly, taking Suzy's hand smiling. "If it means we can keep them and have them in both worlds," Suzy said nodding. "But will it work?" Rarity asked curiously, "I mean dear the one in there has to be a month's at least. If we place two new ones in there to be with them, will everything be ok?" "Yeah and the fact that the more you have the more pain it will be before and after," Applejack pointed out, getting nods of agreement from everyone. "Changelings especially Queens are born to be able to have mutable kids at once," Suzy said looking away a bit "And have kids almost every other day meaning they can start at different times." "I'm not so sure if it will work, especially since you're not technically a Queen... " Twilight said rubbing her chin for once not wanting to do this for science but to help out a few friends "But... If you're sure it will work, and you really want to do this..." "We do," Jack and Suzy said beaming together. "Ok..." Twilight said then went to the door "Pinkie, can you and the snowbabies come here for a bit?" A minute later, the pink pony, and the two snowballs were with the others getting a small run down on what the plan was. 'That mean that you will get to be our REAL mama and papa?' Snowflake asked eyes growing wide, taking charge because she was older by a few hours. "That's the plan," Jack said smiling. 'YAY!' they cried and rushed up to Jack and Suzy rubbing up against them smiles on their faces, before zooming around and saying goodbye to the others in the room. "Be sure to let their old grandpa Discord see them when they come," Discord said to Jack as the couple to his slight upsetnessizum trusted Twilight and the Princesses to do the magic than him. "We will Dissy," Jack said smiling doing the Pinkie Promise to set it in stone. "Ok everyone except Suzy, the snowbabies Luna, Twilight, and myself," Celestia stated kindly "Would you all please wait outside this is an old magic spell that needs as little distractions as it can get." Nodding in understanding, everyone left. It had been a while since everyone was sent out of the cabin, and everyone was getting worried. Jack passed the time like any newbie father would, pacing, strangely not getting any deeper in the snow. The mares, Scarab, Sarah and Eric were having fun either having snowball fights or ice skating. And Discord was watching Jack from one of his cotton-candy clouds. "Why are you so worried Jack?" Discord asked eventually as the boy started his 1000th pace. "She and they are in good hands... well hooves... But you get the point." When no answer came Discord rolled his eyes got down and beside Jack's pacing line and after a few seconds of watching and quick reflexes, grabbed the back of Jack's shirt and lifted him up. "Huh? What? Discord put me down! You know how I don't like being lifted up like this!" Jack cried out thrashing and punching eventually getting loose and sorting himself out. "Sorry sport," Discord said shrugging "But you weren't answering me any other way. So gonna tell me what's got your panties in a twist?" "It's this Father thing," Jack said going over to a log and sitting on it looking away from the door. "I just don't think I'd be up for it... When we were at Winter's palace in my 'room', I was the stronger one telling her we could move here should we feel the baby was unappreciated, and cheering her up the more she got worried about it..." Jack explained hugging his knees a light snowfall coming down. "But now that we're out of there, and she agreed to this... and it's taking too long, I dunno Discord I just don't feel that strong anymore." "Sport..." Discord said sitting next to his student "Even though we're messing with it a bit... You can't mess with nature. Things happen and take as long, when and as they need to happen. And by the way you're so great with other kids, I'll bet 500 bits that you wont be just as good as that with your own." "If you say so..." Jack said turning to the door hearing it open and seeing Suzy come out with the Princesses. "You ok Suz?" Jack asked after rushing straight over to her. "I'm fine Jack," Suzy said smiling loving the love she was getting from him, mixed with worry. "Hope you know what you're doing in taking this on Suzy," Sarah's voice came over to her as everyone else joined them at the front door. "The babies or your cousin?" Suzy asked giggling with Sarah when Jack yelled 'Hey!'. "Just all of it," Sarah said holding Eric's hand "But either way hope you'll like them and for the best." "That's Sarah/Cuz," Suzy and Jack said together. "Ok... Now's the time to go home right?" Eric said smiling "We still need to make those Christmas cookies Sarah remember?" "Fine we're going," Sarah said rolling her eyes "See ya guys, Happy Hearths Warming." "And Merry Christmas to you as well Sarah, Eric, Jack and Suzy," Celestia said smiling gentle "We hope you the best of holidays and good luck to you two..." she said pointing her gaze to the latter couple. Nodding their thanks, the boys pulled out their silver items, and the girls took hold. Within a few seconds they (and the 'Winter Wonderland' because Jack was gone) were gone. Arriving back home, the four teenagaers were in silence for a bit. Then Sarah looked to Jack and said "So... Are you staying here for the holidays?" "Well if you want us to be..." Jack said shrugging "We can go if you don't." "How far away is your place?" Eric asked curios. "You remember where our old school was," Jack asked looking to Eric getting a nod. "Just a bit down from there. We're renting an apartment, have been for a few months." "The closet rent-able apartment building from the school was two hours walk away," Eric said shocked "And the school from here's at least three hours and a bit if you take the train." "So we better get going then," Suzy said going over for her coat. "Wait..." Sarah said running upstairs for a bit and coming back down with her laptop. "Ok. What train will it need to you will need to take?" she asked after going to the railway website. After waiting for a bit, for the result everyone had their eyes on Sarah. "I don't believe it..." she whispered bringing Eric round and looking to Jack more than Suzy with a questioning look. "Looks like you two will be staying for the holidays after all Frost," Eric said getting a face full of cushion. "Why?" Suzy asked confused, stopping Eric from firing one back. "Because the track along the rail you named..." Sarah said smirking her fingers together, looking like one of those big bosses in those murder mystery movies "Has enough snow on the track to cover all of Ponyville. Apparently there was avalanche combined with all the snow that's coming down." "You have anything to do with this hmm...." Eric said looking to Jack raising an eyebrow. "Would I do a thing like that?" Jack asked shocked that they'd accuse him of stuff like this getting 'Yes's from them. "Besides how could I? We were in Equestria remember?" Rolling her eyes Sarah just shut down her laptop and got up. "Let's just get to those cookies," she said heading for the kitchen followed by Eric "When mum and dad come home you can explain why you're here." When they were gone Suzy got up over to Jack and looked into his face a knowing smile. "You did do it didn't you?" Suzy asked quietly. "Well in quoting my Master, Love Bug..." Jack began, grinning "No matter where, meaning the dimension, Winter goes. He will always have control over the winter elements. We both have Winter's magic in us so supposedly that rule stand. It jut dims it down a bit." "Lets just get in the kitchen and help with the cookies," Suzy said rolling her eyes and dragging him along.