WARNING! BIRTH SCENE AHEAD!!!
Celestia paced back and forth in the hallway with worry for her sister. Luna was inside her room giving birth to her foal. Her water had broken in the morning and when on into the day. Then it was four o' clock in the afternoon, Celestia was supposed to lower the sun soon, but that wasn't even on her mind then. All she thought about was her little sister. One of the royal guards put a hoof on her shoulder. "It's going to be okay Princess, your sister will be fine. Hopefully, the midwives will come out and tell you the baby's okay."
"I hope so," she sighed. "I just wish I could be there with her, why can't I be in there with my little sister?!"
"I know how much you want to be in there with her, she's a strong mare," The guard said. "I'm sure she'll be fine,"
Celestia started to sob. "I can't lose her, I know that sometimes mares can die in childbirth. Lulu's all I have left, save for the foal. But if the foal dies, I'll have no pony left."
"Don't worry," The guard said, patting her on the back. "She'll make it."
The sun princess bit her lip. "I hope so, I can't lose my baby sister."
One of the servant colts had his ear to the door. The guard saw this and snatched him away with his magic. "Look here son, don't even think of listening to whats going on in there. It's a private event and mind folks own business!" he snapped, dropping the colt on his head. The colt dusted himself off and trotted away.
Celestia resumed her pacing. "Oh Luna..."
Inside the room, Princess Luna's hooves dug into the bedsheets. She breathed to try and stay calm as her body filled with pain as she felt the contractions in her abdomen push. Her dark blue face was pale and she was sweating bullets. Marigold, the unicorn midwife, stood at the end of the bed, telling Luna to push, while her assistant, an earth pony named Honey, stood at her side dabbing the princesses forehead with a damp cloth.
"You're doing well, Your Highness," Marigold said, "Just keep pushing,"
Luna did as as the midwife told her. She had been in labour for at least eighteen hours. She never knew childbirth would be this painful. In the back of her mind, she was in agony, but no matter how much pain she was in, she didn't regret a thing. After another contraction, she fell back into the pillows in exhaustion.
"Keep pushing Luna!" Honey said. "You can't give up yet,"
"I...I'm...I'm...I'm so tired," she sighed, "Why can't Celestia come in here?"
Marigold shook her head. "I'm sorry Princess, but childbirth is a private matter for the mother and child. But don't worry, your foal will be here soon,"
Luna jerked her head around and glared at her. "YOU SAID THAT TWO HOURS AGO!" she screamed.
The two mares flinched slightly, but somehow remained professional. "We know Princess, but you have to keep going, do it for your sister, for your baby."
Luna sighed and sat up again. "You're right,"
Thirty minutes passed and Luna kept pushing, suddenly she let out an ear-piercing shriek that was loud enough to make somepony's ears bleed.
Celestia kept pacing faster and faster. She flinched when she heard her sister scream and a tear dripped down her cheek. "I haven't heard her scream this much since she found a rattlesnake in her bed. It kills me..." she shuddered at the thought of her sister in pain.
Finally she snapped. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I NEED TO BE IN THERE WITH HER!" she tried to push past but the guard held her back. They stopped when Marigold came out and grabbed some more towels. She was about to ask if Luna was okay, when the door slammed in her face.
One hour later...
"There it is! I can see the head, you're almost there." Marigold announced cheerfully. Luna kept pushing, praying to Faust and Polaris that this would be over soon. She couldn't wait to hold her precious foal for the first time and seeing her sister meet her new niece or nephew.
"Alright Luna, this is it! One, two, three, PUSH!" Marigold said.
Luna sucked in a huge breath of air and pushed, biting her lip to hold in her scream, but something made her stop and her heart felt a flutter. The shrill cry of a newborn foal. Luna smiled and slumped back into the pillows, breathing heavily and smiling. She couldn't see the foal clearly as her vision became blurry with her tears. Marigold cleaned off the foal, cut the cord and wrapped the foal in a white swaddle blanket. She handed the baby off to Honey and helped deliver the placenta.
Honey stepped foward, with the foal in the crook of her arm. "Congratulations Your Highness, It's a healthy baby filly."
A Filly...
Luna wiped away her tears. "Is...is my baby okay?"
"Why don't you see for yourself," Honey said, handing the crying filly to it's mother. Luna held out her hooves and cradled her new daughter in her arms. She uttered a few words choked up by the never ending tears. "Oh my gosh...hi sweetie...oh my...oh my gosh you're so beautiful," she said, hugging the infant close to chest. She had done it. The long wait, the pain, the nausea, the cramps and the long painful labour. None of it mattered anymore if it meant that she got what she always wanted. Her own foal.
Outside the room, Celestia could hear the cry of the foal. She was about to burst into the room when Marigold came out, smiling. "Princess Celestia, your sister has given birth to a healthy baby girl and they are both going to be fine." she explained.
Celestia's expression asked her one question and Marigold chuckled. "You can go in now,"
Celestia didn't care about the room, or the midwives cleaning up. All she cared about was the dark blue mare lying in the bed, cradling the tiny white bundle in her hooves. "Tia, I did it. I did it Tia,"
"You certainly did Lulu," Celestia uttered, staring at the tiny pony in her sisters arms. "I'm so proud of you Lulu, you're a mother!"
"I know, isn't she beautiful?"
Celestia pulled back part of the blanket to expose the filly a bit more. She raised an eyebrow when she saw it. "Lulu? I'm confused. She looks nothing like you,"
The infant appeared to be a unicorn, horn no bigger then a pencil head, with a pearl white coat like Celestia's and a curl of shiny light blue hair on her head. She couldn't see her eyes, she was sleeping. But the newborn looked nothing like it's mother.
Luna pulled the blanket back over her baby. "I know, but she's still mine." she said.
"But...but how?"
Luna shook her head. "I think I know why," she said. "The fruit I ate was the same colour as she is, her colour is due to the fruit know doubt."
Celestia chuckled and felt something wet in her eyes, but she didn't wipe it away. Luna saw this and laughed. "Tia, are you crying?"
"No, just a bit of dust in my eye...oh who am I kidding?! She's gorgeous!"
Luna gazed lovingly at her new baby girl. "She is, y'know I might have to put a label on her or else every pony is gonna think that she's your baby and not mine."
The sisters laughed. They stopped when the filly stirred and her eyes twitched. Luna gasped. "She's opening her eyes."
The filly's eyes fluttered open and stared in wonder at the two majestic mares above her in wonder, especially the blue one. Luna gasped when she saw her daughters eyes. They were a beautiful blue that matched her mane and sparked like stars. "Tia, her eyes...they're like sparkling stars."
"They do," Celestia said. "A pair of beautiful eyes for a beautiful baby unicorn."
"Unicorn?"
"Yeah, she's a unicorn right?"
Luna smiled and shook her head. She pulled down the blanket, revealing a tiny pair of wings. "Beautiful eyes for a beautiful alicorn,"
"She's...she's an alicorn?!" Celestia sobbed.
The unnamed baby alicorn reached out her soft, tiny hooves to her aunt. Luna smiled. "I think she wants you to hold her," Luna placed her baby in her sisters arms before she could say anything.
Celestia hugged the tiny pony close in fear of dropping her. The sun princesses heart melted as the baby snuggled into her fur and let out a cute yawn. "Hello sweetie, I'm your Aunt Celestia, but you can call my Auntie Tia."
Celestia turned to face her sister. "What are you gonna name her Lulu? We can't keep calling her 'Sweetie' or 'Baby' forever, can we? She needs a name."
Luna pondered for a minute and looked out at the night sky. It would be close to the raising of the sun soon, but something caught her eye. "Tia! Look!" she pointed out at the window. In the night sky, a new star had formed. "There's a new star," she looked back at the baby. "You don't think?"
"Anything can happen Lulu, she is the daughter of the Night. Maybe when she's older, you could train her to be the next Princess of the Night," Celestia said. "Maybe you could name her something to do with the night, how about 'Moonlight'?"
Luna playfully slapped her shoulder. Celestia chuckled. "Yeah, pretty dumb. Maybe Starlight?"
Luna shook her head. "No, let me name her, she's my daughter," She reached out her and took her baby back. "What should I name you?"
The baby gurgled and pointed a tiny hoof to the star outside. "You want to be named 'Star'?" Luna questioned. The baby made a face as if to say 'No way Mom!'. Luna chuckled. "Okay, let me think," she pondered for a bit.
Her eyes brightened when she came up with the perfect name. "I've got it! How about Princess Mi Estrella Songbird?"
Celestia raised an eyebrow. "Songbird? Why that?"
"I don't know, but I have the strangest feeling she'll grow up to be a singer."
"Princess Mi Estrella Songbird," Celestia repeated. "Sounds good to me, but what about her?"
"Well sweetie, do you like 'Mi Estrella Songbird'?"
The infant gurgled happily and clapped her hooves. "That's a yes, but we'll call her 'Songbird' for short." Luna said, smiling.
"Agreed," Celestia said. The sisters looked down to see Songbird sucking innocently on her hoof. "And I think Songbird agrees too."
The goddess of Day and Night sat there, staring and awing at the new baby princess.
Outside, a mighty alicorn watched from his star home. He smiled and looked at the newest star in the sky.
"It was on this night, that a heroine was born to love and forgive us. Born to be an heiress of beauty and serenity. She will grow up to be a leader to all Ponies, her beauty will be known for miles and her voice will be the sweetest soprano melody the land has ever seen. She shall have the ability to calm and sooth those in need with her voice and may she obtain the ability to grant wishes as I do."
He smiled and watched Luna cradle the newborn. "Goodnight, little Songbird," he said, before his form disappeared from sight.
Down below, young fillies and colts stared out their bedroom windows at the new star. They had know way of knowing what it was for, but in their hearts, something told them that a hero was born that night.