Twilight and her friends lounged around the picnic blanket, chatting and having fun like always. It had been a few years since they had given The Elements Of Harmony back to the Tree of Harmony, and their friendship was as strong as ever.
A familiar call drew Twilight’s attention, Twilight looked over, finding Cadence flying toward them. She smiled as she got up to greet her sister-in-law.
"I'm sorry to drop in like this Twilight," Cadence said. "But, Shining Armor and I need to go to a meeting and we need someone to watch Flurry Heart while we’re away."
Twilight's smile grew even more. "I would love to spend some time with my niece!" She said happily.
Cadence smiled and thanked her as she took off. "I'll drop her off this afternoon before we have to leave!" Cadence yelled, flying off.
Luckily, the picnic was just about over anyway so Twilight helped clean up before returning home.
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Pinkie Pie was helping Twilight set up a room for Flurry Heart. They had decorated it with all types of things they thought a foal would find fun. As they worked, Twilight heard a knock on her door, she excused herself and went down to answer the door. She smiled when she found Cadence standing there levitating Flurry Heart's bag and holding her foal in her baby carrier, asleep.
Twilight welcomed Cadence in and carefully pulled Flurry out of the baby carrier. Noticing the movement, she opened her eyes slightly. When she saw her aunt's face there she let out a coo and reached out her hooves. She was old enough to almost communicate properly, so she would babble "Autii." Twilight smiled and brought her close. Flurry Heart poked her face a little, but she didn't mind.
Flurry noticed Pinkie Pie standing in the entryway and reached out for her. Pinkie skipped over and tickled her before walking out the door. Flurry Heart let out a soft whine.
Cadence leaned over to kiss Flurry Heart on her forehead. She shut the door behind her after saying her goodbyes. Twilight then set her down on the floor to explore a little bit, but she only whimpered. Flurry Heart looked around with curiosity, looking for the pink pony. When she couldn't find her she began bawling her eyes out.
Twilight picked her up, unsure what to do.
"What's wrong, Flurry?" Twilight asked. "Are you hungry?"
Flurry only wailed more.
"Need a diaper change?" Twilight sniffed her diaper. Clean. "I'm sure you're not tired, you just woke up..."
Flurry Heart only continued her whining. Twilight walked over to the room she set up for Flurry Heart, showing her the toys that were in the room. Flurry looked at them a moment but continued her whining.
Flurry Heart noticed a picture of Twilight's friends and pointed, trying to say the name. Twilight, trying to understand, only looked at Flurry, confused as she tried to speak.
"You wanna see the photo?" Twilight asked, picking her up. She walked over to the photo.
Flurry continued pointing at the photo.
"P... p..." Flurry stuttered.
"You want something, Flurry?"
"P... p... p..."
Twilight would summon things she thought she wanted, but only to find Flurry Heart stuttering the same thing.
"P... Pin... Pinkie..." Twilight looked at her niece, unsure if she was hearing her right. "Pinkie..." Flurry Heart pointed to Pinkie Pie in the photo, moving her hoof pointing to the others. "... Apjack... Warity... a shy... Dash..."
Twilight smiled at her niece.
"Twiwight."
Flurry pointed at Pinkie Pie again.
"Pinkie..."
Twilight thought for a moment. "You want to go see Pinkie?" She asked.
"Pinkie!" Flurry put her hooves in the air. Twilight laughed as she walked out to get ready for a trip out to Sugarcube Corner.
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Flurry Heart giggled as she played with Pinkie Pie. Pinkie would make silly faces and play games with her. Rarity sat quietly at her throne, sewing up Flurry's blanket that had a small rip. Rainbow Dash and Applejack brought in some apples. Fluttershy was in the kitchen with Twilight helping her cook up some pie.
Rainbow Dash set the apples in the kitchen. She then looked around the room.
"Where's Spike?" She asked.
"He's upstairs taking a nap," Twilight answered.
Rainbow walked over to go and sit with her friends in the other room with Flurry Heart, while Applejack began slicing a few apples for Flurry Heart.
Twilight could hear the giggles from her friends in the other room.
Flurry was hugging her stuffed animal. It belonged to her mother when she was a foal. She gave it a tight hug, causing the head to pop off. She stared at the head before whining as tears welled up in her eyes. Fluttershy quickly flew over to Flurry Heart and picked her up in her hooves cradling her. She handed her another one, calming her down.
Twilight could hear snickering from Pinkie and Rainbow. She ignored them and got back to her work. She opened her cabinet, a bucket of water pouring onto her coat and mane. She stood there for a moment as Pinkie and Rainbow burst out laughing. Twilight, getting an idea, walked over to her friends. Flurry Heart stared at her aunt confused. Pinkie and Rainbow only watched her as she walked closer. Suddenly Twilight summoned a water balloon and threw it at them. They stood there motionless, all three now soaked.
Rarity tried her best not to laugh. Twilight gave a devious smile and Pinkie burst out laughing, along with Rainbow Dash and the others. Flurry Heart giggled too.
While they calmed down, there was a knock on the door. Twilight went to open it and found Cadence standing there once again, she stared at Twilight for a moment, confused as to why she was soaking wet. Flurry Heart cooed when she saw her mother and made her way to her, reaching out her hooves. Cadence grabbed her and thanked Twilight for watching her before taking off.
Strange... Twilight thought. She dismissed it and went back inside, Cadence was probably just tired from the meeting. She was getting ready for a sleepover with her friends.
"Don't even think about it, Pinkie," Twilight called out, knowing that her friend was behind her with a leftover water balloon. Pinkie let out a soft giggle.