//------------------------------// // Baby Kicks // Story: Balance // by BioQuillFiction //------------------------------// After everything that happened two days ago, I was taking it easy. When I wasn’t at work I was with the kids, or the wives. Currently, I was cuddling Fluttershy on the bed. She, Celestia, Rune, and Chrysalis are all a month pregnant, little over, but Fluttershy’s belly is twice as big. We went to the doctors to see if she was having twins, and she was. I always enjoyed cuddling Shy for three reasons. A, she is just so freakin cute when she’s sleeping. B, did I mention she was freakin cute? And C, sometimes she sings to the twins, both the ones in her tummy, and the ones we’re looking after. She has an amazing singing voice, and her lullabies always calm everyone around her. How she’s not pure of heart, I don’t know, but what darkness is there, is smaller than a flea that’s for sure. The doctors are actually unsure on when the babies will arrive. Since I’m human, they’re human-pony anthros, they guess somewhere in the middle, so seven or nine months give or take. Not sure how much of that relates to earth ponies, but I’m not gonna think too much on it. Honestly I’m looking forward to the day they start kicking. I know the girls might not like it depending on how they kick, but it will be so amazing to feel them move. I squeezed Shy a little tighter, my arms around the area above her belly and below her boobs, and she smiled as she started to wake up. “You sleep good?” She asked me. “It's about four, I’d saw we napped pretty good.” I reply as she gets up and stretches… barely over a month and such amazing curves… “Well then, should we see what everyone else is up to?” “Wait a few more minutes and I’m sure someone’s gonna walk, fly or teleport in here.” On cue, Cloudchaser, Flitter, and Derpy flew in here. “Called it.” Fluttershy just giggled. “I’m gonna go see how the kids are doing.” As Fluttershy left, Cloudchaser took my left side, Flitter the right, and Derpy sat on her favorite side… the front on my lap. “Hey handsome.” She said. “Hey sexy lady.” She kissed me as I said that. “I love it when you call me sexy.” She said, looking right into my eyes as I looked into hers. “I love calling you it… sexy~” That kiss came with tongue. “What about us?” Cloudchaser asked. “What about us makes us so sexy~?” “Well, I find your… well, it’s the both of you really…” “Oh, pray tell?” Flitter asked. “I… like the way your wings feel when… well, how puffy they get after…” “Oh~ A feather fetish then~.” Flitter and cloudchaser both moved their wings so the tips only grazed down my face… “Oh! He’s ready to go girls.” Derpy said. At the rate Derpy is riding me I expect her to say she’s pregnant soon. I think to myself as I look through some papers in my home office. It had been a little over two hours since Flitter, Cloudchaser, and Derpy came in and we… well, had sex… why is this a herd topic to talk about even in my own head? Most was standard. Usual unity pact agreements and such. One was about a world that was very productive in manufacturing gummi blocks, and as such, was willing to join if certain individuals were allowed to join the council and oversaw the trading of gummis. Normally I’d have a personal meeting with the people, but this came from King Mickey, and it wa him, along with Minnie and Chip and Dale who wanted to join the council and oversee gummi block manufacturing and trading. I placed it into the pile I’d have to go over with the council and have us all talk about it. I get the system, heck, I helped plan the majority of it out, but even this is getting a tad convoluted… when you say that about something you made, then it either works well, or you just get bored of it. I want to try and have a council member from every world, but that will prove difficult, so many worlds, we’d need to colonize a whole world just to be the council… is that something from Lilo and Stitch? Meh, I’m surprised we haven’t run into those space people yet. A few hours went by, and not much happened other than mostly paperwork. When part of leading a nation, and reuniting the world's… paperwork is the main reason people probably didn’t want to do it. It’s not that hard, just read it over, stamp what it deserves, then repeat… repeat… repeat… that’s what kills your spirits… the same thing over and over again for hours. There was a knock at my door. “Oh thank god.” I mutter. “Come in.” It was Applejack, sticking her head in the door. “Dinner is ready hon.” “Oh, alright.” I got up and walked to the dining room with Applejack. “So, how’s the farm doing with you looking over it again?” “These folks do fine, but not many can buck a tree ta save their hides.” “I take it a lot more magic is involved now?” “Yeah, but s’long as folks are fed I’m alright with it.” “How’s Applebloom been doing?” “Great. She’s been try’n ta make some new magic with her Keyblade.” “Inventing new spells seems like a good goal. Has she had any luck?” “Na as much as she had had hoped really. She tries something new, and something weird happens. Usually Scoot’s or Tiara gotta get her out of the mess.” “Good to know they look after each other. They seem to have adjusted well to Diamond Tiara being their sister.” “Well, for Applebloom and Sweetie Bell she’s more of a cousin since Rarity and I are their sisters, but yeah, they all have fun now.” “Good to hear. So, what you girls cook for dinner?” “Lots of gumbo, butter bread, and for dessert, apple fritters.” “Let’s hope my cholesterol will hold.” Applejack elbowed me for that joke, but I gave her a revenge kiss on her cheek. She and Rarity have been much more slower paced about the whole thing, but they care about and love me too. And from what I accidentally found in Rarity’s sketch pad when looking for some documents… Rarity’s gonna be something in the bed… “City slicker.” “Sexy cowgirl.” Applejack got real close to my face, a sly smile crossing her lips. “Say it again city boy.” “Sexy. Cowgirl.” We suddenly began a rather deep makeout session on the hallway wall. We might be a little late for dinner if this escalates. You can imagine that the dinner table would have massively grown some. It was always large, but with the new additions, plus the ones to come, the dining room’s gonna look like a high school lunchroom sooner or later. I enjoyed it really, it was so large, with normal family chaos, and not my old family chaos… I never knew such simple, non life endangering chaos existed til these girls basically hogtied me into marrying and loving them. Best thing to ever happen to me. Dinner went well, everything was going well, dinner and dessert came and went, and thankfully my arteries didn’t explode. I love AJ’s cooking… but most is deep fried, or rather high calorie. It’s good for when I end up going out and fighting, exploring, etc. But on peaceful days like these… I gain about three or four pounds that I know I didn’t have before dinner. My next morning is spent working it off til I gotta go to work or one of the girls dragged me off and then a whole other exercise goes on there. After dinner the girls, kids and I were in the lounge we built out of what I guess was a library the ship had. Place already had a fireplace so we just made it look nice and placed comfortable furniture to relax on. “Ouf.” Celestia moaned. We were sharing a loveseat, her laying on my side. “You alright?” I asked. “Just had a stomach ache is all…” “Are you sure that was all?” “I think so… Ugh, it’s still there…” “I feel kinda off too.” Rune said. Now I was worried. “Same.” Chrysalis added. “Maybe we should call a doctor… I don’t like that you three are pregnant and feeling bad.” I say, summoning X and sending a message to the doctor. “I guess we should just… wait. Shy, how’re you holding up?” “My whole stomach feels like it’s cramping…” She mutters. Doc, get here fast! The doc arrived quick, and took the four of them into a still functional infirmary the ship had when Cid handed it over to us to use as a house. They’ve been in there for a little over two hours already. Damn door’s locked and I don’t wanna unlock it and cause a scene that might mess something up… All I’m doing right now is leaving a small circle in the floor with all my pacing. Finally, the door opened and the doc came out. “You’re gonna want to see this sir…” He said. Fear was making my mind panic. Every wise possibility raced through my mind, until… I heard babies crying. Wait, what? As I entered the room, I saw Celestia, Rune, Shy and Chrysi all holding newborns. Shy was even holding her twins… “Uhh… they… gave birth… but how? They were only a month and a half…” “That’s not all Zeke.” Shy said as I walked up to her. She had twin boys… Shy gave me sons! She cooed with the babies for a bit… then they glowed, and shrink until both were… Keychains? “That’s largely the oddest part here.” “H-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-how??” “I may have a theory.” X said. “Then please tell.” I beg. “Well, as we all know, Zeke is now a human Keyblade, so, it would make sense that any kids he has would be the same… though, to be born as Keychains… means they could either attached to a weapon and add it to themselves to make a Keyblade, or at a certain age they just change into a full Keyblade given that they already have bodies of their own. Much like Unum used to do when, well, you know. If they were being... developed as Keychains then, I suppose a month and a half was all they needed if they can shift between that and organic bodies. This is new territory beyond any of my experience, so I'm spit-balling here.” The two little Keychains in Shy’s arms turned back into the two laughing baby boys, both had wings. One had my natural blond hair, while the other had her hair, but had a human body type, save for the pony ears. I kissed all three of them on the head. “I guess we’ll have to pick the names sooner than expected.” I walked over to Chrysalis next, she had a little changeling girl, and she looked just like her mom. I kissed them both and walked over to Rune. She also had a daughter, a human body, but her mother's hair and ears. I also kissed the two of them and walked over to Celestia. She had a little boy in her hands, he only had a horn, no wings. He had her coat, my hair… and my red eyes. I gently patted him on the head as I kissed Celestia, I then kissed his little head. “I was thinking, Sunlight.” Celestia said. I chuckled. “Sounds perfect.” Well, this is not gonna be like any parenting book Twi had us read. * * * Two days had passed and I was largely in a 'dad mode' as the girls,and kids had been calling it. I was constantly around the newborns and with the girls. Admittedly I was piling up paperwork... I should consider getting either an assistant, or an intern. Right now I was watching the newborns as they slept. Yeah, I'm that devoted to making sure they're always alright. We named Fluttershy's twins Freddy and Sunflower, Freddy being the human body one, and Sunflower the anthro one. Rune's we named Mana, she's as energetic as her mom, and Chrysalis we named her daughter after chrysi's mom, Cordis. For Sunlight, we kept with that. Sometimes they shift into their Keychain body when they sleep and shift back randomly... how is this gonna work for them? Can I still give them Keyblades or since they are Keyblades they need wielders... Maybe I should consider Lord Death and how he told me his world works? Situation is similar enough. I wonder if that means... do I also need a wielder? I am a human Keyblade, but I wield X, but I never did what these little guys do... then again I never tried. I wonder if I'd look like X or something else? "Zeke?" I looked behind me, and Celestia was there at the doorway of the nursery. We built it in the room next door to our bedroom. "You've been watching them all night? Again?" "Only been... two... three days?" "You really should let us handle the kids for a bit. We are their mothers after all. We are all glad how devoted you are as a father, but you should take a break." "But they're just too freakin cute to look away." "I know, but you should get some sleep or something. Didn't you have to check back in with those children from the world beyond the mirror? The Foretellers, right?" I got up and sighed. "Yeah, I kinda do. Wonder if they got far at all?" "Just in case, bring some of the paperwork." "Ugh, paperwork is evil." "Tell me about it." I ate something quick and grabbed the usual papers and Unum and I headed for the mirror. It was supposed to be closed unless the whole thirty moons thing happens, but thanks to Keyblades, we just bypass it that way. Twilight has largely been studying it, trying to see if she can make different ones to connect all the reflections. I am not dealing with that paperwork. As Unum and I exited the portal, we saw the Foreteller kids sitting on the steps of the school, eating ice cream. Huh, that's an actual ice cream?