A crowd had gathered outside of the Canterlot castle. Everypony had stopped what they were doing to get a look at what was near the front doors of the castle. The crowd got so bad, that royal guards were dispatched to spread everyone apart.
"What are they?!"
"They're so cute!"
"Are they dangerous?" Everypony was asking.
The guards remained silent, as they always do. Everypony got impatient. Before a riot could happen, Princess Celestia herself emerged from the castle. Everypony stopped their arguing and bowed down to the sun princess. The royal guards stepped aside to allow Celestia to approach what gathered everyone's attention.
She approached a fairly large woven basket. A blue blanket was over the top, the handle of the basket letting a pocket of air rest inside. Celestia raised an eyebrow. She used her magic to levitate the blanket up slightly, peeking at what was inside. She gasped as the things inside stared back. She pulled up the blanket completely, and revealed what was in there.
Four odd looking creatures were inside. They had no fur, no muzzles, and no hooves. They had claw-like appendages on the ends of their forelimbs. A little hair was on their heads. They seemed a little chubby, but not fat. Their clothes were blue, and covered all parts of their body except for their heads. They all had equally puzzled looks on their faces, as if they had no clue to what was happening. Judging by how they idly acted, they seemed to be infants.
A few ponies gasped at what they saw. Some freaked out, and a mare fainted. The commotion around them caused the infant creatures to cry. They were scared and in an unfamiliar place.
"Princess, what should we do?" A royal guard asked Celestia, slightly irritated from the infant screaming.
"I'll bring them into the castle. While I do, I want you to disperse this crowd." Celestia said, placing the blanket back over the basket and levitating it off the ground.
"Yes, Princess."
While the guards did what they were told to do, Celestia levitated the basket back into the castle. The crying continued from under the blanket, and the screams echoed through the halls. She pulled up the blanket and looked at them. The second they saw her, they ceased crying and stared. When she placed the blanked back down, they began crying again. She once again, pulled up the blanket and let them see her. This seemed to be enough to get them to stop crying.
Once she stepped into the throne room, she was greeted by her servants.
"Princess, what do you have here?" A female servant asked the sun goddess.
"I'm not sure...but they are quite adorable. I think they're babies." Princess Celestia said, looking back at the infants.
They cooed at her, one of them giggled a little. Celestia couldn't hold back a chuckle.
"Whatever these creatures are, they may need somepony to look after them, " Celestia started, "They were alone...well, minus the crowd."
"What shall I do?" Her servant asked, "Should I get somepony to take care of them?"
Celestia thought about it for a moment. She levitated the basket closer to her face, just so she could look at them. Two had blue eyes, one had brown eyes, and the fourth had green eyes. They looked back at her with curiosity. Suddenly, one of the babies with blue eyes reached out and grabbed Celestia's nose. She pulled her head away in response.
"What are you doing?" she asked the infant.
In response, the four babies burst out laughing. Celestia suddenly found herself laughing too.
"No, I have a much better idea," Celestia said to her servant, "Let's put them in the spare room. We'll put them in cribs, and keep them here until we figure out what to do with them next."
"Of course, Princess." The servant responded before rushing out of the room.
Later that day, the Princess was asked to come to the spare room. She brought the infants with her, and went into the room. Inside, the servants outdone themselves making the place perfect for a baby...or four. There were a few toys in the corners, four cribs, a shelf with some books, and a drawer.
"This is amazing. You all did very well." Celestia said, "What do you four think?" She asked the infants, showing them the room.
They cooed in response, as they couldn't understand much of what was happening. She carefully levitated them out of the basket, and set them each into separate cribs. They moved their arms around a little, occasionally cooing and trying to grab their feet. Suddenly, a rumbling noise could be heard. The one with green eyes began to sniffle, before crying. Not long after he started, the other three began sobbing as well.
"Oh no, what's wrong?" A servant asked.
"I think they're hungry." Celestia said, approaching their cribs, "What should we feed them?"
"How about some milk?"
"Good idea!"
The servant left for a moment and returned with four baby bottles filled with milk on a tray. She set them on top of the drawer.
"Shall I get somepony to help me feed them?" The servant asked.
"No...but...may I do it?" Celestia asked.
"Of course, Princess."
The servant left Celestia with the infants, who were still crying. She levitated them out of their cribs, and hovered them close to her. She then brought the bottles up to the infants, who then began to drink the milk. The tears, the screaming, and the drama was stopped by a simple bottle of milk. Celestia breathed a small sigh of relief as silence returned to her.
"Where are your parents?" she asked the babies, who didn't respond.
"Hm. I wonder if you four have names." She said.
She noticed that there were some name tags sewn onto the infant's clothes. She examined them. One with blue eyes was named Nick, and the other blue-eyed baby was named Luke. The one with green eyes was named Richard, and the one with brown eyes was named Elmer. Odd names. Celestia thought to herself.
When the infants finished their milk, they belched loudly. This made Celestia laugh out loud, followed by the babies laughing with her. She levitated Richard up close to her and nuzzled his cheek. He giggled in response. She then noticed Luke raising his arms up to her. She levitated Luke closer to her face. The baby again grabbed her nose, but Celesta didn't pull away this time. Luke then pulled himself closer to Celestia, and then hugged her. Celestia suddenly felt a happy, peaceful feeling. She was unexperienced with foals, but she seemed to be working well with these infants so far...and they seemed to like her.
She levitated Luke away from her face, but he started to whine in response. She brought him back to her, and he went right back to hugging her. Suddenly, she felt all four of the infants hugging her. She smiled warmly and hugged back.
Part of her told her that she just found these things, and she was already warming up to them. The other side of her paid no mind. It was almost like she knew these four babies for a long time, even though she just met them. After hugging them for a solid twenty minutes, she heard snoring. She looked at them, and saw that all four babies fell asleep. She levitated them back into their cribs, tiptoed out of the room, and walked away. The spare room was right next to hers, so she could check on them quickly if something went wrong.
The rest of the day was normal, she continued her daily business without any interruptions. Right after she lowered the sun and raised the moon, she went into bed. She fell asleep for only an hour before she heard crying. She quickly jumped out of her bed and ran to the spare room. When she entered, she saw the four babies crying in their cribs. She levitated them up from their cribs and brought them close to her. Upon seeing her, they stopped crying and stared at her.
"Shh, shh. It's okay. I've got you," Celestia said, comforting the infants.
She listened to their tummies. No grumbling. She sniffed the air. They didn't make any stinkies.
"What's wrong?" She asked the infants.
The four responded by looking at her with confused faces. Celestia thought for a moment. She was tired, and she came up with a quick idea.
The next day, at about 5:00 AM, three servants were heading to Princess Celestia's room to wake her up. Since she controls both the sun and moon, she has to wake up early to start the process. They opened the door walked in.
"Princess," One said.
"It's time to raise the su-," Another started, but was cut off when they saw what was in front of them.
"Aww," The third said.
In the bed, Celestia was snuggling the four babies up close to her like a mother would. They were all sleeping soundly, quietly snoring. It really was a heart-warming sight to see.
"You know what? Let's give them five more minutes," The first servant whispered.
They all agreed and left Celestia to continue sleeping, the four infants in her embrace.