//------------------------------// // Sharing the Friendship // Story: SciTwi's New Friend // by Damaged //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle was immensely thankful for winter break. Her parents were away, her brother was away, and she had the whole house to herself. Wearing her pajamas, she was curled up in a blanket in her parent's living room and was watching science reports on the television. "You didn't tell me it would be like this…" Twilight turned her head just as her belly gurgled again, and she grabbed up another glass of milk. No sooner did she have it to her lips and the milk pouring down her throat than the cramp in her midsection eased. Ada tapped her forehooves together, looking bashful. "Well, they don't know you are such a nice person yet. All they know is that if they cause you to cramp, you feed them." She climbed from the couch onto Twilight's shoulder. Fluttershy, looking more perky than she had any right to be (according to Twilight), walked into the room with a plate of cookies and another pitcher of milk. "Here. Try giving them some of these. I baked in twice as much sugar as normal." Setting the pitcher on the table, she sat down beside Twilight. In the privacy of their extended sleepover, Fluttershy wore her pajama pants and had her top tied off above her belly. Easily visible was a slight bulge, almost as if the girl had eaten too much. Twilight, instead, opted to stay fully covered, and even had a blanket pulled around herself. "Hey! Not again…" Twilight almost doubled over at the strain in her belly. "Why won't you just stop? This is worse than when I—" "Eat three cookies." Fluttershy shut Twilight up by stuffing the first cookie right in her friend's mouth. "Chew it up as much as you can. Focus on me." She gazed into Twilight's eyes, and there was a moment when she felt a strange connection. Twilight found herself chewing methodically, and completely unable to look away from her friend. When she had chewed the cookie completely, she gulped it down. Her heart raced for a moment, then Fluttershy blinked a few times. "What… what was that?" Fluttershy backed away from her friend, worried she had found some crazy new power she hadn't known about. "Oh my gosh. Did I brainwash you or something?" Plucking another cookie from the tray, Twilight shook her head and blinked rapidly a few times. "S-Something like that." Biting into the cookie, she started chewing on it. Fluttershy jerked back as if punched. "I am so, so sorry, Twilight! I didn't mean to, I just wanted to make sure you ate the cookie so the babies would stop giving you a belly-ache and—" "It's alright, Fluttershy. You brainwashed me to eat a cookie." The feeling of panic, of not being able to control her actions, was gone now. Twilight was more interested than put off. "I don't think there is a law against making someone eat something delicious. Besides, it worked." "Really?" Fluttershy perked right back up, daring a smile. "That quickly? You should probably have more. If they are eating that much of our food, then we need to eat even more to keep ourselves healthy." Groaning, Twilight kept munching on the cookie, and felt the cramp settle again. "Stupid teenager brain. I know it's a lot of food, but I won't get fat!" "You can't get fat." Ada squeezed Twilight's neck just a little, how she hugged the human. "Not so long as you have me around! Although I might get fat…" For a moment she was pensive about the idea, then a finger reached up and started rubbing her head. "Oh no!" Twilight smiled as Ada nuzzled and rubbed her cheeks against the offered finger. "I will end up with a pudgy friend and her two million babies to feed." Droll humor was usually Sunset's thing, but it had been rubbing off on Twilight a little. "I did not lay two million eggs!" Ada's indignation at the accusation had her even stop nuzzling Twilight's finger. "I couldn't even have that many eggs in me!" "One million then." Twilight grinned down at Ada, noting the little grin on her snout. "Maybe a million and a half…" "There was fifty-four!" Poking Twilight's finger with one hoof, Ada guided it to rubbing between her ears. "And you only got half of them." Fluttershy giggled at the antics of her friends. "I don't think they all hatched, but I do think more hatched in me than in Twilight. I wonder why?" Nibbling on a cookie of her own, Fluttershy reached up and ran a finger down Ada's mane and back. Unable to resist a chuckle at Ada's relaxed squirming, Twilight's mind latched onto the data points and started working on a hypothesis. "I have been thinking about that. You definitely ate more than I did in preparation—" "You didn't eat anything extra, despite me warning you." Fluttershy had been offered Ada's belly, and let her finger trace down and start rubbing it. "Exactly!" Twilight had to stop rubbing Ada, instead needing to focus on keeping the suddenly limp little parasite from falling off her shoulder completely. "When the eggs are growing into their final stage, they must have a way of working out how much food is present." "So if I wanted you to have all my foals, I should have made you eat less like a rabbit?" Ada was sprawled on her back, eyes closed, flicking her tail from time to time. "Next time I will stay in you and lay them inside, then make you eat!" "Why are you all trying to make me eat?" As if to prove her point, Twilight plucked up another cookie. "These are really good, though." Just as she bit down the doorbell rang. "Mmmmm!" Chewing the cookie, she passed Ada to Fluttershy. "Aww, did she abandon you?" Fluttershy pulled Ada close and settled her onto a nice, warm lap. "Well, I'll have to take good care of you. Does your belly need more rubbing?" Ada looked up at the angel. She nodded, not trusting her voice, then squirmed over onto her back. The belly rub started again, and she squirmed her tail in bliss. Twilight leaned up to peek through the peephole. "It's the girls!" Unlocking the door, she pulled it open. "Twilight!" Rainbow Dash practically jumped inside. "Wow you have the heat up in here…" "Well, it is cold and raining." Reaching out to Twilight, Sunset hugged her friend. "Good to see you, Twilight. How are you handling the… I guess it is pregnancy?" The moment Sunset said the word she knew it had been the wrong one to use. Twilight's eyes had opened wide, and she seemed to lock up, completely unable to think of anything but the word "pregnant." Blinking, she didn't follow events too well until Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie had already passed her. Her eyes regained focus and she looked at Sunset. "P-P-Pregnant?" "Sorry, Twi. I think that was the wrong word. How are you handling Ada's offspring?" Pulling Twilight along into her own home, Sunset made sure the front door was locked up again. "… so I made you all of these because I couldn't imagine what the babies' favorites would be!" Pinkie Pie revealed the pile of iced cupcakes, setting them down beside the trays of biscuits on the table. "How…" Snorting, unable to finish her words, Rainbow Dash pointed at Ada. "How are her… her egg heads… doing?" With her question out, she collapsed onto the couch in a fit of laughter. "Ignore her, darlings." Rarity sat down beside Fluttershy and joined the girl in paying attention to Ada. "I still can't believe I let you talk me into this. It just… it doesn't seem ladylike." A stray memory reminded her of a time she caught Twilight "loosing" Ada. Ada looked up at the white girl and used her biggest, best "puppy eyes." She smiled when an extra finger started rubbing under her chin. "Thank you, Rarity. It really means a lot to me." Everything had seemed like a downside to Rarity, until she heard about the health benefits. Just the thought of being able to eat a delicious dessert from time to time, without having to worry every second about her waistline, was tempting. "I said I would dear, and a lady holds to her word. Where are the little darlings?" She looked around, a little confused. "Well…" Twilight lifted a hand to her belly. "Ada, do you think you could persuade them to come out yet?" One glance to her little friend had Twilight rolling her eyes. Ada was stretched out like a tiny cat, with Fluttershy and Rarity both rubbing her belly. "You know, when you are done being pampered." Fluttershy seemed not to notice the hint, but Rarity blinked and drew her fingers back from Ada. "Sorry, I was just captivated by her…" Looking down, Rarity saw those same puppy eyes again, but this time she realized the ploy. "You are either adorably manipulative or… or evil." She rubbed Ada's jawline again before pulling her hand back. "Awww…" Looking from Rarity to Fluttershy, Ada realized that both girls were withdrawing from the snuggling. "You won't want to snuggle me after…" Her concern, she knew, was well-founded; it wasn't often people wanted to pet the creature that someone had just coughed up. Twilight held out her hand to Ada, her fingers steady and not shying away from the little legs that carried Ada up her arm and to her shoulder. "You are all going to get used to doing this, so might as well watch. I promise it doesn't hurt, and you get used to i—" Her last word was halted by Ada climbing into her mouth. Twilight rolled her eyes and just relaxed. "Huh, she is just slipping right in and… gone." Rainbow Dash wasn't weirded out at all. Having seen her friend do this more than once, it was almost commonplace. Even the telltale bump sliding down Twilight's throat didn't seem odd. "That is pretty cool. It doesn't even cause you to choke at all?" Suppressing a cough, Twilight shook her head. "Not anymore. Although you probably will gag a lot at first and…" Her eyes widened, it felt like not only Ada was coming up, but all her offspring too. Reaching for the paper toweling she kept with her all the time at home, Twilight zipped off a pile of it into a nest on her lap, then leaned forward. Five voices expressed shock at the sight of their friend, apparently with little distress, appeared to vomit up Ada and two of her tiny foals. "Oh my! They are so cute!" Fluttershy, fearing nothing with four legs, ignored Rarity's gasp of shock as she tore off a sleeve of her pajamas and proceeded to use it to help clean the little foals. "Aww, and I bet you are both still hungry. Yes you are!" "They can't talk yet." Ada turned this way and that, letting Fluttershy clean her off too. Oddly, the cute parasite had become so used to being out and clean, that she found herself immediately wanting a bath. "You both should be snug and inside a nice, warm belly." Her words soothing the little foals, Fluttershy looked up and around at her friends. Rarity was more shocked by the violence perpetrated on fashion, than the foals. "You… you ruined your shirt…" "I'll take one." Sunset's eyes were locked on one of the little foals. They shared hair color, and the little one's belly even matched Sunset's skin. Clearing her through to alleviate the sudden silence, she stepped closer and reached her hand out to the tiny foal. "Yeah, I got the other." Her eyes widening at her own words, Rainbow Dash blinked in shock. "Ah! I mean, someone has to." Bustling back from the kitchen, and ever the pragmatic girl, Applejack had two big glasses and a jug of water. "Ah missed that. Are Dash and Sunset takin' first?" Rainbow Dash moved fastest, as ever. Reaching her hand down, she offered it to the little filly Sunset wasn't staring lovingly at. "Hey squirt, I hope you like moving fast." Her eyes widened when they proved just how fast they could move. Scurrying up Rainbow Dash's arm, the little foal was at her shoulder and then mouth in no time. "Huh, coo—" The girls watched as Rainbow had the little foal climb into her mouth and quickly deeper. Rainbow coughed and gagged for a moment until their long tail was down, but at last she blinked a few times. "Water… Please…?" Fluttershy smiled around at her friends. "You are all doing wonderfully. This is so amazing to be a part of." She watched as Sunset offered her hand to the other foal, and lifted them up to her mouth. "Thank you so much!" Ada looked between Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer, and watched a little flame-colored tail disappear into the latter's mouth. "I am so happy!" She clopped her little forehooves together in excitement.