The Next Night at 10
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," Scooter Blitz cried.
"What does he want?" Scootaloo asked, rushing around like a maniac.
"I think he wants milk," Sweetie Belle said as she put him near her breasts. In response, he started crying louder. "Nevermind, then."
"Girls what is with all the noise up here," Twilight said, as she walked up to Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle's newly added room.
"Scooter Blitz is crying and neither one of us knows what to do," Scootaloo explained.
"Did you try rocking him back and forth?" Twilight suggested.
"Uhhh, no," Scootaloo said, dumbfoundingly.
"It's worth a shot," Sweetie Belle said. She tried it and luckily it worked.
"How, did you know that was the issue?" Scootaloo said, intriguingly.
"Because that was the same cry Spike had when he was a baby," Twilight explained. "If you want you could read some parenting book from the library here in the castle. Seeing as the castle made you three this HUGE room, you guys sorta live here now."
"Are you sure?" Scootaloo asked, "We wouldn't want to impose."
"Come here I want to tell you two something," Twilight requested.
"Okay," they said in unison.
"Of course I'm sure you two do realize that in a few months that baby right there will be my grandcolt," Twilight whispered while pointing at Scooter Blitz.
"Right, forgot."
"So, I'm going to have Spike ask Cadence what books she suggests and have him bring them to you, is that okay?" Twilight asked.
"Yup, but make sure he knows not to wake us up," Sweetie Belle said, "we need our sleep and bad."
3pm the Next Day
"Uhh, Scooter woke us up five times last night," Scootaloo announced to everyone at the table, "we didn't even get to sleep until 3 in the morning."
"We know, but you will get the hang of it," Rainbow encouraged.
"I know but when will that be, tomorrow, Sunday, next week, next month?" Sweetie Belle whined.
"You know who you should ask?" Spike inquired.
"WHO!" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo screamed.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Those two had twins, so they would know your pain plus some," Spike stated.
"Why didn't I think of that? I have been babysitting those two ever since Mrs. Cake stopped wanting Pinkie Pie to do because she spilled cake batter with super glue in it, and flour on them," Sweetie Belle said.
"Hey, I didn't mean to!" Pinkie said appearing out of nowhere then disappearing.
"Ohhkay, back to our conversation, I think that's a great idea, but when should we ask them?" Scootaloo asked.
"How about today, maybe even now," Spike hinted.
"Can you watch Scooter for a few hours at most?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Yeah no problem, just make sure it isn't all day, I have my own son to get to. He set fire to the kitchen again so I have to watch him for a few days and show him how not to burp fire," Spike half complained.
Later at Sugarcube Corner
"Afternoon, Mr. Cake. Can Scootaloo and I ask you and Mrs. Cake a question?" Sweetie Belle asked, cradling Scooter Blitz in her hoof.
"Sure, but first I have one of my own. Is tha-," Mr. Cake started to ask before Mrs. Cake put her hoof over his mouth.
"It's fine Mrs. Cake and yes he is Sweetie Belle's and my biological son," Scootaloo stated.
"Let's go in back to talk, I have a feeling this is more of a personal question," Mrs. Cake inquired.
After Going In Back
"So what is it that you want to talk about?" Mr.Cake asked.
"We were wondering if you could give us some advice on parenting," Sweetie Belle asked.
"Sure, but why not ask your own parents?" Mrs. Cake questioned.
"Well, my mother as her own issues at the moment, with her being pr-," Scootaloo started to say before stopping herself.
"Oh don't worry we already know that Rainbow Dash and Twilight are engaged and having a kid. You guys went to my family's Plane of Chaos after all," Mr. Cake laughed.
"Oh. Well, the reason I didn't ask my parents is that they weren't the best parents in the first place, I was practically raised by my sister but she wasn't the best at it either, and you two hade twins so you definitely know how to be good parents," Sweetie Belle explained.
"Okay, well as you said we do know a lot about raising foals and I understand why you came to us, but you must understand that raising a foal is difficult and no two foals are the same, twins or otherwise. So although this may be how we raised our foals doesn't mean it will work for yours. Do you two understand that?" Mrs. Cake said.
"Yes we understand," Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle said in unison.
After Mr. and Mrs. Cake explained how to raise a foal
"So, do you understand how to raise a foal now?" Mrs.Cake asked.
"Yeah, I think we understand," Sweetie Belle answered.
"But?" Mrs. Cake questioned.
"But, we also wanted to know if you had any baby stuff you could lend us," Scootaloo asked, nervously.
"Of course, it's not like we are planning on having any more foals, I was going to give to Rainbow Dash but I think her baby won't be here for a while, so you can use it," Mrs. Cake answered, kindly. Mrs. Cake quickly goes and gets a box of stuff from upstairs and hands it to Sweetie Belle.
"We will never forget this, thank you Mr. and Mrs. Cake, and if you ever need something don't hesitate to ask," Sweetie Belle said.
"Anytime and you can always come and ask us questions about parenting anytime you need to, the same goes for Princess Twilight and Rainbow Dash," Mr. Cake replied back.
"Bye, Mr. and Mrs. Cake," Scootaloo said.
After the two got back to the Castle
"So let's see what Spike has convinced Scooter to do," Scootaloo said sarcastically.
A few seconds later they see two dragons and their son flying around, one of the dragons they have never seen before and is breathing fire. "So who is going to explain what my two-day-old son is doing flying around with an unknown dragon that is breathing fire?" Sweetie Belle asked, furiously.
"Well that is what I am trying to figure out but I don't speak baby. One second the dragon is not here the next he is, right after his magic engulfed AppleSpike," Spike explained.
Scootaloo smacked her face. "Spike what is your son's middle name?" she asked.
"Ignis, why?" Spike questioned.
"Just watch," Scootaloo said, "AppleSpike Ignis Draco stop chasing him right now!"
"Yes, Aunt Scootaloo," the strange dragon said.
"Huh?" Spike questioned.
"First I should have told you that baby changelings tend to use unpredictable spells on babies when they first see them, which for me was an aging and duplication spell just like my father did, which I guess this was somewhat true for my son as well. So that is your son as a 25(ish) year old in I guess dragon form," Scootaloo explained, questioningly.
"I am 17 thank you very much and in the middle of dinner with my family so can you please send me back or do I have to ask Aunt Luna and Uncle...," Older AppleSpike started to say," Wait did you say dragon form and baby changelings?" he asked.
"Yes, Why?" Scootaloo said.
"Nevermind, just get me Grandma Twilight I need to talk to her," Older AppleSpike said.
"Did you say "Grandma"?" Spike questioned.
"Yes, but that doesn't matter just please get her here, we need to hurry," he said.
After Twilight got there
"No time for questions, I need to talk to you, it involves time travel," Older AppleSpike said.
"Okay, let's go into the library," Twilight said.
After Twilight got back
"So what happened?" Spike and Scootaloo both asked.
"I sent him back to his time and cast a spell on myself to make me forget what he told me about the future so don't ask," Twilight said.
"Can you at least tell us why he called you grandma?" Spike asked.
"No, because I don't know like I said," Twilight exclaimed. "Now I am going to go back to Rainbow so we can finish our conversation that this interrupted!"
"Well, that was interesting, to say the least," Scootaloo said.
"Yeah?! Also well it's fresh in my memory I just wondering Scoots do you know if it's possible for you to temporarily 'contain' Scooter's magic or no?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Good question," Spike confirmed.
"Not safely, and definitely not for a halfling changeling," Scootaloo stated. "So unless you want our son to have a shell or demon horns or to look like Discord it is possible."
"Where did those come from?" Sweetie Belle and Spike asked.
"Past scenarios of what happened when a changeling tried to contain a royal halfling changeling larva's magic," Scootaloo answered.
"Anyways I think it's Scooter Blitz's bedtime so can you take him up to our room. And seeing as our rations are here I'll get the rest of this up there and meet you up there," Scootaloo said after Spike flame-burped three large boxes for Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Scooter Blitz.
"Isn't it a little early, it's only maybe 5 in the afternoon, in summer," Spike questioned.
"Exactly, earlier we put him to bed the longer we get to sleep," Sweetie Belle explained.
"Hmm, can't argue with that," Spike said while nodding.