//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Monsters' Foal (edited) // Story: A Parents Legacy // by Lunar Flarion //------------------------------// With a foal, one can expect some difficulty. If not for the birth, then most likely looking after the small bundle of joy. Though this didn’t come as a surprise to String Theory or Viper Pit. After some… difficulty with the childbirth, Viper, and Stringy finally had a bundle of joy to call their own. The young colt’s name was Oasis Defender. The small colt was purple and had a curved horn, much like his father, a scorpion tail, much like his mother, and was very fluffy. This confused Viper, until she remembered who she had married, a stallion who was rather fluffy himself. The colt was rather small, he could easily fit into Stringy’s hoof. The size of the foal scared them and baffled the doctors, who did some tests on the foal to see if he was healthy and alright. They knew that, with Viper’s size, that the foal would be small, but not this small. Not only that, but this was a very rare occurrence, hybrids of two creatures, let alone with a pony. Viper was less than happy when the doctors took her kit to test him for any problems, but Stringy told her why and calmed her down before the hospital had a rampaging scorpony mother on their hooves. Though, when all that was said and done, Viper and Stringy happily went home a day later with their small and fluffy colt. Now, Viper was sitting in the colt’s room, happily watching over him and caring for him. --- The small colt sniffed softly as he licked his mother’s muzzle. Viper returned the small lick with a gentle nuzzle, which caused the colt to purr as he curled up beside her on the soft carpeted floor of his small room. The room, as stated, wasn’t very big, though it was still comfortable. The room was painted a light blue, a small toy box was settled next to the crib Oasis slept in. The door was shut, but the slow creaking caused Viper’s eyes to narrow and her tail to get ready to attack. She still held this pose, even after the door opened to show her husband, who held a plate of food for her to eat. “ Hey, dear.” Stringy said as he walked in and sat down next to her,” How are you?” “I’m fine,” Viper replied as she shuffled a bit to look at Stringy more comfortably. “I brought you some food,” Stringy said as he laid down some fries. Viper then noticed the two iron pills that she hated. Stringy noticed the look and sighed,” Viper, I know you don’t like them but the doctor says you have to take them since you lost so much iron.” “I know,” Viper grumbled,” They just don’t taste good at all… like when you cooked that changeling.” “To be fair!” Stringy pointed out,” I didn’t know that the spices were old!” “Still doesn’t help that it tasted bad,” Viper replied with a smirk as she nuzzled his side. Viper then noticed something missing from her meal. “Oh,” Viper’s head shot up,” You forgot the water.” Stringy sighed and facepalmed,” I’ll be right back.” Stringy stood up and left the room, his steps causing the small colt to wake up. He sniffed the air and gave little soft squeaks of surprise. Viper leaned down and comforted the small colt. Once the colt felt his mothers nuzzle he gently tried to nip at it, missing only slightly due to the fact he can’t see. This made Viper laugh a little bit before she gently nipped the small colts muzzle. The colt squeaked once more and curled up into a tiny ball of fluff. Viper wrapped her tail and him protectively as she heard Stringy come back in. He held a glass of orange juice, something that helped her absorb iron. Viper grumbled once more but grabbed the orange juice and the pills. With a small shiver, she chucked the pills in her mouth and chugged the orange juice. “Ew…” Viper shuddered as the taste clung to her tongue,” How long do I have to take these?” “Till the doctor says otherwise, dear.” Stringy replied with a shrug. Viper looked at Stringy with a slight glare but ultimately sighed. To her, it was all worth it for her little fluff ball. Once the horrid taste of the pills became less apparent to her taste buds, she finally dug into the fries. Which… the fries only lasted a few seconds before they disappeared completely from the plate. Viper gave an audible lip smack as she licked her lips for any remaining bits of her meal. Stringy, even though he had seen her do this countless times, was still scared of the fact that it was gone in less than a few seconds. In truth, he was more afraid she would choke on it. *Squeak~* A soft squeak came from the colt as he crawled his way over his mother’s tail, but stopped halfway, having already tired himself out. “I think he wants to see his father,” Viper said with a small smile. Stringy chuckled and gently levitated the small form over to him. He gingerly held the very small form close to his own. The small colt gave many small squeaks as his tail wagged a little bit. Oasis laid his head down on top of his father’s hooves and gave off a small purr. Stringy felt a small hint of fear as he held the colt close to his heart. He could easily hurt the small form, even though he dared not to. Said small form wiggled a bit in his hooves to turn and lay his small head on his father’s chest to hear the heartbeat more. This made Stringy smile widely as the colt fell back asleep. “Heh,” Viper chuckled, ”You seem to be able to calm him down easily.” “Seems so.” Stringy chuckled lightly as he nuzzled the foal. The foal gave a tired squeak in response, making the two parents smile brightly. Stringy gently laid down on his back next to Viper as the foal slept on. His head rested against the carpeted floor, allowing Viper to crawl over and rest her head on his chest so that she could watch her foal. Her tail curled slightly out of instinct to protect the foal that was no longer at her side. She shuffled her legs a bit, then started to doze off, just like Stringy had started doing. Inside Viper’s thoughts, she knew they were weird, but that is why she loved the family so much, it was different to what she knew. She also had a loving husband and an adorable fluffy foal that she loves, and they love her back.