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// Alternate Beginning: Stupedipity 
// Story: Pickles & Milk 
// by moonbutters 
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”HONEY?” a voice called out. Specifically, the voice of Blue Tea, Spades Duck’s wife. She was a big blue unicorn, and eleven months pregnant, which you would already know if you read the description. If course, she wasn’t normally that big, but within the next month she would be giving birth to quintuplets.

“Yes, dear?” answered Spades Duck, who was sitting right next to his preganté wife in the living room. Spades Duck was a light-green earth pony with a black mane, which was currently in a state of bed-head. There was a loud knock on the door, and both Spades and Blue looked at it.

“Hold on, honey. I need to answer the door.” said Spades, getting up from his chair and walking through the kitchen to the front door. Opening it, he found a changeling queen waiting on the other side. 

Huh. That’s not where she was supposed to be. Oh well.

Queen Kissylips smiled at Spades, revealing her all-too-long fangs. She cleared her throat. “Hello good sir. I am Sister Kissylips. Have you heard the good news of our Queen and Savior, Chrysalis?”

“Oh,” said Spades, relieved that she was not there to kill him, “I’m sorry, we’re all good for today.” He started to close the door, but something stopped it. Mainly, Kissy’s hoof. 

“Hold on, Sir. I have pamphlets!” 

The door was opened fully again. “Pamphlets?” asked Spades. He could always use another pamphlet to add to his collection. 

“Yes! Pamphlets detailing the whole cocooning process. It has excellent carapace, er, skin benefits.” Kissylips held out a pamphlet in her magic, and Spades took it in hoof, stowing it on the counter next to the door for later. 

“Well thank you very much for the pamphlet. You have nice day now.” And with that, Spades closed the door, but like all the way this time.

”WHO WAS THAT, HONEY?” asked Blue.

“It was nopony important, honey. Now, what was it you needed?” asked Spades, browsing his new pamphlet.

”I FORGOT.”