//------------------------------// // Episode 16: Babies Make Three // Story: My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic Season VIII // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// EPISODE SIXTEEN *Mykan's POV* Just another day cleaning up Cyberspace-- It was that Troid Virus that we missed from the other day. I glared the beast down, waiting for it to unleash it's lightning at me. “Here it comes!" I said to myself, and the virus fired at me, "Now, Data Squad!" I shouted as I rolled out of the way, and the Data Beasts came charging in. "Let's crush this creep!" said DD. "I'm with ya." added Applebloom. Dread and Totalizer rushed forth, and rammed the virus hard, knocking it back several paces. Then Arc and Assault came in. "Fire in the hole!" called Scootaloo. "Bombs away!" added Sweetie Belle. The lasers and missiles fired making sparks and explosions. "All right, team... let's wrap this up!" I called to the girls, and the team agreed, "SUPER SURFER LINK-UP MODE!!"and the beasts combined with me to form my battle armor. The virus furiously roared and tried to zap at us, but I just stomped my way along as if nothing was happening at all. "ERADICATION WAVES" One blast from my rays, and the virus was toast! The girls cheered, and then I restored all the damaged systems. After that, the girls and I disconnected and ported out, landing in Lightning and Starla's living room. "And another virus bites the data dust." I teased. The girls agreed, but they were really growing annoyed with how often more viruses were popping up. "These guys are getting more brutal all the time." said DD. "Tell me about it." agreed Applebloom "I can barely find time to do my chores and eat, and then still have time for homework.” Starla looked up from the super computer, “But it does help us a bit too. Come and take a look at this.” The girls and I huddled close and saw on the screen and Starla explained “Thanks to that last battle, I had just enough digital data to unlock a new function for the Data Beasts. Behold the Crusher Program.” We all watched as the demonstration showed how the Data Beasts were able to combine with one another to form a super fighting robot. “Awesome!” said Scootaloo. “This is phenomenal!” I agreed “Now we can have twice the battle power whenever we need it.” The girls were really excited about this new program, and Sweetie Belle teased “Look out, Megadox. If you come rockin’, we’ll come knockin’.” Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, and very loud and excitable knock. "Hey!!" Pinkie Pie called "Open up in there! You gotta let me in!" "What's she's so jumpy for?" asked Starla. "Probably forgot someone's birthday." teased Scootaloo. Lightning prepared to open the door, and he quickly stepped aside the moment he unlocked it, as Pinkie rushed in like a ramming bulldozer. "It's happening! IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!!" she practically screamed. "Whoa, whoa... slow down!" said Lightning "What's happening?" "Fluttershy and Tree Hugger... they're having the babies! They're at the hospital now!" Everyone's heads perked up, "What about Rarity?" asked Sweetie, to which Pinkie answered "Any time now! Come on, let's go! Let's go!" and she dashed off leaving us all feeling a mix of joy and excitement. "Come on, let's get to the hospital!" I cried. "I'll be right down, I just have to get the baby." said Starla. *POV Pause* Meanwhile, Megadox was having a mega freak-out at Data Stream, “This is MY world!” he thundered “The Digital World is constantly at war with you Fleshlings-- you and your electronic devices, your constant uses of data and electrons. Things were so perfect before you Fleshlings invaded my realm, YOU MUST BE STOPPED!! And for this, I need VIRUSES!!” Data Stream was dressing to leave for work and finding his complaining most annoying. “Yeah, sorry to burst your memory banks, but you’ve got this all backwards, Mega-dork! We FLESHLINGS discovered and harnessed electricity, and from that electricity we developed software and technologies. We Fleshlings CREATED the Digital World in the first place!!” “NO!!!” thundered Megadox “I am Megadox! I have existed since the very beginning of time, and all was fine and well until you Fleshlings isolated me in the wavelengths!” Data rolled her eyes and glared at him, “You are a computer program, Megadox! You… were... CREATED by Fleshlings like us, and you can be JUST as controlled as them!” She demonstrated by turning the computer off. “Now you behave yourself while I’m at work!” Then she went off for another long day of garbage picking, but while she was gone, Megadox automatically loaded the computer back up, and was he ever angry “I will show you, Fleshling! I will show you all… I am MORE than just a mere computer program! Meanwhile, Rarity was seemingly in labour! She was pushing hard, and sweating waterfalls in her sickly condition. “Come on, Rarity, push!” the doctor called to her. “I can’t! I JUST CAN’T!!” Spike held his wife’s hand and let her squeeze “Come on, honey, you can do it. Just push!” Rarity pushed and screamed in extreme pain. Finally, the baby was born, but Rarity took one look at it; the mixed breed of a dragon and a pony, and she screamed in horror at the hideous creature that was her child. “Rarity…!” Spike called to her. “Rarity…! …Rarity!” Rarity woke up in fright, “The baby!” she cried “It’s hideous! It’s a monster it’s… it’s…!” she stopped when she realized she was in her hospital bed and still hadn’t given birth yet. “You were having another nightmare.” said Spike, and he sounded very worried. Ever since he and Rarity had learned about the mixed breed of their child, Rarity had been having doubts of giving birth to what she feared would look like a monster. The doctor assured her it was just her fevers doing all this-- giving her constant nightmares, stress related symptoms, not to mention it was her first child. “Honey…” Spike said comforting her “I know you’re scared, and so am I.” he paused feeling his nerves catching up with him that he was really going to be a father. “I’ve seen the ultrasounds and the X-rays. Our baby is going to be fine.” Tears were flowing down Rarity’s eyes, “Oh, Spike… I want to believe you, but how. I’m so scared!” Spike could only embrace her softly, “It’ll be okay.” Suddenly, they heard loads of chattering coming from outside. “What is it?” asked Rarity, and Spike saw both Fluttershy and Tree Hugger being wheeled by the door on stretchers, and followed by their respective husbands, and some of the gang. Sweetie Belle then entered Rarity’s room, “Hi.” she called “How are you feeling? Is the baby born yet?” but she could see the baby was clearly not there yet. “What’s going on out there?” asked Spike. “It’s time! Fluttershy’s baby is on the way. So is Ms Treehugger’s!” Rarity smiled happy “That’s so wonderful.” Then she suddenly gasped and clutched her belly as a contraction hit her, “Oh…! Ah!” “Rarity!” cried Spike. Doctor Penny was just outside when she heard the commotion. “Is everything alright in here?” “She’s having a contraction.” said Spike. Penny told Sweetie to step-aside while she lifted up the covers and looked underneath, “Yeah, it’s nearly time.” “Oh my gosh...!” Rarity cried as she tried to hold herself steady. “Calm down, Rarity.” said Penny “We’re going to get you to the delivery room. You need to stay calm.” Spike began to fret, and Sweetie Belle… this was all so unusual for her to watch. “Can I help at all?” she asked. “No, no, no… we’ve got this.” Penny said as she and Spike began to wheel Rarity out into the hall. Sweetie couldn’t help but worry at how sickly and nervous her sister looked. “Rarity…?” Penny and Spike didn’t have time to stop and they were gone, just as Lightning came to the door to escort Sweetie Belle to the lobby. “It’ll be fine, don’t worry; I’ve seen what happens.” He couldn’t explain to her, but Sweetie felt a small smile creep up on her face. Far up ahead, the three labouring mares were side-by-side as the three separate rooms up ahead were being ready for them. All of them were breathing steadily and trying to not let the searing pains get to them. “Wow! This hurts!” cried Fluttershy “I can’t stand it anymore.” Tree Hugger couldn’t be chilled this time, “This feels… ooh… way strange!” Neither of them were like Rarity though, she was so frightened and nervous she couldn’t find words to speak with. She kept picturing her baby in so many unusual shapes and defamatory due to the mixed breed. Every single one of them seemed just as frightening, just as ugly as the last, and it frightened her so that she burst into tears. “Oh, Rarity…!” cried Fluttershy. “It’ll be alright, girl.” added Tree Hugger. “No, no you don’t understand!” sobbed Rarity “I can’t do it! I can’t have this child!” The others were confused, but too distracted by their own pains and concentrations of their breathing to question. The husbands came out, all having been told by the hospital staff to wash and put on special robes if they wanted to be present for the deliveries. “Honey!” Buddy said to Tree Hugger “It’s okay, they’re going to take you inside now. I’ll be right there with you.” His wife clutched his hand and smiled painfully at him. Rhymey softly stroked Fluttershy’s head, “Don’t worry, dear There’s nothing to fear. Soon our baby will be here.” Fluttershy nodded painfully but gleefully, “I can… hardly WAIT!!!” she screamed as another painful contraction passed. “Okay, come along now.” The nurse said as she and Rhymey wheeled Fluttershy into one of the rooms, at the same time Tree Hugger was wheeled into one of the other rooms, leaving the one in the middle vacant for Rarity. Spike and Dr. Penny both came to her side, “Come on, you. Time to go in.” said Penny. “No!” cried Rarity “No, I can’t! I won’t!” Spike and Penny ignored her pleas and wheeled her into the room. “No! No, I can’t have this baby!” Rarity screamed, and she began to fuss about trying to get up and escape. “Rarity, stop!” cried Spike. “Rarity, stop this or I’ll have to sedate you!” added Penny. “No… Nooooooooo…!!!” Poor Rarity! It pained Spike to hear her screaming, but it pained him more to know why she was screaming and trying not to have the baby, but Penny kept reassuring them both it was just the fever talking! Back at Data Stream’s house, Megadox was hacking into her computer files and scanning the viruses, figuring he’d take what he wanted while she was away at work. “The Data Stream Fleshling has been keeping these hidden from me.” he grumbled. Suddenly, he came across a pair of viruses filed “Tremor and Lor” The two viruses were humanoid, and coated in armour and each carrying a sword and blaster, but they had the ability to combine with each other to form “Trembulor!” a larger and stronger mega virus that could feast on energy from multiple systems at once. “Perfect!” hissed Megadox “With these viruses, I shall send them both to separate locations and make them feast on the main generating plants. The Fleshling cities will soon be completely without power.” He laughed wickedly as he zapped the two viruses and sent them on their way. Tremor was launched to the generating plant in the New Crystal Empire, not far from the house, while Lor was sent to New Ponyville. The two viruses began to attack-- slashing the towers down with their swords, and blowing up the units with their blasters. Data Stream came back, having been able to finish her shift earlier than usual. She took one look at the screens and gasped, “What are you doing?! Those are my viruses!” “They are MINE now!” laughed Megadox “And I shall do as I please with them.” Data Stream tried to reach for the keyboard, but received a thunderous shock to her fingers. “Stop this, Megadox!” “Why should I? I am finally going to gain the power and he will I desire, and I didn’t even require your assistance! Farewell, Fleshling!” With that, he logged off, and all the power and systems in Data’s house began to go haywire, “No!!” she screamed out “Megadox! MEGADOX… YOU GET YOUR CIRCUTRY RIGHT BACK HERE!!” Try as she would, her computers were malfunctioning, and she couldn’t stop the viruses. “A’rgh!” she growled as she kicked the desk. All over the New Crystal Empire, lights were going out, systems were failing, and the more Tremor destroyed the systems, the more energy he had to feed on. The same went for his brother, Lor, whom was continuing to attack the New Ponyville systems. *POV Resume* The crusaders and myself, along with Lightning, Starla and Pinkie were waiting in the lobby for what seemed like endless hours. “Ugh! I feel like I’ve been waiting here forever!” groaned Pinkie. “It’s only been thirty minutes, Pinkie.” said Lightning. Starla held the baby her arms, “Little Shining Light here, I had to wait about six hours of contractions before I held him for the first time.” Shining Light cooed at his mother and she smiled at him and pecked his little head. Pinkie Pie was still impatient “I just wanna see the new babies! I wanna see ‘em!!” “Pinkie, keep it down!” Lightning snapped “This is a hospital, not a circus. The babies will come when they’re ready.” DD and Sweetie Belle were awfully silent, obviously very deep in thought. “You okay, girls?” I asked. Sweetie looked up and said “I just can’t believe; I’m going to be an aunt, and I’m not even in high school yet.” “I feel you.” said DD “I’ve never had to help take care of baby before. I’m so excited, yet so nervous too.” “Are you kidding?!” asked Scootaloo “You two a lucky, I’d give anything to have a new baby in the family, preferably a brother or sister. I mean sure, Rainbow Dash as my adoptive sister is cool, but it’s not the same.” DD and Sweetie still felt their nerves going crazy, and they couldn’t help but worry about their families back there, but especially Rarity. Sweetie had told us all of how she had been acting, “I can’t believe she doesn’t want to have the baby.” All of the rest of us felt concerned, “That’s the silliest fool thing I ever heard.” said Applebloom. “It’s not silly,” said Pinkie “The CRAZIEST thing I’ve ever heard. I mean, who wouldn’t want to have a little baby! Who wouldn’t want to be a mother, and care for it, and work twenty-four hours a day and…” she stopped, and she suddenly remembered how hard it was when she baby sat the Cake Twins when they were little. “I don’t think that’s what’s bothering her.” said Lightning. *Pause* Indeed, Rarity was still putting up a fuss, seeing horrible images before her eyes of a deformed baby. “No! I can’t!” “You have to!” said Penny “If you don’t cooperate you could kill the baby AND yourself!” Spike felt his stomach churn, but his wife still wouldn’t cooperate. “I can’t do it! I won’t give birth to such a child.” Finally, Penny had run out of patience. “I hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but you leave me no choice.” and she stuck her with a hypodermic, which calmed her down. “There, I think she’ll be more cooperative now.” Spike comforted his wife, “Rarity, you’ve got to believe me. It’s going to be okay. Our baby will be just fine. Please, just work with us.” Rarity felt like crying again, but finally feeling calmer without the effects of her fever taking over, she promised “I’ll try… for us.” “Okay, easy now.” said Penny as she lifted up Rarity’s legs and clipped them in grips at the edge of the bed. “Oh! This is it!” Rarity cried as she felt more pain shoot through her. Tree Hugger and Fluttershy both felt the same in their respective rooms. They, too, were going through their contractions, but they were ready to give birth and ready to become mothers. Suddenly, the lights began to flicker and fade, and all the electronic equipment was messed up once again. “Oh, no… not this again!” groaned the nurse. Dr. Penny saw this too. “Not this time!” and she dashed to the hospital intercom phone and switched it to an emergency battery powered system, then she signalled all through the hospital “Code Five! Switch to Battery Operation!” Every single staff member in the entire hospital did as ordered and switched all the equipment to run on batteries that were charged by solar power. This was a new emergency situation Penny had prepared for since the last time this happened. At least the equipment was still working for a while, and the emergency lights came on. So the people didn’t fall into a panic… yet! *Resume* “What’s going on with the lights?” asked Pinkie, but I, the girls and Lightning and Starla could tell. “It looks like You-Know-Who’s at it again.” I whispered to Lightning and Starla, and the two agreed and gave me the go ahead to try and slip away. “Oops…” I said “I think I feel nature calling.” I casually said, and I got up and headed off. *Pause* Pinkie Pie, knowing I was Surfer, due to it all being Starfleet, called to me as I walked “Go show that virus who’s boss.” Lightning quickly covered her mouth, “Major Pinkie Pie, one of these days I’m going to break you down to size if you blab out a secret like that!” he scolded softly. No one else in the lobby took any notice, and a good thing. “Sorry.” said Pinkie. “Oh, Pinkie Pie…!” sighed Starla. The girls thought it almost cute and funny, but felt relieved that the secret was still safe. Pinkie knew Mykan was Surfer, but she didn’t know about them being his backup. *Resume* I didn’t really go to the bathroom, knowing it would be overly occupied. Instead I went to a quiet area where there weren’t many spectators. I looked carefully all ways to ensure that I wasn’t seen. “Okay, Megadox… let’s see what you’re up to now.” I said as I loaded up my wrist-com, starting to program. Then I spoke softly so as not to be heard “Time to Digitize!” In I went, to the Digital World, donning my suit, then off to the danger zone at the generating plant. “Hey ugly…!” I called to the virus. Lor glared at me and sneered. “You don’t look so tough to me.” I taunted, and I leapt in to attack, but Lor pulled up his blaster and shot me hard, and I crashed to the ground. “Whoa! That felt really tough!” I groaned. The monster roared at me and rushed with his sword ready. I rolled out of the way just before he could slice me and grabbed him from behind. “You definitely need to cool off a bit.” *Pause* Megadox saw everything, and he snickered “So the Surfer Program has come to save the day again has he? Tremor, go and help your brother!” Tremor complied and Megadox sent him hurdling through the power lines and wavelengths. Still, Data Stream protested, “Megadox, I’m warning you! If you don’t stop this now--” “Silence, Fleshling!” thundered Megadox “I am the one who calls the shots here!” Data knew this wouldn’t end too well, and she got out her laptop in attempt to stop the viruses. “Ugh! I’m out of power!” she groaned. “Precisely.” snapped Megadox “I will allow no outside interference this time!” *Resume* I finally threw Lor hard into a pile of busted computer chips. “Take that, you miserable mutant!” but suddenly I got blasted again from behind and fell over. “What? Another virus…?” The two monster brothers saluted their guns to one another and fired at me again. I rolled alone to avoid the blasts and got to my feet, only then to get slashed by the swords, several times making sparks fly. “Help…!! Data Squad… I need you!” I called. *Pause* The crusaders saw the flashing lights on their wrist-coms. Lightning and Starla saw this too, and they knew they couldn’t let Pinkie Pie or anyone else in the lobby see. Lightning and Starla nodded at each other, “Uh, Pinkie…” Lightning said “I think you and I better go out and investigate to see if this power surge is affecting others.” “What?” said Pinkie “But people could need us here, and our friends are in labour, the babies could be here any second.” “That’s an order, Major.” Snapping to her sense, Pinkie stood tall and saluted “Sir, yes sir!” Lightning then bent over to Starla seemingly kissing her on her cheek, but whispered, “Get the girls digitized, and then you get to the Super Computer.” Starla pecked him once back; her way of acknowledging. It was a good thing the hospital wasn’t in lockdown. Lightning and Pinkie left through the front doors and took off into the sky, and as soon as they were gone, Starla led the girls out as well. “Let’s go over there.” And she led the girls to a quiet place where no one could see them. “Okay, girls, get going. I’m heading home to the Super Computer.” The girls nodded, “Let’s do it, team.” said DD, and all four girls powered up their programs, “SUPER CYBER DATA SQUAD… LET’S KICK SOME MEGABUTT!!” The girls vanished and were loaded up into their cockpits. “Come on, honey.” Starla said to Shining, and she took off for home, arriving there very quickly. Once there, she loaded up the Super Computer and loaded the information. “Girls, Surfer is at the power plant, and there’s two strong viruses ganging up on him.” “Thanks for the info.” said DD “Let’s roll!” The squad traveled along the power lines to the danger zone. *Resume* The viruses had me by the arms and flung me like a sling shot, and I landed flat on my back. The two monsters were about to blast me again, when suddenly they got were blasted by lasers and missiles. Arc zoomed by and Assault leapt over the broken circuits. Dread and totalizer helped me up onto my feet. “Hope we’re not too late.” said Applebloom. “Good timing, girls. But these guys are a whole lot tougher than they look.” Suddenly, the two viruses began joined hands, and their bodies began to glow and pixelate. “What are they doing now?” asked Scootaloo. “I think they’re… combining!” said Sweetie, and the two viruses had indeed combined, into Trembulor. It was a size bigger than what the viruses were before. It was more bulky, and instead of hand held weapons it had two large tentacles, and a long thick tail. The creature roared and drove its tentacles into the ground. “Oh, no…!” Starla cried “It’s absorbing the energy from the computer systems. You’ve got to stop it before it gets too powerful!” The team and I agreed, and I jumped in for a flying kick, only for the monster to shoot a laser blast from its mouth at me. “Surfer!” cried DD, and then she glared at the monster “Oh, it is on!!” She rammed on her controls and made Dread charged forth, but the monster kicked hard, bashing Dread right into Totalizer. “Watch it, Dread!” groaned Applebloom. “Well excuse me for getting bashed by a big brute!” Sweetie and Scooatloo fired their weapons at the beast, cutting off its tentacles and stopping the absorption. “Yes!!” cried Sweetie. “Feeding time’s over.” added Scootaloo. However, the monster’s severed tentacles began to flare and spark with loads of lightning and energy that struck the Data Beasts hard, rocking the girls about inside. More blasts followed and began to really break up and damage the Digital Plain. The Super computer began to flash with a warning light. “Oh, no!” cried Starla “All that excess energy is really heating things up. It’s melting the Digital Field away into a tear that could lead into our world!” “What? No!” I shouted, but there, right before my eyes, there appeared an actual hole in the Digital World itself, revealing New Ponyville far down below. *Pause* All over New Ponyville, everyone was looking up in the sky, and could see the rift, and the huge monster inside it. There was panicking, screaming, and crying out for help. Lightning and Pinkie Pie saw it. “What is that?” cried Pinkie. “This is really bad!” said Lightning “They got to seal that rift up.” Even Megadox saw this, and he was suddenly feeling less enthusiastic. “What is happening?!” he shouted “My mega virus must not leave the Digital World! It could cause far more damage than even I hoped to ever achieve.” Data Stream stood up, “I knew something bad like this would happen. You’ve let it absorb so much power it can’t even control what it’s doing. So instead of ruling the Digital World, you’re obliterating your own domain!” “NO!!” thundered Megadox “How could I have let this happen?!” “What’s that you’re saying?” Data taunted “I’m waiting, Megadox!” Megadox growled and grumbled, “Fleshling…” and he hesitated but finally said it in a low tone “…I need your help.” Data smiled smugly and sat herself at her computer. “I’ve got to tap into the viruses programing, and then I can probably split it up, but it’s going to take a moment.” *Resume* The monster, with its tentacles still flaring and blasting uncontrollably, began to stomp its way towards the opening. “No!” I called “We can’t let it escape into the Real World! Who knows what damage it’ll do?” I leapt over and began to pull on the monster’s huge tail. I slowed it down a little but I couldn’t stop it, especially not when it turned and aimed its blasting tentacles at me and I nearly got hit many times by the energy. “I need more strength!” I shouted to the girls. “What can we do!” cried Assault “The Data Beasts can’t get a good enough grip. She was right! Dread had small dinosaur claws, Arc and Assault had no arms at all, and while Totallizer had strong arms, she tried to help pull, but even that didn’t tip the balance “This ain’t workin’!” called Applebloom “He’s almost out!” The monster was getting dangerously close to stepping over the brink and entering the real world! *Pause* “Girls…!” Starla called “Time to initiate the Crush Program. It just might work.” She typed into the computer and sent the configuration codes to the Data Beasts. The girls’ screens showed the program was ready. “Well, I’m all for this.” said Scootaloo. “Right!” agreed DD “Activate Crush Program!” She hit her screen, and the others did likewise, and this made their Data Beasts fold up, inward, and outward. Dread-- folded upward, and its legs folded up at the knees, forming the main body of the robot. Assault-- split into two halves, forming the arms and fists of the robot Totalizer-- It scooted down, down, covering its legs with its upper body and then split into two halves, forming the strong boots of the robot. Arc-- Nested itself at the front of the chest, and curved its wings round to the back forming the chest plate. And top it all off, the Dread head followed outward and rested over the Arc head, and together the two gave the robot a perfect warrior’s face. The Crush Program was online. “YE-HAW! Now we’re cookin’ with fire power.” said Applebloom. “Hang on, Surfer! Here comes back up!” called Scootaloo. I could barely hold the monster much longer, but the giant robot then came up behind me and pulled on the tail too. “It’s working!” cried Sweetie, and indeed it was. Together we managed to pull that huge hulking beast back into the Digital World, and no sooner had we pulled it back in did the rift-- having run out of energy to keep it open-- magical shrunk down and sealed away. The virus had also run out of energy and split back into Tremor and Lor, both of them looked pretty weak. Because my energy was very weak, “PYRO PORGRAM…!” I called out, and my fire bazooka came to me. “FIREWAVE BLAZE” I fired at one of the viruses. “Now it’s our turn.” said DD. “Mega Missiles, fire!” shouted Sweetie, and she launched her two massive missiles from the robot’s huge arms, striking the other virus. WHOA!! The two nasty creatures were vanquished. Starla was overjoyed, and then she noticed there was another busted series of systems in the New Crystal Empire. “Don’t worry,” I called “I’ll tidy things up here, and then check over there. You girls just get back to the hospital and see if things are okay.” “Right, we’re heading out.” said Sweetie.” The girls disengaged and piloted their Data Beasts back home, while I stayed behind and restored the systems. *Pause* As the systems were restored, every malfunction, every disrupted wire and system went back to normal around New Ponyville. Lightning and Pinkie were still flying overhead and watching it all happen. “He did it!” cried Pinkie, and just as she was about to shout it out, Lightning put his finger to her lips warning her not to blab anymore. They couldn’t let anyone know Mykan was Surfer. Pinkie blushed sheepishly. “Let’s get back to the hospital.” said Lightning. Meanwhile, The New Crystal Empire systems were also fixed, including Data Stream’s home. “Well, I’m certainly glad that nightmare is over.” Then she glared at the screen “As for you, Megadox. If you ever gallivant off and hack into my files again…!” “There is no need for this harshness.” said Megadox “I… admit… I made a slight miscalculation and nearly caused too much destruction that I could handle.” Data could only sigh in dismay. *Resume* Even with the hospital main systems now restored, thankfully things didn’t really stop at all. Myself, the girls, Pinkie, Lightning and Starla were all invited to the maternity ward where Rhymey and Buddy were waiting to show everyone from inside. The babies were finally born! “Ooh-Ooh!! Where are they! I wanna see the babies! I wanna see the babies!” cooed Pinkie. Buddy went first. “Meet my daughter… Seedling.” He pulled open the covers revealing an adorable little alicorn filly. Greenish in color, like Tree Hugger was, and she had a cute little tuft of red hair like her dad. Her eyes were a light blue; Named “Seedling” due to the fact that both her parents had plant-like names. Everyone awed and cooed at the sight of the little angel. Then Rhymey revealed his son… “Meet my little guy, …Button Fly.” His son was a tiny yellowish alicorn, with a little brown tuft of hair, and his eyes were green. Named Button becuas he was cute like one, and fly to rhyme with Fluttershy-- it was Rhymey’s wish. “Oh, wow!” cooed Pinkie “They are so cute!” “They’re adorable!” added Starla. Buddy and Rhymey hugged one another in congrats, and they each shed a little tear of joy. “How are Fluttershy and Tree Hugger?” asked Lightning. “They’re fine. Just resting now.” replied Buddy. “Wait…” said Sweetie Belle “Where’s Rarity’s baby?” “Ahem!” Doctor Penny said, getting everyone’s attention. “Why don’t you all come with me, but keep your voices down.” She especially aimed that at Pinkie Pie, and Pinkie promised to keep it low. Penny took us all to Rarity’s room where she was resting. Penny told them she had passed out from the fever after giving birth, but she would be fine, and would wake up any moment. Spike was standing them rocking the baby in his arms, but it was wrapped up by loads of blankets and the others couldn’t see. “Don’t come closer.” Spike whispered “I want Rarity to be the first to see her.” “Her?” I asked. Spike nodded “It’s a daughter.” All of us felt enamoured, and Sweetie Belle, she could hardly believe it. “I have a niece.” The crusader huddled around her and gave her a huge group hug to congratulate her. Suddenly, Rarity began to stir. “The baby…” she groaned “Oh, my…” Spike slowly approached her, “Rarity.” She opened her eyes and realized he was holding the baby she had birth, and she was about to scream blue murder at what she thought was a deformed child, but Spike pulled the blankets away and revealed a rather beautiful looking child. Rarity’s eyes just twinkled at the sight of her daughter. This was certainly not what she thought she would give life to. The child had a considerable normal pony body, but with bits of scales by her thighs. Soft little claws with no sharpness. Her ears were slightly flopped like dragons, and the tip of her muzzle was curved up slightly. She had a complete pony tail, not a dragon-tail, but the best feature of all was her coat was lilac, and her little tuft was dark navy blue with a pink streak, and her mulberry eyes. “Oh…!” Rarity cooed heavenly. Her daughter looked right at her and smiled lovingly. “I think someone’s saying “Hello, mother” said Spike and he let his wife hold the baby. Sweetie Belle came up to the bed and looked at her new niece “Wow.” she cooed softly. Rarity only looked at the baby, and how beautiful she looked despite being a mixed breed. “What is this creature?” I asked. Dr. Penny confirmed “It’s part dragon part pony. We call it a “Dragony.” “Dragony?” said Lightning “I like it.” “What’s her name?” asked Scootaloo. Rarity looked up and realized, “I’d completely forgotten.” “Um… well, I already gave her name.” said Spike, “Twilight Sparkle-Scales.” It was a very solemn moment and everyone compared the baby’s coloring, and naturally Spike named her after Twilight Sparkle, missing her dearly and wishing she was there to see this bundle of joy. “It’s beautiful, dear.” said Rarity. Spike smiled lovingly and pecked his wife on the head and held her as they watched the baby, and suddenly there was a knock at the door; it was all the friends and family come to see the new baby and make a small fuss about it. It truly was a happy day. Three little babies were born and happy faces all around. Things just couldn’t feel much better. (Promo) In our next episode: While everyone seems to fuss and celebrate over the babies, there is a death in the Apple Family that turns the smiles upside down, especially for Applejack; leaving her so depressed and so bummed out that when Tan Shi and Zenia return to finish what they started, she finds it hard to concentrate in battle. Can Applejack overcome her heartbreak? Will the villains’ advantage prove well in their favour? Don’t miss the next exciting episode of “Starfleet Magic!” (Next Episode: “One Sad Apple Family.”)