EPILOGUE, ONE MONTH LATER
Rainchaser's POV
"Oooooooh…"
"Hang in there, Storm," I assured, "Twilight's coming."
"I feel like crap…"
"You look like crap," remarked Aegis, "I told you that you shouldn't snack so much."
"Hey, I eat when I'm hungry, alright?"
"…and you've been hungry a lot lately," added Ben. He was on break and came down to Ponyville to stay with Derpy for the week.
The door slammed open and Shift, in disguise, rushed in. "Is she alright?" he asked Caramel. The nervous stallion could only shrug. Twilight followed Shift into the room.
"Shift, can you examine her body while I see if there's a mental anomaly?" the lavender unicorn said, trotting up to the mare on the bed.
"Got it." As Twilight stood at Storm's head, Shift began to move his glowing horn slowly down the purple unicorn's form. It was a long few minutes before something happened. Suddenly, Shift jerked back, as if something bit him. He placed his horn over Storm's midsection. A goofy smile went across his face. "I think I know the problem."
Caramel perked up, worried. "What is it?"
Shift smirked as everypony looked at him intently. "Well, I can't tell you right now. It's far too early to determine the gender."
Everypony fixed Storm with a dead stare. Her jaw was hanging open, but her cheeks still grew pink. "I'm…"
"I wonder what being an uncle's gonna be like," Shift wondered out loud.
"Storm is…" I stuttered.
"Congratulations, sis," Shift said in an excited tone, "you're pregnant!" She immediately fainted.
"Dibs on godfather!" Aegis called.
"I have to write to Sky!" Ben said plainly, "he'll be ecstatic!" He produced a parchment and a magnetic scroll and scribbled down the news, quickly whipping out a sending-fire candle and burning it.
A moment later, a huge bang was heard. Over Canterlot, a golden halo spread across the late-fall sky. "Did Sky just do a sonic boom?" wondered Aegis.
"Yes, he should be here in three… tw--" A golden streak fell from the sky, bouncing off the balcony and into the room. "It would seem my count is off."
Sky removed himself from the wall and shook his head to clear it. "Dibs on godfather!"
"Too late."
"Buck!"
"Wow, Sky," I exclaimed, "your first sonic boom! How did it feel?"
"It's not his first," said Ben matter-of-factly.
I tilted my head. "Then what…"
Sky chuckled. "Let's just say that, as of two days ago, Storm and Caramel--" he glanced at the tan stallion, who had also passed out, "Storm and Caramel's foal will have a Princess for an aunt."
"No way…" Aegis and I whispered.
"Yep, break out the layered cake, 'cause Luna and I are getting married!" Aegis and I both fainted.
Skyblaze's POV
"…and to think I was reluctant to come here," I told Ben as we stood on Caramel's balcony, "but now, this place is our home, Ben."
"Well, you and Storm have ties to this place now, as does Shift…"
"Shift and Twilight are engaged?!"
"No!" came the shout from inside.
Ben coughed. We sat for a few moments. "Isn't it kinda late for you to be out?"
"Luna hasn't yelled at me yet for coming home late," I said, "although, she can't sleep without me there."
"…and your engagement?"
"Still as strong as the diamond in her ring. What about you?"
"Huh?"
"How are you and Derpy?"
He shuffled his hooves. "Dinky's been dropping hints that she wants me to propose."
"Seriously? Wow dude, that's big."
"Yeah, but I still want to know what happened to Dinky's father."
I frowned at him. "You're still worried about that?" He nodded. "Remember that you have friends in high places who can help you…"
"No, Sky. I just… I feel like this is something I have to do."
I draped a wing over his shoulder. "Then you go do that, Ben."
We stood for a while longer, reflecting on recent memories. Everything that happened in the last month and a week was beyond what any of us expected. "Is it what you expected?" asked Ben, seemingly reading my thoughts.
"Not at all, Ben. But I suppose none of us guessed what it would be like; to live and love in Equestria." We watched the horizon, pondering deep thoughts of life and romance in silence…
"That's cheesy."