Later that evening, Flash returned home from his visit with Soarin. He wiped his hooves on the mat, because it was muddy down on the ground.
Flash wasn’t sure if he should take Soarin’s advice, or let nature take its course. If he chose number two, they would have to figure out what to do with the foal.
Flash walked down the hall, and observed that their door was still shut. He walked up to it, and tried to open it, but found it locked.
“Rainbow, could you please open the door?” He called to the other side.
No reply.
He pressed his ear up to the door, and heard heavy snoring on the other side.
“Perfect, now I’m locked out of my own room!” Flash exclaimed.
He pulled his ear from the door, and put a hoof up to his chin. Suddenly, a wicked grin spread across his face.
He walked over to Blaze’s room, and slowly opened the door. Inside, he saw Blaze drawing explosives on a piece of paper.
“Hey Blaze?” He asked.
Blaze looked up. “Yeah dad?”
“Can I borrow one of your firecrackers?”
Blaze was confused. “What for?”
Flash smiled. “I’m going to pull a prank on your mom.” He replied.
“Aw, sweet!” Blaze loudly exclaimed. He ran to his closet, and pulled out a firecracker. “Here!”
Blaze tossed the explosive to Flash, who walked out in the hall with it. Blaze followed him, giggling excitedly.
“Okay, here goes nothing!” Flash shrugged as he bent over, pulled the pin from the firecracker, and threw it under the door.
Flash and Blaze covered their ears.
A couple seconds later, a devastating boom ripped through the air, shaking the house and making sparks fly out from under the door.
The explosion was accompanied by an earsplitting scream, which obviously came from Rainbow Dash.
Flash and Blaze were in pieces. They rolled on the floor, laughing their flanks off and enjoying their prank.
Not long after the scream, the bedroom door flew open, and a highly-irritated Rainbow Dash stood on the other side, looking down at them.
“Did you really need to do that?” She asked.
“Yeah!” Blaze and Flash exclaimed simultaneously.
Rainbow just crossed her arms and looked forward, highly annoyed by their prank.
While Blaze and Flash continued to laugh, Rainbow turned around and closed the door again.
Flash stopped laughing, and jumped back up to open the door. However, it was locked again.
“Seriously Rainbow? The locked door was the whole reason I even pulled the prank in the first place!” Flash yelled
to the other side.
“Well in that case…” Flash heard a click. “…it’s unlocked now! Just please don’t do that again!” Rainbow yelled back.
Flash entered the room and closed the door behind him, leaving Blaze to continue his hysterics.
Now that they were alone, Flash could talk to Rainbow Dash.
“Listen Rainbow, after I yelled at you, and you locked yourself in our room, I left to go talk to Soarin.” Flash explained.
Rainbow inhaled, then let out a deep sigh.
“I told him about what happened to you, and he apologized deeply. He also gave me one possible solution.” Flash said.
Rainbow looked up at him. “What is it?”
Flash hesitated. “He said you could get an abortion.” Flash answered.
Rainbow looked confused. “What’s that?”
“He said it’s where a pregnant mare can revoke her expectancy, and kill the foal inside her.” Flash explained.
Rainbow looked down, and sighed again.
“I can’t do that. That sounds like it would be murder.” Rainbow responded.
“That’s just what I said. After that he said ‘It’s either you do that, or wait to see what gender it is. Your choice.’”
Rainbow looked half-disgusted. “Well that’s a mean thing to say.”
“But he’s right, Rainbow. Now, I’m not the one going through this, so it’s not my choice.”
Rainbow hesitated. This seemed like a tough decision to make.
Flash knew the right words would get him the right outcome. He was pretty sure the next thing he said would influence her decision.
“It’s your choice. If you want to go through with this, then by all means don’t get the abortion. But if you don’t think you can handle it…”
Rainbow interrupted. “This is Rainbow Dash you’re talking to! Of course I can handle it! No abortion for me!” She exclaimed.
Bingo. Just what he thought would happen.
Flash couldn’t hold back a smile. He leaned forward and hugged Rainbow Dash. “I knew you could handle it all along.” He said, stroking her mane.
…………………………………
Once again, Blaze and Starlight eavesdropped.
Starlight sent Blaze a text. “What’s an abortion?”
“I really don’t think you want to know.” Blaze replied.
“Yes, I do.”
After a couple minutes, Blaze sent a text, explaining the term. He waited the corresponding four seconds for Starlight’s trademark reply.
“Omigosh.”
Starlight sent another text following it. “Do you think mom will be getting one of those?”
A couple seconds later, Blaze responded. “I don’t think so, but I’m not very sure.”
…………………………………
After their texting conversation, Flash called them into the living room.
Once they entered, they saw Flash and Rainbow sitting on the couch. They went and sat down in the two empty chairs on both sides of the room.
Flash began. “Now, I’m pretty sure you two have eavesdropped enough to know what’s going on right now.”
Blaze and Starlight exchanged glances. “We have an idea, but it’s still pretty fuzzy.” Blaze responded.
“Well, just to solidify your theory, I’ll tell you. Your mom is expecting a foal.”
All three of them looked at Rainbow Dash. She looked back at them, confused.
“What? What are you all looking at?” She asked.
Flash continued. “However, this is not my foal she’s carrying. It’s Soarin’s.” He said, sounding dismayed.
Blaze did a hoof-pump. “Yes, I knew it!” He exclaimed.
Everyone looked at him.
“Heh, sorry.”
Starlight spoke up. “Isn’t Soarin the co-captain of the Wonderbolts?” She asked.
Flash nodded, then continued. “I decided to tell you this because there will be some changes around here over the next few months. First of all, there will be times when your mother will act strange. Like for instance, she’ll be all perked up and happy at one moment, and be pissed off at the next. Don’t take it too seriously.”
Blaze and Starlight chuckled.
“Second, over the next few weeks specifically, the bathroom will be taken…a lot. If you need to use the restroom, you can hold it for now, because Rainbow will need it more.”
Blaze raised his hoof. “I object! You see, -”
Blaze was instantly cut off by Flash. “Please save it, Blaze! I don’t want to hear what you have to say next!”
Rainbow made a gagging noise to tell him what Flash meant.
“And lastly, Rainbow will gain some noticeable weight over the course of time. We all know why this is, so please don’t mention anything to her.”
Rainbow shrugged.
“I just thought, since this will be a long-term thing, you two deserved to know.” Flash finished.
There was a couple seconds of silence.
“Well, I guess this will be an interesting experience for all of us as it wears on!” Blaze said.
To be Continued…
Author Notes:
I will be going to Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for eleven days on August 8th, so when that date arrives, there will be no updates!