//------------------------------// // Chapter Five: Mean Mares & Baby Preparations // Story: Caramel Rainbows // by Cinnamon Clover //------------------------------// DISCLAIMER: I do not own My Little Pony: Frienship is Magic (Hasbro), Rainbow Dash (Hasbro), Apple Jack (Hasbro), Caramel (Hasbro), Rose (Cubette), ninty-five percent of the characters in this story (Hasbro unless otherwise stated at end of chapter) or Give To Good Home (Cubette). All I own is this story and the other things I have written. Summary: A new member to the Apple family is on the way after Rainbow and Caramel find out she’s expecting. Chapter Five: Mean Mares and Baby Preparations A few weeks had passed since AJ's wedding and their two unicorn friends had since returned to Canterlot. AJ and Rainbow were enjoying lunch at a small cafe. "Hey, Rainbow," AJ said in an attempt to draw her attention, "Ah just realized neither of us have prepared a nursery and, as far as Ah know, neither of us have thought of names yet." "And..." Rainbow asked, unsure of what her sister and best friend was trying to tell her. "Do Ah have to spell it out to ya, Rainbow! We're gonna be mommas to foals of our own in less than seven months! We need ta-" Suddenly, a pair of mares seated at the table next to them started snickering and pointing at their growing abdomens. "Just ignore them, sis." RD reminded her sister. "Right. As I was saying, we need ta be gettin' ready for when the little bundles of joy arrive." her orange companion continued. "Well, how about we go to get an appointment with Stable, then? We need to know genders before we can choose colors and names." Rainbow suggested. "Sure, why not?" her tangerine sister obliged. Fifteen minutes later, both sisters found themselves in the ultrasound room. Stable Condition had a free schedule for the rest of the afternoon so he was more than happy to see them. AJ had gone first. "Hmm... Ok see that." Stable said as he pointed to something that looked like a leg, but wasn't. "It's a earth colt!" AJ reiterated. "I guess that means a Soarin' colored nursery!" Rainbow joked, earning a grin from her sister. "Now you climb up, Rainbow." the caramel unicorn told his soon to be sister in law. A powder chocolate aura surrounded both his horn and her baby bump. A new image replaced AJ's. Three individual blobs could clearly be identified. "Is that..." Rainbow said as she stared at the screen. "Yes, Rainbow, it would appear as though you're having triplets." Stable finished her previously started thought, "It also appears as though you're having an earth colt, pegasus filly and an unicorn filly." "That's great, Rainbow! But how will you fit three foals in that little apartment?" her sister questioned. "I don't know, but I'm going to have to find a way." the cyan pegasus replied, "I think our first stop should be telling the guys." Five months had now passed since Rainbow had found out she was with foal, meaning their were only five months left till her expected due date and only four months till the wedding. The now heavily pregnant Rainbow Dash and was enjoying a romantic dinner for two with her caramel brown earth stallion fiancé at "Le Hoofe" to celebrate the first time they had met five years ago. Suddenly, her cellphone vibrated in her purse. She had gotten a text from Soarin'.  "She just had our little colt! It's 5 months too early! They say he'll be fine in a few days but I'm worried! Please meet us at the hospital in room 108 in 5 minutes." the text read. "Caramel, I need to go! AJ just had her colt five months premature and their in the hospital!" Rainbow exclaimed. "Kay RD. I'll pay and meet you over their in a few." Caramel replied. And with that, Rainbow left the table and walked away from the restaurant towards the hospital. Five minutes later, Rainbow Dash found herself walking into the hospital room of her sister. "Hey, AJ" the cyan blue pegasus greeted calmly as she walked into the hospital room. AJ put down the book she was reading and looked at her sister. "Thanks for comin'! Where's Caramel?" her sister questioned. "We were at dinner when we got the text from Soarin' so he offered to pay and then meet up with us here." she replied, "So, where is this new nephew of mine? And where's your stallion?" AJ lifted a little sleeping bundle from the clear crib on the of the bed. His coat was light blue like his father's and his mane was blonde like his mother's. "His name is Jonathan Apple." AJ told her sister, "Soarin' went back to Sweet Apple Acres to get the rest of the family." "I know five months early is very premature, are you sure he'll be ok?" the blue pegasus asked. "He'll be right as rain in a few days, Sugarcube. He'll just be a bit on the smaller side." her orange companion replied. A/N: Sorry it took so long! I wanted to do more with the mean mares but all my bully encounters end in ignore the bully so I didn't know what to do. Sorry about there also only one name revealed but next chapter you'll learn the others. Oh yes, and I bet at least one reader is questioning the idea of having a unicorn in the story with some basic idea of pony genetics having been emphasized. Its the idea of having recessive traits. I'm using unicorn as the recessive trait. We don't know Rainbow's family so we are allowed to make wild guesses and it's rather obvious that if Stable is a unicorn that unicorn genetics are in the family. I will get the next chapter done as soon as possible and post it soon after.