//------------------------------// // Chapter One: Month One // Story: Eleven Months Till The Apple Blooms // by Cinnamon Clover //------------------------------// DISCLAIMER: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Hasbro), Rainbow Dash (Hasbro), Apple Jack (Hasbro), Apple Bloom (Hasbro), Snails (Hasbro), 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, the other things I have written, Annie Elizabeth Apple, Jonathan Apple, Oliver Apple, Pixie Crunch Apple, Snails' unnamed parents, Carol and Apple Bloom and Snails' unborn foal. Summary: AB and Snails are expecting their first child. They just didn't expect how much would happen in those eleven months. Chapter One: Month One A little over nine and a half years had now passed since the triplets had been born. The three foals were being to school with their cousin Jonny by Aunt Apple Jack as their mother had to prepare the first snow fall of the season. "Now, y'all kids be good at school today." she reminded them as they approached the schoolhouse. "We will!" they called back as they ran to meet their friends on the play ground. Apple Jack stifled a laugh before heading back to the farmhouse. Upon entering the farmhouse she heard the sound of her little sister retching just as she had before leaving earlier that morning. The now fully grown Apple Bloom was leaning over the toilet, emptying her stomache. Her fiancé, Snails, had a hoof on her back, helping her keep steady. This had been happening every morning for the last week. AJ had a hunch she knew what was going on but wanted to allow her little sister to experience the joy of finding out for herself. "Snails, how's Apple Bloom doin'? Does she have a fever?" AJ asked as she poked her head into the bathroom. "She's still barfing but I think it's slowing down. No, she doesn't have a fever. When she's done, we're heading over to Stable's and see what's causing this." the mustard coated unicorn replied. After another five minutes of gorging, Apple Bloom and Snails left for the medical practice. Once the couple was out of sight, AJ allowed a grin to creep on to her face. "Guess your little babies are havin' babies, Ma and Pa." she said softly, hoping that her words were heard by her deceased parents. Stable had a clear schedule till ten so he was more than happy to see his in-law. "Please take climb onto the examination table, Apple Bloom." Stable requested as he levitated a brown clipboard over to himself, "Now tell me your symptoms." "Well, every morning for the last week, Ah get really nauseous and barf but after Ah do Ah'm fine, Ah keep on gettin' exhausted real early in the day, and Ah need to do mah business more often than Ah normally do." Apple Bloom listed as she held the hoof of her fiancé standing next to the table. "Would it be ok if you..." Stable asked, levitating a urine cup over to the young couple. The yellow mare nodded before taking the cup and going into the designated area. A few minutes later, she returned with the cup. The caramel coated stallion then left the young couple to get the results of the test. "Ah'm scared, Snails. What if there really is something wrong?" the former crusader confessed. "Don't worry, Apple Bloom, you'll be fine. Even if you aren't, Stable will make sure you get better and we'll be there to help." Snails comforted, "Now where's that brave, happy little filly with the most adorable smile." "Ah'm not little!" his fiancé retorted. "There she is!" the mustard colored stallion exclaimed with a smile, "And, yes, Apple Bloom, we all were when we were foals." This gained him a playful shove from his lover. They talked like this for the next few minutes until the door opened. Doctor Condition entered the room calmly and Snails took hold of his fiancé's forehoof. "Apple Bloom, do you wish to have your fiancé in the room when I tell you the results?" the unicorn doctor questioned. "Yes, Ah would." she responded before taking a deep breathe. "Congratulations! This time next year, you'll have a foal of your own." the doctor congratulated the couple. Apple Bloom looked down at her belly and then at her lover as did he. Snails pulled his fiancé into a hug and spun her around before setting her down. "This is great, Apple Bloom!" he exclaimed. "Ah can't believe it! We're gonna be parents!" Apple Bloom seconed with a grin, "Thanks for seein' me, Stable." "You're welcome, Apple Bloom. I was happy to help! Now you should go see my desk attendant, Carol, about getting another visit in about a month." Stable suggested before seeing the young couple out to the waiting room. After scheduling an appointment, the young couple returned back to Sweet Apple Acres. When they arrived back at the farmhouse, Apple Jack, Big Mac and Rainbow Dash were waiting for them. "Well, now's a good time as any." Apple Bloom said to her fiancé before both took a deep breath. "AB, how did your appointment go?" her pegasus sister asked. "It went ok." the yellow mare replied. "So what was wrong?" her brother asked. "Nothin', infact Ah'm even better than usual." the farm pony replied "Why's that, Sugarcube?" her other sister questioned. "Well,meandSnailsaregonnahaveafoal." she said quickly with her eyes slammed shut. They were instantly embraced in a hug from both of her sisters. Big Mac made it clear that if he did anything to hurt his baby sister he would wish he was never born. Snails assured him that he would never hurt his beloved, just like he did when he asked for her hand Apple Bloom and Snails walked down the dirt road towards the pond. A wooden shack could be seen on the horizon. Snails' foalhood home. His unicorn parents were swimming in the pond like a frog, awaiting their arrival. Though he was excited to tell his parents, he was nervous, too. His parents were strange and he was worried what they might do to his bride-to-be. "Son, come in and frog-kick with your old man!" his dad called out to him, his nightshade berry red tail flowing in the pond water against his ivy green coat. "H-hi Dad-" he started sheepishly. "Ribbit!" went his mom, her wet poison joke blue mane clinging to her purple coat. "H-hi Mom. You guys remember my fiancé, Apple Bloom." the mustard colored unicorn started. "Of course we do! Hi, Apple Bloom!" the red maned stallion replied. "Well, umn, she's expecting." he said a little softer than before. Suddenly his odd parents trampled the young couple. "Oh, this is wonderful! How many weeks along are you?" the blue maned mare squealed with delight, getting within a mere inch of her daughter-in-law-to-be's face. "Four weeks" the yellow mare replied as she slowly reversed, trying to make some room between the herself and the socially inept mare. "I think it'll be a unicorn filly with a pink coat and red mane." the ivy green stallion announced. Apple Bloom and Snails just looked at him, rolling their eyes. It was possible but unlikely. There had not been a unicorn in her family for several generations except for Annie and, soon, Snips. Unicorn was recessive so unless she somehow had the unicorn gene, it was impossible. Then, they took in the fact that, like Pinkie, Snip's family defied logic. It was a 50/50 chance that it would be a unicorn.