Changeling Trust

by Nightmare Rift


Day 40: Royal Surprise

Styx’s POV:
The next morning we all meet in the square and Pinkie is having a small panic attack as she can’t wait to be able to talk about it, and she has had to keep it to herself, me, and the Cakes all yesterday. Shining Armor prided her on keeping it this long, but told her she had to keep it to herself just a bit longer. Everypony is looking around so I float the clue down in front of Twilight. She opens it and reads it aloud, "You've got a scroll, your on a roll, why don't you take a peek where young ones spend their week? A piece of paper will continue this caper." She pauses for a second to think, "The Ponyville Schoolhouse!"

There is the lightbulb, so off to the schoolhouse we go. We arrive and I grab a Foal Free Press newspaper from Featherweight and hand it to Twilight. She looks skeptical, "Twilight, 'a piece of paper will continue this caper,' remember?"

"Yes, okay." She scans the paper for the clue, "Ah-ha! Though this hall is rather small, in it you'll find files of all kinds. Take a look on the back of the birth certificate of Applejack."

"I don't like where this is goin'." says Applejack, looking at the paper with concern. So we head to town hall to do just that. Although I'm wondering if anypony is piecing together what all of these things have in common. Lunch however is not one of them, as much as Rainbow Dash wants it to be.

We make it to Town Hall, and I give a stern look to Mayor Mare, to not spoil it. Pinkie leads us to where the birth certificates are kept. She shuffles through the files until she finds Applejack's birth certificate. Twilight grabs it and awes at the baby picture before turning it over to read the next clue, "This next place is where you can buy a table or chair, or some comfy beds to rest little heads?"

Pinkie rushes out, yelling "Furniture store!"

We all race after her to find her outside the Quills and Sofa shop with a crib, with a note on it. Twilight stoops her head to read it, "It seems we've saved the best for last, we hope you have had a blast. Now it's time to take a break where you can get a slice of cake."

"Sugarcube Corner!" All of the others yell in unison. Sheesh, only took us an hour to get to that. We rush over to Sugarcube Corner, and Twilight immediately goes looking for a prize.

"Twily, we sent you to all of the places today that have something in common."

"First we went to the schoolhouse, then Town Hall to look at a birth certificate, then a furniture store, now here." She pauses, "You and Cadence are having a baby!"

"Tada!" Says Cadence and Shining, both stepping away to reveal a baby themed cake.

"A baby Twilight, a baby!" Pinkie yells, no longer able to hold back her joy any longer. I simply sit down in the corner, wanting the friends to enjoy this surprise together. We have cake and celebrate, I take the spell off of Twilight's castle and eventually we head back to our homes. Promising to get together the next few days to discuss Starswirl's journal. The one I accidentally gave to Starlight as a Hearth's Warming present. Twilight had made progress but very little, so we are getting together to research it. Well, I'll dwell on that later, for now, it is time to sleep.