//------------------------------// // 14) Suspected Pregnancy // Story: Loyalty's Vision // by SapphireRose87 //------------------------------// {Rainbow Dash} One day after working on my original assignment, I was walking down the hallway when I saw something shocking. Actually, I was surprised that I didn't have a heart attack because of what I saw. There were two identical Discord's in the form of Gary talking to each other like there was nothing unusual going on.  "So original Gary," said Discord's copy, "what are we going to do to keep that pest Laura from following us around and wanting us to just 'hang out' with her?"  Discord shrugged. "Don't know Gary." "Maybe we can throw one of our flaming sticks at her?" Discord's copy said. Discord laughed, "I would agree, but that's too extreme!" As the two Discord's talked among themselves, I gasped and covered my mouth in surprise. I hid around the corner well out of sight. Oliver came around the corner and looked at me with concern. "What's wrong, Nancy? You look like you've seen a ghost!" "Uh, Kai," I said, "am I crazy, or are there two Discord's talking to each other?" "Huh?" Oliver said. I pointed at the two Discord's talking to each other and when Oliver saw them, he had the same reaction I did. He hid behind me to stay out of sight while we watched the two Discords talking. Their conversation came to an end when Discord's copy came up with an idea.  "I have an idea," said Discord's copy, "I'll hang out with Laura and that will give you more time to chase after Nancy and Kai!" Discord smiled. "Sounds good to me! Just don't go proposing to her, okay?"  "I wouldn't dream of it!" Discord's copy said. Discord and his copy did a high-five and laughed. "Well then," said Discord, "I'll be seeing you later!" "Ta-ta!" Discord's copy said.  Without another word, the two Discord's parted ways as if this was a normal thing for them. * * * "Okay then, okay then!" I kept saying over and over at the spectacle of what the two Discords just did. Oliver didn't look panicked as much as he looked concerned about me. "Nancy, calm down, take a couple of deep breaths before you pass out from a heart attack!" "Calm down?" I snapped. "Exactly how do you expect me to calm down? As a matter of fact, why are you so calm?" "Because I'm concerned about you," said Oliver, "look, let's go to the break room so we can sit down and collect our thoughts, okay?"   I was still having a panic attack at what I saw. I nodded and did as I was told to. * * * Even when we went to the break room, I still couldn't stop panicking about what had just happened. I hadn't gotten over my initial shock even when I sat down on a chair next to a nearby table. Instead of saying okay then over and over, I started to say, "There are two Discords! There are two Discord's!" Gilda came into the break room and panicked when she saw me panicking. As soon as she stopped panicking, she slapped me on the face. "Would you calm down! Now, what happened?"  "Apparently," said Oliver, "Discord can make copies of himself now!" Gilda's jaw dropped. "What! So you mean to tell me that there are two Discords walking around here now?" Oliver nodded. "Yup, at this rate he'll be broken out of AI in a matter of weeks! If that happens, it will be a record. Samantha did say it would take five years or more for someone with that kind of magic to be broken out and we've only been here for two months!" By this point, I started rocking back and forth and resumed my panic.  "There are two Discord's!" I shouted. Oliver quickly covered my mouth with his hand to keep me from shouting again. "Seriously Nancy, calm down take some slow deep breaths, got it?" I nodded and Oliver took his hand off my mouth. I finally started calming down so I could think of what to do. For some reason, I felt like I had been kicked in my stomach but from the inside. I put a hand on the area where I felt the kick and it happened again. What in the world? I thought. Oliver gave me another look of concern. I shook my head to shake off my panic and tried to make sense of what was happening inside of me. I wondered if this has something to do with those out of control partial sonic rainbooms? ''What's wrong?" Oliver asked.  I shook my head. "It's nothing, it probably has something to do with me being panicked right now." "Are you sure about that?" Oliver asked. "Not really," I said, "but it happened before I calmed down so whatever's going on I'm just going to link the two together for the moment. It felt like something kicked me from inside my stomach." Gilda's jaw dropped again and she quickly closed her mouth. I could tell she and Oliver were trying hard to keep their composure as much as possible. "What's the big deal?" I asked. "Honestly, I think you two are being way too overprotective now. To me, if it's not another out of control partial sonic rainbooms, I don't see any problem here." "Yeah. Sure…" Oliver said with uncertainty. "Just to be sure, I think you should probably get some rest." I rolled my eyes. "Fine but I still think you're being overprotective." * * * I didn't realize how tired I was until I laid down on the bed and fell asleep. As I lay sleeping, I had that weird dream again. I was standing in a dark place and it was dark as far as the eye could see. "Rainbow Dash… Rainbow Dash…" A voice said off into the distance. "Oh brother," I mumbled, "this crap again?" "Rainbow Dash…" The voice said again. "Seriously," I said, "if this is a practical joke, I swear." The voice kept saying my name over and over again. I was starting to get annoyed when out of nowhere I heard Princess Luna's voice, "THAT'S ENOUGH INVISIBLE CREATURE!"  I backed up, startled at the sound of Princess Luna's voice, "Huh? Princess Luna? What are you doing here?" "I came to check on you," Princess Luna said. "Everyone's been worried about you and that includes me. Judging by this horrible dream, I'm surprised you're not worried about yourself! Here, let me at least take away the darkness so we can see better. Yes, I do love the night, but this is a little bit extreme." Princess Luna lit up her horn and the darkness disappeared enough for me to see that we were in the dream realm. It was just like when I was going to start Spitfire's dream transformation. Only this time, I didn't see any doors anywhere. "Huh," I said, "we're back in the dream realm, aren't we?" Princess Luna nodded. "Uh-huh. I hear you've been having trouble with your magic lately?" "Yeah, but I'm not sure why these partial sonic rainbooms have been so out of control lately," I said. "It seems like I could have one at any moment!" When Princess Luna heard that, her face went white like she had seen a ghost. "What?" I questioned.  "You're not going to believe this," said Princess Luna, "but I think you might be pregnant!" My jaw dropped. "Excuse me?" "I saw the same symptoms with Princess Cadence before she gave birth to Princess Flurry Heart. Minus the out of control partial sonic rainbooms," Princess Luna said. "How is that possible?" I asked. "I don't even have the belly for it!" Princess Luna examined me as if I had gotten into a serious accident and she was checking to see if I was okay. She smiled and nodded when she was and I can only assume that she was satisfied with her results. "While that might be true, Princess Cadence had the same thing happen to her. You know, pony babies take at least a year to develop enough in the womb to come out. Baby Alicorns, on the other hand, can take longer or shorter to develop in the womb. That depends on the baby's power. Tell me, when did you start having your out of control partial sonic rainbooms?" "About maybe three or four months ago?" I said. "I don't remember, the only thing I do remember is it started sometime around when Shy Sami broke out and it continued after we broke Spitfire out and up until now." Princess Luna seemed puzzled by this. "That probably means that you have a few months to go unless…" When I realized what Princess Luna might be talking about, I felt nothing but terror. I rapidly shook my head. "No way! There's no way I'm giving birth to an Alicorn. If I did give birth to a baby it probably would be a Pegasus or something like that. This wouldn't happen to be another code situation would it?" Princess Luna snorted. "You do know once you're broken out of AI, that can't happen, right? Although you're probably right, if you do give birth to a baby it would be a Pegasus or something like that. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. In case you're wondering, that's why everyone's been keeping an eye on you." I rolled my eyes. "Great!" Princess Luna giggled, "Okay Rainbow, I think it's time for both of us to wake up. See you later." I nodded as Princess Luna lit up her horn and I woke up. * * * I opened my eyes and looked over to see Oliver looking at me with concern.  I sighed, "What's the problem now, Kai?" "Even though you were asleep," said Oliver, "I'm still worried you might have a partial sonic rainboom as you're sleeping." "Princess Luna seems to have a theory of why this is happening," I said. "You talked to Princess Luna?" Oliver asked. "Yeah I did," I said. "She came to me when I was having that weird dream again. She seems to think my symptoms are an indicator that I'm pregnant."  Oliver choked. "I know we've been talking about having kids. But I didn't think it would be possible, you know, considering I'm human and you're a Pegasus. I would think that adoption would be the best route for us." "Uh-huh," I said, "I asked Princess Luna if this was another code situation. She said since I haven't been with anyone but you and if I was pregnant, you would be the father." Oliver's reaction to this information was the same reaction Princess Luna had to suspect that I might be pregnant in general. His face turned very white like he had seen a ghost.  "I seriously doubt I'm pregnant because I don't have the same symptoms that I did when I was pregnant with Jude," I said. "So right at the moment, there's no evidence to support that theory."  Oliver then looked like he was racking his brain about something. "Oh boy!" I tilted my head. "What is it?" "Samantha had me do a DNA test a few weeks ago," said Oliver. "I wonder if that's what she was thinking too about what's going on? But at the moment, I'm more concerned about those out of control partial sonic rainbooms you've been doing lately."  "Yeah, because if I do one and crash, especially when I'm inside, that can do some real damage!" I said. I didn't realize what I just said was funny because Oliver started laughing. "What did I say that was funny this time?" "Yup, that would do a lot of damage," Oliver laughed. "But it would be 20% cooler, just because you did it." I rolled my eyes. "Ha, ha." Oliver looked at his watch and looked at the time. "It's getting late. I thought you were going to sleep longer because of how tired you've been lately. I'm feeling kind of tired, so I'll lay down with you." Oliver laid down beside me and I laid back down and went back to sleep. * * * The next day I went back to work. I was walking around the corner after the third trip to the bathroom. I stopped as I was coming around the corner because I saw Gilda and Oliver talking about me. "So you finally figured out what everyone's been suspicious about what's going on with Rainbow Dash lately, huh Kai?" Gilda said. "Yeah," said Oliver, "Princess Luna decided to pay her a little visit last night in her dreams. I still don't know how it could even be possible!" Gilda laughed, "It's possible, alright! I've seen a couple of other couples that's happened to. A good example, a Hippogriff married a Stallion and they had a filly!" "Really?" Oliver asked. "Yup!" Gilda said. Oliver looked at Gilda in disbelief and I didn't want them to notice me standing there. I just turned around and walked in the other direction. * * * Later that day, I was sitting in the break room feeling crummy about this stupid pregnancy idea.  "Hey Nancy," I heard Gilda say, "why so glum?" I snarled when I saw her, "I'm not pregnant Sia!" "So that's what you're sad about?" Gilda asked. "Is that why you haven't touched your plate of food yet?" Before Gilda could take another step towards me, I picked up an apple and chucked it at her. Gilda didn't get a chance to dodge it, so the apple went splat on her face and she was covered in apple guts.  "Hey!" Gilda growled. My anger turned to amusement when I saw the apple guts on Gilda's face. I was laughing so hard I fell out of my chair laughing. Oliver heard what was happening and he came into the break room and saw Gilda covered in apple guts. "Okay, what happened, Sia?" Oliver asked. Gilda grit her teeth, "I don't know. Why don't you ask Nancy about that?" "Well I was angry about the pregnancy thing," I said. "So I decided to throw an apple at my good friend the Babysitter and, well, you can guess what happened next." Now that Oliver had an explanation as to what happened, he burst into laughter. He had to lean on the nearby wall for support because he was laughing so hard. I laughed even harder when I saw Gilda's face go red in anger.  Then Discord came around the corner and saw Gilda's face covered in apple guts.  "Uh, Nancy? Why does Sia have apple guts on her face?" Discord asked.  "Oh," I said, still laughing, "I just… Decided to… Use… The Babysitter… As target practice!"    Discord smiled. "Oh really? That sounds like fun, let me try!" Discord picked up an apple and chucked it at Gilda. This time Gilda dodged it as it landed on the floor. She then got a towel and wiped her face off with it. Then she turned around and stormed off in anger. * * * {Jude} I figured it was time I asked Firewall Eli to sit down and view the video footage of Rainbow Dash with me. Considering we were both doing the same thing following her around and worried about those out of control partial sonic rainbooms, why not the video footage together? So when Firewall Elie brought me the video footage, I called him into the computer room instead of the throne room like I normally do. Firewall Eli gave me a wary look and I understood why. "Uh, your highness?" I smiled. "I know Firewall Eli, I don't normally do this since we're worried about the same thing. I figured we should sit down and watch the video footage together."  "Uh, okay?" Firewall Eli said. Firewall Eli took a seat beside me. I turned on the computer that plays the video footage for me. When we saw the part where Rainbow Dash threw an apple at her friend Sia, we couldn't stop laughing at it. When we finally stopped laughing, I said, "Well, that's a good way to get your anger out. At least an apple isn't lethal." Firewall Eli snorted. "Yeah Agent Rainbow Dash has good aim, but Gary not so much." I burst into another fit of laughter at that thought. That was when we heard First Mother clear her throat. When Firewall Eli heard her, he stood and bowed to her.  First Mother smiled. "It's okay Firewall Eli, I just want to have a word with Lord Jude." I groaned, "Of course you do, First Mother. Firewall Eli, you're dismissed!" Firewall Eli bowed and then left. Once Firewall Eli left, First Mother looked like she was going to have a field day with what she just saw. "My, my Lord Jude. A Lord and his servant watching video footage like they're the best of friends! Now that's something you don't see every day!" I rolled my eyes. "What I choose to do with my servants is none of your concern!" "Okay Lord Jude, calm down already!" First Mother said. "What did you come to see me for this time?" I asked. "What? Can't I stop by and see my favorite Lord Jude every once and a while?" First Mother asked.  "Uh-huh," I said, "last time I checked, I'm the only Lord Jude unless AI decided to make copies of me that I didn't know about!" "No, there are no copies of you, Lord Jude, trust me, I would be the first one to know," First Mother said. "First Mother, would you stop going to the computer room and do your job already!" Second Mother roared. I laughed as I saw First Mother gulp when she saw Second Mother glaring at her.  "Don't you start, First Mother!" Second Mother scolded. "You have been coming here way too much lately. You're supposed to be checking the hardware on the Mainframe to see if it's working properly like me and Third Mother do. You've been MIA so much and that's making our job even harder to do! I wish someone would replace you but AI hasn't sent out a baby for the job. What are we going to do with you?" "Ah…" First Mother said.  I burst into laughter as First Mother looked down at the floor at Second Mother scolding her. I thought I was going to pass out from laughing so hard when I saw First Mother hang her head as Second Mother practically marched her out the door.