Time marches onward, but for one family in a large house at the end of a side road in Ponyville, sometimes it seemed to go by just a little too fast. Vinyl and Octavia were dealing with eight growing foals, all of whom had grown rapidly to school age before their eyes in just six short months, picking up language and, unfortunately, the rambunctiousness of youth. Vinyl stood in the kitchen, washing the latest round of breakfast dishes. Octavia was off in Canterlot at yet another recital and then later a recording session for her newest jazz album, so it was up to the DJ to handle all of her foals. She was used to drunk, rowdy crowds, not a swarm of fillies and colts with too much sugar and not enough sense. A loud thud resounded against the side of the house, causing the uniling to take to the air and jet out the window.
"Rush! What are you doing?!" she shouted at the fluttering colt who had just bounced off the siding.
"I was racing Treble and Zero!" he said, referring to the two fillies that zoomed up behind him, one still ground-bound and the other buzzing about emitting a noise not unlike a mosquito in your ear. It seemed to be the family trait that their wings made that noise, which bugged the hay out of Octavia sometimes, but she never said anything.
"Again? I thought I told you if you were going to race to do it with a soft target at the end. You know you always over shoot," she said, landing and running a hoof through Rush's mane.
"Ugh, Mom, I know. I've been practicing!" he said, wobbling about in the air like a drunk bumblebee. His sister had managed to master the art of hovering with little practice, but he always seemed to have to go in one direction or another. He had almost as much energy as Pinkie Pie, and she was the only pony in town that could tire him out.
Looks like I'm going to owe Pinks another few bits, she sighed. Octavia was due back tomorrow, but Vinyl desperately needed a break.
"Okay, I'm going to head over to the Corner and see if Auntie Pinkie can watch you guys for a few hours this evening. Your old mom needs a break."
"You're not old!" shouted Roll as she slipped up behind her mom, "You're the coolest DJ in Equestria!" she beamed a smile up at her mom, her voice cracking in the middle of the country name.
"Whatever you say kiddo, but I still need a break. How about you go and get the rest of your brothers and sisters and we'll all go together. I think Pumpkin and Pound would like to play with you too."
They all shouted with glee and vanished in various directions. She knew Blues would be upstairs reading, but the rest of her foals had scattered to the four winds as soon as she'd given them the "Go outside and play" decree.
Returning to her dishes, Vinyl smiled to herself. So much had happened in so little time. She'd lost her ability to shapeshift, revealed herself to the town, had a clutch of wonderful children, and gotten married. Looking out the window at the approaching storm of energy-filled foals, she sighed happily. Despite the stress, the hardship, the lack of live shows (her albums still sold like they were made of compressed salt and diamonds), and ache in her horn after a long day of cleaning up after all of them, she was the happiest she had ever been.
Blues appeared in the kitchen, sniffing the air, "What's go you so happy, Mom?" he asked, adjusting the black shades he'd taken to wearing like Vinyl wore her own.
"Oh, just thinking about the future. It looks bright."
A/N: And with this short little epilogue, Latex and Lace is done. It got away from me at some point and turned out far differently than I thought it would when I began to write it however many weeks ago, but I'm happy with how it turned out, mostly. There are parts I'd rewrite, things I'd do differently, but those are all minor things to me. I'm both sad and glad to be done.
I'd like to thank all of you who've read this, RainbowShy for the art, and every single one of you that took the time to like, favorite, and comment.
There will be a sequel with the foals, but that'll be later, I have a few other fics to get out of my head first.
Also, for your amusement, I present the text file I wrote to refer to when I was creating the foals.
Alrighty... Vinyl and Tavi's foals...
Bass Clef - Earth Pony colt, black coat, blonde mane and tail
Treble Clef - Unicorn filly with flutterpony wings, Purple coat, blue mane
Rock - Unicorn Colt with a hard carapace instead of a coat. blue carapace, brown mane
Rolling Drums - Earth Pony filly, red coat, blonde mane
Blues - Unicorn colt, red carapace, silver mane
Jazz - Earth Pony colt, white coat, dark gray mane
Rush - Flutterpony colt, gray coat, Red mane
Zero Hour - Pegasus filly, red coat, blond mane blue eyes
Am I being too obvious here?