The chance of a lifetime

by Rarity Belle


Chapter 2

Turns and twists never stop...

The flow of time is never set in stone...

As the morning sun gently began to peek over the hills of Equestria, ponies far and wide managed to hoist themselves out of their bed as some couldn't resist it and kept in bed. The soft yellow coated Pegasus belonged to the first group of ponies. Ever so gently the warm rays of the sun teased her nose softly what resulted in a cute sneeze to occur before a soft sniffle could be heard as her eyes opened themselves under a small yawn.
While she was trying to wake up she inspected her position only to let her eyes fall upon her ‘son’. A sigh of joy left her nose as she gently nuzzled him. “Wakey wakey.” her soft voice spoke. And in response, the little creature opened its eyes after a long and satisfying night of rest but he wasn't in the mood to do anything.
The mare carefully opened her wings as she left the bed but kept standing next to it in order for him to crawl on it which he did with great joy, “First we shall have some breakfast and then we are going to visit most of the little critters and after that, you are going to meet your aunts.”
His eyes opened themselves widely upon the words but could only do as the Pegasus did so. The went first to the kitchen where Fluttershy began to prepare a bottle of milk for him and after some careful measuring with both the amount and temperature it was finally given to him and he was sucking from it with great glee, truly enjoying it as the mare continued on with her day.
Normally she would have been flying all around in order to feed her little critter friends, but given with him on his back, that task was fairly much given out of hooves but she apologized for her late arrival to every creature she encountered and explained her situation. Lucky enough for her, they did all understand it and after the early morning had past they returned back home where she took place in a chair while placing him next to her. “You need a name... How about, Daveak?” The little creature only cocked his head a little at the name before nodding in an agreeable manner. “Then you shall be named, Daveak.” Fluttershy began to cuddle her adopted son ever so lovingly as he could feel the love she was giving to him deep in his heart, warming it up ever so slowly before he began to cuddle back. As he cuddled her he released some of his love for her what resulted in a light squee to do its turn.
“I just hope all your aunt can come today Daveak, would be nice to see them all at once now wouldn't it?” she said in a caring tone before whistling gently. His yellow and red eyes gently peek up upon hearing it but he kept cuddling her ever so lovingly and time didn’t had to pass long enough for a couple birds to fly in through an open window and all hovering just before Fluttershy. “Would you please, please go to Ponyville and tell my friends I am organizing a small party at my home as a celebration for something special?” The birds first looked down to each other before turning their attention back to Fluttershy under a nod of acceptance and they flew away just as they came, through that open window.
And there they flew, majestically through the Equeatrian skies. A falcon, an eagle, an owl, a seagull and a pelican. All of them talked to each other own language as they made up a plan for which of them went were. After some long talking, all of them nodded and went a separate way while keeping an eye out for the friends of the Pegasus that cared for them.
While the eagle was soaring through the skies while its eyes scanned the ground and air below it couldn't find the mare it was looking for. But when it gazed down once more in order to hopefully find where it went for, it crashed into something rather, unexpected. A tortoise being suspended in the air with some sort of flying device. “Hey Tank, there is an, eagle... Behind you.” said a cyan coated Pegasus mare as she inspected her pet. “Wait a minute, you are one from Fluttershy.”
The eagle pushed its head backwards to be out of the grasp of the shell before shaking its head lightly to get everything right again. It began to fly again while gazing upon the Pegasus, recognizing her from the race but didn't want to bump its pride even more. It began to speak in its own language as she replied. “Uhu, alright, yes. Yeah I am there! Count Rainbow in for that.” The bird nodded and took off again, soaring back through the skies, back to the cottage to tell the news.
Where the eagle just had delivered the message, the falcon was just reached its place of destination as the eyes gazed over the land filled with apple trees in order to find his mare. There she walked, under a couple of trees. In its mind the falcon did some complex calculations before soaring down through the branches and over her, nearly knocking her hat off. “Wow nelly, why the rush birdy? Ain’t no mice ‘round here.” she said after fixing her hat and gazing upon the bird, “Hold a minute...” But more time to speak was her not granted as the bird did its story.
The cowgirl listened carefully before giving a nod. “Fluttershy giving a party, Ah gotta see that for maself, nice to see the rest as well again together at times we don’t have to save the darn world. Ah’m in.” And just as she spoke those words, the falcon was off in the skies again to return the news.
But somewhere else in Ponyville, a Unicorn was having a bit of a seagull problem as it had flown through the open door and landed straight in a pile of used fabric. “How do you dare to enter one's home without permission!? Hm? Do you have words to...” but before she could speak further she was interrupted by a loud screech of the gull what caused the mare to cover her ears. “Okay, okay, okay, fine, say your words!”
Just then the gull cleared its throat and told its story while the mare listened carefully. “Party at the cottage? What has that mare been thinking... But alright, I shall be there.” And so said, so done, the seagull flew back up and out through the door but not without having pecked the head of the mare for her rude words. The Unicorn growled a little before rubbing the sore spot with a hoof.
And lastly, there was the owl going towards the treelibrary of Ponyville. As it flew through an open window its eyes fell upon the other owl and they both began to talk a little in their own language. But just when the conversation was going well, the mulberry mare of the home made her appearance and she giggled at the sight. “So Owlowiscious, it seems you are having a new friend, or is this your girlfriend?”
The pet got a deep red blush over its face as the other owl gently nudged him with her wing before turning her attention back to the mare thus telling her story. The mare listened carefully while nodding gently. “So Fluttershy is giving a party because of a special event that happened. This might just get interesting. And I don’t think I have anything planned for today so that should not be a problem. Could you tell I shall come?” The turned its head a complete one hundred and eighty degrees before turning back to Owlowiscious and moved its beak over his cheek before taking off.
Owlowiscious however, only blushed even deeper before covering his face with his wing while Twilight let go yet another giggle. “Seems you are hitting on the girls Owly.” The only response she got was an loud ‘who’ in the manner of ‘shut up’.
The pelican however was having a bit of trouble finding his pony and eventually landed in the middle of two where he began to walk around until the singing of a mare fell in its ears and the voice got immediately recognized. Under some odd waddling it made its way over to the famous candy shop dubbed, Sugar Cube Corner and made its way over to the kitchen to meet the pink mare.
But as her cyan blue eyes fell upon the bird, she only smiled while giggling as an toothless alligator popped out of her mane. But when the pelican began to speak, her attention turned back to it with a cocked head. “Fluttershy giving a party? I am in for that! Oh, before I forget, can you take Gummy with you?” And before the bird you return anything, the alligator was stuffed in its mouth sack in order to stay there. Under some soft muttering of its own the pelican left the shop and began to fly away back to the cottage where they all were waiting on it to return.
All of them were bringing the joyful news of the mare being available the afternoon and Fluttershy couldn’t be more happier. “Oh thank you all so much for doing this for me. I promise I will give you an extra treat tomorrow”
The birds sung their songs happily before taking back off into the air again, but the pelican spit out Gummy before flying away and Daveak left his mother and crawled down to the floor as Fluttershy kept her eyes on the alligator, know it was as tame as could be and was toothless. “Well Daveak? What do you think of Gummy?”
While he carefully made his way over to the green lizard, it only closed its pink eyes eyes one before the other as the creature cocked its head gently. But in a lightning flash, Gummy was attached to the white tuft in the tail and nommed on it in a cute manner. “D’aaaaww! He likes you!” But in the eyes of Daveak, all he saw was a monster will to eat him and turned himself into the highest gear, using both his arms and legs to run around hoping to get rid of, it.
After a couple runs around the table, Fluttershy thought it was enough and she stood up from her chair before making her way into a collision course with her son. But years of taming animals had not been for nothing as with one swift movement she caught the mish mash and the gator and ticked Gummy under his left foreleg.
Much to Daveak’s surprise, Gummy let go as a hissing that sounds like laughter could be heard. He only blinked a couple times in surprise. Gummy was placed back on the ground in order to just roam around, or sit in one spot as he always did as Fluttershy brought her son to bed for his afternoon nap. But also, to have her hooves a little bit free in order to prepare for the upcoming party she had planned to.
While she prepared everything slowly, her mind couldn't stop thinking just how her friends would react to her being a mother. But they had to accept that fact for she was not going to place him into an orphanage, no way, no how. “Guess time will decide fate for tomorrow.”, she mumbled softly in herself before she tried to dispose the thoughts and began to hum softly in herself.