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// Chapter 4  
// Story: Maybe that's all... 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 4 – Meeting the parents

You stare out of the window as the chugging train rounds the mountain side to bring the bright white marble city into view. You press your face a little bit more towards the glass as you look over the city, wow that's a lot bigger than I thought. You sigh to yourself as you stare at the city, but I probably already said that...

Your glimpse of your destination is lost as the train enters a tunnel and brings you out on the opposite side of the mountain.

"Violet, don't put your mouth on the glass."

You bring your own face from the glass as you look to the little filly being pulled from the window by Twilight.

You smile as you watch the wiggling filly try to squirm herself from the mares grasp. Twilight notices you staring at Violet and again take the opportunity to talk about the same thing she has been telling you sense the train ride got going, "Ok, one more time what are my parents names?"
You roll your eyes as you look up from the light purple filly, "um night sparkle and Velvet Light."
She hold her hoof up to her chest calmly as she corrects you in a know it all tone, "Nightlight and Velvet Sparkle."

You nod your head as you repeat the names as you think to yourself, this vacation is not going to be relaxing like I thought.

The city comes back into view this time as the train's wheels start to grind  to slow down.
Twilight stares outside with a change from her happy expression to more of a hesitant blank stare.

"You alright?"

She snaps out of her daze as she look back to you with a smile, "Ya...its just that um...they don't know Violet was born yet." She gives a fake laughing smile as the train finally comes into a stop.
You stare at her as you think over her words, "You said they knew?"

"Well they knew I was pregnant." She quickly continue as she gets up from her seat, "...Oh its fine, you and my parents have always gotten along good."

You look over her shift eyes as you stand and bend down for the bag, either its the upset stomach you've had since you heard the name Nightlight or its the faked smile Twilight gives  you but you have the strongest feeling that you have most definitely not gotten along with her parents.

"Ok everypony, Canterlot station."

You listen to the train stallions voice as you bite down on the bag, please don't be a far walk.

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The hard stone ground and the crowded streets along with your now cramping jaw are serious starting to make this trip feel like a bad idea. You dodge another fast walking stallion as you try to avoid stepping on a mares tail to your left your bag sways in your mouth and you feel a little of your balance you give a quick shift which makes you try to  overcompensate and you stagger forward to get your balance. But as you do this you feel a hoof slam down on your tail, you bite down on the handle of that bag as you pull away from the pony, no apology was given as the pony disappears into the crowded streets.

You shake it off as you look back in front of you to the lavender mare that speeds down the street through the crowd, it's kind of funny that her coat gives her away. Not because of it's color but because every other pony that you pass by seems to be wearing a hat or scarf or some other kind of clothing, which doesn't make sense seeing as how everypony in the last two including yourself don't wear cloths. You feel a little weird being the only two ponies not to have anything on but everypony seems to busy to really notice it.

The lavender mare drifts off of the main street as she turns to her left. You quickly pick your pace up as you follow her down a wide side street. This street seems much less crowded and you start to relax your tense body as you walk beside Twilight.

"Its the last house on this street." She nods her head in front of her.

You look with a new found enthusiasm with the thought of stopping only being a few  feet down the road. You look over the two stone white marble houses as you get closer. The top floor has a large balcony with absence of fern like plants grown down the columns that sit on all four sides of the house.

"The castle where Celestia is only a few minutes from here." Twilight gives a giggle as she looks at the house, "When I was a filly me and my brother would sit on the balcony and pretend we live there."

You give a friendly chuckle to her comment through the handle that sits in your mouth as you think about her comment, I can't even remember what  I use to do when I was a kid...

Your sad thought  is brought to an end as her giggle voice breaks through it, "You know, the first time I ever stayed in the castle was with you."

You nod your head as you and Twilight stop a few feet from the door. You drop the bag on the ground as you stretch your mouth as you wait for Twilight to knock.

She stops as she takes a deep breath and lowers Violet to her hooves next  to her. Violet stands on her hooves as she look up with a baby like O face to the large building shes in front of. 

Twilight turns back to you as she tries to hold a smile, "Well, here goes nothing."
You watch as she knocks her hoof on the door.

There's a moment of silence  as you listen to the faint feminine  voice from behind the door, "Coming..."

With a little jiggle of the door it opens and a white mare pokes her smiling face out. But the happy smile slowly starts to fade as she looks between the three ponies at her door.

Twilight's voice is low as she talks, "Hi mom..."

The white mare gives her eyes teal eyes one blink as she looks down to the light purple unicorn fill that stares back up to her with her still mesmerized baby like O face.

Twilight voice is still low as she talks again, "...We should talk."

The white mare gives a dopey smile as she fall over in a faint.

You can't help but smile as you watch her do that, you have the strangest happiness at watching somepony else faint but you can't figure out why.

End of chapter 4