//------------------------------// // Regret (Re-edited and Revised 02/06/2014) // Story: Story Of An Alicorn // by Applepip //------------------------------// It's been a few days now since our intimate embrace, but I can't help but feel Twilight is giving me the silent treatment. I mean the day after we went about a normal routine, I helped sort out the library books and we both went shopping together. Yet, Twilight never spoke to me, she always teleported away when I tried to talk to her. After a while I got worried that maybe we embraced to early, the last straw came when I tried to talk to her, all she did was make an excuse and run off. So I made a decision, I had to get her to talk but the only one I could trust to help was Applejack, though the last time I saw her was the night me and Twilight became intimate. Applejack was apparently the element of honesty, so if I couldn't trust her, who could I trust? I flew up over Ponyville towards Sweet Apple Acres, I'm so glad I took the time to find out where it was yesterday, yet I still never visited. When the apple orchard appeared I circled a few times to see if Applejack was around. When I couldn't see her I thought about going home, then I spotted a big red stallion bucking trees so I thought to myself, "hmmm i'll ask him if Applejacks around." I landed just outside the field of trees and headed towards him. "Excuse me, hello?" The stallion looks around, he gives me the raised eyebrow while looking me up and down. "I was just wondering, could you please tell me if Applejack is around?" The stallion just points and goes, "Eyup." I follow his hoof and find the red barn on the small hill. "Thanks Mr....?" "Mac." He says, then goes back to bucking trees. "O...k?" I head to the barn, when I get there I see a cart out front just about the size of what Applejack would use. I walk up to the door and stop short after I hear groaning. I push the door which is slightly ajar and go in. "Hello? Anypony in here?" I walk further in still hearing the small groaning sounds. After I have walked to the centre I see a small flight of stairs going up the back wall. I hear rustling up above and decide to go up, I slowly approach the top step and peer over. What I see can only be described as unexpected, I find Applejack lying on two hay bails and Clopping! At that point I have no idea what to do or say, yet I do get that warm feeling while watching her clop out so to speak. I watch her for two or three minutes I'm not really sure how long it was, then I give in to my conscience. "Eet, Hem!" I cough, the sudden realisation she got caught was just a little too much. Applejack jumps and rolls behind the hay bails. "Who's there!? Show yourself or ah swear ah'll scream bloody murder!" I cautiously raise my head above the top step. "Hi Applejack." I say, giving her a slight wave of my hoof. "Valder! What in the light of Celestia do ya think your doing sneaking up on me like that?" I have now fully reached the top step, yet I am unsure if I should walk any further. "Sorry Applejack, I didn't mean to intrude on your...private time." I turn away and go to leave. "I think I should just leave, I shouldn't have come." At that point I wish I had seen Applejack's face, because something inside me tells me she had other ideas. "Well, there's no rush!" Applejack says, grinning while walking slowly up to me. At this point my heart starts to pound and I lose all capacity to talk. "You've come all this way to speak to little ol' me, least ah could do is listen." She sits close to me, really close. "Now...." She places an arm around my back and twiddles some of my wing feathers. ".....What is it ya want ta discuss with me?" I let out a small breath trying to calm my racing heart, but Applejacks twiddling is starting to feel REALLY good. I try to block out Applejack's wondering hooves as I explain my reason for coming. "Applejack, I have a small problem, It's about Twilight." "Twilight!" She stops touching my wings. "What about Twilight? Ya haven't hurt her have you?" She gives me the don't lie to me stare. "No! I would never hurt her! She just won't talk to me after......" I trail off my sentence. "After what?" Applejack asks, getting confused. "Well we.....embraced.....intimately, the night you left the library." Applejack pulls away and puts a hoof to her chin. "Ah see." She stands up and walks to the stairs. "Wait! Where are you going? I haven't stated why I came yet!" Applejack looks back. "Ya need ta come with me." "Why?" "Maybe I should let Twilight tell you that." Applejack replies, starting her walk down the stairs. "What? You mean she's here?" I ask, quickly following after the farm mare. "Yup, Why do ya think she keeps ignoring ya?" "Well, I thought it was because she had second thoughts about what we did?" I reply. "Humph! Stallions, ya have no clue, do ya?" I raise an eyebrow and just as I go to reply, she leaves me standing on the top step thinking. 'What in the moons light can she mean?' After leaving the barn I see Applejack having a word with the stallion called Mac, when their conversation ends with Applejack pointing to the house the red stallion looks over Applejack at me and frowns. He nods to Applejack and does a my lips are sealed gesture and walks back to his bucking. "What was that all about?" I ask as Applejack returns to me. "Big Mac won't tell anyone your here, even if they come ta ask." "But why?" "Look!" Applejack points to a small well behind the main house, and low and behold I see Twilight sitting there looking sad. "She's been coming here everyday since that night!" "You knew?" "Of course ah knew! She told me the day after, ah think she regrets it, but ah can't for the life of me figure out why?" Applejack scratches her head. "Maybe ya can go and speak ta her, ah think it's what she wants." "You really think so?" "Yup." Applejack replies, smiling at me. "Thank you, Applejack." I give Applejack a peck on the cheek, causing her to blush. "Well, Git going!" Applejack says, nudging me with her muzzle. I slowly walk over to the well behind the house, though I don't know exactly what I'm going to say. "Twilight?" She turns to me, tears well up in her eyes, just before I thought she was going to run, she sprints to me and hugs me bursting into tears and crying. "Twilight? I..." She looks up at me half sobbing. "I couldn't......Talk to you...." Twilight puts her head back into my chest. "...I didn't know what to say." "Twilight? How many times do I have to tell you?" I lift her head up with a hoof. "You can tell me anything." I let her head go and rest my chin on her head. I wrap one of my wings around her body. After a few minutes of Twilight crying, she finally regains some composure. "I couldn't tell you! I didn't know how to tell you! When I found out the day after, I was worried that you would never see me again!" I unfold my wing and lift her into the air with my front legs, I land in a small section of the orchard well away from the house and the ponies working. "Now Twilight, what has you so worked up that you think I'll leave you?" Twilight hesitates, almost like she doesn't want to tell me. "I'm pregnant!" Well if anything in your life can and will hit you like a ton of bricks it was that! Twilight lowers herself to the ground and sobs, mean while I am struck almost dumb, and the only thing I can say is... "What! But! But! How? I mean it was only 2 days ago! Shouldn't signs like that take at least a week or two to show up? I mean your not even in heat yet.....right?" While still covering her head with both of her legs Twilight replies. "I know! I looked every where! Every book I could find! None of them could tell or even had information on accelerated pregnancy, I didn't even know it was possible!" I look down to Twilight and smile. "Then we better get advice, don't you think?" Twilight stops crying and looks at me confused. "Ad....Advice?" "Well yes. I have never been a father and since it was your first time, I guess you've never been a mother before?" Twilight stands up. "You really.....mean it?" Twilight wipes the tears from her eyes. "I sure do! I have been searching my whole life looking for a family, and now I have found it." I walk forward and hug Twilight, kissing her on the forehead. "Now, do you have any idea who to talk to when it comes to parenting?" "Well there is the Cakes, they have been parents now for months, they would have some advice for first time parents." "Well better late than never, shall we go?" I gesture by opening my wings and Twilight follows by opening hers, before we take off she kisses me and takes off. "Come on, Mr Sparkle." She giggles. "Hey, wait up!" I shout after Twilight takes off like a rocket. "Damn! She's faster than she looks!" I say to myself laughing as we both twirl through the air. It's been great so far, I have found my true love, met lots of wonderful ponies and now for the first time I am going to be a father. Even with the magical abilities I possess, I never could have foreseen the events to come and that was the biggest shock I could ever imagine.