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// Story 1: Twice Upon a Midnight 
// Story: Flashfics, Gifts, Scraps, etc. 
// by ViTheDeer 
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        "Are you sure you can't call it off?" Midnight Love fairly purred into the ear of her lover, who was currently curled up against Midnight's warm body, letting her loving legs envelop her.
"Love, you know I can't turn down a personal summons from the Princess!" Twilerra flicked her tail over her lover's haunches playfully. They were both basking in the afterglow of a particularly aerobic session of lovemaking, and Midnight was unwilling to let go of her partner so soon, even though she knew she had only an hour before she had to leave for Canterlot, to answer Princess Celestia's summons. These visits were a fairly regular occurrence, Celestia wanting to make sure that her grandniece was in good hooves, but this was the first time she  had been called since the fillies had been born, and Twillera was worried about Midnight having to care for all three, without the benefit of her fiancee and handmaiden's assistance.
"But I'll miss you!" Midnight nibbled on Twillera's ear a bit. "Just this once, please?" 
Twillera sighed. "You know she can banish me to the moon, right?"
"So,I'll just bring you back. You know I can!" Midnight held her lover closer, as if the force of her embrace alone would change the inevitable.
"But I'm not dressed for the moon! I'd have to go shopping for a whole new wardrobe, and to do that I'd have to leave this bed anyway." Midnight laughed, which took away an edge from the pain she felt at having to part from her lover. "I'll be there and back before you even know I'm gone."
Before Midnight could reply, a sudden wail arose from the adjoining room, which was quickly joined by two other voices.
"Well, they're awake. Right on schedule." Twi chuckled and, disentangling herself from her lover’s many, many limbs, she took a moment to compose herself before opening the door to the nursery and tending to the foals. Midnight only lay in bed for another moment before joining her, 
Within minutes, the triplets were fed, changed, and put back into their cribs, and Twillera bid her farewell to Midnight.
"Give my love to Auntie for me!" Midnight kissed Twillera one last, long, lingering moment, before watching her fly off into the distance. Then,she turned to the door, closed it behind her, and wasted no time in levitating a spellbook over to her.
Midnight figured, if she couldn't spend her precious moments while all three fillies were asleep with her fiancee, the next best thing she could do is practice her magic. Today she had discovered one particularly interesting spell that, should she be able to pull it off, would ensure she had some help to assist with the foals later on.
She set the book down, turned to the appropriate page, and began to study the spell once more. Satisfied she knew what she had to do, she moved into the bedroom, and moved over to the full-length mirror that stood in one corner. She looked her reflection over, and, nodding to herself, took a step forward and recalled the spell. Her horn glowed dark blue as she gathered her magical energies, and once the light reached its peak intensity, she touched her horn to the mirror. The surface of the mirror rippled, as though it were a still pond into which a pebble had been thrown, then began to glow. Midnight opened her eyes and watched as her reflection also opened its eyes, no longer bound to Midnight’s movements. 
Midnight stepped aside, and her reflection, momentarily disoriented, took a few steps forward, crossing the threshold of the mirror as though it were not even there.
"Hello." The original Midnight was the first to speak.
"Hello." The mirror Midnight's voice sounded foreign to Midnight's ears, as she never had an opportunity to hear how her own voice sounded to others. The two Midnights stared at each other for a long moment, before being interrupted by the sound of a screaming foal in the next room.
As one, the two Midnights cantered to the door, Midnight ceding the passage to Mirrornight first. The foals seemed nonplussed by the sudden addition of a second mommy, and the two Midnights were quickly able to settle the foals down. 
Together, they made light work of the household chores. They barely spoke, both knowing what the other was thinking, while they swept, washed, and cleaned, tasks that her lover usually took over herself. Finally, when all the chores were done, and the fillies began to wake up again, the two Midnights spent the remainder of the afternoon playing with them together, their laughs filling the house alongside of those her foals.
As Luna rose the moon, Twillera flew in and landed on the front porch. Opening the door, Twillera made a beeline for her fiancee.
"Welcome back love." Midnight kissed her passionately, keenly feeling her absence.
"Do anything interesting while I was away?" Twillera wrapped her forelegs and wings around her lover. Her visit with the Princess had been routine, but she sorely missed Midnight while she was away.
"Oh, you could say that." At that, Mirrornight, who had been waiting in the next room, walked in with a smile on her face.
"Hello Twi!" Twillera could only gape, her jaw almost on the floor, looking first at the one Midnight, then the other, then back to the first. Then her face finally began to form into a smile.
"I tried a new spell. It will only last until tomorrow morning though." A mischievous glint entered Midnight's eye, and Twi glanced at Mirrornight to see that she had the same glint in hers.
"Ladies," Twillera wrapped a wing around each Midnight and led them towards the bedroom. "We had better make use of the time we have left as best we can..."