//------------------------------// // Soarin's Reaction // Story: A Miscalculation Gone Cute. // by Night--Mist //------------------------------// As Spitfire flies through the city of Cloudsdale with her two little passengers, many ponies find the scene to be cute. Except for two pegasi stallions, whom Rainbow Dash had run-ins with in the past, spat the drinks they were sipping on as they saw the two wonderbolt graduate-turned-foals riding in a foal carrier on Spitfire's back. Rainbow Dash merely giggled along with Lightning Dust as they rode in their foal carrier on Spitfire's back. "Hehehehe, dis is aweswome, mama.", Rainbow Dash said as she and Lightning let their foal sides take over a bit. "Hmhmhmhm, we're almost at my home girls. Now, I need to drop you off with Soarin while I go and do some things for a little while after I explain what's happening right now.", Spitfire told of her plans. "We go see, dada?", Lightning Dust gasped, realizing what she just said. "Huh, why I caww him, dada?", she asked rhetorically. 'This potion is really starting to affect them. I wonder if they might forget their old lives! Their minds seem to be suggesting I and Soarin are their parents. What if they may be losing their memories slowly while making new ones?! I got to see if this gets any worse in the coming days and weeks. And, I better talk to Rainbow's friend, Twilight. Perhaps even that Zebra named Zecora. They have a lot of experience with this stuff', Spirtfire thought. She was brought back to reality as she felt Lightning push on her side gently. "Mama, why I caww dada...dada?" She asked, still incapable of calling Soarin anything else. "It might be the same reason you called me and are still calling me such. The potion must be why. Now, I don't mind you calling me that, which I know will sound strange coming from me, but I want to take care of both of you until we can fix this," Spitfire said, starting to doubt if a cure could be found. She continued, "For now though, I'm leaving you two with Soarin. Don't worry, I know my husband's good with kids. I know because of how he acts when taking care of his little cousin who comes over every once in a while." "Otay, Mama.", the foals agreed in unison. Soon, they land outside the doors of Spitfire and Soarin's home. "Here we are, girls.", Spitfire exclaimed. Rainbow and Lightning were lost in amazement at how immense their 'parents' cloud house was. They thought, at least, ten to fifteen ponies could live in this sky mansion. Ironically, it sat on the outskirts of the city since Spitfire and Soarin had wanted a place that got away from the noisy hustle and bustle of the floating city, and was a great location to raise a family. Spitfire trotted up to the door, and opened it to announce, "Soarin, I'm home!" "Coming, sweetie.", Soarin cheerfully responded. They all heard Soarin trotting to the stairs...then, next thing they know, listen to crashing along with, "Whoa! Da...oof...ah...woo...da...oof!" They view Soarin, at the bottom of the stairs....with Apple Family pie on his face.Lighting and Rainbow couldn't stop laughing at the scene before them, and Spitfire herself cracked a chuckle before she, in a quickly serious tone, scolded him, "How many times have I told you not to be holding a pan of pie in your mouth when going down the stairs, Soarin?!" Soarin lifted his face up from the depth of the pastry, shortly swallowing it in one massive chomp, before he apologizing, "Sorry, honey. Hey, good thing we live in a cloud mansion with cloud floors, instead of hard floors, or that could have gone a lot worse. Wait...are those giggling foals I hear?" His eyes were still covered in pie filling, so his sight was blocked. "Yes, and your gonna be shocked once you see who they are after you wipe that pie off your face," Spitfire said. "But...mama, why we not eat it?" Rainbow asked, tempted to eat the pie on his face as her foal side rushed out again. "Because you're too young for that right now, little one. You two will get sick if you eat that pie.", Spitfire told her, trying not to sound too harsh. ""Awww!", Rainbow and Lightning said in disappointment as they hung their heads. "Wait, I know those two voices anywhere. But...they sound cuter. More babyish, actually.", Soarin said before he started to lick his entire face with his tongue. Spitfire had covered the foals from view with her wings just in time as he did that. Annoyed, she reminded her...less-than-currently-sanitary husband, "Soarin, where are your manners?! They don't need to see that, especially at their current age. Truthfully, I didn't need to see that!" "See what, mama?", Rainbow asked. "You don't wanna know.", Spitfire replied, trying to mentally wash that sight out of her head. "Hold on...is that?", Soarin said before Spitfire removed her wings to reveal the two foals. His jaw dropped farther than what anypony thought was physically possible for a pony, causing the girls to giggle once more, unable to control their now-foalish nature. "Sp-Spitfire, how...h-how are they foals?! They just graduated from the academy no more than a month ago!", Soarin was truly shocked. "Well, let me take them to the nursery we set up, then I'll explain," Spitfire said, maternal instincts above all else. The girls were now in shock. They had no idea Spitfire had a nursery set up before hoof. But, they were okay with it since it did make sense to have one. For all they knew, it was for Soarin's little cousin when he visited. Minutes later, Spitfire placed them down in a play area surrounded by a gate too high to climb, so they wouldn't wander around and hurt themselves. "Wow! Dis pwace is so big, and we gets to stay hewe," Lightning marveled. Spitfire was leaving the room when she paused as she heard Rainbow say, "I wish Scoot's was as wucky as we awe, and didn't ave to stay at dat owphwanage in Pwonyviwwe." Once Spitfire heard this, she left the room to talk to Soarin. Lightning said happily after they were free of adults, "I think mama fowgot we can fwy. I wanna see more of da ouse." "Me, too.", Rainbow's curiosity was high as well. Lightning was starting to attempt a take-off before Rainbow Dash called out, "Wightning, wait!" Lightning fell to the cloud-cushioned floor on her belly, irritated, "Wainbow, I wath kind of in da middwe of someting." "But y-youw cwutie mawk! It gone!", Rainbow pointed at Lightning's bare flank. Lightning gasped when she looked at her side. She then checked to see if Rainbow was as unlucky as her, and shouted, "Oh no! So is youws!" Rainbow screamed as the suspicion was also confirmed. A few moments beforehoof, Spitfire just finished the explanation to Soarin, "So, that's why I need you to watch them for now. I want to stay ahead of things, just in case." Soarin upon hearing all of this was shocked. He knew Spitfire wanted to have a foal or two, and this certainly was an opportunity to make that happen. At first, he was against it...but after finding out about what the girls had told her about being orphans, it seemed more ideal. Plus, he couldn't shake the fact that the girls were just too adorable to send away, and knew just as well as Spitfire that the orphanages in Cloudsdale and Ponyville had earned a reputation for being cruel to fillies and colts. It's amazing how they haven't been closed down yet. And, another piece of information that hit him hard was that Scootaloo, the pegasus filly of the recently-famous CMC that Rainbow mentioned in a few conversations, was living in that terrible Ponyville orphanage, too. He took a breath, and after making his decision, said, "Well, that would explain the reason they called you mama, and I see no problem in watching them. But, are you sure about this, sweetheart? I'm on board 100% if so, but are you sure you want to do this?" Soarin asked, concerned if this was the right course of action. "Yes, I am.", Spitfire confidently stated. They then heard Rainbow scream, and opened the door, scared something happened. No dmage was done to the foals, making the adults sigh in relief. But, soon saw tears forming in the girls eyes. "What's wrong, sweeties?" Spitfire asked, picking the two girls up, whose little about-to-cry faces would break the heart of anypony. Mama, dada. We...we...", Lightning was unable to finish her sentence. "...We no fwy no more.", was all Rainbow could say before she and Lightning broke down fully on Spitfire's chest. Spitfire was at a loss for words. She knew how much flying meant to the girls. Now, seeing their cutie marks gone as an aftermath of the potion, she came to another conclusion. Loss of motor skills, especially flying, was a side effect of her potion as well, making her feel all the more guilty. She soon tried to calm them down, "Shhh, it's okay. You're just foals, so it's not like your the only ones who can't fly. I know it means a lot to you to fly, but you know what? I wasn't able to fly until I turned nine, and look at me now. Captain of the Wonderbolts!", Spitfire grinned. Spitfire's reassuring words helped them calm down. Soarin smiled at the scene before him, watching Spitfire's parenting skills take shape. Spitfire asked now that they were soothed, "Now, do you two think you can behave for Soarin? I know you two are notorious for causing some trouble back where you're from." ''Uh oh, she knows about my pranks! Not a good sign. I think I better be good. I don't know what I might get now that mama and dada--oops. Great...now I even think it. I should just stay good is all,' Rainbow thinks as she covers her mouth with her tiny hooves, as if the words in her head had just been spoken. Rainbow Dash nodded her head, as did Lightning, who didn't want punishment if it was anything like what almost happened at the academy. "Good. I gotta go for a bit, and take care of some important things. So behave, and I'll be back before you can say 'gifted diamond dogs'," Spitfire said making the girls giggle at the pun, promising to be good. Spitfire takes off to take care of what she had told Soarin. Soarin was quick to diaper the foals as his wife flew away. He was surprised they didn't have an accident yet. Anyways, soon the foal fun for him began.