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// Foals are easy 
// Story: Foals are invading! 
// by FaelaArts 
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Rainbow Dash, best flier in Equestria, was very bored. While she could practice stunts, maybe do a few tricks, or maybe even take another nap, it just didn’t appeal to her today. With nothing left to do, she was slowly cruising around town, looking at the buildings as they passed by. It was then, as she was passing Twilight’s house while flying upside down and backwards, that a dark blue foal appeared on her stomach and blinked at Dash.

“Whoa,” she exclaimed, quickly picking up the foal and slowing to a hover, already outside of Ponyville. Looking down at Luna, Dash wondered why the foal had decided to land on her just as she was passing by. However, as she gazed at the foal, she had a feeling that Luna didn’t like staying still.

“Is that the problem? You like to be moving?” Dash landed on the ground and began walking back toward the library. However after a certain distance, Luna would teleport back to sit on a crate. Frowning, Dash realised Luna was not going back to the Library. At least, awake.

“Okay okay, I get it. Let’s go to my place then.” Dash lifted up the foal gently, and took to the sky, heading for her house. Putting the foal on the cloud, Dash ensured she was a floating baby, as all Pegasi were, before heading into the kitchen to look for some milk. Finding it, Dash returned to the lounge room and met the eyes of the foal, and narrowed hers.

Dash dived for Luna, who teleported to the couch. While Luna was fast, she just couldn’t match Dash’s speed in terms of rapid teleportation. Eventually the bottle was drunk, and Dash had barely broken a sweat. With that done, Dash burped Luna, and used one wing to begin rocking her to sleep.

As soon as the foal was sleeping, Dash wrapped her in a blanket and rested her on the couch. Turning toward the door, she was relieved to see Derpy, a grey pegasus with a yellow mane, arriving right on cue, late as normal. Walking toward Derpy, Dash opened her mouth to speak.

“Derpy, mind going and giving this letter to Twilight?” Dash saw Derpy salute, and fly off toward the library. If Dash was right, Twilight would get the letter sometime in the afternoon, before rushing over. That left her caring for a foal for a full day.

“I suppose I could try transporting Luna,” mused Dash, but shook off the thought. The chance of the foal waking up was too high. And it would cause more problems then it would solve. Dash supposed she would have to get some kind of diaper as well. Would a towel do the job?

“No, a foal is not using a towel.” Dash began rifling through old cabinets for anything of use. However other than some pure white bath robes, Dash couldn’t find anything. With a silent sigh, Dash began to make crude nappies from the robes, just as Luna woke up crying.

“Shh, it’s ok,” spoke Dash quietly, picking up the foal and rocking it back to silence. After a few moments Luna was quiet again. And it was probably a good thing, Dash could see a hole in the wall where Luna’s scream had punched a hole in the cloud.

Carrying the foal to the bathroom, Dash checked the diaper and saw her worst fears were true, and quickly changed it. Dumping the diaper in the bin, Dash swore to return once Luna was taken care of to dispose of it.

Dash found some small cloud clumps and fashioned them into blocks for Luna to play with, which she did enthusiastically, while she searched for proper toys. Finally settling on a Soaring action figure, Dash handed it to the foal, who then proceeded to bite down on it.

“I am so glad I didn’t give you Spitfire.” Dash watched Luna play for a while, until she finally got bored and was hungry again. After feeding Luna, Dash heard the door open and flew over to let Twilight and the others in, who were in obvious panic.

“Not so loud, you’ll wake Luna.” Dash motioned toward Luna, who was sleeping peaceful on the couch. While Twilight and Cadence looked on in wonder, Dash gently picked up Luna and brought her over, and began reciting instructions, handing over some cloud blocks and the half-chewed Soarin.

“Luna likes to be in the sky, and constantly moving, so make sure to grab a cloud on your way back for her to play on. She had had her diaper changed, and has been fed twice.” With that finished, Dash held out Luna, which Twilight took, dazed.

“But, Dash, how are you so good with foals?” Twilight watched Dash smirk and pull out a photo of her at the academy, caring for a potato sack.

“Extra credit project. Foals are pretty easy.” Dash saw Cadence lean in, and smile.

“I think you should take care of Luna, you have done great so far.” Cadence motioned to Twilight, who smiled and handed Luna back over to Dash, who smirked in response.

“Just don’t leave me in charge of filly’s and colt’s. Foals are easy, kids are hard.”