//------------------------------// // Month#4 :The dates // Story: Running While Preggers // by Tiaa OwO //------------------------------// Wolf Grey belongs to PressStart and Eclipse LunarSol belongs to Eclipse LunarSol! If you wish to add an OC you may do so in my blog!!! Almost two months of planning dates and making sure the two were getting along was all it took for Shy Heart and Night Flower to hit it off. As it turned out, Shy Heart was shy at first but opened up once she was introduced properly. Night Flower nearly had a nose bleed when Rarity (grudgingly) introduced him to her. "You're Shy Heart?" he asked. Shy Heart nodded. "You're much prettier than I had imagined!" Shy blushed. "Well you're pretty cute for a griffon." "Did it hurt...?" "Huh?" "...When you fell from heaven...?" Shy blushed harder and twirled a hoof in her mane. "A little..." I rolled my eyes. If only I could have dropped cheesy lines like that on Jasmine. She probably would have looked at me like I was crazy. Jasmine, however, awed and clasped her claws together. "That is so adorable!" "Seriously?" "Oh hush!" she giggled. "You know you think so too." The two seemed to be off to a good start. We left them to fend for themselves. Jasmine seemed to start feeling those craving and begged for ice-cream. I squinted my eyes and wrinkled my nose. "What?" she asked. "Nothing..." "Hmm." We kept going. Jasmine tilted her head slightly and I caught a glimpse of black and white fur. Science. The zebra rat must have hitched a ride earlier that day. We reached a local store. Jasmine got her ice-cream and I got some coffee. I turned quickly to leave but I bumped into a tall, white unicorn with orange hair and a solar eclipse cutie mark. The unicorn mares tail had a single black streak and she had two red ringlets on her left forleg. The coffee spilled. Lucky it wasn't hot... "Sorry!" I sputtered out. The mare laughed and brushed her chest fur to get the coffee off. It wasn't working. "It's alright... Hmm... Doesn't seem to be... Oh!" she lit her horn and the stain vanished with a flash. "There we go! No need for any apologies." "But I'm really sorry. I should've been paying attention." "Relax, you! It's okay." She extended a hoof. "I'm Eclipse LunarSol by the way." I shook hooves/claws with her. "Spike." "Stop giving me that look." "I kinda expected you to be a little worried about coffee spilling on you, you know? It could've been hot." "But it wasn't." Eclipse LunarSol turned to leave. "I swear, if my soldiers acted half as worried as you are with this coffee, my job would be so much easier." This made me jump in surprise. "Your soldiers? Are you a general?" "Who's a general?" Jasmine asked, just walking over to me and oblivious to what just happened. She glanced at Eclipse. "Who's this?" "I'm a captain. Captain of the royal guard." I coughed. Jasmine gasped. Eclipse LunarSol shrugged. "The Celestial guard." "Oh..." I felt awkward saying anything else. Jasmine squinted her eyes. "You wouldn't happen to know Twilight's bother, would you? He's a captain... Or was. His name was Shiny Arm or something." Eclipse LunarSol gave her a confused look. "Arm...? What a strange... name." Jazz gestured to her left, front foreleg. "I can be bipedal too. I refer to my forelegs as arms sometimes." "Ah. Well, it was nice meeting you two. I will see if I know this Shiny Arm-" "Or something!" I blurted. "Or something... And I will hopefully see you again sometime." The unicorn mare walked out with a wave and turned out of our view. Jasmine and I walked away from the crowded marketplace while keeping an eye open. We hadn't seen Mind Bender or Tom in a while but it was always good to cautious. We had not idea what they had planned. I looked at Jasmine after hearing a whine. Jasmine was poking her slightly pudgy belly. "What's wrong?" "Do you think I'll get too fat to fly?" I was silent for a few minutes while I chose my words. "You won't be fat..." I said carefully. This was a delicate situation. "You'll be... showing your pregnancy..." "Until I show fully, ponies will think I'm a stuffed cheeseburger!" she whined. Damn. Why did mares get so emotional? "No they won't." "They will!" she said aggressively. I shrugged. "Okay..." She growled and crossed her arms. Hmm. I hope this was mood swings and not me actually getting her angry. I was bored with a capital B. Jasmine was pigging out with Rarity and talking about whatever mares talk about while I was staring at clouds. I got up and decided to go for a walk. There were a few trees splayed about and a couple of flowers here and there. I was even blessed with a rare sight. A pegasus sleeping in a tree. They normally slept in clouds. Or at least, in Ponyville they did. Feeling like a jerk, I decided to start a very unwanted conversation. I ran up to the tree and bucked it as hard as I could. The tree shook and out fell Mr. Pegasus! I was bored. Don't judge. "Dammit... Why would you do that?" The pegasus stallion groaned. I gave him a toothy grin. "Sorry bro, I just felt like a jerk that moment." The stallion got up slowly. He seemed to be sizing me up. He had a grizzly brown mane and a grey coat. His cutie mark was a howling wolf. Odd. "That's a good word for it." "So, what's your name?" "Wolf Grey. Just call me Grey. Yours?" "Spike." "Typical name for a dragon." "Yup. Good thing I'm a friendly dragon." Grey glanced at me. "Just so you know." "I see. Where are your dragon friends now?" "Don't really have dragon friends. I've lived with ponies my whole life." "Interesting. What brings you to Wakonda?" "Canterlot and Ponyville are destroyed. My girlfriend is pregnant and my friends are ... Well, my friends." "Gonna be a daddy huh? That's cool. Respect. I'll catch you later. Need to get my shut eye, you know?" "Alright." I turned to leave. "Ever need to have some fun around here, you know where to find me." "Actually..." I turned around. "I don't ..." He was gone. There was no sign of him ever being there. Odd. I knew there was something mysterious about that pony.