//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Confession // Story: Applebloom Is Pregnant // by Nesfex //------------------------------// It was a warm and uneventful evening in Ponyville. Everypony in town were busy attending their regular life with not much change. And at that time, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle each received a note saying “Meet you at the tree house. Code 5” After reading this they left everything they were doing and ran to the meeting spot. The Cutie Mark Crusaders have established a set of codes to call for help in case of emergency. For example: Code 1 - Small emergencies, such as breaking one of Granny Smith’s jam jars. Code 2 - Something they should still worry about. Like arriving home late. Code 3 - School related emergencies. Forgetting a homework, or class project and it’s due date is close (Scootaloo uses this one the most) Code 4 - Something big. Like messing one of Rarity’s fabric or stain Applejack’s hat with zap apple jam. Code 5 - MY LIFE IS RUINED! They arrived at the same time at the treehouse and walked near the door. From inside the house they could hear the sound of somepony clopping as if they were walking around the place non stop, also a soft voice almost muttering “Oh no” over and over. With caution, they opened the door and entered the place and saw Apple Bloom walking in circles. “Hey Apple Bloom” Greeted Scootaloo. The earth pony turned and saw her friends standing by the door “Oh! Hey guys, wh-what’s up?” She was shaking and sweating uncontrollably “A-Ah’, why don’t you sit? Or stay there, or get here, or…” “Are you okay?” Asked Sweetie Belle “Yes… No… Ah’ don’t know” They entered the clubhouse and closed the door. They approached their friend and tried to calm her down “Hey, what’s wrong?” The winged pony asked. “P-Please… Please promise me you won’t tell any pony. NO PONY MUST KNOW!” Now they were sure something was very bad. And just as Apple Bloom asked they promise not to tell. But this didn’t help much. Applebloom opened her mouth and tried to speak “AH… Ah’...” She couldn’t do it. Her heart was pumping like crazy, she was shaking on the spot, her knees couldn’t stand her, and she felt like she was going to faint. Her friends took her to her chair and in order to make things easier they asked no further about the topic hoping in that way Applebloom wouldfeel better. After some time Applebloom took every drop of courage in her and stepped forward, she was going to tell her friends what she needed. “Okay guys, I’ll tell ya. But you gotta promise you won’t say a word to no pony” They sighted in annoyance because they have gone through that already, but if they were going to help her friend they will do it again only this time they made it official with a Pinkie Promise “Cross my heart, and hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye” Applebloom took a deep breath and closed her eyes, she thought if she didn’t see them it would be better. Finally she spoke “Girls… Ah’ … Ah’… Ah’m pregnant!” Her friends quickly giggled after hearing that, but when they saw how serious she was looking and how she was at the border of crying their smiles disappeared. “Wait what?!” Sweetie Belle couldn’t believe it. “Hold on, are you serious?!” Asked Scootaloo “Yes, Ah am” Sweetie Belle was still in shock “B-but how?!” “Sweetie Belle! I think we don’t need to know that” Replied Scootaloo “But are you completely sure, Apple Bloom?” “Yes, Ah checked and checked and Ah’m positive. Ah’m preganant” “Wait, you checked?” Scootaloo asked Applebloom laid on the ground and curled herself into a tiny ball “Oooh what am Ah going to do? What will Granny say? And Big Mac, and… Applejack is gonna kill me!” Applebloom cried, tears fell from her eyes to her cheeks like a river. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle could do nothing, but hug her and try to make her feel better. But the unicorn had a questions she could not ignore anymore “And, who is the father?” This time Scootaloo didn’t stop her, it was the same question it was lingering in her head too. Applebloom cleaned her tears and with sobs she answer “It-It It’s Spike” “Spike?!” Both Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle shouted. Applebloom just nodded and hid her face between her hooves. “Okay, just hold on. How can a dragon and a pony -” Before the unicorn could finish her sentence she was slap by one of the pegasus wing. There were many questions on their heads, but it was clearly not the moment to ask any of them. Applebloom had finally confessed what she had to her friends, but instead of feeling better she felt worse than ever. She couldn’t stop crying even if at this point both her eyes and stomach hurt for all the tears she shed before. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle sat right next to her and hugged her, but nothing seemed to make things better. They felt useless, their best friend was inconsolable and they could do nothing to change it. They tried thinking of something to cheer her up, but nothing felt appropriate for that moment. Suddenly Scootaloo broke the crying “Come on, Apple Bloom. It will be alright” “How can you be so sure?!” Yelled the earth pony. “Because your family loves you no matter what. Yeah, they will be mad… Really mad, but they will be there for you… And your baby” Apple Bloom eyes stopped tearing, but she couldn’t stop sobbing. When Sweetie Belle noticed this, she decided to intervene too “You don’t have to tell them right now. You should wait and tell them when you feel ready” Little by little the little pony started to recover her usual color, and by cleaning up her tears she could control herself once again. After a couple of minutes she started to breath normally “Yeah, yer might be right” “Does Spike know?” Sweetie Belle asked. This time she wasn’t penalized for that. Apple Bloom shook her head implying she hasn’t tell the dragon yet “I think you should, I mean he is the father and he has to take responsibility too” “Yeah, but you don’t have to do it alone. We can be there with you if you want” The pegasus added. “Thanks gals. You are the best” Apple Bloom hugged her friends They looked outside and noticed that the sun had set, and it was time to departure “Oh no, I gotta run, Rarity will totally ground me if I get home late again” “See you tomorrow at Pinkie’s?” Asked Scootaloo. “Fo’sho, see you there” They said goodbye and the trio split. Apple Bloom walked back to her house, which didn’t take her more than 5 minutes considering the clubhouse was in Sweet Apple Acres, but when she saw her house she stopped. She stared at the red building and she rubbed her belly thinking about how much things will change when the little pony growing inside her arrives Will they forgive me? She wondered, but then she heard a yell calling her “There you are silly filly. We were worried about ya” It was her sister Applejack “You were?” “Of course! I don’t know what would we do without ya, specially me. Now, come on in, Granny made caramel apples” And for the first time in the day the little filly smiled Maybe my friends are right She remember how much her family loves her and how much she loves them. There will be the time for her to tell them about her baby, but tonight she had some caramel apples to enjoy.