Five Months into the Pregnancy
“M-Mac?”
“Yeah sugarcube?”
“C-can I…well…”
“Yeah sweetums?” Big Mac asked as he walked up the stairs towards their room.
“Can I have some…some salad..?”
Macintosh stopped walking up the stairs and responded, “Of course. Anything else?”
“Um…maybe some tea?”
Mac nodded even though he knew she couldn’t see him. “Okay. Ah’ll be right back.” Big Mac started to walk down the steps towards the kitchen.
“A-and Mac?!”
“Yes?”
“…a-a…a sandwich?”
“Anything else?”
“N-no that’s it…”
“Shh! Sun be quiet!”
The young Pegasus stumbled over his hoof and grabbed onto his sister’s mane with his teeth to keep himself from falling.
“Yowch! Sun!”
Sun Crest blushed and rubbed his neck. “Sorry Aut.”
Autumn scowled before nuzzling her brother’s cheek. “It’s fine but be quiet!” she placed her hoof over his mouth. “We don’t want to wake her.”
He nodded and waited behind his sister.
“Hey Aut?”
Autumn kept looking through the creek in the door. Her ear flicked. She was listening.
“Where’s dad at? I though he was awake?”
“He is. Said he had to run out to get something. Now shh!” Autumn turned to her brother to see if he had the goods.
“Oh!” Sun Crest said as Autumn gave him a stern look. He turned around to grab a platter. A plate with oats, pancakes, and toast and orange juice sat on the silver tray.
Autumn nodded.
“What about your part?” the colt asked.
The cream colored filly grabbed a bouquet of flowers. It was a mix of roses, tulips, daises, and orchids. A single sun flower rested in the middle. Sun Crest reached forward and yanked out the yellow petal flower.
Autumn Harvest frowned and eyed her brother angrily.
“Why’d you do that-,”
“Mom’s allergic to sunflowers, remember? That’s why she doesn’t have any in her gardens.” Sun Crest reminded, placing the flower to the side.
Autumn blushed and stuttered, “Uh…um no…Ah g-guess Ah forgot…” she said sheepishly.
“Look! She’s going to wake up. Hurry!” Sun Crest nudged her sister towards the door. Autumn nodded, gripped the flowers, and trotted quietly inside the bedroom.
Their mom was still asleep but her hooves started to rise towards her head. The twins made it over to the bed and silently crawled on top of the bed. They made their way across the sheets and placed the platter gently on their mom’s belly. Autumn lifted up the flowers and Sun Crest retrieved something from his right wing.
Fluttershy rubbed her eyes and let out an adorable yawn.
The twins grinned at each other.
The Pegasus with a bubblegum mane opened her teal eyes to see quite the surprise.
Her two children had a breakfast displayed out for her, her daughter holding a bouquet and her son holding what looked like a piece of paper.
She stretched and looked at her kids curiously.
“Autumn? Sun Crest? Why are you two in here?” She asked. Fluttershy soon spotted the platter and gasped. She looked between the food and her smiling kids.
“Y-you made this?” She asked in pure shock.
The nodded with goofy smirks. “And here!” Autumn Harvest handed their mother the bouquet. Fluttershy’s face perked up even more as she took the flowers. She sniffed them with a blissful expression.
“Oh thank you sweethearts!” She leaned forward to give the earth pony and younger Pegasus a peck on the forehead. The twins giggled with pink blushes.
“Anything for the best mom in Equestria!” The cheered in unison.
Fluttershy’s heart swelled as she placed her hoof on her heart, truly touched by what they said. She blushed and pulled them into the best hug she could manage. The embrace was short and awkward at best, especially with the platter in between them, but it still was full of love.
“Here!” Sun Crest handed her the folded paper. It was a card!
Fluttershy looked up at them and looked at her card.
Their family was illustrated on the front, Fluttershy being the center. A large pink heart was drawn around them. Fluttershy raised a hoof to her mouth and gasped. This was the greatest gift anypony had ever given her.
She opened up the card and read it. The mare felt tears cascading down her cheeks.
Dear mom,
You are the best mom ever! We love everything about you. When we’re scared, you protect us. When we’re sad, you comfort us. When we’re angry, you calm us down. When we’re tired, you sing us a lullaby. When we’ve caused trouble, you don’t get angry, instead you tell us everything is okay and that you love us.
We couldn’t have asked for a better mom.
We love you and daddy so much!
Love,
~Sun Crest and Autumn~
~Autumn and Sun Crest~
~The Twins~
“Mom?”
Fluttershy wiped her eyes and smiled up at her children.
“Yes?”
“Happy Mother’s Day!”
Mac struggled with the dishes. He tried to balance two of the plates on his shoulders but almost dropped them. “Oh-oh-oh no!”
Mac hit the floor with a thud.
Life seemed to go in slow motion as the plates fell from the sky and onto the floor. The ceramic shattered into many tiny pieces as the food fell from it.
Big Macintosh closed his eyes and covered his head as the dishes smashed on the ground. He knew it was over when the sound of something smashing ended.
He opened his green eyes to look around. The damage was devastating.
He sighed and inwardly groaned. “Ah’ll…Ah’ll have to clean that up.” He got to his hooves.
“Where did the-,”
SPLAT!
The red stallion used his tongue to taste the odd object. It was indeed…lettuce.