//------------------------------// // chapter 8 // Story: One Mistake Can Lead To Pain // by NightGlider Shimmer //------------------------------// Eight Months Later "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGG I'm so bored," Rainbow said. The clock said 8:58 a.m, Rainbow and Soarin were in their two hour class with Miss Chrysalis's; and they both still hated it. Rainbow was finally 18 years old and of legal age to marry. Soarin just happened to save up a bunch of money before this all happened, so he got a ring for Rainbow and gave it to her to make their engagement official. the ring had 1 baby blue crystal an a swivel of diamond going across to top of it it was a very pretty ring. Soarin thought blue was the best color because their skin was both blue and they were going to have one boy, they were going to have a girl too, but Soarin liked blue better than pink. Rainbow's stomach had reached its full size and the doctor said the baby had at least two weeks to go. Of course this was said three weeks ago, Rainbow was a week overdue. "I know you're bored Rainbow, stop complaining. That's the fifth time you've said that," Soarin said in an annoyed and snippy tone. "HEY, no talking in my class Mr. Skies," Miss Chrysalis said slamming her ruler on the table making Rainbow jump. Then the bell rang giving Soarin and Rainbow relief at being able to leave. Their next class was emotion class. Not many kids went to this class, but it was for kids that had trouble with emotion. Luna thought it would be a good idea to put them in this class. "Okay class take your seats," the teacher said. Right away Rainbow put her hand up. "Yes Rainbow?" the teacher said in a sweet tone. "Um Mrs. Cadence, have you ever been able to show Miss Chrysalis that she is always over reacting?" Rainbow asked. A bunch of kids in the classroom nodded their heads and saying yeah. "Well to be honest, I haven't really tried. All the other teachers are afraid of her, not to mention the students... but I guess I could give it a try....but that's not today's subject. Today we will be talking about what it fells like to experience pain. Now most people when they hear pain they hear ouch or screaming, what do you think I mean by pain?" Cadence asked smiling and looking around the classroom to see who would raise their hand. "Yes Cloud Chaser?" Cadence said smiling and looking at Cloud Chaser. "Don't you mean emotional pain?" Cloud Chaser said looking confident in her answer. "Very good Cloud Chaser. Now who can say they have felt emotional pain?" Cadence said, but the only person in the room who raised his hand was Soarin. "Yes Soarin?" Cadence said looking at him along with the entire class. "Well I remember a few months back when me and Rainbow found out about.... you know.... the pregnancy, I remember that when we went to go tell my parents my dad wasn't too happy, and I know all of you remember seeing me in my cast and having all those scratches and cuts," Soarin said looking at everyone else in the room. "Scratches and cuts! More like gashes and wounds," Rainbow said smirking a little bit before putting her hand over her stomach and rubbing it gently. Soarin scooted over a little so he could be closer to Dash and he put his hand on top of hers and kissed her cheek. "As I was saying, he hurt me and Rainbow pretty bad, and I was pretty upset with him. I just couldn't believe he would hurt me or Rainbow or my sister, I felt so hurt for the next few weeks but I snapped out of it when i realized......... I don't care about him," Soarin said putting his head on the desk and narrowing his eyes to a strati face. "Okay that is a good example of emotional pain. Now can someone, tell me what physical pain would be?" Cadence asked. Rainbow put her hand in the air and was the only one to do so. "Yes Rainbow?" Cadence said smiling. "Physical pain is what it's going to fell like when I give birth," Rainbow said looking over at Soarin and putting a 'your going to get it soon' look on her face. Soarin blushed and gave a nervous chuckle. "Well, that's one way of saying it," Cadence said with a chuckle. The rest of the class went on till there was only 5 minutes left. "Okay class pack your things and get ready for next class," Cadence said smiling and clapping her hands lightly. "Hey Mrs. Cadence, since there is only five minutes left, can you find a way to make Miss Chrysalis to lighten up?" Rainbow asked. "Hmm I guess I could find a way to get her to lighten up," Cadence said putting a hand on her chin in thought, and then the bell rang. "Alright class, get to your next class, you don't want to be late," Cadence said. End of the day Miss Chrysalis stood in the teachers’ lounge waiting for some food to heat up in the microwave, "Hey Chrysalis, some of my students are complaining that you’re a little mean to them so I'm here to help you. Now, I'm too busy, but I have a friend who is so nice and friendly she is so hard not to love she is in her 20's and she is about you age but 1 year younger, come on in" Cadence said looking toward the door and waving her hand. A woman with pink hair and skin, wearing a white shirt and a blue skirt with white shoes and fuzzy pink knee high leggings and a heart on her shirt and blue eyes walked in the room. "Chrysalis this is Fluffle Puff, how about you two hang out for about hmm about three days?" Cadence said as she ran out of the room as fast as she could Chrysalis looked at Fluffle Puff and grunted. "UHHGG, so your name is Fluffle Puff? I guess you know my name is Chrysalis, well this can be too bad," Chrysalis said starting to walk out of the room. At Rainbow's House "When are you two going to leave for your apartment?" Spectrum said looking at Soarin and Rainbow a little annoyed. "Dad, me and Soarin rented an apartment today. All of our stuff is packed and we are ready to go, we just need some help getting some of my things to my car," Rainbow said looking at her Dad and smiling, "Why do you want me gone so badly?" Rainbow asked in a smart ass tone. "Sweetie, we don't want you gone we just want you to learn to be on your own so you can learn to take care of your babies," Firefly said putting her hand on her daughters chin pulling it up to look at her. "Okay mom you don't have to make a big deal of it," Rainbow said giggling. "Whatever, let's get those bags out to the car," Firefly said grabbing two suitcases. Rainbow grabbed one due to her pregnancy, Soarin grabbed four, two in each hand, and Spectrum grabbed three. "Rainbow, how much stuff do you have?" Spectrum asked in a grunt. "Only four of these bags are mine. The rest are Soarin's and one bag has baby things that our friends and you guys gave us," Rainbow said giggling at the fact that her fiancé had more one more bag than her. "Uurrgg, whatever it’s not that funny," Soarin said in an annoyed tone. Rainbow giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "You know, before we go how about we go walk around. Let's go to the park and walk and talk one last time, cus Rainbow.... baby...me and you father both knew this day would come, it's just we thought it would be walking out that door with an unpregnant woman who just graduated and ready to go to college. But it doesn't matter, you are moving out an 18 year old soon to be adult mother, it's just...... oh I'm so proud of you in every way. You have everything set up, your job that pays well, you’re apartment is all planed out and nice, and you have a, might I say, very handsome fiancé. Oh I’m just so proud of you and we love you so much," Firefly said, the tears rolling down her face freely while Rainbow who was hugging her mother, had tears of joy rolling down her face. "I love you too mom, Why don't we go take that walk," Rainbow said wiping her. "Wow, it’s so nice out tonight," Spectrum said looking up at the sky. "Yeah it sure is," Soarin said looking at the trees and the flowers. "Hey mom, do you remember when I climbed that tree and fell off and scraped my knee and you patched it up and bought me some ice cream?" Rainbow said pointing at a tree. “I remember that, you were like seven years old I think," Firefly said. Hours passed as they walked, and when the sun went down and they were still walking in the park. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I remember that, that was so funny," Rainbow said laughing, but then stopped when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. "AAHHHAHHHHHHHAAAAH," Rainbow groaned in pain. "RAINBOW! Are-are you ok?" Soarin asked in a worried tone. "NO YOU IDIOT AAHHHHHAAAAHAHHHH THE BABIES ARE COMING HUUUUUNNNNNAAAHHHHH!" Rainbow screamed in pain. "WHAT! WELL WHAT DO WE DO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHAT DO WE DO WAIT DON’T WE NEED TO GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL BUT WAIT HOW FAR AWAY IS THE HOSPITAL WITCH WAY DO WE GO THIS WAY RIGHT," Soarin yelled but he ended up running into a light pole and knocked himself out. "UUUUURRRRGGGGGGGGG, SOARIN ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE AN IDIOT, EVEN IF A BOOK WAS RIGHT INFRONT OF YOU ON A TABLE YOU WOULD STILLk NOCK YOURSELF OUT WITH IT" Rainbow screamed in pain holding her stomach with her hand. "UUUURG Soarin get your ass up and help Rainbow. These are your children," Spectrum said. Soarin got up, a little dizzy, and shook his head but went over to Rainbow and helped her up. "Oh ok uh let’s get you to the hospital, but how do we get there? How far away are we from the house?" Soarin asked "I don’t know. Maybe about three blocks?" Spectrum said in a worried tone. "Well there is no way I’m having her walk 3 blocks, so why don't you go get the car, and me and Firefly will stay here with Rainbow. So you can get the car and uhh just pull up uuhhhhh over there," Soarin said pointing towards a rocky road next to the grass. "Uhh, ok you guys stay here," Spectrum said turning around but he wasn’t paying attention and also ran into a pole. "Genius, absolute genius," Rainbow said in a sarcastic voice. "Oh shut up. I’m freaking out as much as Soarin," Spectrum said. Spectrum ran to their house and got the car and got to the rocky rood that Soarin had pointed out earlier, Soarin had helped Rainbow in the car and sat down next to her, holding her hand and stroking her head, doing his best to sooth her. "Don't worry Rainbow we will get you to the hospital in time," Soarin said as he cringed from the pain in his hand from Rainbow squeezing it. "Don't expect that pain in your hand to stop anytime soon Soarin, cus you’re gonna be holding her hand through the whole thing whether you like it or not," Spectrum said looking back in a very annoyed and angry look. A good 15 minutes pass and Rainbow was in a lot of pain and resorted to resting her head on Soarin’s chest as he slowly rubbed her shoulders and whispered sweet things to her. "All right we are here. Come on come on come on lets go," Firefly said as she got out of the car to help Rainbow out, Soarin got out on his side of the car and ran towards the hospital doors and went up to the desk. "Hey uh my uh my fiancé is about to give birth. She really needs a doctor," Soarin said in a panic. "Aren’t you a little young to be …you know ..a dad" The nurse asked looking confused. "Yeah yeah whatever, look she will be hear any second. Please!" Soarin said grabbing the nurses arms and lightly shaking her. "Okay, okay relax," The nurse said pushing Soarin off of her, she picked up the phone and called in a gurney and just in time as Rainbow was in the room, and the doctors helped her on the bed. About ten minutes went by and Rainbow was in severe pain still had not given birth to her first child, and Soarin refused to let the doctors help Rainbow cus he thought that he was going to hurt her. ( this seen is inspired by this photo i give credit to the person who drew it ) "Soarin do me a favor and let the doctor Do His FuCKinG Job," Rainbow yelld her tone in voice changing each time. "You know what sir, you will have to leave," the doctor said pushing Soarin out to the waiting room with Spectrum and Firefly. "Why are you out here and not in there with Rainbow?" Specrtum asked. "They kicked me out cus they said I was over reacting about Rainbows safety and what not," Soarin said with so much anger in his tone. "Huh, that sounds familiar doesn't it Spectrum?" Firefly said in a sly tone. "WWHHHHAT?! Spectrum you got kick out of the delivery room when Rainbow was born?" Soarin asked a smile appearing on his face. "Yeah I was, I... uh punched the doctor in the face and made him bleed," Spectrum said, rubbing the back off his head "Wait so he has a scar on his face, maybe right next to his eye!" Soarin asked. "Yeah, why?" Spectrum asked. "That’s the guy that’s helping Rainbow!" Soarin said, "Is he dangerous?" Soarin asked. "No, he is actually a cool guy" Spectrum said. "In fact he is the best doctor there is to deliver a baby," Spectrum said putting a smile on his face all the while looking at Firefly. "Oh ok," Soarin said starting to pace around the room. Two hours passed and Soarin was on the ground, leaning on a wall, starting to worry. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Uh mister Soarin would you come with me please," A nurse asked looking a little worried. Soarin got up and walked with her to the delivery room, he walked it the room and saw Rainbow sweating and still panting heavily. "We have tried talking to her but we think the pain is starting to affect her hearing, and it seems that the babies aren’t head first. We can't have her push if it isn't the head first or it could make things complicated," The nurse said. "Oh and he heart rate is starting to drop ad we are getting worried so we thought you could help her through this," the nurse said. Soarin walked over to Rainbow and took her hand in his, Rainbow looked up to see who was holding her hand and saw her fiancé smiling at her. "Don't worry baby you will be fine," Soarin said kissing the top of Rainbow's head. "Mister Soarin, Mrs. dash is ready to push now and she needs your help. It will hurt her very badly and she will squeeze your hand very hard so don't be surprised if your hand breaks," the nurse said, not easing his nerves. "Okay Mrs. Dash, can you hear me?" the doctor asked receiving a nod in return. "Okay, on the count of three I need you to push," the doctor said. "One, two, three!" As soon as the doctor said three Dash pushed with all her might. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD HO MY GOD THIS HURTS! THIS HURTS BAD!" Rainbow screamed in pain. "Don’t worry baby I’m right here. If you need any water I can ask the nurse to get it for you," Soarin said in a calm voice. "NO! No, I can do this," Rainbow said with a determined face. "One, two, three," the doctor said as he helped get the head out, "Okay we have the head, keep going Mrs. Dash," the doctor said. The rest of the time went on like this and they called Spectrum and Firefly in to help, and soon the first baby was out and was cleaned and was given to Spectrum to hold till Rainbow could. "One more push Mrs. Dash. You’re almost there," the doctor said. "AAAAAAHAAAAAAAA" Rainbow screamed but then stoped and panted and hufed of relef that itwas over but the nhured a cry the first one was a daze from all the pain but she could hear this one clear as day. "WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAAA" A baby's cry was all Rainbow needed to get a smile on her face. “Congragulastions Mrs. Dash you have a healthy baby boy and a healthy baby girl," the doctor said handing the baby boy to Rainbow and Spectrum handed her the girl. ( I highly recommend listening to this song will you read this part) "Oh wow, they are amazing," Rainbow said tears welling in her eyes. "I can’t believe this is actually happening.... but I’m happy about it," the tears now flowing freely down her face. She looked up at Soarin who was holding his arm gently alongside Rainbow’s to be able to help support her arms so they didn’t fall if they went numb and to also hold the babies. "Yeah they are the most amazing thing to ever happen to me," Soarin said as the tears also rolled down his face. "Oh wow, Spectrum we are grandparents. I knew we would be one day, I just didn't think it would be so soon," Firefly said wiping the tears from her eyes. "They..... they are amazing they are just.... wow I have no words to describe how happy I am," Spectrum said who had more tears than all of them. "Oh Rainbow I remember when I was in bed holding you, you were the cutest little thing I had ever seen and the first thing you did was grab my hair lightly and just look at it, haha" Firefly said with a giggle. "Oh wow, did I really? Well I’m not focused on that, right now I’m focused on my children," Rainbow said looking down at her twin babies, but when Rainbow spoke Spectrum got even more tears going down his face. "Oh Rainbow I’m just so proud of you," Spectrum said placing a kiss on her head. "Thanks dad," Rainbow said and then looking down at her children. Her baby boy had navy hair like Soarin’s but magenta eyes like hers and blue skin. Her baby girl had cyan hair and navy skin, her eyes as green as emeralds, the two both smiled up at their mother who gave a very happy smile back. "What should we name them?" Rainbow asked. "Well the girl’s hair kind of reminds me of a river. So how about we name her River? And the boy, he looks like his hair is windswept, so how about Wind Breeze?" Soarin suggested, looking down at his children. “They sound like perfect names, well River, Wind Breeze, welcome to your new home," Rainbow said holding them close. “This is the beginning of our new lives and nothing will change it, ever.”