//------------------------------// // Doorstep foal // Story: Wings // by Sugarcube66 //------------------------------// Twilight sighed to herself as she laid on a pillow inside her new castle. She was reading a book, with about 10 or so stacked up next to her. She smiled however, liking the book she was reading. She was also happy that she didn't have to worry about being distracted, as both Nyx and Spike had settled down for bed. Suddenly, a knock rang through the castle's crystallized walls. She raised a eyebrow in confusion and glanced at the clock which spoke half past 11 at night. Who could be at the castle this late at night. She sighed, and walked out of the library; through the throne room and out into the corridor towards the crystal door. She opened the door, expected to see somepony behind it. However, as she looked out into the stormy night, she saw nopony. She looked around in confusion before stepping out to look better. But she didn't make it too far before her hoof hit something. She stopped in even more confusion and looked down. There on the dirt ground, in the middle of the stormy night was a small basket. The blanket was soaked through and there was a muffled cry filling her lavender ears. She wasted no time in getting the basket safely inside of the castle walls. Twilight closed the door with her magic behind her, as she walked into the kitchen of the castle. She levitated the basket onto the table and sat down on a nearby chair before gently nuzzling the basket with my muzzle. The cry became more clear, and thus Twilight sighed. She gently lit her horn in her magical auras and removed the basket from the basket, laying it gently on the table side. She closed her eyes for a second, and turned back to the basket before reopening them. What she saw, she would probably never forget. There, laying within the basket was a terrified, crying foal. The foal was a pale cream color with the exception of a pale purple star imprinted on the foal's left forehoof. The foal's mane whilst messy and tangled together was a beautiful light purple with a single streak of blue and the foal's eye color was a relaxing shade of light blue. And out from the foal's mane was a pale cream stub, indicating that it was a small unicorn foal at that. Twilight just stood with her mouth agape, she was shocked that somepony would abandon their foal on her doorstep like this. Hearing a frighten terrified cry brought her attention back. She glanced down at the cream foal inside the basket, and gently picked it up. The foal squirmed a bit but could not get away. Twilight smiled gently at the foal before looking at her closely, that was when it struck her. The foal was wearing no diaper. She panicked for some time before breathing out and remembering where she had placed the spare diapers from when she foalsat Pumpkin Cake once when Pound had to go to the doctors. She instantly grabbed one of the diapers, and placed in onto the foal which she was pretty certain was a female now. She sighed in relief, before smiling at the filly. The filly was no longer crying but still looked pretty scared. Twilight smiled kindly, in attempt to calm the filly's fears but it didn't work very well. She sighed and for the first time that night, she spoke. ''What am I gonna do with you?....'' A large lighting bolt hit the ground just outside of the castle, scaring the young filly once more. The foal burst out crying. Twilight once again panicked, realizing she had little to no knowledge of caring for infants. However, as Twilight rocked the filly, she calmed down both herself and the filly. However luck wasn't on Twilight's side as once more that night, the filly cried out but only after a rumbling noise rang from the filly's tummy. She was hungry. ''Milk! Do I still have a bottle on me from when I babysat Pumpkin.....'' She gently placed the filly down on the table in a sitting position. The filly watched as Twilight rummaged through her fridge and cupboards. Once Twilight found a baby bottle within one of her cupboards, filled it with milk and heated it to a lukewarm temperature. Twilight sighed in slight relief, as she turned around and gently with one hoof, picked up the little filly. She bottle fed the foal gently, something that didn't take too long. The filly didn't appear to be too hungry, as she only emptied half of the bottle which Twilight was slightly thankful for because she didn't have anymore meaning she would have to get some more in the morning and without milk, what could she feed this young foal. The alicorn gently placed the bottle down inside of the fridge before looking down at the filly nuzzled within her hoof. As she looked at the foal, something came to her. ''I wonder what your name is?...'' Twilight glanced at of the kitchen window to see that the rain had cleared up leaving a beautiful night sky full of stars that shimmered on sight, a sight which brought a smile to her face before she glanced down at the foal. ''That's it, your name can be Starry Night for the meanwhile. I wonder if I could keep you and raise you as my own daughter.....'' She sighed, it wasn't possible. She already had her hooves full with Nyx, Spike, Owlowiscious and Peewee, could she really take on another, a baby at that. Suddenly a sleepy voice caught her off guard. ''Mommy....what are you doing up still?'' Turning around, Twilight saw that her young black alicorn adoptive daughter standing at the kitchen door with a concern frown. Twilight smiled, and gently put Starry down on the table and walked over to to the black filly who looked at her with her dragon eyes, eyes that once terrified the life out of Twilight. ''I was reading, Nyx but then I heard a knock on the door. And I well found her.'' said Twilight, as she glanced at Starry who was sitting unfazed on the kitchen table. ''Oh...I see...'' whispered Nyx, with slight confusion in her weak tone. ''Don't worry about it, Nyx. You have school in the minute, don't you? So you need your sleep, go on. We'll be up in a few.'' ''Alright, mommy. '' said Nyx, still with confusion and concern with in her voice. Twilight smiled, as she watched her daughter leave the kitchen and head back up the staircase. She waited a moment before walking back over to Starry Night, who was still waiting unfazed on the table. She once again smiled, and picked up the cream unicorn with her fore hoof. She picked up the basket then with her magic and carried the infant and the basket upstairs. She walked past her own bedroom, Nyx's and Spike's, both of which had a name tag stating their name on, and walked into the next room which was pitch black. She flicked on the light, to reveal a beautiful baby filly's room. It was a mixture between pink and purple, had a crib to the far side of the room which was wooden and covered in lavenders and a beautiful silk vale. There wasn't a carpet down in the room, instead just a rug which was pink and imprinted with a teddy bear holding a red heart. The walls were pink and purple swirls and in one of the corners of the room was a pile of baby toys like a rattle, and various soft toys. All of this was because she had wanted a foal but wasn't certain at the moment. She smiled and walked over to the crib. She glanced at Starry once, before gently laying her within the crib carefully. She smiled as the filly turned over into a comfortable position before falling asleep and sucking onto her hoof. With a gently squirt of magic, Twilight pulled the white blanket over the filly and placed a teddy in there, Smarty Pants to be exact. Starry cuddle the teddy with her spare hoof, whilst she used the other as a sucking toy. Twilight sighed gently, that was one thing she would need if she were to care for Starry, a pacifier. However, she smiled and walked over to the door. Glancing back one more time, she smiled and flicked the light back off before walking into her own bedroom were Owlowiscious was sleeping on his bird perch. She smiled once more, before getting into her own bed. Some moments later, she was fully asleep.