//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: The Story // Story: New Friendship, New Magic: Origins // by Grey Star //------------------------------// Chapter 2: The Story By:Grey Star (A.k.a C.M.O) Any and all used characters in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" is © by Hasbro -Azure Shine- Man it felt so good to feel my mane flow in the wind again, I hated being cooped up for a long period of time. That was all in the past now, now I was flying to my doom also known as my parents. I looked behind me so see Grey gently breathing, still fast asleep.Man he's going to have it easy I thought I'll be taking all the heat for something i didn't even expect to happen. I turned away, and Cloudsdale was in sight, about 3-5 minutes until I'll be there. Okay i need to think of a game plan quickly, or else I'm screwed. I already know my dad would be angry, having a foal and not even being married yet, or having a colt-friend. That makes this situation two times as worse, he might think i might just hop into the bed with any stallion without thinking. My mom on the other hand wouldn't care that much about that stuff, she'll care about how I'm going to raise my foal. Stuff like how I'm supposed to hold him, how to feed him, how to change his diaper, what to do when I'm not home, how to make him stop crying. She'll most likely want to take care of Grey herself, cause I'm not ready for the "Responsibility" of taking care of a foal. Thinking of all the possible out comes i didn't even notice that i was already in Cloudsdale flying straight for their house. Oh crap i thought I still don't even know what to do. No time in prolonging the inevitable. I looked back again, only this time Grey was awake, probably from the noise of ponies moving all around the city. I landed right at the front door, I gulped and knocked on the door. I heard movement coming towards the door, sweat on my brow expecting the worst possible outcome. The door opened and i saw a light velvet colored Pegasus with a short light blue mane. "Azure...? Is that you?" The Pegasus asked. "Yeah mom it's me" I responded. "Oh my gosh it's been a while since I've seen you, I know we've gotten your mail, but... its been so long since I've seen your face." "I know, I should visit more often, but mom may i come in there's something i need to talk to you guys about." "Of course you can come in, but is this some bad news?" "Not exactly." I casually walked into the house, I saw the puzzled look on my moms face when she saw the foal. "Are you foal-sitting?" she asked. "Wheres dad? I digressed, dodging the question. "He's upstairs, let me go get him." She traveled up the stairs, still glancing at the foal until she couldn't see it anymore. I heard some whispering up there, but couldn't make out the details, I just sat there waiting for them to walk down the stairs with questioning glances. And that's exactly what they did, i cracked a small smirk at that then I switch it back to my "poker face." A yellow color stallion with a red mane traveled down the stairs with my mom. He had a straight face which only made me feel more uneasy. "Azure is something wrong, your mom told me that you had something to say to us." he said "Well..." I began "there's no easy way to say this so I'll say it bluntly, You guys are grandparents." Grabbing Grey off my back to show them their grandfoal. There was just a stunned silence, they stood still, their mouths agape, their pupils shrunken down to tiny pinpricks, staring in awe. "W-What?" They said in unison. "This is my foal Grey Star" I answered. Silence. "So..." my father began "You mean to tell us that this is Your foal." "Yes" I simply put. "Whose the father?" "I don't know." "What do you mean YOU DON'T KNOW." "It means what it means." "Okay I want you to explain everything from the start." This was going to be a Loooooooong story I thought "It all started 10 months ago." I started "I haven't mated with any stallion for the past 3 years dad, so don't look at me like that." I heard him grumble under his breath. "I started having signs of pregnancy like other mares, morning sickness, cravings, so I went for a check up at the hospital and they said that I was pregnant." "But that's impossible, you had to have mated, there's no other way" my father chastised. "I don't know how it happened, but it did just hear me out." "Tsk, tsk." "As I was saying, the doctors didn't understand how I got pregnant either, i told them i hadn't mated, so they started doing research on the matter..." "And what were the results?" "I'm not sure, I'm going to a check up when Grey turns one, so i might find out then." Silence went through the room again. "So the foal's name is Grey" my mom asked changing the subject. "His full name is Grey Star, but its just easier to say Grey." I responded. "I just hope you know what you're doing Azure" my father chimed in. "Yeah i got it dad." I looked at Grey, an he looked back. He had the cutest eye's I've ever seen, a deep sapphire blue. "I guess i should be on my way now." I said looking back at my parents. "Okay... bye Azure you better drop by more often, just like you said" my mother said. "Alright I'll come back in like two weeks, don't worry I'll be fine and I could ask you guys for help if I need any." And with that I left. Agenda one, check. My parents didn't kill me and that was a achievement. My parents especially my dad are kinda overprotective. I refastened Grey to my back, and started flying back home. As I made my way back home I noticed Grey started to shiver, I looked back then up and noticed huge dark grey clouds above, of course today just had to be scheduled to a storm i thought. I started to fly faster, but not fast enough before Grey losses a grip on my back and falls off. Even though I live in Manehattan, i still had an apartment in Cloudsdale. Just there when I decided to spend a week or two with my parents. The rain started as I made a dash for the door. I opened the door and slammed it shut, Whew just made it. I grabbed Grey and set him on the couch, now what do i do. I have no idea how to be a parent, I just stared at him and he stared back. Oh Celestia help me now, teach me how to be a parent. Maybe i should have asked those tips before i left my parents house. Darn it, why couldn't i have asked I thought could have made this much, much easier. I poked my hoof on my chin thinking of what to do, when I heard a rumbling noise go through my house. "Grey are you hungry, do what to eat, do ya'." I said in the biggest foal-ish voice i could. He nodded his head furiously. Man I haven't heard him cry other than being born. Most other foals I've seen cry when they get hungry, or whenever they feel like it. "OK lets get you some food." I picked him up and walked into the kitchen.