//------------------------------// // Two - Announcement Part One // Story: Nidra's Road to Parenthood // by Killjoy_Writer //------------------------------// ----Announcement Part One---- Turquoise walked out of the kitchen with his breakfast and a bowl of soup for Nidra. I just hope she's okay. he wished in his mind. Anxiety and fear rose in the kirin's mind. He shook it off and knew that this would blow over in a few days. But what he doesn't know is the thing that will send his and Nidra's marriage in for a whirl. As he approached the door to his bedroom, down the hall he saw Identity and Illusion walking towards him. "Illusion? What are you doing here?" he wondered. "Idie here told me that Chrys wanted to see me." Illusion explained. "Something wrong with Nidra?" "Yeah." T replied. "She was puking up a storm this morning. I was going to get Redcross later so she can get checked. Plus, she can walk two steps with out tripping over." "Huh." Illusion responded. He knew what was going on since he went through it with his wife. T opened the door and his eyes met Claire and Nidra who were talking on the bed. A sound vibrated in her ears. Nidra was crying but it didn't sound sad, it sounded like happiness. "I just don't know what he'll say." Nidra admitted. "What I'll say to what?" T asked as he placed the food on a nightstand and climbed on the bed beside Nidra. "I'll just leave Nidra to say." Clair replied as she climbed down and stood beside Illusion who had just entered. "What is it?" T pushed the subject. "I...." Nidra started as she looked at him. "I'm pregnant, T." "You're what!?" T responded with wide eyes. "I'm pregnant." she repeated. The next part of his reaction came in a split-second. He quickly embrace Nidra and whooped. Nidra giggled as T tackled her. Illusion and Claire, on the other hoof smiled lightly as they saw this transaction. After a few more minutes of laughter, T finally released his hold of Nidra. "When did you find out?" T wondered. "This morning after Claire came in." Nidra answered as she levitated three white sticks from the bathroom. T grabbed them and looked at each one thoroughly. Each of the little screens read one thing: PREGNANT. "Can you believe that your going to be a mother for the first time?" T asked her. "Yes. It's quite a shocker." Nidra replied with a smile. But the smile was replaced by shrunken eyes and a downward curve of the mouth. "Sweet Aunt Celestia I'm going to be a mother." she worried quietly before swaying a little then fainting. "Nidra!" T called out as he caught her. "I honestly though it'd be the other way." Illusion admitted. Claire jabbed his rib with her elbow before walking out. "I'll get the others." she informed. "Don't be such a sourpuss, Chrys." Illusion requested as he and Identity joined her. Nidra could hear voices talking back and forth as she started to regain consciousness. She lifted her head and blinked her eyes a few times. "What happened?" she wondered, causing all conversations to cease. "What was the last thing you remembered, child?" Luna wondered. "I remember sitting here." she told. "I had just finished telling T-" Nidra stopped as realization struck her. Nidra quickly threw herself onto T as he did to her and was laughing. "Telling T what?" Celestia questioned with the same confusion as her sister. "Okay." Nidra started. "Here's a riddle." "A riddle, huh?" Discord wondered. "Shoot." "What do you call a mare who eats for two?" "Pudgy?" Discord joked. "Yes!" Nidra responded with a smile. The others in the room scrunched their noses in an attempt to burst into a fit of laughter. Except for Discord who loved the little joke. Nidra realized what he just said and blushed furiously. "Hey!" she shouted. Now no one could escape the laughter. As they enjoyed the joke, Nidra continued to blush and puffed her cheeks and scowled at her uncle. After a few more seconds of laughter, they finally calmed down. This time, they thought. Before Discord could get another snide comment out, Luna smiled in joy. "What is it?" Celestia wondered. "Don't you realize, sister?" Luna questioned. "She's pregnant!" Luna let out a little squee of joy and hugged her daughter. "Knocked up another mare? Way to go, T!" Discord jokingly congratulated as he patted his back. To the joke, Turquoise couldn't help but blush. "So I'm going to be a great-aunt? Wonderful!" Celestia commented before glaring at Discord chidingly. "Oh come on, Tia." Discord chuckled as he suspended himself over her head, resting his elbows on her head. "You had to expect that the Lord of Chaos." Celestia simply shook her head and rolled her eyes. She still loved his jokes he would tell. But it's the pranks he and Illusion would occasionally do on her citizens and even to herself that would anger her. "I guess you two want to talk then?" Luna inquired. "Yes." T nodded. One-by-one, everypony else exited the room and left T alone with Nidra. "Now, Nidra." T started as he placed a wing over her back. "This will be rough. For the both of us." "I know, dear." Nidra nodded with a small smile. "But I honestly want this to go over us." "Why do you say that?" he wondered. "Well..." she started while looking down. "I'm not ready for this. I just got into the swing of my duties as a princess." "Nidra..." T worried as he lifted her head graciously by the chin with a claw. "You have me and your family to keep you company. Don't worry." Nidra nodded and smiled. After another kiss, Nidra and T wrote to Spike, Apollo, and Oasis, telling them of "big news" that they will explain as soon as they come. Nidra used her magic to make the scrolls a magical swirl and they were sent to the recipients. When all was said and done, they climbed under their covers, said their goodnight's, and fell asleep. T couldn't help but to drape a wing over her and pull her close. Nidra smiled calmly as she felt the exchange of heat from his abdomen to her back with each exhale. Before they were permanently captivated by sleep, T stroked Nidra's abdomen lightly with a claw, knowing that in a few month's time, he and Nidra will have a family. For him, this will be his second time. For her, this will be her first.