----Announcement Part Two----
Nidra woke up with a groan. Not from the sunlight, but by something else. "This morning sickness thing is going to be the death of me..." she complained as she got up. She groggily walked into the bathroom and began her new morning "ritual". A few minutes later, she felt a hoof rubbing her back as she hugged the porcelain seat. She looked up for a few seconds and saw T smiling sweetly at her. "Didn't mean to wake you." she groaned.
"I don't mind." he responded. "But it's going to be a while before I, too, get in the swing of things."
"What do you mean?" she wondered as she flushed the toilet.
"It's been, well, a few decades since I've gone through this." he explained. "I remember the mood swings made a bright pony like Anthea turn dark."
"Yeah." she nodded with a smile as she got up. T walked out and waited patiently for her to finish washing her mouth. They sat on the bed for a little, only to enjoy one's company. Their peace was broke by a knock of the door. "Enter." Turquoise called out to the pony who knocked. The pony who knocked was a guard who bowed before speaking.
"A pony is at the gate and requests an audience with Princess Nidra." he informed.
"Please describe the pony, sir." Nidra commanded as she got up.
"Well," he began, "It's a lilac colored pegasus wi-" He was cut off by Nidra who zoomed out the door, down the hall, and out of sight.
Outside in the sunlight, two guards stood at the gate while the mare stood, talking to a cardinal that sat on her lifted hoof. "So, you live in the garden, Mr. Cardinal?" the mare asked. The response was only a sequence of differently pitched chirps. "I have heard of the garden but I haven't been there." she sighed back. Another chirp sequence replied to her. "I would love to see your family!" she smiled. After a few more chirps, she nuzzled the cardinal and it flew off. One of the guards looked at the other who only shrugged. The silence that graced the three was brief as Nidra stopped her flight and caused a gust of wind to blow over them. "Oasis!" she smiled.
"Aunt Nidra!" Oasis greeted back as they hugged. The guards now looked at each other in fear.
"It's so good to see you!" Nidra noted as the separated.
"I got your letter!" Oasis smiled widely. "Is it really true?"
"It is!" Nidra smiled back. After a few more minutes of talking, they finally decided to walk in. The guards looked back and saw Nidra glare at them with an expression that read: "I will deal with you later." This caused them both to snap back to attention and sweat bullets.
As they walked down the hall, they shared stories about what's happened lately. As they told stories, another pony walked up to them. "Oasis, darling!" Claire gasped. "What in Equestria happened to your eyebrows and your mane!?"
"Oh. That." Oasis winced. "The result of standing too close to a phoenix egg hatching."
"Oh no." Claire interjected. "Nonono NO! This simply WON'T do!" Being the daughter of the late Rarity, she picked up on her mother's fashion antics. Claire began pushing her niece down the hall to her room. Meanwhile, Nidra followed behind them with a soft smile."Never have I ever seen my daughter smile so much." Luna noted as she came up behind her.
"Hello to you, too, mother." Nidra jabbed.
"I'm serious though." Luna yawned lightly.
"I think it's because of my knowledge of knowing that in a few months, I'll be bringing in a new form of life." Nidra explained.
"It is quite joyful, is it not?" Luna asked. "Come, I wanted to speak with you." Luna escorted her daughter in the direction of her chambers. All the while, they were quiet but Nidra's smile remained. Upon entering her mother's room, a place she regrets going into since the death of her father, her smile faded. There, sitting on the other side of the room, was the memorial they set up for Supernova. Luna placed a wing on her daughter and smile warmly at her. Nidra looked at her mother, then back to the picture of her father.
Nidra knew what she had to do. After gaining the courage she needed, Nidra walked up to the picture and sat, looking down at her hooves, trying to conjure up what to say. After a few silent moments, she opened her mouth. "Hi dad." she greeted to the picture. "I know I haven't talked to you in a while, but now, I need to." Nidra paused as she looked at the picture. It just wasn't a picture of him that was up there. In addition to the portrait, her mother put up their wedding photo, his helmet, his sword, and the one picture that caused tears to start to fall. It was picture of Supernova and Luna, who lay in a hospital bed, both with smiles as Luna held Nidra. It was the picture that was taken after Nidra's birth.
"Now I need to tell you something." Nidra continued with a sniffle. "I came here to tell you that.....I'm pregnant, dad." More tears start to fall as grief took over her emotions.
"I just..." she sniffled. "I just wish this happened while you were here. I just wish you were here to see your daughter become a mother." With that, the dam broke. Nidra fell to the ground, head in her hooves as she uncontrollably sobbed into the ground. Nidra looked up as she felt a wing drape over her back. Her mother smiled sweetly as her own tears started to fall. "I miss him, too, Nidra." she admitted. "I look at this every morning and remember the joy that he and I felt when you were brought into the world."
"R-Really?" she wondered as she wiped tears from her face.
"Yes." Luna replied with a nod. "You were truly a daddy's girl in a momma's world." Nidra hugged her mother and they sat in silence for a few minutes before a knock resounded into the room. Claire poked her head into the door. "Darling? Oasis and I were wondering if you wanted to join us for some tea." Claire informed.
"Yeah." Nidra answered as she wiped the remaining tears. "I'll be right there." Claire's head disappeared from view, leaving mother and daughter alone. Before heading out, Nidra placed a hoof on the memorial.
"I love you, dad." she spoke softly before heading out the door.