Chapter 5
“Hold still Rainbow Dash! It’s hard enough creating a dress with material that has to be able to stretch so much and this will be over much faster if you cooperate.” Rarity glared at Rainbow Dash over her red work glasses while she used her magic to adjust a piece of special highly stretchy fabric over the pegasus’ more swollen middle.
“I just don’t see why I have to be the one in the wedding dress,” Rainbow Dash grumbled, “I mean Pinkie likes wearing dresses more than I do.”
“Because you’re the one who’s pregnant, Rainbow Dash,” Rarity finally managed to fix the material in its proper place, “And a pregnant mare in a suit just looks peculiar at best and horrifying at worst. But in the right dress,” Rarity’s look became far away, “Oh in the right dress a pregnant mare would look like an icon or even a goddess of fertility and I guarantee that in my designs you will look absolutely stunning!”
Rainbow Dash was about to complain when Pinkie Pie appeared from the dressing room wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and top hat: “Well whaddya think Dashie?” she asked.
“Looking good Pinks,” Rainbow Dash managed a smile despite the start of the dress around her torso.
“Hmm, lose the top hat Pinkie, it’s just a bit too eccentric for a wedding,” Rarity had to offer her critical opinion.
“Aww,” Pinkie pouted but Rarity was ummoved so Pinkie tossed the hat away and immediately smiled, “Okie dokie lokie, how’s your dress coming along Dashie?” she asked, trotting over to her fiancé.
“I’m hoping that I won’t be needed much longer,” Rainbow Dash grumbled, “You have it so easy Pinks, I mean you just have to slip on that black suit and you’re done but I have to wear a giant gaudy white dress.”
“Aww, but you’ll look so pretty,” Pinkie nuzzled Rainbow Dash.
“You know I’d only do this for you right?” Rainbow answered. Pinkie just nodded before slipping out of her tuxedo.
“Of course Dashie, now be good for Rarity I have to meet Twilight to look at spots for the wedding!” Pinkie shot out the door before any answers could be given.
Rainbow Dash sighed and turned back to her seamstress: “So how long do you need me to model for this dress?”
“Preferably until it’s done, I need to make sure it’s perfect on your body and make adjustments. But once I have the core of the dress finalized I suppose I could just use a dressing horse,” Rarity admitted.
“Then hurry up, the less I have to wear this thing the better!” Rainbow Dash forcibly held herself still as the unicorn went back to work.
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“So what’s left on the to-do list today Twilight?” Pinkie Pie asked.
“Well let’s see, Applejack and the Cakes are working on the wedding treats so that’s taken care of and Rarity is sewing Rainbow Dash’s dress, now I guess we need to decide the venue for the wedding,” Twilight ticked off the first two items on the checklist that she was levitating in front of her face.
Pinkie Pie couldn’t help herself and she started giggling: “Silly Twilight, we already decided on the menu.”
“No Pinkie venue, venue!” Twilight sounded exasperated, “I mean where should we hold the ceremony?”
“Oooooh!” comprehension dawned on Pinkie Pie, “that makes a lot more sense Twilight. Hmm?” Pinkie Pie sat on her rear with a hoof on her chin with her other foreleg supporting it, “Well can we have it outside?”
“That could work, it would save time and bits and it would be easier for Fluttershy’s animal chorus,” Twilight agreed, “I have a few locations in mind that we can check later. So now about the guest list…”
Pinkie Pie raised a hoof and waved it: “No need Twilight, everypony in Ponyville is my friend so everypony’s invited! There’s a much more serious matter at hoof.”
“Oh, and what’s that?” Twilight rolled her eyes, expecting Pinkie to mention something awkward like special frosting or some odd decoration she didn’t have yet.
“A house for Rainbow Dash and me,” Pinkie’s usual excitable tone had become more serious.
“A house?” Twilight had honestly not been expecting that answer.
“Oh yes,” Pinkie nodded rapidly, “Sugarcube corner is too small for two full families and we can’t live at Dashie’s home; I can’t keep coming back to you for a cloudwalking spell over and over and over and over and what if our foal is an earth pony? They would just fall through the floor!” Pinkie punctuated that last statement by jumping up into the air and belly flopping on to the floor.
Twilight chuckled as she rolled up her to-do list: “Well I can’t argue with that, Pinkie. Here I have all the real-estate here in the newspaper.”
That morning’s newspaper floated over to Pinkie who grabbed it enthusiastically: “Oooh let’s see what we have here,” she said, flipping through the paper excitedly before stopping at the “homes for sale” article. “Perfect, now once Rarity is done with Dashie we can go see the houses.”
“Well as long as we’re waiting we can pick out the ones you two should look at,” Twilight trotted over to Pinkie’s side, levitating a quill and inkpot over with her, “so what are you looking for in a house, Pinkie?”
“Well…” Pinkie thought for a moment before she began to list off her requirements:” it has to have at least two bedrooms… maybe more, a kitchen and living room, a yard for our foal to play in and it has to be inside Ponyville.”
“Alright, let’s see,” Twilight went down the list of houses, crossing off the ones that didn’t meet Pinkie’s requirements: “Only one bedroom, no yard, near Sweet Apple Acres…” she muttered to herself until she reached the end, leaving only four houses left on the page, “There, that should help narrow it down.”
“Ohh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Twilight!” Pinkie Pie gave Twilight a big hug before snatching the paper in her mouth and darting out the door.
Twilight was momentarily stunned but shook her head and smiled: “Now let’s see… what else has to be done?” she said aloud, lifting up the wedding plan list again.
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“And there, all done!” Rarity finally unzipped the dress and removed the garment from Rainbow Dash, carefully setting it on a dressing horse.
“Ugg finally!” Rainbow stretched her legs and wings, “I felt like I was gonna turn into a statue.”
“Oh don’t exaggerate, Rainbow Dash,” Rarity rolled her eyes, “of course I have a lot more work to do on this dress. I mean it has to be absolutely perfect!”
“As long as you don’t need me to model for you anymore I don’t care!” Rainbow Dash was clearly still peeved and was about to go into further detail when Pinkie burst into the boutique with a newspaper held in her mouth that she promptly dropped on the floor.
“Dashie! Great you’re done now come with me we have to look at houses!” Pinkie grabbed Rainbow Dash around the waist before she could protest and grabbed the paper in her mouth before speeding out of Carousel Boutique. Rarity just stared for a minute, then shook her head and turned back to Rainbow Dash’s dress.
“Pinkie! Wait! Hold on! STOP!” it took Rainbow Dash a full minutes before she was able to drag her fiancé to a stop.
“Sorry I was just really super excited!” Pinkie once again dropped the paper and began bouncing around.
“Excited about what, Pinks?” Rainbow asked, while she moved her head to follow the pink pony’s excited bouncing.
“Duh! About finding a new house Dashie!” Pinkie explained as though it should have been obvious, “There isn’t enough room at Sugarcube Corner for two whole families and I can’t live up in your cloud home all the time, I can’t walk on clouds without Twilight’s magic.”
“Oh right…” Rainbow Dash felt a little silly for not catching on to that sooner, “well then what kind of homes are available?”
“Well there’s four that Twilight helped me narrow it down to,” Pinkie finally stopped bouncing and unrolled the newspaper for both her and Rainbow Dash to see.
Rainbow Dash looked over the houses that hadn’t been crossed off, placing her hoof on one: “That one’s near my house, it’s practically falling apart.”
“Okie dokie lokie, that one’s off the list then,” Pinkie nodded in agreement, “So let’s go tour the other three then!” The pink pony turned and bounced off, leaving Rainbow Dash to tuck the newspaper under her wing and dart after her.
The first house on the list was gigantic; it was three stories tall with a huge front and back yard. Pinkie stood, her mouth hanging open in astonishment: “WOWEE!” Pinkie finally shouted, “Can just imagine the kinda parties we could throw in here?!”
“I think we should move on, Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash didn’t want to bring down her fiancé’s mood but she pointed to the “For Sale” sign in front of the house to make her point.
“WHOA! That’s a lot of zeroes!” Pinkie tone carried both surprise and a hint of disappointment as she stared at the sign. Pinkie sighed, “Well let’s move on Dashie.” Despite the disappointment, Pinkie began bouncing away from the house. Rainbow just smiled as she followed after her, nothing could keep Pinkie down for long.
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Pinkie and Dash just stared up the cliff-side from the base of the mountain at the location of the second house left on their list.
“How is this a part of Ponyville?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Who could live up there?” Pinkie added.
“How did they build that?”
“How come it doesn’t slide down?”
“Why is this even for sale?”
“Why is this even in the paper?”
Both ponies turned to look at each other and they hastily agreed: “Next house!”
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“I think this might be the one, Pinks,” Rainbow Dash surveyed the last house on their list, even venturing to fly over to check the roof for any signs of damage.
The house was a simple two-story building on one of Ponyville’a main roads with green siding and a purple roof. The front lawn was fairly simple but there was a tree in the back with a swing hanging off one of the lower branches.
Pinkie Pie ran around the house several times before rushing to meet Rainbow Dash around the front: “Yep it’s absolutely positively perfect! And look,” Pinkie pointed down the road, “It’s just a block away from Sugarcube Corner.”
“Looks like we have ourselves a winner, Pinks,” Rainbow Dash unrolled the newspaper and glanced at the article that listed the house for sale, “I guess we should go to the mayor and buy it then.”
“Okie dokie lokie, just let me run home and get my savings!” without another word, Pinkie Pie took off towards Sugarcube Corner.
“Well then, I guess I should go to the bank,” Rainbow Dash watched Pinkie go for a minute before turning and heading for the Ponyville bank. “Why would her savings be at home?” Rainbow Dash wondered aloud. The Pegasus just shook her head and just kept walking.
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“Well the house is for sale, and the previous owners moved away a couple months ago but...” the mayor looked up at the two ponies over her glasses.
“But what?” Pinkie Pie asked, afraid of what the answer might be.
“Well, this is just an unusual way to put a down-payment on a house, Pinkie,” the mayor answered. Pinkie Pie had dragged a sack of bits almost as big as she was from her house all the way to the mayor’s office in City Hall.
“Well is it enough?” Rainbow Dash asked, tapping her hoof impatiently.
“I’m sure it will be enough,” the mayor gave the couple a reassuring smile, “even if you’re a bit short I can overlook this with the current situation.”
“Thank you mayor!” Pinkie launched forwards and gave the mayor a big hug, taking her by surprise, “Thank you thank you thank you!”
Rainbow Dash just chuckled at the shocked look on the mayor’s face as Pinkie finally release her and bounced out of city hall.
“Yeah, thanks Mayor,” Rainbow Dash gave a calmer thanks before turning to leave, “I’m probably going to be back to get help selling my old house a bit later.”
“Oh right, well anything I can do to help,” the mayor re-adjusted her glasses, which had been partially dislodged from Pinkie’s excited thank you. Rainbow Dash turned and followed her fiancé back outside.
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“So Pinks, why don’t you keep your savings in the bank?” Rainbow Dash was understandably confused by Pinkie’s method of payment, yet Pinkie just smiled at the Pegasus before answering.
“Silly Dashie, of course I use the bank. That was just y super special rainy day or very special occasion fund that I was saving just for this sort of occasion!”
“Oh, yeah that makes sense,” Rainbow Dash just nodded. “So, now what?”
“Well, we could start moving I mean it’s only gonna get harder for you to fly soon,” Pinkie suggested enthusiastically.
“Not a bad idea, but maybe we should wait till tomorrow. I’m burned out Pinks.” As if to punctuate her statement, Rainbow Dash gave a huge yawn.
“Okie dokie lokie,” Pinkie Pie gave her fiancé a big kiss before she took off bouncing back to Sugarcube Corner. Rainbow Dash watched Pinkie bouncing off for a moment, then spread her wings and flapped off back to her house.
Rainbow entered her house and turned her head this way and that, taking in the place she had lived in ever since she moved to Ponyville. The place was always untidy but at least it was clean and never stank. She was really going to miss this place and this would probably be her last night here. The Pegasus sighed and trotted off to bed, flopping backwards onto the soft clouds with her wings folded. Rainbow Dash stared at the ceiling for a few moments before her eyelids drooped and she fell asleep.
A kick!
Rainbow shot awake instantly at the feeling, her head darting left and right as she searched for whoever had snuck into her room… until she felt it again. Rainbow Dash stored down at her belly and placed one of her forelegs over it as the kick came again. Her baby was moving!
Rainbow Dash suddenly felt a wave of emotion, an emotion foreign to her that she could only describe as “motherly.” The Pegasus carefully lay back down, her mind now swarming with thoughts that wouldn’t cease. For the first time since she found out that she was pregnant, Rainbow Dash could say that she was honestly looking forwards to being a mom and managed to smile as she drifted off to sleep.
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“Careful with that Derpy!” Rainbow Dash’s wings buzzed fast than they needed to as she zipped around like a hummingbird, “Those are the Wonderbolts Action figured I got for my tenth birthday. There’s no way to replace them!”
“Don’t worry Rainbow, I’d never drop anything this precious.” The wall-eyed Pegasus reassured her as she carefully set the box in question down in bedroom of what was now Rainbow and Pinkie’s house.
Rainbow Dash floated out the window, wiping the sweat from her brow before she landed next to Pinkie Pie. The pony wore a yellow hard hat as she surveyed the rest of the movers, calling out various orders to direct the furniture where it needed to go.
“How are you so calm, Pinks?” Rainbow Dash asked, “I mean all our stuff being moved and our wedding is next week.”
“Oh stop worrying so much Dashie!” Pinkie put and arm aroud her, both to comfort her and keep her on the ground. “I promise everything will be just fine.” Pinkies eyes suddenly opened wide: “Twitcha Twicth!” she carefully pushed Rainbow Dash aside as an empty flower pot hit her, shattering on the hard hat and leaving her unharmed.
“Sorry Pinkie!” a Pegasus mover called overhead.
“No problemo, those are just the empty flower pots I keep around to replace the ones that keep falling!” Pinkie shouted. Both Rainbow Dash and the Pegasus overhead gave Pinkie a confused look, then the mover went back to task and Dash returned to Pinkie’s side.
“Thank Celestia for the Pinkie sense,” Rainbow Dash placed a hand on her tummy.
“Yep!” Pinkie nodded vigorously. When her head stopped shaking she noted how Dash was still looking nervous, and she placed a hoof on her fiancé’s shoulder: “Maybe you should go to Sugarcube corner and relax, Dashie, I can handle everything here.”
“You sure, Pinks?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Of course,” Pinkie literally pushed Rainbow Dash a few meters along the road towards Sugarcube Corner, “go visit with the Cakes and have some snacks. I’ll come get you when we’re all ready to move in!” Rainbow just nodded and trotted off as Pinkie turned back to the crew and began shouting directions at the workers again.
At Sugarcube Corner, Rainbow Dash sought out a small table in the corner away from the hustle and bustle of the lunch crowd. Ponies came and went, most just stopping in to grab some food before heading back to their daily routine. Rainbow Dash just sat, watching ponies come and go for a time before turning her head down and staring at her swollen belly. She placed a hoof over her taut skin and as if in response she felt a tiny hoof press against her belly from within. The Pegasus smiled, that warm motherly feeling she felt the previous night spreading through her again.
“Hey, Rainbow Dash, how are ya?” Rainbow Dash looked up to see Pound Cake standing in front of her, watching the older Pegasus’ movements with a tilted expression.
“Oh, I’m just fine, Pound. How about you?” Rainbow was hoping to avoid any unpleasant topics with the colt.
“I’m but… I wish I could fly,” Pound Cake buzzed his wings, creating a small breeze but unable to even try and levitate himself off the floor.
Rainbow Dash couldn’t help but snicker, which caused the Pegasus colt to glare at her: “What’s funny?”
“Sorry, Pound, I just remembered what it was like for Pinkie the first time she babysat you. You were flying everywhere, climbing on the ceiling, you ever dragged Pinkie up the stairs on your own,” Rainbow Dash laughed out loud.
“If I could fly like that before, why can’t I now?” Pound’s expression became downcast. Rainbow noticed and placed a hoof on the colt’s chin, lifting his gaze to be level with her own.
“Hey now, don’t worry about it. All Pegasus foals can fly like that; it’s how you avoid danger before you’re old enough to recognize it. Your sister can’t use magic on her anymore either, you’ll learn eventually.” Pound just nodded but his expression didn’t brighten. “Tell ya what, when your wings are strong enough I can teach ya how to fly.”
“Really?” Pound Cake perked up almost instantly.
“I taught Scootaloo when she was old enough, so sure I could teach ya.” Rainbow Dash smiled down at the colt who had begun hopping around in a very Pinkie-like fashion.
“Pound Cake, you have chores to do. Now get to it dearie.” Mrs. Cup Cake trotted over and carefully edged her son towards the kitchen, smiling all the while.
“OK mom!” Pound Cake’s attitude wasn’t at all dampened as he hopped back to the kitchen.
Mrs. Cake smiled warmly as she walked closer to Rainbow Dash. “How are you feeling today, Rainbow Dash?”
“Oh, well pretty good. I offered to give your son some flying lessons, when he’s old enough of course,” Dash quickly added.
“That’s very sweet of you, dearie. So tell me, how’s the baby?”
“Oh well…” Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her head, “The baby kicked last night.”
“Really? May I feel it?” Mrs. Cake asked, her smile somehow growing wider.
“Sure, why not…” Rainbow Dash knew that this was coming eventually, might as well stop trying to avoid the inevitable. The pegasus turned her seat, allowing the older earth pony better access to her tummy.
Cup Cake placed a hoof over Rainbow Dash’s baby bump, giggling when she felt a tiny hoof kick from within. “Goodness, your foal feels quite spirited Rainbow.” Rainbow Dash just nodded, her eyes drifting off to the side.
“Are you alright, dearie?” Cup Cake’s face changed to a look of concern.
Dash sighed. “No, not really.”
“What’s wrong?” Cup Cake pulled a chair over and took a seat next to the pegasus.
“I’m just… I’m just not ready for this… being a mother and everything. I love Pinkie Pie dearly it’s just... how am I supposed to be a mother. I’m not ready for this!” Rainbow Dash raised her hooves and wiped away the tears that had started dripping from her eyes. “Stupid hormones,” she muttered.
“Oh…” Cup Cake nodded and placed a hoof on Rainbow Dash’s shoulder, “Would you like to know something, Rainbow Dash?” The pegasus just nodded. Cup Cake smiled and stroked her hoof along Dash’s back, “No pony is ever ready to be a parent.”
“W-what? But you’re so good with your kids.” Rainbow Dash blinked and rubbed the last of the moisture out of her eyes.
Cup Cake chuckled, “Oh my, Rainbow Dash, we may have learned how to be good parents now but when Pound and Pumpkin were small we were hard pressed to keep up, looking after the store and raising twins who kept having surges of flight and magic kept us on out hoof tips. Thank goodness Pinkie was here to help out.”
“And that she learned how to be responsible,” Rainbow Dash added with a snicker.
Cup Cake smiled and nodded, “Heh, well yes she’s come a long way. But truthfully I was asking myself the same questions you are now, dearie. I was excited to be a mother but I was also a nervous wreck half the time. I couldn’t show the customers, or Pinkie for that matter, but I was up late many night, fretting over whether or not we’d be able to handle raising a foal and running the shop, or if we would be able to afford to raise them, or even if we’d be able to find anypony to foalsit for us if we had to leave for extended periods of time.”
“You’re not helping…” Rainbow Dash said, glaring at the earth pony.
Mrs. Cake smiled weakly, “Just hear me out, Rainbow. It’s difficult and exhausting no matter who you are, but when you see them walk, when they say their first word, or on the day that they finally earn their cutie mark, it’s all worth it.” The earth pony prodded Dash’s tummy which caused the unborn foal to start kicking again, “That’s what you need to understand, in the end it will all be worth it just to raise them and see them grow.”
Rainbow Dash just sat still for a few minutes before smiling. “Thanks, Mrs Cake.”
“You can call me Cup Cake if you’d like, Rainbow Dash, I don’t mind.”
“Oh, well thanks Cup Cake,” Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her head. It only now that Rainbow remembered just how hungry she was.
Cup Cake seemed to pick up on her customer’s hunger and stepped down from her seat. “Just a minute, Rainbow Dash,” she excused herself and stepped back into the bakery’s kitchen. A minute later Cup Cake emerged with a tray of muffins and set them in front of Rainbow Dash. “There: blueberry, peach and banana muffins.”
“Oh thanks, but I didn’t bring any bits with me,” Rainbow Dash grinned widely, her cheeks going red.
“Don’t worry about paying, Rainbow Dash, you’re practically family,” Cup Cake reassured her. “If you need anything, you can just call us. Now I need to get back to work.” Cup Cake turned and left Rainbow Dash, who promptly dug into the plate of muffins in front of her.
Two hours and three plates of muffins later, Rainbow Dash was finally satisfied. She sat back, sighed and ran a hoof over her tummy but didn’t receive any response from her foal.
A jingle from the opening door caused a pair of excited voices to call out in unison: “Pinkie Pie!” The pink pony was more than prepared to receive the two foals that tackled her and somehow managed to catch them in a big hug without falling over.
“Pumpkin! Pound! How are ya?” Pinkie said while still holding both foals in a tight hug.
“We’re fine!” Pound answered enthusiastically.
“But why are you going away?” Pumpkin asked, giving Pinkie a watery eyed look.
Pinkie just giggled as she set the twins down, “Oh don’t be silly, I’m not going far away. I’m just moving down the street so Dashie and I can have a good place to raise a family.” Neither of the twins seemed satisfied with Pinkie’s words, both still staring up at her with quivering eyes pleading her not to leave.
“Tell ya what, why don’t you two take my room from now on?” Pinkie suggested, hoping to de-fuse the situation.
“Really?” Pound Cake asked hopefully.
“Yep! In fact why don’t you two come with me to meet my sisters tomorrow morning?” Pinkie offered.
“You mean Belle and Maggie?” Pumpkin asked.
“Yep, now I’ve kept you from your work for too long, excuse me!” Pinkie zipped over to Rainbow Dash and gave her a big kiss. “Didja miss me Dashie?” she asked, her eyes beaming into the Pegasus’ face.
“How could I not?” Rainbow Dash replied. Dash slipped off her chair and gave her fiancé a soft nuzzle. Pinkie grinned as she bounced out of Sugarcube Corner with Rainbow Dash close behind her.
“So, whaddy’a think Dashie?” Pinkie asked, hopping excitedly as her fiancé surveyed the room.
“It’s great Pinks, it’s still gonna be weird not living in a cloud home from now on,” Dash answered. She gave Pinkie a smiled, “but still it’s nice.”
“Thank you Dashie,” Pinkie pounced on the pegasus and gave her a big hug, “Now let’s get to bed, we have a big day tomorrow.”
“Good idea,” Rainbow Dash yawned, then trotted up to her new bedroom.
Pinkie Pie fell asleep rather quickly; it was amazing how easily she could sleep considering how hyper she was. Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, couldn’t even try to sleep.
“Pinkie’s sisters are coming to town tomorrow.” The pegasus sighed, “I wish I had somepony who could come to town for our wedding…”
Rainbow Dash’s thoughts were interrupted when she felt a stirring in her tummy. “Can’t sleep either huh?” she asked, rubbing her tummy and receiving a kick in response.
“Is it moving?”
Rainbow Dash practically jumped out of bed when she heard Pinkie’s voice. “I thought you were asleep!”
“I was trying, but I didn’t feel like it just yet. So can I feel?” Pinkie asked.
“What? Oh sure.” Rainbow Dash turned on her side, allowing Pinkie to place her hooves on the pegasus’ tummy. Almost instantly the unborn foal began squirming, causing Pinkie to giggle in response.
“Ooh, you remember me don’t you? What’s it like being reborn? Are you comfy inside Dashie? I guess you aren’t so lonely anymore.”
“Lonely? Oh right, with everything that’s going on I’d forgotten how this started,” Rainbow Dash’s eyes turned to the side and her mouth curved down in uncertainty.
Pinkie took immediate notice and moved closer, more slowly than she normally did. “Are you still mad about this, Dashie?”
Rainbow Dash turned to face Pinkie and managed a weak smile. “I’m not mad, Pinks, I just have a lot on my mind and well, it’s just one more thing.” Rainbow Dash placed her hooves on her own tummy, right next to her fiancé’s. “But it’s alright, I mean everypony deserves a second chance, you gave me one after I ran away…”
“Thank you Dashie,” Pinkie moved in closer and snuggled up against Rainbow Dash. The unborn foal began fidgeting again and Pinkie giggled. “Calm down, we need to sleep,” she mumbled into Rainbow Dash’s mane.
Rainbow Dash managed a smile and wrapped her hooves around Pinkie, snuggling up close against her before falling asleep.