//------------------------------// // Confession? // Story: Baby blues (literally) // by splash626 //------------------------------// The smell of vegetable soup filled the halls as Cadence made her way to the kitchen, the rising moon pierced through the windows with it's welcoming glow, "Am I interrupting?" she poked her head in the room filled with the delicious aroma, Twilight sat in a chair next to the table eating a flower filled sandwich while Shining Armor stood by the stove stirring the soup, they expected Cadence's arrival and he put down the wooden spoon. "Honey, oh am I so glad to see you." he ran and gave her a hug, "Are you feeling better? Twilight told me you didn't look so good and you went to bed, I didn't want to startle you." "She did?" she glanced at Twilight Sparkle as she used her hoof indicating to tell him, "Well, I did want to talk to you." "Really!" He smiled in glee, "What is it?" his eyes lit up in excitement. "It's just, I.. I.. really like the soup!" she faked a smile and the two siblings leaned back because of the unexpected answer. "But you haven't even tried it yet." Shining stared. "Oh, yes but what I really meant was." she took a moment to think, "Come on Cadenza, stop stalling and just tell him!" "What I really mean to say is that, I kinda am in.." "Yes?' "I kinda of in... Ugh! What I mean to say is I wanna see Dr. Caress, with you, I don't wanna go alone." "Is that it?" She nodded with an exaggerated smile "Oh, ok" he returned to the soup disheartened. Twilight slipped behind her and pulled her back to the hall. "What are you doing?" Twilight opened up her hooves whispering, "it was perfect timing." Cadence recoiled rubbing her leg, "I know, I just got cold feet, he'll find out when we get to the doctor." "Cadence, he's really worried about you, don't let that worry burn for to long." "Right, we can go tomorrow." "No you'll tell him tonight." "But I don't know if I can tell him." Twilight stared, "your pregnant, it's something to be celebrated not to hide." "Your right, I am going to walk in there and tell him." She started toward the entrance, "or I could wait till later." She turned around and started walking the other way, "I mean there's no rush." Twilight blocked her path and picked her up with her magic, "Twilight, stop it, put me down." "You're going in there and your going to tell him." "I'll do it on my own time." Twilight stopped in her tracks with a melting stare, "which will be when Cadence?" "I thought I could trust you with my secret." "The only reason why I said I would was because I thought you would tell him yourself." She continued to the door with Cadence in the air surrounded by magenta colored magic, she did a fail safe spell and escaped the trap. "Oh no you don't!" The two mares were galloping down the hall, "Cadence you will tell him! Its wrong of you to hide this from him!" "Like I said I would do it on my own time!" A flash of blue magic came out of nowhere then Cadence was gone, Twilight stomped in frustration. "I cant believe this. Why is this such a big deal?" Twilight was talking to herself as she slowly made her way back to the kitchen, "I mean, babysitting isn't a big deal, even if she had too it, just doesn't make sense. Why would she be so afraid of.." She was trying to understand her thinking" You have a baby sitter, she doesn't want a baby sitter, why, she's a ruler and how much time she has, she would need a baby sitter and where did the adoption thing come from? Did that jerk put it in her head?" She put the two together and then realized the big picture, "babysitter, ruler, not much if any time, hold on.. she's afraid of neglecting her child?" she paused reflecting in the moment, "That's why she thought about adoption, cause she wants a better home for the foal? Twilight why didn't you think of this sooner?" She galloped to the kitchen, "Shining Armor!" She was cut short and fell to the ground because of the enormous hoof in the doorway that belonged to Shining Armor, "I already know Twilight, I figured it out myself, just let her be and she'll come on her own." "But-" the tip of his hoof was put to her mouth. "It's ok, really. I'll take care of this." "Alright, but as soon as you talk to her let me know." ---- Cadence flew threw the air and hit the ground hard due to the unplanned teleportation, she got up and found herself at the entrance of the crystal empire with crystal columns reaching high into the dark starry sky, "Oh dear, why can't I just tell him? Ugh, this is so frustrating." just then a bright light appeared with the royal sister's appearing out of no where. "Aunt Luna, Aunt Celestia? What are you doing here?" "Congratulations my niece! This is exciting." Celestia gave her a hug. "You told her?" Luna didn't change face, "I had too, I was worried for you, I thought Celestia could ease your mind." "And good thing she did." Celestia walked around Cadence, "You see, having such a long lifespan you meet many different ponies, passing and going through the circle of life. Some will like you, some won't, I remember when one of those groups came about in my first years of ruling. They called themselves conspiracy ponies and they believed that I had evil intentions, like a wolf in sheep's clothing kinda thing. After so many hate letters and crazy beliefs I had started to wonder about that myself. Was I an evil ruler like they say? Starswirl the Bierded noticed my behavior was off more than usual, oh how I miss him." Celestia looked up to the stars as Luna used her magic to pull the moon to a midnight stance. "He was the one who told me to believe in myself and not live to everybody elses favor, If I did then I wouldn't be me living by everybody elses standard." Cadence looked to her side then Celestia put a hoof to her shoulder, "It's kinda like what you told me." Cadence looked to Luna, "I attempted to tell him tonight." "And?" Luna looked on intently. "Well, I... didn't my stomach was in a churn, I didn't want to have to tell him I attempted to hide this wonderful thing that happened from him and, I didn't want to remember what that stallion told me." "Snickerdoodle." Luna slipped in. "Right." "We could go with you as moral support." The Princess of The Night tried to help "Actually.. I would like that." "Then it's settled." Celestia said looking upon her smiling niece as the stars sparkled in their eyes.