Fluttershy had to be hospitalized for three days until she fully recovered. She was visited and received a lot of gifts. At first, she panicked when she woke up in a hospital, but she relaxed when Twilight explained her the situation. In the end, the doctors confirmed that both Sunny Shores and Fluttershy were healthy but they needed to observe the yellow Pegasus more.
“Did I really... almost die?” Fluttershy asked to Twilight when she had an opportunity after waking up for the first time.
“Yes...” The lavender Unicorn was altered. “My heart sank when I was told that I almost lost you. Fluttershy, your body wasn't prepared for this.”
“I knew my limit, but I wanted to defy my body. I wanted to carry our daughter, Twi...”
“You shouldn’t have!” Twilight exploded all of the sudden, scaring her wife. Twilight calmed down when she saw tears forming in Fluttershy’s eyes. “Shy, I’m sorry... but, you can’t take this lightly. It’s fine to defy yourself once in a while, but not when your life is in stake.”
“But it was worth it, wasn’t it? We have a filly...” The timid Pegasus was sobbing.
“It’s not worth doing it again.” Twilight said as she embraced her wife. “I love you, Fluttershy. I want to raise our daughter with you, not alone. She needs both of her parents.”
Fluttershy moved her head to look at Twilight. She gazed into her eyes for a few moments before closing her own and kissing her with passion. When the Pegasus pulled away, she hugged Twilight tightly. “I’m sorry, Twilight. I promise not to do it again.”
“Thank you.” The Unicorn cried of joy during the long hug.
Fluttershy was allowed to leave on the fourth day on a wheel chair and with Sunny Shores between her forelegs. She would have to take it easy the next couple of days.
“Alright, everypony. We will go back home to rest and stay warm. Visit us tomorrow, if you can.” Twilight said to her friends once they were outside.
“Goodbye, and be well!” Trixie said and everypony waved at them. Twilight nodded and left, pushing Fluttershy’s wheelchair and with Spike and Angel Bunny on each side of it.
“I must go too. I need to find all the presents I bought for Twilight and Fluttershy’s foal! I’ll save the colt presents, just in case.” Pinkie Pie said the last winking to Trixie and Rarity.
“We’ll see you later, Pinkie.” Rarity said. The party pony grinned and rushed to Sugarcube Corner.
“I’m going home too. Rainbow, want to come?” Applejack said.
“Do I?!” Rainbow Dash excitedly said. “I need to keep my mind busy from what I witnessed the day Sunny Shores was born.”
Applejack chuckled and looked at her friends. “Ah’ll see you girls later, unless you want us to accompany you to the boutique.”
“Don’t worry about us, Applejack. Trixie-boo and I will be fine.”
“Whatever you say, sugarcube. Let’s go, Rainbow. I’m chilling!”
“Do you want me to put a wing around you?” The cyan Pegasus asked as she flew next to Applejack. The farmer pony stood still and blushed before nodding.
“Alright.” Rainbow Dash grinned and landed to put a wing around Applejack. “Yes, much better. Thank you, Rainbow. Yer sweet.”
The Pegasus blushed madly. “They can still hear us!”
Applejack chuckled and their voices were soon lost by the distance.
“Well, sweetheart. There’s no point standing around anymore. Time to go home.” The magician pony said as she started to walk, alongside her wife. Rarity wasn’t talkative during the way back. Every time Trixie tried to start a conversation, she would only receive a nod or a vague answer. The magician pony confronted her once they were in the warmth of their home.
“Alright, Rarity, what’s going on? Why are you so silent?” The pregnant pony didn’t reply. She laid on the blanket she had close to the fireplace and stared into it. Trixie was getting worried. “Beautiful…” She said as she walked next to Rarity. “Is it because of the complications Fluttershy had? Do you fear that it happens the same to you?”
The fashionista nodded as she closed her eyes. “I’m scared, Trixie. I haven’t thought of this possibility. What if my body can’t take it?” Rarity looked at her wife. “What if I die during birth? Or worse, what if something happens to our foal?” The fashionista started to hyperventilate.
“Rarity, calm down.” Trixie said as she laid next to Rarity. “Now it’s not the time to panic. You’ll just get stressed and that won’t be good for the foal.” Seeing that her wife wasn’t calming down, The showmare used a foreleg to move Rarity’s head to make her look at her. “Sweetheart, everything will be fine…”
“How do you know?!”
“I don’t, but I believe it will. Giving birth won’t be like a walk through the park, but we’ll make it. You know how delicate Fluttershy is, but you’re not like her. I’m not insulting Fluttershy, of course. Don’t think on what can go wrong, think on what will happen afterwards, once everything goes smoothly. You and I will have foal to take care of. We’ll start a family of our own! We’ll make our foal happy and will have grandparents, an aunt, and even an uncle grandfather and aunt grandmother. Our foal will be loved so much that it will be never be able to lose its smile. Have faith, sweetheart.”
A smile appeared slowly on Rarity’s face. “You always know what to say to cheer me up, Trixie-boo. Thank you.” They both leaned towards each other’s lips to kiss, but Rarity turned her head in the last moment, hitting Trixie with her nose. “I got to pee!”
“Charming.” Trixie sarcastically said as she watched her wife stand up and trot as fast as she could to the bathroom.
“It’s not my fault! The foal thinks that my bladder is a toy!” Trixie waited for Rarity to return, which was minutes later. The white pony sat where she was before the call of nature. “So, where were we?”
“I’m sorry, beautiful. You killed the atmosphere.”
“Oh, Trixie-boo. Don’t be like that.” Rarity said as she put her forelegs on Trixie’s withers from behind, embracing her. “Don’t deny a lady her kiss.”
“I haven’t seen your lady side from you for months.” Trixie smiled as she played with her wife.
“Don’t be so mean. Come on, a peck, at least?”
“Nope.”
“I don’t care, I’ll kiss you, whenever you like it or not.”
“How, exactly?” Rarity began to kiss Trixie on one of her cheeks, her ear and on her hair. “Rarity, stop, you won’t… win me over.” The fashionista didn’t stop. She moved the neck. “Rarity… you’re getting suggestive and it’s too early to do it.”
“You know how to stop me, my darling. Give me what I want and I’ll allow you to leave.”
Trixie sighed, defeated. “Fine, you win.” Rarity stopped kissing Trixie’s neck and looked at her. The fancy Unicorn closed her eyes and prepared her lips for the kiss. Trixie closed her eyes too gave Rarity a short peck on her lips.
“What? That’s… mpmh!” Rarity was ‘attacked’ by surprise. When she was distracted, Trixie kissed her with passion. Rarity melted into the kiss and returned it. When the kiss was broken, the pregnant pony smiled awkwardly.
“Rarity?”
“Nap with me. We rarely sleep together anymore.”
“That’s because you keep pushing me off the bed while you’re asleep!”
Rarity giggled. “Details, details. Will you stay with me or not?”
“I never said I wouldn’t.” Rarity laid on the blanket and Trixie laid on her, with her chin on her belly and closed her eyes. Rarity smiled at her before closing her own eyes, quickly falling asleep.
***
One month later
Spring had arrived. The snow melted and Equestria recovered its green views once again. Ponies were able to walk freely through the roads again and flowers bloomed, allowing the bees to collect nectar for their hives and pollinate the flora. Fluttershy, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Trixie were having a picnic at the park. It was the first time they gathered for a picnic since winter arrived, and they had somepony else with them. Fluttershy and Twilight brought Sunny Shores with them to allow the filly to admire the outside for the first time in her short life. Pinkie Pie was making faces to the filly while her mother, Fluttershy, held her. Sunny Shores giggled at the party pony’s faces.
“She’s so adorable, and her laughs are so cute!” Rarity commented. She was lying on the blanket while Trixie as sitting next to her, linking tails. “I love her eyes. They’re just like yours, Twilight.”
“She’s perfect.” Twilight said, looking at her daughter. “I’ll make sure that she has everything she wants and needs. She will be very happy.”
“Careful, Twilight.” Trixie spoke. “You don’t want to make her get used to have everything she wants. You’ll have to say no once in a while or else she will…”
“I know, I didn’t mean it.” Twilight interrupted her best friend. “I’ll be responsible. I want her to be as kind as Fluttershy.”
“She’ll become a wonderful mare.” Fluttershy said as she nuzzled her head against Twilight’s neck. “But I want her to have more of your traits. I want her to be sure of herself and don’t let anypony to push her around.”
“We’ll teach her how.” The lavender Unicorn said before sharing a romantic gaze with her wife. Sunny Shores turned her body and raised her forelegs to catch Fluttershy’s attention. “Honey, look, she’s trying to tell you something.”
“Oh.” Fluttershy looked down at her daughter. “What is it dear?” She said as she brought the filly closer to her. Sunny Shores put her forelegs on Fluttershy’s chests, making her mother stop moving her. “She’s hungry.” Fluttershy smiled as she allowed her daughter to feed herself.
“She behaves herself. She doesn’t cry much, except when she wakes up in the middle of the night in need of a change of diaper.” Twilight commented.
“Really? I thought that foals cried all the time.” Rainbow Dash spoke. She wasn’t touching Applejack due to her own 'no affections around friends' policy.
“Not her.” Fluttershy softly said as she caressed her daughter’s hair. “She’s quiet and cheerful.”
“We are constantly looking at the floor when we walk. She follows us when she’s out of her cradle.” Twilight spoke again.
“How did you girls come up with such a beautiful name?” Rarity asked.
“Twilight and I thought on some possible names the day after our gynecologist told that she was fine. The moment she was born I knew that Sunny Shores was perfect for her.” Fluttershy replied.
“I’m sure that you did the same, right?” Twilight said to Rarity and Trixie.
“Umm…” The fashionista worriedly looked at her wife, who caught the same expression.
“What is it?” The lavender Unicorn was bemused.
“We haven’t thought on names.” Trixie spoke looking at Twilight. “We were so busy with the pregnancy itself that we forgot about that detail.” The magician pony looked back at Rarity. “We only have a few weeks. What are we going to do?!” She said before panting.
“Don’t panic, sugarcube, it won’t lead you anywhere.” Applejack tried to calm her friend down.
“You’re right, you’re right…” Trixie said. Her panting slowly stopped and breathed normally again. “Thank you, Applejack.”
“I know what will distract us, at least for a bit, Trixie-Boo.” Rarity was dangerously getting closer to Trixie.
“Um, Rarity? What are you doing?” Trixie was blushing hard.
“You know what I mean. It will keep our mind busy.” Rarity was nuzzling her head against Trixie’s neck while she hugged her.
“Rarity, our friends are here, not to mention the foal. The situation is getting weird…”
“Take me, Trixie. Make me feel like a lady again. I want you to make me yours…”
“Okay! This is getting off hooves.” Trixie interrupted her wife by putting a hoof on her mouth before looking at her friends. Rainbow Dash’s jaw was on the floor, Applejack was hiding her face with her Stetson, Twilight was covering her daughter’s ears, Fluttershy covered her eyes with her forelegs and Pinkie Pie was smiling, oblivious.
“Her hormones, I suppose.” Twilight spoke, looking at Trixie.
“Yes. She has been more… affectionate the past month. At least it’s better than her rudeness phase.” While Trixie spoke, Rarity kept nuzzling her wife, still trying to seduce her. “I’m sorry, everypony, I really wanted us to have a normal day, but she will be like this until I kiss her… a lot. She doesn’t even let me eat without giving me that look.”
“Just, don’t give us too much information, please.” Rainbow Dash said.
“I wasn’t intending to.” The magician pony said before hearing that Rarity was imitating the sound of a cat purring. “W-We better go, for Sunny Shore’s sake.” She said as her cheeks turned as red as tomatoes.
“And mine!” The rainbow-maned Pegasus added.
Trixie stood up, followed by Rarity. “I’ll see you all later. I have to get my equipment off my wagon, anyway. I’ll use it to take Rarity to the hospital when the time comes.”
“Good thinkin’.” Applejack spoke. “Ah’ don’t want to bring, yet, another foal. Ah’ still have problems getting rid of what Ah’ saw with the last one…”
“That’s why I came up with this idea.” Trixie said before waving at her friends. Rarity was still trying to get Trixie’s attention. “Goodbye, everypony.”
“Be safe!” Everypony waved at the leaving couple before returning to the picnic. Sunny Shores finished feeding herself and Fluttershy helped her to burp before allowing her to walk on the blanket. The filly walked, with difficulty, to each of the ponies surrounding her, smiling cheerfully and giggling. Nopony could look at her without having a diabetes attack.