Exactly what she feared had come true. And she was not happy.
Twilight walked out her door to go see Flash. He’ll LOVE to discuss this with her.
She headed straight for the shopping district, and when she got there, she searched for Thunder Flash. She couldn’t find him. She asked some other ponies, who said he probably returned home.
“(But I thought Rainbow said he’d be at the shopping district.)” she thought. She shrugged it off, and headed for their house.
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Flash was extremely tired. He had to move a ton of clouds that day, which wore him out.
“Dashie, you’re lucky you had the day off today!” he chuckled.
A while back, Flash started calling Rainbow ‘Dashie’. He didn’t really know why, but they both liked the name, so he stuck with it.
He approached front door and unlocked it. “Dashie! I’m home!” he called.
There was no answer.
He walked around a bit in search of her. No sign of her.
“Where is she?”
He entered the living room and took in the scene before him. On the couch lie Rainbow Dash, sleeping. She had a hoof in a bag of Cheetos, and the orange dust was all over her mouth. Her other hoof was on the TV remote, and the TV was still on. She must have fallen asleep while watching TV.
“Aw, that’s adorable!” He walked over and kissed her on the cheek. He then turned around and started walking to his room, when there was a knock on the door. Standing outside was Twilight.
He answered the door. “Hey Twilight, it’s been awhile! Won’t you come in?” he offered.
“Thank you.” Twilight walked inside and sat down at the kitchen table.
“Is something wrong?” Flash asked.
“Kind of, I was just concerned about something. Rainbow Dash has been acting weird, and I wanted to know if you knew what it was.” Twilight said.
Flash cringed a little. “Oh…really?” he asked.
“Yeah, like strange behaviors. Heck, last time I saw her, she was eating a coconut! I had no idea she liked coconuts!” Twilight exclaimed.
“Shh, shh!” She’s sleeping in the other room, you know.” Flash mentioned.
“She was also getting mood swings. She gave me a rude greeting, and a happy goodbye. And the conversation was twenty seconds long.” Twilight said with annoyance in her tone.
Flash sighed. “I suppose you want the full truth?”
“Yes, that would be nice.”
“Okay, well………a couple months back, I accidentally knocked her up after playing a game of Minecraft.”
“Mine…craft?” Twilight responded, confused.
“It’s a video game for the Xbox 360.” Flash answered.
“What’s an Xbox 360?”
“Man, do all the mares in town not know what video games are?” Flash thought aloud.
“I’ll have to look that up…” Twilight mumbled.
“Anyway, I’m quick to pick up on symptoms like that. That’s how I know. Rainbow Dash doesn’t know it yet. I haven’t told her, because I don’t know what her reaction will be.” He got up close and whispered in Twilight’s ear. “She’s not really the motherly type…”
Twilight thought for a moment. “Don’t tell her yet. She’ll figure out soon enough. Just please be more careful? I was afraid this would happen!”
Twilight got up and headed for the door. “I’ll see you later, Flash.”
“Bye!”
Twilight shut the door and teleported to the ground using magic. Just then, Rainbow Dash slowly got up and yawned. “Flash? What’s going on?”
Flash looked down out the window. “Nothing, Dash. Everything’s fine.”
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Fluttershy lied on Twilight’s couch, doing nothing in particular. “Where did Twilight go?” she asked Spike softly.
“I think she went to say something to a pony named Thunder Flash. Should be back any moment.” Spike replied.
Almost right on cue, Twilight walked in the door. “Hey Twilight! How’d it go?” Spike asked.
Twilight stared at him for a moment, then answered. “I just don’t know how it went…” Twilight walked up the stairs and flopped down on her bed.
Spike and Fluttershy exchanged glances. Spike walked up the stairs to Twilight. “What’s wrong, Twilight? Whatever it is, I think I should know.” Spike asked. He wasn’t taking no for an answer.
Downstairs, Fluttershy tried to make out what they were saying. She heard Twilight whisper something to Spike. She then heard Spike gasp loudly in surprise. Lastly, she heard Twilight tell him not to tell anypony.
When Spike came downstairs, he looked shaken up. Fluttershy spoke quietly. “What did Twilight tell you?” Fluttershy asked.
“She doesn’t want me to tell anyone. Sorry.” Spike replied.
“I’m one of your best friends. You can trust me!” Fluttershy promised.
Spike hesitated for a moment. He leaned in toward Fluttershy, and whispered. “Rainbow Dash got herself…you know…pregnant.” Spike cringed. So did Fluttershy. Her eyes went wide in shock.
“Don’t worry, Dash’s secret is safe with me.” Fluttershy stated.
…………………………
Rainbow sat up and stretched. “Are you sure everything’s okay?” she asked curiously.
“Yeah, everything’s fine. You might want to go wash your face, it’s covered in cheeto dust.” Flash mentioned.
Rainbow walked over to him and stroked his mane. “You don’t sound like everything is really okay. Is something bothering you?” she asked him.
Flash smiled. “Yes, I’m okay." He stared at her for a second. "If you're planning on kissing me, you should go wash up first.”
Rainbow laughed, and then walked to the bathroom. Flash walked to the living room and cleaned up some of the extra cheeto dust.
In the bathroom, he heard water running, and then a gagging noise. Suddenly, he heard splattering, and more gagging and coughing.
“Dash?! Are you okay?” Flash bolted to the bathroom and threw open the door. Inside was Rainbow Dash, bent over the toilet bowl. She looked up at him and burped.
“Man, I did NOT wanna taste those Cheetos again!” she remarked. “What the heck, I felt fine a couple minutes ago!”
Flash gulped. “Yeah, I don’t know what it is…” he lied. Rainbow gagged again.
“Could you leave me alone in here for a moment?”
“Okay…” Flash closed the door, and went to go sit in the living room.
"Damn, she's getting morning sickness." He whispered to himself, sitting down on the couch.
While he sat, he debated with himself. “(Man, should I tell her? That might not turn out well…will it? No. But then again…)”
A couple minutes later, Rainbow appeared out of the bathroom. She walked out of the bathroom and sat next to him on the couch. “Okay, I’m fine now. Let’s see if Equestria’s Funniest is on again.”
…………………………
After the show, Rainbow’s stomach growled. “Mind if I go get some snacks for us?” she asked him.
“Yeah, sure!” he answered.
Rainbow trotted to the kitchen to check the pantry. On her way there, the calendar caught her eye. She took a look at it.
From the kitchen, Flash could hear Rainbow call over to him. “Man, I forgot about my doctor’s appointment tomorrow! Looks like I’ll have to skip weather duties.”
Flash’s eyes went wide with shock. “No, you can’t see the doctor!” he suddenly blurted out.
“Why?”
“’Cause then you’ll find out you’re prffgeggity………” he sputtered as his words splatted out of control.
Rainbow laughed. “Oh no! How horrible!” she joked. “Really, why?”
Flash’s eyes darted around the room, and he sweated. “Because…I love you so much…I don’t want to see you leave.” He came up with that one out of thin air (except for the I-love-you part).
Rainbow was still laughing. “Baloney, I’ve been gone for weather and you were just fine!” She was laughing out of control. “You’re funnier than the show we were just watching!”
Flash sighed, defeated. “Fine, go to the doctor, and see what happens. Just don’t hurt me when you’re raging angry.” he said softly. He walked off to his room.
That’s it. Something was wrong with him. And Rainbow Dash was going to find out what. She followed him to his room.
When she entered, she closed the door behind her. “What’s wrong? You’ve been like this for a while. And what’s wrong with the doctor?”
Flash was close to tears. “You really want to know?”
“Absolutely.” She responded as she stroked his mane again.
“Well, you remember playing Minecraft a while back? And what we did after that?”
Rainbow chuckled. “Yeah…” She almost seemed to trail off, lost in that moment.
Flash’s throat choked up as he tried to say the next sentence. “Well…that activity got you pregnant. I just……never told you.”
Rainbow stared at him, shocked. She lowered the hoof on his mane. Suddenly, she smacked him…or tried to smack him. Her hoof swiped mid-air as his head swung out of the way.
“You forgot about my reflexes.” He stated.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” she nearly yelled.
“I didn’t know what the results would be!” he answered.
“Did you do this on purpose and decide not to tell me?!” she yelled this time.
“No, I didn’t even know it happened until a couple months later! By then I didn’t tell you, because—“
“I don’t care! You could have at least let me know! I think the pregnant one deserves to know!”
This conversation was over. She walked to the front door, and flew away.
Flash sat on the bed with tears in his eyes. “This is her worst bad luck……and it’s because of me.”
To be Continued…
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Author Notes:
Four day weekend! That's why there's an early update. Let me know what you think about it!