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// 7 
// Story: The Moms have been Doubled. 
// by The SideKick 
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~You as Vinyl ten years ago~


Behind a club on one of the less walked streets of Canterlot an employee's only door burst open as you stumble out, having finished your gig and grabbing a few drinks on the way. 

"RIGHT, that was a good gig Flood Lights, but I gotta get outta here and sleep for the next week." 

"Cool cool, and I'll be sure to keep you on the list of acts worth their two cents!"

"Thanks dude, night."

"Night."

Wobbly you salute the stallion at the door before walking off, the clicking of the door closing resounding behind you in the alleyway. Cantering on shaky legs you sing a little tune when you nearly smack into a wall. 

"Aw crud, wasn't even looking which way I went."

Turning around you started to walk off when you heard a noise.

"WAAAAAAAAH!"

"WHAT IN THE HOLY MOTHER OF BU-!"

Your hind hoof lands on a can, tripping you up. One of your legs going out from under you along with your already unstable stance leaves you desperately trying to right you, but alas you just end up flailing a bit before land on your back, crushing half a cardboard box.

"WAAAAH!"

Again you are assaulted by the wailing, this time right in your left ear. Scrambling up you lean against a wall covering your ears, trying to catch your breath. After you've calmed down a bit you uncover your ears slowly. Whatever was making that noise was still going at it. It was coming from the side of the box you didn't crush, you could see something peach colored moving around in there.

Taking a deep breath you chide yourself.

"It's just some animal Vinyl, you've dealt with way worse."

Breathing out you give your head a sharp shake and are about walk off when curiosity starts to set in. Your lagging brain gets the better of you and you cautiously peer through the gaps in the cardboard to try and see more of the mysterious animal. Its screeching has died down some now, occasionally broken by hiccups. You also think it didn't have any fur from what you could see. With the nagging at the back of your mind stronger than ever you decide to just get it over with and open the box.

You go slowly as to try and not disturb the thing too much. After you've peeled enough of the box away to see it proper you take a step back.

"WAAAAaaaa-ga?"

The...whatever it was stopped for a moment, it's little eyes locking on to you after you open the box. You honestly weren't sure how to describe it. You've never seen anything like it before. It had little...claws? But softer. On the ends of its legs were...things, you have nothing to really to compare them to besides its "claws". It was pink all over and completely bald except for a little tiny tuft of hair on its head. It was a boy is really all you could tell.

While you were looking the thing over it seemed to determine that it liked you and was reaching out towards you with its arms.

"Ba ba!"

Tilting your head as you looked it over some more you could find anything else that might help you identify what it was. Leaning in to get a better look you jump nearly a foot in the air when grabs your nose and starts to giggle like mad. 

After you calm down you glare at the thing for a moment before walking off, curiosity mostly sated. If you could be bothered you might try looking up what it was later. From the way it acted it must be only a baby, you could only guess abandoned by its parents.

"Sorry little guy, but I'm sure you'll do fine."

As you're walking down the alleyway the giggling starts to fade into crying again. Despite your growing distance from it, the crying only gets louder as you walk. Your pace slows as your sloshy thoughts bother you, eventually stopping you all together at the exit of the alley. You could still hear it crying.

("It's just a baby, of a species you've never heard or seen of...")

You huff, your minds gears beginning to turn.

("Which is exactly why it would be too stupid for even you to take it in, who knows what it could grow up to be!")

Your head lowers a bit as you argue with yourself.

("And what happens if I just leave it here? It'll probably gonna die! Do I want that on my conscience?")

("It's an animal! You know too well that animals die every day, that's just how nature works. Just because you find one abandoned does not mean you're saddled with taking care of it. You've got too much stuff in your life right now to be taking care of a possibly dangerous wild animal that you found in an alleyway. Block out the crying and move on, you have work to do in the morning.")

You stand there for a moment before you look up, face resolute, and walk off from the alleyway down the street.

In the alleyway the baby was crying harder than before, face red with how long it had been left out in the open cold air of the night when suddenly it was being lifted up into the air by something soft and warm, a faint glow of blue surrounding it. When it's crying turned to whimpers and it opened its eyes it saw you looking down at it with a warm expression.

"Sorry about that little guy, I had to go get a blanket right quick, now come on, I've got a nice warm spot for you to sleep tonight, sound good?"

"Da gah."

"Then let's get out of here."

Holding the baby a bit away from you in your magic just to be careful you leave the alleyway for good, heading towards your house, the little guy babbling happily as you two went until he fell asleep.