A few weeks had passed since Fluttershy returned home. She had expected things to be different with a young foal, but she did not realize how much her life would change. She could no longer return to her old life, especially now that she had to think about Wyntre. When she wanted to go out with her friends, she had to either take the foal with her, or find a babysitter. Just as she thought about it, she remembered her routine spa day with Rarity. She had to make sure that little Wyntre could come with her. Aloe was more than accommodating and agreed that she could bring Wyntre. The first time she did, Aloe and Lotus gave Wyntre her own mini spa treatment in which they thoroughly washed her, styled her little mane and massaged her tiny wings and hooves while she and “auntie” Rarity enjoyed their own spa treatment nearby. When they were finished with their spa treatment, Fluttershy came out to see Wyntre all dolled up and looking beautiful! The spa mares had styled Wyntre’s mane with a few forelock curls and painted her hooves a delicate pastel green.
The moment that she saw Wyntre, Rarity squealed in excitement as she fawned over the baby. She turned to Fluttershy, “Oooh! We must stop by the boutique on the way home, Fluttershy. Why, I absolutely must get this little one’s measurements! I have the perfect outfit in mind for the little dear! The ensemble will be absolutely adorable!”
Fluttershy smiled, “That sounds lovely.”
After Fluttershy collected Wyntre, the two set off for Carousel Boutique. The rest of that afternoon, Fluttershy played with the baby while Rarity took her measurements and compared the foal’s coat with different colored fabrics. Once Rarity had finished, Fluttershy left with a promise that the baby would have a new, and amazingly adorable, outfit.
On another occasion, Fluttershy went out to meet with Applejack. With a baby, she wanted to see about expanding her cottage, so she could accommodate her growing foal. While she and Applejack talked over the plans at the farm, Apple Bloom and Big Mac watched Wyntre. Applejack showed her a design for her cottage which added a whole new wing to it for her and Wyntre’s use, and so that she could do more for her animals as well. The initial design for the new addition to her cottage had four new rooms down stairs along with an expansion of three new rooms being added to the upstairs area. While taking a break from drafting up the new blueprints later that day, Fluttershy and Applejack found Big Mac and Apple Bloom chasing after Wyntre, who had apparently figured out how to use her wings as she clumsily flitted about the Apple family barn. Seeing what was going on, Fluttershy did not know what to do. On one hoof, she wanted to rush out there and scoop up her daughter, but on the other hoof she wanted to laugh because of the silliness of what was taking place before her. In the end, she compromised. She flew up to Wyntre and scooped her up in her arms and once she was safe and the commotion was over she could not help but laugh.
Fluttershy would have never thought that she would see the day when Big Mac was running in circles beneath a foal, while Apple Bloom tried jumping from beam to beam trying to catch the filly mid air. It was just so surreal.
After coming back to her senses Applejack rushed over, “Apple Bloom get down from there right now!” she yelled,”Are you tryin’ to break your neck?”
For the rest of the day, Fluttershy kept Wyntre by her side as she and Applejack talked over and reworked the new blueprint for the addition to her house.
Few days later Twilight invited her over to her place, where she said she had found some things that might help Fluttershy with Wyntre.
When she arrived at Twilight’s castle, she was told by Spike that she would be able to find the princess in her library. As she approached the library’s door, all Fluttershy could hear were books being thrown around and Twilight’s panicked screams.
“Where is it? I know I placed it around here somewhere, so where is it?! I absolutely must find it!”
When she knocked on the door, all the noise on the other side went silent and the next thing she knew, the door opened to a rather frazzled looking Twilight. Her mane looked as if it had been shocked by lightning and stood up on end. Twilight told her how she had been looking through the books, and had found the perfect one. The book's title was “How to Raise a Thestral Foal for the Novice Parent”, but she could not find where she put it. She had checked everywhere. It was then that Wyntre decided to let them both know that she was hungry by using a plaintive cry, so without wasting another moment Twilight suggested they go to Hay Belle’s Cafe in downtown Ponyville.
While Wyntre and Fluttershy ate, Twilight filled them in on everything that had been happening since Fluttershy had been away. She told her how she had been organizing events to spread friendship and holding summits with the other princesses and nations to talk about the issues that they all faced.
“I wrote to Princess Luna about the thestral foal you found and the circumstances surrounding your discovery. She said that she would like you to write her a letter so she can get a first hoof account of what happened, so that she might be able to find out what exactly went down and why Wyntre had been abandoned in the frozen wastes.”
“Oh...Okay? That is very nice of her to be concerned about Wyntre. I will write back to her as soon as I get home. I hope she can help us figure out what happened”Fluttershy responded timidly.
After they finished eating, they returned to the Twilight’s castle where Spike greeted them while he carried a book under one arm.
“Hey Fluttershy, hope you had a good lunch. I just finished reading this book I think it will be very helpful to you.” Spike said as he handed Fluttershy the very same book that Twilight had told her about. Twilight, realizing that Spike had the book she had spent her entire night looking for the whole time,began to develop an eye twitch.
She slowly walked towards him with a dangerous smile., “ Oohhhhhh SPIIIIIKE,” she sang with a low, menacing tone, “We need to have a taaaaalk.”
Fluttershy decided it would be best if she excused herself, not wanting her daughter to see what would be happening to Spike after his mistake, especially since Twilight had that crazy look in her eye again.
The next day, construction started on Fluttershy’s cottage for the new addition that was being built on to her house. Not being able to stay at her house while the construction was going on, she was left with a dilemma of where to stay. Her first thought was to ask Twilight, but with her being so busy with her princess duties, she really did not want to impose on her. Her next thought was staying at Rarity’s, but she just kept thinking of all the scissors and the needles over at her place and decided that it would be better if she didn’t for the filly’s’s safety. She had also briefly considered staying at Sweet Apple Acres with Applejack, but thinking about what happened last time she was there, she decided against it. In the end, she was left with Pinkie Pie and the Cake’s or Rainbow Dash’s place.
Filled with worry, Fluttershy set off to go see how Rainbow and Tank were doing. She flew to Rainbow’s cloud home, soaring through the clouds with the foal strapped to her chest. The whole time she was flying, Wyntre cooed and laughed as she enjoyed the feeling of the wind caressing her face and body as she and her mommy flew through the sky.
As she neared Rainbow’s home, she spotted the blue mare sunbathing on her balcony overlooking the land below her. Tank was sitting beside her on a lounge chair of his own, sporting a pair of shades on his tortoise face and looking utterly relaxed. When she and Wyntre arrived Rainbow sat up and waved for her to come over and join them. They talked about how Tank was doing and what practices were like for her in the Wonderbolts’ reserves. They also talked about what happened at Applejack’s when Wyntre took her first flight and the events that followed, including the antics of Big Mac and Apple Bloom.
Hearing that the filly already started to fly, Rainbow became excited and insisted on seeing if she could help the young foal fly. So for the next few hours Fluttershy and Raibow discussed who would give Wyntre her flying lesson and how they would take place when she was old enough to start them.
“I really think she could start learning now Fluttershy.” Rainbow Dash said, “I mean, if she ever hopes to be as awesome as me she needs to start early.”
“Rainbow Dash...I know you mean well, but she is not even a year old. I...I think it much too soon for flying lessons. I mean you didn’t even start learning to fly till you were older.” Fluttershy responded to her friend.
At one point when they were talking and playing with Wyntre the young foal almost went over the side balcony. Rainbow Dash rushed over scooped the little foal up and deposited her back into her mother's arms.Fluttershy hugged the little foal close to her chest and let a sigh of relief that nothing had happened to her.
In the end she decided she would ask if it was okay if she stayed with Pinkie and the Cake’s while her house was being worked on. When she arrived at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie came bursting through the doors with a huge grin. ‘’
“You’re here, you’re here! Of course you’re here! I mean, your house is being worked on, and you don’t want to stay at Twilight's because she is busy, and Rarity is out because of all the pointy things at her place, and you won’t stay at Applejacks because of an incident that happened there not to mention Rainbow lives too high up for you to feel comfortable with your filly, so of course you would come here!”
Fluttershy “eep’d” as Pinkie Pie finally released her and Wyntre. When she had jumped onto them, the pink mare had lifted them up and spun in cricles as she raved about Fluttershy finally arriving.
“I have already talked to Mr. and Mrs. Cake and they said you could stay here until your house is done being worked on! This is going to be sooooo much fun. We can talk about how you have been and Wyntre can play with Pound and Pumpkin! They are going to have a blast!”
That day while Fluttershy and Pinkie were talking about possibly having a housewarming party for the new addition that was being built onto Fluttershy’s house, the three young foals were playing in the next room over where Pinkie kept her supplies. Pumpkin was riding Gummy like a bull at the rodeo while Wyntre and Pound were getting into the “hard to reach” cabinets, where the good candies were stored, using the limited flight capabilities of their young wings. It was while she and Pound Cake were on such an excursion that they found the mother load of frosting and candies.
Seeing that it was to big for them to handle, they got Pumpkin’s attention so that she could help them with her magic. When they had finally managed to get the frosting and candies to the floor the three of them and Gummy proceeded to devour it like there was no tomorrow. This ended up fuelling a sugar induced frenzy that had the three of them bouncing off of the walls. It was during this frenzy that Pinkie Pie’s Pinkie Sense went off and she and Fluttershy rushed to check on the three of them. They found Wyntre, Pound, and Pumpkin covered head to toe in frosting with candy stuck all over their hooves and in their manes.
“Well that’s the last time I take my eyes off of you three,and you are just as bad as they are Gummy.” Pinkie Pie said laughing.
While Fluttershy was indeed upset about the mess her daughter had helped cause for Pinkie and the Cakes, she could not help but to laugh because the three of them looked absolutely adorable in their current frosting and candy covered state.
“Pinkie Pie, do you have a camera?” Fluttershy asked her friend.
Pinkie nodded and reached into her mane to pull out a high definition camera. She quickly took a picture and promised to make a copy for Fluttershy. After taking the picture, Pinkie and Fluttershy grabbed the three foals and took them upstairs to wash the candy covered trouble makers completely clean. They filled the tub with warm water and bubbles and proceeded to scrub each child clean as the three of them played in the tub. When the children were completely clean and dried off, Wyntre, Pound and Pumpkin were put to bed where they quickly fell asleep having finally crashed from their sugar high.
This left Fluttershy and Pinkie with the quiet and peace of mind to talk about planning the housewarming party that Pinkie wanted to throw for her and Wyntre. They talked it over for the rest of the night until Fluttershy finally called a halt to it, needing to get some sleep.
The next day came and Mr. and Mrs. Cake came to pick up their children from Pinkie Pie, having just returned from Equestria’s Iron Baker competition, where they won and had received the title of Iron Bakers. When they saw the three kids playing together, and having such fun, they smiled and nodded their approval to Fluttershy.
“Feel free to bring Wyntre over to play any time you want.” Mrs. Cake said, smiling at Fluttershy as she picked up Pumpkin and Pound Cake.
Without any further delays the cakes left and went down stairs to open Sugarcube Corner. Fluttershy, feeling a bit restless about not being in her own home, asked Pinkie Pie to look after Wyntre while she went to check on how things were proceeding with the work on her house.
With Fluttershy gone, that left just Wyntre and Pinkie to figure out what to do with the rest of their day. Pinkie’s first idea was to get Pumpkin and Pound Cake and let her play with the twins a little more, but upon further thought she decided that might not be such a good idea after what the three of them got into the night before. So, she decided that she would take Wyntre to meet Ms.Cherilee at the school house. When she arrived at the school, the young ones were outside playing on the playground and having fun. Ms. Cherilee trotted up to her upon seeing Pinkie Pie and the foal she was carrying in her hooves.
“Now who is this cute bundle of joy, Pinkie?” Ms. Cherilee asked.
“Oh, this is Wyntre. She’s Fluttershy’s new daughter. I figured I would bring her over to the school house so you could meet one of your future students and so she could play a little.”
No sooner than the words left her mouth the little foal flittered out of her arms with her little wings and started making her way over toward the other children where she ran face first into Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
“Eww!” Said Diamond Tiara, “ This baby just slobbered on me! Will some pony get it away from me? NOW!!”
Having heard the commotion, the CMC rushed over to see who Diamond was abusing this time. Upon seeing Wyntre, Apple Bloom ran over and quickly separated the young foal from the abusive tirade of the stuck up rich pony that was making a spectacle of herself.
The CMC carried Wyntre over to where Pinkie and Ms. Cherilee were standing.
Apple Bloom turned to her friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle and said, “Guys, this here is Fluttershy’s daughter Wyntre. You can’t take your eye off of her for a moment or she will get herself in to trouble. Believe me, I know.”
Sweetie Belle looked at the little foal smiling as she said, “Guys we should try to get our cutie marks in foalsitting! I don't think we have tried that one yet.”
The three of them looked at one another thinking it over when Pinkie Pie and Ms. Cherilee said in unison, “That is something you need to talk about with Wyntre’s mother.”
Ms.Cherilee added, “and aren’t you three a little young to be foalsitting in the first place.”
The three young fillies thought about it for a moment before shrugging their shoulders, “Well it was worth a try. We can at least play with her right?” Apple Bloom said as she and her friends gave Pinkie Pie and Cherilee wide, hopeful grins.
Pinkie Pie hought about it for a moment, “I guess that would be okay.” she replied, “But you have to stay where we can see you at all times or the deal is off.”
So for the rest of the children’s recess the Cutie Mark Crusaded played with Wyntre and some of the other children. They played on the seesaw, the slide and peek a boo as well. When it was time for the young one to go in Pinkie Pie gathered Wyntre up and headed back to Sugarcube Corner.
When she arrived back at Sugarcube Fluttershy was their waiting on her.
“My house will be ready by tonight. Thank you oh so much for looking after Wyntre for me. I do not know what I would do without such good friends.” Fluttershy said as she took the sleeping foal from Pinkie Pie’s arms.
“No worries, I was happy to help.” Pinkie Pie replied, smiling happily at both mother and child.
“I will have the party ready to roll when you come home to your newly remodeled house.” Pinkie stated before walking off to do whatever it is Pinkie does when planning for a party.
When Fluttershy arrived home, she could not believe her eyes and she had yet to see the inside.They had overhauled the outside giving her cottage a facelift. It now had trellaces going up the walls where joseph's coat rose bushes could grow with their blossoms of various colors, and on top of that it looked like someone had built a balcony onto her house where her bedroom had been. When she entered her house, the lights came on and the only thought to enter her mind was that it was gorgeous. There were elegant green curtains hanging in her windows and the picture of Wyntre, Pound, and Pumpkin Cake was hanging on the wall along with a larger picture of herself holding Wyntre that looked to be hand painted.
When did that happen? she wondered to herself.
Not to mention all her friends standing there eager to show her what was waiting for her in the rest of the house. Of course Pinkie had balloons and streamers everywhere that read “Welcome home Fluttershy and Wyntre.”
Applejack explained the technical aspects of what went into building the addition to her house, while Rarity explained how the color scheme had been decided upon for the curtains and other accent pieces. When they came upon a small room lined with books, Twilight explained that she felt that any good home should have plenty of books so that if you ever have a question about something you can find out the answer. Further down the hall were three animal care and relaxation rooms where she could take care of the animals that came to her for help. They then went upstairs, where she was shown her newly revamped master bedroom with the attached bathroom.
Down the hall was the Wyntre’s room, which they had all secretly been dying to show her. When they opened the door to the room, Fluttershy set her eyes upon the most beautiful room she had ever seen. The walls were a paisley pink with teal blue accents. The crib was on the far wall across from the window with a mobile hanging above it. There was a dresser filled with all sorts of adorable outfits for her sorted by size to accommodate her as she grew. And on top of it all was a rocking chair just like Granny Smith’s, sitting right beside the crib with a book of bedtime stories resting on the seat beside a baby monitor that could be mounted on the wall.
Fluttershy’s eyes filled with tears. She had never expected her friends to actually decorate, design and buy all the stuff that they were giving her. She felt really special in that moment. Eager to see the rocking chair, Fluttershy flitted over to it and took a seat, holding Wyntre as she giggled softly. A small sniffle escaped her and she placed Wyntre in the new crib before flying to her friends and enveloping them in a tight hug.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” she said, “I love it so much!”
The rest of the girls laughed as they hugged their weeping friend back.