//------------------------------// // Welcome to the family // Story: Life as a Foal // by BubblePuff //------------------------------// I waited with Mommy as we sat in the waiting room of a hospital. Nyx, her mommy Twilight, and Celestia were with us. I looked over at Nyx. “Do u know what going on?” Nyx shook her head. “No. I just know we waiting for Luna and Cadance.” Mommy noticed our chatting and looked at us with a smile. “Are you two excited to meet your new cousins?” My eyes went wide. Cousins? Luna and Cadance did have swollen bellies recently, but I just assumed that they were fat. However, hearing that Nyx and I would be getting new playmates made both of us cheer. A doctor came into the waiting room. “Luna and Cadance are ready to receive guests.” Mommy placed me on her back, and Twilight placed Nyx on on hers. They followed the doctor down a long hallway to a room containing two beds. Luna was in one bed while Cadance was in the other. They both cradled newborn foals. Luna spoke first. “Everyone, say hello to North Star.” North Star was a unicorn colt with a black coat, a silver and black striped mane and tail, and black eyes. “Hewlo!” Nyx and I said in unison. North Star looked scared and buried his face in Luna’s chest. This made Mommy, Twilight, and Celestia Daww. “He’s a little shy.” Luna said with giggle. We then went over to Cadance’s bed. “This is my new daughter, Melody note.” Melody was an Alicorn with a pink coat, a red and purple striped mane and tail, and purple eyes. I waved at her, and so did Nyx. Melody saw us and smiled. She reached out with her hooves to try and touch us. “It looks like little Melody already wants to play.” Cadance cooed. The next day Luna and Cadance came home to the castle. They placed Melody and North Star in the playpen with me and Nyx. I decided to introduce myself. “Hewlo! My name Blue Moon! I’m ur cusin!” “And I’m ur other cusin Nyx!” Melody Note smiled. “I’m Melody! Nice to meet u!” North Star hid behind a teddy bear. “I’m North Star.” He said timidly. Celestia dawwed at our foal talk. “Ok my little ponies.” She announced. “Because you are all such a hooffull, I have hired a full time Foal sitter to watch you when your mommies are busy. Please say hello to Quick wit!” A pegasus mare then entered the room. She had a lapis lazuli mane and tail, and a baby blue coat with matching wings. “Hello little ones!” She said in a cheerful voice. “I look forward to spending time with all of you. In fact, I brought along my son to be your playmate. Say hello to Bioquill!” Quick Wit lifted her wing to reveal a foal carrier holding her foal Bioquill. He had a dark red coat, a dark brown mane and tail, and brown eyes. He smiled at us and waved his hooves. As Quick Wit put Bioquill in the playpen, Celestia gave her some things. “Here are some bottles containing breast milk from each foal's mother, their names are written on the bottles so that there is no confusion.” “Don’t worry, the foals and I will have a great time!” Quick Wit said. “Very well. Farewell little ones, and behave yourselves.” Celestia waved goodbye and left. I looked over at Bioquill. “Hi, I’m Blue Moon! Theese r my cusins Nyx, Melody Note, and North Star!” We all said hello, but North Star still hid behind the teddy bear. “I’m Bioquill! Want Pway?” We all began to play with the toys in the playpen. Bioquill and I had a race with toy trains, Melody and Nyx rolled a ball between one another, and North Star mostly sucked on his hoof. “Alright little ones, lunch time!” Quick Wit announced. She gave us each a bottle with our names on them, except for Bioquill whom she breastfed herself. I held my bottle and drank mommie’s rich, creamy milk. When we were all finished, Quick Wit burped us one by one. When she burped me I burped the loudest. “Wow! Looks like we have a winner!” Quick Wit said with a giggle. Nyx, Melody, Bioquill, and I all laughed at my loud burp. North Star however was so scared by it that he wet his diaper. “Uh oh, did somepony have an accident?” Quick Wit picked up North Star and confirmed he had wet his diaper by the obvious wet spot. After getting him changed and returned to the playpen, I pointed at North Star and gave him a nickname. “U pwince wetty!” “Not funny!” North Star said with a pouty face. “It pwetty funny!” Melody said with a giggle. It was then that Bioquill looked up and saw the window. It had a view of the royal garden, and Bioquill was mesmerized by it. “What out there?” He asked. “Dat outside. Mommy says we no awowwed outside all alone.” “But it look like fun! I wanna go!” “But how we get past ur mommy?” Melody asked. “Weave dat to me.” Bioquill then began flapping his wings. Soon he was hovering in the air, and began flying around the room. A look of worry came over Quick Wit’s face. “Oh no. Sweetie, get down from there!” While Quick Wit was distracted, I climbed up on Nyx’s back and unlocked the playpen. “Now our chance!” Myself, Nyx, and Melody all crawled out of the playpen and towards the door. Nyx noticed that North Star was lagging behind. “U coming or not?” She asked. “But we not s’posed to weave.” North Star said anxiously. “Hawve it ur way, pwince wetty!” Nyx said in a mocking tone. North Star became upset. “Dat still not funny!” Not wanting to be left out, he followed us out of the room and into the hallway while Bioquill distracted his mom. We snuck down the hallway, ducking behind corners, vases, and columns to avoid the guards. Eventually we made it outside to the royal garden. “It bweautiful!” Nyx proclaimed. North Star smelled some flowers and Melody chased a butterfly. Eventually Bioquill made it outside. “Mommy not fast enough to catch me!” He proceeded to play in the dirt. I was exploring the bushes when I heard a whimpering. I peeked inside one of them and was surprised at what I found. It was a winged wolf pup. It was grey with a white underbelly, turquoise top part. It’s wings followed the same pattern. I decided to introduce myself. “Hewllo! My name Blue Moon! Who are u?” “My name Ekko.” She said. “Wat u doing in da bushes?” “I lost. I can’t find mommy or my pack.” “Come wit me! My fweinds and fwamily will help u!” “Weally?” “Yup! Follow me!” I led Ekko back to the others. “Eeweryone, meet Ekko! Thweses my cusins Nyx, Melody, and North Star. And this our fweind Bioquill!” Nyx, Melody, and Bioquill all crawled over and greeted Ekko. North Star stayed where he was, but he still smiled and waved. I could not help but pet Ekko with my tiny hooves. “ U fuzzy!” This made Ekko giggle. “Ugh, what are you little brats doing out here?” We all turned to see who was talking. It was prince Blueblood. “Who dat?” Bioquill asked. I let out a sigh. “Dat Blueblood. He my other cusin. He a poopy-head meanie.” Blueblood took a few steps closer, a look of disgust on his face. “Pathetic little foals such as yourselves are not allowed in the royal garden. Especially you.” Blueblood said as he pointed at me. “It is bad enough that Nightmare Moon is allowed to be a princess, but to have her little mistake running around? What is this world coming to?” Blueblood then looked over Ekko. “And what is this abomination? Get out of here you oversized rat!” We all broke out crying loudly after what Blueblood had said. It was then that Quick Wit came outside. “There you all are! You had me worried sick!” Quick Wit could not help but notice our crying, and turned to Blueblood. “What did you do?” “Madam, I came across these little cretins and gave them a proper talking to. Maybe if you were better at your job I wouldn’t have to talk to such overly sensitive brats.” Quick Wit’s face grew bright red. “What did you just say?!” Before Blueblood could respond, Quick Wit let him have it. “Listen here you pompous-” *Quick Wit said a lot of words to Blueblood that mommie says I am not allowed to repeat. All I can tell you is that there were a lot of them, and that Quick Wit yelled for a long time* “-And that’s all I have to say to you!” Quick Wit was almost out of breath when stopped. Blueblood just stood there like a statue, a look of complete shock frozen on his face. Quick Wit then gathered us all up and ushered us back inside. “You are all filthy! I think it’s time for bath!” She looked down at Ekko with a gentle smile. “Yes, that means you too, sweetie.” Quick Wit gave all of us a bubble bath. Playing with the bubbles was fun, but I don’t think that Quick Wit liked it when we splashed each other and her. When we were all dried off, Ekko’s fur became all poofy. She looked so silly! Mommy, Cadance, Luna, Twilight, and Celestia all arrived to pick us up at the end of the day. Quick Wit informed them of what happened with Blueblood. Mommy thank her for handling him, then looked at me and said I was in big trouble. This made me gulp with fright. Quick Wit then showed Ekko to Celestia, who was surprised to see her. “A winged wolf? They have not been seen for hundreds of years. I thought they were long gone.” “What do you want to do about her?” Quick Wit asked. Celestia looked at Ekko, who was giving her puppy dog eyes. Celestia smiled. “I shall take her in. Until her pack is found, this pup will live here at the castle.” I clapped my hooves and cheered. Ekko would get to stay with me in castle, and I had a new playmate! Mommy then lifted me up with her magic and placed me on her back. “Don’t get too excited little one. You are still in big trouble.” Mommy then took me back to my nursery and spanked my bottom three times. “I don’t like doing that, but you must learn that your actions have consequences.” Mommy then put me in my crib. I cried after being spanked, but in the back of mind the punishment was worth it because I got to go on an adventure and make a new friend.