Ch. 8: Joy
Chapter Eight
Joy
Dear Diary:
The Name's Cloudy Feathers and today I just moved into Ponyville! There's an awesome, red pegasus stallion named Jet Blast who picked a fight with me as soon as I set hoof in town then later introduced me to his beautiful cousin, Angel Wings. And she has a daughter with one on the way. She could give birth any day now. In fact she just started having contractions!
The father apparently is no longer in town and most likely won't return for a long, LONG time, in which case I'd gladly aid her in caring for her young. I do love foals and have some experience in handling the little bundles of joy, so I'm excited about this whole thing.
Oh boy! I can't believe how things turned out in just one move!
Zuro put away his new journal on the shelf in the guest room. To help keep up the appearance of a new pony being aloud to stay in a home he would have to live as a guest instead of just continuing a relationship as a pony nopony ever saw before. As far as everypony knew he was a completely new pony who immediately made friends with two pegasi, so that is the look he would have to keep up until things settled down. He wished he could simply return to getting ready for the wedding he and Angel spent months planning after such a grand proposal in Canterlot, but all that changed when his hive fallowed Chrysalis in attacking the Equestrian capital. Zuro looked over to his little sister who was sound asleep on his bed and he smiled.
I guess I can't call you my little sister since Angel adopted you and she'll be my wife now. He thought to himself. The thought of calling little Dili his daughter would Take some getting used to, but he was not entirely against the idea. He truly did care for the little one and would gladly call her his own for any reason and since he was currently cut off from his parents she would need others to care for her until times changed.
Angel struggled in through the door taking deep breaths as she favored her large bulge. He looked up to her and got up to help her. "You okay, honey?" He asked. She shook her head with a silent groan.
"The contractions are getting worse." She groaned.
"Is it time?" He asked calmly yet excitement in his tone. She looked up into his eyes showing mostly pain in her own. "I'll take that as a yes." He observed. In an instant he transformed into his new pony form guise. The noise caused Dili to stir before he had a chance to turn and wake her from her peaceful sleep. He crouched down next to her head. "Dili, sweetie." She groaned in response. "Wake up, sweetie. Sissy's having the baby." She open her eyes.
"Huh?" She groaned.
"Come on, sweetie." Cloudy said. "Angel's having the baby." Dili's eyes perked open.
"It's time?" She asked. He inclined his head.
"Ah!" Angel gasped. Cloud turned to Angel at the sound of her cry then back to Dili.
"Hop on, Dili." He said as he offered his back to the little changeling who hopped on his back as she changed to her little pegasus form. He then turned to Angel and took her foreleg in his to guide her out of the room through the house and outside. As soon as they left outside the house the cool air hit their faces causing Dili to bury hers in the pegasus' mane. Cloudy closed the door behind them and turned to a wagon in the front yard he had rented just in case this happened. He guided Angel on the wagon and sat Dili beside her. "Keep her warm, little Dili." He said. Dili inclined her head and cozied up to Angel who was breathing hard and deep as she lay a hoof on her belly. He then moved to the front of the wagon and hooked himself onto the saddle and began pulling the wagon with gentle haste away from the house.
~~)oOo(~~
As Luna's great moon shined through the bedroom window adding its radiant glow to the faint candle light illuminating the room Jet Blast finished brushing his teeth and preening his feathers for the night before bed. He walked out of the bathroom and into his own bedroom where his bed lay by the wall waiting for him to fill the sheets. Jet began walking toward his bed waiting for him. He lifted the covers off and was about to slide under when a noise outside caught his attention. He looked to the window and opened his ears to better hear the noise. It sounded like old wooden wheels rolling close and quick. He moved away from his bed to the window and opened it to poke his head out to see the source of the sound. Coming from down the road was a wagon being pulled by a pegasus with what looked like a pregnant mare on it. Jet narrowed his eyes.
"Gu- ah... Cloudy...?" He asked himself. Sure enough, it was the new pegasus staying with his cousin coming his way. "It must be time!" He said with newfound excitement and energy as he jumped out of the window and glided after them. He landed by Cloudy and trotted to keep up with him. "What's up, bud?" He asked.
"She's in labor." Cloudy answered. "I'm getting her to the hospital." Jet hopped in front of him and stopped him dead in his tracks.
"Red flag, Big C." Jet urged.
"We don't have time for this." Cloudy countered. "She's in pain."
"And what happens when the foal's born and looks more like..." Jet stopped himself and looked around to make sure nopony was in earshot before leaning close. "... a changeling?" The fear of the risk was visible in Cloudy's eyes at the question.
"I can't help her myself." Cloudy whispered. "I'm not skilled in magic."
"Then we take her to Zecora." Jet said. Cloudy shot a glare at him.
"Oh no!" He stated. "The Everfree is the worst place to take her now."
"Then we bring Zecora to her." Jet suggested.
"Whatever you do, do it now!" Angel grunted. Both stallions turned to her then back at each other.
"I'll get Zecora, you take her inside my home." Jet ordered. Unable to disagree with that Cloudy inclined his head and unhooked himself from the wagon as Jet bolted at top speed to the forest.
Cloudy helped Dili off the wagon and set her on the ground next to him before turning to Angel and helping her off the wagon. He had her lean on his side while he draped a wing over her back. He faced Dili. "Go open the front door, kiddo." He instructed. She inclined her head and ran up to open the door and held it open for them to enter. He guided Angel into the living room and had her lay on the floor against a couch.
~~)oOo(~~
It was quiet within the walls of the tree made into a home with several shelves decorated with bottles, bowls, vials and plants of every variety wile a single zebra stood on one hind hoof with her two forelegs raised at either side of her with her eyes closed. Deep in meditation and cut out from the outside, the wise zebra did not hear the sound of flapping wings gradually increasing in volume by the second. A few seconds later the door slams open, the start causing the zebra to jump and fall on her flanks with a thud.
"Zecora!" Jet called looking through the room before finding her getting up from the floor. "What're you doing down there?" He asked. She shot him a look of annoyance.
"You bust in my home. That much is sure." She said. "But why this late hour you come through my door?" She asked.
"Angel's in labor." Jet answered. She looked up at him again. "Cloudy has her at my house right now. I stopped him before he got to the hospital." He explained. Instantly Zecora grabbed a few items and placed them in a sack before she turned to face him as she slid the sack over her shoulder.
"Though I am of the earth we must get there before birth." She stated.
"Hop on my back." Jet said as he turned to the side. "It's the fastest way." She inclined her head and climbed on his back. He then left the zebra's home and flew off through the forest back to Ponyville.
~~)oOo(~~
"Argh!!!" Angel screams our in the largest contraction she had yet felt in the night. Cloudy Came back with a wet wash cloth and rested it on her forehead.
"Easy, sweetie." He said. She shot a sharp glare at him.
"You try going through labor!" She screeched. Dili stepped up and nuzzled Angel's side.
"It'll be okay, Sissy." She said softly. Cloudy looked to the front door.
"Where are you, Jet?" He asked. Angel groaned in pain causing Cloudy to look back down to her and take her hoof in his own.
"Get him out!" She cried as she squeezed his hoof. He groaned in pain from her grip. Dili could not help but giggle.
"Bubba, your face is funny." She said.
"Thanks, Dili." He said through his teeth, now more than ever anxious for jet to get back with Zecora. A few minutes later the door opened and jet came in with a Zecora who wore a wide eyed look on her face.
"You are quite skilled in flight, yet how do you go without such fright?" She asked. Jet was about to answer before Cloudy's groaning and Angel's screaming caught their attention.
"Less talk..." Cloudy groaned. "... more help." Zecora rushed up.
"This time will be most foul." The zebra said before turning to Jet. "Get me a bale of water and towels." Jet inclined his head and left the room down the hall out of sight. Zecora turned to her sack and pulled out a small bottle and held it up to Angel. "You must drink this fast if you wish the pain not to last." Angel struggles a little before taking the bottle and drinking it all. Immediately she began to settle down and Zecora, through her endless supply of rhymes, instructed Cloudy to remain at Angels side while Jet and Dili helped with towels and her sack of supplies.
Soon it was time for Angel to put in her effort and start to push. Zecora gave her the go ahead as she got herself in position with a strict and serious look on her face. Dili was moved away from view and stood next to Jet as Cloudy held Angel's hoof as she gave birth. After what seamed like hours of agonizing birthing Zecora put on a smile as the sounds of a screaming newborn filled the room. Angel panted hard while Zecora cleaning the bundle with wet and dry towels and calmed the newborn down before carrying it up to the mother while smiling at Dili.
"With all the effort from your older siblings, my little one..." Zecora began as she turned to Angel. "You now have a wonderful son." She held the bundle up to Angel, the blue face of a curious looking changing with a single black curly cue on his forehead poked out from the blankets to see the outside world. Angel took him in her hold as Cloudy placed a blanket over her. She smiled at the baby changeling hybrid in her hold as tears of joy streamed down her cheeks. Cloudy allowed his guise to fall to reveal his true changeling form.
"Hey buddy." He said through a whimper of joy. "What are we gonna call him?" He asked Angel. Angel tickles his chin with her hoof.
"Bluejoy!" Dili hopped up. "He's blue and he's giving us all joy." Angel smiles at the idea as Zuro pets her head.
"Good idea, sis." He said before turning to his son. "Bluejoy."
~~)END(~~
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Nice ending to this story. I wish we could see how Zuro's parents would have reacted to seeing Bluejoy, and the life Bluejoy could have. It could be a sequel Idea if you want to. Great story though. It was a joy to read.
Awe!!! This story is so awesome!
4289115 I already have some ideas sparking.
4289116 Glad you like it.
Awws leave it to dili to name her little step brother <33 so cute
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Step brother/nephew. The living arrangements are quite confusing at this point.
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Considering that they and their youngest daughter are either in prison, on the run and believing that their youngest son has been banished to parts unknown with their eldest daughter completely MIA and Equestria being hostile to Changeling refugees, or just as likely dead, any reaction would be a good reaction at this point. No, I don't agree with how Celestia handled things. I can see how she came to the decision that she did, but I still see too many negative outcomes resulting from it.
...of course, if Celestia sent in a covert team to rescue the political prisoners, Zuro's family included, that would change things. How much, I'm not sure, but it would in fact change things.Edit:
...oh. Right. She did do that. I forgot.
4291336 ya still adorable and full of cuteness diabetes
I smell sequel *flails* Bluejoy is just too adorable to stop here
4293013 He won't be so adorable when he grows up.
END? Make a Sequel!!!
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maybe, maybe not~
4295480 Already thinking of it.
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4300077 Good.
A thrilling story. It's pretty much the same as any other "changeling goes to Equestria" story, but that's okay. I like those. The differences are enough to keep me interested.
At some point, you should go back and have it redone by an editor. I'm sure you've been told this already, but your biggest weaknesses as a writer are spelling and vocabulary. You often use one word when you really mean another. I might consider fixing it myself, if you'd be willing to accept my help. I'd copy a chapter into word, fix it, then send the corrected version to you in a personal message. You'd have to reapply bold and italic formatting yourself, of course.
4483998 It wouldn't hurt to have one who can go back and correct a few things. Jut edit it so much it's not what I came up with. Deal?
4487112 Yeah, sure. I've done this plenty of times, so I have a pretty good idea of what I can and cannot change. I only fix spelling and grammar. If something needs major rewording, I always let the author know, but from what I recall of the story, I don't think that will be necessary in this case.
Also, while I will start on the first chapter soon (right after checking out the latest updates on my Favorites list), you shouldn't expect these in rapid succession, as I have a short attention span and there are two other stories I proofread for as well, in addition to the obvious non-internet things of life. I'll try to get them done quickly, but I make no promises.
4487798 Whatever you can do is cool.
A little rough around the edges, and need some fleshing out, but it's good. A nice little story with a good ending.
4655076 Glad you like it. I had a very hard time finishing it, because my brain didn't want to work on it anymore.
There were several typos sprinkled about, and Ch. 6-1 felt rougher than the rest for some reason, but the prose was otherwise good enough that it didn't detract much.
Really, I think the main weakness of the story was in shoehorning the characters into main canon events. I mean, being present for the season pilots or the Canterlot invasion is one thing, direct involvement in the invasion makes sense, and the Princesses thinking about lynchpinning a peace arrangement around Zuro makes sense.
But there's not really any reason to have them walk in on the Luna redemption scene. Or for Zuro to draw Discord's attention as anything more than a brief curiosity -- certainly not enough to actually mention him once or twice in terms of "this random changeling and the Elements". Gnator's personal subplot with Zuro worked, but there was never really a believable reason he was critical to Chrysalis's plot or even unusually competent, especially if he broke a sweat against two completely untrained civilians. Nor was there ever any reason Zuro, one of those untrained civilians, was significant enough for Chrysalis to know his name, much less be name-dropped by her as desirable as anything more than cannon fodder.
Side story characters will be affected by the main event, but they don't have to satellite or weight it so closely. It would've had the same impact, if not more, if Discord saw through his disguise, and then still considered him too insignificant to hold his attention for longer than it took to mess with him. Or if Gnator was just another drone in the invasion (minor officer at most). The NMM bit didn't really add anything in the first place like how you used Discord to stir up family drama, and I'm not even sure there was a way to have Zuro's party get involved in the NMM debacle at all without feeling terribly forced -- maybe head into the Everfree, then get completely lost and focus more heavily on getting back out.
The story was at its strongest when it was its own story. Not everything has to piggyback off episodes.
5382692 I mainly just wrote what I felt needed to be written, and that could be my where I fail in my writing. Thanks for your thoughts.
A good ending point..but it seems you left a few loose ends in your verse there.....
5718036 Glad you liked my story. Thanks for the comments, pointers and such. I was planning on writing a sequel, but that has yet to happen. As for the alternate ending, not a bad idea.
6116404 Plans change.
6685945 Oh, yeah, Dili's the sweet one.
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This Isn't a bad story at all, but I simply cannot give it a like until you have a proofreader go through the whole thing. Far too many issues with spelling and dialogue structure.
6835843 that makes you sound extremely prejudice.
Read through this in a couple days, it really is quite a nice story.
6843308 Thank you. I know it has errors, but I just don't have the attention span to read through it and correct them, nor do I have enough resources to have them corrected.
6886387 Quite frankly, it's bad typing skills. When I wrote the story I had very, very little to no typing skills at all. But, I have a good imagination. I am trying to get a friend to help proofread, but he's got a plate full right now, so things are slow.
Thank you for your input though. Could've soften the language a bit, but I'm not as bothered by that now as I was when I started writing.
I like this story so much that I have to put it in a folder a level above Favorite: Read Again!
7053576 *Electrical hum*
Rail guns online!
*electric engine spinning up*
Chain guns online!
*air compressor*
Super soakers online! With ACID! THEY'RE GONNA BE TRIPPIN BALLS!!!
Is that the end of this story? Cause it's slated as "incomplete".
7471345 I thought I changed that. I'll make the change, but if it continues to show up as "incomplete" than something's up.
7471431 It changed, thanks and sorry for the trouble.
7471627 No trouble at all. Thank you for your support.
ACK. GET ON MY LOVED LIST RIGHT NOW!
7584791 Glad you like it.
I personally wish zuro could have come back to ponyville as original pony self.
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I understood that reference.
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Since that comment I’ve become a linguist nerd and it’s even worse for me now XD
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Same
Rough and short, but I enjoyed every second.
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I must have wrote that at a time I didn't yet know about equine reproduction. Now that I'm in the mood to be active again I should look through these stories to look for rewrite opportunities.
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Really? I really need to catch up on what I've missed over the years. Still haven't seen the last seasons.
Zuro won't just be a copy of Thorax, will he?
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If anything, Thorax is a copy of Zuro. I wrote this story well before season 5.
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Oh, so it's ['neɪtər] then. Thanks!
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Sure thing.