The Clock Is Ticking

by PresentPerfect

Day 7

The Clock Is Ticking
by Present Perfect

Day 7

"Congratulations, Pinkie Pie," Twilight said, straightening as the magic faded from her horn, "you're pregnant!"

Cheers thundered off the library walls. Applejack, Rarity, Twilight and Fluttershy hugged Pinkie or slapped her on the back. Rainbow Dash, Blitz no longer, lifted her up and spiralled around, kissing her passionately.

"Congratulations, Pinkie!" Applejack said, grinning from ear to ear. "Y'all're gonna be the first of us to have foals, and I plum couldn't be happier for ya!"

"Well said, Applejack!" Rarity said, hopping in place. "Ohh, this is so exciting! I have baby clothes to design!"

"I can't wait to see its little face!" Pinkie squealed, hugging Dash tightly.

"You'll get to see it, in eleven months," Fluttershy said, smiling.

Dash frowned. "Wait, eleven months? Really? That's like... forever!"

"All good things come in time," Twilight said with a chuckle.

"Some of 'em just take a little more time 'n others," Applejack said, jabbing Rainbow in the ribs.

"Ow! Lay off, AJ, we had..." Rainbow searched for the right word. "Complications."

Applejack snickered and stepped back. "Yeah, yeah, I won't tease ya no more. Much."

Twilight cleared her throat. "While we're apologizing, I just want to say..." She let out a breath. "Rainbow, I'm sorry for the way I acted two days ago. You came to me for help and, well, I wasn't a very good friend."

"Me too," said Fluttershy, stepping forward and hanging her head. "I treated you awfully. And I want to apologize to you as well, Pinkie. I didn't mean to do anything that jeopardized your relationship with Rainbow Dash."

"We're sorry," they said together.

"I forgive you guys," Dash said a moment later, smiling nonchalantly.

"Me too!" Pinkie said, bouncing up and hugging Fluttershy. "I know you girls didn't mean anything by it." She elbowed Twilight in the side, winking conspiratorially. "After all, Dash makes a pretty hot stallion, am I right?"

Dash cleared her throat, cheeks burning. "Pinkie!"

There was a round of laughter.

"I'm so glad everything turned out for the best," Rarity said, grinning. "Have either of you thought about names yet? Oh, Twilight, do you know if it's going to be a filly or a colt?"

Twilight shook her head. "It's really too early to say. Buuuut..."

Pinkie and Dash looked at each other, then at Twilight. "Buuuut?"

Twilight twiddled her hooves. "Ha ha, well, you know, what with all the congratulating and apologizing and everything, I kiiiinda didn't have a chance to mention..."

"What is it Twilight?" Pinkie asked, jumping forward and pressing her nose against Twilight's.

"Is there something wrong?" Dash asked, adding her face to Pinkie's severe encroachment on Twilight's personal space.

"It's twins!" Twilight blurted.

There was a lengthy pause.

Pinkie's jaw dropped.

Rainbow Dash fainted.

"Yeah," said Twilight, rubbing the back of her neck, "I probably should've mentioned that sooner."

"This is so awesome!" Pinkie shouted, falling over onto her back. "Two metaphorical buns in my metaphorical oven? We're gonna need two names, and two cribs, and two times the parties, and two times the baby clothes, and there's gonna be twice the foal to love this is the best day of my life!"

Applejack hefted Rainbow Dash to her hooves, and Rainbow wobbled around as she came to.

"Ya all right there, RD?" Applejack asked, dusting her off. "Sounds like you just got a whole heapin' helpin' o' responsibility!"

Rainbow Dash looked stricken. She brought her hooves slowly up to her face. Then she started to wail.

"I'm gonna be a terrible father!"

"Sorry, Dashie," Pinkie said, hopping over and giving her a hug. "After all, it was my idea to go a second round."

Rainbow looked at her as though she'd grown a second head. Then she started bawling even louder as her friends laughed.

"Don't worry, Rainbow," Twilight said with a wink. "You'll always have your friends here to help you when things get hard."

Author's Note:

Ba-dum tish! Total dick jokes: 9 and a half, including the one in the description.

I would like to start by apologizing for unintentionally ripping off Sealab 2021. I don't remember how I did it, I just have that in my notes to myself.

This story would not have been possible without a ton of support. Thanks go out to Twilight Snarkle, Couch Crusader, Pascoite, NinesTempest and kits for their editing help. Thanks to Regocomics for help with the description. (If you suck with descriptions like I do, I'd suggest going to him for help!)

And a super-major, extra-special, double-mocha-frappucino thank you to NinesTempest, who for two freaking years supported and encouraged me to write this story. If not for him, you wouldn't be reading it right now, so you better go tell him you appreciate him, goshdarnit. >:B

And I hope you liked my silly story! :B Thank you for reading!

Comments

[PresentPerfect]

5740186
It's thurr! :B

[Titanium Dragon]

"Don't worry, Rainbow," Twilight said with a wink. "You'll always have your friends here to help you when things get hard."

That's terrible. :V

[PresentPerfect]

5740196
You wouldn't have it any other way. :3

[Titanium Dragon]

5740198
Of course not! I'm a creature of taste, after all.

[FelineFluff]

OMG YAAASSSSS!!!!!!!!! Best story ever!! I remember every Sunday, checking to see if the next chapter was up every five minutes I first found the story on equestria daily, and I'm SOOO glad I did!!! Even though, it was kinda sexual, I don't mind. All of the funniness made up for it

[PresentPerfect]

5740204
Glad you enjoyed it. :) It was just supposed to be a silly, kind of sexy romp, after all.

[FelineFluff]

5740211

[Derpator]

"Don't worry, Rainbow," Twilight said with a wink. "You'll always have your friends here to help you when things get hard."

That's like the third dialogue and action piece from Twilight in this story that I want to see as a gif.

Enjoyable journey, PP. Though I do wonder how even magic can detect pregnancy a day after sex. I get that Twilight's OP, but that early? How the hay can that work? Bah, it's probably science.

But anyways, it was good to see another Pinkiedash around. I'd definitely be up for seeing a sequel of some kind if it ever came to that. See, look at this:
derpicdn.net/img/view/2013/9/2/416687__safe_solo_twilight+sparkle_clock_artist-colon-flutterluv.png
Perfect sequel art right there, and it's not even related to biological clocks either. But hey, guess I'll have to go read The Elements of Awesomery now... along with every other story you've done.

No story is safe from me.

[PresentPerfect]

5740277

it's probably science.

And also magic! :B

I have no plans for a sequel, but I do have some other PinkieDash fics I'd like to write someday. Who knows? :B

5740371
Was it the birds? :D

[ChibiChabot]

Ba this story was great! Thanks for brightening my day!

[PresentPerfect]

5740505
Thanks for commenting, and you're welcome! :D

[Triaxx2]

5740277 If you want to be really technical about it, she's detecting fertilization, rather than actual pregnancy.

Also, she is a wizard.

[FanOfMostEverything]

Well, that was an entertaining romp. Thank you for it.

(And I quite agree. "Birds flocked to the north" is beautifully nonsensical.)

[PresentPerfect]

5741917
I wish I could draw on that inspiration continuously, y'know? And you're welcome!

[Bad_Seed_72]

"I'm gonna be a terrible father!"

Silly Dash! You're still a mother! Unless you want to go back to being a stallion forever, of course...

Great story, Present. Had me rolling, and was very sweet as well. My only complaint is that there should have been 20% more dick jokes.

[PresentPerfect]

5746252
I upped the total by one from the original draft! :B Glad you had an enjoy.

[djthomp]

Wow, pregnancy diagnosis a day after conception? Magical medicine is impressive.

"Don't worry, Rainbow," Twilight said with a wink. "You'll always have your friends here to help you when things get hard."

[Dubs Rewatcher]

>kits

Holy shit, you managed to get Kits in on this? I've been thinking about her recently, but I thought she was gone. We seriously need her back--there are way too many authors who think it's funny for ponies to swear like sailors.

[PresentPerfect]

5751537
>her

And, well, I did work on this story for over two years. :B kits and I still keep in touch occasionally.

[Dubs Rewatcher]

5752866
Is Kits not a she? I was always under the impression that s/he was.

[PresentPerfect]

5753021
Nope! I've met him, he is a he. :B His OC is a mare, but that don't mean nothing. (Oddly, I find that seems to happen a lot less these days; used to be a lot of pony fans had opposite-gendered OCs without necessarily being trans themselves. I wonder what happened.)

[PresentPerfect]

5793461
Glad it changed your mind. :)

[Dragon112014]

Good story it was very funny. I was checking his every 10 minutes on Sundays to see if it was up. And I have to say you did a very good job righting this story.

[PresentPerfect]

5809111
Thanks!

[Solitair]

This was pretty cute. I hate to admit, I started getting tired of it halfway through, but it still got at least one laugh out of me.

[AyanamiRei]

You I have to say, I did NOT see that ending coming!!

[kits]

I remember the day you shared the opening with me. I can't believe I never got to finish the story because im a dumb head with a brain as dumb as dash and aj together. I love this so much.

[PresentPerfect]

8488803
That is a lot of dumb! :O

[kits]

8489292
It is so much dumb.

[Noctis Prism]

Love how fun this was and I like her father cry at the end-LOL

[cogwheelbrain]

10242158
4 cases ordered. Thx.