Enough hints! I’m telling you what happened! We are. If anypony needs to know first it’s you!
Well, okay, maybe not first, but before my parents. Tartarus, I have no idea how to break the news... “hey mom and dad, I know it doesn’t look like it, but me and Short are pregnant, even if you can’t tell, so I’d like to have my wedding in the next few weeks, because we’re both due soon.”
*facehoof*
Anyway you’ve been chosen as best mare, and also starmare to the foals. Please say yes or I’ll look very ridiculous in front of Squishy.
RRBB
Long story short, you inspired us to be creative and well... Dreamcolt is due in less than a month, and Chaosfilly is in negotiations with RRBB to remain in the womb until then. (Yes, it’s exactly as complicated an illogical as it sounds. :/)
Please say yes, though. It would mean incredibly much to both of us.
Short&Hoofy
Umm, I know it’s been overwhelming lately, but I have no idea what you’re talking about. I mean I get the general notion, but some details would be nice :)
LyraHands
You getting pregnant got me to subconsciously pester Squishy to find a way to have foals. And after it turned out she can’t go through the same procedure you did (because she doesn’t have the mana or stamina for it) she went to Princess Luna for help, while I (feeling guilty) made a deal with Discord to drag his terrible fics through curation in exchange for a solution.
Both ideas were terrible, but worked resulting in me getting pregnant with a very stubborn chaos filly, and Squishy with a dream foal. As a result we expect both fo them to be born in about a month (only Chaosfilly will be visible. Our other foal will have to spend a few years in the dream world before he becomes strong enough to enter reality.)
That pretty much covers everything.
Rrbb
And since you’ve helped both of us in so many ways, we were thriving of you being the foal’s guardian along with PaintDrop.
Short&Hoofy
Wow. I had to reread that twice.
All the obvious questions aside, are you sure you want me? I know we’re close, but I’m hardly of significant lineage, and I know how much that means to your family, @RRBB.
I still can’t get it through my head what you had to go through. I mean I know what I did, and it was crazy! Now that it’s all over and everything is fine, I can honestly say I didn’t give it nearly enough thought.
LyraHands
Don’t worry about my family. It’ll be enough to say you’re the only honorary aether Wonderbolt to shut my mother up. Beside, who cares about them? I’d have asked you no matter what!
And when have you known me to be logical or rational? Besides, having to deal with Simile and Hop (as business partners) has given me plenty of experience for when Chaos is born. I’m both proud and annoyed at her. Do you know I have to bridge her not to get born early? Apparently (which discord neglected to mention) chaos ponies decide when they get born. I had to resort to weeks of bribed and negotiations to get her to wait till her brother appears. :/
I want to say “that’s my girl” but it’s annoying when she does such things to me!
RRBB
Thinking about it, we’ll have the weirdest set of foals... you have glowing aether Twins, we’ll have a dream pony and a chaos pony, I have no idea what PaintDrop’s foal will be (knowing her she’ll save herself until after the wedding, but I know for a fact that Gothling has agreed, so now it’s only about convincing her parents, and that’s a matter of time). Even my sister is likely to have a crystal pony.
Short&Hoofy
Don’t forget DarkSparkle...
RRBB
Don’t remind me *trembles*. And I used to think that PPI and DaBoss wee strange... :P
All jokes aside, I gladly accept. Though I can’t imagine what it’s like to have a chaos filly... or a dream colt. I know Bob had to reinforce the house and put in a lot of additional devices to ensure that my treasures don’t melt the walls, or teleport the whole place somewhere.
You say you are talking with your daughter already?
LyraHands
Constantly! It’s like there’s a tiny voice in my head that doesn’t stop whining and asking questions. Usually that would be my mother commenting loudly from the other room, so I, used to it, but this could get annoying at times. At least she doesn’t poke my memories, which Discord casually mentions was a possibility.
Actually, she’s not as bad as I make it out. We have had a few arguments, but for the most part she is very well behaved. After all, she’s a filly, so I know what to expect. If anything Dreamcolt will be a challenge.
RRBB
Mostly when he starts going to school. According to Luna he’ll be the embodiment of everypony’s dream, which will attract a huge amount of mares. If he also takes my character he’ll be one of those shy beautiful things that mares bite their tails off to o on a date with.
I’ve already been reading up on how to raise him. Hopefully, normal colts and dream colts will be somewhat similar.
Short&Hoofy
Maybe we’ll be lucky and Megan will snatch him for herself? :)
RRBB
The way things are going Flurry might snatch him. Remember the difference is only about five years (about the same between PaintDrop and Gothling).
And let’s not forget PaintDrop’s future foals. If one of them is a filly, they could become the object of desire of the pony they want to impress.
Short&Hoofy
You’ve really been giving this a lot of thought...
LyraHands
You have no idea. :/ Me I think that whatever happens our foals will manage to sort things out (we went through a rough ride too, but with enough support and persistence things ended quite well).
RRBB
They sure did. :)
Let me know when it’s time, girls. And see you around :)
LyraHands
Bye bye, Lyra.
Short&Hoofy
Ciao!
RRBB
Wow. I'm sorry to say, I only started reading this a couple weeks ago. And now it's almost over. I'd see it pop up in the featured box periodically, but never gave it a chance. The forum type style grated at first, but once I got use to it, this became amazing. I think the biggest factor is the depth and emotion all your characters have. Once I started really getting into it, I could tell who was saying what almost immediately into their "post". The name at the end merely a confirmation. Thank you for giving us this story within a story about stories.
With all the foals coming it's almost as if we are being set up for "Equestrian Fanfiction: Generation 2."
8637543
Argh! It won’t have the same soul, sadly. Although I’m considering a few sidefics. Dreamcolt and Chaosfilly mightbecome a thing ;)
8637384
Thanks! :) It’s definitely not a conventional format and can discourage people (also because of its size), but I’m glad I managed to pique your interest :D