Confession

by RuinQueenofOblivion

Admitting the Truth

"I'll see you tomorrow!" Sweetie said as she headed out with Scootaloo to go to the hotel Scootaloo was staying with Rainbow and Fluttershy.

"They sure have grown a lot haven't they?" Applejack said with a smile as she gave me a light hug. "Seems like only yesterday that they were runnin' around tryin' ta get their cutie marks."

"It certainly does," I said with a light smile as I nuzzled her gently. "They make a cute couple, I just hope Scootaloo will make her happy."

"Ah'm sure she will sugarcube," Applejack said with a smile as she nuzzled back. "She's a good pony, they both are."

I smiled and nodded, Applejack was right of course. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo had been friends ever since my parents had sent her to stay with me. I admit, I was a bit unsure about the brash young Pegasus at times, but she made Sweetie Belle happy.

And that was all that really mattered to me right now.

"I know just how they feel," I said with a smile as I kissed my fiance gently on the lips.

I remembered back to when I first fell in love with Applejack. I had never even imagined that I could feel this way about another mare, let alone one like her, but I found myself falling head over hooves for her.

It had been at the Grand Galloping Gala 2 years before, Prince Blueblood had attempted to make a move on me again, the jerk. I was trying to get him to go away when Applejack saw what was going on and came to my rescue. She told him off right then and there and basically threatened to kick him into next week if he didn't leave me alone.

We went on to spend the rest of the night together, and when I asked her to dance I couldn't be happier when she said yes.
I had spent all my life waiting for my prince, when what I really needed was the farm mare... life is funny that way. ANn I wouldn't have it any other way, Applejack made me happier than anything ever had.

Now we were going to be married in just a few months, even if we could sometimes argue, I loved Applejack so very much.

"What are yah thinkin' about Sugarcube?" Applejack said, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Yah had that far away look in yer eyes again."

"Sorry darling, I was just thinking about the night I fell in love with you," I said with a smile as I gave her a kiss.

"Yeah, Prince Blueblood runs away screamin' like a filly every time he sees me after that," Applejack said with a laugh before she turned serious for a moment. "Yah know, Ah was thinkin'... what do yah think about maybe havin' a foal sometime after tha weddin'?"

I blinked a little, I hadn't thought about that. The spell that let two mares have a foal together had only recently been developed and it was easy enough to learn, but I wasn't sure if I should use it.

In truth, I had a personal reason to be unsure about it, a secret that I had been keeping from my friends for years. The only ponies who knew it were my parents, and I wasn't sure if I was ready to tell anypony else.

Then again, me and Applejack were about to spend the rest of our lives together weren't we? Should I keep lying to her or should I tell her the truth? Maybe she'd be able to help me figure out what to do about it, maybe it was time to finally tell everypony the truth.

After all, this was something I had kept from somepony close to me already.

"Applejack, there's, something I need to tell you," I finally said with a soft sigh, this wasn't going to be easy. "This isn't easy for me to tell anypony, I've been keeping a secret for a long time."

"Its okay Rarity, Ah won't judge yah, Ah love yah too much," Applejack said with a smile.

"I... have a daughter..." I admitted, which made Applejack's green eyes go wide. "When I was in my teens, I was in a relationship with a stallion that got a little too physical one spring. After the filly was born, we moved towns so that nopony would know the truth and..."

"And what? What happened ta her?" Applejack asked, I just stood there in silence for a moment. "Does Sweetie Belle know that she has a niece?"

"Applejack... Sweetie Belle isn't my sister," I said quietly.

"What do yah mean, yer momma had her did..." Applejack started to say before it finally dawned on her. "Dear Celestia, yah mean..."

"Sweetie Belle is my daughter," I admitted with a sigh. "When she was born, my parents decided to raise us as sisters. When I was old enough and settled down in Ponyville, they gave me a chance at being her mom and, well you see how that's going. It hasn't been easy on me, but I've been doing my best."

"Ah see," Applejack said and then hugged me. "Ah see that yer tryin' ta do your best ta be her mom Rarity. Ah know it can't be easy fer yah, but Ah've seen how close ya'll are, yer a great mom."

I sniffed a little and hugged her back. "Thank you Applejack, that means the world to me."

"Yer gonna do fine, but if yah don't want ta have another foal, Ah understand."

"I'll think about it," I said and nuzzled her gently, I paused for a long moment, there was still one last question on my mind. "Do you think I should tell her?"

"Yah should, and Ah'll be right there with yah," Applejack said with a smile. "Ah love yah Rarity, Ah want ta spend tha rest of mah life with yah. Ah don't care of Sweetie Belle's gonna be mah sister-in-law or step-daughter, Ah'm glad ta have yah both."

"I'll tell her when she comes back tomorrow," I said with a nod.

"Whatever happened ta her father?"

"I have no idea honestly," I admitted. "He kind of, left and we haven't spoken in years. He's never really seemed interested in pursuing a relationship with me or Sweetie."

"Well, Ah'd say he has no idea what he's missin," Applejack said with a smile as she hugged me, I smiled and hugged back.

"Thank you Applejack..."

"Fer what?"

"For being the most wonderful mare in Equestria," I said with a smile as I kissed her again, continuing the hug as I did.

We just stayed there for awhile in each other's forelegs. It was nice to know that I had somepony who loved me no matter what.

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"Rarity, Applejack, we're here!" Sweetie Belle said as she and Scootaloo walked into the boutique the next morning.

"Howdy ya'll, how was yer first night as marefriends?" Applejack asked as I finished the stitching on a dress.

"It was nice," Scootaloo said. "Thank you for letting her stay with me."

"Well of course, we can trust you two not to do anything yet can't we?" I said with a smirk which caused the two younger mares to blush.

"Raaarity!" Sweetie said in protest. "We're not going to do anything, we just got together yesterday!"

"I know Sweetie," I said with a chuckle as I finished the dress, I turned to look at them and sighed a little, this was as good a time as any to tell her. "Scootaloo, there's something I need to tell Sweetie, would you mind stepping out for a moment?"

"Rarity, Scootaloo's my oldest friend and my marefriend, if you have to tell me anything you can tell her too," Sweetie insisted. "If you want to keep it secret, I'm sure she won't tell anypony."

"That's right, my lips are sealed," Scootaloo said as she draped her wing over Sweetie. "I'd do anything for Sweetie."

I smiled a little, Scootaloo really was a lot like Rainbow Dash, always loyal to her friends and loved ones. That was good enough for me. I was going to have to start trusting more ponies with the truth anyway, perhaps this was the best place to start.

"Okay Scootaloo, but you can't tell anypony until I'm ready, not even your moms, okay?" I asked and she nodded. "Sweetie Belle, this is the hardest thing I've ever had to say to you, and I've been struggling with how to tell you for years... but the truth is, I'm your mother."

"You're my..." Sweetie said as her eyes went wide. "But, wait, how? Why didn't you tell me this before?"

My ears drooped a little, how was I going to explain this? "Sweetie, I'm sorry, I should've told you a long time ago. I did my best to raise you, and you've become a wonderful young mare... I just hope you can forgive me. Your father, he didn't want anything to do with you, but I couldn't abandon you, you have to understand... I love you."

Sweetie looked at me for a long moment, then turned to look at Scootaloo. I tensed up a moment as the two of them whispered quietly, she was going to hate me wasn't she? Oh dear Celestia what had I gotten myself into...

I was surprised when I felt a pair of forelegs wrapped around me. I smiled a little when I realized that Sweetie Belle was hugging me.

"I forgive you, mom," she said with a smile as we held the hug for a long moment. "Thank you for telling me, and I love you too."

"You're welcome Sweetie," I said with a soft smile as I hugged her back, we just stayed like that for a long time.

I had my daughter and my friends, that was what mattered to me.

Comments

[The Bricklayer]

Aww, that was nice. Not my favorite fic you've written, or even on this site, but still sweet none the less.

[Skylight77]

The spell that let two mares have a foal together had only recently been developed and it was easy enough to learn,

Okay, I do have a problem with this line. If it was a spell that was recently discovered, why is it so easy to learn? If it was that easy, you'd think it would be discovered far sooner.

There's also the fact that since the spell involves having foals, it would be something that only a doctor/nurse could really learn. (Unless you're Twilight of course.) Think of it like, you have to understand the cell forming of a child's birth as a level of how complicated it would be to use that spell.

I don't doubt a spell like that could exist, but I don't think it would be a simple spell.

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

8363795 Eh, I dunno, I haven't even figured out the details on that...

[Skylight77]

8363799
That's my point. It wouldn't be so simple to learn.

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

8363845 Okay, maybe not at this stage... sorry, you're right, I messed that up.

[AuthorGenesis]

8363795
And that is not taking into consideration things like how such a spell would affect the population numbers , or the impact that it would have upon feminists and non feminists . Also though we don't know how the spell works , I do think that it should be riskier and more prone to negative side effects and consequences since they are trying to utilize artificial means to create new life .

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

8497310 I admit I did not think this through very well, just assume whoever developed the spell figured out a way around some of that.

[Thatguywiththeface]

Is this going to be reflected in soaring hearts?

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

8517458 Different continuity.

[Thatguywiththeface]

8517631
Oh,my bad. I get confused with the different arcs sometimes.

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

8517642 Its fine, I have a lot of stories with the same characters so it can be hard to tell continuity apart. This fic falls under the Next Generation continuity while Soaring Hearts is under its own continuity, easy enough mistake to make.

[Lord Stratos Eclipse]

8363795
It’s magic, also figuring out how to do it in the first place is what was hard, perhaps anatomical knowledge has improved drastically over the years and all one needs to use it is the spell and a good explanation.

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

9027781 Yeah, now I just need a good explanation.

[Skylight77]

9027781

also figuring out how to do it in the first place is what was hard,

That's not what the story said:

and it was easy enough to learn,

Like I said, I can definitely believe that a spell like that can exist, but I can't believe that it would have both of these issues:
A. It was a spell that was recently discovered.
B. It's a spell that's easily learned.

Also, it's been almost a year since I read this story, so I'm just going off memory and what my comment said. Just think of it like School. They teach subjects, but how easy is it to learn said subject? Like Algebra Math.

[Lord Stratos Eclipse]

9027818

Algebra was very easy for me to learn, actually so was calculus, but you know what these things took centuries to discover in the first place (millennia in calculus’ case) and this only supports what I said. And the story didn’t say that figuring the spell out in the first place wasn’t the problem either.

[Skylight77]

9027921
I was only using Algebra as an example because most people struggle with that. If you found it easy, well, that's you, not everyone. A nurse can find it easy to learn the process of how birth is performed because that is their level of knowledge. But someone who has no experience with that will find it harder to learn.

If I recall correctly, the story was suggesting that Rarity was able to learn this Pregnancy spell easily. But her area of knowledge isn't on nursing or magic. It's gems and dress designing. It's not the same as being a doctor. All her magic relates to gems and dress designs too. (Along with levitation, but that seems to be something every unicorn can do.)

[Lord Stratos Eclipse]

9027982
And so you are saying that just because it is not her special talent it “Has” to be difficult for her? Then how is it she can read, or cook, those aren’t her special talent either.

[RuinQueenofOblivion]

9030959

9027982

Would you guys please take this to messages?

[TheLonelyDraconequus]

Honestly don't know how to respond to this. Still awesome, just unexpected.