> Running While Preggers
>  by Tiaa OwO
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> Realizing
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My First Reaction

I wasn't prepared for it at all. I was just standing there with everypony else and wondering why in Celestia's name Jasmine was so shocked about the paper the doctor had given her. I automatically thought she was seriously sick.
I wasn't being paranoid! Allow me to explain...
Earlier that day, we had been walking (and flying a little) towards the nearest civilization. There was a war (Princess Luna said it was a bit of a stretch calling it a war) between Jasmine's dad and he rest of us. He was a crazy guy. He warped Princess Celestia's mind or something like that . She thought he loved her and she allowed him to go through with a plan to destroy the Elements of Harmony. He also wanted revenge on Jasmine for 'leaving him' because he had this wierd crush on her. She ended up liking this other guy named Josiah and-
I'm rambling aren't I?
Anyways, we were walking and she was complaining that she was having some pains. I figured she needed some medical attention since she and Princess Luna were banged up the most out of all of us. We got to a village called Wakonda in the country Zehebra and they got to the doctor pretty fast. Princess Luna got bandaged up by a nice zebra nurse (cute too if I might add. I always liked an attractive medicine worker.) while an elephant doctor took a bunch of tests on Jazz. He gave her a paper and she gasped and froze. We were all asking "What's wrong? What is it?" Jasmine looked up at me.
"I'm pregnant!" 
I froze. Like I said before, I wasn't prepared for that at all. Everypony went quiet and I could feel all eyes on me. My cheeks burned.
"Really? Th-that's wonderful." I managed to say. I was surprised and a little nervous. 
"Oh, Spike, you're going to be a daddy! I'm going to be a mom!" Jasmine squealed. "I'm going to be a mom!" 
The doctor smiled. Twilight and the others smiled too. It was so cool. Jasmine finally decided she wanted to leave and get some food before we found some place to stay. Applejack and I decided to go with her. Rarity went to go check on Sweety Belle and that cat sitter, Night Flower. He's some crazy griffon that flirts with every mare he sees. I think he may have a crush on Rarity...
Anyways, Applejack and I followed Jasmine through the village. It was a pretty place. Kinda like Ponyville but with more trees and grass and red dirt roads instead of pavement. The houses were made of bricks, like Ponyville's houses but the roofs were made of plants and decorated with flowers. The overall wheather was sunny and hot with a little rainfall here and there.
Applejack walked alongside me. I noticed she wasn't wearing her signature stetson hat. She could've dropped it somewhere in the forest. She looked different without it. Applejack turned her head slightly and her green eyes met mine.
"Ah guess ya noticed huh?" she said with a small smile.
"Yea. Where did your hat go?"
"Y'know, ah really don't recall when but ah know where. It was somewhere in the forest."
"Why didn't you pick it up? Don't you love your hat?"
"Yessir! Ah sure do! Ah felt like somethin' was left behind when we left the remains of Ponyville. My hat blew off an' ah let it be 'cause it was the right thing to do."
Wow. It was alot to hold down. Finding out I was going to be a dad? Fine. Applejack not having a hat? Woa. Nothing's more crazy than Applejack without her stetson.
Jasmine giggled to herself and hovered right in front of our faces. I offered a smile. She returned it with a blow-kiss. The kiss actually transformed into a lip with little wings. It fluttered around my head. I caught it and patted it down on my chest. 
"Oh, Spikey Wikey! I love you so much!" my dearest cooed.
"Love you too, Jazzy." Applejack looked like she was torn between barfing and going 'aww' towards us. We both blushed.
"I found a snoozy little place. It's called Cozytime Inn. They should have enough space for everypony who came here." Jasmine wrapped her forlegs around Applejack. The farm mare gave a startled whinny. "Relax AJ, I'll give you a lift back to the hospital. Everypony should still be there. We're gonna go dinner hunting togther!" She lifted Applejack off the ground.
"Dinner hunting?" I questioned, flapping my own wings and becoming airborn.
"Is that even a thing?" Applejack squirmed nervously. Obviously she didn't like flying much. We passed a few houses and shops and she squealed when Jasmine stopped suddenly. "W-what's wrong? Are we there yet?" I stopped and looked around.
"What are you looking at?"
My love grinned and pointed to a cow and he cow's calf. The cow happened to look up and see Jasmine pointing to her. She smiled and waved shyly. The calf waved too. He twirled his tail excitedly and hopped up and down.
"Have some cotton candy!" With a snap of her claws, cotton candy on sticks appeared in the cows' hooves. They thanked her as we flew away.



It was late. I was looking through the window next to our bed while Jazz rested her head on my chest. It was a beautiful night. It was a full moon (as always) and here were lots of stars twinkling. Jazz groaned.
"Are you sleeping?" she asked.
"No." I asnswered.
"Why?"
"Why are you not sleeping?"
'Ha, good counter." She bit her bottom lip. "I'm worried."
"About the whole pregnancy thing? Honestly I'm not worried about anything."
"Really? B-but you don't know anything about dracoonaqui or being a ... a daddy ... "
"I'm really looking forward to being a dad. I'm just worried about what I've heard about pregnant mares."
"I'm not a mare, silly."
"I know."
"Spike, you do know that draconaqui have multiples right?"
"What!?"
"Draconaqui have ... well, ... lets just call it a litter for now, ... at once."
"Okay, now I'm worried!!" Jasmine swatted me on the chest.
She giggled, "Shut up you silly dragon." I was kinda serious, though ... /:(
> Not quite there yet
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      My mind was not particularly blown at the fact that I might (might??? Ha! More like will) be having a litter of foals... There is no way I was going to get used to saying that or thinking that. When Jazz told me, I didn't freak out like she expected me to. I just took a shaky breath after the conversation finished. I can't for the life of me, remember how that conversation had come up.
.....
Oh yea, she said she was worried after I asked her what was wrong.
That's what happened.
Yup.
I kind of wondered how I had not known this when I realized something ... I knew almost nothing about draconaqui! Nopony knew about them. I remembered Twilight saying that ponies had nothing about dragons too. It seemed like I wasn't quite there when it came down to knowledge of my marefriends' origins and history. How could I have possibly been so ... not knowing ... ish!?
I walked along the grassy roads to reach my destination. I looked around to make sure I wasn't lost. I caught sight of a familiar looking mare as a merchant talking to Jasmine. Jasmine seemed quite angry with the mare. The merchant stallion, which looked alot like a dragon-pony hybrid, next to her patted her and offered her some tea looking stuff. He accidentally dropped some herbs and they created alittle pouder cloud in Jasmine's face. She coughed. I walked over to her to help her and the mare kept her head down. Probably in guilt or something, I thought. The stallion apologized and held up his offered tea. Jasmine refused and she gripped me. She grunted in pain and held her head.
"You okay?" I asked.
"Y-yeah. Take me to wherever you're going. I'm not ready to go back to the Inn yet." she answered. We walked away. I had a strange feeling that somepony was watching me. I turned around and caught the merchant mare staring at me. She made a face when our eyes met. She looked away quickly. I looked away too.
Odd.



Jasmine gave me a smile as she plucked some peddles from a pretty red flower. She had been doing that alot lately. I wasn't sure if it was because of the pregnancy thing or what. I smiled back and turned to the huge book propped up on my lap. We were in the library of Wakonda. It was much bigger than Twilight's. It had tall shelves, taller than me, and and there were rows and rows of them. There were even a couple tables where ponies could read. This wasn't Ponyville so I expected this place to have tons of info on my girl. The book was really boring.



DRACONAQUI
Draconaquus, plural; draconaqui, a rare and currently extinct species unlike any other known to ponykind.
A draconaquus' body consists of several different animal body parts. Draconaqui can vary in color, personality, and body parts. They have intense magical powers and no specific sound.
PERSONALITY
Draconaqui tend to have varied personalities, just like ponies. They are very aggressive, however, when challenged by another species or even another of its own kind. Males are extremely territorial and hostile as mature adults. When young, males have no control over its magical powers and are very unstable emotionally. Females are gentler in its younger and older years but can be dangerous if its offspring are threatened. Females stay in groups while males travel alone. Males may travel together before reaching full adulthood. It is important for no pony to ever care for a youngling, or young draconaquus. The youngling will become overattached, overprotective, and/or violent towards anypony who is close to the caregiver.
HOMELANDS
Draconaqui tend to live in grassy, open spaces filled with hills and mountains close by. They enjoy sleeping out in the open and are very harmonous with nature. Their surroundings are usually not in proper order due to the excessive chaotic magic. It was believed that there was a place called 'BlizzardLands'. Nopony knows if it is named this because there are actual constant blizzards or because there are blizzards of chaos magic loose there.
MATING & OFFSPRING
Mating rituals consist of contests between males who are sexually mature to win over an available female. The male to female ratio is even enough so these contests are very rare. It is occational that two males desire one female but only at the rarest of times will these two males fight over the female. The contests are about strength, magic, and anything else that might show the female ow much the male wants her. Offspring are born after a gestation period of seven months. Draconaqui have litters of younglings as an adaptation to the severe predatory conditions they live in. The offspring age just as ponies do but they seem to be immortal untill an unnatural death. The offspring will not be able to use their powers until early adolesence.
NATURAL PREDATORS
Dreagons, the draconaqui's sworn enemy, feed off of the chaotic magic of draconaqui and eat or kill the younglings for pure pleasure. Draconaqui tend to get very weak after being fed on by the dreagons. Draconaqui fight and kill dreagons as well since the dreagons are mostly dangerous to offspring and injured adults. Other than dreagons, draconaqui have no other natural enemy.



I blinked. That was more information than I expected. I was kind of bothered at how the narrator of the book spoke of draconaqui like they were animals. I didn't even know if the info was relevent or if it was written by some pony who had a grudge on a draconaquus. If anypony had ever met a draconaquus besides Discord or maybe Jasmine. I sighed and rubbed my eyes. They burned with a need for sleep. It wasn't even that far into the day yet. Just after noon.
"Spikey-bear, what are you up to?" Jasmine cooed from her table across the room. I glanced around. I hoped the librarian wasn't around to hear us talking. I didn't see him.
"Just reading." I whispered.
"About what?"
"Ah... " I looked down at the book. I didn't think saying 'History of Rare Creatures' would satisfy her sudden curiosity. She would ask, "What rare creature where you reading about?" and I wasn't about to say, "Your species, hun.". I know mares. They take offense that sort of stuff. I dunno why but they do. "Uum... nothing you need to worry about...just...dreagons..?"
Jasmine stiffened. I mentally faceclawed. Draconaqui were the sworn enemies of dreagons! I suddenly wondered, what exactly was a dreagon and what did one look like? I took a deep breath and tried again.
"I-I'm sorry, Jazz, I just wanted to know about what a dreagon was and...stuff...but I didn't wanna bother you."
"I don't like dreagons and that's all you need to know." she mumbled. I blinked. Had I heard right?
"What? I didn't hear you."
"I said, you don't need to know anything about them except that I don't like them."
"Just because you don't like them doesn't mean anything."
"So your girlfriends words don't matter? Is that what you're saying?" Jasmine's voice rose a bit higher. She was getting mad...
"No. I'm saying that I want to know more about them and what you say isn't going to stop me."
"Oh really!?" Jasmine's eyes glowed an intimidating yellow and I felt a strange feeling that I hadn't felt in a while creep up on me. "Why do you want to know so much about them, huh? Gonna invite one over? Endanger my babies!?" I shrunk back a little at her practically yelling. The librarian zebra stallion peered at us from around a bookcase. He got one look at Jasmine, started sweating in fear, and cantered away to another part of the library.
Fear.
That was what it was. I was fearful of the terrible glow in her eyes and the strange note in her voice as it rose to shrill levels. I couldn't hear what she was saying but she was mad. Really mad. I needed to call Twilight or Princess Luna. There was no way this was normal.



Jasmine refused to make eye contact with me. She was feeling guilty. So was I. I got her riled up over something I wasn't really doing. What confused me was her reaction, though. It seemed unlike her. Maybe it was the hormones and stuff? I just couldn't help this feeling that it was something more than that...
> Month#1: Making Up
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      Jasmine stared at the bickering pegasus and unicorn. Rainbow Dash and Rarity we're arguing again. It was getting tiresome. I was ignoring them and reading a book about draconaqui. It was very informative. Jasmine turned to me. I looked up. She scoffed and looked away. I whimpered and went back to reading. This went on for the next few days. I didn't understand at first what was wrong but then it hit me.
Jasmine was pregnant.
She was hormonal.
She needed attention.
Uum...more than her usual amount...
I decided I needed to create some romantic scheme to win over my beloved's hormonal heart. I put the book down and turned to her. I grabbed her and held her down as I kissed her tenderly on the lips. Her eyes widened in surprise and I grinned and stopped for air. She blushed. Rainbow Dash and Rarity stared at us. Rarity put her hooves together and sighed.
"Ahh, young romance!" she cooed.
"Oh give me a break!" Rainbow Dash gagged and spread her wings. "I'm out. Tell me when you two stop tying to make me barf with all your mushy gushy-ness."
"Oh, hush you!" Rarity swatted Rainbow lightly on the leg and the cyan pegasus took off into the sky. She turned back to us. We at there for a few seconds.
Seconds turned to minutes.
Minutes turned to a half-hour.
I frowned and I felt Jazz shift a little. Rarity had this smile on her face for the longest and it was getting kind of creepy. I cleared my throat. She flinched and blinked. The look Jasmine gave her was priceless. I had to hold back my smile from coming again.
"So, I'm going too see if Twilight is shutting herself in the library again. Have a nice day..."
"Later. See you at the hotel." Jasmine chimed. She gave a little wave and grabbed my arm. "Lets go. I wanna see if Zecora is around here somewhere." I wanted to ask "Aren't you mad at me???" deep down but I forced the question back because if I asked her that I would then have to ask, "Why were you mad at me anyway???" and those are the number one things you should never do when in a relationship with a mare.
(1) Remind them that they are mad at you
(2) Ask them why they were mad at you in the first place 
You should instead: a) Let them completely forget they are mad, and b) Pretend you know why they are mad at you even though you absolutely have no clue and stay away from them when they want you to stay away.
Those were some of the many rules and tips I learned from books and a couple of stallions I ran into at the market.
Jasmine tugged at my arm and we both took to the air. We headed towards the market area so we could get a birds-eye-view of anypony there and then we turned slightly towards the more woodsy areas. Zecora tended to be a bit old school when it came to hose preference and property suroundings.
This led me to wonder, how exactly did Jasmine know Zecora? I didn't remember them meeting in Ponyville or anytime during the conflict with her father and Equestria.
"Sooo..." I started.
"Sooo...what?"
"Well, how did you meet Zecora?"
"Twilight and Applejack introduced me."
"When was this?"
"Yesterday. That was when I was still mad at you." I gulped. She gave me a mischievous smile. "You didn't think i actually forgot did you?"
"Uhhh...n-nope."
"You're a horrible liar."
"Hmmf." We landed on the soft grass and I plopped myself down. Jasmine went on all fours and jerked her muzzle in a particular direction. I noticed a black and white pelt and shiny gold in the near distance. "Zecora?" I mumbled.
It was Zecora. The zebra was uprooting some strangely scented orange flowers and singing in her native language.
"Zecora!" Jasmine called. The zebra looked up and her eyes focused on my beloved. "It's me, Jasmine!"
Zecora nodded curtly and grunted in greeting. Jasmine flung her arms around the zebra and squeezed.
"I'm glad you came to the herbal grounds, but what made you decide to come around?"
"What do you mean?"
"I think she means, why are we here bothering her."
"No, no my little pony." The zebra chuckled. "I mean, why have you come to greet me?" Jasmine and I turned to each other. I shrugged and she turned back to her.
"I wanted to see if you were around here somewhere. Turns out I was right."
"MmmHmm, I see. Would you like to join me?"
"Oh sure." Jazz nodded eagerly. I nodded too. We had absolutely no clue what we were joining her to do or where Zecora would be heading to next but hey... Jasmine seemed to not be bothered by that. We walked through the landowning area where ponies and other creatures that had large yards or did a little farming lived. There were no major farms around Wakonda. Not like Sweet Apple Acres in Old Ponyville. Thinking on that note made me sad for a moment. I missed Old Ponyville and the library and Sugar Cube Corner. I especially missed sending letters to Princess Celestia. I wondered how Princess Luna was coping without her sister. I hadn't seen her in a while.
"Spike? Hellooo?" I blinked.
"Huh?"
"Are you listening? You're, like, staring off into space or something." Zecora watched me with an amused look and Jasmine waved her claw in my face.
"No... I was thinking." I wiped my forehead of sweat. It was really hot that day.
"Oh for the love of Celestia! Do you ever pay attention?" I flinched at her name. Jasmine's gaze softened.
"Never mind, Spikey-Wikey. I'm sure Zecora wont mind repeatng." At that, the zebra turned and continued walking.
She spoke without looking behind her, "The forest is not as dangerous as the Everfree, but it would do you good to stay close to me."
I nodded. So did Jazz.
"Understood."
"Why do you speak in rhymes, Zecora?" Jasmine asked.
"While most believe it is religion, I do this because of tradition."
"Really?" I thought hard on this. "But do the other zebras and non-pony kind here peak that way only for tradition?"
"A cow spoke to you earlier, did it not?" Zecora turned and stared at me coldly. She sighed. "I'm sorry. I don't  mean to be so naught."
"Sorry" I shook my head. "I didn't mean to offend."
"I suppose you've endured many stereotypes and the like simply because of how you choose to speak." Jasmine said.
''Yes that is true. Anyways, | have a surprise for you.''
''What is it?'' | asked. Zecora gestured towards a small clearing with hills of sand and a shallow pond. There were a bunch of younglings running about and laughing. There were zebra foals, griffon fledglings, calfs, and pony foals. There were three teenage fillies in particular that caught my eye. It was the CMC! They saw Jasmine and ran up to her.
''Jasmine, you're here! I can't believe it!''
''Oh my gosh, girls. I haven't seen you in sooo long. How have you been?''
''Fine!'' the fillies chimed. | watched them romp around with their old friend and it felt just like old times.
Just like old times...
> Month#2: Strange Pony
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A special thanks to Fluttercord45 for giving me an OC to put in my story. Anyone can too. Just put the description of the OC in my blog.
Jasmine had spent the past few weeks  hanging out with the CMC and meeting new ponies so I decided to hang out with Zecora more and help her shop for those strange herbs she always used. I went to her house and was disappointed when she told me that she had the flu one day. She stood in the doorway of her hut and deliberately tried to block my view. It kinda struck me as odd because she could just cure it with some of those magical tea leaves. When I said that, she smiled and waved her hoof.
"I know that is how it seems, but I'm sick from my fill of cream."
"Cream?" I repeated. "You're sick because of eating too much cream?"
"Don't look at me that way!" Zecora turned beet red. "I had too much ice-cream I say!" I thought about it and I quickly realized what she meant. I guess that she guessed that I guessed so she turned redder.
"Uhh... Zecora... I think you went a little... overboard then if you're getting sick from the... Ahem... ice-cream." The zebra whinnied in embarrassment and shooed me away with her hoof. I tried to peer into her hut only to find a big red stallion with dirty blonde mane hair and an apple cutie mark mopping up.
"Big Mac!?" I gasped. Said stallion looked up with a confused expression.
"Eeup?"
"Begone you peeker!" Zecora swatted me away. "Where is Jasmine, you should seek her!" I smiled slyly and took off. I decided to spy on her instead. I went around and peeked through a window. I saw Bic Mac with a tub of ice-cream and several other containers littered on the hut floor. Zecora approached him and smiled.
"Now, where were we? My ice-cream is just calling me!"
"Eeup." the red stallion agreed. They dug in. I turned from the window.
"Huh. They were just eating ice-cream."
"What did you think they were doing?" A loud, chirpy voice asked out of nowhere. I jumped and looked around. Suddenly, Pinkie Pie's head popped out of some leaves in a tree above me. I sighed.
"Don't do that. How did you get up in the tree anyway?"
"By climbing, silly!" She giggled at some unknown joke. "What are you doing here and why are you being a peeker mc. Peeker-boo?"
"I wasn't ... I wasn't peeking on her!" I blushed and fiddled with my claws. "I was just..."
"Looked like peeking to me."
"I... Urge! Why are you here, Pinkie?" The party pony hopped out of the tree and landed on all four hooves. She grinned.
"Jazzy wants to say hi! She's talking to this girl and she was all like, "I wanna see my Spikey-Wikey!" and I said, "I'll get him for you!" and now I'm here!" I nodded dumbly and followed Pinkie to the village square. There Jasmine was, her usual shining self with a unicorn mare that looked well brought up and a little shy. She was turquoise with black mane and tail hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her cutie mark was a heart with wings.
"Hey, Jazz, how's it going? Who's this?" I said when I got to them. The mare smiled at me then at Jasmine.
"I'm Shy Heart. How do you do?" She sounded just like Rarity except her voice was softer and higher pitched. I smiled back at her.
"Pleased to meet you. I'm Spike if you don't already know."
"Oh I know. Jasmine hasn't stopped speaking of you yet."
I glanced at Jasmine in slight confusion. "She has?" Jasmine shifted a little and blushed.
"We'll I-"
"She told me all about how you two met and it was a whole mess but she enjoyed every bit. It was so adorable how you two made up and everything. Just so wonderful. I wish I could have a relationship like that, you know?" So she wasn't so shy after all. Shy Heart clapped her hooves together and squealed. "You must set me up, dear. It would be mar aloud if you do."
"I know just the guy for you." My dearest cooed.
"Really!?"
"Yes. He's a handsome guy, you know. Sweet. Funny. Responsible."
"What guy are you talking about?" I wondered out loud.
"He's not a stallion, though. He's a griffon. He knows one of my friends, Rarity."
"You mean, Night Flower!?"
Jasmine shot me a look. "Shush. Yes, his name is Night Flower but it's because of his hippie parents. He's really cool."
"That sounds nice..." Shy Heart started. I cut her off with a gag.
"C'mon, Jasmine, I think flirtatious Night Flower has better things to do like watch Rarity's cat or something." Shy Heart glanced at Jasmine in confusion and Jasmine growled.
"He doesn't flirt with every pony. Tell ya what, Shy Heart? I'll set up a date for you guys and I will introduce you to my teenage companions. They call themselves the CMC. I'm sure they'll love to hear how you got your cutie mark."
"Oh, that's nice. I like the sound of that but about the time-" 
"I'll see you later okay? Bye!" Jasmine grabbed me and we left the poor unicorn mare clueless behind us. She waved uncertainty. After we were out of sight and earshot, Jazz whispered, "Did you see that mare?"
"Gonna have to be specific." I grumbled, eyeing all the mares walking past us. That got me an eye roll.
"The mare over there. With that familiar looking dragon-pony?" I saw her. The mare was a unicorn and her cutie mark was a swirl. Black, rimmed glasses sat on the bridge of her nose. Her mane was in a tight, professional bun. Her stance was that of a well-known business's mare. It was Mind Bender, Celestia's old phycologist that majored in criminology before going rogue for Master. The dragon-pony was a hybrid named Tom who had quickly betrayed Princess Luna after being set free from a lab facility. The two were not facing the couple. They were bent over a paper spread on a table. The paper looked like a map.
"I see..." I gulped.
"Remember sometime last month we ran into them. I didn't recognize them until now. One of them flashed some powder stuff in my face. After that was when I snapped at you. I think it affected me somehow."
"The powder?"
"Yes. I dunno what else It did or does."
"We should tell Princess Luna or Twilight or something."
"Agreed. But first we need to do something really important." I looked up at her.
"What's that?"
"We need to get a lot of ice-cream." I sucked my teeth.
"Mares." I grumbled.
> Month#3 :Tom!?
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      We left the hospital in a rush to meet up with Twilight, Princess Luna, and Fluttershy. Jasmine had a checkup so the doctor could make sure she was healthy and that the foals.... (They can still be counted as foals right?) ....were developing properly. The doctor that we were officially assigned was a buffalo. I found it odd since I hadn't seen much buffalo around these parts. The doctor was a female which made it even more odd. The last time I had met a female buffalo (or any buffalo for that matter) was in Appaloosa. Our doctors name was even stranger than her rarity to us. It was Little Squirrel. When she told me that and I giggled, she glared at me long and hard. She didn't smile at me or speak to me for the rest of the checkup.
We arrived at the village square. There were merchants and big townsy buildings. I saw at least ten buffalo, twenty zebras, fourteen donkeys, two mules, five horses, and sixteen ponies in the small bakery that we had gone in. I basically counted the different species because I was bored while waiting for Princess Luna and Fluttershy. Twilight, of course, came early. She had all sorts of books stuffed into her pretty blue saddlebag. It was new. I could tell because she had forgotten the tag on it. Jasmine tried not to look at Twilight while the lavender unicorn was eyeing her with discontent. I sighed. She and Twi had never really gotten along that well.
"So, do you know where they are?" Jasmine said to her.
"Nope. They should be on their way."
"Luna is lucky she's a Princess. I would have left minutes ago." Twi shot her a look and wrinkled her nose at the misuse of Princess Luna's title.
"Figures you would. And just who do you think you are, calling the Princess 'Luna' like that?"
"Hey, hey." I barged in. "No need for a fight now."
"But she's such a goody-two-shoes!" Jazz whined.
"Oh come on! Even I know that no pony says that anymore!" Twi growled.
"Can't we all just get along?" I pleaded. The tension was killing me.
"I'll get along with her when she addresses the Princess properly and with respect."
"I do respect the Princess! All I was saying was that I would have left her if she was a tardy friend."
"Some friend!"
"I don't get all sappy with friendship and so what? Friendship is not all it's cracked up to be."
"Says the draconaquus girl." There was silence.
I glanced at Jasmine. She was pouting and thinking real hard. Twilight lowered her head. I think she felt bad. That was kinda harsh... She turned to Jazz.
"I'm sorry, Jasmine. I-I don't know what got into me. I didn't mean that."
"It's alright. I guess I'm not a very good friend."
There was another pause. It lasted for about five minutes.
"I know there are times where we feel like sisters and times where we wanna kill each other but while I'm still calm, I just want to say that you're okay." Jazz mumbled.
"Same to you. Even if you drive me crazy I still love you like a sister." 
"So can I get a hug, sis?"
"Don't push it."
Some pony cleared their throat behind us. I turned and I was relieved to see it was Princess Luna and Fluttershy. Fluttershy was sporting a new mane cut. Her mane a and tail were trimmed about two inches and were in waves. She smiled at us. Princess Luna had her mane in a ponytail. She was sporting a lime green sweater with matching horse shoes.
"I like the sweater, Princess." Jasmine nodded in agreement with me.
"Why the new look you two?"
"I'll attract less attention this way." Princess Luna replied.
"Plus, I've been meaning to do a makeover." Fluttershy added.
"I love the hair Fluttershy!" Twilight chimed. We all grinned and exchanged greetings. Then, Princess Luna got serious.
"So what exactly are we truly here for?"
"Jasmine and I saw a few familiar and unwanted ponies." The Princess and Fluttershy glanced at each other worriedly.
"Y-your fathers' minions?" The butter colored mare asked timidly.
"Yes and no. It was Mind Bender." Jazz corrected.
"The rogue criminal phycologist." Princess Luna growled.
"And the dragon-pony." I added.
"His name was Tom. I think that's what he told me back before-" Princess Luna cut Jasmine off with a snort and a whinny. She was upset. Wasn't Tom the same guy who went with her to confront her sister? Then it turned out he was on Master's side...
We were all silent. Princess Luna did lose her sister after all. No pony really wanted to touch upon the subject around it period. It didn't really help that it was Jasmine's fathers' fault why Princess Celestia was dead. It was a wonder that Princess Luna didn't stop talking to Jasmine after all that. I actually thought that Princess Luna didn't hold it against her and she genuinely liked Jazz. We spoke more of the possible danger the two posed and we decided to think it over. Before she left, Fluttershy pulled out a piece of paper with an address on it.
"What's this for?" I asked as she handed it to Jasmine. Jasmine shrugged. She read it over.
"An address to an animal reserve?" She said.
"You'll meet an old friend there." Fluttershy turned and left with the Princess. I grinned.
"She must be talking about Science." We spread our wings after leaving and took to the air.
> Month#4 :The dates
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Almost two months of planning dates and making sure the two were getting along was all it took for Shy Heart and Night Flower to hit it off. As it turned out, Shy Heart was shy at first but opened up once she was introduced properly. Night Flower nearly had a nose bleed when Rarity (grudgingly) introduced him to her.
"You're Shy Heart?" he asked. Shy Heart nodded. "You're much prettier than I had imagined!" Shy blushed.
"Well you're pretty cute for a griffon."
"Did it hurt...?"
"Huh?"
"...When you fell from heaven...?"
Shy blushed harder and twirled a hoof in her mane. "A little..." I rolled my eyes. If only I could have dropped cheesy lines like that on Jasmine. She probably would have looked at me like I was crazy. Jasmine, however, awed and clasped her claws together.
"That is so adorable!"
"Seriously?"
"Oh hush!" she giggled. "You know you think so too." 



The two seemed to be off to a good start. We left them to fend for themselves. Jasmine seemed to start feeling those craving and begged for ice-cream. I squinted my eyes and wrinkled my nose.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing..."
"Hmm."
We kept going. Jasmine tilted her head slightly and I caught a glimpse of black and white fur. Science. The zebra rat must have hitched a ride earlier that day. We reached a local store. Jasmine got her ice-cream and I got some coffee. I turned quickly to leave but I bumped into a tall, white unicorn with orange hair and a solar eclipse cutie mark. The unicorn mares tail had a single black streak and she had two red ringlets on her left forleg. The coffee spilled. Lucky it wasn't hot...
"Sorry!" I sputtered out. The mare laughed and brushed her chest fur to get the coffee off. It wasn't working.
"It's alright... Hmm... Doesn't seem to be... Oh!" she lit her horn and the stain vanished with a flash. "There we go! No need for any apologies."
"But I'm really sorry. I should've been paying attention."
"Relax, you! It's okay." She extended a hoof. "I'm Eclipse LunarSol by the way." I shook hooves/claws with her.
"Spike."
"Stop giving me that look."
"I kinda expected you to be a little worried about coffee spilling on you, you know? It could've been hot."
"But it wasn't." Eclipse LunarSol turned to leave. "I swear, if my soldiers acted half as worried as you are with this coffee, my job would be so much easier." This made me jump in surprise.
"Your soldiers? Are you a general?"
"Who's a general?" Jasmine asked, just walking over to me and oblivious to what just happened. She glanced at Eclipse. "Who's this?"
"I'm a captain. Captain of the royal guard." I coughed. Jasmine gasped. Eclipse LunarSol shrugged. "The Celestial guard."
"Oh..." I felt awkward saying anything else. Jasmine squinted her eyes.
"You wouldn't happen to know Twilight's bother, would you? He's a captain... Or was. His name was Shiny Arm or something."
Eclipse LunarSol gave her a confused look. "Arm...? What a strange... name." Jazz gestured to her left, front foreleg.
"I can be bipedal too. I refer to my forelegs as arms sometimes."
"Ah. Well, it was nice meeting you two. I will see if I know this Shiny Arm-"
"Or something!" I blurted.
"Or something... And I will hopefully see you again sometime." The unicorn mare walked out with a wave and turned out of our view.
Jasmine and I walked away from the crowded marketplace while keeping an eye open. We hadn't seen Mind Bender or Tom in a while but it was always good to cautious. We had not idea what they had planned. I looked at Jasmine after hearing a whine. Jasmine was poking her slightly pudgy belly.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you think I'll get too fat to fly?" I was silent for a few minutes while I chose my words.
"You won't be fat..." I said carefully. This was a delicate situation. "You'll be... showing your pregnancy..."
"Until I show fully, ponies will think I'm a stuffed cheeseburger!" she whined. Damn. Why did mares get so emotional?
"No they won't."
"They will!" she said aggressively. I shrugged.
"Okay..." She growled and crossed her arms. Hmm. I hope this was mood swings and not me actually getting her angry.



I was bored with a capital B. Jasmine was pigging out with Rarity and talking about whatever mares talk about while I was staring at clouds. I got up and decided to go for a walk. There were a few trees splayed about and a couple of flowers here and there. I was even blessed with a rare sight. A pegasus sleeping in a tree. They normally slept in clouds. Or at least, in Ponyville they did. Feeling like a jerk, I decided to start a very unwanted conversation. I ran up to the tree and bucked it as hard as I could. The tree shook and out fell Mr. Pegasus!
I was bored. Don't judge.
"Dammit... Why would you do that?" The pegasus stallion groaned.
I gave him a toothy grin. "Sorry bro, I just felt like a jerk that moment." The stallion got up slowly. He seemed to be sizing me up. He had a grizzly brown mane and a grey coat. His cutie mark was a howling wolf. Odd.
"That's a good word for it."
"So, what's your name?"
"Wolf Grey. Just call me Grey. Yours?"
"Spike."
"Typical name for a dragon."
"Yup. Good thing I'm a friendly dragon." Grey glanced at me. "Just so you know."
"I see. Where are your dragon friends now?"
"Don't really have dragon friends. I've lived with ponies my whole life."
"Interesting. What brings you to Wakonda?"
"Canterlot and Ponyville are destroyed. My girlfriend is pregnant and my friends are ... Well, my friends."
"Gonna be a daddy huh? That's cool. Respect. I'll catch you later. Need to get my shut eye, you know?"
"Alright." I turned to leave.
"Ever need to have some fun around here, you know where to find me."
"Actually..." I turned around. "I don't ..." He was gone. There was no sign of him ever being there. Odd.
I knew there was something mysterious about that pony.
> Month#5: Cravings Baby!
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      I listened to the little heart beats go. They sounded so fragile and weak. Jasmine was smiling so big. I smiled too. I was enjoying seeing her happy.
"Sweet Celestia, they sound so tiny."
"I'm only five months pregnant, silly."
"I know but.." I bit my bottom lip. "What if they... you know... turn out weird... all because I'm a dragon...?" Dr. Squirrel grunted.
"Nonsense. I check babies regularly. I see if babies are problem." That was the most the doctor had spoken to me the whole visit.
"Inter species children are uncommon but most come out healthy." Jasmine added.
"Most?"
"About seventy-six percent healthy. Rest of babies die or very sick." The doctor said matter-of-factly. I tried not to panic. "Is natural for father to worry. Means father care. Especially normal with first baby... or babies... in father case..." Dr. Squirrel smiled unpleasantly and walked out.
"So..."
"Out! Must check wife in area."
"What?"
The doctor gestured wildly. "Explain to husband!"
"We're not married."
"Really? Must propose properly. I help later. But now, you leave."
"For Celestia's sake, Spike, get out so the doctor can check me."
"O-oh!" I hurried out. I still wasn't used to the heavy accent of Dr. Squirrel or her slightly erratic behavior. I was surprised she even spoke to me since the day I giggled at her name. I waited for Jasmine outside the checkup room.



Jasmine said she would go see Princess Luna and flew off. I went on my way. I saw Zecora and Big Mac cuddling on a bench in a really flowery area. I waved to them. Zecora blushed and waved while Big Mac gave me an impish grin. He seemed really sure of himself. Good for him. I always liked to see love in the air. I decided to hang out with the CMC that day. I hadn't seen them in a while. I looked around and found them in a clearing. Sweety Belle was holding Applebloom on her back while Scootaloo did back flips over them. I ran up to them.
"Hey guys!" I greeted. They waved and stopped what they were doing.
"Hiya Spike. What brings ya 'round here?" Applebloom asked.
"Oh, I just wanted to say hey."
"Hey." Scootaloo said. I face clawed. Sweetie Belle giggled.
"What're you really here for?"
"Ah..." I ran a claw through my spines. "I really missed you girls."
"Did you now?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Yup. I can't go long without you guys. Especially without those yummy apples." Applebloom turned as red as her mane. Scootaloo gave her a teasing smirk. Was I missing something? Sweetie Belle cleared her throat.
"Wanna hang out at this place called 'Inter-dimensional Tendency'? I hear it's really cool." she asked.
I grinned. "Yea. That sounds cool."



Turns out, the joint was sort of like a club/hangout for teens like us. (yes, teens, I'm only eighteen. The CMC just turned sixteen.) Applebloom was right next to me, moving her hooves to a catchy beat. The music was loud and kinda wild. It was perfect. I had to take Jazz sometime. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were talking to a stallion and a mare. I walked over. I was cautious because I knew Applejack and Big Mac and Rarity would disapprove of their sisters here in the first place.
"Hey, girls, whatcha up to?" The mare gave me quite the look. She was white with a white mane and tail. Her eyes were light brown and her cutie mark was that of a pearl. She looked like she had an attitude. The stallion was brown with dark brown, spiky hair. Doctor Whooves!? What was he doing here?
"We were just talking to Mr. Whooves and his girlfriend." Sweety Belle said. Doctor, which was what he usually called himself, blushed and shook his head.
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"What's your name, anyways?" I asked the mare. She sighed.
"Princess Maxii."
"Princess Maxii!?" we all near-shouted. She winced. Doctor chuckled nervously.
"Er... what she means is... her name is Maxii. She likes to throw people off."
"People?" Scootaloo repeated.
"Ah... ponies. She throws ponies off." Maxii smiled then. We all watched her curiously.
"I wonder if you see where I'm going here." she was staring right past me and into a wall.
"Where?"
"Not you. YOU. Hey, all you readers out there!"
"What?"
"Guess I surprised you, huh? Thought only Discord and Pinkie could break the forth wall?"
"HUH!?" We were all so confused. Except the Doctor of course. He grabbed Maxii by her shoulders and dragged her away.
"Sorry! That's enough chit-chat for today." I turned to Scootaloo and Sweety Belle.
"Well, that was odd." I commented. Applebloom walked up to us, then.
"What did ah miss?"



I was back at the Inn with Jasmine and she seemed pretty out of it. I told her about the mare's odd behavior and what she said but she only replied with, "But honey, don't you know Princess Maxii?"
"No. Should I? Wait... how'd you know her name?"
"How could I not know her name? She's not even a mare, really."
"What!?"
"She's the whole reason we exist. Or at least, why I exist. She didn't make you."
"What? Didn't your mom and dad make you like normal creatures?"
"I don't even know my parents. Or if I have parents. Princess Maxii hasn't mentioned them in this tale or the first."
"Everyppony has parents..."
"I'll probably have a flashback in the next one to satisfy the now-curious readers."
"But-"
"They're probably reading this and thinking, 'Hmm. Now that you mention it, who are Jasmine's parents?', and I'm wondering the same thing."
"I need some sleep. I think you do too."
"What, don't believe me?"
"Arge, not now, Jazz."
"Answer me. You think I'm lying?"
"I'm not listening!" I covered my ears and jumped onto the bed. Jasmine jumped on top of me and started tickling me. I laughed until I had tears in my eyes. "S-stop!" I giggled.
"Reveeeeeeeeeeenge!!!"

> Month#6: Yummy Name
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      I woke up with the strangest feeling that I was being watched. I yawned and opened my eyes. I shrieked... ahem... I mean, I yelled and fell off the bed. Jasmine giggled.
"Ah... what's up, Spike?"
"Why are you... when did you...?"
"Relax. I woke up an hour ago and I was watching you sleep."
"You were watching me sleep."
"Yes."
"For an hour."
"Yup."
"Okay... lets pretend that isn't creepy and go back to sleep."
"Oh no you don't!" Jasmine grabbed my claws and pulled me upright. "I've been waiting an hour for you to wake up. I'm not going to let you go back to sleep."
"Why were you waiting an hour for me to wake up anyway?" I yawned again and stretched. Jasmine kissed me suddenly. My eyes widened. I wasn't tired anymore.
"I was feeling restless, you know?"
"Were you now."
"I need my Spikey Wikey to make me feel better..." I blushed and gave her a shy kiss. Jasmine growled. Like, really growled.
"Don't give me any of that, now." She pushed me down on the floor and straddled me. I blushed harder. "I want you to love me!"
I had no problems with that.



It was warm outside. Just perfect for hanging out with Fluttershy and Princess Luna. Jasmine created a little rain cloud above us for when the sun shined directly above us.
"Once again, you amaze me, babe." I said. Fluttershy giggled as Jasmine blushed. Princess Luna gave me a playful smile.
"What took you two so long?"
"What? Nothing."
"It seems like you two slept late to me." I blushed. Jasmine shot me a look that clearly said, Danm she's on to us!
"N-no I... we didn't..." I stuttered.
"How would you even know?" Jasmine asked. Princess Luna smiled.
"Dreams."
"Jasmine did you...?"
"I don't remember my dreams! Did you dream about that?"
"I don't think so." Fluttershy facehoofed.
"I don't even want to know." then she said, "Have you met Eclipse LunarSol?" Thankful for the subject change, Jasmine and I nodded.
"We met her on a run for ice-cream a month or two ago."
"Did you now?" Princess Luna arched an eyebrow.
"Yea. She was the captain after Shining Armor." Jasmine said.
"Interesting." Princess Luna put a hoof to her chin and caressed it while deep in thought. "What if we all migrated to the elsewhere?"
"Huh?" Fluttershy blinked. "You mean, we're not staying in Wakonda?"
"I never said that."
We all let out relieved sighs. "So we're staying." I smiled.
"I never said that, either." I frowned. Jasmine groaned.
"So, what are you saying then? It's one or the other. It can't be both!"
"Very true words, Jasmine."
"So which one is it!?" I put a claw on Jasmine's shoulder.
"Easy." I warned. I rubbed her pudgy belly and she visibly calmed down.
"Aww." Fluttershy cooed.
"What if we and all the ponies from Ponyville and Canterlot went to another Country?" Princess Luna continued suddenly.
"Ah... I'd be okay with it, I guess. As long as I'm with my girlfriend and my friends." I thought for a second. "And my uh, kids you know..." Jasmine kissed me on the cheek. I blushed.
"Aww!" Fluttershy cooed again.
"What if I was planning to head to the Crystal Empire with Eclipse LunarSol while Canterlot began renovations?" Everypony fell silent.
"What?" we all gasped.
"After we get a head count of everypony, sum up who wants to go, map out the journey..."
"I'm up for it." Jasmine said. "But wait until after I give birth. I do not want to be in labor in the middle of some long journey."



After a long chat with our friends, we came to a decision. We would head to the Crystal Empire after everyone finished their own respective businesses. To be honest, I was kind of relieved to see Twilight. She was reading all the books in the library as usual but it was still good to see her. I returned to the Inn with Jasmine and plopped down on the bed. She jumped onto it with me and pulled the covers over us.
Let's just say, I got absolutely no sleep that night...
> Month#7: The struggles
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Jasmine looked kinda big. She was going to get bigger, I knew, but she was really big. She wasn't flying as much and she started complaining about her back and headaches. Her hind feet were almost always swollen and she was always hungry. I kinda felt guilty for getting her pregnant in the first place. I asked her if she felt some type of way towards me for it but she just smiled and said that she always wanted kids. I had no problem with that. Jasmine decided to stay home this day and I went out to hang with Twilight and Applejack. I met them in a clearing. Turns out, Rarity decided to come. Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom were talking to a stallion. He turned his head and nodded slightly. It was Wolf Grey. I waved. I saw three fillies running around and a mare calling after them. It was Eclipse LunarSol. She saw me and waved. I waved back. Shy Heart and Night Flower were sitting together on a bench and they smiled at me. Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity walked up to me.
"Hey spike. How are you?" Twilight said.
"Great."
"How's Jasmine?" Rarity asked. I shrugged.
"She's hurting a bit and tired and always hungry but she seems happy."
"I'll have to visit sometime." Rarity ran a hoof through her mane. Applejack grinned.
"So ah see you've made a lot of friends."
"Oh yeah. There are many interesting ponies around here."
"That's good. Spreading the magic of friendship." Twilight chirped. She glanced behind me and smiled. I turned around.
"What are you looking at?"
"Oh, nothing." she replied. I still noticed her eyeing somepony. It was a green pegasus stallion reading a really big book. He had hair that was purple on one side and green on the other. He had a watch on his left for leg. He looked up and saw Twilight staring. He smiled. She blushed and looked away.
I turned to Twilight and smiled knowingly. Rarity squealed.
"Twilight's got a crush!"
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do." I said.
"Ah don't blame 'er. He's a fine stallion, you know?" Applejack eyed the stallion.
"Go ask him his name." Rarity suggested.
"Get to know him!" I added. Twilight gulped and headed to him. She talked to him for a bit and there were a couple laughs and smiles. She came back to us and told us what happened with a grin.
Basically, what happened was, Twilight walked over to the handsome stallion. He looked up as she approached and gave her a smile.
"Uhm... I don't do this a lot but... what's your name?"
"George Fleur Party." he said. She smiled.
"That's a nice name. Do you ... ah ... throw parties? I have a friend who adores parties."
"I like to have fun. I also like to read. Especially about Starswirl the Bearded." Twilight gasped.
"YOU DO!?" she exclaimed. "Oh my gosh, I LOVE that book! I just love reading the spells he created! Which one of his studies are your favorites?"
"Ah, his theories about time travel."
"Wow. One of his more argumentative and infamous works."
"Yes. I just love how intelligent you are." George Fleur Party sighed. Twilight blushed.
"I bet you say that to all the girls."
"Nope. Just you. You're the smartest mare I've met."
"Excuse me. I've got to rub this in my friends' faces!"
"Okay. Can I hang out with you sometime?"
"Yes!"
Applejack, Rarity and I gave Twilight a look. She blushed and shrugged.
"Hey, who wants to meet Eclipse LunarSol?" I asked.
"I do!" Rarity chimed. She and Applejack went over to her. I turned to Twilight.
"Can I meet George Fleur Party for myself?" I asked.
"Sure." Twilight shrugged.
"Lead the way."
> Month#8: Tom... again!?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	I crept around on all fours and narrowed my eyes. Tom and Mind Bender were right there, within my reach. Mind Bender glared at Tom a lot and spoke angrily and sarcastically while Tom ruffled his leathery wings nervously. I smiled and wished that I had gotten a camera with me. Evidence. They were up to no good. I knew it. Mind Bender said something then and Tom turned my way. He stared right at the bush I was hiding behind and sniffed. I stiffened. Ton took a few steps forward. I willed myself not to step back. He stared for a few more seconds before seeming satisfied and turning to the mare. Mind Bender sighed and the two left. I sighed and sneakily crept my way out of there. Then, I spread my wings and took off.



Jasmine was waiting for me with Pinkie, Twilight, and George Fluer Party. I landed and walked awkwardly up to them. Twilight smiled but Jasmine frowned.
"Where were you?"
"Uhm... hey Twi. Hey... George... uum..." I trailed off. George Fluer Party smiled sheepishly.
"Oh, just call me George-"
"No! No! Call him GG!"
"GG?" the stallion asked. I blanched.
"Yes, omigosh, that is the most adorablest name ever!" Pinkie was jumping up and down excitedly now. I knew better than to argue with her when she came up with nicknames for ponies. George gave me a 'Is she always like this???' look and I just shrugged.
You have no idea, buddy.
"George-" Twilight started. Pinkie stomped her hoof quite forcefully. "I mean GG, was just telling me about some awesome place where something called 'TV' is used for entertainment."
"Of course, that was while we were waiting for you." Pinkie chimed. I growled. Dammit Pinkie.
"Speaking of that, where were you exactly?" Jasmine said in a clipped tone.
"Oh..." I glanced at George. "I was just visiting some old... friends..." There was no way I was going to spill with the new guy in right front of me. I hoped Jasmine caught my glance and realized that I would tell her later. She also glanced at George and her eyes widened in realization. I guess she figured out what I meant, then. She gave a slight nod.
"Okay! When you're done talking in code and sending secret facial messages to each other, feel free to continue the conversation!" Pinkie giggled. Jasmine growled irritably.
Jazz, I know you can't hear my thoughts but... I KNOW RIGHT!?
Twilight sighed and George chuckled. I decided to change the subject.
"So, uh, what's a TV?"
"An electronic device. You guys don't have it here."
"Oh?" I raised a brow.
"So, where do they have it?" Twilight asked.
George grinned, "I'll be telling that story another time."
"Really?" Jasmine stared at him. "Are you really going to wait until next time to tell us?"
"Yes. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and take Twilight out for lunch." He wrapped a hoof around Twilight. She giggled and blushed. Jasmine had that look of adoration on her face again. I shook my head and smiled.
"Let's find Applejack or Eclipse LunarSol or something." I suggested.
"How about we visit Zecora? I haven't seen her in a while." Jasmine spread her wings and stretched them out. She didn't really fly that much anymore. It made her wings sore and achy. I shrugged.
"Anything is cool with me."
"Ooh! You know who I haven't seen since we got here?"
"Who?"
"Discord!" I face clawed.
"Yea, that's right." I headed towards our usual spot to chill, the clearing. A lot of ponies were usually there. It was a great place to make new friends.



Discord was not at the clearing when we arrived. We didn't expect him to be there, however, so it was all good. Jasmine simply cast a spell similar to something Twilight had done a few times before. Discord appeared before us on a cotton candy cloud. He seemed to be sleeping. He opened his eyes, yawned, and grinned.
"Well, I haven't seen you love birds in quite a while. You forget about me, hmm?"
I rolled my eyes. "At least you still have your cocky attitude." Discord put a paw on his chest.
"Cocky?" a halo appeared above his head. "Me?"
"I see that you also still have your sense of humor." Jasmine laughed.
"A wacky sense of humor." I mumbled.
"Aww, is somepony sore that I made his girlfriend laugh?"
"No. Have you made any new friends?"
"Where were you all this time?" Jasmine blurted out. "We missed you."
"We?" I gave her a sideways glance. She shrugged.
"I was in another dimension, another world if you will. I didn't make any friends. No time."
"Why was there no time?" I asked. Discord gave me a knowing smile and Jasmine smiled too, like she was in on it.
"Oh Spike, what did I tell you about the fourth wall?"
"Nothing!"
"Oh. Well, good, you wouldn't be able to break it anyway."
"Speaking of which, my Discord fans need me!" Discord chirped. He disappeared.



Oh hello, dear humans. What's wrong? Didn't expect so much fourth wall breaking? Well, let me tell you, there's more where this came from!
Oh hey humans! I didn't see ya there!
What are you doing, Jasmine? This is MY thing, not yours. Go and break the fourth wall on your own story.
Oh, relax, mismatch,I don't think a duet as audience-welcome would hurt anypony.
Hey guys! What are we talking about?
Pinkie Pie!?
What's up, pinkster?
Oh, I'm good! Really good! I hung out with Twilight and Jazzy and GG, Twi's boyfriend, and we had lots of fun talking and he was telling about all sorts of weird stuff and we laughed and Twilight got all curious and GG sort of avoided any revealing questions and saying he'll tell her another time or in the future and I think that's really mysterious of him but Twilight says it's not and then Spike came and he-
AHHH!!! Make it stop!!!
Well, folks, that's Pinkie for ya. See ya in the next chapter!
> Month#9: Eclipse and George
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I walked down the already crowded roads of the village. I felt so happy that I was almost skipping to a song I'd gotten stuck in my head. A couple ponies were staring at me. I wondered why.
"Wake up in the morning feeling like a dragon.
Walking down the street, I'm gonna push this wagon.
Before I leave, brush my teeth and wash it down with some pie.
'Cause after I see Eclipse, I'm gonna see my Twi!"
I had no idea why they gave me odd looks. It couldn't have been because I wasn't, in fact, pushing a wagon. They must've really liked my singing voice. I walked into a store, the same store that I had went in before with Jasmine and I looked around. There was Eclipse LunarSol chatting with Rainbow Dash. Rainbow took a long swig of her root beer and said something that made the older mare laugh. Eclipse turned her head in my direction and smiled when she saw me.
"Spike, dear, good to see you!" she gave me a pleasant hug. Rainbow Dash patted me on the back.
"Where've you been, buddy?" Rainbow narrowed her eyes playfully. "Spending all this time taking care of your lady?"
I blushed, "A little. I've mostly been getting myself all hyper."
"I have been too! You two are going to be having little buggers running around!" Rainbow Dash flew up in the air. "I can't wait to teach them to fly!"
"I wouldn't mind meeting your little ones once their born." Eclipse smiled. I smiled back.
"Everypony's going to want to meet them. I just hope I can be a great dad."
"Speaking of love, look who's over there stuffing their faces." the cyan mare pointed across the store. Sure enough, it was Night Flower and Shy Heart eating breakfast sandwiches together. Night Flower caught my eye and I waved. He gave me a thumbs up. I turned back to Eclipse and Rainbow Dash.
"Let's walk and talk while we go see Twilight."



The walk to visit Twilight wasn't very long, seeing as she was located at the park in the fields that everyone had visited multiple times before. Eclipse was walking on my right and Rainbow was way above us. Realizing that Rainbow was not going to speak to us while in one of her flying 'spells', I decided to get to know Eclipse better.
"So, um, is your family here?"
Eclipse blinked, "What, here in Wakonda? No. They're in the Crystal Empire."
"Are you married?"
"Yes. Happily."
"Do you... do you have kids?"
"Yes. I have three beautiful daughters. They would like to meet your young ones sometime, don't you think?"
"Oh yes."
"Would you mind if they played with them?"
"Of course not."
"Good, good."
"Do you think I'll be a good dad?"
"From what I know about you and how I see you play with other ponys' foals, yes."
"That's a relief. I mean, you must know. 'Cause you're already a mom."
"Nonsense, honey. Now, look, we're here." 
We were there. And there was Twilight, sitting next to none other than George on a bench. I ran right up to her and gave her a hug. Eclipse and George said their greetings and Rainbow Dash hovered above them.
"Hey, George Fluer Party." she said.
"IT'S GG, RAINBOW DASH! GG!" Pinkie said, popping out of nowhere. She grabbed the surprised cyan mare. "YOU MUST PROMISE TO CALL HIM BY HIS NICKNAME!"
"Uh, Pinkie-" I started.
"PROMISE!"
"Is she always like this?" Eclipse asked. George shrugged.
"Pinkie it's not that-" Twilight was cut off by Pinkie glaring at her.
"IT IS A BIG DEAL!" she turned to Eclipse. "I AM ALWAYS LIKE THIS!"
"I seriously don't want to call him GG." Rainbow Dash squirmed in Pinkie's grip. She was pretty strong.
"I ALREADY CHOSE! PINKIE PROMISE!"
"But-"
"Promise." We all took a step back.
"I pinkie promise!" Rainbow said quickly and smiled nervously. Pinkie instantly smiled.
"Oki Doki Loki! Bye guys!" she was gone in the time it took us to blink. George sighed.
"Can't I choose my own nickname?"
"NO!" We all shouted in unision, not wanting Crazy Pinkie to return.
"Alright, alright."



Twilight leaned on George and sighed, "I've been thinking, guys. We should go right to the Crystal Empire as soon as we can."
"Really?" Rainbow grinned. "We're going over there?"
"That sounds like a good idea. We can go after Jasmine's had the babies..." I added.
"I'm actually heading over there to meet the rest of my family in a few months." Eclipse stated. "Your whole group can travel with me."
"That sounds like a good plan. We just have to get everything planned and sorted. I'll have to inform my friends. You know, ask them what they think." Twilight nuzzled George.
"I think that's a wonderful idea everypony." he said. "I'll come with. I won't go anywhere without you, Twi."
"Aww." we cooed as Twilight pecked George on his cheek. Rainbow Dash made a gagging motion.
"You two with all that sappyness now? Get a room!"
"Actually, don't. We don't want anymore surprises before we head to where your brother lives." I joked. Everypony giggled. Then, I stared at all of them sternly. "But seriously. I really don't want you to get pregnant with a prince older brother who was the former captain of the royal guard."
"Oh. O-okay..." Twilight blushed, embarrassed. George face hoofed.
> Month#10: Packing up
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

     I woke up feeling rather sad for a couple of days. I had begun to realize that Wakonda had become somewhat of a home to me. I actually had a hard time imagining life outside the small village. The Crystal Empire was familiar, sure, but a few days there was nothing compared to the months living there. There really wasn't any reason to leave regarding friends for me. My girlfriend was there, my ever-so-motherly Twilight, our friends, our friends' friends, all the Wakondan friends we've made, and soon my little youngsters would be there too. I knew some ponies had already left for other places and some were heading in our direction but many were staying there in Wakonda as well. At least I knew George and Eclipse were coming.
While I wouldn't admit it to anypony, I really hoped Jasmine went into labor either before or on her due date (which escapes my mind at the moment. Don't judge.) for the sake of her sanity. She now spent her days on the bed rubbing her swollen stomach. She gave me dirty looks every time she had back pains or her feet were achy. I could feel her glad in the back of my head every time I looked away to get her some ice. She ate, slept, and glared at me while in pain.While I could make her laugh, there were times she was just so tired and achy that she would stare at the wall and ask for some tea from Zecora. It was on one of these days that I saw Eclipse walking down a road alone.
She had a stuffed saddlebag weighing down her back and a book floating in her magic. She was reading too intently to see me rush up beside her.
"Hey Eclipse!" I said. She literally jumped three feet into the air and dropped her book. I stifled a laugh and picked her book. She blushed and took the book from me.
"Oh, hello, Spike."
"What are you reading?"
"Oh nothing. Just a love story."
"Seems interesting." she turned to look at me.
"What makes you say that?"
"I came up right next to you and you didn't see me. All because of that book."
"You wouldn't find this interesting."
"Really?"
"I know how you teens are." I tilted my head to the side. There was Applebloom talking to Night Flower and Shy Heart. The teenage filly trotted over to us.
"Hi, you guys." she greeted.
"Hey, Bloom." I smiled. For some odd reason, she blushed. I must've embarrassed her by using her nickname in front of somepony.
"Hey..." Eclipse said in that careful 'mom voice' that I'd learned to recognize from Twilight.
"Uh... What are you two doing?"
"Talking about that book Eclipse was so engrossed in." Eclipse rolled her eyes with a smile.
"It's about a little filly by the name of Samantha who's mother has a foal. So far in the story, I've read that the father comes out the room without the baby and young Samantha asks him where it is. Then he says, "There's no baby, Sammy." Ooh! I hope he doesn't mean what I think he means!" Eclipse squealed.
"That sounds really interesting. What's the book called?" Applebloom asked.
"'Slowly Freaking Out'."
"I might read that." I stated.
"Really? I never took you as the reading type." Applebloom said to me.
"I love reading."
"I never knew."
I gave her a lopsided grin, "There's a lot of things you don't know about me." She blushed again. She looked up at me with half-lidded eyes and smiled.
She said, "Well, I can learn, can't I?" In a tone that I couldn't believe was coming out of her mouth towards me. I quickly took a step back. This obviously sent some signals to her and she stared at the ground.
"So, I have to go... gotta get herbs from Zecora, you know...?"
"Yup."
"Yea, I hear that, Spike." Eclipse steered Applebloom off with an invite to talk. I went on my way.
It wasn't too long before I finally reached Zecora's hut. Big Mac was pulling out weeds in the yard where some of her herbs grew. He dipped his head in greeting when I said hello. Zecora opened her door and met me halfway up the path.
"Greetings my dear, it's not surprising you're here."
"Yea I guess not. I kinda need herbs to put in Jazz's tea."
"Herbs for tea? Come with me." I watched as Zecora picked up a few weird smelling leafy plants and she led me to a table. She put the plants into a bowl and gave me the blunt rock. "Ground this fine, while attend a friend of mine." I turned around to see George walking up to us looking like he'd bathed in poison ivy. Even Big Mac stopped to give him a curious look.
"Umm... Zecora?" he said. "I think I'm having an allergic reaction or something."
"Let me give you a poke." Zecora poked the rashes on his foreleg. "Ah ah! It is poison joke!"
"What?" I patted George on the back.
"It's a blue flower that plays jokes on ponies." Seeing him squirm uncomfortably, I realized I needed to distract him. "Say, I hear you're referencing books to ponies."
"Oh. Yea."
"Twilight would be proud." George smiled goofily.
"Yea." he frowned. "She's the one who tried experimenting and then... this happened."
"Hey." I laughed really hard. "That's Twi. C'mon, let's see if Zecora's finished your bath."
"I need a bath for this?"
"Yea. After, you want to head to the Inn to give Jasmine her tea?" George nodded.
"Then we have to finish packing. All of us." I nodded in agreement and sighed unhappily.
"Yea..."
> Month#11: Finally Here
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

      I stayed close to Jasmine at all times. This was her last month being pregnant and she could give birth anytime. Well, not anytime, anytime, but you know what I mean. She was due this month. Her stomach was large and she didn't fly at all at this point. She had weekly visits to the doctor to check all sorts of things. They had to check her blood pressure, her stress levels, how dilated she was, and her heart/lung health. Every time she went, I worried that something might happen on the way there, while we were there, or on the way back to the Inn. We didn't have luck that bad so far but I wasn't taking any chances. Jasmine didn't seem to be too keen on me following her around. She was in pain and She smiled through all of it, though. I guess she liked the fact that I was so worried. After successfully packing our things away and getting things needed for the babies, our friends came over. Wolf Grey came with Fluttershy and Rarity. After them, Twilight, Eclipse LunarSol, and George came over. Every pony else was either doing errands or packing last minute things. We were not leaving right after Jasmine gave birth but every pony was eager to go.
Jasmine was sleeping peacefully on the bed while Rarity, Eclipse LunarSol, Fluttershy, Twilight, George, and I played Go Fish. Wolf Grey was staring out the window and occasionally sneaking glances at Fluttershy when he thought no pony was looking. He was certainly a mysterious pony. A mysterious pony with a possible crush on Flutterhsy.
"Do you have a five, Spike?" Twilight asked.
"Go fish."
"You got an eight?"
"Darn." Twilight slid the card over to me. I smiled.
"Do you have a... two, Fluttershy?" Eclipse asked. Fluttershy shook her head.
"Go fish."
"What about you, George?"
"GG!" we all shouted. Eclipse blushed and corrected herself.
"I... ah... I do..." George reluctantly slid a card over to her.
"Uhm... do you have a six, Rarity?" Fluttershy mumbled.
"I do. Here you go." Rarity slid the card to Fluttershy. There was silence for the next few minutes.
"This is boring." George sighed.
"Oh wow. I was hoping it wasn't just me who thought so." Twilight snuggled him. I yawned and stretched.
"Yep. This is pretty dull."
"We should do something else." Rarity suggested.
"Chess?" Twilight offered.
"Anything but that." Wolf Grey and Rarity said at the same time. They looked at each other. Wolf Grey smirked. Rarity looked away, blushing furiously. I got up as did Fluttershy and Eclipse.
"Let's go outside. It's lovely out." Fluttershy suggested quietly.
"Great idea!" Eclipse exclaimed.
"Woa, wait!" I nearly shouted. "I can't leave, Jazz. What if she..."
"Relax. We'll be just outside." Twilight said.
"And as Applejack would say, 'If she's in a doozy, she can holler.'" Rarity stated. I thought about it for a second and realized they were right. As long as I stayed close I would be fine. We all headed out. Before I closed the door, got one las took at my beloved. She was sleeping soundly.



Wolf Grey sat next to Fluttershy on the grass. She gave him a shy smile. He smiled back.
"I hear you're leaving Wakonda in a few days."
"Not in a few days really. We don't have a specific date..."
"You don't have to go with them, do you?"
"Well... I do... I mean, their not forcing me or anything..." Wolf Grey cocked his head.
"So, why are you going?"
"Because my friends are going." There was an edge to Fluttershy's voice that I'd never heard before. "Why do you care, anyway?"
Wolf Grey seemed taken aback, "What do you mean?"
"You don't even talk to me like that."
"Wha...?"
"Why can't you romance me like George... GG... does with Twilight? Or be a cute little goof like Night Flower?"
"Are you comparing me to other guys?"
"Yes!... no... I'm sorry. Why do you have to be so mysterious and withdrawn?"
"You like it when I'm mysterious." he smirked when she blushed. "I'm coming with you guys."
"What? Really?"
"Of course. Anything for you." He sent her a wink and casually walked away, leaving her flustered as usual.
Twilight was having some romantic talk with George as well. She was laying on her stomach with George right next to her. She nuzzled him and sighed.
"I can't wait to see Cadence."
"I can't wait to meet your brother."
"You really want to meet my brother?"
"Yea, of course. Why wouldn't I want to meet your bro?"
"Because he will kill you."
"Figuratively?"
"Literally. He's super protective and he's a prince and former captain of the Celestial Guard."
"Okay..."
"You're not worried or anything?"
"Of course not. Why would I be worried about your military trained brother trying to kill me?"
"Don't worry, George-GG-I'll be there and you'll be there with me. That's all that matters."
"It's all that matters to you." George wrapped a foreleg around Twilight but he shot me a worried look.
Rarity and Eclipse both ran out of the Inn and rushed over to me. I didn't even notice that they went back in. I was too busy being nosy. The two mares stopped in front of me.
"Spike, I think Jasmine may be going into labor." Eclipse said. Rarity nodded feverishly.
"You might want to take her to the-"
"What? Now? How do you know?" I was suddenly glad that I didn't leave her.
"Spike." Eclipse shook her head, "I've had three foals in my life. I think I know when a mare's in labor." I went inside the Inn, every pony getting up and following me. Jasmine was on her side and her teeth were gritted. Her tail twitched every time she sucked in a breath.
"Jazz? Are you okay?" Eclipse face hoofed.
"Do I look okay?" she growled. I put my claws up.
"Okay, I think you're right. Uhm... Do we take her now or is there a specific time...?" It was that moment Jasmine let out a short, raspy scream. "Is that a yes?"
"Spike!" all the mares shouted.
"Okay, taking you to the hospital now." I reached for my love when she let out another cry. I lifted her and went outside before spreading my wings and taking off. I was a little unsure of how fast to fly. I wanted to fly fast but I was worried that would make her pain level go up or something. Man, I probably should have read up on it instead of reading Slowly Freaking Out.
"A little faster, Spike." Jazz said through clenched teeth.
"Are you sure? I wasn't sure... um... does it make the pain more painful-"
"Dammit, Spike, put some pep in your step!"
"Well... I'm flying... so... that doesn't actually... make sense at this moment..."
Jasmine glared at me, "Are you smart mouthing me!? I am in pain!"
"Yes, yes. I know you're in pain."
"So go faster." she said with a menacing snarl.



Arriving at the hospital was probably the most traumatic experience. By then, the contractions were coming quickly and Jasmine was writhing in pain. I tried to sooth her but I ended up getting cursed at, clawed at, and given a death glare into my soul. One of the nurses came up to us, looked at Jasmine, looked at me, and smiled. She smiled. I am so serious!
"First time, huh?"
"If referring to all of this," I gestured to my girlfriend. "Then yes, this is my first time."
"You're gonna be a daddy."
"No kidding. Can we get her some pain medicine or something? My girlfriend is in well, pain."
"Sure, dude. Lemme get her on a stretcher." I watched as the earth pony nurse put Jasmine on a stretcher and wheeled her off into a room. I followed. Once in the room, a doctor came in to check how dilated she was. Let me tell you, when you check the dialation of a female who is in agonizing pain, you must never be in reach of any legs, front or back.
Turns out, Jasmine was fully dilated, ten centimeters, and they brought in many things to deliver. The stirrups for her hind legs, the epidural to numb her lower half, towels, and lots of tools. After setting things up, they waited for the medicine to kick in. Jasmine cooed and relaxed visibly which gave that away.
"Alright, hun, let's start with a single push. We need to make sure the cervical muscles are contracting properly and that the baby isn't breached." the nurse said. I jerked up.
"Breached? What is that?"
"Don't worry about it." the doctor gave the nurse a look. The nurse sighed. "It's when the baby comes out backwards."
"Is that... harmful?"
"Oh yea. The baby could suffocate and die."
"And you told me not to worry why!?"
"I'm trying to be professional. Anyways, I need you to push, miss."  Jasmine gave a push, just as the the nurse commanded. The doctor nodded encouragingly. I held Jasmine's claw.
"Uh... you're doing great..." I said awkwardly. Jasmine gave a throaty chuckle. I wasn't sure if that was good or bad, given the situation.
"You have no idea what to do, do you?"
"Not a clue." There was several more minutes of the doctor and the nurse making sure there were no complications. Jasmine seemed to be doing fine. The only thing that was freaking me out at this point was that she was right when she said multiples were very common for draconaqui. I was actually pretty worried that I might not as good of a dad as I would like to be. It was still really exillerating to be a dad and have a whole family of my own. I felt like my life was complete, you know?



Jasmine was laying in the hospital bed. The doctor was checking her vitals and the nurse was cooing at the babies. She was an odd one. I looked at all the little bundles of joy and sighed.
"Congrats on your sextuplets." The nurse said.
"Is that even a real word?"
"Yes. There's also a word for eight born at once too."
"Yea?"
"Yes. It's octuplets."
"Huh."
"Yea. These little ones are real cuties."
"Thanks?"
"Have you and your partner come up with names yet?"
"Ah... no..."
"Well, why don't you two think of some names right now while the doctor and I get the birth certificates."
"Alright, nurse."



Every pony came inside the room and congratulated us. When I say every pony came, I mean every pony. Shy Heart, Night Flower, Applejack, Zecora, Big Mac, basically all our friends. They all were really stoked to help us come up with names. After some contemplation, we all managed to agree on six very nice ones.
Flo, Sookie, Plateous, Cherok, Draven, and Bubble.
I felt kind of iffy about some of the names but they were cute and not too outrageous so Jasmine and I made these our children's official names. We enjoyed our company before it would be time for Jasmine to get some rest.
"I love you, Spike."
"Love you too."
> Epilogue
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      I picked up the last Delilah of the bunch and intertwined it with the velvety, black waves of Jasmine's beautiful hair. She sat almost perfectly still with her eyes closed. Her lips were delicately pulled upwards into a smile. I finished the braid and tugged her shoulder gently, making her turn slightly. I planted a love-filled kiss upon her muzzle and blushed. She blushed as well. Funny how all that we've been through, we still blushed at mere romantic things.
"Ready to go, Jazz."
"Are you sure?" she asked, worried. "You have all the babies' belongings? The blankets, the-"
"Jasmine. We went over this. I packed everything."
"I'm just so worried. I can't imagine leaving after being here for so long and being in the Crystal Empire who is ruled by the niece of Celestia..."
"Don't start, Jazz. We don't blame you for anything. We'll be happy there. There's friends and family..."
"Guess you're right." I led Jasmine to the sextuplets, who were napping on the bad. We picked up three each. I got Flo, Charok, and Plateous while she got Draven, Bubble, and Sookie.
"C'mon." We both headed to the door. "Everypony's waiting outside." We both took deep breaths as we stepped out of the Inn for the last time.



Eclipse, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack led the group through the forest. We would have to travel to the remains of Ponyville, through Ponyville, and reach the train station there. If the trains were not working when we arrived, we would have to trek to the Crystal Empire on hoof. We all were prepared for the trip. Everypony was willing to help each other out. The rest of our group consisted of George, Jasmine, the kids, Zecora, Big Mac, the CMC, the rest of the Elements, Shy Heart, Night Flower, Wolf Grey, and oddly enough, the strange nurse from the hospital. We all walked away from our temporary home that we'd only just begun to get used to. I glanced back for the last time before Wakonda was out of our view. I'd miss Wakonda.
And I knew I wasn't the only one.



Thank you for reading my story! Don't know what to read next while you wait for the third and last story of this series? Check out my latest story, Slowly Freaking Out! Till next time!