> One Mistake Can Lead To Pain > by NightGlider Shimmer > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > chapter 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Dash awoke to the sun on her face, she started moving to get of the bed but she felt something touch her leg. She looked over to the other side of her bed and saw her boyfriend Soarin lying down, still sleeping. She smiled down at him as she thought to herself "Wow he looks so handsome." Soarin fluttered his eyes open and looked over at Rainbow and smiled with tired eyes, "Morning beautiful," He said. Rainbow blushed at this, she wasn't quite used to being called beautiful yet. All of the sudden she realized she was only wearing a bra and literally nothing else and Soarin was totally naked. She blushed furiously as her face turned a apple red colour, but then she remember that her parents would be home at 11:00am; she looked at her clock it was 10:55am. "OH SHIT SOARIN! I HAVE TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE! MY PARENTS WILL BE HOME ANY MINUTE NOW!" Rainbow said panicking, but she stopped speaking as the door to her room swung open revealing her mother and father. "Oh uh hehe mom, dad you guys are here," Rainbow said covering her exposed body with her blanket. Both her parents looked shocked, their eyes wide and full of anger. "RAINBOW DASH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO YOUNG LADY!" Her mother, Firefly said angrily. "And you!" Spectrum pointed towards Soarin and glared. "You get your clothes on right now and go home! Rainbow we will be waiting downstairs, so come down when your dressed." Spectrum said. Both of Rainbow’s parents went downstairs to wait for their daughter to explain what happened. "Well I better put my clothes on before your dad gets madder at me." Soarin said. "Ok, I'll turn around so you can at least put underwear on." Rainbow said as she turned around. "Ok I’ve got some pants on, you can look now," Soarin said after he put his pants on. Rainbow turned around and looked at Soarin's extremely buff body which made her blush. His body wasn’t all that impressed her; he was athletic, kind, loyal, honest, the list went on and on. "Like what you see Dashie?" Soarin asked, pulling Dash out of her daze in la la land of love. "Oh Soarin, I’m sorry I didn't realise I was staring," Rainbow said. "It’s okay Dash," Soarin said slipping on his blue shirt with yellow lightning bolts on it that represented the Wonderbolts. It was a fan made shirt instead of the real thing. The wonderbolts were Canterlot high's awesome roller blading team and Soarin was one of them. "Dash. DASH! Are you listening to me?" Soarin asked with a goofy grin on his face. "Sorry again what were you saying?" Rainbow asked. "I said I’m guessing this is yours?" Soarin said holding out a pair of underwear to Rainbow. Rainbow blushed heavily again. “Just toss it in the dirty clothes hamper,” Rainbow said pointing to a blue basket next to her closet. "And in the top drawer on the left of my dresser is my underwear. Hand me a pair, will ya?" Rainbow asked. Soarin opened the drawer and got a pair of underwear and handed them to Dash. "Thanks," Dash said as she slipped the clean pair of underwear on. Dash got up and went to her closet and started looking for something to wear on a Saturday. But instead caught Soarin staring at her butt. "Like what you see?” Rainbow teased. She grabbed a pair of black yoga tights and a blue tank top with yellow stripes on the side. She also grabbed her running shoes and headed downstairs, Soarin following suit. Before they got within range of Rainbow’s parents, Rainbow turned around and kissed him. "I love you," she said. The pair continued down the stairs where they met her mom’s angry gaze. Spectrum looked at Soarin and spoke. "You need a ride home kid?" he asked Soarin, knowing full well that he had come in Rainbows car.Soarin nodded yes and blushed from embarrassment. He was also worried that Spectrum might kill him before they got home. "Alright, comeon let’s go then," Spectrum said. "See ya at school," Soarin said waving goodbye. "See you at school," Rainbow replied back also waving, and with that he left. “Ok young lady, first question on my list…did you use protection?" Firefly asked. "No." Rainbow said a little embarrassed. "Why did you break our number one rule: no boys in the house while we are gone?" "I may have drank just a little bit of beer with Pinkie before I left Sugarcube Corner and got a little tipsy and forgot about it, but before you say anything I had Soarin drive cus I’m not that dumb!" Rainbow said in one breath. "YOU DRANK BEER! YOU ARE 17 YEARS OLD! YOU ARE NO WHERE NEAR OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK! " Her mother shouted furiously. "Sorry I just you know- uh hehe," Rainbow laughed nervously. "We will get back to that when your father gets home. But right now I want you to listen to me very carefully okay?" Firefly said a bit more calmly so she could try and relax her daughter. "Ok" Rainbow said. "Rainbow sit down please" Firefly said. Rainbow did as she was told and sat on the couch. "Rainbow when this sort of thing happens you have to take precaution, at least use a condom if your going to disobey us and do it anyway, because I’m positive you are not ready to be a mother yet," Firefly said earning a small chuckle from her daughter. "There's that smile I love so much, come'er " Firefly said puling Rainbow in for a hug which Rainbow accepted. “Sweetie, me and your father love you very much and we don't want to see you hurt…okay?" Firefly said holding up her daughters chin with her hand. "Okay mom, I love you guys too,” Rainbow said giving her mother another hug while Firefly kissed her on the top of the head. “I’m guessing you want to go on your morning run," Firefly said. Rainbow nodded in response, "Well go then," Firefly said. Rainbow put on her shoes and ran outside to go run. > chapter 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow woke up to the sound of her alarm clock, her hair was all tangled, and her eyes where tired. Rainbow then groaned like she was sick. She heard a knock on her door, when the door opened her mother was standing in the doorway. Firefly had blue hair pink skin and purple eyes, she wore a cyan blue button shirt and pink pants with two blue lightning bolts sewed onto the front pockets, and a pair of cyan blue flats. "Rainbow sweetie time to get up. Your gonna be late for school for the 3rd time this week," Firefly said, a little annoyed. Rainbow turned to face her mom. Firefly looked at her daughters eyes and saw that they were watering. "Rainbow, sweetie, are you okay?" Firefly asked with a little more of a concerned tone. "I-I-I don't fell so good mom," Rainbow said, her face turning paler by the second. Firefly walked over to Rainbow and put her hand over her forehead and then grabed the thermometer and put it her mouth. About 30 seconds later it beeped showing Rainbow's temperature was 99.8; a little bit higher then regular body temperature. She wasn't sick but she looked to be in pain and her face wasn't cyan blue anymore, it was more of a very pale blue. Rainbow sat up and looked at her bathroom for a second before getting up and running to it, closing the door behind her. About 10 seconds later Firefly opened the door and knelt down next to her daughter and puled her hair out of the way as she vomited. There was absolutely no way that Rainbow was going to school today. Rainbow finally stopped vomiting and just sat there shaking, she had been in the bathroom for at lest 2 minuets, her mother pulled her close.Rainbow rested her head on her mothers chest still shaking. Her mother rubbed her back and rocked her side to side. She didn't know what this was, was it some kind of sickness? Firefly heard the door open again and looked up to see her husband looking down at them in shock. "Is she ok?" Spectrum asked. "I think so, but i want you to call the school and tell them that she wont be there today," Firefly said "and I'm going to stay home today and help Rainbow. I will call work and tell them that I can't come in today," Firefly said. "Okay well I will call Rainbows school and then I will get going to work," Spectrum said. He leaned down and kissed Firefly and then kissed rainbow on the forehead and said "I hope you fell better soon Dashie. See ya after work." "Bye dad," Rainbow said in a weak tone. Spectrum went down stairs and picked up the phone and dialed in rainbow school's number and a lady answered the phone. "This is Canterlot high, vice principle Luna speaking. How may i help you?" "Uh- yeah my daughter wont be able to make it into school today on account of being sick," Spectrum said. "Hum yes, girls name please?" Luna asked. "Rainbow Dash," "Alright thank you for informing us about this. I will tell Celesta,goodbye," Luna said. "Bye" spectrum said and hung up and went out the door to go to work. 'Canterlot High' "I wonder where Rainbow is," Soarin said. He was starting to hang out with Rainbows friends a lot, and Luna just happened to hear his comment and turned to answer his question. "Miss Rainbow Dash is out sick today," Luna said. "Oh ok thanks Vice Principle Luna," Soarin said. Luna nodded and continued about her day. "Well it's gonna be super duper boring without Dashie," Pinkie said. "Oh girls come on it cant be that boring without Rainbow," Twilight said. "Well Twilight, darling, we find Rainbow quite funny sometimes," Rarity said. "Yeah Twilight we all find that Rainbows got her funny moments and she just goes with it," Applejack said. "I wasn't saying that rainbow wasn't funny, I was saying that we can have a nice day without her at least once," Twilight said. "I guess," Soarin said, then the bell rang sending all kids to class. 'Rainbows house' "Mom stop it. I feel better now. You don't have to keep asking if i need anything," Rainbow said. "Okay, okay I get it. Leave you alone, got it," Firefly said. "Thank you." All day long Rainbow had these episodes of anger, sadness, and happiness it was really weird. Firefly walked downstairs and turned on the TV and turned it to the news. "This just in, a criminal named Shadow has escaped from prison. If anyone sees a man that looks like this please call this number right here," the news women said. The picture was of a man wearing orange. He had gray skin and black hair and purple eyes. Firefly had to remember this person when she went out in public. She then herd a knock on the door and went to answer it. When she opened the door she saw Twilight Velvet standing there. "Velvet what are you doing here?" Firefly asked. "Did you hear about the escaped prisoner?" Velvet asked. " Yeah I did but it was only just on. How did you get here so fast?" Firefly asked. "I was doing my run when I turned on my radio and turned it to the news and heard about it. I wonder what he is capable of?" Velvet said. "I don't know, but quite frankly i don't want to find out," Firefly said. > chapter 3 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Morning mom," Rainbow said kissing her mother on the check. "Morning dad" Rainbow said doing the same thing. Both Firefly and Spectrum looked at each other in confusion until Firefly spoke up. "Is that our daughter," Firefly said sarcastically. "I don't know maybe an alien abducted and replaced her," Spectrum said, also in a sarcastic tone. Rainbow looked at both of them with a smug smirk on her face. "Haha very funny, I'm just in a good mood today," Rainbow said happily. "Well ok, hurry up and eat your breakfast or your gonna be late for school," Firefly said. Rainbow ate the eggs her father made and grabbed some toast on her way out the door. Rainbow raced to the door yelling "Bye mom, bye dad," as she went of to school. "One day she will go out that door a real woman and going off to college, and there is nothing we can do to stop her," Firefly said. "My little girl is growing up too fast," Spectrum said a tear escaping his eye. Once rainbow got on the bus she looked to the back of the bus and saw an empty seat and went back to sit down there, once she sat down she puled out her i pond and headphones and turned on a song and turned on the song ......well .......the song headphones and listened to that for awhile till the buss stopped again but she payed no mind to it but puled out one ear bud so she could hear if someone spoke to her. Soarin got on the bus and looked directly to the back and saw some rainbow hair that was hard to miss and went to the back to go and sit with his girlfriend. He saw her as she looked over to him and smiled. "Hay, sup"? rainbow asked. "Nothin, my parents still hate me for having sex with you," Soarin said with a small chuckle as he sat down. "Well not mine. They aren't pissed of anymore, my dad gave me a stern talking to though," Rainbow said with a small giggle. "Why do girls always get off so easy?" Soarin said in an aggravated tone. Rainbow looked over and glared at him. "Whats that supposed to mean?" Rainbow said, a little angry at Soarin's comment. "Nothing, I just think all girls get off way too easy, that's all," Soarin said, wondering what he said wrong. "I don't 'get off' easily. My parents took away my phone for a week and I just got it back this morning," Rainbow said in a very aggravated way. Soarin saw quickly that Rainbow was about to cry and before he could respond Rainbow turned towards the window and put her hands over her eyes. "Rainbow I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that," Soarin said in a worried tone, as if he had just made the mistake that would end their relationship. Rainbow turned around to look at Soarin and then buried her face in his chest, Soarin responded by hugging her. "I'm sorry Rainbow. Can you forgive me?" Soarin asked. "Yeah sure," Rainbow said looking up and smiling at him. Soarin wiped away some of Rainbows tears and held her close to him. AwWW you to are sssoooo cute," a pink girl said from behind them. "Ahhhhh! Pinkie pie how long have you been there?" Rainbow shrieked. "Oh not long. Just long enough to hear your guys conversation," Pinkie said. "She's right darling. We have been here the whole time and you didn't even notice," Rarity said. Rainbow looked back and saw all her friends behind her and then blushed. She had never acted like that in front of her friends, not even Soarin. She wondered what was going on with her and then sat back down. "Uh oh hear comes trouble," Applejack said. The girls looked down at the front of the bus and saw Lightning Dust and Gilda; they had both transferred to the school about a month ago. "Well well well, If it isn't Rainbow Dash with her loser boyfriend," Gilda said. This enraged Rainbow, she got up to punch Gilda but was stopped by Soarin and Rarity who grabbed both of Rainbow's arms. "Rainbow don't let Gilda anger you. Just ignore her," Soarin said. Rainbow sat back down; Gilda and Lightning Dust sat down in the seat in front of them and started talking. That was when Rainbow put in both of her earbuds and started listening to music again. The bus stopped again in front of Canterlot High and everyone got up and got off the bus. Soarin and the girls all said thank you to the bus driver because no one ever did, and they went into the school. Twilight was the first to speak up about what they were all wondering. "So Rainbow, what kind of sickness where you sick with yesterday," Twilight asked curiously. "I don't know. It went on for three hours and then just stopped. I threw up like eight times, and my mom said i had all these mood swings," Rainbow said as a wave of nausea hit her and her face turned pale blue. "Rainbow darling, are you alright?" Rarity asked. Just as Rarity said that Rainbow ran to one of the girls bathrooms so she could throw up. "Soarin stay here" Twilight said as she went into the bathroom with Rarity following her. Twilight saw Rainbow's shoes and went to the stall that Rainbow was in and opened the door, Rainbow didn't lock it when she got in the bathroom. Twilight knelt down and pulled Rainbow's hair out of the way and looked up at Rarity. "Rarity, make an 'out of order' sign and put it on the door so no one comes in, and lock it," Twilight said. Rarity did just that. Once Rainbow stopped throwing up Rarity handed a paper towel to her and Rainbow wiped her mouth. Twilight had to help her to her feet because she was so weak. "Twilight do you have any idea whats wrong with me?" Rainbow asked. "Well Rainbow with the description you gave earlier you could be... pregnant," Twilight said. "But there is only one way to find out. Come on Rainbow let's take you to the nurse," Twilight said. As they walked out of the bathroom Rarity took the out of order sign off and the three friends walked to the nurses office and then the bell rang, Twilight looked over at Rarity. "Rarity tell the teacher that I'm helping a friend to the nurse," Twilight said since she and Rarity had the same class. Rarity nodded and went to class. Once Twilight and Rainbow got to the nurses office she spoke up. "Nurse Redheart," Twilight said. "How can i help you two," the nurse replied. "Well.....um ...do you have any pregnancy tests? Rainbow needs to see if she is pregnant or not," Twilight said. Nurse Redheart looked a little surprised but went to her cabinet and puled out a test and cup and handed them to Rainbow " I'm going to guess you know what to do," Redheart said. Rainbow nodded as she went into the bathroom. About 30 seconds later Rainbow came out of the bathroom with the test and held it out for the nurse to see. It had a plus symbol on it. "I'm so sorry Miss Dash but you are pregnant," nurse Redheart said. As she said that Rainbow broke down and cried. Twilight held her close to her and Rainbow cried into her shoulder since Twilight was taller then Rainbow. "Twilight how am I going to tell Soarin?" Rainbow said, still sobbing. "I don't know Rainbow, but I do know that he deserves to know. He is the father after all," Twilight said. " I guess your right Twilight he does deserve to know. I'll tell him after school, I think that would be the best thing to do," Rainbow said. "Alright Rainbow if you think so," Twilight said. With that out of the way they both went to class. The bell rang for the end of the day and every one went outside. Rainbow went outside and was greeted by Soarin. "Rainbow, whats up? Twilight told me you wanted to tell me something after school," Soarin said. "Yeah Soarin I do and I-I-I umm I-I wanted to t-tell y-you ummm," Rainbow started to stutter. "Just tell me like your ripping off a band-aid," Soarin said. "I'm pregnant and you're the father," Rainbow said. Soarin looked at her in shock . Him A father, He stood still for a moment and then he smiled like no other time before. He picked rainbow up and hugged her but not to tightly; he didn't want to hurt her or the baby. "Oh Rainbow this is amazing! I can't believe I'm going to be a father," Soarin said but not to loudly. The girls were watching from afar to make sure that if Soarin was mad that he didn't hurt her but instead they where smiling because they were happy that Soarin was happy. What they didn't know was that Gilda and Lightning Dust were watching Rainbow and Soarin. "Haha Gilda, what do you think? A new rumor to spread?" Lightning Dust said. "I think its a perfect new rumor to start spreading," Gilda said with a evil grin on her face. > chapter 4 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The couple looked around as they walked into school, everyone was staring at them. Rainbow even heard one girl call her a slut, and she saw so girls and boys look at her stomach as she walked past. Once they got into the building, Sunset Shimmer pulled the two into an empty class room. "Sunset, what's going on?" Rainbow asked. "Are the rumors true, are you pregnant?" Sunset asked. Rainbow was shocked. How did she know? I've only told my friends. "Yes it's true, but me and Soarin would really appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone. How did you even find out anyway?" Rainbow asked. Before Sunset could speak Pinkie Pie popped up out of nowhere. "You haven't seen it yet? Gilda posted on her gossip blog that you and Soarin where having a baby and that's why everypony is staring at you two," Pinkie said. The other girls opened the door to the classroom and went over to Rainbow and hugged her, they knew that Rainbow didn't want anyone to know yet. "Has everyone seen this?" Rainbow asked. "Pretty much," Pinkie said. Rainbow pulled out her laptop and went on to her blog site and typed in a note to her followers. Dear Canterlot High friends, The rumors are true, I am pregnant. I am very happy with this and I can't wait to have the baby. I'm open to any suggestions on baby names. With awesomeness Rainbow Dash. Rainbow hit post and all the girls phones rang an alert tone. "Wow Rainbow, That took guts to post," Twilight said. "And now all that's left is to tell my parents, but they will probably find out once they read my post," Rainbow said. "Don't worry, I will be here with you every step of the way," Soarin said. Just then rainbow got a message from someone named Rain Drop. If it's a boy, Speed Runner, if it's a girl, Angel Song "Wow I'm already getting suggestions for the baby's name," Rainbow said. "Both those sound like pretty decent names," Soarin said. " How about this? If its a boy with navy hair like Soarin's then Navy Wave, and if its a girl Solar Flare," Sunset suggested. "Oh how about Sparkie for a boy or Rainbow Heart for a girl," Pinkie suggested. "How about Windy for a girl or Braker for a boy," Twilight said. "Oh um how about Amber for a girl, or Wind Breeze for a boy," Fluttershy suggested. "Or how about Soarin jr, for a boy or Amethyst for a girl," Rarity suggested. "Or if its a boy Thunder Zap, if its a girl then Spectra," Applejack suggested. "Wow these are all good names. I don't know which one to choose from," Rainbow said. "What do you think Soarin?" "I'm torn between Soarin Jr. and Amber," Soarin said. Rarity smiled brightly, as did Fluttershy. "Well I will look at the suggestions on my blog later, right now I have to get to my locker," Rainbow said. They all walked out the door but before they could turn the corner a bunch of girls came running towards Rainbow asking her so many questions that all Rainbow could do was run and hope she lost them. Once Rainbow got to her locker, she grabbed some text books and went to class. At the end of the day Soarin and Rainbow got on the bus and sat down next to each other. "So should we tell your parents today?" Soarin asked. "I think that would be best," Rainbow said. The bus pulled up to the street where Rainbow lived and she and Soarin both got off and went inside. Once they got in Rainbow was greeted by her tortoise and her moms cat; she loved both of them very much. "Oh Rainbow, you're home. What's Soarin doing here?" Firefly asked. "Mom there is something we need to tell you," Rainbow said. "What is it?" Firefly asked. "I think it would be best if we sat down. Is dad home?" Rainbow asked. "He is upstairs in his office, let me go get him" Firefly said. The couple went to go sit on the couch and wait for Rainbow's parents to return. Firefly soon returned with Spectrum and they both took a set on the couch. "So what did you two want to talk about?" Spectrum asked. "Mom, dad, it's been 8 week since I found out, but the night Soarin and...um...you know did it...I apparently didn't know I was ........well..........um....... fertile so it seems that I am now pregnant and... Soarins the father," Rainbow said as fast as she could. Spectrum was shocked and was not able to speak, but Firefly was enraged her face turning red. "WHAT!" Firefly screamed. "OKAY THAT'S IT PRETTY BOY! YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DEAD BEFORE YOU GET TO SEE YOUR CHILD, I CANT BELIEVE YOU GOT MY DAUGHTER PREGNANT," Firefly was screaming at the top of her lungs. Spectrum came out of his trance and also started yelling. "I AGREE WITH YOUR MOTHER RAINBOW! SOARIN YOU MIGHT NOT LIVE TO SEE THE DAY YOUR CHILD IS BORN. AND YOU RAINBOW DANGER DASH YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX! HELL YOU SHOULD KNOW NOT TO EVEN HAVE SEX. YOU TWO ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW SOARIN'S PARENTS ARE GOING TO REACT TO THIS" spectrum was yelling very loudly. By now Rainbow was crying very heavily and Soarin was backed into a wall by Spectrum. "I'm not even sure I should let you date my daughter anymore," Spectrum said. Soarin had tears rolling down his eyes, not for just him being terrified for his life but he was scared because Rainbow told him that when her dad said something he meant it. He was scared that he would never see Rainbow again, and he was scared that he would never see his child, he was scared that they where going to make Rainbow abort the baby. "Since this is yours and Rainbow's baby its your choice about what you want to do about it," Spectrum said, his voice a little calmer. He let Soarin off of the wall. Firefly's face was still filed with anger and hatred for the boy she keept glaring at. He had denied their daughters right to freedom by getting her pregnant. Soarin sat back down, and as he did rainbow hugged him hard as she could and cried into his shirt. Soarin hugged her back. Still glaring, Firefly broke the silence. "I'm sure Rain Cloud and Blue Sky won't be to happy with you, Soarin," Firefly said. Still holding Rainbow, he started crying. He was still scared, not of Rainbow's parents, but of his. He was sure they would be upset with him. Firefly's look changed to anger to guilt, i she went over and joined the two, hugging and kissing her daughters forehead. She then whispered into Soarin's ear. "You take care of my daughter, you stay with her every step of the way and you do not under any circumstances do not leave her for another girl do you understand me," Firefly said trying make herself clear that if he hurt her daughter then she would hurt him. Soarin nodded with a "Yes ma'am". "Good,now I'm sure you two need to go talk to your parents. You might as well get it over with now so you don't have to deal with it in the future," Firefly said. "Ok, Well we will go and do that," Soarin said. He tried to get up but failed because of Rainbow still latching on to him, he smiled and sat back down and lifted her chin up. "Hey its ok, I'm still alive, your parents didn't kill me...yet," Soarin said, trying to be funny which worked, he earned a chuckle from the two parents and Rainbow. He wiped away the tears on her face and she let go of him and they both got up. "Do you want to go tell my parents? I know they will be mad but hopefully not as mad as your parents," Soarin said. "Let's go" Rainbow said. "We will be back soon mom," Rainbow said kissing her mother on the cheek. She turned to her father and hugged him as tight as she could "I love you daddy" Rainbow said. Spectrum looked surprised at his daughters words, she never called him daddy, he let a single tear fall from his face as he put his hand on her head and rubbed her back. "I love you too princes," Spectrum said. Rainbow let go of her father and went over to Soarin as they headed out the door to Rainbow's car. Once Soarin and Rainbow got to Soarin's house the two pulled up in the driveway and both got out of the car. Soarin got out his keys and unlocked the door. Once the door opened he was immediately greeted by his german shepherd, Vickie, she jumped all over Soarin's legs and then pushed him down hand licked his face .Then she started to jump on Rainbow and pushed her down and licked her face as well. "Vickie, down girl," Soarin said, pulling at Vickie's collar to get her off Rainbow. "Her name is Vickie? Where did you get that name?" Rainbow asked petting Soarin's dog. "I didn't pick it. She was a rescue puppy left by her owner at the vet. Vickie was her original name so we decided to keep it," Soarin said. "Ok" Rainbow said. Right then Soarin was hugged by a girl that looked just like Soarin but a bit younger. Rainbow guessed that this was his little sister that she was told about. "Soarin, where have you been? Mom and dad are freaking out because you weren't here. They said they were about to call the police," Soarin's little sister said. "Dew drop this is Rainbow...my girlfriend so please don't embarrass me. We have something important to tell mom and dad" Soarin said. "OHH so your the Rainbow Dash, Soarin talks about you all the time. He goes on and on about how pretty you are and how kind you are and he is always so love struck when he gets home," Dew Drop said. Rainbow snickered at this as she saw Soarin blushing. "Hey Dew Drop could you stand next to Soarin for a second?" Rainbow asked. Dew Drop did so and stood next to her brother. "Hmmm the only difference I see is the eyes. You two really are identical," Rainbow said. "We are, aren't we?" Soarin said. The three all raced to the other room where Rainbow saw two adults pacing back and forth until they saw Soarin. The woman ran to Soarin and hugged him, then they yelled at him. "SOARIN SKIES! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN" Rain Cloud said, but she stopped yelling as she saw the Rainbow haired girl behind Soarin. "Oh you must be Rainbow Dash, I'm rain cloud and this is my husband Blue Sky," Rain Cloud said. "Hi, it's nice to meet you Rain Cloud," Rainbow said. "Ok you two have met, lets cut to the chase; mom, dad we need to tell you something important," Soarin said. "What do you want to tell us?" Blue Sky asked. "Dew Drop go to your room, ok?" Soarin said. Dew Drop nodded and went up to her room. "Why Don't we sit down to while we're at it," Rainbow said. The four sat down. "So mom, remember when Spectrum told you that me and rainbow had sex well...ummm...it turns out that Rainbow was fertile and I...umm...I accidently got her pregnant," Soarin said. Soarin's father looked of absolute anger, his face turning red. "Son get up," Blue Sky said. Soarin did as he was told and gulped when he did. Soarin opened his mouth to speak but befor he could say something blue sky slapped his son in the face really hard and it made Soarin hit his head on the wall behind him. "BOY YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE I CAN EVEN BEGAN TO SAY WHAT YOUR PUNISHMENT IS CUS ITS A DAM BAD PUNISHMENT," Blue Sky said. Soarin removed his hand from his head only to reveal that he was bleeding very badly, and if Rainbow wasn't crying before she sure was now. Her cries could be heard outside of the house. Rainbow got up to go to her boyfriend but was stopped by a yank on her hair, she turned around to see Blue Sky holding onto her hair with an extreme grip. "AND YOU, YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY SON! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU" Blue Sky slapped her and this time her cries could be heard from down the block. Soarin heard his Girlfriend's cries and got up and went over to her and tucked her in his arms, he removed rainbows had from her chek only to revel that it was bleeding. Soarin looked up at his dad furiously. " YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO HIT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Soarin screamed, very angry, but before he did anything else he got punched in the stomach and he fell over. Blue Sky picked up Soarin by his shirt and pinned him to a wall. Rainbow got out her cell phone and wet to her dads number and dialed it she listed for her dad to pick up and her wish was granted. "Rainbow are you ok sweetie?" Spectrum asked. "DAD COME TO SOARIN'S HOUSE QUICK ! I NEED YOU HELP AND CALL AN AMBULENCE WE MIGHT NEED IT! HURRY!" Rainbow said hanging up the phone. ...............................................................................30 minutes later........................................................................................ Rainbow had been hit way too many times and she was bleeding and passed out, Rain Cloud was crying, and Soarin....well he was being beat to a pulp by his own Dad too weak to stop the beating. Dew Drop was at the top of the stairs crying and when she saw her brother passed out on the floor and her dad heading towards him with a knife it was the last straw. Dew Drop ran down the stairs and jumped on her dad to get him to stop but instead she was stabbed in the leg and she fell to the floor. "Why you little-" before he could finish three police officers ran in and pointed thier guns at him. "Drop your weapon now!" one police officer said. Blue Sky dropped his knife and the paramedics ran inside and put Rainbow, Soarin, and Dew Drop on to a stretcher and rolled them outside. Spectrum and Firefly were outside, tears in their eyes as they saw their daughter on a stretcher, bleeding from her arm and stomach. Spectrum and Firefly ran to the truck their daughter was being put on. "Oh Rainbow we are so sorry this happened," Firefly said. The doors closed and they headed to the hospital. > chapter 5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soarin awoke in the hospital with a jolt, he was still for a moment and then he looked around and saw that he had bandages on his chest down to his stomach, as well as one on his head and one on his arm and a cast on his leg. He sat up; it hurt a lot less than he thought it would. He let his back rest on the back of the bed but then it hit him... ."What happened to Rainbow?" Soarin asked out loud. He remembered his dad beat her and he remembered her bleeding stomach; then another thought hit him but this time he didn't bother saying it quietly. "What happened to the baby?!" Soarin yelled out loud. A nurse walked in and looked at Soarin like he was crazy but then she remembered he came here with his pregnant girlfriend. She looked at a few charts of his and Rainbow's. The nurse looked back at Soarin with a smile and said "We haven't done an ultrasound so we don't know quite yet." Soarin sat back again and said the next thing on his mind, "Well how is Rainbow Dash," Soarin asked. "She is fine, she isn't even in a hospital bed. All we had to do was put some bandages on her. She is actually in the waiting room refusing to do the ultrasound without you, " the nurse giggled. Soarin smiled, he knew Dash was like this. He knew Dash would want him in the room when they did the ultrasound. Then another thought came to his mind; his little sister. "What about my little sister" Soarin asked. "She is fine we put some bandages on her leg," the nurse said. "How long have I been out?" Soarin asked. "About two days" the nurse said. "Well that's not too bad, that would explain why it hurt less to move around." "In fact, let me see your arm," the nurse said. Soarin nodded giving the nurse his arm. the nurse took the bandages off to reveal a small scar that looked like it could have been made by hiting the sharp edge of his counter top. "Eeyup, I presumed correctly, this wound is healing nicely. I don't even have to put a new bandage on it," the nurse said. "Now hold still," The nurse said reaching for the bandage on his head. She removed them carefully. "Eeyup this one is healing nicely too. Ok for this next one I will have to remove the bandages on your chest. I've been told you have a very......um ....fit body so please don't be upset with me if I stare," the nurse said with a blush on her face. "Ok I understand," Soarin said. The nurse walked over and undid the bandages and did her best not to stare at his muscular body. She looked at the scar on his chest; it ran down to his stomach and stopped at his belly button. "Oh wow this has healed really nicely. I was expecting it to still be hurting," the nurse said. "Do you think you can stand? I have some crutches for you to use. The doctor told me that you would be ready to go when your wounds had half way healed so why don't you try?" the nurse said. "Ok I'll try," Soarin said. The nurse handed him the crutches and he got up a little shaky but it worked, he was ready to leave the hospital but he knew he wouldn't leave until he and Dash got an ultrasound of the baby. The nurse handed him some cloths that where taken from his dresser by his mom. He put the clothes on and he walked out of the room with the nurse helping him to the waiting room. Once Soarin got to the waiting room he saw dash talking to his sister they really where waiting for him. Rainbow was the first to notice Soarin and she got up. "Soarin," Rainbow said in a voice that sounded like music to his ears. Rainbow walked over to Soarin and hugged him as tight as she could. Soarin stumbled a bite but the nurse was there to catch him so he could let go of his crutches and hug Dash. One of the male doctors came in the waiting room. "Miss Dash, now that Soarin is awake are you ready to do your ultrasound?" he asked. Rainbow looked up at Soarin with an expression that was asking him if she should do it, Soarin gave her a reassuring look and nodded his head. "Ok I'm ready," Rainbow said. The nurse gave Soarin back his crutches and they both went to the ultrasound room followed by Spectrum, Firefly and Raindrop. "Alright rainbow just take off your shirt and lay down on the table and we will be able to get started" a nurse said. Rainbow did as she was told and toke her shrt of and then lyed down on the table. The nurse grabbed a weird looking substance and put it on a device that rainbow had no clue about. The nurse set the object on top of Rainbow's abdomen area. Rainbow flinched. "Ohh cold," Dash said. "Yes it will be a little cold" the nurse said. Rainbow took a wild guess at what the instrument was supposed to do, it would make it so they could she the baby. The nurses expression worried the couple. Soarin was holding a firm grip on Rainbow's hand. "Well, is there still someone in there?" Rainbow asked. "Yes, but its more like someones," the nurse said. Rainbows eyes widened in pure horror, "Is-is it triplets or twins?" Rainbow asked. "Twins," the nurse said. Rainbow looked at Soarin, the look of fear still on her face. He held her hand tight and didn't let go. "I will be with you every step of the way, I promise, no mater what happens," Soarin said leaning down and kissing her on the lips and then giving her a loving smile. "Okay Soarin i trust you," Rainbow said. "All right your next appointment will be on....September 25th," the nurse said. "Ok" Rainbow said. The nurse wiped off the goo from Rainbow's stomach area and she put her shirt back on. They both left to go home. Soarin went to stay with Dash and he was lucky enough to sleep with Dash. > chapter 6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow was tossing and turning in bed, a million thoughts were going through her head. She was out of shock now and was starting to worry about things. Rainbow started thinking to herself; questions that started with what if. "What if I'm bullied at school even more than I already am? What if Gilda or Lightning Dust try to humiliate me again? What they did to me the first time was humiliating enough. What if Spitfire did something to her? What if the twins don't turn out right? What if they are teased at school for being accidents. What's going to be my punishment? I still haven't gotten one, what if........ what if Soarin leave's me, what if.... he runs of with some other girl? What if i have to take care of the kids myself? What if i have to give them away?" Rainbow thought. Soarin turned over and opened his eyes, he noticed Rainbow was still awake, he put a hand on her face and smiled. "Dashie what's wrong?" Soarin said, putting the goofiest grin on his face, but nontheless Rainbow was still sad. "Soarin, I know you said you wouldn't but, you won't leave me, will you? You won't run off with some other girl. You wouldn't hurt me right?" Rainbow asked, tears filling her eyes as she started hugging Soarin. "Dashie, I promised you and your mom that I wouldn't leave you, and even if I wanted to, I would be scared for my life cus I'm pretty sure your dad would come after me," Soarin said, earning a chuckle from Dash. "I'm just scared Soarin. What if we aren't good parents? What if we don't pass 12th grade because we focus too much on the baby and not enough on school work? What if you and I are bullied cus of what happened? what if we-" Rainbow was cut off by Soarins lips meeting with hers in a kiss. Rainbow was taken aback at first but then she accepted the kiss. "Dashie, it will be okay, we just started 12th grade like over a month ago, and if anyone bullies you I will make sure they stop," Soarin said as he put a reassuring smile on his face, Rainbow smiled for a second but then it went away. "What about Gilda and Lightning Dust? What if they try to embarrass me again? What they did when they got to Canterlot High was bad enough, I don't want to be a laughing stock again," Rainbow said with more tears welling up in her eyes, and then she broke down and cried into Soarin's chest. "I'm just so scared Soarin," Rainbow said. "I know Dash, I am too," Soarin said stroking Rainbow's head and rubbing her back as she cried into his shirt, getting it wet with tears. For the rest of the night Soarin held Dash and made sure she had a restful sleep. It had been 2 hours since Dash fell asleep when Soarin looked over at Dashes alarm clock; it read 3:18 in the morning, Soarin realized how long he had been laying with Dash and thought, "Man i have to go to the bathroom." Soarin got up and went into Dashes bathroom, it was surprisingly clean; for a girl who liked things dirty she sure liked having her bathroom clean. Once Soarin was done he looked at himself in the mirror and thought, "What if Dash is right, What if I'm not a good father? What if we cant afford to keep the kids?" Soarin asked himself. All of a sudden he herd the sound of a window opening, he got out of the bathroom and looked towards the window, it was open. He then looked towards Dash and what he saw made his heart skip a beat, a man was towering over Dash running his fingers through her hair. "Such pretty hair, don't you think?" the man said. The man had dark colors, his skin was gray and he had black hair and what looked like purple eyes. "Your- your the escaped criminal, aren't you? How did you get in here? The windows were locked," Soarin asked, his tone very worried, like he was afraid that this man was going to hurt Rainbow. "You got a sharp eye kid, Name's Shadow Night, but you didn't answer my question. Don't you think she has pretty hair?" Shadow asked, still running his fingers through her hair. "Yeah sure, her hair is beautiful, the most magnificent I've ever seen," Soarin said truthfully but still fear in his voice. "But you didn't answer my question ether, how did you get in?" "I have my ways, didn't you ever wonder how I got out of prison?" Shadow said. "Yeah and that's exactly where your going once this is over" Soarin said as he clinched his fists and started to move but was stopped by the shine of blade. "Na ah ah, not so fast, you take one step closer and you can say good by to your little girlfriend here, and your unborn twins," Shadow said pointing the blade towards Rainbows abdomen. Soarin's eyes filed with fear as he unclenched his hands and took a step back. "How did you know it was twins?" Soarin asked a little surprised. "Like I said I have my ways" Shadow said. Soarin was shaking to the bone, he didn't know what to do, if he took any steps closer to Rainbow then Shadow would kill her and the babies, if he yelled out for help Shadow would probably kill him and Rainbow and the babies. Rainbow opened her eyes slowly and saw Soarin was scared. She felt someone touch her head and immediately became uncomfortable. She didn't like anyone touching her, except her friends, Soarin and her parents. She looked down and saw a blade being pressed against her abdomen and got scared very quickly but did her best to keep quiet so she could get a little bit of distance away from the blade. Rainbow then felt the soft touch of cloth, and apparently Shadow didn't notice Rainbow had moved, she took her elbow and jabbed Shadow in the side. "AAAAUUUUUUURRRRRRRRGGGG, why you little-" Shadow was about to stab Rainbow but she screamed and a picture frame had hit him in the head. Shadow was a little dizzy but was able to get out of Rainbows room before her parents came in. Soarin ran over to Rainbow and pulled her in to a hug as she started crying very heavily as she was almost killed. Spectrum burst through the door, Firefly shortly behind him. They both ran over, Firefly hugging Rainbow as Spectrum put a hand on both Soarin's and Rainbow arms. "What happened?" Spectrum asked with worry in his voice. "The escaped criminal, he-he broke into Rainbows room while I was in the bathroom and threatened to kill her if i did anything, then Rainbow woke up and jabbed him in the side with her elbow and I threw a picture frame at him to keep him from stabbing Dash, and then he ran out the window" Soarin said tears running down his face. "Did he say his name?" Firefly said, tears flowing freely down her cheeks. "He said his name *hic* was Shadow night *hic* he had gray skin and *hic* black hair and what *hic* looked like purple eyes," Soarin said sobbing. "Shadow Night!" Spectrum said, surprise in his voice. "You know him?" Soarin asked. "Yeah, I do. I knew him in high school," Spectrum said, anger in his voice. Firefly closed the window and went back to the two, Soarin had calmed down a little and stopped crying. "You two should go back to sleep," Firefly said as she kissed her daughters forehead and hugged Soarin. "Yeah we should" Soarin said as he looked back at Dashes alarm clock 3:34 a.m., Spectrum and Firefly had left their daughters room so the two lovers could lay down and go back to sleep. "You knew Shadow Night, and you didn't tell me" Firefly said in a half angry tone. "I didn't want you to worry. I mean I knew he was dangerous but at the time i didn't think he would kill someone, in fact I'm the one who snitched on him and told the police, but before I could tell the police I found out you were pregnant with Dash. And if I told the police and he managed to escape, I just knew he was going to hurt you and i couldn't take that chance, so i waited till after Dash was born" Spectrum said in an attempt to explain everything. "What difference would it have made?!" Firefly shouted at him, they were both in their room by now so they had the option of yelling but Spectrum didn't want to. "I didn't want to lose two of my girls, if you were killed when you were pregnant with Dash it would have killed her too. Does that make sense?" Spectrum asked with worry in his voice. "I guess" Firefly said. The two went to bed, Firefly fell asleep in minuets but Spectrum just couldn't stop thinking about Shadow. "What if he comes back and tries to hurt Firefly, or Rainbow, or Soarin; I don't care much for the kid but I know Rainbow cares about him," Spectrum thought with worry in his mind, "I have to do everything I can to keep them safe," Spectrum thought as a single tear ran down his face and he fell asleep. The next day came along and Soarin was the one to get up first, he and Rainbow made a deal that whoever got up first got to shower first. Once Soarin was done he started putting some clothes on but woke Rainbow up in the process. "Good morning my love," Soarin said with a sound of calmness in his voice. Rainbow got up and looked at him and she didn't look too happy. "Shut up Soarin," Rainbow said with no emotion behind it at all. "Wow, I was just saying good morning. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Soarin said trying to be funny but failing. Rainbow went to the shower without giving him another glance, once Rainbow got out of the shower she started getting ready for school. She was still in a bad mood, she bumped into her dad this morning without even saying sorry. Once the two were down stairs Rainbow got a bowl of cereal and sat down at the table still in a bad mood. "Hey Rainbow, are you okay? Cus last night was pretty scary and-" Soarin was cut of by Rainbow glaring at him. "Do you think I want to talk about last night Soarin? Are you crazy?" Rainbow shouted as she took her bowl to the sink and rinsed it out and went to the couch and turned on the TV and watched the news. Soarin turned to Firefly, "What do you think is wrong with her today?" Soarin asked. "Oh sweetie, there is nothing wrong with her it's just her mood swings kicking in," Firefly said with a giggle. "Mood swings. Well what should I expect with all these mood swings?" Soarin asked. "Well, she will have these mood swings a lot and they can happen at any time, one mood swing is the one she is having now- anger, these usually last for half of the day-" Firefly was cut of by her husband. "And a pain to deal with," Spectrum said earning a chuckle from Soarin. "As I was saying, the other mood swings are sadness, and being way to picky," Firefly said. "And the picky one is just a living hell of being annoyed," Spectrum said. "So her mood swings, when would I expect them to appear?" Soarin asked. "Almost everyday" Firefly said. "Wow," was all Soarin could say. "Hey you singed up for this when you two didn't use a condom," Firefly said in an annoyed tone. "Hey I'm sorry she was a little drunk and she got me to have sex. I had condoms, I just forgot to use them" Soarin said in an annoyed tone. Soarin was grabbed by his shirt and dragged to the door by Dash. "School bus, now!" Rainbow said in an angry tone. "I have to deal with this all day?" Soarin asked Firefly. "Pretty much," Firefly said giggling as Rainbow dragged him out the door. The two were both outside now, Rainbow was still dragging him to the corner, "You know you can stop pulling on my shirt moody Mc anger issues," Soarin said as Rainbow let go of his shirt and glared at him. "Call me that again, go ahead, i dare you," Rainbow said giving Soarin the sharpest glare she had ever given someone. "......" "That's what I thought," Rainbow said, making Soarin even more scared of her by the minute. Once the two got to the corner the bus arrived to take them to school. Rainbow went to the back of the bus and sat down, all her friends greeted her but she didn't say a word. "Wow, someones in a bad mood today" Twilight said. "HA, you should have seen her this morning, I said good morning to her but she-" Soarin stopped when he met Rainbows glare. "No, no go ahead tell them, and then you can see what you nose looks like after you do," Rainbow said as she started looking at her nails. "Uh he he never mind" Soarin said, Rainbow had gotten out her phone and stared texting someone. "Who are you texting?" Soarin asked. "Hoops," Rainbow said. "Why are you texting Hoops?" Soarin asked, a little bit of anger in his voice. "Soarin think about it for a minute. I play soccer and Hoops is the back up player. I'm pregnant, do you really think they are going to make me play while I am 8 weeks pregnant," Rainbow said a little mad at Soarin for being stupid. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that" Soarin said will rubing the back of his head. "Well off of that topic, how did you two sleep last night darling" Rarity asked. "Are you kidding me? I slept for 2 hours and last night some guy broke into Rainbow's room threatening to kill her and the babies," Soarin said with so much anger in his voice. "Babies?" Twilight asked putting more emphasis on the 's'. "Oh yeah, we're having twins," Soarin said doing his best to put a smile on his face. "FORGET THAT TOPIC SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL DASHIE!" Pinkie shouted getting the attention of many of the kids on the bus. "Yeah" Soarin said his face flushing red from embarrassment. "CANTERLOT HIGH!" the bus drier shouted. Everyone got off the bus. The girls and Soarin said thank you to the bus driver and got off the bus. "Well, well, well, look who we have here Lightning Dust, Rainbow slut," Gilda said as she walked up to the girls and Soarin. "Soarin why are you hanging out with these losers when you can be hanging with us?" Gilda asked in a voice that sounded kind of calm. "Well for one, one of these 'losers' is my pregnant girlfriend, so I don't think you're in the right position to question me, Gilda," Soarin said. "Oh come on, look at her, she is just holding you back," Gilda said in a way that would give Shadow chills. Gilda's necklace started glowing a dark red and Soarin was staring right at it as his eyes turned red. Soarin shook out of the trance and looked at Gilda with anger. "I'm staying with my girlfriend and nothing you will say will change my my mind!" Soarin shouted at Gilda. "That's your choice, but when you go back on it be sure to come to me," Gilda said putting her hand under Soarins chin. "What a bitch," Soarin said. "RAINBOW, RAINBOW, Rainbow, I got your message. What did you want to talk about?" Hoops called. "Oh, I need you to take my place for the rest of the season," Rainbow said. "Okay I will" Hoops said and ran off. "So Twilight where did that boyfriend of yours run off to," Rainbow asked in a devilish tone. "That's non of your business Rainbow Dash," Twilight said in an annoyed tone. "Ohhhhhh Someone misses her boyfriend," Rarity said. Twilight was blushing madly, her face turning redder by the second. "Shut up," Twilight said even more annoyed. "Hey, Twilight," a voice belonging to a boy called. "Flash whats up?" Twilight said giving him a peek on the cheek. "You uh left your book at my house so I thought you would want it back," Flash said. "Oh, thanks," Twilight said grabbing the book from Flashes hands. "No problem, I gotta get to practice," Flash said. "Ok, see you in 3rd hour," Twilight said. "Soarin," A voice that belonged to a firey girl said, "Where have you been? Practice started an hour ago," Spitfire said trying to pull Soarin to practice for their rollerblading tournament. "Woah woah woah, Spitfire I saw on the calender that practice was canceled today dew to the weather," Soarin said pointing up at the clouds in the sky. "Oh well uh I-I uh" Spitfire stuttered. "SPITFIRE, you will never get Soarin, so just back off, and leave us alone," Rainbow shouted with an angry tone. "Oh please he deserves so much better. he doesn't need to follow a slut around all day," Spitfire said with a smirk, Rainbow sank a little when Spitfire said that, did everyone see her that way. "How dare you speak to her that way," a girl with red and yellow hair and yellow skin approached in raged at what her friend was just called. Spitfire turned around giving Sunset Shimmer a bad look,"What did you just say?" Spitfire said in a way that would make the schools trouble maker, Discord shiver. "I said how dare you speak to her that way," Sunset said "Two very firey girls, who do you think will win?" Twilight asked. "Sunset" the girls all said in unison. "Get out of here before I call one of the teachers over and tell them what you just said. I will also tell them what you have been doing with Wave Chill for the past 4 weeks," Sunset threatened. Whatever Sunset did it sure spooked Spitfire. "Hey, Rainbow Dash you okay?" Sunset asked in concern of her friend. "..........." "Dashie, you okay," Soarin asked. "Is that what everyone sees me as, a slut?" Rainbow asked tears welling in her eyes. "Oh baby, none of us see you that way. Those girls are probably sluts themselves," Soarin said in an attempt to comfort his girlfriend. Rainbow lay her head on Soarin's chest and let some tears fall from her cheeks and onto Soarin shirt. Soarin gently stroked Rainbows head and kissed her forehead. "Oh get a room you two. That's getting really gross you know," a boy said as he appeared out of nowhere. He was wearing some sort of mishmash of clothes; one shoe was green the other was brown and the sleaves of his shirt were yellow and tan. He had half of his shirt blue and the other a blueish black and he had some facial hair but not too much, "Oh, and hello my dear Fluttershy, how are this morning?" The boy asked. "Oh hello Discord, I'm great this morning, thank you for asking," Fluttershy said. "Oh my dear Fluttershy you are more beautiful than the sunset," Discord said giving Fluttershy a kiss on the cheek. "And you said we need to get a room," Rainbow said. "Humm a little snippy today, aren't we Rainbow Dash?" Discord said. "I wouldn't annoy me today Discord" Rainbow said. "Oh yes that's right, you have mood swings and I don't want you to kill me," Discord said. "We should really be getting to class, and don't you and Soarin have to change some schedules so that you can be in the same classes?" Applejack asked. "Oh yeah, we better go do that" Rainbow said. "Well we will see you guys later," Soarin said as the two ran into the school, The two walked through the hallways and saw that a lot of others where staring at them, they knew exactly why. "UFF, uurggggggggg, hey watch where your going," Rainbow said as she got of the ground. "Well i was gonna say sorry but know im having second thoughts,......Rainbow Crash " a boy said. "URGGGG Dumbbell, of all people I had to bump into you," Rainbow said in an annoyed tone. "Oh come on it's not the end of the world besides I think you have some other things to deal with dontcha slut" Dunbbell said in a way that sounded that it was ment to annoy her. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Rainbow shouted, grabbing the attention of even more people. "Come on Rainbow just ignore him," Soarin said grabbing Rainbows arm and pulling her away from Dumbbell. The two continued to walk down the hallway. Once they got to Vice-principle Luna's office, Soarin knocked on the door and waited for an answer. "Enter" Luna said. Soarin opened the door and saw Luna doing some paper work. "Ah yes Soarin and Rainbow Dash, here for your new schedules I presume" Luna said. "Yeah, we are," Soarin said. "Well I have them right here," Luna said. "Thanks" Rainbow said. Luna nodded and handed the two papers to the couple. "All right our first class is math, lets go," Rainbow said, and the two walked to class. > chapter 7 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Soarin and Rainbow got to their new class, Rainbow was in a daze, she couldn't stop thinking about what Gilda and Spitfire called her. Was it true? Was she a girl who gave out sex randomly? "All right class, time to take your seats," a woman with pink hair and skin said. In this class there was Rain cloud, Storm Chaser, Filter, Cloud Chaser, and a lot of other kids in her's and Soarin's grade. "Oh I see we have two new kids joining our class today. Would you please stand up and tell us you names," Miss Cheerily said. Both of them blushed, they heard miss Cheerily did this all the time to the new kids. "I'm Rainbow Dash." "I'm Soarin." . "And why did you come to this class?" Cheerily asked. "We would rather not say cus the majority of this class already knows," Soarin said. "All right, well just come up here and tell me why your here then" Cheerily said. Rainbow went up to the teacher and whispered what had happened to her recently and then sat back down. "All right then, lets get started, we will start with some basic things, can anyone tell me what 2a+3=7 is?" Cheerily asked, Rainbow shot her hand up very quickly. "Yes Rainbow" Cheerily said looking straight at her. "Isn't it a=2?" Rainbow asked. "Correct, very good Rainbow," Cheerily said. The entire class went on like that, Rainbow raising her hand to answer a question. "Rainbow you're a math wiz, how did you get so good at math?" Soarin asked. "None of your good dam business," Rainbow snapped at Soarin. "Wow ok, sorry I asked," Soarin said putting his hands in the air and waving them in a funny sarcastic way. "Huuu sorry Soarin, it's just the mood swings," Rainbow said in a sad tone like she was about to cry. "Don't worry baby,I still love you," Soarin said in the sweetest tone and then kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks Soarin" Rainbow said. "Ok our next class is... really Luna...really?" Rainbow said in an angry tone. "What is it?" Soarin asked. "Our next class is... sex education.... REALLY?!" Rainbow said in an even more annoyed tone. "UGRR, let's just go to this class and get it over with," Soarin said. "Ok class take you're seats," the teacher said. "All right class, today we will be doing a condom preparation," the teacher said. "Wow really" Rainbow said looking over to Soarin who also had a annoyed look on his face. "I'm gonna get Luna back for this," Rainbow said quietly. As the teacher went around the room she stopped at Rainbow and Soarin and looked at them. "I just don't know why Luna put you two in my class if you already failed to use protection," The teacher said, "Which reminds me, why didn't you use protection?" the teacher asked in a devious tone. Rainbow was about to get up and defend herself and Soarin but was stopped by a hand puling her down to her seat. "Stay down Rainbow, you don't want to get in trouble with this teacher. She just wants to make our life a living hell," Soarin said out loud earning a hole lot of OOO's from the other kids in the room. "OOHH bad boy rep. Ha, well you're bad boy rep just earned you a detention young man," the teacher said. "Whatever, all teachers know I don't go to detention and my mom doesn't care and my dad, well you can tell by my leg that he doesn't give a shit," Soarin said in his bad boy tone. "OOOOOO!" all the kids in the class room shouted at the dis Soarin just gave the teacher "Soarin, what's with you? Wow, and I thought I had bad mood swings," Rainbow said, but as she took a closer inspection she saw that Soarin's eyes weren't their emerald green anymore, they were blood red. "You know teach all you really do teach us the importance of using protection, and all we do is just ignore it," Soarin said getting his face closer to the teachers. "Soarin stop it, before you get into more trouble," Rainbow said shaking his arm lightly. "Get off of me bitch," Soarin said accidentally slapping Rainbow hard across the face. As he did that he came back to reality and realized what he just did. He looked down and saw the one he loved bleeding from her arm. His guess was that he hit her a little too hard and the stitches in her arm came out. "RAINBOW!" Soarin shouted as he got down on the floor next to her. "Rainbow I'm so sorry I-I dont know what came over me," Soarin said tears rolling down his eyes. "See what your reckless behavior can do," The teacher said. Soarin picked Rainbow up and looked at the teacher, "Shut up Miss Chrysalis," Soarin said as he walked out of the room. "Well back to work class." "Well it looks like she is fine, her stitches didn't come out. She just hit the ground a little to hard and it tore some skin as she slid," Nurse Redheart said. "Thanks Nurse Redheart, you know you do so much for the kids at the school I don't see why they don't give you any recognition," Soarin said, making nurse Redheart blush and giggle. "Why thank you Soarin, you know you're the first one in years to tell me that," Redheart said. Soarin looked at Rainbow who was still unconscious from being knocked to the ground, "I'm so sorry Rainbow, you are as beautiful as a Lilium, please forgive me you have touched my heart in so many ways, so please forgive me," Soarin said in a whisper so the nurse wouldn't hear while at the same time holding Rainbow's hand and crying. "Don't stop there" Rainbow said in a quiet tone. "Rainbow your awake," Soarin said. "Did you really mean that Soarin? Am i as pretty as a Lilium?" Rainbow asked. "Of course I did, your more beautiful than any super model, your eyes are like pretty pink roses, and your hair is like skittles to me, so rainbow-y and awesome," Soarin said. "And the way you talk reminds me of a crisp beautiful morning and your laugh is the most amazing thing I have ever heard it's like music to my ears," Soarin said in a soft tone. "All right you two, Celestia told me to send you two home. Rainbow she believes that you should take a mental health day and that goes for you too Soarin. Rainbows parents will be here to pick you up in a few minutes," Redheart said. "Okay let me get this straight you SLAPPED our daughter on accident... How can someone do that?" Firefly said in a confused tone. "For the third time I don't know. I was blacking out of reality like in some sort of hypnosis and I didn't know what was going on," Soarin said in an annoyed tone. "Well then why is she so out of it, like she won't do anything?" Spectrum asked in an annoyed and angry tone. "I don't know. Go ask her yourself, I can't get a word out of her," Soarin said as he went to his and Rainbow's room. Spectrum walked over to Rainbow and sat next to her on the couch. "Go away" Rainbow said in a tone that would make Miss Chrysalis shiver. "Sweetie please listen to me, why are you so upset? It's 1:45, your mood swings should be over," Firefly said. "JUST GO AWAY" Rainbow shouted, running upstairs to her room, meeting with Soarin and cried on her bed. "Baby what's wrong?" Soarin said in a worried tone. "Nothing, leave me alone Soarin," Rainbow said. "When you're crying I know something is wrong," Soarin said laying down with Rainbow and hugging her. "I know you said that you didn't think so but.... do you really think I'm a slut or a bitch cus when you were out of your mind back at school you called me a bitch," Rainbow said letting the tears roll down her face. But what they didn't know was that Spectrum and Firefly were standing by the door. "He better answer correctly or else he is getting a black eye," Spectrum said in a whisper. "No Rainbow I don't think your a slut or a bitch. You are the love of my life, and the two children that you're carrying even though i haven't met them yet, I'm sure they will turn out just fine. And if they are both girls I'm sure they'll be as beautiful as you," Soarin said, giving Dash a kiss and letting her rest her head on his chest. "And if they are both boys I'm sure they will be as handsome as you," Rainbow said. "Well what if they are a boy and a girl," Spectrum said as he walked in the room. "Dad? When did you get here?" Rainbow asked in a surprised tone. "I was at the door with your mother the whole time," Spectrum said. "Oh well i guess if its a boy and a girl the girl will be beautiful and the boy will be handsome," Rainbow said. "Well sweetie just know that we love you and that nothing will come between our family," Firefly said. The day went on and everyone went to bed and fell asleep to only wake up the next day and start a new day. > chapter 8 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eight Months Later "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGG I'm so bored," Rainbow said. The clock said 8:58 a.m, Rainbow and Soarin were in their two hour class with Miss Chrysalis's; and they both still hated it. Rainbow was finally 18 years old and of legal age to marry. Soarin just happened to save up a bunch of money before this all happened, so he got a ring for Rainbow and gave it to her to make their engagement official. the ring had 1 baby blue crystal an a swivel of diamond going across to top of it it was a very pretty ring. Soarin thought blue was the best color because their skin was both blue and they were going to have one boy, they were going to have a girl too, but Soarin liked blue better than pink. Rainbow's stomach had reached its full size and the doctor said the baby had at least two weeks to go. Of course this was said three weeks ago, Rainbow was a week overdue. "I know you're bored Rainbow, stop complaining. That's the fifth time you've said that," Soarin said in an annoyed and snippy tone. "HEY, no talking in my class Mr. Skies," Miss Chrysalis said slamming her ruler on the table making Rainbow jump. Then the bell rang giving Soarin and Rainbow relief at being able to leave. Their next class was emotion class. Not many kids went to this class, but it was for kids that had trouble with emotion. Luna thought it would be a good idea to put them in this class. "Okay class take your seats," the teacher said. Right away Rainbow put her hand up. "Yes Rainbow?" the teacher said in a sweet tone. "Um Mrs. Cadence, have you ever been able to show Miss Chrysalis that she is always over reacting?" Rainbow asked. A bunch of kids in the classroom nodded their heads and saying yeah. "Well to be honest, I haven't really tried. All the other teachers are afraid of her, not to mention the students... but I guess I could give it a try....but that's not today's subject. Today we will be talking about what it fells like to experience pain. Now most people when they hear pain they hear ouch or screaming, what do you think I mean by pain?" Cadence asked smiling and looking around the classroom to see who would raise their hand. "Yes Cloud Chaser?" Cadence said smiling and looking at Cloud Chaser. "Don't you mean emotional pain?" Cloud Chaser said looking confident in her answer. "Very good Cloud Chaser. Now who can say they have felt emotional pain?" Cadence said, but the only person in the room who raised his hand was Soarin. "Yes Soarin?" Cadence said looking at him along with the entire class. "Well I remember a few months back when me and Rainbow found out about.... you know.... the pregnancy, I remember that when we went to go tell my parents my dad wasn't too happy, and I know all of you remember seeing me in my cast and having all those scratches and cuts," Soarin said looking at everyone else in the room. "Scratches and cuts! More like gashes and wounds," Rainbow said smirking a little bit before putting her hand over her stomach and rubbing it gently. Soarin scooted over a little so he could be closer to Dash and he put his hand on top of hers and kissed her cheek. "As I was saying, he hurt me and Rainbow pretty bad, and I was pretty upset with him. I just couldn't believe he would hurt me or Rainbow or my sister, I felt so hurt for the next few weeks but I snapped out of it when i realized......... I don't care about him," Soarin said putting his head on the desk and narrowing his eyes to a strati face. "Okay that is a good example of emotional pain. Now can someone, tell me what physical pain would be?" Cadence asked. Rainbow put her hand in the air and was the only one to do so. "Yes Rainbow?" Cadence said smiling. "Physical pain is what it's going to fell like when I give birth," Rainbow said looking over at Soarin and putting a 'your going to get it soon' look on her face. Soarin blushed and gave a nervous chuckle. "Well, that's one way of saying it," Cadence said with a chuckle. The rest of the class went on till there was only 5 minutes left. "Okay class pack your things and get ready for next class," Cadence said smiling and clapping her hands lightly. "Hey Mrs. Cadence, since there is only five minutes left, can you find a way to make Miss Chrysalis to lighten up?" Rainbow asked. "Hmm I guess I could find a way to get her to lighten up," Cadence said putting a hand on her chin in thought, and then the bell rang. "Alright class, get to your next class, you don't want to be late," Cadence said. End of the day Miss Chrysalis stood in the teachers’ lounge waiting for some food to heat up in the microwave, "Hey Chrysalis, some of my students are complaining that you’re a little mean to them so I'm here to help you. Now, I'm too busy, but I have a friend who is so nice and friendly she is so hard not to love she is in her 20's and she is about you age but 1 year younger, come on in" Cadence said looking toward the door and waving her hand. A woman with pink hair and skin, wearing a white shirt and a blue skirt with white shoes and fuzzy pink knee high leggings and a heart on her shirt and blue eyes walked in the room. "Chrysalis this is Fluffle Puff, how about you two hang out for about hmm about three days?" Cadence said as she ran out of the room as fast as she could Chrysalis looked at Fluffle Puff and grunted. "UHHGG, so your name is Fluffle Puff? I guess you know my name is Chrysalis, well this can be too bad," Chrysalis said starting to walk out of the room. At Rainbow's House "When are you two going to leave for your apartment?" Spectrum said looking at Soarin and Rainbow a little annoyed. "Dad, me and Soarin rented an apartment today. All of our stuff is packed and we are ready to go, we just need some help getting some of my things to my car," Rainbow said looking at her Dad and smiling, "Why do you want me gone so badly?" Rainbow asked in a smart ass tone. "Sweetie, we don't want you gone we just want you to learn to be on your own so you can learn to take care of your babies," Firefly said putting her hand on her daughters chin pulling it up to look at her. "Okay mom you don't have to make a big deal of it," Rainbow said giggling. "Whatever, let's get those bags out to the car," Firefly said grabbing two suitcases. Rainbow grabbed one due to her pregnancy, Soarin grabbed four, two in each hand, and Spectrum grabbed three. "Rainbow, how much stuff do you have?" Spectrum asked in a grunt. "Only four of these bags are mine. The rest are Soarin's and one bag has baby things that our friends and you guys gave us," Rainbow said giggling at the fact that her fiancé had more one more bag than her. "Uurrgg, whatever it’s not that funny," Soarin said in an annoyed tone. Rainbow giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "You know, before we go how about we go walk around. Let's go to the park and walk and talk one last time, cus Rainbow.... baby...me and you father both knew this day would come, it's just we thought it would be walking out that door with an unpregnant woman who just graduated and ready to go to college. But it doesn't matter, you are moving out an 18 year old soon to be adult mother, it's just...... oh I'm so proud of you in every way. You have everything set up, your job that pays well, you’re apartment is all planed out and nice, and you have a, might I say, very handsome fiancé. Oh I’m just so proud of you and we love you so much," Firefly said, the tears rolling down her face freely while Rainbow who was hugging her mother, had tears of joy rolling down her face. "I love you too mom, Why don't we go take that walk," Rainbow said wiping her. "Wow, it’s so nice out tonight," Spectrum said looking up at the sky. "Yeah it sure is," Soarin said looking at the trees and the flowers. "Hey mom, do you remember when I climbed that tree and fell off and scraped my knee and you patched it up and bought me some ice cream?" Rainbow said pointing at a tree. “I remember that, you were like seven years old I think," Firefly said. Hours passed as they walked, and when the sun went down and they were still walking in the park. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I remember that, that was so funny," Rainbow said laughing, but then stopped when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. "AAHHHAHHHHHHHAAAAH," Rainbow groaned in pain. "RAINBOW! Are-are you ok?" Soarin asked in a worried tone. "NO YOU IDIOT AAHHHHHAAAAHAHHHH THE BABIES ARE COMING HUUUUUNNNNNAAAHHHHH!" Rainbow screamed in pain. "WHAT! WELL WHAT DO WE DO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHAT DO WE DO WAIT DON’T WE NEED TO GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL BUT WAIT HOW FAR AWAY IS THE HOSPITAL WITCH WAY DO WE GO THIS WAY RIGHT," Soarin yelled but he ended up running into a light pole and knocked himself out. "UUUUURRRRGGGGGGGGG, SOARIN ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE AN IDIOT, EVEN IF A BOOK WAS RIGHT INFRONT OF YOU ON A TABLE YOU WOULD STILLk NOCK YOURSELF OUT WITH IT" Rainbow screamed in pain holding her stomach with her hand. "UUUURG Soarin get your ass up and help Rainbow. These are your children," Spectrum said. Soarin got up, a little dizzy, and shook his head but went over to Rainbow and helped her up. "Oh ok uh let’s get you to the hospital, but how do we get there? How far away are we from the house?" Soarin asked "I don’t know. Maybe about three blocks?" Spectrum said in a worried tone. "Well there is no way I’m having her walk 3 blocks, so why don't you go get the car, and me and Firefly will stay here with Rainbow. So you can get the car and uhh just pull up uuhhhhh over there," Soarin said pointing towards a rocky road next to the grass. "Uhh, ok you guys stay here," Spectrum said turning around but he wasn’t paying attention and also ran into a pole. "Genius, absolute genius," Rainbow said in a sarcastic voice. "Oh shut up. I’m freaking out as much as Soarin," Spectrum said. Spectrum ran to their house and got the car and got to the rocky rood that Soarin had pointed out earlier, Soarin had helped Rainbow in the car and sat down next to her, holding her hand and stroking her head, doing his best to sooth her. "Don't worry Rainbow we will get you to the hospital in time," Soarin said as he cringed from the pain in his hand from Rainbow squeezing it. "Don't expect that pain in your hand to stop anytime soon Soarin, cus you’re gonna be holding her hand through the whole thing whether you like it or not," Spectrum said looking back in a very annoyed and angry look. A good 15 minutes pass and Rainbow was in a lot of pain and resorted to resting her head on Soarin’s chest as he slowly rubbed her shoulders and whispered sweet things to her. "All right we are here. Come on come on come on lets go," Firefly said as she got out of the car to help Rainbow out, Soarin got out on his side of the car and ran towards the hospital doors and went up to the desk. "Hey uh my uh my fiancé is about to give birth. She really needs a doctor," Soarin said in a panic. "Aren’t you a little young to be …you know ..a dad" The nurse asked looking confused. "Yeah yeah whatever, look she will be hear any second. Please!" Soarin said grabbing the nurses arms and lightly shaking her. "Okay, okay relax," The nurse said pushing Soarin off of her, she picked up the phone and called in a gurney and just in time as Rainbow was in the room, and the doctors helped her on the bed. About ten minutes went by and Rainbow was in severe pain still had not given birth to her first child, and Soarin refused to let the doctors help Rainbow cus he thought that he was going to hurt her. ( this seen is inspired by this photo i give credit to the person who drew it ) "Soarin do me a favor and let the doctor Do His FuCKinG Job," Rainbow yelld her tone in voice changing each time. "You know what sir, you will have to leave," the doctor said pushing Soarin out to the waiting room with Spectrum and Firefly. "Why are you out here and not in there with Rainbow?" Specrtum asked. "They kicked me out cus they said I was over reacting about Rainbows safety and what not," Soarin said with so much anger in his tone. "Huh, that sounds familiar doesn't it Spectrum?" Firefly said in a sly tone. "WWHHHHAT?! Spectrum you got kick out of the delivery room when Rainbow was born?" Soarin asked a smile appearing on his face. "Yeah I was, I... uh punched the doctor in the face and made him bleed," Spectrum said, rubbing the back off his head "Wait so he has a scar on his face, maybe right next to his eye!" Soarin asked. "Yeah, why?" Spectrum asked. "That’s the guy that’s helping Rainbow!" Soarin said, "Is he dangerous?" Soarin asked. "No, he is actually a cool guy" Spectrum said. "In fact he is the best doctor there is to deliver a baby," Spectrum said putting a smile on his face all the while looking at Firefly. "Oh ok," Soarin said starting to pace around the room. Two hours passed and Soarin was on the ground, leaning on a wall, starting to worry. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Uh mister Soarin would you come with me please," A nurse asked looking a little worried. Soarin got up and walked with her to the delivery room, he walked it the room and saw Rainbow sweating and still panting heavily. "We have tried talking to her but we think the pain is starting to affect her hearing, and it seems that the babies aren’t head first. We can't have her push if it isn't the head first or it could make things complicated," The nurse said. "Oh and he heart rate is starting to drop ad we are getting worried so we thought you could help her through this," the nurse said. Soarin walked over to Rainbow and took her hand in his, Rainbow looked up to see who was holding her hand and saw her fiancé smiling at her. "Don't worry baby you will be fine," Soarin said kissing the top of Rainbow's head. "Mister Soarin, Mrs. dash is ready to push now and she needs your help. It will hurt her very badly and she will squeeze your hand very hard so don't be surprised if your hand breaks," the nurse said, not easing his nerves. "Okay Mrs. Dash, can you hear me?" the doctor asked receiving a nod in return. "Okay, on the count of three I need you to push," the doctor said. "One, two, three!" As soon as the doctor said three Dash pushed with all her might. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD HO MY GOD THIS HURTS! THIS HURTS BAD!" Rainbow screamed in pain. "Don’t worry baby I’m right here. If you need any water I can ask the nurse to get it for you," Soarin said in a calm voice. "NO! No, I can do this," Rainbow said with a determined face. "One, two, three," the doctor said as he helped get the head out, "Okay we have the head, keep going Mrs. Dash," the doctor said. The rest of the time went on like this and they called Spectrum and Firefly in to help, and soon the first baby was out and was cleaned and was given to Spectrum to hold till Rainbow could. "One more push Mrs. Dash. You’re almost there," the doctor said. "AAAAAAHAAAAAAAA" Rainbow screamed but then stoped and panted and hufed of relef that itwas over but the nhured a cry the first one was a daze from all the pain but she could hear this one clear as day. "WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAAA" A baby's cry was all Rainbow needed to get a smile on her face. “Congragulastions Mrs. Dash you have a healthy baby boy and a healthy baby girl," the doctor said handing the baby boy to Rainbow and Spectrum handed her the girl. ( I highly recommend listening to this song will you read this part) "Oh wow, they are amazing," Rainbow said tears welling in her eyes. "I can’t believe this is actually happening.... but I’m happy about it," the tears now flowing freely down her face. She looked up at Soarin who was holding his arm gently alongside Rainbow’s to be able to help support her arms so they didn’t fall if they went numb and to also hold the babies. "Yeah they are the most amazing thing to ever happen to me," Soarin said as the tears also rolled down his face. "Oh wow, Spectrum we are grandparents. I knew we would be one day, I just didn't think it would be so soon," Firefly said wiping the tears from her eyes. "They..... they are amazing they are just.... wow I have no words to describe how happy I am," Spectrum said who had more tears than all of them. "Oh Rainbow I remember when I was in bed holding you, you were the cutest little thing I had ever seen and the first thing you did was grab my hair lightly and just look at it, haha" Firefly said with a giggle. "Oh wow, did I really? Well I’m not focused on that, right now I’m focused on my children," Rainbow said looking down at her twin babies, but when Rainbow spoke Spectrum got even more tears going down his face. "Oh Rainbow I’m just so proud of you," Spectrum said placing a kiss on her head. "Thanks dad," Rainbow said and then looking down at her children. Her baby boy had navy hair like Soarin’s but magenta eyes like hers and blue skin. Her baby girl had cyan hair and navy skin, her eyes as green as emeralds, the two both smiled up at their mother who gave a very happy smile back. "What should we name them?" Rainbow asked. "Well the girl’s hair kind of reminds me of a river. So how about we name her River? And the boy, he looks like his hair is windswept, so how about Wind Breeze?" Soarin suggested, looking down at his children. “They sound like perfect names, well River, Wind Breeze, welcome to your new home," Rainbow said holding them close. “This is the beginning of our new lives and nothing will change it, ever.”