The reason Luna and Celestia didn't carry the foals themselves is because they were afraid of what might happen.

Stress can easily affect the pregnancies of various Terran lifeforms, and could affect Equestrian lifeforms in a similar way, and these two are in charge of ruling a large country (My guess is roughly the size of Russia, and that's at the smallest.).

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They're used to build up his scales. Gems are primarily metal or silica oxides. Metal, as we all know, is very good for making armor, and silica can be surprisingly durable as well (Glass anybody?). It seems dragons have capitalized upon those qualities through evolution, and have developed ways for the materials in the gems to be deposited onto new scales as they grow.

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The rest of the Mane Six will become alicorns.

Reasoning: The show writers have stated that Twilight won't outlive her friends. Nor that her lifespan was the same as before. They also haven't stated her friends could not become immortal like she possibly is.

To me, that sounds like they were hinting at something. Something BIG. Something both Wondrous, and at the same time Divisive.

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His brain was warped because the magic he was using drew too much power.

Suppose Unicorn Magic is (somewhat) like electricity. A unicorn is a combination generator/capacitor. The unicorn's horn is a combination telekinetic manipulator and Spell Effector.

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I'll be honest. I cannot come up with names to save my life. This goes double for titles. If anyone could give me an idea, I would be very grateful.