Princess Cadance, her husband Prince Shining Armor, and their daughter Princess Flurry Heart waited impatiently outside the door of Twilight's chambers. They had all been summoned there by Twilight's husband, Flash Sentry, for a certain event. Now, this happening was not like any normal one. This was one of the biggest in the history of Equestria. Twilight was giving birth to the newest royal foal of Equestria.

As they waited, Shining Armor couldn't stop himself from pacing up and down the carpeted floor. His wife gave him an odd look. "Shining, sweetheart, if you keep pacing like that, you're gonna wear a hole in the floor." He shot her back a look of his own. "I'm well aware of that, Cadance. I'm just worried about Twily, that's all."

She smiled at him. "Don't worry," she said, "the doctors are with her. She's getting the best of care, and I'm sure the new baby will be here very soon."

"Mommy?" Asked Flurry Heart

"Yes, sweetie?" Her mother replied

"Why is daddy so nervous?"

Cadance chuckled. Her daughter asked questions typical of any 5-year-old foal, but they were asked in the sweetest way. They reminded her of the questions she used to ask her aunt Celestia when she was that age. She sighed as she reminisced about her childhood. "Mommy?" Flurry asked once again, a little more impatiently.

Cadance snapped out of her mini fantasy and looked at her daughter. "Flurry, what does mommy say about being impatient?" She asked sternly. Flurry gave an exasperated scoff, "but I wanna know!"

"Flurry Heart…" This time, the voice was her father's and his tone let her know that she should be quiet or be in for it. "Mommy will give you an answer here in a minute. Be patient."

Flurry let out a loud "HMPH" and sat back beside her mother. Cadance turned down and nuzzled her daughter. "Oh, come on, Flurry. This is exciting. Your new cousin is coming!"

"New cousin? Is that why daddy's so nervous?"

"Uh…yes, sweetie, it is."

"But why would that make him nervous? I thought new babies made ponies happy!"

"They do," Cadance said, "but it's…not easy to give birth to one. That's why your father is so nervous. He's worried for Auntie Twilight."

"Auntie Twilight? Is she gonna be the new foal's mommy?"

"Yes, sweetie, she is."

"Oh," Flurry said simply. She sat back and furled and unfurled her wings impatiently. She wished that the foal would just hurry up and get there already! She wanted to meet it. She hoped that it would want to play with her and be her friend. She turned back to her mother. She couldn't believe that her mother sat there stiff as a board while her father paced the room.

She also had another question on her young mind, but she was unsure about asking it. She didn't really know what was going on. She knew that a foal was coming, but she didn't know where it was coming from or how it got there. It must be coming from some real faraway place for Daddy to be so nervous and for Auntie Twily to want to be its Mommy.

So once again, she opened her small mouth. "Mommy?"

"Yes, Flurry?"

"Um…I can ask you anything, right?"

"Of course, Flurry. Never be afraid to ask either me or your father a question. That's one of the reasons why we're here."

"Where is the new foal coming from? Is it coming from Saddle Arabia? Yak-Yak-istan? Where?"

Cadance stifled a laugh at her daughter's complete innocence. She really thought that the new foal was traveling there from some distant country. But then her face turned pale with dread. She didn't realize it at first, but her daughter had asked THE question. The question that she and Shining Armor had feared ever since the day she was born. She was way too young for "the talk," but she deserved an honest response. After all, if she lied to her now to preserve her childhood innocence and naiveté, she might never trust her again!

So, she defaulted to her husband. "Why don't you ask Daddy about that?"

"Oh…OK," Flurry said as she got up and trotted over to her father. Shining Armor wasn't paying any attention to where he was going, and nearly trod his daughter under hoof. She squeaked in protest. "Oh! Flurry, sweetie, I'm sorry," said her nervous father as he scooped her up. In seconds, she went from squeaking to avoid being run over to laughing as her father placed her on his back. She loved it when he did that. She felt like she could see the whole world sitting on his shoulders.

"Daddy," Flurry said, "I had a question for Mommy, but she said I should come ask you about it."

"Oh? What's that?"

"Where is the new foal coming from? Which country?"

Shining Armor's face also turned pale and he turned to shoot Cadance a look that said, "gee, thanks a lot for pawning this off on me." She smiled back at him and pointed to their daughter. He turned to her and said, "well, er, Flurry, um…it's not coming from another country."

"It's not?"

"No, sweetie, it's coming from the same place you came from."

"Really?"

"Yes, from inside its mother."

Flurry's mouth dropped open in shock. Had she really come from inside her Mommy? She couldn't believe it. She turned and looked at her mother. She never realized it before, but her mother was a very beautiful mare. Maybe that's why Daddy had married her. But she still didn't see how she could fit inside there. She thought she was much too big.

"How in Equestria could I have ever fit inside there?!"

Her parents, unable to stand it any longer, broke out into laughter. Tears came to Flurry's eyes. Were they laughing at her? She didn't think she did anything that odd. She just asked a simple question. She began crying on her father's shoulder. "Why are you laughing at me?!" She sobbed, "I didn't do anything funny!"

Her mother raced to her side and both parents tried profusely to comfort the little foal. "I'm sorry, Flurry. Please don't cry, sweetie," her mother soothed. "We're not laughing at you," her father reassured her, "we're laughing because your questions are adorable."

Cadance smiled at her daughter, and Flurry wiped away her tears and smiled back. "So…you really aren't laughing at me?"

"Of course not, sweetheart! We would never laugh at you!" Cadance nuzzled her daughter's face and gave it a small kiss. Flurry giggled. "Mommy, your kisses tickle!" She said between chuckles. She looked up and her parents smiled back at her, pouring all their love into those looks. At that point, Flurry knew that her parents would always love her and would never purposely laugh at her.

But her question still remained. "How did I ever fit inside Mommy?" She asked again. Her parents both turned pale and they looked at each other. How on Earth were they ever going to get out of this one? "Well, Flurry…" Shining Armor said before sighing in defeat, "look, honey, you were very, very small when you were in there. Much smaller than you are now."

He hoped being truthful would quiet the young filly, but of course, the follow-up question was: "well, how in Equestria did I ever get there?"

Shining Armor opened his mouth to reply, but Cadance stepped in front of him and put a hoof to it. "Sweetie," she said, "you're a little too young to understand it fully. But trust me when I tell you that you were born out of your father and I's love for each other and for you."

"Really?" Flurry asked as her eyes shone happily

"Really," Cadance said, "and we will always love you, no matter what."

"Promise?"

"Cross my heart," Cadance said, making a slashing motion across her chest with a hoof.

Flurry jumped off her father and landed on her mother. She threw her hooves around her neck. "I love you too, Mommy!" She squeaked happily. Shining Armor, moved by the moment, walked to the rest of his family and threw his forelegs around them. "Oh, dear," Cadance said playfully, "it looks like Daddy has us in a bear hug!" "BEAR HUG!" Flurry squealed as she leapt back on her father. They all went tumbling to the floor, laughing.

Suddenly, the door behind them opened and Twilight's good friend Starlight Glimmer peeked out. The three ponies jumped up and raced over to her, hoping to hear good news. "Well?" Shining Armor asked, "is it here?" Starlight nodded, barely able to contain her excitement. "It's a filly!" She happily announced.