Chapter 1- From the eyes of a father to be.
My name is Firestorm, I'm a prince, I'm 4500 years old, I am the guardian of the elements of eternity, time, erasure, destruction, and renewal. Had it not been for a beautiful Alicorn called Atlantis, I would still be trapped in the prison, the catch, of using the most powerful weapon ever created. Realizing, once her memories were restored, she needed me in her life, I quickly came to her home town, and we kissed under the stars.
I remember that night well, I promised her I would stay with her forever, we would grow old together, like she wished. I disregarded my old life, my lineage, friends, everything, I was to start anew in Portshoof.
Within months of me moving in, we were married, and began our honeymoon, to the golden shores of Seaddle, that was the first time i made love to her, and it was incredible, if I didn't love her already, I was now completely certain. I was completely head over hoofs for Atlantis.
So it turned out, that Atlantis had conceived, at some point, we were both absolutely over the moon, I was going to be a father! Preparations began as to what he'd be called, who'd look after him when, did we need a foal sitter? We didn't know, so we just followed a book. Speak to the child, tell it stories. Atlantis took special relaxation sessions, to calm the child down as it grew.
Nine months later, A year and a half into our Marriage, and we were out in the market, when, her waters broke.
She was rushed into the hospital, I wasn't allowed to see her for a few days while they did preliminary tests or something, she didn't explain, but when I could come in, I sat next to her and we talked, calmly, mainly for her reassurance.
"How do you feel dear?"
"Nothing is happening at the moment" She said, I thought to myself, shouldn't she have gone into labour by now? Or was our child playing tricks on us.
Three days passed, nothing, they said is was slightly abnormal for waters to break early, but not completely unheard of. And then finally, she began having contractions, she was going into labour, she held my hoof as she writhed in pain, as she performed the miracle of life, sweat dripped off her forehead, as she kept on going, she was extremely resilliant.
Then with a final scream, there, a young Alicorn foal, I still hadn't come up with a name, then I noticed her breathing becoming shallow, I looked at her heart monitor. Her heart rate. It was dropping...
HR 50 Systolic
I began to catch on to what was happening
HR 40 Systolic
"What's happening?!" I shouted, the doctors didn't intervene.
HR 35 Systolic
"Do something! Her heart is slowing down!" I yelled, they held me back, she closed her eyes
HR 30 Systolic
"Firestorm" I heard her weakly whisper
HR 20 Systolic
"Take care"
HR 15 Systolic
"Of our"
HR 10 Systolic
"Child"
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Flat line... She was dead, and she didn't even get to see her child...