A full week have passed since the many events which happened recently in Equestria, from Bluebell's family's visit, to Andy and Zoey's banishment, to Russell's decision which later led to his redemption, and to all the other many events which happened afterwards, including Anastasia's confession and the fight against Ron (which led to his ultimate defeat at the hands of both King Edward and Queen Camilla), and if any of you are asking yourselves about what happened to his stone statue after his defeat, then here's the answer I have for all of you - he's been placed and displayed in Canterlot Sculpture Garden right next to Howard's stone statue, and so with both evil male centaurs are already defeated and turned to stone, they're now displayed right next to each other in Canterlot Sculpture Garden, where they both will stay this way for many more centuries and millennia to come, until their total destruction will finally destroy all the chances that the two wicked centaurs may return to cause terror in all of Equestria.
For addition to this, Russell is taken to Ponyville Hospital so that he can heal and recover from the leg injuries which he received on his left hind leg during the great fight against Ron, and he's already lying there on the hospital bed in one of the patients' rooms (the one in which he is to stay until he's fully healed) for a full week, but even so, the healing process of Russell's injured left hind leg is slow and still has a long way to go before he's fully healed and ready to leave the hospital, but the true good news behind the full completion of Russell's body and injured leg is and would be the official announcement of his redemption, which would make him the fourth animal to have officially reformed himself and changed his own side and alignment from the bad side to the good side (the first three animals who have already did so before him were Shujaa, who was the first to reform, Kenai, who was the second to reform, and Agatha, who was the third to reform).
Another important thing that's going to happen is that today is the day for Anastasia to finally give birth to her baby, but a little does she or anyone else knows what kind of surprise Anastasia's special baby would really be, and so she too went to Ponyville Hospital so that her new baby will be born, and everyone else (minus Russell, who is already there for a full week and is still making healing progress due to his injured leg) followed her there, and they all waited outside the birthing room and some of them also wondered what the baby who will be born would look like, and among those who waited patiently for the baby's birth were the Alicorn princesses, Shining Armor, the changeling kings, and even Flurry Heart, who has since grown up into a young and healthy Alicorn filly, but still haven't yet got (or received) her cutie mark, and so with everyone waiting outside the birthing room (in Ponyville Hospital), they all wished Anastasia good luck in having her new baby, and King Edward and Queen Camilla wished and hoped that the baby who will be born will look similar to Anastasia.
However, as for Andy and Zoey, they stayed at home because they're too young to go to the hospital to wait until Anastasia's baby is born, and they're not alone - the other babies, toddlers and older youngsters (including Feliks the young leopard cub, Violet the toddler Zebratauress, who started becoming friends with Timmy (the male toddler Zebrataur who already have joined the good side more than a year ago), and even Vanessa and Noah, who already started befriending each other) stayed at home as well, but it will come out a surprise that they're all actually all together with each other at Andy and Zoey's home (which is in Canterlot), but luckily, they're not left all alone by themselves - Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon and Sitka are all there with the babies, the toddlers and the older children in order to keep them all company and also to assure them that Anastasia is going to be okay, and so will Russell (who is still in the hospital as well due to his injuries, which will take time to heal completely before he and Feliks can be reunited with each other).
During the time in which Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon and Sitka all cared for all the youngsters at Andy and Zoey's home in Canterlot, even Sitka appeared to have developed friendship bonds with the youngsters, but the two youngsters whom he befriended and liked for the most are Kayden and Tallulah, the two toddler Beartaurs who were rescued as younger babies on the time which led to and later resulted in Kenai's redemption, and that's because the three Beartaurs (the two toddler youngsters and the almost mature adult male) are all good and not either neutral or bad like most other Beartaurs from their own species, and that's what made them all very special, and for addition to this, Sitka is also the first mature Beartaur to be good like the two toddler youngsters, the second individual to be a male, and also the third individual from the Beartaur species to join the good side and become one and part of the family, and that's what makes Sitka happy since now he got and received a second chance of life after being neglected and abused repeatedly by his own mother (Margaret) from his birth and until the day when it was the final straw for him and he ran away from her to start alone and without her, after having been neglected and abused by her for 20 years.
A while later, Stephan, Zach, Aron and Simon all sat down with all the babies, toddlers and older youngsters near the fireplace (which Andy and Zoey's house have) and then Stephan asked Sitka "So, tell me, Sitka. Since now we all already know that you're a good Beartaur, despite the fact that you're almost a true mature adult, can you please tell us all about your life story?", and then Zach added "It would surely sound so interesting to hear about your life, I mean, for the past 20 years.", and then Aron also said "Hearing from you about your own life story indeed will sound really interesting, especially since you're 20 years old and are almost a true mature adult.", and then Simon added "If you tell us about your life story, Sitka, we'll all get to know you even better than we did before.", but when he heard what the four teenage males said to him, Sitka said back "Well, I'm not sure about that.", but when they all heard what he said, Stephan asked "Why not?", and then Sitka said back and explained "Because my life story won't exactly sound like a good thing anyone would want to hear, especially after everything I've been through, and before I met all of you.", but then Vanessa said to him as she then placed the palms of her own hands close to each other and also close to her upper human chest in a pleading manner "Please, tell us about your life story, Sitka. I promise I won't judge you for anything you'll say and/or tell us about your own past.", and then she asked "Please, Sitka? Pretty please?", and after looking at her and at all the other youngsters, toddlers and babies, who all also gave him pleading and begging looks, Sitka sighed heavily and then he said to all of them and to the four teenage males who were also with them "Alright, as you all want me to do, I will tell you all about my own past and also about my life story, but promise me just one thing, okay? Don't cry when I'll get to the most saddest and painful parts which are within my past and my life story.", and then he asked everyone who sat down near the fireplace and before him "Will you all do that for me?", and when they all heard what he said, everyone (including Stephan, Zach, Aron and Simon) said back to him all together "Yes, Sitka. We promise we won't cry when you'll tell us all about the pain that is within your past.", and with these words being said, Sitka began telling everyone who sat down before him about his past and life story, and also about all the pain which he had endured due to his mother's mad and abusive nature.
A full hour later, when Sitka was done telling his own past and life story to everyone who sat down before him and listened to everything he said, all the babies, toddlers and older youngsters were almost in tears from hearing the most saddest and painful parts which were and are within Sitka's past and life story, and even Stephan, Zach, Aron and Simon felt really sorry for what Sitka have been through, but then they were also angry to hear that his own mother was the one who did all that horrible abuse on him, and just then, Stephan asked angrily "How could that old hag who is none other than your own mother do all that to you?!", and then Zach added "Whoever she is, she may be old, but definitely not so smart!", and then Aron also said angrily "If I were her, I would be teaching her a true life lesson, one which she'll never ever forget!", and then Simon also added "Yeah! I wish I could find that monster of an old Beartauress and then kill her with my antlers for everything bad she have done to you so far in your life!", and then he also added and said "Nobody deserves to be mistreated, neglected and/or abused by an elder just like that! And it doesn't matter if the ones who were hurt and abused by these mad elders are children or even adults!".
However, when he heard what the four teenage males said, Sitka said back to them "You four have nothing to be angry about, because it's not even your fault that I went through and endured all of that needless pain, and it's already too late to change the past, but I know that there's one thing that you can still help me do - help me change my future so that I won't have to go through more pain anymore. If I'm here to stay as your newest addition to this one big happy family, then you must help me with my future. Well, you all know, in case my mother ever comes to find me and would want to take me away from all of you so that she can have me all to herself once again. Even your youngsters can help preventing my mother, Margaret, from taking me away from all of you, and I know that even the youngest members in this extended family could help me deal with her in case she does comes for me.".
When they all heard what Sitka said, Vanessa stepped forward and asked him "So, do you think that even I can help you deal with your mother?", and then Sitka said back to the 5 year-old centaur princess "That's correct, and if Noah's with you, then you two together can give her a double kick to the rear end to show her what you're both really made of, and also show her that you're not afraid of her, even if she's a Beartaur just like me.", and after Sitka said these words the all the babies, toddlers and older youngsters, Noah asked him "If I may ask you, Sitka, how old is your mother?", and then Sitka explained and said back to him and to all the others "Well, my mother, Margaret was 37 years old when I was born, and it may come up as a shocking surprise to all of you to hear, but my father, Matthew was actually born much younger than her, and as a matter of fact, he was 8 years younger than her, which means that he was only 29 years old when I was born!".
When they all heard what Sitka said about the ages of both of his mother and his father and also about the fact that his mother was actually much older than his father in age, the babies, the toddlers, the older youngsters and even Stephan, Zach, Aron and Simon all gasped in shock, before Andy stepped forward and asked him in shock "So, if your mother gave birth to you when she was 37, does that means that now she's 57 years old?!", and that's when Sitka nodded in agreement and said back "That's correct, Andy. Today, my mother is 57 years old and she's slowly aging up towards 60 years of age!", but then he also quickly added "But that doesn't mean that she's not a villain, because sometimes not only adults, but also children, teenagers and even the elderly can potentially be such things as dangerous and ferocious villains, though the chances for these things to happen are neither high or low, but still somewhere else in the middle, but even so, believe it or not, my aging mother is still a cruel and heartless Beartauress, regardless her age.".
When they all heard what Sitka said about his own mother being a cruel and heartless Beartauress regardless her age, Zoey asked "So, if you're saying to us that your mother is such a brute despite her old age, does that means she'll mean harm to other creatures, even if these other creatures were only about our own age?", and then Sitka said back "The answer is yes, she does means harm and she even kills and eats other creatures, even if they're just helpless babies who are less than a year old.", and when everyone who sat down before him heard what he said, they all gasped both in shock and in fright before Zach said "I can't believe what I'm hearing right now! How could a middle-aged female like your mother destroy the innocent lives of babies and children just like that?!", and then Sitka said back and explained to him and to all the others "Because she's a ferocious and merciless predator, and all she truly cares about for the most is only herself, and I even witnessed her killing and eating helpless animals like many other predators do, but not even minding sharing their meat with me because she always ate everything to satisfy only herself, and plus, I don't even have the heart to eat the meat of any living animals besides just fish.".
However, when they all heard what Sitka just said about the fact that the only living animals which he does eats are only fish, Simon asked him "Excuse me for asking you that question, Sitka, but why in Equestria do you only eat fish?", and when he heard what the Deertaur just said to him, Sitka said back and explained "Because to me, eating fish is a much better thing to do when you're an omnivore than eating other animals like mammals, birds and reptiles, and the truth is...is that my diet is composed of fruits, berries, honey, edible mushrooms, fish and even vegetables if offered, and that's exactly why I don't and I won't ever dare touch or eat the meat of other animals like mammals, birds and reptiles.", and when he heard what Sitka said, Simon said back "Wow, so this tells us everything we needed to know about what you really eat, and this also truly fixes everything about your diet, Sitka. Thank you so much for telling this to all of us. The information about your diet is indeed something that is really interesting, and I think everyone else should also know about that so that they can all give you everything you said that you eat or like to eat, and maybe one day we'll all take and invite you to a fish festival so that you can also eat as much fish as you want.".
When Sitka heard the last thing that Simon just said, he asked the Deertaur "Fish festival? What's that?", and then Simon explained "Fish festivals are special events which happen once every year in the centaur kingdom, where my parents and I used to live before I joined that awful leader, Oscar. Fish festivals happen in the centaur kingdom once every year during the summer, at the time when there are so many fish to catch, cook and eat, and I'm pretty sure that you'd like to go and get invited to the fish festival at least once or twice, and I also think you should because that's indeed something that a Beartaur like you should never miss or forget.", and when Sitka heard what he said, he smiled and said back "Well, thank you for telling me about that special event, Simon. That indeed sounds like something which I would love to go and attend to every year.".
However, just then, shortly after these words were said, Sitka suddenly opened his mouth wide and let out a yawn, and that told him just one thing - that he's get tired and that he needs to rest, and so that's when he said to everyone else shortly after he yawned "Well, I guess it's my time to take a rest.", and when everyone else who were with him heard what he just said, they all had to agree with him, for they too were all also getting tired just like him, and so that's when Zach said to him "Well, I have to agree with you, Sitka.", and then Stephan added in agreement "We're all get really tired after such a long day.", and then Aron also said "Yeah, I can also feel that now it's getting really late.", and then Simon added "Now let's take a good rest, for now of course.", and then Sitka said to him and to all the others "Yeah...oh, and just one more thing.", and when he heard what the Beartaur said, Simon asked "What is it, Sitka?", and then Sitka explained and said back "Please don't worry about my mother and/or about her being such a brute, because I know that one day, she'll eventually get exactly what she truly deserves - her punishment. Now let's go to sleep for now, because it may take a few hours before Anastasia's baby will be born.", and then he finished and said "Have a good rest, everyone.", and then he lowered himself down to the floor and laid down on his side, before he slowly close his eyes and fell asleep, and soon after he did so, everyone else in Andy and Zoey's house also did the same, and so it wasn't long before everyone were all sleeping all around and also on the floor like a very huge herd of sleeping bisons during the night.
A few hours have passed and it's now past midnight, and so right now, the correct time is 2 A.M., but morning will come only between 5 and 7 A.M., but then everyone at Andy and Zoey's house (who are all still sleeping at the time) are all still completely unaware of the surprise that finally came during this very night. However, that is until Twilight and her friends suddenly came out of nowhere through and by Twilight's teleportation spell and reached and arrived right outside and near Andy and Zoey's house, and once the seven mares reached the door which leads into the house, Twilight knocked on the door and that soon caused Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon and Sitka to wake up, and then Sitka went up to the door to answer, and once he opened up the door, he saw Twilight and her friends standing right outside the house and also right in front of him, and when he saw the seven mares standing before him, Sitka asked them "What are you girls doing here outside in the middle of the night?", and then he added "It's not even morning yet. I hope you're all here for something important, and if there is something important you girls want to tell me and all the others, then what's it's gonna be?".
When the seven mares heard what he said, Twilight explained "Sitka, you must come with us to the hospital. Anastasia told us that she wants to see you and all the others now.", but then Sitka asked her "She wants us all to come to the hospital to see her in the middle of the night? If that's so, what does she really wants to talk to us all about that is so important during such hour in the middle of the night?", and then Twilight said back and explained to him "Sitka, Anastasia is now a new mother, and she told us that she wants you all to come with us to the hospital to see her new baby.", but when Sitka heard what she just said, his eyes widened in shock and his jaw dropped, but that, luckily, was just for a short moment before he soon controlled himself again and shook his head and snapped out of his shocked state and then said back "Thank you for telling me about that, Twilight. I'll go back inside to wake up all the others and tell them about the good news. Wait outside with your friends until we're all ready to go to the hospital and see Anastasia and her new baby.", and then Sitka immediately went back inside the house to tell the good news to Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon and to all the youngsters.
Five minutes later, Sitka, Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon and all the others came out of Andy and Zoey's house, thus showing Twilight and her friends that now they're all fully awake and are also ready to go to Ponyville Hospital to see Anastasia and her new baby, and so with everyone ready to go, Twilight lit up her horn and then she used her teleportation spell and she managed through and by using it to teleport herself, her friends and everyone else to Ponyville Hospital to meet all the others, Anastasia and her new baby whom she already gave birth to.
Once they all arrived near and right in front of Ponyville Hospital, the mane seven, Sitka, the teenage males and all the youngsters are approached by Shujaa, Kenai and Agatha, who then told them all to follow them, and so that's when they all went forward and they all soon entered the hospital. Once they're all inside the hospital, everyone followed behind Shujaa, Kenai and Agatha, who in turn led them all to meet with all the others who are already inside the hospital, and about five minutes later, that's when they all got reunited with each other just outside the birthing room where Anastasia is waiting for Sitka, Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon and for all the youngsters to come inside and see her and her new baby whom she recently have given birth to.
Once everyone got reunited with each other in the hospital, Bluebell came up and said to her little sister Vanessa "Guess what, Vanessa? We're aunties now!", and when she heard what the older teenage centauress just said to her, Vanessa gave her back a happy and beaming smile before she cried happily "Finally! I'm only 5 years old and I'm already an aunt! It makes me so much happy to know that now there's someone whom I can finally play with as much as I want!", but then she quickly asked shortly afterwards "But wait, is the new baby a boy or a girl?", and when Bluebell heard what her little sister said to her, she said back "Go inside the room and see for yourself, Vanessa. Anastasia will be so happy to see you coming in to see her and she'll also be happy for you to meet her new baby.", and when she heard these words being said, Vanessa couldn't help but keep smiling happily before she then entered the room and went inside with Sitka, Stephan, Zach, Aron, Simon, Noah and with all the youngsters to see Anastasia and also to meet her new baby whom she recently have given birth to.
Once they're all inside the patient's room, Sitka, the teenage males, Vanessa, Noah and all the youngsters saw Anastasia lying down on the patient's bed and looking at them all with a happy smile, and then she said to all of them "Thank you all so much for coming to see me, everyone. I'm also so happy to see that you all came here to the hospital to see me shorty after I gave birth to my baby.", and when everyone heard what she said, Stephan asked her "And now that we're all here just like you asked all of us to come here and see you, can we see your new baby and what does he or she looks like?", and then Anastasia said back to him with a smile "Of course you can, Stephan, and since you are my future brother-in-law, I give you the honor to be the first to take a look at my new baby.", and when Stephan heard what she said to him, that's when he slowly trotted and came up towards the bed to see what does Anastasia's newborn baby looks like.
However, once Stephan reached close enough to the bed and then looked down at Anastasia, that's when she removed some of the blanket off herself to uncover an unexpected surprise which soon caused the teenage male centaur to gasp in both shock and surprise - it turned out that Anastasia didn't gave birth to just one baby, but to twins. However, despite the fact that they're born twins from the same mother (Anastasia), it is also revealed that they're born as different centaur types - one twin is a Unicorn centaur just like Queen Camilla, whereas the other twin is a Pegasus centaur just like King Edward and Bluebell (similar to how the cake twins are born a Unicorn and a Pegasus; Pumpkin Cake was born a Unicorn, whereas Pound Cake was born a Pegasus), and for an addition to these, unlike them (the cake twins) and Andy and Zoey, who are born a male and a female in each respective set of twins, Anastasia's newborn twin babies are both born from the same gender, in their case - they're both born females just like their mother, their aunts and their grandmother.
And now, we're also going to see everything else which will tell us about these newborn twin centauresses' appearances. Both female twins are born with fresh, pinkish skins on their upper human bodies (like all regular newborn baby human beings), their lower horse bodies' coats of fur have almost the same color as their mother's, with the only difference is that Anastasia's coat of fur is gray, whereas her newborn twin daughters' is light gray, and the final thing we need to know about is the newborn twins' eye colors - the Pegasus centauress twin was born with lime-colored eyes just like her mother, whereas the Unicorn centauress twin was born with purple eyes just like her defeated father (Ron), but unlike him, however, the twin Unicorn centauress' eyes didn't possess the same cruelty, heartlessness and/or the same pure evilness as in his own eyes, which means that the newborn Unicorn centauress twin was born good just her mother and not bad or evil just like her father.
Just then, Anastasia slowly turned and moved to sit upright while holding her two newborn daughters tightly in her arms, moving the blanket away from herself in the process, and once she stood up with her upper human body (while also sitting upright on her lower horse body) and with her newborn baby daughters in her arms, she motioned to each of the two baby centauresses with her chin and said "Stephan, I'll be so glad for you and for everyone else here to meet my two newborn daughters - Charity *she motioned to the Unicorn centauress with her chin* and Faith *she motioned to the Pegasus centauress with her chin*.", and when everyone else also saw the two newborn babies, Vanessa beamed with happiness and joy and then she went up close to Anastasia and said "Awww! They're so cute! I like them, Anastasia! I'm so happy to meet my two new nieces!", and then Noah also came up to see the babies from up close too before he then said "For such small and fresh newborn babies, I too must say that they both look so gorgeous!", and everyone else behind them couldn't help but smile, but as for Sitka, however, he started shedding tears of joy, for this was his first time in his 20 years that he have seen such small and fresh newborn baby centaurs as Charity and Faith.
Then, when Anastasia looked over and saw Sitka standing right in the back of the group and shedding tears of joy, she asked him "Sitka, why are you crying? Is there's something wrong?", but then the Beartaur said back to her "It's nothing, I'm fine.", but since she wasn't really buying his words, she said back "Sitka, is there's something troubling you?", and when he heard what she said, Sitka said back and confessed "Well, the truth is...is that I've never seen such small and fresh and gorgeous newborn baby centaurs like your two baby daughters. My mother always told me that she won't ever let me see newborn babies for as long as she lives, and she said that to me before I ran away from her.", and when she heard what he said, Anastasia asked "Why? Why would she say that to you?", and then Sitka sighed heavily and said with tears still stinging his eyes "Because she thinks all babies are useless creatures, and whenever she sees babies, she'll not be very nice to them, just as she wasn't with me.".
When Anastasia heard what he just said, her smile disappeared and is soon replaced with a questionable look before she then asked "What do you mean, Sitka? What does your mother do to babies?", and when he heard what she said, Sitka sniffled and explained back "My mother, Margaret, she always...she always kills and eats every creature she sees, and to her, babies are the most easiest meal she can find in order to satisfy her carnivorous belly. My mother is a horrible meat-eater who always causes pain and trauma to other creatures, including me.", and when Anastasia heard what the 20 year-old male Beartaur just said to her, she gasped with both shock and with fright when she realized that Margaret will also eat newborn baby centaurs like Charity and Faith.
Then, Sitka continued and said to the horrified centauress "My mother also told me to stay away from all other creatures, whether if they're babies, children, teenagers and even true mature adults who are almost my own age, and she forbade me from going anywhere near all of them and/or making friends with anyone else until I turn 21 years old, because that's when you're truly being called an adult, since you only become a young adult at the age of 18 years, and since I'm only 20 years old, I'm only a nearly true mature adult.", and then he added "She often used my young age for her own advantage and she also tried to make sure that I'll stay with her forever and will never leave her. However, that all changed when it was the final straw for me, and when my mom slapped me across the face and yelled at me like she always does when I do something that is always wrong in her eyes, I yelled back at her and I ran away from her, but soon after I did so, my mother threatened that she'll find me and will get me back home, and she also threatened that she'll whip the skin and fur off my whole lower body.", and then tears started rolling down the Beartaur's eyes before he then said in a pained tone "She wants to kill me.".
When she heard what Sitka just said about his own mother willing to whip the skin off of him and kill him for being a good Beartaur, Anastasia's shocked and horrified expression soon changed and transformed into a heartbroken one and she started feeling sorry for him, but then she was also angry at the fact that his own mother (Margaret) is the one who wants to kill him just because of him being a good Beartaur, and so that's when she said to herself on the inside of her own mind "Poor Sitka. I cannot bear to see him in so much pain like this. How could that old beast who is his own and also his one and only mother do such horrible things to him?! Child abuse is one thing, but abusing someone to the point where he's almost a true mature adult?! As the princess and future queen of my own kingdom, I shall not let that monster of a Beartauress get away with that so easily! No mother should ever abuse her own child just like that, even if her child is almost an adult! I shall tell mom and dad about this and I will also ask them to help protect and defend Sitka after everything bad he have been through with that old excuse who is none other than his own mother! I shall also make sure that that old Beartauress will regret that for threatening her own son with his very own life just like that! No mother should ever tell her own children that she'll whip their skins off of them, not even if she's really angry at them! I will do my best and I will make sure that Sitka will be safe and happy forever and that his mad and abusive mother will never get him, nor will mean him any harm anymore!".
Then, Anastasia slowly came down from the bed and because she's now able to stand up and walk due to her own lower horse body now being fully relaxed, she was now able to leave the bed and then she slowly walked up towards Sitka, and once she was close enough to him, Anastasia said "Sitka, please look at me.", and when Sitka did as she said and looked at her, he asked "What is it, Anastasia? What do you want from me?", and then Anastasia said back "I understand how you feel, and I'm so sorry that you had to go through and endure all that pain from your abusive mother, and I want to help you deal with your pain and also to make sure that your mother never abuses you ever again.", but when he heard she said, Sitka asked her "What do you think you can do to both help me and also to stop my mother?", and then he added and pointed out "You're just a single mother with two newborn daughters.", but then Anastasia said back "You're wrong, Sitka. I'm not just a single mother myself. I'm so much more, and I'm going to make sure that your mother will never mean you any harm ever again.", and then she added "Your mother may be much older than me, but I will show her how strong a young female my age can really be. If she ever comes to take you away, Sitka, I'm going to stand up to her and show her that I'm not afraid of her, even if she's a Beartauress like you and could be more dangerous compared to Ron.", and when Sitka heard everything she just said to him, he looked at Anastasia with shock in his eyes, not knowing how to react to the fact that now she's willing to help him, and he also didn't know how to react to the other fact that she's also going to make sure that his mother never takes him away.
However, Sitka soon accepted the fact that Anastasia will help him deal with his pain once she moved a little bit forward and then moved with her left arm towards him to let him pick up and hold one of her newborn babies, and in this case - the baby she gave for Sitka to pick up and hold in his own arms is Faith (the Pegasus centauress twin), and once Anastasia got and reached close enough and then offered Sitka to pick up and hold her winged newborn baby daughter, Sitka couldn't help but shed tears of joy before he then slowly reached towards Anastasia's left arm with his own arms and very gently picked up and held Faith up in his arms, with one arm and hand holding her from behind the back while the other arm and hand are supporting below her head and neck to make sure that she won't drop down to the floor, nor will get hurt by accident, but once Sitka had Faith in his arms and then slowly moved her close to himself to let her tiny body touch and feel his warm upper human chest, that's when a group of new instincts suddenly woke up within him - his paternal instincts, and these are indeed very important things that almost every young or adult male possess, which in turn will both show and will teach the male how to care for a baby (usually one that isn't his own) until he's ready to be a father himself.
When everyone else in the room saw Sitka growing attached to Faith and even treating her like if she's his own daughter, they all couldn't help but smile at him, but out of all of them, only Andy, Zoey, Violet, Kayden and Tallulah felt truly happy to see Sitka showing and displaying his paternal instincts in front of them and also right before their eyes, and since Sitka is also a good Beartaur and not a bad one like his own mother, he truly deserves to become a father and have a family of his own someday, but when that will happen, Sitka will be the one who will lead and will take care of his own family and not his mother Margaret, for we all already know what she will do to Sitka if she ever finds out that he managed to have a family of his own - she will whip his skin off of him, or in other words - she will kill him for sure.
Just then, the door opened up to reveal Bluebell, Layla, Linda, Chloe, Aylene and all the others, and when everyone who are already in the room saw them all looking at them and then also coming into the room to join them, Sitka said with tears of joy stinging in his eyes and while still holding Faith up close to and against his warm upper human chest "I truly like Anastasia's newborn baby daughters. They're both so adorable, and I also feel like I can take the rule of a father figure for them and be the father that these two precious babies truly deserves for the most. Well, if it's okay with Anastasia and under her permission of course.".
When Anastasia heard what Sitka said about the idea of him taking the rule of a father figure for her newborn daughters, she smiled at him before she then said "Sitka.", thus getting his attention the moment he heard her saying his name, and then he asked her after he turned around to look at her again "What is it, Anastasia?", and then Anastasia said back to him "I truly accept you and your words, and I will let you take the rule of a father figure for my new daughters. After all, you really cared about me and you even risked yourself and saved my life before, and so if it weren't for you, Charity and Faith wouldn't have been here and neither I would've made it. It's all thanks to you that my baby girls are both alive and are here with me, Sitka. You're truly my savior, even if you're a Beartaur, and that's because you have a good heart, unlike most other Beartaurs who live anywhere in this world.", and then she reached out her left arm and hand to touch Sitka on the left side of his upper human chest and then she added and said to him "Thank you again for being such a good and kind Beartaur and also for saving me and my little daughters' lives.", and when he heard what she just said to him, Sitka gave her a happy yet also tearful smile before he then leaned with his head down towards her, and once he reached and got close enough, he kissed Anastasia on the left cheek, thus causing her to step aback from him and gasp in shock as she was taken aback for a short moment, before it all suddenly changed again when Anastasia's shocked expression which she had on her face disappeared and was soon replaced with a warm smile on her face, and then the new, first-time mother centauress also giggled lightly and she was also blushing slightly at Sitka, thus giving us all a possible hint which could easily tell that she started loving and liking him as a new friend of hers, and Sitka indeed is one individual male who is just around her own age, one which she (Anastasia) truly deserves to be friends with for the most, despite the fact that the two of them are from different species.
However, their moment was cut short when they and everyone else all suddenly heard a scream which came from Russell's room, and that told Sitka and Anastasia instantly that Russell might be in trouble, and so that's when they both immediately rushed to Russell's room with everyone following close behind them, and when they reached and then opened the door to his room, they saw that Russell is now covered in new injuries which he just received, but the true terror kicked in when Anastasia and Sitka both turned their heads away from Russell and saw a big burly Beartauress attacking him, hurting him and even roaring at him angrily in the face, and when Sitka saw the Beartauress who is attacking Russell, he immediately gasped in both shock and in fright as he soon recognized her by the aging looks of her face, her scars and her burly appearance - it was none other than his cruel and heartless, 57 year-old mother - Margaret.
However, just then, a few short moments later, Margaret suddenly turned to see and notice Sitka and Anastasia looking at her with everyone else standing behind them and also looking at her as well, and upon seeing Sitka again, Margaret's angry face immediately changed into a fake smile before she then said "Sitka! There you are! It's so good to see you again, my son!", but then Sitka asked back in shock "Mother?! What are you doing here?! How did you even know where I am?!", and when she heard what he said, Margaret said back "Because I'm your mother, Sitka, and also because I worry about you, and sometimes I worry about you a lot.", but upon hearing his mother saying to him these words again, Sitka shook his head in disbelief and also shook off some of his fear and he tried to stand up to her and so he yelled back "No, you don't even worry about me, Mother! I could see through your words that you're lying to me!", and then he added "I know why did you came here to Ponyville Hospital, Mother - you came here because you want to kidnap and have Charity and Faith for breakfast and also to whip the skin off my back!".
However, when she heard what her 20 year-old son just said to her, Margaret chuckled lowly and then she said "I wouldn't ever do such horrible things as killing or eating helpless babies, Sitka. I'm a good Beartauress and I actually like making friends with everyone I meet.", but then Anastasia yelled back at her "I don't even believe you, you old hag! Sitka already told me about you, and I won't show you the same love, kindness and/or respect I show him!", and then she added and demanded "Now leave Russell alone or you're messing with me and with my family!", but when she heard what the centauress just said to her, Margaret said back "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. Such horrible insults coming out from your mouth shall not be accepted, dear. Also, I would like to teach you and your newborn daughters to respect an old Beartauress like me. After all, I'm almost 60 years old, 57 to be exact, and I would want your cute little daughters to see how strong a female my age can really be.", but then Sitka yelled at her "You leave Anastasia and her baby daughters out of this, Mother! They did you nothing wrong! If you want to hurt someone here in this room, hurt me instead of Anastasia or her daughters!".
When everyone heard what Sitka just said about that he's willing to let his mother hurt him in order to make sure that she doesn't hurt Anastasia or her newborn daughters, they all gasped in shock when they realized that Sitka is willing to defend Anastasia and her daughters with his very own body and even with his very own life. However, Margaret just laughed evilly and then she said "Well, I don't even care about anything you say to me, Sitka. After all, I won't leave this place after ending your life. Oh, no, no, no, I'm going to stay here so that I can have your so-called new friend and her little daughters for breakfast too! Once I'm done with them - the red leopard will be next!", and then she laughed evilly again, thus causing Russell to gasp with both shock and with fright and also causing Charity and Faith to cry in distress upon hearing such horrible words coming out from the middle-aged Beartauress' mouth.
However, Sitka and Anastasia both resisted to her threatening words and then Sitka said first "If you want to get me, Anastasia, her daughters and Russell, then let's see if you're able to take on two young adults like the both of us at once!", and then Anastasia added "Yeah! Neither of us are afraid of you! We both know that you're saying these horrible words because you're trying to be intimidating!", but then Margaret said back to them "Very well then, I challenge you both to a fight against me and a friend of mine! It will be a fight of two-on-two! I will leave you two alone for a month so to let you train hard enough before the fight against me and my friend, and once the month passes by, I will return and will come back for you two with my friend to exact my revenge on you and also to fight you two!", and then she added and said to Sitka and Anastasia "If you two win, I will leave you alone for good! But if my friend and I win, you both are coming back with me, and you'll both become my slaves for the rest of your lives!", and then she asked "How does that sounds to you two?", and when Sitka and Anastasia both heard what she said to them, Sitka nodded his head in agreement and said back "I accept the challenge, Mother!", and then Anastasia also added the same way "As the princess and future queen of my own kingdom, I too accept your challenge!".
When Margaret heard what the two 20 year-old young adults just said to her, she smiled at the both of them evilly and then she said "Then it's settled! You two are going to fight together against me and my friend! It will happen a month from now! And it's going to be a fight of two-on-two! If my friend and I win, you two are both going to become my personal slaves for the rest of your lives!", and with these words being said, the wicked Beartauress turned away and then she jumped through the wide open window (through which she jumped before in order to get inside Russell's room), and once she got outside the hospital, Margaret started running away and went towards the horizon, and a few long minutes later, she completely vanished and disappeared into the night, thus showing and telling both Sitka and Anastasia that their days of training for the great fight against her and her friend will start from tomorrow at morning.
Once Margaret was completely gone from sight, Anastasia and Sitka quickly turned their attentions back to Charity and Faith, who are both still crying in distress because the two newborns thought that they're going to lose both their mother and potential father to Margaret and to her friend whom she mentioned (although not by name), and so that's when the two young adults immediately started calming down and comforting the two newborns and did their best to reassure them and tell them that Margaret won't be able to take them (Anastasia and Sitka) away from them (Charity and Faith), nor from anyone else, and once Charity and Faith both calmed down and fell asleep, Anastasia and Sitka let Shujaa, Kenai and Agatha to go inside and into the room and check on Russell, who is lying down on the floor, but despite his new injuries which he just received from Margaret, Russell, luckily is going to be okay, for his spirit was incredibly strong, and so by the time Margaret and her friend will come for both Sitka and Anastasia, he will be already fully healed and ready to announce his own redemption to all of Equestria.