Three months had gone by since Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia magically impregnated Fluttershy with Rainbow Dash's help. Much to Fluttershy's dismay, nothing seemed to have changed in terms of her relationship with the feisty blue Pegasus. In fact, the rainbow-maned pony seemed more distant than ever. The shy Pegasus mare used to at least see her on a regular basis, now their interactions were entirely sporadic.
"I guess I'll just have to learn to let it go," Fluttershy moped.
Angel bunny, who was never all that far from Fluttershy, face-palmed at his friend's comment. He gesticulated wildly trying to get her attention.
"Oh, Angel, what is it?" The doe-like mare asked.
Angel made a heart shape with his little paws, "Love," said Fluttershy. Then he pointed at Fluttershy, "Me?" he nodded his little bunny head very quickly. "What about me?" She asked. The frustrated bunny face-palmed again. He pointed vehemently at Fluttershy then made a big heart gesture, then flapped his arms like wings. "I love... flying? No I don't Angel, you know that!" The little bunny shook his head.
Angel disappeared out of the room only to return with a photo clasped between his tiny paws. It was one of Fluttershy and all of her friends. Angel pointed to Rainbow Dash, made another heart shape, then pointed at Fluttershy.
"Of course I love her Angel! We had this discussion over three months ago, why do you need to bring it up again?" Fluttershy was a little bit frustrated with her companion. "You don't need to rub it in my face!"
Angel tossed the picture on the couch and stormed outside. What he was trying to tell her was that Rainbow Dash was in love with her too. Rainbow Dash didn't know it yet, or maybe just didn't want to admit it, but despite being kind of a twat, Angel was very perceptive. He could tell just by the way that Rainbow Dash looked at her that the tough Pegasus had a soft spot for their shy friend. He figured that the rainbow-maned Pegasus was starting to figure it out for herself and she was probably scared, hence why she wasn't around much. He also figured that Fluttershy's increased irritability was due to some crazy pregnancy hormones that he didn't want to deal with right now.
Three months had gone by since Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia magically impregnated Fluttershy with Rainbow Dash's help. And Rainbow Dash was losing her mind. All these weird feelings involving Fluttershy were welling up inside of her. They were happy feelings; feelings she'd never felt before about anypony. It was terrifying. All she could think about as soon as she opened her eyes to see the new day was her soft creamy-colored coat, velvety smooth muzzle, silk mane, sweet eyes...
"Gahh! I'm no filly-fooler!" She screamed to herself. "No way, no how!" Rainbow Dash stubbornly crossed her arms. "Then why do I feel like this?" She said dejectedly.
Rainbow Dash need to talk to somepony, but who? She wasn't very comfortable talking about feelings and she didn't really know anypony who was a filly-fooler, not openly at least. She had her suspicions about a few ponies, but she wasn't close with any of them. And she was a bit scared that if she told her friends they would shun her, even though that was totally improbable. Maybe I'll talk to Twilight Sparkle, I mean, she's the one that helped us in the first place! She won't care... I hope.
The flight to Twilight Sparkle's home took nearly twice as long as it usually did for Rainbow Dash; she flew slowly, very slowly, trying to lengthen the trip. She lowered to the ground and trotted the last 100 yards to her friend's place. Then she slowed even more to a walk, dragging out how long it would be before she had to talk to Twilight. Finally, the reluctant Pegasus made it to the large oak door. She knock, but nopony answered. She waited, then knocked again, still no answer.
"Oh well, that's just too bad," Rainbow Dash said sarcastically as she turned to walk away. "Ahh!" When Rainbow Dash turned, Twilight was right there. "Oh, Twilight, you sca-surprised me! He-he."
"Sorry, Dash, I'm just getting home from town; I had to pick up some groceries. So, what brings you here?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, uh... actually I kinda want to talk to you about something," there was a nervous tone to the usually cocky Pegasus's voice.
"Of course! Come right in," invited Twilight.
"Thanks," Rainbow Dash said as she followed Twilight Sparkle into the library.
Once in the library, Twilight quickly put the groceries away with Spike's help. After that, all of her attention was on her clearly distraught friend. Twilight waited quietly for Rainbow Dash to start speaking. Since that was the reason why she was here, Twilight figured she would need no prodding. She was wrong. Ten minutes passed in silence and every moment that ticked slowly by seemed to wind Rainbow Dash up tighter and tighter.
Finally, Twilight gave in and said, "I know you're not okay, Rainbow Dash, tell me what's wrong."
Rainbow Dash sighed, visibly relaxing having somepony break the silent tension. "I-I... have you ever, you know, liked somepony?"
Twilight blushed slightly, remembering the deep crush she had for her mentor and maybe still clings to a bit... But this wasn't about her, it was about her friend. "Ooh! I see! Who's the lucky filly?" She asked slyly.
"No, not a- hey! How did you know it was a filly?" Rainbow Dash was flabbergasted.
Twilight chuckled a bit, "I thought it was pretty obvious. I guess there's not really a lot of filly-foolers around here so ponyfolk don't know what they're like, but back in Canterlot there were quite a few filly-foolers and colt-cuddlers. I guess I'm just good at spotting them now."
Mouth agape, it took Rainbow Dash some time to recover from the revelation that somepony knew. And that pony didn't seem to care. "So, it was like normal in Canterlot?" Asked the blue Pegasus.
"I don't know if I'd say normal, but there were an awful lot of them. Most ponies didn't care and they just lived their own lives. Some ponies did care, but most kept it to themselves." Twilight didn't add that most ponies kept it to themselves because their own Princess Celestia was rumored to be a filly-fooler. "But, you still didn't answer my question," Twilight said in a sing-song voice.
Pressing her eyes tightly shut, Rainbow Dash spilled the name quickly, "IloveFluttershy." Just like ripping off a band-aid.
"That's wonderful!" Twilight exclaimed. "I was a little worried when you said that you would help out with the Pegasus breeding experiment and then decided you weren't going to help her raise it, but now that you're feelings are out there you can all be one big happy family and life will be great!" Twilight's exuberant sentence ran together so much that Rainbow Dash almost didn't understand what she said, but she got the jist of it.
"I dunno Twilight. I mean, like, you're the only pony I've told! And I don't think I'd be a very good mother. And what if she doesn't like me back? And what if I'm shunned forever from Cloudsdale and sent to live in the Everfree Forest 'cause I'm a filly-fooler? And then the Wonderbolts will never let me on their team! And-"
"Slow down there Rainbow," Twilight stopped her in the middle of her brewing panic attack. "First of all, you could be a great mother! Every pony is a little nervous before their foal actually comes. But once she or he is here everything will be just perfect. Second of all, are you serious? Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy has been in love for you ever since you defended her honor at the Pegasus Race," Twilight began soothing all of Dash's fears.
"Wait, really?" The rainbow-maned Pegasus interrupted her friend. "She really likes me?"
"Of course she does! You should hear the way she talks about you when you aren't around. And the way she looks at you when she thinks you aren't looking," Twilight confirmed.
"Huh, I-I guess I never really paid that much attention..." Rainbow Dash was lost in thought for a moment.
Twilight brought her Pegasus friend back to reality as she continued to rationalized all of her fears away, "Thirdly, nopony is going to send you to the Everfree Forest for being a filly-fooler. Princess Celestia would have nothing of it. You are there greatest flier and most respected pony to come out of Cloudsdale, nopony is going to shun you."
"And the Wonderbolts?" Questioned Rainbow Dash.
"The Wonderbolts take ponies based on talent not sexuality. You have enough talent in one wing to make it on to the Wonderbolts!"
"Really? You think so Twilight?" Asked Rainbow Dash excitedly.
"Absolutely!" Answered Twilight. "You are the best flier I know."
"Thanks Twilight, I really appreciate this," Rainbow Dash expressed her gratitude to the little purple unicorn.
"Any time," smiled Twilight Sparkle. "Oh! Wait, Rainbow Dash!" Twilight called as her Pegasus friend began to leave, but Rainbow Dash was lost in her own world and heard nothing of what Twilight was trying to tell her.
Rainbow Dash left Twilight's home, the little purple unicorn having given her much to think about. She walked slowly through Ponyville lost in thought. She continued to walk, head figuratively in the clouds when she ran into something that prevented her from walking forward. No, not something, somepony. Fluttershy to be exact.
"Oh my gosh!" cried Rainbow Dash. "I am so sorry Fluttershy!"
"Oh, it's okay Rainbow Dash," Fluttershy shyly replied. "I'm really glad I found you," Fluttershy added, causing Rainbow Dash's heart to skip a beat.
"Why's that?" The blue Pegasus tried to remain as nonchalant as possible.
"Well, I'm scheduled for an ultrasound next week and I would love it if you could come with me," Fluttershy said meekly, a little worried that her friend would say no.
"Yeah sure," said the excited pony, trying not to sound too enthusiastic.
"Great!" Exclaimed Fluttershy. "I'm surprised Twilight didn't tell you about this, she told me a few days ago."
"Huh? I just saw her today! Oh well, maybe she forgot," Rainbow Dash said. Or maybe I was too lost in my own world to pay attention to what she was saying.
"Yeah, that must be it," Fluttershy said quietly. "Well, Twilight arranged all of the transportation, so just go to her house next Monday... If that's okay with you."
"Yeah! I'll see you there," smiled Rainbow Dash.
!NEXT MONDAY!
The two Pegasus ponies assembled bright and early at Twilight Sparkle's home. Rainbow Dash had even gotten up early -for once- to clear the sky. The sun shone down and Rainbow Dash couldn't help but notice that it made Fluttershy seem even more radiant than rainbow maned Pegasus sighed, then looked around quickly hoping that no one caught her gapping.
"Alright girls," greeted Twilight as she met the two Pegasus ponies, "Princess Celestia wrote me last night to make sure everything was still on for today. She said that she would send transportation for us in the morning, and it's morning so I'm assuming they'll be here soon."
Sure enough, moments after Twilight spoke a chariot descended from the sky. It was just as large and beautiful as Fluttershy remembered and drawn by the same well-muscled Pegasus stallions. The three ponies and Spike climbed into the chariot and were taken into the sky. The relatively short trip to Canterlot seemed endless to the ponies; they were all excited about Fluttershy's first ultrasound.
They were once again greeted by Princess Celestia, happy as ever to see her faithful student and her two Pegasus friends. A warm smile graced the elegant royal's muzzle as the ponies and Spike got off the chariot to meet her.
"Hello, my dear subjects and my most faithful student," accosted the princess. "It is lovely to see you all again."
"It's great to see you too, Princess," smiled Twilight.
"Isn't this an exciting day, my little ponies?" Princess Celestia's smile broadened.
"It sure is," answered Twilight.
"Well, let us all go inside and we can get started," the princess said as she lead the unicorn, Pegasi, and baby dragon into the castle.
The four friends were lead through the long and winding hallways of the castle to the spell room where they had been the last time. A large bed was poised in the middle of the room, waiting for Fluttershy to lay down on it. The bed was welcoming and soft with pastel colored sheets.
"Fluttershy my dear, why don't you go lay down and we can begin," instructed the princess gently.
"O-okay," Fluttershy replied and tentatively walked over to the bed. She was quite nervous about this first check up. She had no way to tell if everything would be okay, or if things were happening as they typically do. She was much too shy to say anything, especially to the princess, so she just carefully climbed into the bed and laid down.
Rainbow Dash wouldn't admit it, but she was nervous too. Like Fluttershy, she had no way of telling if things were normal. She wanted desperately for everything to be okay. She would hate to have anything bad happen to Fluttershy or their unborn foal. She hung back behind Twilight and Princess Celestia, not wanting to get in the way. She was also uncharacteristically quiet, not wanting to say anything that would give her nerves away. But the mere fact that she was quiet told Twilight that something was up with her rainbow-maned friend.
Princess Celestia moved closer to the timid Pegasus laying on the bed that was placed there for her. "Fluttereshy," she began, "I'm going to begin. If you could stay still for me that would be wonderful."
"Yes, I will Princess," Fluttershy answered, then something in the far corner of the room caught her eye. "Philomena!" Fluttershy called excitedly. The fiery phoenix flew down from the upper corner of the room to land on the bed.
"It looks like your friend wanted to see you, Fluttershy," the princess chuckled. "Philomena, how in Equestria did you get out of your cage and find us here?" Philomena just cawed and snuggled close to Fluttershy.
"You may remain here Philomena, but you must stay far enough back that you don't interfere," instructed Princess Celestia. The regal phoenix complied and moved as far away as possible without actually leaving the bed.
Princess Celestia drew closer to the little yellow Pegasus. She closed her eyes and her horn glowed a soft pink color. She moved her head close enough to Fluttershy's stomach that the Pegasus could feel a gentle warmth emanating from the horn without it actually touching her. The light formed by Princess Celestia's horn slowly pooled into a spherical shape that hovered above the pregnant mare's belly. Princess Celestia stepped back, leaving the ball of light to float on its own. Everypony waited with baited breath. Nothing happened for a seemingly long time -in reality it was only a few moments- when they finally saw something. The light that the princess created allowed a view into Fluttershy's uterus.
Everypony gathered around Fluttershy who was not really loving the attention, but tolerated it because it was her friends. Not much of their foal was formed at three months, but Rainbow Dash fell immediately in love with it. She could see the faintest of heartbeats and a little head and a bone structure around the withers that would eventually turn into wings. While Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Spike awed and cooed at Fluttershy, Princess Celestia stepped back to allow Fluttershy time with her friends. She smiled softly, admiring what a wonderful friendship they all had. Philomena even managed to sneak in a bit closer to nuzzle Fluttershy's face.
The orb of light began to fade, as did the view of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's unborn foal. All the ponies, Spike, and Philomena backed away. They were all a little disappointed that they only had a short view of the foal.
"Congratulations my dear! Your foal looks healthy and beautiful," Princess Celestia said warmly.
"Thank you so much, Princess Celestia," Fluttershy humbly thanked the regal mare.
"You are most welcome. What do you think Rainbow Dash?" Princess Celestia asked, noting the slight change in the rainbow-maned Pegasus.
"S-she's beautiful!" She sighed. "Fluttershy and our foal!" At that comment, Fluttershy blushed heavily. Rainbow Dash walked over to where Fluttershy was still laying on the bed. "I want to be there for you and help you and just be a super cool mom!" She chuckled nervously at the saccharin jargon that spilled from her muzzle.
At that moment, Fluttershy couldn't be any happier. Euphoria swept her body and a smile graced her beautiful face. After they said their goodbyes, the ponies and Spike were on their way. Princess Celestia smiled a knowing smile after witnessing the pivotal moment in the newly blossoming relationship between Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Gahhh big chapter! It's been a while since I've updated anything, but here it is, the next chapter! Yay FlutterDash!