Nine months

We are all gathered at Sugarcube Corner, with all of Flurry's Crystal Empire friends. She has personally invited them for a treat at Ponyville on the weekend. Now nine months along, Flurry's belly continued to grow, but now at a little slower rate, as our babies are close to reaching maturity before they will be born.

"Aww, I like their wriggling."

"Wow, it's kicking hard!" They were all taking turns to feel Flurry's babies.

"Come on, I want to see you kick!" One of them poked her belly, and a bump came out. "Wow, he's done it!"

"They're going to be strong, you know," Flurry replied as she stroked the kick. "Also, I won't be telling the sexes just yet! Just wait till they're born!"

"But we're impatient already!"

"Don't worry, the answer is worth if kept secret until a perfect time!" the male owner arrived, with a tray of cupcakes. "Princess, that's all I could bake because I don't want to waste all the ingredients for your babies. But I'm sure you know a spell to deal with them, right?"

"Yes, Poundy. Now, watch this…" With her magic, she duplicated some cupcakes in front of her friends' eyes, and they were all awed.

"Wow, you could actually give us some!" exclaimed the owner's sister.

"I could. For now my baby needs them," Flurry finished and she munched the cupcakes, and it seemed that she doesn't have a moment she's full.

"Her pregnancy has greatly increased her appetite," I remarked. "Our babies need more food." And they all laughed.

"Be careful of what you're eating!" reminded his sister. "Too much sugar can make your babies grow big and your labor difficult!"

"It's okay, Pumpkin. I know what I'm eating," she said as she continued to munch. "My babies are dearly hungry and they all need them badly."

"But hey, you know what that is?" Pepper Flake suddenly appeared, with her mouth painted in lipstick. "The babies of the gorgeous-bellied princess need more love, too!" She started lifting her dress and began kissing her belly repeatedly.

"Oh, Pepper," said Flurry embarrassingly.

We had a courtesy call from King Thorax and a few of his changelings on Hearth's Warming Eve. Thorax and his changelings was no stranger to us. It has been nearly thirty years since he has made a great relationship with us ponies, though for now we couldn't expect what's in store from the Changelings' former leader, Queen Chrysalis, as we knew she could still be up to no good.

"Thorax!" I called, hugging him.

"Flurry, my little friend!" He hugged me back, then he asked Mom. "Everypony in this palace has been good?"

"Oh, yes, Thorax," Mom replied. "We've been busy, all the while managing Flurry Heart and Dark Glare's pregnancies. We're gonna have lots of noise coming soon!"

"Oh, mostly from Flurry's?"

"Yep, mostly, and a bit from Dark Glare, but she's still early in her pregnancy," replied Paladin Knight. "As for Mistral uh, I'm not sure when is she gonna have children."

"Yeah, as a matter of fact," Dad continued. "She told us she has some surprise to announce on the stroke of midnight."

"Man, I don't know what's she gonna say!" a changeling cried.

"We'll have to wait, then," Shimmering replied.

"Right now," Thorax began, turning to me. "Can I have a talk with Flurry Heart in her room? I'd just love to be with my favorite kid of yours, Princess."

"Sure, go ahead. I knew you loved her since you first saw her as a baby," Mom replied.

"Aww, Thorax," I blushed at him.

In my room, Thorax glanced at my beautiful belly, just like the others.

"So all eight of them are doing well?" he asked me.

"Yeah. It feels a bit tiring having to feel their kicking every day. My body's a gymnasium and dance club to them, but feeling them move gives me the assurance that they're all healthy!" I replied. "They're kicking now as we speak."

"You didn't tell everypony else your babies' sexes, huh?" he asked while feeling my belly.

"No, it's only know between my family, and my friends, and that includes you, Thorax," I replied. Holding his hoof, I guided to the top and bottom parts of my belly. "I have four colts and four fillies, each foal of its own sex is one of the main pony species, an earth pony, a unicorn, a pegasus and an alicorn. My would-be eldest child, an alicorn colt, is below me. Another alicorn, a filly, is just on the top, here."

"Gosh, they really are active the whole time!"

"Our alicorn foals' positions are by far the easiest for us to memorize," Shimmering continued. "The rest, they're just scattered about, so we could forget them easily."

"Ah, but you two did a good job on managing your unborn foals," Thorax praised. "How about your brother and his wife?"

"Oh, their scan last week revealed they had twin colts! But they're not gonna reveal them to the public until they're born, like us!"

"Well yeah, how will you two guys manage your birth?"

"That," I replied. "I probably won't decide yet until next month. Perhaps it'll be some place where I could be with my friends."

"We could visit you whenever the place," Thorax replied. "If you choose to give birth somewhere other than the Crystal Empire, are you guys gonna put ahead the Crystalling?"

"We'll see about that. I'm excited for the mass Crystalling, too!"

We talked until midnight. By then Hearth's Warming was already here.

"It's midnight," Thorax announced. "Happy Hearth's Warming, Flurry."

"You too," I hugged him. "Now I wonder what's Mistral gonna announce." I went for the door. As I opened it, Solar Shine was waiting for us.

"There you are! Are you coming for the surprise?" he asked.

"Yes, we're coming!" I replied. "Hang on. I'm a giant, okay?"

"Ho-ho, come on, we can't hide it any further!"

We all gathered, and Solar went to Mistral's side.

"I'm proud to announce," Mistral began. "That I'm officially pregnant!"

At once, everypony cheered.

"Well done, Mistral!" I hugged her. "That's a perfect Hearth's Warming gift, right?"

"You can say that. Thanks, Flurry," she hugged me back.

"Well what do you know? More fun and noise incoming!" laughed Dark Glare.

"The bloodline's just got bigger," replied King Sombra.

"That certainly is fantastic," smiled Mom. "We can announce this to our friends in Ponyville tomorrow."

"Yeah, they'll be happy!" I agreed.

Ten months

Yup, you've heard it. Flurry Heart is now ten months along, and her belly is just a hoof-length and a half from the ground. Platinum Royale expected her belly's growth to reach probably about a hoof-length from the ground when they designed her dresses, and that, she was precisely accurate.

We just had a lecture on parenting from Flurry's mom, and now we're sitting on our bed, enjoying the massive belly.

"Look at my babies," she remarked. "Active from the moment they were conceived until now. I don't know how much longer they're gonna kick."

"We've taken care of them well, honey," I replied. "And they're probably a bit impatient, too, because just a month more and they'll arrive into the world."

"Yeah, I can't wait to see them either. I hope they'll turn out beautiful, just like what I imagined all the time."

"Which reminds me, but hey…" I said, remembering something. "Everypony's busy in this afternoon, so… wanna have some fun?"

"Fun? You mean…"

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Sex?" She pondered for a moment. "Oh, yes! Wait a moment." She took off her dress and stripped herself bare, then showed her butt to me. "Come on, Shimmy. You know the drill, so let's do it."

"Here I come…" After locking the room door, I leapt onto her back, inserting my already rising thing into her. We eventually got the sensual feeling again, our orgasms peaking.

"Hah… yes…" I panted.

"Great… ooh… ah!" Suddenly, she cried in pain.

"What's wrong? Did I go too hard?"

"No. It's… I just felt strong contractions."

"Strong contractions? But… you're only a month away…"

"I know, but, oh, here it comes again!" We waited for a moment for her waters to break, but nothing happened.

"So, is it still happening?" I asked.

"Yeah, a little bit," she replied. "Do you think we should check?"

"I guess we should, as a precaution," I replied.

"Your babies are fine, Princess," the nurse replied after she felt my belly all over. "You're not in labor yet. These contractions you're experiencing is how your body prepares to give birth, and it happens to every mare late into their pregnancies."

"Oh, thank goodness, that was a scare to us," I sighed, closing my eyes to relive my tension held from the sudden contractions.

"Don't need to worry now. A tough princess like you can overcome everything!" the nurse assured. "Either way, try to reduce your sexual activities. This is the moment your body is preparing for the birth of your babies."

"Understood," Shimmering replied.

"Which reminds me, um…" I asked her. "Can I have my babies born elsewhere other than the Crystal Empire?"

"If you want, yes, you may! I'm giving you the freedom to choose the place of birth of your choice!"

"Oh, because I was thinking about giving birth in Ponyville. I can let my friends see my babies first before I come back here for the Crystalling."

"That's a good idea! I heard there's a Ponyville nurse by the name of Beryl can take good care of things, too?"

"She herself is pregnant, too," Shimmering replied. "And yes, she happens to be a trainee nurse in obstetrics and gynecology. We are grateful to have her, as well as being one of her cousin's friends."

"Then send my regards to her! I just wanted to tell her she's doing a great job as a trainee. Maybe I could visit her some day?"

"Well, you can try," I assured.

Later that night, as we were preparing for bed…

"They're still kicking. They really are an active brood. Our compassionate to them must be paying off," I told him.

"Indeed. Imagine them crying and screaming all day," he joked.

"Anyway, let's sleep now. Cuddle me tight, Shimmy," I said, heaving my belly as I turned my back to him for him to cuddle me.

"Okay. Good night, honey."

Eventually we drifted to sleep, with me still feeling my babies kicking. No sooner I fell asleep I woke up to find myself a meadow filled with flowers.

"Oh, refreshing," I sighed as I laid down comfortably from the scent from the flowers.

"Certainly is, isn't it?" Princess Luna's voice boomed. I got up to see her standing next to me.

"Princess Luna!" I slowly got up, and hugged her. "What brings you here?"

"There is a reason I'm entering your dreams tonight. You have some guests expecting you." She moved aside to reveal eight ponies, all smiling at me. They comprised of each pony kind of different sexes.

"Y-you guys…"

"Hello, Mom," the male alicorn, brown-haired and grayish brown greeted me.

"You called me Mom! You're my children!?" I asked surprisingly.

"Yes, mother. We knew you'd be surprised to see us," the lavender, magenta-haired female unicorn replied, and they all hugged me.

"Oh, my children," I cried with tears of joy. "Your father and I imagined every day how would you all look like when you were born, I can't believe I'm seeing you all face to face!"

"Now you could," the pink, lavender-haired female earth pony said. "For some reason we wanted to visit to how you looked like when you're expecting us, and that we asked Princess Luna to take us to visit your dreamland."

"It is true. A future version of mine contacted me by telepathy that your children from her time wanted to visit you," Luna added.

"Oh… send my regards to your friends and family from the future, then!"

"We will, Mother. For now, you really look beautiful with all of us growing in there!" the male unicorn, dark brown and light blue-haired replied.

"Um, well, may I know, what are your names?" I asked.

"Basically, you gave us all beautiful names," the male alicorn replied. "I'm Gleaming Spear, firstborn."

"Mythical Shine, second born," said the female unicorn.

"Streak Ace, third born," said the gray-haired, purplish gray earth pony.

"Mythical Glow, fourth," said the male unicorn.

"Pristine Ace, fifth," said the pink female earth pony.

"Spirit Bliss, sixth," said the purple, dark olive green-haired female pegasus.

"Spirit Flash, seventh," said the dark maroon, black-haired male Pegasus.

"And I'm Gleaming Grace, youngest," the female alicorn, white and golden-haired finished.

"Wow… oh dear, I don't think I can remember them all!" I cried.

"Don't worry, Mom. You'll remember our names soon. But you know, we had more brothers and sisters, thanks to you!" the female alicorn said. "Mom, Equestria is definitely filling up with many ponies in the future! You, your family and your friends have to keep it up!"

"I understand. We know what we're doing."

"We'll let you give birth to us safely for now. You'll be fine, Mom. You'll see us soon!" the male alicorn said. "As your firstborn I've carried out my responsibilities I had. Take care and teach us well, Mom!" He said as everything slowly started to fade to white.

"I will. I can't wait to see you guys again either!" I replied.

And I woke up, just as the scene turned white completely. I was back in my room. It was still night. Shimmering was still sleeping.

"Oh, it seemed so real," I whispered. "I'll tell everyone about it in the morning."

Morning arrived, and Shimmering and I were still asleep in our room. Then I heard some knocks.

"Flurry? Shimmering? Are you two awake?" Dark Glare called as she knocked.

"Huh? Dark Glare? What's going on?" I called drowsily.

"You two better come to the throne room now. There's big news!"

Hurriedly, I woke Shimmering up, and while he appeared dazed, I told him that we needed to get to the throne room, so we quickly went there, still in our pajamas.

"Flurry Heart and Shimmering Glow, you're here!" Mom called. "Just wanna let you all know, Orion Galaxy's wife gave birth to a filly in the middle of the night!"

"Whoa, really!?" We were all surprised at the news.

"Flash Sentry told us the news when we woke up," Dad explained. "He had happened to accompany them when their foal was born."

"Whoa, so, when can we go and visit them?" Solar Shine asked.

"We would need to write a letter of congratulating first," replied Mom. "Then we could all go to Canterlot to visit them along with Princess Twilight and her friends."

"Cool! I bet their baby's gonna be so cute!" said Mistral Violet.

"Um, yeah, guys," I began. "There's uh… something I would need to tell you… about what I've dreamt."

"You dreamt something?" asked King Sombra.

"Yeah, you see…"