A/N If you would care to have a hand in the development of future chapters, please read the rather lengthy author's note at the end of the story. Until then, enjoy.
Rainbow Dash cut through the air faster and faster, having ditched the cloud she had been napping on. Who to go to? she questioned herself. She'd been shocked, to say the least, when she woke up to the sounds of two ponies face sucking. She nearly fell through the cloud when she saw one of the percipients was the one and only, Twilight Sparkle.
Dash almost Sonic Rainboomed straight to Applejack when she saw who Twilight was with.
Rainbow had stealthy sneaked away from Apple Acres with all haste and now needed someone to spill it out to, but whom?
Dash blurred through Ponyville, looking for anypony to talk to, no wait, anypony's a bad idea she corrected herself. I need somepony with experience in secret relationships. Now, who fits the bill? In her mind’s eye, ponies flashed through it. Applejack was out of the question. Fluttershy? No, that mare would have the least experience in a relationship. Pinkie? No, she couldn't keep a secret this serious to save her life.
That left only one mare...
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A certain Marshmallow colored mare hurried around her shop, various cloths and sharp instruments floating around her in a clear glow.
"Oh, that'll never work. Rubies, I need rubies!" she ran around the room and checked various draws for her rubies.
She ran back to the mannequin, holding up a small box of gems. Her magic shifted the gems in the box this way and that, letting her look for any of the red gems.
"Damn, where could I get a ruby?" as the white mare asked this question aloud, a cyan blur crashed through her window and into the group of mannequins. Sapphire eyes connected with ruby eyes, and narrowed into a glare.
"Is there a reason you've ruined my work today, Rainbow Dash?" spat out Rarity.
"Depends, are you good with secret relationships?" asked the rainbow mare under a pile of mannequins.
"Well, that also depends on a few things, dear. Why ever do you ask?" Rarity had stopped glaring and was now interested in what Dashie had to say.
"As it turns out, our Twilight isn't the innocent little school filly we thought her to be," said Dash and smiled at Rarity's shocked face.
"Really? Our Twilight?" she got out.
"Yep, and you won't believe who's she has as a coltfriend!" Rainbow Dash finally dug her way out of the pile of mannequins.
"Who!?!? Tell me!!" said Rarity nearly screaming.
"Big," Rainbow Dash paused, "Mac," she nearly whispered.
"Big FREAKIN' Macintosh!!??" she screamed.
"Keep it down, will ya?" said Dash, trying to calm her down. Rarity completely ignored her.
"Twilight, our dear Twilight, dating Big Macintosh? That's preposterous! I mean, Appleja--" Rarity gasped massively, "Applejack! Does she know? How could she not?! Big Mac's not the one to hide something like this! What about us! How could they not have told us?" Rarity's rant would have gone longer if not for the cyan hoof shoved in her mouth.
"That last one, 'How could they not have told us', yeah, that one. That's what I'm gonna find out today, I just need a little support," said Dash.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" said Rarity as Dash rolled her eyes. "Let's go!"
Dash flew out the window she crashed through and Rarity cantered out her front door, both immediately headed for Golden Oaks Library.
Both mares failed to notice on their way out, a small scroll on Rarity's dresser. No surprise sense Rarity had missed it all day.
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Spike finished shelving the newly checked in books as multiple mighty thunks landed on the front door, "Coming!" he called out.
The little dragon jumped down from the ladder he was perched on and ran over to the door. Spike dragged the door open to reveal a flushed Rarity, "Hiya Rarity, did you get my letter?"
"What no, we're here to talk to Twilight," Rarity figured it best if they just kept Spike out of this growing mess.
"That's what my letter was about, and what do you mean we?" as Spike said it a cyan blur, again, crashed through, this time Twilight's, window.
"Jigs up, Twilight! We know your secret!" said Dash to the empty room, "and she's not here, is she".
She zoomed in low and hovered over Spike, "Hey Spike, where's Twilight?"
"She went to Apple Acres quite a bit ago, I don't know when she'll be back," he said.
Dash face-hoofed as she realized she already knew the answer to her question, and when Twilight should get back.
"Well, that was easy," said the white mare. "Do you know when Twilight will be back?"
"She left a little while after I did, and I took off at full speed. But then I flew around Ponyville looking for somepony to talk to," she said.
"So, anytime now?" Rarity asked.
"Yep, any moment," a slightly awkward silence descended on the trio.
"So..." Dash tried to break the silence, "any ideas why Twilight would keep this secret?"
"What secret?" asked Spike innocently. Both mares ignored him.
"Oh, I wouldn't know, let's have Twilight explain herself," silence descended again. Twilight can't be that slow, can she? She should be here any....
The door was pushed open and the lavender mare in question stepped through, "Spike! I'm back!"
Oblivious to the two mares’ presence, Twilight carried on like normal. "Spike, where are you? I need some stuff done before tomorrow."
Twilight turned and finally noticed the two mares standing there, "Oh, hi girls! What can I do for you?" asked librarian.
"Oh nothing really," Rarity started out calmly, and then went straight to the point, "We just have a few questions for you," she directed pointedly at the librarian.
Twilight froze, but only for a second, "Sure girls, what do you need to know?"
Rainbow Dash stalked over to her, "How about why you've kept secrets from us!" Twilight backed up, getting closer to the wall behind her.
Twilight started backing up faster, "What do you mean Dash?" A sweat broke out on her forehead.
"She means, your secret little friend," said Rarity, coming up from behind Rainbow, her face one of accusation.
"Little freaky, girls," Twilight back pressed against the wall behind her. She cowered slightly at the murderous gleam in her two friends eyes.
"Well, not as mean as holding out on your friends!" said Rarity, almost in Twilight's face, shouting with enough force to ruffle Twilight's hair.
"What d-do you me-ean?" Twilight stuttered.
"You and your coltfriend, Big Macintosh!" shouted Dash, an inch from her face.
Both confronting mares stepped back as Twilight's shoulders slumped, her head hung low.
"How'd you guys find out?" she asked quietly. A tear silently fell from her eye to crash on the floor.
Dash was instantly by her side, "No reason to cry, Twilight. We just wished you know you could tell us."
"Twilight, dear, all we want to know is how long you've been with him," asked Rarity gently.
Twilight sobbed slightly, "A little over a year and a half," fresh tears coursed down Twilight's face.
"Does AJ know?" asked Dash. Twilight shook her head silently, more tears falling to the floor.
"There, there," Rarity comforted the depressed mare. "No need to get all worked up over it," Rarity may have been calm on the outside but inside was anything but. A year and a half!??! How did she keep it a secret! How serious are they...
"You girls haven't answered my question," said Twilight quietly.
"Uh, what question, Twi?" asked Rainbow from the other side of her.
"How did you two find out?" asked Twilight more forcibly.
"Well, I was cloud napping and you two kind've woke me up with your, Expresses of love." said Dash guiltily.
"Spike also sent me a letter saying you were acting strangely lately too," Rarity wished she hadn't said that.
Twilight's head snapped up and her glare locked onto the little dragon still in the room, "Spike," she snapped.
She stormed over to the little dragon.
"How dare you invade my privacy!" a magical aura surrounded Spike and threw him against a wall, holding him there.
"Twilight! I only did it cause I thought you were in trouble!" said Spike as he struggled against the magical bonds.
"I can decide if I need help or not Spike," she ground out, an inch from his face. "As it is, I was planning to tell everypony on our two year anniversary!" She screamed in his face.
Spike's face started contorting strangely but Twilight didn't notice, "I had everything under control! Now I have to work doubly hard to keep Armor from finding out! Do you remember what happened to my last coltfriend when Armor found out I had one?!? Well, do y--," Her rant was cut off as the little dragon opened his mouth, allowing a rolled up parchment to escape and smack Twilight in the face.
Spike fell down with a crash as Twilight released him to grab the letter.
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Dear Twilight Sparkle,
I regret to inform you that the realm of secrecy and ah, shall we say, 'Nightly activities' is not my area of expertise. That wisdom and knowledge belongs to my sister, Luna.
P.S. Luna left almost immediately when I told her a pony needed her help, she rarely gets asked for her help given her past.
With love,
Princess Celestia.
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Twilight read the letter three times over, not believing what she was reading. My mentor can't help me! Ok, Twilight, no need to panic. Like she said, this is Luna's area of expertise. Wait, what did that line say!? 'Nightly activities', surly she won't ask about me and Macintosh Bucking, would she?
Twilight scanned down the letter again and her gaze froze on one line, 'Luna left almost immediately......'
What?
Rarity cleared her throat rather loudly, "What's the letter say Twilight, dear?"
The letter was levitated in front of the white mare.
"What's so bad about this letter?" asked Rainbow Dash, having reading over Rarity's shoulder.
"Read the last little bit, darling," said the fashionista. The letter moved from in front Rarity to hover in front of Dash, the magic holding it having switched when Twilight started having a internal panic attack.
"Big deal, Luna won't be here for another few days. What do you have to worry abo--" Rainbow cut off as a rather quiet knock came through the door
Spike quietly and slowly walked over to it. All the mares held her breath, wondering who awaited on the other side.
Pleas not Applejack, fervently wished Twilight. Spike crept slowly to the door. He carefully opened it and....
Was greeted by Fluttershy.
"Oh, hello Spike, sorry to bother you. Is Twilight here?" she asked quietly, hiding behind her mane.
"Uh, yeah, what do you need?" asked the little dragon, Twilight walked up and stood by him.
"Hey, Flutters, how's it going?" asked the lavender mare.
"Oh good. Well, she uh... Someone has come to.... She--" she stuttered before slinking away quietly.
Swooping in from above Fluttershy and landing with a metal clank from her horse shoes, landed a midnight blue alicorn.
"Merry meet, Twilight Sparkle," said the Midnight Princess.
"Uh, hi?" stuttered the librarian.
"We understand that thou hast a problem?" she asked.
"Uh, ah, um. Yes, would you like to come in?" asked Twilight.
"We would be most grateful," Luna said as Twilight backed up to allow the Princess in.
"So, Twilight Sparkle," stated Luna.
"Yes?" asked Twilight timidly.
"We would care to possess the knowledge why thou hast kept thy secr---" continued the Night Princess but was cut off by Rainbow Dash.
"For the love of, cut it with the whole third person speaking and ye olde speech!" blurted the athlete.
The Princess glared at the offending Pegasus before smiling, "Sorry, I always love to see how far I can annoy ponies before they say anything," she smiled at her little practical joke.
"Anyways down to business," she turned back to Twilight, "You have a secret." Twilight nodded, "And you don't want ponies to find out?"
"Well, specifically one pony, actually," Twilight said to the floor.
"Then this is easily solved!" said Luna enthusiastically, "There is a simple spell I can use to make sure this pony unable to find out about it, unless you are physically present when they find out. This spell only works once per pony and can only affect one pony, are you sure you want to use it?" Twilight nodded eagerly. “Now, all you need to do is think of the secret."
Twilight closed her eyes and thought desperately on her secret relationship.
Luna's horn began to glow a dark color like that off the darkened moon. She pulled the secret out of Twilight's thoughts, unable to actually know what the secret was.
"Now, think of the pony who that can't find out," this Luna was able to see and a image of Shining Armor drifted across her mind's eye.
Luna's magic linked these two thought together, Luna gathered her magic and focused it on the linked thoughts.
Luna concentrated for about ten seconds before her horn flashed a dark small explosion.
"There, Armor can't find out now," said Luna with smile.
"Oh, Thank you so much Princess Luna!" said Twilight as she flung her hooves around her neck.
Luna returned the hug and set her head on Twilight's shoulder, next to her head. "No problem, Twilight, you've done so much for me in the past. You know, being heavy with foal is nothing to be ashamed about."
"What did you just say?!?" asked Twilight as she took a step back in shock.
"Oh damn, I might have said a little too much," Luna said with a little blush in the cheeks as Rarity fell over in the background.
A/N Ok, if you read the above author's note, you know why you're here. Here's a not so hypothetical question. If Twilight and Macintosh were to have a foal;
Would they have twins or just one?
Would it/they be a Unicorn, Pegasus, or Earth Pony?
Gender(s)?
Color of pelt(s)?
Color of mane(s)?
And name(s)?
You don't have to answer all of them for me to take importance in your opinion.
If you do have a idea, leave a comment or PM me.
If I missed a point, leave a comment and I'll try to fix
And if someone has already posted what you were going to say, reply to that post and say you like it, makes it easier on me. Do the same with names if you find a name you like that someone posted.
P.S. Sorry this story took a little bit to be updated, I'm gonna try and post part five this weekend.
P.P.S. If you can guess what 'Merry Meet', Luna's greeting, is from leave a comment.
FIRST!!!!!!!!
(sees angry mob)
(as they beat me to death)
Twins
Male earth pony magenta coat brown Apple stem
Female unicorn pink coat red mane with purple and blue strip Twilight Moon
1506693
Hmm, like em
I would say twins but a female earth pony with blonde mane and purple coat and a male unicorn with white coat and red mane
and names i would say for the female something that resemble Applejack and Shinning Armor and for male i don't now
Wow yesterday I made a MacDash kid and now someone wants a TwiMac? Well looks like I get to have more fun in Photoshop!
For names- if earth pony -> Apple related. Unicorn- magical? unicorn name (maybe a star constellation)
Single foal
Filly
Unicorn
A dark magenta coat with a red and blonde streaked mane
Name: Sunrise (It's a blend of McIntosh and Golden Delicious) other possibilitis: Eden or Crimson Beauty (Yes, they are all types of apples. )
Also; Dang it Luna, letting the cat out of the bag!
I knew it!! I buckin' knew it!!
1506976
Would you mind too much to do that?
1507013 I like this idea best personally, with the foal's name Sunrise. (Actually quite fitting if you consider the name of her mother)
Twins (just to make Twilight's life a little more stressful.)
Unicorn colt with a purple coat and orange mane and his name is Gemini or Corvus (after the constellations.)
And a Earth pony filly with a light red coat and dark blue mane and her name is Ida Red (after a apple of course.)
As for the 'Merry Meet' part...that comes from a few referances and the one on top of my head is the 'House of Night' series. But there are more posiblities out there, and I am probably wrong.
Unicorn and or Earth Pony? That's boring and done to death, why not really have fun with this?
I vote twin Pegasi! Imagine the chaos!
Colt 1
dark purple coat
dirty blonde mane with purple stripe
Colt 2
bright green coat
bright blue mane and tail!
Corrections from previous (joke) chapter:
when Ah finish doyou want tah get lunch with me?" = do you
Doesn't Macintosh worked the apple stand? = work
have Applejack in a rage when she finds finds out. = finds
correction from this chapter:
Pleas not Applejack = please
About the foal:
Would they have twins or just one? Just one. The "twins" thing is already covered by the Cakes.
Would it/they be a Unicorn, Pegasus, or Earth Pony? Unicorn or Earth Pony.
Gender(s)? Filly.
Color of pelt(s)? Magenta or Maroon.
Color of mane(s)? Pink.
And name(s)? Beacon or Ginger Gold.
And 'Merry Meet' is a traditional Wiccan greeting as well.
1507485
Are you Wiccan or do you just know that little tidbit?
1507506
Yes.
1507530
Nice to find another
1507530 1507485
Wait, you're Wiccan as well, or just know the wiccan greeting?
Solitaire Wiccan myself. Still, looking forward to Samhain in a few days.
1507772
Indeed! I was always of the Scott Cunningham flavor of solitary.
1507772>>1507821
Holy Shiznit, both of you are Wiccans too! Oh, happy day.
Also, I can't wait for Samhain either!
1507614 The saying (Merry Meet) is also in another fan fic on this site I read a while ago. Though for the life of me I cant remember the name of it.... Ah it was in the Vampony Chronicles. A really good read though the author isn't doing so hot right now. Can't wait for the next chapter I'm looking forward to it.
1507907
Never read it...
1507859 1507821
I'm of the totally lost so I do my own thing variety, more or less. I've read Gary Cantrell's book, but some of the aspects just don't ring with me. I try to keep to myself, though I'm not shy (obviously) to admit my religion. I've also never performed any of the rites or ceremonies. I don't think the Goddess minds. Closest I come is burning some candles and incense on the full moon. It's nice to meet (kinda) some other Wiccans.
1508016>>1507821
We need to get together on Samhain to cast a circle, where do you guys live?
1508063
I live up in British Columbia, Canada. I'm not comfortable with getting together to cast a circle though with my anxiety. I've also been a solitaire so long that I'm not sure I want to be part of a coven, truth be told. I've never actually tried to cast a circle or perform magick. It's never been something I felt was critical to my personal path.
It's 10:56 where I am and I have to get up at 5:00. Kill me now.
So, this is Knight Wing signing off.
one cold named Autumn Gold (its an apple name) and its color should be a light purple color like spike and with a sandy mane with 1 red stripe in it like how twi has a stripe in hers
For Foals, there are way too many color combinations: On Mac's side Green and Amber eyes are common with Green, Orange, Red and Yellow coats and manes. On Twilight's there is a lot of Purple, Blue and White. I vote for Earth Pony.
They can't keep it a secret forever, i mean eventually some one's gonna notice (a) foal(s). I'm still looking forward to when Big Mac confronts Applejack.
1506741 yes it was
TWIMAC FOREVER!I Made my own TwiMac fic myself
I like the idea of twins
female earth pony (who's like Big Mac) with a light red coat with a yellow mane, but with a purple streak in it, and green eyes.
NAME: Ambrosia
male unicorn (who's like Twilight) with a purple coat, light pink hair, and blue eyes (with this color scheme he could get mistaken for a girl a lot)
NAME: Orion
now I really cant wait till shining finds out!!
Twins, one male one female.
One unicorn and one earth pony.
Make the unicorn Applejack's colors.
Make the earth pony Shining Armors colors.
You used the word "people." Twice.
1509337
Where?
1509379
Use ctrl+f
1509397
I'm on a phone...
1507107 I could if you want ( I said it would be fun ). fair warning all I did was play around with vectors already made, I didn't make it from scratch
Here's a Link to the MacDash Kid - Zap Apple.
If you want to PM me the winner I can make it but it probably won't happen till Monday or Sunday afternoon- I got work weekends. I'll probably be looking through the comments anyways for ideas if I decide to make my own (sometimes they sound like they look good until you actually see them)
Oh and I agree with 1507485 stick with one kid, but maybe put in a bit where they mention that they would like have more. Mac comes from a big family and no doubt Twilight would want one also being a sibling ( so 2 or three kids over a period of time).
1509541
That'd be great!
Poor Rarity, fainting like that.
Great chapter, can't wait for the next one.
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"Anyways down to business," she turned back to Twilight, "You have a secret." Twilight nodded, "And you don't want people to find out?"
The Princess glared at the offending Pegasus before smiling, "Sorry, I always love to see how far I can annoy people before they say anything," she smiled at her little practical joke.
I definitely know I'd like it to be a boy. Too many of these wedlock babies turn out to be girls.
Oh boy, wait until AppleJack finds out.
Horseapples are gonna get REAL!!
I'm going to vote to make it twins. Why? Cause it'd be damn funny.
I'm also going say make one a girl and one a boy. And to spice things up a little, I say make them both unicorns.
Looking forward to the next update.
i wouls say 1 and a filly, an earth pony, thats red with pink hair and a purple stripe in it and her name can be Appleseed lol
Two months since this was posted?
I like this guys' idea 1506741
Except for the name of the first one. Don't have a suggestion myself, but I still think it's bad to reuse names :/
1513994 you can say THAT again...
Specifically, the child would be an alicorn due to the fact that their mother is, quite literally, a force of nature. Even if she doesnt realise it herself.
But if she were normal, id say itd be twins. One unicorn and one earth pony for the sake of simplicity.
I bucking KNEW she was pregnant.
One boy unicorn and he'd be like a black and red color
I almost choked on the food I was eating when Luna said Twilight was pregnant
1506716
You should refer to Shining Armor by full name in the first part of the sentence, and really the last part you could just say "Do you remember what happened to my last coltfriend when he found out i had one?!?"
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It was kind of obvious in the last chapter or two with the hints that she'd gained weight and craving unusual foods.