>
>
>Wake up
>Couch
>Okay, there's a pop-tart on your stomach
>Wait
>To your right
>It's Dash
>Wait, oh shit
"Nnh..."
>"Hey."
"Hey."
>"Morning."
>...
"...pop-tarts are retarded."
>"Do you even remember what happened last night?"
>...
"I remember up to the pregnancy test."
>"Yeah, all you missed was passing out."
"I passed out?'
>"Yeah."
"That doesn't seem likely. I mean, like me."
>"Yeah. Well. That was a shocker."
>"He up?"
"Who's that?"
>"Your friend Rocky."
>"Just call me RT."
"Rocky's still here?"
>RT walks in from the small hallway to your room
>"Yeah, man, you passed out, I wasn't just gonna leave you here. By the way, the whole pregnancy thing aside, the whole Rainbow Dash thing is REALLY awesome."
>
>"Yeah, okay. I'm gonna be outside when you need me."
 
>RT exits your apartment
>"He's nice."
"Yeah. We've been friends since High School."
>
>
"Wait. Woah..."
>"What? Dizzy?"
"No, just... High school... woah... man. Jesus christ."
>"What?"
"Nothing, just... I don't... wow, a lot jut came back to me. Nevermind, don't worry about it."
>
>
"We need to talk about the baby."
>"Yeah, probably."
"Are you okay?"
>You sit up
>"Yeah, well, I was pretty... in stitches last night. I kinda calmed down over the night. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, well.. I guess. I mean, I'm not gonna faint anymore. This is... this is serious, we need to talk about this."
>"Yeah."
>
"I probably should have seen this coming since our little shower thing."
>"So should I. I probably should have stopped you."
"I should have stopped myself. I mean, I guess I was just so used to not having to worry about that. You know, when you were a pony, it was safe. Like, you know, incompatible."
>"I think that's what Twilight said. Whatever."
 
>
>
"So... what's... your first instinct?"
>"What do you mean?"
"Like, what do you... immediately wanna do?"
>"I think it'd be too late for a morning-after pill."
"Yeah, they don't terminate pregnancies after they've started."
>
>
>"I don't wanna think about this now."
"Neither do I."
>
"Should we, like, put it off?"
>"I would call it, "Putting it off", I'd call it.. hesitating? I just don't wanna make any decisions while we're still in "Oh my god I'm fainting" mode."
"Yeah. I guess that makes sense."
 
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>RT's waiting outside your door
>"Two god damn pony girls and he gets-"
>The door opens
>You enter the hallway
>Rocky is there for you, friend till the end
>"Hey man. What's the deal? Want me to split?"
"No, man. I'm... we're, uh, not gonna make any decisions while emotions are still high like this. We figure, we're just gonna go out and, like, dick around for a little, loosen up, and get into a reasonable kinda mindset."
>"I can dig it."
>"Good, 'cause you should come hang with us!"
"Yeah, RT, come on. I'll buy you a coffee and give you Dash's origin story."
>Rocky almost giggles like MLPFiM's target fanbase
>You all leave the apartment building
 
>"Just in an alley?"
"Yeah."
>"What were you doing?"
"Crazy thing is - I don't even fucking remember. All I remember was the alley, but you gotta realize, it's been three years for me. I could have been getting mugged or hit by lightning or something. I don't remember."
>Rocky bites into his cookie without taking his eyes off of you two
>"You're not just dicking around with me, right?"
>You and Dash laugh
>"He's telling the truth, I'll vouch for him. Where else would he find a girl with Rainbow hair?"
>Rocky looks to you
>"Is she aware just how many freaks there are in this city?"
>You all laugh a bit
>"Dude, compared to the shit on the subways, your mane is tame."
>More laughter, as Dash struggles to down her hot coffee
>"Ich. You guys drink this stuff? Real bitter."
"Yeah, it's an acquired taste. We humans usually drink it in the mornings when we wanna wake up."
>She shrugs and takes another small, burning sip; this time jumping at the heat
"Yeah, you're gonna wanna try iced coffee."
>Later, you take Rainbow to Times Square
 
>She is amazed with the signs
>"Anon... they don't even have stuff like this in Manehattan!"
>"Is it awesome?" RT asks giddily
>"It's awesome!"
"Don't encourage him."
>"It's fun having fans!"
>"Yeah Anon it's fun having fans. What's it like in Ponyville?"
"That's a vague question."
>"Uh, fun."
>RT stares a bit
>"That's cooooooool."
 
>
>
>The three of you go into the Wax Museum
>You and Rocky laugh your asses off whenever Rainbow gets scared by the wax figures
>Rainbow doesn't
>Her favorite sculpture is The Hulk
>After that, you three basically run around NYC and do tourist-y shit
>At the end of the day, you all go back to your apartment and watch TV
>Rocky wants to watch pony re-runs, but you and dash agree that Adult Swim is better right now
>She dies at King of the Hill, but still likes Aqua Teen better
>At around 10, Rocky leaves
>You catch him at the door
"Hey, thanks for hanging today."
>"Hey, not a big deal."
"No, it is. Me and Dash are gonna have a big talk about this whole pregnancy thing."
>"Yeah, no, i hear you. If you ever need anyone to talk to, you know, I'm right here. Hangin' like high school."
"Yeah, hangin' like high school."
>He shuts the door
 
>You turn to Dash
>She's looking up to you from the couch
>"So I guess we have to quit putting this off, eh?"
"Yeah. It was fun while it lasted."
>"At least I got a grand tour of Man-Hattan."
"Yeah."
>You sit down on the couch next to her
>
>
>The crying starts
>She rests her head on your shoulders, and you embrace her
>"I-... I don't know what to do..."
"I don't either."
>You say, along with other comforting mewling
>She picks herself up, now calming, but still teary
>"What.... what are the options? For something like this?"
>You think a bit
>
"Well, we could always keep it... we'd raise it, and it would be a huge undertaking, but it'd have an okay life... I mean, if I could get enough money, I mean..."
>Her face doesn't get any happier
"Or, we could put it up for adoption... I mean, it's a good option, but there's no guaranteeing that it would get a good home..."
>Still no improvement
"Or, we could... you know... terminate... it..."
>Her face looks to you sincerely
 
>"What... do you mean, 'terminate'?"
"Well, you know... an abortion."
>
>
>You forgot
>Pregnancy termination isn't even possible in Equestria, she's never heard of it
>"How does that work?"
"Well... it's kind of invasive... they basically just uhh... go in and... kill it... it's relatively harmless and it's supposed to... you know... work."
>She looks at you
>Her gaze is unending
>"Why don't we just do that?"
>
>And then it slowly sets in that you might actually do this
 
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