When Twilight had Midsummer, she was surrounded by physicians and servants and her partners. When Pinkie had Blueberry, she was surrounded by doctors, her loves sequestered behind glass. Fluttershy wanted something else when it came to have her child.

She found herself a nice meadow, somewhere calm and quiet, not too far from her cottage where her wives waited anxiously. She adored them, but she didn’t want their nerves to set her own off, she wanted her babe to come into the world with no extra stress. Sun knows she had enough stress as it was, she didn’t need anyone else’s.

Amongst the grass and the flowers, Fluttershy spread out, leathery wings sprawled out making her massive size that much larger. She still wasn’t used to her new body even after all these years with it - not that she was much used to her feathery wings, but at least she could hide amongst her fluff, now she was big and awkward and had nowhere to hide.

She didn’t feel like hiding right now. There was nothing to hide from, in this moment - for the first time ever - she felt right.

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“What’s taking so long?” Rainbow Dash huffed, her muzzle pressed against the window of Fluttershy’s cottage, fogging the glass with her breath. Applejack reached a hoof over, pressing against her shoulder blade to pull her attention.

“Child birth takes time, Dash.” Twilight chuckled sweetly, her round wings separating the two squabbling toddlers that sat on the floor. Pinkie jumped into action, playing out the part of entertainer and distracting the children with a squeaky voice and a silly grin.

“Yeah, Dashie!” Pinkie Pie squeaked, her eyes on the foals but one ear flicked towards Rainbow Dash over on the loveseat. “Remember how long we had to wait for little Blue?”

“Yes.” Rainbow Dash tried not to snap, her ears pinning back and fluffing her wings slightly. “And I hated every minute.” She stomper her hoof and went back to her post, watching dutifully for any signs of Fluttershy and her child.

Rarity’s horn glowed softly as a heavy crochet blanket floated around the anxious pegasus’ shoulders, relaxing her forcibly. “Come here, darling.” Her voice was soft and soothing as ever, Rainbow always liked how she sounded like bells and turned, slumping slightly in the seat as she made room. She became crushed against Applejack’s large body as Rarity joined them, and the combined pressure began to work against her nerves.

“What if something goes wrong?” She mumbled, glancing over at Pinkie as she played with the foals.

“Fluttershy would find a way to let us know,” Rarity kissed Dash’s temple. “Her animals are watching over her, she’s not alone.”

…

“Hello, my little light.” Fluttershy cooed, pressing her nose to the new born pegasus, cleaning away any residue. “Welcome to the world.” The infant furled and unfurled his brown leathery wings, curled up on trembling gangly legs as he blinked.

With gentle encouragement from his large mother, Scattered Light managed to rise to his hooves and take his first shaking steps. He stumbled towards her, falling against her warm and soft body. She tucker her wing around him, praising him for his effort as she worked through his short fluffy mane.

When he was clean, she used her wing thumb to help lift her new child onto her back as she stood, keeping her wings held out to give him a steady surface to lie on as she made her way back to her cottage, to the waiting ponies ready to love the newest addition to their family.

Rainbow Dash wasn’t the first to spot them moving up the hill, but she was the first to move, using her wings to boost her speed as she barrelled towards them.

“New baby!” Fluttershy yelled, bracing for impact and standing as tall as she could to warn her to slow down. With a skid, Rainbow Dash just barely managed to avoid hitting Fluttershy, straining her neck to check Fluttershy’s face with caring panic.

“Are you alright? Are you okay?” Rainbow chattered, wings still flapping as she rose to eye level. All panic washed away as she spotted the curious and quiet foal on Fluttershy’s back, replaced by nothing but awe and love. “Oh… He’s perfect…”

She reached out, taking him into her forelegs and nuzzling into him. Scattered Light babbled with an almost laugh, and Rainbow Dash choked back a squeal. By this point the others had joined, and she lowered herself to the ground to better show the new addition to the waiting kids. Blueberry and Midsummer both looked with wide and curious eyes, and when Scatter spread his little wings they both broke out into wide grins.

“He’s so big,” Twilight commented as she provided a steady wing for Fluttershy to lean on. It had been a question how big he would be, considering Fluttershy was the tallest of them and Rainbow Dash was the smallest. It seemed Fluttershy’s genes had won out in this battle.

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Fluttershy took care of Scattered Light alone during her infancy, although she had plenty of regular visits, especially from Rainbow Dash and Applejack. When Scatter was old enough to start going to nursery, it was decided she would live with the other kids in Canterlot. It was during these younger years that Scattered Light expressed her desire to be a girl, a revelation that was met with nothing but love and support from her family.

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