- >Five long, stress-filled weeks have passed since the Alicorns' second breeding session
- >You bred the foals (now fully-grown) about halfway between those weeks, but you're worried about Lily and Mint
- >All seems to be going well, but you can never be too careful
- "Tummy feew funneh...babbehs comin?"
- >Huh...at least they're aware that they're pregnant
- "Okay, Mint. Let me help"
- >Four healthy foals
- >Three colts and a filly
- "Alright, that's great."
- >Lily follows suit a few hours later
- >Two foals
- >Both are fillies
- "Great job, Lily...now let's get you-"
- "Nuu! Babbeh stiww in tummeh!"
- "Wha...?"
- >One more foal's coming out
- >You know what that means
- >It's probably a runt
- >You've been breeding long enough to know that a runt comes out late
- >Maybe ALicorns will give it a chance though
- >Lily sniffs the foal
- >She gives Lightning a worried look
- "Babbeh...babbeh too smaww?"
- >Lightning sniffs the foal as well
- >His expression quickly deteriorates into sadness
- "...babbeh too smaww..."
- >Lily carefully cleans the foal and hugs it for a bit
- "Sowwy, babbeh...you too smaww...nu can be happy...daddeh wiww make bettah..."
- >She carefully passes the foal to Lightning, who hugs it
- >He carries it as far away as he can from Lily and sets it down
- "...sowwy..." he whispers
- >He raises a forehoof and presses it down onto the foal's head
- >Before you can stop him, you hear a pop, and the foal stops moving
- "Oh shit...Marcus, you better come in here."
- "What is it?"
- "There was a runt."
- "Crap...get a washcloth and-"
- "No...Lightning killed it."
- >He looks just as shocked as you were
- "Why?"
- "Alicorns ARE smarter than normal fluffies...they said something about it not being able to be hapy."
- "Maybe they knew it couldn't survive..."
- "Maybe...it was pretty awful. Look at them."
- >Even though the foal was a runt, Lightning and Lily still try to console each other
- >They have two healthy babies, but even so the death of the runt was painful for them
- >A regular fluffy would simply kick the baby away if it tried to hug its mother or eat
- >But Alicorns...
- >They actually show it some love before killing it
- >And the actual act was as quick as they could make it
- "Wanna help me clean up? I don't want to deal with this by myself."
- "Yeah, Anon...you just make sure Light and Lily are alright. I'll get the foal."
- >You spend a few minutes stroking the fluffies' manes, whispering reassuring words to them
- >You feel terrible, especially when you think about Starsplash
- >To think that he could have shared that fate...
- >You forget the incident as weeks turn into months
- >You have begun selling fluffy Alicorns for quite a pretty penny
- >Everyone wants one
- >The Townsburg Petshop becomes an international sensation almost overnight
- >Luckily, you were able to keep up with demand
- >You and Marcus are able to retire within half a year
- >You sell the secret to breeding Alicorns to Hasbro, which begins developing its new line of fluffies
- >You and Marcus split the profits 50/50
- >You've each made over $20 million
- >Starsplash is going to get all the spaghetti he ever wants
- >After all, you couldn't have done this without him

