Wonderful Ch. 15 - Ending #1

Wonderful
Written By Closer-To-The-Sun (Joseph Noblit)
Chapter 15: Wonderful (The Way I Feel)

The stallion took a deep breath and followed. His mind was flooded with reasons of why he was being called up and told to follow the nurse. She guided through a hallway to a door. She made a gesture for Big Mac to enter. Taking a deep breath, he entered through the door.

Inside the room, his eyes were drawn to the bed that took up most of the space. On that bed was a blue pegasus. Her rainbow-colored mane was a mess, but despite her exhausted state, she seemed to have a gentle and peaceful demeanor about her. In her front hooves, she held a something that was wrapped in a blanket.

She looked up to see the red stallion who had just entered, “Hey, big red.”

With a smile and a nod, trotted up to Rainbow Dash’s bedside.

“Guess you found out, huh?” she said with a tired laugh.

“Spike went an’ got me. Why didn’t ya tell me you were goin’ into labor soon?” Big Mac asked.

Carefully adjusting her front limbs with what she was holding, Rainbow replied, “I didn’t want to worry ya. You got a lot of stuff coming up with applebucking season and I thought it’d be helpful if ya didn’t have to worry about me with the busy season.”

A small laugh escaped Big Mac’s mouth, “Rainbow, ah’ll always have time fer ya no matter how busy things might get.”

The blue mare smiled as she looked at Big Mac and then to what she had wrapped in the blanket. Big Mac raised his head up to get a better view of what was inside.

“Ya wanna hold her?” Rainbow asked, her face beaming.

“It’s a she?” the stallion asked.

Rainbow simply nodded as she offered the newborn to Big Mac. Taking great care in his movements, Big Mac moved his limbs to openly accept the pony. With the upmost delicate care, the stallion accepted the pony and held her closely to his body. A surge of pride and love ran throughout Big Mac as he held the newborn. Using his hoof, he carefully pulled away the blanket to get a better view of the child. The little pegasus filly was sound asleep, but she seemed to be happy in her father’s embrace. Her coat was a slightly darker shade of blue than her mother’s, and her mane was the same color of orange as her father’s.

All Big Mac could do was smile as he looked at his child.

“She’s got your complexion,” Rainbow joked.

“She’s absolutely beautiful,” Big Mac said in a hushed tone.

Lying back on the bed, Rainbow Dash sighed and spoke, “It’s finally over….and it was worth it….even after everything that happened, it was totally worth it.”

Holding the newborn, the stallion smiled, “Well, this is only the beginnin’ of somethin’ amazin’, Rainbow Dash.”

“Can I be honest with ya?” Rainbow started, “I’m scared about raising her. I mean, what if I’m not good enough for her? I’ve seen just how lousy of a pony I can be, and now I have to raise her.”

Big Mac looked right at Rainbow Dash with a warm smile, “Ya don’t havta raise her alone. Ah’ll be right here with ya, every step of the way. Ah’m sure we’ll both have our fair share of struggles as parents.”

“Relax, big red,” the pegasus sat back up in her bed, “you’ll be a great dad.” She looked over at the child in his embrace and smiled, “I hope she’s a lot like you, avoiding my screw ups.”

“That’s why we gotta stick together, right? Raise our daughter the best way we can,” Big Mac smiled.

Rainbow nodded.

The door to the room opened with nurse entering, “Excuse me, I hate to intrude, but we should take the baby over to the nursery and make sure she is doing well and give her a clean bill of health.”

Almost reluctantly, Big Mac passed the newborn filly to the nurse who trotted out of the room, leaving Big Mac and Rainbow Dash alone.

The pegasus adjusted herself on the bed until she was sitting on the edge of the bed toward Big Mac with her hind legs hanging off the edge. She raised her front limbs out, “C’mere.” Her words were gentle and soft.

Before doing so, Big Mac took a brief moment to look at Rainbow Dash in the hospital gown she had on. In this fragile and vulnerable state, he found Rainbow looking the most beautiful than he ever had before. Big Mac closed the gap and hugged Rainbow Dash. Suddenly, his ears twitched as he heard the faint sound of crying and laughter. He looked to see it was Rainbow doing both in the hug.

“Rainbow Dash? Are you okay?” his words were of concern.

Her facial expression was of smiling and the sounds coming from her were both the sounds of sorrow and laughter. She tried to speak, “I’m….so happy….I….I can’t even speak….” Rainbow’s hold on Big Mac became tighter as tears of joy fell from her eyes.

The two continued their embrace for a few minutes were all of Equestria seemed to stop for the two ponies. The only sound was the happy crying that came from Rainbow Dash.

Finally, Rainbow managed to speak, “I’m just so sad it took me so long to realize it….”

“To realize what?”

“To realize that a true love will stick beside you….no matter what,” Rainbow explained, “Never thought I’d find him right in front of me this whole time….”

Big Mac smiled, “An’ ah’ll always stick beside ya, Rainbow Dash.”

Rainbow lightly laughed as a fresh tear rolled down her face, “Even though it took so long and it wasn’t easy, it was worth it to know you’ll forever be with me.” Her grip on Big Mac became tighter, as if saying she wouldn’t ever let him go.

The stallion smiled as he continued to hold on to Rainbow Dash. Big Mac than spoke, "Ah must say that after all of the ups an' downs, ah'm happy we have each other after everything that has happened. Ah love ya, Rainbow Dash."

"I love you, too," Rainbow replied, smiling happily.

"Was it all worth it?" Big Mac lightly jested.

The pegasus smiled brightly, “Ya know, Twilight told me something a few days ago. She said that we’re supposed to fill our lives with every stupid mistake and wonderful miracle. I feel we did just that, Big Macintosh. I really do.”

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