The Foal in The Basket is a SliceOfLife WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFic written by [=PonyBlue=].

''In a moment of weakness, Chrysalis had more than a taste of Shining Armour's love. 11 months later, Twilight Sparkle finds herself a brand new niece by way of 'A small foal in a basket on my door step'.''

Find it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/28718/The-Foal-in-The-Basket here]]

[[DeadFic The story hasn't been updated since 2013.]]

!!This fanfiction contains examples of:

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The author has commented that overall changelings are no more evil than lions are to cows.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Spike's very poorly worded explanation has convinced Rarity that this is the case between Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor. Not helped by the presence of Honeydew Wisp. [[spoiler:So far Rarity has convinced Applejack and Rainbow Dash of this as well.]]
* ChildByRape: Honeydew Wisp.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Or rather, Mommy -- the changelings are heavily implied to be starving, so Chrysalis gave her daughter up to Twilight in order to save her life.
* DoorstopBaby: Honeydew Wisp.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted, Chrysalis's rape of Shining Armor is treated as such by all the other characters and traumatized Shining Armor.
* EmotionEater: Changelings in general.
* FurryReminder: As with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_behavior#As_herd_animals actual horses]], {{polyamory}} is socially acceptable in Equestria. Also, the baby is born after after 11 months, as is the case with horses, rather than 9 months.
* TheGhost: Chrysalis has not appeared beyond her one scene in the prologue.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Honeydew Wisp by Twilight.
* MissingMom: Chrysalis has only appeared in the prologue, before abandoning Honeydew Wisp.
* MistakenForCheating: Shining Armor.
* ParentalAbandonment: Chrysalis gave up Honeydew in hope of giving her a better life.
* PoorCommunicationKills: When buying diapers, Spike accidentally convinces Rarity that Twilight [[BrotherSisterIncest had a child by Shining Armor]].
* PurpleProse: [[spoiler:Honeydew Wisp is beautiful enough to inspire [[TheLadette Rainbow Dash]] to wax poetic]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Nurse Redheart.
* ShoutOut: ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' is referenced as a {{recurring|Dreams}} nightmare that Pinkie has.
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: [[spoiler:Shining Armor's attitude towards Wisp]].
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: The primary cause of conflict in the "first act" is Honeydew Wisp's technically being a changeling, and therefore illegal to keep around and raise as Twilight has been doing. [[spoiler:The Lawful act of revealing her would condemn the filly to almost-certain death, and the Good act is illegal because it's ''not doing that'']].