Cadance and Shining were expecting a son until Cadance lost the pregnancy. Now the couple must go through the grieving process as they go through funeral processions for their foal.
When The Bough Breaks is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic by anonpencil. It can be read here
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Unrelated to the film When the Bough Breaks.
This fanfic provides examples of:
- Dark Fic: The story revolves around topics the cartoon won't: child death, grief, and miscarriages.
- Patchwork Kids: Cadance and Shining's stillborn son is pink-furred like his mother but has a blue mane like his father. He's also a pegasus, which was what Cadance was born as.
- Mature Animal Story: Cadance and Shining Armor suffer a miscarriage.
- Tragic Stillbirth: Cadance and Shining have a miscarriage two months into their pregnancy.
- You Are Not Alone: When the Bough Breaks ends with Cadance quoting this after she's grieved her recent miscarriage.
