It’s unfair, really. Adults can go where they want, do whatever they wish, and that happens in a world where those who know best are continually denied the chance to prove it. But his mother has been placed under an actual restriction. For a full night, she can’t eat or drink anything, or — well, it’s probably bad, especially with potions involved. It’s important to keep her out of the kitchen until morning, and all his father did was go to sleep. So who can make sure things come out right?
Shining Armor is on the case.
Unfortunately, the case is way past his bedtime.
Read it here
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Tropes include:
- Pregnancy Test Plot: Of a sort. Shining doesn't know that his mother is pregnant (although both parents do), nor is he aware that all of the diet restrictions and potion consumption is meant to tell them the foal's gender.
- Shout-Out: The title of the sole chapter, "Do Not Challenge His Authority", is a nod to a memetically infamous quotation by Eric Cartman.
