The Little Rainbow (Revised Version)

by TheDashie

Rating: teen
Tags: Main 6, Applejack, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Rainbow Dash, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Discord, Human
Length: 4938

This is a story about how Rainbow Dash has to deal with the issues of being turned into a child again after a battle with Discord. Will she be able to get back to her normal age, or will she have to grow up all over again.

This is a story concept that I have had for a little bit, the way it goes is that Rainbow Dash is tuned back into child because of a spell that Discord casted in their most recent battle. The real question is whether or not she will be able to get back to her normal age or have to deal with growing up all over again. Also, this is here I have re written this story in hopes of making it better since my previous one had many errors within it that I didn't realize due to my lackin writing skills at that time.

Published 2014-11-27 20:10:13 UTC
Last updated 2015-07-01 07:23:06 UTC

Chapter 1

Author's Note

For those that have read my other 'The Little Rainbow', this is a rewritten one. I am going back and fixing a lot of the errors that were in the previous one. Even though this is a rewrite, I am deciding to change a few things here and there. There should be almost no grammatical errors in this revised version. Thinking first reading and if you have any questions or problems about the story please leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possibl . Thank you for reading, please be sure to thumbs up or down.

Chapter 1

Rainbow Dash woke up on what had seemed like a normal day to her, the sun shining into her room and the sound of birds chirping outside. She had shifted a little bit in her bed to go back to sleep until her phone had started to ring, groaning to herself she lifted it up and answered the call. "Hello?" Rainbow spoke, her voice a little scratchy from just waking up.

"Rainbow! It's me Twilight, Discord has escaped from the cell he was in and is making his way towards town! Please get your element on and meet the rest of us outside the middle of town, hurry Rai-" The phone call was cut off by Rainbow ended the call and sighing to herself, she didn't really want to get up but she also couldn't leave her friends hanging when they needed her. Getting up she quickly got dressed in a pair of dark blue blue jeans, her sneakers, and a light blue hoodie. "Here we go.." She grabbed her bracelet that held her element, Loyalty. Sliding it on her wrist she made her was out of the door and took off into the sky, making her way into town.

She was almost to where Twilight had said to meet up before she noticed the sky was a bit darker than normal just over the the forest that rested on the east side of town, figuring that it was a sign Discord had almost made it into town she sped up. Making to the others she landed a bit wrong and ended up tumbling forward, groaning softly she rubbed her head and stood up. "Alright, let's hurry up and trap him for good this time.. It's my day off and I was hoping I would be able to sleep in.." Rainbow went on complaining before she was stopped by her best friend AJ.

"You have all day to catch up with sleeping sugar cube, besides it'll only take us a moment to use ah elements to trap him. Plus you sleep almost all day anyways, even when you have to work!" AJ gave Rainbow a hand in standing herself up before giving her a friendly pat on the back, chucking when she saw Rainbow grumble to herself about how she practically was right. They were about to continue on with their conversation before Twilight chimed in, "Guys, please save the chit chat for after we've stopped Discord and made sure the town is safe.."

"Relax Twi, this is like the fourth time we've had to deal with him. Every time he tries to break free and wreck havoc he barely even does any, plu-" Rainbow's talking was cut off by Rarity placing her hand over her mouth. "Please cut down on the talking dear, Pinkie has been driving me absolutely crazy while we waited for you to arrive.. I dont think I can handle that much energy, it worse than when Sweetie has her friends over for a sleep over!"

"That's soooooo not true Rarity!" Pinkie chimed in before Twilight had to get all the girls to be quiet, "Guys! Calm down, we have a problem at hand here! Now let's just be quiet and take care of this issue.." Twilight sighed to herself softly as she rubbed her left temple with her middle and index finger, turning and making her way towards the forest to confront Discord before he reached the town. "Just follow me and for the love of god act like your adults!" Twilight held back most of her annoyance with the group as she smiled when she was met with some silence that she could actually think about how they were going to deal with him this time, but her smile faltered when the beautiful silence was broken.

"Planning on stopping me are we?" A deep voice was heard coming from the forest as the group stopped and got ready to take Discord on. "Hm? What's this? You have the elements the see.. Are you guys to weak that you need your fancy jewelry to get the best of me?" A grin crossed Discord's face as he noticed the annoyed look on the specific person he was playing mind games with, Rainbow.

"I could beat you in my sleep!" Rainbow shouted at Discord, causing the others to look at her with an annoyed look. "Rainbow.. I swear to god if you let him get to you I'm going to kick your ass.." AJ gave Rainbow a small warning but grinned when she saw what she had say work, turning back to look at Discord laughing to himself in amusement. "If your so sure about that why don't you prove it?" He spoke as he held his arms out to the side, "Come and get me.."

Rainbow had began to get annoyed, taking off towards Discord before AJ grabbed the back of her hoodie to hold her back, "Let me go AJ! I just want to beat his face in!" She turned around to look at AJ with an annoyed look, managing to get out of her hold. Grinning she turned around to face Discord, but instead of seeing him she just saw a bright light of magic coming towards her. Rainbow made a move to dodge the magic but wasn't quick enough when it came in contact with her stomach, falling back and making a small 'oof' noise. Twilight saw Rainbow get hit with the magic Discord had hit her with, the colors within the magical beam something she had never seen before. Before any of the girls were able to check on Rainbow she stood up and dusted herself off, "Well that kinda tickled, was your plan to tickle me or something?"

Discord opened his mouth to answer but was instead met with the beam of magic Twilight had used, using him being distracted by Rainbow to activate the elements and trap him in his stone prison once more. Once the girls had managed to get the statue on its way back to the Princess by showing Royal Guard where it was everyone turned their attention to Rainbow, who was dusting herself off a bit. "Rainbow? Are you feeling okay.. That magic was something I've never seen before, I don't know what it could've done to you. I dont think I've even re-" Twilight was cut off from talking by Rainbow, "I'm fine, in all honesty it just tickled a little bit. No major harm done other then my hoodie getting some dirt on it."

"I would let her check you dear, just to be on the safe side.." Rarity spoke up as she stood beside Twilight, getting agreement from the others. "It did look like a very powerful spell, I don't think I've seen Twilight even do one that strong!" Rainbow sighed softly as she tried to assure everyone she was alright, even though she was feeling a little strange.

"Guys, I promise I'm fine. All I need to do is go home a sleep, the spell didn't do anything to me!" Rainbow kept going on until she was interrupted by Twilight, "Well it does seem like nothing happened to her guys, may be it was a false spell to try and scare us.. If all it did was feel like it was tickling you Rainbow I guess your okay to go ahead and go ho-" Twilight was cut short when Rainbow smiled and took off into the direction of her house.

"Do ya' really think she'll be alright Twilight?" AJ stopped Twilight to ask her if she was sure while the other girls went on and headed home. "Well.. I'm not completely sure, but she didn't have any side effects other than it feeling like it was tickling her. There has been many times when people would cast a 'false spell.' They make the spell look like it's dangerous but in all reality it was just to buy them some time by striking fear into the other side.." Twilight had began to go on, giving AJ several examples of when false spells were used in the past.

"Well that's interesting and all but ah should be getting home sugar cube, every since the family moved to live me mah cousin I've been running the farm all by my self.. I wish I could've gone with them but I couldn't leave my friends.. " AJ sighed to herself as she remembered that she needed to write another letter to send her family before she said her goodbye to Twilight and began to walk back to her farm.

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Rainbow sighed to herself as she made it back to her house and went inside, feeling a little tired after the small fight with Discord. Getting into her room she got a pair shorts and a loose shirt to wear before she went into her bathroom to run a nice, hot bath. After the bath was ran she got in and let herself sink into the warmth, stretching out her back a bit before she felt the comforting pop on her lower back. "Oh that felt great.." Rainbow sighed happily as she closed her eyes and relaxed, letting the time pass by until the water had began to turn cold.

Deciding it was about time to get out she let the water drain out of the tub before she got up and dried off, fluffing up her hair as she dried it with the towel. She got dressed rather lazily before she threw her dirty laundry into the hamper and made her way back to her bedroom, getting into bed before she noticed she had a message from all of the girls asking if she was okay. Picking up her phone she sent all of them but AJ that she was feeling fine before she let out a yawn, laying back on bed and closing her eyes. Rainbow was almost asleep when she heard that it started to rain outside, smiling softly to herself as she loved sleeping when it rained, finding the noise comforting to sleep to. Whithin a few minutes she was out like a light, sleeping like a rock until the light from the next morning began to shine into her room. She placed her left hand over her face as she tried to block out the sun light, her attempt failing and leading to her siting up. As she rolled over and sat up she noticed her phone had a fee messaged from the girls, choosing to ignore them until she had gotten herself ready for the day day. She lightly scratched her head as she slid off of her bed and noticed her shorts had fallen off, shrugging to herself as she made her way into the bathroom to brush her teeth. Not noticing anything different she walked into the bathroom, rubbing her eyes a little bit before she turned her head to look at the mirror.. That's when she noticed something was up, she wasn't able to see over the counter and look into her mirror. In almost a panic she hurried out if the bathroom and got a chair from her kitchen, practically having to push it into the bathroom before she got on top of it and looked into the mirror. Her eyes widened as she reached up and placed her hands on the side of her face before she began to look over her body with a shocked look on her face. "Oh my god.. No... No no no no no.. This is not happening.. It can't be real, I'm just dreaming.."

Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

Rainbow had gotten into the tub shortly after AJ had left the bathroom, sitting in the the warm water she had cleaned herself up for the most part. "AJ?" She called out as she looked at the door, smiling when she saw AJ look into the bathroom with a concerned look on her face. "Something wrong sugar cube?" AJ entered the bathroom and crouched down beside the bathtub. Rainbow simply shook her head as she rested her head on the side of the tub, "Well nothings wrong.. I was just wondering if you would help me wash my hair.. It's just I'm tired and I really just don't feel that good.." Rainbow smiled as she tried to put on a innocent face, gaining a small laugh from AJ.

"No need to try and look like ah little angel, your kinda hard to say no to as it is.." AJ picked up the shampoo that was scented like apples, squirting a little bit into her hands before she began to gently massage it into Rainbow's hair. "I'm not doing it to rough am ah? Haven't washed a child's hair in months since the family moved away.." She let out a small sigh as she used a cup that she hadn't removed yet and filled it with some of the bath water, slowly pouring it on Rainbow's hair to get the soapy suds out. AJ repeated this process a couple of times until she found that all shampoo was out, moving to add the conditioner she was about to ask a question until she found that Rainbow had drifted off to sleep. "Your just so cute.."

After ten more minutes of AJ making sure she had got all the mud of of Rainbow she drained the tub, wrapping the towel around Rainbow and lifting her out of the tub. "Wake up sugar cube.. We need to get you dressed." She smiled when she heard some complaints come from Rainbow, handing her the clothes before she left the bathroom. "Meet me downstairs when your finished, I'll get you something to drink for when your done."

Rainbow rubbed her eyes and threw a little fit like any other child would when they get waken up from a nap, getting dressed she buttoned up the top before slipping on the bottoms. "This is so soft.." She smiled as she rubbed the fabric against her cheek, yawning a little bit before she made her way down the stairs. Once at the bottom she was about to enter the kitchen before thunder was heard, making a loud boom and causing her to jump and let out a small scream. Feeling a little embarrassed that she had been scared by some silly thunder she looked at the ground as she entered the kitchen, looking up as she felt a hand ruffle uo her hair.

"You okay? I didn't think the brave and tough Rainbow was afraid of thunder." AJ teased her a little bit as she carefully picked Rainbow up and handed her the small cup that held apple juice inside. Rainbow blushed as she was teased, looking down as she was picked up until she was handed the cup of juice. Her mood changed direction as she smiled and looked at the cup, pressing the glass against her lips and began to slowly drink the juice till it was all gone, handing the cup back to AJ.

AJ set the cup in the sink to be cleaned later and checked the time, seeing it was about noon she decided to try and entertain Rainbow with cartoons so she could make lunch for herself and Rainbow. Carrying her friend out to the living room and setting her down on the couch she turned the television to some stupid channel that played children movies all day long, surprised to see that it caught Rainbow's attention quickly. AJ chuckled to herself as she placed a blanket around Rainbow before she went back into the kitchen and began to peel an orange and slice up two apples, peeling the skin off of a few apple slices in case Rainbow didn't want to eat the skin. Finishing up she carried the plate holding the fruit and a new cup of juice out to the living room.

Rainbow had began hugging the blanket as she watched a movie that had talking animals, all of them working to solve a problem that was happening. She didn't notice AJ had entered the living room until she had sat down beside her, turning her head to look at the plate that AJ was holding. Rainbow moved at sat on AJ's lap and reached for the plate that she noticed was holding had fruits on it. "Let me have it!" Rainbow pouted a little but as she noticed AJ was purposely holding it a little higher, deciding to use some water works right get what she wanted.

AJ lowered the plate when she heard what sounded like sniffling to her, placing the plate on Rainbow's lap she gently placed her hand on top of her head. "Ah.. Dont cry there sugar cube.." She wasn't good with children when it came down to them crying like a baby, gently rubbing Rainbow's back as she let her get the food on the plate and receiving a smile from the smaller one. "Thank you AJ.." Rainbow began to slowly eat the slices of apple that didn't have the skin on it, watching the television once more.

After a few hours Rainbow had eaten a few slices of fruit and fell asleep again AJ, lightly drooling on her shoulder. AJ couldn't help but smile when she saw how cute Rainbow was looking in her sleep, using her thumb to wipe the drool off of the child's chin. Deciding to change the channel so she could see how the weather was at the moment, happy to see that there was going small break for about half an hour. 'Maybe if I'm careful enough I won't wake her up as I take her over to Twilight's house..' AJ thought you hers as she stood up with Rainbow sleeping in her arms.

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AJ had walked into town and was thankful for Rainbow's sake that no one stupid enough to go out during this break was then, making it to Twilight's house right before it started to pour again. After knocking a few times the noise of shuffling through the door could be heard followed by the sound of the door being opened, "Sorry, the Library isn't open until next we- Oh it's you AJ.. Dont you know it's not safe to be going out right now, even thought there's a break in the weather.. Who's the child?" Twilight moved aside and let AJ inside before closing the door, walking behind AJ as they went to the main sitting area.

Before Twilight said anything else Rainbow seemed to have woken up, rubbing her eyes a little bit as she lifted her head off of AJ's shoulder. "AJ.. What are you doing.. I was trying to sleep.." Rainbow mumbled lightly before she rested her head back down, not seeing the disbelief of Twilight's face. "Is that Rainbow?!" Twilight spoke in a hushed tone as she looked at AJ sitting down and setting Rainbow down so she could go back to sleep.

"Wish ah could say it wasn't to be honest.. She showed up at my house right around when the storm started, thinking she was dreaming about being a child again.." AJ let out a small sigh before turning her attention to the noise of laughter coming from upstairs, "Ya got visitors or something? I could stop by later if you would lik-" Twilight laughed a little bit which cut AJ off from finishing her sentence.

"It's just the girls, we had a sleep over last night and invite you and Rainbow but you guys never replied to our messages. We figured you were probably out working and Rainbow was just sleeping like she always does.." Twilight sat down as she began a conversation with AJ, trying to get as many details that she could. "Does anything seem to be off with her at all? Other than her being a child again we need to make sure that her mental state goes back to where her physical state is right now.."

"I haven't noticed anything off, heck she even cussed at me earlier. I think the only think wrong with her is that her attention span is shorter than it was as an adult.. But that makes it easier to keep her occupied, just turn on something that shows her bright colors and she's taken care of for a while.." AJ couldn't help but chuckle as she noticed Rainbow sit up and give her a small glare, crossing her arms and looking down at her lap. "That's not true.." Rainbow mumbled quietly that got a laugh from Twilight, smiling a little bit when she could feel AJ ruffle up her hair.

"We're just playing sugar cube.. You feeling alright though, don't need anything?" Rainbow shook her head as AJ asked her a question, moving to where she sat on AJ's lap and leaned her head back against her shoulder. When she was about to slip back into sleep she heard the sound of someone coming downstairs, happy to find it was Fluttershy instead of one of the others.
"Is everything alright down her Twilight.. The others are having a little fight about proper ways of eating... Oh hello AJ, nice to see your safe during this storm.. Have you heard from Rainbow at all? I haven't been able to contact her.." Fluttershy made her way to the bottom of the stairs before looking over at Twilight and AJ, noticing the child she walked closer and sat down beside AJ. No one even had to say anything to Fluttershy, "Why is she a child..?" She pointed at Rainbow and looked at Twilight.

"That's what we don't know yet Fluttershy.. How were you able to even know it was her at first glance?" Twilight at AJ looked at Fluttershy with an amazed look and made the shy person look down a little bit. "Well.. Um.. I've known Rainbow since we were little.. It wasn't that had really.." Fluttershy lightly bit her lower lip as she messed with her hands, looking up to see Twilight about time say something before shouting was heard from upstairs.

"That is NOT the proper way to eat cake Pinkie! Just look at the mess you've made.. It's absolutely horrendous!" AJ chuckled as she recognized there voice to be no one else's but Rarity's, complaining about a simple mess. The four downstairs watched as two people covered in what looked like sweets came down the stairs, one obviously pissed about her hair and the other one smiling like idiot.

Author's Note

This one isn't that long but I guess it's an okay amount. If you guys would like me to make the chapters longer just ask in the comments and I can most likely do that for you guys. Hope you guys enjoy the third chapter to 'The Little Rainbow.' Please be sure to give it a rating of an ups or down.

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Chapter 4

Author's Note

So sorry for the slow update and the short chapter, but I haven't really got time to work on a chapter every other day. I'm planning on making a weekly update with significantly longer chapters. Other than that I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 4

Rainbow watched as Rarity and Pinkie made their way down to see the others, covered in what looked like cake and frosting. "I'm sorry Twilight dear.. It seems Pinkie here made a mess in your room.. And all over us.. May we use your bathroom to clean ourselves up real quick?" Rarity asked Twilight as Pinkie already headed into Twilight's downstairs bathroom to get cleaned up.

"Of course you can, your don't have to ask Rarity. We got in contact with Rainbow and AJ as well in case you were still worrying about them.." Twilight smiled nervously as she motioned her hand over to where AJ was sitting, Rainbow on her lap with her head resting on AJ's shoulder. Rarity's eyebrow raised as she stepped closer to the two, her main focus on the smaller rainbow haired one. "Is this really Rainbow Dash..?" Rarity asked and her question was answered by a light nod from AJ.

"It is Rarity.. We were surprised as you are, though we don't understand.." Twilight let out an annoyed sigh as she rubbed one of her temples with her middle and index finger. Rarity decided to wait in cleaning up as she took a destination beside AJ and held her arms out to take Rainbow, "May I see her AJ?" AJ answered with a nod as she handed Rainbow to Rarity before she stood up and stretched, "Can I leave her with you guys until later today? I need to head to the store and get a few items and I'm not sure if she wants to be seen how she is.."

"If you want I could take her off your hands for the rest of the day, I'm pretty sure I would be a good choice in comparison to Pinkie.." Rarity trailed off as she gently pinched Rainbow's cheeks, laughing at the small protests she received. "She is quite the cutie if you ask me.." Rainbow began to mumbled rude remarks as she heard Rarity call her 'cute', moving her head to where she bit down on Rarity's finger and closed her eyes.

"For the love of god Rainbow.. Let go of her finger.." AJ sat back down and placed her hands on Rainbow's sides, lifting her up a little bit. Once AJ made sure Rarity was okay she excused herself and Rainbow and went into a different room, obviously agitated by what Rainbow had done. Sitting down on a chair Twilight provided for people to read books they may have wanted AJ placed Rainbow on one of her legs and gave her a small look of disapproval, "Rainbow.. Why would you go and bite her, all she did was compliment you by saying you were cute and she is correct about that.." She let out a small sigh when she noticed Rainbow had began to sniffle as she looked down, her hands reaching up to rub her eyes. "Shh.. It's okay, there's no need to cry.." AJ spoke softly as she wrapped her arms around Rainbow, gently rubbing her back to help get her calmed down.

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Pinkie excited the bathroom after she had cleaned herself up, smiling and greeting all of her friends before sitting down beside Twilight. "Hey guys! You should have seen it, I showed Rarity how you properly eat a cake! There's no way you just sit there and quietly eat the cake, you have to play with i-" Pinkie's ramblings was cut short by Twilight's hand, noises being heard as she continued to talk even with her mouth covered by someone's hand.

"There is no keeping her quiet is there?" Rarity spoke as she made her way down the stairs, taking the time since AJ and Rainbow hadn't returned from what they were doing to go ahead and get herself cleaned up. Smiling and letting out a small laugh as she heard Fluttershy and Twilight sigh at the same time, the only difference is that Twilight had put her other hand up to her face to shake her head a little bit. "I don't think anything could keep her quiet.." AJ's voice could be heard, causing everyone to look over at her.

"Where's Rainbow?" Rarity asked as she let AJ sit down beside her, glancing over as she noticed Pinkie, Twilight, and Fluttershy heading back upstairs. "She's sleeping in the other room, cried herself to sleep.." AJ sighed as she rubbed the side of face, listening to a small laugh come from Rarity along with the feeling of her getting up. "I'll go get her, it's not good to leave a child alone dear.." And with that Rarity left the room and entered the other one, smiling when she saw Rainbow sleeping on the cushioned chair.

'She is quite a cute one..' Rarity gently picked up Rainbow and let her head rest on her shoulder, walking back out to meet AJ. "I could take care of her for the rest of the day, you can get some rest for the mean time.. I know how tough it is to take care of children, but Sweetie is over at a friends house for a sleep over tonight." Rarity sat back down next to AJ, gently rubbing Rainbow's back as she heard some grumbling.

"That's sounds like a good idea Rarity, to be honest I almost forgot how hard it was to take care of a child since the family moved away.. " AJ smiled over at Rarity, standing up and popping her back before she headed upstairs to tell the others good bye. "Tell them bye for me darling, I'm going to get Rainbow back to my house so she can sleep in a bed.." AJ chuckled at that and waved her hand, "I got you, head on home."