Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

Applejack couldn't wait. That day, Nurse Redheart was going to take an X-ray and scan of her, to check if the solution to the cause of Applejack's physical regression could be found inside her body, outside of it, or nowhere.

"Jackie, please, stop fidgeting," Nurse Redheart told Applejack slowly and softly, as if she was talking to a real foal, which only made Applejack move even more.

"Don't call me like that!" Applejack squeaked, as she saw set down onto the black padded surface of the examination bed, just underneath the main photographing unit of the machinery. Nurse Redheart smiled, as she adjusted Applejack a little closer to the center.

"But you're so small and cute, just like when you were tiny the first time!" Nurse Redheart said, as she patted Applejack's head "But you wish to go back to be big, so I have to take this babygram..."

"Babygram?" Applejack said, tilting her small head a little. Nurse Redheart smiled, as she then turned around.

"A babygram is simply an X-ray of a foal's entire body," Nurse Redheart explained, as she then trotted away to the darkroom "Stand still and you'll see."

Applejack rose her right front hoof, so to ask if she had to get her diaper off, but Applejack was cut off by a sudden whirr. Startled, Applejack jolted onto herself and looked up, where she saw the machine proper slowly starting to glow and project light upon all of her body. She just watched, as the light projected onto her took the shape of a square enveloping all of her body, from head to the rear hooves.

There were a few seconds of silence, then the machine finally clicked a couple of times, before shutting off.

Applejack wanted to jump down and see the results for herself, but she resisted, not wanting to test Nurse Redheart’s patience right now. A few minutes later, Nurse Redheart exited from the darkroom with the two X-ray plates.

"Alrighty, Jackie, we're done here," Nurse Redheart said "You can jump down now."

"What? For real?" Applejack said, while she saw in Apple Bloom's hooves.

"Yes," Nurse Redheart said with a nod and a neutral tone, as she pointed at the two radiographies of Applejack's body. "We can make you grow back fully in most areas, but, with current knowledge, it's difficult to 'adapt' the digestive system from the one of a foal to one of an adult ."

Applejack bit her lip and widened her eyes worriedly and Apple Bloom giggled.

"What does that mean?" Applejack asked, her annoyance towards apple Bloom giggling only secondary "Will I be permanently... y'know?"

"No," nurse Redheart said with a chuckle "Not that. However, your stomach may be unable to process solid foods for around a year."

Apple Bloom looked upon Applejack and smirked. Applejack gulped.