Messing with Magic

The morning began with Applejack and Pinkie Pie working together to make a breakfast for everyone. Rarity waited on the couch drawing some new designs in her sketch book being careful to be quiet as Twilight still lay asleep in her crib a few feet away from her and Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash hadn’t woken up either. Rarity was interrupted from her drawings by Applejecak.

“Fried daisies?” Applejack offered setting a plat down on the coffee table in front of Rarity.

“Thank you Applejack, but I’m trying to watch my figure.”

“Ah come on you can have one.”

“I suppose one won’t hurt,” Rarity quickly ate on of the flowers and upon tasting it immediately ate three more.

“Watcha drawin’ there.”

“Oh well if you must know I may have become a bit inspired as of late. I can show you later when I get the designed nailed down right now it’s a little unrefined.”

“I’ve got muffins!” Pinkie Pie yelled interrupting the conversation between Applejack and Rarity. Rarity and Applejack did their best to shush her but it was too late the yell had already roused Twilight who woke with a yawn.

“Morning everyone,” Twilight said stretching.

“Morning sugar cube,” Applejack said bringing the plate of daisies over to Twilight’s crib. Twilight took some and ate hungrily.

“Thanks,” Twilight said between bites. “Fluttershy or Rainbow up yet?” Twilight muffled through her mouth stuffed with food.

“Nah I don’t know what’s takin em’. Musta not got any sleep.” As if on cue the two of them emerged from Fluttershy’s room looking more like zombies than ponies. Rarity audibly gagged at the sight of the two of them.

“Gee thanks Rarity that was a confidence booster,” Rainbow Dash said cynically.

“You two could use a shower though,” Applejack said noticing Fluttershy’s hair which in all likelihood was currently a bird’s nest.

“Oh I suppose you’re right,” Fluttershy said attempting to manage her hair. “Rainbow Dash you can go ahead.” Fluttershy began but she was cut off by the sound of the bathroom door closing as Rainbow Dash entered it.

“Somethin’s eatin’ her,” Applejack said mixing batter for biscuits.

“It’s a bit of a long story,” Fluttershy said truthfully. “She should be fine after a while. At least I hope so.”

“Well if anything’ll fix her it’s these muffins,” Pinkie Pie shouted shoving one of the muffins in Fluttershy’s mouth. Fluttershy ate happily.

“Wow! These do put you in a good mood.”

“I’ve got biscuits in the oven too. Me an Pinkie though we could use a good breakfast fore we got started.” Fluttershy made her way to the kitchen on the way she passed by Twilight who looked at her happily. She quickly opened the crib to allow her out Twilight stayed in the kitchen for a while but quickly grew bored with watching Pinkie Applejack and Fluttershy cook and made her way into the living room with Rarity. After a few minutes Pinkie Pie and Applejack made their way to the living room carrying the rest of the breakfast. By this time Twilight had resorted to a more infantile state and has playing with Rarity’s hair buns as she drew in her sketch pad.

“Momma Wawity said she gon make me a dwess,” Twilight said as she saw Fluttershy enter the room.

“That’s great sweetie,” Fluttershy said as she set up Twilight’s high chair.

“Only if you don’t get it dirty,” Rarity added. “Young ones like you tend to run in the mud too much.” Twilight stuck her tounge out at this remark. “Keep that up and you won’t get on at all.”

“Nooooo!” Twilight yelled.

“Alright calm down Twilight and get in your highchair.” Twilight obeyed eagerly and after she was strapped in Fluttershy gave her a loving pat on the head. “Here’s some of the breakfast Appljack and Pinkie made for you.” Twilight immediately began eating the breakfast that was presented to her making a bit of a mess as she did. Meanwhile Rainbow Dash emerged from the shower.

“Now that we’re all here who wants to stay with Fluttershy and Twilight today,” Applejack said biting into a muffin.

“Rainbow you can stay,” Fluttershy offered. “I know how boirng those old books must be for you.”

“What!” Pinkie exclaimed. “They are not boring, books are the plains where your imagination takes flight Fluttershy. Don’t you want Rainbows dreams to take flight?”

“Well I uhh,” Fluttershy struggled to answer.

“I’m with Pinkie today,” Rainbow interjected. “I don’t feel like hanging around here, maybe tomorrow.”

“Oh ok,” Fluttershy responded concerned.

“I think I’ll stay today,” Rarity proclaimed. “Twilight has given me a wonderful new clothing concept and I need to flesh this out.”

“Well alright I guess we’ll go ahead an head on out,” Applejack decreed finishing her breakfast.

“Oh that’s fine good luck,” Fluttershy called as they three quickly left. “Rarity do you mind watching Twilight while I shower.”

“Don’t worry about it dear I’ll keep the ruffian company,” Rarity answered the poise.

“You a wuffian,” Twilight rebuttled spilling her mouthful of food out.

“Don’t talk with your mouth full,” Rarity said wiping off the mess with Twilight’s bib. Fluttershy excused herself to the shower.

Flutterhsy lost track of the time while she was showering but hurried and finished when she heard crying from the living room. She quickly dried off and went in to find Rarity leading Twilight over to a bed. “Oh thank Celestia,” She cried with relief “What took you so long?”

“Oh I guess I lost track of the time,” Fluttershy answered. “What’s wrong?”

“I believe Twilight here may have had an uhh,” Rarity coughed. “An accident. I don’t mind changing her for I’d just rather not I don’t really like dirty things.”

“It’s ok Rarity I’ll do it, when you’re around animals as much as I am you get used to it.” After a quick diaper change Fluttershy and Twilight emerged Twilight sporting a noticeably happier attitude and a purple nursery style dress.

“Oh Fluttershy that dress is the cutest thing!” Rarity exclaimed. Twilight giggled at the compliment. “This is just the inspiration I was looking for.”

“You can tell me about it on the way,” Fluttershy said preparing a large stroller for Twilight. “We should go see that goat about milk.”

“Do you think we could stop by the boutique afterward?” Rarity said as Twilight was strapped into the stroller. “I would love to try out some of the concepts on Twilight.”

“What about it sweetie?” Fluttershy cooed to Twilight.

“I wike pwetty dwesses,” was Twilights elegant response.

“Wonderful I think these will be a smash hit,” Rarity stated excitedly. The three of them left Fluttershy’s cottage Twilight looking around eagerly at the world from the comfort of her stroller.

“So what’s this new line about Rarity?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well I got to thinking watching twilight play,” Rarity began. “When a pony dresses the only option she really has is to be elegant. When a foal is dressed you can dress them to be elegant or cute. I thought to myself, why should foals have all of the cute? Ponies like you or I should have that option too.”

“Sounds interesting," Fluttershy said trying to be positive. "How are you going to do that?”

“Dress like the foals dress but bigger you know. Dresses that leave the flank exposed seem kind of pointless but if you pair it with some matching pants, all I can see is untapped potential.” Rarity said finding it difficult to fully explain her idea fully.

“Do you really think it’ll go over well?”

“Not at first no. The stigma is going to have to be overcome, but I’m confident that with enough exposure people will see my way of thinking.”

“How are you going to get exposure?”

“Well I’ll wear them of course. I mean it’s not my usual style I’ll give you, but anything to further the brand.”

“Oh Rarity we’re here. Can I get you to wait on the hill with Twilight for a bit?”

“Sure.”

“Thanks a ton. You be good ok,” Fluttershy said giving Twilight her pacifier. Twilight nodded in the affirmative. Rarity watched as Fluttershy walked up to a grassy knoll and knocked rhythmically on an overturned log. A cautious sheep moved the log and revealed that the grassy knoll was actually a hidden house. He exchanged some heated words with Fluttershy but grew silent as Fluttershy mentioned the name Big Tony at this utterance the sheep quietly bowed and retreated into the knoll Fluttershy skipped back up the hill happily. “They’re going to mail us some milk by the end of the day isn’t that nice of them?”

“Yay!” Twilight cheered triumphantly.

“Fluttershy who’s Big Tony?” Rarity asked concerned. Fluttershy laughed for a moment but then stopped.

“You shouldn’t ask that question anymore Rarity,” she said seriously. Rarity looked at her friend dumbfounded. “Let’s go try on those dresses huh.”

"Yay!" Twilight cheered again.

Fluttershy stood watching intently as Rarity put the finishing touches on Twilight’s dress. Twilight remained still suckling on her pacifier simply happy to be getting this much attention. The dress she was wearing was a modification of the one she wore in. It was purple with a small panel on the front that featured an embrodired picture of a cat playing with yarn. The dress extended about half way down her body before it fanned out in a silky tutu. It was complimented by a purple diaper cover that featured two sets of frills made out of the same material as the tutu. Rarity was wearing a dress of the same style. Hers was a shade of red and featured a picture of a duck as opposed to a cat, and instead of ending in a tutu hers ended in a more traditional skirt made out of fabric and adorned with flowers. She was also wearing a diaper cover as pants, one that matched the skirt part of the dress it lacked frills but featured a similar picture on the rear. Both dresses by design seemed to draw the eye to the diaper covers and then back up the dress to the embroidered pictures.

“Well Fluttershy what do you think?” Rarity said as she stood next to Twilight. “I call hers ‘kitty’ and mine ‘ducky’”

“Kitty!” Twilight blurted excitedly.

“Keep in mind these are rough but it’s the general concept. What do you think?”

“It kinda looks like you’re wearing a diaper Rarity,” Fluttershy observed. Twilight found the observation to be funny.

“That’s the point dear. I want to capture that childlike innocence and cuteness. It’s not a diaper though just a diaper cover.”

“Well if you're trying to look young I guess you succeeded then. I don’t know if it’ll catch on though.”

“Give it time Fluttershy with me and the princess of friendship sporting these around town they’ll be popular in no time.”

“How do you know Twilight will wear it after all this is over?”

“Look at her dear,” Twilight was beaming with pride as she danced around in her dress playing with all of the frills. “If that’s not the look of a satisfied customer then I don’t know what is. All of that aside though how do they look?”

“Well if I had to sum it up it would be childish. You look like a filly.”

“Well I guess that isn’t too far off from what I was going for. I’ll have to improve some with the next designs but for the first pieces I think this was a success. Rarity made her way to the door. "Let's get something to eat and then head back huh."

"You're going out wearing that?"

"Well I'll have to start early if I want it to catch on by the time the actual line is finished."

"I don't know if that's the best idea Rarity."

"Nothing is ever done by being cautious Fluttershy."

"I don't think that's true Rarity," Fluttershy corrected but Rarity was already walking down the street garnering the attention of a few onlookers.