Messing with Magic

Applejack and Pinkie Pie were diligently searching through the tomes in the griffon library, finding several interesting pieces of information on how to stop the effects of several spells even if none of them would fix a spell like Twilight's. They were both distracted by Rainbow Dash, however, who was halfheartedly searching through books at an alarmingly slow rate. Where Applejack and Pinkie Pie had gone through about fifteen books each Rainbow Dash was on her second and often would stop looking entirely and just stare off into space. Rainbow was in the middle of one of these trances when she was pelted in the side of the head by a flying pastry.

“Cupcake attack!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she threw another cupcake in Rainbow’s general direction. This garnered no response from Rainbow Dash. “Aww come on sour puss everyone like a cupcake fight.”

“Not today Pinkie Pie I’m not feeling well,” Rainbow answered depressed.

“What’s got you all in the funky funk?”

“I don’t really want to talk about it.”

“Oh come on Rainbow you can tell me what’s wrong it’s me your friend Pinkie Pie,” confetti exploded behind her seemingly from nowhere.

“Well its uhhh,” rainbow though briefly about revealing herseld to her friends but in the end couldn’t get up the nerve to do it.

“Well if you don’t want to talk about it uhhh,” Pinkie looked around the room trying to find a distracting topic of conversation to help her friend feel better. “Griffons.” Pinkie Pie said defeated coming up with no other topic of conversation. Rainbow Dash shook her head to let Pinkie Pie know this was not working. Pinkie Pie left defeated and walked back over to Applejack who has happily parusing an account of one of the battles.

“Ya know Pinkie once you start digging in griffon history it’s actually pretty interestin,” Applejack said finishing the account she was reading. “Somethin’ wrong?” She asked noticing the unusually long silence from Pinkie Pie.

“I’m worried about Rainbow Dash,” she answered. “Somethin’s eating’ her and she doesn’t want to talk about it.”

“Sometiomes ponies just gotta work thorugh stuff on their own. Plus if it’s what I think it is then she probably don’t want that information floatin’ round”

“What information?” Pinkie asked brutally unaware.

“Eh heh heh,” Applejack laughed nervously. “That’s not really fer me ta say Pinkie she’ll tell ya if she wants to.”

“Ugh why is everpony being so weird about this? I’m Pinkie Pie I live to make people happy. And I can’t make my friend happy and that makes me sad. Which means I’m bad at making ponies happy. If I can’t make myself happy how can I make everyone else happy? Oh Applejack now I’m distressed.”

“Somehow I think you’ll get over it,” Applejack said laughing at her friends antics.

“Ahh I made you smile! I guess I’m not the worst pony at making her friends smile you were right Applejack I did get over it you're the best.” Rainbow Dash looked on in disgust at her friends happiness from the other side of the room. She angrily buried her head in a book not making much effort to read it.

Rarity and Fluttershy were returning to Fluttershy’s cottage. Rarity was particularly exhausted as she had been asked by everypony passing by what the deal was with her attire and stopping to explain it generally led even more onlookers who came more to gawk at her than appreciate her design sense.

“Oh Fluttershy I am absolutely exhausted,” Rarity said falling on Fluttershy’s living room sofa.

“You certainly drew quite the crowd,” Fluttershy said.

“Yes but that was the wrong kind of crowd. No one was interested in buying my designs they were just laughing at me.”

“Well you shouldn’t get discouraged,” Fluttershy began quietly but she was cut off by the boisterous Rarity.

“But I shall not get discouraged. With enough exposure this style will become popular mark my words.” Fluttershy smiled at her friend. She went into the kitchen where a box of milk bottles were waiting. She quietly made a bottle for twilight with half milk and half nutmeg while Rarity continued giving herself a triumphant speech in the living room. Twilight watched in amazement as rarity went on. Fluttershy quietly came up behind her with the bottle in hand and Twilight instinctively followed her to the couch to be fed. When Rarity realized what was happening she sat next to Fluttershy and Twilight to watch the results. “Do you think its working?” Rarity asked as Twilight was about halfway done with the bottle,

“I don’t know,” Fluttershy looked at Twilight.” Do you feel any different?” Twilight nodded yes but continued to drink from the bottle. “Oh well if you feel better I can put this in a regular cup for you.” Twilight shook her head no and continued suckling growing noticeably embarrassed.

“Did it not work right?” Rarity asked concerned.

“No I think she just likes it.” Twilight placed her hoof over her face embarrassed as she finished the bottle. “Well Twilight did it work?”

“Yeah it woked,” Twilight said keeping an infantile tone, “wew it woked to an extent.”

“zyou don't sound any better dear.” Rarity asked.

“I am cuwentwy fuwy cognescient aldough I don tink my speech has impwoved. Plus I don tink dis is pewmenan eider.”

“Is that why you kept drinking the bottle?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes,” Twilight answered, but Fluttershy gave her a look that demanded the actual truth. “I also might have enjoyed it a bit,” Twilight admitted.

“This might take a little getting used to,” Rarity said weirded out by Twilight’s voice.

“You tewin’ me,” Twilight responded rubbing her tongue with her hoof making her even harder to understand than usual. “Nice dwess by de way.”

“I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not,” Rarity said wearily. “If you are it’s much unappreciated.”

“No I was sewious, though I admit I’m a bit biased.”

“Well that’s a start I guess,” Rarity said happy for the confidence boost.

“Well now that you’re feeling yourself maybe you can help the rest of our friends find the counter spell,” Fluttershy said cherily.

“dey kno as much as I do. I haven’t finished catawogging all da books in dere.”

“That’s ok sweetie,” Fluttershy said patting Twilight’s head. Twilight blushed happily at the affection but Fluttershy quickly stopped. “Oh I’m sorry I should stop.”

“No!” Twilight yelled but then she stopped embarrassed. “I mean uhh you don’t haf ta stop if you don want to. And If it’s ok I don want you to stop. But only if youwe okay wif it.” Fluttershy almost immediately said yes but she stopped herself. Thoughts of Rainbow Dash entered her head. She told rainbow Dash she wanted kids of her own and wasn’t interested in other mares, but now Twilight gave her this happy and sweet look that made her think otherwise. The rush of these emotions into Fluttershy led to an unusually long silence that Twilight interpreted as no. “Its fine fwutushy you don haf to I know its weiuhd.” Fluttershy quietly let Twilight believe that as she moped a few feet away from her.

“Oh Twilight don’t be sad about it,” Rarity began.

“I’m fine,” Twilight replied. “I should know bettuh than push dis on you wike dat,” she said gesturing to Fluttershy who was looking away trying to hide her expression. Rarity couldn’t say anything and the three stood in awkward silence before being interrupted by Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash who had returned from the castle.

"We're back!" Pinkie yelled.

“Did ya'll try that potion we found earlier?” Applejack asked bluntly.

“Yes and it woked successfuwy,” Twilight answered. Applejack looked on in amazement and Pinkie Pie started laughing hysterically as Twilight talked. Twilight let out a small sigh. “Wha about you find anyting?”

“No but we’re really close. We’ve narrowed down a few books that probably contain a potion to fix all this,"

“That’s great news!” Fluttershy exclaimned. She looked at Rainbow Dash who was unphased by anything and simply fluttered in the air depressed. “Right Rainbow?”

“Huh,” Rainbow Dash briefly came to her senses on hearing her name. “Yeah sure great.” She gave a brief answer before being sent back into her own world of depression.

“Is sometin wong wainbow?” Twilight asked. Rainbow Dash didn’t answer and fluttered her way out of Fluttershy’s house presumably to her own house. “Did I do somefin?”

“Nah,” Pinkie answered. “She’s been cranky all day and nopony will tell me why,” Pinkie glared angrily at Applejack who began to sweat nervously.

“I hope I diden do anyting,” Twilight said concerned.

“Don’t worry about it sugarcube,” Applejack said nonchalantly.

“Yes dear,” Rarity chimed in. “With any luck we’ll have you a potion tomorrow to fix all this.” Applejack just began to notice what Rarity was wearing.

“What’s with the get up Rarity?”

“Oh this,” Rarity said giving a playful twirl. “Is the prototype for my new line I call it ‘Foaly Fashion’. It hasn’t taken off quite yet and the reception is currently a little low."

“Well we all make mistakes every now and then.”

“This is no mistake Applejack I am confident this will take off with enough time and exposure.”

“I don’t mean to be critical Rarity but it looks like.”

“Yes I know it looks like I’m wearing a diaper," Rarity said exhausted as several ponies had pointed this fact out to her earlier that day, "but that’s the point Applejack. All I need is some branding and they’ll take off just you wait. With Twilight’s help the brand will get out there.”

“Really Twi?” Applejack asked fishing for Twilight's opinion.

“Dey just so cute,” Twilight began. “I wan a puppy one and a fish one, oh and maybe a goat one.” Twilight began to realise how she was coming off and so stopped her rant.

“See Twilight likes them,” Rarity said proudly. “And I’m sure Pinkie does too.”

“Of course I do!” Pinkie Pie said hopping. “I love looking ridiculous and look how ridiculous you look.”

“Hey!” Twilight and Rarity said in unison.

“Well surely Fluttershy likes them too,” Rarity began. “She has great fashion sense isn’t that right Fluttershy?” Rarity turned around giving Fluttershy puppy dog eyes. Applejack was planting her face in her hoof. Despite Rarity’s best cute face Fluttershy was not phased and silently nodded no. “Really Fluttershy?” Rarity said betrayed.

“It’s just a prototype Rarity,” Fluttershy attempted to cheer her up. “Maybe when you finish it I’ll like it more.”

“I suppouse I could iron out the design a little more,” Rarity said thinking. “I just know this can work,” Rarity said as she left fluttershy’s with determination. “You’ll see this is the next big thing.”

“You’re never getting me into one a them thangs,” Applejack playfully called out. “I think I otta be hittin tha hay too. Pinkie Pie I believe it’s your turn to stay with Fluttershy do you mind?”

“Are you kidding?” pinkie Pie answered excitedly. “I love foals this’ll be fun.” Twilight, who had not yet regressed back into full foal mode at first took this comment harshly but then warmed up to it quickly.

“Alright see ya’ll in tha mornin’,” Applejack said as she left toward her farm.

“Well Twily are you ready for a night of spledeforous fun,”

“I’m still hewe Pinkie,” Twilight answered.

“Oh sorry it’s hard to tell. The foal you needs to hurry up though she’s more fun.”

“Oh wook it’s foal me,” Twilight said immediately faking it.

“I know you’re faking it, but I don’t care,” Pinkie Pie said as she began to tickle Twilight. Fluttershy watched silently her mind on a multitude of other things including the strange but very real attraction she was feeling toward Twilight and how this would affect Rainbow Dash. She gave a silent sigh as she buired her head into her couch silently hating herself for having an attraction to Twilight. Twilight and Pinkie continued to play oblivious to the internal turmoil Fluttershy was facing.