"My stomach is saying I should flow toward some lunch."
Another beautiful morning had come to Ponyville, thanks to Princess Celestia raising the sun at dawn. Birds had begun chirping, a rooster on Sweet Apple Acres let out a hearty crow, and a wonderful golden hue came over anything the new day's light touched.
Doors and windows opened as Ponyville's residents emerged from their beds, ready to tackle the day in their own ways.
And anypony who hadn't awoken just yet would get an unpleasant jolt by the heartstopping shriek coming from toward Carousel Boutique.
Rarity, the owner and manager of Ponyville's number one clothes store, rattled the bathroom scale as she shuddered on top of it. She was staring down at the needle - more specifically, the number it was pointed to.
A filly entered the bathroom doorway, sleepily rubbing her eye with a hoof. Her purple and pink mane was suffering from a bad case of bedhead. "Sis, what happened...?"
"I don't believe it," muttered Rarity, "I...I've...!"
"You've what?" The filly insisted. But before she could get an answer, the window opened inward as a rainbow-coloured blur shot into the bathroom, causing both ponies to jump. It landed in the tub in the form of a cyan mare, wearing a dressing gown and two pairs of tortoise slippers. Her rainbow-coloured mane had even worse bedhead.
"Rarity, I heard ya screaming!" Cried the mare, her purple irises ringed with red from waking far too early. "What's the problem?! Monster attack?!"
"No, Rainbow Dash," Rarity muttered, eyes returning to the scale needle, "it's much worse..."
"Break-in? Somepony hurt? Discord messin' with your stuff?" Rainbow Dash listed, and before she could get another word out, four more ponies rushed in through the bathroom door. The filly stood aside and approached her sister.
"Rarity!" Said the purple alicorn at the front. "We heard you screaming, what's going on?"
"You guys heard it too?" Asked Rainbow Dash.
"I think Canterlot heard it!" A pink earth pony chirped, with an innocent giggle.
"Oh Twilight, it's awful," Rarity cried to the alicorn, her head still lowered. Her purple mane was rolled up and covered in curlers. "Simply, absolutely dreadful. Of all the things that could happen, this is the, worst, possible thing!"
Most of the ponies in the room rolled their eyes at Rarity's dramatics, more than a little used to them by now.
"Come on, Rarity," said the gentle voice of a yellow pegasus, offering a warm smile, "I'm sure whatever it is, we can help you with it, right?"
"Nopony can help me now, dear Fluttershy," Rarity sniffled, finally raising her head to stare at the wall, "because, I've...I've...!"
She reversed off the scale and, with a flourish, turned to face the gathered ponies, standing up on her hind hooves to raise a leg to her forehead.
"I'VE PUT ON FIVE POUNDS!" She wailed.
A pregnant pause hung in the bathroom, with everypony just staring at the posing unicorn. Some looked bemused, others simply bewildered.
"...that's it?" Rainbow Dash broke the silence by asking what was likely on everypony in the room's mind at the moment.
"What do you mean 'that's it'?!" Rarity gasped, then untied her gown sash to reveal herself. "It's summer! The season for the latest in swimsuit fashion! And just look at me! I'm...fat!"
The others looked at their friend, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie squinting their eyes to get a better look.
"Uh, sis?" It was the filly's turn to speak up. "I don't see any difference. You look just the same to me." The others muttered and nodded agreement.
Rarity sighed and dropped to all fours, stroking her sister's messy mane. "Oh, Sweetie Belle, that's so kind of you to say...but surely I must look ghastly!"
Everypony in the room shook their heads.
"Only thing Ah see that's different is y'all with yer mane all curled up," the orange earth pony grinned, "other'n that, nothin' different about ya, sugarcube."
"Yeah!" Pinkie Pie chirped. "You're not fat at all, Rarity! Not even the teeniest tiniest bit chubby!"
Rarity felt her nerves relaxing at her friends' words. After all, what could be more honest than a unanimous opinion?
"You...you all mean it?" She received another round of nods and murmurs, and managed a smile. "And, you'd all tell me if I've gotten chubby, right?" Her smile grew as her friends agreed once again, though she could swear she spotted the slightest pink on Fluttershy's cheeks. "Thank you, girls."
"Well, now that that's over," Dash spoke up, stretching and letting out a yawn, "I'ma head back to bed. See you girls later!" With that, the pegasus sped off back out the window.
The infectious yawn spread to Twilight, Fluttershy and Sweetie Belle. Pinkie Pie's natural energy kept her wide awake, while Applejack had already been up since dawn.
"I should head back to bed too," Twilight admitted, sleepily rubbing an eye with her hoof, "unless you need us for something else, Rarity?"
"Oh, that's quite alright, darling," Rarity smiled, her confidence already returning, "I shan't keep you from your beauty sleep any longer."
"Well, Ah better git back to the farm," said Applejack, looking toward the hallway, "still got some chores t'do."
"And I gotta get back to Sugarcube Corner!" Pinkie Pie piped up, "Gonna be openin' up soon! And I got a heck of a lot of sellin' and bakin' and sellin' bakin' to do!"
"I should get home too," Fluttershy muttered, "I still have to give the animals their breakfast."
"And I have some magical tomes to organise by page length," Twilight finished with a smile, "see you girls later."
With that, Rarity's friends filed out of the bathroom, just leaving her with her sister.
"Five pounds, sis?" Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"Okay, maybe I exaggerated a little," Rarity admitted, rolling her hoof, "but I'm still going to watch what I eat. It's the swimsuit season, after all. And if I'm going to design them, I have to set a good example."
The filly just shrugged. "If you say so. I'm gonna get some breakfast."
"Speaking of food, I'd suggest you do the same, Sweetie Belle," Rarity smirked, gently prodding her sister's middle, "don't want you getting all round, do we?"
Sweetie Belle placed her hooves around her belly, which had indeed gotten a little chunky lately.
"Hey, this summer's pretty hot," she excused, "and it's not my fault ice cream's so good!"
Rarity had to admit, the past week or so had been exceptionally warm, and she did have quite a bit of ice cream to fight it. In fact, looking out the window, she saw no clouds in the sky.
"Well, perhaps that's true..." she trailed off, licking her lips at the idea of some more ice cream, then caught herself and shook her head, "no, no, not for me. I'm watching my weight from now on."
The filly smirked and turned to exit the bathroom, knowing the freezer was stocked with chocolate ice cream. "Good luck then, sis~"
"Perhaps some blue sequins here...perfect!" Rarity chirped, stepping back from the mannequin to analyse her prototype for her next fashion line.
Since the summer season was upon Equestria, it made sense to go the route of beachwear. So she had decided on a white swimsuit lined with sparkling blue sequins.
"Fashionable, comfortable, and fetching. Ah, Rarity, you've done it again!" She giggled to herself, then wiped a bead of sweat off her brow.
"...sweat?!" She gasped, staring at the damp patch left on her fur, "But I haven't been working that hard!"
And then it dawned on her how stuffy her workroom was. The sun had been bearing down on Carousel Boutique all morning, and the merciless summer heat spread throughout the building.
Wasting no more time, the snow-white threw open the window, and took a look at herself in the mirror. She scowled and grabbed a mirror in her magic upon seeing a few stray strands of purple curling up from her mane and tail.
"Ugh, honestly," she huffed, combing her hair back down, "I understand it's the season for good weather, but why must Princess Celestia make it so hot? I need something to cool myself down. Something chilled and refreshing."
...like ice cream~ a thought purred.
Rarity froze, eyes widened as the words lingered in her head. Ice cream, the thing she had sworn away from this morning. It was incredibly cool and refreshing straight out of the freezer, not to mention delicious beyond compare!
But, no, she couldn't. She had to watch her weight for the summer. She had already put on five pounds, Celestia knows what some more fattening treats would do to her!
The unicorn shook her head and puffed, wiping more sweat off her brow.
"On the other hoof," she murmured, "it is incredibly hot today... just a few spoonfuls wouldn't hurt. Just enough to cool me down, that's all. I can always work off the calories."
With that rationalisation set, Rarity trudged out of her studio and toward the kitchen in the back of the Boutique. She let out a soft sigh of relief upon not only seeing Sweetle Belle wasn't around to catch her, but that the air conditioning was on!
She walked up to the freezer above the fridge, and pulled out a sealed tub of her favourite Double Chocolate Fudge Blast ice cream. She always kept a surplus of them for emergencies. And an incredibly hot summer afternoon counted as an emergency to her.
Grabbing a dessert spoon from a drawer, she sat down at the dining table and cracked open the lid of the tub with her magic. The steaming, evenly coated block of frozen chocolate goodness wafted its scent up the mare's nostrils, causing her to enter a state of total euphoria. Her eyelids lowered and her muzzle stretched with a wide, almost drunken smile.
She had wasted enough time, and she really had to cool off!
She dug the spoon into the tub, scooping out a mound of thick chocolate ice cream and shoved it in her mouth. A moan of pure bliss escaped her, and she wiggled her hind hooves.
What was she thinking, depriving herself of something so good?!
The next thing Rarity knew, she had dug a deep groove into the otherwise even contents of the tub.
"Oh my," she muttered, daintily tapping her mouth with a hoof to get the mess off, "maybe that's enough for now..."
She stared down at her fudge-covered hoof and, making sure nopony was around to see her, started licking and sucking the sweet substance. "Mmm~"
She felt a little cooler, but she took one look at the bright blue sky outside the window and decided, "Maybe a few more won't hurt. Just in case, of course~"
But she hesitated as the thought of Sweetie Belle catching her entered her head. She couldn't let that happen, not after what she had said about avoiding ice cream when here she was stuffing her face with it! There was only one solution.
She took the tub in her magic and trotted out of the kitchen, and up to her bedroom. She closed the door, locked it, and flopped onto her queen-sized bed with the tub wrapped around her foreleg.
"Now, where were we~?" With a greedy little titter, the unicorn dug into the ice cream some more, stuffing her face with gleeful abandon.
After about half an hour had passed, the tub was totally devoid of ice cream. Every last bit had been emptied into Rarity's belly, which had distended into a cute little white dome that stuck up in the air. Her hooves gently caressed her bloated middle, her soft fur mixing with the pleasant fullness making a heavenly sensation.
Rarity smacked her lips, eyelids drooped and muzzle contorted into a contented grin. She had absolutely no regrets about stuffing her face silly. She had even drank the ice cream that melted in the tub, not wanting to waste it.
Using her magic, she gently discarded the tub and spoon to the floor, let out a long yawn and stretched out her legs before laying limp on her back in the middle of the bed.
"I suppose one little tub a day won't hurt," she murmured to herself, her belly gurgling and churning softly with the great amount of chocolate frozen treat packed inside it, "just a few calories, I can work them off..."
Rarity wanted to scream, but she couldn't. She was rendered speechless as she stared, wide-eyed at her bathroom scale.
"...I-I've gained...twenty pounds...?!" She shakily whispered.
It had been a few weeks since the last time Rarity weighed herself, and while she had been startled to see she had gained five pounds, this new number rendered her horrified.
She walked off the scale, which creaked with relief, and walked over to the body mirror to get a look at herself. The signs of weight gain were definitely starting to show. Her cheeks had gotten chubbier, a cute roundness to them that caused a tiny squint to her eyes if she glanced down. Turning her head revealed that a slab of fluffy flab was making itself at home beneath her chin.
Her middle had rounded out a bit, curves appearing between her legs, and she could swear her belly was drooping down some more. Turning to her side confirmed it to be true, not to mention the diamonds on her flanks had gotten larger. Which meant she had obtained quite a pudgy plot. Another little turn showed that her rump had indeed grown into quite the pair of round white orbs, making her beautifully curled tail look smaller in comparison.
"By Celestia," she muttered, reaching down to her belly and pushing to feel its soft blubber contort against her hoof, "twenty pounds in just a few weeks..."
In hindsight, she thought, perhaps a whole tub of ice cream wasn't such a good idea, after all. Especially when piled up with ice cream sandwiches and cooled chocolate treats in the fridge.
"Okay, that does it," she growled to her reflection, puffing out her already puffy cheeks, "it is time for a diet. No more ice cream, period. I'll find other, healthier ways to cool myself down."
A look out the window showed it was indeed another hot day, but not nearly as bad as it had been a few weeks ago. It was much more tolerable.
"Hm, perhaps a light jog shall do me some good," she decided, and walked back toward her bedroom, "now, where did I put my workout attire...?"
Little did anypony outside her friends know, Rarity had a chunky phase before, quite a while ago. The athletic Rainbow Dash had volunteered to coach the unicorn back into shape, even coaxing her to buy sweat clothes.
A quick look in the closet revealed the black vest, pink sweat pants, and sweatbands for her ankles and forehead. Grinning, she started to dress, putting on the vest first.
"Black is very slimming, after all," she muttered, tugging the rather snug garment down over her chest. It didn't cover as much of her as it used to, but it did the job.
The sweatpants were a bigger challenge. She used her magic to hold them up in the air and stretch them out so she could step her larger hind legs into them. It took quite a bit of wiggling, making her plot jiggle and quake in the effort, but the pants got on, her tail poking out of the hole in the back. They cut into her waistline a bit, and her plot felt rather snug and compact, but they were on. Finally, on went the sweatbands.
"Phew, I've already worked up a sweat!" She chirped confidently, then strode (causing a bit of a thud on the floor in her step) toward the outside, "Time to get trim and prim~!"
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Ponies couldn't help but double take as Rarity lumbered by them, seeing her larger form for the first time. Fillies and colts looked on and pointed in either curiosity or amusement, while mares and stallions either snickered and whispered, or stared at the unicorn's quaking and bouncing bulk with reddened cheeks and looks of lust.
The flabby fashionista hadn't even been out of Carousel Boutique for five minutes, and she was already sweating like a fabulous pig. Her cheeks were bright red with exertion, her even breathing was audible and a little strained, and her legs were stinging and begging her to stop.
"No, pain," she gasped, "no, gain! Or -puff- no loss, in this -huff- case...!"
She expertly ignored any stares of the ponies passing by, keeping herself focused on her exercise. She still had the old exercise regimen Rainbow Dash had given her the last time, and she was going to follow it to the letter. A few hours of jogging, some push-ups, sit-ups, squats, stretches, the works! And plenty of vegetables and healthy fruit smoothies for meals, of course.
A determined smirk pushed against her chubby cheeks. Nothing, absolutely nothing was going to get in her way! She was going to get her svelte figure back in time to show off her new line, and not anything or anypony was going to stop her!
Though, as soon as she reached the park, she flopped down onto the soft, cool grass and wheezed for air. Rigorous exercise on a sunny day really takes it out of a pony.
Perhaps she could stop for a little bit, just for a break.
I'm making brilliant progress, I think, she praised herself in her head, I must be losing calories like Sweetie Belle keeps losing her crayons.
She took a deep, heavy breath as she relaxed on the grass, watching the ponies around her go about her day. The weight of her sweatbands just made her smirk at how hard she was working.
"Hiya, Rarity!" A familiar high-pitched voice squeaked, causing the flabby fashionista to jolt and send a round of wobbles through her plump frame.
"Goodness!" She gasped, and turned around to see a pink, curly maned earth pony right in her face, "Oh, Pinkie Pie! Please don't scare me like that, darling."
"Great golly, Rarity!" Pinkie gasped, and bounced around the unicorn, "the heat's really gettin' to ya, isn't it? You're sweating like one of Applejack's great big pigs!"
Rarity puffed out her cheeks and went to take offense, but she caught herself. Pinkie never meant to insult anypony, and 'sweating like a pig' was the term, after all.
"I've just been returning to my exercise routine, dear," she smirked, "I must get in proper shape if I'm going to unveil my new summer line, you know."
"But ya look so hot and bothered!" Pinkie pointed out, seeing how damp her friend's white coat was from all of her sweating, "Why don't ya come to Sugarcube Corner and take a break? It's nice and cool like a great big sack of cucumbers in there!"
Rarity had to admit, Ponyville's premier bakery and Pinkie Pie's place of living and working was very well air-conditioned, and she would love to take a nice rest. But on the other hoof, she would be surrounded by such delicious temptation.
"I'd love to, darling," she answered, "but I should cool down myself in a little bit. Thank you, though."
"Ya sure?" Pinkie smirked, then reached behind her back to pull out a tall glass of frothy brown liquid with a bendy straw poking out, "Well, at least have a refreshing chocolate milkshake! It's on me! Well, it was on me, but now it's in my hoof, and then it'll be in your tummy!"
"Pinkie," Rarity muttered, "where in Equestria were...you...keeping..." she trailed off as she gazed at the cold beverage. The glass glistened with condensation, and she could already feel a coolness radiating off of it. Plus, what mare could resist the call of chocolate? Not Rarity, of course! "Well, I suppose just one won't hurt. Thank you, darling."
With a smile, Rarity took the beverage in the blue field of her magic, and held the straw to her mouth to take a dainty sip. Her eyes shot wide open as it entered her mouth, and the taste of delicious, sweet chocolate burst onto her senses. The familiar, delicious and irresistible feeling of her favourite treat sliding seamlessly down her throat made her almost shudder with delight.
Pinkie watched, quite happily, as Rarity greedily slurped the milkshake like she had spent weeks in the San Polomio Desert. Though, that is what the unicorn felt like, sweating buckets in the hot sun after a technically short jog. It was only a ten minute walk to the park from Ponyville Square, after all.
A pleasureful moan escaped the seamstress as the cold, refreshing ice cream treat slid down into her belly, the refreshing cold making her tingle with pleasure. She definitely needed this.
"Pretty good, huh?" Pinkie chirped, beaming ear to ear, "Always got plenty at Sugarcube Corner, at a best friends summer discount!"
Rarity opened her mouth to politely decline the offer once again, but the taste of chocolate in her mouth and the delectable liquid slowly melting in the glass before her made her think twice. A growl of her rounded stomach sealed the deal. "Actually Pinkie, I may very well just take up that offer for a break. I could really 'take a load off', right now."
"Sweet!" Pinkie squeaked, and started bouncing along toward the famed bakery, "Which is what we got plenty of! C'mon!"
"I'm coming, darling!" Rarity puffed, hauling herself back onto her hooves and jogging after her energetic friend, "Not so fast though...!"
Thankfully the walk to Sugarcube Corner wasn't nearly as long or strenuous. Rarity's poor delicate legs couldn't stand much more exercise in such short time, especially in such scorching heat. Though, the truth was the weather was a typical warm summer's day, and Rarity's exhaustion combined with her extra padding just made her sweat much more than usual.
As soon as she stomped inside, the flabby fashionista wasted no time. "I simply must have as much ice cream and as many milkshakes as you can manage, Pinkie dear!" She practically pleaded.
"Comin' right up!" Pinkie chirped, giving a mock salute before disappearing through the kitchen doors. Within seconds, a bowl of chocolate and strawberry ice cream sundae, containing more than a few scoops of each coated in sauces and sprinkles, and a tall glass of frothy chocolate milkshake were slammed onto the counter in front of Rarity. "Here ya go!"
"Oh my!" Rarity gasped, putting a hoof to her mouth in surprise, "Prompt service as always, darling! Thank you very much."
The unicorn used her magic to levitate a sum of bits onto the counter, then with some effort, carried the oversized desserts to a table, causing an ominous creak when she set them down. Another creak from the chair she had settled her bountiful flanks onto. Her backside had the slightest overhang off the sides of the seat, and her wiggling into the refreshingly cold frame didn't much help.
And with that, the feasting had begun. She had started by daintily and politely scooping spoonful after spoonful of ice cream into her mouth, followed by some polite sips of milkshake through the straw. After all, as exhausted and starving as she was, she still had manners.
Granted, as soon as the frenzy of delicious sweetness kicked in about a quarter of the way into the sundae, those manners went right out the window. More frantic spoonfuls were dug, sending splashes of ice cream and sauce this way and that. The straw received much louder slurps as she sucked delicious chocolate milkshake through it.
And finally, instincts had taken over. She had decided the spoon just wasn't going fast enough, and discarded it to shove her muzzle right into the slightly melted dessert. Ice cream, sauce and sprinkles coated her face and the curl of her purple mane as she chomped and scoffed. The milkshake's straw had also been thrown away in favour of tipping the glass and nursing the frothy drink as it poured into her mouth. Drops of chocolate dripped from her plush chin and onto her steadily bloating belly, causing a small shiver.
About half an hour had passed before Rarity finally slumped back in her seat, allowing her perfectly rounded belly to distend before her. It threatened to bump the edge of the table, it was so packed with ice cream and chocolate.
Her muzzle and hooves, once snowy white, were now coated brown and pink from ice cream, and all manners of blues and yellows and purples from all the sprinkles clinging to her dirty fur. Even the tip of her purple mane had been dipped in ice cream remains.
But Rarity didn't care at the moment - still on her sugar high, all she could think off to do was lick her hooves and muzzle, smack her lips and giggle with pride at her managing to finish all that dessert on her own. And what a delicious and refreshing dessert it was!
"Woooow, I can't believe ya ate the whole thing!" Pinkie Pie gasped, bouncing over to her friend's side and putting a hoof to her spherical middle which gurgled and churned from being so stuffed, "Ya look like a real snowball!"
"I quite do, don't I?" Rarity chuckled, too enraptured in her saturated nirvana to think anything of the comment, "I will certainly be -urp! Pardon me- coming back tomorrow, for a nice break from my exercise."
Pinkie giggled and gave Rarity's belly a gentle pat, invoking another wet burp from its owner. "We'll be waitin' for ya~!"
CRUNCH!!
"Oh!" Rarity gasped, suddenly jerking downward a little and feeling the most peculiar jiggling sensation on her body. "My goodness, what in Equestria...?"
She backed up a few paces, and could only scowl with annoyance as she saw her bathroom scale was completely snapped in half, a zigzag crack running right down the middle!
"Honestly," she huffed, turning herself in place to take a look in the mirror, "I haven't gained that much weight, have I?"
In truth, in the past few weeks that passed since Rarity's Sugarcube Corner incident, she had decided she could have a cheat day once a week. Which turned into a few cheat days. Which became a cheat week. Then just cheat hours. And the results were more than obvious.
She had grown so wide that her body mirror could barely get her full reflection into it. Her massive flanks, now a pair of fold-laden snowballs with massive diamonds on the sides, cut off just a little bit. Her beautifully curled tail was almost comically small in comparison.
Her stomach, now a snow-white barrel, was squished between her legs and hanging just inches off the floor, and swung like a heavy pendulum in her slow waddling gait. Her forelegs now sported a large fold of flab each, gravity forcing them down.
Her face was almost spherical, with her cheeks pink and encroaching on her peripheral vision, as well as shortening the length of her mouth. Her thick double chin was there in full force, with a third about ready to move in below.
"Only a few pounds, I'm sure," she deluded herself, unaware that the fat pressing against her neck had deepened her voice somewhat, "silly cheap scale. I must order a new one. Right after my jog, of course."
A thunderous, almost floor-shaking grumble emanated from her massive middle quickly tried to derail her train of thought.
"Oh no you don't," she chided, smirking and pressing her thick hoof into her middle, making it disappear into a crater of white blubber, "you've had a few helpings too many lately. We work, then we eat."
With that, she began her slow, stomping waddle out of the bathroom. She could swear she felt something brushing against her flanks as she exited, but simply chuckled at the quick thought that she was starting to outgrow her own doorways.
Taking a few minutes longer than usual, the fatty fashionista arrived at the front door to Carousel Boutique, and took a deep breath.
"Okay, Rarity, a few laps around the park should do it," she muttered to herself, and wrapped a blue magical aura around the door handle.
As the door swung open, she jumped slightly at the sight of a familiar butter-yellow pegasus, with her hoof raised as if she were about to knock before the door suddenly opened for her. Her pink mane bobbed as she jolted with surprise.
"Oh! Hi Rarity," she muttered in her natural quiet voice, "was I interrupting something...?"
"Oh certainly not, dear Fluttershy," Rarity smiled, causing her cheeks to squish up more, "I was just about to go on my jog. You're welcome to join me if you wish, I would love the company."
"Oh, I'd love to," Fluttershy said, rather honestly as she glanced at a ripple of blubber on Rarity's side as the unicorn adjusted herself, "but Pinkie Pie asked me if I could deliver these to you...?"
Fluttershy stepped aside and revealed a delivery cart behind her, coloured in pinks and whites and delightful swirls and patterns. No doubt the Sugarcube Corner delivery cart.
"Oh, from Pinkie Pie you say?" Rarity asked curiously, as she used her horn to drag the slightly heavy trailer through the door, "And what might be in here?"
Fluttershy opened the trailer door in the back, and Rarity lumbered over to have a look. Her jaw dropped at the sight that beheld her. Stacks upon piles of ice cream tubs! And not just any ice cream either, Double Chocolate Fudge Blast! Her absolute favourite!
"Oh...my...goodness...!" The unicorn gasped, and Fluttershy yelped and took to the air as the massive mare's belly roared with tremor-inducing strength. "Oh, she shouldn't have! But, what's the occasion...?" She asked as she rubbed a hoof on her flabby middle.
"Oh, it was both mine and Pinkie's idea," the pegasus admitted as she lowered herself back down, "because it's been really hot lately, and you've been working extra hard to exercise and lose weight, you must get really exhausted and warm. So, we decided to get you loads of your favourite ice cream. We even asked Twilight to put a few spells on them to keep them cold and make them even more delicious."
"Oh, dear Fluttershy," Rarity gasped. She had lost the physical ability to swoon, so she settled for dramatically rolling onto her back, "You're both so thoughtful! But I really shouldn't, you know what ice cream does to me."
Fluttershy just stared as Rarity's spherical belly jiggled and jostled in the air from its owner's exertion, and her yellow cheeks turned a shade of pink. "O-oh yes...but if you don't want it-"
A sudden surge of desperate gluttony caused Rarity to cut her off. "Oh no no, that's not what I'm saying! I'll gladly take them, dear!" She grunted and gasped as she tried to right herself, but she was but a snowy, jiggly turtle. "Um, would you mind giving a lady a hoof...?"
Fluttershy's body shuddered with delight, and she wasted no time in pressing against Rarity's side to help push her back onto her hooves.
"Oof, guh..." Rarity grunted, but quickly, she was back upright. "Thank you dear...goodness, that really worked up an appetite. I suppose I could have just a tiny little smidge of ice cream before I go on my jog..."
The little pegasus's wings flexed at a rather delightful mental image, and she obliged in grabbing her friend a tub to start her off. "Take as much as you'd like, they're all for you!"
Rarity blinked, a little concerned at her friend's insistence, but another grumble from her greedy belly derailed that train of thought and she gladly took the tub in her magic. "Thank you. Could you help me carry the rest up to my sofa? I should enjoy it in comfort~"
Fluttershy, however, was more than happy to carry every single tub of ice cream to Rarity's side, as the snowball seamstress made herself comfortable on the couch. She slouched leisurely, and began to enjoy herself. Mouthful by mouthful, the frozen treat depleted into her belly, and she absolutely adored each gulp, practically squirming with pleasure.
Fluttershy sat at the side once she was done, amongst the tubs of Double Chocolate Fudge Blast, and watched the consequences of Rarity's gluttony get to work.
She had indeed asked her dear friend Twilight Sparkle, alicorn princess of friendship and element of magic, to place a few spells on the ice cream...but not just the ones she had mentioned. After some convincing from the quiet pegasus, not only had Twilight placed a permanent cooling spell and appetite enhancing spell on the ice cream...but also some greed enhancing, calorie emptying and digestion quickening curses. The more Rarity would eat, the more empty calories would turn into layers of blubber on her already fatty frame, and the more she would want to eat!
It was a deliciously sneaky cycle, and Fluttershy was filling with a giddiness as she saw the effects already taking place.
Rarity had started to practically inflate with pure adipose as she gobbled up tub after tub of ice cream. Her belly filled out, causing her hind legs to spread, and gaining a large roll right in the middle as it threatened to spill over the side of the couch. Her flanks grew into landslides of white blubber, and her plentiful plot began to bend the couch, causing ominous creaks beneath Rarity's loud chomping and slurping from having the tub magically held up to her face. Speaking of which, Fluttershy could see her cheeks were starting to squish against the rim of the ice cream container, and popped out with a jiggle as she discarded it and went for another.
And Rarity had no idea of any of this. All she knew was she needed this ice cream and she was going to get it one way or another!
Fluttershy sat there, wings erect and hooves pattering as she watched her friend balloon and inflate with each gulp of ice cream. Eventually, she was unable to contain herself and she grabbed a tub to hold to her friend's mouth with her own hooves.
"Let me just help you along~" She had said, her voice shaking and her hind hooves kicking in the air with pure delight.
After a few hours, the living room floor was a sea of empty ice cream tubs, all licked clean and devoid of any evidence that a delicious fudgy treat had once lived inside. And on that sea was an island made of pure pony blubber and greed.
To call Rarity a blob by this point would be generous - she had transcended blobhood and become naught more than a mountainous, room-filling mass of snow-white fat and fur. Her belly completely dominated, becoming a malleable mass of jiggling blubber that sloshed and churned from being so packed with ice cream. Her flanks squished into the wall behind her, her plot was the size of a pair of industrial-strength delivery carriages which made her tail look adorably tiny by comparison, and the sheer amount of flab contained in both her legs had sucked up her hooves, making them more like little nubs trapped inside white imprinted muffins. The diamonds on her flanks had lost their edge, and had become thick and blunted from how large they had gotten. The poor glutton was completely and utterly immobile.
At the front, her cheeks almost completely dominated her face, leaving her eyes, nose and mouth just barely visible to anypony who could get up to eye-level with her. Her mouth had been lovingly wiped clean of any ice cream remains her tongue couldn't reach, leaving her face almost hidden by a pair of saggy, pink cheeks. Four stacks of fat hung below her chin, with a fifth looking to be on its way. Her purple mane was minute on top of her massive frame, but just as beautifully curled as ever. It was one of the few signs that showed this absolute mass once resembled a pony.
But Rarity was either unaware of this, or just didn't care. She was quietly humming in delight from how much ice cream she had eaten, and how she still had chocolate and fudge on her taste buds. Her voice had gotten incredibly deep thanks to the sheer amount of fat pushing against her vocal chords.
A buttery yellow pegasus fluttered up to the mass's face, looking into her eyes as much as she could with how hidden they were. She was completely dwarfed by the snowy mountain of blubber, and she was totally delighted by it.
"How was your snack, Rarity?" She asked, giggling with glee.
"Mmm...it wash...absholutely...delicioush, darling..." the mass rumbled in return. The cheek fat pushed around her mouth had given her a lisp, and she had gotten so lethargic that she could only manage a few syllables before needing a second.
"I'm really happy," she smiled, and stroked a massive pink slab of cheek, "I've already asked Sassy Saddles to continue your summer line for you until you're ready to work again. She knows what to do."
"Thank...you...darling...hmhmhm..."
"Oh, and speaking of which," Fluttershy giggled, "I asked her to make an extra special one, just for you. And I asked Photo Finish to come here to take some photos of you posing in it. Not only to promote your line, but to support her 'Fabulous in Flab' campaign for...larger ponies."
Rarity, thinking nothing of the implications, was only elated by what her little (in comparison) friend had done for her. "Wow...you are...sho...thoughtful...Flutter...shy...!"
Fluttershy giggled and smiled warmly. "I'm glad you approve...oh, and Pinkie Pie's bringing some more special ice cream today!"
As Fluttershy watched the snowy mass of unicorn jiggle and wobble with delight at the sound of more ice cream, only one thought crossed her mind.
I just hope her bikini fits by the time Photo Finish gets here~
