When the feeling came back to his body, he found the cold of the train car was gone. Instead there was a pleasant warmth from the sun shining through a bay window upon him. Big Mac cherished the feeling for a moment before it dawned on him that not only had he been in a book with Caramel last he checked, his house didn’t have such a window.

Blinking he looked around to find he was indeed in an unfamiliar, yet cozy room. It was a study from what he could tell. Bookshelves lined both walls, and a small table with a teapot and an empty plate that had probably held some sort of snack upon it sat not far from whatever little cot he was laying upon. Beyond that he could see a hallway with several doors leading to various rooms. If he had to guess he was in a mansion of some sort.

Did he know anypony with a mansion? Only ones to come to mind were Filthy Rich and his wife. Why would he be there? Also why put him in this cramped room? Sure it was cozy, but for a stallion his size. There was no way he was walking past that table without knocking it over. Huh, that’s weird. For as small as he knew these types of tables to be, it sure seemed rather big. In fact the entire cot he was lying upon should be…

Wait a minute.

With a quick check of her hooves Red Gala found herself very much still the dainty little mare she had been mere moments ago with Mel. With one rather noticeable exception. She was wearing a necklace. A necklace that had a gold ring hanging from it!

“M-Mel?” She squeaked out, coughing to straighten out the still very feminine voice she had gained from her new form. A healthy blush returned to her cheeks as she recalled the last time she heard said voice, it was moaning due to her and Mel’s activities. The feelings of such would please, or possibly haunt her thoughts for the rest of her life.

She had to admit, a large part of her was glad she still held this body, but if she did that must mean they were still in the book right? Why hadn’t it let them out? Was there more to the story? Her hoof gently pressed against the ring hanging from her neck. She knew what this was. It had to be a wedding ring. That meant in this book she was now Caramel’s wife! Despite herself she giggled with excitement, or was it nervousness? She couldn’t tell.

To think, her a wife! She could just imagine the faces of her family if they found out. She’d have to make sure to skip this part if questioned about what happened. On second thought perhaps it was best they kept this whole trapped in an erotic novel their little secret.

Well if she was in this house, and married to Caramel, that probably meant she was indeed still in the story. If she had to guess this was an epilogue of some sorts. A little bit of fluff to show the ‘happily ever after’ as it were. Hmm, did that mean there was a bonus sex scene? She felt her body twitch at the thought. If it meant feeling like that for one more time she’d take it in a heartbeat. Damn it was going to be awkward as all tartarus between them when they got out of this book. Maybe… Maybe she’d ask to keep it just in case she could convince him to do this again with her.

First she had to find said stallion. “Caramel!” She called down the hall. He had to be around here somewhere. Best go searching for hi- GAH!

All she had tried to do was simply get up, and it felt like trying to lift two full barrels of apples! The feat wouldn’t be so hard with her hooves, but her stomach? What, did her character pack on the pounds after they got married or something? Thinking about it she did feel rather famished. Geez, what kind of screwy love story ends with the mare eating her weight in apples? Did the author have a weight fe-

A sudden jolt caused her body to lock up. W-was it her imagination or did the contents of her stomach just… KICK her? A few more of said kicks quickly followed, causing her to slowly lower her gaze to her midsection. That wasn’t her stomach. That very telling swell was NOT from overeating!

“Gala!?” Came Caramel’s frantic cries from just outside the room as he rushed in, panic etched across his face. “I mean Big Mac are you in-” His eyes widened as he found the very much still a mare Big Mac lounging upon the cozy little cot in this study. He had been afraid of this. Afraid of the contents of the epilogue the moment he had found himself in this particular story.

For there lying on her side, was a very jittery and very pregnant Red Gala.

“M-Mel was there a part of this story you neglected to tell me about?”

“Y-You could say that.” Caramel replied nervously. He hated the fact he couldn't help but drink in her visage like this. She had been beautiful before, but seeing her laying here, pregnant with their foals… it’d be breathtaking if he wasn’t so afraid of how she was handling this.

“Well now might be a good time to bring me up to speed!” She cried as the panic rose in her voice. With a wince, Caramel forced himself from his daydreams.

“R-right um, so yeah they fall in love while having sex on the train and then um, yeah there is sorta an epilouge that talks about how they got married and she’s now pregnant.”

“Y-Yeah I kinda got those points.” Gala said looking down at her swollen tummy with a stunned expression.

“Pregnant with twins.” Caramel added with another wince. Gala’s eyes seemed to bug out all over again.

“W-what!?” She cried. As she did so she felt a flutter of said kicks come from inside her. Yep, there was certainly more than one little pony in there. Oh Celestia give her strength!

“H-Hey it’s just a story!” Caramel said quickly moving to her side. Unable to think of anything else to do, he nuzzled her to calm and comfort her. “The story ended shortly after this, so we’ll be out of this book before you know it, and you’ll be back to your old self. No uh, ‘baggage’ along.

“H-Hey they aren’t baggage! They’re products of our love!” Gala blurted out before she could help herself. What was she saying? Spending a night as a mare was one thing but this? She wasn’t ready for this!

“I-I didn’t mean..” Caramel began, but Gala stopped him.

“I-I know I just… oh Mel I thought being a mare was an adventure, but this!” She shivered as she shifted her weight, feeling the absolute drag of her midsection pulling her down. “I don’t even know how to process this!”

“I-I bet.” He said with a sigh, sitting down on the ground next to her. “I uh, kinda hoped it’d skip this part of the story back on the train. At any rate I had no idea how I was suppose to tell you it ended like this!”

“I-” She stopped, thinking it over in her head. “Okay yeah, honestly Mel I can’t blame you. How do you tell your best stallion friend turned mare that they’re in a story that ends with them knocked up?” She shivered. She had life inside her. Actual life. Well book simulated life, but it certainly felt real.

“Y-Yeah, crazy huh?” He gulped trying not to look at her beautiful swollen belly. How long had he dreamt of having a family? This would be perfect if it wasn’t forcing Gala into the role. Why didn’t he remember to pull out? If only… if only he could share this with a real mare.

“You can touch it um, if you want…” Gala’s voice said, a hint of meekness in her tone. Caramel’s eyes shot up to meet her own.

“W-what? I-”

“Mel it’s very obvious you want to touch my pregnant belly, so just do it already.”

“I-I can’t do that! You-”

“Oh for Celestia’s sake Mel, we’re married!” She said, grabbing his hoof with her own and placing it upon her tummy. The moment it came into contact with her skin, she gasped, just barely holding onto Mel’s own hoof so he wouldn’t pull away.

“Gala? Gala are you okay?”

“I-I’m fine it’s just… oh Mel you have no idea how this feels!”

Caramel felt his heart sink. “B-bad?”

Gala quickly shook her head. “No! I mean it’s still weird and all, but my skin! It’s so sensitive! J-Just... Please have at it!”

Though hesitant, he couldn’t deny just how much he longed to do this. Being as gentle as he possibly could he let his hoof sink ever so slightly into her flesh, earning him a coo from her..

“Mmm oh Mel…” Without thinking she found herself leaning over to kiss and lick his muzzle. Maybe… maybe this wasn’t so bad. If she had Caramel with her. Being a mom was a bit less scary. Still terrifying, okay very terrifying, but… manageable?

Caramel meanwhile was in heaven. She was so soft and squishy and with each little circle he rubbed earned him another coo or soft moan. By Luna’s Moon he hated how much he wished this could last longer.

“H-Hey Gala? Did you um… mean it?”

“Hmm?” Gala murmured, having lost herself to the pleasures of her temporary husband’s exploration of the outside of her womb. To make it all the more interesting, it seemed the little ones inside her knew that daddy was near, because they kept trying to kick at his hoof, causing smiles from both ponies.

“Mean what?” Had she said something?

“You uh.. You said you loved me back on the train.”

Gala froze. She had said that! She thought it was an orgasim induced dream, but evidently not. Stunned, she looked up into his eyes. They were still so kind, so worried about her. Once again she felt her heart flutter while being gazed upon by those eyes. There was no helping it. No helping it at all.

“Caramel… I-I know when this story ends things are going to become awkward between us. Very awkward. So I need to know. Do you really want an answer to that? Can you handle what I’m going to say, and can you promise me it won’t stop us from being friends?”

He didn’t respond at first. All he could do was take in her image. Take in this moment. Something would change. Regardless of what she said, when they got out of this something would change. They couldn’t go through all this and pretend it didn’t happen. Still… as strange as it was going to be to see Big Mac again. As messed up as all of this likely was…

“I-I do, I promise. I-I know things won’t be the same, but I’ll still be your friend. N-Not sure how our friendship will stand after all this, but I’ll make the effort. I promise you that.”

This seemed to be enough for her. With a smile she nodded her head. “That’s fair enough. I know things won’t be the same ever again between us. Not after experiencing a night like that and well… with me like this.” She gave a soft smile as she looked at her pregnant belly. “But as long as we can make the effort…”

She shut her eyes for a moment before once more gazing into his eyes, her expression as serious as he’d ever seen it.

“I did Mel. I meant every word. As I am now. As this mare Red Gala. I’d be honored to be your marefriend. I’ve known you for years now Mel, and I’d like to think we’d have become husband and wife on our own eventually. I-It may only be when in this book, this story, but… I love you Caramel. Red Gala loves you in a very romantic way.”

“I love you too Red Gala.” He said, nuzzling her once more. “As you are now I love you with all my heart, and I’m ashamed to admit that a large part of me doesn’t want you to go back to being Big Mac.”

Gala giggled. “Don’t be ashamed silly. There’s nothing to be ashamed about. I wouldn’t want the mother of my foals to be a stallion either!” More giggles escaped from her lips, while Caramel couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

“You’re lucky you’re so cute.” He said, pulling her into another kiss. They both sat there for a moment drinking in each other’s essence before finally breaking for air.

“I love you Mel.” Gala repeated feeling her heart beat ever so faster. “I-I don’t know what this means when I’m Big Mac again, but I promise to do my best not to make this even weirder than it already is.”

“I suppose that’s all either of us can do.” Caramel said with a nod of his own. “I promise too. T-Thank you for...everything.”

Gala Smiled. “Likewise.” They kissed again, this time feeling the world fade away, till there was nothing left but the warmth they felt for each other.

***

The first thing Caramel noticed was how hard and dirty the ground was. Blinking the dust from his eyes, he slowly lifted his head to find himself back in the alley where they had found the book. Said book was seated perfectly on the ground before him. Laid down with the opening facing left as if it had just been read.

Well in a way it had. He thought to himself with a groan as he slowly got to his hooves. He barely remembered there having been glass strewn about the ground before checking himself for any cuts. Thankfully the book seemed to have dumped them beyond the reach of the shards still strewn about. Which meant… Big Mac was behind him.

“H-Hey um Big Mac? You back there?” Despite his words, he couldn’t bring himself to look in his direction. Not yet. It was silly but as long as he didn’t look he could still imagine Red Gala back there.

A low groan answered his question. He was back there alright. They had been freed from the story now that it had reached its natural end.

“S-So um, if it’s alright with you I’m just gonna go… home for a bit. I, I think I need some time to myself. I’ll uh, catch you later okay? We’ll get together for lunch or something tomorrow.”

He could hear him shifting around back there, but no response. No surprise there, he likely had his own thoughts to sort.

“I’ll uh, take the book and find who owns it okay. As for knowing it’s magical I’ll just leave out the part that you came with me. I-I think it’s better if we don’t spread that around.” Still no words from Mac. What was he doing back there?

“A-Anyway I’m sure you need some time to adjust to being in your real body again, so I’ll just be going.”

“Y-Yeah about that…” Came a rather nervous voice from behind him. The sound of it caused his heart to leap to his throat. That was not the voice of Big Mac. That was not even the voice of a stallion. Not wanting to believe it, Caramel slowly turned around.

What met his gaze was a beautiful little red mare with cute white freckles upon her snout. Her mane and tail a pleasant shade of yellow, and below her, a very pregnant belly.

“I uh… think we’re gonna have some explaining to do. Um starting with my family most likely.” Red Gala said, an awkward smile curling her lips.

Author's Note

Red Gala will return in Cake Mix 2

And there we have it. The end of a story that took far too long to complete.

So first off I feel I should mention that this was written well before the Big Mac x Sugar Belle thing in the show, and obviously this is an alternate timeline,

I'd love to see more stories with Big Mac becoming a mare like this. I've actually seen quite a bit of artwork where Caramel becomes "Toffee" for Mac, but not much of it being the other way around. So I wrote this.

There's probably a ton of questions still to be asked about all this, like how does the book work or maybe why Gala is still Gala. Feel free to ask them in the comments.

Right now it's very late, and I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll edit these notes later.