What Once Was Old, Is Young Again.

by Adorkable Sunshine

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Queen Chrysalis, Random, Adventure, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 3621

After a spell goes wrong, the mane six are stuck as four year old fillies! With no memory of their past lives, they must work together to solve this problem or face regressing into nothing.

After a spell goes wrong, the mane six are stuck as four year old fillies! With no memory of their past lives, they must work together to solve this problem.

From the important quest of finding cookies.

To making sure play time is fair.

And maybe stop Queen Chrysalis if there is time.

The more time that passes, the younger they become.

If not careful they could face regressing into nothing!

Made Popular- 12/02/17

Lovely art done by Siggie740

Published 2017-12-02 22:30:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-12-11 06:39:37 UTC

What Went Wrong?

What happened one can not say. Each pony could feel the world around them growing, larger and larger as even the smallest things like a counter seemed as tall as a mountain. The last few hours becoming a blur, until the ponies noticed something important.

The world wasn’t getting larger, no it was far worse!

They were the ones shrinking!

The pink smoke that filled the room was starting to lift up and vanish, the sound of coughing could be heard all around.

Within a few moments all had become clear in the room, a violet filly batting long lashes slowly as the world around was coming to a stop from spinning. Her mane was so long and soft, in a elegant wild style that she hated, as it always got in the way of her eyes.

Looking around her in sudden shock, she could see five ponies on the floor, everypony looked her age which was about four. A pink filly with wild curly mane that looked like a clown, A small copper filly with a pretty blonde mane that seemed very serious.

She could make out a very nice looking unicorn with a neat white coat, she was freaking out as if everything around her would stain her body forever. A yellow pegasus was dancing around the room in excitement, as if she was on the verge of bouncing off the walls.

Last was a blue pegasus, she seemed very mean and almost like a bully. Those violet eyes full of determination and the drive to…

“Owww!” The blue pegasus galloped over and quickly punched the violet unicorn’s shoulder, indeed she was a bully.

“What was that for?” She spoke in a tough manner, trying her best to hold back tears.

“I dunno! I just feel you deserved it egghead!” The pegasus huffed out softly, as she puffed her chest out trying to scare her.

“I soooo want to go outside! Who else wants to go outside! I could find a bee hive and eat it!” The yellow pegasus skipped around the room full of energy.

“I could go for some honey bunny!” The pink filly burst out into giggles and slapped the white unicorn hard on the backside.

“Ahhhh! Don’t touch me! You’re dirty!” She quickly scuttled over to a corner and started to shiver wildly.

“I weckon swomethin went vewy wong.” The copper pony placed a tiny hoof on her chin in deep thought.

“What did you say mush mouth?” Blue spoke up with a loud snort, her eyes narrowing in amusement.

“I’ma not a mush moth! My wame is Wapple Wack!” Wapples spoke in a proud and stern voice, standing up to the bully who just giggled loudly.

“Ok Wapples! I’m Rainbow Dash! But you can call me awesome!” Dash zoomed high into the air quickly on her tiny wings, yet they gave out as soon as they jolted causing her to crash to the floor loudly.

“Hahaha! Dashie flew around the thunder cloud, and she thought all was magic! Boom-boom went the lightning and POP...ALL WENT TO TRAGIC!” Yellow screamed out in a sharp tone, causing Dash to wince in place.

“Who are you!?” Dash snapped in anger, holding back tears softly as her whole body was aching from the fall.

“I’m Fluttersky! or is it Flutterbye? Perhaps Flutter…” Flutter-something spoke in a mischievous tone taunting Dash who simply pouted, not sure how to deal with this.

“Heehee! I love that pony! I’m Pinkamean….Pinkamoan….Pinko...Pinkie just Pinkie.” Pinkie giggled and bounced over to Flutter happily, she was clapping her hooves together as the yellow pegasus broke into song again.

“Wu wokay? Wat wu weakon wen won?” Wapples asked the violet unicorn with a worried tone in her voice, she could only give her a small and forced smile in return.

“Twily is what my mommy calls me. As for what went won...wrong I can’t say, everything is a haze.” She gave a sigh and tried to remember how they all got here, did their parents drop them off here?

But why would they leave?

Shouldn’t her mommy be talking to others here?

More so, why can’t she remember coming here?

So many questions and so little answers!

She gave a glance around the large oversized room, ignoring the constant singing and bickering of those around her. This room was fancy it had neatly stacked books all around, delicate and old oak tables lining the walls.

The room was made of clear crystal, it was so elegant and pretty. Sparkling as bright as the sun in the blue sky, a warmth like none other wafted into the room from a open window in the corner. She softly lifted her long bangs away from her eyes, noticing a very beautiful princess picture on the wall.

“Shwe wooks wike wu.” Wapples tilted her head softly as she sat at her side, the large picture on the wall was of a violet slender princess.

She wore a shiny crown atop her long flowing mane, she did look a little like her to be honest. Though she had wings and the child didn’t, that and her eyes were filled with a sense of sadness.

Had they been brought to this place to help?

The princess was sad and needed cheering up, that would mean they were inside a castle!

Her eyes grew wide in shock and awe, she swiftly jumping atop a nearby stool, sliding off of it and hitting her flank on the floor with a thud. Wapples was nice enough to give her a boost afterwards, helping her stand tall above the room.

“Listen!” She yelled out across the room, the white unicorn gazing up to her in fear.

“I said listen!” She stomped her hooves on the stool softly, yet Pinkie and Flutters continued to sing aloud as Dash screamed loudly for them to stop.

“I said LISTEN!” Twily screamed out as loud as she could, her whole body shivering in place as the room went silent and all eyes fell upon her.

“Well?” Dash snorted aloud with a scrunched muzzle.

“I know where we are!” Twily spoke up in a proud tone, lifting small hooves high in the air.

“Dizzy Land!?” Pinkie gave a squee in delight, her tail swishing side to side in excitement.

“I WANNA RIDE A COASTER!” Flutters screamed out in a shriek, her hooves waving wildly in the air.

“What?! No we’re not at Dizzy Land, we’re at a Princesses Castle!” She spoke up as loud as she could, trying her best to sound like a smart grown up.

“A princess? How enchanting!” The white unicorn swooned as she slowly inched away from the corner, the fear lifting out of her eyes.

“I think she invited us here, because she is sad and needs help to bring happiness back to the land!”

“Wow!” Pinkie and Flutters said together in unison.

“Maybe a evil wizward came and cursed her kingdom, and she could only summon us to help! I say we march down the hall, find this wizward and break the curse once and for all!” Twily lifted her hooves as high as possible, standing on her hind hooves off balance.

She soon felt the world spinning as she lost all control and fell off the stool, Wapples rushing over to catch her as she landed upon her in a loud crash. Dash simply rolling her eyes and flaunting a hoof in annoyance.

“Phst! That is dumb!” Dash gave an eye roll and started trotting away towards the large door in the room.

“Wh...where are you going?” The unicorn asked in fear, her small white hooves lifting up to cover her mouth softly.

“To find something to eat duh! My tummy is a rumbly! “ Dash smirked and lifted up onto her hind hooves, pressing gently against the door with all her might.

“Mmmm. I could go for nom-noms! “ Flutters skipped over and started to pound her hooves on the door as well.

Twily sighed aloud in defeat, her ears folding back slowly. Nopony believing her about why they were here, they instead just wanting snacks right now. She decided to take a deep breath and follow along, perhaps after they all got some yummies, they will be willing to listen.

Twily just knew in her heart they were here to help her, if they didn’t then she might lose her kingdom or worse. She slowly cantered over to the door to see what was wrong, Wapples keeping close at her side giving the filly a sense of happiness for having at least one friend.

The Cookie Caper.

“So it begwens!” The small changeling spoke in a sassy tone of voice, her withered and wild mane tied into two bouncy pigtails.

Eyes glowing a bright and sparkling green hue, a single sharp fang poking out from under her top lip as her tail was extra poofy this day. Her tiny hooves titter-tattered across the long marble floor, she made sure to keep her distance away from the group of ponies.

She didn’t know why but she felt the urge to make them all cry, as if they had stolen something from her before. She wasn’t sure what it was exactly, but if she had to say it would probably have been her dolly.

Tiny black hooves began to ache as she came to a stop, panting softly the baby changeling held her breath until her cheeks started to turn a bright rose color. Tiny lime green wings suddenly sprang to life, fluttering wildly as they lifted the child up into the air.

The small hooves of the changeling weakly flicked the lock of the kitchen open, she placing all her strength into pushing the door as it swung open. Her cheeks burning a now bright red while her eyes searched the room, high above atop the fridge she spotted a large crystal cookie jar, flying over.

Landing beside the jar on the fridge, she let out a series of quick pants as her whole petite body was shivering in place. She hated holding her breath, but it was the only way to get her wings to flut-flut.

Tiny hooves smacked the jar lid off and onto the floor with a thud, her lips forming into a wicked grin as she hung onto the rim of the jar. Reaching inside her tail swished side to side in excitement, poking back out she held two hooves full of cookies.

“Mwahaha! All cookies are mine!” She hissed aloud in triumph as she began to stuff her mouth full of double chocolate chip goodness.

Light bronze crumbs littered the muzzle of the greedy little child, her cheeks bulging outward from the stacks of cookies filling them. She could only giggle aloud in happiness and reach inside the jar, removing a few more goodies from deep within the darkness.

“Mine! All the goodies are mine!” She gave a giggle as a loud burp followed out afterwards, her gaze glanced towards the nearby counter in awe.

A large pitcher of ice cold milk was left out in the open, the green bangs showering over the child’s eyes in shock as she tossed a cookie to her side from her hoof. Smacking her lips softly she held her breath, small round belly protruding full of cookies as her wings struggled to lift her off the fridge.

She felt her cheeks burning wildly a she wobbly flew down from the fridge, almost missing the counter as she gave a gasp for air, her small hooves barely clinging to the edge weakly. Her chunky little frame swinging side to side frantically, the changeling whimpering aloud in worry as she pulled herself up with a thud.

Her round belly heaving up and down cutely as she let her gaze flow up to the ceiling, the tiny child lifting her head up to the side, her eyes sparkling like diamonds at the sight of the milk.

“You look so Pweety!” The tiny black filly crawled on her belly sweetly to the pitcher, weakly lifting herself up as hooves barely wrapped around the sides of the glass.

“Heehee! You so cold!” She burst into a fit of giggles and tilted the pitcher, small muzzle scrunching up adorably as the milk started to pour.

Ice cold milk flowing down the throat of the child as she felt a bliss like none other, drinking her fill within seconds before she smacked her lips in joy. Muzzle dripping with icy cold milk, her tongue licking the crumbs of cookie off the sides of her lips.

She was now beyond full her belly so round and tight, yet she knew the ponies would be here soon. She had to make sure nothing was left, the greedy child tilting the pitcher as she chugged ounce after ounce of milk.

Reaching the halfway point her eyes suddenly widened out in horror, the tiny hooves letting the pitcher free as she stumbled backwards. Her whole body shivering in pain, her tummy on fire as it groaned aloud hurting.

“Ooooh! Rumbly Tummy!” She would whine and whimper, backing off the counter as she hit the floor with a thud.

Tears filling her eyes within seconds as they cascaded down her cheeks, her tummy was in so much pain and her butt hurt from the fall. Unable to move she began hugging herself in discomfort, sobbing sweetly in place as she wanted her mommy to hold her close.

“Mmmm. I hope we find some cookies and apples…” Dash softly poke her head into the room, eyes widening in horror at the scene before her.

“Nooooo!” The blue filly collapsed on her side in tragedy, the fallen bodies of cookies everywhere as a trail of spilt milk was flowing off the counter.

“What is going on?” Twily gave a cute canter inside, gasping in surprise to the black filly crying on the floor in pain.

“That greedy butt! She ated the cookies!” Dash began to pound small hooves on the floor in a pout.

“Dash! We need to help her, she’s in pain!” Twily gave a small huff to the pegasus who suddenly pushed her to the ground.

“No she isn’t egghead! But she’s about to be!” Dash stamped her tiny hooves over to the sobbing changeling, ready to start wailing upon her.

A sudden push from the side made Dash tumble to the ground, Twily standing in front of the new creature in a protective stance.

“Move aside egghead!” The pegasus gave a high pitched growl.

“Nuh-huh!” Twily stood her ground shaking wildly in fear.

“Then once I’m done pounding you! SHE’S NEXT!” Dash gave a loud scream at the top of her lungs, lunging towards the unicorn in anger.

A battle in the kitchen had begun!

The Kajillion Mile High Door!

“Push! Flutters that isn’t pushing, it’s punching!” Dash screamed out loudly to the group of small ponies trying to get the door open.

Flutters just banging on the door wildly as Dash did her best to correct her, the white unicorn barely pressing clean cream like hooves against the door making dainty sounds of effort. Twily gave a whimper as she pressed her head against the large crystal door, pushing as hard as she could to no avail.

“You! The marshmallow!” Dash galloped over in anger, her violet hues narrowing to the frightened filly.

“It’s...It’s...Rarity...ma’am.” Rarity spoke shivering wildly in place, her violet mane cascading over her large blue eyes shyly.

“Well Scarity! Put those hind hooves into pushing!” Dash yelled out at the top of her lungs in anger, Rarity’s lower lip pouting sweetly.

“Wahhhhhhhh!” Rarity simply curled into a small ball sobbing loudly.

“Stop crying you marshmallow!” Dash swiftly spoke up in annoyance.

“What’s happening?” Twily walked over to check on the ponies, her small violet hoof petting Rarity’s mane.

“Da...Da...shhhh! Called me a Marshmallow!” Rarity quickly clung onto Twily for protection as she buried her small muzzle into her coat.

“I’m not sorry either!” Dash gave a small snort and galloped over towards Flutters, her eyes filled with disappointment.

Twily gave a gentle sigh as the small white filly continued to sob, her melodramatic whimpers filling the air around them. Twily just knew if this kept up that they would be stuck here forever, she had to find a way to make them work as one.

“Hey weirdo!” Dash spoke up in a sassy tone to Flutters, the tall yellow pegasus gazing over to her in curiosity.

“Yeah?” Flutters replied her ears twitching every which way, large turquoise eyes full of energy and the unknown.

“You think you could use your freakishly tall body to hit that thing?” Dash asked with a flaunt of the hoof, pointing to the door lock which was set into place.

“I could! But the real reason is why would I!?” Flutters softly ran in place her hooves clicking on the floor in excitement.

“Because I think that thing-a-doodle is what’s keeping us in here.” Dash gave an eye roll.

“I’ma not following?” Flutters gave a shrug as she lifted a hind hoof and scratched her ear from behind.

“We could use it to escape…”

“Mmmhmm!”

“To leave…”

“Uh-huh!”

“Press that button dufus and we can eat cookies!” Dash finally broke down, screaming at the top of her lungs to the yellow filly as her small hooves waved in the air wildly.

“COOK-DINGOS!? OH MER GER!” Flutters gave a battle cry like a warrior, quickly running and smashing head first into the large door with a thud.

Across the room Rarity let her ears pin back in sorrow, slowly lowering onto Twily’s lap as the small filly cradled her, trying her best to comfort her. A blur of a yellow pegasus slowly climbing up the door in the background, hooves somehow sticking to the surface.

“I’m a nopony. Just a soft marshmallow.” Rarity gave a groan and looked away from the group of ponies.

“You don’t need to feel so icky! Dash is just a wooly-bully!” Twily spoke in a soft and caring tone.

“Maybe. But she’s right, I feel so scared right now. I just want my mommy to pick me up and tell me all will be okies.” Rarity sniffed and let the tears flow down her cheeks.

“Hmmm. You know I think being a marshmallow is super cute!” Twily let her ears perk up as she gave a small giggle.

“You making fun of me too?” Rarity felt her lower lip quiver in place.

“Nope-nope! Marshmallows are cute! They are sweet,soft and everypony loves them!” Twily gave a small wink to the filly in her lap.

“Really?”

“Yeppers! Plus marshmallows are re-silly-ient, they can take anything because they are stronger than anypony thinks they are!” Twily burst into giggles from the thought as Rarity lifted up slowly, confidence filling her dark blue eyes.

“You...you’re right!” Rarity stood tall as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

“Mmmhmm! Everything will be okies.” Twily softly gave a whisper to her new friend, Rarity smiling happily as she wrapped hooves around her in a big hug.

Back across the room a small yellow pegasus clung to the door tightly, having climbed as far as she could above the door knob, her delicate small hoof outreaching for the lock. As hard as she did try to swipe it, the little filly was just out of reach.

“Just hit the darn thing!” Dash was growling annoyed to Flutters, her violet eyes narrowing.

“I’MA TRYING! I JUST CAN’TS REACH! IT’S LIKE A KAJILLION MILES AWAY!” Flutters screamed out loudly, her small hoof just barely missing the lock on her latest swipe.

“A KAJILLION! That’s like in outside space!” Pinkie gave a dramatic gasp, her cute pink hooves covering her muzzle in horror.

“Shwee wonna wall, Wutters wet won wum where!” Wapples worriedly spoke up, hoping the yellow filly did not fall to her doom.

“You hear mushmouth?! She said you are too dumb to swipe a lock!” Dash gave a devilish grin up the door, Wapples glaring to her in anger.

“WI wid wot!” Wapples pouted in place with a look of worry.

“WAPPLES SAID THAT!? GRRRR! IMA COMING COOK-DINGOS!” Flutters started to growl as she lunged upward, small hooves slapping the lock open in a swift strike.

“Yeah! I...IMA FALLING A KAJILLION MILES!” Flutters gave a shrill scream and plummeted down to the floor, every filly gasping aloud in shock.

“No! I wuv you!” Pinkie quickly tugged on Dash’s rainbow mane hard, quickly slinging the laughing filly to the side with a surprising amount of force.

The pink ball of fluff sliding in almost slow motion under the yellow pegasus, just as she came crashing down atop her in a loud thud breaking the large fall.

“Oomph! You saved me pink-stuff!” Flutters gave a small gasp of delight, looking down to the small pink filly she was sitting upon.

“Of course I did, you’re my friend! I’d break your fall even if it was from two kajillion miles.” Pinkie weakly gave a sweet smile, the two dusting off before sharing a soft hug.

“Grrr! Enough mushy stuff!” Dash gave an eye roll, holding to the back of her head before walking over to the door.

“Open sez me! Hi-ya!” The blue bully lifted onto her hind hooves, karate chopping the door as it swung open with ease.

“WOOOOW!” Everypony said in unison, eyes as large as moons.

“Yep! Now the quest begins!” Dash did a sassy flip with her long rainbow mane.

“What west?” Wapples scrunched her muzzle up cutely.

“The Quest For Cookies!” Dash gave a wicked smirk, each pony knowing this was going to be one wild ride.