Three Ways

Rarity was in the middle of one of her latest commissions when she heard the bell tinkling at the front of the shop. She paused in her work, rushing out to greet her newest customer. “Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where every garment is chic, unique, and magnifique. How may I-” Then she realized who was standing there, and her face flushed as she recognized them. “Good morning, Applejack. What brings you here today?”

“Ah need a favour, Rarity and Ah’d ’ppreciate it if ya didn’t ask too many questions,” she asked oddly, as if she were embarrassed or something.

“Of course darling, please come inside,” Rarity waved her friend inside of her store while she wrinkled her nose as she smelt something very peculiar but could not place her finger on it. “What do you need, Applejack?”

The farmer chew her lip for a few seconds, her face heating up even more before she said, “Ah need a pegasus shirt, Rarity.”

“Oh?” she cooed as the beginnings of different designs began to fly in her head. “Is this for anypony special?”

“Kinda,” her friend said with her eyes darting to the ground.

“Well I need to know who it is for before I can make anything, darling,” Rarity gave a light, harmless chuckle. “There is so much to take into account; their coat, their mane, their height, their wingspan, their build, their…”

“It’s for me,” Applejack said loudly, pulling her hat down her face.

“Beg your pardon?” Rarity asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Er… long story, but Dusk asked me ta help with a ‘speriment. He wants ta see how an Earth pony handles being a pegasus and vice-versa,” Applejack suggested hesitantly.

Rarity eyed her dubiously. “You know that you are a terrible liar, right?”

Applejack let out a sigh before shaking her head and gave her a look. “Ah need you to promise not to say a word.”

“Of course-” Rarity started.

“Ah mean it,” Applejack said. “It’s really, really important.”

“Applejack, you can trust me,” Rarity said a bit more strongly.

“Berry Promise me,” Applejack said firmly. “This cannot get out.”

“All right,” Rarity said, somewhat taken aback by her friend’s reaction but more than ready to fulfill this request. “Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, I will not tell anyone about what you’re about to tell me.”

Applejack nodded and took a deep breath. She paced back and forth, wringing her fingers before she finally turned to face Rarity. “The real reason is that me and Blitz have been having sex for the last couple weeks, and he was complaining about always being on the bottom, and he claimed that it was because Ah was an Earth pony so we’re getting Dusk to change our tribes around so we can settle it and Ah need a shirt ‘cause An ain’t walking around half nekkid.”

Rarity stood there, trying to figure out which part to react at first but what jumped to her mind was, “You and Blitz are dating‽”

“What no!” Applejack shouted. “We’re just fooling around, is all.”

“Really?” she raised an eyebrow and the corner of her mouth curled up in teasing smirk.

“Yes,” Applejack insisted.

Rarity gave her a look, unconvinced by this, but she knew better than to push her friend directly for an answer she didn’t want to give.

“Well, I am surprised that you two kept so quiet for so long,” she said as she walked to the back of her shop, with Applejack following behind her. “Shirt off, dear.”

Applejack did as she was told, unbuttoning her overshirt before she stopped and gave Rarity a look. “Wait, ya heard nothin’? Ah thought Blitz might have said something...”

“Please darling, if Blitz were to have said anything to anypony at all, I would have known of it,” Rarity said as she knew both Rainbow Blitz and Applejack were both very big braggers and the fact that Blitz had kept quiet only reinforced what she suspected was really happening. “So,” she said as Applejack removed her unbuttoned shirt and began pulling off her white undershirt. “If you do not mind me asking, how is it with our athletic friend?”

“Ta be honest, it was a bit different from what Ah normally had before but Sweet Solaris, what that stallion can do,” Applejack blushed with a small smile on her face as she unhooked her bra. Rarity immediately began to float some possible pegasus tops over to her for references as she continued to listen to her friend’s juicy details. “Great Luna, he can keep up like a true champion and his tongue,” Applejack couldn’t help but let a shudder of delight escape her mouth, pulling back from the shirts Rarity held out for Applejack. “Have you ever been with one, Rarity?”

“I am more inclined to wait until I find my prince charming and we’re married, Applejack,” Rarity replied. “Not that what you two are doing is wrong or anything, just my personal preferences.”

“It’s alright, Sugarcube, and what Ah learned is that pegasi tongues are all kinds of flexible,” Applejack said causing Rarity’s eyes to widen.

“Really?”

“Eeeyup.” Applejack grinned as Rarity held a shirt against her body. “Hey, this feels really good.”

“Thank you darling,” Rarity beamed at the praise. “And… if I were to inquire about our friend’s ...measurements, would you be inclined to share?” she inquired with a small blush across her face as she asked such a daring question.

“Seven inches,” Applejack said with a wide smile as Rarity slid the top over her, doing her best not to stumble at learning that was the size that Blitz had on him. “Ah’ve had bigger in the past with others -all Earth ponies- but that stallion more than makes up for it by his endurance and his tongue.” Applejack paused as she turned to face herself in the mirror, running her fingers over the shirt. “Ah was right before, this feels really good, she said before cupping her chest. “And complete support for mah girls.”

“Of course,” Rarity replied. “All tops for pegasi mares have built in bras as they cannot really wear one without their wings getting in the way.”

“That sure is handy,” Applejack muttered, turning back and forth to examine herself, looking at her bare back and frowning. “Not sure Ah lahk all this exposed fur though.”

“Well, there are the closed back options, but I cannot make you one until you actually have the wings,” Rarity replied. “It would be rather awkward if things were not properly measured, after all.”

“You got a point there,” Applejack admitted. “So Ah guess it’s back to Dusk’s.”

“While you get your original clothes back on, I’ll get some material, darling,” Rarity said as she levitated the shirt off of Applejack. “Ooh, and I’ll need…” She wandered off, muttering about needles, thread and tape measures, among other things, leaving Applejack to shake her head in amusement before she started getting dressed.

Several minutes later, Applejack and Rarity were just entering the castle, Applejack still looking amused as Rarity lugged a large bag full of fabric and sewing supplies with her. It still amazed her how much the other mare could fit into one bag and still carry it with ease; she’d almost swear that her friend had managed to pack half the store into it. And she’d managed to fit everything in without resorting to space-distortion spells like Dusk sometimes did.

“Hey, you’re back, AJ,” Rainbow Blitz said with a smile as he walked up the stairs that led to the lab, his eyes moving from her to the unicorn next to her. “And ‘sup Rares?” he asked, wondering why she was here now of all times.

“Hello Blitz, hello Dusk, how are you two?” Rarity smiled as the two stallions finished walking up the stairs, with Rarity’s eyes darting from his jeans to Applejack’s and a knowing smirk gracing her face.

“We’re fine, but what brings you here?” Dusk said, sharing a confused look with Blitz.

“Well Applejack informed me of what she needed the shirt for and I had to make sure it was just perfect,” Rarity began before she was cut off.

“You told her‽” Blitz almost shouted with his jaw hanging low. “Half the town will know by lunch and Canterlot by nightfall ‘cause of her!”

He was clearly gearing up for another rant when Applejack raised a hand. “Blitz. She Berry Promised not to say anything.”

“I-oh.” Blitz looked embarrassed as he stopped himself, scratching the back of his neck. “In that case, it’s okay. Sorry about the knee-jerk reaction, Rares; it’s just that I’ve been trying to keep this quiet, and I know how you are when it comes to gossip.”

“It is perfectly okay darling,” Rarity said soothingly and he thought he was completely free when she continued. “Just you two tell me all the details of your little ‘experiments’ and we’ll be fine.”

Applejack gave him a withering look for this new wrinkle but Blitz knew that he was stuck with no real option to say no.

“Er… yeah.” Blitz flushed. “We’ll do that.”

“In the meantime,” Dusk interjected. “I’ve finished the pegasus version of this potion; you can take it once you’ve got your shirt off -” Dusk blushed as he realized what he had just said with Blitz snickering and elbowing his friend.

“Hey, that’s my line,” he said teasingly with Applejack shaking her head in bemusement at his crassness.

Dusk rolled his eyes. “As I was saying, you can take it once you’ve got your shirt off. Like I said earlier, you’ll destroy any top you’re wearing if you have it on when your wings grow in.”

Applejack nodded, and looked around. “Er, there a changing room I can do this in?”

“Relax, it’s not like you don’t have anything we haven’t all seen before,” Blitz said in a teasing tone. He eyed Dusk. “Um… I think.”

“I have an older sister and sister-in-law who aren’t too careful about keeping their doors closed when we’re in the same residence,” Dusk replied with a sigh. “And I’m pretty sure Cadance was doing at least some of it on purpose. So believe me, I’ve seen my share of bare female flesh too.”

“Really?” Blitz asked with a raised eyebrow before shaking his head, not that interested in the details about Dusk’s sister and his former foalsitter’s lesbian hijinks. “Well, whatever. I’m sure you can go downstairs or take it off facing a wall or something, Applejack,” he said in a much more serious tone which calmed her down.

“Right,” she said with a sigh. “Rares, ya mind comin’ with me, so ya can get those measurements you were talkin’ about?”

“Of course, darling. And I do believe you should stay up here; anticipation makes things even better, after all.” Rarity said as they began to walk down the stairs to Dusk’s lab, leaving Blitz and Dusk by themselves.

After a moment, Blitz turned to Dusk. “So, your sister-in-law likes to flash you?”

Dusk facepalmed. “I wish she just flashed me, at times.”

“I have no words for that,” Blitz said after a few moments.

“I think she’s trying to encourage me to find a mare of my own by showing me what they have to offer,” Dusk replied.

“I think she didn’t do a good enough job in getting you to find a mare if that’s the case,” Blitz said shrugging his shoulders, causing his friend to scowl at that joke, before he shook his head.

“Personally, I think she just likes teasing me by being an exhibitionist around me, Solaris only knows exactly why,” the lavender stallion replied. “At least Gleaming hasn’t picked up the habit and tries to keep it behind closed doors when she knows I’m in the same building.”

“Yeah, that would be awkward,” Blitz agreed. “But… why would Cadance like to show herself off to you anyway? She is married, and besides that, isn’t she as queer as a cupcake in a pie-judging contest?”

Dusk gave him a look. “You’ve really been picking up a lot of Applejack’s countryisms lately, haven’t you?” he asked. “But no, Cadance actually swings both ways. Don’t ask me how I know, all that I will say is that when it comes time for my niece to get the sex talk, Cadance will give her a very thorough education. It’s Gleaming who’s ninety-five percent attracted to mares, and the only stallion who does anything for my sister is Cadance when she’s turned herself into Bolero, like she did that week when they conceived Flurry Heart together.”

“Gotcha.” Blitz nodded. Then he did a double-take. “Wait, week?”

“I think she was actually conceived the first night, the rest of their time was just for fun.”

“Oh-kay.” Blitz said before he flicked his eyes to his friend. “How do you know tha-”

“Don’t. Ask.” Dusk stressed the words which told Blitz all that he needed to know about that. “I didn’t want to know, but I do know, and I’m telling you, you do not want to know.”

“I don’t want to know.”

“Good to know.”

As the two mares walked down the stairs and into the lab, Applejack was already unbuttoning her shirt in anticipation of what was to come. Rarity had already lifted her hat off of her head as she opened the door and stepped into the lab with Applejack shrugging her outer shirt of her shoulders.

“Somepony seems very eager,” Rarity teased her friend as she folded up Applejack’s shirt and placing it to the side as she put down her bag of fabrics and other sewing supplies.

“A bit, ta be honest,” Applejack said as she removed her undershirt with ease. “Ah’d lahk ta settle with Blitz and get things back ta normal with him. This whole mess is totally not awesome.” She had her hands on the back her bra when she paused. “And Ah’m curious ta know what Ah’ll be like as a pegasus at this point.”

“I cannot deny I am curious at this point too,” Rarity said as she folded Applejack’s shirt up and took the offered bra from the farmer.

Applejack looked at the desk that had only one potion and a single piece of paper on it, with everything else cluttered on the other desk. Checking the paper, she saw it was a note clearly saying that this was the pegasus transformation potion that she was to take.

“Ah’m guessing he ain’t takin’ any chances for mistakes with this,” she muttered to herself. “Well, bottoms up.”

Unscrewing the cap, another safety precaution in place to prevent any mistakes from happening, Applejack drank down the potion.

Immediately, she felt a change happening, with her entire center of gravity shifting around. She could feel new limbs come into existence, and instead of feeling odd or weird, they felt completely normal to her.

Shaking her head with a hand on the table to prevent her from falling over or anything, she turned to face Rarity who already had a measuring tape out and wrapping around her chest. “Rarity?” she asked cautiously, uncertain what her friend was doing.

“Just double-checking your measurements as you are a bit shorter now,” she said, without blinking an eye.

“Ah am?” Applejack blinked as she instinctively lifted her arms higher, just as she did whenever Rarity was measuring her, turning to face her new wings.

That caused her to stop a moment. They were orange, like her coat, and while she wasn’t all that versed in pegasus wings, she was instantly awed by her new appendages. They felt completely right to her. Opening them slightly, she could feel the slight breeze go through her feathers and the sensation was so unexpectedly calming and she could understand why Blitz flew all the time.

“Did you hear me, Applejack?” Rarity asked her.

“Sorry sugarcube, run that by me again,” Applejack turned to face her unicorn friend who was shaking her head, an amused smile on her lips.

“I said you are a cup smaller,” Rarity said. “Judging by my measurements, the band in your bra would be about an inch shorter in this form.”

At that, Applejack looked down at her breasts. They were still big but not as big as before and she wondered briefly if Blitz would be disappointed by it. Looking over herself more carefully, she could see that while she still had her muscles, everything was scaled down to fit her reduced body. She seemed leaner overall, but as she flexed briefly, she could feel that she wasn’t any weaker. She was also glad to be wearing Blitz’ shorts as she’d a feeling if she‘d been wearing her own, they’d be falling off right now and that would cause her a whole slew of new issues. “If you will give me a moment, I will have something made for you.”

“Nothin’ fancy, mind you,” Applejack said as she took a few steps forwards, keeping her attention on her wings and making sure that they didn’t mess up her balance.

“Of course darling, I understand that you have somewhere to be very quickly,” Rarity said as her horn glowed, calling her materials to her. Applejack watched in amazement as she worked, measuring, cutting and sewing her fabrics with an ease that could only come from years of experience. After few minutes, she had completed a new shirt for Applejack, and was beaming as she presented it.

Accepting the shirt, Applejack began putting it on. To her surprise, she found that her wings moved instinctively as she pulled her new garment on over them, the band fitting around her waist perfectly as she pulled her head through the collar with the fabric somehow supporting her sizeable chest without being an strain on her neck. She turned to look at her back and saw that there were was a small hook at the bottom of her shirt, looking at Rarity for an answer.

“In case you wanted a back covering,” Rarity said, holding up a piece of fabric that matched the style of her new shirt. “You will need to attach it here,” she placed a finger to the hook at the bottom of her shirt. “And here.” She placed another finger at the very back of her neck.

“Ah think Ah’m good right now,” she said, running her hands over the shirt, stretching out her arms before cupping her chest again. “Ah still can’t believe that this shirt of yours is holding mah girls up like this. Ah would definitely buy one of these shirts if they came in Earth pony style.”

“I have tried it in the past but most of my customers are very skeptical of its claim to support their bust and those who do try it feel it promotes…” Rarity’s face flushed, looking off to the side.

“Ah get ya,” Applejack said, realizing that if she had a sister and learned that she got a special shirt that meant she didn’t need to wear a bra no more, she’d be mighty suspicious. “Still, it’s definitely convenient and comfortable.”

“Without a doubt,” Rarity said as she began to pack her belongings up with her horn glowing. “One of the best discoveries I have made since I became a designer and one I have been enjoying ever since.” Before Applejack could react to that, Rarity gave her a playful look. “And now let's go see what Blitz has to say about your new look.”

“Right,” Applejack perked up at that, her tail swishing behind her as she began to bound up the stairs, only pausing to put her hat back on.

Opening the door, she called out to the stallions, “What d’ya think?”

“Whoa,” Blitz said with his eyes and wings going wide as soon as he looked at her. “AJ, I’m not sure how but you just got twenty percent more sexy.”

“Really now?” Applejack said, placing her hands on her waist, opening her wings wider with Blitz looking even more stunned, his eyes roaming her new limbs with his short tail wagging something fierce behind him.

“I mean, you were sexy before, not that I am saying you were not hot before,” Blitz rambled with the tip of his ears heating up as she walked closer to him in the way that always drove him nuts. “But your wings… they’re so big.” he whispered, with his hand reaching out to rub her left wing, causing a wave of delight down her spine and she knew why it caused him to moan for her. He blinked and frowned, opening his right wing fully and began to look at the two before he looked at her forehead and let out annoyed sigh. “You’re kidding me,” he grumbled with Applejack confused only for a second before she saw what was bugging him this time.

“Even with us both being pegasi, yer still shorter than me,” Applejack grinned as she flicked her larger wing outwards before folding it behind her. Although not by much; instead of needing to standing on the very tips of his hooves or hovering to kiss her on the lips, Blitz would just need to tilt his head upwards with a slight push from the ground. “So where are we going to do this?” She looked at the other stallion in the room and started to say, “Dusk, you got a room for us?”

“We’re going to my place, AJ,” Blitz said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. “If you’re going be screwing as a pegasus for the first time, it has to be on a cloudbed in the sky.”

“If ya say so,” Applejack said before looking back at Dusk. “How long will this potion last, by the way?”

“Until you take the counter potion, you will remain as a pegasus,” Dusk told her with a book flying towards his face. “I am working on something that will help if you wish to join Blitz in his house but don’t want to use a potion like this one or the cloud walking spell, though if all else fails I’m very close to finishing a potion with the same effect as that spell.”

“Neat,” she said before both she and Blitz walked to the front door, with Blitz guiding her and giving her detailed instructions on how to fly. As soon as they got outside, Applejack felt her wings open and, listening to something inside of her, she began to flap her wings, taking off into the air with Blitz right behind her.

Dusk and Rarity watched the two fly around his castle for a bit before taking off towards Blitz’s house, Dusk shaking his head at the sight. “I’ve been practicing my flying skills for months now, and she picks it up just like that.”

“Some things just come easier to other ponies, Dusk,” Rarity said, rubbing his shoulder. She then recalled what Applejack had said about pegasi’s tongues and Earth pony equipment and the fact that alicorns were amplified in all aspects. “Say Dusk, I am curious if I could help you further your research that those two are doing for you.”

“What do you me-no!” Dusk said, as he caught onto what she was trying to do surprisingly fast. “I’m flattered by the offer, but you’re my friend and I respect you too much to use you as a test subject like that.”

Rarity eyed him. “Are you sure?” she asked, batting her lashes at him. “After all, how often is it that you get somepony so… willing to partake in such experiments?”

Dusk caught the meaningful look in her eye, and gulped. Oh boy.