Chapters Chapter One: It's just a Silly Dress?
Applejack was having a busy,dark and lonely night bucking apples in Sweet Apple Acres. It’d been a particularly grueling day and she was about ready to collapse, held together by the sight of the last apples falling into the bucket. seeing the.
Once they finally dropped, she was actually surprised upon glancing around the orchard, finding indeed every single tree had been cleared, a sight that brought a big smile to her otherwise tired and sweat covered face.
”Big Mac and I actually did it! We finally did it.” However, her moment of enjoyment was immediately brought down by reality as her entire body quickly felt like she’d just gotten into an eight hour fight with a pack of Timber Wolves. She slowly dragged her sore body to the house, The mare eyes drooping and her muscles aching from the hard labor of bucking apples all day.
Still in spite of it, she was able to smile, even if her cheek hurt as well. “I might feel like I was chewed up, spat out and smacked dry, but least I finally finished Apple Buck Season. Ain’t nothing wrong with that.”
Still, she continued to flinch with each step she took and took an especially long yawn, doing her best to stay conscious. It was then a strange voice suddenly began echoing through her mind. “Aww, is the little filly tired?”
Applejack stopped suddenly trying to find out where that mysterious voice was coming from. She looked around the dark forest of trees and saw nothing, only for the the voice to mockingly coo, “Oh, it’s alright little filly, don’t be afraid just follow the sound of my voice.”
Possibly due to her being so exhausted and hazy from a lack of sleep, the tired mare nodded,finding the voice almost soothing and welcoming. She stumbled through the orchard towards her house, managing to open the backdoor, finding the kitchen empty with the lights out. She slowly crept through the house and up the stairs, not bothering to eat anything, and placed her ear on Granny Smith’s (her grandmother’s) door, chuckling at the sound of the old mare’s snoring and before tip-hoofing to Big Macintosh’s door (her brother’s) door and did the same hearing his loud heavy snores. She then crept to Apple Bloom’s (her sister’s) room and gently peeked inside to see she was deep in her sleep and quietly closed the door sighing in relief. “Okay, they're all asleep.”
She quickly and quietly crossed the hallway to her room and slowly closed her door locking it then sighed, “Finally, time to get some shut eye of my own, but first.”
Applejack quickly dove underneath her bed and took out a giant box, containing a dress she’d almost forgotten about despite taking it from Twilight’s library. In fact, as Applejack stared at it she pondered on why she took the dress in the first place? Then that same strange voice went through her mind. “You wanted to relive your foalhood remember? That's why you took that dress and you want to wear it now, don’t you?”
The mare nodded slowly as if in a trance and brushed the dust off the box,slowly lifting the lid to reveal a giant, poofy, frilly blue dress. It was amazingly soft, complete with the pink saddle and the curly pink frills at the end of it. The mare blushed as she whispered, “Oh, if Rarity saw me right now.”
Applejack giggled at the thought as she slowly took the gaudy and frilly dress up and revealed its full glory. Applejack cringed at it for a moment but the voice eased her mind, “it’s alright, you’re alone, nopony will see you, go on and dress yourself little filly.”
Her concerns dissipated as she removed the dress completely, allowing it’s full glory to be visible, reminding her of the time that Rarity dared her to wear during their slumber party a few weeks ago. She placed it over her front hooves steadily and slowly pushing out her head through the fabric while fixing the poofy bubble sleeves around her shoulders and adjusting them. She then turned to face the mirror and looked lovingly at herself, seeing the orange, rough earth pony mare in the giant fufu dress she twirled and sighed seeing herself in the mirror with a blush. Then she heard a voice, “You’re such an adorable little filly, don’t you think?” The mare sighed, “Well I guess I do look cute.” The mare giggled and clopped her hooves feeling really giddy.
Honestly, Applejack couldn’t remember the last time she’d ever thought of herself as cute or attractive in any sense. Figuring she’d enjoy the moment the mare decided to do a few poses, crossing her front legs in front of each other. She giggled into her right forehoof next to her mouth and suddenly hugged herself and jumped into bed and sighed looking at the ceiling with a smile on her face as she thought to herself.
“It feels wonderful to do something so embarrassing and being the only pony in the world that knows about it, doesn’t it?”t, The mare then pulled the sheets up to her chin and slowly started to drift off into peaceful sleep the voice whispered again, “It’s alright, little fillies like you love frilly poofy dresses. You’ll see, I guarantee it.”
Over at Twilight’s library, the titular unicorn was still awake, happily studying an especially large book on the weather cycle in Ponyville. Yet, while in the past reading such a text would’ve been the highlight of her night, she couldn’t help by sigh in disappointment.“Well, next time we have a sleepover we definitely make sure we don’t have one during a storm.” She mutter quietly as she turned to the next page, feel a bit lonely after having engaged in a particularly eventful slumber party with her two friends and while it didn’t bother her at first, a few weeks had passed and she’d fallen into a rather boring routine.
It was such that Twilight actually squealed at the sight of a scroll popping out of Spike’s mouth and burst out with a trail of green flame. The mare turned to the scroll, promptly lifting it with her magic, spotting a sparkle sunburst for the seal. She eyed it and whispered, “What is this?” The mare opened the scroll and started to read what was in front of her.
Dear Twilight Sparkle
I apologize for taking so long to respond to your message about the incident and those enchanted foal clothes. I am sorry for giving you that enchanted pacifier and foal bonnet. I gave those things to your mother to help you relax back when she was young, I had no idea you kept them! But, this got me concerned seeing how powerful the spells were on those items. I also should warn you about a frilly dress that I gave you for your birthday a few years ago. I was hoping you would wear it as a way to help you relax a little from all that studying. But, my magic is clearly a lot more powerful than I thought so I recommend finding that dress and removing the curse.
Sincerely
Granny Sparkle Light
Twilight blinked at the scroll remembering back to the sleepover that she had with Applejack and Rarity two weeks ago gasped. ”Wait didn’t Applejack wear that dress on a dare!?”
She then ran to her closet, practically tearing it apart as she began throwing things out at random. Spike, who’d been peacefully sleeping up to that point, suddenly woke with a shock when he heard Twilight Sparkle crash through the library shouting, “Where is it!”
Spike tried to curl up back into his basket trying to get back to sleep. Only to be rudely awakened by another crash and he got up, cursing as he finally decided that going back to sleep will be futile. He went downstairs to see Twilight throwing books and other objects all over the room. Wanting to at least try and resolve the matter quickly, hopefully to return to sleep, Spike yawned and asked, “Twilight, what’s gotten into you?”
Twilight went up to Ppike a in flurry shouting, “Spike! I have to find the dress!”
“What dress?” Spike muttered under his breath.
Twilight rolled hers and responded, “The dress Rarity had Applejack wear during our sleepover. That dress!”
She went back to going through a chest full of old winter clothes. As Spike dodged the flying fabric he tried to recall the event in question. “You had a sleepover? Huh, guess I wasn’t here for that.”
He quickly ducked to avoid a few loose pieces of clothing as he switched to Twilight’s question. , “So? Is this dress important?”
“Yes Spike! Remember that enchanted foal bonnet and pacifier that made you think you were a baby?”
Spike groaned running a claw down his face shuttering remembering the embarrassing incident. “How could I forget that, ponies are still praising me on how I graduated from diapers so fast.”
Twilight turned towards the dragon with a worried look and continued, “Well, I learned that my grandmother also got me dress and that it was used to make me a proper filly.”
Spike ducked to avoid being hit by a flying boot to ask. “What would the curse do exactly?”
Twilight rolled her eyes as she sighed and got up, “My grandmother gave it to me to learn how to relax, so of course I never wore the stupid thing.”
Spike scratched his head. “So why would you have that lying around?”
Twilight blushed and bowed her head. “Well it just got caught up with the rest of our stuff when we moved here, like that enchanted foal clothes. I just forgot about it because I never used it.”
Spike groaned in agitation and asked, “Well what happened to the dress after the sleepover?”
The mare sighed and threw her hooves into the air. “I have no idea! I know Applejack put it on because Rarity dared her, but after that, I have no idea. That’s the problem! Things went crazy with a tree crashing through the window!”
Spike chuckled and this made Twilight turn to him with an angry glare, prompting the young dragon stepped back. “Alright, alright, I get it’s serious. Why not just talk to Rarity and Applejack tomorrow morning they may have remembered where the dress went.”
Twilight gave an exasperated sigh and chuckled, “I suppose you’re right Spike. Let’s start with Rarity, she may have taken it on accident.” The purple mare picked Spike up and tucked him back in his basket the little dragon chuckled at a thought and laughed, “Could you imagine if Applejack was the one who kept it!”
Twilight giggled at the thought and scoffed at the notion, “Yeah as if, she would drink a gallon of hot sauce before wearing something that frilly and girly.”
Applejack woke up early the next morning with her baggy eyes squinting at the sun peeking through her window. She groaned and rubbed them grumbling as she was going to get up when a voice went through her mind, “Why are you getting up so early? Little fillies like you need their sleep.”
Applejack was stunned at the thought and shook her head and growled in agitation, “No, I need to get up we, need to pack them apples I bucked last night.”
The voice trailed through her mind again. “Don’t worry about that, your big brother can do that. Now you get back to bed.
Applejack shook her head and stomped with a growl, “No way, no how! I’m Applejack, and I’m a grown mare!” By this point the mare was beginning to contemplate smacking her head against the walls if it meant shutting the voice up. However, the voice came back again, and stronger than before.
The voice cooed, “Come now, you worked so hard and for so long. You deserve a break. Surely taking a day off can’t cause that much trouble, can it?”
Despite the back of her mind telling her vigorously this was wrong, part of her couldn’t help but agree with the voice. The more she thought about staying in bed, the more tired she felt, and where once her legs felt as strong as they always did, not they felt like slabs of concrete, and even a slight twitch was almost painful.
Just taking a quick glance back at her bed looked so warm and inviting, as her eyes quickly grew heavy, a tired smile formed on her face as she mumbled in a drowsy tone, “Yeah I deserve a break.”
The voice whispered back, “That’s right, just go back to sleep, it's alright, your brother can handle things. You can always rely on your big brother.”
The mare smiled and nodded feeling the longing of her bed she snuggled back under the covers as she whispered, “Yeah, Big Mac can do that, I’ll go back to sleep…just for a little while.”
The voice continued, “That’s right little filly, you go back to sleep, there’s no need to worry yourself about big pony stuff.”
Applejack shook her head again and growled, “Would you stop calling me a filly! I’m twenty three for Celestia’s sake…”
The voice however, continued its voice becoming louder, yet still maintaining it’s soothing and comforting tone, “Oh, silly filly, your not that old. “
The mare covered herself deep within her sheets as she murmured, “Yeah, that’s right, I’m a little filly…so tired...”
The voice then continued, “You’re only five years old you, don’t even have to go to school yet. All you need to worry about is learning your ABCs and 123s at kindergarten.”
Applejack growled getting up again and shouted, ”Now cut that out, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Stop talking to me like I’m some baby!” She practically shook the bed with a stomp as she yelled at nothing.
The voice however, continued undeterred, continuing to whisper in the mare’s ear. “Oh, hush now little filly, you are only five.”
Applejack stomped a hoof, “No I’m not, I already know my ABCs! Heck, I’ll prove it right now. A, B, C, um…E…?” Despite the letters having been as clear as a mirror in her mind at first, once she got past C, AJ’s mind became a total blank. No matter how hard she tried to focus, nothing, just a total blank.
The voice laughed at her failure. “Aww, that was a good try. But now you see you need to learn. But you don’t need to worry about that. Now little filly go back to sleep.”
Applejack was stunned as she blushed “B..but I’m not a filly, I’m even potty trained….right?’ she eeped at what she just said and fell back onto her bed with her eyes growing with fear. But the voice continued, “Yes, you are and your such a big filly.”
Applejack beamed with pride thinking how she can go potty all by herself and how she didn’t need to wear training pants anymore. The mare blinked as her mind drifted again and yawned, a wave of drowsiness silencing the alarm bells going off in her head. “Okay I go night nights.”
She went back to bed and felt more relaxed and comfortable seeing how she was only five and didn’t need to worry about big pony stuff. As she drifted off to sleep once again her last thought was, “I wonder why I was so worried earlier?”
Big Macintosh did finish packing the apples in barrels in the family barn and as the hulking stallion wiped the sweat from his brow. He looked around seeing that Applejack was still nowhere to be found. He chuckled thinking how she might of stayed up late last night and slept in, not that he particularly minded. Honestly, after the fiasco that was last Applebuck Season, he’d probably have been tempted to tie her to the bed, if only to ensure she got a proper night's rest.
Regardless, he continued working as Granny Smith came outside, muttering aimlessly as she cracked her back. Once her spine was realigned she took a quick glance around the area and noticed something off., , ”Say Big Mac, is Applejack with ya!?”
He shook his head with a simple “Ey’ nope”
The old mare scratched her head as a knowing frown formed on her face. “Did she stay up all night bucking apples again.”
Big Mac nodded “Ey’yup.”
Granny sighed, ”I swear that filly is gonna work herself into an early grave. Alright, well I suppose she can sleep in for a little while, but we should get her up to sell them apples before they spoil.”
Big Mac nods. “I’ll get her up in a little bit.”
Granny went back inside, grumbling about her stubborn granddaughter and Big Mac finished placing the barrels onto a wagon. Yet despite what he said, his own mind couldn’t stop pondering. “I know AJ’s one to work herself too hard, but even if she did work all last night she’d never sleep in this long , it’s almost midday.”
He decided to at least go and check on his little sister, just to make sure she’s alright. The big stallion steadily went through the house and went upstairs and tried opening the mare’s door and gave a gentle knock. “Uh, Applejack you okay?”
Then he heard the strangest response, “Yeah Big Mac, just brushing my mane, wanna look pretty.”
Big Macintosh blinked suddenly questioning if he was hearing things correctly. ”Uh…you doing something with Rarity today?”
Applejack laughed.“Not entirely sure, maybe if she wants to make my dress even more pretty, but I'm okay, just getting ready for kindergarten.”
The sudden mention of kindergarten immediately set the red stallion on edge, as he knocked again, much louder than before.. “Uh, Applejack can you unlock the door please? I think we need to talk”
“Sure Big Mac!” Single sound of a latch being pulled free and a door open later, Big Mac was stunned seeing Applejack, now wearing an outrageously poofy and frilly blue dress.
Despite how concerned he’d been mere moments ago, he couldn’t help but burst into roarous laughter at the sight before him. The laughter quickly spread to AJ, who couldn’t help but giggle at seeing her brother rolling around in laughter. After about a minute of almost bursting his stomach laughin, Big Mac finally managed to get up,with tears streaming from his eyes. “Oh Applejack, you got me good. Did you lose a bet or something?”
She giggled, “No, I like this dress,“ she did a perfect curtsey with her frilly dress and a cute blush on her face. Big Mac’s smile immediately dropped as he blinked in confusion, now growing concerned. “Uh, Applejack, be serious, now why are you wearing that dress?”
Applejack got up and gave her big brother a smile. “Because I like it silly. I already said that”
Big mac still confused sighed, “Look…uh I think you may have worked too much last night let’s go to Nurse Redheart.”
Applejack gave a cough and checked her forehead.”Silly, Big Mac, I’m not sick.”
The mare then squeaked as she felt the pang of needing to pee and started doing a cute potty dance jumping back and forth. “Hold that thought, gotta go potty.” She ran down the hall to the bathroom and shut the door with Big Mac blinking, this time out of serious concern as opposed to confusion and it only grew with each passing second.
”What in the hay is going on with Applejack?”
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Chapter Two: Applejack's first day of school
Big Mac and Granny Smith were sitting down together with Applejack at their small dinner table eating breakfast together. Applejack was busy humming as she devoured a simple meal of hot oatmeal with apples and cinnamon. The farm mare was bouncing in her cute dress just enjoying herself. Big Macintosh and Granny Smith were both watching with confusion as she began to slurp up a cup of milk. Big Macintosh whispered in his granny's ear. “I'm going to take her to the hospital after she’s done eating. She may have overworked herself.”
Granny Smith scoffed, ”you kidding me if ponies see her like this she'll be a laughing stock! She needs to stay here and have somepony keep an eye on her.”
They both turned to see Applejack giggling as she was smashing her hooves together covered in oatmeal growling “I ta oatmeal monster rawwr.”
Big Mac chuckled at the filly’s antics and sighed, ”if we can’t take Applejack to the doctor's were going to need one to come here.”
Granny nodded “good idea you go and get nurse Redheart she helped with Spike with his little problem from what I remember.”
Big Mac nodded as he turned to Applejack making a sculpture out of her oatmeal. “Hey Applejack can you stay here and be a good filly for Granny?”
Applejack looked up and asked,”why ya two actin’ so silly I gotta go to school!”
Big Mac cooed,”uh first we need to have Nurse Redheart check you over.”
Applejack pouted and kicked about in a fit. ”I told you I’m not sick dun wanna go see the doctors.”
Granny gave a chuckle and explained to her granddaughter. “Alright, sugar cube I think Big Mac is right. Besides, Nurse Redheart is known for givin’ lollipops to good little fillies.”Applejack began to bounce in her big frilly dress with a smile and squeaked, “Oh really I love lollipops!" She then suddenly stopped as if she realized something and asked, "But what about school I wanna learn about apples?”
Big Mac chuckled and replied, “well I can teach you all about apples when I get back, but you need to be a good filly and listen to granny.”
He then hugged Applejack close to his chest as she sighed and nuzzled into him. “Alright, Big Mac I'll wait for the doctor to see me.”
She finished her oatmeal and scooped most of it into her mouth then got up, and Big Mac took a rag and wiped her face as he cooed,”so Applejack remember you need to stay here while I'm gone okay?
Applejack nodded as she chirped, “okay Big Mac I stay here...but is there any toys to play with?"
Granny Smith came over and patted Applejack’s mane. “Oh, that’s alright come on how about you help me make an apple pie.”
Applejack squealed with joy. “That sounds like fun! I'm gonna make the best apple pie ever!"
Granny nodded as she leads her granddaughter to the kitchen. Big Mac watched with worry seeing how Applejack gathered supplies and asking Granny Smith silly questions like "where do apples come from?" or "why are apples red?" The big stallion shook his head snapping himself out of confusion as he muttered, “I need to find Nurse Redheart and fast!” The big earth pony burst through the front door of his home and ran off out into the streets of ponyville.
An hour later Applejack was giggling as she pounded her hooves into the mixing bowl splattering pie batter all over the kitchen and squealed with joy. “We made apple pie!” Granny Smith giggled and patted the filly on the head. “Aww that's right we did now we need to put our apple pie in the oven and wait.”
Applejack beamed a smile of pride. “Okay, granny! I’ll be a good filly and wait! But I need to go to school!”
As Granny put the apple pie in the oven, she cooed, “nope no school sweetheart you need to stay here.”
Applejack pouted as she crossed her hooves. “Wana go to school.” She then saw that Granny Smith was muttering as she adjusted the oven’s temperature.
Applejack slowly got up and tip-hooved out of the kitchen and towards the door giggling. She then quickly opened the door and skipped out into the streets without a care in the world. She squealed seeing ponies walking by just blinking in surprise as she skipped by and Applejack just waved a hoof at them. Rarity was walking down the road, and she gasped upon seeing Applejack in the giant pompous frilly blue dress that she dared the farm mare to wear during their unplanned slumber party at Twilight's library not too long ago and asked, “Applejack what in Equestria are you wearing!?”
The farm mare turned, ”oh hi Rarity! It’s my new favorite dress!” She shook it around as ponies nearby chuckled some just burst into fits of laughter, Rarity was a bit concerned seeing her friend acting so strangely and asked, "Applejack darling are you okay?”
Applejack got up and chirped, “I’m perfectly fine. Now Rarity I gotta go to school! I’ll see ya later!” She bounced off as rarity scratched her head “uh..school? Is she doing something for one of Cheerilee’s plays?”
As Applejack skipped across Ponyville gaining more odd looks and bursts of laughter. The filly could only beam a smile thinking everypony must love her cute dress. The silly earth pony eventually found the schoolhouse and burst through the front doors with Cheerilee blinking in confusion “Applejack!?”
Applejack squealed, ”hi Cheerilee my name is Applejack! And I wanna learn.”
The school foals giggled and whispered amongst themselves as Apple Bloom got up with a nervous expression and asked in a concerned tone, “Applejack what in the hay has gotten into you and why in the hay are ya wearing that dress!?”
Applejack blushed as she asked,”Apple Bloom..I...I just wanted to look pretty. I’m sorry.” She looked down with a pout, and Apple Bloom blinked as the rest of the class burst into laughter. Cheerilee growled, “class that's enough.”
The class started to calm down, and Cheerilee turned around smiling. “Okay Applejack uh...you can uh..." The teacher looked around the classroom and spotted an empty desk near the farm mare's little sister and exclaimed, "you can go sit next to your sister Apple Bloom.”
Applejack squealed with joy and took Apple Bloom into a tight hug and twirled around. “Did you hear that Apple Bloom! We're going to be sitting next to each other!”
Apple Bloom groaned she was twirled around like a rag doll and could hear the whispers among her classmates and whined, “Applejack let me go!”
Applejack blushed putting Apple Bloom down. “Sorry big sis got a little carried away.”
Apple Bloom blushed and ground a hoof into the floor she always wanted to be the big sister but not like this. But she sighed and thought, ‘alright just imagine what would Applejack do...before she went crazy somehow.’
Apple Bloom stood up and asked,”now Applejack go sit down next to my desk and don’t do anything until I’m with you.”
Applejack nodded as she chirped, “okay big sis you got it.” The big filly squealed as she skipped through the desks bumping foals with her dress and plopped down in her seat with her dress pooling around her. The farm mare squeaked as she tried to push the mass of blue fabric down this was received with more giggles from the rest of the class, and Diamond Tiara gave a cruel laugh and jeered, “looks like crazy runs in the Apple family.”
Apple Bloom groaned running a hoof down her face, and Cheerilee bent down to the little farm filly.“Hey, I think your sister isn’t feeling right how about you care for her while we send somepony to Twilight. This could be something to deal with magic.”
Apple Bloom nodded in agreement, “I agree, we should send Scootaloo she’s pretty fast on a scooter.”
Overhearing the conversation Scootaloo came over and exclaimed, ”sure I don’t mind going.”
Cheerilee eyed the filly and replied, “Okay Scootaloo go and find Twilight then come straight back no ditching school.”
Scootaloo saluted “ don’t worry Cheerilee I’ll be back faster than a wonderbolt!” She grabbed her scooter and dashed off through the streets of ponyville. Cheerilee then turned her attention to Apple Bloom and ruffled her mane. “Alright go on and keep your sister from causing any trouble...I guess we can learn something simple while we wait for Twilight.”
Apple Bloom sighed, ”yeah I guess…” she slowly crawled to her desk cringing hearing the whispers from Diamond Tiara about how her family is crazy and the evil giggles that followed suit. Apple Bloom eventually slumped over down next to Applejack who was doodling with a quill on a piece of paper. Sweetie Belle blushed as she whispered, “hey applejack I like your dress.”
Applejack perked up and but blushed at the compliment hugging her mass of blue fabric as she exclaimed, “thanks I love my dress a lot!”
Sweetie Belle asked,”so Applejack why do you want to come to school?”
Applejack giggled, ”I wanna learn my ABCs and 123s! I also wanna learn about apples and how they grow!”
Sweetie Belle dawned and cooed,”oh well I think we're learning more complicated stuff so if you need help with anything let me know okay?”
Applejack nodded “okay...uh...what’s your name?”
Sweetie Belle stuck out a hoof. “My name is Sweetie Belle.”
Applejack giggled, and took out a hoof “name is Applejack.” They both shook hooves as Cheerilee watched the transaction with a smile and seeing the fillies return their attention to her she started the lesson, “Alright class today let's go over the basics of some things. First I think we all know what verbs are?”
A bunch of hooves raised in the air and Applejack slowly lifted a foot blushing, and Cheerilee giggled as she asked, ”yes Applejack?”
The mare tapped a hoof on the desk and replied, “I think its..uh,, um.. an apple?”
The class giggled, and Cheerilee eyed her student's bit cooed, “no sweetheart an apple is a noun now Applejack verbs describe actions like running, clopping, flying…”
Applejack blinked with a blank face not really understanding as Cheerilee cooed, “bucking?”
The farm mare gasped, ”oh okay.”
Cheerilee nodded seeing that Applejack understands. ”Good, now that Applejack mentioned an apple we’ll go over no...” The teacher notice Applejack raised a hoof again, and Cheerilee smiled and cooed, “yes Applejack?”
Applejack blushed, “teacher what does bucking mean? Big Mac said that word..but I don’t know what it is?
The class burst into more laughter and Applejack whimpered seeing she made a mistake. Cheerilee was now getting frustrated and stomped a hoof. “That's enough from all of you next foal that laughs at Applejack is going to serve detention.”
The class became quiet again, and Cheerilee turned back to Applejack and began her explanation. “Well, bucking is kicking with your back legs you and your family use it to knock apples from trees.”
Applejack beamed with a smile, “oh yeah! Big Mac said I’ll be able to buck apples when I’m older.”
Apple Bloom blinked as the rest of the class snickered, and Cheerilee concerned asked, “uh Applejack how old do you think you are?”
The farm mare chirped, “I’m five years old...but teacher can you help me go potty gotta pee.”
The rest of the class couldn't help it as most of the foals just started bursting into more fits of laughter bringing tears in Applejack’s eyes as she whined, ”hey I just graduated from pull-ups!”
This brought more laughter from the class, and in tears, Applejack burst from her desk and ran out the door. Apple Bloom squealed as she jumped up “he-hey! Applejack come back!”
Cheerilee growled as she stomped a hoof and shouted ”silence!”
The foals all stopped laughing as Cheerilee gave her class a cold glare and scolded them. ”Because of your terrible behavior, you are all getting an assignment of writing a two thousand word essay on bullying!” The foals all groaned and grumbled.
Sweetie Belle got up and exclaimed, “I didn't laugh! I was even trying to be nice to Applejack!”
Cheerilee turned to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle and explained, “except for you two your assignment today will be to find your sister and get her to Twilight. Also be aware she thinks she’s a young filly so treat her as such.”
They both nodded, and the two fillies ran out of the classroom. As the two fillies ran through the streets of Ponyville Sweetie Belle looked over and asked, “so what’s going on with your sister? Did she bump her head on a rock or something?”
Apple Bloom shrugged, ”I have no idea but where do you think a little filly would go if she’s sad?”
Sweetie Belle paused then she clopped a hoof on the ground.“Oh how about Sugarcube corner! All foals love sweets no matter the age!”
Apple Bloom squealed, ”great thinking Sweetie Belle now come on! We have not the time to lose!” they then ran down the street straight for Sugarcube corner
While Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked for Applejack Big Mac was dragging Nurse Redheart from the hospital through ponyville as she rubbed her head trying to figure out what the big stallion told her. “So let me get this straight...Applejack woke up late this morning, and you found her in some silly frufru dress, and she acts like a five-year-old.”
Big Mac nodded and replied with a simple “ey’yup.”
Nurse Redheart sighed,”well have you thought that the dress could be enchanted? I just dealt with something like this with Spike.”
Big Mac shrugged “I have no idea, she just started acting weird all of a sudden...but that could be the case.”
Nurse Redheart sighed “alright well we better tell Twilight she solved Spike’s regression before she can do so again.”
Then they both saw Granny Smith hobbling down the street “Big Mac thank Celestia I found ya, Applejack went missing I have no idea where she is!”
Big Mac groaned and rubbed a hoof down his face and asked,”well she was heading to the school did you look there?”
Granny pounded a hoof down. “Oh, apple fritters! Why didn't I think of that!”
Big Mac rolled his eyes and sighed, "alright Granny go back to Sweet apple acres and wait for me. I’ll find Applejack.”Granny shook her head. ”No way I ain't’ gonna leave that filly all by herself!”
Nurse Redheart patted Granny on the head. ”Big Mac is right you shouldn’t be running around Ponyville getting yourself worked up it’s not healthy at your age. “
Granny spat back. “Fiddlesticks! I ain't helpless and I ain't gonna let some fancy schmancy doctor tell me what to do!”
Big Mac groaned and stomped a hoof as he was growing impatient. “Granny, please let me do this, okay? The longer we debate, the harder this is going to be.”
Granny scoffed, “fine, but ya better find her ya here!”
Big Mac nodded and gave a determined, “ey'up.” as he ran towards the schoolhouse determined to find his little sister.
Chapter three: The Baby Dragon Returns
Pinkie Pie was bouncing through Suagrcube corner delivering treats and pastry dishes to the customers throughout the shop. They usually gave her a smile or they complimented her in which she would give a sweet reply back or make a quick joke. But all of a sudden out of nowhere Pinkie Pie sees something that made the energetic mare pause with confusion. Applejack in a very poofy frilly blue dress burst into the shop shouting, “pinkie pie!”
The pink coated earth pony was stunned as Applejack ran into her and wrapped her hooves around the pink earth pony squeezing Pinkie Pie into the mass of the blue dress. Pinkie Pie blinked in confusion and patted her friend's blue dress as she asked, “Uh...Applejack are you okay?”
Pinkie Pie peered up and wiped the tears from her face as she exclaimed, “oh it’s just horrible! I was at school and I was answering some questions then every pony started laughing at me and called me names!” She cried louder and burst into tears hugging Pinkie Pie even closer to her chest.
Pinkie who was still not sure about what was going on just smiled and hugged Applejack. “Hey, it’s alright you won’t’ be laughed at here!”
Applejack smiled peering up at Pinkie Pie. “Really is it okay if I stay here and have candy and a milkshake!?”
Pinkie Pie nods as she ruffled the mare’s mane. “Yep, that’s right! Now come on let’s get you settled.”
Applejack squealed in joy as she bounced to an empty seat and Pinkie Pie helped settle the mare into it and as she hoofed over an ice cream float with whip cream piled on top. Applejack’s eyes beamed with a glow of childish wonder as she grabbed her treat and started suckling out the ice cream.
But Applejack was starting to see that the other ponies in the shop were snickering at her making the mare whimper and blush at the unwanted attention. Pinkie Pie turned around at the patrons and scolded them, “Hey! Stop that! Applejack is just having a bad day!”
She took her friend and led the sad mare up the stairs and looked around to see that many of the ponies went back to their business. Pinkie and her friend eventually made it to an empty nursery. The place was simple, but there was a crib in the back and diaper changing table near the right side of the room. Applejack blinked in surprise. “Is...is this a nursery?”
Pinkie nodded. ”Yeah, Mrs. Cake just found out she’s pregnant! We're in the middle of furnishing this room into a nursery for the new foal!”
Applejack squealed running to a chest full of toys and dug through them digging out some dolls and plush animals and asked. “Oh wow look at all these toys!”
Pinkie nodded and smirked seeing how Applejack’s attention span was so small now and explained, “yeah there’s quite a few in there mostly donations from many ponies around town whose foals all grown up.”
Applejack wasn’t paying attention as she began placing them in a circle and asked, “Pinkie can we play tea party?”
Pinkie chirped “of course sweetie, but we're going to need a few other things for a tea party!”
She then without warning began to take out a pink plastic table and placed it in the middle of the room and set up some pink plastic chairs. Applejack gasped and sat down with a giggled hugging a teddy bear close to her chest. Pinkie watched with a smile “aww your so cute, but I have to ask why are you acting like this?”
Applejack giggled, ”what are you talking about Pinkie I’m five! I’ve always acted like this.”
This made Pinkie pause now realizing something was definitely wrong with Applejack. Then upon looking at the strange dress Pinkie Pie thought, “oh I see I bet that dress is enchanted like those foal things Spike had that made him act like a hatchling.”
Applejack looked up with childish wonder in her eyes and asked, ”Spikey? You mean Spikey the baby dragon is coming to play with me?”
Pinkie giggled and threw her hooves in the air. “Of course he is, but I need to go get him and Twilight.”
Applejack clapped her hooves with glee. “Alright! Well, I’ll stay and play here!”
Pinkie pie stopped releasing that Applejack in her current state probably needs somepony to watch her. Then she heard a familiar filly’s voice asked, “Hey do you know if my sister Applejack came by? She’s wearing a silly dress.”
Pinkie Pie bounced down to see Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom both asking ponies the same question all pointing towards upstairs but Pinkie quickly bounced down. “Hey you two! You looking for Applejack!?”
Apple Bloom perked up and asked, “hey Pinkie? You know where Applejack is!?”
Pinkie Pie nods and continued, “Yep she upstairs follows me!”
The energetic pink pony bounced upstairs to the empty nursery with Applejack playing a silly game of tea party as she turned with a smile. “hey big sis! Ya came to play with me!?”
Apple Bloom just groaned and was going to say something but? Pinkie Pie spoke up first “of course she is! I think Sweetie Belle should play along too!” She quickly placed two cute pink frilly dresses over the school fillies and plopped them into two empty seats as they glared at Pinkie who just oat their manes and cooed, ”now you two don’t get all pouty I just need you two to keep an eye on Applejack while I go get Twilight.”
Apple Bloom groaned looking at her pink dress with distaste. ”Alright I guess ya have a point, but please hurry I don’t need ponies seeing me like this.”
Pinkie Pie ruffled the filly’s mane. “Oh don’t worry I'll be back in a jiffy.”
She then bounced downstairs as applejack poured some tea into the school fillies cups. “There now lets play!”
They both sighed and sipped their teas smiling as Apple Bloom thought Twilight better get here fast! I don’t know how long I can keep Applejack busy.
All the while this is happening Big Macintosh burst through the classroom doors panting. The class all looked up at him, and he saw Cheerilee was sitting down at her desk with most of her students busy writing their essays on bullying he asked, ”Ch...Ch...Cheerilee was Applejack here?”
Cheerilee sighed,”She was Big Mac, however.” She turned to her class with a glare. “But my class made fun of her dress, and she ran off. I had Apple, and Sweetie Belle goes out to find her.”
Big Mac groaned and pounded his hooves into the ground in anger as he ran outside and pondered. “If I were Applejack where would I go?”
Then he turned to see Rarity coming down the road and ran to her and asked, “Rarity! I need your help!
The mare blinked in surprise and asked. “Darling, what’s going on?”
Big Mac looked up and in a worried tone asked, “Rarity have you seen Applejack she’s wearing a very poofy blue dress!?”
Rarity gasped. “Oh yes darling I saw her running towards the schoolhouse…”
Big Mac stomped a hoof and groaned in agitation, “Just wonderful!”
Rarity eyed him and asked, “darling what’s the matter? Isn’t she there?”
Big Mac shook his head and muttered in agitation, “Applejack thinks she’s a little filly and has run off who knows where.”
Rarity tapped a hoof to her chin. “Well, I think that if I were a filly, the first place I would go to Sugarcube corner.”
Big Mac blinked and within a single instant hugged Rarity and twirled her around with a big smile on his face as he squeaked,"ey’yup!” He then placed her down and ran down the road as fast as he could. Rarity ran alongside him towards the bakery and sighed, “Hopefully I’m right.”
Pinkie Pie bounced towards The Golden Oaks library to see Scootaloo banging on the door. “Hey, some pony open up! Come on!”
Pinkie bounced over and asked, “hey Scootaloo what’s going on!?”
Scootaloo gave an exasperated sigh, “I’m trying to find Twilight? But she’s clearly isn’t here.”
Pinkie Pie tapped a hoof to her chin. “Let me guess you know about Applejack’s enchanted dress too?”
Scootaloo turned, “I knew that dress was the reason why she was acting so cooky! But Twilight is only open who can help her right!? I mean she helped Spike out of that time he was enchanted in thinking he was a baby!?”
Pinkie Pie nodded and chirped, ”probably! But if Twilight isn’t here, then we're definitely in trouble.”
The two then heard the door open both fillies bounced in anticipation. But they both groaned seeing Spike standing in the doorway he was sweating a little. He was breathing fast as he stammered, ”hey uh Pinkie…Scootaloo what brings you two here?”
Pinkie Pie chirped, “Hey Spike! We’re trying to find Twilight any idea where she is!?”
Spike gave a small sigh of relief and explained, “Oh, she went to Rarity’s because she’s looking for some enchanted dress that her grandmother sent her.”
Pinkie clapped her hooves. ”great!” she turned to Scootaloo. “Hey, you should go get Twilight and bring her to Sugarcube corner I need Spike…for something else!?”
Scootaloo saluted, “you got it!” she got back on her scooter and zoomed down Ponyville towards the carousel boutique. Pinkie Pie turned to Spike who blinked as pinkie blushed, “Hey Spike, I have a question what would you do for a dozen sapphire swirl cupcakes!?”
Spike’s mouth watered at the thought of that many and rubbed his belly as he moaned, “I’ll do anything! What is it!?”
Pinkie Pie smirked as she waved a hoof and casually asked, “oh I don’t know...would you wear diapers again…just one more time.”
Spike instantly threw up his hooves. “No way! There’s no way I’m ever wearing diapers again not even for a hundred sapphire blue swirl cupcakes!”
Pinkie sighed, “look, Spike, I need help with Applejack she’s the one wearing the enchanted dress, and we need to keep her from making a fool of herself. She needs ponies to play with her, and I don’t think Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle can pull it off.”
Spike groaned and shook his head. “No way! My answer is still no.”
Pinkie Pie gave Spike innocent puppy dog eyes. “Alright well…but you like wearing pull-ups right?”
Spike stammered, ”how do you-“ He gasped putting his claws over his mouth as Pinkie burst out laughing and clapping her hooves. “I knew it! You still wear them!”
Spike groaned running a claw down his face and grumbled, “You better not tell any pony.”
Pinkie got up still giggling as she crossed her heart and shoved a hoof into her eye as she exclaimed, “I won't…as long as you help me!?” Spike groaned seeing he had no choice, “f...fine! But will any pony be there!?”
Pinkie Pie shakes her head. “Nope, you’ll just play with Applejack while Twilight finds a way to remove the dress.”
Spike sighed, “fine, whatever but you’re not dressing me in diapers until we're in a private room and you won’t speak about this to anypony.”
Pinkie Pie nodded as she proclaimed, “I already made a Pinkie promise!”
Spike sighed “fine let’s get this over with.” He followed pinkie pie down the road as he thought how in the hay she knew about the pull-ups! Was it pinkie sense!? If so has she told anypony else!?
Spike and Pinkie Pie eventually made it upstairs as they heard shouting and something flying across the room. Pinkie comes in gasping seeing the tea set crashed in dozens of pieces all over the place. The two school fillies were trying to calm the mare down. Applejack began bucking the walls screaming, "I wana pway outside!”
Apple Bloom stomped a hoof. “Applejack calm the hay down, or you're going to timeout!”
Applejack stuck her tongue out. "No ya a meanie poopy head!"
Apple Bloom stomped her hoof again and scolded her big sister. "You're going to calm down at the count of three."
Applejack whined and stomped her hooves But Apple Bloom continued her countdown. “Two...one…”
The farm mare sat down on the floor with a cute pout with her dress flying up as she crossed her hooves.
Sweetie Belle just rolled her eyes at Applejack’s antics but turned around upon hearing the door opening. She gasped upon seeing Pinkie Pie strolled in and squeaked. “Oh thank Celestia you’re here Pinkie! Apple Bloom was trying to just play with her but...well she wanted to play outside and of course, we said no then she started acting like this!”
Pinkie giggled, ”aww well that’s alright you two can take those dresses off and head back to school. Tell Cheerilee, Pinkie has everything under control."
Sweetie Belle instantly too her silly dress off as Apple Bloom sighed taking her’s off and grumbled, “remind me to never want to be the big sister again!”
Sweetie Belle ran out through the door as Apple Bloom followed her. Applejack went up and sighed, "sorry Pinkie just wanted to play outside."
Pinkie cooed and patted Applejack on the head, “Well sweetie we don't want want to get that pretty dress u…” She saw that the dress was now quite stained with mud and tea as she giggled finishing her statement.”Uh dirty…”
Applejack nodded as she exclaimed, “okay Pinkie ya right don’t want my dressie getting dirty it’s my favorite dress!” As she twirled around in it some more.
Pinkie giggled and cooed, “ Alright Applejack but I also came by because have a new playmate for ya!”
She then shoved Spike into the room with her nose with the dragon blushing and waved a claw. “Hey Applejack…”
He was awestruck seeing Applejack with her glassy look and her ruffling dress swaying from side to side now stained oatmeal, mud and tea she asked, “hey spikey uh..ya dun need diapees anymowe!?”
Pinkie Pie giggled, “nope Twilight just ran out don’t worry I’ll get him padded up.”
She took Spike to the diaper changing table, and Applejack gasped, “Oh Pinkie I wana help!”
Pinkie Pie waved a hoof. “Alright come on then!”
Applejack squealed as she bounced over and Pinkie Pie first got out the foal powder, and she held Applejack’s hooves gently as she powdered the dragon’s rump. Applejack’s eyes were filled with wonder as they finished powdering the dragon. Some got out one of the infamous pink gem printed padded diapers he wore a few months ago during his time being treated like a baby hatchling. Pinkie Pie slid the padding and slid the tail through the back and then began to fold it over his front as she cooed, ”alright Applejack tape him up.”
Applejack nodded as she took the tabs and secured them a bit clumsily across the young dragon’s belly. He moaned looking down seeing the thick padding now strapped around him and he grumbled, "here we go again."
Pinkie Pie giggled and patted the diaper making it crinkle quite loudly, "okay Spike come on and give us your cute waddle!" The energetic pink pony placed the dragon down on the ground as he grumbled and had to stick his little arms out from both sides while sticking his tail up in the air. Spike blushed feeling Pinkie pie and Applejack's gazes burning into his back but had no choice and began to waddle across the room making loud audible crinkling noises with each step. Applejack clapped her hooves in glee and squealed, ”He’s so cute! Now spikey let's play!”
Pinkie smirked, “Alright you two but first let’s clean this mess up. She helped set up the tea set with the pink table and chairs as Applejack placed her plushies around the small table once again. As she bounced in her chair as Spike blushed sitting across from her feeling himself sink into the pillowy substance thinking, despite this being embarrassing I do miss how comfortable these diapers are.
Applejack who was now pouring the tea again looked up and asked in a sweet tone, “uh Pinkie spikey needs a bottle."
Spike growled, but Pinkie giggled and bonked her head with a hoof.“Of course, I forgot babies can't drink from big pony cup, silly me!”
She slammed the bottle into the dragons’ mouth. He growled but suckled gently on the amber nipple as Applejack jumped up and down in her dress and asked,”so spikey how old are ya!?”
He blushed and scrunched the thick padding with his claws, “uh…I’m uh…three.”
Applejack squealed jumping up and down even more. ”Oh, tats cool! I five and I already potty trained!”
Spike nodded and praised Applejack cooing, “I see that, but why were you throwing a tantrum earlier?”
Applejack shrugged “I forgot, but Apple Bloom didn’ want to pway with me. Guess she’s a big mare and me still a little filly.”
Spike nodded again and seeing in his diaper it seems to have brought this mare at ease. Spike asked, “so do you want to play anything after this?”
Applejack sipped her sippy cup and replied, “Well I want to pway hide and go seek, but pinkie says we got to stay here. But it’s getting stuffy and boring.”
Spike tapped a claw on his chin. “How about we play a board game!?”
Applejack tapped a hoof on her chin and shook her head as she explained, "Nah got a better idea wana play house!” Before the young dragon could do anything, Spike was caught in a big hug shoved into the mass of blue fabric of Applejack's dress, and he squeaked as the farm mare held the bottle to his mouth and patted his diaper. “Alright Spikey drink up.”
The dragon rolled his eyes but reluctantly suckled away knowing he has to keep the deal he has with Pinkie Pie. The pink earth pony stood near the door watched sighing in relief seeing that Applejack calmed down and thought to herself, “hopefully Scootaloo can find Twilight or else this is going to be a long day.”
Chapter four: Rarity's new project
Rarity and Big Macintosh finally came bursting through the front doors of sugarcube corner and they both started gasping out of breath looking around the room. It was full of patrons eating their pastries as Mrs.Cake was handling the service. All the while Mr. Cake was at the front counter he looked up instantly and asked, “hey Rarity, Big Mac what brings you two here?”
Rarity gasped, "has Applejack came by.”
Both ponies looked at each other with concern and were nervous. Mrs. Cake came over and whispered “so do you two know about Applejack thinking she’s a little filly?”
Rarity nodded, “yes we're here to make sure she’s alright.”
Mr. Cake got up and said, “well she's here and playing with pinkie pie and spike.”
The two ponies sighed in relief as they were head upstairs and now they can hear laughter and odd crinkling noise coming from behind. Mr. Cake blushed as he slowly opened the door and what the three ponies saw made them all start bursting into laughter. Spike squealed as he kicked about in his high chair with his diaper clearly visible with foal food all over his face. With Applejack who had a spoon in her hoof as she turned around and asked, “hey you two want to play house with me!?”
Rarity got up first cooing, “oh maybe I want to change a spikey wikey little diaper right Big Mac?”
Big Mac was still chuckling gave the nod. “ey’yup.”
Spike growled as he kicked about in frustration. “Stop it! Gah pinkie!”
Pinkie blushed seeing how this wasn’t how she wanted things to me and asked, “hey you two uh...guess you were looking for Applejack huh?”
Rarity giggled, “Yes and was happy to see she and Spike are playing along nicely.”
Spike rolled his eyes and Mr. Cake blushing asked, ”uh guess I’ll just uh leave you ponies alone. Uh, don’t make too much of a mess.” He then quickly ran downstairs still laughing. Spike just looked down in humiliation at his diaper and thought just wonderful only when everypony was starting to forget about that stupid incident!
Big Mac came over and poked Spike’s diaper and with a smirk asked, “so you still need these?”
He sciofed shoving Big Mac's hoof aside and shouted “no! I’m just doing this to play along with Applejack!”
Applejack laughed, ”he's such a silly baby he needs diapers. Not like me or Rarity we just got out of potty training.”
Rarity blinked in surprise at what Applejack just said and began to correct her mentally regressed friend. ”Oh, darling I’m…”
Pinkie interrupted and jumped up shouting, ”yep she just graduated from diapers! Rarity is a big filly now!” She gave Rarity’s mane a pat as Applejack squealed and gave the bewildered Fashionetta a big hug. ”Yay! congrats Rarity ya a big filly now!”
Rarity rolled her eyes but blushed seeing how happy her friend was. The white-coated mare simply cooed, ”yes darling, uh I’m happy I can go on the potty all by myself.”
Applejack giggled jumping up and down with her dress flying all over the place. “me too! I wuv going potty!”
She then took out her dress and did a cute curtsey and asked,”wuv my pretty dress?”
Rarity nodded with a smile looking at the plainly stained dress. “Yep it’s adorable but um I think we should get that washed darling.”
Applejack blushed seeing the stains. “Yeah probably…but not right now maybe after when it’s time for night nights.”
Rarity cooed, “Oh but…uh…” She was starting to get a feeling that the dress may be the culprit in why her friend was acting so strangely and asked, “Uh what if I helped get you a better dress? While this one gets washed?”
Applejack paused tapping a hoof on her chin then exclaimed, “sure that sounds great!”
Rarity sighed in relief, but Applejack then looked her freind over and asked, “but Rarity why aren’t you wearing a frilly dress? I thought you liked frilly dresses.”
Pinkie giggled as Spike smirked seeing Rarity blush making her face turn a deep red. “Uh…I just didn't feel like wearing one today.”
Pinkie cooed. ”Oh that’s alright, I think I have a dress just for you!"
She took out a copy of the big blue dress and slammed it over rarity show squealed as he fell back with the blue frufru dress flew upwards. Spike laughed and kicked about in his diaper. Rarity scoffed and fussed around but saw Applejack smiling and having a good time and the white-coated mare sighed, ”thanks Pinkie it's lovely but if you can get dresses why can’t you give a copy to Applejack?”
Before Pinkie could respond Applejack giggled, “Well I want ya to make one! now come Rarity lets go!”
She took Rarity by the hoof as the two ran downstairs. Pinkie then turned her attention to Big Macintosh. “Hey uh I need to clean this place up and stay to help Mr. and Mrs. Cake.”
Big Mac chuckled “it's alright I'll keep an eye on them.” He then slowly downstairs as pinkie turned to the padded dragon still in the highchair cair crossing his claws. “you’re going to make me a hundred sapphire swirl cupcakes.”
Pinkie giggled, ”oh don't worry spikey I’m sure everypony isn’t going to tell how you're still in diapers.”
She then lifted him and plopped him down with his diaper making the dragon bow his legs a little. ”Now can you help me clean up.”
He blushed and asked, ”uh Pinkie can you take the diaper off now.”
Pinkie booped his nose. “Maybe, if you want to.” He blushed knowing she somehow knew he liked wearing the foalish garment, and Spike sighed, ”alright I’ll keep it on until this place is cleaned.” Pinkie pie produced a broom and cooed, "okay Spikey Wikey!"
Spike took it chuckling as he waddled across the room and began sweeping the floor. Pinkie who was now removing the foal toys and putting them in the toy chest she watched Spike waddle around in his thick diaper shaking about and giggled, “oh he’s just so cute! Maybe he can be a practice baby!”
As Spike swept the floor, Big Macintosh watched with a smile as Rarity was being dragged through town with a cute pout in a copy of Applejack’s embarrassing blue dress. The fashionista could feel everypony’ s eyes were drawn towards her as she stumbled through the crowds. All the embarrassed mare could do was blush as she slowly walked alongside her friend. Oh dear! Oh dear! How am I going to explain this later!
Applejack, however, was still in her naïve young mind was just talking about how she wants to go to the galloping gala. “I want to dance with a handsome prince then get married so I can become a princess!” Rarity blinked at this and asked, “Hey that’s what I wanted to do at the gala?”
Applejack paused and turned around. “oh really? well, guess you're going to have to watch out because Blueblood is gonna marry me first!”
Rarity rolled her eyes thinking a handsome prince such as Blueblood would never marry a farm mare…much less one who thinks she’s a five-year-old. But then she saw Applejack’s reaction who scoffed and turned away, and Rarity sighed as she chirped, "uh that’s wonderful darling I’m sure that he is going to just adore that dress.”
Applejack blushes as she does a cute curtsey. “Thanks, Rarity! You’re the best!” She threw herself onto her friend and hugged the mare close as Rarity squeaked and squirmed as she could hear ponies all around chuckling at the antics even Big Mac gave a few hearty chuckles. Rarity pulled herself from Applejack and plopped onto her dress making it fly upwards and the mare squeaked as she fussed around with the dress, making ponies watching burst into more laughter. Rarity then got up and growled, “alright that’s it! We need to go to the carousel boutique now!” She then took Applejack by the hoof and started to drag her rump across ponyville as the regressed farm mare squealed in excitement. “Yay! Can’t wait for a new dress and show it off to everypony!” She continued skipping across town with Rarity following along with a smirk. Just wait until the curse is lifted you won’t be excited then.
Twilight, however, was walking back towards her library grumbling how she waited all day for rarity. But as she walked along, she heard whispers about Applejack in a frilly dress which made her think… Applejack in a dress? Could she… Then all of a sudden Scootaloo burst through on her scooter and skidded to a stop in front of the purple unicorn and gasped, “Twilight! You need to come to Sugarcube corner! Applejack is under some curse!”
Twilight gasped releasing now that Applejack must be wearing the enchanted dress! “We need to find her now we don’t have any time to lose!”
She ran across town towards Sugarcube corner burst through and before she said anything every patron pointed a hoof upstairs as if this has happened a few times already. Twilight ran up the steps and then heard a strange crinkling sound. She burst through the door to the nursery and gasped upon seeing Pinkie pie holding Spike in her hooves with him suckling a bottle filled with formula and crushed gems. He was sleeping soundly as Pinkie shushed, “hey the baby is sleeping.”
Twilight had to put a hoof on her mouth to stop herself from laughing out loud. She gasped calming down and whispered, “I was told that Applejack was here?”
Pinkie Pie nodded as she explaine, “yeah she left with Rarity who said she’ll change the dress into a pink frilly dress. That way she’ll get out of the enchanted dress and Applejack should be back to normal.”
Twilight shook her head. “No, it doesn’t work like that! She can’t just take it off she needs to defy it! That’s only going to make things worse!”
Pinkie blushed “sorry I didn’t know.”
Twilight shook her head. “It’s not your fault, just um…don’t tell Spike I was here.” She winked as Pinkie giggled patting Spike’s diaper. “Of course not it will be our little secret.”
Rarity was finally back in her boutique working on making a poofy pink dress. She was taking fluffy pink fabric and stitching them together. Big Macintosh just stood by watching as Applejack has buried herself looking around the other dresses in rarity’s workshop and whined, “ugh all these dressies are boring why don’t you make more pretty princess dressies?”
Rarity rolled her eyes. “Well darling…uh…not a lot of ponies are fillies like you and me.”
Applejack whined. “well-being an adult is boring I dun want to ever grow up.”
Rarity blushed as she explained, “but growing up can be so much fun too! I mean yes you have to work, but if you like the work, then it can be fun.”
Applejack shook her head and protested, “Nah uh, playing and going to school is fun! Work is boring.”
Rarity just rolled her eyes and sighed, “Okay darling, but I need help making your dress.”
Applejack bounced over and chirped, “okay what you want me to do?”
Rarity waved a hoof. “Come here I need to make some measurements,” Applejack shrugged and was about to pull the dress off but stopped not wanting to take off her favorite dress as the voice whispered, it's alright you can take the dress off as long as you believe you’re a little filly right?
Applejack thought to herself, of course, I am! I’m only five!
The farm mare then began to take the dress off wiggling about as she pulled herself from the suit. Big Macintosh and Rarity watched with anticipation as Applejack whined and stomped about pulling the dress off. The mare then took her skirt and threw it to the side then looked up at Rarity and Big Mac in confusion and asked, “Why are ya two staring at me like that?” Both Big Mac and Rarity groaned in frustration as they both hoofpalmed.
Chapter five: A playdate?
Rarity was busy making the pink frilly dress as she stitched the frilly fabric together as she dedicated her energy to create a new dress for the little filly Applejack. She turned to see Big Macintosh playing a game with Applejack the stallion held his little sister in his hooves as he tickled her making the mare squirm, “stop it Big Mac ya gonna make me pee!”
He smirked nuzzling her mane. “Oh, but I thought you were a big mare.”
She squeaked, “I may but ya gots to be careful I just learned how to use the potty.”
Big Mac laughed and nuzzled her mane. The mare gave a yawn and rubbed her eyes. He then cooed “alright how about you go take a nap while Rarity finished your dress.”
She nods as Big Mac turned to rarity who signed, “hey Applejack you can use my bed okay?”
The foal nodded with a smile. “Otay! Tanks you!” She skipped upstairs as Big Mac followed suit. They came upon Rarity’s fancy bedroom fitted with a luxurious mattress with a canopy bed and soft purple blankets. Applejack couldn't help it running to t and jumped onto the bed sinking into the soft fabric squealing, “yay a bed fit for a princess!”
Big Mac came over and helped tuck the filly underneath the sheets and made sure she was comfortable. Applejack looked up at her brother with a big smile and asked, “Big Mac can you tell me a story?”
He sat down and sighed, “sure why not...it’s been a while since I told Apple Bloom a bedtime story.”
The stallion paused and cooed, “once upon a time in the magical field of Sweet Apple Acres. There was a happy little filly named Apple Blossom who would sit all day eating apples.”
Applejack gasped, “oh no is she supposed to be bucking the apples not eating them!”
Big Mac nodded as he continued, “that’s right the lazy little filly then accidentally ate a spoiled zap apple without realizing it.”
Applejack gasped “oh no! She can't do that! Granny says spoiled zap apples have strange magic!”
Big Mac chuckles “that's right, and she turns into an apple herself! But luckily her big brother came over and poured a magic potion onto the apple turning her back to normal.
Applejack wiped her bow. “Wow, that must of been close mean if she stayed like that for a long time she would've been eaten.”
Big Mac nods as he continued, “that's right, but luckily her big brother was there to rescue her. Now you need to get some sleep.”He then kissed her on the forehead and slowly got up as Applejack snuggled deep under the sheets putting a hoof to her mouth and started to suckle. Big Mac gave a light chuckle then slowly went down the stairs sighing turning to see Rarity busy at her sewing machine and asked, “how goes the dress?”
Rarity grumbled, “it’s done so tell me will it do?” The mare showed up the pink frilly dress with seams of white running down the rippling pink fabric and a giant white bow tied in the back of the dress. Big Mac mouth dropped in awe at the dress and gave a small nod and murmured, “Ey’yup?”
Then all of a sudden out of nowhere Twilight bursts through the front doors of the Carousel Boutique panting as she gasps “Applejack is she here?”
Rarity squeaked turning towards the tired mare and blushed as she explained, “She’s upstairs taking a nap darling.”
Twilight groaned, “fine, but we need to take off the spell that’s on her.”
They all rolled their eyes as Rarity sighed, “we know darling, but there’s not much we can do at the moment.”
Twilight sighed, “guess so, but we need to ease Applejack into wanting to buck apples again. We need her to want to become an adult.”
Rarity eyed her friend. “so how do we do that?”
Twilight explained, “well she needs to go to Sweet Apple Acres and rediscover her love for bucking apples...”
Rarity rolled her eyes. “Good luck with that she thinks she's a princess of some sort.”
Big Mac turned. “well your her best friend and \you can lead her to Sweet Apple Acres and I’ll teach her how to buck.”
Rarity scoffed “as if I had enough public attention today as is. I won’t go back out there in a silly dress!
Twilight smirked coming up to her friend as she explained, “well we could always assist in helping you find your foal at heart. “
Rarity eyed Twilight and gasped in horror when she realized what Twilight meant. “No, you wouldn't dare let me put on the actually enchanted dress!”
Twilight rolled her eyes. “Of course not, I was thinking of just putting on a normal filly dress.”
Rarity sighed in relief blushing as she mumbled, “alright well I guess I'll just have to wear then darling.”
Twilight sighed, “I apologize for making you wear a frilly dress. You already did a lot.”
Rarity chuckled nervously and waved a hoof. “Its nothing darling anything to help with getting Applejack snap out of her curse.”
Twilight nodded in approval lifting the enchanted dress with her magic. “Okay it's settled we get Applejack into her new dress after her nap.”
All three ponies nodded in agreement as Rarity dragged a hoof down her face.
Later that afternoon when Applejack was enthusiastic upon seeing her new dress as she squealed in delight. “Oh, my Celestia it’s perfect!”
Twilight smiled, “I’m glad you like it I designed it just from you now are you going to be good and listen to your big brother. Because you and Rarity are going on a very special playdate.”
Applejack gasped, "Really!? Where are we going auntie Twily!?”
Twilight blushed at the strange nickname. “well Big Mac and I were talking, and we thought it best if you tried your hoof in applebucking later.”
The farm filly bounced around with enthusiasm, “Yay! That sounds like fun!”
She jumped overtaking the pink dress and had Twilight help her slowly the outrageously pink dress over her forelegs. The farm mare gradually slid it over her making sure it fits perfectly, Applejack beamed a sense of pride as she gave the dress a few twirls blushing.
Twilight hugged her best friend now turned filly and cooed, “oh you're welcome sweetheart I hope you enjoy yourself.”
Applejack turned to Rarity and asked, “you ready?”
Rarity who was now putting on a big blue poofy dress sighed and grumbled, “yeah sure let’s go.”
Applejack clapped her hooves in glee as she too Rarity by the hoof and once again speed off into the streets of ponyville. Big Macintosh shook his head and sighed, “this isn’t going to end well.”
Twilight chuckled, “well good luck watching these two.” She lifted the enchanted blue frilly dress and exclaimed, “as for me I’m going to take care of this.”
While Twilight began to squeak. Big Mac followed the two mares to the superstore where Applejack squeaked, ”I want a dolly first! I want the cutest doll in the world!”
Rarity squealed, ”wait I meant I wanted to go to Sweet Apple Acres...to...uh..eat apples.”
Applejack rolled her eyes. “Rarity I eat apples all the time, but I want a dolly.”
Big Mac gave a hearty chuckle as they went through the front doors of the superstore seeing the shoppers to turn their gaze on the odd scene. Two grown mares were wearing insanely over the top dresses and looking more like two five-year-olds. The ponies couldn't help themselves to whisper or chuckle, and rarity once again felt her face redden with embarrassment asked, “Applejack please can we go somewhere else everypony is watching.”
Applejack turned around, “oh don’t worry they’re just jealous of our fancy dresses now come on I think I see a good doll!”
The doll the farm mare picked out was one that looked like. Celestia made of fluffy white fabric. The light rainbow mane was made of a soft silky material that weaved in the air almost like the real Celestia. Applejack held the doll up and bounced up and down shouting, “Big Mac can I have this doll, please! Please! Please!”
Big Mac blushes and just gave a slight nod and a simple. “Ey’yup.”
Rarity groaned coming to the toy section taking a doll version of Blueblood. Big Mac then led the two to the checkout corner, and the mare cashier at the checkout counter chuckled seeing the two mares in their filly dresses putting the dolls on the conveyor belt. The cashier scanned both items and tapes on her cash register as he cooed, “What lovely little dresses you two are wearing what’s the occasion?”
Applejack jumped up and down with giddiness. “Rarity and me having a playdate!” Rarity groaned and bowed her head with her red coat on her face now a bright red.
The cashier giggled as Big Mac paid for the dolls and she nervously commented, “wow um aren’t you two a little old for this?”
Big Mac sighed and explained in a whisper, ”uh they Applejack just wanted to be like little fillies for a day and Rarity is playing along.”
The mare shrugged seeing it wasn’t any of her business. She gave the dolls to the two fillies with rarity growling, and the cashier asked, “So Rarity are you playing along for Applejack how adorable.”
Rarity sighed, “ yes uh tanks, darling.”
Applejack squealed “alright come on Rarity let’s go play with our dollies!” The fashionista squealed being pulled across Ponyville once again.
Granny Smith came down the stairs and shouted, “There you are Applejack! You have me worried sick!”
The filly blushed as she hugged her granny. “I’m sorry I just wanted to go to school but the foals there were mean, and I ran off. I’m sorry.”
Granny Smith stunned by the act blushed and patted her head. “It’s okay sugarcube, I was just worried you might have gotten hurt.”
Big Mac blushed at the touching scene while Rarity was just embarrassed and impatient tapping a hoof on the ground she asked, ”hey what about w-“
Before the mare could finish Apple Bloom burst out of nowhere and shouted, “Hey Applejack!”
Applejack squealed and hugged her sister twirling around. “Hello, Apple Bloom how have you been doing?”
Apple Bloom sighed, “I’m doing fine glad to see you doing okay. So what is ya doing here? Did you see Twilight?”
Applejack nodded as she explained, ”yeah I did she was nice and told me I should come here to buck apples, but I wanted to play with my dolly with my bestest friend Rarity.”
Apple Bloom chuckled and shrugged “alright well have fun I’m going to uh…go and play with my friends.” The filly ran off not wanting to be dressed in another embarrassing dress. Applejack shrugged took Rarity by the hoof and squealed “come on Rarity let’s play!”
The mare sighed and grumbled but followed Applejack up the stairs, and she sat down along with the farm mare in the tea party set that Granny Smith set up earlier.
Rarity grumbled sitting down and taking a cup of tea as Applejack took her doll and cooed, ”so my dolly is the princess of Equestria and wants to have a royal feast!”
Granny Smith came in putting down a plate of apple fritters steaming from the oven. The mare cooed, “Now eat up little ones I don’t want a single fritter on the plate when I come back.”
Applejack giggled, “Okay granny.” She started to devour the fritters like a little filly without any manners just stuffing her face while Rarity watched disgusted and tried to put on a fake smile. Applejack eyed her friend and asked, “why don‘t ya eat it’s rude not to eat in front of a princess.”
Rarity rolled her eyes as she started taking a fritter and slowly but into it. She nodded, “yum it’s good.”
Applejack giggled, ’why don’t you feed your dolly too?” She started to shove a fritter into the Celestia doll’s face. Rarity blushed “um don’t want my dolly to get dirty.”
Applejack waved a hoof. “You can get her cleaned later now come on! Play!”
Rarity groaned but did just that shoving a fritter into the doll’s face and cringed seeing the perfect coat of her prince Blueblood doll’s coat being dirty. Applejack laughed “aww see our dollies love the apple fritters too!”
Rarity blushed and asked, “uh yes they do but um...I always wanted to buck apples.”
Applejack rolled her eyes. “why you're going to get your pretty dressie dirty, and you’ll get all icky.”
Rarity sighed as she paused thinking and continued, “well...um...I just think that it sounds like fun I don’t usually play outside.”
Applejack tapped a hoof on her chin feeling a small pang to buck apples as well. “Now they can get some sleep while we go buck apples!”
Applejack waddled over and stuffed her doll under the sheets and made sure it was snug under the blankets. Rarity just sighed and followed suit. Applejack then jumped on her friend and hugged Rarity once again before asking “now come on we need to go outside and buck apples!”
She ran downstairs, and rarity followed along, and they both came to the apple trees where Applejack stopped, and the voice echoed through her mind once again. Why do you want to buck apples? You’ll just get your new pretty dress dirty besides little fillies don’t work they play.
Applejack stopped and nodded “yeah um…maybe I don’t want to buck apples.”
Rarity groaned as Big Mac came up and asked, ”why not I can teach you?”
Applejack shook her head. “no dun wana buck apples.”
Big Mac walked over to Rarity shaking his head and asked, “can you talk some sense into her?”
Rarity just cringed knowing she needed to be the one to help Applejack buck apples she ran to the first tree and bucked it with her back hooves making it shake a little, and a single apple fell. She clapped her hooves together with a small sense of pride and squealed, “Hey look Applejack I got one!”
Applejack rolled her eyes, and despite the voice, shouting, don’t Applejack! You’re going to get dirty!
Applejack bucked the same tree sending every apple from the branches slamming into the bucket. The farm mare smirked at Rarity and nagged back. “How about that!”
She then feels not a sense of pride but a want to continue so she goes to the next tree and bucks it giggling as t she went from tree to tree bucking them one by one. Rarity watched hoping that this would snap Applejack from the spell.
But as Applejack bucked more getting sweaty and covering her dress in dirt leaves and pieces of apple she blinked realizing that she was dirty and felt tired and the voice whispered, see being a big pony is hard and icky. You should just relax and get some sleep.
Applejack almost listens to the voice, but Big Macintosh came over and started to help the mare learn how to buck correctly bucking a tree with his own back legs. “There see if you hit the center of the tree you can get more apples.”
Applejack eyes beamed and she prepared and bucks again sending even more apples down as she thought no, this is fun...all that time playing with dolls and being silly. That...that wasn’t me... Big Mac patted his sister on the mane, and the mare blinked as the voice shouted, stop your supposed to be just a little filly!
Applejack shook her head and stomped a hoof down on the ground, “no! I am a big filly, and I wana help my family!” She starts to buck the tree more and more until every leaf fell around her she shouted in her mind. I love being sweaty and dirty and bucking apples! Big Mac held Applejack as she heaved up and down clearly having overexerting herself. Then Applejack’s mind broke she squealed jumping into a mud puddle and rolled around until she was caked in mud splashing mud all over squealing “I love being dirty and fun!” She then jumped into a pile of leave and threw them into the air squealing. Then she stopped suddenly looking down at her dress caked in mud and trembled seeing how dirty her coat was covered in bits of leaves. The mare stepped back as she thought to herself, what is going on? Why am I bucking apples? I...I…”
Applejack bursts into tears and ran off towards Ponyville as Rarity squeaked and ran after her friend. “Applejack wait up! Stop where are you going!”
Chapter six: A little filly or a big mare?
Pinkie Pie and Spike were both now in the main mess hall of Sugarcube corner eating cupcakes and drinking milkshakes together. Pinkie Pie giggled, “so come on you have to admit being diapers was fun.”
Spike groaned as he dragged a claw down his face. “Please don’t say that out loud.”
Pinkie Pie giggled and sipped her milkshake and Spike sighed, “yes it was good alright.”
Pinkie shrugged “there’s nothing to be ashamed about. You can just be my practice baby until the cake twins are born.”
Spike eyed Pinkie and asked, “twins? I thought Mrs. Cake only had one foal.”
Pinkie squeaked. “Oops, uh I yeah I meant the foal.” She then turns towards into nothing and gives a wink all Spike does is shrugs “alright whatever.”
They both turned once again to Applejack bursting through the front doors now in her pink frilly dress and tears streaming down her face. She ran into Pinkie hugging her and cried, “Pinkie!”
The pink coated earth pony blushed as she held the mare close and asked, ”why what’s wrong?”
Applejack looked up and whimpered as she nervously asked, ”tell me am…am I a big pony or a little filly?”
Spike gulped as Pinkie laughed. ”Oh, you’re a big mare Applejack.”
The mare asked, ”but…but why am I acting like a little filly? How do I stop being a little filly?”
Pinkie paused as she turned to Spike who was just staring at Applejack’s mud-soaked dress. ”How about we get that muddy dress off then a bath first.”
Applejack nodded and clapped her hooves and chirped, “Sounds great! I’ll go get a bath!” She then ran up the stairs as Pinkie sighed, “I’ll watch her, Spike can you help Mr. and Mrs. Cake down here?”
He shrugged “sure thing.” He got up and went to help the smiling despite the voice shouted in her mind, don’t you dare! You’ll be dirtier!
Applejack scoffed in her mind fighting back, no way! I’m a big mare! And I’m going to prove it!
As the farm mare entered the bathroom upstairs, she threw off the giant pink dress and started her own bath and slowly fell into the water giving a deep sigh of relief. Pinkie followed suit coming into the bathroom smiling “oh looks like your all ready for bath time.”
The pink coated mare came down and started to pour some bubble bath soap creating large big pink suds in the water and cooed, “alright you big filly let’s get you all cleaned up.”
Applejack nods as she let Pinkie scrub her mane and coat with soap and shampoo scrubbing her down cleaning the mare behind the ears as if she were the farm mare’s mother. Applejack blew bubbles as she splashed around kicking about in the pink sudsy water. When Pinkie seemed satisfied that Applejack was cleaned she helped her out of the bath and drying her off with a giant white fluffy towel. Pinkie asked, “so you still want to wear the dress Rarity made you?”
Applejack looked up and blushed as she asked, “yes but it’s super dirty can you wash it?”
Pinkie held the pink frilly dress up now sparkling clean and nodded. “here it is all cleaned and ready for little Applejackie!"
The farm mare clapped her hooves and quickly gussed about putting the dress back on slipping her fore legs through the bubble sleeves and ruffling the skirt of the dress seeing it sway around her. Then all of a sudden Applejack started to pee on the floor with a loud hissss making the mare gasp in horror “I..I…I didn’t mean to.” She wailed and hugged Pinkie close who patted the mare on the head. ”Pinkie. I…I… want to wear a diaper.”
Pinkie blushed unsure of what to do asked, ”why do you want to do that? I thought you were a big filly?”
Applejack shook her head, “well I wana diapee for comfort really. Just in case if I have another accident.”
Pinkie seeing the yellow puddle on the ground sighed, ”alright come on I’ll get you in one but let me clean this up first.” She grabbed a mop cleaning the mess as Applejack continued to sniffle. When Pinkie finished, she took Applejack by the hoof and lead her to the nursery taking out a big thick white diaper from underneath the diaper changing table and explained "Spike had some extra big diapers I think they'll fit." Applejack gigled "okay Pinkie i'll wear Spikey's diapees." She then lifted her dress as Pinkie Pie began taping it around her friend's rump. Pinkie made quick work outting the diaper on Applejack making sure the tabs were snug. Applejack nodded in aprroval seeing the diaper now strapped snuggly around her giving the mare a sesne of comfort and relief. She then fixed her dress, so the diaper was well hidden under the layers of pink fabric. Pinkie patted her head and cooed, ”now that you're all cleaned and have some proper protection. Do you want to help me bake a cake?” Applejack chirped “yeah of course!”
The pink coated mare then lead Applejack down the stairs and blushed as she could hear the diaper crinkle but just sighed, alright I’ll just try to keep her in the kitchen where nopony will notice the diaper.
Pinkie lead her to the kitchen and helped set up the baking supplies as Applejack started to pour the flour and cracked eggs pinkie couldn’t help but nuzzle Applejack and coat how good job she was doing and thought, Well it seems as if taking the dress off didn’t work I hope Applejack isn’t like this forever!
As for Rarity she groaned looking around the town square with a look of worry on her face. She scanned the place looking for her friend, and it seemed she wasn’t anywhere to be seen. The mare stomped a hoof. “Ugh, where did she go!?”
As luck would have it, Spike was coming down the road squeaked upon seeing Rarity and trembled with embarrassment knowing she played with him while he was in a diaper and asked nervously, “Hey uh Rarity you looking for Applejack?”
Rarity sighed, “yeah I need help with her she almost broke from the curse, but I think she came here.”
Spike pointed to Sugarcube corner and grumbled, ”she’s in there.” Rarity sighed and patted the young drake on the head. “Thanks, Spike and don’t worry nopony will ever know you wore a diaper today alright.” He blushed, even more, when Rarity kissed him on the cheek, and she bounded to Sugarcube Corner while Spike rubbed his cheek lovingly as he stammered while star gazed. “I don't know if this is the worst day of my life or the greatest.”
As Spike went back to the library Rarity burst through the doors of Sugarcube corner and shouted: “where's Applejack!”
Everypony just pointed to the kitchen where the fashionista growled and stomped towards the back of the bakery and burst through the kitchen doors. There she saw Applejack giggling as she was finishing baking a cake with Pinkie and turned to Rarity. “Hey, I’m baking a cake!”
Pinkie blushed, and Rarity put on a fake silly gaze as she giggled, ”um that’s great but. I...uh wanted to do some more applebucking.”
Applejack shook her head and stomped a hoof in defiance.“No I…I’m not a big mare I dun want to buck apples."
She stomped off making the diaper crinkle under the dress. Rarity blinked in surprise than did something she never thought of doing and laughed, ”aww Applejack is wearing diapees.”
Applejack turned around and growled, ”yeah I had an accident so what?”
Rarity came up and cooed, “Well I don’t wear diapees. I’m a big filly who can use the potty all by myself. That means now ya got to listen to me and we going to go buck apples.”
Applejack wanted to fight back but stopped as Pinkie raosed her hooves and shouted, ”yeah that sounds like a good idea!"
The farm mare shook her head and plopped down onto her rump making the diaper crinkling loudly with the dress flying up and grumbled, “No dun wana, besides I wana finish making the cake!”
Pinkie Pie couldn't help but chuckle and exclaimed, “you did, and it’s a wonderful cake! But you need to try to play with Rarity while it bakes.”
Applejack just kicked her hind legs making the diaper crinkle as she whined, “no dun wana buck apples!”
Rarity had enough got up and slamming a hoof down she shouted, “Applejack you are not a little filly in diapers! Your my bestest friend and the only way you’re going to grow up is if you come with me and buck some apples!”
Applejack whimpered and nodded as she thought, Rarity is right I’m older thanshe is. Yet she doesn’t wear diapers and can buck apples, that means I can too!”
The farm mare got up and fixed her dress before she conceded, “fine, I’ll go buck apples with you.”
Rarity smiled and was going to lead her through the kitchen, but Pinkie Pie bounced over. “I think it’s best you two went out the back.”
The fashionista blushed to hear the distant crinkles of the diaper under Applejack’s dress and nodded, “good point, thanks Pinkie we will go out the back.”
She helped Applejack and lead her through the back door. Pinkie sighed in relief and mumbled, “Rarity I hope you can snap Applejack out of this curse.”
Applejack looked up with determination as she followed Rarity outside who despite the frilly dresses and the diaper crinkles echoing around them. The two laughed and talked like two little fillies about the fun day they had. Applejack squealed and clapped her hooves. ”Oh, I can’t wait to play with our dollies again! I want to dress Celestia in a pink frilly dress too!”
The white-coated mare blushed, “yes I would love to see my little Blueblood as well.”
Applejack nuzzled Rarity, and she patted the farm mare’s mane snuggling her not even caring about the diaper anymore. They eventually came back to Sweet Apple acres where Applejack stood face to face with another apple tree. Rarity turned to her friend and asked, “you ready Applejack?”
Applejack nodded as her brow furrowed more determined than ever before to prove she was a big mare. All the while the voice was screaming in her mind. Don’t do it! Remember your a little filly, and you’ll get your pretty dress dirty again.
The mare shook her head and did her best to block out the voice with her own thought, no I’m a big filly older then Rarity, and I’m going to prove it by bucking this tree. She turned around and bucked the tree over and over again. Rarity smiled and giggled seeing the diaper slip off. Applejack shook the foalish padding throwing it off from her rump. The mare then continued bucking until she was hot and sweaty tearing through was a pink frilly dress and stomping it the ground as she shouted in her mind, I’m no longer a little filly who likes dresses and diapers! I’m Applejack a big filly! The voice finally said one more thing before leaving, fine be a big dull mare I’ll be fine, I will find another host who wants to relive their foal hood!
Applejack blinked gasping at how all the memories of her life slammed back into her mind, and she fell back into Rarity’s hooves. Rarity watched with her heart pumping in her chest as Applejack stirred and looked up and whispered, “hey Nice dress Rarity did you steal that from a five-year-old?”
Rarity scoffed, "your the one to talk." As she threw Applejack on the ground then tore her own dress doing the same as the farm mare did to her pink frilly dress stomping it on the ground. Applejack sighed rubbing her head. ”I’m so sorry Rarity I never meant for this to happen.”
Rarity just came up and hugged her best friend. “I don’t care about that darling, I’m just glad you're okay.” Applejack laid herself into her friend’s white coat and stood there for quite sometime unsure of what to say.
Epilouge: The Spirit of youth Revealed
The next day Applejack was now sitting in Twilight blushing staring at a newspaper with a picture of her with Rarity wearing the ridiculous poofy dresses and with the headline overhead. “Are the elements of harmony foals at heart?
Applejack scoffed “can you believe this! I’m going to be a laughing stock for the rest of my life?”
Rarity sighed coming into the room and rolled her eyes at the newspaper. “You're telling me, darling, All day yesterday I had mothers coming to me wanting to make dresses for their little fillies.”
Applejack scoffed,”you have it easy, I went by Sugarcube corner this morning only to have every pony daww at me and ask where's my pretty dress?”
Spike who was coming down the stairs burst into laughter and both Rarity and Applejack glared at him making the dragon scoff, ”oh please at least you two weren't caught wearing diapers.”
He then sat down next to them and explained, ”I still can’t go through Ponyville without a pony asking if I need a bottle or a pacifier.”
Rarity smirked patting his head. "Ooh spikey wikey does look so cute in his little diapees.”
He whined brushing her hoof from his head “Stop!”
Applejack blushed, ”oh he was so cute waddling around with his tail up in the air.”
He growled, “hey at least I wasn’t running around Ponyville in a poofy pink dress.”
Applejack blushed " yeah uh...glad that was all I was wearing. I'll take wearing a frilly dress over diapers any day."
Rarity smirked, “oh really? You sure you weren't wearing one under your pretty dress?”
Applejack blushed to know only she and Rarity were the only ones who knew she wore a diaper.
Twilight on the other hoof had the enchanted items placed in front of her as she pondered while tapping a hoof to her chin. “I need to send a message to my grandmother and see what spells she used because honestly, I’m not sure.”
Spike sighed and asked, “can you at least make sure there are no other cursed items around?”
Twilight gave a sheepish smile and continued, “well I did a thorough search of the library and as far as I know the dress and the pacifier and the bonnet are the only items that I found that were cursed.”
Applejack grumbled “can you at least check another time. I rather not repeat being pranced around like a little filly a second time.”
Twilight nodded as she took out a scroll. “Well that's the good news and the bad news is this.”
She held the scroll out as it read,
Dear Twilight
I am afraid that what has been happening to your friends in Ponyville is more than just a cursed. It is a spirit that feeds on the wants and desires making them want to act younger and relax. If you have successfully freed Applejack, then I fear the mind may yet be loose and worse it’s undetectable when it finds it’s next host and you will need to capture it with a unique vessel I gave you.
Best wishes
Granny Sparkle.
Applejack grumbled, “well at least we have some clue on what’s going on. But still, ya need to double check with your granny on what in the hay is going on. Because to me this seems more the just a curse.”
Rarity was awestruck and shouted, “But Twilight why in the hay would your granny do that!?”
Twilight sighed rubbing her temples with a hoof and explained, “My granny has always dabbled in magic beyond her capabilities. I fear this time she really screwed up big time.”
Spike rolled his eyes “geez now I know where you got that from.”
Twilight threw the book at Spike who squealed as he dodged it, she then turned her attention to her friends and exclaimed. ”Don’t worry we’re going to find this spirit we have to!”
Spike who was getting up and asked, “how? from what your grandmother said it can turn invisible and will probably just curse another item?”
Twilight tapped a hoof to her chin. “Your right Spike was going to need to do some research on the matter.”
Applejack got up “well while ya read I’ll go around the farm with Big Mac and make sure it’s not on sweet apple acres. We don’t need no ghost during Apple Bucking season.”
Rarity got up and squeaked. ”I better check my dresses and make sure it doesn't ruin my designs!”
The two mares ran off out of the library as Spike scratched his head. “Uh guess we should go to the occult section.”
Twilight smirked and ruffled his spine, ”yes Spike looks like your books on superstition may actually be useful for once.”
A few weeks later…
Applejack Apple Bloom and Big Mac were having dinner as they talked about the crazy experience with twilight putting a want it needs it to spell on a doll. Applejack smacked a hoof on the table and laughed “it still cracks me up half of ponyville was fighting over a silly doll what a hoot.”
Apple Bloom blushed “yeah when Twilight first came up to me and my friends asking if we wanted to play with it. We thought she went nuts." The little filly threw her hooves in the air. "She was more the nuts she was completely insane!"
Big mac blushed and gave an Ey'yup. As Applejack sighed “well with curses and all this crazy stuff with magic makes me glad we are simple earth ponies. We don't need that crazy magic in our lives.”
Big Mac nodded in agreement “Eyyup.”
Apple Bloom scoffed “I second that I mean seriously why in the hay was Twilight so worked up over trying to learn a friendship lesson?"
Applejack smirked at her little sister as she explained, “well Twilight lets just say likes things orderly. But anywho it's time for you to go to bed. We got a big day tomorrow seeing were going to start cider season soon."
Apple Bloom nodded “alright Applejack besides I got a big test tomorrow.” She got up and walked off as Big Mac got up and yawned. “I think I'll hit the hay as well good night Applejack.”
Applejack hugged her brother and nuzzled him “night big bro ya sleep tight.”
He walked upstairs and went to his room where he slowly locked the door as he took out the small rag doll known qs smarty pants. He hugged close to his chest as a voice whispered in his ear, aww does Big Mac likes his dolly.
He nodded slowly hypnotized by the doll. “Ey’yup" The big stallion snuggled the little rag doll stroking the mane made of yarn.
The voice continued, I bet Big Mac wants to snuggle his dolly tonight and feel like a colt again.
He nodded in agreement “Ey’yup." He slowly snuggled under the sheets holding a doll close to his chest. The voice persisted, good night little Macintosh and sweet dreams.
He yawned and curled up under the sheets and snuggled his doll some more against his cheek and whispered, “goodnight Smartypants.”
