Hmm, I was running out of blush. I'd need to pick some more up next time I had a moment to go shopping. I carefully curled my eyelashes as I sat staring into my vanity mirror. Thankfully my 'friend' hadn't arrived yet, and showering hadn't proved too different or difficult. Then again I was basically an alicorn princess with magic, making the entire thing really easy as long as i didn't dwell on how the hay I was moving a brush or soap bar around without actually holding them.

Course it still felt a bit weird to be washing pony bits, even more so for those bits to be of the feminine quality and... and...

..I'm putting on make-up. How in the HAY do I know how to put on make-up? I even had a towel wrapped around my head and my tail! Dagnabit! I'm acting like some teenage girl!

"Oh right... I am a teenage girl, well filly." I said with a sigh. I took a good look at the mare in the mirror and blushes. Wow, I thought I was pretty before but this! Turning my head this way and that, I drank in my appearance. I was a princess alright. There was no mistaking it. Heh Sand Gust was a lucky lucky stallion to be going on a date with meeeeeeeeeeeee ah! What am I thinking!? What am I doing!? Why am I excited about that!?

I turned away from the mirror, trying to keep down a panic attack. It's like every other thought in my head was about being this... this Snowdrift creature. This wasn't who I was suppose to be! This isn't the body I'm suppose to have! I shut my eyes, taking a few deep breaths.

And yet... Damn it all I was ever so curious about it. Part of me really wanted to go deeper then I already was, and it both excited and terrified me. When this was all over, would I be able to return to who I was?

Knock Knock Knock!

"Princess Snowdrift?" Sand Gust called from outside. "Your friends are here!"

Wait friends as in plural? I thought my 'best friend' was coming over? Who was the other one? Oh right, I guess the easy way to find out would be to just let them in, instead of mentally dissecting every little thing.

"O-Okay! They can come in!" I shouted, my voice still a little shaky. Would they notice if something is off with me? They are suppose to be my friends after all. What if they think I'm a changling? Oh I wish I had some index on how my life is suppose to be now!

"Hey Snowdrift!" A pink alicorn mare cried as she pranced into the room. For a moment I almost thought it was Cadance, but she wouldn't be this young. Also though her mane had the same purple and yellow streaks as Cadance's did, this mare's only had the two while I'm certain Aunt Caddy had another shade of pink in hers. "Sorry I'm so late," The mare said with a rather musical voice, "but little miss dummy here needed help with looking like a princess and not a clown."

"Must you call me that?" A beautiful snow white unicorn mare said as she glided in behind the pink alicorn. Her mane was a very lovely golden hue and she wore a blue bow in her hair. She looked simply stunning, though her sour expression dampened her allure. My eyes slowly traveled over to her cutie mark. Hadn't I seen it before? A golden four point compass like star set on top of a similar blue one. Both turned so one could see every point of both.

"Honestly Princess Skyla you have none of your mother's tact." The white unicorn continued to say, giving off a very feminine huff. Wait Princess Skyla? Wasn't she only a fan creation alicorn? I took another look at her. No wonder I thought she was Cadance, she was certainly Aunt Caddy's daughter. I could only assume Uncle Shiny was her father. Did Flurry not exist in this world? Or was did Skyla simply come first? How was I suppose to even find out without asking really weird questions?

"Oh hush, I helped you get ready didn't I? Heh she looks pretty good for a newly appointed princess doesn't she?" Skyla giggled, directing that last question at me. Oh crap, I guess it was show time.

"Huh? Oh um yeah..."

"Hmm? You okay there Snowdrift? You seem distracted." Skyla asked getting closer. She appeared to be studying me, which wasn't helping the second panic attack I felt rising. Crud! How was I suppose to be her best friend when I had no idea how to be Snowdrift in the first place!?

"Oh, I'm find darling, I'm just shaking a bit of the sleep still from my mind. Guess I'm just not myself yet." I found myself saying without realizing it. What the hay? Where did that come from?

"Oooooh, you're having a day like that. Yeah I've had those." Skyla said with a nod.

Oh thank Aunt Celestia! I guess I had something wired in my head to avoid looking too suspicious. It was a bit unnerving to know I might act different then myself at any given moment, but for right now I'd take it. Long as it kept being useful.

"Oh yeah, speaking of such things," Skyla said while smacking her muzzle with a hoof. "You probably didn't get a good look at him after his transformation. No wonder you seem confused about her." With that she pointed a hoof at the snow white unicorn.

"Presenting the newest Princess Bluebelle! Princess of being a dummy who drank the same potion we used on Sombra!"

"Hey!" Bluebelle shouted stamping a hoof. "I'm not a princess! And I'm not a dummy!"

"Bluebelle you said, and I quote, "I thought it was hot sauce."

The unicorn blushed. "W-well I did! It was an easy mistake to make!"

"It was the only thing in a room with a door that said not to enter it."

"Well of course that's what Aunt Tia would put to hide her secret stash of it!"

Meanwhile the name "Princess Bluebelle" had been bouncing around in my mind. I knew I'd heard that somewhere, but with everything that was going on right now, and not to mention the last couple of hours, I couldn't think well. Once again I glanced at her cutie mark, and it hit me. I knew that mark! Bluebelle! No way!

"Y-You're Prince Blueblood!?" I shouted before I could help myself. Both Skyla and 'Bluebelle' turned their attention to me.

"I know right!?" Skyla laughed putting her hoof around me. "Can you believe it? She cleans up nicely don't she?"

"S-shut up both of you!" Bluebelle cried with an indignant huff. I'm sure she meant for it to look imposing, but it only made her look that much cuter. Aw horseapples, is that what I look like when I do that?

"B-but how?" I said, too flabbergasted to attempt to pretend I knew how the arrogant prince had become. Well this.

"Y-You know very well why I'm stuck like this! That stupid potion turned me into a teenage filly!" Bluebelle whined, striking a dramatic pose she 'fainted' onto a nearby couch. Wait had that always been there? Was she taking lessons from Rarity?

"Oh it's been terrible! I'm so short now and all the guards have been snickering at me! Then I had to have Skyla here help me get ready today which took forEVer!"

Skyla rolled her eyes. "I'll remind you it was your idea to do that. You could have just gone as you were."

"And look like a commoner!?" Bluebell cried with a gasp. "Never! If I'm to be stuck as a princess then it's only natural I be as beautiful as one!"

Both Skyla and I narrowed our eyes. Still the same arrogant pony I knew from the show. Hate to admit it though she's not wrong about the beautiful part. She might even be prettier then me! I felt my cheeks puff out at that. Was I... jealous?

"So how long are you stuck like that anyway?" I asked. I got the feeling Blueblood's transformation was fairly recent, so he or she probably wasn't really my 'friend' so to speak.

"Yes why don't you tell her Bluebelle?" Skyla asked with a knowing smirk. Bluebelle's ears drooped and she mumbled something I couldn't catch.

"What?"

"Oh don't be such a baby." Skyla said with another roll of her eyes.

"Hey! You're not the one who has to grow back up as a-a... girl!" Bluebelle cried. My eyes widened.

"Wait grow up? A-are you stuck like that?"

Skyla nodded. "Yep. Given what the first half of the potion was used for, Auntie Twilight made certain there was no way back, and since stupid here drank the rest of it, Aunt Celestia decided to adopt her officially and make her a new princess since there isn't any way to change her back."

Bluebelle turned her head away, looking upset. My heart was about to go out to her when Skyla whispered into my ear.

"Don't let the waterworks fool you, truth is she's loving the 'promotion' and has already put in an order for her own tiara and such."

I turned my attention back to Bluebelle and studied her a bit more carefully this time. Her sniffles were clearly forced and I could see a slight smile on her lips. Oh boy, she was going to be one of those mares wasn't she?

"Anyway, who's ready for breakfast?" Skyla asked as she trotted toward the door. "I'm starving!"

"Well I suppose I could go for a bite." Bluebelle replied, falling in behind her. I moved beside her, feeling suddenly ravished. I do hope breakfast didn't hold any more surprises...

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Author's Note

Been a while, but despite how this week has tried to tire me out, I wanted to update SOMETHING.

So Skyla was winning the vote there for the longest time, but due to how long it took for this update, Bluebelle just barely pulled ahead by one vote. I decided to just use both of them and I think I might just use the two that came below those as well.

Now in addition to a multiple choice this time. I want to ask you the readers a question. What are some things you'd like to see happen in this story? Possible future choices? I still have no clear direction, so let's get some ideas!

Now for the choices:
A- They arrive at breakfast and meet a new guest! (Aka, a former 'evil king')
B- A CMC aged Flurry Heart appears, looking for her big sister.
C- They bump into a friend of Sand Gust's. A young stallion Blueblood use to boss around and look down upon, and Bluebelle is encouraged to apologize to him.
https://strawpoll.com/2b8hfbw2