Voices, she could hear voices. Coming out of the blackness of her thoughts she heard voices, but they sounded strange, garbled like she couldn't quite hear them properly. Eyes bursting open, then shutting at the natural light. Fluttering for a few moments as the blurriness of the room faded and became clear. She heard footsteps, running away, not hooves, but feet.

"Shpike?" she said, somewhat slurred as her mouth felt incredibly sluggish.

She was at Twilight's in the library, she was laying on, something. She couldn't quite tell, it felt, different. Everything felt different, she felt different! She was on her back, instinctively she rolled over, only to be shocked to see was on a small bed, Spike's bed. But more importantly, she saw her limbs. They were the same color as her coat but, they weren't her legs. Two arms, just like Spike's were at her sides. Having rolled over she noticed a crinkling sound, though she ignored it in an effort to look more closely at her body.

Sitting down, which felt just as odd, she looked down at her body, scales all over, her claws running over her arms and reaching up to touch her face. Scales all over. Remembering the potion, there must have been some mistake, this wasn't like what the book described, it had said boundless energy, not turn into a dragon! Looking at herself further, she was surprised to see she had a diaper on, yes, one of Spike's to be exact. What was even worse was that she noticed there was a slight yellowing towards the bottom of the diaper. She'd peed! Feeling panic rise within her, not only at the embarrassment of using a diaper but at the fact that she was here in the library, the only way for that to have happened would be... But her focus was cut as the sound of hooves rushing up the stairs revealed some familiar faces. Twilight, Zecora, and perhaps the one she wanted to see the least, her sister, Applejack.

Apple Bloom smiled nervously at the approaching ponies, though it was easy to tell that all of them had rather sour looks on their faces, the worst of all being Applejack, an expression was wrought upon her sisters face that could curdle milk at a dozen yards, Apple Bloom certainly felt herself curdling as her eyes shifted in order to avoid looking directly at her sister. She wanted to explain herself, to tell Applejack she'd been trying to work on something important, but it was clear to her that no excuse, good or bad, would save her from her sisters’ wrath. But what happened next was what surprised her, Applejack leaned down and hugged her tightly.

"Oh, Apple Bloom! You're awake, I reckoned you might not even get up at all after this whole ordeal, Twilights been filling my head with all sorts of stuff, but I'm just happy you are okay. Well, okay as this can be that is." Applejack said as she let her sister go, prompting Apple Bloom to realize this short burst of caring was just that, a short burst.

"Now, what in tarnation were you thinking mixing up some kind of potion like that! After what happened the last time you'd been messing around with those things!" Applejack went on.

"But Sis-" Apple Bloom was immediately cut off.

"And don't you try and weasel your way outta this, Zecora has been explaining all about how you've been going over there, telling her you'd gotten permission when you darn well know I'd never allow it, and now look what it's come to, you're a dragon!"

"Apple-" Again, Apple Bloom was cut off.

"Now if it were up to me I'd march you home and have you up in your room till harvests time, only to come out for chores of course, but Twilight reckons this needs to be kept quiet, but you better believe after this is all sorted out you'll be in for one heck of a punishment." Applejack concluded, calming down a bit over the course of her rant.

After taking her sisters full verbal force, Apple Bloom looked to the other two, Zecora seemed to be wearing a look of severe disappointment, which was somehow worse than having Applejack tell her off, and Twilight, well, Twilight was trying to look like she was being serious, but the unicorn had a complicated gaze, as if Twilight was slowly observing everything about her new body. Before Applejack could think of anything else to say, Twilight spoke,

"Yes well, I think what's important is that Apple Bloom is relatively unharmed, aside from the apparent transformation. What's more, that it even happened, to begin with, Zecora says the entire book you were using was practically worthless as far as potion making goes, and preliminary tests have shown no immediate way to turn you back to normal through magic, or at least no magic I know of at the moment-" At which it was Twilights turn to be cut off.

"You mean I'm going to be a dragon forever?!" Apple Bloom exclaimed, and at this Applejack looked at Twilight as well, who definitely seemed nervous at that question.

"Well uh. So far it looks to be permanent, but spells like this tend to have a limit on how long they can work, so I'd say it could possibly wear off on its own." Twilight explained, looking to Zecora for a more solid answer, as potions were not exactly her forte.

"It is true what she speaks, for potions are magic, though this is far from weak. I suspect this won't merely take but a few days, but rather much longer, you'll get set in new ways. But like most potions, a reversal can be made, a simple lotion this will not be, it will take time to make this fade." Zecora continued, to which Applejack only looked more peeved.

"What she means is that it'll be some time before we can reverse it outright." Twilight quickly added.

"Besides, it's not like Apple Bloom is in any danger, she's fine! Well, aside from needing a new diaper that is." Twilight continued, which made Apple Bloom blush a little bit.

"I don't have to keep wearing this do I?" the young dragon questioned.

"Yes, you do. I don't see any reason to believe that your, control, would be any better than Spikes is now." Twilight stated.

It looked like Apple Bloom was about to complain about the fact that she had to keep the diaper on but, catching her sisters’ eye quickly caused her mouth to shut. At that point, Applejack began to speak again.

“Now, we had time to discuss all of this while you were out of it, and Twilight wants you to stay here with her for a little while, so she can watch over yah, make sure nothing goes wrong. That, and it’ll be a lot easier to explain why there’s suddenly another dragon with Twilight than to explain why one showed up on the farm. We’ll be telling everypony else that you went off tah visit some family for a while, and that way nopony’ll be wondering why you suddenly up an vanished.”

“So wait, who all’s going to know about this?” Apple Bloom interrupted.

“Well the girls of course, Pinkie, Rainbow, Flutters, and Rarity. Big Mac too. Can’t tell Granny though, goodness knows she keeps a secret like a leaky barrel keeps water.” Applejack went on.

“So, I just hang out at Twilight’s for a little bit? That doesn’t sound so bad.” Apple Bloom responded, to which Applejack chuckled.

“Now don’t think you’re getting off completely free and clear. You’ll be able to help Spike around here the same way he helps Twilight, personally I think you should just take over all of his jobs, but Twilight seems to think sharing the work’ll be better for you. Now, with all that sorted, I’ll be heading back to the farm, still got plenty to do today, and I’ll leave you in Twilight’s capable hooves.” Applejack said, making her way out of the room.

Zecora went out after Applejack, Apple Bloom didn’t need to hear anything from the Zebra to know how she felt about this situation, especially after the last time she’d messed around with potions, she figured Zecora wouldn’t want to see her ever again, as they both left, Spike came in after, coming over near Apple Bloom.

“Wow, it’s just so neat to see another dragon, even if you're not really a dragon.” Spike commented.
Twilight trotted nearer to them both.

“Well, this likely isn’t entirely accurate Spike, if what I understand of the potion currently, Apple Bloom is more like a genetic copy of you, rather than having turned into a completely new dragon, though with some obvious differences. But that’s what I’m here to find out, while Applejack wants me to get you back to normal as soon as possible, I’ll need time to study what’s happened to you, which means I’ll need to know just how much you differ from Spike, and in what ways.” Twilight went on.

"So. What does that mean?" Apple Bloom asked as she tried to get up on her feet, though all she managed to do for the moment was shift herself into a crawling position on her hands and feet.

"Well, seeing as you don't seem to have much experience with your motor skills in your new body, I figure that this would be a good time to get some tests done." Twilight said.

"Aww. . Tests, I hate tests, I don't even know anything about bein' a dragon." Apple Bloom complained as Twilight shook her head.

"No, not a written test, though perhaps at the end of all this you'll have a letter to write, what I mean is a physical. Like the kind you'd go to the doctor for." Twilight explained, though Apple Bloom looked fairly confused, and Twilight sighed as she levitated Apple Bloom off of the floor and onto her back, both parties could feel the damp diaper squish as Apple Bloom was put bottom down.

"Okay, but why do I need to get a physical?" Apple Bloom asked as Twilight brought the little dragon down into the basement.

"Spike, keep an eye on things up there, I'll be with Apple Bloom for a little bit if anypony comes for me, and no telling anypony about what's going on, we haven't exactly decided on how to handle this situation when it comes to the rest of Ponyville." Twilight said to Spike before disappearing into the basement, then she began to address Apple Bloom. "Alright Apple Bloom, there are multiple reasons we need to do this." Twilight said as she reached the bottom of the stairs, levitating the dragon off of her and setting her onto a counter.

"Firstly, we don't know how long you'll be like this. Both myself and Zecora are going to be trying to find some way to change to back to normal, but the fact of the matter is you may very well be like this long enough to end up getting sick, and for that reason alone we need to know what you're body is like when you're healthy to be able to tell the differences." Twilight went on as she began to get some equipment out.

Apple Bloom sat on the counter, feeling a bit annoyed at how little she understood why this was happening, and because she'd been left in a wet diaper for so long, and it was long enough, not to mention Twilight was the only other pony down here so it didn't feel as embarrassing to ask. "Uh, Twi. Can I get out of this diaper?" A blush rose to her face as she tried to not outright ask for a diaper change.

"You weren't that wet when I checked you earlier." Twilight mentioned as her hoof found its way to the front of Apple Bloom's diaper, pressing it in and causing Apple Bloom to let out a squeak of dismay. "And you still don't feel that wet either." and the mare went back to what she was doing.

"So wait, you're not gunna change me?!" Apple Bloom exclaimed after getting over the forwardness of how Twilight just pressed against her diaper like that, it felt so degrading.

"Of course not Apple Bloom, diapers are expensive after all, I'm not going to give you a new one just because you're a little damp, those things are designed to hold onto a lot more, believe me, I know it." Twilight said before coming over to Apple Bloom and showing her a little block of Amethyst. "Here, I want you to suck on this." Twilight told her.

"Why do you wa-" Apple Bloom was interrupted as the gem block was stuck right into her mouth. She was about to complain about it when the taste of it suddenly alerted her tongue. Apple Bloom had tasted dirt before, and she assumed all rocks and stuff must taste the same, but with this gem in her mouth, now she knew why Spike liked them so much, it tasted amazing! It was an indescribable flavor, but it was just so tantalizing. In her mind, the closest thing she could equate it to was candy, but it definitely wasn't the same. Without even realizing it, her razor sharp teeth bit through the surface of the gem, and before she knew it she was chewing the whole thing down, swallowing it completely. "Uh Twilight, I might have eaten the gem." Apple Bloom said sheepishly.

"That's perfectly alright Apple Bloom, in fact, I expected that to happen." Twilight said as she stood off to the side, the unicorn was levitating a syringe next to her, and Apple Bloom began to freak out.

"You're not gunna stick me with that are you?!" Apple Bloom exclaimed.

"Well I already did Apple Bloom, while you were distracted with the gem I gave you, I got a blood sample from you already, I wager you didn't feel a thing." Twilight said.

"Huh.. I suppose I didn't." Apple Bloom said, not having felt the needle in the slightest.

"Good, with that out of the way we can take some more standard tests." Twilight said as she got out a measuring tape, levitating it around Apple Bloom she began to take quite a few measurements.

Apple Bloom sat there, occasionally shifting, flipping, standing or bending as Twilight took measurements, pulled out her tongue, looked at her eyes and scales, it seemed like it was taking an awfully long time to her. Twilight was constantly writing down little bits of information while doing so and Apple Bloom was beginning to understand just how awful it was going to be if she had to be stuck as Twilight's personal testing doll the entire time she was like this. But finally the measuring tape went away and Twilight spoke.

"Okay Apple Bloom, I've recorded a lot of information about your body, mostly it lines up with what I thought, you seem to be a genetic copy of Spike if he had been female. Though with some differences in coloration of course. I wonder if there is anything more underneath the surface, but to find that out will take time, and thankfully we have that. There are just two more things I want to do before we're done for today. Firstly I want you to try and breath fire. Now I can't tell you how to do that, perhaps I can get Spike to help you later, but for now, I'd just like you to try, imagine trying to let out a burp." Twilight told her.

Apple Bloom sat there as she listened to Twilight's instruction. Nodding her head she said. "Well, alright." It didn't take long for Apple Bloom to start moving and shifting as she tried to force herself to burp, it just wasn't happening and Twilight could see this was going nowhere.

"Oh well, that's not a big deal." Twilight mentioned as she then levitated Apple Bloom with her magic, laying the dragon out flat on the counter, but keeping her enveloped in magic.

"Uh, Twi, what're you doing now?" Apple Bloom asked.

Twilight pulled the tail tape of Apple Bloom's diaper and shifted it so her rear end was exposed. "Now this is going to feel a bit uncomfortable, but I need you to stay still, which is why I'm keeping you held in my magic." Twilight said as she also levitated a thermometer through the air.

Apple Bloom saw it fly by her face and towards her rear, realizing what was about to happen. "Wait Twi please, don't do that, anythiiING!" Apple Bloom's voice rose to a shrill pitch as she felt the somewhat cold object being forced into her. She would have struggled if it weren't for Twilight's complete magical hold on her. It was only about thirty seconds until Twilight removed it, but to Apple Bloom, it felt like years of her life had passed by. After recording the information Twilight retaped Apple Bloom's diaper back into position and levitated her to the floor, sitting her down.

Once Apple Bloom was free from the magical clutches of Twilight her hands immediately went back and began to rub her diapered rear end. It was at that moment the door to the basement opened and shut as Spike let himself in and came down.

"Twilight!" he called out to her.

"Yes Spike?" she asked.

"Pinkie Pie is here and she said she thought she saw Applejack carrying a dragon but it didn't look like me and she thought that she'd just been tricked by the sun in her eyes but now she's here and she wants to see you." Spike said all in one breath, panting afterward.

While that was going on, Apple Bloom felt something rumble deep within her abdomen. Looking down at herself curiously, she felt a sudden pressure swell within the pit of her gut. The alarming rate at which it was happening quickly sent her into a panic as she almost shouted, but before she could the pressure suddenly shifted within her and began to dissipate, leaving her with a spine tingling euphoria and a feeling of warmth on her backside. Though it hit her a moment after that she'd just pooped in her diaper. Immediately she began to feign an awkward smile in an attempt to play it cool, but the scent of a freshly sullied diaper quickly reached Twilight's nose. At first she looked to Spike, but his diaper wasn't drooping, so her gaze turned to Apple Bloom, seeing the little dragon smiling awkwardly as the back of her diaper now looked lumpy and misshapen before she could speak a grunt brought her attention back over to Spike.

Turning back to Spike, she could see her assistant standing with legs spread wide, his entire body seemed rigid, and a certain expression on his face, as well as a particular look in his eyes, told her all she needed to know, as his diaper began to sag downwards and the smell surrounding her suddenly became much more potently detestable, she pulled her head back from the two of them in disgust at the overpowering stench these two had created in the span of a few moments.

Just as Twilight was trying to collect her thoughts on how to proceed she heard the basement door open again with a voice following it.

"Hey Twilight I saw Spike come down here are you down here too!?" Clearly, the voice of Pinkie Pie rippling through the room.

"Just great.." Twilight sighed heavily.

Author's Note

So hey, new chapter after what, a year or two? Yeah that's a good track record for me.