The next month was very interesting for me and my friends (Twilight included). Aside from learning from our respective teachers, we found out some interesting things about our bodies in relation to our talents.

Twilight’s body was a veritable magic Super Saiyan. If magic had power levels like Dragon Ball Z, then Twilight’s is ‘OVER 9000!’ Sorry, I had to do the reference.

Sour Sweets’ body turned out to be just as ‘weight absorbent’ as mine is, as something like that comes with the territory of being a cook and candy maker. However, he takes a bit more time to himself to exercise and keep in shape, so most weight he gains ends up just making him bigger in a muscular sense, but not like a mega-bodybuilder. He still has a bit of a belly, but not as much as I do...and this fact of him being more muscular with a belly is years down the line, so excuse me for getting ahead of myself.

Now as for my body...well you already know quite a bit except the allergic reaction inflation/swelling. It took me a bit of work with some doctors and Professor Greenhouse, but we managed to figure out that my allergy is, ironically, moonflower pollen. With that knowledge, a more personalized version of the allergy relief potion was made for me, and one doctor even made me a recipe for an allergy reaction potion for the kicks and giggles. I was also issued a gas mask for when I’m working with moonflowers.

That aside, Professor Greenhouse decided to work on plant based spells, and potions. The lesson structure was one day learning, and four days of application. During those four days of spell and potion application, we also talked various subjects, ranging from our personal lives to philosophy. Heck, once we discussed how real and possible reincarnation can be.

“What brings this up?” I said through the somewhat muffling effect of my gas mask as I applied the moon filter spell I developed a month earlier on the moonflowers in the school greenhouse.

“The school receptionist told us what you told her,” Greenhouse said while watering some other flowers. “Most teachers dismissed it as preposterous and you were just messing with her, but I’m actually curious about it.”

“I never took you for someone curious about something like that, given your name,” I commented, moving away from the moonflowers and moving my mask above my face with my paw. “Let’s start with what you think before I tell you what happened.”

“Well, most magic theorists think reincarnation is a form of Dark magic,” Greenhouse said, setting down the watercan she was levitating and led me out of the greenhouse to a small kitchenette just inside the school from the greenhouse. “Tea?” I nodded. She poured us both a cup and then continued talking as we sat down at a nearby table. “So how Dark magic could be used in such a way is a Dark magic user uses a ritual that allows his or her soul to transfer into a new body on the ‘death’ of their previous body.”

“That can be a way it can work,” I told her after taking a sip of my tea. “The way that I know of is more of a case of worthiness or fate. Someone good dies and they are granted a new life in a random way, or it just happens to whoever fate decides...and no Dark magic is involved.”

“How sure can you be about there being no Dark magic involved?”

“My psychologist did intensive scans on me, and ruled Dark magic out and came up with the other two theories I just stated.” Greenhouse looked at me with contemplation, but shrugged and sipped her tea.

The next day was technically a free day, but I took that time to tend to the school greenhouse and testing some spells I made on or with some of the plants I was allowed to do so. Mostly the moonflowers, but a few other flowers were fair game.

I was testing an air filtration spell on my nose and mouth while around some of the moonflowers when the door into the greenhouse was slammed open. The sudden noise caused me to botch my spell and jerk forward, nose first into the moonflowers. “Not again!” I quickly galloped past the greenhouse visitor and to a small grassy spot I liked when I wasn’t at home, studying, or experimenting.

“Note to self: make sure visitors knock before they enter the greenhouse,” I muttered to myself as I puffed up like a balloon. When I reached my four foot size, I saw Twilight and Sour Sweets walking around the greenhouse from its front.

“Oh, I’m sorry Moonshadow,” Twilight said, galloping over to me and attempted to hug my bloated form. “I should have knocked, and now the Princess is gonna scold meandsendmebacktomagickindergardenand-” I quickly held her lips closed with my telekinesis.

“Twilight, don’t sweat it,” I told her. “It’ll take a lot more than you surprising me and getting me bloated up to get on her or my bad side.” I let go of her lips and she gave me a bright smile. “So, what brings you guys to my little slice of Canterlot?”

“Well, we were hoping to invite you to go bowling with us, followed up with some Donut Joe’s, but…” Sweets trailed off.

“Well, I’d love to come,” I said, with some excitement. “But I do have a choice for the two of you to make.” I grabbed my strap bag from the greenhouse with my telekinesis and brought it to me. “We can do standard bowling at League Pin’s Place, or Twilight can test some of her magic skills and make some ‘giant’ bowling pins and use me as the ball at the Canterlot playing fields.”

“You trying to ‘throw your weight around,’ buddy?” Sweets joked.

“Not the phrasing or meaning I would use, but yeah,” I answered. “I’m just trying to have fun while benefiting the group in terms of education, lifestyle, and/or health...that and I think Twilight is enjoying the hug currently.”

“You saying that you’re trying to lose weight?” Sweets snarked.

“Uh, my weight isn’t going to be a concern for me, as far as the medical research says,” I told him. “I was actually referring to you.”

“What?”

“You’re taking up a profession where you are around, and probably eating food frequently,” I said bluntly. “And unlike me, the extra weight from that won’t be like mine. You’ll have to strengthen your body in order to even have the amount of fat I have and not suffer health complications.”

“He’s right, you know,” Twilight agreed.

“Alright! Enough,” Sweets said, somewhat embarrassed. “Let’s get some ‘giant’ bowling pins made.”

“Yippee!” Twilight excitedly yelled, galloping off, presumably to go find some bowling pins to enlarge or something nopony would mind being transfigured into giant bowling pins.

I looked between her retreating figure and Sour Sweets before asking, “Does she know where the playing fields are?” He nodded. “Alright then. Time for me to test a few things to see if I can move.” I lit up my magic and tried to lift myself up with my telekinesis. While I couldn’t lift myself, I could roll myself. I briefly tested rolling without magic, but I lacked the muscular momentum or whatever to do it. So, magical rolls at a slow pace was the way to go.

As Sweets and I made our way to the playing fields, we chatted a bit about the past month, ponies stared at me rolling down the street, and he snuck me more lemon candies. “It’s hard to tell, but I think those candies actually taste better than what you made before your apprenticeship,” I complimented him. “Different recipe?”

“Same recipe, higher quality ingredients,” he replied. “Of course, I’m surprised you can tell. Whenever you eat the candies I bring you, you’re like a vacuum.”

“Well, I get more flavor at once if I have all candies in my mouth,” I said through the candies in my mouth. “I don’t eat them for the calorie content.”

“And I thought that was all you did!” A stubborn bully called out to me from across the street.

“Go suck on a juice box!” I shouted back. When Sweets and I got out of earshot, he gave me a questioning look.

“Why do you do that?” He asked, shaking his head.

“Eh, I find it funny that bullies decide to drag ponies down so they feel like they’re up higher,” I said. “So I just egg them on a little. I know it won’t stop them, but it’ll be interesting when they become adults in only physical form.”

“You’re evil, you know that?”

“Don’t tell the Princess,” I joked. “She’ll probably take that too seriously.”

We both laughed at that joke as we arrived at the playing field. A few minutes after we arrived, Twilight showed up with 12 ears of corn that she quickly transformed and enlarged for our use. After a good hour or two of rolling and being rolled, I drank my allergy relief potion and made my way home with a box of donuts.

Author's Note

Took me a bit, but I hope you like.