They Grow Up So Fast

Applejack took a deep breath. Never had she come across something so terrifying as of now but to tell the truth. She could just walk away, maybe wait until later to tell? Perhaps make something up? Applebloom managed to get a month long flu?

"Buck up," Applejack whispered to herself. She opened the door to the Ponyville Schoolhouse and stepped inside as the sound of colts and fillies chatting with each other filled her ears. All she needed to do was see the teacher. Stepping past the kids and approaching Cheerilee, she took off her Stetson hat.

"Well, hello, Applejack!" Cheerilee happily greeted. "Let me guess, Applebloom not feeling well?"

"No, I mean, yes," Applejack briefly struggled in her answer. "It's complicated."

Cheerilee's happy expression went into one of concern. "Did she get hurt with her two other friends?"

Applejack shook her head, "No, no! Applebloom isn't hurt, she's..." Applejack grit her teeth for a moment before pulling close to Cheerilee's ear. "She's not a filly anymore."

"What?" Cheerilee questioned.

"Ah mean she's a mare, full grown, all the parts" Applejack hurriedly explained. "I ain't makin' it up! I went to her bedroom this mornin' and there she was."

Cheerilee looked over her class for a moment, making sure they weren't older than when she last saw them for some reason. "The rest of the children aren't older, so what-?"

"Something with Twilight, a flower, and magic," Applejack irritably answered.

Thinking over the situation, Cheerilee briefly spoke to herself. When she stopped, she looked back to Applejack. "And that's what happened to Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo?"

Applejack gave a nod, as complex as the situation was, she was glad that Cheerilee was taking the news pretty well.

"All right," Cheerilee said. "If they wish to continue their schooling I could recommend some night classes..."

Applejack stopped Cheerilee, "By the next New Moon they'll be right back to being fillies."

Cheerilee paused again, "It's temporary?"

Applejack gave a nod and placed her Stetson back on her head. "By then we can get them back in school, but for now, Ah wanted to let you know they're going to be unable to come in for awhile."

Cheerilee's smile returned and her chipper voice as well. "Thank you for telling me that the girls have gone to a foreign school temporarily!" She spoke out.

Applejack gave a sly smile, "It's nothing too big ta worry about, thanks for understandin'!"

***

"Have we got everypony together?" Applejack asked Rarity.

"Yes, it took some doing, but I was able to convince the girls to meet us at Sugarcube Corner," Rarity explained as she led Applejack.

"Do the Cakes know about the trio?" Applejack inquired.

Rarity gave a sigh, "Well, I didn't tell them, but considering Pinkie, she'd probably have blurted it out already. Oh, some days I just wonder how she is able to get on with her life sometimes..."

Both mares entered inside to an unusually quiet Sugarcube Corner. The gang seemed to all be there, including the blonde Twilight mare.

"I'm so loving your hair! How'd you do it? What shampoo did you use? Oh, my Celestia, it smells like tree!" The blonde Twilight kept yammering at Fluttershy.

Applejack stepped up with the rest of the girls, Pinkie Pie sat next to the blonde Twilight and had a pair of glasses on as she held on to a small bunch of hair of the blonde mare. Fluttershy had been sunken into a corner by the blonde Twilight as she was forced to have her own pink hair being rubbed on the cheek of the mystery mare. Rainbow Dash kept the Cutie Mark Crusaders from going anywhere by keeping them preoccupied with stories she knew. Spike was also there, shuffling and stacking papers in different places at the table.

"Glad ya'll could make it," Applejack started.

Pinkie Pie pulled up from her close view of blonde mane and dramatically removed her glasses. "This is a curious case indeed," she began. "The DNA of this mare's hair belongs to one Twilight Sparkle, but she doesn't act like her. It is in my professional opinion we are dealing with-" Pinkie gave a small pause as she looked around briefly before pulling in to the table. "Aliens."

"It's not aliens, Pinkie, it's the Midnight Flower," Spike explained. "Besides, how can you know that the mare is Twilight? She may kind of look like her, but she doesn't even remotely remember who she is, let alone know at least half of what Twilight does."

The blonde mare stopped admiring the hair of Fluttershy for a moment and looked to Spike. "I just remembered something!"

The girls all focused on the blonde mare as she took a breath. "Dragons have two penises!"

The sound of face hitting tables was unanimous, it was clear that Twilight or not, this mare could only think about sex and how she looked. That was when Pinkie lifted her head up.

"Wait a minute, did any of you know that?" Pinkie asked.

Rainbow Dash lulled her head to the side, "Not that I wanted to."

All of them shook their heads and Spike's eyes seemed to shimmer for a moment. "Hang on, no pony here knew that except for her! Twilight once gave me a long speech on dragon anatomy and said she learned a lot about it after I came from my egg. Meaning..."

All of the mares turned to the blonde mare who gave them a friendly wave.

"No way," Rainbow murmered.

"It could be," Applejack hummed.

"How can it-?" Rarity started.

"Aliens," Pinkie finished.

"Twilight?!" All of them shouted.

The blonde mare put her hooves to both sides of her head and gave a large grin. "Tha'ss me! Hee Hee!"

Spike's claws rapidly went through the paper and yanked up a page. "Under the light of a new moon, the flower gives out an odorless gas that hinders any pony's mind. This phase is known as the 'Blank Mind' stage, as the gas makes the affected member more confused and clumsy, making the member more susceptible to making bad decisions and often has to ride the symptoms out for a full month before returning back to the former state." His eyes looked up to the girls. "This had to be what made Twilight become this! The flower messed with her head somehow!"

"So, that means we're babysitting Twilight along with Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, AND Scootaloo?" Rainbow Dash groaned.

"Perhaps not, we could make it into more of a learning experience for all of us," Rarity suggested. "I know that I've always wanted to see Twilight get a little more loose and carefree, perhaps we can learn to tolerate this change of our friend. After all, it's only a month."

"And us?" Applebloom asked.

"I know what I'm doin' with you, young lady," Applejack determinedly spoke as she pulled her sister away. "We're introducin' a new member o' the family to Sweet Apple Acres, come on!"

As Applejack left, Scootaloo looked over at Rainbow Dash. "I- uh. I don't think my parents are going to be cool with me if I just come home looking like this, perhaps I could... hang at your place?"

Rainbow Dash looked over at Pinkie and Fluttershy, wondering if either one would be a better choice to live with besides her. "I suppose, but it does mean you have to fly. Which means, you and I have a crash course to go through today."

Scootaloo's eyes gleemed in excitement and a toothy grin came to her face. She eagerly followed Rainbow Dash as Dash gave a farewell wave to her friends.

Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Twilight, Sweetie Belle, and Spike remained in the store. Rarity looked uneasy as she turned to Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy, I don't mean to be a prude, but perhaps Sweetie Belle can stay with you tonight?" Rarity inquired.

Fluttershy managed to get herself back up above the table edge as Twilight continued her admiration of Fluttershy's locks.

"I- well- of course she can. But- um- is there a reason why you want her to? If you don't mind me asking," she muttered.

Rarity gave a sure nod, making her purple bob move with her, "I have to entertain important guests at the Carousel Boutique tonight, and each of them are curious about my... back room."

Fluttershy gave a little gasp and put her hooves to her mouth, "Oh! I see. You don't want her to see-" She briefly moved her hooves up and down her body. "I understand, she's just too young for that kind of thing."

"What are you talking about?" Sweetie Belle peeped. "That's one of the things that I've wanted to see in my list when I became an adult!" Her eyes moved over to Rarity. "You can't just do that! I'm a fully grown mare! I can do what I want to!"

Rarity stood from the table and crossed to Sweetie Belle. "Sweetie," Rarity began, "There are two things a lady should know when she prepares for an argument. The first is to never use the excuse that you're an adult, and the second is-"

Rarity's horn lit up and hit Sweetie's eyes, "See it from your opponents perspective."

Sweetie's eyes came open and she noticed that the room was filled with color, loud noises, and sensual sounds. She blinked once and was back in Sugarcube Corner. "Was- was that a party?"

Rarity gave a nod, "It's a different type of party, yes. One that we could all agree you're not prepared for."

Twilight buzzed her lips, "Let her go, she's gotta learn about how birds and bees work, right?"

Rarity shot a dirty look to Twilight before looking back at Sweetie Belle, "Just listen to me this one time, please?"

Sweetie Belle shuffled her hooves for a moment before giving a groan, "Fine, I'll stay at Fluttershy's."

Rarity gave a smile of relief and focused her attention to one last thing that needed to be brought up. "Spikey, when you find more about the flower, you'll know where to find me tomorrow, okay?"

Spike gave a lopsided grin and nodded his head repeatedly. Rarity gave a kiss on Spike's head and went out the door, followed afterward by Fluttershy and Sweetie Belle.

"Soooo," Twilight spoke up, licking her lips as she stared down the dragon. "Do you WANT anything?"