The Sphere of Psyche

Rainbow Dash soared through the sky, feeling the wind course over her body like an airship.

Now that she had lunch with her friends, it was time to head to the Wonderbolt Academy gym to train.

She opened the door to the gym and went inside, finding the gym empty.

This wasn’t too big a surprise however. Most bolts only spent their weekends on the base when they were required to be.

Rainbow liked having the gym to herself. Just meant she didn’t have to wait to hop onto the next station to complete her workout.

She walked into the locker room and made her way to her locker, opening it to grab her official training suit.

It resembled what she wore in the air shows, but this one was spandex instead of cloth, designed to help a wonderbolt work up a sweat.

She pulled the suit on and zipped it up tight, the suit wrapping itself tight around her every limb.

She posed in the mirror as she made her way out to the gym floor; she loved how good she looked in her uniform.

She was about to hop onto the treadmill to complete her five mile run when a voice spoke out to her.

Um, wouldn’t you rather be spending time with some cute critters?

Fluttershy?

Rainbow looked around the gym, darting her head in all directions.

She could have sworn she heard Fluttershy speaking to her, but the only pony in the gym was her.

Shrugging, she stepped on the treadmill and started warming up.

She started out at a casual jog then turned the speed up to max to really get her heart rate up.

Wouldn’t being outside in nature be so much more fun?

Maybe? But now it’s time to train.

But spending time with animals is better.

Maybe sometimes, but training is fun too! Not to mention necessary.

Can’t we take a break? You seem awfully tired.

What’re you talking about? I just started…

Rainbow Dash suddenly found the treadmill getting away from her.

She was panting wildly and began to panic as her legs gave out, causing her to fall onto the belt of the machine which sent her flying backwards onto the floor in a heap.

“Ugh, my aching head.” Said Rainbow Dash as she rubbed her temple. She couldn’t believe she just did that.

Oh my. You better take it easy for the rest of the day.

Rainbow sighed. Maybe she should skip training today. One day wouldn’t hurt.

Plus she really wasn’t in the mood after failing that hard at her relatively simple run.

She headed back to the locker room; shoulders noticeably slumped as she threw off her uniform, put it in her locker, and headed out the door of the gym and into the sky.

She was so busy feeling disappointed in herself that she didn’t notice her body had changed direction in flight.

Rather than heading towards her cloud home, she was now headed back toward the ground, past the outskirts of Ponyville and approaching Fluttershy’s cottage.

She didn’t even notice where she was until she had opened the door and stepped inside the house.

What the… why are we at Fluttershy’s?

To check on the animals silly! Don’t you remember?

I never agreed to that!

Rainbow found her body moving forward toward the kitchen, finding a book resting on the counter that contained all the meal specifications for the animals under Fluttershy’s care.

Her body quickly set to work despite her protests on filling bowls with a variety of plants, seeds, and proteins, before taking them outside one by one to the waiting creatures.

Wait, how did I know where the food was?

Don’t be silly! We feed them every day!

Rainbow knew this wasn’t true. She kept hoping at any moment Fluttershy or somepony else would turn up to help her, or to tell her this was all some kind of prank, but no such luck came.

Her body marched back inside to the kitchen with the now empty bowls and cleaned each one before returning them to their rightful place in the cupboard.

Good. Now all the animals are fed. Can we just go home now so I can sulk in my disappointment?

Oh every creature hasn’t been fed just yet.

Rainbow was puzzled. They had gone through every entry in the book! What else was there?

Her body made its way up the stairs to Fluttershy’s room, taking a seat in a comfy armchair before grabbing a book that laid on the table beside it labeled, “Orphan Animal Nourishment Intake”.

Upon opening the book, there were only a few entries; a fawn, a wolf pup, and a calf.

Old entries had been crossed out before them, likely because they had been released into the wild.

Next to each animal was a label of how many ounces of milk to give each animal, as well as special feeding instructions.

I don’t get it. Why does Fluttershy keep this book here and not in the kitchen? Did she leave it up here by mistake?

Oh Rainbow. The book is up here because the milk is pumped up here! You know that.

Pumped?

Rainbow’s hoof reached down on the other side of the chair and pulled a knit cover off a machine lying next to it.

The machine was a small box with two tubes coming out of it that connected to two bottles with caps that looked like horns on top.

Rainbow immediately realized what this machine was for, and what her body intended to do with it.

Nope. No way. I’m not using that. You can’t make me.

Rainbow tried to will her body to get up.

To run away and find somepony that could help fix this mess.

This had to have something to do with that sphere Twilight showed her.

It must have messed with her head! She was acting just like Fluttershy!

Now now don’t be nervous. Why should we act like a showoff when we can be kind and make the world a better place like Fluttershy?

But I don’t think that’s—

Think? What’s to think about? I’m thinking we should just be like Fluttershy. Besides, the baby animals need you.

I don’t think I should be—

Rainbow? You’re right; we tried that and all it ever got us was too much attention. Why not forget? Why not let yourself—

Be like Fluttershy?

Yes! Just be like Fluttershy. Just be like Fluttershy. Be just like Fluttershy. Be just like Fluttershy. Be like Fluttershy. Be like Fluttershy. Be Fluttershy. Be Fluttershy. Be Fluttershy. Be Fluttershy.

As the voice spoke to Rainbow Dash, she didn’t even notice her hooves reaching down and grabbing the two bottles, placing the cups against both her nipples just below her tummy.

As her body flipped the switch of the machine on, everything Rainbow Dash ever knew began to change.

The memories she had of winning races, playing sports, and learning how to be a trained athlete left her brain, replacing them with memories of animal care and first aid.

Caring for and showing love to every living creature was what she lived for.

That and always being there for her friends when they really needed her.

Her thin and streamline body also began to go through changes.

Rainbow had prided herself on maintaining a work out and diet regimen from a young age that rewarded her with a body that was strong, yet streamline.

The new reality taking hold though was much different.

Her stomach, which had been flat as a sheet of paper, started to puff out slightly, giving her just a bit of tummy roll.

Her scrawny plot and thighs also began to inflate with fat, gaining a bit of chub in her thighs but a generous amount more in her trunk, giving her a butt that would gain the appreciation of many stallions.

Her breasts were by far the greatest change. She had been teased in school for her barely existent A cup breasts, but had grown to like them for not getting in the way of her exercise.

Now though her boobs began to swell like water balloons, passing cup after cup size until they finally halted at a firm G cup.

Gazing at her left no doubt she was a pony with a caring demeanor, one that was innocent and gentle toward all living things.

Her mane and tail changed as well, her short tomboyish mane growing like a weed into a flowing mane and a tail to match that looked soft enough to snuggle in.

Her eyelashes, which had been natural moments ago, now sported slightly thicker falsies, just enough to showcase her cute face, but not enough to suggest she was looking for attention.

Lastly her face, chest, and fore hooves each gained a little bit of fat as well to reflect her slightly carefree and easy going nature.

As the changes finally came to an end, the voice spoke softly for one last time;

Be Fluttershy …

“Be… Fluttershy …” She whispered softly to herself.

And when she opened her eyes that’s who was; Rainbow Shy. Who she’d always been.

She let out a sigh of relief as the machine worked its magic, extracting the nourishing milk from her breasts.

With caring for baby animals so frequently that had lost mothers, she had a need for milk to help care for them.

Cow milk that ponies drank was too processed for them however, so she had begun taking supplements from early adulthood to produce her own milk naturally.

It had been a hard adjustment at first. Her larger assets were hardly something she could hide.

When her friends and family inquired about how they had gained so much bulk, she simply replied that it must have been a growth spurt.

Her mother’s were nearly the same size as hers so everypony simply accepted this as the likely explanation.

She liked to pretend sometimes that it was a foal drinking straight from her teats.

She loved the idea of being a mommy, given her caring nature.

Maybe she’d volunteer at the local hospital to be a milk maid. Not like she couldn’t make more.

She chuckled a little as she turned the machine off, carefully removing that cups from her breasts and the bottles from the machine.

She measured and screwed nipples onto three baby bottles before taking her nursing supplement and heading downstairs and out the door to the back.

Every since she was bullied by other ponies in flight school she had been reserved and quiet.

She found it much easier to talk to animals and shower them with all the love and attention she was never given.

Thankfully with the help of her friends she had gotten better at being assertive in recent years.

She soon made her way to her barn out back and opened the door, stepping inside to feed the hungry babies their milk.

Everything seemed like it was going to be just fine.

She smiled to herself, closing the door behind her softly.