“Really now? A potion that uses the memory of who last wore the item of clothing to turn you into a copy of them?” Ruby sounded much too interested in her story for Honey’s nerves.

“Y-Yes, I thought m-maybe I could have Sweetie Belle become a version of her from a few days ago where she wasn’t sick, and so I thought I’d test it on myself to make sure it worked.” Honey blabbered, she was never the most creative liar, but she couldn’t very well tell them the real reason for all this. She just hoped she could get most of the details to her mom and sisters before they were asked. She had once heard that the best lies held a grain of truth, or something like that. Hopefully this would hold up. It just annoyed her that she only thought about making Sweetie well again through it just now. That might have actually worked!

“W-Well it did as you can see,” she waved her hands over her body, “but I forgot that I didn’t have the antidote s-so I’m kinda stuck this way for a while…” Ruby soaked up every bit of her story as she told it, writing down notes on a notepad Honey didn’t remember her having before.

“So did the clothing change Sweetie?”

Honey blinked. What?

“Huh? I’m the one who put them on.”

“Put them on?” Dinky chimed in excitedly. “Oh were they panties? I bet they were panties!” While she clearly shared an interest in the story, Honey doubted it was for the same reasons as Ruby. Said bright pink mare seemed to be trying not to roll her eyes in annoyance.

“Yes but you had Sweetie wear them afterward right?” Ruby asked looking over her notes. “I’m curious as to if the magic remains in the clothing. Can it only change one pony? Or is there maybe a time limit to how many can wear the same clothing and change? If it changes you into the last person wearing it, that technically would still be, in this case Sweetie, since you look just like her. I wonder how many people you could change before the magic wears off? Hmmm, it probably would be only one change per pony. Two at the max I bet…. Though three wouldn’t be impossible…”

Dinky sighed. “You’ll have to excuse her. She always gets like that when she comes across new info on magic. She’ll be a student of Princess Twilight or Starlight Glimmer before we know it, mark my words.” With that she shook her head. Ruby was too lost in thought to retaliate.

“So what did you look like before?” Honey balked at the question.

“W-What?”

Dinky looked at her with confusion. “You know… before the potion? You didn’t always have Sweetie’s body so what was your body like?”

“O-Oh right, sorry it’s just… been a morning.”

“Yeah a trip to Rarity’s after being transformed can do that.” Dinky smiled with a nod before her expression blanked for a second. “I can’t believe I live in a town where that might be a common phrase now.” Another smile. “I love this town.”

“It is lovely.” Honey agreed. It was funny how Honey had been worried about having to explain why she knew all the places around town when it turned out she really didn’t. As Hondo, him and Cookie had their routine. They only really ever went to the same places and did much the same things. When they felt adventurous, they’d get on a train and head to Canterlot, or the Crystal Empire, or heck one of the many other towns out there. They never really tried exploring their very own Ponyville to see what might be new here.

Upon meeting both Dinky and Ruby, they had marched straight to her home, leaving her purchases in the guest room she was currently staying in. Apparently Cookie and Sweetie had changed course at some point, as they weren’t there. That or they left again after only five minutes.

Freed of the burden of many bags, the trio had since spent the last few hours on seeing the sights. Honey was shocked at just how much of her town she didn’t seem to know despite living there for a couple of decades now. First off she was surprised to find the arcade was still up, though most of the games he’d played as a colt were gone. A few classics remained, but it wasn’t like she had time to really look through all of them. The idea set forth by her new friends was to get a layout of the town and pick what to check out later.

From small little restaurants that sold food she hadn’t been aware you could get here, to stores that sold some neat specified items. Ponyville seemed to have it all. Did this come because of the Friendship Castle? Ever since they got their own princess things had been changing. Yet she didn’t think it had lost that cozy small town feel just yet.

“That is a good question actually, what did you look like before?” Ruby had returned from her musings.

Crap! She hadn’t thought about that! Think Honey Belle Think!

“I-I was really kinda plain looking. N-no chest to speak of. Maybe a bit out of shape…” Most of that was basically true. She was just leaving out the part: Oh yeah and I was also a grown middle aged stallion!

“Oh so this must be quite the experience for you.” Ruby realized what she said and gave a polite cough. “That is. Well I obviously can’t give an opinion of how you used to look, but Sweetie is not exactly those things.”

“Yeah she’s pretty sexy and popular and in great shape!”

“DINKY!”

“What? It’s true! I’m sure even you agree, right Honey?”

“Huh? I uh…” It was true though. It was something she’d been coming to terms with since this whole thing started. Sweetie Belle was a beautiful young mare, and by being her clone that meant she was indeed a beautiful young mare herself right now. Everytime she was reminded of that, she felt her face flush.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Dinky called skipping around them a bit. “So what about the other thing?” Honey blinked again. Dinky was certainly… a character.

“Other thing?”

“About having Sweetie wear those panties, did it cure her?”

“Oh yes, I very much want to know the answer to that.” Ruby added, her face getting a bit too close.

“T-Things got complicated. It honestly never crossed our minds!”

Please PLEASE don’t ask me to go into details on how complicated! I don’t want to think about the fact I fucked Button Mash.

Damn it I thought about it!

Instinctively she buried her face in her hands. A grown up in a teenage mare’s body had sex with a teenage stallion. Well technically adults at eighteen, but still a teen in her mind.

“Ah seems something awkward happened.” Ruby chimed in, breaking Honey from her little mental crisis. “You don’t have to talk about it now. Maybe later if you feel like it okay?”

“Yeah, you kinda seem to have enough going on right now.” Dinky mused. Honey was actually shocked. She hadn’t expected them not to pry. They were pretty good kids. That were the same age as her current body. Ugh her head hurt.

“Oh one thing though, I’m sure Sweetie told you, but she has a boyfriend.” Dinky added in. “You might want to avoid running into him if you don’t want things to be even more awkward. We’ll help you keep an eye out given I doubt you know what he looks like.”

Honey tried to control her breathing. Oh she knew what he looked like. She knew what he looked like in more ways than one!

It was a valid concern though. Would he be able to recognize her out here as not Sweetie? The fact she wasn’t sick should give it away, but what if he wanted to, like hug her from behind or something? Would she be able to stop him?

Alternatively, what was she going to do when she saw Button giving the same affection to his actual girlfriend Sweetie? Especially since she’d know exactly how him touching Sweetie would feel given they’d basically done that yesterday! Her mind spun with the possibilities.

He’d come in, while she was preparing a meal. She wouldn’t even notice till she felt his strong body press up against her back. His dick already poking her rear, wanting more. Wanting to claim her again. Her boobies would jiggle from the impact, only to feel his hands grasp them seconds later…

Her breathing quickened.

“Uh Honey Belle? You okay there?” Ruby asked, waving a hand in front of her face. “You’re looking a bit flushed.” The fantasy Honey had been imagining faded away. What? What was that? Why would she daydream that?

And more importantly, why was she only in an apron during that fantasy!?

“I-I’m fine! Fine!” Honey cried a bit too quickly. “I-I mean I’ll be okay. Just overwhelmed.”

“We’re not pushing you too fast are we?” Ruby asked in concern, “let us know if we need to slow down.”

“I will… uh thanks.” She tried to give her best smile. She had no idea if she was doing it right. Everything in Sweetie’s body was like trying to cook in someone else’s house. She knew the basics, but didn’t know where anything was or how it worked.

“Hey Ruby, didn’t you tell me transformation magic is like jittery or something for the first day or two upon taking a new form?” Dinky asked. Honey tensed up. Why was Dinky asking that now?

“Something like that.” Ruby replied with a nod. “It takes some powerful magic to transform someone, and stronger magic yet to keep them that way. To put it in a way that’s easier to understand. It’s like Honey’s… essence and body got shaken up. Until they settle into their new shape, you can more easily mold that shape with small spells. Just small things though like eye color.”

“You think that’s why you’re feeling off Honey? I mean uh, no offense but if you were as flat as you said, then those must be a little off putting.” She waved very obviously at the mounds she now possessed.

Honey had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing. Boy was that ever an understatement!

“Y-Yeah it’s been a challenge.” What else could she say? Of course they were off putting! She didn’t have these before! She wasn’t ever supposed to have these!

“A bad challenge?” Ruby asked moving in closer. “I know it might blow Dinky’s mind over there, but I’m aware not every mare wants large ones. Do you miss being flat chested?”

“Hey! I know some mares like small ones!” Both ignored Dinky.

“You could say that…” She missed that and being tall, older, male. Actually maybe not the older part so much.

“Okay fine, but do you hate having big ones?” Dinky demanded crossing her arms. “I mean it’s fine if you do, but that’s only if you do. Did you ever imagine having bigger ones?”

Images of her with Rarity that morning flashed through her mind. The curves on her older sister…

“I-I might have daydreamed about large ones. L-Larger than this even.” Did she really? I mean it was weird enough carrying these around, but what must it be like for those even more blessed in that area? She knew very well that unless you had certain strong muscles, or powerful magic to counteract it, large ones put a big stain on one's back.

“Really? So you’ve dreamt about having bigger ones?” Dinky interjected rather excitedly. Her expression was just a tad bit concerning to Honey.

“M-Maybe? I uh, am already larger now so it could be neat to see what even bigger ones would be like…” That was the wrong thing to say wasn’t it?

“Right? Big boobs are the best!” Dinky cried cupping her own barely C cups with a frown. “Sadly I don’t have the magic talent Ruby has, so the breast enlargement spell I’ve been trying to learn doesn’t do much yet. Of course if Ruby would just cast it on me herself…” She trailed off giving her friends the stink eye.

“If I did, then I’d never heard the end of you begging me to cast it again.” Ruby flicked her hair. “You want it, earn it. Practice your magic more.”

“But I have been practicing!” Dinky protested, her horn lighting up with its yellowish glow of magic. “It’s just not working right! Here watch!” Honey felt a tingle around her chest. W-wait was she casting it on her!?

“No wait! Not on Honey Belle!” Ruby screamed, trying to counter with her own magic.

“W-Wait why shouldn’t-” But Honey didn’t get to finish that thought. Dinky’s magic fired off just before Ruby could stop it. The tingle around Honey’s bosom intensified, quickly changing to a warmth. A warmth she knew all too well from yesterday!

Wait! No no no!

“Ohhhhhhhhhh” She moaned, her breasts swelling in size. She felt a moment of discomfort as they strained against the bra, only to feel the fabric snap away as her chest continued to grow. Her Pink top strained against them as they fought to fill up every bit of space they could.

Damn it! She just got that bra!

Her top pushed out more and more as jiggly flesh pushed into them. Her nipples practically poked through the fabric. Much like when she first took this form, the change left her feeling a bit dazed for a moment.

“W-What but that’s never worked before!” Dinky protested, her eyes wide.

“I told you her form is a bit unstable right now!” Ruby moaned a bit too loudly, drawing more than a few eyes their way. Honey looked around nervously. Damn they were causing a scene. The last thing she wanted was to be the center of attention!

“Anyway we need to get somewhere private.” Ruby said as she ushered them into a nearby alleyway. After making sure no nosey ponies followed them, she turned back to Dinky.

“Again, her body is still charged with transformation magic, meaning it’s easier to make minor alterations with minimal magic.” She waved at Honey’s new chest. “Like these!”

Honey’s mind reeled. This counted as a minor change!?

Dinky, despite her proclaimed love of large chests, seemed genuinely embarrassed. “I-I see, um well on the bright side Honey Belle, you really rock that look and body!”

Honey’s glare spoke volumes.

“R-right, for what it’s worth I am sorry…”

Honey sighed. “All that aside, how do we return these to normal? Also you owe me a new bra.”

“Actually I owe you a new bra.” Ruby piped up, raising her hand. “I used my magic to help break your old one before the fabric began to dig into your skin. Have a sorry and you’re welcome. As for returning you to normal, bad idea. As I said, transformation magic is rare and powerful. It’s also dangerous to stack.” She glared at Dinky who glanced away sheepishly.

“Your body accepted the augmentation magic and needs time to settle before we try that again.” Honey’s breath caught.

“A-Are you saying I’m stuck with these?” Ruby nodded.

“For a day or two at best, or until you take the antidote potion, but we’d need to figure out how to make that anyway.”

“R-right figure it out.” Actually I have a vial back home right now.

“Hold up, would that even work? I thought you said my form and essence are unstable.” Ruby shook her head.

“It’s different if the base is a potion. Think of the initial transformation like putting a costume of sorts on the subject, you in this case. Something like having your boobs grow is just adding something to the costume. The antidote basically just takes the costume off, revealing your natural form again, untouched.

Honey Belled looked down at a massive bulges in her pink dress, her breasts now barely contained.

“Jeez! Just how big did you make me!?”

“Double D’s!” Dinky beamed. She looked proud of herself before noticing the glare from them both. “Oh right, still not a good thing, my bad.”

“D-Double D’s!?” Honey repeated. That was about as big as her big sister Rarity! With those curves she’d have Button drooling over her- why did her thoughts keep turning to Button!?

“They should return to normal when you regain your true form.” Ruby was saying, drawing Honey’s attention away from her new funbags and toward the young mare. “I’m afraid with how unstable transformation magic can be, it’s better you just leave them be rather than try to adjust them back right now. Who knows? Maybe you’ll like them?”

“W-Well it has been a day of new things…” Honey replied with a nervous laugh. What in the stars above was she supposed to tell Mom and sis about these?! Was Sweetie going to be jealous? She didn’t need her daughter, turned twin sister, feeling jealous of a body that was a copy of hers! Ugh this was giving her a headache.

“Dinky, since you wanted her to have those so much, I think it’s only fair that YOU get to buy her new bras.” This got a wince out of the gray mare.

“What? But you’re the one that cut it!”

“Dinky.”

“R-Right, I guess that’s fair, it’s my fault to begin with. But I mean come on! She looks amazing! I’m sure her boyfriend will approve.”

“Not the point! Besides we don’t even know if she has one!”

“Well it’ll be easy to get one looking like that.”

“Dinky!”

“What? What did I say?”

For some reason, despite what had happened to her, despite the day she had been having, and even despite suddenly having her chest made even larger, watching them bicker like this was something right out of a comedy. It was so silly she couldn’t help but laugh.

The two girls looked shocked for a moment before it likely sank in and soon all three were a fit of giggles. It was… nice somehow. Right here in this moment she didn’t have to be Hondo Flanks, the stoic responsible male adult, tasked with keeping everything running. She could just be a silly teenager again. Even if that teen was a girl.

After a while she managed to calm herself, wiping tears away from her eyes. “Is it always this wild around you two?”

“Unfortunately yes.” Ruby replied before waving for them to leave the ally. “You get used to it. If you’ll… still give us a chance?”

“A chance? For what?”

“Why to be friends of course!” Dinky exclaimed, jumping on her back. “I promise not to grope you until you’re ready!”

“Uh thanks?” Honey replied. Ruby rolled her eyes, but her lips held a smile.

Friends. It seemed like such a strange concept now. When was the last time as Hondo he’d hung out with friends? Cookie had many but it seemed like all of his had moved away long ago or were always busy. Was that part of the reason he was so big on spending time with his family? Still would that be really okay? He would have to be his old self again eventually.

“I think that little ‘experiment’ has earned us a pit stop.” Ruby spoke, breaking her from her thoughts. Looking up she saw the mare waving toward Sugercube corner. “How about we get something sweet in your belly?”

“I can’t say no to that!” Dinky hollered, she got off Honey just enough to put an arm around her shoulders. “Come on, I'll treat ya as part of my punishment for casting that spell.”

Well she could worry about if this friendship was a good idea later. Truth be told she was starving!

“T-That would be wonderful, especially since I didn’t grab any money even after dropping those clothes off…”

“Yes I can see how that’d be a problem.” Ruby said in an amused voice. Honey was getting the impression she had a sarcastic side buried in there.

“Feel free to get the more expensive items. After what Dinky did she’d deserve to pay.” Dinky waved a hand at her.

“Yeah yeah, I got it.”

So in conclusion, Ruby seemed to be an intelligent yet playful mare with a keen sense for magic, while Dinky was almost like a watered down Pinkie Pie, just with a weird obsession with breasts. Honestly, they still sounded like they were good company to keep.

“So you ever been here before?” Dinky asked as they walked in. A bell chiming to let everyone know they entered. Another perk of it being small townish.

“Oh once or twice.” She replied back. Actually, since I’ve lived here for years, I’ve tried everything on the menu at least three times.

“Ah cool, well still if you want to try anything new feel free. I can afford an extra milkshake or two.” Her eyes drifted elsewhere in the shop. “Speaking of milkshaking…”

Honey followed her gaze to take in the young mare known to most in town as ‘Ms Cake’ though she looked a lot different nowadays then she did when Hondo first arrived in this town. Cupcake, as that was her actual name, had never been unattractive. She was a bit plump around the edges, but there had been a large number of guys that enjoyed that aspect of her. Not that any would have ever tried their luck. It was well known she was happily married. That didn’t stop stallions from dreaming though, and ever since a Hearts and Hooves day a few years ago, her amount of admirers had shot up, despite her not really having her previous chubbiness.

The current Cupcake was nothing short of a bombshell. While not chubby anymore, she had curves much closer to Pinkie Pie’s. Perfect hips, perfect rear, and a nice chest. One she wasn’t shy about showing off with her low cut waitress uniform. In fact thanks to those same events there were quite a few sexy waitresses running around here.

Hmm I wonder how Button would like to see me in that uniform? Wait no stop it brain!

“Oh hello girls!” Cup practically sang as she swayed her way over. Was this what the boys called a MILF? Even her movements were much more exaggerated and seemingly sexified. Cookie and his adult self had often thought about trying to set up some sort of… ‘play date’ with them.

“Hi Ms. Cake!” Honey’s new friends chimed, before Honey had the sense to join them, being slightly out of sync. Cupcake looked at her in particular with a tilted head.

“Sweetie? That you?”

“N-No I’m her cousin visiting from out of town.”

This time an eyebrow raised. “Her identical cousin?”

“Magic mishap.” Ruby spoke with a shrug. Much to Honey’s shock, Cupcake nodded in understanding.

“Ah that explains it. Well nice to meet you uh…”

“Oh! Uh H-Honey Belle! Nice to meet you!” I’m so sorry! I’ve actually met you a ton of times! I’ve seen your husband and his antics all around town! I’ve grown to be an acquaintance!

Of course she bit her tongue on repeating any of this outloud. She didn’t really like lying to people she knew, but all things considered this was probably for the best.

“So you girls here to dine or just dropping by for a quick snack?”

“Dine in, we’re thinking of milkshakes!” Ruby said, giving Cupcake a thumbs up. The older mare’s eyes lit up.

“Excellent! Here we have a table right here!” Leading them to said table, she let them settle in before handing them menus.

“It’s Pinkie hour as well! So half off all milkshakes!”

“Heck yeah! Now we’re talking!” Dinky exclaimed as she began to comb the menu while fired up. Honey Belle’s brow furled.

“Pinkie hour?” She never heard of that before. Did she just somehow always miss it?

“Well it’s a bit like happy hour at a bar, except you just get half off milkshakes. Pinkie came up with it, and we all liked it so much we decided to go with it! Anyway take your time, I’ll send the new girl out to take your order soon.”

With that Cupcake was gone and it was just them three. Honey looked over the menu to see if there was anything new, but no it was pretty much the same as always.

Eh, guess I’ll go with my tried and true favorite. Mint chocolate chip!

“By the way, how long will you be in town?” Ruby asked, having already put her menu down. Crap! What should she respond with?

“Uh w-well I might be here for a few weeks… or a few days.” Any lies had to have a grain of truth. “There’s some behind the scenes stuff we’re still working out, so I don’t really know.”

“Well I for one hope you’re around for a while!” Dinky proclaimed putting an arm around her again. It would have been nice, if Dinky wasn’t obviously staring at her chest with a desire to touch it. “It’s only been a few hours but I can tell we’re going to have fun together!”

“I have to agree with her, it’s almost like you were made to be our third.” Ruby nodded with a smile. “I always did envy the CMC, now we’ve got our own third girl! Only if you are interested of course.”

“I…” She had no idea what to say or do. She never in a million years thought things would progress so quickly! It hadn’t even been a day yet, and she had her own look, her own room and clothes, and now her own friends. The more time she spent as Honey Belle, it seemed like the more of a role she carved out for herself. If she wasn’t careful, Honey Belle would become imprinted on many of those around her.

It was scary. What if this made it difficult for them to see her go? What was he supposed to do when he was Hondo again? Write them letters? At this rate he’d either have to come clean or set time aside to become this girl again next summer. She felt the pressure of everything begin to build up again. Damn it this really was a bad idea wasn’t it? She should just go back home and tell Cookie she quit.

“No need to answer just yet.” Ruby said suddenly, as if she could sense her rising fear. “Just… think about it.”

“We’d love to have you as a friend though, but hey if you have to leave you have to leave. I’m sure we’ll bump into each other again.”

“But… what if we don’t? What if this is the only, I mean last summer I get to be here?” The girls looked at her confused.

“Why uh, are you going away after this or something?” Oh boy how true that was!

“N-No I just mean we don’t know the future a-and-”

“I wouldn’t worry about it.” Ruby said suddenly, doing a little stretch with her arms.

“You wouldn’t?”

“No, life’s too short to worry about if this is our only summer.” She said with a shrug. “I’m sure you’ll be able to come back again next summer, and even if you don’t, hey we still have this one.”

“Yeah! Just means we have to make it count!” Dinky added with a fist pump.

“I-I see…” Honey wasn’t sure how to feel. In truth it was fun just hanging out and not having to care about the adult stuff she usually did. Then again this wasn’t her real life. She’d have to return to being Hondo eventually. Those responsibilities weren’t going to vanish in the meantime. Was it really fair to leave it all to Cookie to deal with while she was goofing off? Cookie did say it was fine, but was it really?

“H-Hello!” A yellow mare around Pinkie’s age and build nearly squeaked from beside them. She was wearing the uniform of the shop, so she must be the ‘new girl’ Cupcake was talking about. Honestly it was uncanny how similar to Pinkie she seemed. The coloring was different, but otherwise she was nearly an exact copy. Her brown mane was even just as poofy, her tail too. More magic shenanigans? Ruby was the one to address her.

“Yes hello, we’d each like a milkshake and a pastry please. I’ll take a cherry banana myself with a cinnamon roll please. Dinky?”

“Cookies and cream with a slice of pumpkin pie! Honey?”

It took a few seconds for her to realize it was her turn, so engrossed by the mare’s look as she was. “O-Oh! Sorry! I’ll take a Mint chocolate shake and pass on…” Wait a minute. Normally she’d pass on the pastry unless she had a workout planned due to the calories, but she wasn’t in her body right now. She was in Sweetie’s and being that young could handle a pastry!

“Sorry I mean I’ll take a cinnamon roll as well!” The giddiness definitely leaked into her words, but she couldn’t help it. She had to chalk that up to another point for being Honey right now.

“And another cinnamon bun!” The mare repeated with a smile. “Coming right u- AH! P-Pinkie!”

“Hiya Cheesy hun! I see you’re ‘adjusting’ well!” Said party mare had seemingly popped up out of nowhere to hug the waitress from behind. Honey got the impression Pinkie wanted to do the same thing Dinky had done to herself upon meeting, but seemed to have enough sense not to do that in the middle of the diner.

“I-I’m managing.” The waitress replied with a heavy blush. Then with a lower voice that Honey only barely caught as she was the closest to her: “Going to have to after your little ‘gift’”

“So is this like a sister we didn’t know about Ms Pinkie?” Dinky piped up her eyes occasionally darting to their chests. No doubt calculating if they were the same size as each other.

“Not exactly.” Pinkie giggled. “Did you forget to introduce yourself Grilled Cheese?”

“Oh no! I did!” The mare replied almost in horror. “Forgive me patrons, my name is Grilled Cheese. I’ll be your waitress today!” She then pulled a rubber chicken from… wait was that her mane it came from?

“Boneless hopes you have a great time here!” She had the rubber chicken bow to them. It took a second but Honey realized it was in the same waitress outfit.

“Isn’t she great?” Pinkie exclaimed with a huge girn. “She’s the latest in the wives club!”

“Wow another? Lucky guy.” Ruby said with a raised eyebrow. Honey was confused for a second till she remembered a chat she had with Pinkie’s Husband. He had said there might be a couple of new additions to the home soon. As Hondo he thought he meant more foals. Was he including another bride in that statement? Where did she even come from? Something about her sure was familiar though.

“Wait so he got another wife? You like him too?” Dinky asked, leaning forward a bit. Why was she interested in that? Grilled Cheese blushed again.

“I-I do, though this isn’t how I thought my life would turn out.” In a lower voice: “Given I wasn’t pregnant or a mare a month ago.” She looked at Pinkie.

“Aw but this body suits you!” Pinkie replied in a normal voice confusing Dinky and Ruby who hadn’t heard the lower spoken portion.

“N-Not so loud!” Grilled hissed. “Besides you body swapped with him just to knock me up, so it’s basically our child!”

“Of course! We needed to have Little Cheese born in this timeline somehow!”

Grilled Cheese blinked. “What?” But they had moved away to the kitchen before Honey could catch anymore of the conversation.

“What the heck was that about?” Dinky asked, but Ruby just shrugged. Dinky turned to her next, but she nervously just shrugged as well. It might be for the best to keep what she heard to herself. She could ask their husband about it later when she was Hondo again.

Still was it true what she said? Was that a stallion turned mare and now p-pregnant? She seemed happy about it, or at the very least she didn’t seem to hate she was with foal, but that meant she was stuck that way! W-what if that happened to her? What if Button made her a future mommy?

The idea should terrify her, and in a way it did. She’d be stuck like this for a while, perhaps for keeps. A new life growing inside her. An experience she was never meant to have! There was a very large part of her that was petrified at the thought!

But then there was another part…

“Here’s your milkshakes!” Pinkie announced having popped out of nowhere again. Even as Hondo she’d never get used to that.

“Alright!” Dinky exclaimed happily sucking away at her straw. Her muzzle scrunched up in such a silly way as she did, the blissful look on her face only adding to how funny she looked. It was such a sight that before Honey knew it, a slew of giggles had erupted from her. Giggles that did not go unnoticed.

“H-Hey I can’t help it!” Dinky defended with a blush.

“Doesn’t make it less funny.” Ruby added with a smile of her own. As she began to drink her own milkshake, her face remained almost stoic. She was somehow making drinking a milkshake look classy.

“Gah! How do you do that!?” Dinky cried, her muzzle scrunching up. This caused another fit of giggles. While Dinky was clearly embarrassed, it didn’t seem to be a sore spot at least. That did lead to a question though.

“Hey how do I look?” Honey asked before taking a big drink of her own milkshake. She was simply ecstatic to be able to drink something this sugary without having to worry how it’d affect her body, so her expression was rather happy and eager.

At least until the smooth icy treat met her taste buds, in which the most unpleasant expression claimed her face as she nearly coughed at how horrible it tasted!

“BLEH! GAH! YUCK!” She sputtered sticking her tongue out. Gah! It lingered! If only she had water! After she was able to make sense of the world again, she couldn’t help but notice how hard Dinky and Ruby were laughing.

“Oh man that was great!” Dinky hollered trying not to slap the table.

“What happened? Did you drink it too fast or something?” Ruby added. Honey didn’t respond. Just what in the tartarus WAS that? It was horrible! She asked for Mint Chocolate chip! Not… whatever this was! Mud?

“Oh dear, that wasn’t a good face.” Pinkie said as she placed their pastries down. Where had she even gotten those from?

“I- this doesn’t taste right.” Honey managed. She didn’t want to insult Sugar Cube Corner after having come here so many times, but they had seriously messed her order up! She had gotten this same milkshake everytime she was able to justify one, and it had never been this bad!

“It doesn’t?” Pinkie picked it up and sniffed “Mint? No wonder! You wouldn’t like this! Hmm instead you need that one! I’ll be right back!” With that she skipped away.

“You got Mint Chocolate Chip right?” Dinky asked, to which Honey nodded.

“I did! It’s my favorite! I have no idea what they did wrong!”

“Huh that’s not like them.” Ruby added rubbing her chin. “I feel like there is something to that…”

“Here you go! Try this one!” Pinkie said, popping in from nowhere for the third time. With her she plopped down a new milkshake, this one a brownish chocolate color rather than the lime green of mint.

“Uh, are you sure? It doesn’t look like-”

“Oh don’t worry about that! I Pinkie guarantee you’ll love it!”

Honey was still unsure, but Pinkie had never steered her wrong before. Bracing herself she placed her lips on the straw and sucked in.

!!!! Pure bliss! She had no idea what her expression was as she sucked a larger portion down, but she didn’t care. This creaminess! The smooth rich flavor! What was this? It was not mint that’s for sure, but honestly it might be better! Everything about it just made her melt.

“Well someone likes it.” Ruby mused grinning at her expression.

“Dang you look like you’re about to-” Dinky glanced at Pinkie and coughed thinking better about her words. “Anyway what has you look like you’re on cloud nine?”

“Yes what is this?! It’s amazing!” Honey exclaimed, drinking in another mouthful of heaven. Pinkie just giggled.

“I knew you’d love it. It’s Sweetie Belle’s favorite as well! Peanut Butter Chocolate!”

The world spun to a stop as those words sank into Honey’s brain. W-what? What did she just say!? She could feel the panic welling up inside her already. She didn’t have a epipotion with her!

“It’s what!?” She cried standing up, the panic already overflowing. “I-I need. Oh Celestia the hospital is across town!”

“What? Hospital!?” Ruby’s face was pure business in an instant. “Why? What’s going on? I know some first aid magic! Maybe I can help!” Dinky for her part looked terrified.

“Honey? Pinkie did you poison her or something!?” Both Cupcake and Grilled Cheese were looking their way in concern, but they were the only other ponies inside at the moment. Despite all this Pinkie remained oddly calm.

“Honey Belle calm down.” She said in a stern motherly voice.

“Calm down? I’m about to go into… wait… I can breathe?” It seemed impossible, but she could. In fact she didn’t feel anything off at all. In shock she just stood there a hand to her chest measuring her breathing. Her completely normal breathing.

“I’m.. fine?” Pinkie nodded.

“For what it’s worth I am sorry. My Pinkie sense didn’t warn me about that till too late. It makes sense you’d act that way though. Please accept my apologies!” With that she bowed down. This whole thing was making all three young adult fillies nervous. This wasn’t like the usual Pinkie which just seemed to add to the seriousness of the situation.

“W-wait what’s going on?” Ruby demanded crossing her arms. “Pinkie, why did my friend think she needed to go to the hospital? Did you do something to the milkshake?”

The pink mare shook her head. “No it’s a normal peanut butter chocolate shake, the issue is that much like Hondo.” She gave a glance at Honey as she said that name. Did she know somehow? “Honey here had an allergy to peanuts. At least that’s what I’m guessing.”

“Wait what!? Then we do need to get her help!” Dinky exclaimed in a panic, but Ruby put her hand on the unicorn’s shoulder.

“Dinky look at Honey, does she seem to be in any pain? The shake didn’t hurt her at all.”

“W-what? But if she’s-”

“I think I get it.” Ruby interrupted. “I knew there was something about that face you made with the mint chocolate shake.”

“What? What does that have to do with this?” Honey asked, having finally calmed down from her scare. It had been such a long time since he’d had an instance like this that he had let himself grow too relaxed. Why was she fine? Hondo Flanks had been allergic to peanuts since foalhood!

“I can answer that if you can forgive me Honey Belle.” Pinkie piped up looking uncharacteristically solemn. It was kinda freaky honestly. Wait when did she tell Pinkie her name?

“I-I forgive you, I know you’d never mean me any harm.” Pinkie smiled, but she didn’t immediately go back to her bubbly self.

“You see, I of course know the favorites and dislikes of everypony in town when it comes to sweets!” She proclaimed proudly. “Therefore I know for a fact that Sweetie Belle absolutely hates Mint Chocolate, but Peanut butter is like a direct link to the pleasure center of her brain!”

It was true. Whenever they went out for family gatherings, Sweetie refused to eat or drink any mint chocolate saying it tasted horrible. Hondo always thought she was just being dramatic, but why would that matter here?

“I don’t understand, what does that have to do-”

“Of course!” Ruby exclaimed suddenly standing up. In shock Honey just stared.

“Of course what?” Dinky gave voice to what Honey was thinking.

“Don’t you get it?” Ruby asked, waving her hand at Honey in some sort of eureka moment. “She told us earlier that the potion gave her Sweetie’s body right?”

“Riiiiight?” Dinky said slowly, but Honey suddenly stopped her own eyes widening.

“S-Sweetie didn’t inherit her father’s peanut allergy…” She said quietly.

“What? Why does that…oh. OH!” Dinky exclaimed, it finally sinking in. Pinkie decided to humor the readers and vocalize what the three had just realized.

“Exactly!” She said, suddenly in a lab coat with glasses. “By becoming a copy of Sweetie Belle, that means an identical copy! This includes her taste buds! Therefore she’d find Mint Chocolate to be horrible.”

“And I don’t have to worry about an allergic reaction to having peanuts…” Honey finished staring at the milkshake. It was surreal. All her life this substance could have killed her and now? Now it was just food. She could partake in as much of it as she so desired and there would be no negative reaction at all.

“Oh wow, I uh. I can’t even imagine what that’s like.” Dinky said seemingly just to break the silence. Honey nodded.

“I-It’s uh… something.”

“Well this is awkward huh?” Pinkie added rubbing the back of her neck. “I’ll just leave you three to your treats. In fact, don't worry about the check. Call it part of my apology for putting you through that.” With that she gave another bow and walked away back to the kitchen to let Cup and Grilled in on the situation.

“So that was nerve wracking.” Ruby said with a sigh, before picking up her cinnamon roll. “Shall we try to get back to relaxing and just enjoying the day?”

Both her friends nodded. “Agreed!”

Honey took a big bite of her own roll humming with happiness at the taste. Trying her best to put all her focus on the food, drink, and company before her. Because if she stopped to think about what it really meant to not have an allergy anymore. She was afraid of the conclusions she’d arrive at…

Author's Note

This is something I've been wanting to do since the start of this fic and why I love to think and write/watch body swap stuff and genderswapping stuff so much. Because I'm not sure how many people think about small things like this.

What would it be like to body swap into a body with an allergy? What is it like to body swap into a body that can see 20/20 when you had to wear glasses all your life? It's such a neat little thing to consider.

I have a few ideas on where I want to go with this next. I can tell you I don't plan to make it a super long fic, so it's not likely to be 20 chapters more, but I hope what I have planned makes for a good tale.

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