With a bright flash of magic, Saphira watched as Tinker appeared near the dormant portal machine. "Huh, that quick?" She asked amusingly. She noted that he was in his male dragon body now, so perhaps the heat was what he had gone to fix. "Or was time different there?"

"Oh, yeah, I... was out a lot longer than a few hours, eheh..." Tinker said, though he began to look nervous as he realized that the AI was accompanied by Celestia of all ponies.

The white mare waved her hoof, saying, "I'm not here to yell at you, if that's what you're worried about!" Then, she giggled as she watched the tension drain from Tinker's frame. "Sadly, I'm not here for you, either..."

Tinker sheepishly shrugged a bit, saying, "Oh, it's... fine, really...", though then he went quiet for a little bit as he struggled to think of what to say.

"Is he gone yet?" Rumbled a much deeper male voice from behind Tinker, making the dragon squeak and spin around with a wide-eyed look. He was just fast enough to watch a gilded white equine disappear between two banks of servers, and he wore a rather suspicious expression as he turned back to Celestia.

"Is that Arc-" he began to say, before Celestia suddenly interrupted.

"WHOOPS, look like I forgot a meeting I'm meant to be at!" she chirped jovially, before immediately teleporting away in a flash of yellow magic. Tinker started to turn, but after he heard an identical burst of magic behind himself, he didn't bother to do much more than glance behind himself before turning his gaze back to Saphira.

The AI sighed, then she shrugged at him a little bit. "I'm sure you can figure it out, considering what the other version of Ponyta happens to look like" she said, wearing an amused smile.

"....Arceus" he said.

"Yes", Saphira replied.

"But how in the world did she..." Tinker mumbled in return.

"Tinker, I have absolutely no idea".

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With a loud CRASH, Bowser bashed in the wall to Princess Peach's quarters, laughing heartily. "Give it up, plumbers! The peach is mine for good this time!"

As the dust settled, the princess looked up at the intruding wooden flying airship, her eyes wide with surprise, but... not the usual surprise. "...Bowser...?" she quietly asked.

"So what!? I look a bit different! You got a problem with that, peach!?" The King of the Koopas barked, glaring down at her. A metallic robotic arm reached out from the ship, plucking the princess from her room and depositing her on the deck of the ship, right in front of Bowser.

Except, it wasn't Bowser, King of the Koopas. It was Bowsette, Queen of the Koopas. Her belly was flat enough to show off her muscles, but unknown to anyone other than her, she had at least four more eggs quietly growing inside of her.

Assembling a new set of shell armor had been frustrating, but Bowsette had managed. Her wings were once again hidden and protected, though this time, the front portion of her shell was only a partial cover. Rather than squashing them inside of her armor, Bowsette's heavy tits were instead barely restrained by the flowing black dress she wore.

She smirked confidently down at peach, saying, "You don't seem so... high and mighty now, huh...?", though her confidence began to give way to confusion as she took in her expression.

The princess was looking at her with an expression of awe, perhaps even astonishment, but above all... admiration? Bowsette struggled to read Peach's expression, because she was so very used to the princess only looking at her with either fear or anger or some mix thereof.

"Bowser, you... what happened?" Peach asked, in that soft, delicate voice that the dragoness loved so very much. She felt her cheeks starting to heat up, but she was determined not to let herself crack.

Bowsette tried to retain her act as the airship took off into the skies again, and she tapped her crown as she dismissively said "A small setback, I'll be rid of it soon enough".

And yet, Bowsette saw a look of dejection start to emerge on Peach's face. The Koopa Queen hesitated, then she leaned in closer to Peach, gazing down into the Princess' eyes. She spoke, her voice much softer as she said, "Unless... you'd like me to keep it on?" Peach's eyes widened somewhat, but then she quickly looked away from Bowsette, her hair dancing in the breeze.

However, the dragoness had already spotted the deep red blush that bloomed on Princess Peach's face, and it told her everything that she needed to know.

Author's Note

AND THEN BOWSETTE SHOWED PEACH EXACTLY WHAT THAT DRAGON TONGUE CAN DO

also now i can finally go take a shower and sleep it's 3:30 am