The next stop they made was at the museum, where Rainbow had yet another far-fetched idea to extend her height.

Fluttershy had just finished chaining her to a medieval rack that Rainbow believed ancient people used to get taller.

"Um, Rainbow, are you sure this is a good idea? Because I've seen this documentary, and-"

"Fluttershy, your objections are duly noted. Now, get cranking!"

She sighed and slowly turned the wheel that retracted the chains and stretched Rainbow's limbs.

"Oh, yeah! Yes! I can slowly feel it working! Unh! I wonder why these things still aren't around, this is amazing!"

Fluttershy stopped churning when she saw two large security guards standing over them.

"Uhh…This isn't what it looks like?" said Rainbow with a squee.

The two were yet again thrown out onto the cloud floor of Cloudsdale.

"Please tell me I'm taller."

She measured her friend again.

"You're taller."

"REALLY?!"

She slowly shook her head no.

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Fluttershy looked in the dictionary at some of the words Rainbow was uttering and gasped.

When she finally calmed down, she was panting heavily.

"Maybe we should try the doctor?" Fluttershy suggested.

"The doctor…"

At the doctor's office, Rainbow was finished with her check-up.

"Well, Rainbow, I couldn't find anything that appears to be stunting your growth. You seem to be accelerating at a perfectly normal rate for fillies your age, and you're in peak physical condition."

"Well, isn't there any surgery or something that'll make me taller?!"

"Sorry."

"How about you break my legs, then reshape them and keep reshaping them until I'm at least tall enough to ride the Fiery Alicorn of Death?"

"I-I'm sorry, but…we don't do that!" the doctor said, obviously disturbed at Rainbow's idea.

Rainbow sighed and hopped off the table.

"Thanks, anyway."

She left with Fluttershy following close behind. Suddenly, Rainbow stopped her and pointed to a store with four very big shoes in the window.

"Shoes?"

"Not just any shoes. These make you at least 5 inches taller by slipping into them, and that's all the height I need to get on that coaster!"

"That sounds wonderful, Rainbow, but we spent all our money on tickets at the amusement park. And those cost 100 bits."

"Hmm…I've got an idea."

"I hope it's brighter than your last few."

"COME AGAIN?!" yelled Rainbow right in Fluttershy's face.

"I-I mean, all of them are fine," she said, smiling sheepishly.

"That's what I thought you said."

They sat down on a street corner, Rainbow holding out a plastic cup.

"Spare some change?" she asked a random pony that just walked by. "Help a starving child?" Her question once again went unanswered. "Hey, what's wrong with you ponies?! I'm starving here!"

"Can I try?"

"Sure, go for it," she said, handing Fluttershy the cup.

"Um…excuse me, but if it's not too much trouble, could you please spare a bit or two? Or, any amount would help."

The pony whose attention Fluttershy grabbed sniffled a bit and gave her five bits.

"Oh, thank you so much. You're a good Samaritan."

"How did you do that?!"

"I don't know. I guess it's because I used manners."

"Well, whatever you're doing, it's working. But we need to complete the illusion."

She tussled her friend's mane a bit and added some makeup to look like she had dirt on her cheeks.

"I'm no fashionista or anything, but this should work."

She soon did the same thing to herself as Fluttershy begged for even more money, which she got with no trouble at all.

Pretty soon, they reached 100 bits and got the shoes for Rainbow.

"Wow…"

"Yeah, got this new air technology. Keeps your hooves cool."

"Those are way better than my rusty old horseshoes."

"Hey, maybe we should go begging more often."

They both giggled and headed for the amusement park.

After spending yet another hour in line, Rainbow stood against the rodent that indicated her height and smiled.

"You're still too short."

"WHAT?!"

"By one quarter inch."

"Why, I oughta…!"

She advanced towards the guard wildly swinging, but Fluttershy intervened and grabbed her by her forelegs.

"I'm so sorry, she's been really looking forward to this ride. I'll take her home."

"YOU SON OF A MULE! WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN, I'M GONNA RIP YOUR THROAT OUT AND GRIND IT TO DUST! YOU HEAR ME?! DUST! THEN, I'M GONNA EAT YOUR HEART! ALL OF IT! EVERY LAST BIT! AND THEN I'LL GRAB YOUR BRAIN STEM AND SHOVE IT SO FAR UP YOUR-"

Fluttershy covered her mouth to prevent her from saying more things she'd regret and kept walking her home.