Verdant gave a yawn as he trotted once more towards the laboratory early in the autumn morning.

Another day, another bit or two… thousand. He thought to himself as he trotted along, drawing closer to the door. If I didn’t like working with flowers and plants so much, I could probably retire.

He pushed his way past the door and tried to rub the sleep from his eyes, only to bump into something and fall onto his flank. Looking up, the sight before him was a bit of a start.

Standing in front of him was the tallest mare Verdant had ever seen that wasn’t one of the princesses. He recalled the sight of Applejack’s brother and noted that this mare was half a head taller than that.

She was a rather slender mare with a light green coat while her mane and tail were more a leafy green. When she turned to face him, he saw that she had a pair of dark blue eyes that stood out from the rest of her freckled face. Her mane was a somewhat messy affair tied up in a long ponytail while her actual tail seemed more on the rough side.

“Oh, sorry about that,” the towering mare said as she held out a hoof to him.

“Nah, it’s my fault,” Verdant replied as he accepted her hoof before she picked him off the ground and plopped him back onto his hooves. “I should have looked where I was going, Miss…”

“Beans!” the familiar voice of High Gear called out as the scientist skidded to a halt in front of the statuesque mare. “What brings you here? I didn’t forget my lunch today.”

“Oh, I saw an ad to try a kind of brownie for cash on the first floor, so I came over.”

“Well, I hope it goes well,” High Gear said before she spotted Verdant. “Oh, hey there. Perfect time to have some introductions.” She quickly slung a foreleg around his shoulder as she presented the shamrock stallion to the emerald mare. “Verdant, this is my roommate and best friend, Beanstalk. I call her Beans. Beans, this is Verdant Range, my guinea pig.”

“Guinea pig?” Verdant muttered as he cast the scientist a glare.

“Nice to meet you, Verdant,” Beanstalk said as she started to walk away. Were she just a centimeter or two taller, Verdant was sure she could walk over him without his mane touching her belly.

“Well, at any rate, we’ve got some science to do,” Gear said as she quickly shuffled herself and Verdant into the elevator. Pushing the button, things were fairly quiet until Gear saw the look Verdant was giving her.

“What?” She tilted her head in confusion.

“Guinea pig? Really?” Verdant’s left eyebrow rose as the bell signaling the elevator’s arrival rang out and the doors started to open.

“It’s a term commonly used by scientists to refer to their test subjects.” High Gear strolled into the elevator, not making eye contact with Verdant as he followed her in. “Besides, you got an extra two hundred bits after last time.”

“And all I had to do was get inside a stomach for the third time since I started to work for you.” Verdant said just before the bell rang once more, opening up to the third floor.

“Look, feel free to blame me for what happened with the first experiment, but you can’t blame me for what happened the last two times.” High Gear retorted as she lead him into her lab. “The last two times were due to accidents completely outside of my control. This time should be perfectly fine.”

“Here’s hoping.” Verdant rolled his eyes as he and the blue mare approached the console. “So, wanna bet some more bits this ti-”

Verdant was cut off when the floor beneath them seemed to shake and explode all around them. Everything shifted so quickly, but from what Verdant could see in the brief glimpse, something burst up from the floor below and caused him and Gear, along with a fair chunk of floor, to be quickly pulled into a massive set of jaws before they fell down the creature’s throat.

The pair were squeezed by the throat against each other before they and the chunks of floor splattered down into a pool of stomach juice.

“Wow…” Verdant said as he tried to rise to his hooves, but was unable to do so courtesy of whatever had eaten them shifting about. “I didn’t even get onto the teleporter this time.”

“Urgh… that smarts,” Gear muttered as she looked around the fleshy sack, spotting the debris was now starting to dissolve in the acids. “This sucks.”

“You’re telling me,” Verdant said, helping to pull her to her hooves. “Say, how come you aren’t getting digested?”

“Forcefield bracelet,” she said as she pulled up her left sleeve, revealing a golden band. “Just in case something goes really wrong.”

“Any clue on what happened here?” Verdant asked as he brushed some of the dust and debris clinging to his mane away.

“Judging by the partially digested fruit loops, chunks of brownie and what was being done on the first floor, I’m guessing that the brownies being tested downstairs had the transformative agent from poison joke in them, making Beans become a giant again.” High Gear turned out her pockets, dumping some loose debris into the bubbling juices.

“Wait, again?” An eyebrow rose in surprise. “This sort of thing has happened before?”

“Oh yeah, tons of times.” Gear casually waved. “Poison joke makes her grow to about two hundred feet tall. It’s happened so many times we’ve actually got protocols in place in case of this.”

“And what are th-WHOA!” The entire fleshy chamber shook about, tossing the two into one another.

“Oww… my head,” Beanstalk groaned as she rubbed her head, trying to blink some of the dust from her eyes. “What the hay happened?”

“Miss Beanstalk!” a distant mare’s voice reached her ears.

Beans turned her gaze downward, where she saw one of the scientists that gave her the brownie was staring up at her.

“Um, doctor?” One of Beans’ ears flicked, knocking some dust and chunks of the building to the distant floor below. The emerald mare could see she was now sitting in what was the remains of the laboratory with the unicorn doctor standing by her enlarged thigh. “Was anything from poison joke used in those brownies?”

“Well,” the golden yellow mare’s horn glowed and a clipboard appeared in front of her face. “...uh, it seems some poison joke extract was used in the brownie’s creation with the hope of…” She quickly flicked through several of the pages in her aura. “Giving the consumer minty fresh breath… How’d that go, by the way?”

Beanstalk rolled her eyes before raising a hoof and exhaling onto it, followed by a quick sniff. “I’d say it smells like chocolate, fruit loops and rocks.”

“Breath freshening effects… negative.” The mare quickly jotted down before looking back up to the giantess. “Sorry about this.”

“Well, it was bound to happen sometime this year.” Beanstalk let out a sigh before she started to rise up, freeing herself from the ruined building. As she waited for the debris to fall from her, several pegasi flew by her colossal face.

“Hey there, Beanstalk!” One of the pegasi, a mare with a sandy coat and a wild light brown mane said, hovering in front of her snout. “We’ve already got your escort all set and we’ve got the warning song playing. We’re ready whenever you are.”

Beanstalk looked down towards the doctor, who was now joined by others who had been in the building, looking only a little dusty. “Sorry about this, everypony. I’ll contact my insurance company once I’m back down to normal.”

Taking a breath, Beanstalk slowly started to step forward while the pegasi flew ahead of her. After two massive steps, the sounds of the looped ‘warning song’ that High Gear had picked with the mayor, reached her ears.

“Grr… I hate this song,” the gigantic mare grumbled as she started to draw closer to the city, the damned song playing from speakers all throughout.

“Augh, dammit,” Verdant muttered as he rubbed his sore head. “What the hay’s going on?”

“Beans going through the planned protocols for when she grows giant,” Gear replied, shaking the acid and chunks of cereal from her mane. “She waits for escort pegasi to be ahead of her to clear the way while she heads to the community center, who’ll ready a swimming pool full of poison joke antidote.”

“Uh, Gear,” Verdant nervously looked about. “What happens to her stomach contents when she goes back to normal?”

“That’s something we thoroughly tested, Verdant,” the scientist said with an unnervingly large smile. “The acids and muscles in the stomach become much stronger, allowing for any materials to be more quickly dissolved and digested. Anything dissolved will be shrunken down with her when she returns to normal size.”

“Yeah, that’s great and all,” Verdant’s eyes darted back and forth as a note of panic entered his voice. “But what happens to food that’s not digested when she shrinks down?”

“We tested that with an apple. Apparently food that’s not partially digested will…” Gear’s pupils shrank to pin pricks when she realized the horrors to come. “Will remain the same size when she shrinks!”

“We’ve got to get out of here! Now!” Verdant charged towards one of the stomach’s valves, only for High Gear to whiz past him, frantically trying to open the orifice.

“OPEN, FAUST CURSE YOU!” She shrieked as she jammed her hooves in the hole, barely making it dilate.

“You’ve got this, Doc!” Verdant attempted to cheer despite his similar state of panic. “Use that good old earth pony strength!”

“I’M NOT AN EARTH PONY!” She yelled back in reply as she continued her futile struggle. “I’M A UNICORN! NOW MOVE YOUR ASS AND HELP ME!”

“Sorry, I’ll get started!” Verdant winced before running up to her side and starting to help her pry at the tiny opening. After a few moments, the orifice opened up, letting the two charge through into Bean’s intestine.

“So,” Verdant attempted to look casual as he and Gear ran through the intestine, their hooves being tickled by the villi and splashed by the fluids carrying digested material. “If you’re a unicorn, how’d you become like…”

“Is this really the best time?” Gear asked with a grumble as she gave him a withering glare.

“Probably,” Verdant replied. “Talking about your life story could take our minds off the possible danger we’re in… not to mention the smell.”

Taking a quick sniff that she immediately regretted, the blue mare signed as they continued to run. “Alright. Long story short, I was in a train accident, lost my horn, parents died, got adopted, met Beans, saw how difficult life can be without magic, entered a science fair, made an automatic bread slicer, got my cutie mark, decided to become a scientist and engineer, changed my name to High Gear and went to Canterlot Tech where I met Pix.” Gear started to huff as she finished speaking.

“Wow, all in one breath,” Verdant muttered as he drew closer. “You may want to lay on my back, Gear. You’re looking pretty winded.”

“Pix was right,” Gear said as she and Verdant started to slow. “I should get a treadmill. Urgh.”

“It’s okay,” Verdant comfortingly said as he shifted to allow her to lie down on his back and waited for her to hook her forelegs around his neck before rolling his shoulders and nodding. “Alright, let’s go!”

Verdant took off with High Gear bouncing slightly on his back as she worked to catch her breath.

“Y’know… that did take my mind off things, Verdant,” High Gear commented as her ride raced along the intestinal tract. “And thanks for carrying me like this.”

“No problem, Doc,” Verdant looked over his shoulder at her. “Besides, you’re not that heavy. I’ve had to carry a lot heavier stuff at the flower shop.”

“Either way, thanks.” Gear said as she felt the ache in her chest starting to fade away.

“So, I hope I’m not being rude here,” Verdant slowly started to ask, “But may I ask what your name was before you changed it?”

“Lavender Breeze,” Gear said with a soft smile. “While my birth mom was in the perfume business, I wasn’t really interested in it. Plus, when I got my cutie mark, I figured Lavender Breeze didn’t really fit a mare that’d get covered in grease and sweat all the time or crawl around on her belly connecting circuitry together.”

“Makes sense, I guess,” Verdant said as a large fleshy orifice started to come into view. “Heads up. We’re about to hit the large intestine’s entrance. How are you feeling?”

“Good enough to help out,” High Gear answered as Verdant started to slow down. When he came to a halt, she slid off and they both started to pry at the orifice. Much to her relief, this one seemed to be more willing to open than the stomach valve, soon allowing them entry.

“Alright, now there’s only one more…” Gear’s words died in her throat as she was struck by the foul stench of the large intestine and some of the contents that lined the walls and floor. “Oh Zacherle, I’m gonna throw up!”

“You get used to it after enough trips through,” Verdant shrugged before he started the charge through the meaty tunnel. “Now, c’mon! We’ve gotta get out of this organic sewer, A.S.A.P.!”

Beanstalk gave a sigh of relief as the sight of the community drew ever closer as she carefully stepped through the narrow streets while the annoying music continued to play. The roof for the pool section was retracted as a griffin hen flew up to Beanstalk’s face, gently landing on her giant snout.

“Everything’s good to go, Beanstalk!” The hen said as she gave a talon up to the massive mare.

“Thanks, Erica,” Beans replied as she carefully approached the building’s side. Looking at the ground, she could see the large indents she made in the grass and dirt while the concrete portions were cracked in her wake. “I hope this stuff doesn’t eat into the budget too badly.”

“Nah, we’re fine.” Erica casually waved as she sat on the snout. “The stuff doesn’t expire and we got a bulk discount for the cure.”

“That’s good.” Beans looked towards the Equestria Games sized pool. She slowly and cautiously reached a massive hoof towards the water. The hoof barely started to sink into the water before quickly pulling it back. “Yeash, you can’t heat the pool so it’s not freezing?”

“Do you know how long it takes to warm up a pool this size?” Erica asked with a raised eyebrow. “Besides, cold water helps us burn more fat.”

Beanstalk’s body gave a slight shake, making Erica fall to her side. “And hey, you can see the cure’s working from just that tiny amount, so you’d best get it over with.”

“Okay. Here we go again.” Beanstalk carefully stepped over the building’s walls before setting her hooves into the water one at a time, soon feeling her hooves touch the pool’s bottom and the water barely coming over her ankles.

“We’re almost there!” Verdant huffed as he and High Gear turned a bend in Beans’ intestine. “The next bend will lead us to right to her colon and then freedom!”

“Y’know, it’s kinda funny,” High Gear said with an amused chuckle.

“What is?” Verdant’s eyebrow rose as they still ran.

“That I’m ninety-eight percent sure you’re the first stallion that’s ever been inside Beans,” Gear bit her lip as she failed to suppress a laugh. “I know it’s not funny since she’s my friend, but kinda is.”

“How about we talk about the issues with her love life when-” Verdant was interrupted when everything around them suddenly shuddered, making the two of them trip and stop. Looking about, they could see the entire colon has become slightly smaller.

“Oh, crap, crap, crap!” Verdant shouted before he and High Gear took off once more.

“We’re almost there! We’re almost there!” Gear started to chant the words like a mantra as the two raced through Bean’s bowels.

Just as Bean’s body shuddered once more, the two turned a corner and spotted the fleshy ring that was the anus.

“Move, move, move!” Verdant shouted as he and Gear charged towards it, the surrounding tunnel now visibly starting to shrink down.

When the two reached the clenched orifice, they both pushed with all the force they could against the meaty ring, prying it open for them to squeeze through.

Looking through the shrinking mare’s exit, they soon realized that the pool was still over a hundred feet below while her long and messy tail was far closer. Not close enough to reach with just a hoof though.

“Jump and grab onto a hair!” Verdant shouted as he tried to push up against the hole more, leaving space for High Gear. “If we hit the water from here, it’ll be like hitting concrete!”

High Gear looked at the hairs, mentally estimating that they had to be a good twenty feet away. The spectacled mare took a hard swallow before jumping. Before she could reach the hair, Verdant leapt after, with the hole closing behind him and giving Beans a tiny itch.

Gear managed to grab onto a hair and started to slide down towards the pool with Verdant coming down a moment later.

When they were approximately twenty feet from the water, the pair let go of the hair and dived, safely breaching the water before slowly starting to rise to the surface.

The sound of the splashes the two made reached Beans and Erica’s ears. While the griffin hen glided down towards the pool’s edge, the shrinking giant slowly turned, seeing Verdant and Gear just as they breached the surface and gasped for breath.

“What the?” Beans looked down at the pair as she kept shrinking down, leaning closer to them. She was now around one-hundred and seventy-five feet tall. “Gear? Verdant? What are you doing here?”

“You ate us! We were in your butt!” High Gear shouted as she started to paddle towards the pools edge.

Bean’s shamrock face exploded into a ruby red as Verdant followed Gear over to the edge. “Oh dear Faust…”

“It’s not your fault, Beanstalk,” Verdant said as Erica and Gear pulled him from the water. “It was just some crazy accident.”

“Still, this is humiliating,” Beans muttered as her shrinking started to accelerate, now reducing her to a hundred and twenty feet. “Not only does everyone get to see me turn into a huge freak, I ate my best friend and her test subject without even noticing a thing and they have to climb out of my house sized butt.”

“Don’t sweat it too much, Beans,” Gear said before shaking some of the water off herself. “It’s all water under the bridge and I’ll treat you to some Burrito Burro once you’re done.”

After a few minutes, High Gear had left for the center’s showers while Beans finally returned to her normal level of giantness and pulled herself out of the pool.

“Hey Beans.” Verdant drew closer as she tried to wring the water from her tail.

“What’s up, Verdant?”

“I was wondering a couple things about you.” Verdant approached while Beanstalk rolled her eyes.

“Lemme guess? Do I have to buy a mattress from the same supplier as the princesses? Do clothing stores charge me by the foot? Do I have to pay millions in insurance for these transformations?” Beans walked closer, looking down at the short stallion. “Am I in the right ballpark?”

“Well, no,” Verdant said as he nervously rubbed a forehoof. “I was going to ask if you like anime movies.”

“Oh,” Beanstalk was taken aback. “Well, yeah. I like a fair amount of Neighponese stuff. My favorites are Go-Go’s Bizarre Adventure, Uma ½, Ryu Tama X, Chou Sentai, particularly Tsuki Sentai Moon Lancer… Yeah. Why do you ask?”

“Well, I like those things as well. Could you… tell me what kind of restaurants you like?” Verdant struggled to keep his voice from cracking in front of the towering mare.

“Oh.” Beans’ eyes widened before she decided to look the stallion up and down. He seemed to be somewhat well toned with somewhat similar tastes, along with being rather nice from what she could tell. Besides which, very few ponies had the nerve to ask her something like this.

A smile came across her face. “Well, I prefer somewhat casual places where I can just relax like the Four D’s or the Burrito Burro. Does Friday at around seven sound good?”

“Absolutely,” Verdant returned the smile as he saw Bean’s tail gave a quick wag. “I look forward to getting to know you more, Beanstalk.”

“Me too, Verdant,” Beans gave a chuckle as she ran a hoof through her mane. “Me too.”

Author's Notes:

Hey everyone hope you enjoyed this chapter not just for the vore, but also for the tiny glimpse into the backstory of High Gear.

Plus, for once we have story with macro instead of micro.

As a special bonus, I included a height chart with this chapter.

And now with that done, time for the voting for the chapter after next.

Swift Snort (AP): Verdant is training with his fellow soldiers on Butterfly Island and we see one of the misadventures there.Verdant in the Sky, Then Diamonds: Verdant volunteers once again for a long range teleportation experiment, but then finds himself stuck in Rainbow Dash's protein shake. Sometime later, Rarity tries to enjoy some salad when Rainbow flies overhead. What will happen Verdant this time around?Dating Delights: Verdant goes out on a date with a fancy mare he met during a dating service and things seem to go swimmingly... until he learns she's a cannibalistic serial killer with a shrinking fetish.Betty: The Last Cutesaur: Verdant is recruited by Daring Do to explore an island full of long lost flora and fauna, only to encounter a creature that supposedly went extinct eons ago.Bibinba's Inside Story: While playing Marinara Party with some friends of his, Verdant accidentally lands on the wrong space and finds himself staring down an imposing longma.Deep Into Darkness: Princess Luna has become a powerful being of darkness named Nightmare Moon, making her too fast for Celestia to blast with the elements. However, the princess has a plan involving the skills of a certain green stallion.Strawberry Sweetness: Another teleportation test brings him to Strawberry Sundae. Not the restaurant, but it's owner who's about to have some private time with her lovely wife.Dog Day Afternoon: On a day out, Verdant finds himself stumbling upon a patch of Shrinking Violets... and a rather hungry Diamond Dog.Tales from the Mirrorverse - Antacid's Creed: In a world where everypony's evil, Verdant wants to get himself a high ranking position in Celestia's forces. What better way to prove he can sneak into anywhere than sneaking into the princess herself?Not a Snack-Sized Stallion, But a Micro-Sized Man: Verdant's enjoying his little job of mowing his history teacher's lawn when suddenly, a pot with a blue flower in it appears from the sky and smacks him in the face. Now the teenage Verdant is just a speck when Barrier's niece, Twilight Sparkle, comes to visit. Death to Daybreaker: In a dark world ruled by Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon, two vicious tyrants who plot and scheme against each other, the Mare of the Moon decides to put an end to her sister once and for all. For this, she's going to need a rather skilled assassin.Tales from the Mirrorverse - Digestions & Dragons: Set after the events of "Antacid's Creed", Verdant is assigned to Celestia's elite privateer, Magic Barrier. His first assignment: recover the treasure from a hibernating dragon's stomach.

Remember, only one vote per person. Also, from now on, vote that only have a number will no longer counted and even deleted. I'm sorry if this seems harsh, but I did this since it makes tallying the votes easier for me.

At any rate, join us next time when poor Verdant is sent on quite the roller coaster ride. It's Twilight Tour.