“So then Scootaloo gave me this look that said ‘Ah told you so!’ even though Pinkie really didn't mean it!” Apple Bloom belly laughed, Scootaloo doing a snorting laugh that was just way to cute. I giggled hard, unable to see with the tears in my eyes, I sniffed, rubbing my face with uncontrollable giggles hiccuping from me.

Apple Bloom had just told me one of our adventures since I asked about the things we had done since forming the CMC, we were on our way to Sweet Apple Acres to the clubhouse after getting approval from Rarity.

If comedy was gold, we had more of it than Versailles Palace decorating, you know I think it was just a way for old Louis the 15th to show how much gold trim he could stuff into clothes and furniture before the banks could turn it to coin. Apparently we three got into more trouble and wacky adventures than the show ever did. Apple Bloom’s tale was just the tip of the iceberg, we apparently turned half the town’s coats green and Pinkie was inadvertently introduced to something akin to Shrooms during a cooking escapade.

“Ugh, this sucks I don't remember any of this!” I announced feeling jaded that I didn't know anything about this. That deep part of me felt jealous that I wasn't apart of this world from the very beginning, the CMC got into all sorts of crazy things.

Scootaloo gave me a very affectionate nuzzle as we trotted our way down the path, apple trees surrounding us indicating we were on Apple Family property. My assumptions were right, since I asked Apple Bloom, that the Apple Family basically controlled about 70% of the town. Extended family owned many of the buildings in Ponyville and a lot of land was bought by the province and the royal department of land ownership.

Basically if you wanted to own land in Ponyville you had to pay a small tax to Apple Bloom’s family because you are technically buying it from them.

“Its alright Sweetie, it’ll come back to yah, honest.” Apple Bloom said sticking close to me, ever since we talked about how good we smelled to one another, I had suggested we would feel more comfortable being closer to one another. After all, what felt good shouldnt be bad should it? Rarity said so after all.

Perhaps I was working the system, the whole fact pheromones was a thing. I surprisingly didn't feel bad about using this to my advantage, in fact something inside me kept urging me on.

Maybe Sweetie did have a thing for her friends, and now that she clearly had someone just as interested in them as she was, she could send those subconscious messages to me. Assuming that was even real and I wasn't just a pervert.

I've been trying to do what feels natural, and this felt natural.

“So what are we gonna do at the club house? We could brainstorm for more things we could do in the future, I kinda wanna just run around the orchard, maybe we can find something lost or hidden treasure!” I exclaimed feeling really excited to see the clubhouse, one of the more stable parts of Ponyville that usually stayed the same size and general layout.

“Ummm, let's see, we gots some board games in there. We could brainstorm some new cutiemark stuff but we usually do that after we go on a adventure. We already looked around the orchard for hidden treasure! Nothin but apples everywhere.” Apple Bloom said as we turned down a dirt path, I could see the Apple family farm off in the distance.

We chatted with one another on all the things we could do while at the clubhouse. We couldn't think of anything that didn't involve death defying feats of skill, so I suggested a bit of wrestling. Which they both readily agreed too.

The clubhouse was small, but compared to us it was about the size of an average bedroom. Books, drawings, adventuring gear, even what looked like a Dungeons and Dragons booklet with a few bits of dice. Looks like Spike had been here, the nerd.

“Okay! No hitting the head or chest, winner by submission!” Scootaloo called out as we set up the room into a makeshift arena. “Winner has to take on the next opponent until they lose! Sound good?” she asked looking between us.

“Sounds good to me!” I squeaked, feeling that weird shaking excitement that I had when I saw them this morning.

“Who's goin first?” Apple Bloom asked, looking between us. I stepped up to center stage.

“I am!” I giggled puffing out my chest.

“Me too!” Scootaloo said jumping into the makeshift ring with a buzz of her wings, I gave her a sly smile leaning forward and spreading my hooves a bit for better balance.

“Weeeeeellllcome to tha Ponyville annual wrasslin tournament!! In tha red corner, she’s tough, she’s orange! HUMMING BIIIRRRD!!” Apple Bloom announced in her best announcer voice, even mimicking holding a microphone. We giggled at this, but it got us pumped!

“Inaa blue corner! With the power of a thousand marshmallows! TURRRBOOO HEARTTT!!” she giggled as she was coming up with these names on her own.

“Who’ll win? nopony knows! On the sound of the bell!” she made a ‘ding, ding’ to the side indicating the beginning of the match.

“GO!”

We both launched at one another, Scootaloo was very quick as she dove for my legs, having just a low level of ability to move, I tried to jump over her dive, but my lack of coordination let her catch me. She tried putting me into a hold which I struggled against, apparently like fingers, hooves’s magical ability to hold things through magic only had so much strength before they just didn't work.

I managed to push her off but fell forward, letting out a yelp at having felt her hind hooves on my butt push me so. I flailed falling on top of her…

And directly onto her lips.

I think the gods are laughing at me, I can feel it in my bones. Sure I had thoughts about this but I wasn't going to act on them.

But here we were, lips pressed against Scootaloo’s.

A warmth like fire blazed through me, as I felt her soft lips against mine, her scent filling my nose so much that it overwhelmed me, making my brain go all fuzzy.

She was warm and she struggled at first, I think we both did, but after her nostrils flared she seemed to get the same hazy look I had.

“Girls!!” Apple Bloom squeaked, her voice nervous as she bounced up and down snapping us both out of the pleasant feeling we both were having.

I stumbled falling back onto my rump, as Scootaloo’s face was on fire, one of her hooves on her lips looking scared but also a tiny bit happy.

“W-what…? I-I'm s-sorry S-Scootaloo… I-I…” I stammered feeling embarrassment, excitement and a deep happiness that seemed to glow from within.

“N-No it… it w-was my fault.” She whispered stuttering just as bad as me.

“Scootaloo! Sweetie! Y’all kissed!! Yer gonna get the parasprites!” Apple Bloom panicked, running around in a circle because of her panic.

“Parasprites?” I asked lightly touching my lips still feeling flushed.

“Uh-huh! E-Everypony knows that if yah kiss somepony yer gonna get the Parasprites!!” Apple Bloom looked at the two of us looking for signs of illness.

“A-Apple Bloom… if that was true wouldn't Applejack have it too? Or my sister?” I asked looking up at the banana colored filly.

“Applejack already has em!! She got em in her tummy!” She said exasperated, Scootaloo just looked at the floor with her wings straight out in the ‘wing boner’ pose.

“Uh… do you mean butterflies?” I asked softly, wondering if Apple Bloom was mixing up metaphors for nervousness.

“That's even worse!! Fluttershy is gonna have ah hayday!!” She yelled in panic.

“I… um… Apple Bloom, I dont think that's a thing… it's just a expression for nervousness… I don't think anypony would have parasprites in their bellies.” I stated making Apple Bloom stop in her panic.

“R-Really?” She asked, I nodded smiling lightly.

“oh…”

There was a long moment of awkward and uneasy silence between the three of us.

“I-It felt nice!!” Scootaloo blurted looking up for the first time.

“D-Did it?” I asked my voice cracking, I felt my face flush red.

“Y-Yeah, a-at first it made me scared b-but it was w-w-warm and f-felt nice.” She said looking anywhere but at me or at Apple Bloom.

“umm….Iwouldntmindifyoudiditagain.” she rushed her words quickly, her face catching fire, her orange coat around her face turning into cherry colors. Apple Bloom opened her mouth and flapped it like a fish, her own face flushed.

“R-Really?” I squeaked like a rusted door hinge, feeling that wonderful excitement and nervousness spread through my body. She nodded rapidly, her purple mane falling over her face each time.

I paused not thinking before I scooted closer to Scootaloo and nervously leaned closer. Her nose flared as she took deep breaths, excitement, fear, and curiosity burning in her eyes as I looked at them.

I closed my eyes, pushing myself a little closer to her, our lips touched and lightning ran through me. Her lips were soft, like warm pillows, she had a cinnamon-esk smell that something inside me hungered for more as I pushed myself a bit closer.

Scootaloo trembled, there were a few buzzing sounds as her wings splayed out, standing at attention. She made a soft squeak as I moved my own lips against hers, very slowly at first.

This felt right, another part said this was wrong but it was a tiny voice of my conscience that I largely ignored.

“H-Hey!! Ah… ah wanna try…” Apple Bloom whispered her voice just as squeaky. She drew close and I pulled back from Scootaloo who had a flushed dreamy look on her face, I tasted something like hot chocolate and cinnamon on my lips.

Apple Bloom flinched when I leaned over to her face, her breath quickened as I slowly put my lips to hers pressing myself against her.

She made a sort of squeaky noise as her eyes fluttered closing as she melted into the kiss. Warm feelings washed through me in waves. Love, excitement, that warm nervousness that made my heart flutter as I slowly moved my lips against Apple Bloom’s. She had a earthy apple taste that, again, I felt a deep hunger for, making me snarl in the back of my throat as I kissed her deeply.

I don't know how long but eventually we pulled back, her face very red looking, out of breath and dreamy.

“I… I wanna kiss her next.” Scootaloo whispered as she came closer to me and Apple Bloom. Her hesitance was obvious but so was this new kind of experience. Eager, yet fearful too. Excited but also nervous. Apple Bloom pursed her lips as Scootaloo kissed her. The kisses were chaste, but they still had a certain desire behind them. Like a desire to express one’s love and want for another.

I felt a soft tingle in my nether region, my breath hitching, my body moving on its own as I snuck up on Scootaloo while she kissed Apple Bloom and lightly nibbled at her neck. The filly made a soft noise of pleasure and surprise as I pressed my face into her neck. Feeling her heartbeat, pulse against my nose as I took my teeth and lightly nibbled at the thin skin and fur.

Scootaloo shuddered again making that squeaky noise of pleasure as she seemed to redouble her efforts against Apple Bloom.

I nibble and bit at her neck moving my way down to her wings and softly licked them.

“S-S-Sweetie!!” Scootaloo gasped her voice trembling and out of breath.

The knock on the door woke us from our ‘exploration’ as we all squeaked, separating so fast we each ended up backing up to a different wall besides the one with the door.

“Apple Bloom? Y’all fillies in there?” Applejack popped her head in her stetson hat on her head, she looked between all of us. We had terrified expressions on our faces, though we were all red faced too.

“Y’all alright? Yah look like y’all seen ah ghost! Ah made some cookies if yer interested…” Applejack said stepping into the clubhouse looking around with a flick of her tail.

She looked at us, eyebrow raised as we all just panted.

“C-cookies sound g-good Applejack!! W-we’ll be right there…” Scootaloo stuttered recovering quicker than the rest of us.

“Alright, don't tarry too long yah hear, the cookies will get cold.” She said looking between us suspiciously but not bothering to question us. She thankfully turned and headed back out the door, we looked at one another as I felt more heat touch my face.

“S-So…” Apple Bloom started awkwardly after a minute or two of silence.

“W-What does this m-make us? A-Are we ah h-herd now?” she asked looking between the two of us searching for any sort of confirmation.

“D-Do you wanna be?” I asked slightly hopeful but okay if they wanted to forget this whole thing… now that the high of hormones had finished I was beating myself up for doing something so… bad.

“I… I don't mind… if we are that is! I-I love you both, its… um Fluttershy told me to wait t-to grow up a little before… becoming apart of a herd.” Scootaloo said panic in her voice as she was torn between listening to Fluttershy and her own confusing feelings.

“W-we could try… if somepony wanted to stop, w-we stop okay? I want to k-kiss you b-both again.” I said not thinking with my brain once again.

“W-We’ll keep it secret, nopony h-has to know!” I suggested, getting them both to nod with a tiny embarrassed smile on their faces.

“Y-Yeah.” Scootaloo said standing back up and shaking herself like a dog would. Apple Bloom was next stumbling a little as she nuzzled Scootaloo and the Pegasus nuzzled her back.

“Let's g-go get cookies.” I suggested after standing up myself and giving them light kisses on the lips, both of them leaning into it.

Both of them nodded and Apple Bloom led the way out of the clubhouse.

…

Weird things always happen to me, it's a usual part of my day. I typically am the cause of the weird thing to happen because of a lack of common sense or my social cues that though learned over the years were simply lost on me.

The cookies were great by the way! Chocolate chip, a classic, but you could almost taste the latent apple flavour it had. Not that it was bad, but I shouldn’t expect anything else from a family that bucks apples for a living.

No the weird thing started in the bathroom, and no it's not the pee fetish set out by my predecessor of occupying Sweetie Belle. I had just finished my business, no in depth description required, and I was washing my hooves.

Then I looked up into the mirror and I blinked. Staring back at me was a mallard duck.

Well if I were to fly off the deep end I would want wings after all. I moved and so did the duck, so I did what anypony would do. I moved in every single combination I could think of watching the duck do a wild dance making me laugh at the silliness of it all.

Anyone who watched the anthology series knew where I was taking this next.

“FIIIIIIIIIIIGGGAAAAAAAROOOOOO!!!” I sang watching the duck place a wing on its chest and sing with me, I could faintly hear a masculine voice with my own as I stopped but the duck continued sounding like Luciano Pavarotti as the background music kicked up.

What in the world was going on? I looked away from the mirror seeing my world had stretched and warped, why did Applejack have a railroad track in her bathroom? Why were there floating pink fluffballs that giggled when I touched them?

So many questions, but for some reason I didn't feel afraid as I looked outside, seeing that the room seemed to fade after a while and into a forest. The wacky funhouse of colors and singing ducks were just good fun, I trotted toward the forest only to see myself walking toward me at the same time, the same way one would see a mirror do.

She looked like me, as in she looked like Sweetie Belle but the only difference was that the scar over her eye was on the right rather than my left. She looked at me with that glowing orb of blue and green as I drew close. The forest behind her was green and lush, filled with many pine trees that seemed to climb steadily upward while mine seemed to be coming from a incline and the only flat place was this small segment where both places met.

We stared at each other, mimicking each other as we tilt our heads.

“Who are you?” She asked looking me up and down no longer mirroring my movements.

“I don’t really have a real name, but Pinkie calls me Warm Smile. Are you Sweetie Belle?” I asked calmly.

“That's what my momma named me. Why do you look like me?” she asked her expression curious of the fact I looked like her.

“I don't really know, I guess it's because I don't remember how I use to look like… I'm in your body.” I said looking down while holding up a single hoof and sighing.

“My body? You mean that everypony is there on your side? I've been in this forest for a day or two, funny thing is I don't feel hungry or thirsty… only sometimes, then it goes away.” she sat down on her haunches rubbing her right eye delicately with her hoof.

“I was scared at first but this big something or other was with me! He was very nice, he’d pick me up and hold me when I felt scared or lost. I don't know where he is now, I miss him.” she sighed looking back toward the forest.

“I don’t know who that would be, I think I'm hallucinating this so I can't tell what's real.” I mumbled, then I looked at her maybe this was her chance to come back… back before me, living a normal life of a filly. I may have fucked up with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom but that was just today.

“Do… do you want your body back? No… I'm going to give your body back, Sweetie.” I said with all the courage I could muster, she looked back at me with confusion. I didn't want to fade away, it terrified me, no amount of logic could keep that dread at bay.

Call me a self sacrificing ninny all you want, but I do remember one thing about being human. I was a coward, I always dreamed big and would often say that ‘If I was there I would do this and that’ now that I'm here actually doing it in someone else’s body… well, it didn't matter what I wanted.

I don't have anything to my name, not even a name itself, just thoughts and information. I was a persona of thought, I technically didn't even ‘live’ in the grandest sort of the word. I steeled myself, trying to pull back from my own emotions.

“Where will you go?” She said her voice timid, genuinely concerned for my well being. Thank you Sweetie but it made this harder than I wanted it to be.

“That… really doesn't matter you know? What matters is that you get to go home.” I said giving her my best smile, I motioned her to start heading my way.

“O-Okay… but I don't want you to get lost…” she said reluctantly now as she took a few steps forward towards me. Don't look at me Sweetie with those eyes, don’t care for me.

“I'll be fine Sweetie… you just go, everypony is waiting for you.”

This was for the best. If in there behind her is whatever place she was lost in and the way behind me was the way back to the real world, then I would throw her that way if I had to. There seemed to be a thin line between us like a membrane of clear plastic, the thin vale of two minds meeting.

My own feelings and desires be damned, I must of been staring hard at her my expression just as rigid.

“N-No… I feel like if I leave you you won't ever come back!” Sweetie said tepid defiance in her eyes, she took a single step back.

“I stole your life! It doesn't matter! Now go Sweetie before I make you go down that hall!” I yelled, feeling tears roll down my cheeks as a sudden painful spike of sorrow nearly crippled me.

I pushed through the plastic membrane passing through it to grab Sweetie, she squealed in surprise as I took hold of her and twisted myself so the momentum of my grab would push her down the hall.

It worked she was on the other side getting back up, and leaping towards me. Suddenly the torn membrane solidified into glass and Sweetie slammed her head against it.

“No!! No! You can't!!” she yelled, I looked just for a moment my heart beating faster, thanks to adrenaline. Sweetie slammed her hooves against the glass, the funhouse world beginning to shorten back to Applejack’s bathroom.

I turn and ran, disappearing into the trees. This was for the best, she could regain her life and I would be the silent watcher once again.

I ran, it felt like days for how long and how deep I ran into the woods. The echoes of Sweetie Belle’s voice having faded, reality bent on itself as distance became as fictional as my need to run.

I didn't want to be found so I ran even harder till I was drawn to an open patch in the pine forest.

The woods surrounding me on all sides, the sunlight glimmering through the pine leaves in a somber silence, it would be unnatural but this place isn't natural.

It was the place I would stay for the rest of my existence.

I walked to the center and and sat down, uncaring of the tears that ran down my cheeks. Slowly the world began to fade as I closed my eyes… I was the silent observer, forever watchful of a place I didn't belong in.

…

Moss grew upon my body, as I lay still like stone, roots of my hooves digging deep into the soft earth. Aware but unaware of myself as I watched the same line of woods that had always been there.

Memories of humanity often flickered like a firefly, becoming bursts of sound or color before they were washed away by the green.

Years seemed to have passed with a single blink making the moss grow further up my body, flowers bloomed in my mane and tail. Saplings took root on my back growing upward in the constant sunlight.

“Warm Smile…” A voice spoke to my left, making me move for the very first time in eons. Time had no meaning here, seconds were thousands of years, minutes centuries.

My eyes shifted like stone moving across the land, the geological equivalent of tectonic plates shifting across the hot surface of a planet.

When they reached their destination, they saw Princess Luna, the princess of dreams and the night. She must of dug herself a very deep hole to find me in here, in my evergreen glen.

“Warm Smile, please move. You have slowed the rate of your mind so much that you are experiencing time differently.” she announced making the silence run away.

Earth and stone does not move, I was here, satisfied with my choice. I watched and waited, nothing more and nothing less. I wanted to be a long forgotten memory.

“Warm Smile, do not do this.” She said her voice rising into a commanding plea.

“You need to move.. Sweetie Belle and Pinkie Pie have told me of you, we do not want you to be alone like this. I know what loneliness can do to you, you will hurt yourself and Sweetie Belle if you do not get up.” She said taking a step toward me. Leave me be moonbutt, I was trying not to be a body snatcher.

Her refusal to give up caused a bit of anger to stir in my heart.

My mouth having not moved in centuries opened with the crack of stone and bark.

“Sweetie Belle has her body back… I am an invader, no body of my own to occupy. I love her too much to move.” I rasped, the very stone talked when I did. It was against my nature to be so still but I forced myself to do this.

“I will wait… like I have always done, let her live the life she deserves. Looking back so many eons ago, I felt terrible guilt for taking advantage of my situation. Even though, it was the first real joy I had felt since… before.” I said my eyes shifting back to the familiar view of the forest, I couldn't remember anything of my own life. Not even friends, but I do remember being happy here even if it was for a day or two.

“You aren't a invader Warm Smile… I don't think you were. You wanted love just like everypony else! What is wrong with that?” She asked taking another step toward me.

“Love I had not earned… Sweetie is loved by many, when I saw her here and my chance to send her back to where she belonged. I took it because I do love her.” I whispered, I do not regret my choice… I just wish it wasn't so hard to keep it.

“So your friendship with Pinkie Pie means nothing?” Luna asked softly.

I felt a biting fury course through me, the light around me even turning blood red for a second before the green took me back.

I had no right to get angry, Pinkie would always look out for those who looked like they needed a friend. She was so beautiful because of that, selfless when it came to the happiness of others. Pinkie I don't want you to hurt because of me, just… forget.

“I saw her for a day, the only real familiarity I had of her was viewed from a box. Possible future, possible past… all I know of anything is based on watching from the outside.” I said just as softly, the whispering guilt of being the weirdo pervert who knows about the livelihood of living breathing cartoons making me say that.

It crawled through me like a spiderweb, the tendrils of fungus even grew on me. I was a parasite that lived off another.

“No, even though you were there for such a short time, you are Pinkie Pie’s friend. Why are you so afraid?” she asked, I felt my face crack as a sob tore through me.
It was sticky like tree sap, rolling down my cheeks as I looked up seeing the wisps of blue above.

“I don't belong… I don't deserve the happiness if I steal it.” I said placing my face between my hooves, for the first time in what to me had been eons of the silence of stillness, now broken by the Lady of the Night’s words.

I cried.

I felt Luna sit next to me lowering her head to mine. I could feel her muzzle against my cheek, a moment later giving it a nuzzle.

“I have felt the same way… that I don't deserve the happiness that being out there brings, but you do have ponies out there worried for you… I was told that Sweetie Belle came back to the waking world and cried for two whole days about how she was never going to see you again. Even though she does not know why you are important to her, you are.” she said her muzzle still on my cheek.

“We listened to her cries, she cried like a pony who had lost something very dear to her. We looked into her soul and we saw you there, like a puzzle piece holding her soul together.” She murmured as I felt my body shake, the crack of the stone and groaning of bark as my sobs tore through me.

“You were stitching her soul back together, healing it. You still are, and it doesn't matter where you came from. An ambient soul or spirit, a construct, or even a magical being, you are healing something even I or my sister could never even hope to fix. You have helped a filly not only keep her life, but her soul as well. We are forever grateful for that.” she smiled against my cheek before nuzzling me again, she pulled back her expression growing serious.

“Warm Smile the healing has stopped and we worry that if you continue to lay dormant like this Sweetie’s soul will fall apart again! It is why you must move Warm Smile!” she said nudging me hard, I rolled over, the roots of my body being peeled away from the earth beneath me.

“I don't want to hurt Sweetie Belle…” I cracked, the haze of simplicity and the lack of thought making my emotions more bare. For the love of all the gods I never ever wanted to hurt Sweetie Belle, I wanted her to be happy.

Emotions coursed through me, like the cold anaesthesia or IV drip given to you at the doctors, making you drunk with fear. I struggled to get up, the roots coming from me having grown deep.

“I… I'm sorry…” I wailed, I was stupid in so many ways and I couldn't even blame it on the brain I used. I should of went with her, I should of walked her back to reality.

But I didn't, I was so stupidly eager to put her back I didn't realize that I wanted to be there too.

No, not wanted, needed to be there.

Luna stood up, helping me pull myself from the endless roots that covered my belly, legs, and arms.

The familiar sight of the same woods I had been staring at revealed something, I could see the six elements of harmony standing there smiling. Behind them was Spike, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Apple bloom, even the sisters themselves holding a small pony, just a filly in their hooves.

The filly looked like the twin sister of Sweetie Belle, same curly pink and very light grey purple hair, soft off white coat and horn. She was smiling trying her best to nuzzle Celestia who held her close, she seemed to laugh and look my way. Her face was scared like Sweetie Belle’s in the vision, it kinda made her look beautiful.

A Turquoise colored left eye and the lichen green right watched me. Desire made reality, a selfish dream I wished to come true to be loved by these characters… no, people.

Yes, they were people all in but species, and I wanted to be a part of their lives. It is Human nature to desire love, love without conditions, to be loved just because they are just them.

Take a person who could even barely call themselves one and show them that kind of love? Especially one that felt so dissociated because of how the brain functions?

I was victim to this, and I wanted to be consumed by it.

With a roar that lit up the entire forest with light, ripping the largest roots from the earth. Pulling myself free from my own complacency, with a feeling of victory in my chest.

The light faded and here I was sitting in a train booth compartment with Luna, I looked down at myself seeing that I was both humanoid but at the same time if you looked at a different angle the outline of Sweetie Belle could be seen.

“I'm sorry… Luna.” I say to her, the soft kachunk kachunk and sway of the booth beneath us the only sound besides her breathing.

“I know Warm Smile.” She said leaning over to hug me.

“Where are we?” I asked as we broke apart, she looked around then turning back to me.

“I believe we are still inside your consciousness, You were embedded deep into the psyche of Sweetie’s soul. I can only guess that forest was a representation of the safe haven for Sweetie’s mind, one constructed by you. I saw what I see here, a figure made of light often came to gaze upon me and point me to you. Not even nightmares could touch that forest, it was so protected.” Luna surmised.

“My question is though, why a train?” She asked looking at me with a small smile, I couldn't help but smile too.

“I always had a soft spot for trains… I can't remember why, but I always felt safe here in the moving cart. Watching the world flow by like watercolors, it’s soothing.” I said looking out to the green and brown blurs of trees outside the windows.

“My mind is always moving, so I kinda see why, trains never really stop on one station for really long. Same goes with my own thoughts, always transitioning from one thought to the next only pausing shortly on one thing before I go on to the next.”

“I think it is beautiful. I happened to look around when I was trying to find you. Railroad tracks were always a constant in your memories. The sound of the engine, wheels on the tracks and whistle was never far off from where I looked.” she said swaying lightly with the movement of the train.

I blushed, the light of my body turning a soft white pink.

“I know you are from a very different world from our own, Warm Smile. Why didn't you tell us when we visited you?” She asked her head tilted wanting to understand.

“I… was scared…” I stammered, feeling ashamed. “I felt like I was going to be imprisoned in a paperweight or something strange like that for taking over the Element of Generosity’s younger sister.” I said looking at my hands, the solid glowing motes of light that made me.

“I had assumptions about both of you, possibilities that I didn't want to risk. I had hoped that I could have tried to magic my way out of it, but I couldn't even read what was written in a children’s book.” I laughed soberly, now looking back at it, it was kinda foolish.

“Warm Smile, we would never do that to anypony! Let alone somepony who was clearly lost in a new world.” Luna said agape, shocked to even think she or her sister would do that to someone so young.

“You probably wouldn't believe it, but the race I'm from, Humans. We have a sort of movie box that allows us to view plays or animations anytime we want. I guess when you count the fact that there are infinite universes out there, sometimes imagination is reality.” I said looking her in the eyes, I didn't know if I had them like this but I looked at her regardless.

“I am aware of the many worlds out there, some defy belief but our sister and I do not tamper very much with such magic.” She said thinking aloud.

“Yeah, well… to the humans, you all, the elements of Harmony, the world, dragons, you name it, is a filly and colt show that became popular among the older humans. I think I was one of them, or I believe I was… There was never anything particularly private about the show so it did not pry into the details of the elements or other ponies lives. More like it focused on the idea of friendship and becoming a better friends, especially around Twilight and her friends.” I said rubbing whatever was counted as my nose as I gazed off into the window.

“I don't want to get your hopes up, but it was very far along in the possible future. I was told about two weeks ago that Sweetie Belle and friends had stayed the night at Fluttershy’s which was a premise of a episode. Called The Stare Master, which showcased Fluttershy’s ability to really step up and protect somepony even if you get hurt, well I know what happens next, for the next, I wanna say four to five years, in advance. There was never a real time frame in the show so I don't know when what's what.” I explained looking back over to her seeing she had a serious face.

“Warm Smile would you please tell me, just in case?” She asked though she looked like she wanted to demand it of me.

“I… want to Luna, I really do. Humans have written out math formulas and logic puzzles about going back in time and changing history, so either one or three things happen. One; no matter what we do to prevent something it's gonna happen regardless, and sometimes is the cause of said problem. Two; we cause a time shattering, no deity in the universe can fix it paradox and our world blows up because the gods themselves had to remove that particular time space from existence. Three; we create a butterfly effect that nopony but Discord could even predict what would happen next which means that all of my said foreknowledge would become useless.” I sighed leaning back into the seat.

“I see that you know of Discord so it proves that what you said about us could be true. Uncanny as it is, I won't push the subject. Can I at least ask if things turn out okay?” She said blowing the more physical part of her hair out of her face, I smile which I seemed to glow with a yellow but also pink light.

“Better than okay, it's going to be exciting!” I laughed which got her to smile.

“That is a relief, if things go out as you had saw them. Still it doesn't explain your fear of telling us. Though I do tend to be very intimidating due to our past.” Luna said her voice going quiet near the end.

“What? No! You are so beautiful and nice, I would never be intimidated by such a thing that happened In the past. You are you Luna, and that's a great thing.” I said suddenly dispelling her own doubts, I saw the Princess of the Night blush faintly a small smile on her lips.

“It’s… more because of what people create that got to me, you see while it was just an animation show, it gained such a big group of people to support it. People began writing, making music, art, all sorts of things about the show. Along with watching it, I enjoyed reading people’s own spin of Equestria. It's just that there is a fan stereotype of Celestia that she’ll sometimes do the really hard stuff to keep ponies safe that includes… killing for the sake of a safer world.” I said lamely waving a hand.

“Sister has been hard on many things, but… killing? It is the very last thing she would ever resort to Warm Smile. I… I remember the day when we were very young, Tia had accidentally killed a bird with her magic, she…” Luna looked off remembering that day.

“She wept for hours upon hours. Even I wept for the loss of that bird’s life, but Tia took it very hard… it is why Philomena, a Phoenix, is now her pet. She loves birds, always has. I don’t think Tia ever really got over that bird’s death though. It was the first time she had hurt anything beyond a bruise and it scared her.” Luna looked out the window, taking a moment to collect herself.

“We Alicorns have a lot of power in our magic, our bodies are supercharged with it. It's why I deeply regret letting anger and jealousy rip me apart and I turned into that creature of the dark. Nightmare Moon.” she spat not looking at me but the anger in her voice said all it needed to about what she thought of her past.

“Hey… if it makes you feel better, I think you had a right to be angry. Sure it wasn't healthy, but it wasn’t fair that nopony cared about all the hard work you did. You worked just as hard as Celestia and even more so trying to bring yourself back up to speed and reconnect, I myself thought that Celestia had been… dare I say it, pigheaded in not seeing how you were feeling.” This got a laugh from the Mare of the Night, it was clear and beautiful just like her.

“Sister has been pigheaded many times… I know because I grew up with her.” She laughed again, before looking at the floor sadly.

“It feels good to hear somepony say that… a lot of ponies fear what I was and what I could be.” She said smiling in a melancholy way.

“In the wise words of a Jack Black animated film I quote ‘The past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is a gift that's why we call it the present’ as cheesy as that is, it means that the you here in this very moment, you are a gift to this world.” I said earnestly.

“I-Its funny how I was supposed to be helping you with what you were feeling… but you’ve gone and made me feel better.” Luna laughed rubbing a few tears from her eyes.

“This Jack Black must be very wise.”

I laughed at that, feeling the laughter come from a deep part of me, the glow of my being brightening.

“Im… happy that my assumptions were wrong.” I said recovering from my laughter.

“I blame it on reading too much fiction.”

“I am just glad we found you, it strains our magic to the limits when we have to dive deeper into the mind. You were very deep within.” She said looking me over then smiling.

“So… now what? I'm here, alive and kicking but I don't want to force Sweetie Belle back into here. I don't think I could live with that.” I said folding my hands together and sitting back against the dull rust red cushions of the train booth seat.

The train whistled again and you could almost hear ‘He’s going to win the Quidditch Cup, Weasley is our king!’ from another compartment, well it explained why the train booth looked so familiar.

There was a knock on the door and Luna stiffened as it was opened, the Honeydukes Sweets Trolley lady was standing there just like I remembered her from the movie.

“Anything from the trolley dears?” she asked which I responded so Luna would calm herself.

“A box of Bertie Bott’s every flavour beans, ten chocolate frogs, two bottles of pumpkin juice, and a bag of Fizzy Wizzys please.” I said pulling the amount in galleon and sickles to the witch, which she pulled the candy from the trolley over to me. Money exchanged hands and candy was given.

With a polite thank you and goodbye she left closing the door.

“Was that one of your race? A memory of them?” Luna asked as I popped the cork on my Pumpkin Juice. It was like drinking a liquid pumpkin pie with a hint of whipped cream, I offered the other one to her which she accepted.

“Sort of, this isn't a real world it's from a fictional work of literature that was turned into a series of movies. It's about a young kid who goes off to be a wizard, oh and watch out about the jelly beans when they say every flavour they weren't kidding, anything could be in those beans.” I warned as she stuck her muzzle into the opened box.

“A wizard? Are you implying that magic was fictional from wherever you are?” She asked, looking very hesitant as she took a single jelly bean and ate it. She must of gotten a good one as her face lit up, but seemed to lose her courage for more.

“Yeah, if there was magic it didn't happen often and even then a lot of people cheated by using science and superstitions to make others think it was magic when really it was just illusions and a bit of know how.” I said opening up the chocolate frog and biting into it before it could hop away.

“Humans have always craved magic in a world where little to none seemed to exist, I'm sure that we did something to anger whoever was controlling magic distributions and left our planet with nothing. So humans became very interested in how mechanical things worked and we built machines that could go to our moon or even the furthest reaches of our solar system or make calculations of math so fast all you needed to do was add in a few numbers. I think I was a student of some sort of those very practices.” I said enjoying the warm sort of caramelly insides that made up the frog.

“I do not pretend to be a scholar of math and science, like some at our university. But you set our dear Twilight into a frantic tizzy after seeing your… hoof work at the school, you certainly did not hold back did you? One of the teachers was raving about how you were a latent genius.” She giggled as she took a small sip from her opened pumpkin juice and groaning in pleasure.

“What is this delicious concoction you’ve dreamt up!? It is like drinking sweetened pumpkin with lots of cream.” she sighed in pleasure as she drank more.

“Its Pumpkin Juice… well or at least how I imagined pumpkin juice would taste like.” I snickered as she tried the fizzy wizzys those probably tasted like different kinds of cream soda pops to her delight.

“I dont think I'm a genius. I just couldn't help myself, when problems are set down in front of me I can't help but try to solve them. I just happen to remember everything that I ever learned in school.”

“Photographic memory? Warm Smile that is a very rare trait for any of the races, the Canterlot university is still reeling with the theoretical implications of your math. It could lead to a better understanding of the mundane world.” Luna said gently, her azure eyes roaming my face.

“I don't really want to be labeled like that.” I said just as softly, there was a very long moment of silence.

“Do… Do I get to go back?” I asked looking up at her, Luna turned her head back towards me.

“Yes, Warm Smile… you do, I am here with you so you dont fragment. Twilight and my sister are chaining a complex spell list to give you your own body.” She said giving me a small hopeful smile.

“Thank you.” I felt tears well up in my eyes, Luna leaned forward.

“It does come to our attention though, do we really look that pleasing in striped socks?” she asked giving me the most teasing grin I had ever seen.

My whole body turned bright pink as she giggled, snorted like a actual horse then laugh snorted at my expense.

There is a reason why Luna and Celestia are favorites, I found another reason to love Luna with the dorky snort laughter when she got really really tickled.

I growled leaning over to give her something to laugh about, this moon butt hasn't ever felt the wrath of fingers before.

“I'll give you something to giggle about!” I lightly touched Luna’s neck making her jump, her eyes going wide as I tickled her.

“N-No!! AHAsnortHaha!” she yelped her laughter filling the train cart, lightly tickling her as she struggled to get away. Turns out she was unbearably ticklish around the barrel of her chest, and I was just as more ticklish

After a few more playful swipes and some pouncing, trying to tickle one another, we ended up spilling pumpkin juice, chocolate frog containers and cards, and most of the every flavour beans in our battle of seeing who could make the other laugh more.

Luna still grinning like a filly, sat back down. This time she sat next to me.

“This has been the most fun I’ve had since coming back here.” she gestured to the room and probably the rest of my mind.

“For some reason I do not feel like I am a stranger in somepony’s dream. Even though I have just met you, it is also like you have been a old friend too me.” she sighed.

“No fear, or scared to approach me. Even the… imagery of the other parts of your mind that says you are an adult was flattering in a way and I am old enough to know that even ponies nowadays have made sexual passes. Even though many of them are trying to take advantage of my position and lack of being in the kingdom…” I blushed at this, feeling her relax beside me.

“I have not even slipped into the old tongue since being here and it is because I usually don't feel comfortable around others” She said giving me a small smile. That explained that, I figured it was a nervous habit, trying to be the princess she was with other ponies rather than just another mare.

“Well… I've always liked you, I mean who wouldn't want the beautiful Mare of the Night, the Stargazer, The Moonlight Dancer to visit the dreams of mortals? Crazy ponies is who.” I deadpanned the last part looking over to her, I grinned at her even though I don't know if she could see it.

“Even though you knew what I was?” she said softly, her flowing mane sort of losing its star like luster.

“I thought we went over this.” I said blowing air in her ear making her gasp.

“The past is the past, you can't change it but you can learn from it. You already had a friend in me before you even met me Luna, you’ll away have me as a friend because whether you like it or not, I’ve been watching you, and I always wanted to be your friend.” I said giving her a light tickle in her chest, making her flinch with a giggle.

“It is strange to think you have been watching us, it is almost unreal.” She looked over to me with a slight darker color in her cheeks.

“Its crazy, even for me. Woke up in a strange new but familiar place, no memories of who I was save for silly things, or the humans that I called my family or friends. I don't know if I should feel grief for people I can't remember, or focus on the ponies I do remember the most… my identity is made of likes and dislikes, and random information.” I said reflecting on the fact in all, I really don't remember anything about myself other than what preferred genres of entertainment or education was.

On a philosophical level I suppose that if one were put into a situation like this it might be a blessing. Nothing to mourn or want to go back to, no ties to family or friends.

You would have to live in the moment, because that moment was all you were.

But at the same time, it was scary because you had nothing to anchor you as a real person. A thought construct is all I was, a soul and a mind. No body to call my own.

What's to say I was even human to begin with?

It made my ‘head’ hurt trying to solve the impossible riddle.

Perhaps it was just better to take chances and create new memories to become someone, I could call my own and a friend to the ponies I knew.

“I don't think it matters anymore, you know?” I suddenly laughed making Luna give me a confused pout.

“I am here, The literal Element of Laughter has called me a friend, I just tickled THE Princess Luna and cheered her up! I don't think who or what I was matters anymore, Luna you are the prettiest and most beautiful mare in the universe and I don't even feel afraid to say it because.” I said giving her a kiss on the cheek and a tight hug.

“I am here, now, in this moment and its all I ever wanted. I wanna learn magic, I wanna go see the Rainbow Falls, I want to spend time with the six element users and get into all sort of trouble with them! I want to show the world I am here… if you’ll have me of course.” I laughed feeling like something inside me had shifted.

I was Warm Smile, and it didn't really matter who I was before.

Luna, her cute starry mane trying to hide the blush on her cheeks, probably reeling from just how genuinely I had praised her. She hugged back softly, letting her head rest on my shoulder for a moment.

“I-I would like to have you if that is any merit. I-It is embarrassing to hear you s-say such nice things. You flatterer!” she said leaning back and lightly hitting my shoulder.

“I try~” I mused snickering as she gave me a light shove again, her eyes glazed over for a second before she looked up at me.

“My Sister and Twilight Sparkle have completed the spell, your new body is ready.” She said giving me a small smile.

“Well I guess it's time to get going then.” I said helping her up.

I stood up in the booth, watching the world shift around me as I stepped down onto the train platform in Spirited Away. The blue of both the shallow ocean and perfect azure sky with the sun just near noon, the enormous bathhouse to the left and behind us, while every direction left was sky and water.

How fitting, the perfect scene that showed how much Chihiro had grown just like how I wanted to grow too.

Luna stood next to me, this form just a tad bit taller than her.

“I…” Luna began, biting her lip. I turned my head her way seeing the nervous frown on her lips.

“Yeah?”

“Can I visit you again?” Luna asked her hoof nervously scraping against the stone.

“Of course Luna, both in here and the waking world.” I turned back ahead the train cart slowly coming to a stop, but when the doors opened it was a bright light like the warmth of the sun.

“Next time, I'll try to put those socks on you and maybe something else.” I teased laughing as she turned a brighter pink and tried to tell me something but I was already halfway through the light.

Then I was gone.

…

You know, I was tired of the deep cosmic insistence that everytime I wake up it was synonymous with pain. I think the only time I hadn't woken up in dreadful mind numbing pain was twice my entire time here.

What was worse I felt like there had been a massive chunk of my body missing, leaving me gasping in utter cold and mind numbing pain. Stop Truck-san, I can only take so much before I end up breaking and I didn't even have toast in my mouth as I went to school!

The dry taste of my own tongue made me cough as I sought out the only source of warmth, my whole body shivering as I pulled aching muscles into the embrace of the only warmth ever. I needed it to be close, it made the feeling of having that 16oz steak they served at Outback ripped right out of me just a little less painful.

Muffled sound surrounded me as I slowly opened my eyes and tried to blink away the haze that surrounded me. White and Purple blobs, with a more darker blue blob was just behind it they seemed to be holding me and the precious thing giving me warmth, which was a fluffy blob of white and pink.

I hugged the blob tighter trying to fuse myself to the life giving warmth.

The large white blob looked down upon me, and I blinked again seeing it focus into the pretty face of Celestia.

“I-I-I-I’m b-b-b-bucking fr-freezing.” was all that could could come out of my mouth, my teeth chattered my whole body trembling to give itself warmth. Her mouth seemed to move but only muffled noise came out, her horn lit up and my body seemed to feel heat again.

After a few moments of a lull in my state of awareness, I slowly began to see and know what these blobs were. The one I was holding was none other than Sweetie Belle herself who was holding me just as tight shivering and teeth chattering like myself. She had her eyes squeezed shut, while Luna in the background was casting spells near us a constant heat washed over us. Celestia was holding us in her massive hooves pressing us against her chest which was also providing heat.

“Is their temperature stabilizing Twilight? They feel colder than ice.” Celestia said, my hearing beginning to return to me.

“Atmospheric thaums read a 4.7tg and holding, Aether streams are intact and flowing at 80 Ninos, and temperatures are rising. Just keep those heat spells active, a constant heating spell should stabilize their bodies.” Purple Smart said her figure still very blurry but moving around next to who I assumed was Princess Luna because she was just as blurry to me.

It felt like forever ago I had that dream with her, I wonder how long it actually was. More importantly what did my body look like?

I lifted a hoof, yes a hoof. I wasn't human, I don't think they could have made a human body without any knowledge on their physiology. My hoof was white, the same color of Sweetie Belle though it was hard to focus when my whole body felt like it was in the throes of hypothermia.

“I-I-I-I’m s-s-s-so-sorry…” I chattered to Celestia, my whole body shook against her as I tried to look up into her pretty magenta colored orbs.

“For what, my little pony?”

Even though my hearing was shit, I could hear the warmth in her voice as she spoke. I closed my eyes trying to focus on speaking without it coming through chattering teeth.

“F-F-F-For E-E-Everyth-thing. F-F-For S-S-Sw-Sweetie.” it was starting to hurt a little with how much my jaw was trembling, now that my head was a bit clearer I could hear my own voice and it was very squeaky like Sweetie’s.

Celestia leaned down and nuzzled my cheek giving me a tighter hug.

“You don’t need to apologize for living Warm Smile, never ever apologize for wanting to exist.” she said softly into my ear which twitched because of her breath, for a moment I let go of Sweetie Belle and hugged her around her neck trying to put as much love as I could possibly manage. Then instantly snapped back to Sweetie Belle because she felt the warmest.

“C-C-Can I-I-I s-s-stay h-he-here?” I asked, who knows what Sunbutt had planned for me now that I seemed to be separate from Sweetie. Silly I know, but I still had a shadow of doubt in my heart.

“Warm Smile can’t go more than about 1,000 hooves from Sweetie Belle, it would stretch their soul tethers to a breaking point. I can't say what would happen to either of them, one or both of their bodies might begin to shut down or begin to deteriorate rapidly. Coma or even the loss of the soul might occur.” Twilight said from behind Celestia, the clear sound of pen on parchment scribbling in the background.

“The length of their tethers might increase as they heal, but for now I wouldn't risk it. This is incredibly experimental magic, golem construction combined with the clone of the mirror pool, the bevy of potions we had to use to allow the molding of neurons in her head, we need to monitor them.” Twilight continued.

“N-N-Nerd!” I called weakly, which Celestia did a double take and laughed which was a great sound.

“Hey! I-I’m not a nerd!” Twilight rebutted indignant of this accusation.

“Y-Y-Y-You’ve a-a-always b-been my a-a-all t-ti-time favorite! I-it's a t-t-ter-term of e-endearment!” I laughed for a moment before breathing out and smushing myself against the warmth of Sweetie Belle who was snoring ever so slightly.

Fuck it was cold.

“Twilight, I have told you about Warm Smile and her sense of humor. As well as how she knows us, don’t pout.” Luna said also from behind Celestia’s ever warning embrace and body, Sunbutt must be a living furnace because she was getting warmer to me.

“Sigh alright, that aside, looks like she’s finally beginning to warm up. Temperature is rising.” She said as she appeared around the large figure of Celestia.

She had a pair of goggles just above her horn and she was wearing a lab coat with what looked like thin socks just around her hooves, her purple mane tied back and out of the way, a smear of something blue was splotched on her neck but other than she was clean.

“I’ll need to check her blood pressure and heart. The Mirror Pool ponies were essentially half organic and half construct magic, I need to make sure the rest of her new organs are properly working.” Twilight mumbled, a clipboard floating in her magic with several sheets of parchment and a inkwell attached to the clipboard to her face where she wrote down her work.

“To answer your question Warm Smile, yes you can stay here. Though I would like to keep a close eye on you myself.” Celestia said sighing and nuzzling Sweetie Belle who mumbled something in her sleep.

“The Kingdom does not rule itself and after this I must catch up on paperwork.” She looked vaguely annoyed but resigned to the fate, she turned her pretty magenta eyes back to me.

“You need to recover, Twilight and her friends will be watching you for now. Rarity has already offered for you to live with her and Sweetie Belle.” the Matriarch said in a gentle tone.

“S-S-She wasn't m-mad?” I stuttered feeling a different kinda cold in my heart but then a kind of relief.

“The Element of Generosity was… surprised but not mad, after we explained things to her she was grateful that you had essentially saved Sweetie from her demise but was more upset that you didn't tell her on day one. Rather you swore the Element of Laughter into secrecy after you got your bearings, she told us everything after you disappeared.” Luna recounted the events of telling Sweetie Belle’s sister, of course Pinkie would break under pressure, she had a hard time keeping secrets anyways.

“S-Sorry.” I croaked, turning my head down into Sweetie’s neck.

“Actually, Pinkie is waiting outside my lab making balloon animals. She’s waiting to hear if you are okay. She really has weird nervous ticks.” Twilight said looking up, I managed to pull my head away from Sweetie to look up with her realizing we were in Twilight’s sex dungeon-I mean underground lab!

“C-can I s-see her?” I asked feeling much better now with the warmth, my body wasn't twitching crazily trying to warm itself now.

“Of course, I’ll go get her.” Twilight said setting her quill and parchment down and heading up the steps back to the first floor, the moment she began to open the door it burst open by a flood of animal balloons making her cry out in surprise and teleport back down to where we are.

I laughed at this, of course Pinkie would go overboard when she was worried.

It made my heart feel good.

“IS SHE OKAY!!? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE OKAY!” Pinkie’s voice yelled from a pile of balloons popping out of them, confetti and glitter covered her mane and she looked like she hadn't slept at all.

Her eyes locked with mine from the balloon mountain she had created, her pupils dilating she slammed into me and nearly knocking over Celestia in the process. I could hear the Alicorn let out a small pained ‘oof’ when she did, earth ponies and their monster strength.

Pinkie let out a happy sob as she rubbed her face against mine.

“You’re alive!! YOU DUMMY!! AHHHHH!!” She suddenly roared at me making me wince and Sweetie woke up with a snort turning her head to and fro trying to make sense of what she was seeing.

“Oh my…” Fluttershy said loud enough from behind the endless amounts of balloon animals near the edge of where we currently sat, while from the door Applejack was almost swimming her way into the room.

“Dangit Pinkie ah know yah were worried but all these here bucking balloons ain't helpin anypony!” she coughed a stern edge in her voice as she stomped one of the balloons trying to make it pop.

“Woah!!” she yelped as she slipped into the never ending tide of animals.

“Bwahahahahaaa!” Rainbow laughed as she squeezed herself into the room and flying above the tide of colorful plastics.

“This is a bit… excessive.” Rarity came in not moments later a shield spell giving her enough room to walk and push the balloons away.

“Hey!! Has anypony seen the dustpan!? The plastic is piling up and I only have so many claws!” Spike’s muffled voice called further in with the constant sound of popping.

“Flutters you okay there?” Twilight asked pushing some of the balloons away to reveal the pink and butter colored mare.

“Oh yes, I'm fine Twilight, I just hope Warm Smile and Sweetie didn't get caught in the avalanche.” she said in her worried voice.

“They are fine, Flutters! Look the Princess has ‘em right there in her hooves.” Rainbow called from above swooping down to land next to Twilight and Fluttershy and nuzzling both.

“YOU!” Pinkie said glaring at me, which made me shrivel under the smoldering gaze.

“M-Me?” I replied with a shaky grin, she looked me up and down as Sweetie Belle herself sat up rubbing her eyes and yawning.

“Don’t ever do that again.” she said sniffing, tears leaking from her eyes before falling onto her butt and wrapping me into a two way hug between Celestia and herself.

“D-Did we do it?” Sweetie Belle chattered, just as cold as I was. She was holding herself, sitting on her haunches and rubbing her sides trying to warm up. Celestia reintroduced Sweetie back into the hug, Pinkie moving just enough that she could get her hooves around both of us.

“Y-Yeah, I-I’m here.” I said leaning against her and wrapping my own arms around her barrel.

“Y-You m-made it! W-When you p-pushed me a-and disappeared i-it felt l-like I-I was never going t-to see you a-a-ah-again.” She breathed her teeth clacking together and pressed herself into my neck.

“I-I d-don’t know why b-but i-i-it feels l-like I've known y-you all m-my life, a-and seeing you r-run away m-made m-my heart h-hurt so much..” Sweetie Belle whispered, wrapping her hooves around me too.

“W-Why i-is it s-so c-c-cold?” she asked trying her best to fuse with me.

“Side effect of the separation process, simply put your souls are experiencing a fictional lack of connection. The two of you were so melded together it took hours of spell casting to stretch them so both minds had control of their own respective bodies. Even then Princess Luna had to keep both of your minds separated long enough so they would imprint. I can’t imagine how confusing it would of been if both of you were aware of one another but controlled both bodies.” Twilight said in her best professor voice seeming to be proud of her hoofwork.

“That sounds right confusin even now, Twi.” Applejack said looking at both of us with a smile.

“It's going to be so confusing telling you two squirts apart.” Rainbow commented, her wings fluttering and she hovered few centimeters off the ground for a second.

“Well, yeah. Warm Smile is a copy of Sweetie, I don't know why Sweetie’s scar is on her right eye and Smile’s is on the left when originally they just had it on their left. Something to look into I’m sure.” Twilight said rubbing her horn lightly with a hoof.

“We at first tried to build you a new body, but every time we started the stretching process your soul just rejected it. It wouldn't take anything that wasn't remotely Sweetie Belle.” Twilight continued.

“That's when I told everypony about the Mirror Pool that my Nana Pinkie told me about! She said it could copy anypony and make a new you!” Pinkie said cheerfully, while she nuzzled my cheek.

“We have locked that place away, the old magic in that pond was very potent. Clones, especially those born of wild and old magic, could cause a endless amount of chaos.” Celestia said gently. That was probably a good thing, because that episode was scary, especially since Twilight literally couldn't tell which Pinkie was real.

I didn't want Pinkie to disappear.

“It had its uses, the clone we used was repurposed since they are mana constructs and half organic beings. Princess Celestia and I used some seriously powerful stuff to make the body a true body. Which means by the way that you and Sweetie are technically genetically related but we had to work around a lot of problems using some volunteers as bases so more like second or third cousins.” Twilight laughed nervously.

“S-S-So W-Warm S-Smile i-i-is m-my s-sister!?” Sweetie Belle said through her shaking she looked at me very excited at the prospect of having a sister that was in a sense her age.

“W-Who a-am I r-related t-to t-th-then?” I asked, giving Sweetie Belle a happy smile and a nuzzle on the cheek.

“Oh! Um, let's see here.” Twilight exclaimed as she turned around and trotted to a desk, levitating a scroll up to eye level to look at.

“Let's see, Vinyl Scratch donated, she has always been the charitable type, Octavia Melody too since she was there with Vinyl, Fleur de lis of all ponies donated and she’s over in Canterlot-"

“Fleur happened to want her own foal, though her career was getting in the way of finding somepony to settle down with so she donated. I know that kind of pain all too well.” Celestia said with a deep sigh and looking moody. Yeesh, talk about sexual frustration Celly. I always figured your job left you high and dry but to actually hear it from the horse herself.

“She wants to meet you by the way, it was one of her requests.” Celestia whispered down towards me.

Well that was a thing.

“Canterlot is only about seven leagues away darling, the only big issue is getting up that tall mountain which is most of the trip! We got samples from her in about two hours after the Princesses started to pull favours, and honestly I'm jealous. Fleur has always been more elegant and beautiful than most models.” Rarity said with her more elegant tone when she was talking about the high life.

“If I understand correctly, to think that your body type is going to resemble her’s someday.” She finished with a huff looking down at her standard pony form and poking at the very light fat on her chest.

“Anyways…” Twilight said rolling her eyes and straightening the scroll, “Doctor Whooves donated and is asking for my notes after I was done even though he’s a earth pony. Cloudy Breeze and-"

“Me! I donated! I thought I could help a pony out and pass on my awesome skills.” Rainbow Dash interrupted arrogantly flaunting her physique, holding up a single hoof and holding her head up, spreading her wings.

“Could yah speak up Rainbow? Ah couldn't hear yah over that ego of yours.” Applejack joked playfully making Rainbow squawk indignantly, then pouty faced when Fluttershy started to giggle softly.

“Yes, Rainbow, Warm Smile might inherit your athleticism. We had to basically construct a family tree because DNA is fickle and needs a lot of variations to function right. I didn't want to wake up to find that your body has started to develop tumors because of a lack of genetic data.” Twilight said seeming annoyed that she was interrupted again.

“Continuing on, you had three more donations. Rose from the Flower Trio donated since they are sisters they couldn't all donate so Rose was picked for donation. Golden Harvest one of Applejack’s friends and farm hooves donated, and Lyra Heartstrings was the last donation. Hmm why does her name remind me of something…” She wondered as she placed the scroll down after rolling it up.

“S-She i-is y-y-your f-friend from C-Canterlot, y-you d-dork!” I laughed grinning at her with a smug grin, “Y-You got caught u-up in s-saving e-equestria that you l-left your f-friends in Canterlot, t-they aren't mad. W-well o-one of them is, Moondancer is f-furious a-at you.” I said feeling drained suddenly from all the action of late.

Twilight’s ears flatten thinking before she gasped in surprise doing her panic dance in place.

“Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!! I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THEM!!” She yelled looking up towards the door to the first floor.

“SPIKE!! I need to write them apology letters stat! I NEED TO VISIT THEM!” Twilight panicked the way I expected she would.

“Twilight, take a deep breath like I taught you.” Celestia said in her motherly tone, smirking ever so slightly as she looked down at me I gave her a wink and my own grin.

Twilight sat down and breathed moving her hoof from her chest and outward then inwards for a few times, she looked a bit more calm now.

“Well shoot Twi, you never mentioned havin anypony else as friends before. Ah know Lyra moved in last year and she ain't say nothin either.” Applejack mused looking thoughtful.

“Lyra is going to Minuette’s house party two weeks from now! She’s graduating as a doctor in dentistry!” Pinkie chirped in a happy voice, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

“Oh yes, Lyra was telling me over tea how she was so excited that her friend was finally finishing college and her friends would get to visit her more often.” Fluttershy interjected in her less shy voice when she was talking about something she was comfortable with.

“I believe this shall be a valuable Friendship Lesson sister, don’t you agree?” Luna said finally saying something, darn her and her cute social issues, talk more so I can hear that beautiful voice damnit!

“I believe so Lulu, Twilight I would suggest after all the commotion of Warm Smile’s existence you should reconnect with your old friends and perhaps share the bonds you created here with them.” Celestia spoke in her motherly Matriarch voice, which Twilight nodded solemnly looking a little torn up that she hadn't even remembered their names.

“Did somepony call for me?” Spike spoke up from atop the stairs covered in balloon plastic and looking more than a little peeved.

“Woah, two Sweetie Belles that's cool.” Spike said looking down at us both his anger seemingly forgotten.

“H-H-Hi S-Spike!” Sweetie called up to him giving him a short wave. Spike waved back unsure of what to make of me and Sweetie Belle.

“Spike do you remember all the names of my friends in Canterlot?” Twilight asked in a subdued way.

“Huh? Oh! Yeah! Lyra, Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Moondancer!” he listed them off on his claws looking back down at Twilight.

“Why do you ask? You know Lyra comes by the library like every week just to talk to me, Twinkleshine is actually moving in as we speak she bought that house down on Baker and Daffodil lane and it's taking her a while since the trains that run in Ponyville don't have a good rate on luggage. Can you believe they are costing her 5 bits per three bags?” Spike asked frowning at the outrage of such a thing, I laughed internally as Spike sounded like a house husband.

Applejack whistled.

“That there is just plain robbery! Imma have to talk to the station manager about that, ain't nopony wanna bring anything with them if they're chargin 5 bits per three! It's always been two silver bits and one copper for four bags, Granny’s always visitin granpappy Apple Core so ah should know.” Applejack huffed frowning at the price, Twinkleshine was getting robbed, that haggling system worked until you had ponies who couldn't get a fair deal because they weren't any good at it.

“I thought those two were always bickering at one another and couldn't stand each other.” Rainbow motioned to Applejack, confused with the lapse in her knowledge of the two.

“They do... ah lot, but I think its cuz Granny never really stopped lovin granpappy and it's her way of checkin in on tha old coot. And ah know granpappy doesn't mind cuz he always has a guest room ready fer her. They might be separate now, but ah think it's their way of showin how much they still love each other.” Applejack snickered smiling at all of us.

“Looks like that party would be a good chance to reconnect darling, I can always make you a nice stunning dress for the occasion.” Rarity swooned at the thought of making her marefriend a very lovely dress.

“Yeah…” Twilight moped, though she looked over at Rarity with a thankful smile.

After much more conversation, Sweetie Belle and I were somewhat warm enough not to be glued together seeking that desperate warmth from one another.

She and I were dead tired after everything was said and done. However sleep was far off into our future as Twilight, after getting over her funk and our Pinkie had to be peeled from my person because despite her cheerful demeanor, she was still very worried that I was just gonna up and vanish if she didn’t keep a eye on me. Twilight then went through numerous tests to make sure I was a fully functioning young mare, which thankfully I was.

Though she did want to see me twice a week to make sure my DNA didn't just unravel itself and go into cancer city.

Yay.

It’s odd to think I'm now related to all those ponies now, Fleur was practically my mother seeing how much she wanted to be apart of my life and the DNA samples she hoofed over. Vinyl and Octavia were also mom and other mom since Twilight told me they were happily married, Doctor Whooves of all ponies was my only father.

Pony version of TARDIS here I come.

My body is ready.

Now what really got me was that Rainbow Dash had donated! That was even more odd to think about how on some level I was sister to both Rarity and Rainbow Dash like some magical love child between the two. Cloudy Breeze was a super cute background mare that I wouldn't mind meeting just to get to know her as a individual.

Golden Harvest, more commonly known as Carrot Top, and Rose Flower from the Flower Trio were surprising. Rose and her sisters usually fainted at anything remotely drama filled. I didn't know much about Golden, I suspected she was cousins to the Pears because of that curly hair she had, so I was probably indirectly related to them.

Applejack happened to explain that Golden Harvest was in fact extended family, but like 6th or 7th cousins to her and her family. The Apple family had extended back ages even to the original earth pony tribes and Granny was well over 200 years old along with her sisters so extended family was to be expected.

So it wasn't that much of a surprise, Lyra though? Okay some cosmic force was probably pulling my tail and laughing on the cosmic floor of their living room.

Lyra Heartstrings the pony that was known to act very human especially with sitting, fandom has warped her so much that she is obsessed with hands and humans. Who was the current resident human? Me that's who.

Oh boy, hopefully she wasn't too intense about her love for humanity. I wasn't going to dismiss the mirror to the alternative version of Equestria wasn't apart of the canon. So maybe someday when Sunset Shimmer decided to show her bacon haired tail, I could give Twilight the grand tour of the somewhat human world!

Lyra would have a field day once she knew and maybe, because she was also my technical mom/sister thing, I could show her around.

Exciting stuff right? On that note.

How the hell was I supposed to deal with Discord!? The chaos god wasn't the nicest of Dragoniquises at first, and I was only a filly with a small amount of magic to call my own.

So what? Do I sit it out? Let things play out like they did in the show? I really wanted Discord as a friend early on rather than what was most likely two to three years when he gets out again and still a pain in the ankle.

Honestly I didn't even know if I had any time at all for the field trip to Canterlot, where the discordance of the CMC caused the resurgence of Discord. Irony be my maiden, sometimes ponies in general created their own chaos more than the Duke of Nonsense did in a single day. At least he was consistent with his inconsistency, make the clouds into pink cotton candy and rain chocolate milk every five seconds.

The joke there is that it would be no different than a day in London, it rained all the time. Minus the curdling smell that would come after such rainstorms, it could be worse than the Thames on a good day.

Humanity if you are listening, please for whatever God you follow clean that river up, it's one of the most historic land sites in London proper. It looks like chemical trash monsters are the only thing that has the ability to survive in the murk.

Beside humanity's ability to ruin a perfectly good river, or any body of water that they come across.

Discord was a problem, a problem I intended to fix by performing the signature Therapy no Jutsu that the blonde screaming ninja was well known for.

Simply put I had to talk about my feelings while giving my enemy flashbacks to younger days after hitting them a few times. Knowing that because Discord is Discord it would probably work too…

Just the matter of how to do it without fucking everything up after Twilight has her bond strengthening moment with all her friends. Because the Friendship Princess needed to do her friendship stuff for the Tree of Harmony so she can get her wings.

I could be a alicorn of friendship, but I don't think the Tree’s idea of solutions was telling everypony they were idiots and should think about one another more than they usually do.

Princess of Snarky Attitude and Memes maybe?

Whatever, their destiny was destiny after all and who was I to throw the fish in the machine?

When Twilight was finally done, Celestia and Luna being her second and third opinion making sure I was not going to go nuclear and start the events of Fallout Equestria. They left with a group hug with Princess Celestia while Luna opted not to be as intrusive but gave me a hug and a small ‘Thank you for being my friend’ they went upstairs to teleport back home.

Don’t worry Princess, Pipsqueak, the old chap, was going to start a fan club of you. Even though he doesn’t know it yet.

Hashtag Forthelunarrepublic.

Gods that made me sound old, that meme was right at the beginning of the fandom. I might as well wear a flak jacket saying ‘Flame War Vet’ on the back for that reference. Complete with aviator sunglasses too, note: find where Spitfire and Vinyl buy their shades, second note: make sure to enchant said sunglasses to appear when I said something really cool or didn't look at an explosion.

After all the testing Sweetie and I were officially let go by purple smart, Pinkie opting to stay longer with Rarity to help both of us. Applejack said her hellos and goodbyes and hoped to see me again to get to know me. Fluttershy asked if a tea luncheon would be nice for us to share our love for the beverage, after telling her that it was in fact, my favorite drink. I of course told her I would love that and looked forward to talking with a fellow tea connoisseur and meeting all her animals.

Rainbow Dash gave me a light pat on the head and looked at me with a strange expression, not unpleasant but it looked a little odd on her. She apparently was very happy that she technically had a blood sister to look after, Scootaloo being both her adoptive sister and her marefriends charge was great. But she always wanted a little sister or brother that was directly related to her but her parents stopped after they had her.

Which made sense considering how much her mom and dad fawned over her, definitely second hoof embarrassment there.

She gave me a light nuzzle and a soft kiss on the head before grinning sheepishly and telling us that she had to fly and get her quota done for the weather.

Though I knew it was because she probably was gonna tear up if she got any more sappy with me. I could even see the knowing smile on Rarity’s face when she zipped back up the stairs, so it reaffirmed my logical leap.

Sweetie and I couldn't be more than half a meter away before I started feeling that dreadful cold sensation, she seemed to feel it too and kept very close to me. Pinkie happen to giggle when she noticed that Sweetie and I unconsciously leaned or tilted towards one another, saying that it was very cute, which caused Sweetie and I to blush.

“You two might also experience things together, it's highly unknown what this sort of bond could do to either of you. Warm Smile might get angry or scared and it affect Sweetie Belle in another room or even building, or maybe thoughts might blend together like if one of you has a idea the other knows what that idea is. It could be like hearing what the other is thinking or feeling what they are feeling, I'm not sure if it will affect memories though.” Twilight said from her desk while Spike sat near us holding back giggles because I was playfully mimicking a talking Twilight.

Even Rarity and Pinkie had to put a hoof to their mouth to hold back a small snicker.

What can I say? I loved Twilight to death but she was so nerdy I had to tease and pick on her with all my love.

“So what you are saying is that, we are like how most twins are.” I deadpanned smiling at her when she looked over at me then looked up in thought before scrunching her nose.

“Y-Yes I suppose that might be a accurate way of describing it. Twins are often linked magically because they share the same pathways, so those things I just described would be similar.” she said her nose still scrunched into a small pout.

Speaking of magic.

“I wanna learn magic, I've never had the chance to learn magic so I want in.” I declared giving Twilight my best smile, Twilight would leap at anypony who wanted to know something she was interested in. She could talk somepony’s ear off if she really loved it, going overboard like a purple smart horse would.

“Gasp! That's right!! Princess Luna told me you were from a completely different world! Photographic memory too!? Ooooh this is so exciting!” She laughed clapping her hooves together, looking like she had just won the lottery and then a all you can eat pass at the pancake parlor.

Seeing her like this made my heart in my chest thump happily at the fact that I could make her this happy, instantly bringing just as excited of a smile to my face. I always envied the fools who could do this to Twilight, but not grin like a idiot while they spent their time in Ponyville.

You are literally in another world you dolt! You just made one of the nicest, LITERAL embodiment of Magic and Friendship pony super happy and you just had to think it was annoying how eager she was!? Like, bloody hell mate? If you wanted to go back home and not look at this beautiful sun beam of a pony then you should of been more considerate because she probably would of been more willing to help you after her questions.

Sorry, defensive rant there, HiE humans can be really stupid sometimes. Especially when said humans can’t accept things fast enough, a innate benefit to looking at everything like a logic puzzle rather than some major setback I suppose.

It just rubs my fur the wrong way, even if I didn't have a word for word beforehand knowledge of all thing MLP related. It would be in your best interests to not make the magical horse dislike you because she is looking at a completely new species and you want to go home.

I wouldn't do that to an alien who wants to know everything about my culture if they visited. Especially if they are offering advanced space fairing technology that would revolutionize humanity as we know it.

Anyways, moving on after discussing the letter of referral as tutor for me and possibly Sweetie, though she already had a magic tutor. Rarity didn't want to pester Twilight and her studies for tutoring lessons for Sweetie, Twilight on the other hoof was extremely flattered that she was referred to for teaching a supposed genius, or just to tutor her marefriend’s little sister.

Turns out that Twilight was working on her Arch Magus Mastery, essentially it was a program for dedicated unicorns to the study and art of the arcane aspects. Funded by the University of Canterlot and the Crown, it was a grueling course that required a proficiency in all the arcane schools and had projects that were designed to test the mind and expand the mana pool of unicorns which, again, required dedication and time.

But once you pass you are then henceforth recognized as a Master Arch Mage by the Kingdom and all fiefs under that kingdom. Which gave you a load of benefits and spending money to start projects you otherwise couldn't afford. The success rate of a pony becoming a Arch Magus was a 6.7% rate, about all ponies and other magical species under Kingdom rule didn't make it past the first semester of the three year program.

Twilight was in fact starting her second year in the program, which explained why Twilight was so busy with her studies in the show as the second year was the breaking point for a lot of mages. It was the hardest year to get by due to its intense mana requirements and workload returns.

Celestia had nothing to do with Twilight’s spot in the Arch Magus Mastery program, that was all on her own blood, sweat, and tears that she worked her way into to get this far.

To say the least I was extremely proud of her and I let her know that. Twilight’s blush was so red it covered her whole face as she gave a embarrassed laugh and said it wasn't anything special, that she just liked to study.

“Warm Smile is completely right my love~ Your dedication and tenacity is something to be admired, cherished even. I for one am very proud to call you my marefriend, heavens knows I'm average at magic. I only remember the three basics from Magic class, the Kinesis spell, shield charm, and the bolt hex! And anypony knows I rarely use the latter two.” Rarity tuted walking over to Twilight and pulling her into a kiss and a nose rub, somehow Twilight turned even more red and shyly blathered some modest things trying to refute the praise.

“Ah ah ah!! If anypony deserves all the praise its Twily~” Pinkie admonished scooping them both into a hug and giving loving nose rubs and kisses between the two. Twilight seemed to overload with all the love being given and stammered something out before looking defeated and gave in to the love and praise. Her head sinking down into the neck of Rarity, to red to say anything else.

I squee’d happily clapping my own hooves at the affection being given to the Best Purple, Sweetie seemed to agree as she gave me a grin of happiness for her sister and friends. Spike just looked bored and a tad jealous since he had a thing for Rarity.

Ugh boys, you know it's okay love the fact that your surrogate mother was happy with her herd. Spike and I will have to talk about that at some point.

Another good thing about herd dynamics, that I would later learn, is that there isn't a lead mare or alpha. That way there wouldn’t be any power struggles with a main or secondaries. Each pony was equal and had unalienable rights in the dynamic, which means that if one was upset it meant that the whole herd was obligated to sit down and talk it out. Of course some herds broke apart due to not communicating properly or simply not listening to the feelings of one or others.

But they never broke off violently, sure a lot of sore and hurt feelings but usually other herd members often soothed and wove the members back together or they became just friends and platonic with one another.

Basically if you take all the human crap like hatred and pure envy out of it, you get this. Be still my anger, forgive humans because you were/are one and Twilight has to survive human High School. That battlefield will have its day, but not now.

I know that both Rarity and Pinkie wanted to talk to me, preferably in private because they had a look that said they did. Pinkie was probably going to open a fresh can of whoopass on my hind end for scaring her. It was silly of me to think that after I told her that I basically wanted her she wouldn’t hold onto me like a dying woman in the middle of the sea looking for dry land.

I didn't know how deep that particular rabbit hole was, diving into the psyche of Pinkie Pie, but I cared for her enough that I would go any distance for her. Why? Because Pinkie of course!

I mean if you watch the show at any point Pinkie has shown signs of needing to be validated, that her place in Ponyville wasn't even strong enough that she even doubted being the Element of Laughter! Cheese Sandwich had won that party off and it tore Pinkie in half because she thought that because he was better than her, her friends and the town didn't need her.

Hell, she didn't even bother remembering her own birthday and it nearly drove her crazy to think that her friends were avoiding her when they were actually setting up a surprise party. No, the only pony that seemed to validate her mainly was Maud Pie. Pinkie was more glued to Maud than anypony in her family because Maud took the time out of her day to solely spend it with her little sister.

It was to note that Maud was also extremely protective of Pinkie, which might align with Pinkie’s self worth issues. If somepony hurt Pinkie emotionally, Maud knew places in the earth where your body would never be found again, not that I think Maud would ever kill anything. But I think if it was between Pinkie and somepony else, she would choose Pinkie without hesitation.

I wanted to be somepony that she could share all those things without feeling like she wasn't validated or wanted. I may not remember the memories of my existence before this but I do remember the feeling of wanting to be seen and not feel like I was a throw away object.

Another reason I cared for Pinkie was because of that emotional trauma it can cause.

Rarity however was probably a different story, She probably had the vegetarian equivalent of beef with me. I was after all the one who had been pretending to be her sister for the last couple of days and that probably didn't sit well with the fashionista.

Luna’s hesitance with indicating that she hadn't been mad, that was just a polite way of assuaging my fears without actually telling me that she had been furious.

Rarity was a kind mare, generous even as is her element, but family is a matter in which those who are the purest kindest people can become a eighth layer devil that Asmodeus himself would have to lock up in the infinite abyss just because it gave him nightmares.

I swallowed a lump in my throat, oh boy, the reckoning was coming and Asmodeus was hiding in a broom closet nowhere to be seen when the third impact happens.

The only shield I had was that, one: I couldn't control that I had been in Sweetie’s head. Two: I was healing her unbeknownst even to me and incidentally saved her life.

Her ammo was that I lied, masturbated in someone else's body, almost had a orgy with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. She probably didn't know that, but I’m sure after some careful wording she could have both Scootaloo and Apple Bloom talking more than the citizens of Babylon.

Talk about scary, and now I'm going to have to live with her because I can't go far without accidentally killing either me or Sweetie Belle in the attempts to avoid righteous judgement. Perhaps I could use Sweetie as a makeshift barrier between me and the Imperial Marshmallow Adeptus Arbitrator for good cover before the purging of my heresy happens.

I’m probably blowing it out of proportion but it did make me somewhat nervous, I didn’t want Rarity to dislike me or hold a grudge. You could say I’m acting like a adopted young filly worried if her new sister would like her, which was right on the nose.

“How do you feel about me being your new sister/cousin?” I turned to Sweetie Belle who was resting her head against mine while the three older mares chatted about setting up a schedule for lessons.

“Hmm, I don’t know! But thats kinda exciting isn’t it? I mean I always wanted a baby sister since Rarity is so much older than me, it's kinda hard to play with her outside because she’s so busy usually and doesn’t like being dirty.” Sweetie said lifting her head so both our foreheads were touching and giving me a smile, her right eye glowing like my left a molten green and blue color.

“How do you feel Smile?” She asked feeling completely comfortable being this close to me, and honestly I felt a lot better when we were in contact with one another. I closed my eyes for a moment before speaking.

“Scared, nervouscited-” Pinkie’s ears flicked when I said this, “-I feel like Rarity is actually really mad at me, because I didn’t want to disappear… well not while you didn’t have any control.” I sighed, it was silly to feel this way but I couldn’t help it.

“I know when Rarity is mad, Smiley, she isn’t mad, just overwhelmed. When Pinkie and Twilight found out that you were there like I had told them, she went all quiet and looked really worried.” She said rubbing her cheek against mine and putting her hooves around me.

“It’s silly that I feel like you’ve always been with me even before, like somepony was there watching over me looking out for me and my friends.” She hummed closing her eyes just feeling the warm sensation we both had when we were close.

“You are my best friend Smiley, and sometimes when I look at you I can feel this loneliness that just makes me wanna hug you. Like now!” she giggled, nuzzling her nose against mine. I sniffed feeling relief flood me after the reassurance from Sweetie Belle, a few stray tears stained my cheeks though, making Sweetie Belle rub her forehead against mine more.

“I love you Smiley, and I think that Rarity will love you too. We are soul sisters now so nothing can change that, we will be sisters together okay?” She asked making me look at her and I nodded my lip trembling, she gave me another nose rub easing my scaredy cat heart.

“Here I am supposed to be the big shot but I end up being consoled by my other half, crying like a baby.” I chortled, giving her a watery smile.

“Gotta set a big sister example! Maybe I’ll get a cutie mark in taking care of sisters!!” Sweetie let out a bright laugh leaning away from me just for a second to check on the older mares. Pinkie for some reason was arguing the semantics of a well balanced breakfast, but her suggestions were mainly diabetic inducing, figures they would get off topic.

“I think it would be a cool cutie mark, that's for sure. You seem to be more level headed than Rarity, or me for that matter.” I snickered, which got Sweetie to snicker right along with me.

“So what’s my fate ladies!?” I called out toward the group causing them to pause in their conversation. Pinkie was holding something similar to a rubix’s cube and Twilight looked like she needed several shots of the Applejack’s hard whiskey to deal with the nonsense of both of them.

“Easy peasy stuffs! Twilight is gonna take care of all the math and science stuffs, I get to teach you Equestrian cuz it's actually one of my best subjects! Rarity wanted to introduce you to Equestrian culture and the more social stuffs.” Pinkie hopped over in a jovial way and rubbed my mane with her hoof.

“Great, does that mean I don’t have to go to elementary school?” The moment I said this I facehoofed, of course I would have to go since Sweetie went there. Cosmos why do you torment me with the educational system!? Free form learning all the way man.

“Wait, scratch that. I have to go regardless huh?” I sighed.

“It is a great way to stay near Sweetie and make more friends darling, you might know us as well as Sweetie and her friends but it's kind of cheating when you’ve been watching us all this time. Besides, Ms. Scholastic Class was eager to have you back so she had a chance to teach you. Twilight and her are now in communication, so while you are at school Twilight has time to set up her own classes so we can get you up to speed.” Rarity said giving me a smile but not an unkind smile.

“Since you don’t have any knowledge on magical physics and thaumaturgical theorems, it might hurt you in the long run since you are a unicorn and already expressed interest in learning magic.” Twilight continued after Rarity.

“Did you want to dive into any particular school of magic or did you want a more general education like Sweetie would get?” Twilight asked after a moment of thinking.

“Powerful Wizard of Arcane Might please, the Destruction School…” I said my mind drifting off into a power trip fantasy that left me laughing in a evil sort of way.

Rarity, Twilight, and Pinkie looked at one another and silently agreed to keep Warm Smile away from the spells of destruction.

At least the more intense ones.

“Ah ha haaa, yeah... maybe much much later we can go over the School of Destruction.” Twilight laughed in a nervous way that indicated she wasn't comfortable with the situation.

Damn, I was looking forward to being a Warlock. Oh well, once I learned how to read and how to actually use the horn on my head properly then I could pursue the arts of monster and darkness slaying.

I wonder if they would mind me starting the religion of Stendarr here so I could just give myself an excuse? Witcher School philosophies? No, too harsh and money centered… Pelor would be a cool excuse but then I would have to explain to Celestia why I was using her symbol.

“Anyways.” Twilight said cutting off my train of thought.

“We are done here for the day, both of you aren’t exploding and seem fine, so you guys can go home if you like. I’ve got a paper due tomorrow and I would like to finish it tonight. Ugh, my house is a mess too.” She said looking at the excessive balloon animals laying on the wooden floor, which Pinkie had the decency to sheepishly apologize for all that.

“Right, lunch sounds good right about now and you two are probably famished.” Rarity said while Twilight lightly glared at Pinkie.

“I’ll clean it up Twi! Honest!” Pinkie chuckled shrinking under her gaze, she started to sweat comically while Pinkie looked left and right, anywhere but at Twilight.

“AH! I’ll do it now! Seeyoualllaterloveyouallgottagocleannow.” Pinkie babbled her words running together into almost one word and a single breath, before disappearing in a Pinkie shaped dust cloud.

“SPIIIIIKE!! WHERE WAS THAT DUSTPAN AGAIN!?” She yelled from the first floor, Sweetie and I belly laughed as Spike got up and rolled his eyes heading back upstairs.

“I’m coming! Hold on!” He called back.

“Okay! Can you both stand and walk?” Rarity asked looking at both of us at the center of the room where a large magical circle of runes took up most of the floorboards. I looked over at Sweetie before she shrugged and stood up, it was shaky and it looked like she might topple over because of a light breeze but she was walking.

I followed suit, finding that because this body still retained some muscle memory that walking was easier than it had been the first time around.

Going up the steps however was a different matter entirely, I think I cracked my horn from faceplanting so hard, or just my entire face. Rarity had to levitate me and Sweetie Belle up onto her back which she seemed to take the weight of us both like a champ.

“Sorry.” I mumbled, rubbing my nose trying to get rid of that stinging sensation you get when you hit it.

“Its alright dear, no trouble to me.” Rarity said lightly making her way up into the first floor. It looked like a actual circus had been through the Golden Oaks Library once we reached the door, confetti seemed to be everywhere, glitter covered half of the floor and there were hundreds more animal balloons that seemed to be stuffed into the nooks and crannies of the library, once the main floors room had been used up.

Was that a cotton candy machine? It looked like it had been licked clean of any sugar.

Part of me was amazed at the fact Pinkie did this all by herself and another felt a warm rush of love for her. Pinkie obviously didn’t know how to handle stress, but it also showed how much she cared even for somepony she had just met. She really did value her friendships even if they were fresh new faces, or in this case suspiciously looking like a Sweetie Belle.

Pinkie had a duster in her mouth as she was sweeping the shelves clean of confetti while Spike had broom and dustpan and was pushing most of the glitter and popped plastic into a pile. Her ears perked and swiveled, hearing us come up she turned looking at me and giving me a subdued wave and smile. I waved back silently promising her that we would get to talk soon, because I could tell she wanted too.

Pinkie wasn’t hard to read, or many ponies in fact were easy to read because of how expressive their faces are. None of them seemed to be outside human understanding either, a smile was a smile, a frown was a frown and so on and so forth.

I would hate to misread a situation that I'm already poor at realizing such things. I had to be actively looking for the signs and even then, any sort of subtly would most likely go over my head.

So it was great for me and probably why Celestia was so damn good at her job at reading people.

The walk back to the boutique wasn't long, she had set us down and walked behind us while Sweetie and I tried not bumping into each other constantly. Our bodies were subconsciously pulling us close to one another which meant I was almost face planting because I would get under Sweetie’s hooves. Rarity had a few good laughs at our expense when we collapsed into one another, hooves, I learned did not feel good when they land on your soft underbelly.

I had the wind taken out of me when the stray hoof of Sweetie’s got tangled up with my own and I ended up falling onto a hard hoof and a slightly sharp rock.

Well it was a good sign that I could feel pain alright, though I could of told you that was functioning perfectly the moment I woke up.

Sweetie and I must of been running on some magical high, because as we rounded the corner to the boutique she and I had been hit with a wave of fatigue. Everything hurt, I felt like I could sleep for seven days and not feel like I got rest, and my belly gnawed at its cage yelling at me to consume sustenance otherwise it would attempt a coup.

Sweetie seemed to fair no better than I when I looked her way, sweat was visible on her face and her belly was plotting with my own. She yawned heavily rubbing her right eye with a hoof, how she continued to walk I had no idea, some kind of hop walk thing that looked natural when she did it.

“You both have had a long day, let's get some lunch in you two and then off to bed. Twilight warned me that this might take a toll on you two.” she tsked unlocking the boutique’s door with a key hidden in one of the crooks of the house’s decorations.

“But… yawn, I don’t wanna go to sleep. I gotta tell Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that Warm Smile is okay.” Sweetie defied though she looked like she could barely stand in her current state, it was only through sheer willpower that she was still up.

“Ah pap pap pap, no buts young lady, food then to bed.” Rarity said laying down the law, “You and Warm Smile can see them tomorrow when both of you are well rested. I don't want to find out both of you passed out in the middle of street.” she said closing the door and trotting off toward the back, she stopped in the archway to watch us sleepily stumble after her so she could make lunch.

Funny how it's only like early afternoon, it feels like a whole day has passed already. That might be the fatigue talking though.

Sweetie and I leaned our heads together at the table, slowly blinking to reduce the tiredness of our eyelids. For a brief moment I felt almost a whisper of feeling or thoughts cross past my mind that wasn't my own, making me look over at Sweetie who was looking at her sister with mild interest whilst she made lunch.

It was a tangle of ‘I love you sissy’, ‘it feels good to rest my head against Smiley, warm’, ‘I hope we can all see each other tomorrow, Warm Smile doesn't have a cutie mark like us…’ , and ‘is Rarity really mad? I won't let her make Smiley feel bad, she’s my… mine.’ in a confusing mess of twisting emotions and unheard words, there wasn't any uniformity so it made me flutter my eyes trying to comprehend the tangle in a way I could understand.

Sweetie blinked a few times too turning her head towards mine, her eyes wide in surprise.

“Did you say something Smiley?” she whispered a hint of curiosity beginning to bloom in her green eyes.

“No… did you?” I asked back, just as curious of the maelstrom of emotions and thoughts I had just felt. She shook her head in a negative, no she didn't.

“I thought I could hear you for a second, it was all over the place though… I felt love… and distance… and some kinda sad but also happy but then it kept kinda looping, it was lots of words and images but they felt all… connected.” Sweetie whispered trying her hardest to explain her own happenstance of alien thoughts. She once again pressed her head against mine, the weight so very comforting.

“Was… that how you feel?” she said her voice even softer now. I blinked not realizing it could've of been Sweetie’s thoughts and emotions running through my head.

“I don’t know? You think it could be some kinda magic thing?” I asked looking over to Rarity for a brief moment checking so she hadn't heard us.

“It might be… didn’t Twilight say we might feel each other's emotions?” As she said this her eyes lit up so bright I needed to look away for a brief second, my heart beating just a little bit quicker now.

“That… feels funny…” She mumbled closing her eyes for a moment, “It was like… all the warm fluttery feelings I have… with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, but more intense.” She said her eyes still closed then she opened her eyes again giving me a sheepish smile her face turning red.

“Y-you felt that again?” I stuttered my cheeks turning into wildfires amongst a snowy field.

Right there and then the brief flickering of emotions and thoughts touched me again. I was washed away by said warm fluttery feeling, all sorts of love for me and others crashed around my brain.

It felt really good, like the best because it wasn't just a thought for me it was like a hot fire that consumed all of me then decided to infuse the affection of Sweetie Belle into my very bones. It made give out a shaky gasp and a little speechless.

“W-Why was that s-so intense?” I squeaked, I turned my head away from her even though it took a massive effort to even do so.

“I.. I don't know…” she said just as breathless, her blush having traveled from her cheeks to her ears and neck, mine was no doubt similar in that regard.

“Food’s readddyy~” Rarity sang out as she set three plates of sandwiches with diced fruit and yogurt dip. We both jumped at the sudden words from Rarity, nearly falling out of our chair.

“Are you both okay? You both look like your mane’s color has seeped into your face dears.” She asked her tone more worried than accusatory so she hadn't overheard us.

“N-Nothing, sis, w-we just feel tired.” Sweetie squeaked in her cute rubber ducky way. The trickle of emotions touched me as I could feel Sweetie’s nervousness, the desire to experience that wonderful sensation she had before again, and just pure curiosity at the whole ordeal.

I said nothing and so did Rarity as she gave us a look, my mouth watering from the sight of food and the demands of my belly were holding my brain hostage to the will of the stomach.

I tried to slow myself down, really I did, but I couldn't help but almost scarf everything down. It was like I hadn't eaten real food in centuries and everything just tasted so yummy. In retrospect that was probably what was happening to me, I was just made whole today, so this body had nothing to sustain itself for the last few days but magic.

Couldn't give a brain dead clone solid foods, so here I was rectifying that idea. Rarity had her eyebrows raised but said nothing as she got back up to make me more, Sweetie seemed to be eating slower but she was just as hungry.

After what was probably three large mangos, four daisy and honeysuckle sandwiches on thick sliced wheat bread mind you, and a cup or two of yogurt I couldn't eat anymore and felt full. Maybe too full.

I groaned from my inability to slow myself down to digest some, but that animalistic impulse to eat anything in sight kept impairing my judgement and actions. Everything was so rich too, I think I cried when I ate the second mango because it was just so good. It was the first meal this body had to actually enjoy and by all the stars in Luna’s mane it was paradise.

I was very much looking forward to the next meal, oh gods I hope I don't gain a food fetish. Me moaning in such a lewd way just because I ate one of Applejack's family apples might leave a bad impression.

Though then again it wouldn't be so bad, wait… no brain, no food fetish you are already a pervert for looking at pony butts especially the ones you like cough Pinkie cough you don't need more deviant thoughts than there already was.

Sweetie was nodding off next to me, and I was already halfway to dreamland when Rarity picked us both up having set the dishes away. When we hit the stairs I could feel that Sweetie was asleep, it was a soothing feeling of comfort and the full feeling of just eating.

Rarity took us up to Sweetie’s room and placed her on the bed and tucked her in while I was placed beside her the covers were placed over me as well.

“You know… I should be mad.” Rarity said softly as she sat down on the bed with us. I blinked trying to wake myself up to hear what she was saying because I knew she was talking to me.

“Mad that somepony took over my little sister, even, you know… made her do that.” she said looking over at me, her eyes not angry but I guess… tired?

“But I can't bring myself to get angry.” she turned her head to look at the floor.

“All I can think about is that five days ago… I would've found my little sister dead in a old forgotten ruin…” she rubbed her face, a few smears of mascara touching her hooves.

“You saved her… I don't know why or how… but you did and she is alive, here in her bed safe and sound.” Rarity's voice trembled as dark tears dripped down onto the floor.

“I-It made me realize h-how much I love her, I-I know I’m not the best sister to her… Tartarus I even think she is so annoying sometimes.” Rarity laughed a pitiful laugh as she tried to keep the tears out of her eyes.

“All my time with her… I-Its precious to me, and it's only now I have a-a clear picture of that. She c-could be gone in a moment and I-I’d never get to tell her how much I love her o-or see her smile again.” she whispered then with a loud sniff she looked up to the ceiling.

“I’m sorry Warm Smile… I… I realized that you were scared too. I-In a whole new world… a new body… Looking back I-I could see how terrified you were of m-me, yet how much you wanted to b-be loved.” She rubbed her face with her hoof again.

“Oh Celestia… Warm S-Smile I-I want you to know… that I’m sorry… sorry that you couldn't trust me to tell me b-because y-you knew how angry I would be. And C-Celestia as my witness I-I was furious at first, I wanted to throw you into Tartarus… but then Princess Luna told me you were stitching her soul back together.”

“I found that I couldn't get angry, it was like I was a slowly deflating balloon… W-When Sweetie came back, when Big Mac had rushed over to tell me something was wrong with Sweetie I went over as fast as my hooves could take me… I could see it… I could see it in her eyes, she was so terrified… so terrified to lose you. L-Like she h-had seen death take you from her… w-when I look at all the pieces, y-you are just as important to me… because without you… there wouldn't be Sweetie.” She leaned over me, I could barely keep myself awake to reply.

I felt warm lips touch my forehead.

“Thank you…” the distant whisper said as sleep embraced me into its gentle arms.

...

Somewhere in the infinite worlds that lay stretched out across their sight, a smile touched the lips of The Greater Lord of Chaos…

For all this was apart of the great wheel they had set into motion.

Author's Notes:

DONE!! WOOO

I had a hard time with this one, mainly because of the sudden juxtaposition of going from being in Sweetie's body too being in another body. I wrote that part like three times over trying to think of maybe a better way to transition but its all I could think of...

I might of been to eager to get into the nonsense Warm Smile and company are going to get themselves into!

Regardless, thank you BlackWarGreymon and BR0russelSPR0UT for being real bros and helping me proofread this chapter! #Keeping it real since 2018

Also mysterious Greater Lord of Chaos is mysterious