Rarity bucked down Twilight's front door much to the purple unicorn's shock and stomped in with a glare at the unicorn. “Twilight Sparkle, I want an explanation and I want it now!” Rarity exclaimed.

“Do you want me to remind you how bad an idea I thought this was now or later?” Spike asked the purple unicorn with a disapproving glance which earned a glare from Twilight before she turned to look at Rarity.

“Let me guess, you remembered something and you have no idea where from.” The purple unicorn remarked flatly.

“If you were able to guess that easily as to why am here then my gut feeling was correct! What did you do to me Twilight?” The white unicorn asked as she walked up to the purple unicorn and glared at her with barely an inch between her and Twilight's faces.

“I performed a memory erasing spell on you and Scootaloo, but you have to understand Rarity, I did it because I was worried you may lose your mind.” Twilight replied as she walked past the white unicorn and stared out the window.

“Lose my mind? Just what happened to me and Scootaloo to cause you to do such an outlandish thing?” Rarity asked feeling her anger slowly ebb away as she stared at the purple unicorn in confusion.

“You fell in love.” Twilight replied simply not turning around to look at her.

“Me? Fall in love with a filly? Have you lost your mind Twilight Sparkle?” Rarity asked skeptically even though the feeling she felt towards the filly was exactly this.

“It's not that simple, a lot happened, you found out that Sweetie Belle was dating Cheerilee and I had-”

“My little sister is what?!” Rarity roared abruptly in shock and horror which caused the purple unicorn to whirl around and bite her lower lip at which point Spike made a face-palming gesture with a loud slapping sound before staring at Twilight with a glare.

“Scootaloo was dead on when she said you were bad at keeping secrets Twilight.” Spike remarked aloud flatly.

“Oh please don't go and attempt to beat the horsefeathers out of Cheerilee again, I don't think I can manage another spell to put your house in an alternate dimension again.” Twilight said in angst.

“Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't hear another word out of your mouth Twilight Sparkle, but given the situation, I will hear you out.” Rarity replied and planted her rump firmly on the ground.

“Where to begin...” The purple unicorn began and sighed.

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“Letters? Are you serious?” The Pegasus asked skeptically.

“It worked on me with Twilight, I don't see how it wouldn't work on Rarity. Especially if Sweetie Belle's suspicions are correct and she often thinks about you but won't admit it.” Cheerilee replied with a smile.

“Oh there's a connection between the two alright, I could see it when the two stared at each other and nearly kissed just before the social worker arrived.” The unicorn filly chimed in.

“I just don't know.” Scootaloo replied and sighed.

“Well, it's an idea at least. You're more than welcome to stay a little longer if you like.” Cheerilee replied as Sweetie Belle nuzzled her affectionately and ran a hoof along her side only for the mare to gently push it away before it neared it's target. “Behave darling, we have guests.” Cheerilee said with a knowing look at the filly who simply giggled mischievously.

A knock the door however caught all three pony's attention to which Cheerilee stood up and walked up to the front door and muttered “Now who could that be?” when she reached out and opened the front door, it revealed Rose whom looked at her with what the mare could have swore to be a piercing glance as if she was attempting to read her mind.

“You must be Cheerilee, My name is Rosemary Pettleworth but you can call me Rose. I'm Scootaloo's Social worker.” Rose said as she walked past the earth pony without so much as waiting for her to invite her inside.

“Do come in.” Cheerilee remarked sourly as she flattened her ears and glared at the mare who seemed to ignore her annoyance.

“So, I hear Sweetie Belle visits here often.” Rose remarked as she looked about the house.

“Yes, I tutor her in math and any other subject she may struggle with in School.” Cheerilee replied with a suspicious glance at the mare.

“Oddly enough, I can't seem to locate any of her school books or yours for that matter.” Rose remarked as she walked past Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, gave them a curious passing glance, and continued to the earth pony's bedroom to which Cheerilee quickly followed.

“Unless am I mistaken, it is not a crime for a student to visit their teacher and speak about things beyond their schoolwork.” Cheerilee replied making sure the social worker would note the annoyance in her voice as she spoke.

“Of course not. I am simply making sure Sweetie Belle is being treated properly is all.” Rose replied as she turned about the looked at the earth pony.

“Treated properly? What are you implying Rose?” Cheerilee asked with a raised eyebrow as she stared at the social worker.

“I've looked at your file Cheerilee, there were several allegations many years ago between you and a certain purple unicorn I believe you know. They were dropped of course because no concrete evidence could be founded. I am sure you know what I speak of.” Rose replied with a knowing look at the dark purple mare who's expression turned from suspicious to pissed off in such a short time that would give Rainbow Dash's time for clearing clouds a run for it's money.

“How dare you...” Cheerilee replied in a low tone, the anger in her voice so thick it could choke a mare if it were breathable.

“Excuse me?” Rose replied feigning ignorance as to why the mare was suddenly so pissed off.

“You march in my house uninvited, and accuse me of molesting one of my students?!” Cheerilee roared as she glared at the social worker who remained perfectly calm.

“I never said any such thing.” Rose replied nonchalantly.

“You may as well have! I would never do anything to harm Sweetie Belle or hurt her in any way, shape, or form. The same goes for the rest of my students for that matter!” The earth pony exclaimed as she continued to glare at the social worker who didn't seem to be affected by this in the slightest.

“That has yet to be seen.” The social worker replied at which point Cheerilee rose up on her hind legs and for a fleeting moment, Rose thought she was going to stomp on her head only for the earth pony to stomp the ground just in front of her so hard it cracked the wooden floor.

“Get the buck out of my house! And if I so much as catch you snooping your ugly nose around my house again, I will make sure that Twilight sends a urgent letter to the princess regarding your actions here!” Cheerilee roared at which point the social worker walked calmly past her, into the front room, and towards her front door before stopping, turning about face and staring at Cheerilee.

“You don't want me as your enemy Cheerilee.” Rose replied but this time the tone of her voice had an air of threatening intent to it.

“Get out!!!” Cheerilee roared at the top of her lungs and charged at the social worker whom quickly opened the door and closed it behind her before the earth pony made it to her.

“Cheerilee, are you okay?” Sweetie Belle asked looking worried at this point.

The earth pony took several deep breaths and let them out before she sighed heavily. “I'm fine Sweetie.” Cheerilee replied. The unicorn however wasn't convinced.

Moments later, a knock on the door could be heard at which point Cheerilee yanked it open expecting to see Rose again only for Twilight, Spike, and Rarity to be standing in front of her.

“What happened Cheerilee? You looked like you were going to beat the horsefeathers out of whoever was behind the door until you saw us.” Twilight remarked in a worried tone.

“Rose happened.” Sweetie Belle pipped up sourly from behind Cheerilee as she walked next to her.

“So what do I owe this visit to?” Cheerilee asked after a few moments once she was able to calm herself again.

“We need to talk Cheerilee. Mind if we come in?” The purple unicorn asked curiously.

“Of course.” Cheerilee replied, turned around, walked inside, and closed the door behind the three.

“Scootaloo? What are you doing here?” Rarity asked curiously.

“Just hangin around.” The Pegasus replied nervously.

“It's good thing she's here anyways, she'll need to hear what we are talking about anyways.” Twilight remarked as she sat down in one of Cheerilee's living room chairs as did Rarity.

“Is something the matter?” The earth pony asked curiously though her voice had a sense of worry about it.

“Don't play coy with me Cheerilee. Twilight had informed me of the situation and if she were not at the center of this fiasco I would not have given her words a second thought beyond the statement of you dating my little sister. Do not mistake my generosity for understanding however.” Rarity replied with a glare at the dark purple earth pony.

“Ugh, what was the point of that spell if everypony knows about it?!” Cheerilee exclaimed with a facehoofing gesture and an irritated groan.

“Well you’re the one who suggested it in the first place.” Twilight replied annoyed.

“Because I thought you knew what you were doing! For Luna's sake Twilight, I had thought you were more talented at magic than this.” Cheerilee retorted.

“Who's the earth pony and who's the unicorn here?! Just because I can cast a spell, doesn't make it immune to side effects or backfiring!” Twilight retorted feeling her temper rise.

“I taught at Celestia's School for gifted unicorns for nearly eight years! I may not be a unicorn, but I do have an idea of what I am talking about!” Cheerilee exclaimed feeling her temper rise as well.

“Yeah, first and second years! They don't even do practical magic in those classes!” Twilight exclaimed with a glare.

“Would you two stop auguring like an old married couple already?! I'm the one dating Cheerilee, not you Twilight!” Sweetie Belle's voice erupted causing the two mares to stare Sweetie Belle whom was glaring at the both of them.

“Am I the only one who feels like we're missing something?” Scootaloo remarked in a confused tone.

“I believe that is why we are here.” Rarity chimed in looking at the two mares who sighed nearly simultaneously.

“Okay, so we're here because Twilight's spell screwed up and the two still are able remember things they shouldn't. Am I correct so far?” Cheerilee asked curiously.

“More or less.” Twilight replied with an annoyed glare until one thing caught her attention. “Wait a second, how did you know about them being able to remember things?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Do you honestly think that Sweetie Belle would keep secrets from me Twilight? She told me all about Scootaloo finding that photograph.” Cheerilee replied as Sweetie Belle nuzzled her affectionately to which Rarity's right eye twitched and shuddered audibly.

“Photograph?” Rarity asked curiously a few moments later curiously.

“This photograph.” Twilight replied as she levitated the photograph with her magic over to Rarity whom held it with her own magic and stared at it now.

“I...remember taking this photograph. But Scootaloo's not an adult mare, so how could this be?” Rarity asked confused.

“I asked her the same question.” Scootaloo chimed in.

“As I told you both, I placed you both in an alternate dimension. Scootaloo willing, Rarity unwilling. My goal was to get Scootaloo to tell her story to Rarity in an attempt to help her see the difference between a pony like Rainbow Dash and a pony like Cheerilee. What I didn't count on however, was Scootaloo falling head over hooves in love with Rarity.” The purple unicorn explained, paused for a few moments to let the two take this information in, and continued.

“Then like an air-headed mare, I attempted to play cupid and encourage Scootaloo to attempt to get close to Rarity while she was still a filly in hopes she would fall in love with her and be able to understand Sweetie Belle and Cheerilee's relationship. Trouble was, she didn't fall in love with her finally until she was an adult mare. It was pure chance that Rarity was able to see the world as Cheerilee and Sweetie Belle do. The events that transpired which lead up to this understanding you both remember, but I removed any trace of why or how Rarity knew to go and find Scootaloo at her parents house.” The purple unicorn explained and sighed.

“Forgive my skepticism Twilight, but I do not see how I could ever understand what goes through Cheerilee's mind or how she can be attracted to fillies.” Rarity remarked flashing the earth pony a glare.

“Quit lying to yourself big sis! I saw how you looked at Scootaloo! I know that look because it's the same Cheerilee gives me each time she looks at me!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed with a glare at her older sister.

“How could you possibly understand what love is? You're barely a teenager for Luna's sake!” Rarity retorted defensively.

Upon hearing this, Sweetie Belle gave a loud and agitated sigh. “You're so stubborn! Just admit it already! You wouldn't have given Twilight's explanation a second thought if you hadn't felt something towards her!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed as she walked up to Rarity and pointed a hoof at the Pegasus.

“You don't even know what you're saying! You're just a filly!” Rarity exclaimed as she glared at her little sister.

“Oh yeah?! You think that just because I'm a still a foal that I can't fall in love?!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed as her horn sparked.

“That's exactly what I think!” Rarity retorted.

“Then maybe you would think differently as a filly yourself!” Sweetie Belle roared and channeled magic into her horn.

It was at this point and time that Twilight's face lit up in alarm for two reasons, for one thing, age magic was very advanced magic, far beyond the skills of a filly who has never performed a single spell, two she had a habit of setting anything she cast a spell on a blaze.

However before the unicorn could do anything, the filly's horn exploded in a wave of magic...

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“Ohh...” Twilight groaned aloud as she rubbed her head which seemed to be throbbing at this point and opened her eyes wearily.

The sight that beheld her however sent the unicorn's mind reeling. “What the buck did you do Sweetie Belle?!” Twilight exclaimed in a panicked tone and immediately slapped both hooves on her mouth having heard a filly's voice escape it rather than a mare's.

“What in Luna's name happened?” Rarity asked in a dazed tone then suddenly sat up in alarm upon hearing a filly's voice escape her lips as well.

“My head...” Cheerilee remarked as she came to as well, blinked twice, and stared with her jaw agape at the sight that beheld her as she stared at her hooves which were much smaller than she remembered.

Scootaloo was next to come to and stared at the three fillies in confusion. “What...the..buck?” The Pegasus asked aloud in disbelief.

“Twilight, what happened to us?!” Cheerilee exclaimed in shock.

“I think Sweetie Belle turned us all into foals.” The purple unicorn replied as she looked over herself.

“Well turn us back! I can't face the social worker as a filly!” Rarity exclaimed as she looked over herself as well.

It was at this point and time that the unicorn filly was waking up herself, looked about the room at the results of her spell, flattened her ears, and smiled sheepishly. “Ops...” The filly remarked aloud as she scratched the back of her head with her right hoof.

“Ops? You call this ops?!” Rarity exclaimed outraged as she glared at her sister now.

“Yeah, opsie...” Sweetie Belle replied unable to think of anything else to say at the moment.

“Well un-opsie us right this minute!” Rarity exclaimed as she walked over to her sister and pointed a hoof at her.

“I,um, don't know how.” The filly confessed as she bit her lower lip.

The four fillies in the room simply gawked at Sweetie Belle now, mouths agape along with a short whinny emitting from one of them yet which one had emitted this sound was a mystery.

“Where in Equestria did you learn a spell like that Sweetie Belle?” Twilight asked curiously while Rarity paced back and forth now.

“I didn't, it sort of just happened.” The filly replied at which point a loud slapping sound could be heard coming from Rarity as her hoof slapped against her forehead in frustration.

“This is just great, I've been age spelled by an amateur!” Rarity exclaimed as she kicked one of Cheerilee's chairs in frustration.

“Spike? Where are you? I need you to send a letter to the Princess right-” The purple unicorn began to say until her eyes fell upon a infant dragon sucking on his tail. “Oh buck me sideways...” The purple unicorn remarked in dismay as she slapped a hoof on her forehead in annoyance.

“Are we going to be like this forever? Or will we just have to grow up all over again?” Cheerilee asked curiously as she looked at Twilight now.

“I don't know. Age spells are very advanced magic and very tricky to pull off to boot.” Twilight replied and sighed.

“For the love of Celestia, please tell me you are going to fix this.” Rarity said as she walked up to the purple unicorn with a look of desperation on her face.

“Well, we need to get back to the library first so I can do research on this. I won't make any promises, but expect to be like this for awhile.” Twilight replied as she walked past Rarity and to the door only for a knocking sound to echo from it which caused everypony's chest to go ice cold.

“Are y'all home? Ah can come back later if y'all are, ahem, busy.” A voice called from behind the door which the four immediately recognized as Applebloom's voice.

Twilight opened the front door, yanked the farm pony inside, and slammed the door behind her at which point Applebloom stared at the four in disbelief. “What in tarnation happened to y'all?!” Applebloom asked incredulously.

“Sweetie Belle somehow managed to perform an age spell and they got turned into foals and Spike got turned into an infant.” Scootaloo replied candidly.

“Run that by meh again?” The farm pony replied in disbelief.

“Well that went better than expected...”

“Tell me about it! I couldn't have picked a perfect chance to zap them with an age spell if I tried and they think the filly did it!”

“Haha! I know!”

“Shh! Do you want them to hear us you foal?!”

“Did you hear that?” Scootaloo asked curiously as her right ear twitched in response to a subtle speaking of words and looked to the open window to her left.

“Oh horseapples, they heard us! Scam!”

The Pegasus heard these words clearly even though they were faint and quickly dived through the open window much to the shock of Cheerilee, Rarity, Twilight, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom.

Scootaloo quickly glanced to her left and then to her right and saw two unicorn's running off down the road. “Oh no you don't!” Scootaloo exclaimed as she rocketed off the ground and after the two unicorns.

“Crud! The Pegasus is after us!” One of the unicorns exclaimed as they glanced behind themselves.

“Not for long!” The other exclaimed, skidded to a halt while at the same time making an one hundred and eighty turn, channeled magic into their horn, and fired a beam of magic at the Pegasus much to her shock to which she took a steep vertical climb to evade the beam of magic, stopped mid-air, and looked down to see the two unicorns disappear in a flash of magic.

“Horseapples!” Scootaloo cursed in frustration as she slammed her hoof on a nearby cloud.

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“Would care to explain why you suddenly darted out the window for?” Rarity asked curiously as the Pegasus walked in through the front door.

“I thought I heard somepony and I was right. Two unicorns were running off when I jumped out the window. I was catching up to them when one of them fired a spell at me, I don't know what it would have done to me if it had hit me but I managed to dodge it. Trouble was, by the time I was able to recover from my sudden evasive maneuver, they poofed away in a flash of magic.” The Pegasus explained and stomped on the floor with her right hoof in frustration. “If only I was as fast as Rainbow Dash, I could have caught up to them easily!” The Pegasus exclaimed and sighed.

“Two unicorns you say?” Twilight replied, placed a hoof on her chin with an expression of deep thought.

“Twilight, you don't think it was them that cast the age spell on us, do you?” Cheerilee inquired curiously.

“It's the only explanation that makes sense, Sweetie Belle is clearly not old enough or skilled enough to perform such an advanced spell, but that isn't what worries me.” The unicorn replied as she continued to ponder her thoughts.

“It's the motive behind it, isn't it?” Scootaloo remarked to which Twilight looked at the Pegasus with a weak smile.

“Exactly, leave up to you Scootaloo to be the first to come to that conclusion.” The purple unicorn remarked in high praise of the Pegasus's keen observation.

“This is just great, another problem to add to my list. Not only are my memories left looking like Swiss cheese, but now I've got to cope with being a filly for Luna knows how long! And my little sister is dating a pony nearly three times her age!” Rarity exclaimed in annoyance.

“You are such a drama queen Rarity! For once in your life, shut the buck up and stop being the center of attention!” Sweetie Belle roared at the top of her lungs.

“What's got your mane is a knot? We found out it wasn't you after all. And that's not how you should be speaking to your older sister!” Rarity exclaimed in a scolding tone.

“You know what? I don't care! I'm tired of you not understanding me and Cheerilee's relationship, I'm tired of your being so thick headed that nothing can get through that thick skull of yours, and I’m tired of you making it seem like your problems are worse than everypony else!” The filly roared taking several deep breaths before continuing.

“You think you have it hard?! What the buck do you think me and Cheerilee went through when we were forced to leave everything we knew and loved behind?! Do you even know how hard is it on me to be forced to keep my love for Cheerilee a secret?! Do even even know how hard this is on Cheerilee?!” The filly roared at her sister.

“This is the second outburst by her in the last hour, just how long has she been holding this all in?” Twilight whispered to Cheerilee.

“She's been holding this in since last month. She spoke of some of this to me a few times, but I didn't realize it was this bad. Lets just hope it doesn't end in other explosion of magic like last time.” Cheerilee replied in the same whispering tone.

“The only reason we are here right now is because I, that's right, me, forced Twilight's hoof, put the photograph in Twilight's chest and had her spill the beans to Scootaloo! I could have very easily let her lie to Scootaloo's face! Oh and that dress you found? I put it in there! It was a shot in the dark, but I had hoped that it would bring back those memories of you and Scootaloo! But you know what? I'm bucking done! I'm done with trying to help you when all you do is condemn Cheerilee and my choice to be together!” Sweetie Belle roared, ran to the door, opened it, and slammed it behind her.

Rarity at the moment looked stonewalled by her sister's words and seemed to be unable to speak. The unicorn had no idea her sister was capable of such speech, let alone the fact she was in shock of the fact that her sister had just pointed out every single flaw of hers in one single rant.

“I...Don't know what to say.” The white unicorn remarked in a stunned tone.

“Rarity, Sweetie Belle may be young, but you don't give her enough credit. She's wise beyond her years, and behaves a lot more maturely than other fillies her age.” Twilight commented as she walked up next to Rarity and sat next to her.

“I'm not blind Twilight, I know that she's smarter than she looks.” Rarity replied with an annoyed glance at the purple unicorn before she turned to look at Cheerilee. “Given all that's happened, I won't beat the horsefeathers out of you, but if you come within ten feet of my sister, we are going to have a serious problem, understand?” Rarity said in a threatening tone to the dark purple earth pony whom frowned upon hearing this.

“Rarity, after everything that's happened, after those memories you got back, you still think I'm full of horseapples?” Twilight remarked with a frown of her own.

“I don't know what to think Twilight. And right now, I don't care. The only thing I know for sure at the present time is that Cheerilee has been dating my little sister for the last half a year without my knowledge and has possibly done things with her that would make me sick to my stomach. Cheerilee's only shield right now is my little sister. She would never forgive me if I did something to her. While I no longer doubt that she cares for her, the fact remains that Cheerilee is an adult mare and Sweetie Belle is a teen filly.” Rarity replied in a serious tone as she walked past Twilight and towards the door before she stopped and stared at Twilight.

“I'm going back to my house now Twilight, find a cure for this spell as fast as possible if you would. Come Scootaloo, we're going home.” Rarity said as she opened the door and walked through it to which Scootaloo gave Cheerilee, Twilight, and Applebloom a passing glance before she quickly followed her out the door which closed behind them.

“What..just...happened?” Applebloom asked in confusion.

“That's what I'm trying to figure out Applebloom. Rarity was behaving very out of character just now. I know her and if her mind was completely set on something, she wouldn't hesitate to act on it, regardless of her sister's emotions on the matter.” Twilight replied solemnly.

“You don't suppose that Sweetie Belle's words had a profound effect on her, do you?” Cheerilee asked curiously.

“If they did, we can only hope it was the effect we are hoping it is.” Twilight replied and sighed heavily before she levitated the infant Spike onto her back and walked towards the door. “I'm going to do research on this and ask Pinkie Pie about those two unicorns that Scootaloo mentioned she saw. If there's one pony in Ponyville who would notice two ponies walking into town that she's never seen before, it's Pinkie Pie.” Twilight said softly before she opened the door, walked through it, and closed it behind her.

Author's Notes:

Part one of two! I'll work on the second part tomorrow! for now, enjoy!