The morning came all too soon for Rarity and Scootaloo as they slept in each others embrace. “Good morning Rarity.” Scootaloo remarked softly as she gave the unicorn a peck on the cheek which caused the unicorn to stir and open her eyes drowsily.

At first she had completely forgotten about last night, but it came back to her quickly at which point she smiled nervously as she sat up and stretched her legs which earned a soft squeak from the filly just before she jumped out of bed and walked over to Scootaloo's mirror to do her hair.

“I really enjoyed last night Rarity.” Scootaloo said as she sat up herself which caused the unicorn to look at her suspiciously as she continued to do her hair.

“You didn't get frisky with me while I was asleep did you?” The unicorn asked curiously with a hint of warning in her voice as she spoke as if to tell the filly she wasn't okay with it if she had.

“No, no, of course not! What do I look like, a pervert? I was just talking about being able to sleep in your hooves is all. I haven't slept this peacefully since I can't remember when.” The Pegasus replied with a warm smile.

“Good to hear. This is still very new to me and I would very much like to not make any unnecessary leaps before I know where my hooves will land. If you get my meaning.” The unicorn replied as she finished doing her hair and set the comb down with her magic to turn and look at the filly.

“Sort of...” Scootaloo replied with a confused expression.

“In other words darling, let's keep our noses clean and keep them that way until I am prepared to get mine wet.” Rarity replied as she walked over to the Pegasus and nuzzled her affectionately.

This second statement went completely over the filly's head which caused her to go “huh?!” upon hearing this.

“Oh for pony's sake.” The unicorn replied as she slapped her right hoof on her face in annoyance.

“What I mean is, keep your nose away from my, oh what do ponies use as a slang term these days, ah, keep your nose away from my powder puff until I deem myself ready for such a thing.” The unicorn replied doing her best to be clear to the Pegasus though this “slang” term seemed also foreign to the Pegasus which was made apparent by her unchanged confused expression.

“My slit, keep your nose away from my slit until I’m ready, oi!” Rarity exclaimed in a semi-rushed tone and blushed furiously as she spoke. The unicorn preferred to stay away from such crude terms, but at least Scootaloo had gotten the hint now.

“Oh, you mean that! Heh, don't worry, I'll keep my nose and my hooves to myself until I know you are ready.” The filly replied with a slight blush of her own.

“Yes, that. And while we're at it, lets keep this between us for now. I don't want anypony to know of us just yet.” The unicorn replied just before a knock on Rarity's door snapped the unicorn's thoughts to Sweetie Belle. Had she come home last night? The unicorn felt both worry and guilt swell in her chest as she quickly checked her little sisters room and let a sigh of relief as she saw her sleeping soundly in her bed.

“Thank Celestia for small favors.” The unicorn remarked to herself under her breath until another knock at her door snapped her attention back downstairs at which point she rushed downstairs and opened the door.

“Wha-ha-haaa!” Rarity shrieked in horror as she stared at Rose whom looked at her through her sunglasses with the same stern glance she wore last time she saw her.

“Heard you got age spelled.” Rose said simply to which Rarity gave a nervous chuckle.

“Eh-heh, it's...only temporary. Twilight is working on a spell to reverse this as we speak.” The unicorn replied nervously.

“Thus far you have rested in the sheltered harbor or my patience, but I cannot ignore you being reduced to the age of a foal.” Rose replied only to get something wet to the face abruptly which knocked her sunglasses off her face. “Hey!” The mare exclaimed in annoyance which caused Rarity to look behind herself to see Sweetie Belle whom was glaring at her.

“What is this? And why does it smell like...” Rose remarked as she held it on her hoof and dropped it in front of Rarity as she trailed off.

“That's one of my hoof socks.” Sweetie Belle remarked with an attitude about her voice as she spoke. “With a little filly juice added in.” The filly said a few moments later under her breath with a smirk.

“I am not going to ask what you have done with this young filly, but I do ask that you respect your elders.” Rose replied with a stern glance at the filly before her gaze switched back to Rarity.

“Back to marehood, respectful of her elders. I'll be watching.” Rose replied simply before she put her sunglasses back on at which point a lens popped out of one side before she turned about and walked away.

“Splendid work there Sweetie Belle, I have my hooves full already with my age predicament and you add to them by assaulting the social worker with a filly juice soaked hoof sock!” Rarity exclaimed after she closed the door behind her and handed the filly the hoof sock.

“Wait, how did you know-”

“Oh don't play coy with me young filly, you don't think I do not know the scent of a female when I smell it?! And I'm sure Rose knew as well! The next thing I know, she'll be asking me questions about your sexual activity!” Rarity roared as she walked past Sweetie Belle and stomped a hoof on the ground as she turned about to look at her as she spoke.

“Well what do you expect me to do? I went over to Cheerilee's yesterday before I came home only to learn that you forbid her from seeing me!” Sweetie Belle roared back with a glare to boot.

“So my suspicions were correct! You have been sleeping with her!” Rarity exclaimed in shock and anger.

“Duh! I figured you had that one figured out already, but I guess you are as slow as you are thick-headed!” The filly retorted.

Rarity's face then began to contort in a mixture of rage filled emotions before she suddenly smiled in a eerie fashion. “I'm just going to pretend we never had this conversation and go speak to Twilight about getting this spell reversed.” Rarity replied before she abruptly turned about face, opened the door, and closed it behind her.

“You've slept with Cheerilee? What's it like being with a mare older than you?” Scootaloo asked curiously as she walked down the stairs to the front room.

“Oh, don't be stupid Scoots, I know you've been sleeping with Rainbow Dash. You told me about her just after you got together with Rarity and spoke of breaking it off with her. That was before you got your memory wiped though.” The unicorn replied followed by a sigh.

“Just how much did I tell you?” The Pegasus asked as she sat down on the floor next to Sweetie Belle.

“Pretty much everything. Maybe a few details here or there you could have left out, but me and you got pretty close as friends after you got with Rarity since we were both dating a pony much older than us.” Sweetie Belle replied with a smile as she sat down next to the Pegasus.

“Can you tell me everything I told you? So I can, ya know, fill in the blanks?” Scootaloo asked meagerly.

“Of course! What are friends for?!” The unicorn exclaimed happily and began to tell her everything the Pegasus had told her.

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“So Rose gave you a deadline to get this reversed?” The purple unicorn remarked after hearing the news from Rarity about the social worker's unexpected visit.

“Not specifically, but I can assume it won't take her long to lose patience and take both Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo away. And what's worse, I am inclined to think that Sweetie Belle has a grudge against Rose and myself. She got very rude with me and even had the nerve to say outright that she had been sleeping with Cheerilee.” Rarity replied as she paced back and forth in front of the purple unicorn.

“Well, you did forbid her from seeing the mare she loves and from what Cheerilee told me, she pushed quite a few buttons when she visited her place last time.” Twilight replied causally as she continued to read through one of her books.

“How can you be so calm about this?! My sister has been sleeping with Cheerilee and I've got the social worker breathing down my neck!” Rarity exclaimed as she paced even faster back and forth now.

“Because, if I work myself up over this, I’ll never be able to find a cure to our predicament.” Twilight replied as she placed the book down momentarily to look at Rarity with a slightly annoyed expression.

“I'm sorry Twilight. It's just-” Rarity began to apologize until the door to the library opened up revealing Cheerilee whom walked in and closed the door behind her.

“Am I interrupting anything?” The dark purple filly asked curiously as she looked at the two whom became suddenly silent though Rarity's expression had become rather pissed off now.

“You!” Rarity exclaimed as she walked over to Cheerilee and slapped her without so much as a warning.

“Let me guess, you found out that we had been sleeping together.” Cheerilee remarked as she rubbed her sore cheek with an annoyed expression.

“You have the gal to be so candid about this?! Why, I should beat the horsefeathers out of you!” Rarity roared less then a inch from Cheerilee's face.

“Rarity, I for one really don't give a flying horseshoe anymore. The look on Sweetie Belle's face when I told she couldn't visit or even see me yesterday was more than enough to make me want to do the exact same thing to you. Yet I held firm and stood by your decision. So would you kindly BACK THE BUCK OFF!” The earth pony said with her tone of voice starting out as flat and emotionless but changed in a instant to a roar as she shouted the last four words of her sentence at the unicorn.

“Okay, I know tensions are high right now, but lets all take a breather and calm down.” Twilight pipped up as she placed the book down and walked between the two whom glared at one another.

“That filly doesn't know the meaning of the words calm down. Why the meaning of the term probably hits you like a ton of bricks!” Cheerilee exclaimed at which point a bag of bricks magically appeared over her head and would have fell onto the dark purple filly if Twilight hadn't spotted them and halted their decent with her own magic.

“Rarity! You could have seriously injured her!” Twilight exclaimed as she flashed a glare over at the unicorn whom simply gave a eye rolling gesture.

“Oh sure, leave it to unicorns to abuse their magic. Typical unicorns, always thinking they are superior to earth ponies.” Cheerilee remarked aloud which caused both Rarity and Twilight to snap their gaze at her and glare.

“That's rich, coming from an earth pony who fell for a unicorn!” Twilight retorted as she dropped the bag of bricks a little too close to Cheerilee for comfort.

“You leave Sweetie Belle out of this.” Cheerilee retorted with a threatening glare.

“You certainly had no issues with her sticking her nose in you even though she's nearly three times younger than you!” Rarity exclaimed in response to this statement.

“Coming from a unicorn who also dated a filly three times younger than herself as well!” Cheerilee retorted feeling her temper raise to it's breaking point.

“I have no clue what your talking about!” Rarity exclaimed as she waved a hoof dismissively at the topic.

“Of course you don't! Because a certain unicorn, decided to blast those memories away!” Cheerilee exclaimed as she switched her glance to Twilight.

“It was your idea!” Twilight exclaimed defensively feeling her muscles stiffen as if to resist to the urge to beat the tar out of the earth pony.

The argument continued between the three for another five minutes with each of the fillies soon being reduced to throwing petty insults at one another and just when they were about to brawl it out, the library door swung open once again but this time it was the last pony anypony wanted to see right now.

“Yes, this seems like a very intense study session for a cure to your ailments.” Rose remarked aloud with a heavy note of sarcasm as she walked into the room.

“Now is not the time to press my buttons Rose.” Cheerilee remarked with a glare at the mare.

“And just what would you do about it? Beat the horsefeathers out of me? That would work out very well for your teaching career wouldn't it?” Rose replied with an unfazed expression as she walked into the room and sat down in one of the library chairs.

The three simply stared at her now, Rarity with a nervous expression, Cheerilee with a loathing glare, and Twilight with an expression of annoyance.

“Well don't let me interrupt you. This is a public library after all, I'll just pull up a book and read it while you continue your intense study session.” Rose remarked a few moments later as she picked up a random book and began to read from it.

The pose and look of the mare reminded the dark purple filly of somepony she once knew but she could not place where. “Come to think of it, your face and name does seem familiar to me. Have we met before you come into Ponyville?” Cheerilee asked curiously as she stared at Rose now.

“How should I know? I've been the social worker for hundreds of fillies and colts.” Rose replied nonchalantly.

“Hmm...I should be going. I've got my own studying to do.” Cheerilee remarked aloud as she stared at the mare for a few moments longer before she walked out of the library without another word.

“I need to be going as well, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo can't be left alone for too long.” Rarity said herself and quickly followed the earth pony out the door.

“Say Rose, have you seen any strange ponies about?” Twilight asked shortly after Rarity left the library.

“Strange ponies? Can't say as I have, but then again, everypony in this town is strange to me.” Rose replied in the same nonchalant tone as before.

“Well, the reason is ask is that Scootaloo saw the two unicorns that did this to us, but we've had no luck finding them.” Twilight replied at which point Rose lowered the book down and looked at the unicorn curiously.

“She saw them? Did she get a good look at them? A cutiemark perhaps?” Rose asked curiously.

“Sadly no, but she did tell me that they had green fur coats.” Twilight replied at which point Rose stood up abruptly and began to walk towards the door.

“Something has come up, I'll see you later Twilight Sparkle. Much later...” Rose replied as she quickly left the library without another word.

Curiously the unicorn walked up to the book that Rose had set down and looked at the title. “Strange, why would an earth pony be reading a spell book?” Twilight remarked aloud curiously as she stared at the door now.

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Weeks past and a cure to their fillyhood still seemed out of reach, but another problem had arose now. It became more than apparent that the effects of the age spell were having side-effects on the ponies. Twilight was the first to notice this after looking back at how the three had behaved in the library.

“You mean we're starting to act like foals too?!” Rarity exclaimed horrified.

“The effects seem to only occur once in awhile and only in certain situations such as ones where maturity is called for. I would write this off as a side effect but, it's too convenient. Why do we start acting like foals when the time calls for an adult approach? I can't seem to focus on a book for more than five minuets without become tempted to practice a random spell that comes into my head. I had the same problem when I was a filly before. A problem I'd rather not have to go through again but am.” Twilight remarked with a scowl.

“I also have a similar problem, I can't seem to keep a clear head these days when I'm working on my dresses.” Rarity replied with a thoughtful glance.

“Any word from Cheerilee?” Sweetie Belle asked as she walked up to the two as they sat in Rarity's front room.

The mere mentioning of the earth pony's name sent the unicorn’s temper aflame but she managed to keep it under control. “Not sense we spoke at the library.” Twilight replied causally.

“Okay, if you see her, tell her that I miss her.” Sweetie Belle replied followed by a sigh before she walked away.

The purple unicorn then changed her glance to Rarity and placed a hoof on her shoulder. “Rarity, I know it's hard to accept, but Sweetie Belle and Cheerilee love one another.” Twilight stated with a note of compassion in her voice.

“Twilight, I refuse to discuss this subject.” The white unicorn replied hostilely to which Twilight sighed heavily.

“This separation is torturing Cheerilee. I didn't want to say anything with Sweetie Belle in the room, but I did speak to her and when I did, she had a bottle of cider with her and looked like a wreck. I listened to her for nearly three hours rambling on about how she wishes things had been different. And even that she wished she wasn't in love with her. ” Twilight said in a hushed tone while making sure that Sweetie Belle wasn't in the room or within earshot.

“Your point is?” Rarity replied nonchalantly.

“If this is torturing her so much, I can only imagine what it's doing to your little sister.” The purple unicorn replied with a serious expression now before she stood up and began to walk away before she stopped just before the front door.

“If there was one time to be the element of generosity when the fate of Equestria isn't hanging in the balance, now is the time.” Twilight added, opened the door with her magic, walked through it, and closed the door behind her.

Once Twilight had left the room the unicorn sighed dejectedly and looked upstairs. “I know all too well what it's been doing to her Twilight.” Rarity remarked aloud before she walked upstairs and to Sweetie Belle's room to see the filly crying silently to herself on her bed.

“What do you want?” The filly asked resentfully with a sniffle.

“Why are you crying?” Rarity asked curiously though she knew already.

“Like you don't know. Just leave me alone.” The filly replied before she turned over on the bed and faced away from her sister.

If there was one time to be the element of generosity when the fate of Equestria isn't hanging in the balance, now is the time.

These words echoed in the unicorn's mind as she stared at her sister. “I don't want to see her like this anymore. The sleepless nights she's had, the crying herself to sleep, I don't want to see her in pain anymore...” Rarity thought to herself with a sigh as Scootaloo walked into the room.

“Sweetie Belle, I want to tell you something...” Rarity began only for a knock at the door to distract her yet she ignored it and continued.

“Rose asked me to-” Rarity said attempting to continue only for the knock at the door to become louder now. “Oh ponyfeathers, of all times!” The unicorn exclaimed in annoyance before she quickly left the room, walked downstairs and opened the door only for her heart to drop into the pit of her stomach.

“Time's up Rarity. I'm sorry to say this, but I'm going to have to take Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle into custody. At least until you find a cure to your predicament.” Rose said simply.

“N-No, you can't! She needs me!” Rarity exclaimed horrified as tears began streaming down her cheeks.

“Don't make this any harder than it is. I'll come back with the proper authorities if I have to.” Rose replied as she walked into the house.

“Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, I have to ask you to come downstairs please!” Rose called out as she stood at the foot of the stairs to which the two fillies walked to the top of the stairwell both with confused expressions though Sweetie Belle's eyes looked puffy and red from crying.

“Rarity, what's going on?” Scootaloo asked curiously as Rose placed two saddle-packs at the foot of the stairs.

The unicorn however was at a loss for words as tears streamed from her eyes. She did however rush up to the two and hug them which worried the two even more.

“Why is Rose here? And what are the saddle-packs for?” Sweetie Belle asked curiously.

“I'm afraid you two are going to have to come with me. Rarity has been found unfit to care for the two of you.” Rose remarked simply.

“I did everything you said, I even kept Sweetie Belle away from Cheerilee like you asked! Please don't take them away!” Rarity exclaimed finally after she broke the hug to look at the social worker.

“Wait, she what?! When was this?!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed in outrage.

FLASH BACK

“So why are we heading over to house of the mare who's been dating my little sister again?” Rarity asked with an annoyed expression now.

“We're going to clear up everything that's happened so far. Fill in the blanks as it were. That's the best approach I can think of to avoid any unnecessary complications.” Twilight replied followed by an exasperated sigh.

However just as the two neared Cheerilee's house, Rose could be seen walking up to the three.

“Ah, Rarity, just the mare I wanted to see. Off to pick up Sweetie Belle I take it?” Rose asked curiously.

“I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to discontinue Sweetie Belle's tutoring lessons and they are not allowed to see one another either, but you aren't allowed to tell either of them why.” Rose replied simply which was met with curious expressions from the three.

“Are you going to tell us why then?” Twilight asked with an annoyed expression now.

“It is because we can't have her becoming wise to our investigation. I believe Cheerilee may not be safe to be around. She claims to be teaching Sweetie Belle math, but I have seen her background and I believe she may be a foal fiddler. So if you wish to keep custody of Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, I suggest you do so. Have a nice day.” Rose remarked and walked past them as casually as she had walked up to them.

END FLASHBACK

“So it was Rose all along...” Sweetie Belle remarked as she gave the social worker a loathing stare.

“I'm afraid things have changed. You got turned into a foal. And my higher ups do not see a foal as fit to care for another foal. I tried to buy you time, but they put their hoof down about a day ago.” Rose replied and looked at the two fillies. “Pack your things, your leaving. I'll give you a few moments to pack and say your goodbyes.” Rose replied simply before she turned about face and stood just outside the door.

“Isn't there anything you can do Rarity?” Scootaloo asked with a teary-eyed expression now.

“I-I'm afraid not...go pack your things Sweetie Belle, I need to speak to Scootaloo alone.” Rarity replied to which the filly turned around and slowly walked back to her room to pack her things.

“Don't let her take me, please Rarity, I love you.” Scootaloo said in a whisper as she nuzzled her affectionately.

“We'll see each other again, I promise. As soon we fix this foal thing, I'll petition to have you both have with me. I promise.” Rarity said in a whisper as she kissed the Pegasus on the cheek...

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“Rose, Rose, Rose...why does that name seem so familiar?!” Cheerilee exclaimed in annoyance as she chugged a bottle of cider down and continued to scan the pages of her old Canterlot Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns yearbook. A knock at her door however snapped the earth pony's attention away from it.

“I'm busy! Leave me alone!” The earth pony shouted drunkenly only for the door to open up revealing Twilight whom walked in and sat down quietly.

“Oh, it's just you. Sorry about that Twilight.” Cheerilee apologized and sighed as she resumed looking through her yearbook.

“Still drinking I see, Cheerilee, you really should be careful, you aren't a mare right now, you could very well poison yourself by accident.” The unicorn remarked concerned.

“I appreciate your concern Twilight, but without Sweetie Belle, well, I just don't know what to do anymore.” Cheerilee replied and sighed.

“I know it's been hard, but it will get better, I promise.” Twilight replied reassuringly.

Another knock at the door however snapped by pony's attention to the door to which Twilight answered it to see a sobbing Rarity.

“Rarity? What happened?” The unicorn asked as she let her in.

The white unicorn didn't reply, rather she walked over to Cheerilee, grabbed the bottle of cider strait out of the earth pony's hoof, and began to chug it. “What the buck do you think happened Twilight?” Rarity replied after she downed the bottle in one shot. This shot up all kinds of red flags for the purple unicorn for several reasons.

First of all was the fact in all the time that Twilight had known her, Rarity did not drink. Secondly, the fact that she came over here at all despite her hostility towards Cheerilee. And lastly, she does not use crude terms or words like that.

“Rose didn't take them away...did she?” Cheerilee asked with a deep sense of dread in her voice now.

“Their gone! And there's nothing I can do about it!” Rarity exclaimed between sobs as she fell to the floor and began to sob loudly.

“Horseapples!” Cheerilee exclaimed aloud as she whacked the yearbook of the desk and hit the desk with her right hoof. “I should have never listened to you! I could have spent this last month with her if I hadn't listened to you! Now I'll never see her again and all because you were a stubborn thickheaded mule!” Cheerilee roared as she walked over to Rarity and pointed a hoof at her.

“Actually Cheerilee, There's something I didn't tell you and the only reason I didn't is because I didn't know if Rose had any eyes or ears in my library or around your house. Rose told her to do this, though I'm sure she had no problem with listening to her.” Twilight said but ended her statement on a sour note with a look at Rarity.

“Of shut the buck up Twilight Sparkle. You don't know what you're talking about.” Rarity said with a slight slur in her voice now as the cider had begun to take effect.

“Oh, then by all means enlighten us on how we are so wrong about your grudge against-hold the reigns a second here...” The unicorn began to retort only for the yearbook now at her hooves to snap her attention to it. “I know this face.” Twilight remarked thoughtfully as she levitated the book in front of her and stared at an image of a unicorn filly now.

“What did you find?” Cheerilee asked curiously as she walked over to the unicorn and looked at the image as well and gasped. “I knew I had seen and heard of her name before! She was a student in the same class as you when you began your schooling at Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns!” Cheerilee exclaimed in shock.

“Care to enlighten me? Or am I too much of a drama queen to bother telling?” Rarity asked as she walked up to the two now.

“Well Rose was a close friend of mine in my first year at that school, but we drifted apart when we both set our eyes on Cheerilee.” Twilight explained.

“Yes, and unlike Twilight, she was up front and obvious about her emotions towards me. I of course turned her down at the time.” Cheerilee added.

“But when she learned that I had managed to get together with Cheerilee, she became more resentful than she was before towards me and even threatened to destroy me and Cheerilee's relationship.

“She was the source of the rumors around Canterlot that forced me to leave it and Twilight, so in a sense, she succeeded.” Cheerilee added once again and sighed.
“But the Rose we knew was a unicorn, this one is an earth pony.” Twilight remarked thoughtfully until her eyes lit up. “Wait, she was reading a spell book last month which I found odd.” Twilight added a few moments later in recollection of that event.

“So? I read them too and I'm a earth pony.” Cheerilee countered.

“True.” Twilight conceded.

Just then a knock at the door caught all three pony's attention. “Now who in Equestria could that be?” Twilight asked curiously as she answered the door once again which revealed a police pony.

“Excuse me young filly, are your parents home?” The police pony asked curiously.

“It's me Twilight, officer Quickhoof. I got age spelled.” Twilight replied at which point the stallion rubbed his eyes in shock and blinked twice at her.

“Twilight Sparkle?! Wow, no wonder I didn't recognize you.” Quickhoof replied with a smile and cleared his throat. “Well, perhaps you can help me, I'm looking for this mare, have you see her?” Officer Quickhoof asked as he flashed a photograph for her to see.

“That's Rose! Why in Equestria would you be looking for her?” Twilight asked curiously.

Author's Notes:

The plot thickens in the first part of this two part chapter! :D