>Little princessly surprise Another quiet night patrolling the castle, Rear Guard thought to himself. As he was thinking it was a shame he couldn’t fully appreciate the blessing of Luna’s cover, a dim, unusual glow caught his attention somewhere in the distance. Investigating the oddity brought him toward the library, where some light was flickering from under the door. After a knock that received no answer, Rear Guard cautiously got inside, and was quickly brought toward a table over which a strange ball of bright white light was floating, small enough it could sit in his hoof. As the object remained motionless, Rear Guard decided to come closer and maybe get some answers from the many books that were open on the table, but cautiously marked a stop whenever the shining orb started bobbing up and down again. Eventually, her came close enough to take a glance at the pages. However, as he did, not only did he fail to find any relevant information, but the ball of light kept wobbling up and down more frequently, which brought Rear Guard to take a few steps back each time. Just as the pegasus guard was about to leave and ask for a unicorn’s help, the ball of light came much closer to him. As it slowly orbited around his head, he could feel a soothing heat radiating from it, and as he followed the orb with his eyes, when it returned to the table and descended to nearly touch it, he finally saw it. The tiniest princess Celestia, who was most likely the one moving this… well, miniature sun. Rear Guard’s eyes went wide. Even while bringing his face inches from her, he could barely distinguish her face. It was really uncanny to see her like this. The sister of the day was usually much larger than anypony else, towering above all. Unfurled, her alabaster wings could hide even a growth stallion like him under them, but right now those barely looked like the size of the ones of a tiny fly. A bit too late, Rear Guard noticed from the pages of books flapping slightly that his breath was already enough to nearly blow the minuscule alicorn away, and an uncomfortably hot little sun forced him away from the table. “A-ahem!” Rear Guard stood at attention as he tried to build himself a composure, still unsure about what was going on. “P-princess Celestia? Is that you?” The ball of light bobed up and down in return. “Is that how you say yes?” The guard asked, and the ball noded again in response. “Alright, I… ahem, should I go query princess Luna? Perhaps I could bring you to her?” Again, Celestia seemed to agree to that last offer. Cautiously, Rear Guard approached the table again. A bit at a lot of how to deal with this, he extended a hoof toward the table for the princess to maybe climb on, but instead he saw the minuscule winged body fly up towards him. Her size only allowed her to come closer slowly, and in movement she was almost undistinguishable from a little pearly firefly. As she got closer, her sun came to the side of his snout, and an uncomfortable heat made him turn his head to the side. Rear Guard remained completely frozen in place as the little dot that was Celestia flew up toward his head, eventually getting out of his field of view. Wherever she landed, she was so light he couldn’t fell her at all, and it’s only when Celestia’s mini sun moved toward the door that he knew for sure that of the diarch of the country had found a nice place on him to settle on. As her started walking towards princess Luna’s chambers, Rear Guard was internally urging himself to ignore whatever itch he could feel for a while, out of fear her could has a very tiny pony as a passenger. Hopefully Luna would be able to set this straight, but knowing the two alicorns, she was probably gonna humor her very little sister a bit before that. >Rarrity's new line >Be Rarity >Have a new line of clothes ready, and trying to think of a way to advertise it >There's the annual Canterlot fashion gala coming up, so of course she'll wear her latest creations there >But maybe there's more to do with this >The theme of her line is Royal Presence, but she can't just ask the princess to wear it >That would be unfair >But maybe a good way to evoke princesshood would be to be closer to their sizes herself >After a trip to the library, Rarity comes back with a promising growth spell >A new spell that is harder to cast than expected, though >For a time, she can't seem to have it working >Practically gives up on the idea >Out of frustration, she tries to pull it off one last time an hour before the gala >It works >Oh boy does it work >The spell overshoots its target, making Rarity a bit over twice as big as before >At this size, she's probably a bit taller than Celestia herself >Regular pony won't be coming up to her shoulder >At first, she panics >Even if the dress grew with her as intended, she didn't intend to present herself like this anymore >But after a while, she manages to calm down >This was her initial plan >She will make it work >And the results are beyond anything Rarity expected >Once at the gala, Everypony gawks at her magnified form >Not a single stallion can pick up their jaw while taking to her >Even some mares >Even Celestia seems a bit bothered having to look up to her >Absolutely steals the spotlight from everypony else >Almost feels guilty >But the attention is just too good too care >To have everypony look up to her >Have them naturally make way for her to tread among them >And yet to admire her dearly as she does >To see the little stallions struggle to lift her hoof to gallantly kiss it >All while she could easily marehandle them if she wished >Oh, my little darlings… >After the gala, crowned as the designer of the year, Rarity asks herself >Actually, wouldn't it be nice to remain this size? >Yeah, gala-sized Rarity is gonna be here to stay >Oh, and the next day she got some orders from her new line too >That's a nice plus >Radgrowth (unfinished) “Watch out… I’m setting it off!” As Calamity then pushes the button, there’s a deafening blast not far from him, but the boulder he and Velvet Remedy stand behind protects them for the damage. Once the dust settles, the two ponies can assess that the controlled explosion managed to breach an entry into the underground complex they were looking for. It’s been three days that Littlepip had been missing. She had supposedly found some old world remains with fancy electronics to salvage in the wasteland, but her daytrip had since turned into a several days ordeal, and now a rescue mission. When the two ponies came looking for their friend, the traces Calamity found and the inforamation he could gather hinted that the little unicorn might have fallen in an abandoned subterranean lab. Worse, the radiation levels were worryingly high inside there, and they had to gather protective gear and a healthy amount of Radaway to have any chance to help their friend. Hopefully it isn’t too late… The two wasteland adventurers quickly delve into the complex. The worn-out paint and rusted metal underneath isn’t very welcoming, but at least there wasn’t any hint of hostile creatures inside here. Another good surprise, is that they find out the radiation level inside is weaker that they expected. Strangely enough, the readings even seem to go down the deeper inside they get. “Calamity, look!” Moving his flashlight, the stallion sees was Remedy was pointing at. A broken air grid on the ground in a nearby room. The hole above big enough for a pony to go through, and a very long way up that ends with a dot of sunlight from the outside. “You think Littlepip fell through here?” “Mmh…” Remedy nods. “And I think that wasn’t a pleasant fall at all…” Looking down on the ground where the mare has her hoof, Calamity sees the dark spots and trails on the metal ground. Dry blood. “Shit…” The stallion curses in his mouth, kneeling closer to get a proper look. Somepony, possibly their friend, was hurt and bleeding here. From the traces, the victim then dragged themselves against the wall, and … well, there’s no more blood coming from here, but scraps of clothes that Calamity and Remedy recognize. “She must have used her grab to bandage herself.” Calamity thinks out loud. “Hopefully that means she patched herself up and went somewhere safe…” “I hope so too…” “Hello?” The two ponies perk up. Coming from bellow, and muffled by the distance and walls, it’s still their friend’s voice they hear. “Littlepip!?” Calamity calls. “Is it you? Are you okay?” “Calamity!” Littlepip replies, sounding very glad. “Oh goodness, I ready needed you right now! Hold on, I’ll climb upstairs.” “O-okay. We’re right under the vent!” Calamity replies, while he starts to hear the sounds of hooves on metal first going away under him. Littlepip must have been wandering through that complex a lot to be so carefree, but hearing the voice of the mare was a big relief for him and Velvet Remedy. Soon enough, the familiar magic light of his friend and the sounds of her hooves get closer until the giddily smiling mare appears from behind the corner of a nearby hallway. “Littlepip! You-.” Calamity’s smile freezes as he faces the chest of Littlepip, whose horn is inches away from touching the ceiling. “Calamity, Velvet Remedy!” The big Littlepip exclaims in from of her two shocked friend. “You can’t imagine how glad I am to see you!” “Littlepip…?” Velvet Remedy blurts, confused at the new size of her friend and how oblivious she seems about it. “What happened to you? A-are you alright?” “Yes, of course!” Littlepip nods. “But more importantly, Calamity! Please tell me you have some lockpicking tools. I broke mine and I need some. Badly!” “Why, yeah, but, uh…” The stallion blurts, absently giving a glance at this saddlebag before looking at the big surprise in front of him again. “Cool!” Littlepip reacts as though her friend had just said yes. “I hope you don’t mind but I’m borrowing those.” In only two steps, the big unicorn gets her head at the level of Calamity’s. While she uses her magic to eagerly search his bag for the tool kit, Calamity can’t help but to be startled by the mare’s sheer size. Littlepip’s head is twice as big as his, and she must bee more massive than even Steelhooves, and yet, she moves as swifty as always, and in that case with and absent-minded confidence that seems worryingly familiar. “Got it!” Littlepip smiles to herself, the tools hoovering in front of her massive grin. “Thanks for the save, Calamity! I gotta go!” And without another word, the unicorn starts to happily trot away, leaving her friends behind and heading toward the darkness of the lower levels of the complex. “Something’s wrong with Littlepip.” Calamity states as he finally comes out of his daze. “Yeah, very wrong.” Velvet Remedy nods. “We have to catch up with her!” >Twilight's concerns Fluttershy tried to remember how it started. They all went to sort out what was left in the castle of the two sisters in the forest that day. Between other things, Twilight took home a hooffull… well, actually a cartload of books back with her to assess if those were of any importance. It is only later than they all realised this was the source of their troubles. When Twilight then suddenly decided to get rid of harmful magic around Ponyville, it sounded like a good idea at first. Even if the way was a little unorthodox, neutralizing the trees responsible for the baleful swamp fever was a relief for everypony. According to Twilight, she did so by taking the magic of the trees into herself thanks to a spell she found in a book from the castle. And considering the grievous aliment involved, a couple additional inches of height on the purple was nothing to worry about, right? But it didn’t stop there, and Twilight’s targets were slower getting more… questionable. The mirror pool that was just lying around the forest could be considered hazardous for sure, but it didn’t cause anu a mess but once. Thought, it was hard to argue with Twilight after she said she never wanted to have to vaporize copies of her friends again, especially after the purple mare had grown to double the size of a regular pony. From here Twilight took it on herself to pacify the whole forest, or so she said. In practice, she went in the Everfree in the morning with her book, and came back at sunset with a satisfied smile… and an additional foot of height. Or two. Or five… Eventually, her five friends went into the forest themselves in search of answers, despite the fact Twilight told them not to. That kind of order that was already a source of concern in itself, if their friend being twice the size of a house wasn’t enough already. It didn’t take long for them to find out Twilight had thoroughly absorbed any kind of magic she could get her hooves on. Event though it was hard to miss cockatrices, poison joke flowers or timberwolves, it was clear their alicorn friend wasn’t really thinking about the forest’s interest at this point. And then came the tremors. Not caused but any creature Twilight had spared, but by the mare herself. As the group of mares rushed back to town, they witnessed a Twilight Sparkle that had taken it upon herself to ‘free’ the citizens of Poniville from the hazards of their own magic. Already, a single hoof of the alicorn mare was big enough to crush a whole house, and she was still growing rapidly. “Uh…” Rainbow Dash turns to her friends. “You think the magic of friendship can fix this?” “I… I hope…” Fluttershy mutters. >Anon wants to shoot a kaiju movie “Why aren’t you a giant mare yet?” >The kirin in front of you shows an embarrassed smile. >”But look Anon, I’m bigger already.” >To emphasize, Autumn Blaze presses herself against you >Her luxurious chest fluff is touching your belly, and her horn could scratch your nose >Compared the rest of the ponies that didn’t go past your crotch, that was an improvement >But still, this is not what you two agreed “Great, you’re the queen of marelets now, but you said you were gonna go giant!” “I wanna shoot a kaiju movie remember? Orchid isn’t cannon so you’re the closet thing I can get” “But nobody’s gonna be impressed by a kaiju who’s just big enough to reach the high shelves of the mart!” >”But growing that much takes time right? I’ll let you know I did some stretching ever day!” >”And I think my results are pretty great, no? How are the other actors doing?” >“You said you asked somepony else to get giant for the movie. Am I really that late?” “Yeah, let’s talk about Rainbow. She’s is the movie just because I said she could say the N-word in it which is fine by me.” >”But when she said she’d take of everything about the growth, she actually meant it!” >”She’s been getting herself a cragodile egg shake every morning, took up Tirek’s forbidden fitness routine, and had princess Sprinkles expose her to gamma ray magic twice a day.” “And today she made it to 40 feet tall!” “Also she’s kinda insufferable about it, calling herself the biggest whatever every time she does something” “So grow up and we can get done with this movie already!” >Once again, the kirin mare looks embarrassed. >”Alright, fine, uhm… I’ll… double my stretching routine?” >Your palm hits you head in despair “I get it. I’ll help.” >Fast forward 18 days and 55 growth montages in the future >Autumn Blaze finally broke the 200 feet mark. >You had to shoo hobos who moved in her fluff three times already >The only way for you to talk to her is standing on crane with a megaphone >Her pupils are twice as large as you are when she looks at you. “Alright Autumn, thank horsegodemperess Celestia we finally got you big enough for the role.” “We’re gonna project your text on this screen over here so you can…” >“Ummm, Anon?” ”Yeah?” >“So, I thought about this role and movie stuff, and actually…” “Oh no, don’t you dare…” >”…I know I said this idea sounded exciting a month ago, but now I think that was just in the heat of the moment…” “You better not say what you’re gonna say, Autumn!” >”…and I think I’m gonna pass on the movie. Big thanks for making me super big, Anon. See ya!” >As the gigantic kirin walks away, leaving craters in the concrete of Manahattan with each step, there’s only one word you can think of. “AUTUMN BLAZE YOU FUCKING NIRIK!”