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// Babysitting 
// Story: Oh... 
// by Arbiter Balemead 
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	Spending the night with Rainbow in the bed really wasn't all that hard, but trying to get her out of bed in the morning?

Right... It was hectic for Twilight. She had to pull the covers off and lift Rainbow into the air with her magic, then proceed to take her to the bathroom, where she dunked her head in the bathtub before making her take a morning bath. No reason to waste the water she'd filled the bath with, right?

Once that was taken care of, there was the simple matter of beginning the studies to solve the conundrum they were in with this spell. After all, that was why Rainbow was staying here in the first place. Twilight commenced with some basics, such as examining her proportions and weight, figuring her exact age, and even seeing if her taste in food had changed (she was fit, about eleven, and her favorite foods were mostly the same).

Twilight noticed right away that Rainbow was already appearing slightly older. Yesterday, she had only barely reached Twilight's chest, but now, she was almost as tall as her chin. Another thing was that Rainbow had matured slightly; she behaved a little bit more willingly and thought things over a little more before doing them. Granted, this was still Rainbow Dash, and a filly version of her, for that matter, but the maturity difference between today and yesterday was noticeable.

"She's aging quickly..." Twilight mumbled to herself as she jotted down a set of notes. She looked up at the patiently waiting, rainbow-maned filly in front of her. "You appear to be just fine."

"Oh, okay. Cool," came the neutral response. Twilight didn't seem to notice the inflection in her voice, but that was a good thing because Rainbow wasn't even sure what it meant. As far as the filly could tell, she seemed to enjoy the tests, watching the 'scientist' tend to all this nerdy, sciency stuff. However, there was something more to the close attention she'd been receiving from the purple mare that she wasn't quite sure about, deciding to ignore it rather than look into it.

"Okay, so since you seem mostly fine, I guess we can just attend to the normal daily routine," Twilight said thoughtfully.

"Which is?" Rainbow asked. Twilight took a moment to think about that.

"Actually, I think we'll have to improvise on that..."

"Why's that?"

"Because my daily routine doesn't include having a filly following me around, and from what I can guess, yours doesn't include you being one." Rainbow seemed to take a moment to think about it, then mouthed the word 'Oh', nodding with understanding.

Twilight's first idea was to go visit Pinkie Pie, Rainbow's best friend aside from herself, so as to find a way to pass the time for her. It was a short trip that would attract little attention to Rainbow Dash's 'predicament' from the random ponies of Ponyville. Of course, what few ponies that did see them were in for quite the site, stopping in their tracks to make perfectly certain that they were seeing the Rainbow Dash at the age of eleven walking side by side with a full grown Twilight Sparkle.

Sugar Cube Corner was a nice little spot, and it certainly was a popular place with fillies and colts, seeing as it was a sweet shop. Understandably, when Rainbow realized that this was where she was going to be spending most of her day, she was elated. The moment the two stepped through the door, her face lit up, and almost as if in response, Pinkie Pie appeared to accommodate them.

"Hi! How's it going, Dashie?" she asked in her usual, chipper tone.

"Uh... Good?"

"Awesome! Hey, how would you like to help me run the shop for a day?" Rainbow face lit up a little bit more.

"Wow, would I!" Pinkie waved her over to the counter and she ran over to start playing with the register there. Pinkie turned to smile politely at Twilight.

"So, what's up?" she asked.

"I-" Twilight started, a little confused at what just happened, seeing as she was planning to ask Pinkie to do what she'd just done on her own. "I was going to ask you to help me keep her entertained."

"Sure. Wait, am I already doing that?" Twilight nodded. "Oh... Cool!" And she trotted off. Twilight stood there, shaking her head, and mumbling to herself:

"Oh, Pinkie."