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// The Make-A-Whoosh Foundation 
// Story: Twilight Transforms a Tiny Alicorn 
// by Mockingbirb 
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AUTHOR'S NOTES

Today my author's notes are in reverse order:

2. Either way, I promise you a mostly happy ending.

1. So, this is either a story about the aftermath of a lab accident, or a story about Twilight Sparkle's efforts to rescue a filly from abusive parents.



"Thank you so much for helping the Make-A-Whoosh Foundation!" Miss Bridlewhinny said.

Twilight bent over the sickbed. "Are you sure there's even a pony in here?"

"Oh, sure! She's just very small, and the blankets are very thick and rumpled. Here, let me show you." Miss Bridlewhinny reached for the foot of the bed and pulled the blankets off.

Twilight looked at the now-exposed bed. "Miss Bridlewhinny?  This bed is empty."

"Ah, yes," Miss Bridlewhinny said. "It's a side effect of her condition." Miss Bridlewhinny reached under the bed and pulled out a short, skinny filly whose torso was wrapped in bandages. "Here she is! She's just very shy."

"Her condition is being shy?"

"She's shy because her earth pony magic is very, very weak. It's so weak that instead of making her strong, it just leaves her weak and scrawny and undersize. And embarrassed about it."

Twilight bent down to talk to the pony patient face-to-face. "Hello, little..."

"Scrawny flanks," the pony said.

"What?" Twilight protested. "That's not a nice thing to call anypony."

Miss Bridlewhinny coughed. "That's her real name: Scrawny Flanks."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Some parents. So anyway, Miss...may I call you S.F.?"

"Sure!" the little pony said. "I don't think I've ever had a real nickname before! Mostly just Hay You, and You Stupid Weakling. Stuff like that."

"I'd rather call you S.F. So, S.F., what can I do for you?"

"I want to make a whoosh...I mean, a wish."

"I'll do the best I can for you. What's your wish?"

"I'm not any good at being an earth pony. So I want you to turn me into a pegasus..."

Twilight murmured, "Huh! If I could do that, your light frame might be an advantage for flying."

"...and a unicorn."

Twilight looked nonplussed. "Say what?"

"A pegasus and a unicorn.  I wanna be a pegasus and a unicorn.  If I'm a pegasus and a unicorn and an earth pony, I might not be good at all of them but I gotta be good at one at least. So turn me into all three of them, all at the same time."

"Little pony...I'm not sure that's possible to do."

The pony wailed, "You promised! You promised! Are you gonna break your promise and make a little filly feel bad on her deathbed? Waaaaah! WAAAAAAAAH!"

Miss Bridlewhinny gave Twilight a dirty look, and whispered, "THIS is why you're supposed to be careful what you say when you talk to sick little fillies."

Twilight blinked. "But I didn't..I don't think...I didn't say..."

Twilight blinked a few more times. "I'm sorry, little S.F. I didn't mean to make you feel bad."

"But you promised! You promised!"

"I promised to do the best I could for you. I never promised that I could do what nopony has ever done before."

The little pony sniffled. "But Princess Twilight, you're so amazing and magical that I know you can do anything!"

"I am flattered that you have so much faith in me, little pony--"

"You just don't want to do it."

Twilight said, "I'll TRY to find a way to help you feel better. I just don't think I can do impossible things like turning you into an alicorn."

The pony sniffled again. "Just promise me that you'll try, Princess Twilight."

"I--"

"Or I'll cry again. Because the Princess didn't even try to help me."

Miss Bridlewhinny put one hoof on Twilight's shoulder and led her out of the room. "I'll get you our little patient's medical records. Maybe you'll find some way to help her. If we're lucky, maybe you'll even find a complete cure for IEPS."

"IEPS?"

"Inadequate Earth Pony Syndrome. It's the official medical name for her ailment. Nopony knows how to cure it."

"Well," Twilight said, "I'll try. But I can't promise anything but to try."

Miss Bridlewhinny patted Twilight on the shoulder. "Thank you, Princess Twilight Sparkle. That's all we can ask."

An assistant led Twilight into another building, and helped her feel better by distracting her with paperwork to fill out. Miss Bridlewhinny went back into the room with the patient, and picked up a list. 

"So," Bridlewhinny said, "Looks like the next item on our agenda is to get you special favors from the Wonderbolts. Maybe season tickets and a behind the scenes tour?"

"Oh yeah!" S.F. said. "I love you, Mommy! You really know how to abuse a position of authority!"

"Yes," Miss Bridlewhinny said, "You should have seen the special treatment I received when I was choosing which city would host the All-Equestrian Spring Games. Ponies were terrified of disappointing me in any way."

"Someday I want to grow up to be just like you, Mommy!"

Miss Bridlewhinny chucked her little daughter under the chin affectionately. "We'll see, dearest. Maybe Twilight Sparkle will find a way to cure your IEPS and help you become the biggest, strongest, toughest pony in all Equestria. And then the Make-A-Whoosh Foundation will steal all the credit for finding the IEPS cure."

"I hope so, Mommy!"

"I hope so too, dear."