Twilight was in Celestia's private library, having been asked to categorise the books in return for being allowed to use them as she please. Her wings were gently folded against her sides, her mane blowing slightly in the breeze coming from the window. Everything was coloured with very warm colours, almost a little bright for normal eyes. If Twilight was not used to it, she might have squinted upon first entering the room. This was not the first time she had come in here, having made it a regular event after Celestia allowed her to be in here.
Reading a passage a few times, she gently placed the book down and stood up, a determined smile on her face. There was a spell in here that said something about youth; however she was unable to fully translate the old runic writing that was common in Celestia's old tomes. Twilight had not been looking for anything specific, but if this spell did what she hoped she might be able to use it to make sure her friends would be able to live as long as she was able. Twilight wasn't counting on it, she even said as much in her notes gently written in a book right next to her. She believed it was better to try and fail, then to never try at all.
"Xuventude de carne, meu vello. Fai-me unha potranca*." Twilight felt the spell take hold, and began pouring magic into it, a magical wind picking up and blowing the pages. Twilight expected it to take a lot out of her, and she was not disappointed, after being left puffing for breath, the spells appetite was sated and a bright flash overtook her. When it vanished, Twilight was unharmed except for one little detail. She was barely centimetres (or inches) tall and her wings were badly underdeveloped. Her eyes were too big for her head and she was only aware of one thing, she was hungry.
"Celestia, we wish to put up a statue in your honour in Manhattan." Celestia gazed down at the pony and sighed, rubbing her temple, she hated statues. Getting sudden inspiration, she had a better idea.
"Instead of one big statue, sell smaller statues and send the revenue to a charity." The colt in front bowed, seeming to be pleased with the solution, and quickly left to edit the papers she would have to sign for it. Luna walked in as he brushed passed, and her amused face elected an eye twitch from Luna.
"Why sister if I didn't know better, I would assume you hated statues." Celestia rolled her eyes, standing up from the throne and walking over. Opening her mouth to reply, they both blinked, wings rising in shock as a very loud cry rang out of Celestia's tower. The two Alicorns glanced to each other, before jumping out the window and flying to the tower to see what problems Twilight had caused this time. The mare in charge of Celestia's documents huffed, and closed the tribunal before heading toward her desk to file the papers.
"Oh come on Tia, this is hilarious." Celestia growled once at her sister, gazing down at the little filly in front of her with a look that spoke her utter annoyance.
"Tell me you at least know how to reverse it" she spoke, wincing as the filly tried to eat her mane, tugging it hard. Luna gently whisked through the book, coming across the spell that would fix the problem. She gently breezed through the page, and lowered the book to look her sister straight in the face.
"Sorry Tia, there is no mention of how to reverse it." Ever so slightly Luna's magic strengthened, and a simple concealing spell covered the page that would solve the problem, making it stick to the page in front, completely concealing it. Celestia gently took the book, flipping through it she sighed before putting it down.
"Well what are we supposed to do then? I can't look after a filly, let alone an Alicorn filly. That's the definition of high maintenance." Luna rolled her eyes, grabbing everything Twilight had used and heading for the porch.
"Just look after her for a while, I'll try to find a solution. It's not that hard looking after a baby Tia." With that Luna flew away, leaving Celestia to look after a very hungry Twilight Princess. Celestia turned her gaze to the filly, and their eyes met. Suddenly the filly began to tear up.
"Oh no" Celestia quickly covered her ears as Twilight made an ear-splitting cry before quieting to see if she got a response.
"What do you want?" Twilight bit down and pulled on Celestia's mane again, and began chewing on it. Celestia realised the filly wanted food as her mane began to rapidly disappear down her throat. She was out the door in seconds, causing the guards to blink in shock as a worried Celestia breezed past with a filly rapidly destroying the flowing mane that she was renowned for.
"Quick, cook" Celestia said, ignoring the shocked gazed of the dozen cooks the castle had at its disposal. Their gazes went to the filly, and mixed reactions from simply blinking to hiding laughter behind a cough could be heard.
"What do fillies eat, make some and hurry she is up to my neck already!" Some of the cooks managed to turn and prepare a small meal for the filly to eat, while other layed on the floor groaning as they tried to contain their amusement at Celestia being taken down by a filly. Even as they cooked, a smile was on their face, and soon enough they brought a bowl over and the princes took it with her magic.
"Here Twilight; how about some real food instead of my hair?" The filly stopped chewing, and glanced to the food. With a gentle pop, she opened her mouth and all the princesses mane flew out of her mouth, covered in spit, to slap on to Celestia's face. Twilight was on Celestia's back, and Celestia hovered the meal right next to her and let the filly eat as she gently pulled her soaking wet mane off her face, trying to hide her look of disgust. As laughter filled the room, she glanced to the guards and cooks watching and felt her face redden.
"Thank you, that will be all" she managed to say, taking her wet mane, rapidly eating filly that was sitting on a white coat, out of the room and towards her bedchambers. Celestia flinched as something wet hit her back, and hesitantly turned to see Twilight was now playing with the food, slapping it on to Celestia's white coat. Celestia lowered her head, gritted her teeth and continued walking. Today was going to be a VERY LONG DAY. Suddenly a smell reached her nose and crinkling it she turned to look back at Twilight. Something began to trickle down her coat, and she widened her eyes and made a beeline for a toilet.
"CURSE YOU LUNA."