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// Chapter 5 
// Story: To be Young Again 
// by Chatterjoy 
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	Celestia groggily woke up. She snapped up and checked her tail, and sighed in relief as she saw Twilight still hugging it. Gently, Celestia extracted the filly from her tail and placed her on one of her fluffy pillows. Twilight began to to stir and made the face she usually did if she was about to cry.

Beginning to panic, Celestia took the empty bottle and gave it to the still sleepy filly, who took it and began to quietly suckle going back to sleep. Heading towards her balcony, she saw her sister lowering the moon. Luna felt her gaze, and waved cheerily at her, and Celestia just glared at her, unamused. Her look did nothing to dampen her sister's mood, though.

Sighing, Celestia raised the sun and watched it as it took its course. "Nice, peaceful, and most of all, quiet!" Celestia murmured to herself contently. Her mood was quickly washed away as Twilight woke up wailing. Her unamused face quickly washed over her. Calling a nearby guard, she asked for baby formula, and asked for the guard to keep a straight face.

Being a mother was hard work. "I would rather be in court than...oh dear," Celestia gritted her teeth. She still had that meeting with the minotaur delegate. Twilight continued to wail and kick till Celestia offered her tail, which occupied the filly for a while.

Gathering parchment and some ink, she began to write a letter to Twilight's friends to let them know of this predicament.

Dear friends of Twilight,

I regret to inform you that there has been an accident at the castle. Everypony is alright but Twilight has had a little problem with age. She has now been turned into an Alicorn filly, and though we are trying our best to find a cure for her, there is a slight possibility that she will not be cured, and go through her life again. Feel free to visit whenever you can. It will do good for Twilight, I'm sure.

Your Princess,

Celestia

Rolling up the letter, she addressed it to Spike and sent it to him. No doubt that they would reply soon enough. Unfortunately, the little peace was interrupted as Twilight no longer found amusement with her tail and began to wail. Celestia flopped her ears down and teleported to the guard who was currently bringing the formula.

He almost dropped it in surprise at the appearance of the princess. "A little faster next time,” Celestia said, trying to sound as polite as possible. “I'm tired, I have to see a boring meeting with a delegate, and Twilight is wailing at the top of her lungs. I am not in the mood for this." She didn't mean to be harsh on the soldier. That's all he was anyway.

As quickly as she appeared, she disappeared, taking the formula with her. Returning to her room, Twilight continued to wail but was instead trying to make out a word. "Cwest cwest brrppgg," Twilight cried. Celestia's heart tightened, but she quickly gave the bottle to Twilight, and Celestia thought she saw the glow of Twilight's magic grab the bottle.

She greedily began to guzzle the contents while watching Celestia. Turning her head around to make sure no one was looking, Celestia folded her legs under her and laid Twilight against her chest, having her upright to drink properly.

A blinding flash overtook her room, and Celestia looked over to see Luna grinning before teleporting away with a camera. Luna was going to get it later, but how. She had a meeting...oh, but she had the most perfect foal sitter in the world, and she was just a tower away.

Twilight was done with her bottle, and was looking curiously at Celestia, who then teleported them to Luna's room. Luna jumped in surprise. "Oh hello sister, lovely weather isn't it? The pegasi are doing wonders on their weather patrol," Luna said trying to hide the photo she had taken just a while ago.

Celestia smiled sweetly, "Oh yes, by the way, such a cute photo isn't it? You can keep it, but you see, I have a meeting with a delegate, and I don't want to leave Twilight by herself, and then I thought...of...you." The end of the sentence sounded malicious and Luna gulped. Twilight enjoyed the faces everypony was making and began to giggle at Luna's expense.

Looking at the foal Luna replied, "I would... love to take her off your hooves for a while sister!" Inwardly she cursed her fate.

Celestia smiled and quickly teleported to her throne room, eagerly waiting for the meeting to be over with.

Luna awkwardly smiled at Twilight, who unfortunately began to cry now that Celestia was gone. "Ohh~ Shh its okay! Tia will be back soon," Luna said trying to calm the crying filly. She began to tap dance on her back hooves, which produced a confused face from Twilight, who stopped crying only for a moment before she started wailing again.

Luna fell backwards and landed hard. Twilight giggled, but started crying again. Luna groaned, "What in the heavens does it take to make a filly stop crying!"

The minotaur came in as asked and Celestia and the delegate began again their discussion on trade routes, and what should be traded and what tariffs should be placed.

Luna resorted to funny faces at Twilight, who at first mimicked her for the first few minutes but still continued to wail.

The minotaur shook his head, "No, your Majesty I believe this is the best tariff for us to use."

Luna tried rocking Twilight like she saw her sister do yesterday, but unlike that time, Twilight continued to cry and wail.

Celestia sighed, "No, I THINK this tariff is better placed here."

Luna was banging her head on a wall and Twilight still kept crying. Luna finally walked towards the filly, and patted her back. She figured since this sometimes calmed her down, the same might happen with Twilight. She was surprised when a burp came from the small body, and her crying immediately stopped. Luna sighed in relief, till a smell hit her nose.

Celestia's thoughts began to wonder in hoping that Luna remembered to burp Twilight.

Luna wrinkled her nose, but took the diapers that a guard had given her after finding out that Luna was tasked with foal sitting Twilight. She attempted to change the filly, but Twilight had found the use of her wings, and though she wasn't off the floor, she was zipping around with her hooves skimming the ground.

Luna attempted to catch her, but Twilight just giggled and zipped away from her. "Twilight Sparkle get back here right now!" Luna growled, but the face she wore just made Twilight giggle furiously.

Celestia began to doze off, but shook her head as she listened to more reasons from the minotaur.

Luna attempted to teleport in front of Twilight, but the filly did a teleportation of her own, and now the stinky filly was zipping down the hallway straight for the throne room. "Oh dear."

Celestia tried to stifle a yawn when a letter magically poofed in front of her. "Excuse me for a moment, this is probably important."

The minotaur nodded, "I needed a break anyway your majesty."

Luna flew after the zipping filly, "Guards capture that filly!" The guards did all they possibly could to stop Twilight, but she would teleport away from them every time. Luna attempted to hold Twilight with her magic, but the filly was zipping and teleporting, and Luna couldn't focus on the foal long enough to catch her.

Dear Princess Celestia,

That is terrible news! We are all glad that everypony is safe, and we all are planning on hopping on the next train to Canterlot, immediately. We'll see you soon.

Signed,

Your loyal subjects

P.S. Rarity says “This is the Worst. Possible. Thing!”

Celestia sighed in relief. She returned to her throne and continued to have her meeting with the minotaur, until a flash of purple came behind the minotaur, and a zipping Twilight came past, followed quickly by a flash of blue, and her sister was giving chase, with a look of determination on her face.

Celestia's eyes widened, and when Twilight giggled the minotaur turned around, but Twilight and Luna had already teleported away. "Hmmm," he said scratching his head. Celestia managed a smile, but thought darkly about sending her sister back to the moon.

Luna tried to catch the little filly, but she was small and amazingly agile, so the filly managed to outmaneuver her. Twilight continued to giggle, but the smell coming from her diaper was getting worse.

Celestia had served tea, and the minotaur, doing dramatic pacing as was usual for his race, had his back turned to her. Twilight and Luna teleported in between the two in a scuffle, but more of Luna trying to keep her grasp on the slippery filly. Celestia nearly spat out her tea, but she teleported the two somewhere else in the castle before the minotaur turned around.

The minotaur looked confused, but Celestia merely smiled with strain, "Please, go on."

Luna finally caught the filly, simply because Twilight was too tired to buzz her little wings. After some kicking from Twilight, Luna managed to change her and dispose of the filthy diaper. Wiping sweat off her brow, she glared at the filly who smiled cutely back at her. "Thou thinkst that this is funny, don't thee..." Twilight simply kicked Luna in the chest, and giggled when Luna let out an “oomph.”

"Then I think we are in an agreement?" Celestia asked, and the minotaur nodded, taking the signed scroll, bowing, and left to return to his country.

Celestia sighed in relief and walked towards Luna's room. It was barely noon, but no doubt Twilight would be getting hungry again. As she walked down the hall, she caught the fading scent of filth and saw knocked over guards trying to retain some of their dignity.

Celestia couldn't help but laugh. Teleporting the camera to her side, she captured pictures of her staff, and when she reached Luna's room she heard giggling and quietly opened the door. "Who's a cute little filly, tis thou! Yes! Thou! Thou art a cute little filly!" Luna made goo goo sounds to Twilight while nuzzling her in her arms. A flash erupted in the room and Luna's eyes went wide.

"Such a cute photo, don't you think, Luna?" Celestia said smiling. Twilight's eyes got big when she saw Celestia walking into the room.

"T-Tia! Tia!," Twilight cried as she made wanting motions, and teleported out of Luna's arms and began to zip her way to Celestia where the princess began to gently nuzzle her like a mother, with a look of surprise as she heard Twilight say her nickname.

Luna giggled and stole the camera to take another photo, but Celestia didn't care. Yes, being a mother was hard work, but it was sure showing its perks.