//------------------------------// // A Mother and Her Baby // Story: Always Calm is Flutter's Mom // by Night--Mist //------------------------------// As Celestia's morning sun shed light into the peaceful cottage, Kind Heart lifted her head as she awoke. She didn't know why but she felt different. Then she noticed that her daughter was not laying next to her, but something was cuddled by her under the covers. She thought it must be Angel Bunny or one of the other little critters in the house. She stretched herself out and was about to move of the bed until she heard a small little whimper under the covers. That whimper was all too familiar to her but she hadn't heard it since... She lifted the covers to reveal the cutest scene she could ever imagine. Her daughter Fluttershy was sleeping next to her, and she was a cute tiny little foal. At first she thought she was dreaming, but after realizing she had the feeling of being tired, and her eyes were sore as the sun peaked into her line of sight, she knew she was awake. 'how is it that my little girl is my little baby girl again,' Kind Heart thought to herself. As she looked up she looked in a mirror that was sitting across from her and Fluttershy and she saw another sight that amazed her. She was at least twenty years younger, having been a forty three year old mare before hoof, but, unless you were her or her daughter, you could hardly tell, since her family was known for keeping their youth and so many ponies always asked what the secret was. But she knew for a fact she was now younger, not just in looks, but in the way she felt as well. She could honestly say she felt at least twenty years younger. Looking at her daughter, Fluttershy couldn't be any older then two or three months, meaning she wasn't even old enough to eat baby food. Kind Heart was in a state of worry as her daughter slept. She had wanted her baby girl back, but now that she did, she needed a way to provide for her. She had more than enough money to hold them over for a lifetime or two, but it was feeding her daughter she was worrying about. Not only did she think that formula was not a good thing for daughter, she knew, since when she was a baby foal before, Fluttershy could not hold down formula. She needed mother's milk, but Kind Heart wasn't producing any. At least she thought not until she inspected her breast between her rear legs and saw that they had grown a bit, leading her to assume that she was producing milk. She then felt movement from her side and saw that Fluttershy started to stir as she began to wake up. Kind Heart watched as her baby Fluttershy yawned as she opened her cute little eyes. Fluttershy looked up at her mom and was surprised to see her now twice as big as she was, yet she didn't feel afraid, for Kind Heart gave her a maternal smile that always made Fluttershy feel safe. "Mama, what appen?" Fluttershy asked. She was surprised that her speech was now imparred and covered her mouth. Kind Heart only smiled and replied, "This is gonna sound hard to believe sweetie, but you and I have somehow gotten younger, at least twenty years younger. You're my tiny angel again." Kind Heart nuzzled her lovingly. Fluttershy panicked, "I... I a fouw again. Bu, what bout my animaw fwiends? What bout my fwiend fweinds? What bout?..." "Shhh, shh, don't worry honey, we'll figure this out. Maybe one of your freinds can help us figure out how to reverse it, even though I would like to keep my youth, but don't worry. Now, can you think of anything that may have been the cause of this?" Kind Heart asked. Fluttershy shook her head. Kind Heart sighed and pondered for a while, then a thought struck her. "Fluttershy, do you remember that cider you brought home yesterday?" Kind Heart asked her daughter. Fluttershy nodded. "Do you remember what the tree that you took the apples from looked like?" She asked further. "Um, I wemembew da twee wooked white in cowew (color), and de appwes wooked bwue. I tink it was anoder type of wiwd appwes," Fluttershy said. Kind Heart now knew what happened. "Fluttershy, you found 'The Apple Tree of Youth'. That tree was given to the apple family by the princesses long ago, but it was thought to be pure myth, just a story told by the Apple family to entertain children. Some of the Apple members, like Apple Dumpling and Apple Cider claimed to have eaten it's fruit to stay alive to talk about it, but many ponies thought they were joking. Huh, I guess they weren't. Now we're both young again," Kind Heart said. "Are you suwe de Appwe famwy wont be mad Mama?" Fluttershy asked. "Of course not my little angel, it was an honest mistake. The only bad news is, I think the only cure for this is time sweetie. The effects have already stopped, at least the physical ones, so we'll start aging forward again at a proper pace. I don't even think magic can reverse this one dear," Kind Heart said. Fluttershy's ears went back as she started to tear up. "Ssh, it's okay honey. Look at it this way. You get to spend more time with me and I get my baby girl back," Kind Heart said. Kind Heart always had a way with words to make her daughter feel better and Fluttershy nuzzled her, accepting this new reality. Then she felt and heard a rumble in her tummy. "Oh, looks like my baby girl is hungry. But first we need to get you some diapers. We don't want you to have an accident now do we," Kind Heart said as she tickled her daughter. Fluttershy giggled before she said, "Der's some in my cubbowd ovew der. I kept dem when I watch Cake Twins." "Then wait here sweetie," Kind Heart said. Kind Heart soon grabbed the diapers and other supplies that were there and diapered her daughter. "Looks like Mama hasn't lost her touch. Now, how about some nice warm milk honey?" Kind Heart asked in a motherly tone. "Um, whewe?" Fluttershy asked confused. Kind Heart lifted her leg to reveal her breasts and Fluttershy gasped, "Awe, awe you suwe mama?" "I fed you like this before honey, and I would be more than happy to do it again sweetie," Kind Heart said. "Oh, okay mama," Fluttershy said crawling to her breasts. Right before she started to feed, Kind Heart cleared her throat at Angel Bunny and Honey Badger, who were watching the scene the whole time and found the scene too cute, to give them the signal that they needed to leave for this, as she covered her daughter with her wing to give her even more privacy. The animals, who had freaked out before of the sudden transformation while the two were in a coma like state earlier, left and Fluttershy started nursing getting the warm nourishing milk she needed for the next few months. As she nursed, Kind Heart thought about who of Fluttershy's friends to talk to first since they needed to know about this. She figured Twilight would be best choice, for there might be the small chance that she had a way to reverse the effects, even though it seemed highly unlikely. Next would be Applejack and her family so they could be told their stories were proven true. After that it would be which ever one of her daughters friends would be closest to reach to let them know the news. But right now, she and her daughter just needed each other's company as Fluttershy nursed and made cute little whimpers of joy as she enjoyed her meal only a mother could provide.