Chapter 21
Micro Size Me

Solana is now seven and a half years old. She is taller than her friends Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo even though they are still five years older than Solana. However, she is still considered a child. Much to her dislike. Solana can fly now, but only for a few seconds before her small wings get tired. Solana very much wants to get older so she can fly together with her father and mother. The last thing Solana wants is to get smaller. Especially so small that no one could see her with the naked eye. That sadly was about to happen. It all began one afternoon in Ponyville. At Golden Oak Library, Flareon was sitting at his desk in the bedroom and staring at an orange. Prince Flareon was busy at work trying to perfect a new spell he wanted to learn. It was called Super Shrink and it was a spell that could shrink an object to the size of an ant. The problem was it was a very difficult spell to master because it required a lot of concentration. So much so that Flareon could not be interrupted. "Almost...got...it," Flareon said as he slowly began to activate the magic in his horn. Just as he was about to use the Super Shrink spell on the orange, Solana suddenly ran into the room.

"Hey dad!" Solana exclaimed happily, "Want to go outside and play with me?" As a result of her outburst, Flareon immediately lost concentration and misfired the Super Shrink spell.

"Take cover!" Flareon yelled as he quickly ducked under the table. The spell was then seen rebounding madly around the room. Before Solana knew what was happening, the spell hit her directly in the face. When she opened her eyes, Solana was shocked to find everything in the room had grown to gigantic size. However, it wasn't the world around her that got bigger. Solana had got smaller. The size of an ant more specifically. Solana was absolutely baffled.

"Oh no! I'm small!" Solana exclaimed. She then looked over to Flareon, who had just came out from under the table and started to call our for him. "Dad! Help! Dad!" Unfortunately, due to her incredibly small size, Flareon was unable to hear a word Solana was saying. Amongst the recent chaos, Chibiterasu walked into the room and obliviously stepped near Solana. Luckily for her, she wasn't crushed to due Chibiterasu's heavy thumping steps. Instead, Solana flew into the air and got caught in the fur above his paws. After seeing Flareon was in no mood to play with him, Chibiterasu along with a tangled Solana, walked out of the room and left the house. Once Flareon noticed the Super Shrink spell didn't hit the orange, he looked around the room, trying to figure out what it had accidently affected. When Flareon realized Solana was missing, he started to panic.

"No! Oh god no! Solana!" Flareon burst out, "What have I done?!" While he was hovering slightly above the ground cautiously searching the floor for any hint of his daughter, Princess Twilight and Spike walked into the room. Before either of them had a chance to move another step, Flareon quickly used his magic to levitate Twilight and Spike over to the bed and set them down.

"Hey Flareon. What's going on?" Twilight asked confused, "Why are you searching the floor like that?" In response, Flareon took a big worried gulp. He really didn't want to admit to Twilight what happened to Solana, but Flareon knew he had to tell her the truth.

"Ok...um...Twilight? Please don't panic," Flareon replied in a nervous tone, "I have may accidently...by mistake...shrunk our daughter to microscopic size and can't find her." As expected, she was beyond devastated. Not to mention furious and there is nothing more scary than an angry mother.

"You what?!" Twilight yelled angrily. Her voice was so loud that the entire house flew high into the air as a result. It eventually landed back down two seconds later, but not before she flew over to him and started wringing his neck. It took every amount of Spike's efforts to help get Twilight to let go off Flareon. After Twilight calmed down, they started a careful search for Solana. Sadly for them, she was nowhere inside the house at the moment. Meanwhile in town, Chibiterasu was taking a leisurely walk by himself, oblivious to the fact he was carrying a very small passenger with him.

"Chibi! Stop!" Solana pleaded, "Can we please return home so dad can change me back?" She might have spoken to deaf ears because Chibiterasu couldn't hear her voice. Just then, Chibiterasu rushed over to an open window where an amazing smelling aroma was emitting from. The sudden gush of window was powerful enough to free Solana from Chibiterasu's fur. However, she was unable to control her flight path and fell into something goofy. It turns out Solana fell into a pan of cake. She was inside the kitchen of Sugarcube Corner. Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake were currently baking an assortment of treats. At that moment, Pound Cake spotted Chibiterasu.

"Hold on sis," Pound Cake said as he walked over to the window with a small dog-sized pie, "Chibi wants one our of special pies. I'm telling you, we need to start selling these things! I bet Wiona would love it too!" After Pound Cake gave him the pie, Chibiterasu gave them a thank you bark and he took off with the pie in his mouth.

"Ok...these are done," Pumpkin Cake said as she took out a tray of cookies from the oven and placed them on a nearby counter, "Bro...put that cake inside the other oven now."

"Yeah, yeah...I know," Pound Cake replied as he moved over to the pan of cake batter Solana was trapped in.

"Pound Cake! Help me!" Solana yelled desperately. Unfortunately, like Chibiterasu, Pound Cake was unable to hear her pleas for help. Solana was just to small for anyone to see or hear her. When he began to put the cake inside the oven, Solana began to get scared. "No! Don't put me in there!" After Pound Cake put the pan inside the oven, he turned it on. It wasn't long before the oven's temperature began to steadily rise. Solana was then shown wiping off the sweat on her forehead as she was literally being baked alive. Solana tried to escape, but the batter was so gooey she had better chance at flying around the world in a single day. When hope seemed lost, Mrs. Cake walked into the kitchen.

"Sorry kids," Mrs. Cake muttered, "It turns out they cancelled on the cake and want donuts instead. So you can take that cake out of the oven and save that batter for another time. In response, Pound Cake turned off the oven and took the pan out. He then set it on a table. Solana couldn't be more relieved to have not become a pony cake. Adding to more good news, because the cake batter had now cooled off, it become hardened enough that Solana was able to break free. She quickly headed for the window and was about to think up her next plan of action, when suddenly, Pumpkin Cake let out a big sneeze. As a result, Solana was blown out the window. When she opened her eyes again, Solana found herself trapped in what seemed like purple strands of hair.

"Where am I now?" Solana asked as she struggled to escape the tangled mess of hairs. It turns out Solana had flown directly into Rarity's mane. Solana tried to call out to Rarity for help, but sadly for her, Rarity didn't notice her presence. Shortly after, Rarity entered her home Carousel Boutique and walked over to her most prized possession. The sowing machine.

"Time to get started on those dresses I promised Photo Finish," Rarity said as she used to magic to obtain some fabric. As Rarity activated her sowing machine, her sudden movements caused Solana to fall out of Rarity's mane and onto the fabric she was sowing. Solana now found herself facing another danger. This time it was trying to avoid becoming part of a dress. Meanwhile, back at Golden Oak Library, Flareon, Twilight, and Spike had just finished searching every square inch of the house with magnifying goggles. No sign of Solana anywhere. Flareon had to reassure Twilight who broke down in tears.

"What if something bad happened to her Flareon," Twilight muttered as Flareon rested his hoof on her shoulder.

"I'm sure she is fine," Flareon replied, "We just need to find her."

"We looked everywhere though," Spike said.

"It's possible she may have gotten outside somehow," Flareon replied, "If that's the case we need Chibi." He then went over to the bedroom window and stuck his head out. "Hey Chibi! Come home boy! We need you!" No sooner than later, Chibiterasu came running into the room. Flareon was seen lifting something up to Chibi's nose. "This is a necklace Solana wore yesterday. Once you remember her scent from this, it should be easy for you to find Solana even though she's really small. Good luck Chibi. Please bring her back ok?" After Chibiterasu gave Flareon a count-on-me bark, he rushed downstairs and out of the house in search of Solana. Chibiterasu then followed her scent to Sugarcube Corner and went into the kitchen, but before Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake could ask what he was looking for, Chibiterasu followed Solana's scent back outside. A few seconds later, he arrived at Carousel Boutique where Chibiterasu saw Rarity on her sowing machine. He immediately ran over to Rarity and began sniffing the sowing machine.

"Chibi! What are you doing?!" Rarity exclaimed as she turned off her machine, "I don't have time to play with you. I'm very busy."

"Chibi! It's me!" Solana shouted. Amazingly, Chibiterasu looked down at her and let out a quiet bark to let Solana know he was here to save her. Chibiterasu then put his nose down on Rarity's dress so Solana could jump on it. Careful not to let Solana fall off, Chibiterasu slowly walked back home to Golden Oak Library. When he returned, Flareon, Twilight, and Spike crowded around him. After closer inspection, they saw Solana standing on Chibiterasu's nose.

"Thank god she's ok!" Twilight said happily.

"Good job boy!" Flareon exclaimed with a smile as he patted Chibiterasu on his head, "Now all we have to do is change Solana back to normal."

"Leave that to me Flareon!" Twilight replied confidently, but then she stared at him seriously, "I think you've used enough magic for today." Seeing as how Flareon didn't want to argue her since he was in fact the one who shrunk Solana in the first place, Flareon walked back a few steps to give Twilight some breathing room. After activating her magic, Twilight shot a beam towards Chibiterasu, and a second later, Solana was shown standing before them. In a blink of an eye, Twilight embraced Solana in a tight hug.

"Mom...I'm ok," Solana said in a reassuring voice, "You can let go now."

"I'm just glad you're not hurt," Twilight replied. She then turned her head to the left and gave Flareon one of those never-do-that-again stares. In the end, Solana experienced one of the most dangerous and craziest days of her life. The best part was that she came out of it ok. As for Flareon, he was banned by Twilight from ever using a spell with the word 'shrink' in it. Flareon made sure to listen to her as he knew a month of sleeping on the couch was in store for him.