Chapter 19: Growin' like a Weed (This chapter is rated T, just to be safe)
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One day at Canterlot High, Miss Cheerilee was teaching her freshmen students.
"Okay, listen up everyone." she announced.
Everyone quieted down, and listened to her.
"Tomorrow we're going to be learning about you, well more specifically, how your bodies are changing."
Everyone groaned in embarrassment.
"Now now, I didn't like learning about it at your age either. But it's part of the curriculum, and we'll be learning about it."
Then the bell rang, and the students left the classroom.
"I can't believe we have to learn about our bodies." said Scootaloo.
"I know, it's gonna be so weird." added Sweetie Belle.
Just then, Diamond Tiara and her best friend Silver Spoon walked by. Diamond Tiara was the daughter of a wealthy business man and store owner, therefore she was the school's rich girl.
"Something wrong, girls?" she sneered.
"It's nothing, Diamond." Apple Bloom told her.
"Well it sounded like you're a little nervous about the health lessons." Silver Spoon remarked.
"We're not. Besides why would we be?" Scootaloo defended.
"It can be a little freaky, when you see what's changing inside you." Diamond Tiara explained.
"And you guys aren't freaked out?" Sweetie Belle wanted to know.
"My mom explained everything to me last week. She even bought me a book." Diamond Tiara explained.
"My mom got me one too." said Silver Spoon.
The girls then walked off, leaving the three.
"What do those guys know?" remarked Apple Bloom.
"Yeah, they don't know everything." agreed Sweetie Belle.
And they walked off to leave.
The next day, Miss Cheerilee split up the boys and girls. She'd stay with the girls, while the boys went to Mr. Cranky Doodle's classroom.
"All right, girls. You're now growing from girls into young ladies." Cheerilee told.
For the first half of the class, Cheerilee talked to the girls about the basic things about puberty, such as getting taller, hair appearing in new places, and breakouts. Then she started talking about changes that specifically happen to girls.
"Around your age, you'll notice that your bodies are starting to change physically. Breasts start to appear, you'll notice your hips will be getting a little wider, and your waistline may be changing too."
The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked down at themselves. They didn't know about that.
"There are also internal changes that happen as well."
Miss Cheerilee then began to talk about periods, and PMS.
When the class was over, some students looked freaked out, others looked stunned, and some looked indifferent.
"Well it's all over now." said Sweetie Belle.
"Yeah, can you believe all that stuff is gonna happen to us?" asked Apple Bloom.
"It is kinda overwhelming to think about." Scootaloo admitted.
"Feeling nervous, Scootaloo?" asked Diamond Tiara, as she walked by.
"No, I'm not." she defended.
Then Diamond Tiara walked off.
"We shouldn't let her bother us guys. Besides all that stuff we learned about is still probably a ways away." Apple Bloom told them.
The girls agreed, and went to their other classes.
At home, while Apple Bloom was getting a snack from the kitchen, Granny Smith squealed. Apple Bloom quickly turned to her grandma.
"Granny Smith, what's wrong?"
"Applejack get in here."
Applejack came rushing into the kitchen.
"What's going on, Granny?" Applejack asked.
"Look at Apple Bloom."
Applejack looked at her sister, and then her eyes grew wide.
"What, what's wrong?" Apple Bloom wanted to know.
"Apple Bloom...you're beginning to bloom." Applejack gushed.
"What?"
"You're growing a bosom." Granny Smith told.
"A what?"
"Your chest." Applejack explained.
Apple Bloom blushed, as she looked down. She hadn't noticed it before, but her body did look a little different.
"Looks like we're gonna have to do some shopping." Granny Smith told Applejack.
"You got that right." Applejack agreed.
Sweetie Belle was in the bathroom, drying off from her shower, and when she putting on her pajamas, she noticed something. Her legs were looking a little...hairy.
"Oh my gosh." she whispered.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"Sweetie Belle, are you done in there? I need to do my hair." called Rarity.
"You can come in." Sweetie Belle told.
Rarity came in, and was confused to see her sister looking freaked out.
"What's wrong?"
"My legs."
Rarity looked at them, and was surprised.
"Well looks like it's finally happened. Don't worry, Sweetie Belle your big sister will help you."
"With what?"
"Getting that hair off your legs."
"Oh boy." Sweetie Belle thought, as she looked at her legs.
At Scootaloo's house, she was working out a little.
"Doing Rainbow Dash's workout, I'll be just as sporty as she is."
As she looked at herself in her mirror, she saw something on her face. There was a small bump on her chin.
"Huh?"
Looking more closely, it looked like just an ordinary bump. It didn't bother her that much, so she ignored it. But the next morning, when Scootaloo was brushing her teeth in the bathroom, she saw the bump was now a red zit!
"Oh my gosh!" she gasped.
At school, the girls met up.
"You should've seen Applejack and Granny Smith last night. It was like they were going to start crying." Apple Bloom told.
"At least your family members were happy. Rarity looked kinda grossed out." Sweetie Belle said.
"You guys don't even want to see what happened to me." Scootaloo replied.
"What did happen? Did you scratch yourself or something?" wondered Apple Bloom, as she looked at the band-aid on Scootaloo's chin.
She took off the band-aid, and showed them the zit. The two looked shocked.
"I guess we're getting these changes faster than we thought." Sweetie Belle said.
"It's no big deal. So we're a little hairier, our bodies are different, and we have acne? It doesn't mean anything." Apple Bloom said.
The girls agreed, and tried to go on with their day.
However it was harder than it looked. Some other students made snide comments about Scootaloo's zit.
"Hey Scootaloo, what's that balloon on your chin?" a student called out.
Other students snickered and giggled. Scootaloo blushed, covered her zit, and quickly hurried away. When Sweetie Belle was changing into her gym shorts in the locker room, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon noticed her hairy legs.
"Gee Sweetie Belle, is your grandpa Bigfoot?" Diamond Tiara teased.
Silver Spoon laughed.
"No. Having hairy legs is a trend." Sweetie Belle tried to defend.
But they didn't buy it, and continued laughing. In Apple Bloom's gym class, one of the stations was jumping rope. As she jumped up and down, she noticed her more "adult" body.
"Whoa." she thought.
When she stopped, she looked up and saw some guys staring at her.
"What ya'll staring at?" she snapped.
Startled, the guys quickly hurried away.
After such a rough day, the girls were happy to go home. However Granny Smith and Applejack didn't take Apple Bloom straight home, they went to the store. They went to the women's section, and found some training bras for her.
It was a little embarrassing for Apple Bloom, because her grandma and older sister wouldn't stop gushing over her. Then when she put it on in the dressing room, it felt kinda weird. She tried to tell her family how she felt, they didn't listen to her because they were too caught up in the moment.
That evening at Sweetie Belle's house, Rarity along with Cookie Crumbles were helping Sweetie Belle with her legs.
"All right, Sweetie Belle it's time for you to do this rite of passage." Cookie Crumbles told her daughter.
"So...what do we do first?" she asked slowly.
"Step one, we dampen our legs." Rarity said.
They did that, and then Cookie Crumbles took out some shaving cream and some razors. After putting the cream on their legs, it was time for the shaving part.
"Now Sweetie Belle, you have to be careful with this part." instructed Cookie Crumbles.
"You slowly pull the razor towards you."
Rarity and Cookie Crumbles demonstrated, and Sweetie Belle tried it too. At first it was fine, but then, she nicked herself.
"Ah!"
"Don't worry, Sweetie. This happens." Rarity comforted, and handed her a piece of tissue paper.
Sweetie Belle took the tissue and groaned.
Scootaloo's mom, Mane Allgood was showing her how to take care of her zit.
"Can't I just pop it, Mom?" she wondered.
"No no. It's best to try and get it to go down on its own." Mane said.
"It's best to put some of this special cream on until it goes away."
Luckily Mane had the exact cream in her medicine cabinet, and Scootaloo put some on her chin.
"How long does it take to work?"
"Oh probably a few days."
"Few days!?"
"Hey, it's part of growing up, Scoots."
Mane left the bathroom, leaving Scootaloo feeling deflated.
At school the next day, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were really discouraged.
"So this is what we're stuck with for the rest of high school." said Apple Bloom.
"Yep." replied Sweetie Belle.
"Which means everything stinks." complained Scootaloo.
And the two agreed.
"Hello, girls." called a voice.
The three looked up, and saw Vice Principal Luna.
"Hello, Vice Principal Luna." the girls replied glumly.
"Something wrong?"
"Just being a teenager." Apple Bloom told her.
Luna looked confused. The girls explained how they had their health class lesson, and how they realized they were changing faster than they thought. Luna immediately understood.
"You know girls, it's natural to be overwhelmed about your bodies. I know Celestia and I were."
The girls were surprised at hearing that.
"Everyone's body changes when they get older. It's only natural, but you know, just because your bodies are changing doesn't mean you're any different. You're still three smart, kind young ladies."
The girls smiled at that, and Luna smiled back at them.
"Now you girls better get to class." And then she walked off.
So the girls decided that even though their bodies were changing, they were still the same Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. Whatever happened to their bodies as they get older, they would stick it out together and be there for each other.
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