Chapter 20: The Tinytrot
At the Boardtrot, everypony is having a fun time while the Mane 8 and Sparky, who Hitch is carrying in a kangaroo bag, are walking by while wearing sunglasses, flower necklaces and summer hats while Sunny fling her mane with a smile.
"Gotta say, I'm loving this style." Twilight said while looking at herself.
"Glad you do. This is how we do sometimes when we're having fun." Sunset added with a smile. "And the Boardtrot never gets old."
"True enough." Misty said in agreement.
"What a day!" Sunny said while looking around. "The sun is shining. The ponycorn is popping." She said as she turned to the Pippsqueaks looking at the ponycorn stand popping ponycorn. "The critters are stampeding." She added, which caused the group to stop.
"Wait, what?" Sunset asked as they turned and saw a herd of critters with sunglasses stampeding towards them.
"Aah! Stamped!" Twilight cried out in complete shock.
"Everypony, dive, dive, dive!" Hitch called out as the rest of the Mane 8 yelped and moved out of the way, but Hitch wasn't lucky as he and Sparky got caught in the stamped before he grab onto the pole, but Hitch felt a tug on his tail as he turned and saw Sparky hanging onto his tail. "Sparky! Hold on, bud!" He cried out.
But Sparky lost his grip as he gave a yell as everything around them went to slow-mo as Hitch screamed with his hooves out to Sparky before he and the critters went into some kind of portal that has Hitch a pacifier sign on the top and shapes that a baby would like.
The Mane 8 huddled around the portal as Zipp read the label. "The Tinytrot? What is this?" She asked as she walked forward and crouched down as she took off her glasses. "Some kind of special Boardtrot area for critters, foals, and fillies?" She questioned in wonder.
"Has this always been here?" Twilight asked in surprise while inspecting the portal. "Because I'm pretty sure we would know."
"No. This is the first we heard of it." Sunset said in surprise. "It must've been made when Boardtrot was created. We didn't even notice it." She added while rubbing her chin. "But those critters were in a rush."
"I bet it's gonna be fun if foals and critters are in there!" Izzy said with a cheerful tone.
"And dragon dads!" Hitch called out with determination as he stepped forward to the portal. "I'm coming, buddy!" He called as he jumped into the portal.
"Hitch!" Sunset called out before she groaned. "When it comes to Sparky, he goes overboard to keep him safe." She muttered.
"I wouldn't blame him, I would've done the same if it was Spike." Twilight said with a shrug, knowing how Hitch is feeling.
"Too true, Sparkle. Too True." Pipp said with a nod.
"We can't let him go alone!" Sunny said in concern for her adoptive son and coltfriend. "Come on!" She called as they all jumped through the portal, but the second they jumped in, they all screamed as they fell into a tunnel with sparkles around them.
"This is making me queasy!" Twilight cried out, having a sense of deja vu of her time traveling through portals.
"You get used to it, Twi!" Sunset called out before they saw the other end of the portal.
But once they exited it, they came out different, they became fillies again while Sunset and Twilight are Alicorn fillies, while Sunset lost her glow now that she's younger, while the mares landed on top of each other, losing their flower necklaces, sunglasses and hats as they gasped in shock at what happened to them as they then started crying.
Hitch, who is now a foal, stepped forward and talked to the girls in baby babbles with a determined expression. He then realizes what he's saying and what happened to the girls as he looked at himself and gasped, realizing he and his friends are foals again as the girls kept crying as he gave a nervous sweat as he placed a hoof on his face and rubbed it down, seeing that this might be an issue while finding Sparky.
Soon, the Foals 8 got their bearings, they walked on only to see a baby version of the Boardtrot while seeing ponies that are either already foals or turned into foals and critters, who had turned into babies as well, having fun around in balloon or soft versions of the rides in Boardtrot while some are playing on balls or inside bubbles floating around.
The Foal 8 looked awed while babbling at how amazing Tinytrot is while Filly Izzy babbled happily while jumping up and down on the bouncy floor they were walking. They saw two baby raccoonicorns holding pacifiers, which created cotton candy so when they put it in their mouths, they were stuffed with cotton candy as they walked past them while Filly Izzy cheered.
The Foal 8 then walked up to a mini version of the ferris wheel where foals and critters are sleeping in as an Earth Pony filly stopped in front of Filly Misty. "Awwww!" Filly Misty said, finding this adorable.
Filly Sunset and Filly Twilight looked up and saw some colorful bubbles floating around as they looked awed with sparkles in their eyes. "Oooohhh." They both said in unison as Filly Twilight pop a bubble, which made her giggle.
As they walked around, Filly Sunny turned and saw Sparky walking up to the gate, unaffected by Tinytrot since he's already a baby as Sunny turned to her friends and pointed to a direction while babbling, which her friends turned to her but couldn't understand her since she's talking baby talk.
Filly Sunset then started babbling to Filly Sunny while gesturing to her throat, clearly saying that they can't talk normally as babies, which makes it hard to understand each other. Filly Sunny got what her sister figure was saying as she then jumped up and did a front flip as she focused hard and brought out her Alicorn form.
"...Spah-kee!" Filly Sunny yelled as she got her words out and pointed to where Sparky was heading as he entered through a gate, which the rest of the Foal 8 started yelling as they chase after him while Filly Sunny lost her alicorn form and fell to the ground, feeling a bit tired, noting that bringing out her Alicorn form as a filly can be a bit hard since she's not strong enough at that age.
Filly Sunset and Filly Twilight rushed towards Filly Sunny and helped her up as they babbled in compliment while Filly Sunset gave her a quick nuzzle, which Filly Sunny giggled in response as they rushed after the others.
A bit later, Skye was in a magical balloon screen. "The Tinytrot Wipeout is about to begin!" He announced while on a ballpoon track over an ocean of purple glitter, the baby critters and foals are watching the screen. "Waddle on over to compete for the adorable grand prize!" He announced as the baby crowds cheered. "Let's check in with my co-anchor, who is in the Tinytrot with the racers." He said while seeing a group of foals at the starting line either doing stretches or bouncing around.
Skye then noticed something that made him frown. "Dazzle? You there, Dazzle?" He asked as he spoke through the mic, trying to get Dazzle on the line.
Below the screen, it was Dazzle with a flag next to her, but she was a pegasus filly like the others as she babbled with baby talk through her speaker. "...Skah." She babbled before she started sucking her mic.
Skye saw Dazzle as a filly as he gave a sheepish look. "Errr…" He cringed before he recomposed himself. "Well, now we know what happens when you send a newspony into the Tinytrot. They get tiny just like everypony else." He said while seeing the foals anxious to get started while Sparky came up at the starting line next to them.
Then the air horn honked as Sparky gave a determined expression just as Filly Dazzle waved her flag, which made Sparky rush ahead with a laugh as the other competitor babies were about to follow, but the Foal 8 jumped over them. "And they're off!" Skye called out.
The foal competitors looked at each other in surprise before they shrugged and rushed off as the baby crowd then started cheering for them. Sparky laughed as he ran as Foal Hitch jumped forward to try and grab him, but missed as Sparky then slid down on his belly. "Yaaaay!" He cheered as he slid down.
Foal Hitch watches Sparky go. "Spah!" He cried out in concern before he turned and saw his friends coming towards him with the other competitors while having fun as they laughed and cheered. The girls then started knocking the competitors off the tracks in excitement as they fell into the glitter river as they bounced around.
"Aga! Fun!" Filly Twilight called in excitement before they caught up to Foal Hitch, who ran to catch Sparky as the Foal 8 followed.
As they kept bouncing, a cannon then suddenly activated and turned towards them and fired out some plushies, which they barely dodged. "Uh-oh! It's trial-by-teddy time!" Skye announced with a smile.
Sparky dodged the plushies while Foal Hitch started yelling and dodged them while keeping up with Sparky. Filly Zipp dodged them with her flips and flying skills as she gave a laugh. Fillies Pipp, Sunset, Twilight, and Sunny kept bouncing, but they then gasped and screamed when they saw a giant teddy bear heading towards them.
Filly Pipp was then caught by the giant teddy bear and was flung back, but she was caught in magic as she turned and saw Filly Izzy using her on her and the bear before the two fillies eyes' widened when they saw more plushies heading towards them.
Filly Izzy then used her magic to catch them all and wrapped them around Filly Pipp and the bear. Sparky laughed while Hitch and five mares followed after him before they turned and saw Filly Izzy trying to balance the plushies and Filly Pipp. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" She called while getting her balance with giggles before she then tossed Filly Pipp and the plushies into the glitter river as Filly Pipp just smiled while still on the giant teddy. "Ta-daaaaah!" Filly Izzy cheered while laying on her back.
"And that, ponies, is why you should always share your toys." Skye said from the screen before he gave a laugh while the Foal Hitch and the others saw Sparky jumping on some bouncing balls with flips. "Awww. Adorable, bouncing babies." He added as the remaining Foal 8 laughed as they bounced on the balls and made it to the otherside.
Filly Misty is the last one as she looks at the bouncy balls nervously before she then jumps on one with her eyes closed. She landed perfectly on the ball as she gave a laugh, but the ball started tilting as she then started running as the ball spins. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Aah!" She called out as she fell off the ball and splash into the purple glitter water.
At the next course of the race, Sparky laughed as he crossed the bridge monkeybar style while the remaining Foals 8 followed on top, but the planks started wobbling. "Ooh! Don't slip, ponies!" SKye called out.
Filly Zipp lost her balance as she then screamed and started falling to the glitter river, but she stopped with her wings as she gave a smile as she flew up with a flip. "Whoo!" She cheered as she let herself fall into the glitter with a splash as she gave a small laugh.
Sparky kept laughing before Foal Hitch tackled him as they rolled across the floor as Hitch babbled excitedly and in relief as Filly Sunny came up next to her coltfriend while Fillies Sunset and Twilight came up from behind them with smiles.
"Da-da! Ma-ma!" Sparky cheered at seeing his foal turned adoptive parents in front of him while the others smiled.
Skye sniffed as he wiped his tears. "Oh, what a touching reunion of baby dragon and dragon dad and mom." He commented as Sparky, Foal Hitch and Filly Sunny got into a group hug while the others smiled with sparkles in their eyes. "And just in time for the giant boulder." He added with a smile.
"Gi-waa?" Filly Sunset asked as she and the others turned and saw a giant ball boulder with a face looking at them as they gasped as it started rolling down towards them.
"RRRRUUUUNNNN!" Filly Twilight screamed as the five ran to get away from it, but they stopped as they saw a gap between them and the other side as the ball came close to them.
Filly Sunny gave a determined expression as she stepped forward and babbled to Fillies Sunset and Twilight to join her as they nodded and stepped forward with similar expressions as they faced the boulder as Filly Sunny spoke in baby talk. "I am a dragon mom and all three pony kinds wrapped up into one." She declared as she brought out her Alicorn form and her Cutie Mark glowed. "My Cutie Mark comes to life with hope bright at the sun!" She finished in baby babble.
"And I may be all three pony kinds wrapped in one, but I'm also a Guardian of Harmony that is a symbol of the sun and understands the pain of another." Filly Sunset babbled in baby talk as she flew up as her Cutie Mark glowed. "As my cutie mark comes to life, my empathy helps me become better!"
"I was once the Ruler of Equestria and Princess of Friendship who helped bring harmony to all the lands." Filly Twilight babbled next as she flew up next to Filly Sunset as her Cutie Mark then glowed. "As my Cutie Mark comes to life, my magic brings forth rainbow light!" She finished as she glowed bright.
The three filly alicorns then used their magic to levitate Foal Hitch and Sparky to the otherside before the boulder hit them as Foal Hitch and Sparky made it to the otherside as they watched the three filly alicorns riding the boulder in the air. "Wheee-hee-hee!" They cheered before they splashed into the glitter river and resurfaced as they laughed at each other.
Then the confetti cannon went off at the finish line as Foal Hitch and Sparky jumped on a spot with their friends around then covered in glitter. "Congratulations, team!" Skye called out. "You've won the Tinytrot golden pacifier!" He called as they turned to Filly Dazzle, who is sucking on the golden pacifier while Skye gave a nervous look from this. "You just need to pry it away from my pocket-sized co-anchor." He said with a nervous chuckle while Filly Dazzle enjoyed the golden pacifier.
Sparky went up to Filly Dazzle as he took the golden pacifier from her and went back to the others as Filly Dazzle the started crying Baby Dazzle from her pacifier being taken as Sparky went up to his foal turned dragon dad as they hopped around while the rest of the Foals 8 cheered for them.
Foal Hitch rubbed Sparky's face, which caused the baby dragon to smile with sparkles in his eyes as he hugged Foal Hitch, which he returned the gesture as the girls smiled at them.
A bit later, the Mane 8, san Hitch and Sparky, exit Tinytrot as they returned to their normal age, but still covered in glitter while Izzy had sparkles in her eyes from that experience while Pipp groaned as she flew around and looked at the glitter on her.
"Ugh, this stuff is never gonna come off!" Pipp complained before she then gasped with a smile and sparkles in her eyes. "That sparkle, though!" She said as she did a loop.
"Never thought I would have a second chance to be a filly the second time." Twilight said with a smile, while the others turned to her in surprise. "It's a long story of a side effect of a remedy I took during my sickness. But that's for another time." She explained.
"Wow, I forgot what it felt like to be a filly again." Sunset said with a nostalgic smile. "The energy, the fun, the excitement, felt like I had that only yesterday."
"Well, many generations to be more precise." Pipp said with a smirk. "Afterall, you are from ancient Equestria with Twilight, Sunset."
Sunset took a double take as she gave Pipp a one eye look. "Are you calling me old, Pipp?" She questioned as the others snickered at her expression.
"Well, you are older than anypony here in this era of Equestria, Sunset." Twilight said with a smirk, which caused the mares to laugh at the joke.
Sunset turned to Twilight before she gave a smirk. "Everypony except for you, Grandma." She joked as she gave Twilight a quick flick to the head, which made her flinch as Sunset laughed as well as the mares laughed harder before Twilight joined in as well.
"Heheh, it's true. You two are relics." Misty joked through her laugh.
"Okay, point taken." Twilight said with a small laugh.
Izzy recomposed herself before she turned to her friends with a smile. "Can we go back to Tinytrot tomorrow?" She asked as she grabbed Sunny with sparkles in her eyes. "And the next day? Oh! And the next day?!" She asked excitedly as she then grabbed Misty's cheeks and squished them while Pipp flinched a bit. "What do you say, Hitch?" She asked, only to realize that Hitch or Sparky aren't with them as they look around.
"Hitch?" Sunny asked, not seeing her coltfriend or adoptive son anywhere.
"Now where did they go?" Twilight asked as they looked around before they turned to the Tinytrot portal.
"I think I know where they are." Sunset said as they looked closer to the portal as they saw Foal Hitch and Sparky sleeping together on the Tinytrot's ferris wheel while Sparky had the golden pacifier he's using.
"Awwww!" The mares all said with smiles, finding the two adorable together as they watched Foal Hitch and Sparky sleep while Sparky snored a bit, having had a great time together in the Tinytrot.
End of Chapter 20.