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Candy Dandy woke up one day to find herself much too large for her bed. Upon standing, she realized that overnight, she seemed to have grown into a full grown adult! She seized the opportunity of her increased size to get her own cereal from the shelf, and pour her own cereal. Her siblings were all much smaller than her now, and she took just a moment to lord it over them. Then she went outside to see what her new adult life would be like.

She found out quickly that being an adult literally meant nothing at the moment. While she knew what her special talent was, and could reach things better, her day to day had yet to change at all.

That was her first day as a grown up. Now it was a week later, and she had found that slowly but surely, her life was changing to fit her new status.

So she found herself sitting on a bench just outside of the cafe, eating a muffin and phony-watching.

Candy finished her muffin with a crunch and a smacking sound as she pressed her lips together. Now THAT was a way to spend a day! She wiped her mouth with a hoof, and noticed somephony staring at her.

Not just somephony, but Cootie Conoodle! The little filly with the cat in the tree! Candy remembered their last encounter which ended in them becoming friends. How fun! She had hoped that they would meet again, but with nothing other than her name, CD had not been able to find her.

Candy waved at the red haired filly, shouting "Hi there Cootie!"

She felt a little self conscious when C.C noticed her change in age. She blushed a little, and said "I know! I guess I grew up!" The phony motioned for C.C. to come over so they wouldn't have to shout at each other across the road.

she said, waving at the cafe waiter for two more muffins on her tab. "Once I got my cutie mark, I just kindof...grew." She laughed merrily, happy to see one of her friends again.

"So what's new kangaroo?" her giggle sounded like a waterfall as it fell out of her mouth. She had just learned that one from another phony yesterday.

"Well, now I can go into these places called 'bars'" she said, sighing with delight as two more muffins were brought out for her and her companion. "They are alright, though the drinks taste awful and I'm no good at pool." This was in fact because she was horribly uncoordinated normally, adding a two foot long pole certainly didn't help.

"I guess being a grown up means I could get married if I wanted to also." she said thoughtfully, peeling the muffin top from the bottom. The muffin top was always the best part.

A dance club? Now that sounded fun! But did she need to be a member of the club to get in? Was there going to be an initiation? Candy nibbled on her muffin top, pondering C.C's suggestion.

"How about when you grow up, we will go to a dance club together?" she suggested, apprehensive about going without a familiar face nearby.

Her cheeks reddened, and she mumbled "Honestly, I've never even thought about someone that I might marry someday." She had spent the last week marveling at how being an adult was so different from being a filly, and the thought hadn't crossed her mind. Perhaps it was because she was one of the only foals that she knew that had grown up.

"There was a pegasus that I talked to once, he was really nice." she said carefully, swallowing her bite before continuing. "But I kindof made fun of his dad on accident, so I don't think he likes me very much."

Candy shrugged, finishing the top half of her muffin off with a single bite. She held her silence until after her mouth was empty, and said "Well if it is meant to be, it will happen I guess. I mean, I just grew up!" She laughed, then thought some more.

"I can stay out after dark now if I want to. And eat sweets whenever I want. I think that's my favorite thing about being grown up.:" She sensed that C.C was a little jealous earlier in the conversation, and felt bad. While she had gotten her cutie mark and promptly grown, C.C had obtained hers ages ago, and was still a filly. Candy suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if talking about herself was going to make her friend sad.

"Sooooo any luck with teaching Cuddles tricks?"

"Well it sounds like you are well on your way to training him!" she said, munching away at the last bit of muffin. The waiter came with the bill, and Candy gave him some money to cover the cost without a word. That was one bummer about being a grown up; more often than not, you had to pay for yourself.

"Anything else fun happen since we saw each other, what, forever ago?" She asked with amusement, hoping C.C would realize that she was joking in her accusatory tone.