“What?! With all due respect, your majesty, are your out of your mind?!” Chancellor Neighsay bellowed at the top of his lungs despite the fact that his audience with Princess Celestia was an audience of one.
Princess Celestia seemed to be holding back a grin given the expression on her face and the placement of her hoof in regard to it. “Now Chancellor, you know as I well as I do that actions do have consequences.”
The chancellor frowned, looking down at the ground in shame, disgust and most of all embarrassment. “But I’ve gone on record numerous times since then apologizing for my remarks,” He insisted as he slowly looked back up. “I see now that I was wrong to think and act the way I did. The EEA is already poised to take action against me because of all that. And now you would seek to add fire to the fuel?”
The sun princess blinked slowly, not giving any clear indication of her intentions at all. “I think a little bit of ‘public humiliation’ on your part would do you good. It would prove to all that you accept the consequences of your behavior and that none are above the law,” She then added. “Besides, you’ll still in a way be responsible for shaping the future of Equestria and setting a good example for the children to follow.”
“Do I have really have to do in such a fashion?” Chancellor Neighsay grumbled and even whimpered. “Wouldn’t it be better for me to serve as a role model as I am now? When I had to go through it as an actual foal, having a ‘potty pal’ as it were to demonstrate the process worked much better when I had somepony older than me to emulate. In my case, it was my parents who thankfully imposed upon me strict potty etiquette from a very young age.”
Princess Celestia faintly giggled. “Yet I’m sure you had your fair share of accidents that you sought to keep hidden. Hardly anypony is a master at potty training overnight, especially not the foals in Magic Kindergarten,” And she insisted. “It won’t be for more than a month tops. I’ve already worked out everything and instructed the press to not devote too much time to your sentence.”
Sensing that there was little he could do to avoid the dreaded outcome, the unicorn stallion reluctantly resigned himself to his inevitable humiliation. “Are you sure I couldn’t simply resign my post at the EEA instead and start from the bottom? It would serve the same intended purpose, no?”
“Oh, but you’d be disappointing all the foals who were looking forward to having you in class,” The alicorn with a majestic white coat replied in an almost motherly tone of voice. “Besides, you’re going to have somepony assisting you through all of this. And I imagine she would be quite unhappy to be told you were unable to do it.”
At that Neighsay blinked and flinched as though he’d just seen a ghost. “You can’t possibly mean…”
Celestia gave a knowing wink. “-I was not expecting to receive a request for her services again. But the opportunity to have you be reunited with her was too good to pass up. I know you’ll be in capable hooves with her. After all, she helped raise you once before.”
And as if on cue, there came a sudden gust of wind as the throne room doors burst open in dramatic fashion! From out of nowhere seemed to come an earth pony mare who was nice and plump all around. She had a coat a jolly shade of blue, the most beautiful orange eyes you had ever seen, a lovely mane and tail done in the style of a bun (and in the same orange shade as her eyes) and a cutie mark depicting a red saddlebag practically overflowing with foal supplies.
“‘Ello again, little Neighzay,” The mare cheerfully greeted through her accent. “Zo nice to see you again. You remember me, yeah? Nanny De’Foal?”
Neighsay reluctantly nodded. “Yes, I most certainly do. I remember how… ‘strange’ you were. How you could make anything come to life and how you seemed to come and go at will,” He forced a smile onto his face despite knowing what fate awaited him. “I am… delighted to see you again, old friend.”
Nanny De’Foal just waved a hoof. “Oh, zere is no need to be zhy, vittle one. I know you are not looking forward to being ze ‘potty pal’ for ze foals in Magic Kindergarten. But do not vorry, zat is vhy I am here. We shall zee to it zat you look ze part.”
Princess Celestia flashed a bright smile as she prepared to depart the throne room. “Do take care of him, Nanny De’Foal. Make sure he understands the importance of his assignment and why he is doing it. And try not to make him feel too humiliated or anything. He’s got enough of that already.”
The plump earth pony mare just smiled back. “I zhall do my best. He is in good hooves with me. All ze foals vill be so impressed by his mastery of ze potty.”
“This is going to be the longest month of my entire life, I just know it.” Chancellor Neighsay thought to himself even while knowing he was powerless to prevent what was coming.
Neighsay soon found himself being led away by the hoof by his old nanny, escorted through the castle in such a fashion as a foal being led around by its parent, guardian or designated caretaker. And the destination only further contributed to the feeling, an empty room in the castle that had clearly been a nursery (and one that had seen better days given its state of disrepair).
Once both Neighsay and De’Foal were in the nursery, the door was sealed shut as the nanny dug into her saddlebag that was just like the one depicted on her cutie mark. Soon, she had pulled out everything needed for the process to begin. “Vet us begin by making sure zat you look as old as you are intended to be.” She instructed while holding out a strange looking (and strange colored) rattle.
Chancellor Neighsay soon found his entire body shrinking down rapidly as the rattle was shaken a couple of times. Soon, he looked no older than a two year old foal at best. His robe had shrunk down with him, now looking more like a little costume for Nightmare Night than the dignified wardrobe of the head of the EEA. “So, now I assume comes the part where you...” He gulped and shook a bit. “Diaper me?”
“Oh, but of course, vittle one,” Nanny De’Foal chirped as she brought out a thick, white diaper just the right size for a foal like Neighsay. “Ve wouldn’t vant you making a mess on ze nice clean floors of ze castle, now vould we? Besides, many foals in Magic Kindergarten do not have ze control to justify being bottomless or in pull-ups.” Quick as a flash, she brought her charge over to the changing table (which seemed to undergo a startling transformation alongside the rest of the nursery, now looking more like a proper nursery than a run down and neglected one), and after sprinkling in a bit of foal powder she strapped him up in the diaper.
Neighsay grumbled with impatience as he was slowly helped down from the changing table and clumsily waddled about in his diaper. It was only made worse by its audible crinkling and the fact that it poked out through his little robe despite his best efforts to hide it. “Okay, I’m properly dressed for my first day of Magic Kindergarten and the potty pals program.” He reluctantly replied, his voice high pitched and squeaky.
Nanny De’Foal nodded. “Yes you are, little Neighsay. You are veady to show all ze foals how much fun ze potty can be, and how important it is to use it instead of your diaper.”
“I swear, if I am forced to sit on one of those training potties, I will die of embarrassment!” The regressed chancellor grumbled. “You had better not try to use any of your magical abilities to make me act like an actual foal.”
“Oh, but vere would ze fun be in zat?” The nanny teased as she scooped up her charge and carried him out of the nursery. “If you are having a hard time acting ze part, I may step in to help you out. After all, it took more zhan a little encouragement for you to master ze art of potty training when I last cared for you.”
Neighsay could only blink and roll his eyes in disbelief. “How is it possible you haven’t appeared to have aged a day since that time? I would’ve thought by now you’d as old as Celestia, if not older.”
The plump earth pony mare just grinned. “I have my ways, Neighsay. Zere is no other nanny in Equestria quite like me. Now come on or we vill be late for your first lesson. Ze little ones cannot be kept waiting, you know.”
A short time later, the diapered (and very humiliated and embarrassed) Chancellor Neighsay found himself standing on a hastily erected stage before a crowd of foals that were now older and bigger than him (some by quite a noticeable degree in size).
“‘Ello all you foals in Magic Kindergarten,” Nanny De’Foal greeted, ignorant of Neighsay’s appearance. “You are in for a special treat today. Ze one and only Chancellor Neighsay is here to provide today’s potty pals lesson. Yes, zat is right, ze chancellor zhall be teaching you about ze potty.”
Neighsay puffed out his chest, trying to look important. “Er, yes, that is right!” He declared while attempting to give his voice a sense of confidence and dignity. “Take it from a pony who hasn’t had an accident or needed a diaper once since he was fully potty trained. Mastery of the potty is a truly important step in your young lives. That is why you have all been blessed with my presence, so that you may learn from a pro.” But as he spoke it was hard not to notice the blush on his face.
Many of the foals just murmured or whispered among themselves, paying little attention to the guest in front of them. They really didn’t know much about the chancellor and neither did they care. They were just waiting for the “lesson” to begin.
Fortunately, no one had to wait long. Nanny De’Foal’s eyes seemed to flash, and suddenly there on the stage rested a huge, gleaming white toilet. A modern throne style one at that, complete with a polished tank and a shiny silver handle on its right side. Some of the foals gasped at the size of such a thing, especially in comparison to the relatively miniscule looking chancellor.
“Now now, zere is no need to be frightened,” Nanny De’Foal told all the foals, moving quickly to reassure them and calm them down. “Most of you probably have a potty like zis in your own homes. But it is one zat your mommies and daddies use, and maybe zey let you use it with a special seat zo that you don’t fall in.”
However, Neighsay huffed and snorted. “I have no need for such a seat. I can easily use a throne toilet despite my current state. I simply will require assistance in removing my diaper and getting up on the seat.”
De’Foal seemed to be a bit concerned, and so were many of the other foals as she commented. “Oh, Neighsay, are you sure zat is a good idea? Ve wouldn’t want you to set ze wrong example for the others.”
“I’m doing them a favor. I’m showing them that throne toilets are nothing to be scared of despite their size. They can be mastered with ease once you have enough experience, like I do,” The shrunken down chancellor insisted. “Now please assist me. I shall take care of the rest.”
The earth pony mare obliged despite appearing to smirk a little bit. “Very well, just hold still,” She soon bent down, undoing the tabs on Neighsay’s diaper and letting it fall to his knees with an audible thump. She waited for him to kick the padding off before gently lifting him up and depositing him carefully on the toilet seat. “Do not move around too much.” She cautioned.
Chancellor Neighsay obeyed, taking a deep breath as his body relaxed. Despite the foreign feeling of going potty in front of others, he still managed to tinkle with relative ease as he heard the sound of splashing into the great porcelain bowl. “See?” He crowed, bowing slightly to his audience. “It’s really that simple. I’ll bet many of you could easily do it within your own homes if you asked your parents to assist you.”
Nanny De’Foal, meanwhile, clapped her hooves. “Splendid job, Neighsay. Zat is indeed how you go potty, vhether it be in a throne toilet like zis or a potty more suitable to most of you little ones,” She then produced some toilet paper after helping her charge down. “Now, ve simply vipe up and then put ze used toilet paper in ze potty.”
“And then we flush,” Neighsay continued and turned to the nanny. “Could you let me do the honors?”
Nanny De’Foal obliged, dumping the toilet paper roll into the toilet bowl and then carefully moving the little colt towards the handle to force it down.
A mighty roar soon rang out as it was possible for all watching to see the toilet paper be swept up in a raging whirlpool. A whirlpool that soon retreated down a hole at the bottom of the bowl, taking the toilet paper with it. Soon, the bowl was refilled but the toilet paper was gone.
“And now, all zat remains is to wash our hooves. Zat is vat we must do regardless of if we go number one or number two.” The nanny explained as a sink seemed to appear from out of nowhere.
And Neighsay, for his part, was all but boasting. “All of you just need to do what I did whenever you think you need to go. It’s really that simple. And don’t worry, there is no way you can go down the drain. It simply isn’t possible.”