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// Chapter 3:  Spike and Yosh Meet Tacki 
// Story: Celestia's Chosen 
// by Yosh-E-O 
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	Spike yawned as he felt himself waking from his nap.
“SPIKE!” exclaimed Yosh as he turned about to face his dragon pal.
“AAH!” screamed Spike as he quickly rose to his feet and ran for the pillow pile on the other side of the room.

Yosh giggled as he toddled towards his friend.
“Are you okay?” he asked with a giggle.
Spike poked his head out from the pillows and replied, “I told you to stop doing that!”
“Well,” Yosh said with a smile. “I woke up and you weren’t awake and I didn’t want to get up without you so I decided to sit and patiently wait for you to get up and-“

Seeing a loose pacifier nearby, Spike quickly picked it up and stuck it in Yosh’s mouth before he continued to talk for what would’ve certainly been the next five minutes.
“Did you at least go and use the potty” asked Spike. “Please tell me you didn’t have ANOTHER accident just because you wanted to watch me sleep?”

Yosh removed the pacifier and patted at his diaper as he replied, “I didn’t have to go.”
“Didn’t have to go?” asked Spike. “You always have to go after taking a nap.”
“Well,” Yosh said with pride. “This time I didn’t.”

“Well,” remarked Spike. “I do and I am most certainly not going to have an accident!”
“Ooh!” awed Yosh. “I’ll come with you.”
Spike stopped and put his hand in front of Yosh’s face.
“I thought you said you didn’t have to go?” he asked.
“Well…” Yosh muttered as he fidgeted his fingers. “Maybe a little.”
“Well,” said Spike. “Do you remember what Princess Celestia told us about using the potty?”

“Yeah….” Shrugged Yosh as he began to dance in place and wobble. “Privacy is the policy when using the potty.”
“Good,” replied Spike as he dashed for the little dragon’s room, shut the door, and locked it.

Yosh hopped and skipped about as he chanted, “I can do this. I can do this.” Until he felt a surge of warmth flood into the front of his diaper. The fact he felt the garment growing heavier around his waist was a certain sign that he had indeed had another accident and there was no way around it.
The little, dragon-duck blushed as he realized how he truly wasn’t as much in control of his bladder as he thought. However, another familiar sensation began to push at his stomach and he shrugged and sighed.
“Might as well,” he said as he went to hide behind the pile of pillows to finish the business his body had already started. He then grew red in the face and started to grunt and push.

“Yosh! Spike!” cried a familiar voice as Yosh began to go about unloading himself..
“Uh-oh…” Yosh gulped as he poked his head out enough to see Princess Celestia entering into the room he shared with Spike.
SHING!
“Eep!” cried Yosh as he was magically pulled from behind the pillow pile and brought face-to-face before the princess.

“Oh, Yosh,” sighed Princess Celestia as she realized what Yosh had done and was in the process of doing. “I thought we talked about this.”
The sound of a flushing toilet was then heard, followed by water running, a towel being used, and Spike leaving the little dragon’s room.

Yosh looked very sad as Spike came out in a very clean diaper and bowed before the princess.
“Nice work, Spike,” commented Princess Celestia as she undiapered the purple and green dragon with her magic and deposited the unused diaper into the diaper pale. “You’ve proven yourself and, from this day forth, you will no longer be required to wear diapers.”

“Woo-hoo!” cheered Spike as he hopped and skipped about the room. “Twilight is going to be so excited to see how far I’ve come along since her last visit!”
Yosh looked towards Spike with a frown as he mustered his best, “Congratulations, Spike.”

Spike noticed that Yosh had indeed had an accident and was in progress of another.
“Oh, Yosh!” he cried as he slapped his hand against his face. “Not again.”
Princess Celestia sighed as she put Yosh down and said, “Finish up and I’ll change you, Yosh. However, I can’t say that I am very pleased with you right now.”

“I’m sorry,” pouted Yosh as he hid back behind the pillow pile and finished filling his diaper. He then emerged with tear filled eyes from knowing how disappointed Princess Celestia was with him.

Princess Celestia used her magic to lift Yosh up onto the changing table in preparation to clean the dragon duck.
“Spike,” she said. “While I take care of Yosh, could you please head for the royal gardens? Twilight Sparkle is waiting for you.”
“You got it!” he proudly exclaimed before dashing out of the room.

After being clean, changed, and powdered, Yosh followed Princess Celestia out to the royal gardens where he saw Spike bragging up a storm to Twilight Sparkle as his companion, Dawnbreak Horizon, looked slightly concerned. However, there was a third pony and a third dragon standing in preparation for the big, talent show that was to ensue.
“Greetings!” cried the grey-haired, red dragon as he dashed towards Yosh and saluted, “Private Tacki of the Royal Canterlot Guard at your service!”

Yosh couldn’t help but hear the sound of a crinkly diaper rustling beneath all the fancy clothes this new and very energetic, baby dragon was wearing.
“I’m Yosh,” he greeted while attempting to salute like Tacki. “I’m of, uh, the Dawnbreak Horizon.”
Spike ran over to join Tacki and Yosh.
“I see you’ve met our latest brother!” he cried merrily.
“Brother in arms!” added Tacki as he pulled a wooden sword from his left sside , gave it a twirl, and put it back into its sheath.
The three ponies gathered around their respective dragons as Princess Celestia began to explain the purpose of today’s meeting.

“I’d first like to announce our newest member to the Dragon Scouts,” she began as she faced the orange-colored, Earth Pony. “His name is Lucky Find and, well, I’ll let him say the rest.”
Lucky Find trotted before the group as he announced, “My name is Lucky Find and I come from the town of Pot Luck, which lies just beyond the Northwestern border of the Everfree Forest.”
“Did he say ‘beyond’ the Everfree Forest?” Twilight quietly asked Dawnbreak.
“Yeah,” replied Dawnbreak softly. “I didn’t even know there was any pony who lived beyond there until he just showed up.”

The well-dressed dragon who was accompanying Lucky Find stepped forward and saluted.
“And my name is Tacki!” he announced proudly. “I am Lucky Find’s guardian and companion who intends to prove to all Equestria that dragons are nothing to fear and can ally themselves with ponies to create an unbreakable alliance in which mutually benefits both dragon and pony alike!”

“No disrespect,” said Twilight as she faced Lucky Find with a confused look on her face. “But you are not a unicorn and only unicorns are ever given magical familiars as assistants.”
Tacki dashed forward and faced Twilight with a firm look on his face.
“I am no ‘assistant’ nor am I a ‘familiar’!” he boomed. “I am a part of the Royal Guard who will soon accompany Lucky Find on a diplomatic mission to the Realm of the Dragons to negotiate peace talks!”

Twilight backed away with a gulp as she was faced down by the energetic, red dragon.
“Oh, Tacki,” sighed Lucky Find.
Tacki faced his colleague, saluted him, and replied, “No disrespect, Lucky Find. However, it was necessary to defend our honor in the name of our mission to unite pony and dragon.”
“Understood,” replied Lucky Find as he looked at his hoof and noticed a bit stuck to it. “Oh, lookie! I found a bit!”

“Okay,” said Princess Celestia. “How’s about we show every pony what you dragons are capable of?”
“Sounds good!” exclaimed Tacki as he moved forward. “May Lucky Find and I respectfully have our turn first?”
Princess Celestia chuckled lightly before replying, “You may.”

The other ponies and dragons watched as Lucky Find and Tacki exchanged looks and then went about completing a very elaborate series of moves. The first being Lucky Find bucking Tacki into the air so he could land atop a branch. This was followed by Lucky Find dashing forward while Tacki leapt from the branch and used his wings to flutter and glide down as he landed back on top of Lucky Find. Tacki then drew his wooden sword and demonstrated how he could slash at both sides of his companion to guard his flank until Lucky Find bucked him forward where, while in mid-air, Tacki breathed a torrent of fire down at a rock in which eventually melted from the intense heat his fire-breath put upon it. This was then all finished with Tacki saluting towards Lucky Find before both kneeled before the princess.

Everyone was impressed by the elaborate demonstration in which Lucky Find and Tacki put on. However, no two were more impressed then Yosh and Spike who couldn’t get over how Tacki, unlike them, had wings.
“You have wings?” asked Spike as he moved to congratulate Tacki on his demonstration.
“Affirmative!” replied Tacki as he wiggled his tiny, white wings. “However, I can only flutter and glide with them. No flying.”
“I wish I could flutter,” pouted Spike.
“You mean like this?” asked Yosh as he leapt into the air and quickly scampered his feet.

Spike sighed as he watched Yosh hover in mid-air. His flapping hands and feet kept him in the air for a good ten seconds before he fell to the ground with a crinkle.
“Well,” suggested Princess Celestia. “Why don’t you go next, Yosh?”

Yosh nodded and smiled before dashing towards the nearby pond. Here, he got his feet going really fast and was, surprisingly,running atop the water without falling in from shore to shore. Yosh then dove into the water and, despite a swelling diaper, leapt in-and-out of the pond like a dolphin. He finished by diving to the bottom of the pond and stayed underwater for a approximately five minutes before resurfacing with a bursting splash that launched him right to where Dawnbreak Horizon was standing and waiting for him.

“TA-DA!” cheered Yosh just as his diaper tapes snapped and his diaper flopped to the ground.
Everyone laughed at Yosh who blushed over how he had lost his protective garment.
“Whoops,” Yosh Yosh said as his face grew red with embarrassment.
“Welll,” laughed Princess Celestia. “At least your performance was far from a flop.”

“My turn!” cried Spike as he stepped forward and, from seemingly thin air, he pulled out a scroll of paper.
“Ooh!” awed everyone as Spike followed this trick up with making a quill pen appear from behind his back.
“You haven’t seen anything yet!” announced Spike as he stuck out his tongue and went about quickly scribing some words onto the piece of parchment. He then held it before his face and blew out a gentle blast of green fire that appeared to incinerate what he had written.

“I can burn things,” stated Tacki.
“Wait for it,” said Spike with a smile as a rush of green flame flew from thin air towards the princess. This mystical flame then turned into a glowing orb that ended up turning into the very piece of paper he had just written on.
“Wow!” awed everyone at Spike’s ability to teleport paper through the magic of his firebreath.
Spike smiled proudly, “I’m not done yet!”

Princess Celestia used her magic to write some words below what Spike had written on the scroll and then cast a spell that made the paper disappear.
“Now what?” wondered Twilight Sparkle as she faced her assistant.
Spike’s face grew all goofy before he opened his mouth and spit out a burst of green fire.
BURP!
“Eww!” cried Twilight as the fire lapped against her before magically turning into the scroll Princess Celestia had just teleported.

Everyone was impressed at how magically endowed Spike was. Where Yosh and Tacki seemed to have physical talents, Spike had magical abilities and, well, those were pretty darn cool!
Noticing he had everyone’s attention, Spike announced, “Watch this!” He then burped out a purple fire that made a small card with a picture he drew of himself appear in his hand. “I can also store important messages and items using my ever so epic, magical firebreath!!”

From here, the ponies took the time to discuss with Princess Celestia what their forthcoming missions with their dragon companions would be. Twilight Sparkle would continue to study magic as Princess Celestia’s number one student with Spike at her side aiding in her research, Dawnbreak Horizon would venture out to lands unknown with Yosh and work towards discovering new lands and civilizations while acting as representatives for the Princess and Equestria, and Lucky find and Tacki would journey to the Realm of Dragons to work towards gaining a better understanding of them while building a diplomatic relationship.

By the time all had been discussed, everyone was excited about getting on with their special missions. How they would turn out was anyone’s guess. However, Princess Celestia had faith in her chosen ponies and their dragons that something great would most certainly come of each one of them in time. Particularly her number one student, Twilight Sparkle.