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// Spending Time With Starlight Part one 
// Story: Teaching Scootaloo A Lesson 
// by Matt11 
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                Sleeping wasn't as hard as the night before for Scootaloo, this time it was a lot easier. Even though she was new to having a diaper on her rump, she was able to look past that and sleep with ease.

                But as she slept, for some reason  she couldn't help but think of all the horrible things she had said to her mother, “Buck you, I do what I want!” “You're not the boss of me!”, and the worst one of all came to mind “I hate you!”. All these thoughts came to her as she slept, and she burst awake after all those thoughts were done! She looked down at her diaper to check if she wet herself, and luckily there was only a drop. So she didn't worry too much and went back to sleep. “It’s hardly even noticeable, I don’t need to tell Twilight.” She thought to herself, as she shut her eyes once again.

                 



                 When morning arrived Scootaloo was still sleeping soundly. 

                 Twilight was downstairs baking breakfast, and while she did that she told Starlight “Why don’t you go check on Scootaloo and make sure she’s awake, since you’re going to be taking care of her today.

                “Fine, but do remember I’m not changing any diapers.” Starlight said in reply, as she walked up the stairs, and into the guest bedroom were Scootaloo was staying. Soft snoring could be heard from the young foal as Starlight approached the bedroom, and Starlight couldn't help but find the sight of this adorable. After watching Scootaloo sleep like a baby for a little bit, she opened the blinds  let the bright sunlight into the room. Starlight walked over towards the crib, pushed the bars down and softly rubbed Scootaloo’s tummy. “Hey kid, it's time to wake up. Twilight’s waiting for us downstairs with some nice tasty breakfast.” She said in a sweet tone and trying to put on the best smile she could offer.

                Scootaloo pushed Starlight’s hoof away in the hopes of getting more sleep, but with the sunlight, and the fact Starlight wasn't going to leave the room until she was out of the crib, it was obvious she wasn’t going to get that. Stretching her hooves and her wings up, she slowly started to wake herself. Once fully awake, Scootaloo decided to look at her diaper and unfortunately she discovered that she had wet her diaper in her sleep. “This is embarrassing.” She thought, and blushed. Starlight was standing right by the crib, and luckily hadn't noticed the smell yet, but it was more embarrassing to have been wet since this was to be expected with the treatment Twilight was using on her. But she had thought for sure she’d be able to make it through the night without any accidents.

              A sudden smell of urine hit Starlight’s nostrils, and she looked at Scootaloo while thinking  “Do I let Twilight change her, or do I have to? I told Twilight I wouldn't change her because I don't do older ponies, the only ponies whose diapers I’ve ever changed, were that of Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake.”


                Embarrassingly Scootaloo spoke. “Um, Miss Starlight? Cou...would you change my diaper, please? I’d hate to end up with a rash because of this.” Scootaloo knew a rash would hurt a lot. She'd heard from Pinkie Pie that, when Pound Cake got one, he wouldn't stop crying for a whole week. But they were able to cure him a bit faster with some magic cream that Twilight had on her for some reason. Maybe Starlight would have that too?

                 “Uh, well I…. sure, I guess, though I don't normally change older ponies I guess I can do it for you this once,” Starlight replied, as she helped Scootaloo out of the crib and laid her down on the ground. She removed the wet diaper and placed powder on the filly’s rump, then put the new diaper on, taping it up nice and secure. “There you go little filly, a nice new diaper., Then after washing her hooves with hoof sanitizer, she helped Scootaloo up and allowed the orange coated filly to follow her downstairs to the kitchen. But as they walked down, Starlight felt that she had to ask her soon to be young charge something. “So, Scootaloo… I can’t help but notice you've been wetting your diaper a lot lately,” She reluctantly said. “Do you do this a lot at home? I mean it's normal for young fillies to have these issues, I had the same problem when I was growing up.” Starlight went on, hoping she'd get some sort of answer. 

                 Scootaloo blushed deep red. “Well, I may wet the bed a bit, but I’ve never really told Mom about it because I was afraid she would put me in diapers and baby me. Kind of like how I’m being treated like right now,” She answered, she wasn't as mad at Twilight as she was a few days ago, but she still wasn’t keen on the idea of being treated like a foal. “I’ve covered up the truth at home as best I could. I wash the sheets whenever it happens, and try to clean myself up as best I can so Mom doesn’t find. I just know she’d diaper me and treat me like a foal if she got half the chance.” 

                 Starlight couldn't help but laugh a bit. “Ah come on, I don't think you’re mother would treat you like a baby just because you’ve got bed wetting issues. Like I said, it’s pretty common in ponies your age. But maybe we should tell Twilight, you know she would like to know about this since she’s good friends with your mother.” She suggested.

                 “I don't know… I rather not get her involved with my wetting problems,” Scootaloo replied “I mean, what if she suggests that my mother starts treating me like a baby? What if Twilight sees this as a good reason to keep me in diapers?” She asked a bit scared of what Twilight might do if she did find out.

                Starlight couldn’t help but feel like Scootaloo was lying about the whole baby thing. Why she could remember yesterday, that she saw Scootaloo happily playing with her toys in the playpen. It was almost as if this had something to do with growing up, or maybe it's something different. Either way Starlight swore she would find out tonight, assuming Scootaloo would let her.

                 



               As the two made their way downstairs, Twilight had already gotten their food ready. Once again, it was pancakes. 

               Starlight used her magic and helped Scootaloo into her highchair. She made sure Scootaloo wasn't going to be able to fall, by making sure that everything was secured tightly around her.

               Twilight smiled. “Aw, you two must be, becoming the best of friends now.” She commented, hoping Starlight could make another friend aside from her, the rest of the element bearers, Sunburst, and Trixie.

              “Whoa, whoa, we're not friends, Twilight!” Scootaloo protested. “She's just some caretaker, here to help me if I need it” Scootaloo replied, although she didn't mind Starlight's company, there was still some trusting she had to do. She wasn't exactly sure if Starlight was even a good pony, supposedly there were rumors flying around about what she’d tried to do. And if what had transpired at breakfast yesterday was any indication, the rumors weren’t entirely untrue. “By the way, what kinda foalish things are you going to get for me, Twilight?” Scootaloo asked curiously. 

              Twilight was thrilled but also surprised that Scootaloo had asked. “Oh, you know the usual foal things,” She replied, trying to keep a straight face. “A few foalish toys, a pacifier for you to suckle on, and some new diapers in case we don't have enough.” She wanted Scootaloo to have as much fun with this foal week,and perhaps a pacifier would help make her more relaxed.

               “I guess that’s alright,” Scootaloo shrugged. “Don’t know if I’ll suck on a pacifier, but some toys and extra diapers probably aren’t a bad idea.

               Meanwhile, Twilight walked over to Starlight and softly whispered. “So did you find out anything about her while you two were coming down here? I’m really curious if there’s anything you might of learned, that could explain why she’s been acting the way she has. If you haven’t found out anything, that’s fine. Don’t try to force her to open up if she’s not ready.” 

               Starlight glanced at Scootaloo and then back to Twilight, then nervously she replied. “Well, uh… no I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her,” It was obvious Scootaloo didn't want anypony knowing about her accidents. So Starlight was going to obey Scootaloo’s wish and not tell anypony, even if that meant she had to lie to Twilight. Who knows? Maybe this would get Scootaloo to accept her as a true friend, if she  felt that Starlight wouldn’t spill her secrets to anypony who wanted to know..

               Scootaloo watched, amazed that Starlight didn't tell her mentor the secret. She was actually happy to know her secret would remain just that, “Perhaps she is trustworthy” She thought as she began to dig into her pancakes, a bit of syrup started to fall over her body. Normally, she wouldn't eat like a pig, but she couldn't help herself. She’d learned from Rainbow Dash that you should always eat your food as fast as you can, as eating too slow waste’s the day.

            “Really? Twilight asked Starlight, then added. “It’s just, you two took a lot longer to come down. I thought maybe that meant she told you something.” Then she shrugged and went back to eating. That’s when she noticed Scootaloo was eating rather fast.

             “SCOOTALOO! Hold your horses, this isn't a contest! No need to eat like that, you might choke or worse! Am I going to have to start feeding you like a baby?” She asked with concern, observing the orange filly she could see that she had gotten quite messy. She could've sworn Dizzy Twister taught Scootaloo to eat more slow.

              “Sorry, Twilight. I guess I wanted to just get eating over with so I could… spend some time with Starlight.” Scootaloo replied with a blush, she didn't want to admit it but Starlight seemed like a good pony, maybe. 

              “It’s alright, just don’t eat like that again,” Twilight warned. “Or I’ll start feeding you like an actual foal. You wouldn’t want that, would you?”

               Scootaloo shook her head, and ate more slowly.

               



               After breakfast had wrapped up, Twilight gave Starlight a list of things she should do for Scootaloo, that included diaper changing if the situation called for it. “I understand you don't want to change her, but accidents can happen at any time,” She told Starlight, then to Scootaloo she said. “I’ll be back by tonight, I promise. Be good for Starlight, okay?” She went to give Scootaloo a kiss on the cheeks before she left ,but Scootaloo stopped her.

              “Twilight, you can't do that to me,” Scootaloo protested, a tad harshly as it caused Twilight to recoil in surprise. “Sorry,” Scootaloo apologized. “It’s just, that's only a mom thing.It's kinda weird having a pony I’m not related to just come out of nowhere and kiss me on my cheeks.”

               “That’s alright, I suppose I got carried away,” Twilight apologized. “Just listen to Starlight and stay out of trouble. And Starlight, if you need any help, just ask Spike.” Twilight then turned and trotted out the castle’s front door.

               As soon as Twilight had left, Scootaloo started to take her diaper off but was stopped by a hoof from Starlight.

               “I get it, you would really like to have that off but sorry, you still need to have that on,” Starlight replied. “But if you do need to use the bathroom for number one or number two, I’ll be happy to take you there and you can take the diaper off then. But please keep it on for the rest of the time. I really don't want Twilight getting mad about letting you run around without protection,” And she used her magic to put the diaper back on. Then she suggested. “Hey, wanna play ‘Stack the books’? She said with a bright smile. “It's a fun game! Sunburst and I used to play it when we're young foals. Trust me, it will be fun.” Starlight cooed as she removed a few books from the nearby shelves and set them on the floor.

               “This seems like something a baby would do.” Scootaloo pouted. She had never personally played that when she was a foal, but she did remember playing with blocks so there was is that. But maybe it would be nice to play just once with Starlight? She was being pretty nice to her this weekend, so it couldn’t be all that bad, could it?

                “Oh, trust me, it will be really fun” Starlight said with a big bright smile, she brought Scootaloo near the books and told her to sit down while she stacked about three together to get it started. Then she began explaining the rules “We just stack it up as high as we possibly can until it falls. That's all, really. If it falls on your turn I win, and if it falls on my turn you win, that's pretty simple, think you can handle that? Or is it too much for a young foal like you?” 

                “WHAT?! No! I can handle this, what makes you think I can't handle this?!” Scootaloo protested, puffing up her chest. “I’ll show you how amazingly awesome I am by winning!” She cheerfully said, and grabbed a book and put it on top of the one Starlight had placed. Several minutes passed, and it soon became a little too high for Scootaloo to reach. She tried flapping her wings to get up there but it was no good, she crashed face first into the floor!

                “Oh my gosh, are you ok?!” Starlight asked with concern, immediately rushing over to Scootaloo. It was really strange seeing a pegasus like Scootaloo not be able to fly, she thought about it for a moment, then an awful thought struck her “I think something is wrong with your wings! Come on, I think we should go see a doctor!”

                Scootaloo stopped Starlight with her hoof, she was annoyed that she had to talk about this with another pony. The fact she couldn't fly was embarrassing enough, “There's nothing wrong with my wings, I’m just a late bloomer! Everypony says my wings will eventually grow, but I sometimes wonder... if they’re just lying so they don't crush my dream or something.” She said as her ears drooped and she got a little sad.

               Starlight quickly realized that may not of been the right thing to say “Darn it, Twilight! Why couldn't you of told me about this… it could've been avoided” She thought to herself, as she rubbed Scootaloo on the back as a way to hopefully make her feel better. When the words finally came out, she said sweetly “Hey now, I know what it's like feeling that way, I couldn't use my magic as good as most ponies until I became fifteen. I got bullied for it but I always tried every day to get better.”“I think you need to try you’re hardest, Scootaloo, and one day even you will go flying in the skies like a lot of pegasi, I believe in you.” She smiled.

              This gave Scootaloo confidence, maybe ponies did believe in her. Then she was surprised when Starlight used her magic to help Scootaloo fly. “I could just help you stack that book until you learn to fly on your own.”Starlight said, this made Scootaloo smile brightly, only once had somepony offered to help her fly, and that pony was Twilight. Now Starlight was going to do the same.