“Done, Bony!” Rarity declared, finishing with the change.
“Uh? Oh, okay,” Sweetie commented, coming back to reality. “Err… Rarity, what did you just say?”
“Oh!” Rarity realized and quickly explained. “It’s just something that I used to say to you when you were younger. I thought you would like it.”
“Yeah, that sounds good. Thanks, Rarity.” Sweetie nodded.
“Great, I’m glad you like it,” Rarity smiled. “Now let’s get you some breakfast. You still have school today.”
“Okay…” Sweetie Belle sighed, school was the last thing on her mind at the moment.
With that, Rarity and Sweetie Belle went to the dining room, and before breakfast Rarity went to prepare Sweetie’s lunch.
Sweetie Belle could only think about the fact she had now used diapers at night. Something about it nagged at her mind and wouldn’t leave her alone. “How did I get into it?” Sweetie Belle thought to herself. “Well, I know that I wet my bed, but why did I do that? I was always fine at sleeping, and now suddenly I do that? I do not understand…”
The filly just stood there, watching Rarity prepare her meal. “And what about Rarity? She is making my meal with no concerns at all. She doesn’t seem to think that this is a big deal for me when in fact it is. But I mean, she did say she cared about me and that this was a ‘solution’, but it’s like she think everything will be just fine. But what if it’s not? This shouldn’t be okay, should it?” Thats was her last thought after Rarity finished making her meal, and the two sisters both started to eat to prepare for the day ahead.
Later, on the path to school, Sweetie Belle didn’t stop thinking about the day’s events (or rather last night’s events). She wasn’t one hundred percent satisfied about using a diaper to sleep, despite the fact it helped her not to wet her bed. Still, she trusted in Rarity, but something told her that this wasn’t right.
“I wet a diaper…” The unicorn thought “That means I am a baby? No. Rarity said this is normal, so I will keep calm. Not that I wouldn't want to be baby at all, but I am a grown mare. Rarity always tell me that, so I have to try and be more mature, so I can be just like her! But still, I wonder if diapers are really the most effective way to make me stop wetting my bed. Diapers are not mature, right? Maybe I should talk about it to my Crusaders. But I would be so embarrassed if I said that I used a diaper, even for bed wetting. Well... maybe I could tell them?”
With that thought in mind Sweetie realized that Rarity was already at the entrance to school yard with her. So she waved a goodbye to her big sister and ran towards the entrance of the school house, waiting anxiously to be class to be dismissed to vent her feelings to her friends and fellow Crusaders.
“Girls! There’s something that’s really bothering me recently and I have to tell you all!” Sweetie said out loud that afternoon in the clubhouse.
“What’s that, Sweetie?” Apple Bloom innocently asked.
“Yeah, Sweetie, what’s the problem?” Scootaloo asked alongside Apple Bloom. Clearly they hadn’t heard the whole statement.
“I’m having… some problems happening to me while I’m at the boutique with Rarity,” Sweetie confessed, trying to avoid outright stating what the ‘problems’ were. “Ones that make me feel very sad. But yesterday, Rarity came up with a solution that actually helped me in solving those problems. But... I... think the solution might be wrong for me.”
“Why did ya think that, Sweetie Belle?” Apple Bloom asked. “Could you be a bit more clear?”
“Yeah!” Scootaloo added. “What’s really going on?”
With that statement, Sweetie Belle felt stuck in a corner. With her own friends pointing hooves towards her. “I would rather not to say about it if that’s okay with you girls…” Were the words the unicorn could force out of her mouth.
“But are you sure you can’t tell? I mean, how we can help you if you won’t tell us what’s wrong? Maybe there’s something we could do.” Scootaloo insisted.
“Uhhh…” Sweetie stammered. She was too shy and didn’t even know what to say. What if this played out like her dreams, with her ‘friends’ no longer willing to hang out with her?
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo looked at each other and realized they wouldn’t find any good insisting on an answer. In fact, they could even make Sweetie Belle cry if they forced her! So they decided to try another way to help her. A way to try and guess at the problem, without actually requiring them to know what said problem was.
“Well… Did the solution hurt you?” Apple Bloom decided to ask.
“Actually… No.” Sweetie answered.
“Does the solution have a collateral effect? You know, like when I crash my scooter and I’m sore for a week.” Scootaloo asked.
“No…” Sweetie answered again.
“Does it make you feel less sad about the problems?” Apple Bloom questioned.
“Well… Yes…” Sweetie nodded.
“And did it really solve your problem?” Scootaloo asked.
“Yes…” Sweetie nodded again.
“Then why do you think it’s wrong for ya, Sweetie Belle? Seems like there’s nothin’ wrong with it.” Apple Bloom questioned.
“Yes, Sweetie Belle. You’ve got to be more clear about that part.” Scootaloo added.
“I don’t know, girls, it just feels weird. It's something I shouldn’t use...” Sweetie told them, starting to get really shy on trying to say to her friends what the solution was without having to tell them.
Undeterred, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo tried to help by asking more questions.
“Well, you said Rarity gave you the solution, right?” Apple Bloom asked.
“Yes, just yesterday.” Sweetie confirmed.
“What did she say when she offered you that?” Scootaloo questioned.
Sweetie put a hoof to her chin and recalled. “She said that certain ponies end up needing them some times, so I shouldn't worry about the solution. Just I thought I shouldn’t be using…”
“...See, Sweetie Belle, there’s no problem at all!” Apple Bloom interrupted. “It’s just your mind that’s trickin’ you.”
“You should trust Rarity, she’s your older sister,” Scootaloo encouraged. “When her little sister has problems, she knows how to deal with it. I know that by living with Rainbow Dash, she always help me in the tough moments.”
“You know… maybe you girls are right about it!” Sweetie realized as her mood brightened. “I guess I should forget about the solution itself and think that, right now it’s okay to use it. Thank you, girls! I needed to hear that.”
“It was nothin’, really.” Apple Bloom replied.
“We just want to see our Sweetie Belle happy!” Scootaloo added.
“Yay!” Sweetie Belle cheered in delight. All her worries had gone away.
“And with that settled, is everypony ready to search for our cutie marks?” Apple Bloom asked.
“Of course!” Sweetie said happily.
“You can count on that!” Scootaloo added.
“So, Cutie Mark Crusaders let's go find our Marks!” Applebloom declared, anxious to start a new day and try to find their marks.
Sweetie Belle thought about what her friends had told her as they left the club house. They were her friends after all, they wouldn’t say something to hurt her. Rarity was her sister and definitely would know what to do to help her out. So what if her friends didn’t know what she was using? They seemed sure of their answer, and Sweetie didn’t want them to press for further detail and find out the whole truth.
“Okay, it’s decided. I, Sweetie Belle will use diapers again!” Sweetie Belle gladly thought to herself. All her worries about the padded undergarments had left her completely.