//------------------------------// // Chapter five: A colt's theory // Story: Little Miss Tempest Tantraum // by Foal Star //------------------------------// Tinkle Spark was blushing and scrunching his diaper upon seeing his mother looking down on him when she came to pick him up. She was a shy, dark purple coated unicorn mare with thick glasses, a mane of golden locks, and dark blue eyes. The mare cooed. “So Tinkle Spark, why are you wearing a diaper? I specifically remember taking you out of them almost a year ago.” Tinkle Star squeaked. “I...I...I soaked my pull-up.” He shamefully confessed. His mother then ruffled his mane and cooed. “Oh, again? And you haven’t once managed to make it to the potty. I guess your daddy was right, I tried train you too early. But who put the diaper on you?” Cadence stepped up and apologized. “I’m sorry, I did it.I just saw his pull-up was soaked and I put the diaper on him. I felt that if he had such an accident, he probably wasn’t ready for pull-ups yet.” The mare laughed and threw up a hoof. “Oh, don’t worry about it. I should've just put him back in diapers myself. I’ve been trying to potty train him but he just can’t seem to make it.” Tinkle Star blushed. “Uh, how long am I staying in diapees, Mommy?” His mom smirked and tapped a hoof to her chin. “Hmmm, let me see,” She then took the colt and hugged him close to her chest. “You can stay in diapers for a few more months if you want. Maybe once Mommy has more time to spend with you, she can start potty training you more carefully.” Tinkle squealed, jumping into the air! “Tank you, Mommy! Diapees are so much more comfortable tan pull-ups!” He then waddled off to play. Meanwhile Princess Cadence looked down at a happy little purple coated unicorn filly with big silvery eyes and a mane of gold and black locks. She was babbling nonsense and kicking about, and Cadence’s heart fluttered as she cooed. “Aww, who’s the cutest little filly?” She started tickling the little foal’s tummy, as the filly giggled and kicked about. Cadence cooed. ”What’s the little cutie patootie’s name?” The mare giggled. “Oh, it’s Sparkle Light.” Cadence dawwed and booped the filly’s nose. “You have an adorable foal. Oh, look at me cooing over your foal and I never got your name.” The mare held out a hoof. “Oh well the mother of that adorable foal is me, Golden Spark.” Cadence blushed as she shook it. “It's nice to meet you Golden, and I see you have your hooves busy.” Golden smiled at her filly, gurgling and spitting drool down her chin. “Indeed I do, and this here is little Sparkle Light.” Cadence dawwed, watching the filly squeal and kick about, making her diaper crinkle. “My goodness, I just can’t get enough of her.” Golden Spark laughed. “Oh I know, but she’s so rambunctious. She keeps me up all night sometimes,” Tinkle Spark then pulled on his mom’s tail as she turned. “Yes dear?” Tinkle asked. “Mama, I wana sweep over at Flurry’s house. Is that otay?” Golden Spark looked up at Cadence and asked. “You’re Flurry Heart’s mom, right? Is that alright with you?” The princess laughed. “Of course it is, he’s such a wonderful colt. And since you put him back in diapers, I don’t have to worry about Flurry being jealous of him.” The mare blushed. “If you wanna potty train him, you’re more than welcome to. Maybe you’ll have better luck than I did.” “I think it’s best if he stays in diapers, I don’t think he’s quite ready yet if he soaks his pull-ups so heavily all the time.” Cadence commented. “Alright then,” Golden Spark replied and then turning to her son she added. “Now Tinkle Spark, when you’re playing with your new friends, I want you to be on your best behavior. I'll pick you up tomorrow around nine am.” Tinkle squealed with delight! “Otay, Mama! I’ll be a good colt!” He then ran off, playfully tackling Flurry Heart. Cadence laughed at the adorable scene. “My, what an energetic colt.” Golden giggled. “Yeah, he is, maybe that’s why I haven’t had much luck potty training him. He’s just too absorbed in playing to tell me when he has to go. Thank you for agreeing to watch him. In fact, I needed a foal sitter because Sparkle Light and I have a doctor’s appointment." Cadence turned, seeing how tired and exhausted the mare looked and asked. “Are you doing okay?” Golden nodded before yawning. “Yes. It’s just a checkup, nothing serious. I’m simply exhausted from tending to two rambunctious little ones,” She then gave Cadence a small diaper bag and cooed. “Now this has Tinkle Spark’s blankie, and a nightlight, he’s scared of the dark.” Cadence tried not to laugh. “I see. Well don’t you worry, I'll take good care of Tinkle Spark.” Golden Sparkle then whispered. “Thanks, Princess. Say, while you’re here, maybe we can talk over a cup of tea while our husbands care for the kids?” Cadence rolled her eyes. “Please, every time I have Shining foalsit alone he ends up the one being strapped in a diaper and being fed foal food, or something along those lines.” They both burst into laughter and Golden Sparkle smirked. “Yeah I know what you mean, my husband has been on the receiving end of my little ones’ mischief more times than I can remember. Guess I’ll get going now, take good care of Tinkle Spark for me.” She then strolled out while Tinkle Spark turned and babbled. “Bye bye, Mama! See ya at uh...one...two...nine! See ya at nine o clock!” The mare cooed. “Alright, sweetheart, see you tomorrow. And be good for Cadence.” She then walked off as Cadence turned around and cooed to her foals. “Okay sweethearts, it’s time to go.” The foals all looked over and ran towards Cadence as she lifted both Fizzlepop and Flurry into a stroller, and pushed them out the door as Tinkle Spark waddled along her side. She ruffled the colt’s mane and turned to Tinkle Spark and asked. “So, sweet heart, how long have you been going to magic daycare?” Tinkle blushed as he babbled. “Fow two yeaws.” Cadence giggled a bit. “Oh my, you must’ve had quite the magic surges.” Tinkle nodded. “Yeah, Mama said I had big sugwes that put ponies in diapees. And one time, when I put Daddy in a diapee while Mommy was pregnant, she made him keep it on the whole morning!” Cadence laughed, recalling the times she’d seen Flurry do that to Shining. “So, how did you get control of your surges?” “Well, Rebecca Pie taught me how to learn to control my emotions.” Tinkle explained. “How exactly?” Cadence asked. “I’m curious as to what her methods are. For the life of me, Shining and I were stumped over how to deal with Flurry’s magic surges, which is why we signed her up for this daycare in the first place.” Tinkle shrugged and babbled. “Well, ya gots to control the urges by finding out why ya have ta cwazy emotions. I tink ya gots to just find ta weason. Then wowk on noticing that and contwow tat emotion thwough patience.” Cadence nodded. “I see. Like meditation?” Tinkle waddled along while mumbling. “Yeah, that is medi-medi-medithingy?” Cadence cooed. “‘Meditation’, sweetheart. It means concentrating very carefully on something. And you are just so adorable.” “Wew ya might not bewieve me, but I gots to dweam wawk to hewp me.” Tinkle added. Cadence smirked, thinking that the colt must have a vivid imagination. “Like Princess Luna?” Tinkle nodded and explained. “Yeah, she been vewy helpful. But sometimes it’s not just nightmawes fow me, I was just newvous about gwoing up," He sniffled and wiped his face with a hoof. “I dun know what I want to do when I become a big pony.” Cadence hugged him closer while cooing. “Oh, that’s not something you need to fret about right now. You just worry about being a big brother.” Tinkle smiled and giggled. “Yeah. I wuv my little sissy!” Cadence then got up and continued onward as she explained. “Well, I know a pony who is also a big brother and loves his sister very much.” The little colt asked in excitement. “Who is tat?!” With a giggle the princess confessed. “Its my husband.” The group arrived back at Twilight Velvet’s house a short time later, and Cadence opened the door to a smiling Shining Armor. Tinkle Spark burst through, bouncing all over while shouting! “Shining! Shining! You’re a big brother and love your sister!” The stallion smiled, watching over the colt who bounced towards him. “Wow, you got a shield cutie mark! I want a shield cutie mark!” Tinkle exclaimed! Shining blushed. “Uh, Cadence, who’s this?” Cadence was busy taking the foals out of the stroller and checking their diapers. “Oh, he’s a friend of Fizzlepop and Flurry’s. His mom will be by tomorrow to pick him up, she has to take his sister in for a check-up.” She then placed the foals in the playpen. Tinkle came up and asked.  “Hey, Shining, were you a colt like me?” Shining gulped, mentally praying. “Mom, don't come in! Don't come in! Don't come in!” But his plea was in vain as Twilight Velvet came in and cooed. “Oh, he was, sweetheart.” The colt came over to the older mare and asked. “Really?! What was he like?! Did he have trouble potty training too?!” Twilight Velvet laughed. “Oh, don’t get me started! One time he completely missed the potty and peed all over the bathroom floor. And the first time he used the toilet, he tried to flush his pull-up down it, clogged up the toilet, and tried to fix it before I found out.” Shining groaned. “That’s it, I’m leaving! I’ve had enough embarrassment for one lifetime!” He stomped off as the colt’s eyes were all aglow and Tinkle whispered. “Oh wow, that’s so cool! So even if ya bad at potty training, you can grow up to be a cool stallion. Maybe being in diapees again won’t be so bad,” The colt then squealed as he hugged him. “I wana gwow up to be just wike you!” Cadence dawwed at the scene. “How wonderful, sweetheart. Now how about you go play with your the friends? The big ponies need to talk about big pony stuff.” Tinkle groaned. “Aww, but grown-ups always have to talk about big pony stuff.” Cadence picked him up and took him next to the foals. “It’s what they do. Now be nice, and don’t worry about the potty, just use your diapers. Call me if you need anything.” Tinkle nodded as Cadence left with Shining and Twilight Velvet. Now alone in the playpen, Tempest turned to the colt and asked. “Ya tellin’ the truth about dream walking? I thought onwy Pwincess Wuwu can do that?” The colt nodded. “Yes. Normally only Princess Lulu can do that. But ya can do it too if you really try. We foals gots crazy powers,” They all blink as he put a hoof to his slipping glasses. “Otay, tink wike this," He got out a peg hole game with various shapes. “Now the dweam weawm is huge and stwange, with mane eviw things and good things. Most ponies can fit themselves within the dream realm.” He put the circle peg in the circle hole, the star peg in the star hole, and the square peg in the square hole. “If they’re fine and in harmony, they can fit in and weave when they wake up. But when ya scawed, sad, ow angwy, ya invites the othew stuff,” He then took out some play clay and shoved it in the holes. “The nasty emotions get ya aww sticky and came weave with ya even if ya gets out.” The colt started smearing the clay on the pegs as Flurry nodded. “Ya wight. When I scawed of a nightmawe, I wake up cwying, still feeling scared. But then my mommy comes in and hugs me, changes my diapee, and feeds me a baba.” The colt nodded back. “That’s right. But ya can clean it off, and ya do tat by being good and having fwiends and famiwy wuv ya. We foaws, though, awe diffewent.” Tinkle then shoved a hoof up his nose and took out a booger as the other foals stepped back. “Ewwww!" Tinkle blushed. “Sowie, but watch, this booger is a foal,”  He slid it into the star shaped hole as he explained. “See, it’s so small it doesn't fit. It just goes in and ya gets swamped with aw ta magics. This is why ya gots magic sugwes weawwy. Now wemeba I said ta othew emotions can cling on? The clay will cover the boogers and can make it harder to clean off. That's why we need so much love!” Fizzlepop was drooling, staring at Tinkle Spark with complete disbelief. “Are you sure you’re just a normal foal?” Tinkle Spark blushed. “I dun know. Mommy said I her special colt.” He then squealed as he was picked up and a tissue went across his nose, courtesy of Cadence. “Now, now, Tinkle, no picking your nose!" The colt blushed and babbled. “Sowie." Cadence then picked up the play clay he’d buried his boogers in and asked. “Why would you put your bugger in the clay? That was naughty!” Tinkle blushed. “Uh..was..uh doing an ex..ex..expew" “Experiment, sweetheart,” Cadence corrected. “Now don’t do that again.” She then walked off to through the play clay away, as Flurry crawled over and whispered. “Why didn’ ya tell my mommy about ya theowy.” Tinkle blushed, pushing his glasses up towards his nose. “Wew...because I thwee. Nopony is going to wisten to a thwee yeaw owd.” Fizzlepop babbled. “They will if ya says is twue. Can ya dweam walk with me tonight?” Tinkle nodded. “Yeah, tats fine, but ya gots to fowwow ta wules.” Fizzlepop then babbled. “So, wana pway tag in the meantime?” When Tinkle agreed, they all giggled as they started running around. Soon Fizzlepop pressed a hoof into the colt’s diaper. “Tag, you’re it!” Tinkle blushed. “Hey, diapee touches dun count!” Then they all started running around, giggling and chasing each other. Later that evening Cadence, was putting the foals to sleep. She lowered Flurry Heart, Tinkle Spark, and Fizzlepop into the crib, and covered the foals with a soft foal quilt.  Cadence kissed each foal on the forehead and cooed. “Alright sweethearts, it’s time to go to night night.” She then dimmed the lights, plugged in a nightlight, and looked over, smiling. Seeing the foals stir and start drifting off as she walked out of the room. Cadence walked down the hall to see Shining Armor, and looked up and asked bluntly.  “Honey..I...I've been thinking a lot today and I know it may sound strange. But..but if Fizzlepop's parents don't want her back or can't raise her a second time. We could be her parents.” Shining gasped! “You serious?! Are you sure that’s a good idea?!” Cadence shrugged as she explained to her husband. “I’m just saying, Flurry loves Fizzlepop. And I’ve seen how Tinkle Spark and his sister Sparkle Light connect, and I think Flurry needs that.” Shining blushed, recalling his own experiences with a younger sibling. “Yeah, maybe...but are we ready for two foals?” Cadence smirked. “Honey...I honestly think we will have more than two foals in our lifetime. I just have a feeling Flurry’s not going to be our only experience.” Shining sighed and shrugged. “Alright, but we should still discuss it with Fizzlepop’s parents first. Did you get in contact with them?” Cadence sighed. “Yeah, I actually wrote a long letter about Fizzlepop. We’ll see if they respond.” Unknown to the grown-ups Fizzlepop was overhearing the conversation. “I...I dun wana go back to my mommy and daddy.” She lightly whimpered. Tinkle Spark whispered. “Fizzwepopie, ya gots to cawm down. If ya gets newvous, we can’t wawk in the dweam weawm.” Reluctantly, Fizzlepop nodded, and plopped back down and buried herself under the covers. Shs laid her head upon a pillow while putting a hoof in her mouth. “I hope Cady and Shiny adopt me. They're better than my parents.” She thought to herself. Fizzlepop and Flurry Heart woke up a few hours later in a black void, with bubbles surrounding them. Tinkle Spark waddled over and raised his hooves. “Welcome to ta dweam weawm. Now wemeba, we hewe to hewp ya two controw ya magic sugwes.” Fizzlepop and Flurry were so excited as the little princess alicorn bounced in the air. “Oh oh! I wana see Auntie Tia’s dweam! She so amazing!” Fizzlepop turned towards a pink bubble and recognized it as Cadence’s dream. The toddler whined. “No, ya two can't just go off! I aweady set up with Pwincess Wuwu what dweam we going into.’" But it was too late, Fizzlepop ran straight to the pink bubble while thinking! “I got to know what Cady is dreaming, and see if she really wants me.” Fizzlepop jumped through and woke In a small crib, looking around at walls of pure white, and gazed upon what seemed to be a hospital room. She groaned but was unable to move.The foal looked down to see a tight pink blanket wrapped around her body but...her body seemed shorter and weaker. She tried to move but her muscles did not respond, in fact she felt more content just lying there, looking up at the lights. Then she was suddenly caught in a light yellow aura of somepony’s magic and was drifted towards a big pink alicorn, who she recognized not as Cadence but as mom. The mare cooed. “Good morning, sweetheart,” She nuzzled the filly close to her chest so the foal could listen faintly to the mare’s heartbeat. The mare cooed. “Thats right, sweetie. That's Mama’s heartbeat.” Fizzlepop nuzzled her more, wanting to feel her fur and to stay like this forever. But soon a familiar colt popped in with a toy stethoscope and with a huge diaper (with a big red cross printed on the front) strapped around his rump. He looked up with a blush as he pushed up his glasses. “Hewwo, I Docta uh… Doctow Tinkwe.” Cadence dawwed. “Oh hello, sweetheart. Did you come to give me and my foal a checkup?” The colt blushed. “Yeah, I uh need to make suwe ya and ta baby awe otay.” Cadence giggled, hovering Fizzlepop to Tinkle who whispered. “Hey uh, Fizzlepop, I uh the docta.” Fizzlepop wanted to ask. “What's going on?” But she could only coo lightly with some spit shooting out. The colt giggled. “I told ya not to go into otha pony’s dreams. Now I need to find Flurry Heart, so ya gots to stay hewe.” He then put his plastic stethoscope on Fizzlepop’s head, then gave the foal back to Cadence who giggled and asked. “So, is my little foal all healthy?” Tinkle nodded in agreement. “Yep, but better watch out. Hew cuteness may cause heart attacks.” Cadence smirked. “Oh no, it looks like my foal’s cuteness caught onto you!” She lit up her horn, blowing away his lab coat and showing his cute diaper with a big red cross on it. Tinkle blushed, re-buttoning his coat. “Tank you, but I bettew get going. Got mowe foaws and theiw mommies to check on.” He waddled off as Fizzlepop’s tummy grumble and Cadence cooed. “Sounds like my little filly is hungry.” She lay on her side and lowered a blushing Fizzlepop to her underbelly as the foal gulped and thought. “Well at least I know that Cadence loves me.” Flurry Heart ran into a big white bubble, poofed into a throne room, and looked up to see Celestia was on her throne. But the filly gasped seeing she was a young filly and her tiara was lopsided. “Now, as Princess, I declare that homework is banned! And cake is free to every foal!” She gleefully declared. Flurry giggled and walked over. “Tia! Tia!” Celestia looked down. “Oh, hello Princess Flurry. How is the Crystal Empire?” Flurry blinked as she realized she was wearing a tiara, plush golden shoes, and a bib with a big crystal heart on it for her regela. She giggled. “It good I uh… said aw foaws gets thewe own Whammies!” Celestia laughed. “Aww, you’re so cute!” She tackled Flurry and chirped. “Now come on, let's go play in the garden!” Flurry squealed. "Otay, Auntie tia! Tat sounds wike fun!” They both ran off giggling and playing tag in the garden. They didn't notice Tinkle spark running up in a crinkling diaper with a big blue shield printed on it (that looked similar to Shining Armor’s cutie mark) and was also now wearing gold plastic armor. Celestia turned to the colt with a smile and asked. “Captain, Tinkle Spark, how is everything?” Tinkle blushed and did a clumsy salute. “Evewything good, foaws all got diapers, homework is burned, and everypony is eating cake as ordered.” Celestia nodded. “Good, now do you want to play tag?” Tinkle smirked, looking down at Flurry who blushed as he continued. “Well...can we play hide and go seek instead?” Celestia nodded in approval and chirped. “Sure, sounds like fun!” Celestia went over to a tree and started counting, as Tinkle Spark took Flurry aside. “Hey, Flurry, we needs to leave. O told ya we can't be invading other pony’s dreams.” Flurry whined. “Why not? I wana pway!” Tunkle smiled. “Hey, we can play but..” Flurry shook her head. “No! Wana pway with Tia, she wots of fun!” She stomped about as the dream changed, and Tinkle shrank with a cry of “Oh no!". He was now a babbling foal, falling over in a thicker diaper with tiny blue rattles printed on it. His plastic armor now transformed into a gold onesie. Flurry clapped her hooves. “Now come on, Tinkle! We need to hide!” But Tinkle ran a hoof down his face. He then took out a plastic crescent moon and shined it. “Pwincess Wuwu, hewp pwease!” It took a few minutes, but Luna finally arrived, seeing her sister as a filly playing tag with the foals. She tapped a hoof then smirked. “I have an idea,” She lit her horn and a big diaper bag appeared around her, as a pink frilly apron flew over and she came down. “Tia, what are you doing?’ Celestia looked up with a smile. “I’m playing with my friends, Lulu.” Luna giggled. “I see, but your friends need to go home. It's getting late and they need their naps.” Flurry whined and stomped her hooves. “Na uh, I sweepin awewady! Dun need to nap in a dweam.” But Flurry then felt some dust go in her eyes, and as she rubbed them she started to wobble about and yawned. Tinkle yawned and waddled over to Luna, who put both the colt and the filly in a foal holster around her chest. Celestia whimpered. “Bu..but I don’t wanna be alone! Who's going to play with me?!” Luna looked down, now feeling sorry for her sister and whispered. “How about Twily? I think she's available," The Lunar princess poofed a filly Twilight in, who squeaked. “Huh? I thought I was doing show and tell in Magic Kindergarten.” Celestia happily squealed. “Twily! Wanna play tag?!” Twilight nodded and squealed with joy. “Of course I wanna play tag with you, Tia!” The two fillies both scampered off as Luna patted Tinkle Spark’s head. “Alright, now we need to get Fizzlepop.” Fizzlepop woke up still snuggled next to Cadence, but she was talking to another pony whose features Fizzlepop couldn’t make out. “So, how long were you in labor?” “Oh it was six hours, but it was worth it.” Cadence replied. Fizzlepop turned to see Luna in a hospital gown, holding Tinkle Spark. But he was a newborn foal now wrapped in a baby blue blanket in Luna’s hooves. Cadence dawwed. “My goodness, he's precious. But wasn’t he a toddler before?” Luna laughed rather nervously. “Oh I doubt it. I mean he was just born! How could he have been a toddler?” She nuzzled him and then blushed as he tried suckling her fur. Cadence cooed. “Oh, looks like he's hungry. Should I draw the curtain for you?” Luna squeaked. “Uh..you know what? How about I feed both him and uh..Fizzlepop?” Cadence eyed her. “Umm...I'm not sure. Is he healthy?” Luna gave a sheepish smile. “Oh yes, it's just uh... my teats are very full and they hurt. It would be nice if they could get drained a little.” Cadence shrugged. “Alright just be careful.” She lifted Fizzlepop to Luna who quickly closed the curtains and shined her horn as a newborn Starlight Glimmer poofed in Luna’s hooves, wrapped in a pink blanket with her squealing. “Hey, what gives?! I was having a dream about building blocks with Sunburst!” Luna cooed. “Don't worry, sweetheart. I just need your help.” She then lit up her horn, darkened Starlight’s coat while making her eyes a velvet color, and her mane red. Fizzlepop giggled. “Ya making a clone of me!” Luna then poofed both Fizzlepop and Tinkle Shine into her belly, and with her magic unveiled the curtain and drifted Starlight back into Cadence’s hooves. “There you go.” Cadene eyed Luna, seeing she was now pregnant. “Wait, didn't you just deliver?” Luna groaned, getting up from her bed. “Oh no, but I will soon. You should just relax and care for your new foal.” Luna then waddled out out of the room and poofed out of the dream. Cadence shrugged, looking down at Starlight. “That was weird, I must be seeing things.” Luna was now safely back in the dream realm. She lit her horn, poofing the two foals from her belly, and glared at Flurry, Fizzlepop and Tinkle Spark. “Tinkle Spark! I told you not go invading other dreams!” She scolded. Tinkle Spark whimpered as he explained. “I wasn’t! but tey aww just wan off!” The other foals nodded slowly as Luna sighed. “Precisely why I don’t think this was a good idea. I should've know having foals dream walking was a bad idea.” Tinkle Spark apologized. “Ya wight, and I weawwy weawwy sowie. Can ya hewp us with owa magic sugews, pewase?” The foals looked up with pleading puppy dog looks as Luna groaned and consented. “Alright, fine, I'll help. But from now, if we do go into dreams we go together and you follow my instructions. If you get too wild, I'm ending this.” The foals all squealed “Yay!” and started jabbering on what dreams they wanted to visit, as Luna sighed. “Oh dear sister, what did I just get myself into?”