Daring Do swung from vine to vine, chasing after her latest foe. The mirror of madness was clutched in Ahuizotl monkey tail hand, keeping it just out of Daring’s reach as he kept fleeing. "Get back here!" She called out, moving faster. But no matter how much she swung, she couldn't seem to get close. Suddenly, from out of nowhere she heard crying. Looking down from the vine she saw a Rainbow foal crying. Her hesitation, however, caused her to slip and fall!
The adventurer awoke with a start, breathing heavy for a moment before staring over at the bassinet. Climbing out of bed, she moved over to check on Rainbow. The little one was wiggling like a worm, whining like any foal would. The smell hit Daring’s nose almost instantly. "Gah!" Rainbow continued to sleep, however, not even realizing that Daring was over her or the fact she had used her diaper.
Daring hesitated for a moment before reaching down, carefully scooping Rainbow into her hooves. The foal kept wiggling in her sleep as Daring made a face, taking her to over the bed. With care, she unrolled the changing mat. "W-well, here I go." The adventurer’s face couldn't get any redder as Rainbow wet herself a little more. Waiting for her to finish, Daring undid the diaper and got some wipes. The process was slow as she cleaned, working around the squirming pegasus. She had to hold back the gag reflex when balling up the diaper, before unfolding the fresh one. "Ugh, not sure I'll ever get used to that. Are foals always this smelly?"
Rainbow shifted, slightly giggling in her sleep as she babbled. "Mama funny."
After applying the powder, Daring taped the diaper into place all snug and sighed. She lowered Dash back into the bassinet before taking the diaper to the garbage. Taking the short respite, she washed her hooves and then went to the kitchen to make some coffee. Tank heard the coffee pot turn on and yawned. He always woke up to Rainbow making coffee for herself, sometimes she would even give some to him (not a lot of course).
Sipping a fresh cup, Daring watched the tortoise hover in slowly, idly blinking at her. Looking around the room she soon found the turtle food, pouring it into his dish. "There you go." Tank smiled and started to eat the food, until he heard a loud, annoying cry come from the bedroom
Daring made her way upstairs, entering the bedroom and over to the bassinet. She watch Dash trying to fly, only getting off the bed a few hoof lengths, hardly enough to get out. "Morning, Rainbow."
Rainbow smiled and looked up at Daring. "Hi Mama!"
"Were you trying to fly?" Daring asked, teasing a little before reaching down to pat Rainbow's head. She remembered her parents doing that a couple of times when she was little.
"Maybe..." Rainbow said with a blush.
"Aww, isn't that cute?" Daring cooed, scooping her out and setting her on the floor. "How did you sleep?"
"Wike baby! And me no use diapee!" Rainbow boasted, pointing at her dry diaper
"Oh, that's a good filly! Maybe you’ll be ready for potty training soon." Daring lied, not wanting to make Rainbow feel bad for wetting her diaper so much. Just as she was thinking of making breakfast for herself, Rainbow's stomach rumbled right on cue.
Rainbow blushed. "Baba?"
"Sure. And uh, maybe oatmeal? I'm sure you can handle that." Daring suggested as she carried the foal downstairs, setting Rainbow down for a moment to unfold the highchair.
Tank moved over to his owner giving her another lick. He gave her a smile. "Hi, Tank, how is you?" Rainbow asked, giggling a little Her loyal tortoise just blinked before nuzzling into her tummy.
Daring turned and awed. “That's cute too," She proceeded to place Rainbow into her highchair, getting out one of the bibs she’d bought. "I'm sure you'll need this. And look, it even has a Daring Do theme!"
Rainbow giggled and said. "I wike Dawing Do, but me also wike Wonderbowts!"
Daring blinked again. "Oh I think I saw something in the box," She took a second look before pulling out the small, blue bib with the Wonderbolt symbol on it. "Do you want it?"
Rainbow giggled, reaching out for it. "Yeah! Yeah!"
The smile on the filly’s muzzle caused Daring to smile back as she tied the bib around Rainbow’s neck. She poured some apple juice into a bottle, setting it in front of the foal before moving to make the oatmeal “You just be patient while I make breakfast, okay? “
"Otay, me twy." Rainbow replied, well bouncing up and down in her diaper. The filly found the padding strangely comfortable to wear, not that she’d admit it.
Daring simply went about prepping the oatmeal, letting it cook on the stove. While it was heating up she came back to the high chair and lightly tickled Rainbow's tummy. "So how much do you like the Wonderbolts?" She asked, though judging by the memorabilia it was a lot.
"I wike dem mowe then anything! I been twying get into the Wonderbowts for my whole wife!" Rainbow boasted.
"I know the feeling. Every pegasus dreams of being a Wonderbolt someday," Daring laughed a little and then asked. "Uh, do you want a toy to play with while you wait?"
Rainbow nodded, bouncing in her seat. "I wanna pwushie!"
Daring moved to the living room, quickly grabbing the Spitfire plushie before fluttering back and setting it in the waiting hooves of her charge. "Here you go." She then moved back to the stove, stirring the meal. The foal immediately went about playing with her plushie, content to wait.
it wasn't long until breakfast was ready and the adventurous mare poured some into two bowl. She made sure Rainbow’s portion wa smaller of course, letting it cool. "Do you want an apple or a banana?" She asked, staring back at Rainbow who was flying the spitfire plush over her head
"Bananas!" Rainbow answered while she hugged the plushie.
Daring nodded, easily cutting up the banana into small pieces before bringing the bowl over. "Hmm, I do need to feed you?"
"No! Me can feed myself!" Rainbow staunchly protested. Daring was unsure about that. After all, mothers usually fed their foals. Then again, Rainbow wasn't entirely regressed. "Okay, I'll let you try." She set down the the small child spoon in front of Rainbow, half expecting a mess.
Rainbow proceeded to pick up the spoon and dipped it into the oatmeal, she then brought it to her mouth only for it to miss and get all over her bib
"Uh, Rainbow." Daring tried to correct her but the little filly kept trying again with the same results.
"Why I no get food in mouth?!" Rainbow yelled and crossed her hooves
"Must be part of the curse I suppose," Daring speculated as she picked up the spoon and scooped some up to Rainbow lips. She avoided using baby talk for now, not wanting to embarass or belittle the foal.
"You feed me this one time, otay?" Rainbow asked as she accepted each spoonful.
Daring chuckled lightly as she spooned the foal, being glad she was behaving. "No problem, Rainbow."
"Good!" Rainbow said with a huff of her chest.
Once Dash was full, Daring went about cleaning off her face and chin removing the bib. "There, now you just wait and let me eat. We didn't get a playpen for you." She teased, keeping her in the highchair with the plushie while Daring sat to eat her own meal and coffee.
"This boring, Mama, me wanna pway!" Rainbow groaned.
"You can play once I'm done eating!" Daring scolded. "I don't trust you to wander the house alone in your state of mind. You could lost or hurt.” She sipped her coffee.
"I be good! Me no do anyting wrong!" Rainbow said, pouting a little
"Well, alright, just this once. But stay out of trouble." Daring stood up and unbuckled the foal from the chair, setting her down on the floor while patting the diaper.
Rainbow giggled and started to crawl around the house, her small vantage point let her experience the full feeling of being a foal. During her indoor adventure, her sparkly trophy drew her attention. The foal smiled, crawling toward the trophies, for some odd reason she wanted them… no, she wanted to play with them. She began making faces in the shiny, reflective surfaces, looking at the posed pegasus in flight on top. "This funny!"
Daring soon finished her breakfast, moving out of the kitchen and picking Rainbow up. “Those aren't toys, Rainbow!" She scolded, moving her back to the living room.
"But they mine!" Rainbow whined.
"Yeah, but you wouldn't want to break them, would you?" Daring asked while putting her in front of the blocks from yesterday. “Hmm, not sure what to do with you today."
"Maybe da pawk?" Rainbow asked, giggling at the thought that she would have to do all of the foalish things.
"Well, it's better than being cooped up indoors I suppose." Daring nodded. It was Saturday so at least there’d be other kids around. And if it was slow, at least she would have time to brainstorm a way to write her next story.
Rainbow giggled. "Yay! We gonna have fun!"
"Yeah, yeah, let me just get the bag all sorted out first." Daring advised.
About ten minutes later, the two arrived at the park. It was a cloudless day, children all rushing around and having fun. The sight was rather relaxing for Daring. It was sort of nice to not be in a humid jungle or hot desert. Just her and her current charge.
Rainbow looked around for a minute, until she saw a swing. "I wanna swing!"
Shrugging, Daring took her over, plopping her into the foal swing. In the swing next to Rainbow was a light grey coated earth pony colt. The little one cooed and waved, his mommy tilting her head toward the rainbow maned pegasus.
Rainbow giggled and put her hooves in the air as she was pushed on the swing. For a time, the little filly laughed while fluttering her wings as she was pushed, feeling the wind on her feathers. It felt nice to fly, even if not by her own power. After a while though, Rainbow looked back at Daring and smiled. "I wanna pway on the swides!"
"Sure." Daring was happy oblige as she carried her over to them. Picking the shortest one she help sit the foal on top of the slide and waited at the bottom. She remember to hold her hooves out like she’d seen other mothers do.
Every time she slid down Rainbow giggled, she was having so much fun with this. Daring couldn’t help but grin each time the foal landed in her hooves. She giggle a bit and started to tickle Rainbow after a bit. "Aww, aren't you cute? Coochy coo." Rainbow started to giggle uncontrollably as she was tickled. Daring then carried her over to some bushes and set Rainbow down, letting the foal look around.
While Rainbow was staring, a ladybug happened to land on her nose. Rainbow looked at the ladybug and giggled. "Hi, wadybug, I Wainbow." It crawled up on her nose some before fluttering off. Rainbow felt so at ease and peaceful.
Just then, The Cutie Mark Crusaders came running into the park. "Okay girls, let’s do it! Cutie Mark Crusaders Foalsitters, yay!" Apple Bloom cheered as the other two joined in.
"Now we just need a foal to foalsit." Scootaloo realized..
Daring was checking the diaper bag for something just as the Crusaders came around the tree, spotting Rainbow.
Sweetie Belle looked at the rainbow maned filly and didn’t appear to recognize her. "Aw, that's such a cute little filly! We should foalsit her."
Daring looked up as the Crusaders approached. Rainbow quickly rushing to hide behind the bigger mare.
Scootaloo smiled. "That filly must be shy."
Daring coughed a bit as she looked at the fillies. "Can I help you?" She stared back at Rainbow for some help. How could she have forgotten to disguise Rainbow? No other foal could have a rainbow mane.
"Oh, uh we were wonderin’ if we could foalsit your daughter to try and get our cutie marks!" Apple Bloom eagerly suggested.
"Uh, I don't know." Daring thought about it for a moment, feeling Rainbow cling to her leg. She barely knew the Crusaders and even if she did she wasn’t sure it was a good idea to let them see Rainbow Dash like this.
Scootaloo looked closer at the rainbow maned foal, squinting. Something about her seemed vaguely familiar. "Hey, you know she looks a lot like Rainbow Dash. Is she her baby sister or something?"
Rainbow, upon hearing that, tried to hide even more. "I no Wanbow Dash!" She squeaked.
Daring watched the filly try to walk around to look at Rainbow more, the foal in return worming the other way to avoid them.
Scootaloo giggled, "Of course you’re not Rainbow Dash, she's an awesome and cool pegasus! You’re just a foal in diapers. You must be in a costume or something.”
“Kid, I think you’re making her nervous. Please give her some space.” Daring pleaded as she took a few steps back alongside Rainbow.
Scootaloo blushed. "Sorry, but she's just really cute, Mrs- uh, what's your name?"
"A. K. Yearling." Daring replied, idly adjusting the glasses some. Rainbow clung to her leg some more, blushing as well.
"You’re A. K. Yearling?! The author of the Daring Do books?!" Scootaloo gasped in amazement as the rest of the Crusaders looked at her with awe. “What? Rainbow Dash got me into the series. Anything cool enough for her is cool enough for me.”
Daring chuckled. “Yes, I am," She admitted and then watched the three fillies bounce around some. "Uh, and this really is Rainbow Dash." She pointed to her leg.
"Hi, Scootawoo." Rainbow shyly greeted.
"Wait? That's the real Rainbow Dash? How the hay’s that possible?" Apple Bloom question. “Somethin’ ‘bout that smells fishy.”
"Magic mishap. I was just in the area,” Daring explained, not wanting to reveal her true identity. “So I'm foal sitting while Twilight Sparkle tries to figure out a way to solve all of this. It’s okay, I’m a bit of a writing slump with my books anyway." She remarked.
"So she's basically your daughter until Twilight fixes this?" Sweetie Belle asked, looking at the foal by Daring's legs
"W-what? Uh… I guess." Daring muttered, feeling Rainbow grip onto her harder.
"Mama, me need-uh... nevermind." Rainbow said with a blush as she looked up at the Crusaders.
Sweetie’s nose scrunched up as she caught whiff of the scent originating from the padding "Ew!" She squeaked!
Rainbow blushed even more, to the point where her face was as red as a tomato. She had never intended to do that in front of others, but her body had unfortunately gotten other ideas.
Apple Bloom looked at Sweetie, rolling her eyes. “What did you expect? Foals do that all the time."
Sweetie gagged. "Didn't expect it to smell so bad! Now I know what Rarity must’ve gone through when she changed my diapers as a foal."
While the three fillies talked (while holding their noses) Daring moved to the privacy of a nearby tree, laying out the changing mat. She figured Rainbow Dash wouldn’t want a change in a public bathroom where everypony would see (and smell) her. "No worries, Rainbow Dash, I'll get you cleaned up. Would’ve appreciated a little heads up though."
Rainbow blushed even more. "Me no need changie, Mama!"
"You sure smell like you do." Daring corrected as she went about changing the diaper, opening up and such. The “silly” faces she made somewhat made Rainbow laugh.
Scootaloo looked at Rainbow with a faint smile, "Hey, Rainbow, you don't have to be embarrassed. You’re only a foal right now. Pretty sure you didn’t mean to go number two in your diaper. At least it’s better to do it in a diaper instead of the ground."
Rainbow’s cheeks still burn deep red as Daring balled up the padding for disposal (sealing it in a plastic bag) and slid a fresh one under her. Daring then gently sprinkled powder all over while Scootaloo watched.
"Can you go faster, Mama?" Rainbow impatiently demanded. Daring just groaned and taped up the first diaper once again, then got Rainbow onto her hooves. Scootaloo couldn’t resist and ruffled Rainbow’s short mane.
"Scootawoo, stop that!" Rainbow pleaded.
"Why, now I can be the big sister." Scootaloo beamed, ticking under Rainbow's wing.
Rainbow giggled uncontrollably. "Stop that, Scootawoo! That tickwes!"
The other crusaders aww as Scootaloo tickled a little more. "Coochy coo." She watched Rainbow roll around on the grass.
"Stop! You gonna make me pee again!" Rainbow whined while giggling.
Scootaloo stopped ticking after a bit and smiled. "I can't help it, you're just too cute."
Sweetie Belle chuckled too. "Scootaloo called something cute? I must be dreaming."
"I no cute, Scootawoo! You awe!" Rainbow yelled, looking as mad as she could with her adorable face.
Daring smiled. "Oh, if only we had a dress for her." She teased.
Sweetie Belle started bouncing up and down. "Oh! Oh! We could always go see my sister! She makes the best dresses!"
At that very moment, Rainbow’s heart became filled with dread. Normally she wouldn’t mind a dress if the situation called for it, but there was no way she was wearing anything besides her diaper now. "No dwess!"
"Oh, why not?" Sweetie seemingly whined while picking up Rainbow.
Rainbow started to squirm. "Me no wanna wear dress! It embawwassing!'
"Please, Yearling, can we take her to see Rarity?" Sweetie asked and gave the mare big, puppy dog looking eyes. Daring struggled to keep from staring into those big orbs. They were weaponized cuteness.
Scootaloo gagged. "Gah, do we even know if Rarity makes foal attire?"
"Me no wanna weaw tat stuff!" Rainbow yelled and started to throw something akin to a temper tantrum.
Daring winced. She didn’t want Rainbow making a scene. "Okay, okay, no dress up." She said quietly while watching Rainbow squirm in Sweetie hooves
Rainbow just continued to scream and cry. "No dwess! Me no wanna weaw dwess!"
Daring took hold of Rainbow and held her close to her chest. "There there." She patted Rainbow’s back as she wormed around more. Rainbow slowly started to calm down, and after a few minutes she had fallen asleep.
The Crusaders watched Daring slowly rock the filly in her hooves. Sweetie looked at the heartwarming scene. "Aww, I wanted to see her in a nice dress." She pouted.
Scootaloo rolled her eyes. "Why not a Wonderbolt onesie? That shouldn’t be too embarrassing"
Apple Bloom giggled. "Yeah, she'd love that."
Sweetie smiled. "How about we take her to Rarity's for her nap? It’s not as far from there as it is to Rainbow’s house." She innocently offered.
Daring slipped Dash onto her back. "Sure, lead the way."
The Crusaders then started to gallop to Rarity’s boutique. It wasn't that far but it was far enough that they were out of breath when they got there.
Daring followed along at a slower pace, making sure not to disturb the sleeping little one on her back. The shop soon came into view as the Crusaders entered through the front door.
Rarity had just finished putting a dress on one of her ponyquins, before seeing the Crusaders and the disguised Daring Do as they entered. "Oh, hello, Sweetie Belle. How’s your day been going?"
"it was amazing! We were at the park and we ran into A. K. Yearling! And she has a little surprise!" Sweetie excitedly exclaimed while bouncing up and down!
Rarity saw the sleeping foal on Daring Do’s back and nodded, lowering her voice to the tone of a hush. "I'm already aware Rainbow is a foal. Pinkie let me know. Seems you girls found out too." She approached with a blanket, picking her friend up with delicate care and swaddling her.
"Since when do you know how to swaddle a baby, Rarity?" Apple Bloom questioned.
"Oh I just remember seeing the Cake Twins at the hospital and looked it up. Besides, I have memories of doing it when Sweetie Belle was a little one, and it seems I haven’t lost my touch." She remarked, instinctively cradling Rainbow and watching her lightly snore.
Scootaloo looked at the sleeping filly and blushed. "C-can I hold her Rarity, please?"
"You want to hold her?" Sweetie asked with a giggle, "I thought you didn't like foals?"
"I don't, it's just that Rainbow’s cute as a foal." Scootaloo admitted with a blush.
Rarity smiled, gently lowering Rainbow into Scootaloo’s open hooves. The foal seemed to lean into the orange coated filly some while being held. “Just make sure not to wake her, or Daring…” Then she realized what she saying and tried to correct herself before the Crusaders could catch on. “Er, I mean A. K. Yearling-”
“Daring? Why did you just call A. K. Yearling Daring?” Scootaloo asked Rarity.
“Oh, well you see, she.... uh…” Daring blushed, she had no idea what to say in this situation.
“Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo… the truth is that A. K. Yearling is Really Daring Do.” Rarity whispered as she looked at Daring.
“Wait, so all of the Daring Do books are real?!” Sweetie Belle asked in confusion.
“Yes… I actually have done everything in the books,” Daring admitted even as she maintained her Yearling disguise. “But you have to keep it a secret! No one can know!”
Scootaloo looked at Daring and sighed. “Okay, though it would be cool to tell everypony that we know daring do. We’ll keep it a secret," She reluctantly agreed, then looked down at the foal and giggled. “Rainbow’s really cute.”
Rarity, nodded watching Scootaloo continue to cradle. "Oh, she’ll look so cute in a few little dresses I have lying around. I'm sure she'd love to partake in it after she wakes up."
Sweetie giggled. "She actually threw a temper tantrum when we said we were going to get you to put her in a dress."
"Well, Rainbow alway was a bit fussy at being dressed up all fancy. But maybe if we offer her some cookies…." She watched Rainbow's ears twitch
Rainbow’s eyes opened when she heard the word ‘Cookies’. "Cookies?! Where?!"
Daring facehoofed. "Ugh, there's no cookies, Rainbow. Go back to sleep." She muttered.
Rarity smiled "Oh, did we wake you up, Rainbow?" She motherly inquired.
Rainbow yawned. "Yeah, and thewe not even cookies."
"Oh, so sorry, darling,” Rarity apologized. “How about we tuck you in somewhere warm so you can nap some more?" She cooed while tickling the swaddled form of her regressed form.
Rainbow giggled, seeing the blanket wrapped around made her feel safe and relaxed. "Why me wapped in bwankie?" She asked.
“It's known as swaddling, it helps foals sleep easier." Rarity explained and then let Scootaloo hold onto Rainbow. The filly smiling wider
"It feel nice." Rainbow said, yawning a little
Scootaloo kept cradling. "Hehe, you're super cute, Rainbow Dash. Guess I can be the big sister for now, huh?"
"Me not cute. Bu yeah, you big sissy for now." Rainbow started to snuggle into Scootaloo's coat Scootaloo giggles a bit too, watching Rarity bring over a nice basket.
Rarity lowered Rainbow into it, and then smiled. "How about you take her upstairs to Sweetie's room for her nap?”
Scootaloo smiled. "Okay. Sounds good." She picked up the basket and tickled the baby in it a little.
Rainbow wiggled, feeling her eyes grow heavy as Scootaloo carried her up the stairs. Scootaloo made sure the wrapping was snug before smiling. "Have a good nap, little sister." She said with a light snicker.
"G'night, sissy." Rainbow yawned, closing her eyes and falling asleep after only a few seconds.
Scootaloo giggled. “Oh, she's so cute, I wish I could take care of her myself.” She then heard the door open and saw Daring enter the room.
“You forgot to bring up Rainbow;s pacifier and plushie.” The mare explained, hoofing the two foalish items to the filly
Scootaloo smiled and put the pacifier into Rainbow’s mouth, which started to bob up and down as the baby slept. She then put the Spitfire plushie by the foal, who started to hug onto it.
The scene in front of the filly was heartwarming. “Oh, she's so cute!” Scootaloo exclaimed!
“Yeah, she is. But we should leave her to sleep for a little. She is only a baby after all.” Daring said, escorting the orange coated filly out of the room and back downstairs.