//------------------------------// // Daring to Ditch Diapers (Daring Do) // Story: Potty Training Tales // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// Even when it came to twins, no two foals approached every milestone in their lives the exact same way. And this was true for the fraternal twins of Daring Do and Rainbow Dash (the former being older than the latter by only a minute or so), especially considering what was happening lately with their mother, Firefly. The foals didn’t know exactly what was going on, they did know that their mother was staying home with them way more often and seemed to get tired more often. They also became aware that their father was often bringing in a strange mare that looked a lot like Rainbow Dash. And she would often take over when Firefly was too exhausted to keep up with her twin foals. Though she couldn’t always be there for her children in the physical sense, Firefly was still as determined as possible to be there for them in spirit. She wanted to raise what would most likely be the only foals she would ever have properly. The first words and even some of the preliminary teachings of flight had gone smoothly enough. However the real challenge for any parent soon presented itself in the form of potty training. Firefly tried to at least start the process, even if she didn’t necessarily have both the strength and endurance to see it through all the way. This was something she really didn’t want to leave in the hooves of Windy Whistles, despite the two being close friends (Windy having even served as best mare when Firefly married Bow Hothoof during a brief leave from the Wonderbolts). So one morning she woke her foals up to tell them that she had a very big surprise in store for them. “What the surprise, Mama?” Daring Do was the first to ask. “It something awesome! Right, Mama?” Rainbow Dash hopefully asked. Firefly nodded as she changed the diapers of both her daughters, and then brought them close to her. “It definitely is. And it’s something all foals your age have to go through.” Despite a coughing fit, she was able to carry both foals to the bathroom. Daring Do and Rainbow Dash looked all around for anything that could serve as their surprise. But the only thing that seemed different from previous occasions were these weirdly colored plastic bowls. Smiling, Firefly explained. “These are your new potties. From now on, I want you both to use them instead of your diapers whenever you have to go. And you can come get me, your father, or Miss Windy if you think you have to. We’ll all be around to help in any way we can.” “Don’t wanna give up diapees!” Both foals naturally protested this idea, even though they were powerless against their mom as she had them stripped of the padded undergarments, and both seated on their designated training potties. Bow Hothoof could only smile when he saw the adorable scene a short time later. “With awesome foals like you, I’m sure you’ll both get the hang of potty training in no time. Just think, your old stallion won’t have to change diapers anymore!” But it wasn’t quite a smooth process as they were hoping for. Getting one foal trained took the better half of a year, during which Firefly grew weaker and weaker and Windy started coming by more often to assist. Rainbow Dash was the first to master potty training. She had soon discovered that as soft as diapers were, their added weight was a hindrance in movement both on the ground and in the air. It wasn’t long before she was in pull-ups, while her twin sister remained in diapers. Daring Do was jealous of this development. It wasn’t her fault that she was getting so swept up in her own little adventures that she didn’t always make it to her potty in time. And it always seemed like when she tried to go during the designated “breaks” her parents would give, she couldn’t go or didn’t have to go. Rainbow Dash eventually took notice of the gap between her and her slightly older sister (though if one were to look at it now they would probably think Rainbow Dash was the older sister). Try as she might to dismiss it the same way she was dismissing the health of their mother, the difference was all too easily noted simply by what the foals wore. Pull-ups didn’t look like diapers and didn’t work the same way as diapers. So it was either go back to diapers until Daring Do graduated from them, or try to help her twin sister graduate to pull-ups. Rainbow Dash opted for the latter. And her little mind soon began to devise a way to help her sister catch up. A way that would also surely impress all the grown-ups. The first opportunity for the foal to put her plan into action ended up coming late one night, shortly after she and Daring Do were both set down to rest. Being in the same crib had its advantages, and in this case it afforded the rainbow maned foal a chance to hear (and see) her sister tossing and squirming about. She knew from experience what that meant. “You gots to go, Daring?” She asked, leaning over her sister. Daring Do squirmed and whimpered. “But how we gets to my potty? We can’t even escape fwom tis cwib.” “Duh, we fwy!” Rainbow Dash snorted. “I carry ya! Then we go to bathroom and you sit on potty til ya pee pee!” Daring Do gulped. “Ya sure ya can do tat? If Mommy, Daddy, or Miss Windy find out, we in big twoubwe.” Rainbow Dash just giggled as she took hold of her sister. “Tey not gonna find out. Besides, when tey see I just hewping ya go potty, tey gonna be happy I such a good sissy.” Somehow, Rainbow Dash had enough strength to flutter both herself and her sister out of their shared crib. And Daring Do managed by some stroke of luck to hold in her urge to pee (probably because it wasn’t all that strong yet, though she didn’t really know what defined a strong urge and what defines a weak one). In a way it kind of felt like one of her adventures, only with her twin sister there to lend a helping hoof. They entered the bathroom and Daring Do clumsily waddled over to her potty. She was about to sit down on it, when Rainbow Dash stopped her. “Ya gots to take off ya diaper first. Otherwise ya just gonna pee pee in it instead of potty.” “Oh, wight. Tanks, Rainbow Dash,” Daring Do replied as she clumsily fiddled with the tabs on her diaper and eventually managed to undo them. She let the padding drop to her legs as she sat down on her potty. The little pegasus soon heard a faint tinkling sound echo into the bowl, but only when she was done did she feel brave enough to look down. Sure enough, her potty was all but filled to the brim. She quickly felt pride well up inside her as she boasted! “I… I did it!” Rainbow Dash smiled. “Ya huh! Now ya a big filly! Ya gots to do tat for aww ta grown-ups and ya can wear pull-ups too!” Daring Do nodded. “Otay, but I may need ya hewp on tat,” She got off her potty as she then asked. “But how we clean-up?” Rainbow Dash gulped. Her earlier confidence leaving her entirely. “I… dun know. I tink we gonna need a grown-up’s hewp.” “Indeed you will,” A familiar voice declared as light suddenly flooded the bathroom. And who should appear before both foals but Windy Whistles in all her glory? “If you brave little fillies really needed help, all you had to do was ask.” As Daring Do was being cleaned by Windy Whistles, Rainbow Dash turned towards her twin sister, knowing what was about to happen next. “Wanna see someting awesome?” She asked. Daring nodded when she saw her potty be picked up, and she and Rainbow Dash followed Windy over to what appeared to be a tall, bowl shaped object. It had a round shaped seat and a lid, along with a tank attached to the back of it.“What that?” She asked her twin sister. “That the big potty,” Rainbow proudly explained. “It like our potties but bigger, and it does someting super cool! Miss Windy told me it called a fwush.” Windy knew what that meant. Once she had emptied Daring’s training potty, she saw the two foals. “Did you want to show Daring your favorite part, Dashie?” She questioned. Rainbow Dash nodded and after she and her twin sister were placed onto the tank, they both looked down into the bowl. When they did, Daring Do could see that it was filled with water along with a hole at the bottom. “Here it comes!” Rainbow said as Windy placed a hoof on a silver handle attached to the tank, and pressed it down. A loud noise rang out as Daring Do and her sister could now see the water that was inside the bowl started to spin around and around. Daring began to smile, which grew bigger and bigger as the water spun faster and faster. Then her eyes widened in surprise as it suddenly became a dizzying whirlpool, making the water swirl down into the hole and disappeare! Seconds later it returned, except now it was crystal clear! “How cool was tat?” Rainbow asked her twin sister. “Tat so awesome!” Daring declared! She could hardly wait to see it again the next time she was in the bathroom.