It had been hard for Minuette not to hear about what had unfolded during the Grand Galloping Gala despite not attending herself. That being said it definitely tickled her funny bone to think of all those stuffy nobles ending up in big, thick poofy diapers and Princess Celestia’s royal pain of a nephew being treated like the toddler he so often acted as. But she soon found that many of her friends didn’t feel the same way, so she kept those thoughts to herself.
Then there was the fact that Minuette could’ve sworn she had seen Twilight with her friends after the gala was over, roaming the streets. And although it was dark and hard to see, the unicorn dentist thought she’d spotted a night time diaper modeled after Princess Celestia around Twilight’s flanks. But before she could look again her target had disappeared into the night.
Well, the was only way to find out whether that was true or if Minuette was just been seeing things was to visit Twilight.
As luck would have it she would be traveling to Ponyville soon in order to visit with another friend of hers, Lyra Heartstrings. If anypony would know where to find Twilight it would be Lyra. with that in mind she began to prepare herself for the trip.
“If Twilight was wearing a diaper she must have a very good reason for it,” The cheerful unicorn thought to herself. “After all, Twilight was basically the first in class to be fully potty trained. She made it look so easy too.”
And indeed that was true, Minuette could well remember her own potty training and how much of a trip that had been. The memories were still fresh and vivid in her mind despite how many years had gone by.
The training had begun on the day Minuette turned three years old, just like Twilight and some of her other friends. She did loosely remember Twilight unwrapping a potty during a birthday party, but had thought little of it at the time. She much preferred the comfort of her diapers. Far less of a hassle. Alas, that was about to change.
A colorful little plastic bowl was plopped down in front of little Minuette even though she’d already opened all of her other presents and her friends had long since gone home. “Is this what I think it is?” The little unicorn asked her parents as she looked up at them with an innocent expression, hoping she could guilt trip them into changing their mind.
“Yes indeedy, Minuette,” Her mother, Pearly confirmed. “It’s a potty. Your potty in fact. Now you can start using it and be just like Twilight, Moondancer and countless other foals your age.”
“But that’s not the only thing we bought,” Minuette’s father, Sunspot declared. "We also went ahead and got you some pull-ups for when you’re ready to be a big pony. Just think, you won’t have to wear diapers anymore and nopony will tease you for wearing them. Won’t that be nice?”
The little unicorn didn’t think so as her smile faded. “But I like my diapers. I mean, the potty does sort of look like fun. But only the really big one that you and Mom use,” She told her father. “Besides, I don’t think I’m ready yet. Can’t I just stay in diapers for another year or so? I can change myself if you’re tired of always doing it, you and Mom make it look so easy and always make those funny faces during the changes.”
Sunspot wasn’t convinced for even a second. “I know you like your diapers, Minuette. But nopony is meant to stay in them forever. You’re one of the last foals your age who still wears them. It’s time you graduated. If you don’t, your friends may stop hanging out with you for fear of being judged.”
Pearly added. “We didn’t spend all this money on your potty and on pull-ups just so you could keep on using your diapers. You used them for the last time this morning, you won’t be using them any longer. You’ll see, once you’ve used your potty you’ll find it so much better than doing your business in diapers.”
“What do you mean? I don’t work, you and Dad work.” Minuette frowned, unfamiliar with what “business” stood for.
“I’m talking about doing number one and two in your diapers,” Pearly explained. “Now come on, it’s time we started the potty training. If your father and I are being honest, we should’ve started this training much sooner.”
Against her wishes, Minuette was brought into the bathroom as her potty was put down, her diaper was removed (and unceremoniously tossed into the trash) and she was seated upon the plastic bowl. She quickly grew bored. “How long am I supposed to sit like this?” She complained.
“Until your father and I say you can get up,” Pearly told her daughter before turning to her husband. “Five minutes should be enough. Don’t you think so, Sunspot?”
Sunspot nodded. “I agree. But you probably won’t need more than a minute or too, little Minnie. You’re always loading up on sugary snacks. You had a ton of cake and ice cream during the party earlier, and you haven’t gone since before then.”
“So, what am I supposed to do in the meantime? Just sit here?” Minuette pouted. “And why can’t I use that really cool looking big potty over there?” She gestured a hoof to the toilet. “Lyra was able to use it with help from Twilight’s brother. I even heard her talking about that to Twilight and Moondancer.”
Sunspot and Pearly both shook their heads. “You’re not ready yet, Minuette. In your current state you’re much too small to safely use the toilet, even with grown-up supervision. You’re stuck to your potty for now. Toilet training will come later.”
So it was that Minuette was forced to wait for what felt like the longest ever five minutes until she was finally allowed to stand up. She was surprised to find that she felt strangely “empty” for lack of a better term, although she didn’t know why.
Her parents seemed to know though as they inspected their daughter’s potty and beamed with pride. “Very well done, Minuette. That’s how you do it! Keep this up and you’ll soon be rocking those new pull-ups like a champ!”
“I… did it?” Minuette blinked in surprise. “It didn’t feel as noticeable. I didn’t even hear anything.”
“That’s why it’s important to pay attention to the signals your body sends,” Sunspot explained as he used some of the potty’s built in wet wipes to clean his daughter’s rump. “Signals you’ll learn as this training progresses.”
Pearly, meanwhile, lifted up the training potty with her magic and floated it over to the toilet. Carefully, she poured the potty’s contents into the toilet bowl as they audibly splashed down. Then the potty was carefully set back down just as she saw her husband tossing the used wet wipes into the trash alongside the unused diaper. She then got an idea. “My little Minnie, how would you like to do the honor of flushing the toilet?” She hoped that this would give her daughter motivation and an understanding of where her waste should go.
The little unicorn jumped up and down in excitement! “Ooh, that sounds like fun! That’s probably what makes that funny sound I always hear! How do I do it, Mom?” She asked before being scooped up by her mother.
With the soft, warm glow of her magic, Pearly carefully floated her daughter over to the toilet, bringing her closer to a silver handle on the upper left side of the tank. “Just push down that handle. The toilet will take care of the rest.” The little unicorn eagerly reached out a hoof and pressed it down.
As a mighty roar reached her ears, Minuette looked down to see her waste spinning about in a dizzying whirlpool that absolutely fascinated her. Everything spun faster and faster, before suddenly it disappeared before her very eyes! And then the toilet refilled itself, the water sparkling clear but her waste gone from sight.
Minuette was absolutely amazed! “Wow!” She cheered. “That is so much fun! I guess it was worth the wait!”
“It sure is,” Pearly cooed, seeing that her daughter was quite impressed. She then whispered something to Sunspot who nodded upon hearing his wife’s suggestion. “Well since you liked it, me and your father decided that every time you have a successful trip to the potty, you get to flush it all away,” She offered. “Does that sound good to you?”
“That’s fair enough for me.” The little unicorn agreed.
“And now you just wash your hooves, and you’re all done,” Sunspot encouraged. “Come on, I’ll show you how to do it.”
From that day onward, Minuette gradually (and often reluctantly) advanced in her training. She was soon in pull-ups just like her friend Twilight, but she always secretly found herself longing for the comfort of diapers that she felt had been taken away from her before she was truly ready.
The memories came to an end as the now grown-up unicorn found herself approaching the living quarters of the pony she’d considered a friend, even if said pony had rarely acknowledged her and kind of forgotten about her. “How fitting that Twilight would live in a library of all places.” She thought to herself as she noticed a sign identifying the magnificent tree structure before her as Golden Oaks Library.
Minuette was grateful that she’d received directions to this place. Ponyville had few landmarks to make it easy to tell where you were going, a stark comparison to Canterlot where every street and street corner had a name. The unicorn dentist then slowly reached up an aqua blue hoof to knock on the door. She had no idea she should expect upon entering, assuming Twilight was in a mood to see visitors unannounced.
The door swung open suddenly as the unmistakable voice of Twilight Sparkle called out from afar. “Who is it?”
Minuette stepped inside, hoping to see her fellow unicorn face to face and put those nagging questions she’d had since that late night sighting to rest. But she didn’t see any sign of Twilight anywhere. “It’s me, Minuette,” She called back. “You remember me, Twilight? We used to be friends when you were in Canterlot? You, me, Lyra and the gang?”
A long, awkward and uncomfortable silence followed before Twilight’s voice answered. “Oh, them? I… think I remember some of you inviting me to a party one day, and I said no. How did you find me here? I didn’t tell any of you where I was going.”
“I found out from Lyra because she lives here too. Twinkleshine, Lemon Drops and I often come here to visit her, or she comes to Canterlot to visit us,” Minuette explained. “I just… wanted to see how you were doing because it’d been so long since I got to see you.”
“Well, I’m very grateful you stopped by, Minuette,” Twilight’s voice answered again. “But I’m fine. You can go now. And uh… tell the others back in Canterlot I said hello.”
However, the unicorn dentist wasn’t satisfied with the answers she was getting. It was especially odd to her that her old friend couldn’t be bothered to show her face, even just for a few seconds. Something had to be up and it wasn’t just Twilight having her nose stuck in a book again. So, not one to take no for an answer, the unicorn with a mane and tail that looked like toothpaste decided to trot to Twilight’s location.
As Minuette drew close she could swear she heard a faint crinkling sound that was oddly familiar to her, even though it had been years since she’d heard it. “Can it really be?” She thought to herself as her heart began to flutter. Her curiosity getting the better of her, the energetic unicorn trotted closer. And upon rounding a corner she found herself in Twilight’s bedroom on the upper floor of the library.
Twilight was resting on her bed with her old Smarty Pants doll by her side and a Daring Do book in her hooves. Most noticeable of all, however, around the mare’s rump was taped a diaper exactly the same as the one Minuette thought she’d seen after the gala. It was thick, poofy and for some reason had Celestia’s cutie mark printed all over it. As the book loving pony shuffled about in blissful unawareness, her diaper shifted and crinkled audibly.
Minuette let out a gasp, only realizing after the fact that that probably wasn’t a smart idea!
The gasp drew Twilight’s attention as she dropped the book and looked up! Upon seeing Minuette standing before her, she eeped, blushed and hastily threw the covers of her bed over herself to try to cover up what she was wearing! “Minuette!” She exclaimed as her cheeks flushed harder than ever.
The unicorn dentist just stood there with a rather goofy but innocent smile on her face that reminded Twilight of Pinkie Pie.
Now that Twilight thought about it more, Minuette and Pinkie Pie were a lot like from what she could remember of Minuette. In a way it was almost like the two were cousins or something. But there were more pressing matters that had to be addressed.
“Twilight, what are you doing in diapers?” Minuette asked as her smile faded ever so slightly. “Don’t you know you’re too old to still be wearing them?” Have you been wetting the bed?”
“Well, I... was... until... recently,” Twilight admitted before realizing that she’d just destroyed her best cover story. She hastily tried to recover. “Er… but… I’m only wearing them... because… because… this... is… this… is... purely for research!”
The unicorn dentist wasn’t fooled for even a second. “Twilight, you’re a terrible liar and we know it. You couldn’t keep a secret if you tried. Your little ‘secret club of big ponies’ between you, Moondancer and Lyra was anything but secret,” She grinned and smiled anew. “It’s totally okay if you like wearing diapers. I won’t laugh or make fun of you. It’s not hurting anypony.”
Reluctantly, Twilight confessed as she removed the covers and exposed her diaper once again to Minuette as she had long since let go of her hold on her Daring Do book (which had landed on the bed sheets a ways away). “You promise not to tell anypony else, right? I don’t need them thinking I’m weird.”
“Hey, everypony says I’m weird but I don’t care!” Minuette chirped. “Your secret’s safe with me.”
“In that case, I guess I might as well confess,” Twilight sighed. “I wasn’t lying about wetting the bed until recently. It was a side effect of defeating Nightmare Moon, some of her dark magic destroyed my ability to hold it in at night.”
Minuette gasped! “Oh my gosh! Nightmare Moon was real? I thought that was just an old pony’s tale made up to scare foals.”
The book loving unicorn shook her head. “She was real alright. But my friends and I defeated her, and turned her back into the good Princess Luna,” She then explained. “But after the defeat I started having bedwetting problems. I was too embarrassed to tell anypony about it, so I reluctantly bought diapers to keep from staining the sheets every night. Princess Celestia found out though, and while Princess Luna worked on restoring my night time bladder control I more or less let Princess Celestia baby me. It was only once the bedwetting stopped that I had to end the treatment.”
“But you grew to like diapers in the meantime, even if you didn’t want to use them anymore,” Minuette concluded. “I felt the same way while growing up, but I never said anything because I knew ponies would just laugh at me for it. I always wanted to get back into wearing diapers, but I was afraid nopony would understand and I knew I wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret if I tried to,” She smiled. “I feel so much better knowing that I’m not the only one who feels that way anymore. And I can’t believe you let the princess baby you.”
Twilight’s blush slowly subsided. “It was interesting to say the least, definitely not an experience I’ll ever forget. But I still kind of want Princess Celestia baby me, just a little. I don’t think there’s any harm to it as long as I can retain my independence.”
“Like how you basically ran your own potty training?” The dentist unicorn commented. “You made it no secret growing up that that was the key for you. You even leaped ahead of Moondancer even though she got a head start on her training.”
The book loving mare sighed and nodded. “Yeah, kind of like that. Except this time I’m sort of letting other ponies run things if you understand. It’s kind of like being in a play. I can’t really explain it.”
It was then that Minuette got an idea as she looked at her fellow unicorn. “It sounds like a lot of fun, actually! I wanna try it! I could be like your big sister or something!”
“Well…” Twilight put a hoof to her chin in contemplation. “You sure you wanna do that? Since the Grand Galloping Gala ended and my bed wetting stopped I haven’t done this with anypony besides Princess Celestia.”
Minuette wasn’t deterred. “I don’t have anywhere I need to be. I took the entire weekend off so I could come to Ponyville to see Lyra. I’ll still do that during the day, but at night I can come over and we can be diaper buddies again!”
“If you’re sure that’s what you really want,” Twilight replied. “Just remember that you can’t tell anypony about this, not even Lyra. If you have to, make up a cover story so she doesn’t suspect anything.”
The mare with a mane that looked like toothpaste just flashed a toothy smile. “My lips are sealed,” And then she bounced away. “I guess I’ll see you tonight, Twilight! Or maybe I should start calling you Twily! Ooh, that’s a good idea! I’ll call you Twily and you can call me Minnie!”
Twilight, for her part, just watched her fellow unicorn and old friend bounce away, wondering to herself. “What did I just agree to? I hope this doesn’t break open that hole I plugged up.” She thought to herself even though a part of her was rather looking forward to what tonight would hold.
Minuette arrived back at the library hours later as the last rays of Celestia’s sun disappeared and gave way to Luna’s moon. She was giddy with excitement, barely able to contain herself as she energetically knocked on the door.
This time, instead of Twilight’s voice from afar the door was opened to the bright, warm and motherly smile of Princess Celestia. A smile that Minuette had rarely seen from the alicorn. “Oh, hello. You’re Minuette, or ‘Little Minnie’ as it were,” The princess greeted. “Glad you could make it. It really warms my heart to see Twilight not only making new friends but also reuniting with one of her old ones.”
Minuette smiled back. “I’d do anything for a friend like Twilight. Besides, she got to be the bigger pony when we were growing up, so I think it’s only fair the roles were reversed. I even bought my own diapers just for the occasion.” And she showed the princess what had been a carefully concealed package of Silly Filly special nighttime diapers intended for big foals.
Celestia replied by patting Minuette on the head like a mother would do with her child. “Aw, that’s so sweet that you came prepared. But you could’ve just asked, Twily would’ve gladly let you borrow some of her diapers. She’s not gonna be exhausting her stash anytime soon now that she’s in potty training again.”
“Oh, does she need some help?” Minuette offered with a giggle and a grin.
“Well, let’s get you padded up first, and then we can see what little Twily thinks,” Celestia offered as she led Minuette upstairs, soon setting her down on a changing mat that had been prepared for just such an occasion. “Lay down and hold still, please.”
The mare with a mane and tail resembling toothpaste obliged, soon being strapped up not into one of the special nighttime diapers she’d bought for herself but one of the big, poofy diapers that she’d seen Twilight wearing. “Did you make these yourself, Princess Celestia?” She asked as the diapering job was being carried out.
The sun princess nodded her head. “Yes. I simply provided the details discreetly to a local diaper making shop and they took care of the rest. Once my sister found out she demanded that the shop make custom diapers in her image as well, but don’t tell her that I told you that.”
Minuette only giggled at the image as she felt the diaper’s tabs be fastened around her, now giving her rump a nice cushiony and poofy pillow. She sat up slowly, adjusting to the weight of the thick padding. “You know what? I can still remember you being really popular with foal stores when I was growing up. They made all sorts of things in your image, even putting your face on pull-ups to encourage little ones.”
Just then, an already padded up Twilight happened to come trotting by. And when she saw Minuette she immediately reached out to hug her fellow unicorn. “You’re actually going through with this! Oh, you don’t know how much this means to me! I thought you were just saying you’d do it to be nice as a way of keeping quiet about my secret.”
“I never break a promise to a friend!” Minuette firmly replied. “I meant what I said. This night is gonna be so much fun, especially since I get to be the big sister!”
Princess Celestia chuckled. “Then I take it you’re ready to do what a big sister does for a little sister and help teach Twily about the grown-up potty?” She cooed with her motherly voice.
Minuette nodded her head. “You bet! Come on, Twily! I’ll show you how much fun the big potty can be!” And she led Twilight by the hoof to the library’s bathroom with the princess following right behind them.
Upon entering, Minuette was surprised to see a training potty with Celestia’s face sitting in a corner of the room. “Wow! They really thought of everything, didn’t they? I thought the toilet was made to look like Princess Celestia’s throne!”
The princess of the sun let out a small chuckle as Twilight explained. “Yeah… well I don’t really need it any longer. It’s more for emergencies since I’m slowly working my way back to full control at night.”
The cheerful unicorn only smiled as she trotted towards the toilet with a waddle. “Then I guess it’s a good thing you have me to teach you how to go potty like a big filly,” She carefully pulled down her diaper and worked her way onto the toilet seat, adjusting herself so she sat down on it properly. “Okay, now you just go like you would in the training potty,” She explained before blushing. “Uh, do you and the princess mind looking away?”
Giggling, both Twilight and Princess Celestia obliged. As soon as they did, they heard a faint tinkling sound and even a few splashes as Minuette blushed anew. “Sorry, I had a big dinner with Lyra. But I guess it’s better I did it in the big potty instead of my diaper,” Once she was done she hopped down and explained. “Now once you’re all done, you just wipe yourself with toilet paper.” She demonstrated the next step with the greatest of ease before tossing the used rolls into the toilet.
After pulling her diaper back up, she placed a hoof on the silver handle on the upper left side of the tank. “And then you pull the handle and flush.” She declared before pushing it down.
The toilet roared loudly and the water spun rapidly around for a few seconds. Then it swirled down the hole and disappeared, taking along everything that was floating in it.
“See? It’s that easy.” Minuette said as the toilet began to refill itself.
“Well done, Minnie!” Princess Celestia smiled before helping the cheerful unicorn wash her hooves. By the time they were done drying their hooves off, the toilet had finished refilling and was ready to be used again.
The princess took the liberty of placing Twilight on the toilet seat. “Alright, Twily. Now it’s your turn. Just do whatever you have to do, Minnie and I won’t look.”
Twilight did so, and soon the sound of tinkling and splashing water was heard once again. “I did it! I went boom boom in the big potty like Minnie did.” She cheered in what sounded like a practiced childish tone.
“Yes you did, my little pony,” Celestia replied in her motherly voice. “Just make sure to wipe.”
“Okay, Mommy.” Twilight declared as she hopped down from the toilet seat and did as she was told before tossing the used rolls of toilet paper into the bowl.
Now, you need to flush the toilet.” The princess instructed.
The book loving mare nodded and used both her front hooves to press the silver handle down.
The toilet roared loudly once again and the water spun rapidly around for a few seconds. Twilight watched as her waste was sucked down the drain and disappeared. The water followed shortly afterwards before returning quickly being crystal clear.
After Twilight was done washing her hooves, both she and Minuette were led out of the bathroom.
“I wish my actual potty training was as fun as this.” The unicorn dentist thought to herself, again lamenting what she still felt was the sudden nature of her own training long ago.