//------------------------------// // The Queen's New Throne (Queen Chrysalis) // Story: Potty Training Tales // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// Queen Chrysalis hadn’t known what to expect when she remained stuck as a baby and was more or less adopted by the very ponies she’d tried to defeat: Shining Armor and Princess Cadence. On the one hoof, it actually worked out well for her since she got access to all the love she could ever desire without having to “pretend” to be a nicey nice do gooder like Cadence. But on the other hoof, she was stuck in a body that made her look cute and rendered her powerless over so many other things. The former queen of the changelings had now been reduced to a diaper wearing infant, and she hated it. She wanted nothing more than to regain at least some of the respect she’d once been able to get on command. But she didn’t know how to do that. Despite her best efforts, ponies wouldn’t take her seriously whenever she tried to say or do anything that she used to do. And the few things that she could do usually required help from a grown-up, particular the ponies who’d adopted her. So it was that Chrysalis was spending yet another day in her little playpen within a nursery in the royal suite that her adopted “parents” currently lived. She grumbled, looking down at herself and the thick padding between her legs. True, she was technically in potty training (something she had previously never quite understood), but she was having a hard time with it if her potty chart was any indication. And it was in a place high up on the wall where she had trouble seeing it. “Stupid chart! Stupid curse! Stupid everything!” The regressed queen thought to herself. “What do I have to do to get some respect around here? I may be stuck in the body of a foal, but I am NOT a helpless foal! But how do I make the ponies see that, especially that pesky Princess Cadence?” At that moment, the door to Chrysalis’ nursery was pushed open as she saw her “adopted” big brother Bright Wing come bouncing in, happily showing off those pull-ups he was always so proud of. Accompanying the toddler was Princess Cadence, who had a brighter than normal smile upon her face. “You’re getting to be such a big boy, Bright Wing,” She told the regressed royal guard. “Wait until I tell your daddy that you managed to do a poo-poo in the big potty all by yourself.” “Ya hewped me a wittwe.” Bright Wing replied as he looked up at Cadence. “But you were the one who came to get me because you thought you had to go, and that’s what potty training is all about,” The princess of love explained, before turning her attention to the other little one in the room. “Now just stay here while I check on your sister.” Bright Wing gave a salute. “Otay, I be good.” Cadence took that as a sign to proceed over to Chrysalis, using her magic to gently scoop the changeling up and give her the customary diaper inspection that was warranted at this time. “Nope, still dry.” She commented once the inspection was complete. Chrysalis grumbled. “I onwy sometimes have accidents at night. Ya dun have to check me aww ta time!” “Oh, but how else am I supposed to know if you need a change? Trust me, you wouldn’t wanna to get a diaper rash. Those really hurt,” Princess Cadence replied, before setting the toddler down on the floor of the nursery. “Now, I have some important things I need to take care of, and since Daddy’s out shopping that means I’m putting Bright Wing in charge. I don’t think I’ll be gone long, but you both have to promise me you’ll stay out of trouble. And if you need anything, you come get me.” Bright Wing nodded and vowed. “Ya can count on me, Mommy. I gonna be the bestest big bwother evew! I pwotect hew wike a woyaw guawd shouwd!” Princess Cadence smiled. “I’m sure you will, but remember what I said,” She then bent down, kissing both foals. “I’ll be down the hall at the other end if you need me.” And with that she departed the nursery, closing the door behind her with her magic. Chrysalis promptly sat down on the floor, crossing her legs in a pout as she snorted and turned her head. “She no fun at aww! I dun need pwotection!” Bright Wing just trotted over to his little sister, nuzzling her in the side. “Hey, ya dun have to be a poopy head aww ta time. Mommy and Daddy awe woads of fun and ya know it!” The former queen only snorted. “Whatevew. I sick and tiwed of being wittwe. I used to be a queen! I used to have wespect! I wish thewe was a way I couwd make evewypony stop tweating me wike I dun know anyting, ten I wouwdn’t have to put up with stuff wike tis.” Bright Wing only replied. “Weww, ya gotta stop be mean and doing mean tings. Tat what got you in twoubwe in ta fiwst pwace.” “I not being mean!” Chrysalis protested. “I just wan Mommy, Daddy and aww the gwown-ups to stop wooking down on me. I wan tem to wespect me wike the queen I was!” It was then that the little colt got an idea. He wasn’t sure how much “respect” it would really bring to the former queen, but at least it would be something to cheer her up. “Hey, I tink I know how I can hewp ya out,” He spoke up as he then gestured to the pull-up he proudly wore. “I can hewp ya with potty twaining.” The only response from the regressed changeling was a humph and a snort. “I dun need ya hewp. I awweady in twaining. Just wook at my chawt.” But the little royal guard to be just explained to his little sister. “I mean, I can hewp ya get into puww-ups.” At that Chrysalis’ ears perked up. “Ya can?!” Bright Wing happily nodded as he declared. “If I hewp ya use ta big potty wike I do, ten maybe Mommy and Daddy wiww put ya in puww-ups wike tey did fow me once I stawted using ta big potty.” However, Chrysalis shuddered ever so slightly. In her mind she of course knew that the big potty (or the toilet as it was actually called) wasn’t anything special or anything to be afraid of. But in her current state its size intimidated her whenever she saw it (her having a nightmare where Shining Armor had flushed her down one of the castle’s bathrooms after the wedding certainly didn’t help). “Ya weawwy suwe tat’s a good idea?” She nervously inquired. “Awen’t we supposed to get Mommy ow Daddy to hewp us?” The little colt shook his head. “Nu-uh. I used it enough time to know wha to do. Besides, Mommy’s too busy and Daddy’s not hewe,” Then he added. “Besides, ya wanna be a big pony wike me, wight?” “I not a pony, but I do wanna be mowe wespected wike you,” The little changeling replied, and so she reluctantly agreed. “I guess we can twy, at weast.” “Otay,” Bright Wing nodded again as he helped his little sister to stand up. “Come on, wet’s get going. Ya haven’t gone potty in a whiwe, so ya pwobabwy have to go now. Tat’s how it wowks. Just fowwow me and do as I say. Ya see, is easy once ya know wha to do.” The two foals exited the nursery, Bright Wing flying up with a good deal of effort to reach the door knob and turn it. Fortunately, the bathroom wasn’t too far from the nursery. In fact, it was just across the hall. And by a stroke of good fortune the door was left slightly ajar. They pushed the door open all the way and the two foals made their way into the bathroom proper. There was just enough natural light to be able to see everything in it. And that included the very object that was the reason for this visit, the big potty a.k.a the toilet. Chrysalis gazed up at the porcelain contraption and once again she shuddered. It really did resemble a throne now that she thought about it more in depth. A weird throne in the shape of a bowl but a throne none the less, and she only kind of knew how it worked. Bright Wing was anything but intimidated, he’d been using the almighty porcelain throne so much that at this point it was almost second nature to him and a thing he thought little of. He just flew up, putting his hooves underneath the lid as he flapped his wings with all his might. After a great deal of straining, he managed to force it up all the way. A loud slam noise echoed through the bathroom as the lid hit the tank. “How I supposed to get up thewe?” Chrysalis pondered as she saw Bright Wing fly back down, showing signs of exhaustion from his efforts. “Ya couwd fwy wike I do,” Bright Wing suggested. “Ya have wings too.” The little changeling blushed, realizing that she’d forgotten all about her wings up to this point. “Oh, wight.” And she had a pretty good idea of what she needed to do from what she was already used to doing with a training potty. She just needed to get up on the seat, and then the rest was up to nature. But it felt like she was forgetting something. Well, whatever it was it was probably not important or she would’ve remembered it already. Chrysalis looked up at the toilet and then looked down to Bright Wing. “Otay, here I go!” She declared, suddenly feeling rather emboldened! She buzzed her tiny wings, working them as hard as she could to lift herself into the air. She couldn’t really get that high, but that was okay. As long as she could get up to be level with the toilet seat she would be fine. But the little colt noticed something that his little sister had forgotten. It was something so obvious he wondered how she could’ve possibly overlooked it. “Hey, ya fowgot to take off ya diapee!” He shouted a reminder to her. Looking down at herself, Chrysalis could see that her big brother was right. How could she have forgotten that important step? Well, those were thoughts for another time and place as she just turned her attention to the aforementioned padding. It was now the only thing standing in the way of her using the toilet like all those grown-ups did. She began to tuck on the tabs of her diaper, not particularly caring if she ripped them off. If she did this right she wasn’t going to need a diaper anyway. The former queen grunted and groaned as she stood on the seat, trying to get the padding to come off. But it seemed like nothing was working. At last, however, she was rewarded for her efforts when she heard a faint ripping sound. Excitedly, she stood up to tear her diaper off completely, having forgotten where she was! Standing up on the seat caused her back hooves to slip and she lost her balance, plunging backward in the bowl with an audible splash! “Hewp!” She cried as she found that the diaper was now stuck on her head upside down, preventing her from seeing where she was! Bright Wing gasped and immediately fluttered up onto the seat despite his earlier exhaustion! “Hang on, Chwysy!” He frantically called down to his little sister! “I gonna save ya!” And he knew he had to act fast given that she was floating rump first, meaning her head was just above the drain!  Thinking quickly, he went over to the nearby toilet paper roll and flew onto it. Then he ran along it, making it unfurl along the bathroom floor. Once he was sure it was long enough, he grabbed one end of the roll and flew with it back up onto the seat! He then dropped said end into the toilet bowl so that it would more or less wrap around Chrysalis. “I gonna puww ya up now!” He declared as he grabbed the other end of the roll off the floor! Chrysalis didn’t really know what was happening to her (since the diaper obstructed her view). But suddenly, she felt something pulling her on from behind and then she felt herself being lifted up as the diaper slowly slid off her face. Light rapidly began to fill her vision, replacing the earlier darkness. Bright Wing kept on pulling, not wanting to loosen his grip for even a second. As such he forgot to pay attention to his surroundings. Suddenly, he felt himself brushing up against something long and metal. And before the little colt had a chance to react, he felt it be pushed down with an audible click. “Uh-oh!” He gasped as his pulling grew even more urgent, for he realized what he had just done: He’d accidentally started the flush cycle! If he lost his grip at all there was a good chance he could drop Chrysalis back in the water and risk causing her to go down the drain! Chrysalis’ eyes beheld a most frightening sight even as she was being slowly lifted out of danger! Her diaper dropped right off her face and into the bowl, spinning around with the ominously surging waters that became not unlike a dizzying whirlpool! “Dun went go! I dun wanna be fwushed!” She pleaded to her older brother! “I not gonna wet tat happen!” Bright Wing vowed as he made one more effort, finally bringing himself and his dripping wet sister to safety. And just in time too! For as both foals landed safely atop the toilet tank, they saw Chrysalis’ diaper retreat down the drain with the water. Then there was trouble! As soon as the diaper disappeared from sight, the toilet made a most unusual sound as if something were wrong with it. And then, not only did the diaper return but the water did as well. And it didn’t stop when it reached the level where the water had been before. It kept on rising, ascending above the seat and spilling out of the bowl onto the tiled floor below. Meanwhile, the diaper floated atop the seat, completely gray and wet. “Wha happened?!” Chrysalis asked as she looked across to Bright Wing. Bright Wing nervously replied. “I dun know, but I tink we gonna be in big twoubwe when Mommy finds out.” And Bright Wing was right. For at that very moment as if fate itself had decided to intervene, the bathroom door swung open. And who should come trotting in but an unaware (and thus unsuspecting) Princess Cadence? The princess of love took but a few steps into the bathroom before she felt her hooves touch something wet. She looked up and quickly discovered the source, an overflowing toilet. And what should her wandering eyes fall upon next but a clumsily discarded diaper floating in the toilet bowl, and a very guilty looking Bright Wing and diaperless Chrysalis standing on the tank of said toilet? Immediately, Cadence forced herself to hold back a groan. “I thought I specifically said you two were to come and get me if you needed anything.” She scolded as she trotted slowly through the water and over to the toilet, promptly fishing out the diaper blocking the drain with her magic. As soon as she did so, the water in the toilet retreated back down the drain. Slowly, it returned to its normal level. Chrysalis accusingly pointed a hoof, hoping to escape some of the blame. “It was his idea!” She gestured to Bright Wing. “Bu ya went awong with it and ya wanted to gain wespect!” Bright Wing protested in response. “And ya the one who fowgot to take off hew diapee. If ya hadn’t done tat, none of this wouwd’ve happened!” Cadence just sighed, floating both foals down with her magic but taking care not to deposit them onto the wet floors. “You both should’ve known better than to try and use the big potty without a grown-up,” She scolded again. “I’m definitely going to tell your daddy about this when he comes home, and he won’t be pleased. The bathroom is going to have all its tiles replaced, and we might even have to get another toilet. Diapers are not supposed to be flushed.” “It was a accident! I no mean fow it to happen!” Chrysalis insisted. “I’m sure it was, but regardless you shouldn’t have been in such a rush to try and use the big potty by yourself,” The princess of love replied. “You’re just not ready for it yet, Chrysalis. Something could’ve happened to you,” Then she turned to Bright Wing. “And Bright Wing, I know you thought you were helping your sister, but this is something that’s beyond your ability. You’ve only just started using the big potty by yourself, you’re hardly qualified to help another use it.” Bright Wing gulped. “Does tis mean I have to go back to diapers?” He nervously asked. Cadence shook her head. “I don’t think so, that doesn’t seem like it would really teach you the lesson you need to learn. But I’ll have to see what your daddy thinks when I tell him about all of this,” She then turned her attention back to a soaking wet Chrysalis. “First, however, I need to give your sister a bath before she gets sick. And then I think two very naughty foals are going to take a long time out, and maybe a nap too.”