//------------------------------// // Chapter Twelve: Ms. Harshwhinny's Day as a Foal // Story: It takes a Kingdom to Raise a Draconequus // by Foal Star //------------------------------// “Discord, it's time to wake up.” The little draconequus groaned as he slowly got up from his slumber and turned to see that Princess Cadence was standing over him. He yawned, seeing that the sun wasn’t even up yet. He was a bit annoyed as he rubbed his muzzle, then eyed her and asked rather grumpily, " Why are you getting me up so eawy?” The princess gave him an apologetic look. “I apologize, but there’s an important guest today. The inspector for the Equestria Games is coming to see you, and we need to get ready!” “Ok, ok!” Baby Discord whined as he kicked about, slowly getting up and giggling. “Guess ta inspectow wants to see mowe since she didn’t get to do tat yesterday.” “Yes, I know,” Cadence sighed. “It’s a relief that Ms. Harshwhinny was impressed by the other mare’s tour. But I find it odd she’s so insistent on meeting you.” “Maybe I’ww make fow a bettew touw guide ten Twiwy and hew fwiends!” The baby draconequus chirped, remembering how Twilight Sparkle and her friends had all shown the tour of the Crystal Empire to the wrong pony.  Princess Cadence then picked Snow Angel up, took the two babies to the kitchen, and fed them as quickly as possible: Shoveling a bunch of foal food into their mouths and then had them chugging down foal bottles filled with milk.  As the mare were wiping their mouths, Shining Armor trotted over, disheveled and a bit on edge as he asked, “Are the foals ready?” The mare turned to face her husband with a smile. “Yes they are. Their diapers changed and their bellies are full.” Shining Armor eyed Discord with concern “I think that it might be best if she doesn’t see him. Not that I don’t trust you, but if your chaos magic comes out, it’ll be bad, and she could change her mind about the Crystal Empire hosting the Equestria Games.” Discord looked down, feeling a bit anxious. “Yeah, maybe Daddy is wight…I dun know if I can fuwwy contwow my magic with tat much pwessuwe.” Princess Cadence rose up and waved a hoof. “Oh stop, the inspector will love to meet our babies. And you will be on your best behavior, won’t you, Discord?” “I wiww, Mama.” Discord mumbled as he and Snow Angel were both taken to get dressed, Snow Angel was given a cute little blue dress while Discord got a little suited onesie. He blushed, seeing it was cute around his body, showing off his dragon-like tail and the diaper material poking from the leg holes. They were then taken to another room and waited patiently and played together in their nursery as Princess Cadence ran about sprucing up the place, putting away any stray toy she found and constantly checking their diapers.  They waited until Ms. Harshwhinny came through the doors with that dark auburn coat and straw blonde mane combed over and her stern, teal-colored eyes scanning the nursery. She seemed to hesitate before saying. “Now Princess Cadence, I know we had the formal tour yesterday despite the mix-up. But the truth is, I wanted to see your little foals myself, especially since I’ve been hearing so much about your adopted son, Discord.” Princess Cadence nodded. “Yes, these are my adopted children: Discord and Snow Angel. They’re actually very smart for foals their age. We were thinking we might actually start potty training Discord soon since he’s maturing so fast.” The mare was still looking stern but Discord noticed she was a bit off as she said. “Well, that’s all fine and dandy. But you see, the reason I came here today is that as much as I enjoyed the formal tour, despite the mix-up, I have to do another inspection!” The princess of love blinked, looking a bit confused. “Yes, of course, but why did you need to see my adopted son, specifically? Is there something wrong with him? I assure you, I can take care of him, his little sister, and manage my responsibilities as a hostess.” Ms. Harshwhinny’s stern demeanor started to crack, and a nervous smile crept over her. “Well, actually, the truth is…” She hesitated, then whispered. “I wish to explore The Crystal Empire as a foal.” Princess Cadence and Discord were both taken aback and in utter shock as Ms. Harshwhinny’s face turned red, and she slammed a hoof. “You heard me! I want to inspect this kingdom in a way that no pony will ever expect. As a foal, it will give me the best opportunity to enjoy your delightful kingdom, without anyone knowing it’s me!” Discord was at a loss for words as he stammered. “B-but uh…tat’s cwazy! I suwe thewe awe other ways, wike wearing a disguise!” “I am aware that my request is a bit outlandish,” The inspector admitted. “...But I desire it nonetheless! If you refuse, that is reasonable. But I wished to see if this can be done, nonetheless.” “We can make that happen. But uh, how old do you want to be again?” Princess Cadence nervously asked. The inspector rose up, waved her hooves in front of her face, and cried. “Well, not in diapers of course, for Celestia's sake! I just want to be a school age filly again!” An awkward silence followed as the three looked at each other. Then Princess Cadence gulped. “Well, Discord can do that. But I must warn you that his magic isn’t perfect. He might regress you to a younger state than you intend.” “I understand the risks, but I still wish to go through with this.” Ms. Harshwhinny firmly declared. The princess of love then slowly trotted over to Discord and whispered. “Do you think you can do this? This is rather ridiculous, so I can just tell her no.” Discord sighed, rubbing his head. “I dun tink tis is a good idea, but we wanna make a good impwession and make up fow ta mess up yestaday.” His mother nodded in agreement and added. “I don’t think this is a good idea either, but she’s given us the honor of hosting the games even though we messed up. You have gotten better with your chaos magic, right?” “I have, and age wegwession is easy. I’ww do it…” He came over and sighed, looking at Ms. Harshwhinny. “Otay, ya gotta howd stiww. Awso, do ya gots a pictua of youwsewf as a foaw? It wouwd hewp.” The mare’s cheeks flushed red as she said. “Sadly, I only have this,” She took out an old photograph and hoofed it to Discord. He looked down to see it was a picture of her as a toddler. Ms. Harshwhinny gulped, then said. “Try to imagine that but a year or two older, ok?” “Otay, I’ww twy,” Discord sighed, knowing that it wasn’t going to be enough and he might regress her a bit younger than she thought. But he would do his best to keep her potty trained at least. And with a flick of a claw, the middle-aged earth pony started to regress.  When the spell finished, the adult mare was now in the much smaller body of a toddler filly, but she was a bit smaller than Discord originally planned as she looked over her body. “A little younger than I wanted, but this will do,” She shrieked, hearing her voice, “My goodness, I sound so young! How old am I?” Discord shrugged as Cadence came over, looked over the filly, then said. “From what I estimate, no older than four.” The little lord of chaos crossed his chubby claws over his chest and grumbled under his breath, “Oh deaw. Can I twy again?” “No, this is fine!” The now toddler aged Ms. Harshwhinny protested. “Being a toddler again sounds like fun!” Princess Cadence couldn’t help but snicker. “Well, you won’t require diapers. But I'll help you if you need to use the potty.” “Yeah, that’s okay! Now, why don’t we go and have some fun? I want to explore everything there is to offer here!” Ms. Harshwinny excitedly exclaimed! She ran off and made it to the doorway, before Cadence pulled her back with her magic.  “Hold your horses,” The princess of love protested. “Now that you’re a foal, you need to listen to me: No running off on your own.” “Ok, fine!” Harshwhinny whined with a pout. Snow Angel waddled over and, with a giggle, asked, “So, ya is a baby now?” The little orange-coated filly raised her nose up, then stomped a hoof as she cried. “No, I’m a bit older than ya, and I don’t need diapers.” “Yes, but again, you’re a toddler, so I don’t think you’re too independent. Now come on, let’s get going.” Princess Cadence chimed in as she led the foals through the castle to the grand hall.  There, Prince Shining Armor stood by and looked rather confused. He then glared at Discord, but Princess Cadence raised a hoof. “Wait, hold on, he didn’t turn Mrs. Harshwhinny into a foal against her will: She wanted this to happen.” The little filly looked a bit nervous as she explained. “It’s true, Prince Shining Armor. I wanted Discord to turn me into a filly again! I want to explore your kingdom like this!” “Um, ok?” Shining blinked in surprise. “Well, if that’s the case, uh, Discord, just turn her back to normal, ok?” “I wiww.” Discord replied as Shining nuzzled him, then whispered to his wife, who whispered something back and then kissed him as she led the foals out through the castle doors. As they went out into the great city of the Crystal Empire, Ms. Harshwhinny looked around with bright eyes, enjoying all the sights of ponies trotting by. She couldn’t contain her excitement as she giggled and bounced around.  Discord then waddled over. “Ya weawwy wike being a fiwwy, huh?” “Of course I am! This is so much fun! I can’t believe that this is real!” Harshwhinny chirped, then nuzzled Discord. “So, what should we do?” The draconequus pondered for a second, then suggested. “Weww, thewe’s a jousting contest neawby. I heawd tat’s fun.” “Otay, let’s go there!” Harshwhinny eagerly exclaimed! Princess Cadence nodded. “Alright, let’s head to the jousting arena. Please stick together, and don't run off by yourselves.” “Otay, Mama,” Discord and Snow Angel chimed in unison. “Yes, Princess Cadence.” Harshwhinney chirped, The other foals giggled, and Ms. Harshwhinny’s cheeks flushed red. “Sorry, you’re not my mama. So I gotta call ya Princess Cadence, right?” Princess Cadance laughed, “Well, for now, you can just call me Cady to make it easier.” “Okay, Cady.” Harshwhinny replied. They soon came to the jousting arena, and upon arriving an armor crystal stallion bowed and said. “Princess Cadence, we were not expecting you here today.” “It’s alright,” Cadence replied. “I’m just taking my foals and their new friend to watch the jousting tournament.” “Of course, your majesty. Understood.” The stallion nodded back, then led them to the front rows and had them seated. The princess and the foals sat together, watching the massive stallions flying at each other with staffs that shattered against their chests. Ms. Harshwhinny cried and threw her hooves up as they clashed, quite frightened by the violence. So during the next bout, as the two stallions went at each other, Discord waved a claw, and the ends of the staffs were covered with foam as they bounced off each other, and two fell onto a foam-covered ground in a soft padded floor, not unlike one you would find in a nursery. The crowd was in shock while the foals in the stands burst out laughing, with Harshwhinny starting to giggle. Princess Cadence eyed her son, who blushed and said. “Hey, tey being too wough. Tis way tey dun get huwt.” The princess of love couldn’t help but giggle when she saw the stallions smashing into each other onto the foam ground, so she kissed her son and then said. “Alright, I agree with you on this one.” The jousts continued with the new equipment despite it being a bit foal-like. And the foals all watched until Ms. Harshwhinny began to squirm about and whined. “I gotta go potty, Cady!” “Come on!” Cadence declared as she picked up her children, and led the toddler away to the bathrooms. Fortunately, Ms. Harshwhinny only required assistance getting onto the toilet seat, she was able to do everything else herself.  After she went potty, Ms. Harshwhinny jumped down and hugged the princess. “Thank you, Cady.” “No, thank you,” Cadence smiled as she turned to Discord. “I hope you were paying attention, Discord. That’s how you’re supposed to go potty when you’re in potty training. Think you can manage that when we start your training?” Discord gulped a bit, eyeing the toilet. It looked pretty big to him, even though Harshwhinny had used it no problem. Still, he put on a brave face for his mother and said. “I’ww twy.” Cadence nodded. “That’s all I can ask for. I’ll have to talk with your daddy and see what he thinks. But let’s work on getting you potty trained in time for the Equestria Games. That should give us at least half a year to perfect it.” Then after helping Ms. Harshwhinny to wash her hooves, she exited the bathroom with the foals and went to get some lunch. They all went to a nearby park and ate some sandwiches with crystal berry jam, which the foals got all over their faces. Ms. Harshwhinny was sucking on her hooves as she cooed. “Oh, that’s so good! I love the crystal berry sandwiches!” “Yeah, tey so good!” Discord squealed as he continued to chomp on his.  Meanwhile, Snow Angel was being spoon-fed a jar of mashed crystal berries and nodded. “Tey gweat! Tey taste weawwy good!” The little draconequus then wondered if Ms. Harshwhinny was enjoying herself and asked. “So, wha do you tink of expwowing the Cwystaw Empiwe so faw?” Ms. Harshwhinny replied. “As a foal, I’m getting so many raw details of this place: How kind your ponies are, how they have so much fun, and how the food is amazing. It makes me so glad I picked the Crystal Empire to host the Equestria Games!” “So, wha do we pway now?” Snow Angel asked. “Yeah! Wet’s pway tag!” Discord squealed. The foals then chased each other around, trying to smear mashed crystal berries onto each other. As they chased each other around, the little orange-coated filly spotted some sheep in a pen nearby. Her eyes went wide, and she squealed in delight, rushing over and shouting. “Cady, can we go pet them, please?!” “Of course.” Cadance chirped. She took the three and cleaned them up, then led the foals to the pen. Then they all came over and started to pet the soft wool, and nuzzled it.. Their wool was the softest in all of Equestria; Discord’s blankets and pillows were all made from it. He saw that Harshwhinny was enamored by the sheep as they brushed their hooves over them. They spent hours feeding and playing with the sheep until it was getting late. After some diaper changes, Princess Cadence thanked the shepherd, and she led the foals back to the castle. Later that evening, after dinner, Ms. Harshwhinny was back in the nursery as she and Snow Angel were having a tea party together, sitting at a cute little pink plastic table and sipping tea from sippy cups.  Discord sat aside, seeing they wanted to have some “filly time,” and he couldn’t help but feel left out as he whined. “Why can’t I join?!” Snow Angel giggled and said. “You a cowt, and only fiwwies can join us!” Ms. Harshwhinny rose onto her hooves, and twirled about in a fluffy pink dress. “Besides, you have to wear pretty clothes.” “Oh, ha-ha! I can dwess up top!” Discord snorted. With a claw snap, a cute frilly yellow dress, and a bonnet appeared around his head.  Snow Angel squealed, flapping her wings, and cried! “Aww, you wook so cute, Discowd!” Ms. Harshwhinny snickered as they continued their tea party. Discord then said. “I tink I got’s a way to make tis tea party even bettew!” Then, with a snap, his claw again made the plushies come to life. They started wobbling about, serving tea and cupcakes as the foals took them and ate them gleefully. As they drank tea and ate, Discord couldn’t help but notice Harshwhinny squirming about and smirking as he asked. “Do ya need to use the potty?” The little filly pouted and then snapped. “No, I can hold it! It’s rude to go potty while at a tea party!” “I can’t hold it!” Snow Angel giggled, showing off her already soaked padding. Discord laughed and then did the same, showing his diaper was slightly yellow. “I did too!” “Well, since you two are wearing diapers, can I also wear one just in case?” Ms. Harshwhinny asked with a blush. “Uh, otay.” Discord then snapped his claw a third time, and a fluffy white diaper suddenly poofed into existence around Ms. Harshwhinny’s waist. It wasn’t long until she started to use it, with it growing yellow. She looked rather embarrassed, trying to hide it with her dress, but the foals continued their tea party without Discord or Snow Angel teasing Harshwhinny over her “accident”.  Princess Cadence then suddenly trotted into the room, looking rather surprised at the little chaotic tea party. But she was even more surprised by Harshwhinny’s attire as she asked. “Ms. Harshwhinny, you wanted to be in a diaper?” The orange coated filly blushed. “Well, I had to use the potty, but I didn’t want to interrupt the tea party.” Princess Cadence dawwed.“Well, if that’s what you wish. Just, um, are you comfortable with me changing your diaper as a result?” The filly raised her head up and cried. “Of course I am! Treat me like a baby, just for now, okay?” “Alright,” Cadence cooed. “Now let’s get those diapers changed,” She then lifted the little ones onto the changing table and went about changing each of the foals. After doing so, she then turned to Discord and asked. “Now, before we go to bed, can you clean up your mess, please?” Discord looked to see the plush toys still playing tea party, and he quickly clapped his paw and claw together. The plush toys all plopped to the ground as the dress around him dissipated, leaving him in a light blue sleeper. “Thewe! See? Aww cweaned up!” “You’re doing so well with your chaos magic.” Princess Cadence chimed as she lowered him into the crib, laying him between his sister and Mss. Harshwhinny. As Princess Cadence dimmed the lights, Harshwhinny and the baby draconequus cuddled together for warmth.  Discord turned to see the earth pony filly with her curly blonde mane already drifting off with the hiss of her filling her diaper. He blushed, seeing she was relaxed and enjoying her time as a foal, and thought deep down that she had wanted to be in diapers but was too embarrassed to say anything before. Then he nuzzled her, popped a pacifier in her mouth, and let it bob up and down as they all slowly fell asleep. In the morning, Discord woke up and turned to see Ms. Harshwhinny squirming about. He saw her getting up to her first soggy diaper. He then turned to see Princess Cadence come back into the nursery with a comforting smile. She went over, nuzzled Discord, and asked. “How is she?” “She swept aww thwough the night, even with hew diapee soaked.” Discord yawned as he got up, stretching his tiny limbs. The princess of love then went about changing each of the foals' diapers. In the middle of Ms. Harshwhinny’s change, the filly cried out in surprise, but the pink-coated mare hushed her and then quickly strapped her in a new diaper. “Ok, my darlings, it’s time for breakfast.” She then took the three charges to the dining hall, placed them into high chairs, and fed them all a good helping of baby oatmeal mixed with crystal berries.  Ms. Harshwhinny gobbled her meal greedily as she joked with Discord. When they wrapped up the delicious breakfast a short time later, Harshwhinny wiped her mouth and sighed, “Guess I gotta go back to being a big pony now. But I would want to stay like tis for a bit longer.” Discord, seeing that Mrs. Harshwhinny wanted to stay as a baby, spoke up. “Sowie, but ya gotta gwow up. You need to be settin up fow ta Equestwia Games, and you can’t do it as a foaw.” Ms. Harshwhinny pouted as she thought things over, then said. “Alright, I’m ready.” Discord then snapped with a steady claw, and the filly turned into an adult again as she adjusted her purple scarf. “Well, I dare say this kingdom has so much to offer, and it’s so interesting from a foal’s perspective.” She then bent down and said, “As for you, Discord, I have a special offer” Why don’t you be the mascot of the Equestria games?” The lord of chaos pointed at himself and asked. “Me? Why me?!” “First of all, you’re adorable—there’s no denying that—and you had such wonderful ideas while I was exploring the city as a foal!” Ms. Harshwhinny explained. “Also, you can use your chaos magic to liven things up a bit, seeing as you have it well under control! You are just what we need for the Equestria Games, and it will be an honor to have you as the official mascot.” Princess Cadance stepped forward. “That’s great, but Discord might not be ready for all of that responsibility, he’s still just a baby.” Discord pouted. “I can do tat! I wanna hewp, pwease!” The princess of love then let out a sigh. “Well, alright, but I’ll be monitoring everything. And ponies are going to know about you, so be prepared and behave.” “Otay, I wiww.” Discord promised. “Excellent! Oh, this is so exciting!” Ms. Harshwhinny declared, then skipped off, still acting a bit like a foal, as Shining Armor came over and commented. “Well, it seems things went well.” “Yeah, I gonna be ta mascot for ta Equestwia Games!” Discord cheered and jumped onto Shining’s back. The stallion blinked, looking confused at his wife as he asked. “Uh, Cadence, what is Discord talking about?” Princess Cadence gave an exasperated sigh and then said. “It’s a long story.”