//------------------------------// // An Afternoon Of Enjoyment // Story: Little Jewels // by Shadowmane PX-41 //------------------------------// Diamond and Silver were quickly forgetting all of their old memories as they got lost in their playtimes. It would not be long before they forgot everything about their past completely. Of course, they didn't even notice as they were playing with their caretakers, Applebloom and Babs. There was a rumbling noise coming from Diamond and Silver's stomachs, and the two earth pony parents knew that their foals were hungry. Carefully and gently lifting Diamond and Silver up onto the bed, Applebloom and Babs cocooned the foals in their legs and let them nurse once more. Diamond and Silver shut their eyes in content as the milk trickled down their throats and into their stomachs. They were sat back up by Applebloom and Babs once they had had their fill of breast milk. Once they were sat back up, Applebloom and Babs quickly and gently burped them, afterwhich, they giggled. "Siwvew. Is it otay to nevew wanna gwow up?" Diamond asked as she and Silver were let off the bed to play again. "I nevew weawwy thought about dat untiw yoo bwought it up." Silver was running around in her new costume, "But I guess dat if dey bewieve hawd enough, foaws dun evew gwow up." "Otay den, I'ww wish upon Cewestia's wight and Wuna's night, dat we nevew gwop up." Diamond kneeled down and did what sort of looked like a prayer before getting back up again. "By da pwincesses of Equestwia." Silver began to get down onto her knees and pray also, "We ask Cewestia fow one wittwe favouw. We ask dat we nevew, evew gwow up. With da moon and da sun watching ovew us, I wish we wewe foaws fowevew." The two got up from their prayers and walked over to Applebloom and Babs again, with smiles. Applebloom and Babs could not help but smile as they lifted Diamond and Silver onto the bed again and started to play one on one with them. It mainly comprised of games such as pattycake, face making and even some rounds of peekaboo at some times. And Diamond and Silver loved every minute of it. Eventually, Diamond and Silver wet themselves from laughing too much. Applebloom and Babs quickly got the foals to the changing table and worked their magic once more. The foals giggled as their new diapers were powdered, slid under their flanks, and then tied up tight around their flanks. "Siwvew, Yoo know too, wight. Why we nevew waanna gwow up again?" Diamond talked to Silver as they were flown up into the air by Applebloom and Babs. "Yeah, I see dat now, aww I wanna do is pway. I wanna stay a foaw and awways be abwe to pway wid Mama and Auntie." Silver smiled as she was being carried over to the floor again. "Me too, I weawwy don't wanna gwow up." Diamond was put onto the floor, next to Silver, who had already started to wander over to the dresses from earlier. Silver got to the dresses, but she had some trouble putting them on. It's quite common for foals not to be able to dress themselves. So she made come gestures to Applebloom and Babs and it quickly brought them over. "Ah think Silver wants to dress up." Applebloom cooed at the little filly and lifted her up in her muzzle. She was then brought over to the bed, with Babs carrying the dress. Silver was quickly fitted into her foalish dress, she made slight squeals of content as she let the two caretakers slide her into the sleeves and put the hat atop her head. Once the dress was on, Silver made some foalish noises of content as the soft satin dress lightly rubbed against her skin as she walked. Meanwhile, Diamond was playing with the nearby padded shapes, bouncing and jumping across the tops like the foal she was. She giggled with each successful jump and eventually saw that Applebloom and Babs were taking some of the padded shapes and were rearranging them. She saw them stacking the shapes, until they finally made a little padded slide for Diamond and Silver. Applebloom lifted Diamond up to the top of the slide and gave her a gentle push down. Diamond giggled once more as she enjoyed the ride. Suddenly, there was a knocking on the bedroom door, and Babs decided to answer it. She opened the door to find Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo standing on the other side, looking quite happy.to see the foals. "Hey girls!" Scotaloo charged into the nursery, making sure not to collide with anything as she came closer and closer to the two foals. "Sorry we couldn't be back sooner." Sweetie belle said as she walked in, at a slower pace than Scootaloo, "I had a LOT of orders to fill today." "And how are our little jewels doing?" She was cooing at the two foals, eventually making her voice whimsical and random, this made Diamond and Silver make some babbling noises of excitement as Scootaloo lifted them up in her muzzle. "Don't throw your voice out, Scootaloo." Sweetie Belle joked as she stood next to her pegasus friend, "You need it for that Wonderbolt job you've got going." As the two mares conversated, Diamond and Silver could not help but nuzzle their coats and fall asleep in the softness of their fur. This make Scootaloo blush a little once she realised. "Anyways, how was yer days?" Applebloom asked her two friends once they had settled in, "Ah hope none of it were too strenuous?" "Nah, it was fine for me today." Scootaloo said as she took a seat on applebloom's bed, "By the way, guess who just got promoted to Wonderbolt Trick Coordinator!" She announced to the three mares before receiving a round of applause. "Nice going, Scoots!" Babs complimented Scootaloo, who was taking all the praise to heart. "How much money does it pay ya now?" "I get an extra three bits for every hour I work now." She said as she walked over to nuzzled Diamond and Silver, "It's a lot I know, but I've gotta work hard for it." "Why do you say that?" Sweetie Belle asked, "I thought you had to work hard no matter what job you had?" "This one, I have to work super-duper extra hard." Scootaloo got to her feet and came up next to Sweetie, "I'm in charge of the Wonderbolts' routines in shows. I determine what's crowd pleasing and what isn't." Scootaloo said calmly, "Furthermore, I'm in charge of leading them through their tricks when they're off stage, basically, I tell them which ways to fly and what to do at certain moments in these tricks." Sweetie Belle listened as she blew a raspberry on Silver's stomach, before immediately moving onto Diamond. The two foals liked as the raspberries tickled their stomachs with each blast. Once they had finished, they were carried over to Scootaloo, who was looking down on them with a playful face. "I've got a gift for you two." Scootaloo reached over to her pocket and pulled out some coloured crayons and paper. "I used to play with these all the time when I was just a filly, but now that I've got such a prestigious job, I thought I'd give them to you." She walked Diamond and Silver over to a little table that Sweetie Belle had levitated out of the closet and set the crayons and paper down on it. Diamond and Silver applauded as they were set down on some little stools that were attached to the table and began to draw like there was no tomorrow. "When you think you've drawn something good, show it to Mama and me." "Sweetie Belle, I have to ask." Babs said as she and Sweetie Belle watched Diamond and Silver drawing like there was no tomorrow. "Did you or Rarity ever have kids?" Sweetie Belle was taken off guard with that question. "I mean I know how you two are so kind and compassionate, but I just wanted to make sure you made it past the foal-raising stage." Sweetie Belle sighed. "Yes we've had kids before." She then hung her head. "But they didn't make it past 3 months." Just the memory of Sweetie losing her kids made her tear up on the spot. "Why couldn't it have been me?!" Sweetie Belle was shedding tears just thinking about it. "I should have played with those wires! Not them!!!" "Come on, Sweetie Belle. Don't kick yourself for that, it was an accident." Babs patted her shoulder in an attempt to calm her down. "I know, it's just... They were adorable!" Sweetie Belle broke down into a crying phase that showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. "It's just not fair that death had to take them not long after birth!!!" "Sweetie, just calm down!" Applebloom wanted to try something and held Sweetie's tearful head. "Ya think it's that bad?!?!?!" "YES! WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO LOSE MY OWN OFFSPRING BEFORE THEY EVEN GROW UP?!?!?!" "Listen. ah've lost possibly the only inspiration and mentor ah've ever known due ta an age-spell mishap." Applebloom started to lightly crush Sweetie's head in her hooves, causing her to calm down slightly. "Ya think it's hard ta lose a newborn?! Try losing the only thing that comes close ta being yer mother!!!" As Sweetie Belle and Applebloom tossed their misery back and forth, Babs decided to shield Diamond and Silver from the noise by cocooning them in her hooves again. This was also handy for the foals as they did feel a little hungry after their adventure today, making them burp once more, Babs took the foals out of her cocoon to return to the fighting Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. "LOOK SWEETIE!!! AH DIDN'T WANNA DO THIS BUT YA LEFT ME AT AN IMPASSE HERE!!!" Applebloom reached into another drawer at the side of her bed and pulled out a syringe. with a blue liquid inside of it. Applebloom held Sweetie Belle down before inserting the syringe into her arm. Sweetie felt light headed and Applebloom started to calm down rapidly. "She'll be out for the rest of the night. She'll have forgotten about her dead kids once she wakes up, thanks ta a little amnesia plant sap. Ah didn't add to much, so as not ta completely remove all of her memories as a Cutie Mark Crusader." "Applebloom, you're just full of surprises, ain't ya?" Babs complimented as she took the foals up in her muzzle. "Well, ah do have a degree in potionmixing and alchemy." Applebloom said as she petted the sleeping Sweetie Belle. "She'll be calm in the morning, Girls. Believe in yer mama." Applebloom said to Diamond and Silver and nuzzled their necks gently. "Otay, Mama." The foals were now being carried into Applebloom's arms and rocked gently. She wanted them to forget the fight that sher had with Sweetie Belle, luckily for them all, Diamond and Silver were foals, and foals had a appalling memory. The two foals completely forgot about Sweetie's fight instantly and almost fell asleep before being met with Scootaloo and Babs again. "Uh, Babs?" Scootaloo tapped Babs' side to get her attention. "I think now's not a bad time to tell you, I've never really interacted with foals before." Scootaloo hung her head lightly before looking back up at Babs again. "I just thought it was uncool before I met Diamond and Silver." "Just watch what we do with the girls and you'll pick up the routine in no time." Babs said as she started to tickle Silver, causing the grey foal to laugh again. "Ok, I'll just watch for now." Scootaloo leaned against the wall and watched as the two earth ponies played with the two foals. She observed many things. One, the foals liked having raspberries blown onto their stomachs, they showed this by throwing fits of laughter. Two, the foals liked to wander off on their own when Applebloom and Babs relinquished their hold on them, Diamond and Silver usually used their free will to walk over to another foalish activity and begin to use it. Three, Diamond and Silver always seemed to grow drowsy once Applebloom and Babs gave them pacifiers. Whether it was a natural thing or not, Scootaloo found it all to be very insightful. "OK, I think I've got it now." Scootaloo came over to Silver and sat down by her. "Hey, Silver. Remember me?" She was at least wondering if she remembered her, but all Scootaloo got was a light hug and some foal talk. "It's okay, I'm your aunt Scootaloo." "Scoo, taa, woo." Silver was having a hard time trying to place that all together. Her memories were almost all but long gone, and even her memories of the other crusaders was falling to pieces. "Scoo taa... Scootawoo." "That's it, Silver! You're getting it now." Scootaloo encouraged her to keep going. "Once you say it once, it'll roll of the tongue and be easier to say." "Scootawoo, Scootawoo. Scootawoo!" Silver finally remembered and wanted to say nothing more that Scootaloo. She went a few laps around the nursery speaking nothing more than "Scootawoo." over and over again. "Ah think somepony likes you." Applebloom said as she heard Silver chanting the orange mare's name over and over again. Scootaloo then decided to interact with Silver and sat her down on the floor, causing her diaper to crinkle. Scootaloo then proceeded to play pattycake with Silver, elicting some random chants as she did. She saw a smile showing on Silver as she saw Silver eaching out and quickly pulling her hooves back in, Silver wanted to be picked up and carried. "Mama?" Diamond tugged at Applebloom's mane lightly. "Can I pway wid Siwvew?" Diamond gurgled and spoke random after she said it. "Of course, Diamond." Applebloom carried Diamond over to Silver and sat her down next to Silver. The two mares then proceeded to to hug Diamond and Silver. Diamond and Silver giggled and gurgled randomness as they nuzzled into the two mares' fur and began to hug in return. Suddenly, Diamond and Silver felt a little drowsy. Applebloom noticed this and gave Diamond her white pacifier and Silver her pink pacifier. The two foals felt themselves fall asleep instantly, making light whimpering noises of content and relaxation as they slept. "Aww, they look cute when they're asleep." Scootaloo admitted as she and Applebloom carried them over to the crib where Babs had just finished getting everything ready for the foals to sleep. The two foals were laid down on the bed and had the sheets pulled over them, they snuggled into the bed as they allowed themselves to accept the tuck-in and cooer some more noises of content through their pacifiers. Then, to ensure a good night's sleep. Applebloom gave Diamond a giant panda bear plushie before giving Silver a giant plushie of Princess Celestia. The two foals hugged the plushies the second their hooves touched them, cooing some more, the foals stopped moving altogether. "Nighty Night, girls." Applebloom kissed the two sleeping foals and walked out of the door to get Scootaloo to her room for the night. She also decided to drap the sleeping Sweetie Belle to her room and let her get some sleep, she needed it to forget the traumatic experience of losing foals. "See you in the morning, Diamond. You too, Silver." Babs kissed them and hopped into bed. It was at this point that Applebloom came back in, turned off the light and crawled into bed also, enabling herself, Babs, Diamond and Silver to venture into dreamland once again.