The sun shone in the futuristic Ponyville on the next midday. The streets were hustling and bustling as always, the roads were near impossible to traverse unless you were a pegasus and the shops were very busy as usual.
The next pony in our story, is a curious young mare by the name of Derpy Hooves. She has a tendency for discovery and a habit for leaving a trail of accidental destruction in her wake. It's due to the fact that her eyes were always crossed for some unknown reason. But she could clearly remember the town and had never seen Memory Lane before. Her instincts commanded her into the lobby where she met with the receptionist, Motherly Love.
"Oh, hiya. Welcome to Memory Lane, a blast to the past for 24 hours! How can I be of assistance today?" The mare said through a smile as she welcomed Derpy to the establishment.
"Hi there. I was wandering the town as usual and just noticed that this place was new to me." Derpy said as she tried her best to have both of her eyes meet the mare in front of her. "I was wondering what this place is and what you do."
"Oh, well, here in Memory Lane, we allow ponies to return to their earliest childhood state; Foaldom." Motherly said as she stepped out of the reception desk. "Once you decide to take our treatment, you'll be transformed into a little newborn bundle of joy again. But don't worry about your memories before you ask. All of your memories, as well as your cutie mark, is stored in a high tech machine until the effects wear off."
"Really?!" Derpy was delighted. She could vaguely remember her foalhood days, but she did remember she wasn't cross-eyed during that time. Her wings were out, flapping with glee, and a wide smile was plastered on her face. "I'll take it!"
"Very good, Miss. "Motherly said as she lead Derpy to the machine. There was a new feature that required Derpy to pay 5 bits before moving on. She gladly paid and followed the mare down the corridor. "So, is there any reason why you want to try this out, miss- ummm... Help me out here would ya?"
"Oh, my name's Derpy, Derpy Hooves, I'm one of the town's mailponies." Derpy said in a calm tone. "I decided to take this treatment since I'm usually such a klutz and am always making a mess of something. I wanted to escape all of that and be a normal foal again."
"Well, don't you worry, Derpy. Once our foalizer kicks in, you can forget about your troubles and just play all you want."
The two ponies eventually reached the machine in question. Motherly opened the door and allowed Derpy to step inside of it. A humming noise was heard once the door shut behind Derpy and some flashing lights were kicking in all around her. To add to all of that, a vortex of rainbow energy appeared in front of her. Motherly on the other hand was working the machine's buttons and levers, making sure that everything was stable. Before she allowed the machine to do its' work, she spoke to Derpy over a kind of microphone device.
"Once you land in the nursery, you'll be greeted by two of my associates, Father Time and Parental Guidance." She instructed to Derpy as she lay her palm on the button. "Are you ready for fun?"
"Ready!" Derpy said as she braced herself for the machine to activate.
Motherly pushed the button her hoof was planted on, and Derpy was catapulted into the rainbow vortex ahead. She felt herself getting lighter and lighter. Her cutie mark was stripped by some painless digitizer lasers and her mane and tail got shorter and shorter. Her hooves, wings and all of her other body parts were getting shorter as well. She uttered something in a really high pitch before her eyes were completely fixed and were both looking forward.
The nursery was full of ponies now, many of them were playing with each other of being cared for by Parental Guidance and Father Time. As well as Twilight, Vinyl and Rainbow Dash, there was a lot of other random ponies too.
"There we go now, nice and snug." Parental Guidance said as she had just finished diapering a foal. "This is a thing that happens, Twinkleshine. Don't let it bother you." She kissed the foal and let her play with some of the others.
"You know, Parental. I've been thinking." Father Time said as he turned to face his colleague. "How long are you gonna be working here?"
"Possibly until I hit old age." She said with a smile. "One, the pay here is good. Who wouldn't want to work 10 bits an hour? Second, I love foals, they're just sooooooo cute!" She giggled. "If it was possible, I'd never want to leave this job."
"I'm possibly gonna be leaving soon." Father Time said with a hung head. "My wife just had a foal of her own and she thinks I should only be working here until he goes to kindergarten." He walked over to the wall. "I just, well, how can I say this? I think it's for the best that I take my retirement early."
Suddenly, the portal that brought foals in was activated again and Father Time and Parental Guidance ran over to it, making sure not to hurt any of the foals as they did. They shielded their eyes from the flash of light and were now gazing at their new foal and everypony's new playmate. The foal had a grey coat, blonde mane and tail and the cutest yellow eyes anypony had ever seen.
"Look at her. She looks cute already!" Parental picked up the foal Derpy as she was chewing on her own hoof. "Hey there little filly. I'm gonna be your temporary Auntie, ok?" She cracked a smile as she flew Derpy to the changing table and proceeded to diaper her.
"Uuuugh, whewe am I?" Derpy said as she was finally laid down. "And who awe yoo?" She saw that a light-blue pegasus with curly and lighter blue hair was diapering her.
"Why, I'm Parental Guidance, silly." She smiled as a powdered diaper was applied to Derpy's flank. "And you're the cutest little pegasus foal I ever did see. And I have seen a lot of them."
Derpy allowed herself to chuckle at how fast-paced her caretaker was. She then noticed after blinking once or twice, that both of her eyes were looking at Parental. She was ecstatic and buzzed her wings in glee. She cheered as she was lifted off of the changing table and brought over to some playing foals.
"I'll let you get acquainted with each other." Parental said as she ran off to help the next foal out.
Derpy walked over to 4 foals and smiled, they were all like her. Completely powerless and playful, they wanted nothing more that to play and make new friends. "Hewwo dewe." Derpy greeted the foals who were building a complex tower of blocks. "Who awe yoo?"
"Is dis a new pwaymate?" A rainbow-maned pegasus asked.
"I tink it is." Said a unicorn with a blue streaky mane and tail. "Who awe yoo?"
"I'm Dewpy." She said in a foalish manner. "I just came to dis pwace. Who awe yoo?"
"Oh, pawdon me. Awwow me ta intwoduce ouwsewves." A lavender unicorn said as she walked over to Derpy. "I'm Twiwight Spawkle, dis is Vinyw Scwatch, dat's Wainbow Dash and dis hewe is Cwoudchasew."
Each foal waved as Twilight pointed them out, Derpy was kind enough to wave back to each of them. She cracked a smile and walked over to join them.
"So, wat bwings yoo to Memowy Wane, Dewpy?" Rainbow Dash decided to ask.
"Oh, weww, twuth be towd, I'd nevew seen dis pwace befowe." Derpy said as they all walked over to the pillar of padded shapes and walked inside of it. "I was compwetewt dwawn in by da fact dat it couwd fix my eyes as weww."
"Weww, most of us came hewe just fow fun puwposes." Rainbow Dash said as they scaled the padded monolith, looking for a slide or secret hole in the wall to hide in.
"I came hewe because a fwiend of mine, Fwittew recommended it ta me aftew she came outta it." Cloudchaser said as they all found a hidden spot to talk in secrecy. "And by da wooks of tings, she wasn't wying in de end."
"I tink I found a swide!" Said Rainbow Dash as she rejoined the group of foals once more. "Come on, I'm pwetty suwe it's wide enouf fow aww of us!"
The other foals followed the escited Rainbow Dash until they found the slide. Once they made it, they all sat down on the edge, causing their diapers to crinkle a little. They made light giggles as their diapers rustled before throwing themselves down the slide all together, hoof in hoof.
They all started cheering as they began to pick up speed, they were given extra momentum by holding each other's hooves and landed at the bottom of the slide on their backs. They were loving every second of it, and their worries were a thing of the past as they were lifted up into the air by the three caretakers.
"So, is everypony having fun?" Motherly decided to ask as she let the foals calm down a little.
"Oh yes, we'we having wots of fun, Mama." Derpy said before covering her mouth. "Wait, why did I caww hew Mama?" She turned towards the other foals.
"We aww did as weww, not a big deaw." Rainbow Dash said as she nuzzled into Father Time's coat. "You'ww get used ta it."
Suddenly, a flash emanated from Twilight's mouth and Motherly took her away from the other foals. "Twilight, I'm sorry to say but, it's been 24 hours." She carried Twilight over to a door that she always came through. "It's time to go back to your regular life again."
"It's otay, Mama. I had a wot of fun hewe in Memowy Wane." Twilight started to grow at a rapid pace and Motherly carried her through the door until Twilight was through it. Once Twilight was back on the ground, a laser struck her sides and flanks and she quickly went back to being the alicorn that she truly was. She took the loyalty card and her saddlebags and walked out the door until the next time. "I'll see you soon, Motherly Love."
Motherly then went back into the nursery to care for the rest of the foals. Derpy was left with her mouth wide open in surprise and awe. The other foals looked a little sad to see Twilight go but then they had raspberries blown onto their stomachs and they began to laugh again.
Then they laughed too much and began to wet themselves, including Derpy. Derpy was about to cry before the four of them were lifted up by Parental Guidance and Motherly Love and carried over to the changing table again.
"Oh, don't be sad, silly little fillies. Everyone wets themselves in this state, nothing to fear." Motherly cooed as she removed the foals' current diapers and began to powder some new ones for them to strut around in. The foals had the diapers wrapped tightly around their flanks and were given loving kisses before being sent off to play again.
"Motherly, can you tell us some more about your kids, Button Mash and High Spirits?" Parental Guidance said once she and her employer had time to talk to each other.
"Well, first of all, Button Mash always had a thing for video games." Motherly began to start from experience. "Whatever I asked him to do, he'd always find a way to sneak in playing one of his hoofheld devices or just ditch work and play on his big devices." Motherly pictured all the events in her head. "Even at school, he was in danger of failing because of his desire for video games. Eventually, I had to give him a full physical examination before we walked out of that door together to send him to class."
"And what about his brother; High Spirits?"
"Well, High Spirits is always the optimist, he thinks that everything is gonna be alright no matter how grim it may seem." She pictured her other child's memories as well. "He and Button got along quite well when Button wasn't gaming, and the two made a bond." She smiled a little. "How High Spirits did it is a wonder to me, but it helped Button to head outside more often so he wouldn't be cooped up in his room all day."
"Wow, you must have been the luckiest mare in the world to have kids like that." Father Time said as he watched the foals continue to play. "I know I'd be if my kid was well behaved and a social icon."
"Parental, do you have any kids?" Motherly and Father turned to face the blue pegasus.
"Oh, that's a story for another day." She watched some foals as they played with blocks and some on other activities. "I'll tell you when they go for their nap." She whispered to her two partners before running off to assist with another foal.