As many of the foals were playing, they began to feel content with themselves and often wondered if there was a way to stay like this forever. Of course they could always come back every day but then again, their Bit balance would dwindle pretty quickly if they did so.
But words aside, Vinyl had also had her 24 hours and was now back outside, living her regular life. But when one foal leaves another enters.
Our next visitor is a butter yellow pegasus with long pink hair. Her Cutie Mark was that of three pink butterflies. She was also quite shy despite her cute looks and kind eyes. Altogether she was known as Fluttershy, a townwide animal specialist. She sheepishly walked up to the counter and began her business with Motherly Love.
"Um, hello?" Fluttershy whispered to Motherly as she didn't know how things worked here. Fluttershy is always used to the classic things and is completely unaware whether something new is gonna be bad or good.
"Can you speak up, please?" Motherly asked as she leaned slowly in towards Fluttershy. "I can't really hear you when you whisper like that?"
"My name is Fluttershy." Fluttershy looked a little frightened.
"If you're gonna whisper like that, try whispering into my ears."
"OK, OK!" Fluttershy finally summed up some courage and began to speak up a little. "My name is Fluttershy. I was wondering what this place does, since I've never seen it before."
"Tell me something, Fluttershy." Motherly walked out of the reception and walked up to Fluttershy. "Do you like foals?"
"Do you mean kids acting like foals or baby foals?" Fluttershy decided to ask since the word foal had two meanings to her.
"Baby Foals." Motherly gave a firm answer and comforted Fluttershy with her words.
"Oh, then yes. I love them, they just look soooooo cute." Fluttershy's fears were long gone if she knew foals were here. "I've always wanted a foal of my own, I'm still trying to look for the right stallion, though."
"Alright, but do you remember your foalhood?" Motherly said as she lead Fluttershy down a corridor towards the machine.
"Only vaguely." Fluttershy said as she saw Motherly pull out some kind of folder with pony names and times next to them. "You're only a foal for 2, maybe 3 years at most. And even then, you can't remember a thing about it."
"How would you like to be a foal for one day longer?" Motherly asked Fluttershy as she prepared a quill for use.
"In what way? Mentally or Physically?" Fluttershy had definitely started to like where this was going.
"Physically."
"OK, so you're saying you can turn me into a foal for how long?" Fluttershy smiled, the thought of being a foal again was actually exciting to her. She knew foals were completely safe and did nothing but play and get looked after.
"All day. 24 hours to be exact." Motherly explained to Fluttershy. "All it will cost is 5 Bits for one 24 hour session."
"5 Bits? That's a bargain." Fluttershy had seen a lot of steep price climbs with the new technologically advanced Ponyville and all the new products, so being a foal again at the cost of only 5 Bits was such a cheap deal for her. "I'll take it!"
"Ok then, Fluttershy. Just hand me your 5 Bits and we can get started." Motherly smiled and Fluttershy promptly hoofed her the 5 bits. Motherly then lead Fluttershy into the machine and began working on the panels and buttons.
Fluttershy was taking in the machine's internal structure with a curious look in her eyes. She knew the Japonese were the only ponies to have come up with this kind of technology and although she had never seen one of their machines in close up, she had to give credit; Their machines were brilliant and revolutionary.
Motherly fiddled around with a few buttons on the machine's exterior and began to speak through a microphone to Fluttershy. "Now, you're going to feel slightly heavy headed once you're catapulted into the vortex of light ahead of you. But don't worry, it wears off once you land in our nursery."
"Nursery?" Fluttershy asked as the vortex of light appeared in front of her.
"All ponies that come to Memory Lane for an experience get to say in our own nursery, designed to tickle all of your foalish desires. We'll change and feed you whenever you want. Any other questions?"
"Yes, if i'm goona become a foal again, what does that mean for my Cutie Mark?" Fluttershy asked with concern as she looked back on it.
"Your Cutie Mark will be stored on our system and will be returned to you once your time is up. Other than that, you'll keep everything else you already have, besides your bladder control. That's gonna be long gone once you arrive." Motherly tapped on a few more buttons and the metal platform that Fluttershy was standing on began to move forwards towards the vortex. "Alright, hold on tight!"
"To what?" Fluttershy saw nothing in the portal ahead of her.
"Fair point." Motherly pushed one more button and Fluttershy was catapulted into the light ahead of her.
Fluttershy could barely even look behind her once she was shot forward into the blinding light. All she could see was a maelstrom of rainbows. Letting out a feeble and tiny scream which got more high-pitched as she went on. She could also feel herself shrinking down, her wings were starting to lose their power, her mane and tail became nothing more than little pink tufts and her body was definitely the most feelable as her hooves began to lose a bit of sensation. The final touch was her head, sure enough, it were shrinking as well, her ears became miniature, her mouth began to feel a little weak and childish, and her eyes were turning into nothing more than little foal dots. All she could do now was brace for the inevitable.
"Hehee, now Dash, it's only a tiny little accident. I'll get it for you." Parental Guidance was busy with Dash, cleaning up a mess Dash had made in her diaper. wiping Dash's bottom gently with some soft foal wipes, she then proceeded to powder a new diaper and apply it to Dash's foal flank. "There we go, good girl. You behaved so well through all that. Yes you did, yes you did." Parental Guidance was nuzzling Dash's head, making her giggle and babble a little.
"Tank yoo, Auntie." Dash said as she was set back down on the floor again, so she could try and get some last hours of playtime in with some of her new foal friends.
"You know, I keep thinking there's something missing..." Parental Guidance saw a flash in the corner of her eye, a flash she knew all too well. "Well, it looks like the kids are in luck. They're got a new foal to play with."
She ran over to the exit of the portal, where a tiny yellow pegasus with pink hair sat. The foal Fluttershy looked up at Parental Guidance and babbled excitedly. Of course, Fluttershy could still talk, but she preferred not to, so as to be sure that nopony would judge her.
"Oh. My. Celestia. You're adoooooooooooorable!!!" Parental Guidance gently picked up Fluttershy and carried her over to the table.
Fluttershy watched and smiled as Parental Guidance began to carry her over to the changing table to give Fluttershy her new garment for the day. She gently laid Fluttershy down on the padded tabletop and began to apply her diaper.
"Do you have a name, sweetheart?" Parental Guidance asked as she finished changing Fluttershy.
As much as Fluttershy wanted to speak, she was worried that there were some mean foals here. Who knew, maybe she was the only kind one around here. But that was all her own thoughts. She instead decided to speak in foal. "Gah goo ba a pa ma?"
"Oh, you're afraid of judgement aren't you?" Parental Guidance had calmed down a little and was now hugging Fluttershy in her hooves.
Fluttershy nodded, although, she had a hard time trying too because Parental Guidance's coat was so warm, and so... Snugly. But she did nod and was now hugging Parental's coat.
"Don't worry, silly little filly. All the foals that come here are stripped of all negative influences and want nothing more than to play." Parental reassured Fluttershy's confidence.
At first thought, Fluttershy would need a little more convincing to believe somepony, but her new foal mind was making her accept everything that Parental Guidance said, on the first go, everytime. She cooed lightly and buried her face into Parental's coat again.
"Now come on, let's find you something to play with." Parental now carried Fluttershy around the room, looking for something for her to do. It took her a plain minute and a half until Parental found what she was looking for.
Fluttershy looked out of Parental's coat and saw a beautiful sight. There in front of her, was a wide variety of soft plush animals. all of which looked in top condition and ready to be played with. Fluttershy lightly tugged at Parental's mane and pointed towards the animals. A clear sign that Fluttershy wanted to cuddle with the plushies.
Parental set Fluttershy down at the stuffed animals and immediately saw Fluttershy pull all the plushies she could touch into a tight hug. She knew Fluttershy was happy with this. But she had to knew Fluttershy's name before she went back to her co-workers
"Could you just tell me your name quickly?" Parental asked Fluttershy gently as she poked her head out of the stuffed animals. "Just quickly say your name and you can go back to foaltalk, OK?"
"Otay, my name's Fwuttewshy." She smiled and pulled Parental into the hug of plushies. Fluttershy was absolutely beaming with happiness, it had been a while since she had been with stuffed animals. And coming back to it, she was quite happy that she did. "Hehe, gah gah boo ba, goo bla ma pama."
"Ok dear, nice to know you're happy with this." Parental Guidance understood Fluttershy's foaltalk pretty easily, like the back of her hoof. "I'm sure the other foals will come and play with you soon."
"Hehe, gah paa boo ma. Auntie." Fluttershy was saying what she thought, this place was amazing, and that Parental Guidance was such a good auntie. She then began to cuddle into each of the stuffed animals, each one softer than the last. Every time cracking a smile that got wider and wider with each stuffed animal she hugged. No doubt about it, Fluttershy was loving this, and wondered if there was a way to stay like this forever.
Parental was now with Father Time and Motherly Love. They finished up feeding and changing the foals they were with before letting them go off to play again. The three grown-ups were now free, to talk to each other again.
"So, Parental. Do you have kids of your own?" Father decided to ask her the question.
"Oh yeah, I mentioned them, but I never really got into much detail. Silly me." She chuckled a little before calming herself. "I've got two adorable little pegasi fillies. I had them just last year. We decided to name them Scarlet Sky and Cloud Cover."
"So you've got two foals of your own then?" Motherly asked now. "I miss those days. If only there was a way to get Button and High out of school for just one day. I'd bring them here first thing."
"So, how are you're foals doing, Parental?" Said Father Time with an interested look in his eyes. "They're faring well, I hope."
"Well, yes they're faring very well at the moment. They're also very smart and may get into kindergarten pretty quickly." Parental said calmly. "Their flying skills still need a little work, but at least they can get off the ground with their tiny little foal wings."
"Your foals can fly already?" Motherly asked, a clear sign of interest showing. It was rare to see foal pegasi flying, as well as seeing foal unicorns doing magic.
"As I said before, they still need a little work, but they can get off the cloud floor." She smiled and watched the foals some more.
"Oh, hey. A new foaw to pway wid!" Dash said as she pointed to Fluttershy, lying down with the plush animals, looking very happy indeed.
"It does wook wike a new foaw, but she wooks wike she's napping at da moment." Derpy said as she looked at Fluttershy and her plush animals. "We'd bettew not twy and wake hew."
Dash completely ignored the words of Derpy and walked over to Fluttershy. None of the foals had followed Dashie, due to the fact that their gazes were fixed on their hooves, hooves which they then proceeded to suck on, letting themselves sit down and suck away.
"Hi dewe, what's youw name?" Dash looked over to see Fluttershy's happy foal face. Dash knew that Fluttershy was happy with her plushies, the smile being a dead giveaway.
"Ba goo pa da bwa boo gah?" Fluttershy asked, not even letting her grown up language exist around other foals. She didn't want to provoke Dash in any way, either verbally or physically. So she spoke in foal, each time laughing.
"Otay, dat I didn't undewstand." Dash said with a tilted head and a look of confusion. "Yoo don't have ta speak foaw hewe yoo know."
"Ba pa, goo gah pa bada goo boo daa bwa." Fluttershy smiled and hugged Dash gently, causing Dash to give Fluttershy a return hug. Foaltalk was understandable via bodily actions, so since Fluttershy hugged Dashie after speaking in foal, it meant Fluttershy wanted to be Dashie's foal friend, but she didn't want to do it verbally.
"Otay, so you'we deciding ta wemain anonnamus? Dash asked as the last question.
"Goo!" Fluttershy nodded her head with a little more enthusiasm then she wanted to. But she did nod, and she was proud of it. She and Dashie then walked off to see the rest of Dashie's foal friends. All of which where either rolling all over the padded floor or sucking their own hooves.
"Oh, hi Fwuttewshy!" Derpy said as she scrambled up to her weakened hooves, to greet the foal Fluttershy. For some reason, Derpy knew Fluttershy, but Dashie was completely oblivious to the fact. "I didn't expect ta see yoo hewe."
"Fwuttewshy, huh?" Dash turned to face her. "It's nice ta meet yoo- W-wait, Fwuttewshy?!" Dashie suddenly knew who the foal was from recalling her name. "Fwuttewshy, yoo wook adowabwe!"
"Weawwy?" Fluttershy asked, since Dashie was here, she felt comfortable speaking Foalish English. "Yoo weawwy tink so?"
"I know so, in fact, you'we da cutest out of aww of us hewe." Dash patted Fluttershy's back and smiled. This made Fluttershy smile as well, and it wasn't long before the two foals started to play with each other.
"Hey, who awe youw fwiends anyway?" Fluttershy pointed towards Dash's foal friends and showed a curious look in her eyes.
"Oh, wight, my fwiends." Dash walked Fluttershy over to the other foals and pointed each one of them out. "I'd wike yoo to meet, Dewpy, Twinkweshine, Stawdust, Cowgate, and Cwoudbweak." Fluttershy smiled at each and every one of them. Stardust was a unicorn filly foal with a dark blue coat and horn, as well as some white, stripey hair. Cloudbreak was a pegasus colt foal with a light yellow coat and wings. His hair was curly and white, with a streak of silver running through it.
"It's nice ta meet yoo aww." Fluttershy walked over to Cloudbreak and Stardust, and pulled them into a big hug, which they returned kindly. Fluttershy was happy and content with all of this, meeting some new friends was an amazing experience, and she was sure to have a good time with these foals.