//------------------------------// // The Parenting // Story: Fluttershy and Rainbow's Little Foal // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// Scootaloo, Pound, and Pumpkin Cake quickly absorbed themselves into playing with the toys Scootaloo had been given. Pound and Pumpkin Cake in particular were amazed by how many toys Scootaloo had on her. In a way, she was more than just a playmate, though considering her a relative was a bit of a stretch. They were older than her, but they had no idea how far back she'd been regressed, so any precise estimates were impossible. They didn't dwell on the matter for very long however, and Scootaloo seemed to take no notice of their brief moment of contemplation. Scootaloo was enjoying herself enormously, and so were the Cake Twins, as the minutes ticked by. They had no idea that two certain fillies were not far away. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were still fuming over what Scootaloo had done to them yesterday. After all, when practically everypony in class either cheered at their humilation, or did nothing to help them, it was hard not to forget. Silver Spoon was just lucky that she had several pairs of nearly identical glasses for such occassions. The swirly she'd gotten yesterday hadn't been her first, and she had a funny feeling it probably wouldn't be her last. Hoping to take their minds off their troubles for a little while, the two of them decided to stop by Sugarcube Corner and spend their allowance on milkshakes. Chocolate for Silver Spoon, and vanilla for Diamond Tiara. When they got inside, however, they were surprised to see that the counter was empty. Then they noticed the playpen positioned next to it, and when they saw who was inside it, they were shocked. They rubbed their eyes, just to make sure they hadn't imagined things. A foal with a familiar orange coat, and pinkish mane, was sitting in said playpen. She giggled happily, as she played with her new friends Pound and Pumpkin Cake. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon could hardly believe their eyes, one of their most hated enemies had been regressed to a foal. Quite literally overnight. It was as if their greatest wishes had come true, without them even making them. "I can't believe our luck. Scootaloo has been turned into a foal." Diamond Tiara said with shock. "I know. I didn't think such a thing was possible." Silver Spoon added. "We've got to take advantage of this opportunity." Diamond Tiara smirked "Let's teach little Scootaloo a lesson she'll never forget, and show her what happens when you mess with the wrong ponies." Silver Spoon was horrified. She did not like the idea at all. She had always viewed herself as a morality chain for Diamond Tiara, at least ever since she'd learned how much their teasing had gotten to Scootaloo, during the competetion to see who'd carry the flag for Ponyville at the Equestria Games. Making fun of a school aged filly was one thing, but picking on a baby was another thing entirely and rubed her the wrong way. Babies were young, innocent, and most of all, defenseless. It just didn't seem fair picking on someone who couldn't fight back. It was too easy. "Well Silver Spoon, are you with me or not?" Diamond Tiara asked impatiently. "I'm not." Silver Spoon replied "I refuse to stoop so low." "What?! Have you forgotten what she did to us?!" Diamond Tiara asked. "No I haven't, but she did those things as a filly. Now she's a baby, and she has done nothing to deserve the kind of misery you'll inflict on her. I mean come on, she's not even toilet trained for crying out loud. Can't you just let it go? Just this once?" Silver Spoon replied "Maybe I would, if she hadn't given you a swirly and more importantly, tried to ride me like a skateboard!" Diamond Tiara fumed "Fair's fair." "But why? Shouldn't we be the bigger ponies in this situation?" Silver Spoon asked "Picking on babies seems unnecessary. We still have Scootaloo's two blank flank cutie mark crusaders members to pick on, and blank flanks like Button Mash and Ruby Pinch. Can't we just leave Scootaloo alone? It'd be too easy to make fun of her." "I'm sorry Silver Spoon, but foal or not Scootaloo humilated us, and for that she has to pay." Diamond Tiara said firmly "So either help me, or get out of my sight!" Silver Spoon sighed "Do what you wanna do Diamond Tiara, but do it yourself. I hope it makes you feel good, picking on an innocent little foal. Just don't come crying to me when you get in trouble." And with that, she left Sugarcube Corner. It saddened her to leave her best friend, but ever since the "Flag Carrying Fiasco" she realized that there were certain lines she would not cross no matter what. Making fun of unpotty trained foals was most definitely one of them, especially since she knew all too well how it felt to be in diapers, when everypony around you had no need for them. It was a shame that Diamond Tiara had forgotten the fact, that she was one of the few potty trained ponies in kindergarten to stick up for Silver Spoon. And she hadn't needed to pick on other ponies to do so. In fact, she'd specifically prevented Silver Spoon from picking on the potty trained ponies, claiming that it wouldn't prove anything. And Silver Spoon had wanted nothing more than to make them fall in when they tried to be big ponies. "Trust me, parenting is the hardest part of raising a child." Mrs. Cake explained "It's harder than changing diapers, potty training, or just being a shoulder for your foals to cry on. And that's saying a lot." "There are going to be a lot of difficulties, especially at this point." Mr. Cake added "Babies can be very demanding, and if they don't get what they want right away, they won't give up. But no matter what, you've got know when to put your hoof down and say no." "I'm well aware of that, and so is Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy replied. "I remember that before Scootaloo was regressed, we tried our best to share the roles of strict parent and kind parent respectively." Rainbow Dash commented "Scootaloo was quite the trouble maker." "Well, it's only going to get worse now that she's a foal." Mr. Cake said seriously "Babies in particular are always curious, and they always get into trouble one way or another." "Take the bathroom for example." Mrs. Cake explained "There's all sorts of things underneath the sink that they'll try to chew on, or in most cases, slobber on. They may also try messing with the faucets on the sink or the bathtub. But most importantly, you've got to be careful of the toilet." "Why?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Oh, I know how much trouble babies and toilets can cause." Fluttershy replied "I've heard tons of stories about that sort of thing." "Well, even so, you can never be too careful." Mr. Cake explained "You would not believe how close I've come to losing things because Pound and Pumpkin Cake wanted to flush them down the toilet." "I've actually feared that, if they're not careful, they might accidentally flush themselves." Mrs. Cake said nervously "Luckly, it hasn't happened. But I'm almost certain it will happen if I let my guard down. They are incredibly curious, and that's what worries me." "Oh dear, I wouldn't want our little Scootaloo to do such a thing." Fluttershy gulped. "Relax Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash reassured her "I'm positive that Scootaloo won't get into any trouble with the toilet. She's a good girl." Rainbow Dash had no idea that she was about to be proven wrong. Scootaloo was unaware of Diamond Tiara's prescence as she continued to play with the Cake Twins. She was just happy to make some new friends. "Well, well, if it isn't the little baby blank flank?" a familiar voice suddenly taunted. Scootaloo gulped, she knew who that voice belonged to. Needless to say, the pony she thought of was anything but nice. And when she looked up, sure enough, she was staring directly at Diamond Tiara. "Diamond Tiawa!" she angrily exclaimed. "Aw, you remember my name. Except it's Tiara with a r." Diamond Tiara teased. "Go way, I dun' wanna tawk to you." Scootaloo said crossly. "Well too bad, because I want to talk to you." Diamond Tiara said smuggly "Nice to see you're making friends with ponies in your own age group. After all, you can't really go on crusades with your friends anymore. Unless they decided to make you their baby so they could try to earn their foalsitting cutie marks. Can you imagine, you, the baby of the CMC? Knowing your luck, you'd actually get a cutie mark in being a baby." "Tat's so funny I fowgot to waugh Diamond Tiawa." Scootaloo replied. Diamond Tiara ignored Scootaloo, thinking there was nothing she could do to hurt her. "I guess from now on they'll have to call you Scootapoo! Especially since you'll be going poo in your diaper, and not the loo. But then again, you are a foal, and that's what foals do." And then, she laughed. She thought she'd made a rather clever pun, and wished Silver Spoon had been present to hear it. This made Scootaloo cross. So cross in fact, that she felt like doing something that she should've done a long time ago. "Weww you know what ewse foaws do Diamond Tiawa?" she asked, rising out of the playpen "They fwush tings down the toiwet, wike you!" Diamond Tiara was shocked, and this gave Scootaloo just enough time to grab hold of her (which was harder than it use to be because of her now rather chubby hooves). Diamond Tiara tried in vain to break free, as she felt herself being lifted into the air. "Please, let me go! I'll do anything if you put me down right now!" she pleaded. Scootaloo ignored her, and carried her across the first floor of Sugarcube Corner. Pound and Pumpkin Cake stopped playing with their toys, and watched as Scootaloo dragged Diamond Tiara into the mare's bathroom. "What's going to happen to hew bwothew?" Pumpkin Cake asked, once Scootaloo was out of sight. "I dun' know sistew, but I get the feewing it won't be anyting pweasant." Pound Cake replied, and he was right. Diamond Tiara was frantic, as she heard the bathroom door close behind her. Scootaloo's grip on her did not loosen, as she was carried into the first stall Scootaloo layed eyes on. In a matter of seconds, she was hovering over the toilet, at which point Scootaloo let her go. Diamond Tiara landed in the bowl with a splash. "Have mercy, I don't wanna be flushed!" she bellowed at the top of her lungs. "Weww you shouwd have tought of tat befowe you made fun of me Diamond Tiawa." Scootaloo said, and flew over to the toilet handle. Using all the strength she could muster, she pressed it down, producing a loud noise. "Nnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo!" Diamond Tiara screamed, as she began to swirl around with the water in the toilet bowl. Scootaloo watched happily as the water spun faster and faster, as did Diamond Tiara. She continued to smile as her most hated enemy disappeared down the drain, and into the pipes. "Bye bye Diamond Tuwdawa!" Scootaloo said happily, as the water returned, without Diamond Tiara. She then flew out of the bathroom, feeling very pleased with herself. "Diamond Tiara will be okay." she thought to herself "Besides, it serves her right for making fun of me. I just can't believe I didn't think to do that sooner. Would've saved me a lot of trouble." Pound and Pumpkin Cake were speechless, and their mouths hung open in shock. They had heard everything. "What?" Scootaloo asked, when she saw the looks on their faces. "Did you just fwush Diamond Tiawa down the toiwet?" Pound Cake asked. "Dawn wight I did!" Scootaloo boasted "I gave that tuwd what she desweved." "But I tought tat mommy and daddy said you'we not suppose to fwush tings down it, except for what you do in youw diapee, and someting the gwown ups caww toiwet papew." Pumpkin Cake said, looking rather confused. "Weww, in this case I was wiwwing to make an exception." Scootaloo explained "Besides, she was acting wike a tuwd, and tuwds awe meant to be fwushed." Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake had all come running the moment they heard the toilet being flushed, and a pony screaming. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were relieved when they saw that Scootaloo and The Cake Twins were still in the playpen. "What just happened Scootaloo?" Fluttershy asked. "Did you do something you weren't suppose to?" Rainbow Dash asked. "As a mattew of fact, I did!" Scootaloo spoke up "I fwushed Diamond Tuwdawa down the toiwet!" That resulted in a firm smack across her diapered rear. "Bad baby!" Fluttershy scolded "We don't flush ponies!" "Unless they really deserve it." Rainbow Dash said under her breath. "You're not helping Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said sternly. "So what if I fwushed her?" Scootaloo asked "She desewved it for making fun of me and cawwing me Scootapoo!" "There are better ways to solve your problems squirt." Rainbow Dash replied "You could break the toilet doing that stuff." "But I didn't." Scootaloo stated "I'm suwe we'ww aww wook back on this someday and waugh about it." "Well someday isn't today." Fluttershy said seriously "Come on Scootaloo, it's time to go home!" "And when we get home, you're in a big time out!" Rainbow Dash added. "Aw weawwy?" Scootaloo complained. "Yes really." Fluttershy said sternly "You need to spend some time thinking back on what you did, and why it was wrong to flush somepony down the toilet. Even if that pony was Diamond Tiara." "Weww guys, wooks wike I gotta go home." Scootaloo called to The Cake Twins, as she was picked up "Teww auntie Pinkie Pie I said hewwo." "We wiww." Pound Cake replied. "Come back and pway with us soon." Pumpkin Cake called. "I'ww twy." Scootaloo replied, as she was placed into the foal carrier, and left Sugarcuber Corner with her mommy Fluttershy and mommy Rainbow Dash. "I quite wike that Scootawoo." Pound Cake said happily, once Scootaloo had left, a faint blush forming on his cheeks. "Dun' teww me you'we in wove with hew." Pumpkin Cake replied. "I tink I am." Pound Cake admitted, and he sighed dreamily. "Someting tewws me Scootawoo doesn't feww the same way bwothew." Pumpkin Cake stated. "That's okay, I'm happy just to know her." Pound Cake admitted. "Hehe, she'd nevew faww fow a pony who can't even keep his diapee cwean." Pumpkin Cake teased. Pound Cake was about to ask her what she meant, when a familiar smell filled the air. He pressed a hoof to the back of his diaper, and felt a large lump in it. Apparently, he'd been so focused on Scootaloo that he hadn't noticed his need to go number 2. He felt embarrassed, and was grateful that he hadn't done such a thing in front of Scootaloo. "Oh weww, daddy wiww just have to change you. And in the meantime, I'm gonna be potty twained befowe you bwothew." Pumpkin Cake boasted. "Not if I fwush you down the toiwet fwist." Pound Cake replied. Of course, he and Pumpkin Cake knew he was only joking. They would never do such a thing, though it did sound like fun.