//------------------------------// // Chapter Four // Story: [C] Hard Working Princess // by scribe-feather //------------------------------// Hard Working Princess Chapter Four By Scribe Feather ✶✶4✶✶ Weeks went on and, before she knew it, Celestia found herself wearing pull ups every night. Even when Phosphor didn’t remind her, she found herself wanting to wear one. She felt much too exposed without one, naked even. When she wore her pull ups she felt at ease knowing there was protection at the ready whenever she happened to wet the bed. As the treatment continued, Celestia found herself wetting the bed more. The change was gradual at first, but eventually Celestia found herself waking up wet more than dry, but it didn’t worry her nearly as much as it did the first time it happened. Every time she woke up wet she would always remind herself that the bed was still dry. Even after an entire night’s worth of soaking, she could rely on her pull up to soak it all up. And in the morning Phosphor was always there to lower the crib gate and change her. She could distinctly remember waking up with a full bladder on some nights, fully aware of the dire need that her body pleaded her to meet. And on those nights she found herself staying in the crib. With a yawn and a sleepy rub of her eyes, the princess would simply soak her pull up, letting the urine soak into the material, and then pass out again without batting an eye. She never wanted to leave the warmth of her crib, nor go through the embarrassing ritual of going into the bathroom, pulling down her pull up and using the plastic training potty. This way was much easier and her sleepy mind found herself growing fond of it. Before long autumn teased Equestria with it’s changing weather. The land began to cool as the last days of summer were squeezed out of the year. The tree leaves in Canterlot were magically changed to their orange and brown autumn colors by unicorn magic in traditional ceremonies. Richy parties and balls were held all around town to commemorate the special event. The day was chock full of color changing ceremonies held around the city for the busy sun princess to attend. A rich unicorn’s party wasn’t worth it’s salt unless one of the royal sisters made an appearance. Taking turns with her sister, Celestia managed to attend a dozen of these parties. For this busy day, she wore pull ups under her party gown, but this time it was more out of necessity. At least, that’s what Phosphor seemed to think. The various parties left Celestia’s schedule haggard, no time to break off from mingling with Canterlot’s social elite to use the bathroom. The princess was hesitant at first, but Phosphor was quick to ease her anxiety, assuring her that nopony would know she was wearing. And as time went on, Celestia found that she was right. Nopony ever did seem to notice Celestia’s pull up, no matter how long she went on wearing one. She would receive compliments on her dress more than anything else. The princess flowing white gown that was tastefully trimmed with gold and silver. The most important detail of the dress was the long hemline that stretched over her back, down her long legs, and close to the floor. It kept the pull up out of sight and the noise level of the parties were never quiet enough for anypony to hear the pull up crinkle. The majority of the various events were spent talking with ponies or even having the honor of changing the first leaf to it’s autumn colors. When she wasn’t doing that, she would be partaking in the wide range of food and drink they served at the parties, politely accepting any samples of finger foods or drink glasses offered to her to avoid being rude. Phosphor insisted on attending alongside the princess, giving the alicorn a bit of an emotional parachute whenever things got too stressful. The experienced caretaker seemed to have some kind of telepathy with her charge, helping Celestia when she got too anxious and to change her pull ups whenever the need arose. Fortunately for the princess, those opportunities were rare and very far in between. Whenever Celestia drank just a little too much and found herself accidentally dribbling into her pull up, Phosphor would always be there to assure her that everything was alright. Celestia would always break away from the party to get her pull up changed before it came close to leaking, something she was rather proud of pulling off successfully. Knowing Phosphor was always there to change her, Celestia allowed herself to relax. Before she knew it, the long, exciting day was drawing to a close. One final celebration of the autumn season was left on the itinerary for the day, and this one would be the biggest one yet. Hundreds of ponies prepared themselves for the grandest of celebrations being held at Canterlot Castle. All the parties and ceremonies leading up to it were merely small town festivals compared to the one assembled by the royal party planners. The party was held in the great hall, the finest location for Canterlot Castle’s big balls and banquets. The large room offered guests the best spectacles the castle had to offer, ranging from vibrantly designed stained glass windows and tall, white pillars that held up the high ceiling. Ponies could also enjoy leisurely walks around the castle grounds that surrounded the exterior of the hall, taking in the lovely scents of well kept flowers. The hall was thoroughly decorated for the ball, dressed up almost as elaborate as it’s guests. Half of the grand room was set aside for banquet seating, providing premium food and beverage for the guests to feast upon. The other half of the room was entertained by a string quartet that played steady songs for the fancy ponies to dance to. As the sun began to set, guests started to filter into the large room and Celestia was there to greet all of them. She remained tense where she stood, hyperly aware of the crinkling pull up that she wore. On the outside she remained calm and collective, politely greeting every new face with the practiced princess-like greeting. On the inside however, she was a torrent of mixed feelings and tense emotions. Part of her was acutely aware of every glance that came her way while another part was much too worried about whether or not her dress covered up the pull up. Some of her thoughts were occupied with kicking herself for allowing Phosphor to have her go out wearing such an infantile garment. Those feelings and a million others buzzed around her busy mind. "It would be in your best interest to relax, your highness," Phosphor’s voice politely chirped, snapping Celestia out of her headspace. "W-what?" The startled pony murmured. "It's a party, your highness. They're meant to be enjoyed," Phosphor ensured. “Nopony will notice your...choice in attire.” And with that said, Celestia did her best to mingle. She melted into the various crowds of the ball, making small talk with the guests. The conversation did well at distracting her from the crinkling garment that hugged her rump and for the occasional moment she would completely forget about it. Phosphor followed her about as she made her rounds, providing the princess much needed emotional support. "Princess Celestia!" A cheerful voice popped in, nearly making Celestia jump with a start. The white alicorn quickly turned to find a purple alicorn dressed in her own elaborate princess dress for the formal occasional. Beside her stood a pink alicorn, dress similarly in royal garb. "Tw-twilight!" Celestia needed only a second to regather herself. Once she had her thoughts in order, she started again with an elegant bow. "Princess Twilight Sparkle. It is a pleasure to see you again. Good to see you too, Princess Cadance." "The pleasure's all mine, Princess Celestia," Twilight answered back with a smile. She didn't seem to notice Celestia's pull up or be bothered by it if she did. “It’s lovely seeing you again, Princess Celestia,” Cadence added. The purple alicorn then turned to Phosphor, politely bowing to the pony with similar princess grace. “Good day to you as well, miss...” "We haven't been formally introduced," Phosphor said before taking a polite bow, "My name is Phosphor, I am the new royal caretaker." "Caretaker? You mean like...?" Cadance's words drifted off as she looked at Phosphor. They exchanged looks before Cadance shyly blushed. "So you help Celestia and Luna relax?" Twilight chimed in. "In a way," Phosphor answered calmly, "for now I've focused most of my energy on Princess Celestia and I do think we're making progress." Celestia faintly blushed, throwing a glance over to the pink unicorn. They exchanged a quick glance at one another before returning to the conversation. “And where is Princess Luna?” Cadance started, “I heard she loved the autumn season.” “My sister has been working very hard recently,” Celestia said, “I’m afraid she was unable to make it to the party tonight.” The conversation took it's natural stride after that. The four ponies involved chattered away about a variety of topics, enjoying each other's company at such a fancy ball. Celestia even started to enjoy herself, feeling stimulated with the first adult conversation she had in weeks. She happily added to the conversation, quietly sipping the delicious banquet punch in their dainty glasses. It took no time at all for her to completely forget about the pull up between her legs. However like all good things, that quickly came to an end. A faint trickle was suddenly heard as water dribbled close by Celestia. She then noticed something warm slithering down the inside of her legs, causing her to stand ramrod in place. "Princess Celestia?" Twilight was the first to notice. "I-I...I," Celestia's mind panicked, feeling her urine puddle pool around her ankles. "I have to go!" In an instant, Celestia dashed away, leaving behind a faint trail of urine behind her. The other ponies stood there dazed, not knowing how to properly react. Celestia dashed through the halls of Canterlot castle as quickly as she could. She kept running until she reached the emptier part of the castle, not a pony in sight. It was just lucky for her that her bedroom was close by, far away from the noise of the party and her embarrassing accident. Finally in the safety of her own room, tears began to swell up in the alicorn's eyes. She couldn't believe how much that encounter shook her core. She was practically rattled from the experience. Even when her adult mind knew very well that a little spectacle like that wouldn't matter in the end and ponies like Twilight and Cadance would understand an accident when they saw one, something in Celestia's mind made her eyes tear up from it all. Ashamed of herself, Celestia buried her face into a pillow, quickly getting it wet with her tears. The pillows helped muffle her humiliated cries and whimpers. There was a quiet knock on the door, shortly followed by the door slowly opening and closing. "Are you alright, Tia?" It was Phosphor's voice, speaking with a compassionate tone. "You left so suddenly." "Everypony saw!" Celestia yelled up from her spot on the bed. "My pull up leaked and everypony saw." "Oh, sweetie. Don't worry about that, accidents happen." "I can't do this anymore!" Celestia pounded the mattress with a hoof. "I can't keep soiling myself in front of everypony like some kind of...! Some kind of stupid foal! It's humiliating!" "Only because you see it as humiliating, sweetie." Phosphor closed the gap between the two of them, sitting on the edge of the bed. "You’ve made so much progress, honey. I’m proud of you for being such a good girl." "No! I'm more stressed than ever! I can't do it anymore!" Celestia yelled, angrily slamming her face back into the fluffy pillow. There was a long pause as the two sat there in silence. Celestia quietly whimpered into the pillow as Phosphor patiently waited by her side. "You know, Princess Cadance went through the same treatment as you," Phosphor finally said. "R-really?" "Mhmm, and she had the same worries as you do." Phosphor nudged herself closer to the white alicorn. "Even more so. She was so terrified she'd be alienated by her peers if they ever found out. She was so frightened to go out in public that she always insisted on wearing something over the diaper." "But...Cadance was out there at the party?" "Likely wearing a thick diaper under that dress as well." Phosphor said with a friendly smile, winking a teasing wink. "Probably stinky too." She illustrated this comment with a dramatic gesture of holding her nose with a hoof. Celestia smiled and felt a little giggle slip out. "You really think so?" "Definitely," Phosphor replied with a light chuckle, "so I'm sure everypony was too busy running away from her stinky butt to even notice your little accident." "I-I guess so..." Phosphor let out a friendly chuckle, "I know so, sweetie. Now how 'bout we get you out of that leaky pull up?" Celestia sniffled, wiping another tear out of her eye before she nodded. Her dress was pulled up away from her waist, exposing the well used pull up that sagged there. She gently laid herself on the floor, legs spread out in the typical diaper changing position. “There, you see, it’s just a soggy pull up,” Phosphor consoled the other pony, rolling up the swollen garment into a tight ball and throwing it out. With a glow of her horn, Phosphor pulled out a thick diaper from the nearby bag. The crinkling garment was noticeably thicker than Celestia’s pull ups "Can't I just wear another pull up?" Celestia meekly asked with a blush. "I don’t want you having any more accident, sunny bun. These diapers are much more absorbent than your pull ups.” The pink unicorn held up the diaper for the indecisive alicorn to inspect. “Plus we won’t have to pull you away from your friends to change you as much.” Hesitant at first, Celestia finally raised her legs up into the air, allowing Phosphor to slip the diaper underneath her. Her rump was lovingly kept aloft by the fluffy padding. Phosphor gave the area a generous amount of baby powder, the infantile scent tickling Celestia’s nose as it filled the room with it’s nursery scent. Once freshly powdered, Phosphor pulled the fluffy garment up between Celestia’s legs, taping it securely around her waist. Right away the diaper was vastly different than the pull ups Celestia had grown accustom to. The extra padding gently forced her legs apart, feeling like a pillow was taped around her waist. Now instead of simple wetness indicators on the crotch, the whole diaper was childishly decorated like a real baby diaper. For a moment she considered asking Phosphor why she couldn’t just wear plain white diapers, but something in the back of her mind stopped her. Now that she was free of that urine soaked pull up and given a fluffy diaper to wear, Celestia felt at ease. At the very least she felt better about the public accident and even managed to let a small smile break through her worry. "There's my happy foal," Phosphor chimed in, putting away the changing supplies, "now we're all cleaned up and ready to head back out." "B-but everypony saw-" "Your little...mess was cleaned up shortly after you ran off. I told your friends that you've been under a lot of stress lately and they completely understood." Phosphor affectionately consoled the princess. "Now come on, sweetie,” She said, extending a helping hoof to Celestia, “I bet they saved a big slice of cake just for you." Celestia sniffed, wiping the last remnants of tears out of her eyes. "That...does sound nice..." She was carefully pulled back up on her feet, the thick diaper swiftly hidden behind her dress. The extra padding had a slight bulge to it, pushing up the back of the dress a tiny bit more than the pull ups, but the multiple layers kept hidden enough. "Thank you, Phosphor." “You’re quite welcome, sunny butt. You’re a good girl,” the unicorn said with her trademark warm smile. Guided by her caretaker, Celestia found her way back to the ball, feeling immensely better about the situation. The loud chatter and music came rolling back as the two reentered the hall. Returning to the party was nothing like how Celestia was worried it’d be. Nopony pointed at her and the crowd didn’t gang up on her and call her names. The party continued as usual, barely even missing the princess for her brief break. Cadance and Twilight had already moved to their seats, snacking on plates of horderves that they managed to snatch from the extensive buffet tables across the way. They were situated at Celestia’s table, a regally dressed table located against the far wall. “Princess Celestia! You’re back!” Twilight chirped happily. She didn’t seem the least bit phased by Celestia’s recent outburst. Celestia composed herself and took her seat at the table. “Yes, I apologize for that. I had some...business that needed my immediate attention.” “We should be good for now,” Phosphor chimed in, sitting at the table as well. “You got here JUST in time! They started serving dessert not a few minutes ago,” Twilight beamed as she floated a plate down Celestia’s way, “we saved you some of the sweets.” Celestia smiled at the other alicorns’ generosity and nodded in appreciation. She then turned her attention towards the plate in front of her. The fine china plate had delicious and delectable desserts piles high on top of it. The wide variety of puffs, pies, and cakes made Celestia’s mouth water in anticipation. Business returned to normal, nopony even mentioning Celestia’s embarrassing flare-up. Celestia melted back into delightful conversation with Cadance and Twilight while she enjoyed the sugary sweets in front of her. Nervous at first, Celestia began contributing to the conversation as she did before. Nopony seemed to notice her diaper no matter how worried about it she got. No matter how much her troubled mind wanted to amplify the fact that her new diaper was much thicker than the pull up, she found nopony made a fuss about it. After some time passed, and after she had feasted on some of the sweets, Celestia began to relax. Conversation with the other princesses continued like it did before. Nothing seemed amiss among the group and Celestia found herself enjoying the party once more. Her listening was suddenly derailed as a painful burn began to swell up in her stomach. The sharp sting caused her to gasp quietly which only Phosphor seemed to notice. The pink unicorn looked up in concern. “Sweetie? Are you alright? You look ill.” “I-I’m fine,” Celestia quickly answered, “just...I just think some of that food didn’t agree with me.” Celestia made the horrible mistake of ignoring the sensation and putting it off until later. All that festive food from the countless parties she attended today had finally caught up to Celestia. The wide variety of snacks, drink, and finger foods seemed to all band together in one groan inducing knot in her stomach. The knot twisted tighter, growing in size inside the princess’s body. The creeping pain pulsed in her stomach as she tried to soothe it with some crackers and dip. When that didn’t seem to work, she tried to calm it with some delicious punch. Nothing seemed to work and as time went on, the pressure and the pain just got worse. “I-I’ll be right back!” Celestia suddenly yelped, dashing off away from the group. She quickly bolted towards the bathrooms while paying no mind to the looks she got from her irrational run. The bathrooms seemed to be miles away to the rushing princess. Far from where she started were two side hallways that branched off of the great hall and led to the restrooms. She managed to make her way to the quiet hallways, far away from the prying eyes of the party. Before she could move an inch farther, her body froze her in place, causing a chillful sensation to run down her neck. She was just glad nopony could see her in the small, out of the way hallway. Phosphor was close behind, a look of concern on her face. With a low level groan, Celestia submitted to the urge and began to push at her bowels. Her legs started to bow out as she took in deep breaths. Her face grew red as her eyes slammed shut in embarrassment. She grunted quietly, her tummy tightening as she submitted to the most infantile thing she’d ever done. Phosphor knew that pose right away. “So that’s the problem,” she simply commented. In one uncontrollable spasm, Celestia’s bowels began to push. Her diaper began to sag, filling up with her heavy mess as she uncontrollably filled it up. It continued to swell under her dress as she remained frozen in the humiliating position. It was just fortunate that she managed to get to a more private area. Phosphor gently consoled the princess, rubbing her back as Celestia helplessly filled her diaper. She acted as a look out for the diapered pony, insuring that she had the most privacy possible. Celestia continued to grunt softly as her bowels now moved on their own accord. She could feel her diaper pull at her waist, sagging profusely between her thighs. Her bladder also decided to take this opportunity to dribble a tiny bit as well, warming the middle of the diaper up. Her public diaper messing was over just as quickly as it started, leaving behind a stunned pony and a full diaper. Celestia looked at her diapered rump, still well hidden underneath the layers of dress. She couldn’t see it, but she could feel the heavy mess inside. Even then she was still shocked it happened. “I...I can’t believe it...I-” “Shh shh, it’s alright sunny butt. You needed to go and you used your diapers,” Phosphor was quick to comfort the speechless Celestia. “It’s alright, my good girl, we’ll just get you changed, alright?” “I-I...guess it’s good that I was wearing...that,” Celestia replied with a shaky voice, still feeling her face burn bright red. “That’s the spirit, sweetie!” Phosphor congratulated. She then craned her neck to look at a small wall clock that ticked quietly in the hall. “Sunny butt’s up so far past her bedtime,” she mused mostly to herself, “I’m thinking it’s time for bed, wouldn’t you think?” “M-mhmm,” Celestia simply nodded, blushing heavily. “Do you wanna say goodbye to your little friends before we go?” “Well...It would be rude if we didn’t...” Celestia reluctantly reasoned. Despite every fiber of her being screaming to run away and get changed immediately, Celestia walked back to her table. Every one of Celestia’s senses were now put on high alert as she moved. She could feel her diaper sway a tiny bit as she walked as normally as she could. She kept a steady pace, knowing very well that if she floated around the same spot for too long, her smelly mess would find its way through her dress and ponies would surely smell it. Cadance and Twilight looked her way once she returned. “I-I...will be calling it a night,” Celestia said, swallowing a big nervous knot. “It was a pleasure seeing you again, princesses. I do hope you will visit Canterlot very soon.” “Oh...it was nice seeing you too, princess,” Twilight nodded understandingly. “I hope you feel better, Celestia,” Cadance added, flashing Celestia a knowing smirk. Celestia paused to look at Cadance for a moment or two. Did she know? “It was a pleasure meeting you two as well. Thank you for having me,” Phosphor chimed in. “Until next time!” And with that Celestia and Phosphor made their way out of the great hall. Celestia noticed she now had a sizeable waddle as she walked back to her room. She tried her hardest to avoid making the mess in her diaper any worse than it already was. Phosphor was right there on her side to keep her steady and provide emotional support. “I hope you had fun,” Phosphor cheerfully said as they entered Celestia’s bedroom. “You were such a good girl today.” “I admit everything didn’t go...entirely as planned, but it was nice seeing the other princesses again.” “It’s like I told you, sweetie. You just needed to relax,” Phosphor said as she trotted over to the nearby closet. “nopony noticed your little diapers” “O-oh! Yes,” Celestia exclaimed, embarrassed that for a moment she actually forgot about the messy diaper.