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// Derpy's First Bath 
// Story: Derpy's Firsts 
// by dragonpony111 
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	Derpy had only spent one night at her home so far. Already though she was beginning to accumulate a dirty appearance as she crawled around the cloud flooring. Also the few times Derpy's parents gave her a honey dipped pacifier to console her she would usually end up with honey drool on her coat. Skybreeze finally noticed Derpy could really use her first bath. A full on bath and not one of the cleanings with a wet towel she received at the hospital. Derpy was sitting in the middle of the living room floor as she hugged her monkey with one leg, and crawled along pushing her train with the other. She would occasionally stop to try and catch some of the bubbles the train made. It was during one of these moments Skybreeze grabbed her and lifted her away. Derpy was trying to catch a bubble so she wasn't holding her toys, and she whined at being taken away from them.

"Ssshh. Ssshh. My little Derpy you need to take a bath. You can keep playing when you're done."

Derpy still didn't understand any words only being a week old, and she reached out for her monkey and train as she was carried away. Once they were inside the bathroom Skybreeze set the filly on the floor, and she turned her attention to getting the bath ready. Derpy could still see her toys in the other room and she began to crawl over to them. Skybreeze noticed Derpy's escape attempt and quickly caught her. She then set Derpy back on the clouded floor and shut the bathroom door. Derpy just pouted and crossed her forelegs while she had a glaring look on her face. Skybreeze already had the soap, shampoo, scrubber, and brush ready. Next she turned on both faucets and the water came gushing out as it hit the tub. The sudden, loud, and unknown noise made Derpy jump back. She crawled over to a corner and began to cry while shaking in fear. Her mommy noticed her daughter's reaction and quickly scooped her up.

"It's alright Derpy. It's just water filling the tub for your bath."

Skybreeze walked over and showed Derpy the tub with the water level rising inside it. Derpy had buried her head into her mommy's chest and peeked out to see. The strange sight had her interest, but she was still worried about what was going on. Once the tub was filled to a safe level for bathing a foal; Skybreeze turned off the faucets, and dipped a hoof to make sure the temperature wouldn't burn Derpy. Skybreeze then removed Derpy's diaper and slowly lowered her into the tub. As soon as Derpy's hindlegs touched the warm water she instantly flinched, and tried to squirm out of her mommy's hold. The scared filly buzzed her wings so hard that she raised herself up some. Skybreeze stopped her attempt to put Derpy in the water and decided to rub her with a wet cloth.

"See Derpy. It's just some nice warm water."

Derpy shook when the wet cloth touched her, but after a few seconds she began to enjoy it's warmth. Once her filly was sufficiently calmed down Skybreeze made a second attempt at putting her in the tub. Derpy still had a worried look on her face but she didn't fight it this time. Once she was settled in though she just had a confused look on her face not knowing what to expect next.

"Here Derpy. Want to play with Mr. Ducky?"

Skybreeze tried to float a little rubber duck in front of Derpy, but she made an upset noise as she pushed it away. The reaction caused a little splash, and Skybreeze ended up wet herself. Then she had the sudden realization that Derpy loved bubbles, and a bubble bath would make things go much more smoothly. She fetched the bottle of bubble bath from the bathroom cupboard and began pouring it into the water. After pouring a hefty amount she put a hoof into the water and began mixing it around. As the bubbles started forming Derpy giggled while she attempted to catch them. Soon Derpy's own commotion was enough to keep the bubbles forming so Skybreeze watched her play for a few minutes. Once the little filly was covered in bubbles and happily laughing Skybreeze began to clean Derpy. She squeezed some soap onto the scrubber and began scrubbing Derpy's coat all over. This was a struggle as her daughter refused to hold still because she didn't like it. Once that was finished washing her mane and tail was just as big of a pain. When Skybreeze lifted Derpy's rear end by her tail the filly let out a little wail, and she kicked a few times.

"Okay Derpy we are almost done. Now we just need to get you dry."

Skybreeze pulled the plug from the Drain and lifted Derpy out of the tub. She shivered as her body left the warm water and met the cooler air. When Skybreeze set her down on the counter the little filly instinctively tried to shake herself dry which only resulted in drops of water covering everything. Her mommy then began to rub her down with a towel, and finished by wrapping her in it. Derpy snuggled in it for warmth as Skybreeze left to get a new diaper. The warm feeling of the towel didn't last too long as Skybreeze quickly returned and unwrapped it. After putting on the new diaper Derpy was then sat upright. Skybreeze started with brushing her tail to remove all the tangles, and then moved on to her mane. Now that she was all cleaned, dried, and brushed Derpy finally looked like the precious little filly her parents knew she was. Skybreeze held Derpy up in front of the bathroom mirror and pointed at her reflection.

"See Derpy. Look at how pretty you are now."

Derpy was entranced by how shiny her mane and tail were, and she made some happy noises which were nothing but nonsense.  Skybreeze then brought Derpy out of the bathroom and back to her toys like she promised earlier. As she leaned down Derpy leaped from her forelegs and buzzed her wings to gently plop down on the floor. She then made a beeline as she crawled to her monkey, and gave it a big hug. She rolled around on the floor with it a few times, and then Skybreeze noticed something terrible. Derpy's monkey was also covered in honey drool and was just making Derpy all sticky again. Now she needed another bath...