//------------------------------// // To Snatch A Potty // Story: Pound and Pumpkin Cake's Adventures (And Misadventures) In Potty Training // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// When Mr. and Mrs. Cake returned home later that evening, they were very pleased to hear (and see for themselves) that the twins had used their potties for the first time. And to think it had been only two weeks since they'd started potty training. "Oh my sweet little angels, you're growing up so fast." Mrs. Cake cooed at the twins as they sat in their playpen, a few tears forming in her eyes. At the rate this was going, she would soon no longer be changing their diapers. "They didn't give you too much trouble when you tried to make them use their potties, did they?" Mr. Cake asked Pinkie, as he emptied out the potties. "Pumpkin Cake seems to like her potty, but Pound Cake doesn't seem to be quite as thrilled for some reason. In fact, I once caught him on his sister's potty for some reason." Pinkie shook her head. "The only trouble they gave me, was when they ran around for a bit without diapers on after I gave them a bath," she told The Cakes. She intentionally left out what had happened in the bathroom while they were away, knowing full well The Cakes would panic if they ever found out (assuming they would believe her). "I'm so glad to hear that," Mrs. Cake sweetly smiled. "Oh, how I wish I'd been there to see it. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait until next time." "Assuming they cooperate," Mr. Cake replied, flushing the training potties contents down the toilet. "And something tells me they're not quite done enjoying their diapers just yet. I'm sure at least one of them still has a few 'pranks' in mind." And Mr. Cake was right, for Pound Cake was still not ready to give up on his diapers and start using his potty. He still didn't see what his sister saw in such a stupid and useless plastic object that she would eventually outgrow and never use again. "Maybe I just need to make her see it my way." he thought, and his toddler brain began to scheme up a rather fiendish scheme. The kind of scheme that he was sure would put the schemes of all those great evils Pinkie had faced to shame. Later that night, after the twins had gone to sleep, and the rest of the inhabitants of Sugarcube Corner had done the same, a mysterious and shadowy figure crept into the bathroom. It had only one goal in mind. Creeping along the tiled floor, the figure soon found what it had been looking for. It eyed the potties that sat in a lonely corner of the bathroom, they had clearly been cleaned out just recently. Flashing a toothy smile at the objects, the figure chuckled to itself. "I've got a much better place for such useless objects. Nopony will ever miss them." it thought, and approached the pink potty. The next morning, Pumpkin was surprised when she woke up before her brother. He was always the lighter sleeper of the two. She felt tempted to wake him up, but she was still a bit mad with him for flushing her favorite rubber chicken down the toilet the previous day, so she decided not to. "I hope he didn't flush anything else I loved while I was sleeping." she thought to herself, as the nursery door creaked open. Mrs. Cake came trotting in, a bright smile on her face. She was quite surprised to see only Pumpkin was up, normally Pound and Pumpkin fell asleep and woke up at the same time. She didn't dwell on the matter for long, Pound could sleep in for as late as he wanted after what he and his sister had done yesterday. Speaking of which... "Good morning, Pumpkin," Mrs. Cake cooed softly, gently lowering the bars of the crib and scooping her daughter up. After a quick diaper check she asked Pumpkin "Wanna try to use the potty before we have breakfast? Mommy wants to see you do your pee-pees and poo-poos in it like a big girl, and I know Daddy does too!" Pumpkin giggled in delight, she could hardly wait to use her potty again. "I dun know why Pound doesn wike his potty, is so much fun to use! Is just as much fun as using diapees!" she said happily. "I'll take that as a yes, I suppose." Mrs. Cake shrugged, as she carried Pumpkin to the bathroom. "I wonder if Princess Twilight knows of any spells that can translate what foals are saying. It sure would be nice to know what my babies talk about." she thought to herself, and made a mental note to ask that question next time she and Princess Twilight met. However, upon entering the bathroom (and removing Pumpkin's diaper) Mrs. Cake and Pumpkin Cake both gasped at what they saw! One of the potties was no longer in its usual spot in that lonely corner, in fact Pumpkin's pink potty was nowhere to be found. It seemed to have vanished without a trace, leaving only Pound's blue potty to sit in the corner all by itself. Mrs. Cake checked all the places where she thought the potty might be, but failed to find a trace of it. Pumpkin's potty had disappeared! "Potty!" Pumpkin cried softly as a few tears streamed down her face. True she'd only successfully used her potty once in the two weeks since she'd gotten it, but she still loved it very much. Not nearly as much as her rubber chicken or her family, but it was certainly getting up there (right now it was just below her diapers in terms of how much she loved it, and even then not by much). How could it have just vanished without a trace like that? It didn't make sense. "Oh, I'm sure your potty will turn up sooner or later, Pumpkin," Mrs. Cake told her daughter, wiping away her tears. "Daddy probably moved it without telling Mommy, and Mommy being the silly pony she is didn't know. But in the meantime, I'm sure your brother won't mind if we 'borrow' his potty for you to sit on." "Whoevew snatched my potty is gonna be in big twouble when I find out who they awe!" Pumpkin vowed, as she was seated on her brother's blue potty. It was so weird, and not in a good way. But her mother wanted her to try and do her business anyway, so she'd have to give it an honest attempt. The potty attempt was a bust, Pumpkin just wasn't comfortable using her brother's potty instead of her own. She would much sooner go in her diapers than use an unfamiliar potty. By the time Pumpkin came out of the bathroom in her mother's hooves, her brother had woken up. Was it Pumpkin's imagination, or did Pound seem to have an evil grin on his face? During breakfast, as Pinkie took the liberty of feeding the twins, Mrs. Cake approached her husband and asked him. "Honeybun, did you happen to move Pumpkin's potty at all? I couldn't find it." Mr. Cake seemed surprised at such a question. "No, I didn't touch Pumpkin's potty at all after I emptied it out yesterday. It should've been right where it always is." Mrs. Cake shook her head. "It wasn't there when I took Pumpkin into the bathroom this morning to use it." "Did you cheek the cabinets under the sink? I might have accidentally put the potty back there." Mr. Cake suggested. "I did, it wasn't there. And neither was it in the medicine cabinet, or the towel closet," Mrs. Cake replied, and sighed. "I think we have a potty snatcher on the loose!" "'Potty snatcher'?" Mr. Cake asked, as if surprised his wife was talking about such a thing. "Yeah, a potty snatcher!" Pinkie exclaimed, bouncing over to The Cakes. "It's a creature that sneaks into other ponies bathroom, steals their potties, and then hides them somewhere where nopony can ever find them! One terrorized my family rock farm when Marble and I were going through potty training, and made off with the hoof-me-down potty Limestone trained with. And it would've captured my hoof-me-down potty Maud trained with, if my parents didn't capture it. Turned out there was an alligator nest on a small pond near our farm, and one of the smaller ones was sneaking in at night and stealing stuff. That gator was actually Gummy's older brother, that's how Gummy and I met." Mr. and Mrs. Cake looked at each other with worry. What if Gummy's family had relocated, and was now sneaking into Sugarcube Corner at night? Their children might be in serious danger! "I'd be happy to stay up tonight with Gummy and catch that potty snatcher red-hoofed or red-clawed, or red-whatever it has for arms and legs!" Pinkie offered. Mr. Cake seemed concerned about the idea of Pinkie looking for a 'potty snatcher'. "Um, I don't think that's a very good-" he began. "-Pinkie, Carrot and I will be ever so grateful if you can catch that potty snatcher before it snatches Pound's potty!" Mrs. Cake eagerly exclaimed, interrupting her husband. "Right, honeybun?" "Huh? Oh, right, sugarplum." Mr. Cake reluctantly agreed. That very night, Pinkie was in the upstairs bathroom with Gummy. The two of them maintaining a not so silent vigil over the blue training potty that Pinkie was certain the potty snatcher would try to steal. "Stay sharp, Gummy! The potty snatcher could strike at any moment!" Pinkie told the alligator. "Think of this as your chance to redeem yourself after what happened yesterday." Gummy didn't say anything, he just marched all around the training potty with his usual blank stare. Guarding it as if it were his very own nest full of eggs. Suddenly, amidst the silence of the inky darkness, the familiar creaking sound of the bathroom door opening could be heard! Pinkie immediately grabbed Gummy, and dove for cover in the empty bathtub. "Shh! The potty snatcher is here!" she frantically whispered to Gummy. Sure enough, the potty snatcher approached Pound Cake's blue potty, and began to drag it towards the open bathroom door! "Now!" Pinkie shouted at Gummy, before she leaped out of the bathtub and grabbed the potty snatcher quite firmly! Meanwhile, Gummy waddled past Pinkie and blinked at the intruder, perhaps hoping to engage him, her, or it in a staring contest. "I've got you now, potty snatcher!" Pinkie declared, then reached out with a hoof and flicked on a nearby light switch. "Or should I say... Pound Cake?" A faint gasp escaped Pinkie's mouth. "But I thought for sure it was Mr. Cake, he sure was acting strangely." she said to herself. Pound, for his part, tried to look as innocent as possible. He'd been caught in the act of potty snatching, and now the jig was up. "I knew I should steaw my potty wast night too." he complained, mentally kicking himself for his stupidity.