This story is a "What if?" Idea on if Discord was recently born and given to the princesses' of Equestria to raise.
Discord was born from the voids of chaos, and on one Hearths Warming Eve, the young lord of chaos was given to the princesses Celestia and Luna to raise as their child. The two sisters must learn to cope with the baby draconequus and his antics as he drives the two crazy! Luckily they aren't alone in raising the child, as Princess Cadance becomes the royal babysitter for a while. But when she leaves to become the Princess of the Crystal Empire, Fluttershy takes the reigns as the new Royal Babysitter. Also, when Flurry Heart is born, Discord becomes an older brother to the filly. As the saying goes, "it takes a village to raise a child." But for the ponies of Equestria, it will take a kingdom to raise a draconequus
It all started one cold Hearth’s Warming Eve, three Reindeer known as The Gift Givers were inside a cozy, warm cabin filled with presents. They were swamped during this time of year, preparing gifts this year as it was fast approaching.
The three reindeer looked very different: The eldest one, Aurora, had a teal coat with brown eyes and wrinkles underneath them that looked worn with age. She had a pink and white striped mane tied with a bun, and a crimson shawl around her neck had spectacles at the end of her muzzle and seemed to be the least worried compared to her sisters as she went about teleporting gifts to their destinations with her magical antlers that glowed.
The second eldest, Bori, was a light pink coated reindeer with a much thicker red and pink swirly mane, with two bells attached to her ears as earrings. She wore a cute, buttery yellow apron around her waist with a skirt that went up around her flank. She seemed the most observant of the sisters, reviewing every single gift with care and ensuring they were labeled correctly.
The youngest of the group, Alice, was an earthly tan-colored reindeer with a short lock of green mane with green eyes. She had a red ribbon tied around her neck with a little golden bell in the center of the cloth. She was the most energetic of the three, bouncing around the cabin, grabbing gifts, wrapping them up in pretty bows, then walking them off to Bori to ensure they were correctly labeled.
The three were working as hard as they could to ready presents for creatures of all kinds, dragons, ponies, and especially the yaks whom they shared a special connection with (seeing as they’ve lived in the frozen north, hidden from prying eyes). Everything seemed to be going smoothly despite the rush until the youngest reindeer suddenly started to groan and rub a hoof over her forehead.
The other two were somewhat surprised as they saw how distressed she looked and asked together. “Alice, are you ok?!"
Alice shivered as she rubbed her hooves over her body as if a sudden chill swept through her. It was rather cold, but they were used to living in the frozen wastes their entire lives, so it was odd that Alice would act like this.
Bori felt her sister’s uncomfortable feeling as well and asked. “Is everything alright, sister?”
Alice gave a nervous look at her sisters and then said. “I don’t know, I’ve never felt like this before. It’s like this wave of chaotic magic we haven’t felt since Pinkie Pie was born!”
The other two deer were now getting nervous as they looked at each other with worried expressions. Then there was a knock on the door, and the three squeaked out and turned towards it. They all slowly came close as they opened it up to see a stork. He was unlike any stork they’d seen before, though. He had some glasses on his beak, sporting a blue hat and a pouch around his waist.
The stork bowed. “Good evening. I know you three are busy, but I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t necessary.”
Aurora gave the stork a warm smile as if she knew him as an old friend. “Alpha, it’s so good to see you. How's the soul factory?”
The stork sighed as he scratched the back of his neck. “It’s fine, just the same old, sending souls to be born like always. It's rather tedious and dull, you know all this.”
“Well, it’s always good to see you,” Aurora responded with a playful smirk, which made the stork blush a little.
“Yes, and I see you’ve brought a living being today?” Bori asked, seeing that a wicker basket was at the web feet of the bird. Her motherly instincts started to kick in, seeing it was probably another baby. It wouldn’t be the first time Alpha dropped off a mortal at their doorstep.
Alpha laughed as he started the back of his neck. “Nothing gets past you, Bori. Yes, I'm here to bring you a living being again. But unlike that pink female earth pony I dropped off last time, this creature is much different.” He brought out a wicker basket with a sleeping baby inside. The creature was unlike anything they’d seen before: Having a body covered in brown fur looking part goat, its face covered in gray, while his torso had a brownish hue. He had a small eagle’s claw on his right hand, a lion’s paw on his left, his right leg was a green-scaled dragon’s claw, and a cloven hoof for his right leg.
The creature seemed harmless, but it radiated magic, making the three reindeer quiver. “What is it?” They all asked in unison.
Alpha had a queasy look on his face as he answered. “Well…um…I don't know. We keep an eye on the voids of chaos; every millennium, a creature is born from it. Our policy is usually to discard them…but…well…this one is different.”
“What do you mean different?” Aurora asked, somewhat concerned.
Alpha sighed as he scratched the side of his head and explained. “He’s indeed born of chaos magic, but …there’s something different about him. I sense good, and if there’s even a small chance he’s good…disposing of him feels wrong…I was hoping you three could take him in and raise him. Or maybe find someone who can?”
The three reindeer looked at each other with confused eyes as Alice chirped. “I sense the same thing from this young one! We shall take the child and ensure he has a bright future!”
“Of course, thank you very much,” Alpha replied with a sigh of relief as he placed a wing over his chest and bowed. He then quickly departed and flew off into the blizzard. Then, with a bright green light, he vanished into thin air.
The three reindeer were now looking downward at the baby, and Alice dawwed. “Aww, how could this cute little guy be dangerous? He’s adorable!”
Aurora looked down with a sad look. “Yes, he is now. But he could grow to become the most dangerous creature in the universe. I know from experience allowing such creatures to exist is a risk.”
Alice turned to her older sister. “But you don’t know that for sure. I can sense this one can be good! Lika Alpha said, if there’s a chance he can grow up to use his powers for others, then we should take it!”
Aurora turned towards her younger sister and replied in an assured tone. “I know, young one, there is a chance he can grow up to be good,” Then she got rather somber. “But it’s a small chance, and if we were wise, we would rid ourselves of this child and be done with it.”
A solemn silence came over the group. Alice spoke up. “We don’t know that for sure, so how can we judge a gift? We can find mortals who will cherish and love him and raise him right.”
Aurora was a bit unsure. “But who will be up to raising a creature born of chaos? Who would even be willing to take on such a responsibility?”
They all paused once more as they pondered, then Bori smirked as an idea popped into her head. “I think I know the two who are up to the task…. lucky for us; they are not mortals either.”
Celestia and Luna sat together during Hearth’s Warming Eve with cups of hot cocoa in the center of the grand hall within Canterlot’s palace. A massive pine tree was covered in ornaments in the middle of the room. The court was empty, and most of the royal guards and staff were celebrating the holidays with their families, so the two sisters decided to have a small Hearth’s Warming Eve party between the two of them.
The sisters sat silently, drinking their steaming hot cocoa as they exchanged gifts seeing that this was their first Hearth’s Warming Eve together since Luna was brought back from her banishment on the moon.
“Socks?!” Luna shouted, a bit astonished at her sister’s gift as she saw two pairs of violet and black striped socks. She then glared at her sister. “How dare you mock me! I don’t need socks!”
Celestia rolled her eyes and showed off her hooves, each one covered in pink and white striped socks as she explained, “First of all, sister, you don’t need to use the Royal Canterlot voice anymore. Second, you have outgrown all your old clothes while banished, so I went out and picked you up some new ones. And seeing how it's cold here during the winter, I thought some socks would be nice.”
Luna eyed the socks as she put all four legs into them. She was impressed that each leg fitted rather well and felt cozy and warm. After walking around for a few minutes, she turned to her sister and blushed. “I apologize for my outburst earlier. I have to admit, sister, they do feel nice.”
“See, I told you!” Celestia replied with a smirk as she clapped her hooves together. “Now it’s my turn.” She picked out her present, which was in a circular cardboard box. She could tell it was probably cake, her favorite pastry on the planet. But as she opened the lid, Celestia gasped in surprise at how beautifully designed the cake was: With white frosting and pink swirls around the edges of the single-layered cake. On top, there were candied versions of herself and Luna hugging each other, with the word 'sorry' spelled out in icing.
Luna seemed to be somewhat nervous as she stammered. “I…It’s been a thousand years since I made you a cake for your birthday. And I remembered your favorite flavor was strawberry with vanilla icing.”
Celestia’s eyes filled with tears, remembering that when they were younger, and Luna did something wrong that hurt Celestia, she would bake her a “Sorry Cake.” The fact that Luna did this made Celestia realize she still remembered the good times before their split a thousand years ago. The princess of the sun then embraced her sister. “Oh, it's a wonderful gift, thank you!”
Luna was speechless as she hugged her sister back; despite its decorations, she was still unsure if she had baked it right. Celestia then diced the cake with a knife, and the two shared slices of cake and drank their hot chocolate together as they wore comfortable, cozy socks. The night couldn’t be perfect as the two sisters basked in the silence.
However, Luna saw it was an excellent opportunity to catch up on things in Equestria and asked. “So, dear sister, do the ponies still hold this tradition well?”
“Yes, they do enjoy this holiday very much. But ponies forget why we celebrate it. Every year, I put on a play to remind them that they should remain united.” Celestia replied.
Luna nodded in approval. “That sounds like a fine idea. It seems things have gone rather smoothly in my absence.”
Celestia looked down at her hot chocolate, thinking of the pressures of ruling and how it would soon be transferred to Twilight. “Yes, I fear for the future, and the trials Twilight will have to go through. But for now, let’s focus on the present. On us being here to enjoy this fine holiday.”
The two then clinked their mugs and continued their drink. But then they heard a loud thump, and the two sisters got up and headed towards the castle's front gate. They opened it to see a strange present, an infantile creature. It was swaddled in blankets, wearing a floppy red cone-shaped hat with a little white ball of fluff hanging off the end of it. A wreath was dressed around the creature’s neck, and it had a pacifier made of peppermint and was sucking on it as it slept.
Luna was confused as to what this creature was and asked out loud. “What is it?!”
“I don’t know, sister,” Celestia whispered as she unfurled a letter revealing the creature’s story. By the end, her jaw was wide open as she whispered. “My goodness! It’s a being of chaos!”
Luna took the child close. “What?! Why is it here?!”
Celestia continued reading the letter. “It says that the stork senses good in him and wishes us to raise him.”
“Storks?!” Luna blinked in disbelief. “You're saying that storks from the ethereal plane bring babies to mortals?!”
Celestia’s cheeks flushed red. “It’s rare, but it does happen from time to time. Pinkie Pie is one.”
The two looked back at the creature as it started to wake up. The two alicorns stepped back, waiting for it to cry. But instead, it blinked its large red eyes as it looked around, cooing at its surroundings. He then started to kick about underneath the blankets and giggled.
Princess Celestia suddenly burst into laughter at the pretty sight. She then picked him up with her magic and brought the creature, still wrapped in blankets, close to her face. The princess gave him a look over. Despite his odd appendages, her heart melted at how cute he looked, and she squealed. “Oh, he’s so adorabl- eek!” The alicorn cried out in horror as the creature took her nose, revealing it gone as if it were made of clay. Celestia started to freak out, flapping her wings as she shouted! “hey, give that back!”
The baby gurgled and cooed as he plopped the nostrils back on the princess’ nose. This time, Luna burst into laughter. “Oh my, he is a cutie!” The princess of the night then sat down using her back hooves and cradled the creature in her front feet. Despite being banished for a thousand years, she had gotten good at rocking foals to sleep, and it wasn’t long until the creature was nuzzling into her night blue fur, seeking warmth. Then he started to drift off to sleep.
Once he was snoring, Luna whispered. “Well, I don't mind trying to raise him. If we take good care of him and make sure he utilizes his magic for good, he can’t be that bad.”
“Well, if you say so…” Celestia grumbled as she rubbed a hoof over her muzzle. “I also agree that we’re the only ones who can raise him.”
Luna turned her attention to her sister and asked. “So….is that a yes?”
Celestia looked down at the baby, and despite him just taking her nose, she felt no ill will towards such an innocent young foal. “Yes, we shall raise him. Tomorrow, I’ll have my maids, who have experience with newborns, fetch us supplies. And we can work together to care for him day and night.”
Luna flapped her wings with delight, getting rather excited. But then she had a puzzled look on her face as if something was bothering her and asked. “What should we name him?”
Celestia tapped a hoof to her nose, seeming unsure, and whispered. “Hmm, he’s quite chaotic. But Chaos would be a dumb name….”
“Troublemaker? Destroyer?” Luna suggested as the two princesses just shook their heads.
“Lord of chaos!” Celestia laughed, but that was a joke. Both princesses went silent for a few minutes, then they both looked at each other and shouted at once. “What about Discord?!”
The baby woke up again and squealed in delight, kicking about underneath the pile of blankets, seeming to agree with the name.
Luna nuzzled the child and whispered, “Oh, I think he likes it. Yes, I think Discord is a great name. That will be your name: Discord.”
Discord looked upon the two alicorns, not knowing what they were. But it seemed he saw them as safe and felt reassured at being around them. Still tired, Discord curled up into Luna’s hooves and nuzzled back into the recesses of her coat.
“I’ll put the child to sleep and watch him during the night.” Luna gently whispered. She slowly got up on three hooves, using her right front foot to cradle Discord as she gently flapped away.
Celestia looked over with a worried expression. She was okay with the two caring for the creature, but they had never had real experience caring for babies. She wondered if Twilight had any books on parenting because if so, she’d need to ask about borrowing some.
Chapter Two: Princess Cadance the Royal Foalsitter
"Otay, here's ta plan! We need ta get past the giant teddy bears, and sneak past the plush rabbits. Then we find Tia and she tell us we need help! Any questions?!" Shining Armor exclaimed. The once proud stallion had now been reduced to a kindergartener wearing plastic armor. His spear was now made of foam, and he was with a few of his fellow guards,who were all in the same situation (but they were acting much more like toddlers than himself: Picking their noses, others argued or ran around playing, and some were doing potty dances).
Shing groaned, slamming a hoof to his face. "Guards, pay attention! Unless ya want to stay like this all day!"
The guards all scrambled about a clumsy formation. "Yes, Shining Armor."
Shining nodded. "Okay. We rush to ta door on three! One. Two. Um…what comes after two?"
"Three, captain!" A toddler shouted as the others giggled.
"Ugh, three! Charge!" Shining Armor yelled as he and his fellow guards rushed through the army of plush bears. The teddy bears grabbed the kids, tickling or crushing them in a giant hug. However, a few guards were able to make it through with Shining Armor. They paused in their rush, turning upward to see Discord.
The little lord of chaos was bigger now than when the princesses had found him a few months ago. He was adorable, with a thick white diaper between his green scaled left leg and cloven hoof for the right leg. His padded tush was riding on top of a giant plush kangaroo, wearing a cute pink apron tied around her waist.
Discord looked downward, and with a smirk exclaimed, "Give up, Shining! Ya gonna be my playmate today whethew ya like it ow not!"
Shining smirked: Despite the embarrassing nature of being turned into a toddler, he did actually enjoy this “game”. "Well, Discord, I would stay and play with ya, but I got ta get ready for a date with Cady."
Discord crossed his claws and whined. "Oh come on! Ya two gonna get married, why ya gotta go on a date?"
"Well, gotta keep her happy, and we gotta plan ta wedding too!" Shining pointed out. “I can’t do tat if I in diapees.”
Discord gave Shining Armor puppy dog eyes. "Yeah, tat means ya owe me. So come on and pway! Please?!"
Shining placed a stubby hoof over his chest. "I pwomice I'll play with ya this week, otay? But I need to do it when I am not so busy."
"Can you two shut up?! I need to go potty!" One of Shining's guards whined.
"Right, sorry, let's split up; he can't get all of us!" Shining instructed as he began a second charge. But the plush kangaroo scooped the guards up, then proceeded to strap diapers around their waists ( to keep the foals from having accidents on the floor) and plopped the babies snuggly into her pouch.
Through all the chaos, Shining Armor was able to slip through and made it out into the hallway. He then ran down the hall shouting. "Haha! I won tis time, Discord!"
Meanwhile, Celestia was bleary-eyed as she sat on her throne, yawning. She was doing her best to listen to the ponies coming to court so she could settle their disputes. But it was difficult to perform her duties after having spent most of her energy last night (despite Luna dealing with Discord's antics, having turned the moon into cheese at one point!).
"That moon cheese was good, though," Celestia chuckled and shook her head as she tried to pay attention to the court, sipping on a cup of coffee. But the silence was broken as she heard hooves scampering on the ground. Then a tiny toddler with a whisky blue mane and tail came running up to her while wearing plastic armor, making him look like a toddler playing as a knight.
But the alicorn princess simply sighed and asked. "He turned you into a toddler again, didn't he?"
"Yes, Tia." Shining whimpered, then started to do a little dance.
She slammed a hoof to her face. "And I assume he turned the nanny into a plush kangaroo?"
Shining Armor peered down at his hooves with a worried look on his face, looking like a child about to be punished by his parents. "Uh huh. Sowie. We heard a poof sound and went into ta nursery, then we turned into toddlers."
Celestia lit her horn as Shining Armor suddenly turned back into an adult. The stallion sighed in relief as he had been about to have an accident on the floor. He hurriedly dashed off to find a bathroom. Meanwhile, the princess said to herself. "Alright, I'll take care of him, again."
It didn't take long for the princess to arrive at Discord's nursery. She then used her magic to restore her guards back into adults, and the plush kangaroo turned into a plump, pink coated unicorn mare.
Princess Celestia then orders her guards to leave as she proceeds to have a conversation with the nanny.
"I'm sorry, princess. As fun as it was being a plush kangaroo, I have to admit Discord is too much even for me." The nanny admitted.
Princess Celestia gave a slight nod. "Yes, I understand. I did warn you that his magical abilities are rather random and much more powerful than any unicorn."
"Yes, I have previously dealt with bursts of magical powers from baby unicorns. But this is unlike anything I've dealt with before. I'm sorry, but I can’t continue to care for Discord. I just can’t take any more." The nanny bowed before leaving the nursery.
Princess Celestia sighed as she turned to Discord, "Now Discord, how many times do I have to tell you: Don't use your chaos magic and turn ponies into plushies!"
Discord started to tear up. "I sowie Sunny Mama, but I didn't do it on purpose. We were just playing, and I thought she would look cute as a plush kangaroo…ten…ten she turned into one!"
Celestia paused, seeing that it wasn't entirely his fault. Discord was born of raw chaos magic after all. Yes, he has used it deliberately before, but there were times when it would manifest beyond his control. She then asked. "What about the guards?"
"I…I turned them into toddlers…I just wanted some pwaymates." Discord confessed.
Celestia was about to scold Discord again, but that was when Shining Armor cleared his throat to catch his attention. She turned to him as he bowed. "I have to admit, it's partially my fault. I promised him he could turn me into a toddler today for a bit, but I forgot I’d scheduled a date with Princess Cadance this afternoon."
"Oh, I see. Well, try not to let it happen again." Princess Celestia paused. This time she felt more guilty than Discord; She and Luna had talked it over, wondering if it was safe for him to be around other foals. They’d both agreed that until Discord took hold of his chaos magic, they didn't want to risk him turning babies into plush animals or worse. But due to the lack of playmates, he's started to turn her guards into toddlers.
At least for Shining Armor he seemed to be ok with it (perhaps because he was somewhat of a kid at heart himself) and allowed it occasionally, but the rest of the guards were much more reluctant. She knew that she had to find proper playmates so Discord wouldn't feel so lonely, though as he wasn’t yet potty trained and wasn’t up to date on all his shots, she knew it would be next to impossible to get him into a daycare.
So that meant there was only one thing to do: Find somepony to be a suitable foalsitter that could supervise Discord and make sure he used his powers for good.
Just then, Princess Cadance trotted into the room, blushing a bit.. "Um, Auntie Tia… I believe I could be of service."
Celestia turned to her niece with surprise and exclaimed. "Princess Cadance?! What are you doing here?!"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt,” The young princess’ blush deepened. “But you know, I have had a lot of experience with foals. And I would love it if my husband-to-be and I tried watching Discord for you for the rest of the day."
"Wait, seriously?! You want both of us to watch him?!" Shining Armor cried out loud. He couldn’t believe what he’d just heard.
Princess Cadance nuzzled into her husband and cooed rather sweetly. “Come now, dear, you have a connection with Discord, and I have foal experience. Besides, it would be great practice for when we have our own foals someday."
Shining Armor groaned. "Fine…but I won't be turned into a foal the entire time. I’ve had enough of that already."
"Of course not. Or at least, maybe only for a little bit," Cadance snickered with her cheeks flushing red. “You do look kind of cute in diapers.”
Celestia felt somewhat relieved. "Alright, fine. Princess Luna and I need to take a break, and I think we need to have a night to ourselves. I want to go on a spa date. I really need some pampering."
"It's alright, auntie. Just go about your duties and have a good night's sleep along with Auntie Luna,” Cadance encouraged. “My husband-to-be and I can take over caring for Discord."
Celestia nodded as she turned to her charge and said to him, "Now Discord, you be a good boy and listen to my niece and her fiance. Be on your best behavior, and only use your magic for good, not for selfish purposes."
"Yes, Mama." The draconequus mumbled. Celestia then kissed him on the forehead and trotted off with Luna beside her.
For hours Princess Cadance played with the baby lord of chaos; she did well knowing when to scold him and keep him engaged in activities.
Shining Armor stood by watching, ensuring his fiance wasn't transformed into anything. But overall, Princess Cadance did an excellent job keeping Discord from causing any issues with his chaos magic.
Near the end of the day, Princess Cadance chased the lord of chaos around the nursery in a game of tag and started chasing the little lord of chaos throughout the room. He was so happy and giddy as he jumped into her hooves, and she hugged him. "Oh, you're not so bad."
"Oh well, it'll be hard to marry him if you keep having him go back to diapers," Cadance teased. “Unless we held it in the bathroom so he could go potty, maybe give him his own ‘royal throne’ so to speak.” She giggled at the mental image.
Discord blushed before apologizing. "Sowie, it just gets so boring here. There are no other babies ta play with."
"Well, that's alright. I’m sure that once you get the hang of your magic and are potty trained, you’ll be able to play with other foals,” Cadance reassured him. “Now come on, let's get you some food." She then plopped the baby down in a highchair already set up and gave him a bottle of Celestia's milk along with a jar of baby food. She then began spoon-feeding him, scooping green glops, putting them into his mouth.
Meanwhile, Shining Armor couldn't help but applaud his fiance. "Cadance, you're doing an amazing job! I knew you were skilled at foalsitting Twily, but I didn’t think you were so good with babies."
“It’s all part of the job,” The princess admitted. “But what Discord said is true. I can watch and care for him. But he needs foals his age to play with," Princess Cadance responded with a sullen smile. "It's not right for him to have him cooped up in the palace all the time. He needs to be able to have playmates so he can learn how to get along with ponies."
"I'm sure that when the princesses feel comfortable that Discord has his chaos magic under control, they'll have him play with other foals." Shining encouraged.
Cadance then asked. "What shall we do until then?"
Shining Armor groaned as he mumbled. "Until then…I.. I'll be his playmate, I guess."
Cadance was speechless as her eyes went wide!
"Really!?" Discord shouted, spitting out baby food all over the place!
Shining Armor nodded as he wiped the green goop from his face. "If it'll help you learn to control your chaos magic. Besides, it's kind of fun being a baby again, actually," He then turned to Princess Cadance with his cheeks now a beat red. "I-if that's ok with you?"
Princess Cadance couldn’t help but burst into laughter. When she eventually regained her composure, she hugged her husband and squealed. "Of course! I would love to babysit you as a foal! From all the baby pictures your mom’s shown me, you were such a cute little foal. I'm honestly more surprised you're ok with this, going back to diapers and all that."
Shining Armor's face was now red as well. "When the princesses took Discord in, I was suspicious of him at first. I mostly stood by, thinking he might become a villain I must stop. After all, I swore an oath to protect the princesses at all costs. That’s what being a royal guard is all about," He then turned his attention to Discord and continued. "But when they were busy one day in the middle of finding a new babysitter, I decided to care for him. After all, I did have to help my parents take care of Twily from time to time."
Shining Armor then nuzzled the baby lord of chaos as he explained. "Since the first time I helped him stack blocks, we became close, and I've enjoyed being there for him. And if my turning into a foal helps, then that's fine with me. Maybe we could both be foals for our wedding and have the bathroom be our chapel. After all, what are a prince and princess without a throne?"
"Ok,” Cadance agreed. “Well before we do th-" But before she could finish, Discord let out a loud burp as swirls of chaos magic wrapped around Shining Armor. When the magic dissipated once where a proud stallion stood now sat a rather adorable chubby foal.
"Discord! I told you not to use your chaos magic without my permission!" Cadance scolded the draconequus as she turned towards her husband-to-be, lifted him up with magic and was strapping his flank in a diaper.
"I'm sowie. When he said it was otay, I just let my chaos magic loose. I didn't do it on purpose!" Discord squeaked in surprise.
Shining Armor turned towards Cadance and babbled. "It's otay, Cady. I said I was fine with tis. I sure it won’t last foevew."
Princess Cadance placed a hoof to her chest and dawwed at her husband’s antics. "Yes, but we must inform my aunts. They're the only ones who can cast age spells after all. They are very high end magic."
"Yeah, I…I honestly dun even know how ta use my magic. I sometimes just think of something in my head and ten it happens." Discord explained.
Cadance then looked at a clock. "Well right now, Princess Celestia and Luna are still on their spa date. We have a few hours until they return." She turned to her husband and asked. "Would it be ok if you stay as a baby until my aunts return? I can pass word along to the guards, but it’ll be a while before they can find the princesses."
Shining Armor was now plopped on the ground, using his padded flank as a seat as he rolled his eyes. "I said I was fine with tis, but its not wike I have a choice. I was kind of hoping you’d be a foal too and we could pway together and do foaw things togethew."
"Alright, well, let's get to playing! Next time, Cadance can join us if she wants. But somepony gots’ to be the gwown-up." Discord replied, then laughed as he bounced upward with his claws in the air. He then levitated a plush dragon, turning it massive as he had Princess Cadance trapped in a jail cell made of plush bricks.
Princess Cadance looked around the room with a confused expression. "Oh dear, am I a princess trapped by a dragon?"
"Yes!” Discord nodded. “I ta lord of chaos,” He turned to Shining. “Ya gotta defeat ta pwush dragon ta rescue her and wive happily evew aftew!"
“Otay ten!” Shining exclaimed he spread his stubby legs out, and with a foam sword in his mouth he charged the plush dragon, wacking at it and trying to topple it over. But the plush dragon simply batted Shining back with its plush claws, being unphased by the colt’s attacks. Shining then went for a full body charge, slamming his tiny body into the soft plush belly of the toy dragon, which then took the opportunity to grab Shining and pulled him into a tight hug.
Shining Armor kicked and squirmed in the plush dragon’s embrace. "Hey, Discord, how do I beat it?! Tis game isn't fair!" He cried.
"Oh, I'm…uh, not sure." The little draconequus responded rather sheepishly.
"Not sure?!” Shining blinked in disbelief! “Ya created tis!"
"Yeah, but like I said, I dun know how my power works!” Discord admitted. “I…I taught ya could knock it over or something?"
But then he watched in horror as the plush dragon took little Shining Armor and plopped him down its gullet. Cadence cried out in fear as Discord in tears started to slam his paws and claw against the plush dragon. "What are ya doing?! Ya was supposed to just play, not eat Shiny!
Cadance became concerned and exclaimed! "Discord! Use your chaos magic to turn the dragon back into a normal toy! Hurry!"
Discord paused. He looked down at his feet and whimpered. "Like I said…I dun know how to control it. What if I make things worse?!"
Princess Cadance turned towards the baby lord of chaos and said with a reassuring smile. "You can do this, Discord. Just take a deep breath and relax."
"Otay… I'll try!" Discord turned to face the plush dragon, and it seemed to know that he was trying to take it down. Discord then concentrated its attention to the giant plush dragon and fixated all his might. His chaos magic rumbled as it swirled around the plush dragon. Instead of turning back to a normal plush however, the toy turned into a massive pink dragon with a white underbelly, and its head burst through the ceiling!
Princess Cadance gasped in horror! "Discord, I said turn it into a plushie, not an actual dragon!"
"I sowie!" The lord of chaos cried! He saw the dragon eyeing the pile of plush animals, take them into her claws, and flew off, bursting through the wall and heading towards the mountain above the palace.
After the dragon left, Princess Cadance quickly gathered foal supplies, set Discord in a foal carrier, and then set off to the mountain to find the dragon. She knew she should be furious with the little lord of chaos for what had happened. But it seemed it wasn't entirely his fault, she had persuaded him to use his chaos magic without knowing how to control it.
The two continued up the mountain, following a trail of plush toys until they found a cave the dragon had decided to sleep in. It had a massive horde of plush animals like a pile of treasure and gems piled around her. In the middle of the horde and wrapped around in a pink, scaly tail, was a giant, white egg with Shining Armor's cutie mark printed on it.
Cadance felt nervous, thinking that her husband-to-be would be in it, hoping he was in one piece.The princess then silently levitated the egg (so as to not disturb the sleeping dragon) and brought it towards her as she whispered. "Shining Armor, are you ok?!"
The two waited a few moments until they heard some thumps against the egg and a shout, "Yes, Cady, I can hear ya! Ya gotta get me out of here, I gotta go potty!"
Discord and Cadance sighed in relief, and then they looked around the egg. They poked at it, noticing that it had a tough, hard shell.
Princess Cadance's face turned bright pink. "Shining Armor, you're going to have to hatch your way out."
"How?!" Shining gasped in disbelief from inside the egg!
"Use your hooves to crack it!" Cadance instructed! “Hurry!” And soon, she and Discord could hear loud thumps growing louder by the second. They also saw fissures being created in the shell. As the fissures grew, the shell eventually broke apart as Shining Armor burst out! The little foal plopped on his padded flank onto the ground. Then he turned to see his wife to be and Discord, and gave a sigh in relief. "Oh tank Tia ya two came!"
Cadance bent down and hugged Shining close. "Of course we did. I wasn't going to let a dragon take you!"
Discord then waddled over and whimpered. "I sowie, I didn't mean for ya ta get eaten."
Shining Armor hugged back. "It's otay, Discord, ya came ta save me. Tat’s what matters."
The two hugged then they turned their attention to the dragon. "Well, we got Shining back, but we can't have this dragon stealing plush animals. I assume all of these toys were stolen." Cadance commented.
"Yeah, I gotta use my chaos magic and turn it back to a plush toy again," Discord mumbled. He looked at the dragon and took out his claws. The lord of chaos closed his eyes, concentrating on the dragon turning back to a plush toy. He concentrated as hard as he could. Then when he opened his eyes once more, the giant pink dragon was no longer there. There was just a massive, pink plush dragon atop the horde of other toys!
Discord started to jump up and down in excitement! He then ran over right into Princess Cadance and into her hooves as he exclaimed. "I did it! Ya see, Cady?! I did it all by myself!"
"Yes you did, I'm so proud of you!" Cadance cooed as she took the little lord of chaos and hugged him. They held the embrace for a moment until Shining Armor gave a cough and they both turned towards the rather pouty little foal.
Cadance snickered and then asked. "Now, can you turn my husband to be back into an adult? It’s gonna be hard for him to do a royal wedding in diapers."
The lord of chaos turned towards the pudgy foal and closed his eyes. He did the same as he did before, concentrating on turning Shining Armor into an adult. When he opened his eyes, the colt that was once before him was now a full grown adult again! Discord squealed as he waddled over and ran to Shining, who laughed and ruffled Discord’s spines.
They all then gathered the plush animals and then returned them to the foals the dragon had stolen the plushies from. Afterward, Discord was returned to his nursery, where he had a diaper change and a bottle before tucking him into bed. It didn’t take long for the little lord of chaos fell sound asleep, seeing he was rather exhausted from using so much chaos magic.
Afterward, his two foalsitters two snuck out of the room, and they both went to the hall. When they were way down the hall Shining Armor wiped some sweat from his brow. "Well, that was one heck of a day."
Princess Cadance snickered behind a hoof. "Yes, it was rather chaotic to say the least…and also rather adorable. Your mother was right, you’re the cutest little foal ever.”
Shining Armor responded rather sheepishly. “Yes, I am getting rather used to turning into a foal. Like I said, it’s not all bad. The diapers aren’t even the worst part, really.”
“Well maybe next time, I’ll be the foal and you the caretaker. Might be kind of nice to be cared for for a change instead of always being the one doing the caretaking.” Princess Cadance joked as she gave him a peck on the cheek.
Shining blushed anew at the idea of seeing his fiance turned into a foal. “That’s not a bad idea…”
“But you have to admit Discord is so sweet and kind, he just wants ponies to love him." Cadance went on.
"Yeah, but I see why your aunts don't want him playing with other foals for now,” Shining commented. “But once he has a handle on his chaos magic, they should get him potty trained and up to date on his shots, then they’ll be able to put him in daycare."
Cadance paused. "To be fair, my aunts are always busy. They have so many duties, so it's no reason why they never had foals. They don’t know what foals really need most,” Then she proposed. “Maybe.,..maybe we should adopt him and care for him, at least until he’s a little older?"
Shining’s eyes went wide as he stammered! "Woah…adoption?! I…I don't know! We’re not even officially married yet!"
"Yes, I know we have a lot on our plate with a wedding still being planned, the rumors of the changelings trying to invade, and the signs that the Crystal Empire might return from what Auntie Tia tells me,” Cadance explained. “But once we find time to settle down, we should propose to my aunts to formally adopt Discord. We’ll have more time to care for him than my aunts do.”
“Are you sure?” Shining nervously asked. “You think we can handle every day being as chaotic as today?"
Cadence laughed, "Shining, look at what Discord accomplished in a day. Before today, my aunts had to be the ones to fix all of his messes, but he did it all by himself this time. Discord made a huge milestone today, not only in turning that dragon back to a plush toy but in turning you from a baby back to an adult."
"Right, he seems to have warmed up to us." Shining found himself slowly agreeing with the princess.
Cadance nuzzled him. “We have time to think about it. After all, we’ve got our wedding to plan. And as much as I think we’d look adorable all padded up, the press would have a field day if we did our entire royal wedding as foals, big or small."
Just then, the two elder alicorn princesses returned, both looking much more relaxed. Celestia being the one to opt to ask. "So, how was Discord? Things weren't too crazy, were they?"
"Please tell me the moon is still made of rock and not cheese." Luna squeaked.
Shining Armor looked too embarrassed to say anything, so Princess Cadance spoke up. "Well, I'll give you both a full report of what happened: First, Discord turned my husband into a foal and turned a plush dragon into a real dragon.
"He what?!" The sun and moon princesses shouted at the same time!
Cadance held a hoof to her mouth and let out a "shhh!" and pointed to Discord's nursery.
Shining Armor cleared his throat. "To be fair, I gave Discord permission to turn me into a foal, so that was ok. And He accidentally turned his toy into a real dragon, he was just trying to play a game with me."
The two princesses then turned to Princess Cadance as she continued the story. "Despite all that, we found the dragon on top of a pile of plush animals, and we had to crack baby Shining Armor out of an egg. Discord then used his chaos magic to reverse what he did and we all helped take back all the toys to the foals the dragon stole from."
The princesses were somewhat surprised, but as Cadance finished, they squealed. "Wait, Discord used his chaos magic?!"
Princess Cadance then explained. “Yes, he had some stumbles but overall he seemed to start having a grasp of it.” Then she squeaked as she was suddenly hugged by the two princesses and even Shining Armor.
Afterward, Celestia asked, " Princess Cadance, can you be our royal foalsitter for Discord when Luna and I can't?"
"Of course! My husband to be and I adore Discord and would love to see him grow up right,” Cadance agreed. “Trust me, we'll keep working on his chaos magic."
"That's good to hear," Luna sighed. "I'll go to the nursery and ensure Discord has a good night's rest. Thank you for caring for him."
After Luna left, Celestia let out a yawn. "I'll go get some sleep. Good night Princess Cadance, Captain Shining Armor." And soon she departed too.
Once Celestia left, Shining Armor turned to Cadance and whispered. "You didn't tell her about adopting Discord?"
"Not yet. We should wait: Like I said, we should think about it and be sure they're ready to give him up," Cadence explained as she nuzzled him. "Let's get some sleep, I'm quite exhausted myself."
"Right, me too." Shining yawned as he nuzzled his fiance, and they left for home together.
A few weeks went by after Princess Cadence officially took over as the royal foalsitter, helping to mitigate Discord's chaotic nature. Despite this, Princess Celestia was quite exhausted from spending much of her time with Discord, trying to keep him out of trouble.
Princess Celestia was now packing a diaper bag to prepare for a playdate. Just recently, she learned that Mr. and Mrs. Cake had had rather chaotic foals. Princess Celestia had proposed the idea that the Cake twins and Discord should get together for a playdate, and surprisingly enough, Mr. and Mrs. Cake agreed.
Despite the fact that the playdate had been her idea, Princess Celestia was anxious about this being Discord’s first interaction with any foals his age. She then strapped the diaper bag around her back and headed off towards the nursery where Discord was toddled over towards her, and she picked him up while nuzzling. “Hello, Discord? You ready to have fun?”
Discord rose up and toddled over with his forelimbs in the air as he cried out. “Yeah, I’m ready, Auntie Tia!”
Princess Celestia levitated the little bundle of chaos and drifted him onto her back. She adjusted herself, shifting the saddlebag full of foal supplies, and groaned a little from the weight. The alicorn princess then looked at a nearby mirror with a sigh, seeing the bags under her eyes. She really needed a break. Maybe Pinkie Pie could watch Discord for her in addition to keeping an eye on the Cake twins?
With a wink and flash, Celestia teleported herself and Discord to Sugarcube Corner. “Nervous?” Celestia suddenly asked as she turned her head to face Discord.
Discord, for his part, realized he was bouncing up and down on his diapered flank a little too much, so he stopped and said. “Yeah… it’s just, I neva played with another foal before.”
Princess Celestia set Discord down next to her hooves and ruffled his head. “Don’t worry, just relax and have fun. And remember, if you have the urge to use your chaos magic…”
“Think about somethin’ else,” Discord mumbled under his breath.
Celestia nodded, and then she then knocked on the front door. It opened to reveal Mr. and Mrs. Cake, and they both bowed and exclaimed, “Princess Celestia!”
“Please, let’s forgo the formalities.” Celestia insisted.
Mr. Cake forced back a gulp. “We got your letter. And you mentioned the creature Discord?”
“Yes, this is him.” Celestia nervously responded. She then stepped out of the way, revealing baby Discord, who stood there, giving the couple a nervous glance. His cheeks blushed red while he squished the diaper between his thighs.
“Oh, he's adorable!” Mr. and Mrs. Cake both cried out, and they came over and hugged and nuzzled him.
Discord was overtaken by the two ponies, who started smothering him in love.
Mrs. Cake turned her attention to Princess Celestia. “So this little cutie is the troublemaker you’ve been talking about?”
“Yes,” The sun princess slowly nodded. “He's well-behaved overall, but he can have outbursts of chaos magic occasionally. And they can be very problematic.”
“I…I see…” Mr. Cake stammered, seeming to be somewhat unsure about this new information.
“Oh, that's ok! Pumpkin is just like that!” Somepony very familiar shouted. All turned to see Pinkie Pie bounce over as she waved a hoof. Discord had heard of this pink pony before from the letters Princess Celestia reads to him sometimes. She was as energetic as he imagined with her bubbly personality and seemed to be as childish as he was. Pinkie Pie then picked him up, squeezed his body into her chest, and squealed. “Oh, this little cutie isn’t dangerous at all!”
Celestia sighed. “Don’t let his looks deceive you. He can be quite a hoofful.”
Discord kicked and squealed about as Pinkie started to tickle his pudgy belly. “He's definitely diaper dependent, huh?”
Celestia giggled. “Well, he is only a few months old, after all. I’ll worry about potty training him after we get his chaos magic under control. And I think him making friends his age is a good place to start.”
“Well, he came to the right place!” Pinkie Pie insisted. “Pound and Pumpkin just love making new friends!”
“Well, you will be the one watching them,” Mrs. Cake cautioned. “So that means you need to keep an eye on Discord, and Pumpkin Cake, in case of magic surges.”
“I know, Mrs. Cake,” Pinkie nodded her head quite firmly. “Don't worry! I babysat the twins once, and I can do it again! Discord won’t be any more trouble.”
Celestia simply replied by lighting up her horn. A yellow bubble slowly formed around the bakery as she then explained the Cakes. “I thought I’d be prepared and put up a shield spell around Sugarcube Corner to keep the foals from escaping, just in case. Meanwhile, while we are here relaxing, we can have Pinkie Pie keep an eye on the foals upstairs.”
“That sounds like a great idea! My children definitely need to learn how to play with foals their own age,” Mrs. Cake smiled as she escorted Pinkie Pie and Discord upstairs to the nursery. There, she had the twins already out playing with blocks. They both eyed Discord as he was plopped right next to them while Mrs. Cake cooed. “Ok, you two, play nice with your new friend! And try not to give Pinkie Pie a hard time again.”
After Mrs. Cale had left the room, Discord clumsily waved a claw at the twins. “Uh, hello, my name is Discord…”
Pound Cake eyed the newcomer and babbled. “My name is Pound Cake. Tis is my sister, Pumpkin Cake.”
The baby unicorn eyed Discord as well. “Yeah. We twins…what are ya?”
Discord paused and tapped a hoof to his chin. “Auntie Tia said I a draconequus.”
“Oh, ta princess, she’s ya, auntie?!” Pound squealed as he clapped his hooves and flapped his wings in excitement!
“Well, tats what I call her and Auntie Lulu, tey take care of me, along with tis othew pwincess: I tink her’s name Cady or something,” Discord explained.
Pumpkin gasped, then placed her hooves over her face! “No way! Does tat make ya a pwince?!”
Discord squeaked, not realizing that Pumpkin sort of has a point. “What… no?! I um…dun wana be a pwince for now, I want to be a friend.”
Pound smirked and asked. “Otay, ya want to be our friend, huh?”
“Yes!” Discord excitedly exclaimed! “I’ww do anyting!”
Pumpkin smirked too. “Well, tat means ya gotta help us with something fiwst!”
“Like what?” Discord asked, suspecting nothing.
The twins gave each other a look, then they both gave a nod before turning their faces back to Discord and saying in unison! “Bake a cake!”
“Yeah!” Pound explained. “My sissy and I wanna bake a cake like Mommy, Daddy, and Auntie Pinkie. But they won’t let us in ta kitchen.”
“Bu we wana show Mommy and Daddy we can bake a cake like tem!” Pumpkin insisted.
Discord blushed as he knew of Celestia’s “cake addiction” and how much she secretly loved it. He would love to bake a cake for her. “Otay, I’ww hewp ya bake a cake!” He turned towards Pinkie Pie as she was looking over them and being quiet, seeing they were in conversation (even if she couldn’t understand a word they were saying). Then he whispered. “Well, we gotta somehow get past Pinkie Pie fiwst. Any ideas?”
Pumpkin Cake rolled his eyes. “Tats why ya here! Can’t ya us ya chaos magic to twick her ow somethin?”
Pound Cake stuck a hoof into his mouth and babbled. “Wha is chaos magic?”
Discord cheeks flushed red. “Well, I tink so…Listen, my chaos magic can do a lot of tings. But I dun have full contwol ovew tem. So I shouldn’t use my powers unwess I weally need to.”
Pumpkin crawled over. “Hey, it’s otay. My horn lights up and I teweport all over ta pwace ow cause weird stuff ta happen too! But fwom what I heawd, ya got supewpowers!”
The baby pegasus’ eyes started to grow really wide as he asked Discord! “Weally?! Ya a supewhewo ow someting?!”
Discord buried his face behind his paw and claw as he squeaked. “I not a supewhewo. I tuwned ta moon into cheese.”
This caused the babies to burst into laughter as Pumpkin giggled. “Weww, I turwed Auntie Pinkie Pie’s mane into cotton candy one time!”
Pound snickered, “yeah tat was fun! She let us eat it until she was bawd, ten she grew it out as if nothin happened! Wike tis!” He put his paw into his mouth then blew his cheeks out to demonstrate.
Discord couldn’t help but giggle as he thought Pinkie Pie’s mane looked like cotton candy. And hearing how silly she was, it made him wonder if he could hang out with her after the playdate.
Pumpkin the crawled over to Discord and stuck her hoof out. “So, ya gonna hewp us bake a cake or not?”
Pound Cake fluttered over and stuck his own drool covered hoof out. “Yeh ya gotta shake on ta hoofsies!”
Discord smirked, then stuck out his eagle claw and whispered. “Otay, here’s ta plan, we gonna have a nap time soon, and when tat happens Pinkie Pie will lower her guard. When she does tat, we should sneak out very quietly. Once we head downstairs, I’ww teweport us to ta kitchen, avoiding Auntie Tia and your parents. Then we bake ta cake with my chaos magic!”
“Otay!” The twins exclaimed.
Discord smirked, then turned his attention to Pinkie Pie. “Weww, befowe we can start our escape we gotta tire her out. Tat way, when we take our nap she will be taking one too!”
The twins burst into a fit of giggles once more and they said in unison. “Tats ta easy part!” They then all put their hooves together and then shouted with Discord! “One…two…thwee! Wet’s bake a cake!”
The three foals then ran over to Pinkie Pie, who gave them a smile. “You guys had a lengthy conversation. What were you talking about?”
Discord nodded and gave Pinkie Pie puppy dog eyes as he asked. “Pound and Pumpkin Cake want to pway tag, is tat otay?”
“Of course it is!” Pinkie cheered as she then started to bounce around the nursery, chasing after the foals! After an hour of playing, they were all tuckered out, so Pinkie went and tucked the foals into their crib.
Discord was now snug between the twins and he couldn’t help but smile seeing that the playdate was going so well. He could only hope that this cake baking won’t get him into too much trouble.
Discord was the first to wake up from his nap and looked over to see that Pound and Pumpkin were both sound asleep (with their diapers slightly wet) and he looked down to see his diaper was slightly used as well. But diaper changes would have to wait as he looked to see that, to his delight, Pinkie Pie was fast asleep on the ground.
Discord then nudged the twins awake, who both seemed to be rather groggy and wanted to cry out seeing the state of their diapers. But he pointed a paw at Pinkie Pie and they both nodded in unison. Then without a word, the three slowly crawled out of the crib and plopped down onto the wood planks below, and onto their padded bottoms. Discord led the two towards the door and slowly opened it and then three snuck down the stairs.
Eventually they came to the main room and peeked around the corner to see the twins’ parents, talking to Princess Celestia as they had tea and cake. That meant the grown-ups were distracted. The three foals then teleported across the hall and into the kitchen.
Once they were inside the kitchen Pumpkin looked around and asked. “Um? What do we do now?”
“We gotta get out the ingredients!” Pound chimed.
“But how we do tat? All ta stuff is locked away in ta pantry or ta fridge!” Pumpkin whined.
Discord snapped a claw as an idea came to his head! “Dun worry bout tat!” He then stood up on his back legs, lifted his forelimbs and then began to wave them about as sparkles of magic sped into the pantry, fridge and some cabinets. Suddenly, all kinds of objects marched into the kitchen with the mixing bowl, an egg beater and spoons. Then the ingredients started to plop into the bowl, a carton of milk, an entire bag of sugar, a dozen eggs, a glop of butter and a bag of flour all mixing together.
But as Discord did so, he could see the batter bubbling and frothing as he called out. “Um, can ya two help?!”
“Yeah, we gotta mix it!” The twins shouted! Pound and Pumpkin Cake then began to mash their hooves into the bowl, pounding the batter. And they giggled as they went about their messy work. Discord then continued to work his magic as he was getting into the rhythm, pouring all kinds of things he thought Celestia would like: Vanilla icing, frosted cookies, some peppermint sticks, a chunk of chocolate, and a basket full of strawberries. He plopped the mixture into the bowl, and Pound and Pumpkin Cake continued working, mashing the ingredients into a pink, viscous liquid bubbling and boiling with magic.
Discord squeaked, fearing it would explode, and quickly poured the batter into a cake pan, then shoved it into the oven! He waited until the mixture frothed and formed, but when the oven suddenly “dinged,” it exploded out a massive cake that engulfed foals into the pastry!
Celestia was finally relaxing a bit after weeks of parenting and ruling a kingdom. She had to admit it wasn’t easy doing both, and this was the first time in a long while she felt so relaxed, being able to drink some tea and chomp down on cake. Of course, her conversation about the Cakes was interesting, seeing their perspective on raising foals. From the sounds of things, their twins were much like Discord in how rambunctious they are, along with Pumpkin’s bursts of magic
“One time, we were having her take a bubble bath. And then her horn lit up and covered the entire bakery in them!” Mrs. Cake explained as she burst into fits of laughter.
Celestia couldn’t help but giggle at the thought of how Discord probably would’ve turned the suds into cotton candy.
Mr. Cake, however, didn’t seem to be so enthused and groaned. “Please don’t remind me! We had to close the shop and spend all day cleaning up the place. That’s not including all the pastries that were ruined.”
Mrs. Cake nuzzled her husband. “Yes, but it was enjoyable and not all that bad. Besides, the shop needed to be cleaned anyway.”
Princess Celestia smirked. “Well, lucky for you, at least your daughter didn’t turn the moon into cheese.”
“What?!” The Cakes exclaimed in mutual surprise.
Before Princess Celestia could start the story, a loud “ding” was heard. She then heard what sounded like an explosion, and the strong scent of cake began wafting in from the kitchen. She and the Cakes rushed to the kitchen to see the twins and Discord sticking their heads out! She and the Cakes carved up the massive pastry, eventually freeing their foals as Celestia picked up Discord. She gave him a glare and growled! “Discord, what do you have to say for yourself?!”
Discord whimpered. “S-sorry, I...I just wanted ta bake ya a cake, Auntie Tia.”
The Cakes dawwed, and Celestia touched her chest with a hoof, unable to stay angry as she could clearly see he didn’t have bad intentions. She then took a bite of the cake and gasped in surprise. It was the oddest cake that she had ever tasted, as it was super sweet, but it was like a blend of all her favorite things in one! The fact Discord made this made her feel even more elated as she pulled him into a hug. “Oh, Discord, thank you! Just…don’t do that again, ok? If you want to bake cakes, we can do that together with adult supervision, alright?”
Discord smiled and nuzzled into her chest and whispered. “Otay, Auntie Tia. Next time we bake a cake togetha.”
It took about an hour, but Celestia was able to use her magic to craft several smaller cakes together (the Cakes themselves didn’t like it as much as she did). However, before the two left the Cakes, the twins came out to say goodbye to Discord. With the three in the living room Discord looked downward with blush and said. “Sorry for us getting caught.”
Pumpkin giggled. “It’s otay; ya took ta blame. And from ta looks of tings ya not in trouble! So aww it good!”
Pound Cake flew through the air and hugged Discord and squealed. “Yeah, ya owa best friend!”
Discord turned to Pumpkin, who waddled over and hugged him too. “Yeah! Ya better come visit soon!”
The adults couldn’t help but daww once more as Celestia picked Discord up, placed him onto her back, and then asked, “So I assume everything went well?”
“Wait, ya didn’t hear tem?” Discord asked.
“Of course not; I don’t speak baby babble.” Celestia snickered as she then spread her wings, readying herself to fly back to Canterlot
“Yeah, it did, tey ta best.” Discord yawned as he snuggled into Celestia’s mane as she gently flew up into the sky. Discord held her tight (even though he was also strapped to her back in a makeshift foalseat).
“That sounds great to hear,” Celestia smiled. “I'm not going to punish you for the cake incident, as it's clear they pressured you to do it. But you can’t be doing stuff like that without adult supervision. You don’t want to hurt yourself or your new friends.”
“Otay, Auntie Tia. I pwomise, next time I’ww bake a cake with ya and Auntie Lulu.” The little lord of chaos yawned as he lay his head back, and it wasn’t long until Discord was sound asleep.
“That sounds like a wonderful idea,” Celestia whispered back, and that was the last thing the little lord of chaos heard before drifting off to sleep.
Discord was back at Sugarcube Corner again not long after the incident with the Cake Twins, playing with them as they were stacking blocks together, trying to build a tower. The tower was rather massive, with Pumpkin Cake squinting and using her limited magic to keep it upright. The three had been playing almost nonstop for over a month and were having a blast! Not only that, Discord was feeling proud that he had become better at controlling his chaos magic, as he used a simple levitation spell to continue stacking the tower.
Pound Cake did his best to flutter up and stack a block before plopping onto his padded bottom.
The three foals stood back, seeing the tower of blocks towering towards the ceiling, and Discord was the first to clap and giggle. “We did it! We used aww oua blocks to make ta biggest tower ever!"
Pumpkin waddled over and nodded as she took deep breaths. "Yeah, tat was had. I'm so tired."
Pound nodded and flexed his wings. "Yeah, I dun tink I eva flew tat much before."
Discord then insisted. "Well, we gotta show Pinkie Pie when she returns. Dun take a nap yet!"
Pumpkin and Pound Cake then chimed in agreement, even though they yawned. "We won't. Is not our nap time yet anyway."
Lucky for all of them, Pinkie Pie came back into the room. But Discord noticed she looked rather sad as the pink-coated earth pony plopped down next to them. "Hey, sorry for being late to watch you today. It's just that my friend Rainbow Dash got hurt pretty bad, and I was visiting her at the hospital."
The Cake Twins then gasped along with Discord, and they all stood up and asked! "Is she otay?!"
Pinkie nodded. "Yeah, she's fine. It's just that she's rather lonely being in that hospital room alone."
The baby draconequus nodded, then realized he had just learned that he hadn't met the rest of Pinkie's friends yet. He always heard stories about them, but he'd never met them up close outside of seeing pictures. He looked somewhat nervous as he then asked. "Would it be otay if I visit her?"
Pinkie Pie tapped a hoof to her chin. "Hmmm, I would be ok with it. But I should probably ask Princess Celestia,” Turning to Discord, she asked him. “Can you behave yourself while I'm gone?"
"Yeah, I'll behave," Discord replied.
Pinkie Pie chirped, "Good! I'll be right back with an answer." The pink-coated earth pony bounced off as Pound Cake turned towards Discord, then waddled over, hugged him, and asked, "Can ya say hi ta Dashie for me? She said she gonna teach me to fly when I get older."
"Yeah, of course," Discord promised in a whisper and hugged the colt.
Pumpkin, meanwhile, suckled her hoof in thought and then pondered. "What if ya did something better, wike hearing Dashie's wing?"
"Huh, he can do that?" Pound asked his sister.
"Yeah, of course! If he can make a super big cake! He can do anything!" Pumpkin Cake squealed!
Pound Cake got excited and started bouncing and squealing, "Yeah, Discord, can ya do tat? Pwease?!"
"Well, um…" Discord saw the twins’ excitement and didn't want to disappoint them. At the same time, however, he’d never healed anypony before with his chaos magic and wasn't sure how.. He was going to say no, but Pound's desperate look made him take it back, and he said. "Awwight, I'ww, do it."
"Yay!" The twins squealed in delight and hugged him.
Discord just sighed, hoping he could pull it off.
At the Golden Oak Library, Pinkie Pie was deep in thought about Discord visiting Rainbow Dash. She wanted to ensure it was ok with Princess Celestia first, as her most stringent rule with her helping take care of Discord was not showing him to other ponies without her or Princess Luna knowing. As a result, she was meeting with Twilight, who was looking somewhat gloomy while slumped over her desk.
Pinkie Pie smiled cheerfully and exclaimed! "Hey, Twilight!"
"Hey, Pinkie," Twilight mumbled under her breath.
The pink party pony bounced over to her friend and then said. "So…I have a question."
"Yes, what is it?" Twilight asked, seeming not to be in the mood for Pinkie Pie's usual antics.
"Well, you know about Princess Celestia's ward Discord, right?" Pinkie asked.
Twilight seemed to perk up. "Yes, she's spoken about him before. What about him?"
"Well, he's in my care an- " Pinkie began but was suddenly interrupted when Twilight flew up and exclaimed! "Wait, are you saying you’re caring for Discord?!" Appearing to be somewhat surprised by the news.
Pinkie Pie blushed, nervous as she remembered she wasn't supposed to tell any ponies. But she still replied. "Yes, he's been having playdates with the Cake Twins when Celestia is super busy, and they've been great."
"Can I see him?!" Twilight chirped. "I was so worried Princess Celestia would say no, seeing as she wants to keep him a secret."
"Of course! But first, we should probably tell her also…." Pinkie paused, then added, "Discord wants to visit Rainbow Dash, and I was hoping you could send a letter to the princess asking for permission."
Twilight was surprised by this and whispered. "Really? Discord doesn't even know Rainbow Dash?"
"I talk about you and the others all the time,” Pinkie confessed. “He may seem like a chaotic monster, but he's so sweet and kind. Visiting Rainbow Dash might do them both some good.”
Twilight nodded. "Yeah, that's true. I gave her a Daring Do novel, but I doubt she'll read it. However, I don't think Rainbow Dash would want to care for a foal in her condition."
Pinkie shook her head. "Of course not. I'm just saying he should come to visit for a few minutes, that's all."
Twilight shrugged her hooves. "I'll inform Princess Celestia about this and see what she says."
The pink party pony squealed in delight and hugged Twilight, then exclaimed, "Oh, thank you! I promise you're going to love him! In fact, Celestia has mentioned she wants you to help teach him how to use his magic."
"Oh? That would be fun." Twilight snickered. She then started writing her letter to Princess Celestia.
Meanwhile, back at Sugarcube Corner, Discord was practicing "healing" plush animals that the Cake Twins brought as he carefully healed up loose stitching and stuffing from tears in the fabric. As he did so, the Cake Twins just watched in amazement, with Pumpkin squealing, "Ya so amazing! I can't believe ya can heal our plushies!"
"Yeah, ya amazing!" Pound chimed as he clapped his hooves.
Discord nodded as he gave Pound a teddy that he’d fixed, and the little foal hugged him. Discord then said, "Weww, I am gettin' a wot betta at using my chaos magic, but I nervous using it on ponies. I dun know if I can heal Dashie."
Pound lifted up the teddy and exclaimed. "Ya healed all our teddies! If ya can do tat ten, ya can heal Dashie!"
"Yeah, Discord, we believe in ya!" Pumpkin chimed in as she clapped her hooves together.
Discord doubted he could do what the twins wanted, but he didn't want to disappoint his new friends and relented. "Otay, I’ww twy. But no promises."
"Yay!" The twins chimed together!
Just then, the door to the nursery opened, and Twilight walked in with her mouth agape. "No…no way! Is that Discord?!"
"Yeah, I Discord!" Discord confirmed.
Before the draconequus could finish, Twilight scooped up and hugged him while she squealed. "Oh, he is so adorable!" She then gave his diaper a pat, feeling it squish as she laughed, "Looks like he needs a change.”
The unicorn settled Discord down on a changing mat and gently changed him effortlessly. Discord was surprised at this and asked. "Have ya done tis before?"
"Yes, I have,” Twilight confirmed. “I cared for Spike when he was a baby."
"Who’s Spike?" Discord asked.
"Uh, he's a baby dragon and my number one assistant," Twilight replied.
"Oh, a baby dragon. Does tat mean he's still in diapees?" Discord questioned, looking down at himself. “Wike me?”
Twilight couldn't help but giggle, "Oh no, not like you. He outgrew diapers long ago, and I couldn’t be happier. Someday, I’m sure you too will get out of diapers, and so will your friends, the Cake Twins," She then plopped Discord onto her back and gasped, seeing the tower they made! "Wow, you made this?!"
Discord nodded. "Yeah, we aww made tis. Pumpkin Cake used hew magic to twy hold it together while Pound Cake flew up and down, stacking the foam blocks on each other."
Twilight was still amazed as Pinkie laughed. "Seems like the Cake Twins are rather talented, huh?"
"This…this is just amazing!" Twilight exclaimed in disbelief. She trotted over to Pumpkin and nuzzled her, "Maybe I should try teaching you some basic magic soon? What do you think? Would you like that?"
Pumpkin gurgled and clapped her hooves in glee but then let out a tired yawn making Twilight daww. "Seems like they need a nap."
"Yes, they do." Pinkie scooped the foals and started to tuck them into the crib. Then after the Twins were fast asleep, Pinkie Pie and Twilight went downstairs.
The unicorn lifted Discord, placed him into her bag, and told him. "Princess Celestia said you can visit Rainbow Dash, but you must stay hidden until we get to her room."
Discord sighed; he knew his aunties wanted to make sure ponies were ready when they saw him, so he gave a nod. "Alwight, I will." He then dipped into the bag as Twilight strapped it around her back, and then she and Pinkie headed out towards Ponyville General.
When they reached Rainbow Dash's hospital room door a short time later, they heard her cry out in surprise. It looked like she was stowing something away as she greeted. "Uh, hey, didn't expect you two to come back so soon."
"Hey, Rainbow, we just wanted to check on you; how are you doing?" Twilight asked as she slowly trotted into the room with a playful smirk.
"I said I was good; I just can't wait to get out of the hospital and do some flying," Rainbow grumbled under her breath, her eyes shifting about suspiciously.
Twilight opened her bag. "Well, to be honest, we just wanted to show you Princess Celestia and Luna's adorable ward." She then revealed Discord, who waved a paw.
Rainbow went wide-eyed. "Woah, what is that?!"
Discord got angry and snapped. "I not a tat! I am Discowd, a baby word of chaos!"
Rainbow Dash laughed as Twilight lifted Discord over to her. She cradled him and nuzzled his belly, "More like the lord of diapers!" She poked his padding and snickered. "Look how thick that is."
Discord kicked and struggled as he whined. "I may be in diapees, but I am powerful and can use chaos magic!"
Rainbow Dash looked toward Twilight and asked. "What's chaos magic?"
Twilight momentarily looked puzzled, then shrugged, "Honestly, I'm not sure. I would have read more, but I don't think there's ever been any record of anypony being able to use chaos magic."
Discord rolled his eyes. "Is just supa powerful magic! Not like ya need a book ta know tat!"
"Well, in any case, remember what Princess Celestia told you,” Twilight cautioned Discord. “No using chaos magic without her or Princess Luna supervising you."
"I know, I won't use my chaos magic," Discord grumbled, then paused as he remembered his promise to the twins and asked. "Um…c…can I speak to Wainbow alone? I want to ask her something in private."
Pinkie and Twilight looked at each other with unsure looks. Rainbow Dash then casually threw up a hoof. "I can handle him for a few minutes; let him ask me something."
"Ok…But we'll be right outside if anything happens." Twilight replied with a suspicious look on her face.
"I promise nothing is gonna happen." Discord insisted, placing a paw over his chest.
Twilight and Pinkie then left as Rainbow bent her head and asked Discord. "So…what did you want to ask me, squirt?"
Discord turned to face Rainbow, somewhat nervous, before he eventually said. "Weww, I wanted to ask, did ya want me to twy hearing ya wings with my chaos magic?"
Rainbow blinked, surprised by the request. "You think you can do that?"
Discord looked down and nervously mumbled. "Um…maybe. But if ya dun want me to, I wun. I just asking because Pound Cake was worried about ya."
"Wait, you can talk to Pound Cake?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Discord nodded. "Yeah. It sounds like gibberish ta ya, but I understand what tey saying."
Rainbow Dash seemed impressed if the expression on her face was any indication. "Well, if you think you can do it, I say go for it! But you’d better hurry; if Twilight comes back, she'll probably stop you."
Discord nodded, then closed his eyes as he snapped his fingers! Then when he opened them, he saw that Rainbow Dash was much bigger: In fact, her entire body had grown to twice its size, she had a much more produced face, and her mane now flowed outward and waved in the air as if it was enchanted. Her wings had a massive wingspan, and a long spiraling horn protruded from her forehead. Discord just sat there, looking astonished as Rainbow Dash looked almost precisely like Celestia.
Rainbow blinked, then asked, "So did it work?"
Just then, Twilight and Pinkie Pie came nursing into the room, and their mouths dropped as well when they saw Rainbow Dash!
"Why is every pony staring at me like that?" Rainbow asked, so confused about why everypony was gawking at her. In fact, she was just happy to see her blue wings and flapped them, but that was when she noticed they were much larger. She then noticed her body was longer. She got out of the hospital bed and saw in a mirror she was an alicorn! And not just like any alicorn outside her blue coat and more pronounced mane and tail, she was the spitting image of Princess Celestia!
Rainbow should’ve been angry, but she was happy and exclaimed! "Woah, you turned me into an alicorn, Discord!" She laughed! “I look exactly like Princess Celestia!" She couldn't stop herself from rolling on the ground, kicking and laughing.
Twilight exited her stupor and shouted, "Discord, we told you not to use your chaos magic!"
The little lord of chaos started to cry. "But she wanted her wings healed, and I did! I didn't mean fow hew to tuwn into Auntie Tia!"
Rainbow looked squeamish as she had never dealt with a crying baby before. "Please don't get mad at Discord. He did heal my wings," She stood up and looked back at her body as she saw how tall she was now. "He probably thought I looked similar to Princess Celestia when he cast his spell, no biggie."
"Yes, this is a huge biggie!” Twilight complained! “We need to turn you back to normal now!"
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and then asked, "What for? I think it would be cool to be an alicorn for a bit." She then opened a nearby window and threw her wings out as she prepared to go fly out and try out her new wings.
But Pinkie Pie bounced over and protested! "Wait, Rainbow! If anypony sees you, they'll wonder how you became like this, leading to questions. Ponies will then find out about Discord. I'll break my ‘Pinkie Promise’ to Princess Celestia!"
"So what?” Rainbow Dash shrugged her hooves. “Discord is cool in my book."
"Maybe, but Celestia has a right to keep Discord hidden until she feels ready to pronounce his existence to everypony,” Twilight firmly insisted. “You exposing him before then will just cause her and Discord more problems."
Rainbow groaned and rolled her eyes, and growled, "Ugh! Fine," She then sat back on the hospital bed and grumbled, "So I just have to sit here and wait for Celestia to come to reverse this?"
Twilight groaned. "If she finds out about this, she might never let us babysit Discord again!"
Pinkie nodded, turned toward Discord, and asked, "Um, can you just reverse the spell to turn Rainbow Dash back to a Pegasus?"
Discord yawned and stretched his limbs. "I would, but I used a lot of chaos magic today, and I really tired…” Then he pondered. “I can maybe do it morrow, I tink?"
Twilight rubbed a hoof over her forehead, then sighed. "Ok, here's the plan: I'll tell the hospital staff to leave Rainbow Dash alone…um… I'll just say she went to be early as she really needs her rest," She then turned to Pinkie. "I need you to go to Spike and have him write a letter to Celestia and Luna that Discord is having a sleepover with me, and there's no need to check on him. Then grab some foal supplies and put them in my room."
"Ok, Twilight. But is it a good idea to cover all this up? Remember what happened when you went crazy about your friendship lesson?" Pinkie pondered.
"I know…I know,” Twilight sighed. “But I just need time for Discord to change Rainbow back to normal without Princess Celestia finding out."
"Oh…ok." Pinkie nodded, then followed Twilight out of the hospital room.
Meanwhile, Discord was looking somewhat guilty and started to tear up.
"Hey, don't cry; accidents happen. This isn't your fault." Rainbow cooed.
Discord stopped crying almost immediately. "B…but I messed up really bad. I dun wana does not see ya and ya friends."
Rainbow waved a hoof, "Twilight is overreacting as usual. If Princess Celestia finds out I turned into a clone of her, she might scold you, but I bet she'll get a good laugh out of this."
Discord still looked worried and mumbled. "Maybe. I hope I dun get too in trouble."
Rainbow Dash laid baby Discord into a cradle of her forelegs and then took out the Daring Do book Twilight had lent her. As Rainbow Dash started to read, the story soon memorized the little foal.
Discord could see Daring Do going on her adventures playing out in her head despite not being pictures. He relaxed, stretching his tiny limbs, and started burying himself into Rainbow’s body until his head rested on the mare's chest, able to hear her steady heartbeat. It seemed to help ease the tiny bundle of chaos into falling off into a deep sleep.
Rainbow Dash woke up the next morning to a stir; she lifted the blankets from her and looked down to see that baby Discord was fast asleep. The mare then noticed he was cradled near her nether regions and was suckling something. Then she felt the pressure being relieved around her nether regions. The pegasus cried upon seeing that she was nursing the little baby draconequus!
But despite how awkward this was, she found it relaxing and cute. Maybe this was Discord's chaos magic, making her think more like Celestia. Rainbow Dash laid her head back and relaxed a little, seeing she was stuck, and on top of that, didn't want to disturb Discord, so she relaxed and waited until she heard a knock on the hospital door., "Good morning, Rainbow Dash. May I come in?"
The former pegasus recognized Princess Celestia's voice and started to panic, squeaking. "Uh, yeah, of course!"
The princess of the sun peeked in, slowly trotted into the hospital room, and gave a gasp upon seeing Rainbow! "My goodness, when Twilight told me you were a copy of me, she wasn't kidding."
“Yeah…and…” Rainbow sniffed the air, and her stomach grumbled as she saw Princess Celestia bringing in a platter of pancakes. "Is that for me?"
The alicorn with a pristine white coat smirked. "Yes, I assumed that being a clone of me, you would be craving some pastries right about now," The princess of the sun trotted over and sat down beside Rainbow Dash with a smile. She then looked down at the tiny lord of chaos suckling on one of Rainbow's teats and gasped in surprise. "Oh! You're nursing?"
Rainbow Dash couldn't help but throw her hooves over her face. She didn't mean to nurse Discord, even as she admitted. "Yeah, guess he made me how you were when he last saw you."
Princess Celestia looked rather bashful. "I can take him if you want. After all, he is primarily my responsibility. I'm the one who has to feed him, nurse him, set him down for naps, and of course, change his diapers."
Rainbow paused. Yet, with how awkward and uncomfortable the feeling was, she didn't want to make it stop, so she shook her head. "It's fine; I...um…find it quite relaxing. No need to stop him now," Then she blushed. "I… didn't realize you were lactating."
Celestia gently brushed her mane and admitted. "Yes, since Luna and I became his ward, we have produced milk for him as if he were our child. It's just biology. Besides, there are plenty of spells and pills for mothers of any age and species," Using her magic; she cut the pancakes up. She levitated a fork up to the daredevil's mouth. "Now, since you're nursing my foal, I think it's only fair to feed you in return."
Rainbow Dash threw her head up with a scoff! "I'm not a foal!"
"Yes, but your limbs are much longer now that you're an alicorn," Celestia replied. "And it will be difficult to eat with your hooves because you have never used magic before."
Rainbow wanted to protest but seemed unable to as she opened her mouth and let the princess of Equestria feed her the pancakes (which were surprisingly quite delicious). After Celestia finished feeding Rainbow breakfast, she wiped the speedster's mouth. She then gave her a cup of coffee as Discord continued to nurse.
The two sat across each other as they sipped on their mugs. Rainbow Dash, worried and a bit nervous that Celestia might secretly harbor resentment for her or Discord, asked. "Sooo… you're not mad, are you?"
The alicorn gave a nod. "Well, I was at first. It didn't take me long to learn that Twilight was hiding something from me, and I got her to confess what happened to you and Discord. Needless to say, I was pretty mad that she did such a thing without consulting me first, especially since I would've told her no."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "I told her that it was a bad idea!"
"I agree," Celestia replied. "However…after I learned Discord was only trying to heal your wings when he accidentally turned you into an alicorn, I realized how foolish I have been."
"Foolish? How so?" Rainbow Dash blinked.
Celestia looked up and admitted. "Because I realized that hiding Discord from the public was wrong. Well, maybe not entirely wrong. But we protected the public because we loved him but thought his magic could be dangerous. But…Discord really cares for others. He proved that when he tried to fix your wing despite the fact he knew he could be punished for it. If that's not a selfless act of love, especially from a foal his age, I don't know what is."
Rainbow snickered. "He only agreed to do it because the Cake Twins pressured him. They wouldn't stop bugging him until he agreed."
"Even so, it made me realize that almost every time he has used his chaos magic since I started raising him, he's only ever done it for a need or because he didn't have control of his powers," Princess Celestia pointed out. "But this proves that he does have some control and can use said powers for good. So, it's time we reveal him to the public instead of trying to hide him. Not only that, I'm going to have Twilight help me teach him how to use his magic properly," she fondly proclaimed With a glint in her eyes. "Her knowledge of magic is something I haven't seen since Starswirl the Bearded. She amazes me with how fast a learner she can be."
"Sounds like a great idea to me!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed! "Twilight's never met a problem she couldn't solve! And with her help, having Discord on our side means we'll be able to do things nopony ever thought possible!"
"Well, considering you're a clone of me," The sun princess said. "I thought we could spend the morning in my garden. I can show you how to fly with your bigger wings and maybe how to use your horn for a bit before we have Discord turn you back to normal. How does that sound?"
"That… actually sounds like a lot of fun." Rainbow agreed, then felt Discord release his mouth from her teat and sighed in relief.
Celestia chuckled as she lifted her ward and wiped his mouth.
"Auntie Tia." Discord whimpered as he scrunched up his face and his diaper.
"Yes, dear, I'm here," Celestia motherly cooed. "I know everything. Let's get you changed first; then, we'll talk." She laid him down, changed his diaper, and cradled him into her forehooves.
Discord squeaked in shame and fear! "Oh no, ya found out I turned Dashie into a copy of ya!"
"Yes, I did, but I'm not mad at you," Celestia replied.
Discord got somewhat surprised and squeaked. "Really?"
Celestia nodded. "Yes. In fact, I'm so happy to learn you tried to use your chaos magic to heal Rainbow Dash's wing. It's nice to see you're using your magic for good."
Discord kicked about and giggled. "Yeah, I did! But ya know she got turned into ya! Her rainbow mane reminded me of yours, and then I pictured you in my mind, and then boom! She's a copy of ya, Auntie Tia."
"Oh, so that explains it," Celestia replied.
Rainbow put a hoof over her mouth and snickered. "Hey, maybe we could be related now?"
"I doubt it. At best, you could be another one of my adopted relatives, like Cadence and Blueblood," The alicorn with a majestic white coat replied and then changed the subject. "Well, seeing as we're all awake now, why don't I give Rainbow Dash a flying lesson?" She chirped as she plopped Discord on her back.
Rainbow couldn't help but laugh. "Sorry, princess, but I will probably teach you something about flying!"
Celestia gave a playful smirk. "We shall see about that. Want to race me back to my garden?!"
"Oh, you're on!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed! "Princess or not, I will leave you in the dust!"
The two alicorns took off as they flew into the sky, heading straight for Canterlot.
The two soared through the skies, and Rainbow Dash was ecstatic, feeling the currents brushing under her wings and the wind blowing through her long, rainbow-colored mane. She was enjoying her new body and loving the power she had behind each flap of her new wings while soaring toward Canterlot. It was only a short time until she spotted the beautiful garden of hedges and flowers. She then turned to see Celestia gasping and wheezing as she flew by.
"Well, it seems you are a lot faster than me. It took almost everything I had to keep up." The sun princess admitted.
Rainbow Dash threw a smirk at Celestia. "See? I told you. You're a good flyer, but you should work on your stamina. You burned out way too early."
"Thank you for the information," Celestia bowed. "I will keep it in mind for next time." Celestia then lifted her ward onto her back before she asked Rainbow. "Do you want me to show you how to use your horn for the brief time you'll have it?"
Rainbow tapped it with her hoof and asked. "Sure. Um…can you give me a demonstration?"
Celestia nodded and lit her horn as she started to show Rainbow how to levitate some nearby rocks. "It's all about concentration."
Rainbow Dash lit her horn, and she did as instructed to the best of her ability, concentrating on the rocks. She struggled to lift one a few feet up in the air. It soon landed with a few clicks, and she sighed, exasperated. "That's the best I can do. Any more and my head would start hurting really bad."
Celestia clapped her hooves, almost like she was a teacher and Rainbow, a student. "Not bad, actually. Seeing as you've never used magic before, it's incredible you could do that much."
"You're just saying that!" Rainbow groaned in annoyance. "Twilight and Rarity make it look so easy to move things around!"
Discord scoffed! "Oh yeah?! Watch tis!" He then lifted the rocks with a claw and then piled them on top of each other. He turned to Rainbow Dash, who was pouting, feeling peeved a baby was better at her than using magic and asked. "So, is that it?"
"Not as exciting as you thought it would be?" Celestia asked with a barely suppressed snicker.
Rainbow Dash shrugged. "Yeah, guess so, not that I was expecting much. Just thought I would have more power."
"Well, you might; you just need practice." Celestia pointed out.
"Like with flying…right…." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. She tried using her new horn, surprisingly shooting out rainbows from her horn as they arched into the sky! Upon seeing the spectacle, Discord clapped and giggled.
Rainbow's cheeks flushed red seeing the sky now had a massive rainbow overhead and squeaked. "Ok, let's not do that again."
"Why not? That was beautiful." Princess Celestia encouraged.
Rainbow scratched her mane and shook her head. "Uh, maybe it's just a little too girly for me. A little rainbow here and there is nice, but if I do it all the time, it stops being awesome and cool."
Celestia snickered. "Alright, suit yourself," Then she asked. "Now, before we turn you back to normal, do you want some cake?"
"Of course! But where can we get somewhere no pony can see us?" Rainbow Dash questioned.
Discord smirked as he threw his hands up, and storm clouds soon came over the alicorns! Soon, the cake was raining from the sky, making and splattering everywhere.
Rainbow Dash laughed, flying up and snapping one in her jaws, then Celestia followed by licking up some cupcakes. "Wow, that's amazing!"
Rainbow placed her hooves over her eyes and groaned. "Guess I do. Hopefully, it goes away when I turn back into a pegasus."
"I'm sure it will," Celestia replied and then questioned. "Worried about your weight?"
"Of course!" The brash speedster replied. "If I'm going to be a Wonderbolt, I gotta keep off the sweets. Too many and… well, I'm sure you know what'll happen."
Celestia's cheeks were a bit pink as she wiped frosting from her face. "You do have a point. Personally, I've never worried about my weight. We alicorns have pretty active metabolisms, after all. But even so, it's unhealthy for a princess always to eat cake."
The rain of cake ended with Discord shoving his face into a massive pastry before he asked Rainbow. "So…ya wanna go back to being a pegasus now?"
"Yeah, I'm ready." The brash speedster replied.
Celestia produced a picture of Rainbow Dash as a guard and then hoofed it to Discord. The little lord of chaos looked at it and seemed to memorize it. He then looked up and aimed his little eagle claw at Rainbow Dash, who closed her eyes as she felt the magic start to change her. She then blinked. Upon opening her eyes and seeing that she was shorter than the princess again, she flew up in joy! "Yes! I'm back to normal!" She then squealed, seeing her wings were healed and working, and hovered over Discord as she gave him a pat on the head. "Hey, thanks for healing my wing."
"Yeah! Just swing by Pound Cake and show him you are otay," Discord insisted. "He ta one who wanted ta make sure ya was otay."
"I will," Rainbow agreed. "keep working on your chaos magic; it's pretty cool."
"I will!" Discord promised.
Rainbow smiled at Celestia and then said. "Well, I better get going…should inform the hospital I'm all better."
The sun princess nodded. "Of course. Send me a letter about your experiences, and keep well."
Discord was rather excited as the days went by, although Cadance and Shining had tried to keep it a secret. Still, he’d learned quickly that they're getting married. The little lord of chaos couldn't wait, especially since Shining and Cadance were becoming more involved with his daily life!
Cadance then came in to check on him one morning. Usually, she would come in with a smile and seem happy. But this morning she looked angry and annoyed. She loudly scoffed as she stomped toward his crib. "I seriously can't believe I have to change your diaper. You seriously can't just use the normal potty or something?"
Discord looked confused, "Um…but ya said ya was too busy to potty train me? Ya said after ya was married, then we gonna start?"
"Well, why do I need to train you?!” Cadance snapped. “You could just do it on your own! At least you could change your own diapers!" She then laid her charge down and began to change him. Afterward, she placed him back in the crib and snapped. "I have so much to do with the wedding coming up, I don't have time to babysit! Guard!"
A nervous-looking unicorn stallion slowly entered the room and squeaked, "Yes, princess?"
"It's Princess Amore Cadenza to you!" Cadance ordered.
"Yes Princess Amore Cadenza…" The guard bowed.
"You're in charge of babysitting duty today! And you tell him he either has to learn how to use the potty, or learn how to change himself!" Cadence remarked with a humph. She then stumbled out of the nursery and slammed the door behind her.
Discord looked utterly confused and was on the verge of tears as he asked the guard. "Um, is she otay? Did I do someting wong to make her angwy?”
The guard shook his head. "No, she is just a bit nervous about the wedding. Please don't worry about her. She’ll go back to normal when the wedding’s over, I promise."
The guard then placed the baby draconequus on the ground as Discord looked up and asked, "So what do we do? Can we help her?"
"The best thing for us to do is to stay out of her way,” The guard explained. “There really isn't much we can do until the wedding is over."
"Otay," Discord said, then noticed something off about the guard and asked. "Who are ya again?
"Im Thor- Thor!" The guard stuttered, apparently hesitating to say his full name.
"Thor? Tat's a odd name." Discord blinked in surprise.
"Uh…yeah, just… uh… yeah, that's my pony name." “Thor” replied.
"Well, I dun member ya, and I know all ta guards in ta castle." Discord pointed out.
The stallion's ears folded back as he now had this fearful look in his eyes and squeaked. "You do?"
"Yeah! So ya lying!” Discord protested with a growl. “So ya tell me who ya weally are, or I gonna go tell Auntie Tia and Lulu on ya, and ya gonna get in twouble!"
The stallion gulped as he looked all around. Then he whispered. "Ok, you got me. I'm… I'm not a soldier. I'm a …a changeling."
"A what?" The draconequus blinked in surprise.
The guard sighed as he lit up his horn and took off his disguise, revealing himself as an insect-pony hybrid like creature.
Discord was surprised and rose up with wonder! "Woah!"
The creature sighed. "My name isn't Thor: It's Thorax. and I actually am trying to warn you about an invasion."
"Invasion of what?" Discord questioned.
"Changelings! An army of changelings is waiting right outside for our queen to initiate the attack," Thorax explained. “We need to stop it!”
"Are ya sewious!? And why ya tewwing me tis?!" The little chaos maker impatiently demanded. “Ya a changewing too! Why ya twying to stop ya queen?!”
Thorax quivered, seeming nervous as his whole body shook. "Because…because I disagree with this plan. You see: We changelings feed on love, and we've been starving for the last few centuries, roaming the lands, staying beside other creatures, and leeching off what we can get. Queen Chrysalis then found your land of Equestria and hatched a plan to save our species. A really bad one, "He paused, looking somewhat nervous, before continuing. "You see, the reason Cadance is acting so rude isn't because of the wedding. That isn't the real Cadance."
"Sewiouswy?!" Discord blinked in disbelief. No wonder Cadance had been in such a bad mood this morning.
"Yes, she's really our queen in disguise and is planning to start the invasion at the wedding," Thorax explained. “I don’t know all the details, but I know she’s been posing as the bride.”
Discord immediately became alarmed as he put his paws to his face! "We gots ta warn evewypony! We gots to stop the wedding!"
"But how?!” Thorax wondered. "If we tried to expose her, she'll just deny it and make us look like the crazy ones. Even if I show them my true form, they'll probably just arrest me out of fear. The only way to stop her is to find the true Princess Cadance and expose the fake one."
Discord nodded. "Otay, so ya know whewe ta reaw Pwincess Cady is, ten?"
"Sadly, no,” Thorax confessed with a whimper. “I wasn't present when she was kidnapped. But you're her ward, correct? That’s what our queen was referring to when she was complaining about changing your diaper, right?"
"She my foalsitter,” Discord confirmed with a nod. “But Twily is supposed to do it while Cady’s getting weady for ta wedding. Ten she and Shining Awmow gonna adopt me."
"Well, do you trust this ‘Twilight’ to understand the situation and help us?" Thorax questioned with concern.
The little chaos maker puffed out his chest and boasted! "Yeah! If anypony can save Equestria, it's Twily! She done it aww befowe!"
"Alright, well, we should craft a plan before we talk with her," Thorax replied. “Plus, our queen’s probably used her disguise to make it official that I’m supposed to be in charge of you,” He blushed. “So I guess that means I’m gonna have to do things like change your diapers.”
“If ya want ta,” Discord insisted. “Or ya couwd just wet me do it. I wanna start potty twaining with the real Pwincess Cady, she said she know how to make it fun.”
“Well, alright, guess we’ll cross that bridge if we come to it,” Thorax nervously insisted. “Now let’s start thinking of a plan for Twilight.”
Thorax and Discord then started crafting a plan with some construction paper and crayons.
A few hours later, an unaware Twilight was struggling not to lose control of her temper. The entire day, she'd been dealing with Princess Cadance and had been put off by the alicorn not acting like the sweet, kind and caring foalsitter Twilight remembered.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw an unfamiliar looking brown-coated unicorn royal guard, and stomped into Discord's nursery. She wasn't too surprised, the little lord of chaos had made friends with many of the royal guards in the castle. Still, she asked. "Hello. Who are you? Were you assigned to watch over Discord?"
The stallion turned to face her and responded. "Well, only until you came by. Princess Ca- I mean Princess Amore Cadenza is busy with the wedding, so she had me handle watching over the draconequus."
"Ok. Well, you can just call her Princess Cadance," Twilight pointed out, then trotted over and smiled at Discord, who looked nervous. "Are you doing ok?"
The baby lord of chaos suddenly tensed up. "Uh, Twiwight… gotta tell ya something super important."
"Ok, I'm listening," Twilight nodded her head. “What is it?”
"Ya noticed tat Pwincess Cady is acting strange, wight?" Discord asked.
Twilight rolled her eyes, having spent quite some time seeing how Cadance was acting."Oh, I've noticed all right! She's acting way more stuck up than when I knew her as a foal! It’s not like her at all!"
"Weww, there's a reason fow that…” Discord began to explain, then turned to the guard. “Thorax, ya can weveal yourself."
Twilight looked confused, wondering who Discord was talking to. Then suddenly she saw the stallion transforming in front of her from a normal-looking unicorn into a bug-like creature. In fear for her life, Twilight lit up the end of her horn and shouted! "Discord, get back!"
"Wait, hold on!" The changeling cried, waving its hooves in desperation!
Discord immediately rushed over and exclaimed! "Twilight, wait! Ya gotta listen to him!"
Twilight still had her horn lit up, but seeing Discord’s behavior she reluctantly allowed the bug creature to talk.
“I’m a changeling,” Thorax explained. “My name’s Thorax. Our queen’s kidnapped the real Princess Cadance, and plans to launch an invasion at the wedding.”
Twilight softened up. Suddenly, everything made sense. She then asked. "If this is all true, why are you revealing your queen’s plan to me?"
"Because I think this isn't going to solve our problem!” Thorax protested as he stomped a hoof down! “When we take over, we'll have so much love for what you ponies have created already. But that will all eventually go away as we feast. We'll end up back where we started if we continue down this path. We need to find a better way, and I feel this little lord of chaos may hold the key.:
"What do you mean?" Twilight questioned.
"Most ponies would've attacked me as you almost did if I’d revealed what I am to them,” Thorax explained. “But this creature is both an outcast and is loved by ponies. He can bridge the changelings and the ponies, I just know it. That's why I lied to my queen, so I can be her guard and talk with him."
Twilight nodded. "So the real Princess Cadance has been ponynapped. Do you know where she is?"
"At this time, no,” The changeling reluctantly admitted. “But Discord and I were hatching a scheme to find the real Princess Cadance and stop her at the same time…but it's gonna be kind of crazy."
Twilight sighed. "Guess I might as well hear it because I don't have any ideas. The only thing I could think of was confronting the imposter before the wedding starts. But I doubt she’ll just tell us where the real Princess Cadence is. There has to be a way to expose her and get her to talk."
Discord gave a long-winded sigh. "Well, I gots to turn ya into a plushie."
Twilight blinked, taking a look at Discord's mountain of plush animals. "Um…you mean like one of your toys?"
Discord nodded and continued. "Ya see, if ya was a plushie, I could twick ta evil Cady into tinking I’m working with her, and she'll probably take ya to ta dungeon to gwoat. Thorax said she wikes to do tat stuff."
"Ok…” Twilight blinked. “But as a plush toy, I won't be able to do much. Why not just have me captured as is?"
Discord pointed out. "Actuawwy, I gonna make suwe ya can move and talk, ya kjust won't be abwe ta use magic."
"So when you turn me into a plush toy, I'll still be able to see, hear and talk?" The studious unicorn realized.
"Wight!” The chaos maker excitedly explained. “Awso, ya gotta act wike ya can't do anytig when ya with the queen."
Twilight nodded along as she rubbed a hoof over her chin, thinking about the plan, and somehow it was making sense to her. "This plan isn't bad so far…but even if I get Princess Cadance and expose the queen, how do we defeat her?"
Thorax then explained. "Well… while you go and save Princess Cadance, we'll try to tell your friends and the princesses what's happening. If they don't believe me or Discord, then we have no choice but to turn them into plushies as well. Hopefully, they'll realize we're trying to save Equestria. Then, when Chrysalis returns to the nursery, she'll see that all her enemies are just plush dolls and believe that Discord is on her side. But then we'll all jump onto her and clear things up."
Twilight blinked, realizing she would have to allow her friends and the princesses to be turned into plush toys, then cried out. "That is a crazy plan!” Then she sighed and lamented. “But it might be the only way to do this. We can't just talk to my friends, they all think Princess Cadance is being rude due to nerves from preparing for her wedding. And they all think I’m being too possessive of my brother,” She then added. “If we try to reveal Thorax to the princesses, they'll probably just arrest him. I'm not a fan of turning my friends into plush toys… but if you're right, if we don't stop the changelings and their queen, they'll take over."
Discord then waddled over, looking up at her with adorable puppy dog eyes, and asked. "So, we gonna do tis?"
Twilight was still uncertain, but she was willing to do whatever it took to save Equestria. She closed her eyes and cried! "I'm ready!"
The violet coated unicorn then heard the snap of Discord's claw, and she felt herself shrink. The mare could feel her flesh slowly turning into a fabric-like substance as she could feel herself shrinking in size. When Twilight opened her eyes, everything was towering over her, with the crib looking as big as a house and Discord seeming to be a foot taller. She then tried to waddle about, getting used to her new plush body and felt it wobble. She squeaked as she stumbled onto her face.
Then she heard Discord giggle and comment, "Aww, she's learning to walk. Tat’s so cute!"
"Hold on, I got this!" Twilight irritably grumbled. She then got back onto her hooves; she stumbled about until she reached a mirror and gazed at her reflection. The little plush doll gazed in awe at her new form: Her body looking bloated from the stuffing inside, her eyes were clearly sewn in despite her being able to see from them. Overall it seemed that Discord's spell had worked perfectly.
The little lord of chaos waddled over and asked, "So, any pwoblems?"
The plush unicorn turned to face him. "No, your spell worked! And now we wait, right?"
Discord came over and hugged her close. Twilight squeaked, feeling the new sensation from her body. It felt uncomfortable, but also nice to be embraced like this as the lord of chaos continued squeezing her as he whispered. "Yeah, we wait…but I scared."
Twilight then realized how crazy it was that they were putting all this pressure on Discord, who hadn't even turned one yet, and replied. "Don't worry, I'll make sure nothing happens to you. If she tries to do anything, undo the spell and I'll take her down!"
"Otay,” Discord nodded, then asked. “Would it be otay if we pwayed tea party until then?"
Twilight couldn't help but picture herself in some dress, drinking tea with stuffed bears and rabbits. It sounded rather embarrassing, but if it would help calm down the little lord of chaos, she saw no problem with it. "That's alright with me." So Discord dressed her in a cute outfit with a pink frilly dress and booties, then gave her a plastic tiara, sat her down around a small baby blue plastic table, and set down a bunch of his other plush toys. The little lord of chaos then started to pour tea.
Later that day, the disguised queen of the changelings suddenly burst into the nursery, looking rather angry as she angrily trotted over! "Thor- I mean soldier! Ugh, need to find you a good cover name. Get over here!"
The disguised royal guard rose, saluted the mare, and asked, "Anything come up?"
"No, just dealing with a bunch of morons!” The queen groaned and growled. “Now where's the little brat?! Don’t tell me you lost him!"
I'm right here, and dun call me a brat!" Discord snapped as he sucked down a sippy cup full of tea.
"Well, come on, it's your bedtime," The disguised queen insisted. “And I’m not changing your diaper again, I told you before.”
"Actuawwy, I know who and what ya are, and want to hewp ya!" “Cadance” eyed him as Discord picked up the plush doll and exclaimed! "Ta-da! I turned Twilight into a plushie fow ya!"
The imposter became furious and shouted! "You did what!?"
"I turned Twilight into a plushie so ya can invade and take over Canterlot." Discord explained.
The alicorn's furious look turned into a smile. "Sooo, your true colors are finally revealed? For a second, I thought you actually were like these other ponies."
Discord scoffed as he placed his cup down. "No way! I was just pwetending until I found somepony who can help me unleash chaos! Now I can turn all ta pwincesses and Twily's friends into plushies. Tat way, ya can make your invasion of Equestria and no one can stop ya."
She turned to face Thorax and growled. "So my subordinate told you my plans, did he?"
The changeling, still in his Royal Guard disguise, squeaked and lowered his gaze.
Discord, however, quickly got up to defend his friend and said, "Wait! He only told me after I found out he was a changeling!"
"Fine! He'll be the one keeping an eye on you anyways!" Chrysalis snarled, picked up the Twilight plush while chuckling to herself. "I'll take her down to meet Cadence," She then turned her attention to Discord. "Tomorrow, you must turn most of Twilight's friends and the other princesses into plushies before the rehearsal. The sooner you do so, the faster I can move up the invasion timetable. Once my changelings overrun Canterlot, I'll let you pick out whatever land you want to make into your own chaotic playground."
The changeling queen stuck out a hoof and snapped, "Do we have a deal?"
The lord of chaos stuck out his paw and shook it, then chirped, "Deal!"
"Alright now, you know who I really am, so tuck yourself in bed. Since Thorax was the one who spilled the beans, he can change your diaper." The imposter then left with a huff.
After Chrysalis left the room, Discord sighed in relief, seeing the plan was working, and plopped down onto his soggy diaper. "Can't believe tat worked."
Thorax nodded, helped the little lord of chaos onto the diaper-changing table, and went about the diaper change. "Yes, but tomorrow will be the true test. You think that we can convince the princesses and Twilight's friends we're telling the truth?"
Discord looked up at the ceiling and wondered aloud, "If not, tey just gotta be plushies for a few hours. Hopefully, tey will understand after everything is done."
Celestia groaned and rubbed her head. She looked around, trying to gauge her surroundings. She then looked to see that she was in Discord's nursery, but everything was much bigger, his crib towering over her. Then she saw other plush ponies within the sea of foal blankets and plush toys: One looked like her sister Luna, and the others were Twilight's friends. Then she tried to move her body, which was wobbly and seemed lighter than how she usually was. She tried flapping her wings to get over the crib, but her tiny cloth-like wings did nothing. Cloth-like?! She looked down over her body to see it looked like fabric with her coat having stitches, and she poked herself, hearing the soft crinkling sound of stuffing. She then touched her horn which moved about and seemed to no longer be made of bone.
The mare then saw a mirror and her reflection, she was indeed a plush toy! Her eyes were sewn in, and she was unable to blink (but somehow she could still see). Then she whispered. "Hello?" and gasped in surprise. The princess then turned to the other plush toys, all seeming to get up and looking as confused as she was. They all started to freak out (except for Pinkie Pie, who ended up just bouncing about)!
Celestia then shouted at the top of her lungs! "Everypony, stop!" All turned to her as the princess cleared her throat. "Thank you. Now then, we need to figure out how we ended up like this, and who is responsible."
"Well, the second part is easy: This is obviously Discord's doing." Luna irritably mumbled as she tried to fly and was unable to get an inch up in the air.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack looked confused while Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie gasped! "Wait, why would Discord do this?!" Rainbow questioned.
Pinkie Pie bounced over. "Well, it could be a prank?"
Celestia shrugged as she herself was unsure. "We don't even know if Discord is capable of such things yet. We should figure out what we were doing before blacking out. It might help."
Rarity raised a hoof, and Celestia smirked before she asked. "Yes, what is it, Rarity?"
"Whose is this Discord you're talking about?” Rarity inquired. “I think I heard the name float around before."
Celestia blinked, realizing she’d officially showed off her ward to anyone (only a few of Twilight's friends had seen him, and even then it had been kind of brief). “Well, it's hard to describe what he is exactly, but he's unlike any creature you've seen before: He has a goat's head, a dragon's claw on his left leg and a hoof on the right, his left hand is an eagle's claw and his right hand a lion's paw."
"What in the hay?!" Applejack cried out in disbelief! "You've been keepin' a creature like that here all this time?!"
Celestia turned to the earth pony and tried to reassure her. "Well, he was a baby gifted to Luna and I to care for. He does have a lot of raw magical ability, and he has turned some of my guards and his nannies into plush toys. But that was mostly by accident."
"True, but he doesn't have the cleanest track record for deliberately misusing his chaos magic either." Luna pointed out.
Celestia nodded. "Correct. That's why I'm asking if anypony here can remember what they were doing today before blacking out and ending up here."
Everypony paused and took their time to think. Finally, Applejack spoke. "If I remember correctly, we came here yesterday to help with settin' up for Shining Armor and Princess Cadence's weddin’."
Rarity nodded. "Yes, and everything seemed to go well…except that Twilight was acting odd, and she kept talking about how weird Princess Cadence was. I thought the princess was acting a bit rude due to nerves."
Pinkie Pie bounced up and down, then chirped. "Yeah, she said my decorations were perfect for a six-year-old’s birthday party. I took it as a compliment, but Twilight took it more seriously than me, saying she insulted me."
"I see…" Celestia looked all around for her student but couldn't seem to see her and asked. "On that note, where is Twilight?"
All looked around the crib, then Applejack snapped, "She's not here! Does that mean she might not be a plush? I'm sure she can turn us back to normal!"
Rarity looked around, trying to gauge what they could do. "Yes, but we’re trapped. We don't have the ability to climb these bars or fly, and the door is closed and locked. Until somepony comes in, we're trapped here!"
Pinkie Pie bounced in between her friends and chirped. "Oh, relax. Somepony will eventually come by to help us."
Celestia nodded and said, "I believe so: Twilight was tasked with watching Discord as Cadence was too busy with the preparations for the wedding."
Luna tapped a hoof to her chin. "If Twilight was Discord's foalsitter, maybe she'll know for sure if he was the one who did this to us?"
"Right, Discord could lie, so I'll trust Twilight whatever she has to say on his behalf." Celestia decided
"But that still leaves us like this! Is there anything we can do?" Applejack nervously asked.
Celestia turned to face Applejack. "Like I said, let's try to remember what happened before: If none of us were turned into plush toys yesterday, that means it had to happen today. So, can everypony tell me what they were doing this morning?"
Pinkie tapped a hoof on her chin, and then said. "Um, ok, this morning I spent most of the time baking some pancakes, and stuffing my face with cupcakes."
Rarity couldn't help but snicker. "That sounds like a typical Pinkie Pie morning, but I can say for sure I was there as well."
Applejack then exclaimed in realization! "Yeah…I was there too! In fact, I think I remember most of what happened." And she began to flashback to the events of that morning.
Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie were all at breakfast. As they continued to eat their pancakes together, all were talking about how excited they were to be Princess Cadence's new bridesmaids.
Just then, a royal guard came into the kitchen with a worried look on his face. "Uh, hello. How's everypony doing?"
Pinkie Pie bounced over and chirped, "Doing great! Want a pancake?!" She then burst into laughter. "I just realized that rhymes! I wonder if I'm turning into Zecora?"
"Uh yeah, that would be great. I just got off duty, and uh…" The guard sat down rather awkwardly and started to nibble on his food. "So um…I actually came here to warn you."
"Warn us? About what?" Applejack questioned.
The guard gulped, and he seemed to be very nervous as he stammered. " I…I came to warn you. Princess Cadence isn't really who you think she is… she's a changeling."
The three mares burst into laughter, and the guard snapped! "I'm being serious: We need to warn the princesses and stop her!”
The three now looked at him crazy as Applejack, being a bit curious, asked, "What's a changeling?"
The guard explained with a gulp. "Well…you see, they are, um…" He let out a sigh and grumbled, "I'll just show you," He closed the doors and lit up his horn, then his body changed to a black insect-like creature. "We look something like this."
"What the hay?!" Applejack exclaimed as she took a step back, took some cupcakes and bucked them right into his face!
A voice then shouted. "Stop that! Listen, he's a good guy! His name is Thorax!"
Rarity got up and exclaimed. "We have to take him to the princesses! Maybe this is why they heightened security!"
"Wait, listen, you don't understand; I'm trying to warn you!" The changeling protested!
Applejack turned to the changeling and snapped, "Warn us about who? Yourself?! Like we'll believe you!"
The creature winced as he sighed. "Discord, we don't have a choice. We have to go to plan B."
Applejack looked around and asked. "Who the hay is Discord?"
Then there was a flash of light, and then suddenly Applejack felt her body shrinking as she saw her body turning into a cloth-like material! Then the mare saw everything in the kitchen looking a lot larger, with the dinner table towering over her as she wobbled about, seeing her whole body felt lighter. She looked up to see a strange-looking creature towering over her, his goat-like face looking rather distraught as he whispered, "I sowie." Applejack wanted to shout for help, but the mare then felt her mind go blank.
"That was the last thing I remember." Applejack finished as she shivered. "I thought I was a goner."
Surprised by Applejack's story, Celestia exclaimed. "Changelings have infiltrated the castle?! My sister and I would've seen or heard about them!"
The princess of the night turned to her sister. "I see we may have been beaten. Who knows how many guards and ponies are changelings in disguise? We need to warn everypony in the castle and cancel the wedding."
The princess of the sun paused as she recalled what Applejack said. She turned towards the orange-coated plush and asked. "Hold on…this guard who was really a changeling, you're certain he spoke Discord's name?"
"Yeah, I didn't know what he was talkin' about, but before I could react…" She looked over her new body and wobbled about, then chuckled. "Well, I guess he turned me into a plushie. Hey, I don't look that bad."
Pinkie Pie bounced over and squealed. "I know, right?! We look so adorable! Why hasn't anypony made plush toys based on us?"
The fashionista gave her own body a look over and commented. "Yes, the stitching is well done. Discord must know a thing or two about plush toys."
Luna sighed, seeming to look downtrodden as she added, "Even so, it seems Discord has betrayed us."
Despite seeing that Luna could be correct, the sun princess couldn't help but remember how, in Applejack's story, it didn't seem he was in league with the changelings. "Now hold on, let's not jump to conclusions just yet," She turned to face her sister and added. "In fact, what do you remember yourself?"
Princess Luna tapped a hoof to her face and began to talk. "Well, we were having breakfast as well…we were switching our duty watching over Canterlot…" And she started to recall the events.
Luna had spent all night watching over Canterlot, her legs were stiff and aching and her whole body craved sleep. But she and Celestia had received intelligence suggesting that there might be an invasion. They’d been given vague information from their soldiers in the Frozen North, and it was enough to keep security on high alert in Canterlot until the wedding was over.
Atop her tower, Luna turned to see her sister coming over to take her shift, and they both gave each a tired greeting as they switched their duties. They then heard a pitter-patter of tiny feet, and they both turned to see Discord come waddling over, looking scared. "Uh…wisten, Auntie Tia and Lulu, I gots to tell ya something important."
"Yes, little one. wW are quite busy,” Luna inquired. “And where's Twilight? Isn't she supposed to be watching you?"
Discord whimpered. "’Bout that. Listen, I gots to tell ya Cady isn't Cady, she a changeling queen and she twying to take over!"
Luna rubbed her tired eyes, thought about what Discord had said, then chuckled. "Sweetheart, you probably just had a nightmare. I understand Cadence hasn't been herself lately, but that doesn't mean she's a changeling,” Then she blinked and asked. “In fact, how did you know about changelings?"
"Does that matter?!” Discord pouted in protest! “Ya gots ta listen! Ta real Cady is missing! Ya, gots to bewieve me!"
Princess Celestia looked downward. "Discord, I understand you are scared about the invasion threat, we all are. But there's no way Cadence is a changeling. We’d know if she was."
The draconequus let out a sigh and seemed to wince in pain as he cried. "Guess I got no other choice but ta show ya."
Then there was a bright light, and Luna was surprised to see her body shrinking and her fur turning into fabric, filling with what felt like balls of fluff! She started to get scared and tried lighting her horn to fend off the magic, but it was no use as nothing came out of it. She then turned to see the same happening to her sister, who was now a plush doll looking just as perplexed.
Luna then felt woozy and wobbled about on her hooves. The last thing she heard was. "Listen, ya gonna be wike tis for a while. But I gonna show ya ta truth!"
The princess of the night blinked and rubbed her head as she mumbled. "Th…that was the last thing I remember…"
Celestia thought for a few moments about Luna's story. She went through her own memories, thinking about how rude Cadence had acted and how different she’d seemed to be over the past few days. Now that she thought more about it, it seemed odd that Cadence's aura had been a weird green color instead of its usual soft blue. The alicorn’s eyes went wide, realizing that Discord was telling the truth, and she slammed a hoof into her face and groaned! "How stupid can we be?! Discord isn't betraying us! He only did this because we weren't listening to him!"
Applejack was surprised at this apparent realization! "Wait, he was tellin’ the truth?!"
"It all makes sense…but why turn us into plush toys?" Luna pondered.
The princess of the sun tapped a hoof to her chin, then whispered, "Not sure, but I believe he's luring the fake Cadence into a trap somehow.
Luna was surprised at this and whispered back. "I see: If she comes here, she'll think of us as nothing but toys. Then I bet he'll turn us back to normal when the time is right, and we can trap her…if this is all true."
Celestia hobbled her plush body towards the edge of the crib staring at the door, hoping that her hunch was right as she whispered. "Well, we'll find out soon enough."
Meanwhile, "Cadence" was trotting down towards the dungeons below with a plush Twilight in her grasp and a smirk on her face. Discord was sitting atop a nervous looking guard as they went through a labyrinth of tunnels. They eventually found the real Princess Cadence, who looked beaten and worn out.
The real princess of love let out a painful groan looking up at the imposter, and snapped. "What are you doing here?!"
"Oh, I'm just here to show you something!" The imposter replied. She then held up the plush Twilight doll, levitated it near Cadence's face and laughed. "See what your little ward of chaos has done for me!"
The true Princess Cadence's eyes went wide! "Is that…?!"
"Yes, this is your precious Twilight!” The imposter gloated with glee. “And soon, the other princesses and her friends will meet the same fate! Soon, they too will be turned into plush toys, all thanks to Discord!" She tossed the plush doll towards the real Cadence.
The real Cadence looked over at Discord, and tears welled up in her eyes as she asked. "Why…why would you do this?! How could you betray us?!"
Discord looked downward and stammered. “B…beca…use I um…sowwie, but she’s too powerful…”
Cadence started to weep, held Twilight close to her chest, and wept as the fake Cadence let out an evil laugh and trotted away with Discord in tow.
Once the imposter left, Twilight started to move, making Cadence gasp. "Huh? What?!"
The plush Twilight maneuvered herself as she tried to use her stubby limbs to stable herself. "Sorry, Cadence,” She whispered, hoping not to be overheard. “But Discord and I needed a way to get me to you."
"Wait, why did Discord turn you into a plush toy?" The imprisoned princess of love questioned.
"Long story short, this fake Cadance is really a changeling in disguise, and Discord found out by accident,” Twilight explained. “He turned me into a plush to get me here to help rescue you. Then I will do the same to my friends and the princesses. We're setting up a trap. Chrysalis will come to Discord's nursery where they all are, and when she least expects it, he'll turn us all back to normal and trap her."
"Wow, that… that's not a bad plan at all!" Cadence blinked slowly in realization.
"Yes. But right now, we have to get out of here! And there’s only one way to do that!" Twilight then took a plastic tiara off her head and placed it on Cadence’s, then she watched as the pink coated alicorn shrank in size, her body bloating out looking like it was made of fabric and stuffed with fluff, her mane becoming stuck together and became a single piece of cloth.
Cadence trotted about, getting used to her new body as she then giggled. “Wow, that’s… interesting.”
“Yeah, it takes time to get used to it,” Twilight pointed out. “But we have to go!”
Cadence nodded as she wobbled off, clumsily following Twilight as they navigated through the caverns heading back to the castle.
Queen Chrysalis was pleased with herself as she trotted into Discord's nursery..Thanks to this baby draconequus, her victory was assured, and she'd probably raise him as her own. For now, though, she'd focus on her changelings taking over Canterlot to begin the invasion across all of Equestria!
The queen of the changelings started to laugh maniacally as she revealed herself, finally removing the disguise of that sappy princess of love showing another long, tall, and terrifying form, her dark green exoskeleton, her belonging jagged horn, fiery green eyes, and sharp teeth. The changeling queen shouted. "Now it is time for us to feed!"
"Everypony, now!"
Discord snapped his paw, and the plushies reverted back to their normal pony forms! Twilight's friends tackled her as Celestia and Luna wrapped magic bonds around Chrysalis' body. She tried to worm herself to the door, but Twilight and the real Princess Cadence were now standing in front of her. The queen of the changelings kicked and whined, but she couldn't break the bonds around her. She turned her attention towards the baby lord of chaos and shouted, "What?! Discord! You betrayed me!"
"Yeah,” Discord snorted. “Ya think I would betray my friends for ya?"
"What about Thorax?" Chrysalis inquired.
"Oh, I'm with Discord," The guard trotted over, revealing his changeling form, his being much smaller with dark blue insect eyes and a smaller jagged horn. "Discord and I talked for a while, and he says we can be friends."
"Thorax! I'm going to.." Chrysalis began with a hiss.
"Do what?!” Thorax retorted. “Lead us to devour love from Equestria until nothing is left? Don't you see your plan will only lead us back to where we are now?!"
Queen Chrysalis growled! "Traitor!"
Discord sighed. "I think tere's only one way to keep tis changeling queen fwom coming back!"
The baby draconequus waddled over and hugged her as Chrysalis roared. "Unhoof me! I am a queen!" She kicked and cried, but it was useless; she couldn't break Celestia and Luna's magical bonds. Her body began to change, turning multicolored and squeaking as her insect wings turned into butterfly ones. "W..what are you doing?!"
"Changing ya!” Discord explained. “Ya a changeling, and I gonna give ya mowe love ten ya can ever need!"
The queen gasped, filling in this "love" as her mind changed. Her thoughts of taking over and destroying Equestria faded from her mind, and she then hugged the lord of chaos and cried, "How did you do this?"
Discord shrugged. "Not sure. But if ya needs love, we gots plenty. We can share it, dun need to hog it all."
Everypony dawwed, even Queen Chrysalis did as she placed a hoof over her chest. She then bowed before Celestia. "Please forgive me for what I've done. It was all to save my hive, you have to understand."
Celestia was surprised and stammered, "I…I believe that if you're speaking the truth, then yes, I forgive you. As long as you swear never to bring harm to Equestria ever again."
"I promise my hive will live in harmony with the ponies of Equestria,” The queen insisted. “However, I will need Discord to spread his love among my hive so they can all change too. That could take a while."
All turned to the little lord of chaos as Celestia asked, "Are you ok with this?"
"If this can keep ta Changelings happy, I'm fine!” Discord insisted. “Besides, Thorax here taught me tat changewings can be good."
The little changeling drone waved a hoof, "Uh yeah, that's me."
Chrysalis lifted Discord onto his back, and then he flew off with her out the window as Cadence blinked, somewhat confused. "I better go explain things to Shining Armor and have him let his shield spell down." She then trotted off, rubbing her forehead while looking confused but relieved.
Discord spent a week hugging the changelings and transforming them. Thorax brought him back just as Cadence and Shining’s wedding was brought to a successful conclusion.
Cadence took the sleeping baby and placed him on her back then asked. “So, how was he?”
Thorax jumped into the air and exclaimed! “He’s amazing! He transformed the entire changeling race! I'm sure things will only get better from here.”
“That's wonderful.” Cadence then invited the changeling with Shining Armor groaning and looking rather groggy. “Thorax, it’s good to finally see you.”
“It’s good to see you as well,” Thorax replied. “Did your wedding turn out well?”
The princess giggled. “Yes it did! We would be going on our honeymoon now, but there’s a few things we need to take care of first.”
Princess Cadence then took Discord upstairs to his nursery, then she and Thorax went into the kitchen where she made him some tea and asked. “Would you mind keeping an eye on Discord for a bit longer? Shining and I are going to meet with the princesses.”
Princess Cadence then took her husband by the hoof, and they set off together towards the palace. Celestia and Luna were both waiting for the royal couple as they sat down. Celestia came over and hugged her niece and Shining Armor. “Oh, thank Faust you two are ok! I'm still so happy for you!”
“Sister, where is your decorum?” Princess Luna scolded.
The princess of the sun stepped back and apologized. “My apologies, I’m still rather flustered from recent events.”
“As we all are,” The princess of the moon replied. “Now then, is there anything you wish to discuss?”
“Well, we’re all excited…seeing that Discord just saved our flanks and everything,” Cadence explained as they sat down. “While Discord was away helping the changelings, my husband and I talked alot about Discord. At this point in time, we understand you two were the ones chosen to care for him. But considering the weight of responsibility running the kingdom, we believe that it’s in his best interests we become his new caretakers.”
Celestia and Luna blushed and nodded. Luna spoke up first. “Yes, my sister and I talked a lot and we came to the same conclusion. But we didn’t want to bring it up while you two just got married. It would be asking a lot for you two to become parents right after it.”
Shining laughed a bit. “Yeah, but seeing as we wouldn’t have a wedding if Discord didn’t stop Queen Chrysalis and save my wife, we thought it would be an appropriate award. Also, Cadence is concerned about his development. Yes, it’s great he’s rescuing ponies and using his chaos magic for good. But he needs time to be a foal, I mean he’s still in diapers for pony’s sake.”
Everypony laughed before Celestia added. “I have to agree. Luna and I did our best to provide him with a safe environment to grow. But I think we maybe sheltered him too much. I agree that you two will make for excellent caretakers. I have full confidence you’ll help him grow up right.”
Luna interjected. “However there is still a concern with you two and the Crystal Empire. Now that you’re married, are you prepared to become the rulers if it should return?”
Shining nodded. “Yes, we have scouts waiting and watching for its arrival as you predicted.”
Celestia then interjected. “That still leaves us with a problem, with all of us so busy dealing with the hopeful return of the Crystal Empire, who will care for Discord until things are settled? The empire will be a very big responsibility, it wouldn’t be good to add the responsibilities of caring for Discord on top of that. Especially if you intend to potty train him in the near future.”
“Yes, that is a concern, I hadn’t thought of that until now,” Cadence commented, then her eyes lit up. “I know one pony who would love to watch Discord!”
“Please don’t say Pinkie Pie,” Shining Armor protested. “She’d be great for a day or two. But we’re talking about something that’ll be going on for weeks. From what Twily told me, she just barely managed looking after twins. And Discord isn’t an ordinary foal.”
“Yes, having Pinkie Pie watch Discord for too long wouldn’t be the best idea,” Cadence nodded. “I believe that Fluttershy is much more capable.”
“Fluttershy? That shy pegasus?” Shining asked his wife. “I was thinking we could have Twilight do it for us, or even get my parents to watch Discord instead.”
“Fluttershy is shy, but her love for animals and creatures of all kinds cannot be matched,” Princess Cadence explained. “I’m sure she’ll not only keep Discord out of trouble, but also make for an excellent backup foalsitter. I will write to her informing her of our decision,” She then took out an official looking form. “Here is the certificate of adoption. I assume it would be alright if Shing and I sign it now.”
The sisters nodded in agreement as the princess of the sun replied. “Of course. When will you inform Discord that it’s official?”
Shining replied. “As soon as he wakes up. He deserves a chance to rest after all he’s been through.”
“Then I wish you nothing but the best of luck,” Celestia declared. She and Luna then signed the certificate, releasing Discord into the young couple’s care. Then they all adjourned the meeting as the four headed off in separate directions.
Later that morning, Discord woke up in his crib and saw he was in a new nursery. It was similar to his old one, with the wall art having both a day sky and night sky portraits. He then felt his flank being wiped and saw Cadence standing over him, changing his diaper as she cooed, "Good morning, sweetie."
"Morning, Cady." The little lord of chaos yawned, letting Cadence finish changing his diaper.
The princess of love nuzzled the baby draconequus and asked. "You're exhausted, huh?"
Discord stretched his limbs and yawned. "Yeah, I used so much chaos magic. I was so tiwed."
The alicorn princess gave him a kiss on the forehead. "Well, you can sleep all day if you want to. You deserve it."'
"Otay tanks,” Discord replied and then apologized. “Sowie I had to turn ya into a plushie."
"What are you talking about? You have nothing to be sorry for,” Cadence sweetly told him. “If you didn't do that, I would still be trapped underneath the castle in the dungeons."
She then took Discord and sat in a rocking chair nearby. The lord of chaos looked around the room and asked. "So, Cady, why is ya letting me stay at ya house again?"
Princess Cadence was going to say something, but Shining Armor burst into the room, looking out of breath, and asked. "Did you tell him yet!?"
His wife chuckled and shook her head "No. I was waiting for you."
"Tell me what?" Discord asked.
Shining and Cadence looked at each other, then Cadence turned to the draconequus. "Well Shining and I have been talking with the princesses. Due to their busy schedule, they realize it's going to be a lot harder to care for you all the time."
"So Cadence and I decided that we'll be your parents,” Shining informed his charge. “Congratulations, you're officially adopted!"
The princess of love floated a legal paper over, showing it to her new son.
Discord couldn't read but was amazed at how shiny it was. "Oh, wow! So you now my mama and Shiny is my daddy?"
"Yes indeed, and now I think we should make it official." Cadence then laid down in the chair and Discord had himself brought forth towards Cadence’s teats. He started to nurse as she drifted a wing over him for privacy.
The baby lord of chaos suckled happily, with the warm, sweet milk coming forth. It tasted so good and it was better being so warm.
Shining blushed and replied. "I keep forgetting how young he is; he's not even a year old and already he’s saving Equestria."
"Maybe that's the problem,” Cadence protested. “He shouldn't have to be saving Equestria, he's a baby and needs to develop properly. Thanks to the training with Twilight, he's more than ready to attend daycare, and he’s not even out of diapers yet."
"Right, well, I'll leave you to it,” Shining insisted. “We can discuss what’s best for him together. I took some leave so we can spend some time together and help raise him while we still can. Want to go out to dinner later to celebrate our marriage?"
"Of course,” Cadence nodded. “But let's get a restaurant that's not too classy. I want to bring Discord along."
"Of course! I'll look around for one that allows foals." Shining Armor left the room, slowly closing the door behind him as Cadence let Discord continue to suckle her milk.
The princess laid her head back as she was still exhausted as well, and it wasn't long until they both fell asleep together. Both happy that they’d made it through one crazy and exhausting week.
Fluttershy woke up one early summer morning, raising her hooves and yawning. She blinked and saw that the sun hadn't risen yet, giving her plenty of time to finish the chores. She got up, stretched her back out, flexed her wings, and slowly walked down the stairs of her cottage. Everything seemed so peaceful.
Fluttershy then went to her kitchen to find Twilight with bags under her eyes and a frazzled mane, looking rather frantic. Worrying about her friend, she asked, "Do you need a coffee?"
"Yes, please," Twilight responded.
Fluttershy went and made a pot, then hoofed Twilight a mug as the unicorn drank it greedily. "Twilight, you weren't up all night, were you?"
"Of course," Twilight yawned. "I had to make sure everything is perfect for little Discord."
Fluttershy shook her head in disappointment. "That's understandable, but you seriously need to rest."
"I know…but I couldn't help but ensure we have everything ready," Twilight protested. "This is the first time Princess Celestia entrusted her ward under our care."
Fluttershy then added. "Well, I'm the main royal foal sitter. I'll make sure everything runs smoothly."
"Of course I trust you, Fluttershy," Twilight insisted. "I promise I won't be stepping on your hooves too much. I just wanted to ensure there won't be any shenanigans like when he turned Rainbow Dash into an alicorn. We don't need something like that again."
After finishing her coffee, Fluttershy escorted Twilight to her living room, seeing it was "babyfied" with a playpen, toys, and a diaper bag. Twilight then started pacing back and forth, somewhat nervous about the task ahead. "Do we have everything?"
Fluttershy nodded. "Diapers, wipes, powder, this giant playmat filled with toys, I've rented out a crib. Celestia and Luna will give us their milk to feed the little bundle of chaos."
Twilight bent her head. "Right, it seems we're as prepared as we could be. This isn't the first time Princess Celestia had to take care of a baby," Then she asked. "Fluttershy, are you sure you can handle Discord? I feel you're too relaxed."
The two heard a knock and turned to see Princess Celestia and Luna come in with the baby lord of chaos. Twilight and Fluttershy were a bit concerned at seeing the princesses; they had massive bags under their eyes, their manes were frazzled, and a diaper was hanging from Celestia's horn. At the same time, Luna's coat was covered in milk stains.
"Good morning, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." The two chimed in unison.
The princess of the sun then took Discord off her back and placed him down. The two Ponyville mares looked down at the infantile creature; he seemed rather adorable as he toddled over to Fluttershy.
The pegasus couldn't help but take her wings, throw him up, and squeal! "Oh my gosh, he's so cute!" She tossed the little lord of chaos in the air as he squealed in delight.
Discord turned to Celestia. "I saw hew at Shiny and Cady's wedding, membew?"
"Oh, that's right, but we didn't talk much," Fluttershy blushed and cleared her throat. "Let me introduce myself. I'm your caretaker, Fluttershy." She took him and threw him in the air, making him giggle and squeal in delight.
Luna, meanwhile, took out a diaper bag and gave it to Twilight. "Everything you need is in here. And remember, if things get too out of control, let us know."
"I promise I won't try to hide things if things get out of hoof," Twilight replied, then blushed. "You mentioned there's a specific schedule for his milk?"
Celestia firmly nodded. "Yes, have him drink three of my bottles during the day and two of Luna's bottles: One before noon before his nap and one at night around eight. Ensure you don't feed him any sweets after five; he can eat some solid food. We fed him baby oatmeal in the morning, mashed yams for lunch, and mashed peas for dinner."
"Mashed peas, yuk!" Discord whined and stuck out his tongue.
Celestia smirked at the little lord of chaos, gave his nose a boop, and then continued. "After he eats his peas, he can have one of Luna's bottles. Now… we've noticed with Luna's milk that he gets rather sleepy afterward. So again, please make sure he only gets one of those before naps or before going to bed.."
Fluttershy just nodded along, seeming to absorb all that information while Twilight eagerly wrote everything down. "I've got it all written down."
"Also, don't forget to constantly check for diaper changes," Luna added. "You'll regret it if you don't."
Twilight was writing all of this down as Fluttershy simply nodded along, "I think I understand. We will take good care of him, I promise."
The two princesses were both a bit concerned: They were glad Fluttershy was taking on this task but worried she was underestimating Discord.
Twilight, however, looked up and proudly declared. "I know what you two are thinking, and we won't take any chances with him: We have baby locks for the doors, and I have a magical barrier spell placed around the cottage. He won't go running off anytime soon. You can be sure of that."
"Thank you, Twilight," Luna whispered, then continued, "Sounds like we chose correctly. My sister and I have both decided to get some R and R while Shining Armor and Princess Cadence settle into the Crystal Empire. Also, we talked to the Cakes, and they said you can organize playdates with the Cake Twins."
Princess Celestia slowly nodded, then added, "We'll be gone for a few days and pick him up as soon as Cadence says she's ready for Discord. Please contact us immediately if you need anything or can't handle him."
"Yes, princess." Twilight and Fluttershy nodded in approval.
"Tia and Lulu, ya leaving?" Discord asked as he whimpered.
"Oh no, sweetie, not for long," Celestia nervously insisted. "We'll be back eventually; we just need to, um…"
"Tend to some royal duties!" Luna exclaimed as she came over and kissed him on the forehead. "My sister and I will check up on you occasionally, so behave while we're gone, ok?"
Discord wiped the tears from his eyes and nodded at the two sisters as they flew off. As soon they did, however, the baby lord of chaos suddenly burst into tears!
"Is there any stop to this?!" Twilight shouted, now on top of some wood, as the cottage began filling with water.
Fluttershy, flapping her wings to stay above the waters, was trying to calm Discord down. But he was continuing to wail, flooding the room. "Um…Twilight, how did you calm down Spike when he was like this?" She nervously asked the unicorn.
Twilight said nothing; she just tossed Fluttershy a pacifier, and the pegasus plopped it into his mouth.
Discord suckled on the pacifier for a second, before spitting it out and continuing to cry.
"It almost worked," Fluttershy sighed, then took out a baby bottle filled with Celesta's milk and plopped it into Discord's mouth. This time, he calmed down, and a smile came over his face.
Spike was swimming over and asked. "Ok, the crying's stopped. So how do we get all this water out of here?"
Discord looked around, realizing what he'd caused. He then held out a claw and trembled as he snapped his claw, and the water disappeared. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Spike fell to the ground. Looking around, not an ounce of liquid could be seen. "Sorry bout tat," He apologized. "Stiww sad tat I can't be with Shiny and Cady, and my aunties weft. I just feew so wonewy."
Fluttershy's heart melted after hearing Discord's apology. It took the little lord of chaos up in her wings and nuzzled him. "Oh, it's ok, don't you worry. Twilight and I will make sure you're well cared for together while your aunts are away."
The baby draconequus then blushed and asked. "So, can I tuwn one of ya into a baby? I'll turn ya back to nowmaw eventuawwy, I pwomise. I just want someone to pway with."
Fluttershy placed a hoof over her chest. "I would love to!" Twilight then eyed the pegasus, who blushed. "But I need to stay as an adult. I promised the princesses to keep a good eye on you. And the same goes for Twilight. I don't wanna risk anything happening to her or her spells."
Twilight smirked as she turned towards Spike, who looked up with a surprised look on his face. "Why are you looking at me?!" The realization slowly dawned. "Oh no! No! Absolutely not!"
Twilight sighed. "Look, I promise if you do this and be a baby for a few hours, you can have as many gems as you want later, OK?! Just this once, please?"
"Fine!" Spike growled at Twilight. "Just hurry up and get it over with! You're the one who'll have to change me if I wet or mess myself!"
Discord squealed in delight as he then turned Spike into a toddler! A diaper appeared on the little dragon's rump, along with a cute T-shirt that read "Baby Dragon."
The baby lord of chaos then took out two form swords. "Ya weady, baby dwagon?! We gotta fight a plushie dwagon togethew!"
They both turned to see as a plush dragon came to life! It started to try attacking them, but of course, it couldn't do anything as its plush claws merely bounced off them. The two then went to battle it for what felt like a few hours as bursts of flame and plush got thrown everywhere! The living room of the cottage got messed up, covered in blocks not unlike a fortress.
At last, Baby Spike and Discord stood triumphantly over the defeated plush dragon.
"Ok, playtime is over," Twilight giggled at the adorable sight. "You have to return him to his original age, Discord."
"Well, can he make me a bit older than that? Like, say, about as old as Rarity?" Spike asked in a high-pitched voice.
"No, it has to be the exact age before he regressed you," Twilight snapped while glaring at Spike. "Or do you want to stay in diapers and have to grow up all over again?"
"No, of course not! I don't wanna go through potty training again! It was bad enough the first time with your whole family, Cadence, and even Princess Celestia all watching me whenever I had to do anything." He grumbled.
So Discord did as Twilight had asked, snapping his fingers and reverting Spike back to the age and size he'd been earlier. "Wow, I did it wight again!" He happily exclaimed, delighted at how well he seemed to be able to control his chaotic powers. "Why it so easy now?" He wondered aloud
"All it takes is not being so nervous," Twilight explained. "Now come on, we need to feed you before your nap, just like the princesses said," Then she lifted him up, noticing a damp patch on his diaper. "But we should change your first so you don't get a rash. You're not going to be ready to get out of diapers anytime soon."
And so, after a quick diaper change, Discord was placed into a highchair in the kitchen of Fluttershy's cottage. There, he was fed some mashed yams and had a bottle of Luna's milk plopped into his mouth. After suckling down the contents, he was burped and taken out of the highchair. He was then gently placed into the crib Fluttershy had rented as he felt himself starting to grow sleepy.
Looking out the window by chance, Discord could see the bustling town of Ponyville out in the distance, so he asked, "Can I go visit Ponyviwwe?"
Twilight shook her head. "Sorry, Fluttershy, and I promised to keep you here today. Maybe another time, ok? We can schedule a playdate with the Cake Twins tomorrow, alright?"
"Otay, fine," Discord grumbled in disappointment.
Fluttershy promptly plopped a pacifier into her charge's mouth, then slowly rocked him to sleep. After the little lord of chaos was fast asleep. She then slowly went downstairs to see Spike fast asleep and Twilight lying on her couch. She sat in her comfy chair and sighed. "Wow, that was a lot easier than I expected it to be."
Twilight yawned. "Yeah, I thought he would just be causing chaos and making your house come to life, or worse. But overall, he's a sweet kid and…I must admit, knowing he saved my sister-in-law makes me more than happy to be babysitting him."
Fluttershy nodded. "Oh yes, I'd love to have him come to my cottage anytime! He's so adorable!"
"Hopefully, the rest of the day won't be too difficult…" Twilight commented, then yawned again. "You think you can keep an eye on things while I nap too?"
"Of course, Twilight." Fluttershy then sat back and relaxed, drinking a cup of tea. Yet it wasn't long until she fell asleep as well. Caring for Discord had worn her out more than she had been expecting.
Discord woke up early in the afternoon, and upon a glance, he noticed the others were asleep. He knew this could get Fluttershy in trouble, but he wanted to see the Cake Twins so badly. If he was going to the Crystal Empire, it could be some time before he could come to visit Ponyville.
So Discord squeezed through the bars of his crib, dropping to the floor while taking care not to make too much noise. He slowly waddled to a window and opened it, seeing the pink magical bubble surrounding the cottage. He rolled his eyes, popped the bubble with a claw, and then waddled away as he headed towards Sugarcube Corner.
As the little lord of chaos walked among the crowds of ponies, he saw that most of them didn't notice him. But he soon realized he was lost; he didn't know anything or anyone and thus didn't know the way to Sugarcube Corner or Fluttershy's cottage.
Discord started to whimper in fright, worried about what would happen if Twilight, Fluttershy, Spike, or the princesses found out he was missing (let alone what they'd do if they found him). But then, by chance, he spotted a statue of Celestia and Luna that must've been built just recently. He blushed, knowing this might be a bad idea, but what else could he do? He was completely lost. He then closed his eyes and snapped his claws.
The statues started to come to life, then they trotted off their pedestals, looking completely confused. The statue version of Celestia then looked down. "Oh…who are you?"
"I'm Discord," Discord answered.
The statue version of Luna blinked and shifted about. "Oh, Discord, right. You're our ward…and we're the princesses of Equestria…"
"Yeah …weww you uh awe wike Auntie WuWu and Auntie Tia and I uh… need hewp. I wost." The chaos maker blushed and whimpered.
The statue Celestia bent down to his level with a smile. "Oh dear. Well, where are you trying to go, little one?"
"I got wost wooking fow the Cake Twins at a pwace cawwed Sugawcube Cownew." Discord explained.
The statue Luna blinked, then replied. "Oh, I think I know that place," She turned to the other statue and said. "Sister, let's get Discord to the Cake Twins."
Discord blushed, seeing that they were still looking as statues. "Wait! Befowe tat, I uh gonna need to do someting to ya fiwst. Can't have ponies knowing wha ya awe." He then snapped a claw, and the two statues were given a makeover, their stone-like bodies now looking like their real counterparts. Their manes and tails were still stiff looking, but most ponies wouldn't notice, hopefully.
The little lord of chaos then hopped onto the transformed statue of Celestia (who still felt cold and hard as stone). "Otay, wet's go!" He shouted.
The statues of the princesses proceed to trot down the street. Ponies seemed to think they were the actual princesses, bowing left and right in their presence.
The statue version of Celestia blinked in confusion, then whispered to Discord. "Why are they bowing at us again?"
“Right…princesses…” Statue Celestia whispered, appearing to get the idea.
Statue Luna's cheeks, meanwhile, flushed pink. And she asked. "Does that mean we have a castle?"
"Yeah, you do!" Discord confirmed
"Ooh! Can we go there?!" Statue Luna excitedly asked.
"Uh…not yet," Discord replied. "It's uh…" He struggled to think of a good answer, finally settling on. "Undew wenovations!"
"Renovations, what are those?" Statue Celestia questioned. Apparently, such words were not understood by a living statue.
Discord blushed, trying to remember some of his spelling and speaking lessons with the princesses back in Canterlot. "Is a fancy word fow being worked on! But dun wowwy bout it, otay?"
"Alright." Both statues seemed to agree, nodding in unison.
The chaos maker then told the statues. "Now, when ta biggew ponies ask ya why ya hewe, just say I hewe for a pwaydate with the twins, otay?"
"Ok." The statues agreed.
"And don't wet tem touch you!" Discord cautioned.
The statues blinked in surprise, appearing to believe they were actual living ponies rather than statues made to look like ponies. "Why?"
“Becauses…uh…ya uh…” The little lord of chaos struggled to think of a good reply. At last, it came to him as he told the statues. "Because you're pwincesses, and pwincesses shouldn't touch other ponies."
"Ok." The statues replied, appearing to believe what Discord had told them.
But Discord still needed to finish giving the statues instructions as they led him through town. "Awso, dun twy eating ow dwinking anyting."
"What's eating and drinking?" The statues wondered.
Discord groaned, smacking a claw to his face. "Basicawwy, if tey offew food and stuff, just say ya just ate and awe supew fuww."
"Ok." The statue princesses chimed.
Discord sighed, thinking he had covered everything. Hopefully, he could have a quick playdate with the Cake Twins, get the two statues back to where they belonged, and then sneak back to Fluttershy's cottage before anypony noticed he was gone.
The Cakes were somewhat surprised upon hearing a loud knock, sounding like a piece of stone was hitting their doors. "Mrs. Cake, Mr. Cake?" I'm sorry to intrude, but we've brought Discord over for a playdate with the twins." The two looked at each other and realized that the voice belonged to Princess Celestia.
Mr. Cake then whispered into his wife's ear. "I thought Fluttershy was going to come tomorrow? The princesses never mentioned setting up a playdate today."
Mrs. Cake shrugged. "Maybe she came to have Discord come say hi."
The two then opened the door and were surprised to see the princesses, promptly bowing to both of them.
"Wait, why are you doing that?" Both princesses asked, apparently confused by the display.
"You're the princesses, aren't you?" Mr. Cake questioned.
"Oh, right…. Princess…” Celestia stuttered. “Well I… um…” The lord of chaos whispered something in her ear, and she quickly recovered. "Oh, right, we're here to have Discord playdate with the Cake Twins."
Carrot Cake laughed. "Oh, that's all? Of course, that's fine, your majesties!"
"It's perfect!" Cup Cake cooed. "They're getting rather rambunctious, and with Discord, I'm sure they'll get all their energy out," She then took out a massive cake. "Lucky for you, princess, I baked a cake for us to share! Would you like some?"
Celestia blushed and shook her head. "I would, but I already ate a lot this morning, so I'll decline."
"Ok." Mrs Cake whispered with her voice trailing. She felt it really out of character for the princess to refuse her baking (even if she said she was full).
Celestia then took Discord to the upstairs nursery, where the Cake Twins squealed in delight upon seeing the little lord of chaos. The three then started to play as the adults went downstairs to talk. The draconequus just hoped that the statues wouldn't do anything to reveal they're just really statues.
Fluttershy yawned as she raised her hooves and got up from a nap. Then she saw that Discord wasn't in his crib! Horrified, she started flying around her cottage while shouting frantically, "Discord! Discord!"
"Why are you shouting?" Twilight yawned as she started to get up.
Fluttershy gulped; she didn't want Twilight to learn that Discord was missing after her earlier reassurances. So she whispered. "Oh…nothing, just… uh…trying to find the diaper bag! Yes, that's it, Discord's diaper bag!"
"Oh," Twilight replied. "Well, if he needs change, I ca-"
But Fluttershy hastily and clumsily plopped a pacifier into Twilight's mouth. "No need, I got it."
Twilight pulled the pacifier out of her mouth with her magic. "Well, just let me know if anything happens…" She yawned again and rubbed her eyes. "I'm still tired from all the prep of last night."
"Yes, just go finish your nap," Fluttershy reassured her friend. "I'll make sure Discord is fine."
Twilight trotted off to sleep and curled up in the living room. As Fluttershy heard her friend snoring away, she set off from the cottage upon seeing a hole in the bubble shield. She then paused, and it didn't take long for her to figure out where her charge had gone. Realizing he'd probably gone to see the Cake Twins, she left to bring him back to the cottage before Twilight woke up again.
As Fluttershy entered Sugarcube Corner a short time later, she was surprised to see Celestia and Luna sitting and talking with the Cakes. She squeaked! "Princess Celestia! Princess Luna! I didn't expect to see you here!"
The two alicorn princesses turned towards the pegasus, with the princess of the sun smiling. "Oh, hello, uh…um…" She got rather blushy and then said. "Uh, what's your name again?"
"It's uh…Fl…Fluttershy." Fluttershy stuttered.
"Right, Fluttershy…thank you." Celestia nodded.
The pegasus was now suspicious as Celestia should know her name and asked. "I don't mean to pry, but… are you two feeling ok? Did you hit your heads or something?"
Celestia bonked her head with a hoof, which sounded like stone clanking. "Hit our heads? What does that mean?"
Mrs Cake then came over and whispered. "Um, Fluttershy, can we talk in private, please?" The pegasus nervously nodded and followed the mare into the kitchen. Mrs. Cake then said. "Uh, I don't quite know how to say this, but…" She bit her lip before whispering. "The princesses aren't acting like themselves."
"I noticed they didn't know my name, which is definitely odd." The pegasus mare began to ponder.
"They've also been making these weird clanking noises," Mrs. Cake added. "And it sounds like stones grinding when they move. They also haven't eaten or drank anything for hours, and neither have they used the bathroom," She nervously added. "I think they might be imposters. Maybe some stray changelings?"
Fluttershy paused to think, then groaned upon seeing that it was probably Discord's chaos magic at work. "I think I'll talk to Discord to see what's going on," She informed the baker. "Just keep the princesses busy and make sure they don't leave."
"Ok, sounds like a good idea." Mrs. Cake nodded and left the kitchen.
The pegasus mare then flew upstairs to find the Cake Twins and Discord playing happily together, and she snapped. "Discord!"
The lord of chaos squeaked as he blushed. "Yes, Fwuttewshy?"
"Why did you leave my cottage, and what did you do with the princesses?!" Fluttershy angrily demanded of the chaos maker. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
Discord blushed as he whimpered. "I…I was wowwied I wouwdn't be abwe to see the Cake twins again aftew I moved to the Cwystaw Empiwe, so I wanted to come see tem now whiwe I couwd. And I didn't do anyting to Auntie Tia or Wuna; those awe just statues I bwought to wife."
Fluttershy blinked and paused for a second, then asked. "Wait, you mean the statues in the plaza?"
"Yeah, I bwought them to life though they stiww just made of stone," Discord confessed. "I needed tem 'cause I was wost. I made tem wook weaw so ponies wouwdn't know tey statues and not the pwincesses."
The pegasus let out a sigh of relief, having feared the worst. "Ok, that is an easy fix. Let's get the statues back to their pedestals to avoid a panic, and then I'll take you back to the cottage with me."
Discord looked over with puppy dog eyes and asked. "Ya won't teww my aunties, wiww ya?"
"I won't tell," Fluttershy promised. "As long as you behave from here on out. You're supposed to use your magic for good, not for selfish purposes," She scolded him. "You're still going to have to go in time out for this when we get back to my cottage."
"Otay…" Discord grumbled. He turned to the twins. "Guess I'ww see ya some othew time." He waved goodbye to them and followed Fluttershy downstairs as they both approached the Cakes.
Fluttershy bowed and apologized. "Sorry for the confusion, but we figured out what's happening and will leave now. I'll explain what's going on later. Now come on, uh, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. I think it's… time for you two to return to your royal duties."
They both blinked, but Discord gave them a slow nod, and the disguised statues followed Fluttershy out of the cottage.
Fluttershy then escorted the statues to their pedestals (thankfully, the plaza was relatively empty at this time). "I'm so sorry for having to do this to you."
The princess of the sun nuzzled the pegasus and replied in a whisper. "It's alright, we were statues in the first place."
Luna then added. "Yes, it was fun coming to life, but I'd rather just be a statue. Though keeping birds from pooping on us would be great."
Fluttershy giggled. "Ok, I'll talk to the birds and tell them to do their business elsewhere."
The lord of chaos then waddled towards them and asked. "Would ya mind If I have ya come back to wife sometime? We did have some fun togethew."
"We could as long as your foalsitter is ok with it." The statue version of Celestia replied.
"Just make sure to get permission next time," Luna added.
The statues then took a prancing pose across from each other, and the lord of chaos then flicked a claw! They soon lost their color and became stone-like once more as they stiffened and remained in place.
The pegasus flew over and nuzzled him. "I'm sorry, Discord. You shouldn't be cooped up in my cottage all day. So, as long as you behave, I'll let you visit the Cake Twins once a day while you're here in Ponyville. But you can't leave my cottage without my permission. Understand?"
"Yes, Fluttershy." Discord nodded.
"Good," The pegasus smiled. "You look exhausted. I think it's time you finished your nap." Fluttershy then escorted Discord back to her cottage and felt relieved upon seeing that Twilight was still asleep with Spike. She gently laid the lord of chaos in his crib, plopped a bottle filled with Luna's milk into his mouth, and rocked him to sleep while singing a lullaby.
Once Discord was asleep again, Fluttershy collapsed into her chair and sighed in relief at how she'd averted disaster, and no pony seemed to notice. Things will be less chaotic from here on out.
Discord was super excited about Nightmare's Night as it was a holiday he kept hearing about. A holiday where you get to dress up in a costume, collect candy, and play games all night. So it was that he’d gotten all dressed up for the night in a cute little royal guard costume: It had gold plated armor and he had a blue coat and tail. He’d admired the royal guards since living with them, so he asked Rarity to make a costume of their armor, and she’d happily made him a cute version fitted for his stature.
Discord was so thrilled about his costume that he wanted to show it off to Fluttershy. He ran downstairs to find Fluttershy in her kitchen, making a stew for herself. He wiggled his padded flank like a cat, then pounced onto her back and shouted! "Happy Nightmawe Night!"
Fluttershy laughed as she tossed the baby draconequus onto the kitchen counter and blew raspberries. Then she apologized. "Sorry for being unable to be with you tonight. I..I must admit I'm way too scared to go out tonight."
"Yeah, tat's fine!” Discord replied. “Auntie Wuwu said she was gonna be with me to hewp with getting candy."
"Yes, I know,” Fluttershy nodded. “That sounds wonderful, and I hope you have a great time!"
Discord was then lowered onto the ground as he looked disappointed. "I stiww wish you wouwd come with me."
The pegasus sighed as she brushed Discord's head, "I know…but I'm sure you and Princess Luna will have more fun together on a night like this."
Then they both heard a knock at the door, and someone shouted! "Fluttershy! Discord! It is I, the princess of the night, wishing to enter!"
Discord squealed and bounced up and down in excitement as Fluttershy came over and opened it, revealing Princess Luna wearing a vampire costume with fake bat ears and plastic teeth to look like fangs. "Good evening! It is I, the princess of the night, wishing you a Happy Nightmare's Night! Muwahahaha!"
Fluttershy squeaked in fright and ran off! But Discord burst into laughter as he ran over, and she picked him up.
Luna then blushed and asked. "Uh, Fluttershy, are you ok?"
The yellow-coated pegasus slowly crawled out from behind her couch and with an embarrassed look replied. "Yes, I… I'm fine," She slowly got up, crossed over the room and started apologizing. "S...sorry I won't go out tonight…I am way too scared to leave my cottage."
"I apologize. I forgot about how scared you get," Luna replied, then adjusted the plastic teeth in her mouth. "Ugh, these things hurt."
"Can I make tem weaw fow ya?" Discord excitedly asked.
"That won't be necessary,” Luna shook her head. “Now come, your princess has come to escort you to gather candy!"
"Yeah, I can't wait! Tis gonna be so much fun!" Discord hopped onto the princess’ back, and then he turned around and waved a claw at Fluttershy, who waved back and then quickly closed the door behind them.
Discord then whispered. "Huh. Wonderw why she doesn’t wike Nightmawe Night."
"I cannot say for certain, but from what I've gathered, she's the most shy and fearful of Twilight's friends,” The princess explained. “But that's alright, we shall make sure to bring her many sweets from tonight's festivities!"
"Awwight, I'ww make suwe to get hew wots of candy!" Discord boasted!
And so, with that goal in mind, Princess Luna flew off from Fluttershy's cottage and headed towards Ponyville.
Hours passed by and things seemed to be going well: Foals were gathering candy, led by Pinkie Pie wearing a chicken costume. But Discord noticed that Luna looked somewhat downtrodden as the foals passed by, waving their hooves and giggling. He was somewhat confused as to why she was looking so depressed, and so he asked. "Hey, uh, Auntie Wuwu?"
"Yes?" Princess Luna somewhat hesitantly replied.
"You don't seem vewy happy. Is someting wong?" Discord questioned the princess.
Luna blushed as she admitted. "Well, this might sound silly, but in the past two years, I aome down here to scare the foals…But my act, as some ponies would put it, has grown rather stale."
"Huh, ya want to be scawy?!" Discord blinked in confusion.
"Well, I used to think that was a bad thing, until I learned it could be fun,” Luna confessed. “…But yes, Discord, doing the same thing repeatedly hasn't helped, and moist ponies are now comfortable being around me… I miss being able to legitimately scare the foals, most of all Pipsqueak. He looks forward to me scaring him every year." As she spoke, she turned to see the colt, and smiled and waved as she looked at his costume that was made to resemble a pirate (complete with an eye-patch and a wooden sword).
Discord tapped a hoof to his chin, contemplating how he might help Luna achieve her goal. "I tink I gots an idea!" He said at last. He then snapped a claw, and suddenly magical tendrils wrapped around Princess Luna. The fake ears became infused into the sides of her head, making them look long and fluffy, the plastic teeth grew into real fangs long and pointed, her wings turned batlike, and her eyes became silted like a bat's with her cape growing around her.
This got the foals to scream and run away, which made the princess laugh! "This is perfect and goes great with my costume. Thank you, Discord!"
"No pwobwem." The baby lord of chaos chirped.
The two then went to Sugarcube Corner and, as the door opened, all gwaked at Luna's new costume as she strutted in front of them. "What do you think of my costume?"
"It…it looks so real!" Mrs. Cake said with a gasp.
"I am technically a batpony now, thanks to Discord here.” Luna explained.
The two Cakes then turned their attention to baby Discord in his cute royal guard costume and dawwed. Mrs Cake giggled and asked, "Do you want to be a royal guard when you grow up?"
The little lord of chaos nodded and said. "Yeah, I want to be wike Shiny Armor! He ta best daddy evew!"
Mr. Cake blushed. "Better than me?"
"Uh, not what I meant." Discord whimpered.
Mr. Cake just smiled. "It's ok, he's lucky to have adopted you. Hopefully, you'll still be able to visit us, even though I hear you'll be living in the Crystal Empire."
"I’ww twy!" Discord promised.
Meanwhile, the adorable Cake Twins came bouncing over, bouncing up and down in excitement while wearing two jack-lantern like costumes. This prompted Discord to ask. "Awe tey gonna go candy gathewing too?"
"They're still too young, we think we'll wait for next year," Mrs Cake replied. "Maybe when they're out of diapers."
"Otay, I'ww twy to be potty twained by next yeaw too!" Discord chirped.
"Seeing as you already know how to use your chaos magic, I doubt potty training will be too difficult for you." Mrs. Cake commented as she took out a bowl of candy.
Discord happily grabbed a few clawfuls of candies. But as the chaos maker was distracted, he didn't notice a storm cloud approaching, until suddenly lightning shot out from it! This made Discord cry out in fright, and that sent some magic from his claw which zapped somepony! He turned around to see Rainbow Dash suddenly regressing into a school filly, making him squeak! "Oh no! Sowwy! I got scawed and used age wegwession!"
"No, this is awesome!" Rainbow Dash replied as she started flying about the place, looking thrilled at her new, younger body. She also saw that her Shadowbolt costume had shrunk with her. "Oh my gosh, now I can go candy gathering like when I was a foal!"
Princess Luna was taken aback by the enthusiasm. "Well, I’m glad to see that. But we should try to get you back to normal."
Rainbow immediately protested and pleaded. "Can I stay like this for one night? Please?!"
Discord shrugged. "Tat’s up to Auntie Wuwu."
Luna, looking down at Rainbow Dash's puppy dog eyes, relented with a sigh. "All right, fine, just for tonight. But I expect you to come to Fluttershy's cottage at around midnight so we can turn you back into an adult."
"That's awesome! Thanks!" Rainbow Dash squealed in delight as she hugged Luna and flew off to gather candy.
Discord saw that Rainbow Dash was heading to Sweet Apple Acres, where a lot of other ponies were gathering, and asked. "Hey, Auntie Wuwu, can we go to Sweet Appwe Acwes? Tewe's a bunch of coow stuff going on tewe."
"Sounds like a brilliant idea, Discord. Let's go have some more fun!" Luna laughed, taking Discord onto her back as he waved goodbye to the Cakes as Luna trotted towards the orchard.
At Sweet Apple Acres, the first thing the two went to was a spider tossing game, where ponies attempted to throw plush spiders onto a sticky spiderweb. Discord kept missing.
Luna chuckled as she reminisced. "I remember when I first played this game."
"Wha happened?" The chaos maker asked.
The princess of the night got a little embarrassed as she admitted. "Oh, uh, I may have turned the toy spiders into actual spiders."
Discord rolled his eyes and scoffed. "And ya teww me to be cawefuw with my magic."
"Well,” Luna coughed into a hoof and tried to recover. “As I said before, my first time trying to participate in Nightmare Night wasn't the best experience. I was still learning how to be around ponies. I… had a lot of trouble."
Discord waddled over to her and hugged her leg. "Sowie ta hear tat. Hopefuwwy, tis yeaw is much bettew fow ya."
Luna placed a hoof over her chest and replied. "Yes, this Nightmare Night is much more fun. And it's all thanks to you, little one."
"Oh yeah?” The baby draconequus replied. “I tink ya just gave me an idea tat can make tis game a bit mowe fun!" He then tossed one more spider. But this time, it turned into a giant pink plush spider, as did the others in the bowl. And then, like before, they started chasing other ponies, but they just caught and hugged them.
Luna watched the chaos unfold and burst out laughing. "That was a great use of your chaos magic!"
"Yeah, tanks." Discord replied.
But Applejack walked over at that moment and grumbled. "That was cute and all. But I do need those spiders to continue runnin’ the game, ya know."
"Sowwie." Discord apologized. He quickly turned the spiders back to normal and then went about collecting them.
Meanwhile, Luna turned towards the farm mare, threw her mane back, and asked. "Good evening, Applejack. Do you like my new costume!"
Applejack was stunned at Luna's appearance and exclaimed! "You do look amazin’! And quite scary, too! That's from Discord's magic, right?"
"Yes it is!” Luna eagerly admitted. “He helped me make my vampire batpony costume come to life!" Just then, her nose twitched. She immediately flew over to the apple bobbing setup and hissed at ponies, making them shriek in freight as they ran off! Once they’d left, she plunged her muzzle into the water. She grabbed an apple, and began sucking the juice out of it until it was a shriveled up husk!
As Discord returned from collecting the toy spiders, she saw Luna sucking down all of the apples from the apple bobbing station and whispered. "Uh oh, maybe coming hewe wasn't the best idea."
Luna, meanwhile, continued to plunge her face into the water. She took out another apple and another until every apple was just a shriveled up husk around her. Afterwards, she burped and then looked around, embarrassed at her behavior. "Oh my!.. I apologize. That was most uncalled for. I don’t know what came over me just then."
"Well, if you're all finished, maybe it's best you two move along." Applejack grumbled in annoyance as she went to grab more apples for the basin.
Luna quickly nodded. "I think we should go do the corn maze now."
Discord bounced up and down in excitement and squealed. "Oh, tat sounds wike a gweat idea!"
"Yeah, Granny Smith and Big Mac are runnin' it." Applejack replied as she pointed to the corn maze near the farm house.
"Thank you, Applejack. We’ll go do that." Luna replied as she placed Discord back onto her back and headed towards the corn maze. As they went through the rather tacky maze filled with eyeballs. Luna was quite unafraid, and even Discord looked a bit bored. But as they were walking over some twigs painted white to look like bones, they heard a loud "Ooooh!". Then they both turned to see Big Mac coming out, dressed as a mummy!
Discord squeaked out in freight and accidentally shot out a beam of magic, turning the stallion into a school colt! The baby chaos maker groaned, "Oh no, not again!"
But instead of getting mad, Big Mac got super excited. "Oh heck yeah! I'm a kid again!" He then ran off through the maze, his costume having shrunk down with him.
"Wait!" Discord cried, but Big Mac was long gone.
Luna looked to Discord. "Don't worry, we'll find him! He won’t get far!" She then ran through the maze looking for the little colt, and they eventually found him at the end of the maze, giggling as he waved a hoof and chirped. "Hey, y’all found me!"
"There you are! Quick, Discord, turn him back to normal!" Luna wheezed, a bit winded from all that running.
Discord was about to do just that, but then Big Mac held up a hoof and pleaded, "Wait, uh…c-can I stay like this? I uh… wouldn't mind gathering candy for a bit."
The little lord of chaos gave Luna a sheepish look, and she rolled her eyes, "All right. At midnight, come by Fluttershy's cottage, and we'll turn you back to normal, okay?"
"OK!" The colt squealed in delight as he ran off.
Discord then whispered. "Sowwie. I’ww twy not to do tat again."
"It's alright, little Discord,” The princess reassured her charge. “We should tell Applejack and her grandmother what happened so they don't worry about him. And after that, why don't we give these foals one last scare before you settle in for the night?"
"Sounds wike a gweat idea!" Discord exclaimed as Luna unfurled her leathery bat wings and flew into the night sky.
At the statue of Nightmare Moon, a group of school foals gathered and were looking around, wondering when Luna was going to show up. Suddenly, a mysterious fog started to form around them, making it hard to see anything. Then they all hear somepony laughing maniacally. The foals all looked around, wondering who it was. It sounded like Luna but also not like her. Then they heard the flapping of leathery bat wings as a tall, powerful batpony descended on them and laughed. "Thank you for gathering my candy for me! But that is not what I crave tonight!"
Rainbow Dash flew over and shouted. "Wait, aren't you Nightmare Moon?"
"Oh no, I am Count Appleblood! And I came to suck your blood!” The batpony hissed! She flashed her fangs, and the foals shrieked as they started running. She then flapped above them as she chased them about, targeted Pip, and landed on top of him.
The little colt looked terrified as her muzzle bent near him, then she went to his belly and started blowing in it, making the colt giggle. He then hugged her muzzle and shouted. "That was so cool! Is this a new costume, Princess Luna?"
"Yes, it is. And thank you, little Pip,” Luna confessed. “I feared my old act was getting stale, and so I changed it up a bit."
"Well, you scared me a lot! Please do this next year, too!" Pipsqueak replied. He then waved goodbye as he hopped off, looking much happier.
Discord then popped out from Luna's mane and smirked as he said. "Tat was good! They nevew gonna fowget tis!"
"Yes, I thank you for the much-needed shake-up to my routine, and thank you for adding the fog." Luna smiled at her charge.
"It's no pwobwem," Discord replied as he let out a tired yawn and stretched his tiny limbs. "I getting tiwed now, we should head to Fwuttewshy's."
"Yeah, let's get moving." Luna nodded, then unfurled her wings. She was going to soar back into the sky when she heard Discord say. "Wait! Maybe we shouwd tuwn ya back to nowmaw fiwst. Dun wanna scawe hew."
The princess blushed. "Oh, that's right. Thank you for reminding me, Discord."
Discord flicked a claw as Luna reverted back to her pony form with her fake plastic teeth, fake bat ears, and her pupils widened.
Luna then spat out the fake teeth and sighed. "They seriously need to design better fake vampire teeth. Those things really hurt your gums."
"Yeah, I tink I heawd Wawity awso compwaining bout tem, and how she gonna twy making ones tat fowm bettew in ya mouth." The little chaos maker commented.
"I guess I’ll have to talk to her about making custom ones for next time." Luna added as she then soared into the night.
It didn't take long to arrive at Fluttershy's cottage. Once there, Luna knocked on the door, and she and Discord heard. "Go away, please! I have no candy!"
"Fluttershy, it is I, Princess Luna, returning from my revelries with Discord." Luna called out.
"Oh, right," The pegasus then opened the door and greeted Princess Luna as she levitated the baby lord of chaos over. "So, how was tonight?" Fluttershy asked.
"We had a wonderful time,” The princess confirmed. “Discord behaved so well and helped me shake up my routine, "Luna's cheeks flushed pink, and they added. "However, we came across a slight problem where, everytime some pony tried to scare him, he would accidentally turn them into foals."
Fluttershy gasped! "Oh dear, are they ok?! Maybe I can take care of them!"
"Wait, howd on!” Discord protested as he lifted up a claw. “I onwy tuwned Big Mac and Wainbow Dash into schoow foaws. Tey not babies."
The pegasus mare blinked, then sighed. "Oh, that's a relief."
"Yes, thankfully, there were only two of them, and I told both of them to come here by midnight so we can turn them back into adults," Luna explained. Just then, the clock struck midnight, and they heard knocking at the door. "Ah, that's them now, I believe." Luna picked up her charge and trotted to the door. As she opened it, the Princess looked around, only to find that nopony was in sight.
Then there came a loud crack of thunder, heard "boo!", and Discord squeaked as he sent out another wave of chaos magic, as then a cloud above disappeared.
Two baby foals fell out and landed on Luna's back. She levitated the two over towards her face and groaned. She saw a pudgy baby pegasus with a rainbow mane, and a red coated earth pony foal with a brown mane. "Discord!"
"Sowwie! It just happens!" The chaos maker squeaked and whimpered as he and Luna brought the foals inside.
As they entered the cottage, Fluttershy flew down and, upon seeing the babies, dawwed,."Oh, they look so adorable!" She flew over and grabbed them, and within a few moments, they were wearing thick diapers around their waists as she cooed, "Oh, this is the best Nightmare Night ever!"
Luna sighed, "They are cute, but we should have them turned back to adults."
Discord, looking even more tired than before, let out a yawn. "I too twied to do mowe magic. I can do it fwist ting in the mowning."
Fluttershy flew up with the babies and clutched them near her chest. "That's perfect! I'll make sure they have a full foal breakfast and have them play with Discord for a bit too! And I'm totally taking pictures!" She then gave Luna puppy dog eyes, as did Discord.
Luna reluctantly relented once again, "Fine, but they better be turned back into adults first thing tomorrow morning. And Fluttershy, you are in charge until they change back."
"Oh, of course! Thank you!" Fluttershy then flew to her couch and plopped bottles of milk into the foals mouths as she held the two.
Luna just sighed, "I'll inform the Apples of what happened and reassure them Big Mac is alright. In the meantime," She looked down at Discord. "Behave yourself. No more turning ponies into babies."
"Well, I think I’ll tell Twilight about this issue,” The princess declared. “Maybe she'll be able to include some lessons to keep you from doing this again," But she then bent down and nuzzled him, and whispered. "But thank you for the help with my costume. Tonight was wonderful."
"It's no pwobwem, Auntie Luwu." The draconequus replied as he hugged her, and then she kissed him on the nose.
Luna then flew off, heading towards Sweet Apple Acres.
As for Discord, he waddled over to Fluttershy, who took the three babies and snuggled them together on the couch. Discord giggled as he hugged her close to her chest, as she wrapped her wings around them tightly. The little lord of chaos then closed his eyes. He slowly drifted off to sleep, hoping he could do this every year. And hopefully, next year, he'd be potty trained and wouldn’t regress ponies whenever he got scared.
Chapter Ten: Discord's Hearth's Warming Day Present
It was Hearth's Warming Day, and Discord was looking out at Ponyville, which was covered in a thick blanket of snow. He didn't remember seeing snow; it was all gone by the time he could really recall memories.
Fluttershy came over and placed a bottle into his mouth, and as he started to suckle, she cooed. "Oh, you're so adorable. I can't believe we'll finally see Shining and Cadance again."
"Weawwy?!" Discord exclaimed with his eyes widening! "Is that way gonna happen?"
"Yes, really," Fluttershy nodded. "So we better make sure to get everything before they arrive."
After his feeding, Fluttershy gathered all of Discord's stuff: A diaper bag and toys. She then dressed Discord into a cute red and green coat, fluffy green pants, and a red cap with a white puff ball dangling on the end.
Upon seeing Discord dressed up, Fluttershy came over and dawwed. "Oh, Rarity did such a great job with your winter clothes!"
"She did. I wuv tem so much!" Discord chirped as he bounced over and hugged the pegasus, and she hugged him close to her chest. She then plopped the little lord of chaos onto her back as they entered the snow-covered streets. The trot through the snow was quite magical for Discord. They soon reached the train station.
There, Twilight was waiting patiently on the platform. She smiled and trotted over. "There you are!" She then levitated Discord over and nuzzled him. "Oh, you're so cute! How are you, Discord?"
The baby Draconequus nuzzled back and then giggled. "I'm so excited! We gonna finawwy go to ta Cwystaw Empiwe?!”
"Well, Fluttershy and I already went recently when we had to stop King Sombra from taking over," Twilight told him.
"Yeah, tat was a while ago. Ya otay?" Discord asked.
Twilight nodded. "Everything turned out fine, thanks to Spike."
"Wight heard Spike is a big hewo now!" The draconequus looked around with a confused look on his face and asked. "Wait, where is Spike?"
"I'm right here!" The little dragon came up, looking quite annoyed, as he shouted, "Come on! The train is about to go!"
Fluttershy picked up Discord and then apologized, "Right, sorry, it took us a minute to get ready."
The mares then headed onto the train, and they all sat together with baby Discord nestled into the lap of Fluttershy, who covered him with her wings as she gave him a bottle to nurse on, the gentle rocking of the train slowly lulling him to sleep.
Discord slowly woke up when the train came to a stop, and the next thing he saw as Fluttershy was carrying him was the buildings of the Crystal Empire and the shiny crystal ponies walking about. He was captivated by the city and these new ponies he'd never seen before. The best part was every time one of the crystal ponies saw him. Unlike those in Ponyville who were weary of him, these ponies all smiled and waved, and he waved back to them.
Soon, the group reached a massive castle in the heart of the city. As they entered the throne room, Cadance and Shining came over to greet Discord, and he bounced off Fluttershy, toddling right to them to be picked up.
"Oh, Discord, I've missed you!" Cadance hugged and nuzzled the little draconequus.
"I missed ya too!" The little lord of chaos squealed. Shining Armor nuzzled him and, together with his wife, gave Discord a kiss.
Cadance then bowed in front of Fluttershy. "Thank you for caring for Discord for the past few months while we got settled in here."
"Oh, it was no problem, princess," Fluttershy insisted. "We got along so well, and he didn't cause too much trouble. I think he really liked Ponyville."
"Regardless, you were a big help keeping him under control," Cadance smiled. "So please join us. We're about to have Discord open his presents!"
"Pwesents?!" Discord blinked as his ears perked up.
"Yes!" Cadance told him. "And since it's your birthday and Hearth's Warming, you're getting double the presents!"
“Doubwe the pwesents?!” Discord could barely hold in the excitement as he was escorted to a foyer that was decorated for both Hearth's Warming and a birthday: There were streamers and balloons made of green and red, there was holly everywhere, a massive table with a ton of sweets from cookies and pie, and a massive cake in the middle, along with a fireplace. There was a gigantic Hearth's Warming tree covered in lights and ornaments with a ton of presents underneath.
In the middle of the room, standing before him, both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were there, smiling as they came over, shouting together. "Discord!"
"Auntie Tia, Auntie Wuwu!" Discord chirped as he threw himself over and waddled over, and they hugged him close.
"Hey, what about us?!" Mr. and Mrs. Cake called as they came over. He flew over, and the two hugged him, delighted to see they'd brought the twins with them.
Pinkie Pie bounced over and joined in. "Hey Discord, do you like your super birthday/Hearth's Warming party I set up for you?!"
The little lord of chaos then ran over to Pinkie, and she hugged him as he squealed, "Yeah! Tis is so coow! Tank you!"
"Glad you like it. I worked super duper hard on it," Pinkie beamed, then bent down and whispered. "Also, could you turn me into a foal today? I would love to be one for your Hearth's Warming present. Just for today, though. I don't think Mr. and Mrs. Cake could handle three foals."
"Of couwse! Just fow today!" Discord replied, then with a snap of a claw, the pink party pony regressed into an adorable, pudgy baby with a poofy diaper. Pinkie Pie then pounced onto Discord, and soon, he and the other foals were running around, chasing each other and having fun together.
Cadance soon came over and caught them all in her magic as she cooed. "Alright, you all can play together later. But we better get to opening presents. That's the main reason why everypony's here today."
The gifts were soon passed out, and Pinkie Pie and the Cake twins started helping Discord open them. Unsurprisingly, most of the presents were cute outfits, diapers, toys, and other foal supplies. But Discord just tore through the wrapping paper like a machine as the thrill of seeing what was in the presents was more fun than getting what was inside of them. Still, he thanked everypony when told who had gotten him what.
After the foals had finished opening the last of the gifts, everyone was seated around the table where they had cake, pie, and cookies, all broken into bite-sized pieces for the little ones and guzzled down various bottles of milk. Afterward, Princess Cadance smiled and led everyone out to play in the snow.
The foals bounced around, throwing snowballs at each other for a bit before Pinkie Pie proclaimed! "Hey, maybe we should go buiwd a snowmare!"
“Yeah, tat wouwd be so coow!” Pound chirped in delight.
But Pumpkin scratched her head. "What is tat, though?"
"Oh, is a mawe made of snow!" Pinkie explained while bouncing on her diaper. "We gots to buiwd her with snow fiwst, ten use bits of coaw fow eyes and ta nose, a cawwot fow a hown, and sticks fow wings!"
Discord started to roll a bunch of snow together as he shouted. "Tat sounds so coow! Wet's do it!" With help from the grown-ups, the foals built the snowmare as best they could. When they were finished, it looked rather lumpy and uneven.
Cadance, however, marveled at the structure. "Oh my, you foals did such a great job! I have to go get a camera! Stay right there!" She then flew into the castle.
After Princess Cadance left, Pinkie Pie whispered. "I remembered tis owd song as a fiwwy about a snowman coming to wife when they put a magical tiara on its head. Bu snowmawes dun come to wife." She plopped down on her padded rump.
The lord of chaos pondered for a second and then snapped a paw as a sparkly tiara made of ice appeared atop the snowmare's head. Then, all of a sudden, a blast of light engulfed the area, and the snow formed into a flesh-like body: The carrot turned porcelain, the eyes glowed a crystal blue, and the mane became a swirl of white and blue as wings flared out, reflective like ice!
The newborn alicorn flexed as it blinked and looked around, seeming to try to gauge its surroundings. The Cake twins and Pinkie Pie were in awe at what had just transpired (while the grown-ups were all staring in disbelief) as the snowmare turned to them and blinked, looking confused at the foals as she asked. "Hello, who are you?"
The rest of the foals weren't sure how to respond at first. But Pinkie Pie was the first to bounce over and waved a hoof. "Hewwo! My name is Pinkie Pie!"
"Pinkie Pie? Names?" The snowman's confusion depends.
Discord blushed and explained. "Sowwy, uh, names are what we caww each other. I'm Discowd, and ya just met Pinkie Pie. She's only a foaw for today," He pointed to the other babies. "The pegasus is Pound Cake, and the unicown is Pumpkin Cake."
The two waved their hooves, and then the snow mare waved back and then asked. "So, um…should I have a name?"
Pinkie bounced up, booed the newborn alicorn in the nose, and cried. "Weww of couwse, is youw biwthday!"
The snowmare's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah, you were down today," Pinkie Pie pointed out. "Bettew yet, is Heawth's Wawming Day!"
Discord was now getting excited as well and chirped. "Ya has ta same biwthday as me!"
The alicorn's cheeks flushed red ever so faintly as she asked. "Um, what's a birthday?"
The lord of chaos groaned and explained. "Is ta day ya was bown! So today is ya biwthday!"
"Oh ok…" The snowmare began to scratch her head with one of her hooves. "But, um, should I have a name?"
Pound then said. "Wight, um… owa pawents named us aftew cake. Dun tink tat wouwd wowk fow ya 'cause ya made of snow."
"Yeah, but she can be Angew Cake! Tat's a coow name!" Pumpkin chimed in with her sentiments.
Pinkie Pie promptly protested. “I dun tink pastwies wouwd make sense, what about someting wike Snowy?”
Discord nodded in agreement as he pondered and thought about what Pinkie had said made sense. "Yeah, ya Snowy."
"Ow Snowbaww?!" Pumpkin exclaimed.
"Ow snowfwake?!" Pound chirped.
But the snowmare just tapped a hoof to her chin, and then a pair of wings made of ice appeared.
Seeing this, Pinkie bounced up and down as she excitedly squealed! "I got it! What about Snow Angew?!"
"That's a great name. Snow Angel!" The snowmare agreed as her wings unfolded. She flew into the air and came back down after a short flight. "I love it!" She then hugged Discord, who squeaked as her hug was quite cold. "Eek! Wet me go!"
Snow Angel placed Discord down and briefly ruffled his spines. Then she asked. "Okay, so I have my name. What now?"
"Well, guess we gotta teach ya stuff," Pinkie Pie proposed. Looking down at herself, she blushed and asked. "Um…do ya need diapees?"
"Diapers?" Snow Angel pondered and blinked. "What are those?"
Discord nodded. "Yeah, ya just born, so ya pwobabwy dun know how ta use ta potty yet. None of us can eithew."
"Actually, I think I still could," Pinkie pointed out. "But diapees mean I dun have to stop pwaying to go potty. Besides," She blushed a bit as she felt her diaper squish. "I tink I awweady went." She waddled over to Mrs. Cake for a quick change.
The snowmare turned around, confused by the fact that only the ones immediately in front of her seemed to be wearing "diapers". "You mean those white fluffy things around your flanks?"
After being changed, Pinkie Pie came bouncing over, happily showing off her fresh diaper as she then thrust it out and cooed. "Yeah, tese! But ya made of snow, so I dun tink ya need one. Ya pwobabwy dun need ta potty eithew."
"What's the potty? What does it have to do with diapers?" The snowmare questioned.
"Is someting the gwown-ups know about, and when tey say ya weady tey make use it," Pound Cake explained. "It's why they dun weaw diapees. But I tink ya good 'cause ya made of snow."
The snowmare seemed to be satisfied with that answer. "Well, alright. But what about those other things on you?" She asked as she looked at their outfits.
Discord looked at his scarf and jacket and giggled. "Ya wight, we shouwd dwess ya up. Howd stiww, pwease!" He snapped a claw, and the snowmare was suddenly dressed in a cute blue jacket with a snowflake pattern on it, a fluffy blue scarf, and a thick diaper around her flank. Discord squeaked in surprise at the last article of clothing and cried. "Eek, didn't mean to add ta diapee to ya!"
The snowmare turned around, scrunched the padding between her thighs and said with a smile. "It's ok. I like the look of it, and it feels nice. It's so soft. I see why you all like them."
Pinkie Pie then bounced over and chirped. "Why dun we go do stuff togethew, Snow Angew?"
Snow Angel then asked. "Like what? What should we do?"
"Wike, go pway at a pawk. Ya alweady a baby!" Pound added.
"Yeah, ta pawk! Wet's go!" Pumpkin squealed!
"Ok, the park it is!" The snowmare then quickly gathered the foals, placed them all onto her back and then flew off.
"It can fly?!" Twilight exclaimed in disbelief. "That shouldn't be possible. Snowmares can't come to life, or talk, or fly!"
"We'll worry about that later," Princess Celestia declared. "For now, we better follow them and make sure they don't cause any trouble."
Mrs. Cake nodded. "Plus, they didn't take anything with them. Who's going to change their diapers or give them bottles?"
The grown-ups then set off in pursuit of Snow Angel and the foals, all of them still astounded by what Discord's chaos magic had done.
It took a little while for Snow Angel to be directed to a nearby park and play with the foals. As she did so, many of the crystal ponies nearby looked over, confused at seeing a playful-looking "adult" pony wearing foal clothes and a diaper, and acting like a child.
Snow Angel looked around while playing, scratching her head in confusion. "Why are the other ponies looking at us so strangely? What's gotten into them?"
Discord shrugged. "I dun know, tey did tat a wot in Ponyville. But they dun does it to me here cause my new parents' awe ta loyalty called prince and princess."
"Oh really?" Snow Angel blinked while pausing briefly in her playing. "What does being a prince or a princess mean?"
Pinkie Pie paused in throwing a snowball. "Tey wike ta views of this place, and they saved it from an evil king named Sombwa."
"Wow! That sounds like such a cool job!" Snow Angel exclaimed!
"Weww, technically Spike saved ta Cwystaw Empiwe." Pinkie Pie corrected.
"Who's Spike?" Snow Angel wondered.
"A purple and green scared baby dragon. But he doesn't wear diapers 'cause he's not a baby wike we awe," Pinkie explained. "He sure cool," Then she got an idea. "Hey, wanna meet him and the others?!"
"Oh yes, please, that sounds like a lot of fun!" Snow Angel declared.
"Good," Discord said with a blush. "Cause I just realized we didn't take anything from the gwown-ups before we came here. Whenever grown-ups take us somewhere, they always bring awong this special bag that has things for us. Tings we need. We shouwd pwobawby get back ta tem befowe we need someting."
Snow Angel then flew across the empire, with Discord giving her directions. She headed towards the front doors of the crystal castle and landed outside.
Just then, Cadance flew over, looking quite panicked and alarmed if the size of her eyes was any indication. "There you all are! What do you mean by running off like that?! And who's this… creature you're with?"
Discord hopped off Snow Angel, then waddled over to Cadance and apologized before explaining. "Sowwy, Mama. We made a snowmawe, and uh,.." His cheeks flushed pink as he confessed. "Ten she came to wife, 'cause I made hew come to wife. Pinkie Pie gave me ta idea."
"Huh?" Princess Cadance looked up to see the odd snow-like pony and blinked. "Wait, this pony is just a snowmare?"
"Yeah," Discord nodded. "She came to wife and uh, I wanted to show hew to evewypony."
"Oh, well, that'll be fine," Cadance declared. "But she shouldn't come inside if that's the case."
The little draconequus asked. "Why not?"
"Snow melts when it comes close to something warm, like a fire," The princess explained. "And if she came inside, she might melt. That would be really unfortunate."
"Oh no!" Discord gasped in horror! "I dun want my new fwiend ta mewt!"
Pinkie Pie blushed. "Yeah, tat doesn't sound wike a good idea. It'd be weawwy messy."
Discord then pleaded. "Pwease dun wet hew mewt, Mommy! She's my fwiend! I dun want hew to go away. I won't have any fwiends to pway with hewe in the empiwe if she mewts." He shot her the best pair of pleading puppy dog eyes he could muster up.
Princess Cadance sighed, unable to bring herself to say no. "Well, at the very least, I'll get the other adults and see what they can do." The princess of love then turned to the others as they trotted up.
"You shouldn't be running off like that," Fluttershy scolded the babies. "You could've gotten lost or hurt. You should ask for permission from grown-ups before wandering off with ponies you just met."
"Hey, I technicawwy a gwown-up." Pinkie Pie pointed out.
"But you're in diapers right now. I don't think that counts." Shining Armor pointed out, causing Pinkie to blush anew.
Twilight was the most intrigued by what she was seeing and trotted around Snow Angel, poking the snow. To her surprise, it felt like an actual body and relatively solid. "How did you do this, Discord?"
Discord shrugged. "Dun know. It would be like the statues, just a bit of fun. But she's diffewent she's mowe…well, I think?"
Twilight, meanwhile, eyed the diaper and blushed, "Well, she may have just been born, but I don't think she needs a diaper, Discord. She's not like you and me. I don't think she can go to the bathroom. There's no reason for her to wear a diaper."
Snow Angel shook the padding a little, then chuckled. "It feels great, though," Then she asked. "Do you need a diaper, Twilight?"
This got a giggle from the others as Twilight jumped back and cried. "What?! No, of course not! I'm much too old to be wearing diapers."
Cadance chuckled. "Well, in any case, is she…still made of snow, Twilight?"
Twilight shook her head from side to side. "As far as I can tell, Snow Angel's a living, breathing pony…. And I can't believe I said that; that's crazy!"
Discord gulped. "Did I do someting wong?"
Cadance picked the little chaos trod up. "No, of course not, but…maybe don't use your chaos magic to make things come to life anymore. The next time you do it, what comes to life might not be so friendly like Snow Angel or the statues."
"Otay…I wun do tat again." Discord promised.
Twilight then began to shiver. "Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I think it's getting cold out here. We should go inside…but first!" She then turned to Spike, who came out looking just as surprised as the others. "Hey, Spike. Why don't you produce a small flame for me really quickly?"
Spike, though confused, burped a small spout of flame as instructed, and Twilight caught it in a bubble. She brought it near Snow Angel, who stepped back. But as it went around her body, all Snow Angel did was sweat a little, no melting.
Twilight then had the flame dissipate. "Well, this proves she won't melt. She still looks like she's made of snow but doesn't melt like it."
This got a cheer from the foals, and then they all escorted Snow Angel into the castle.
As the others all went inside the castle together, everypony, including the princesses, just stared in disbelief. Princess Celestia asked the snowpony. "So, um, what's your name again? In all this excitement, I've forgotten it."
"Snow Angel." Snow Angel replied.
Luna then interjected. "Right, well, this is all unprecedented. Are you aware you were created by snow, Snow Angel?"
"Snow…yes," Snow Angel nodded. "That's what Discord called me, a snow mare."
Cadance then asked. "And you do understand that you are just born?"
"Yes, it's my birthday!" Snow Angel chirped in delight.
Celestia sighed as she explained, "So, um, this leaves us with an issue, as you need to be cared for. You need somepony to teach you right from wrong and ensure you don't get into trouble." She then turned to Cadance, who bristled in excitement.
"Which means it would probably be best if you started over as a baby." Princess Cadance declared.
The snowmare blinked and then asked. "A baby? Me?"
"Well, the little ones that created you are babies," Cadance explained. "If that's okay with you." She pointed to the smaller foals, all still gawking at Snow Angel.
The snowmare then gave a nod of approval, "I see. So I'll be smaller?"
Luna nodded. "Yes, you can grow and learn about our world and enjoy a childhood; it would be much more difficult to do so in an adult body."
Snow Angel nodded along. "Oh, that sounds fine!"
Celestia and Luna both gave Discord an approving nod. Then, with a flick of his paw and claw, the adult mare was turned into a pudgy baby alicorn. He then hugged her as she hugged back and then giggled. “Tis is ta best pwesent evew! I just got a sistew!"
Cadance let out a slightly exaggerated but annoyed sigh. "Oh dear, I wasn't expecting two foals."
Shining nuzzled his wife and added. "The more the merrier, I say. Why not? We've got a castle, and I'm sure we can hire a nanny if we have any more. But I think we should see how we handle two. Especially one that's going to go into potty training soon."
Later that evening, Pinkie Pie was turned back into an adult after a lot more fun playing together. "Being a foal again was fun! I hope I can do it again sometime!" She said to Discord.
Then, after a heartfelt farewell from Fluttershy and the other birthday guests, Discord and Snow Angel were taken upstairs by Princess Cadance to Discord's new nursery, which had a yellow and green puzzle piece floor mat. The walls were painted sky blue and in hues of bright pink. There was a diaper-changing table, a wardrobe full of clothes, and a treasure chest full of toys.
The little lord of chaos waddled about, admiring his new room with Snow Angel waddling by him. "Wow, what is tis pwace?"
"It's my nusewy. Ya, and I gonna be doing a wot together." Discord explained.
"That's right. Now come on, it's late," Cadance scooped the two up and had them both dressed in thick night-time diapers and some cozy sleepers. She tucked the two babies into the crib and left them with a baby monitor turned on.
Snow Angel whispered as the two foals cuddled up in the crib. "Discord."
"Yeah?" Discord whispered back.
"Tanks fow making me," Snow Angel told him. "Sowwie if tis causes pwobwems."
"I dun tink so," Discord replied. "Besides, ya seem to be different from other babies. Ya, dun cwy and seem aware of things, like me. I tink Cadance and Shiny won't mind. And besides, if they adopts ya, ya will be a princess."
Snow Angel blinked slowly. "Pwincess?"
"Yeah! Member, I told ya princesses awe super cool? Ya Pwincess Snow Angew.” Discord declared.
"I like tat…" Snow Angel nodded before whispering again. "Discord?"
"Yeah?" Discord asked her.
Snow Angel then cuddled beside him and wrapped her wings around him as she whispered. "I wuv you."
Discord nuzzled back and then whispered. "Wuv you too." They then snuggled together and slowly fell asleep together, with Discord smiling. Seeing his first Hearth's Warming Day and birthday was the best he'd ever have.
Discord was up, waiting for a breakfast of heart-shaped pancakes. And as he chomped away, he was wondering how to make this year's Hearts and Hooves Day special for his adopted parents. He turned to Snowflake and whispered. “Hey, so, I got something important to say.”
“Wha’s tat?” Snowflake asked.
“Well, I want to help Mommy and Daddy have a fun Hearts and Hooves day,” Discord explained. “They have been working so hard since coming to the Crystal Empire. Tey dun even has time fow themselves ‘cause they so busy taking care of us.”
Snowflake paused as she said. “Uh, do you know what that is?” The little lord of chaos then explained the holiday to his baby sister, who nodded along. “Tat’s coow, so what do you tink we shouwd do fow tem?”
Discord smirked as he took out a book. “I dun know how ta wead, but I saw ta pictures and thowt we can make a wuv potion to help tem wuv each other more!”
“Otay, sounds wike fun!” Snowflake cheered.
After breakfast, the two then went to work making the potion together in their room (Discord having secretly found a way to smuggle in the ingredients by poofing them into his diaper, pulling them out as needed), with Discord and Snowflake making quite a mess. But the two did their best to clean it up so that the grown-ups wouldn’t get suspicious. Then they wrote out some sloppy-looking letters, Discord using his chaos magic to try to make them look more formal.
The letters to Shining and Cadence told them to meet in the palace gardens. So they did.
Underneath a gazebo, the two babies waited, anticipating Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, looking exhausted. As they sat together, Snowflake got rather impatient and whispered to Discord. “Do ya tink tis wiww wowk?”
“Yeah, is gotta, we have been over tis,” Discord pouted. “Shining Awmow and Princess Cadence wove each other about. So I got tis romantic wunch aww set up fow tem, along with ta potion.”
“Hopefuwwy ya know what ya doing,” Snowflake replied in uncertainty.
“Yeah. We got the potion wight, and Mommy and Daddy will be hewe any minute. We already did the had part. So now we just gotta sit hewe and wait.” Discord explained.
Princess Cadence and Shining Armor soon came to the meeting spot, completely confused at being called out on such short notice. They soon spotted the lunch. Unknown to them, Discord and Snowflake were watching from afar, waiting to see what was going to happen.
The crystal couple looked around, then talked and laughed as if everything was normal.
“It’s cute that Discord thinks we don’t know he’s doing this,” Princess Cadence giggled. “He’s even smarter than Twilight was when she was just a filly.”
Shining Armor giggled back. “Probably even before then. I thought Twily was pretty smart even when she was in diapers. Discord is so smart; he could probably change his own diapers and make his own bottles, and he’s not even two years old yet.”
“Well, it would be a shame to let his hard work go to waste,” Cadance commented, eyeing the punch. Neither she nor her husband suspected anything was amiss about it.
“Yeah. He wouldn’t make anything that could hurt us; he loves us too much.” Shining replied. And as soon as the cups were full of punch, he and his wife drank it. Then they both gave each other confused looks as they made light talk, unable to take their eyes off each other. The two babies watched with anticipation, expecting to see something happen.
But the crystal couple eventually grew weary. Princess Cadence let out a yawn. “I think I might have to call it an early day and go to bed. I don’t know what it is, but I’m so tired.”
Shining Armor nodded back. “Same here, hon. Guess all that planning for the Equestria Games has worn us out more than we thought. It’s only gonna be more exhausting if we have to start potty training Discord.”
“Let’s hold off on that until we’re both fully rested and ready to commit to it,” Cadance suggested, and she and her husband went their separate ways.
As the two grown-ups faded from view, Discord and Snowflake groaned as they plopped down in disbelief, and Discord shouted. “What happened?! Did we mess it up or something?! Ta potion was supposed ta make tem wove each othew mowe, not tiwe tem out.”
“Maybe tey just too busy,” Snowflake added. “Ta potion didn’t wowk.”
Discord let out a sigh and shrugged. “Guess tat’s it. It was a good twy, though.”
“Duh, is obvious the speww we made didn’t work. I’ww wook over the book we got and see if we missed something.” Discord groaned. The foals went back to their nursery as the little lord of chaos wondered how his potion went wrong.
The next morning, Princess Cadence entered into her royal bathing chambers and started to groan as she wondered if all that candy Shining had given her yesterday was making her sick. Her belly felt heavy, almost like she was going to have a baby. But after waiting for a moment, the feeling seemed to die down, so she continued to go through her morning routine by hopping into the shower.
That was when the princess started feeling weird, like her body was becoming bigger. She felt as if her entire form grew, her back legs becoming stockier, and she saw in her bathroom mirror that she was taller. Then she turned to see her tail was now much shorter, and her face was pronounced like Shining Armor’s. She felt as if something was off: She wasn’t Princess Cadance; he was Shining Armor, and he should be out there to make sure that the empire was safe!
Shining then trotted out of the house and through the streets of The Crystal Empire, with the cool morning breeze going through his mane as he headed out to find the rest of the soldiers.
Meanwhile, that morning, Shining Armor was also waking up from his slumber and yawning as he stretched his limbs to get ready for work. But then he saw he felt something was off as he got out of his bed, feeling much lighter with a bounce to his step. He turned to see that his body was much longer, and his coat and mane were curling around his head. Looking in a mirror, he was surprised that he looked like his wife, Princess Cadance. In fact, he was Princess Cadance! And she should be out making sure couples were doing well in the Crystal Empire, spreading love as it was her duty! But first, she had two babies to care for, and she flew off to find her foals.
A little later, with the sun slowly shining through the window of Discord’s room, the little baby draconequus slowly woke up to see a white-coated mare tending to him. “Discord, it's time for a diaper change.”
The little baby was groggy and could barely make out the mare, but she assumed it was her sister and mumbled. But then he got a good look at the mare and blinked in surprise, seeing the familiar face of Shining Armor staring back at him. “Uh, Daddy?”
“I’m not Daddy, sweetie. It's Mommy!” Shining cheered as she lifted him out of the crib along with his sister’s.
Discord blinked again, seeing the voice sounded a bit like his mommy’s, but she had the same coat and mane color as his daddy’s. What was going on? “Um, Mommy, what are you doing, hewe?” He asked Shining.
“Getting you up to have some playtime. Now, come on! You don’t wanna be sitting in that soggy old diaper all morning, do you? What kind of Mommy would I be if I let you get a diaper rash?” The mare lifted Discord up and took him to a diaper change.
During the change, Discord got a good look at this strange mare, seeing the white coat with a savvy, blue-striped mane going down the side of her face that was curled and trialed around her right shoulder. Her cutie mark was a shield in the shape of a heart. In that instant, Discord realized that the love spell that he and Snowflake made had done this! Horrified and stricken with guilt, he cried. “I so sowwy, Daddy! I didn’t mean to tuwn ya into a girl!”
“Princess Cadence” blinked, looking confused, then asked. “What do you mean? You didn’t do anything wrong. I’ve always been a mare,” Soon afterward, she finished the change and cooed. “There we go. We’ll see what your daddy thinks about starting your potty train next week, okay, sweetie? And Snowflake, we’ll need to start buying more supplies for you. You can’t keep using Discord’s spare diapers all the time. You need diapers that fit you.”
Discord was stunned and nervous, seeing that he had to do something. Shining Armor now thinks he is his mom, Princess Cadence. He didn’t want the real Princess Cadence to see Shining Armor like this. But he knew he needed time to whip up a cure as soon as possible to get Shining back to normal. And he soon got to thinking that the best option was to keep him here. “Hey, uh, Mommy, awe ya busy today?”
The mare looked confused. “Well, no, actually. Hearts and Hooves Day was yesterday. But Shining Armor and I want to just hang out today.”
The little lord of chaos gave her some puppy dog eyes and then cried, “Pwease, I promise it’ww be quick!”
“Princess Cadence” placed both foals down in a playpen and started playing with them. After playing a ton of games, usually involving “Mommy” to chase them, she started to get tired and soon collapsed on the nursery floor, snoring. As she did so, Discord waddled to Snowflake and said. “Listen, we gotta make a new potion to change Mommy and Daddy back to nowmaw.”
“So, ya want to sneak tem messages wike we did yesterday?” Snowflake replied.
“Yeah! Wets get to wowk!” Discord chimed in.
“Shining Armor,” meanwhile, was busy trotting around the castle with various other guards just gawking at him, wondering who he was. The stallion was rather confused by the looks and shrugged. He’d always been this way. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, he heard something and saw a letter fall onto his head.
Opening the letter, Shining read that his wife wanted to meet him for lunch at the gazebo. His stomach growled, reminding him that he had skipped breakfast to get an early start on his patrols. “There’s no harm in taking a lunch break,” He said to himself, then trotted off towards the gazebo. “Everything’s nice and peaceful in the empire.”
Not long after the messages were given, Discord and Snowflake hid behind the same bush as before: Everything was the same as it had been yesterday.
Snowflake looked the most worried, however, and asked Discord. “Do ya tink this wiww wowk?”
“Of couwse I do, it’ww wowk…Hopefully.” Discord gulped, hoping he and Snowflake had managed to get the potion right this time (or, at the very least, able to undo what they had done).
Meanwhile, the white-coated mare looked over and said, “Oh, Shining Armor, I didn’t expect to see you here. Did you give me an invitation for lunch?”
The pink-coated stallion shrugged. “Not that I know of.”
“Right, you're not much of a talker,” The white-coated mare giggled. “But I assume you got an invitation from….me?”
“Yeah, I did weird, huh?” The pink-coated stallion replied. “And you got a message from me?”
“Well, I didn’t write one…. It seems somepony set this up…” The white-coated mare realized, looking all around. “But it would be a shame to let these dandelion sandwiches and punch go to waste.”
So the two sat down and drank the punch as the foals watched from the bush in anticipation. At first, the two grown-ups reverted back to how they had always been: Shining was Shining, and Cadance was Cadance. But then the two foals watched in horror as the ponies began to shrink in front of their very eyes, becoming babbling babies mashing their hooves into their half-eaten sandwiches!
Snowflake rubbed her eyes and cried! “Discowd, wha did you do?!”
“I…I didn’t mean fow tem to tuwn into foaws!” Discord gasped in horror! “I thought I got the cute down wike the book said!” He and Snowflake then rushed over to the foals as the little lord of chaos said to his sister. “We need to get these two to the nursery, now.”
“Yeah, who knows how long they’ll be like this whiwe we twy to turn them back to adults?” Snowflake replied. “Is so weiwd having Mommy and Daddy in diapees wike us.”
“Wight, but we gots no choice!” Discord declared. The two then hastily grabbed and led their regressed parents back to the castle, hastily poofing them into the nursery. With a lot of effort and struggling, they got the two squirming foals into diapers and had them playing with some foam blocks or doodling with crayons while Snowflake was keeping an eye on them.
Meanwhile, Discord was going through the book of potions as the pegasus snapped at him. “Ok, so wat did you do wrong tis time?!”
Discord's cheeks flushed pink as he realized his mistake. “I tink instead of a pegasus feather, I used a alicorn feather,” He picked up a white feather and explained, “I tought tis wowld make ta potion wowk.”
“Well, guess it made things worse!” Snowflake whined as she then tried to keep the babies from eating some crayons. “We need to do someting! I dun know how wongew we can keep tis up. Wha we gonna do if tey need a diapee change?”
“Just keep tem busy. I’ww whip up a cuwe, I pwomise!” Discord cried, and went to work looking for an age-reversal cure. He hastily pulled out a flask literally out of thin air with a bubbling blue potion. “I tink tis will work. Is from a zebra who makes potions, so she should have a cure.” He explained, then clumsily poured it into two foal bottles.
The bottles were then given to the regressed crystal couple as the foals chugged down on their bottles rather greedily. After guzzling their meals, the two foals gave loud burps, and then the babies watched as the two foals grew up to become adults again. But then massive trunks grew out from their noses, their bodies bloated until the floor couldn't hold their weight, and they crashed toward the ground!
The babies coughed as dust and debris flew all around them. They looked up to see massive white and pink elephants standing over them. Then, the elephants started running off towards the gardens, splashing around in a fountain and spraying each other with water from their trunks.
As the pair of elephants trampled off, Snowflake turned towards Discord with an angry look, and he collapsed on the ground and groaned. “Ok, we need hewp. And there’s onwy one creature tat can hewp us!” He had no choice but to teleport himself and his sister into the Everfree Forest.
As they came to a large hut. Snowflake whispered to Discord. “Awe ya sure ya want to do tis? Zecowa gonna be mad when she finds out ya took one of her potions.”
“I dun have a choice, it’s my fault they ended up as foaws and now ewephants,” Discord replied. “I have to deal with the consequences.”
“Yeah, but… we couwd just say tey stepped in poison joke or something,” Snowflake whispered.
Discord thought it over, wishing he could lie about it. Then he shook his head. “No, we need to tell Zecowa the truth so she knows how to cure them: We can't weave Princess Cadance and Shining Awmow as elephants forever. We gots to change tem back!”
“Yeah, ya wight.” The other foal grumbled. Then they went up to the hut, and Discord gathered the courage to knock on the door.
Zecora opened it, surprised upon seeing the foals. “Hello, you three. I apologize, but I wasn’t expecting company.”
The babies looked downwards, with Discord coming up to her and saying. “Zecowa, we have a problem, and we need your help.” He hastily explained all that he’d done.
“So I see. You turned your mother and father into elephants, so you have come to me,” Zecora replied.
“Uh yeah, that’s everything. Can you help?” Discord asked.
“Let me see,” Zecora put a hoof to her chin, deep in thought. “You first messed up the potion and had them swap lives. And you did this by sending letters that were lies. The cure for turning them back was almost right, but using an alicorn feather to turn them into babies frightened you. You made a proper age progression potion. But you added too much cloud, turning their species into elephants stampeding in motion.”
“So, can ya fix tem?!” Discord asked in a concerned tone.
“I believe I will,” Zecora firmly nodded. “But you need to stand by and help me, so for now, stand still.”
So, the foals worked with Zecora to mix a bubbling green liquid in the cauldron and then pour a small amount of it into a flask. “Now have the two drink this brew, and they’ll finally turn into ponies. It's true.” The zebra told the foals.
“Tank you, Zecwra!” Discord shouted.
“Yeah, tanks zebwa!” Snowflake chimed.
The foals then teleported back to the Crystal Empire with Zecora accidentally in tow. It proved very difficult to track down the elephants despite the trail of destruction they were unintentionally leaving.
At last, however, they managed to get the flask’s contents into the elephant's trunks, reverting them back into ponies.
Shining Armor looked down at Discord with an angry look. “Will you please explain what happened, Discord?”
“Weww, uh…” Discord gulped as the grown-up's eyes became fixed on him, causing him to wet his diaper in fright.
Zecora eyed Discord, telling him. “Discord, you will tell them the truth even if it means your doom. Or perhaps they will have you confined to your room.”
Discord was too ashamed of himself to talk at first, hoping just to bury all of this and forget about it. But deep down, he knew Zecora was right. So he sighed and said. “Ok, I’ve explain everything.” And he did.
After Discord finished the story, Princess Cadence blinked, looking surprised. “I wouldn’t believe what you just said if it weren’t for Zecora here.”
“Yes, I agree,” Zecora nodded. “Now it's time for their punishment, I believe.”
“Oh yeah, there’s no getting out of this one. You two are both grounded for a month,” Shining Armor replied rather angrily. “You can forget about playdates or any other fun things.”
The two babies groaned as Princess Cadance came over. “Dear, I think I have a proper punishment. Don’t you think they should help clean the place up? Their actions caused quite a mess in the empire,” Shining Armor and Zecora turned to her as she continued. “I understand what they did was wrong and that they probably deserve a more proper punishment. But in the end, they did the right eventually thing and helped turn you and I back to normal. Zecora’s hut is probably a mess too, so they can help clean that up. Unless there any objections?”
Zecora shrugged, “I can use a helping hoof. I’ll make sure they behave under my roof.”
Shining Armor was the most reluctant, but seeing Discord’s puppy dog eyes may have helped as he gave a slight nod, “Fine. But you're still grounded for a week, mister.”
Zecora then took the foals to help to clean up the mess.
Later that evening, everyone else was all fast asleep, except for Discord, as well as Zecora who was tucking him into bed. Discord looked at the zebra and whispered. “I sowwy fow causing ya twouble.”
“Don't fret. Everything is fine now, you should not have regret.” Zecora reassured him.
“But is not fine!” Discord retorted. “I got my sister and I in twoubwe, I and was the one who made tose dumb potions.”
Zecora turned and said softly. “I’m sure you are sorry, and you should remember, little one. Your actions can hurt those around you even if you think there will be none.”
“Yeah, I guess.” Discord blushed.
“You messed up, I admit,” Zecora continued. “But you decided to be honest and brave coming to me, which takes grit.”
Discord gave the zebra the book. “Teww me, can ya show me wha I did wong? Not the wove potion we twied, tat was a mistake…but I want to know how I swapped their gendews, ten tuwned them into babies, and ten ewephants.”
Zecora laughed. “I see you want to dabble in potion making? Is that what I believe you are saying?”
“Yeah,” Discord confessed. “I weawned my wesson about twying to experiment on my own.”
“It's fine to experiment as it advances the craft,” The enchantress told the little one. “But you need to know the fundamentals before you go on your own path.”
“Wiww…wiww ya teach me?” Discord pleaded.
“Of course, but not now for it's late. You used a lot of chaos magic cleaning up, and you cannot go in this state.” Zecora tucked him into his crib along with Snowflake.
Snowflake whispered. “Tanks again fow saving ouw fwanks.”
“No problem, but now you owe me one,” Zecora replied. “If either of you are going to be my apprentice, be prepared to work and wun.”
“I will, I want to make potions to help ponies and creatures wike you.” Discord yawned as he then curled up between his sister and slowly fell asleep.
“Discord, it's time to wake up.” The little draconequus groaned as he slowly got up from his slumber and turned to see that Princess Cadence was standing over him. He yawned, seeing that the sun wasn’t even up yet. He was a bit annoyed as he rubbed his muzzle, then eyed her and asked rather grumpily, " Why are you getting me up so eawy?”
The princess gave him an apologetic look. “I apologize, but there’s an important guest today. The inspector for the Equestria Games is coming to see you, and we need to get ready!”
“Ok, ok!” Baby Discord whined as he kicked about, slowly getting up and giggling. “Guess ta inspectow wants to see mowe since she didn’t get to do tat yesterday.”
“Yes, I know,” Cadence sighed. “It’s a relief that Ms. Harshwhinny was impressed by the other mare’s tour. But I find it odd she’s so insistent on meeting you.”
“Maybe I’ww make fow a bettew touw guide ten Twiwy and hew fwiends!” The baby draconequus chirped, remembering how Twilight Sparkle and her friends had all shown the tour of the Crystal Empire to the wrong pony.
Princess Cadence then picked Snow Angel up, took the two babies to the kitchen, and fed them as quickly as possible: Shoveling a bunch of foal food into their mouths and then had them chugging down foal bottles filled with milk.
As the mare were wiping their mouths, Shining Armor trotted over, disheveled and a bit on edge as he asked, “Are the foals ready?”
The mare turned to face her husband with a smile. “Yes they are. Their diapers changed and their bellies are full.”
Shining Armor eyed Discord with concern “I think that it might be best if she doesn’t see him. Not that I don’t trust you, but if your chaos magic comes out, it’ll be bad, and she could change her mind about the Crystal Empire hosting the Equestria Games.”
Discord looked down, feeling a bit anxious. “Yeah, maybe Daddy is wight…I dun know if I can fuwwy contwow my magic with tat much pwessuwe.”
Princess Cadence rose up and waved a hoof. “Oh stop, the inspector will love to meet our babies. And you will be on your best behavior, won’t you, Discord?”
“I wiww, Mama.” Discord mumbled as he and Snow Angel were both taken to get dressed, Snow Angel was given a cute little blue dress while Discord got a little suited onesie. He blushed, seeing it was cute around his body, showing off his dragon-like tail and the diaper material poking from the leg holes. They were then taken to another room and waited patiently and played together in their nursery as Princess Cadence ran about sprucing up the place, putting away any stray toy she found and constantly checking their diapers.
They waited until Ms. Harshwhinny came through the doors with that dark auburn coat and straw blonde mane combed over and her stern, teal-colored eyes scanning the nursery. She seemed to hesitate before saying. “Now Princess Cadence, I know we had the formal tour yesterday despite the mix-up. But the truth is, I wanted to see your little foals myself, especially since I’ve been hearing so much about your adopted son, Discord.”
Princess Cadence nodded. “Yes, these are my adopted children: Discord and Snow Angel. They’re actually very smart for foals their age. We were thinking we might actually start potty training Discord soon since he’s maturing so fast.”
The mare was still looking stern but Discord noticed she was a bit off as she said. “Well, that’s all fine and dandy. But you see, the reason I came here today is that as much as I enjoyed the formal tour, despite the mix-up, I have to do another inspection!”
The princess of love blinked, looking a bit confused. “Yes, of course, but why did you need to see my adopted son, specifically? Is there something wrong with him? I assure you, I can take care of him, his little sister, and manage my responsibilities as a hostess.”
Ms. Harshwhinny’s stern demeanor started to crack, and a nervous smile crept over her. “Well, actually, the truth is…” She hesitated, then whispered. “I wish to explore The Crystal Empire as a foal.”
Princess Cadence and Discord were both taken aback and in utter shock as Ms. Harshwhinny’s face turned red, and she slammed a hoof. “You heard me! I want to inspect this kingdom in a way that no pony will ever expect. As a foal, it will give me the best opportunity to enjoy your delightful kingdom, without anyone knowing it’s me!”
Discord was at a loss for words as he stammered. “B-but uh…tat’s cwazy! I suwe thewe awe other ways, wike wearing a disguise!”
“I am aware that my request is a bit outlandish,” The inspector admitted. “...But I desire it nonetheless! If you refuse, that is reasonable. But I wished to see if this can be done, nonetheless.”
“We can make that happen. But uh, how old do you want to be again?” Princess Cadence nervously asked.
The inspector rose up, waved her hooves in front of her face, and cried. “Well, not in diapers of course, for Celestia's sake! I just want to be a school age filly again!”
An awkward silence followed as the three looked at each other. Then Princess Cadence gulped. “Well, Discord can do that. But I must warn you that his magic isn’t perfect. He might regress you to a younger state than you intend.”
“I understand the risks, but I still wish to go through with this.” Ms. Harshwhinny firmly declared.
The princess of love then slowly trotted over to Discord and whispered. “Do you think you can do this? This is rather ridiculous, so I can just tell her no.”
Discord sighed, rubbing his head. “I dun tink tis is a good idea, but we wanna make a good impwession and make up fow ta mess up yestaday.”
His mother nodded in agreement and added. “I don’t think this is a good idea either, but she’s given us the honor of hosting the games even though we messed up. You have gotten better with your chaos magic, right?”
“I have, and age wegwession is easy. I’ww do it…” He came over and sighed, looking at Ms. Harshwhinny. “Otay, ya gotta howd stiww. Awso, do ya gots a pictua of youwsewf as a foaw? It wouwd hewp.”
The mare’s cheeks flushed red as she said. “Sadly, I only have this,” She took out an old photograph and hoofed it to Discord. He looked down to see it was a picture of her as a toddler. Ms. Harshwhinny gulped, then said. “Try to imagine that but a year or two older, ok?”
“Otay, I’ww twy,” Discord sighed, knowing that it wasn’t going to be enough and he might regress her a bit younger than she thought. But he would do his best to keep her potty trained at least. And with a flick of a claw, the middle-aged earth pony started to regress.
When the spell finished, the adult mare was now in the much smaller body of a toddler filly, but she was a bit smaller than Discord originally planned as she looked over her body. “A little younger than I wanted, but this will do,” She shrieked, hearing her voice, “My goodness, I sound so young! How old am I?”
Discord shrugged as Cadence came over, looked over the filly, then said. “From what I estimate, no older than four.”
The little lord of chaos crossed his chubby claws over his chest and grumbled under his breath, “Oh deaw. Can I twy again?”
“No, this is fine!” The now toddler aged Ms. Harshwhinny protested. “Being a toddler again sounds like fun!”
Princess Cadence couldn’t help but snicker. “Well, you won’t require diapers. But I'll help you if you need to use the potty.”
“Yeah, that’s okay! Now, why don’t we go and have some fun? I want to explore everything there is to offer here!” Ms. Harshwinny excitedly exclaimed! She ran off and made it to the doorway, before Cadence pulled her back with her magic.
“Hold your horses,” The princess of love protested. “Now that you’re a foal, you need to listen to me: No running off on your own.”
“Ok, fine!” Harshwhinny whined with a pout.
Snow Angel waddled over and, with a giggle, asked, “So, ya is a baby now?”
The little orange-coated filly raised her nose up, then stomped a hoof as she cried. “No, I’m a bit older than ya, and I don’t need diapers.”
“Yes, but again, you’re a toddler, so I don’t think you’re too independent. Now come on, let’s get going.” Princess Cadence chimed in as she led the foals through the castle to the grand hall.
There, Prince Shining Armor stood by and looked rather confused. He then glared at Discord, but Princess Cadence raised a hoof. “Wait, hold on, he didn’t turn Mrs. Harshwhinny into a foal against her will: She wanted this to happen.”
The little filly looked a bit nervous as she explained. “It’s true, Prince Shining Armor. I wanted Discord to turn me into a filly again! I want to explore your kingdom like this!”
“Um, ok?” Shining blinked in surprise. “Well, if that’s the case, uh, Discord, just turn her back to normal, ok?”
“I wiww.” Discord replied as Shining nuzzled him, then whispered to his wife, who whispered something back and then kissed him as she led the foals out through the castle doors.
As they went out into the great city of the Crystal Empire, Ms. Harshwhinny looked around with bright eyes, enjoying all the sights of ponies trotting by. She couldn’t contain her excitement as she giggled and bounced around.
Discord then waddled over. “Ya weawwy wike being a fiwwy, huh?”
“Of course I am! This is so much fun! I can’t believe that this is real!” Harshwhinny chirped, then nuzzled Discord. “So, what should we do?”
The draconequus pondered for a second, then suggested. “Weww, thewe’s a jousting contest neawby. I heawd tat’s fun.”
“Otay, let’s go there!” Harshwhinny eagerly exclaimed!
Princess Cadence nodded. “Alright, let’s head to the jousting arena. Please stick together, and don't run off by yourselves.”
“Otay, Mama,” Discord and Snow Angel chimed in unison.
“Yes, Princess Cadence.” Harshwhinney chirped, The other foals giggled, and Ms. Harshwhinny’s cheeks flushed red. “Sorry, you’re not my mama. So I gotta call ya Princess Cadence, right?”
Princess Cadance laughed, “Well, for now, you can just call me Cady to make it easier.”
“Okay, Cady.” Harshwhinny replied.
They soon came to the jousting arena, and upon arriving an armor crystal stallion bowed and said. “Princess Cadence, we were not expecting you here today.”
“It’s alright,” Cadence replied. “I’m just taking my foals and their new friend to watch the jousting tournament.”
“Of course, your majesty. Understood.” The stallion nodded back, then led them to the front rows and had them seated.
The princess and the foals sat together, watching the massive stallions flying at each other with staffs that shattered against their chests. Ms. Harshwhinny cried and threw her hooves up as they clashed, quite frightened by the violence. So during the next bout, as the two stallions went at each other, Discord waved a claw, and the ends of the staffs were covered with foam as they bounced off each other, and two fell onto a foam-covered ground in a soft padded floor, not unlike one you would find in a nursery.
The crowd was in shock while the foals in the stands burst out laughing, with Harshwhinny starting to giggle. Princess Cadence eyed her son, who blushed and said. “Hey, tey being too wough. Tis way tey dun get huwt.”
The princess of love couldn’t help but giggle when she saw the stallions smashing into each other onto the foam ground, so she kissed her son and then said. “Alright, I agree with you on this one.”
The jousts continued with the new equipment despite it being a bit foal-like. And the foals all watched until Ms. Harshwhinny began to squirm about and whined. “I gotta go potty, Cady!”
“Come on!” Cadence declared as she picked up her children, and led the toddler away to the bathrooms. Fortunately, Ms. Harshwhinny only required assistance getting onto the toilet seat, she was able to do everything else herself.
After she went potty, Ms. Harshwhinny jumped down and hugged the princess. “Thank you, Cady.”
“No, thank you,” Cadence smiled as she turned to Discord. “I hope you were paying attention, Discord. That’s how you’re supposed to go potty when you’re in potty training. Think you can manage that when we start your training?”
Discord gulped a bit, eyeing the toilet. It looked pretty big to him, even though Harshwhinny had used it no problem. Still, he put on a brave face for his mother and said. “I’ww twy.”
Cadence nodded. “That’s all I can ask for. I’ll have to talk with your daddy and see what he thinks. But let’s work on getting you potty trained in time for the Equestria Games. That should give us at least half a year to perfect it.” Then after helping Ms. Harshwhinny to wash her hooves, she exited the bathroom with the foals and went to get some lunch.
They all went to a nearby park and ate some sandwiches with crystal berry jam, which the foals got all over their faces.
Ms. Harshwhinny was sucking on her hooves as she cooed. “Oh, that’s so good! I love the crystal berry sandwiches!”
“Yeah, tey so good!” Discord squealed as he continued to chomp on his.
Meanwhile, Snow Angel was being spoon-fed a jar of mashed crystal berries and nodded. “Tey gweat! Tey taste weawwy good!”
The little draconequus then wondered if Ms. Harshwhinny was enjoying herself and asked. “So, wha do you tink of expwowing the Cwystaw Empiwe so faw?”
Ms. Harshwhinny replied. “As a foal, I’m getting so many raw details of this place: How kind your ponies are, how they have so much fun, and how the food is amazing. It makes me so glad I picked the Crystal Empire to host the Equestria Games!”
“So, wha do we pway now?” Snow Angel asked.
“Yeah! Wet’s pway tag!” Discord squealed. The foals then chased each other around, trying to smear mashed crystal berries onto each other. As they chased each other around, the little orange-coated filly spotted some sheep in a pen nearby. Her eyes went wide, and she squealed in delight, rushing over and shouting. “Cady, can we go pet them, please?!”
“Of course.” Cadance chirped. She took the three and cleaned them up, then led the foals to the pen. Then they all came over and started to pet the soft wool, and nuzzled it.. Their wool was the softest in all of Equestria; Discord’s blankets and pillows were all made from it. He saw that Harshwhinny was enamored by the sheep as they brushed their hooves over them. They spent hours feeding and playing with the sheep until it was getting late. After some diaper changes, Princess Cadence thanked the shepherd, and she led the foals back to the castle.
Later that evening, after dinner, Ms. Harshwhinny was back in the nursery as she and Snow Angel were having a tea party together, sitting at a cute little pink plastic table and sipping tea from sippy cups.
Discord sat aside, seeing they wanted to have some “filly time,” and he couldn’t help but feel left out as he whined. “Why can’t I join?!”
Snow Angel giggled and said. “You a cowt, and only fiwwies can join us!”
Ms. Harshwhinny rose onto her hooves, and twirled about in a fluffy pink dress. “Besides, you have to wear pretty clothes.”
“Oh, ha-ha! I can dwess up top!” Discord snorted. With a claw snap, a cute frilly yellow dress, and a bonnet appeared around his head.
Snow Angel squealed, flapping her wings, and cried! “Aww, you wook so cute, Discowd!”
Ms. Harshwhinny snickered as they continued their tea party. Discord then said. “I tink I got’s a way to make tis tea party even bettew!” Then, with a snap, his claw again made the plushies come to life. They started wobbling about, serving tea and cupcakes as the foals took them and ate them gleefully.
As they drank tea and ate, Discord couldn’t help but notice Harshwhinny squirming about and smirking as he asked. “Do ya need to use the potty?”
The little filly pouted and then snapped. “No, I can hold it! It’s rude to go potty while at a tea party!”
“I can’t hold it!” Snow Angel giggled, showing off her already soaked padding.
Discord laughed and then did the same, showing his diaper was slightly yellow. “I did too!”
“Well, since you two are wearing diapers, can I also wear one just in case?” Ms. Harshwhinny asked with a blush.
“Uh, otay.” Discord then snapped his claw a third time, and a fluffy white diaper suddenly poofed into existence around Ms. Harshwhinny’s waist. It wasn’t long until she started to use it, with it growing yellow. She looked rather embarrassed, trying to hide it with her dress, but the foals continued their tea party without Discord or Snow Angel teasing Harshwhinny over her “accident”.
Princess Cadence then suddenly trotted into the room, looking rather surprised at the little chaotic tea party. But she was even more surprised by Harshwhinny’s attire as she asked. “Ms. Harshwhinny, you wanted to be in a diaper?”
The orange coated filly blushed. “Well, I had to use the potty, but I didn’t want to interrupt the tea party.”
Princess Cadence dawwed.“Well, if that’s what you wish. Just, um, are you comfortable with me changing your diaper as a result?”
The filly raised her head up and cried. “Of course I am! Treat me like a baby, just for now, okay?”
“Alright,” Cadence cooed. “Now let’s get those diapers changed,” She then lifted the little ones onto the changing table and went about changing each of the foals. After doing so, she then turned to Discord and asked. “Now, before we go to bed, can you clean up your mess, please?”
Discord looked to see the plush toys still playing tea party, and he quickly clapped his paw and claw together. The plush toys all plopped to the ground as the dress around him dissipated, leaving him in a light blue sleeper. “Thewe! See? Aww cweaned up!”
“You’re doing so well with your chaos magic.” Princess Cadence chimed as she lowered him into the crib, laying him between his sister and Mss. Harshwhinny. As Princess Cadence dimmed the lights, Harshwhinny and the baby draconequus cuddled together for warmth.
Discord turned to see the earth pony filly with her curly blonde mane already drifting off with the hiss of her filling her diaper. He blushed, seeing she was relaxed and enjoying her time as a foal, and thought deep down that she had wanted to be in diapers but was too embarrassed to say anything before. Then he nuzzled her, popped a pacifier in her mouth, and let it bob up and down as they all slowly fell asleep.
In the morning, Discord woke up and turned to see Ms. Harshwhinny squirming about. He saw her getting up to her first soggy diaper. He then turned to see Princess Cadence come back into the nursery with a comforting smile. She went over, nuzzled Discord, and asked. “How is she?”
“She swept aww thwough the night, even with hew diapee soaked.” Discord yawned as he got up, stretching his tiny limbs.
The princess of love then went about changing each of the foals' diapers. In the middle of Ms. Harshwhinny’s change, the filly cried out in surprise, but the pink-coated mare hushed her and then quickly strapped her in a new diaper. “Ok, my darlings, it’s time for breakfast.” She then took the three charges to the dining hall, placed them into high chairs, and fed them all a good helping of baby oatmeal mixed with crystal berries.
Ms. Harshwhinny gobbled her meal greedily as she joked with Discord. When they wrapped up the delicious breakfast a short time later, Harshwhinny wiped her mouth and sighed, “Guess I gotta go back to being a big pony now. But I would want to stay like tis for a bit longer.”
Discord, seeing that Mrs. Harshwhinny wanted to stay as a baby, spoke up. “Sowie, but ya gotta gwow up. You need to be settin up fow ta Equestwia Games, and you can’t do it as a foaw.”
Ms. Harshwhinny pouted as she thought things over, then said. “Alright, I’m ready.”
Discord then snapped with a steady claw, and the filly turned into an adult again as she adjusted her purple scarf. “Well, I dare say this kingdom has so much to offer, and it’s so interesting from a foal’s perspective.” She then bent down and said, “As for you, Discord, I have a special offer” Why don’t you be the mascot of the Equestria games?”
The lord of chaos pointed at himself and asked. “Me? Why me?!”
“First of all, you’re adorable—there’s no denying that—and you had such wonderful ideas while I was exploring the city as a foal!” Ms. Harshwhinny explained. “Also, you can use your chaos magic to liven things up a bit, seeing as you have it well under control! You are just what we need for the Equestria Games, and it will be an honor to have you as the official mascot.”
Princess Cadance stepped forward. “That’s great, but Discord might not be ready for all of that responsibility, he’s still just a baby.”
Discord pouted. “I can do tat! I wanna hewp, pwease!”
The princess of love then let out a sigh. “Well, alright, but I’ll be monitoring everything. And ponies are going to know about you, so be prepared and behave.”
“Otay, I wiww.” Discord promised.
“Excellent! Oh, this is so exciting!” Ms. Harshwhinny declared, then skipped off, still acting a bit like a foal, as Shining Armor came over and commented. “Well, it seems things went well.”
“Yeah, I gonna be ta mascot for ta Equestwia Games!” Discord cheered and jumped onto Shining’s back.
The stallion blinked, looking confused at his wife as he asked. “Uh, Cadence, what is Discord talking about?”
Princess Cadence gave an exasperated sigh and then said. “It’s a long story.”
