To be Young Again

by Chatterjoy

Chapter 3

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After giving her sister a grueling task, Celestia headed towards the kitchen. She suspected part of Twilight's wailing was due to hunger. It was close to dinner time anyway, so no doubt Luna would be joining them shortly.

The guard that Celestia sent did his job well and all staff were aware of the situation. All the guards that she passed nodded, seeming to have shaken off their laughter and embraced the seriousness of the situation.

Filly Twilight moved and rolled off of Celestia's back, but the Princess's magic caught her before she hit the ground. "I'm really going to have to get a filly carrier or something," Celestia muttered to herself.

On the one hoof, the thought of having to take care of Twilight made her wince, but on the other hoof, it seemed like fun. She was younger in this form than when she first joined Celestia as her protege. Even though Celestia did kind of take care of her then, Twilight was pretty much independent at that time.

In this form, though, Celestia began to quickly realize that Twilight was going to rely on her more than ever. The Princess shivered at the thought. Now that Twilight was a filly again, she would be having magic surges, and with the new wings she would surely be zipping around everywhere!

Even though these thoughts made her grimace on the inside, Celestia couldn't help but smile. She had thought about being a mother, but being a ruler of Equestria meant she had greater responsibilities, and now was her chance to see if she could achieve it.

Celestia soon found herself in the kitchen with a dozen cooks creating today's dinner. One cook with brown fur and a dark black mane with a soup bowl for a cutie mark bowed low and offered the baby food to her.

"Thank you so much," she said with a nod. The cook bowed and continued to prepare the rest of the dinner.

The smell of food wafted into Twilight's nose, and the filly began to stir before Celestia had left the kitchen. Celestia quickly walked to the dining hall.

The filly had already begun to tear up because of the hunger, but Celestia beat her to it. Magically lifting both the bottle of formula and Twilight, she sat herself and the filly next to the table, and she began to bottle feed her.

The filly instantly latched onto the bottle and began to guzzle down every last drop. Celestia would remove the bottle every so often as to not let her choke or drink it too fast.

As she had seen so many parents do when their foal was done eating, she levitated the filly and began to burp her. Twilight let out a modest one, but felt better. Unfortunately for Celestia, since Twilight just had a whole bottle of formula, she crossed her legs but could not stop the yellow substance that trickled down and splattered on the table and Celestia.

Celestia sighed as Twilight giggled at the mess she made. The Princess gave her a stern look, but couldn't keep it up as Twilight grabbed Celestia's flowing mane and began to suck on it.

The dining hall door suddenly burst open, and Luna in her loud voice boomed, "OH TIA I'LL HAVE THEE KNOW THAT I HAVE FOUND NOTHING HELPFUL!" The Moon Princess lowered her volume upon seeing the mess, her sister included in it. She chuckled and fell onto the floor laughing. Twilight imitated the Dark Princess, and rolled on her back giggling.

Celestia sighed but smiled. "Sister, since you can see my obvious predicament, I will go wash up. Maybe you can be useful in cleaning up here, since you couldn't find anything to help cure Twilight." Before Luna could respond, Celestia teleported Twilight and herself to the bathroom, where she started up a lukewarm bath.

Celestia lowered herself into the tub and gently lifted Twilight with her magic. She was about to put her in the tub when the filly began to squirm against the magic. Twilight's horn gave fizzes of sparks, but she was not strong enough to overpower the Sun Princess, and was eventually lowered into the water, with a little help from a stern look from Celestia.

Twilight soon found the water to her liking, and began to lightly splash and play in it while Celestia cleaned herself off. Celestia spent plenty of time on her face, where Twilight's unfortunate accident had occurred.

Twilight began to play with her face to mimic Celestia. The Princess chuckled, and she gently began to scrub the filly who did not resist this time, perhaps hoping it would be just as good as the water. After double checking that both of them were shining, Celestia exited the tub with Twilight in her magic.

When the two were dried off, Celestia carried Twilight on her back to her room, where she set the filly down on her bed. Calling a guard, Celestia asked for some diapers, and for her dinner to be brought to her. "Diapers...I should have thought of that before,” Celestia told herself, sternly. “Fillies don't wear them for nothing."

The guard acknowledged the order and ran to carry it out. Celestia turned around to see no Twilight, but before panic could set in that she lost the little filly, she heard suckling noises as Twilight began nipping and chewing and suckling on anything she could try, but nothing seemed to please her, causing her to tear up.

Celestia quickly put her hoof next to the filly's face, and Twilight began to suckle on her foot. Celestia sighed, glad that she could prevent some wailing when the tiny Alicorn began to doze off.

Somepony knocked on her door, and Celestia opened it, and with a very big thank you, took the supplies. She diapered Twilight, who was too tired to fuss, and Celestia ate her dinner afterwards.

She carefully watched Twilight, who tried to get up and walk. When the filly fell down, she tried to get up and walk again, but every attempt failed. The filly was able to get a step in before falling, but that was the last straw as she stared up at Celestia, and held out her front hooves and began to cry.

Celestia felt something turn in her heart, but she shook it off and levitated Twilight towards her, which instantly cheered up the little filly as she was set next to the Princess.

It wasn't long before the filly curled up into a tiny ball and fell asleep. Celestia smiled, but let out an exhausted sigh as she curled up around Twilight and laid her head on her pillows. She levitated her tray that once held her dinner onto the table, and wrapped her tail around the filly like a blanket. The Princess giggled as Twilight began to subconsciously suckle it.

Celestia smiled slightly, but frowned as she realized that the next day she would have to tell Twilight's friends the unfortunate news. As she stared at the sleeping filly, she wondered if it was unfortunate at all.

Both were too tired to care.


Author's Note

A little longer I think.

Comments? Feedback?

EDIT: Made some changes so hopefully it is a little longer and makes more sense.

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