Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

It was a rather rainy day in Equestria, the kind of day where anypony not in charge of the weather would prefer to stay indoors and do nothing at all.

At Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie was trying to pass the time by playing with Pound and Pumpkin Cake. But they were not easily amused.

“Come on guys.” Pinkie Pie said to the twins “I know you want to have fun. Just smile already.” And she proceeded to make all sorts of funny faces towards them.

But aside from a few faint giggles, Pound and Pumpkin Cake didn’t give off any sort of sign that they were entertained.

At last, Pinkie Pie stopped and rested for a moment. She’d been trying really hard to make Pound and Pumpkin Cake smile, but it seemed like today was a day where her usual tricks weren’t working. Even dumping a sack of flour over her head wasn’t enough to get them to laugh.

“This rainy day must be really dampening their spirits.” Pinkie Pie thought to herself “There’s gotta be something that will get them to smile. But what?”

Pinkie Pie looked all around for anything that she hadn’t already used on Pound and Pumpkin Cake. All of their various toys lay scattered about on the ground, they had long since grown bored of them. Even their rattles hadn’t been able to keep them entertained for more than a few minutes.

About the only things laying on the floor of the nursery that Pinkie Pie hadn’t used, were various stuffed animals. And then, Pinkie Pie got an idea.

Pound and Pumpkin Cake were quite surprised when Pinkie Pie suddenly zipped around the nursery, scooping up all of their stuffed animals. They were used to Pinkie Pie coming up with crazy ideas, but that didn’t mean they understood her thought process behind them.

The twins were even more surprised when Pinkie Pie carried the animals over to the changing table. Just what was she trying to do?

“This is going to be my best idea yet!” Pinkie Pie thought happily to herself, as she took some diapers off of the stack, and slipped them onto the animals.

A few seconds later, Pinkie Pie had strapped a diaper to the last stuffed animal, a stuffed monkey. But she wasn’t done yet, there was one last thing she needed to do. Taking another diaper from the stack, Pinkie Pie carefully fastened it to her, taking great care to strap it up properly, and powder herself. With that done, she took one last diaper, and placed it on her head like a hat.

Pound and Pumpkin Cake couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw Pinkie Pie line the diapered stuffed animals up in a row, before putting herself out in front.

“Thank you all for coming.” Pinkie Pie said cheerfully “And now, the first official Padded Parade of Sugarcube Corner can begin. But first, I’ll need two very special foals to help me get the parade marchers up and running.”

Pound and Pumpkin Cake realized at once that Pinkie Pie was referring to them, more specifically to their ability to fly and use magic in short bursts. They could hardly contain their eagerness, as Pinkie Pie came over to their playpen, lifted them out, and carried them over to the stuffed animals.

A few seconds later, with Pound and Pumpkin Cake’s help, the parade began. The twins enjoyed themselves enormously, and the biggest smiles they had ever smiled registered quite clearly on their faces.

Pinkie Pie took those smiles as a sign of a job well done.