Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

“Why you fire Swirly Sweet? She nice.” Rainbow Dash asked her father, as he waited for Swirly Sweet to arrive.

“She’s gotten our little Dashie to start using the toilet,” Rainbow Dash’s mother chimed in “Without her, I don’t know if Rainbow Dash would’ve ever been potty trained.”

“It’s what she did to train Rainbow Dash that has me so worried.” Rainbow Dash’s father replied, as there came a knock on the door.

When the door was opened, Swirly Sweet walked in. “Hello, Rainbow Dash. Have you been a good filly?” she asked.

Rainbow Dash nodded “Yeah, I make sure toilet monster never come back. Toilet not so scary now that toilet monster gone.” she boasted.

Swirly Sweet smiled, at this rate, Rainbow Dash was going to be out of pull-ups much faster than the time it had taken for her to get out of diapers.

Rainbow Dash’s father spoke up and cleared his throat. He turned to his wife, and to Rainbow Dash and said “There’s something Swirly Sweet and I would like to discuss, alone!” The two pegasi then went upstairs, while Rainbow Dash and her mother were left to wonder just what was going on.

Swirly Sweet was quite surprised, when Rainbow Dash’s father looked angrily at her and immediately said “How dare you flush my daughter down the toilet! You could’ve killed her!”

Swirly Sweet was completely confused by the accusation Rainbow Dash’s father had thrown at her “Whatever do you mean? I didn’t flush Rainbow Dash.” she replied.

“Oh really, then why did she tell me that it almost ate her, and then you told her she was a hero?!” Rainbow Dash’s father asked “You and I both know what that would mean!”

“You can’t believe everything you hear from a four year old. Rainbow Dash especially likes to exaggerate.” Swirly Sweet defended, even as she began to sweat a bit. If Rainbow Dash had truly blabbed about what had happened during her first potty training session, Swirly knew she was in big trouble.

“It makes all too much sense!” Rainbow Dash’s father said crossly “You flush colts and fillies down the toilet, then rescue them and tell them that they’re heroes, all the while ensuring that their parents are never any the wiser! Unfortunately for you, Rainbow Dash unintentionally helped expose your methods!”

“I’ve never flushed anypony, my potty training methods have been honest and nothing out of the ordinary for colts and fillies of every age,” Swirly Sweet said seriously “If you asked all the other foals I’ve toilet trained, I guarantee that not one of them would say I flushed them down the toilet.”

“Then why did you do it to Rainbow Dash?! And why did you tell her she was a hero because of it?!” Rainbow Dash’s father asked Swirly Sweet.

“You don’t understand, I didn’t flush her!” Swirly Sweet protested.

“Then just what happened in the bathroom that led to all of this?! I want the truth, and I want it now!” Rainbow Dash’s father demanded.

Swirly Sweet sighed, but confessed “It was an accident, I swear. I took Rainbow Dash into the bathroom because she had to poop. I sat her on the toilet, and told her that she was going to sit on the seat until she did her business.”

“So, what happened after that?” Rainbow Dash’s father asked.

Swirly Sweet paused, as if trying to consider how to put what she was about to say as delicately as possible. Then, she told Rainbow Dash’s father “Rainbow Dash started to panic and flail about on the seat. I tried to get her to stop, but she wouldn’t listen. Those motions caused her to slide off the seat, and in her haste to grab hold of something to avoid falling in, she forced the handle down. By the time she landed in the bowl, it was too late for me to do anything, and she was flushed down the drain.”

“So, how did you get her out?!” Rainbow Dash’s father asked with concern.

“I used a plunger, because the toilet had backed up. It took some effort, but I managed to get her out,” Swirly Sweet explained “I cleaned up as best I could, while also helping Rainbow Dash learn how to potty like a big filly.”

“And that’s where the whole hero thing came from, isn’t it?” Rainbow Dash’s father asked Swirly Sweet, who nodded in response.

“Please, don’t fire me! I didn’t intend for Rainbow Dash to get flushed, it wasn’t suppose to happen. She was just suppose to sit on the seat, realize the toilet wasn’t a monster, and then poop in it and realize how good it felt.” Swirly Sweet pleaded.

Rainbow Dash’s father was silent for a little bit, and considered everything Swirly Sweet had told him.

It was true that Swirly Sweet was responsible for this “hero” business that Rainbow Dash kept prattling on about, and it was all because Rainbow Dash was flushed while under Swirly Sweet’s guidance.

But at the same time, Swirly Sweet had managed to get Rainbow Dash to start using the toilet like she was supposed to, and it had not only owned up to what went wrong, but had tried her best to correct it.

Truth be told, Rainbow Dash’s father had been at a bit of a loss on how to toilet train his daughter, due to his own struggles with potty training as a colt. And his wife had been a slow learner as well. Swirly Sweet was the sort of toilet training expert that Rainbow Dash’s father had been looking for, since his daughter became old enough to use the toilet.

Was he really going to fire said expert because of one slip up, even if it was a pretty harsh one?

Swirly Sweet waited and waited for a response from Rainbow Dash’s father, all the while not daring to say anything to break the silence. She just stood there, sweating bullets, and wondering what her fate would be.

At last, Rainbow Dash’s father made up his mind about what was going to happen to Swirly Sweet. He looked her in the eyes and said as seriously as he could “I have decided, that I’m not going to fire you, even if you were responsible for my daughter getting flushed down the toilet. Accidents do happen, and I’d be lying if I said you haven’t been a big help regardless of that misstep.”

“Oh, thank you, sir!” Swirly Sweet said excitedly “I promise, I won’t let it happen again!”

“See that you don’t, because if it does and I find out that you’re responsible for it, I will have you fired. No ifs, ands, or buts.” Rainbow Dash’s father said seriously.

“I understand completely, thank you so much for giving me another chance.” Swirly Sweet replied, as she and Rainbow Dash’s father made their way back downstairs.

“Oh, Dashie, I have some good news for you!” Rainbow Dash’s father called, but Rainbow Dash was nowhere in sight.

“Rainbow Dash, where are you?” Swirly Sweet called, but there was no reply.

“She said she had to go potty, and headed for the bathroom. She also mentioned something about ‘Fighting toilet monster’ again.” Rainbow Dash’s mother told the two.

Rainbow Dash’s father, and Swirly Sweet, quickly made their way to the bathroom door. As they drew close, they could see a small puddle of toilet water on the other side of the door. A sign that the toilet was clogged up.

Swirly Sweet and Rainbow Dash’s father exchanged nervous glances, a clogged toilet could mean many things, but given the circumstances it could very well mean something they both hoped hadn’t happened.

Without hesitation, the two adults opened the bathroom door. When they did, they gasped upon discovering what had caused the toilet to overflow.