Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

“I want to apologize again for the behavior of my secretary,” Doctor Tenderlimb said to his patient, Fluttershy. The pegasus was currently seated on the patient bed, while the doctor recorded her vitals “She hasn’t been on the job for very long, and as a result she is under a lot of stress. I will discipline her accordingly once this appointment is complete.”

“Oh, I’m sure she didn’t mean to be so rude,” Fluttershy replied “But could we please hurry this up a bit? My animal friends need my help. Some of them can manage just fine, but I know Angel can get rather impatient if he doesn’t get his food on time.”

“Just relax,” Doctor Tenderlimb insisted “I’ve got to get these vital signs recorded in the database, and prepare the immunization shots you’ll need to receive. I’m rather understaffed at the moment.”

Fluttershy tried her best to be patient, while Doctor Tenderlimb got everything ready. But unfortunately, she had to wait a long time.

At last, just when Fluttershy was about to give up and reschedule her appointment for a better time (and possibly at a better equipped hospital, even if that meant having to go over budget), Doctor Tenderlimb came running back into the room, several vials held aloft with his bright green magic aura.

“So sorry about the wait, miss,” he apologized heavily “But I had a hard time finding the right vaccinations. Some of the labels were hard to read, but I think I got all the correct ones.”

Fluttershy knew what was coming next, and reluctantly allowed the doctor to grab one of her hooves, and inject the medicine from the shot into her coat. Fluttershy whimpered from the pain, but tried her best to be brave. After all, she didn’t want to give any of her friends a contagious disease because she refused to take her shots like a grown mare.

Then, something unexpected happened, Fluttershy blinked, and suddenly felt herself beginning to shrink in size.

Tenderlimb gasped, as he looked more carefully at the vaccines he had picked out. “It’s the mixture,” he realized “I filled up the vials with the wrong combination of chemicals! Oh, I’m going to be sued big time for this!”

“Can’t you stop the regression?!” Fluttershy demanded in a high pitched voice.

“I don’t know what I put into your system,” Doctor Tenderlimb admitted “The mixture could’ve come from any combination of medicine and bacteria. I’ll have to sort through every last needle until I know which one contains what, then I can work on creating an antidote to reverse the effects.”

“Well, what am I supposed to do in the meantime?” Fluttershy asked, as she finally stopped regressing in size.

“First thing’s first,” Doctor Tenderlimb replied, lifting Fluttershy up, and pulling out a box from under the sink “You’re going to need some protection, and you know what that means.”

Fluttershy blushed profusely, as the doctor diapered and powdered her like she was an actual newborn baby pony. This was unlike anything she’d ever experienced before, and she didn’t like it at all.

“Now then, I shall need to get in touch with the pony you put down for your emergency contact,” Doctor Tenderlimb explained “She’ll look after you until an antidote is developed. I promise you’ll be fully compensated for this.”

Fluttershy gulped, the pony she had put down as her emergency contact was her good friend Rarity. And she had a good feeling she knew what Rarity was going to do when she learned her friend was now little more than a foal in size.