Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

"Granny says Ah've gotta stop usin' these." Apple Bloom's mouth twisted unhappily. "If it weren't for the fact that she's just a little bit nutty and AJ's a little... weird when it comes to bein' a big sister, Ah might not've been able ta even beg to keep the ones I got." The floor of the secluded clubhouse creaked as Apple Bloom pivoted to look back where her friends stared at the thick cloth and simple foal-pink cover secured around her rump. "It's lucky these are reusable, but they're a pain to wash out without gettin' mah hooves well... n-never mind." Despite opening up, she didn't feel quite ready to explain how the smell lingered on her hooves even after scrubbing them thoroughly whenever her pleas to Applejack or Granny to wash it for her were rejected.

"What about Big McIntosh?" Scootaloo's gazed flicked briefly at the little Apple's face then back to stare again at her friend's diapered rump.

"Seems t' not care," Apple Bloom shrugged with one foreleg, "er else pretends not to."

Sweetie Belle inched forward, focused as they talked, intent on eventually working her way opposite Scootaloo who hadn't been shy at all, but now extended her hoof uninvited to prod at the impermeable outer layer to test the density of the material beneath it. It felt at least a pony's muzzle thick, she decided.

The contact Sweetie observed between the two made her eager enough to forget her shyness, and, taking a few steps forward, she extended her hoof as well to feel. "I bet Rarity would never let me wear a... a diaper." A glint in the little unicorn's round eyes and the slight parting of her lips hinted of envy. Her hoof moved back over the padding and across the yellow crusader's right buttock, causing Apple Bloom's small red tail to twitch upward involuntarily.

"So... whadd'ya both think?" Apple Bloom blushed faintly, looking between each of her friends.

Scootaloo withdrew her hoof and grinned suddenly, mischief forming on her brow. "I think... n-now that you've got it on, you should use it!" The tiny orange pegasus stifled a giggle and felt her face grow warm.

Sweetie gasped, and her face lit. "Yeah!" The crack in her voice was pure excitement, no note of teasing as there had been in Scootaloo's. "You should!" Despite encouraging Apple Bloom to mess herself, Sweetie moved in closer. Her hoof eagerly, innocently stroked directly beneath the little earth pony's tail.

"H-hey!" Apple Bloom jumped a little, causing the small ivory filly to retreat a bit. "Watch it! That tickles!"

"Oh! Uhm... Sorry, Apple Bloom." Sweetie looked away embarrassed.

"It's... alright, actually." She pondered a moment. "Ah think I liked it. ... Ah just wasn't ready, I guess." Apple Bloom shifted awkwardly, still twisted to look back at her friends. "If ya really both don't think it'd be too, uh... weird, Ah—ah guess I could go ahead 'n... make somethin' back there."

Scootaloo looked pink-faced and uncertainly at her friends' odd interaction and their unexpected willingness until another idea suddenly hit her. "Do it—do it! And, when you're done... Sweetie Belle, you have to change her."