Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

Rarity loved her new baby colt whom she named Quartz,and the foal seemed to enjoy being loved by her.

She had almost thought she was dreaming when she was woken up one winter night by what had sounded like crying.

Upon opening the door, she had been shocked to discover a brown coated earth pony foal with a yellow mane and tail that looked as if they had gone weeks without being brushed. His blue eyes reflected a look of sorrow, which seemed to fade when he glanced at Rarity.

“Mama...” they had said.

At first, Rarity was reluctant to take in the child permanently, even if she had to admit he was the most adorable little colt she had seen since Pound Cake. Being a fashion designer, and constantly having to look after her little sister, Rarity wasn’t certain she could spare the time and resources to properly love and care for the colt.

She tried asking all around, hoping that somepony was searching for a lost foal. But as the weeks stretched on with no response, Rarity reluctantly decided that she would adopt the colt herself, since he had taken such a shine to her.

Naming him proved to be difficult, but Rarity eventually settled on Quartz, for she felt the name suited him. And the colt seemed to agree with her.

“Does my baby want his diapee changed? “ Rarity asked, nuzzling her son, as she held him in her hooves. She placed him gently onto the changing table in the nursery she had set up in her room. Despite not being a big fan of changing diapers, Rarity proved to be surprisingly skilled at it (having magic certainly made it easier).

Quartz smiled and giggled, which Rarity took as a sign to proceed. In a matter of seconds, she had successfully wiped and powdered him, and set him in a fresh diaper.

“There we go, all nice and clean,” Rarity smiled, cradling Quartz in her arms “Just wait until your Aunt Sweetie Belle gets a load of you, she’ll love you just as much as I do.”

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Not one to turn away guests, Rarity carefully placed Quartz into his crib near her bed. “Just stay there, darling, Mama will be right back.” she said softly, and went downstairs to answer the door.

When the door was opened, in trotted a red coated earth pony stallion with a blond mane and tail not unlike that of Quartz. He was accompanied by a brown coated earth pony with a curly black mane and tail. Both had blue eyes that expressed nothing but pure rage, directed at Rarity.

“Ma’am, we know you’ve ponynapped our son!” the stallion shouted “Give him back at once!”

“I’m sorry, I don’t believe we’ve met,” Rarity said, trying to defuse the situation “My name is Miss. Rarity, may I ask who you are?”

“My name is Rock Solid,” the stallion replied in an angry tone of voice “And my wife is Cold Dirt. Our son disappeared months ago, and after all this time searching, we finally learn that he’s been with you the whole time!”

“Well, I beg your pardon, but I specifically tried to search for the parents of a foal for weeks,” Rarity replied “I even circulated a few ads in the papers. If you wished to take back your child, you simply needed to come see me. As it is, I’m afraid I can’t turn him over to you.”

“Why not?!” Cold Dirt demanded “Give us back our son, or we will take you to court and bring a lawsuit against you for your actions!”

“I adopted your ‘son’ and named him Quartz, he is in my custody,” Rarity explained “And as the local hospital will clearly testify, when I found him he was very near death! He was cold, beaten up, and looked like he had not bathed in weeks! Nurse Redheart told me he was underfed to the point of malnourishment, and even now he is still below average weight for a foal of his age and species!”

“You dare to accuse us of child abuse?!” Rock Solid snapped “How dare you! Release ‘Quartz’ to us, or we’ll sue you for everything you have!”

“If you believe you can find a way to prove to the courts that the evidence of abuse and neglect provided by the hospital is not accurate, then by all means, take Quartz away,” Rarity threatened “I don’t want to believe you are as cold and heartless as I assumed the parents of Quartz would be, but seems I have been proven right! Quartz is in far better condition with me, than he ever was with you! I only wish I hadn’t tried to return him to his original family sooner!”

“Your adoption isn’t legal, we’ll see to that!” Rock Solid threatened.

“Good luck attempting to defy a declaration issued by not only the Mayor of Ponyville, but also Princess Twilight,” Rarity told Rock Solid “I’m sure she will be ‘interested’ to hear your side of the story.”

Rock Solid and Cold Dirt quickly realized what was going on, and with much teeth gritting they left. But not before they vowed to bring the lawsuit to Rarity anyway, convinced she had no case to stand on.

Rarity retreated to her nursery to care for Quartz. “Don’t worry, my baby,” she said softly, as she looked at her sleeping son “Everything will be alright, I promise.”