Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

That was it. The final moments of the Friendship Games were at hand, and Principal Abacus Cinch was watching them from the privileged position at the end of the two rows of students.

On her right, the disciplined, steadfast, orderly and well-trained cohort of students from her own school, the Crystal Prep School. On her left, the chaotic, unsteady and poorly-cobbled together riff-raff from the rival school, Canterlot High School.

At her opposite end Dean Cadence stood besides the two incompetent Principals running the other school, and, in the middle of the two rows, Principal Cinch's living jewel, Twilight Sparkle- a girl as smart and talented as she was weak-willed and submissive- was walking forward towards the designated spot where she was going to unlock the magic-capturing device of her creation, thusly unleashing the same power used as unfair advantage by Canterlot high School's rabble.

When she was a few steps away from the designated stop, Twilight turned around, looking at Cinch with what Cinch could only assume (and hope) were frightful eyes. Principal Cinch smirked and nodded her head, as to give her permission to proceed. The girl, with a visible gulp, turned around again, lifting the amulet-shaped device up in the air, holding it by the leather string. Meanwhile, Dean Cadence announced the start of the third challenge, and six girls from the opposite school's mob stepped forward, calling out Twilight's name in what Cinch could perfectly feel like despair.

"I see you do not like being beaten at your own game..." Principal Cinch muttered under her breath, as she watched the device slowly opening up and one of the girls of the riff-raff trying to make herself way. "Sadly for you, it is now too late. You shall suffer my school superiority!"

When it was full open, the amulet released a glowing white ball that floated mid-air and Twilight- much to everybody's surprise and shock- started to hover above the ground. Principal Cinch recoiled, but she planted her shoes' heels firmly in the soft muddy ground to stop herself from fleeing.

"I must watch, I cannot let such a momentous event escape my eyes!" She said to herself out loud. The glowing white ball rapidly morphed itself into what looked like an old-timey pocket watch, and then, still hovering, moved away from Twilight and went towards the two rows' center, dragging a shrieking Twilight along gently.

"What is that?" "What is going on?" "Is that supposed to happen?": Those were the questions coming from the stupefied crowds. Thought-much to her delight- Principal Cinch note that her students, even in the general confusion, still didn't break ranks, while the rival school's mob had started to scatter.

Then, all of the sudden, the pocket watch turned into a whirlpool of blinding light, accompanied by a mighty roar of unknown origin. Principal Cinch immediately covered her eyes with her arms, but she stood still, not afraid what was going on in front of her, despite the light, the fact that her ears- after catching the roar- were now ringing, and the feeling of her legs thinning down.

After what she felt like it had been an eternity in covering her eyes, the ringing waned and she also felt a little bit more stronger and healthier than before, Principal Cinch lowered her arms to watch on the mayhem.

"Let us see what happened..." She said to herself.

The scene in front of her was anything but pleasant to her eyes. Where the rows used to be, now there were just piles of clothes and, where Twilight used to be there was a baby- one likely no older than six months- looking like Twilight, and she was curled up and crying under an uniform. Looking at her sides, Principal Cnch noticed many toddlers runnign around, their bodies barely covered by pieces of clothing way bigger than they were. Some of the toddlers simply sat on the ground crying, others huddled together either for warmth or safety, and others tried to pick up some infants lying under the discarded clothes. Meanwhile, Dean Cadence ran around, trying to comfort some of the children, in collaboration with Principal Celestia and Viceprincipal Luna.

Clearly, the magic had regressed most- if not all- students to babies.

"I wasted so much money and reputation on Twilight for  this?" she said incensed, as she rushed forward to pick up the infantilized Twilight and hold her by the armpits, glaring right in Twilight's terrified big eyes.

"Listen up, you disgrace!" Principal Cinch said. "You have failed me immensely and thoroughly. You made me spend time and money to enroll your pretty face to Everton, and you repay me with this failure?! How dare you? Look at what you've done!"

Principal Cinch turned around to show the shameful display that was Crystal Prep's regressed student body.

"You have turned all of your peers into tiny, little, useless babies!" Principal Cinc said, as Twilight started to whimper. "I would punt you on the other side of the country, if you did not have parents, so I will settle to the next best thing: starting from tomorrow, your presence will not be welcome on my school's premises!"

Twilight's whimpers turned into a desperate, inelegant blubber that only a small child could do. Principal Cinch sighed, feeling much better about herself, as she kneeled next to Twilight's old clothes and grabbed the pink panties, tying them around Twilight’s tiny waist so to not have unpleasant accidents happen while she was still in her arms. Done so, Principal Cinch looked sternly at the toddlers running around in front of her.

"As for you," she shouted, keeping Twilight under her left armpit. "Regression is no excuse to skip school! Tomorrow, you'll come to school in your uniforms, no matter of small they are, and you will behave like the students of a prestigious school should, no matter how brown their underpants get! Was I clear enough!?"