Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

There was no way she could deny it, no matter how hard she tried. Granny Smith was old, and she was only getting older as days and months passed.

She had been through a lot, and seen a lot in her lifetime. But Granny Smith was slowly coming to terms with the fact that she wasn’t the young, free spirit that she used to be.

There were still some things she could do, including using the bathroom like the rest of her family. But other than that, Granny Smith felt old in every sense of the word.

She wanted nothing more than to feel young again, just once. And she made this clear on numerous occasions.

And so it was that Granny Smith found herself trying out this unusual place that had opened up just recently. The advertisement had claimed that it could make any and all customers feel young again.

Upon arriving, Granny Smith was automatically taken to a back room, which was painted with unusually bright and foalish colors.

After waiting for just a few seconds, Granny Smith was greeted with the presence of an earth pony stallion with a pure white coat. He had a red mane and tail styled neatly, and his brown eyes gave off a look of kindness and trust. But what Granny Smith found odd about him, was his cutie mark. It was a gold pocket watch that seemed to be swinging, to what side Granny Smith couldn’t tell.

“Hello there, you must be my patient,” the doctor greeted, his gentle tone and soothing words made Granny Smith feel like she could trust him “I am Doctor Blank Slate.”

“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Doctor Blank Slate.” Granny Smith replied, shaking the stallion’s hoof.

“Please, just call me doc,” Doctor Blank Slate insisted, and cleared his throat “Now then, I understand that you wish to feel young again, correct?”

“It’s like ya read my mind!” Granny Smith said eagerly “What are you gonna have me do?”

Doctor Blank Slate responded, by digging into the pocket of his uniform, and pulling out a pocket watch not unlike the one depicted on his cutie mark. “Just watch this watch.” he instructed to Granny Smith.

“I fail to see how that’s gonna help me.” Granny Smith replied.

“Just do as I say, you’ll understand in a matter of minutes.” Doctor Blank Slate instructed, as he held the watch in his right hoof.

Granny Smith shrugged “Well, if you say so.”, and she focused her eyes on the gold object in front of her.

Doctor Blank Slate began to swing the watch back and forth, and Granny Smith followed it. Before long, she had unknowingly fallen into a trance, and was prone to any hypnotic suggestion that would reach her ears.

Doctor Blank Slate smiled, the treatment was working perfectly. “Listen very carefully to me, Smith.” he said, using his voice to give instructions to his patient.

“I will obey.” came the reply. Granny Smith was completely unaware of what was going on.

“When I clap my hooves together and shout ‘Change!’ you will start to act like a little foal, no more than a year in age.” Doctor Blank Slate instructed.

“Yes, doc.” Granny Smith nodded in a trance like tone.

“And when I clap my hooves together again and shout ‘Grow up!’ you will return to your normal adult self, and you will have no recollection of what you did as a foal. You will assume that I gave you a potion that temporarily made you feel young again,” Doctor Blank Slate added “Do you understand?”

“Of course.” Granny Smith replied.

Doctor Blank Slate smiled “Good.” And with that, he clapped his hooves together and shouted “Change!”.

For a few seconds, nothing happened. But then, almost instinctively, Granny Smith started to suck on her hoof and babble “Me like pretty colors.” in a very foalish tone of voice.

Doctor Blank Slate smiled again, and put his pocket watch away, the treatment was working perfectly. “Hello, young Smith,” he greeted in a gentle tone “I am your caretaker, Mr. Crinkle.”

“Hi.” Granny Smith replied in a foalish voice.

“Come with me, please,” Doctor Blank Slate instructed, leading Granny Smith out of the examination room, and down the hall through a set of doors painted in foalish colors “We must get you diapered.”

“No need diapees! Me can use the potty by myself!” Granny Smith protested.

“I’m afraid you do not have a choice. All visitors to this day care center must wear diapers.” Doctor Blank Slate replied, as he hoisted Granny Smith onto a changing table modified for an adult pony, and proceeded to diaper her.