[C] Don't Eat Strange Gems

Don't Eat Strange Gems
Chapter Three
By Scribe Feather

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Sweetie Belle rushed out of the Carousel Boutique with a fresh, white diaper crinkling loudly behind her. Scootaloo and Applebloom, donning their own pairs of thick diapers waited impatiently outside.

“What took you so long!” Scootaloo exclaimed, “we were waiting out here for hours!”

“Blame my sister!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed, her voice squeaking in frustrated fumes. “She wouldn’t let me leave the house until I got my diaper changed.”

“Sisters,” Applebloom grumbled as she rolled her eyes, “always ruining our fun.”

“Well whatever! You’re dry now so we can get started,” Scootaloo added as she pulled out a hand drawn map. The map crudely charted out the town of Ponyville as well as small sections of land surrounding it. Certain buildings were circled in red with a thick dotted line connecting them like a treasure map. “I’ve got a number of stops in mind that are sure to have SOMETHING we’re good at!”

“Then less get started!” Applebloom exclaimed, dashing down the street with the other two waddling close behind.

Wasting no time at all, the three diapered fillies quickly set off to find their cutie marks. The adventure led them all over Ponyville, picking up odd jobs wherever they could. Whenever they were fortunate enough to find a pony who needed a task done, the three happily applied themselves, hoping this task would be the one that earned them their cutie marks.

The three friends ventured deeper into the new, diaper centric world without a care in the world. The only thing they seemed to have been worried about was getting their cutie marks. They seemed completely blind to the fact that everypony in town now wore diapers twenty-four seven.

Among a long list of things to try, synchronized swimming was one that seemed the most promising. Applebloom and Scootaloo were certain that something that involved teamwork would be easily conquered by the three friends. In their excitement, the three made a mad dash to the public pool.

The diving board bowed down a bit as the three filles peered off the edge into the deep blue water. The deep end of the pool seemed to stretch for miles as the water grew darker and darker the further down it went. It was difficult to see the very bottom in a pool so deep.

Sweetie Belle was the first to raise her head up, wearing a look of uncertainty on her face. “Are you sure about this?”

“Yeah of course I am!” Scootaloo exclaimed, backing away from the edge to do some quick leg stretches. “Rainbow Dash says swimming is just like flying! It’ll be easy!”

Sweetie Belle wasn’t so convinced. “Yeah...B-but our diapers-”

Scootaloo suddenly interrupted, “You first!”

A sudden shove pushed Sweetie Belle over the edge, causing her to fall into the pool with a big splash. Her thirsty diaper quickly swelled up in the pool, drinking up the chlorinated water. In mere seconds her diaper bloated up to four times its original size, threatening to burst with overfilled gels.

“Scootaloo!” the unicorn filly exclaimed, her face growing red with frustration and embarrassment.

It took all of her strength to keep herself afloat. The overly saturated diaper weighed her down, threatening to pull her to the bottom. She quickly pulled herself into shallow waters, eyes locked onto the large steps that led to dry land.

Sweetie Belle struggled out of the water, pulling with her her swollen diaper that dragged against the ground.

“Anything?” Scootaloo asked.

Sweetie Belle turned towards her flank, raising her back leg a tiny bit to survey the area. Much to her disappointment, her flank remained blank. Nothing was there aside from her diaper’s leg gatherers that now strained against the near bursting diaper.

“Nothing,” the filly unicorn said defeated.

“Hey! You kids can’t be here!” A lifeguard pony suddenly entered the conversation. “Swim diapers only. Those are the rules!”

Scootaloo rolled her eyes at the bossy teenaged pony. “Whatever, we were on our way out anyway.” She stuck her chin into the air and marched past the lifeguard. “Come on, girls.”

Applebloom copied Scootaloo’s pose, raising her chin as well and marching past.

Sweetie Belle was not as graceful. Considering the heavy bulk of her diaper bowing out her legs, the young unicorn struggled as she pulled herself past the lifeguard. The heavily saturated diaper trailed behind her as one heavy, squishy lump.

With synchronized swimming crossed off the list, the three fillies moved onto other things. Immediately next on the long list of things to try was bird watching which had mixed reactions amongst the three fillies. Sweetie Belle seemed the most excited about the idea, looking forward to the beautiful songs of the various local birds..

The three journeyed into the local woods, the thinner parts of the Everfree Forest where the trees were young and spread out. A simple nature blind was set up, allowing the three friends to watch from the privacy of the tent.

Things started out on a strong note for the most part. Sweetie Belle kept the other two invested with her enthusiasm as they spent the following couple of hours watching the world around them. Various birds fluttered by during this time, chirping their little songs on tree branches or foraging for twigs and grass to make their nests.

Sweetie Belle found joy in keeping track of the various birds of the region with their wide range of colored feathers. Even Applebloom kept herself busy by writing down the long list of bird names that Sweetie Belle called out with glee. Scootaloo, on the other hand, couldn’t have been more bored.

The orange pegasus spent most of the time pacing around impatiently. She quickly lost interest in the birdwatching and was sure to tell the other two how disinterested she was. She tried to kill time by drinking the water bottles the three brought with them, but that quickly turned into a mistake.

“Come ooooon!” Scootaloo said in a harsh whisper as she squirmed from one hoof to the next.

“We can’t rush this one, Scootaloo. Bird watching is all about patience,” Sweetie Belle said as she peered through a pair of binoculars. “And quit squirming! Your crinkling’s scaring all the birds away!”

Scootaloo followed directions and quickly slowed her body down. She had hoped that she could hold back her growing urges mentally. Sadly mere moments passed before she regretted standing still.

Bird tweets and faint flapping of wings were suddenly accompanied by a harsh hissing. Scootaloo’s straining bladder had finally lost the fight, emptying into the waiting diaper. The already soggy padding swelled up with the yellow liquid, sagging profusely down between her legs.

The sudden rush of liquids was too much for the diaper to handle. Soon urine began to dribble out of Scootaloo’s leg gathers, beading down her legs and down onto the grassy floor. In a matter of minutes, the young pegasus was surrounded urine soaked, muddy ground.

It was only then that the other two pulled themselves away from their binoculars.

Sweetie Belle blinked, “why didn’t you tell us you needed a change?”

“I-I just needed to go a little bit!”

“That ain’t a little bit,” Applebloom commented, taking a step away from the moist ground.

“We’re gonna have to change you before you make a bigger mess,” Sweetie Belle casually added, digging out the group’s diaper bag.

“But Rainbow Dash usually-”

“Rainbow Dash isn’t here. Now come on. Don’t be such a baby,” Sweetie Belle said as she spread out a changing mat.

After that much needed diaper change, suddenly bird watching didn’t seem as fun as it was to the three fillies. As a group, they decided to move on to other things.

Further down the list of things, rock climbing stood out as one of the more extreme attempts at getting their cutie marks. Rock climbing gear was easy to acquire and the valley town of Ponyville had plenty of cliff faces to scale. Applebloom was the most excited for this, knowing that a bit of physical labor could achieve a lot.

In their inexperience, the three didn’t last long once they began climbing. Rock climbing was surprisingly labor intensive and even with all the required gear, the three friends struggled to get very high off the ground.

Very quickly the three fillies grew tired, fueled only by determination. However it only took a few more feet of travel before even that wasn’t enough.

“I think we should turn back!” Sweetie Belle called up the cliff side. “It’s getting really close to lunch time!”

“We’re almost there!” Applebloom called out, wiping some sweat off her brow. She swung a pick deep into the rock face, pulling the group up a few more inches. “We just...Gotta!” She only managed to pull them up another half inch before something gave way.

The sound of passing gas sounded around them, almost completely drowned out by the mountain winds. Applebloom’s eye’s flung open as her bowels began evacuating into her diaper, tugging down the padding with the heavy weight.

“NOW can we head back?!” Sweetie Belle asked, craning her head away from her friend’s messy diaper.

Applebloom huffed. “Fine...”

Defeated once again, the three regathered at the bottom of the cliff and opted to moving on to the next thing on their list.

“Well okay, so rock climbing isn’t our thing. We’ll just have to try somethin’ else!” Applebloom commented, tugging off her climbing harness.

“We’re not going anywhere until you change out of that dirty diaper!” Scootaloo answered, plugging her nose with a hoof.

“Here, let me help,” Sweetie Belle said as her horn glowed, “at least if I do it I won’t have to touch...well you know...”

Supplies were gathered and Applebloom laid down on the ground on top of the changing mat. Sweetie Belle took in a deep breath as Scootaloo fled to a safe distance. Time to change another diaper.