Daring Doesn't Do Cursesby Wandering PigeonChaptersThe TreasureThe CurseThe EndEnding 1Ending 2The TreasureDaring Do slinked across the ancient stones of the Maneyan temple, each step light to detect the possibility of a booby trap. The deep hallway was brightened by only a few torches on either side of the wall. She was slow, methodical, and precise, avoiding any rocks that looked too loose or out of place. Beads of sweat rolled down her face as she continued on. Hopefully, this was the last hall before the treasure room. "So awesome!" Daring froze and narrowed her eyes. She turned around to see her partner, Rainbow Dash, hovering right behind her. The cyan mare's eyes were wide with excitement as she watched her hero in action. "Shhh!" Daring berated. "I didn't ask you to come with me on this hunt so you could alert whatever might be lurking in this temple to our presence!" "Pssh!" Rainbow waved her hoof dismissively. "This place is like, a bajillion years old. Who do you think we might run into? Ghosts?" "It's happened before," Daring said lowly. Rainbow did a double take. "Whoa, really? I don't remember reading about that before!" "That book's still in development," Daring whispered. "And stop flying! I told you there might be trap wires strung across the ceiling!" Rainbow rolled her eyes, but lowered herself to the ground. "Sorry." Resigned knowing that was the best apology she'd be getting, Daring Do turned her focus back to the hall. They sneaked through the rest of it in record time, soon finding themselves in a large chamber that must've been smack dab in the middle of the temple. Daring looked around it quickly, taking note of anything significant. Some scribblings on the far wall, a carved circle on the floor that spanned the radius of the room, and in the middle of that: a podium. "Jackpot!" Rainbow said. Daring couldn't hold back a smile. "The lost Maneyan artifact of Calakmule! We found it." "And it looks like we beat Ahuizotl to the punch, too!" Rainbow said with a grin. Daring matched it. They'd already encountered that blue monster twice on this journey alone, and both times had narrowly avoided getting caught. "Well we owe that to you," Daring said. "Burning the directions before he could get a chance to look at them was genius." "Aw, thanks." Rainbow blushed. "But you're the one who memorized them first. If you hadn't, I don't think I would've been able to do it." "Fair enough. Now come on." Daring waved her forward as they trotted toward the podium. On top of it rested the lost treasure of Calakmule, but at this distance it only looked like blob. "Hey, why'd the Maneyans go through so much trouble to hide this treasure anyway?" Rainbow asked. "Were they that paranoid somepony would steal it back in the day?" Daring shook her head. "Not quite. According to legend, this artifact bore a horrible curse upon it." "Curse?" Rainbow actually sounded a little worried. "Relax, the Maneyan's were a tribe of earth ponies. None of them could've had the magic to actually curse something. They would just say that to make ponies stay away." "Oh, okay." That seemed to assuage her worries. They were approaching the podium now, stepping across the line made by the carving in the stone. Turning her attention back to the artifact, Daring cleared her throat. "Now, be on the look out for traps while I grab the... uh..." She froze, her eyes falling to rest on artifact atop the podium. Staring back at her was a large, pink pacifier. The rubber bulb was big, big enough for a grown pony anyway, and the plastic guard bore a cutesy red heart on it. "What?" Dash narrowed her eyes at the thing. "Are you kidding me, Maneyans?" "This can't be right." Daring walked around the podium, hoping it was just a trick of the light. No such luck. "Everything I've ever read about this temple suggested that it held a treasure in the centermost vault. Some even suggested it was a fountain of youth!" "You think Ahuizotl beat us here and left this behind to taunt us?" Rainbow asked. "He couldn't possibly!" Daring almost shouted. "You burned the only map that had directions here. Nopony else knows how to get to this temple but us!" "Maybe it was ghosts?" Rainbow suggested. Daring rolled her eyes. "Haha. As if ghosts would trade a treasure for a pacifier." She glanced at the pink insult again, and before she really knew it, her expression softened. It certainly wasn't the worst thing she'd ever found in a temple before. In fact, it was kind of cute. Inviting even. The way it just sat there, as if it expected to be picked up and popped into somepony's mouth at any second... "Ya think that might be a clue to where the treasure is?" Rainbow's voice ripped Daring from her thoughts. She glanced up from the pacifier and saw Rainbow pointing to the writing on the wall. She squinted at it, but sighed. "Sorry, my ancient Maneyan isn't too good. I can only pick up a few words at best." "Anything useful?" Rainbow asked with hope. Daring stared up at the wall again. Among the confusing gibberish and pictograms she did her best to read what it said. She managed to translate only a few words though: 'Danger', 'spell', and what looked to be either the word for 'regress' or the word for 'soup'. Ancient Maneyan was very confusing. She shook her head. "Nothing good." "Crap. Maybe there's a secret door or something, nearby. Hang on." Rainbow darted about the room, determined for this adventure to not end on a sour note. Meanwhile, Daring turned her attention back to the pacifier, pinching her lips in curiosity. She wasn't curious about how it got there, or how the ancient Maneyans managed to make a pacifier. No, what she was curious about, oddly enough, is what it would be like to suckle on it. Part of her knew that was a weird thought to have, but another part of her didn't really care. She was drawn to the mysterious pacifier in a way she couldn't describe. She could even feel saliva building up in her mouth at the thought of suckling on this ancient foal toy. What's the harm? She thought. The mission is a bust either way, I guess. With only the slightest of hesitations, she reached up and grabbed the pacifier from the podium. For a moment, she held the pacifier in her hoof, inspecting it. Then she slowly inched it toward her waiting lips. RUMBLE RUBMLE Daring's eyes widened as she realized the floor was disappearing from under them. The entire inner circle was slipping away! Her treasure hunter instincts kicked in and she slipped her find safely in her shirt pocket before snapping her wings open. "Dash, fly!" Rainbow heard and soared upward. Daring matched her pace and the two left the ground as the inner circle completely vanished. "That was a close one!" Rainbow said. "Sorry Daring, I guess I tripped a trap or something." Daring opened her mouth, about to correct her partner. After all, her experience led her to believe that taking the pacifier was probably what did it, yet she stopped. She didn't want Rainbow to know she had the pacifier. Not out of embarrassment, but out of greed. It was hers, and if Rainbow knew she had it, there might be trouble. What if she tried to take it? Daring was not letting that happen. "No worries, rookie. We're just lucky whoever made that trap didn't plan on us being pegasi." "Guess so." Rainbow sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. She looked down, seeing nothing but a dark expanse under the trap door. "Boy, that looks deep. Where do you think it leads?" "I try not to think about that most of the time," Daring said. "I've learned that you almost never want to know." "Yeah... fair enough," Rainbow decided. "Why don't we head out to the campsite and get some sleep?" Daring suggested. "It's been a long day. We can check out the temple again tomorrow, see if we missed anything." Rainbow took the bait. "Yeah, okay," she said, eager to put her slip up behind them. "Come on, we should be safe to fly out." Daring started back out the way they came, hearing the flapping of Rainbow soon follow her. As they left the temple, Daring patted her pocket gently, her pacifier safe inside. The CurseDaring rolled over in her sleeping bag, groaning softly. An hour of tossing and turning and still no sleep had come her way. She looked over to the right, the dying embers of the campfire letting her make out the bulging bag of Rainbow Dash. Her partner was already deep in sleep, evidenced by her loud, loud snoring. But the snoring wasn't the reason Daring couldn't get forty winks. No, the real reason was small, pink, and sitting a few feet away. Tucked away in her folded shirt, sitting right next to her hat and other supplies, was her pacifier. Hers. Daring was still getting used to that. Not even two hours and she was already possessive of the thing. She hadn't had a pacifier since she was a foal, and now she felt ownership for this one that they'd only just found earlier that day. It was weird, but not in a bad way. At least, she didn't think so. After all, it was a very nice pacifier. A lovely shade of pink (just fillyish enough, especially with that heart on the guard) and it was practically begging to be put in her mouth too. In her mouth... Was that why she couldn't get to sleep? Unzipping her bag, Daring got up and started pacing. She couldn't push the thought, the desire, to suckle on the pacifier out of her head. After all, she'd wanted to do it practically since she first laid eyes on the thing. But was it a good idea? That desire was the very same thing that caused her to ignore years of experience and set off a trap. Maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea to act on it. But then again, what could possibly be the harm, right? They were no longer in the temple, and it wasn't even like she could get embarrassed. The only pony around for miles was out like a light, and nopony else would just stumble upon her suckling on a pacifier. Besides, it wasn't likely she'd get to sleep anytime soon, and as long as she only did it to satisfy her morbid curiosity, nothing could go wrong. So... it was alright. Right? Right. Daring snapped out of her thoughts to see she was already holding the pacifier. She blinked, realizing that somehow during her pacing she must have gone over and picked it up without thinking about it. "I must really want this," she whispered. And that wasn't a bad thing. She was just curious, after all. Only curious. For sure. Ignoring how defensive her thoughts felt, Daring raised the pacifier up. Licking her lips, she slowly slid the rubber bulb into her mouth. When that was done, she just let it hang there in her mouth for a moment. Nothing seemed to have happened, at least, nothing significant. But her curiosity wasn't satisfied. Not unless she... "Dawe I?" she lisped through the pacifier. Turning back, she looked to make sure Rainbow was still asleep. When the snoring lump greeted her eyes, she turned back around and took a deep breath. "O'tay." She suckled. It was quick. Brief. And it was only once. But damn did it feel good. Daring giggled, giddy at the thought of what she'd just done. It was so foalish, and yet it felt so good! She suckled again, this time not stopping. She just let the pacifier bob back and forth with her lips wrapped around it, enjoying the high it gave her. She put a hoof to her mouth to muffle the giggles, but didn't slow down. She found a nice, steady rhythm to suckle to and sighed with euphoria. It was just a feeling she could never have imagined! And how could she? Here she was, a grown pony suckling on a pacifier, and she was liking it for Celestia's sake! It was almost too ridiculous to be true. Daring did a little trotting in place out of pure glee, but that was about all she could do before her exhaustion finally started to catch up to her. As her eyes went half-lidded, Daring decided she did feel very tired. Maybe this was what she'd been missing whenever she tried to sleep: this wonderful suckling feeling. Content to suckle on the pacifier until she fell asleep, Daring walked back over to her sleeping bag and huddled up inside it. She found herself curling to the fetal position, something she never used to do, but was still so entranced with her pacifier that she didn't mind. Her eye's closing slowly, Daring Do found herself ready and willing to sleep now. ... ... ... Why couldn't she sleep? Daring rolled over in her sleeping bag, an involuntary whine escaping her throat. She was so tired, and yet still sleep eluded her. It wasn't fair! What was wrong? Well, her sleeping bag, for one. As Daring kept suckling, she nodded. Yes, it was definitely the sleeping bag. She didn't like being so... encased on all sides. It was suffocating. She wanted a nice, fluffy mattress to sleep on; this was basically just the ground. It didn't really occur to Daring that she'd slept in a sleeping bag hundreds of times before without a problem. Even if it had, that wouldn't impact her thoughts all that much. As far as she was concerned right now, the sleeping bag was definitely the problem. But it wouldn't just be solved with a mattress. There was something else missing. Daring rolled around a little, trying to figure out what it was. Then it hit her. She could roll around! That just wasn't safe at all! She needed some sort of barrier to make sure that couldn't happen. If she could stay put, that would make things so much easier. All it would take would be a couple of bars around her and-- Daring shot up, shock sending her reeling. She just barely managed to keep suckling her pacifier. "I...I wanna cwib?" She lisped quietly. That was... no... That was completely stupid. She was an adult. An adult suckling on a pacifier, sure, but an adult nonetheless. She didn't need, nor want, to sleep in a crib tonight. She shook her head; she was just being silly. "Siwwy fiwwy," Daring mumbled to herself as she laid back down. ... ... ... Okay, she still couldn't go to sleep. Groaning, Daring rolled around in frustration. She couldn't possibly want to sleep in a crib right? Right? It was just... it was implausible, first off. She was in the middle of the Mexicolt wilds, near a temple that hadn't been inhabited or visited for at least a thousand years, if not longer. Where was she even going to find a crib? "I not sewiouswy entert-- entertata-- endermaining... I don' wan' dis... wight?" Daring chewed her pacifier nervously. It was strange how out of nowhere this desire had appeared from, but at the same time she worried if she didn't act of it then she wouldn't get any sleep at all tonight. She looked back over to Rainbow, and found the pegasus to still be sleeping restfully. Surely she wouldn't mind if Daring were to sneak off in search of a crib for the night... Wow, she sounded so stupid. Where did she even expect to find a crib!? Pausing for a moment, Daring glanced back over to the temple. It's outline was easy to see, given how close they had set up camp. Perhaps it may have a crib in it. After all, that's were her pacifier came from. "Oh come on. Weawwy?" Daring asked as she stood up and unzipped her bag again. "As if I gonna go all da way back jus ta see if dere is a cwib for me ta sweep in." Prepost-- er... Ridic-- urm... Silly! That's what it was. Just plain silly! There was no chance a crib would just be waiting for her at all and she was just being stupid for wanting there to be. But... then why was she walking towards the temple? Daring sleepily acknowledged the fact that she was stumbling towards the temple. It didn't really shock her too much; she'd been doing things without thinking it a lot lately. Besides, suckling on her pacifier kept her calm. Who knew, maybe she would find a crib after all. Keeping her focus on her pacifier, Daring let her legs do all the word as they made their way back to the entrance to the temple. She grew nervous and chewed on the bulb as she entered the temple. For a moment, she was worried that all the traps she had spent so much time avoiding earlier in the day would spring, but no. She walked through the tunnel without a single issue. "Huh..." Daring said, which was closely followed by a yawn. During her walk, she had plenty of time to reflect on everything, even with her exhaustion and constant suckling. She could have thought about how weird this was. She could have thought about how scary it was that she was effectively losing control of what she wanted. She could have realized that all this only started when she first came in contact with the pacifier. And, if she had been really thinking, she may have even thought about the supposed curse and linked it back to the item she was currently suckling on so happily. But Daring Do didn't think about any of that. Instead, her thoughts wandered to how comfortable it would be to sleep in a crib once she finally found one. In fact, she got very very excited about it. She wanted to curl up under a comfy blanket, nuzzle a pillow, and rest against the bars of a crib just right for her. Her suckling became faster the more she thought about it. Finally, Daring reached the inner chamber she'd been at just hours earlier, and that was where her legs finally stopped moving on her own. She blinked and looked around, curious as to why she had stopped here. It was dark, and hard to make out anything, but she could at least tell that there was no crib here. That's when her eye caught something. The trap door from earlier was still open, forming a wide ring around the podium that descended into the unknown. Upon seeing it, Daring's wings twitched. It was hard to describe, but she felt something pulling at her, telling her to go down there. She extended her wings, heart beating faster at the prospect of a crib. She flapped gently, beginning her descent. Oddly enough, she found it rather difficult to fly for some reason. Every so often her wings would go out of sync and she'd drop a few feet before she could rectify the problem. Sweat formed at her forehead and she chewed her pacifier in concentration, doing her best to hover downward gently. Then it was almost like she forgot how to fly entirely. One moment she was doing well, the next her wings seemed to lose control. She flapped wildly, and would've screamed if it wouldn't cause her to lose her pacifier. Daring squeezed her eyes shut as the wind whipped past her hair, worried that this was it. FWOOMP! crinkle crinkle crinkle Daring opened her eyes, realizing that she was safe. She'd landed in a large pile of... something soft. Clearly whoever made the trap door above had left these for whatever wanderer triggered the trap. But what were they? Pillows? She fumbled around, finding it difficult to sit up in the moving, crinkling mass of plush. With some effort she was able to grab one of the many indistinguishable, life saving cushions and examine it. The lighting in whatever room she'd ended up in was low. Only a little glow from the torches in the chamber above leaked through. Using this light Daring squinted and flipped the object over. The action caused it to unfold, and it formed a shape that was oddly familiar to her. "A diapee?" She murmured. Glancing around, she saw that the whole pile was made of them. Individual diapers, big enough for an adult to wear, with enough poof in one to cushion any fall. The puzzle pieces clicked in Daring's mind. The pacifier trap led to the diapers. Clearly, whoever left these here intended for her to wear them. "No way!" she defiantly threw the diaper to the side, squirming in the pile as the rest shifted around her. "I a big fiwwy. I no need a diapee!" As she struggled, Daring did realize something though. The diapers... they were soft. Like, really soft. Cloud levels of soft, even. Interesting... She finally rolled off the pile and dusted herself off. Soft or no, she didn't need diapers. She came down here for a crib after all, and she wasn't going to get distracted from that goal. Pushing herself up, Daring gathered herself, suckled softly on her pacifier, and looked around the room. She had to resort to squinting again, but was able to make out some rough outlines of things. There was definitely furniture in the room she'd landed in. She could see the outlines of counters, a table... what might have been a chair. It didn't seem like there were any other ways out besides the way she came in though. Before she could realize that meant she was trapped until she could figure out what was wrong with her wings, Daring's eyes widened as they were greeted by a wonderful sight. A crib! An honest to Celestia crib! The rough shape in low light might have made someponies think it was just an ordinary bed, but Daring could tell there were bars lining all four sides. She clapped with joy and giggled, her heart pounding with excitement. She didn't bother questioning it, either, though between this, the pacifier, and the pile of diapers, she really should have. But who cared? She was actually going to get to sleep in a crib! It was a dream come true! Scampering over, Daring craned her neck to see the top of the bars. She jumped, limbs flailing to catch the edge, but she missed and fell flat on her butt. "Owie." Daring stood back up and rubbed her hindquarters. When they started to sting a little less, she tried jumping again, only to get the same result. On the third try her hooves grazed the edge, but the end result was still the same. Her rump sufficiently stinging, Daring sniffled. She really wanted to sleep in the crib, but at this rate she wouldn't be able to without turning her bottom redder than a tomato. Then, she remembered something! Turning back around, Daring saw the pile of diapers again, and an idea bloomed in her mind. Of course! She could wear one, and then falling wouldn't be a problem! As long as she was just wearing a diaper for that, she didn't see anything wrong with it. Quickly, Daring darted over to the pile and rummaged through it. After a few seconds of searching, she picked out the biggest, poofiest diaper she could find. Flopping down on the ground, Daring raised her rear end and scooted the diaper underneath. In near darkness with just her hooves to go by, it was tough work, but Daring made it happen. A few rough folds and she was wearing the loosest diaper in the world. Her sloppy work aside though, she had no complaints. Patting down the tapes, Daring sighed. For a moment she just sat their, soaking in the fluffiness of the diaper. She hadn't imagined it would feel so good! It was almost like suckling her pacifier for the first time all over again. The giddy feeling of doing something a big filly like her shouldn't be doing... it was wonderful! She played with the poofy padding for a moment, but remembered her mission. She quickly stood up and wobbled; the diaper spread her legs out really far apart! Waddling over, she tried again to get into the crib. With a shielded butt, it didn't matter how many times she fell, and fell she did. Daring lost count of how many times she jumped up at the side of the crib, only to fall and hear a crinkle as her butt squished her diaper. She was pretty sure it was more than four times, though. Four was a number, right? Regardless, on her last attempt, she latched onto the edge of the crib and pulled herself over. She bounced onto the mattress a second later, sighing with relief. She'd made it. She wrestled the crib's blanket out and let it fall over her as she curled up. Her bulging diaper made it hard to press her legs together, so she didn't try all that hard. She was too sleepy anyway. So sleepy... Daring's eye's closed and she drifted off into slumber, happily suckling her pacifier all the while. The EndRainbow Dash stretched out her forelegs, yawning herself out from slumber. As she smacked her lips together and opened her eyes, started to kick off her sleeping bag. Excitement coursed through her veins as she realized what an epic day of adventuring with her hero awaited her. grumble grumble. Dash paused for a moment and patted her stomach. Breakfast first, adventuring second. As the sleeping bag left her body, she also felt a pressure building up in her bowels. Okay, bathroom first, breakfast second, adventuring third. "Wait, how do you even go to the bathroom in the jungle?" She asked aloud. Turning over to the other sleeping bag, Rainbow asked, "hey Daring, how do--" she stopped, seeing the limp, empty bag that greeted her. Dash tilted her head. "Uh... Daring?" she called out, looking around. Nothing but trees, a barren campsite, and the edge of the Maneyan temple could be seen. No Daring Do, that was for sure. "Huh." Rainbow tapped her chin, trying to make sense of this. Maybe Daring had woken up before her and went foraging for breakfast? Nah, they'd packed way more food than they needed. Had she wandered off to use the bathroom (however that was done in the jungle)? Plausible, but not likely. Daring never wrote about using the bathroom in any of her books; clearly she had discipline when it came to that. So... what? "Hmm... Maybe Daring had a revelation about were the temple's hidden treasure is!" Rainbow realized. If that was the case, she probably just forgot to let her know; after all, Daring was still more used to working alone than with a partner. Waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because she realized the secret of the temple was certainly grounds for forgetting somepony as awesome as Rainbow. She probably just figured Dash could catch up anyway. So it was settled! Rainbow was going after Daring. Breakfast could wait. Going number two could... well, it couldn't wait long, but it could wait for a bit. Adventure was calling harder than nature right now. Spreading her wings, Rainbow took off for the temple. It's stone-brink exterior zoomed toward her, and she looped around to make it to the entrance they were at the other day. Stopping before going in, Dash peered inside and called out, "Daring?" No response. Obviously she was deeper inside and couldn't hear her. Wary of the traps mentioned the other day, Dash landed and walked inside. It was much brighter now than it was last night, which was nice. There was definitely a chance to catch something they might've missed the other day. She crept around the tunnel, occasionally calling out Daring's name, to no avail. Every so often, Rainbow would check a wall or a suspicious floor panel in hopes of finding a secret Daring might've missed, but she had as much luck with that as she did finding Daring. Eventually, Rainbow reached the central chamber again. Sadly, it was without finding Daring Do or a secret passage/tunnel. She hadn't even found an already opened passage way that might've led to Daring. But at least she hadn't found any traps, either. "Geeze, where the heck is she?" Rainbow asked the empty room. This was starting to get frustrating. Not only did her stomach feel emptier, but her bowels constricted tighter. She really hoped to find Daring fast, otherwise her day was going to be filled with discomfort. Without much else to do, Rainbow explored the chamber as best she could, but the walls and ceiling yielded nothing new. The only thing of note was the booby trapped floor was still open. ...Actually... Rainbow peaked her head over the side, looking down to see how far down she could look. As it turned out, she could see all the way to the bottom! Strangely, something white seemed to be lining the whole of the ring's bottom. Some kind of way to finish off the pony who fell in, perhaps? Upon further inspection, Dash saw the white objects had been roughed up and scattered on one part of the circle, while the rest was otherwise consistent in its orderliness. "Daring," Dash said with a smile. Of course the veteran adventurer had checked down below. Rainbow felt like facehoofing, it was so obvious. Spreading her wings once more, Rainbow dove head first into the pit. She started flapping a few seconds later, defying gravity as she gently floated to the bottom. The closer she got, though, the more those white things started to look like... "Diapers?" Dash stopped mid-fall, hovering in confusion. Yep, those things were definitely diapers alright. "What is up with this temple?" she heard herself say. First a pacifier and now these? This was just too weird. Unfortunately for her, that's not where the strangeness ended. Turning her attention to the rest of the room, Rainbow felt her jaw drop a little. It looked like some sort of weird, ancient Maneyan nursery. There was a counter that appeared just big enough for a grown pony to lie down on, there was a small chest, a table, high chair included, and even a crib, all made in the same stoney style of the temple. And when Rainbow saw who was in the crib, her jaw straight up hit the floor. "D-Daring Do?" Nothing but shock was in Dash's voice. Laying before was the back of what could only be the adventurer herself, if the gray hair was any indication. But what was she doing in a crib? Had she hit her head and fallen into it while losing consciousness? 'Cause that was the only plausible explanation to Dash. But alas, she learned it wasn't that simple. Her voice roused Daring from her slumber, and after shifting around she rolled over, eye blinking slowly and lips curled around a bright, pink pacifier. Rainbow did a double take. Then a triple take. "Whaaaaaat?" Daring smiled behind the guard of the pacifier as she suckled happily, eyes lighting up with recognition. "Dashie!" she cooed in the most foalish voice possible. Rainbow flinched. "What?!" Daring fumbled over herself trying to sit up. As her blanket fell away, something white and poofy revealed itself. "No..." Rainbow couldn't believe it. Her hero was wearing a diaper. "Daring... what happened to you?" she slowly approached the crib, unsure of what to make of it. In response, Daring Do suckled her pacifier innocently and giggled. Wait a moment, that pacifier was the same one that had been in the central chamber... Rainbow backed away from the crib now. She'd been hoping this had been some kind of sick prank, but now she wasn't so sure. That pacifier... Daring had said something about a curse the ancient Maneyans put on the artifact... but it couldn't be... As she giggled, Daring bounced a little in her crib. crinkle crinkle squish "Oh my Celestia." As the rest of the blanket dropped, Rainbow could see the rest of Daring's diaper. Specifically the big, yellow stain that covered it. There was no doubt: her hero had used her diaper. "That's just... ew" Rainbow winced, just as she really began to notice the stale smell of urine clinging to the air. This was definitely not a prank. And that meant Daring was in trouble. She was trapped in an ancient curse, and there was nopony around but Rainbow Dash who could help. That was just perfect; Rainbow was totally a go to reference on all things magic. Even with her limited knowledge, she knew that pacifier had to come out; that much was obvious. If it was cursed, then hopefully removing it would be enough to break the spell on Daring. If not... well, Dash hoped there were enough diapers in that pile to deal with Daring until they could find a way to get her back. "Uh... hi there, Daring," Rainbow said tentatively as she re-approached the crib. "Hiya, Dashie!" Daring chirped. "Woo wanna pway wiff me?" "...Sure?" Rainbow guessed, extending her wings and hovering up to the edge of the crib. "I... uh, I just need your pacifier for a minute so I can--" "No!" The sudden force from Daring made Rainbow flinch again. The regressed explorer covered her mouth with her blanket "Is my paci! Woo cannaw haff!" Rainbow grimaced. Of course the curse would make her fussy about this. Maybe a more roundabout way was the right idea. Swallowing, she gave it a shot. "Okay, okay. It's your paci. ...Uh, say, that diaper of yours looks awfully soaked. You want me to change you?" "Mmmm..." Daring seemed to ponder that question with all the brain power of a toddler. "Otay!" "Great!" Rainbow faked a grin. Great indeed. She'd just secured diaper duty forever if this curse didn't wear off. She reached into the crib and lifted Daring up. The overgrown foal made sure to suckle happily (and noisily) as she was carried over to the stone counter. Dash quickly laid Daring down on the makeshift changing table. "Okay, now don't go anywhere." Daring nodded blankly and pressed her thighs together, generating a sickly squishy noise from her diaper. Rainbow shivered as she flew over to the pile on the other side of the room and grabbed a diaper from the top. She was chewing the inside of her cheek on the short flight back. Daring was lying obediently on the table still, which was a relief. "Okay, here we go," Dash said. She tugged at the used diaper and its tapes ripped fairly easily. However Daring had got it on her, it must've been just barely. Dash quickly took it off, careful not to touch the damp areas, and just tossed it off to the side. There wasn't a hamper or anything nearby, so the floor would do. They wouldn't stay long. "Legs up," Dash asked. Daring obliged by moving her hindlegs by a few inches. Dash groaned and pushed them up as she slid the diaper underneath. The fur... down there, was noticeably sticky from Daring's pee, but without a way to clean it, Dash just shrugged it off. She pulled Daring's tail through the hole of the diaper and carefully wrapped the padding around her waist. "Okay, is that nice and snug?" Daring giggled and she wiggled her hips. "Yes." "Great." Another painfully fake smile. "So, can you pat down the tapes for me, like a big girl?" "Otay." Daring's hooves drifted down, and Dash grinned for real this time. She'd left her mouth totally exposed, and seizing the opportunity, Rainbow ripped the pacifier from her mouth. "Yes!" Daring froze for a moment, pupils shrinking. Dash allowed herself to be hopeful, thinking the curse was broken. ...Not quite. "My paci!" Daring whined, her voice reaching a new pitch. Tears were quick to line her eyes and she sniffled. "G-Give it back!" Making Daring cry... that actually made Rainbow sad. But she couldn't give into that request. Just because Daring hadn't immediately become an adult didn't mean she was getting a cursed pacifier back. "Sorry, no can do." "Wha?" The tears slid down Daring's face. "But... But..." She cried. Loudly. Rainbow grimaced and her ear folded down. Looking away, she hoped the real Daring would come back soon. She looked at the pink pacifier in her hoof, cursing it. Well... that wasn't fair. The pacifier wasn't so much to blame as the curse, right? Besides, looking at it closely, it looked like a really nice pacifier. The shade of pink was really cute... and the bulb looked so soft... Rainbow licked her lips. Shaking her head, she almost screamed, "No!" Daring whimpered a little quieter, but didn't stop. Dash bit her lip. This was crazy, she didn't actually want this pacifier in her mouth, right? It was cursed! ...Well, there wasn't any proof it was cursed. M-Maybe the diapers were... or the crib... or maybe Daring had just hit her head really badly. The point was, this pacifier -- this warm, adorable, suckable pacifier -- could be not cursed. If that was the case, was there really any harm in suckling it? Daring wouldn't make fun of her, she was regressed right now. And speaking of the overgrown foal, Dash did want to keep this pacifier out of her reach just in case. Why not in her mouth? Seeing absolutely nothing wrong with that logic, Rainbow slid the rubber bulb between her lips, suckling almost immediately. "Wowie!" she said softly. It felt... electric. Like doing a triple Sonic Rainboom in one try! How had she never experienced this feeling before? "Hey, dat's mine!" Rainbow turned to the sniveling Daring Do, but didn't stop suckling. How could she? "I sowwy," she lisped. "But you can't haff dis wight now." "Why nawt?" "Hm..." Rainbow had to give that some serious thought. She needed to keep Daring away from this pacifier because... well, because it was hers. "Cause you need to eat bweaky!" Daring lower lip quivered in a pout. "But I nawt hungie." Rainbow felt her own stomach rumble from hollowness. "You should be. It's bweaky time!" Lifting Daring Do up, Rainbow flew her over to the table and set her down in the high chair. It wasn't an easy process between the poofy diaper and the squirming pegasus in her hold, but she managed to squeeze her in. Daring was still sniffling in her pacifer-lessness, so Dash wiped her eyes and gave her a big hug. Daring sighed into it, so that was progress. "Now den," Rainbow looked around the room, her eyes falling upon the chest she'd noticed earlier. She landed... or rather, dropped out of the air. Her wings didn't feel tired, but they sure didn't feel like flying anymore at least. Going over to the chest, Rainbow opened it. What greeted her were several glass jars, each sealed with a cork and containing mushy looking food. Foal food, of course! Just was a mentally foalish explorer would love to eat! Rainbow suckled eagerly as she picked up a jar of orange mush and popped off the cork. The smell of old carrots suddenly permeated the room, chasing away the urine smell from earlier. Rainbow grinned, and looked back in the chest. No spoons, or any utensils could be found, so she turned back to Daring Do, who was still squirming in her high chair. "Paci?" Daring whimpered. "Food!" Rainbow gleefully replied. She wiggled the jar tantalizingly. "Wanna twy?" Daring scrunched up her snout at the sight. "No." Rainbow chewed her pacifier in thought. "Oh! Wha if I gibb woo da paci afta woo eat?" Did she really just say paci instead of pacifier? Eh, it was easier to say while she suckled anyway. Besides... it just felt right. Daring lit up at the proposition. "I can have my paci back?" "Yes." Rainbow nodded. "...Eventuawwy..." Daring grinned happily. "Okay, I hungie then!" "Gweat!" The jar was big enough for Rainbow to dip the tip of her hoof in, so she did and withdrew a small amount of the presumably carrot mush. "Hewe." She held it out. Cautiously, Daring inched her mouth closer before gingerly pressing her lips over the food. Dash giggled as Daring ran her tongue along the hoof to get as much of the mush as she could before pulling back and swallowing. Rainbow dipped her hoof in again, and was about to hold it out when Daring interrupted her. "I can feed mysewf," she asserted. Rainbow shrugged and hoofed over the jar. Daring snatched it up and started shoving her hoof in before practically slapping her own face. Mush got all over her face and chest, but Daring didn't seem to mind. She just went back for more and Dash giggled at the sight. Her laughter died, however, when her stomach rumbled again. Boy, she was really hungie too, wasn't she? Rainbow tilted her head back to the chest and saw the other jars. She suckled deeply on her pacifier, giving it some thought. They were far away from the campsite... at least, they felt far away. Everything outside this room felt too far away to care about. Not to mention, Daring seemed to like the mush. So what if it was foal food? Dash may be a big filly, but she was a hungry filly too. Grabbing a jar of yellow mush and popping off the cork, Dash's nose was greeted with the smell of bananas. Before she could dip her hoof in, she paused, remembering her pacifier. She suckled heavily, quickly, realizing she'd have to take it out to eat. Biting the bulb, Dash suddenly found herself wondering if she really was that hungry. Her rumbling stomach returned, however, with a very convincing counter-argument. Resigned, Rainbow slowly pulled the pacifier free. As it left, she whimpered, her mouth suddenly feeling a lot dryer. She wanted to shove it back in her mouth right then and there, but set it on the table instead. With the deed done, Rainbow attacked her food with gusto. The banana mush hit her taste buds with an explosion of goodness, and she couldn't help but moan with satisfaction. Who cared how old this stuff was when it tasted so good? She used her hoof for a little while longer, but wanted her meal done quicker so she could get back to the paci. To hurry things up , she put the edge of the jar to her mouth and tilted her head back. The mush poured in like a food avalanche, and Dash its hungry victim. She inhaled the rest of the foal food, wiping her mouth with a satisfied sigh when she was done. Her stomach purred with happiness and she smiled. Wait... did she really just do that? She just ate a whole jar of foal food in like, ten seconds flat! Desperation was one thing, but she was a big filly, right? Why did she... Rainbow lost track of her thoughts when her eyes fell on her pacifier again. Instinct took over and she dove for it, popping it back in her mouth and moaning with the return of the ecstasy. She was never, ever taking it out again. She'd find a way to eat foal food without a mouth if she could. "Hmm..." She sighed, eyes closed and all suckling muscles on maximum. This was perfect. Well... not quite. In the midst of her eating session, she found that she was sitting on the cold, hard ground, and it was none too pleasant. She shifted and squirmed, hating the feeling and wishing there was a better way. Then her eyes caught Daring's diaper from under the table. Of course! It was so obvious. Rainbow needed a diaper. She stumbled up and darted over to the pile nearby. All the diapers stared back at her in all their glory, each more poofy and comfy looking than the last. Rainbow didn't take long before selecting the most awesome of the bunch and slapping it on in record time. Having practiced on Daring, Rainbow knew she was basically an expert now. Her diaper ended up tight and snuggly on her waist, and she giggled at the feeling. Sitting on the ground wouldn't be an issue now! Nor would the bathroom! Rainbow paused. Wait... was she planning on using this thing? But she was a big filly! ...A big filly who'd completely forgotten she needed to go. The pressure in her bowels had returned, this time more ferocious than ever. Rainbow Dash bit down on her pacifier as she groaned at the feeling. She needed to go... now. And she did have the diaper. Rainbow suckled on her pacifier some more, and realized it wasn't such a bad idea. After all, Daring used her diapers and was fine. Rainbow knew she would be too. She could be a big filly and use her diapers 'cause she was just that awesome. Standing, Rainbow raised her tail, held her breath, and pushed. She grunted a little, but using the bathroom in her diaper was actually... natural? She messed herself so easily, the hot, steaming pile rushing free of her bowels and loading up her diaper without a single issue. It sagged under the weight by the time she was done, but was otherwise warm and... kinda comfier this way. And the smell! On any other day, Rainbow would take one whiff of a poopy diaper and fly a hundred miles in the opposite direction. But now? The stench of her mess was actually kind of pleasant. It made her smile. "Hehe, you made a stinkie!" Rainbow turned back around to see a orange-faced Daring Do grinning at her. Rainbow blushed, but suckled her pacifier. It was okay. It was just fine for her to make a poopie in her diaper. The more she suckled, the better about it she felt. It became easier to accept... kinda like her mind was foggy, but in a happy way. "I guess I did." Rainbow smiled. As she suckled intently, Rainbow also sat down, compressing the warm mush in her diaper until it spread over her backside. She giggled and bounced in place, absolutely loving the feeling. "Can I have my pacifier now?" Daring whined. Rainbow shook her head. "Nah-uh." Daring frowned. "But... you said..." "I said eventa-- eventuwawie," Rainbow retorted. Which would be a million bazillion years as far as she was concerned. Her pacifier was going nowhere. Daring looked like she might cry again, and Rainbow felt a pang in her heart. She understood what it felt like to be separated from her pacifier from a little while; she couldn't blame Daring for missing how awesome it was. "Wha if woo suck da hoof?" Rainbow suggested, holding up hers and pointing to her mouth. Daring looked to her own hooves, frowning, but realizing this would be the best she'd get. She put her hoof to her lips, and suckling soon followed. And some drool. Rainbow giggled, cause it did look kind of funny. She waddled back over to the high chair, legs pushed apart by her thick padding as her mess swung and squished between them. She pulled Daring free from the high chair, which was a challenge in its own right, and set her down before yawning. "Are woo sweepy yet?" Dash asked Daring. "I didda wot today aweady..." Daring nodded, continuing to suckle her hoof for all the substitution it would give her. "My tummy kinda hurts too..." As if on cue, Dash's gurgled with discomfort. "Mine too." Maybe eating thousand year old foal food hadn't been the best idea... "We can sweep if off if woo wanna." "Okay," Daring said. "...Can I have my pacifier back when we wake up?" "...We'ww see." Translation: no. "Hewe." Rainbow sat down wrapped her friend into a hug and brought her close. Her poopy diaper squished and shifted as her rear touched the floor, and Dash just smiled. Daring snuggled up, nuzzling the fluff of Dash's chest as she yawned. Rainbow yawned too. It was definitely nap time. As the drifted off, Rainbow decided that her pacifier was definitely not cursed. It was too awesome for that. There must've been something else that made Daring act so foalish. She dozed off, still suckling her pacifier happily. Eagerly. Compulsively. Daring Do woke up with a headache and a really, really sore stomach. Her vision was blurry for a moment, and she couldn't focus. Between the two pains, she could tell that something was in her mouth, and that her hoof was wet. That was about it. As the world came into focus, Daring figured out a few more things. Things like, whatever pillow her face was buried in was very fuzzy. Also, her pillow apparently breathed. And she apparently had a second pillow over her crotch, because it was really comfy. Finally Daring sniffed the air and realized it smelled really, really bad. Like crap. Before long her vision and the rest of her senses came too, and that was when true horror struck her. No wonder her hoof was wet, it was the thing in her mouth! Since when did she suck her hoof in her sleep? She hadn't done that since she was a foal! And the horrors didn't end there. That pillow around her crotch? A diaper. Yup. Somehow, that had happened. She struggled and squirmed, the feeling of comfort suddenly very, very off putting. However, she found that she couldn't squirm with maximum discomfort because something was holding her. Somepony she quickly amended. Her partner, Rainbow Dash, had her in a full on snuggle-lock, and from what Daring could tell from what she saw (blue fur, mostly) she was face deep in Rainbow. That explained the breathing, fuzzy pillow. Daring groaned, as she realized all of her squirming had just made her nuzzle Rainbow's chest. A lot. All in all, she concluded that this part of the adventure was definitely not going in her book. She finally pushed free of Dash, and once she did was she able to figure out the last mystery consciousness gave her. That smell, was coming from Rainbow Dash's diaper. She had pooped herself... quite a lot too. "Eck." Daring gagged. "You are really, really lucky this isn't going in the book." Then Daring paused. As her eyes fell upon her partner's face, she saw one more confusing thing to add onto the list. Rainbow was happily suckling a pacifier as she laid sleeping on the floor. A pink pacifier with a red heart on the guard. A very familiar pacifier... "...My pacifier..." Daring's hoof involuntarily reached out, and she pulled the pacifier from Rainbow's lips. The blue pegasus whined, but didn't wake up. Daring observed the pacifier. Her memories of last night... they were foggy at best. But she had a good feeling about this pacifier... but also a bad one? Her heart wanted to put it in her mouth right away. Her gut was screaming to do the exact opposite. Her head hurt to much to weigh in, so it was down to instinct. The pacifier looked so inviting... so cute... but her gut had never led her astray before. What should she do? Daring puts the pacifier in her mouth | Daring throws the pacifier across the room Ending 1It was a close call, but Daring trusted her gut on this one. It took all of her willpower, but with a quick, jerky motion, Daring tossed the pacifier as far away as she could. It bounced off the wall and landed on the floor next to what looked like a crib. Daring winced, her headache seemed to increase twofold just from the action. She powered through it, though. She had too. Ignoring how inviting the pacifier looked, even all the way across the room and sitting on the dusty floor, Daring turned back to Rainbow Dash. She shook the sleeping pony frantically, praying that she would be herself when she woke. "Come on Dash, get up!" Rainbow's eyes slowly cracked open and she gave a cutesy yawn. Looking up she saw her and smiled. "Dawing?" Rainbow paused, and smacked her lips a few times. "Where my paci?" "You mean my paci-- I mean..." Daring shook her head furiously. "It's not... you can't have that anymore Rainbow." "But..." Tears actually welled up in Rainbow's eyes, followed closely by crying. Yes, Rainbow Dash was actually crying. Daring winced, the shrill cries of her partner doing her headache no favors. Why was Rainbow acting like this? From the corner of her eye, Daring caught sight of the pacifier and the puzzle pieces clicked together. The almost hypnotic way it had enticed her... it had to be cursed just like the rumors said. And if the way Dash was acting was any indication, the curse was clearly one of regression. Daring must've been afflicted too, her diaper being the most obvious clue. She quickly ripped hers off chucked it aside, grateful to be free of the cushy prison. Turning to the still sniveling Dash, Daring recoiled at the sight of her diaper. A large, brown stain covered most of it, the padding lumpy as it tried to contain the mess within. Daring shuddered at the smell too, which was just rancid. She wanted to get that thing off of Rainbow as soon as possible, but hesitated. If Rainbow was still regressed, there's a chance she'd use her diaper again and Daring was not up for changing the mess. Dash just continued to cry. "I wan' my paci. I wan' my paci..." "Come here," Daring said, lifting the sniveling pegasus up in both forelegs. She had an odd desire to comfort the crying pony by cradling her, but chalked it up to the lingering curse. As she adjusted her hold, her foreleg became buried under the messy diaper and she shuddered all over again. "We're getting out of here, Dash." "But my paci..." Daring spread her wings and took off. It wasn't easy, carrying a squirming Dash while dealing with a worsening headache and stomach pains, but she made it out of the trap door room and back into the central chamber. She landed for a moment, set Dash down, and rubbed her temples. It seemed the further they got away from the pacifier, the worse this headache got. "You okay, Rainbow?" The pegasus sniffed. "No. I wan' my paci, and my tummy huwts and I hate you!" Daring gritted her teeth. "Yeah, well stay strong. This regression'll wear off soon. I hope." Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves and pouted, squishing her diaper as she turned away from Daring. "You a meanie!" Daring groaned. "Let's just get out of here." She took Rainbow by the hoof and forced her up. She lead her partner down the hallway and toward the temple exit, ignoring each pull of Rainbow's as she tried to escape back to her pacifier. Her headache only got worse the further she went, but when they finally crossed the exit and made it out of the temple, the pain softened and eventually faded. Her stomachache didn't. "Hgnnh!" Daring turned around and was mortified to see Rainbow, tail hiked and face red as she pushed a new load into her diaper. The already messy padding swelled under the stress, but held, and Daring was just glad she'd left the diaper on. Her own stomach gurgled with pain, and Daring figured she too could use a bathroom break, but that could wait. "Come on." She took Rainbow's hoof again and the two headed off for the campsite. Rainbow's waddle back included a lot of nasty sounded squishes and squelches, and Daring did her best to ignore them. "Can I haff my paci now?" Rainbow begged, still tear-eyed. "No," Daring grumbled. Right now, they were just going to focus on getting the hell out of this Celestia-forsaken jungle, and then she was going to focus on getting Dash better. If she could get better; Daring still wasn't too certain about that. What she was certain about was that she was never, ever writing about this adventure. Ending 2Daring didn't listen to her gut. After all, she had a tummy ache right now, how reliable could her gut be under the influence of that? She popped the pacifier in her mouth and suckled. The feeling... the euphoria... Daring remembered it now. She loved her pacifier. It didn't take long for her headache to fade away, only affirming to Daring that she made the right choice. She suckled for several minutes, her eyelids drooping ever so slightly as she delighted in the sensation of suckling on her pacifier. She shifted in the diaper, it's soft plushniess invading every part of her pelvis. How could she have not liked this thing just a minute ago? "MmmMmm." Daring looked down to see Rainbow Dash, still asleep, but wincing as she bit her lip. She reached up with her hoof and placed it in her mouth, suckling it for a pacifier substitute. Daring giggled at how foalish her partner was acting. Honestly, it was kind of cute, but foalish nonetheless. Daring sighed happily, before inhaling the stench of dirty diapers. She looked down and remembered that Rainbow's diaper was full. "Hehe... stinky fiwwy," she mumbled, patting Rainbow's head. It was at that moment that Daring's tail involuntarily hiked up. She was surprised, but realized what was happening when her tummy ache increased its pressure. Grunting, she bent down, putting her bottom high up into the air as she pooped. A solid log of steamy mess flooded her diaper. Then another. And another. Daring grunted some more as she bit her pacifier, pooping as much as she could before she finally stopped minutes later. Her diaper sagged under a massive load. The fresh scent of poop intermingled with the stale stench of Dash's, but Daring just giggled at it. It didn't smell bad at all. She kind of like it, actually. She sat down, the massive load squishing and pushing all along her diaper. Daring moaned as the warm mush spread and suckled happily. This was the best feeling in the world. "MmMmm..." Rainbow whimpered softly. Daring glanced down, pitying the poor pony. She clearly missed the pacifier, even though she shouldn't have taken Daring's in the first place. She laid down next to Rainbow and cuddled her, pressing her blue face deep into the tuft of her chest. "Don' wowwy, Dashi," Daring said softly. "When woo wake up, we can find woo a new paci. We can be the poopie diapee espwowers!" Rainbow seemed comforted by this and snuggled up closer. Daring held her tightly, occasionally stroking her mane, occasionally squishing her own diaper, and always, always suckling her pacifier. She couldn't remember much of what happened before she found her paci, but Daring didn't mind too much. She knew a lot, cause she was a big filly! She knew this room was her home. She knew Dashie was her partner... or fellow foal... or little sister... or something. She knew she loved her poopy diapers and her foal food and her crib. But most of all, Daring loved her paci.
The TreasureDaring Do slinked across the ancient stones of the Maneyan temple, each step light to detect the possibility of a booby trap. The deep hallway was brightened by only a few torches on either side of the wall. She was slow, methodical, and precise, avoiding any rocks that looked too loose or out of place. Beads of sweat rolled down her face as she continued on. Hopefully, this was the last hall before the treasure room. "So awesome!" Daring froze and narrowed her eyes. She turned around to see her partner, Rainbow Dash, hovering right behind her. The cyan mare's eyes were wide with excitement as she watched her hero in action. "Shhh!" Daring berated. "I didn't ask you to come with me on this hunt so you could alert whatever might be lurking in this temple to our presence!" "Pssh!" Rainbow waved her hoof dismissively. "This place is like, a bajillion years old. Who do you think we might run into? Ghosts?" "It's happened before," Daring said lowly. Rainbow did a double take. "Whoa, really? I don't remember reading about that before!" "That book's still in development," Daring whispered. "And stop flying! I told you there might be trap wires strung across the ceiling!" Rainbow rolled her eyes, but lowered herself to the ground. "Sorry." Resigned knowing that was the best apology she'd be getting, Daring Do turned her focus back to the hall. They sneaked through the rest of it in record time, soon finding themselves in a large chamber that must've been smack dab in the middle of the temple. Daring looked around it quickly, taking note of anything significant. Some scribblings on the far wall, a carved circle on the floor that spanned the radius of the room, and in the middle of that: a podium. "Jackpot!" Rainbow said. Daring couldn't hold back a smile. "The lost Maneyan artifact of Calakmule! We found it." "And it looks like we beat Ahuizotl to the punch, too!" Rainbow said with a grin. Daring matched it. They'd already encountered that blue monster twice on this journey alone, and both times had narrowly avoided getting caught. "Well we owe that to you," Daring said. "Burning the directions before he could get a chance to look at them was genius." "Aw, thanks." Rainbow blushed. "But you're the one who memorized them first. If you hadn't, I don't think I would've been able to do it." "Fair enough. Now come on." Daring waved her forward as they trotted toward the podium. On top of it rested the lost treasure of Calakmule, but at this distance it only looked like blob. "Hey, why'd the Maneyans go through so much trouble to hide this treasure anyway?" Rainbow asked. "Were they that paranoid somepony would steal it back in the day?" Daring shook her head. "Not quite. According to legend, this artifact bore a horrible curse upon it." "Curse?" Rainbow actually sounded a little worried. "Relax, the Maneyan's were a tribe of earth ponies. None of them could've had the magic to actually curse something. They would just say that to make ponies stay away." "Oh, okay." That seemed to assuage her worries. They were approaching the podium now, stepping across the line made by the carving in the stone. Turning her attention back to the artifact, Daring cleared her throat. "Now, be on the look out for traps while I grab the... uh..." She froze, her eyes falling to rest on artifact atop the podium. Staring back at her was a large, pink pacifier. The rubber bulb was big, big enough for a grown pony anyway, and the plastic guard bore a cutesy red heart on it. "What?" Dash narrowed her eyes at the thing. "Are you kidding me, Maneyans?" "This can't be right." Daring walked around the podium, hoping it was just a trick of the light. No such luck. "Everything I've ever read about this temple suggested that it held a treasure in the centermost vault. Some even suggested it was a fountain of youth!" "You think Ahuizotl beat us here and left this behind to taunt us?" Rainbow asked. "He couldn't possibly!" Daring almost shouted. "You burned the only map that had directions here. Nopony else knows how to get to this temple but us!" "Maybe it was ghosts?" Rainbow suggested. Daring rolled her eyes. "Haha. As if ghosts would trade a treasure for a pacifier." She glanced at the pink insult again, and before she really knew it, her expression softened. It certainly wasn't the worst thing she'd ever found in a temple before. In fact, it was kind of cute. Inviting even. The way it just sat there, as if it expected to be picked up and popped into somepony's mouth at any second... "Ya think that might be a clue to where the treasure is?" Rainbow's voice ripped Daring from her thoughts. She glanced up from the pacifier and saw Rainbow pointing to the writing on the wall. She squinted at it, but sighed. "Sorry, my ancient Maneyan isn't too good. I can only pick up a few words at best." "Anything useful?" Rainbow asked with hope. Daring stared up at the wall again. Among the confusing gibberish and pictograms she did her best to read what it said. She managed to translate only a few words though: 'Danger', 'spell', and what looked to be either the word for 'regress' or the word for 'soup'. Ancient Maneyan was very confusing. She shook her head. "Nothing good." "Crap. Maybe there's a secret door or something, nearby. Hang on." Rainbow darted about the room, determined for this adventure to not end on a sour note. Meanwhile, Daring turned her attention back to the pacifier, pinching her lips in curiosity. She wasn't curious about how it got there, or how the ancient Maneyans managed to make a pacifier. No, what she was curious about, oddly enough, is what it would be like to suckle on it. Part of her knew that was a weird thought to have, but another part of her didn't really care. She was drawn to the mysterious pacifier in a way she couldn't describe. She could even feel saliva building up in her mouth at the thought of suckling on this ancient foal toy. What's the harm? She thought. The mission is a bust either way, I guess. With only the slightest of hesitations, she reached up and grabbed the pacifier from the podium. For a moment, she held the pacifier in her hoof, inspecting it. Then she slowly inched it toward her waiting lips. RUMBLE RUBMLE Daring's eyes widened as she realized the floor was disappearing from under them. The entire inner circle was slipping away! Her treasure hunter instincts kicked in and she slipped her find safely in her shirt pocket before snapping her wings open. "Dash, fly!" Rainbow heard and soared upward. Daring matched her pace and the two left the ground as the inner circle completely vanished. "That was a close one!" Rainbow said. "Sorry Daring, I guess I tripped a trap or something." Daring opened her mouth, about to correct her partner. After all, her experience led her to believe that taking the pacifier was probably what did it, yet she stopped. She didn't want Rainbow to know she had the pacifier. Not out of embarrassment, but out of greed. It was hers, and if Rainbow knew she had it, there might be trouble. What if she tried to take it? Daring was not letting that happen. "No worries, rookie. We're just lucky whoever made that trap didn't plan on us being pegasi." "Guess so." Rainbow sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. She looked down, seeing nothing but a dark expanse under the trap door. "Boy, that looks deep. Where do you think it leads?" "I try not to think about that most of the time," Daring said. "I've learned that you almost never want to know." "Yeah... fair enough," Rainbow decided. "Why don't we head out to the campsite and get some sleep?" Daring suggested. "It's been a long day. We can check out the temple again tomorrow, see if we missed anything." Rainbow took the bait. "Yeah, okay," she said, eager to put her slip up behind them. "Come on, we should be safe to fly out." Daring started back out the way they came, hearing the flapping of Rainbow soon follow her. As they left the temple, Daring patted her pocket gently, her pacifier safe inside.
The CurseDaring rolled over in her sleeping bag, groaning softly. An hour of tossing and turning and still no sleep had come her way. She looked over to the right, the dying embers of the campfire letting her make out the bulging bag of Rainbow Dash. Her partner was already deep in sleep, evidenced by her loud, loud snoring. But the snoring wasn't the reason Daring couldn't get forty winks. No, the real reason was small, pink, and sitting a few feet away. Tucked away in her folded shirt, sitting right next to her hat and other supplies, was her pacifier. Hers. Daring was still getting used to that. Not even two hours and she was already possessive of the thing. She hadn't had a pacifier since she was a foal, and now she felt ownership for this one that they'd only just found earlier that day. It was weird, but not in a bad way. At least, she didn't think so. After all, it was a very nice pacifier. A lovely shade of pink (just fillyish enough, especially with that heart on the guard) and it was practically begging to be put in her mouth too. In her mouth... Was that why she couldn't get to sleep? Unzipping her bag, Daring got up and started pacing. She couldn't push the thought, the desire, to suckle on the pacifier out of her head. After all, she'd wanted to do it practically since she first laid eyes on the thing. But was it a good idea? That desire was the very same thing that caused her to ignore years of experience and set off a trap. Maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea to act on it. But then again, what could possibly be the harm, right? They were no longer in the temple, and it wasn't even like she could get embarrassed. The only pony around for miles was out like a light, and nopony else would just stumble upon her suckling on a pacifier. Besides, it wasn't likely she'd get to sleep anytime soon, and as long as she only did it to satisfy her morbid curiosity, nothing could go wrong. So... it was alright. Right? Right. Daring snapped out of her thoughts to see she was already holding the pacifier. She blinked, realizing that somehow during her pacing she must have gone over and picked it up without thinking about it. "I must really want this," she whispered. And that wasn't a bad thing. She was just curious, after all. Only curious. For sure. Ignoring how defensive her thoughts felt, Daring raised the pacifier up. Licking her lips, she slowly slid the rubber bulb into her mouth. When that was done, she just let it hang there in her mouth for a moment. Nothing seemed to have happened, at least, nothing significant. But her curiosity wasn't satisfied. Not unless she... "Dawe I?" she lisped through the pacifier. Turning back, she looked to make sure Rainbow was still asleep. When the snoring lump greeted her eyes, she turned back around and took a deep breath. "O'tay." She suckled. It was quick. Brief. And it was only once. But damn did it feel good. Daring giggled, giddy at the thought of what she'd just done. It was so foalish, and yet it felt so good! She suckled again, this time not stopping. She just let the pacifier bob back and forth with her lips wrapped around it, enjoying the high it gave her. She put a hoof to her mouth to muffle the giggles, but didn't slow down. She found a nice, steady rhythm to suckle to and sighed with euphoria. It was just a feeling she could never have imagined! And how could she? Here she was, a grown pony suckling on a pacifier, and she was liking it for Celestia's sake! It was almost too ridiculous to be true. Daring did a little trotting in place out of pure glee, but that was about all she could do before her exhaustion finally started to catch up to her. As her eyes went half-lidded, Daring decided she did feel very tired. Maybe this was what she'd been missing whenever she tried to sleep: this wonderful suckling feeling. Content to suckle on the pacifier until she fell asleep, Daring walked back over to her sleeping bag and huddled up inside it. She found herself curling to the fetal position, something she never used to do, but was still so entranced with her pacifier that she didn't mind. Her eye's closing slowly, Daring Do found herself ready and willing to sleep now. ... ... ... Why couldn't she sleep? Daring rolled over in her sleeping bag, an involuntary whine escaping her throat. She was so tired, and yet still sleep eluded her. It wasn't fair! What was wrong? Well, her sleeping bag, for one. As Daring kept suckling, she nodded. Yes, it was definitely the sleeping bag. She didn't like being so... encased on all sides. It was suffocating. She wanted a nice, fluffy mattress to sleep on; this was basically just the ground. It didn't really occur to Daring that she'd slept in a sleeping bag hundreds of times before without a problem. Even if it had, that wouldn't impact her thoughts all that much. As far as she was concerned right now, the sleeping bag was definitely the problem. But it wouldn't just be solved with a mattress. There was something else missing. Daring rolled around a little, trying to figure out what it was. Then it hit her. She could roll around! That just wasn't safe at all! She needed some sort of barrier to make sure that couldn't happen. If she could stay put, that would make things so much easier. All it would take would be a couple of bars around her and-- Daring shot up, shock sending her reeling. She just barely managed to keep suckling her pacifier. "I...I wanna cwib?" She lisped quietly. That was... no... That was completely stupid. She was an adult. An adult suckling on a pacifier, sure, but an adult nonetheless. She didn't need, nor want, to sleep in a crib tonight. She shook her head; she was just being silly. "Siwwy fiwwy," Daring mumbled to herself as she laid back down. ... ... ... Okay, she still couldn't go to sleep. Groaning, Daring rolled around in frustration. She couldn't possibly want to sleep in a crib right? Right? It was just... it was implausible, first off. She was in the middle of the Mexicolt wilds, near a temple that hadn't been inhabited or visited for at least a thousand years, if not longer. Where was she even going to find a crib? "I not sewiouswy entert-- entertata-- endermaining... I don' wan' dis... wight?" Daring chewed her pacifier nervously. It was strange how out of nowhere this desire had appeared from, but at the same time she worried if she didn't act of it then she wouldn't get any sleep at all tonight. She looked back over to Rainbow, and found the pegasus to still be sleeping restfully. Surely she wouldn't mind if Daring were to sneak off in search of a crib for the night... Wow, she sounded so stupid. Where did she even expect to find a crib!? Pausing for a moment, Daring glanced back over to the temple. It's outline was easy to see, given how close they had set up camp. Perhaps it may have a crib in it. After all, that's were her pacifier came from. "Oh come on. Weawwy?" Daring asked as she stood up and unzipped her bag again. "As if I gonna go all da way back jus ta see if dere is a cwib for me ta sweep in." Prepost-- er... Ridic-- urm... Silly! That's what it was. Just plain silly! There was no chance a crib would just be waiting for her at all and she was just being stupid for wanting there to be. But... then why was she walking towards the temple? Daring sleepily acknowledged the fact that she was stumbling towards the temple. It didn't really shock her too much; she'd been doing things without thinking it a lot lately. Besides, suckling on her pacifier kept her calm. Who knew, maybe she would find a crib after all. Keeping her focus on her pacifier, Daring let her legs do all the word as they made their way back to the entrance to the temple. She grew nervous and chewed on the bulb as she entered the temple. For a moment, she was worried that all the traps she had spent so much time avoiding earlier in the day would spring, but no. She walked through the tunnel without a single issue. "Huh..." Daring said, which was closely followed by a yawn. During her walk, she had plenty of time to reflect on everything, even with her exhaustion and constant suckling. She could have thought about how weird this was. She could have thought about how scary it was that she was effectively losing control of what she wanted. She could have realized that all this only started when she first came in contact with the pacifier. And, if she had been really thinking, she may have even thought about the supposed curse and linked it back to the item she was currently suckling on so happily. But Daring Do didn't think about any of that. Instead, her thoughts wandered to how comfortable it would be to sleep in a crib once she finally found one. In fact, she got very very excited about it. She wanted to curl up under a comfy blanket, nuzzle a pillow, and rest against the bars of a crib just right for her. Her suckling became faster the more she thought about it. Finally, Daring reached the inner chamber she'd been at just hours earlier, and that was where her legs finally stopped moving on her own. She blinked and looked around, curious as to why she had stopped here. It was dark, and hard to make out anything, but she could at least tell that there was no crib here. That's when her eye caught something. The trap door from earlier was still open, forming a wide ring around the podium that descended into the unknown. Upon seeing it, Daring's wings twitched. It was hard to describe, but she felt something pulling at her, telling her to go down there. She extended her wings, heart beating faster at the prospect of a crib. She flapped gently, beginning her descent. Oddly enough, she found it rather difficult to fly for some reason. Every so often her wings would go out of sync and she'd drop a few feet before she could rectify the problem. Sweat formed at her forehead and she chewed her pacifier in concentration, doing her best to hover downward gently. Then it was almost like she forgot how to fly entirely. One moment she was doing well, the next her wings seemed to lose control. She flapped wildly, and would've screamed if it wouldn't cause her to lose her pacifier. Daring squeezed her eyes shut as the wind whipped past her hair, worried that this was it. FWOOMP! crinkle crinkle crinkle Daring opened her eyes, realizing that she was safe. She'd landed in a large pile of... something soft. Clearly whoever made the trap door above had left these for whatever wanderer triggered the trap. But what were they? Pillows? She fumbled around, finding it difficult to sit up in the moving, crinkling mass of plush. With some effort she was able to grab one of the many indistinguishable, life saving cushions and examine it. The lighting in whatever room she'd ended up in was low. Only a little glow from the torches in the chamber above leaked through. Using this light Daring squinted and flipped the object over. The action caused it to unfold, and it formed a shape that was oddly familiar to her. "A diapee?" She murmured. Glancing around, she saw that the whole pile was made of them. Individual diapers, big enough for an adult to wear, with enough poof in one to cushion any fall. The puzzle pieces clicked in Daring's mind. The pacifier trap led to the diapers. Clearly, whoever left these here intended for her to wear them. "No way!" she defiantly threw the diaper to the side, squirming in the pile as the rest shifted around her. "I a big fiwwy. I no need a diapee!" As she struggled, Daring did realize something though. The diapers... they were soft. Like, really soft. Cloud levels of soft, even. Interesting... She finally rolled off the pile and dusted herself off. Soft or no, she didn't need diapers. She came down here for a crib after all, and she wasn't going to get distracted from that goal. Pushing herself up, Daring gathered herself, suckled softly on her pacifier, and looked around the room. She had to resort to squinting again, but was able to make out some rough outlines of things. There was definitely furniture in the room she'd landed in. She could see the outlines of counters, a table... what might have been a chair. It didn't seem like there were any other ways out besides the way she came in though. Before she could realize that meant she was trapped until she could figure out what was wrong with her wings, Daring's eyes widened as they were greeted by a wonderful sight. A crib! An honest to Celestia crib! The rough shape in low light might have made someponies think it was just an ordinary bed, but Daring could tell there were bars lining all four sides. She clapped with joy and giggled, her heart pounding with excitement. She didn't bother questioning it, either, though between this, the pacifier, and the pile of diapers, she really should have. But who cared? She was actually going to get to sleep in a crib! It was a dream come true! Scampering over, Daring craned her neck to see the top of the bars. She jumped, limbs flailing to catch the edge, but she missed and fell flat on her butt. "Owie." Daring stood back up and rubbed her hindquarters. When they started to sting a little less, she tried jumping again, only to get the same result. On the third try her hooves grazed the edge, but the end result was still the same. Her rump sufficiently stinging, Daring sniffled. She really wanted to sleep in the crib, but at this rate she wouldn't be able to without turning her bottom redder than a tomato. Then, she remembered something! Turning back around, Daring saw the pile of diapers again, and an idea bloomed in her mind. Of course! She could wear one, and then falling wouldn't be a problem! As long as she was just wearing a diaper for that, she didn't see anything wrong with it. Quickly, Daring darted over to the pile and rummaged through it. After a few seconds of searching, she picked out the biggest, poofiest diaper she could find. Flopping down on the ground, Daring raised her rear end and scooted the diaper underneath. In near darkness with just her hooves to go by, it was tough work, but Daring made it happen. A few rough folds and she was wearing the loosest diaper in the world. Her sloppy work aside though, she had no complaints. Patting down the tapes, Daring sighed. For a moment she just sat their, soaking in the fluffiness of the diaper. She hadn't imagined it would feel so good! It was almost like suckling her pacifier for the first time all over again. The giddy feeling of doing something a big filly like her shouldn't be doing... it was wonderful! She played with the poofy padding for a moment, but remembered her mission. She quickly stood up and wobbled; the diaper spread her legs out really far apart! Waddling over, she tried again to get into the crib. With a shielded butt, it didn't matter how many times she fell, and fell she did. Daring lost count of how many times she jumped up at the side of the crib, only to fall and hear a crinkle as her butt squished her diaper. She was pretty sure it was more than four times, though. Four was a number, right? Regardless, on her last attempt, she latched onto the edge of the crib and pulled herself over. She bounced onto the mattress a second later, sighing with relief. She'd made it. She wrestled the crib's blanket out and let it fall over her as she curled up. Her bulging diaper made it hard to press her legs together, so she didn't try all that hard. She was too sleepy anyway. So sleepy... Daring's eye's closed and she drifted off into slumber, happily suckling her pacifier all the while.
The EndRainbow Dash stretched out her forelegs, yawning herself out from slumber. As she smacked her lips together and opened her eyes, started to kick off her sleeping bag. Excitement coursed through her veins as she realized what an epic day of adventuring with her hero awaited her. grumble grumble. Dash paused for a moment and patted her stomach. Breakfast first, adventuring second. As the sleeping bag left her body, she also felt a pressure building up in her bowels. Okay, bathroom first, breakfast second, adventuring third. "Wait, how do you even go to the bathroom in the jungle?" She asked aloud. Turning over to the other sleeping bag, Rainbow asked, "hey Daring, how do--" she stopped, seeing the limp, empty bag that greeted her. Dash tilted her head. "Uh... Daring?" she called out, looking around. Nothing but trees, a barren campsite, and the edge of the Maneyan temple could be seen. No Daring Do, that was for sure. "Huh." Rainbow tapped her chin, trying to make sense of this. Maybe Daring had woken up before her and went foraging for breakfast? Nah, they'd packed way more food than they needed. Had she wandered off to use the bathroom (however that was done in the jungle)? Plausible, but not likely. Daring never wrote about using the bathroom in any of her books; clearly she had discipline when it came to that. So... what? "Hmm... Maybe Daring had a revelation about were the temple's hidden treasure is!" Rainbow realized. If that was the case, she probably just forgot to let her know; after all, Daring was still more used to working alone than with a partner. Waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because she realized the secret of the temple was certainly grounds for forgetting somepony as awesome as Rainbow. She probably just figured Dash could catch up anyway. So it was settled! Rainbow was going after Daring. Breakfast could wait. Going number two could... well, it couldn't wait long, but it could wait for a bit. Adventure was calling harder than nature right now. Spreading her wings, Rainbow took off for the temple. It's stone-brink exterior zoomed toward her, and she looped around to make it to the entrance they were at the other day. Stopping before going in, Dash peered inside and called out, "Daring?" No response. Obviously she was deeper inside and couldn't hear her. Wary of the traps mentioned the other day, Dash landed and walked inside. It was much brighter now than it was last night, which was nice. There was definitely a chance to catch something they might've missed the other day. She crept around the tunnel, occasionally calling out Daring's name, to no avail. Every so often, Rainbow would check a wall or a suspicious floor panel in hopes of finding a secret Daring might've missed, but she had as much luck with that as she did finding Daring. Eventually, Rainbow reached the central chamber again. Sadly, it was without finding Daring Do or a secret passage/tunnel. She hadn't even found an already opened passage way that might've led to Daring. But at least she hadn't found any traps, either. "Geeze, where the heck is she?" Rainbow asked the empty room. This was starting to get frustrating. Not only did her stomach feel emptier, but her bowels constricted tighter. She really hoped to find Daring fast, otherwise her day was going to be filled with discomfort. Without much else to do, Rainbow explored the chamber as best she could, but the walls and ceiling yielded nothing new. The only thing of note was the booby trapped floor was still open. ...Actually... Rainbow peaked her head over the side, looking down to see how far down she could look. As it turned out, she could see all the way to the bottom! Strangely, something white seemed to be lining the whole of the ring's bottom. Some kind of way to finish off the pony who fell in, perhaps? Upon further inspection, Dash saw the white objects had been roughed up and scattered on one part of the circle, while the rest was otherwise consistent in its orderliness. "Daring," Dash said with a smile. Of course the veteran adventurer had checked down below. Rainbow felt like facehoofing, it was so obvious. Spreading her wings once more, Rainbow dove head first into the pit. She started flapping a few seconds later, defying gravity as she gently floated to the bottom. The closer she got, though, the more those white things started to look like... "Diapers?" Dash stopped mid-fall, hovering in confusion. Yep, those things were definitely diapers alright. "What is up with this temple?" she heard herself say. First a pacifier and now these? This was just too weird. Unfortunately for her, that's not where the strangeness ended. Turning her attention to the rest of the room, Rainbow felt her jaw drop a little. It looked like some sort of weird, ancient Maneyan nursery. There was a counter that appeared just big enough for a grown pony to lie down on, there was a small chest, a table, high chair included, and even a crib, all made in the same stoney style of the temple. And when Rainbow saw who was in the crib, her jaw straight up hit the floor. "D-Daring Do?" Nothing but shock was in Dash's voice. Laying before was the back of what could only be the adventurer herself, if the gray hair was any indication. But what was she doing in a crib? Had she hit her head and fallen into it while losing consciousness? 'Cause that was the only plausible explanation to Dash. But alas, she learned it wasn't that simple. Her voice roused Daring from her slumber, and after shifting around she rolled over, eye blinking slowly and lips curled around a bright, pink pacifier. Rainbow did a double take. Then a triple take. "Whaaaaaat?" Daring smiled behind the guard of the pacifier as she suckled happily, eyes lighting up with recognition. "Dashie!" she cooed in the most foalish voice possible. Rainbow flinched. "What?!" Daring fumbled over herself trying to sit up. As her blanket fell away, something white and poofy revealed itself. "No..." Rainbow couldn't believe it. Her hero was wearing a diaper. "Daring... what happened to you?" she slowly approached the crib, unsure of what to make of it. In response, Daring Do suckled her pacifier innocently and giggled. Wait a moment, that pacifier was the same one that had been in the central chamber... Rainbow backed away from the crib now. She'd been hoping this had been some kind of sick prank, but now she wasn't so sure. That pacifier... Daring had said something about a curse the ancient Maneyans put on the artifact... but it couldn't be... As she giggled, Daring bounced a little in her crib. crinkle crinkle squish "Oh my Celestia." As the rest of the blanket dropped, Rainbow could see the rest of Daring's diaper. Specifically the big, yellow stain that covered it. There was no doubt: her hero had used her diaper. "That's just... ew" Rainbow winced, just as she really began to notice the stale smell of urine clinging to the air. This was definitely not a prank. And that meant Daring was in trouble. She was trapped in an ancient curse, and there was nopony around but Rainbow Dash who could help. That was just perfect; Rainbow was totally a go to reference on all things magic. Even with her limited knowledge, she knew that pacifier had to come out; that much was obvious. If it was cursed, then hopefully removing it would be enough to break the spell on Daring. If not... well, Dash hoped there were enough diapers in that pile to deal with Daring until they could find a way to get her back. "Uh... hi there, Daring," Rainbow said tentatively as she re-approached the crib. "Hiya, Dashie!" Daring chirped. "Woo wanna pway wiff me?" "...Sure?" Rainbow guessed, extending her wings and hovering up to the edge of the crib. "I... uh, I just need your pacifier for a minute so I can--" "No!" The sudden force from Daring made Rainbow flinch again. The regressed explorer covered her mouth with her blanket "Is my paci! Woo cannaw haff!" Rainbow grimaced. Of course the curse would make her fussy about this. Maybe a more roundabout way was the right idea. Swallowing, she gave it a shot. "Okay, okay. It's your paci. ...Uh, say, that diaper of yours looks awfully soaked. You want me to change you?" "Mmmm..." Daring seemed to ponder that question with all the brain power of a toddler. "Otay!" "Great!" Rainbow faked a grin. Great indeed. She'd just secured diaper duty forever if this curse didn't wear off. She reached into the crib and lifted Daring up. The overgrown foal made sure to suckle happily (and noisily) as she was carried over to the stone counter. Dash quickly laid Daring down on the makeshift changing table. "Okay, now don't go anywhere." Daring nodded blankly and pressed her thighs together, generating a sickly squishy noise from her diaper. Rainbow shivered as she flew over to the pile on the other side of the room and grabbed a diaper from the top. She was chewing the inside of her cheek on the short flight back. Daring was lying obediently on the table still, which was a relief. "Okay, here we go," Dash said. She tugged at the used diaper and its tapes ripped fairly easily. However Daring had got it on her, it must've been just barely. Dash quickly took it off, careful not to touch the damp areas, and just tossed it off to the side. There wasn't a hamper or anything nearby, so the floor would do. They wouldn't stay long. "Legs up," Dash asked. Daring obliged by moving her hindlegs by a few inches. Dash groaned and pushed them up as she slid the diaper underneath. The fur... down there, was noticeably sticky from Daring's pee, but without a way to clean it, Dash just shrugged it off. She pulled Daring's tail through the hole of the diaper and carefully wrapped the padding around her waist. "Okay, is that nice and snug?" Daring giggled and she wiggled her hips. "Yes." "Great." Another painfully fake smile. "So, can you pat down the tapes for me, like a big girl?" "Otay." Daring's hooves drifted down, and Dash grinned for real this time. She'd left her mouth totally exposed, and seizing the opportunity, Rainbow ripped the pacifier from her mouth. "Yes!" Daring froze for a moment, pupils shrinking. Dash allowed herself to be hopeful, thinking the curse was broken. ...Not quite. "My paci!" Daring whined, her voice reaching a new pitch. Tears were quick to line her eyes and she sniffled. "G-Give it back!" Making Daring cry... that actually made Rainbow sad. But she couldn't give into that request. Just because Daring hadn't immediately become an adult didn't mean she was getting a cursed pacifier back. "Sorry, no can do." "Wha?" The tears slid down Daring's face. "But... But..." She cried. Loudly. Rainbow grimaced and her ear folded down. Looking away, she hoped the real Daring would come back soon. She looked at the pink pacifier in her hoof, cursing it. Well... that wasn't fair. The pacifier wasn't so much to blame as the curse, right? Besides, looking at it closely, it looked like a really nice pacifier. The shade of pink was really cute... and the bulb looked so soft... Rainbow licked her lips. Shaking her head, she almost screamed, "No!" Daring whimpered a little quieter, but didn't stop. Dash bit her lip. This was crazy, she didn't actually want this pacifier in her mouth, right? It was cursed! ...Well, there wasn't any proof it was cursed. M-Maybe the diapers were... or the crib... or maybe Daring had just hit her head really badly. The point was, this pacifier -- this warm, adorable, suckable pacifier -- could be not cursed. If that was the case, was there really any harm in suckling it? Daring wouldn't make fun of her, she was regressed right now. And speaking of the overgrown foal, Dash did want to keep this pacifier out of her reach just in case. Why not in her mouth? Seeing absolutely nothing wrong with that logic, Rainbow slid the rubber bulb between her lips, suckling almost immediately. "Wowie!" she said softly. It felt... electric. Like doing a triple Sonic Rainboom in one try! How had she never experienced this feeling before? "Hey, dat's mine!" Rainbow turned to the sniveling Daring Do, but didn't stop suckling. How could she? "I sowwy," she lisped. "But you can't haff dis wight now." "Why nawt?" "Hm..." Rainbow had to give that some serious thought. She needed to keep Daring away from this pacifier because... well, because it was hers. "Cause you need to eat bweaky!" Daring lower lip quivered in a pout. "But I nawt hungie." Rainbow felt her own stomach rumble from hollowness. "You should be. It's bweaky time!" Lifting Daring Do up, Rainbow flew her over to the table and set her down in the high chair. It wasn't an easy process between the poofy diaper and the squirming pegasus in her hold, but she managed to squeeze her in. Daring was still sniffling in her pacifer-lessness, so Dash wiped her eyes and gave her a big hug. Daring sighed into it, so that was progress. "Now den," Rainbow looked around the room, her eyes falling upon the chest she'd noticed earlier. She landed... or rather, dropped out of the air. Her wings didn't feel tired, but they sure didn't feel like flying anymore at least. Going over to the chest, Rainbow opened it. What greeted her were several glass jars, each sealed with a cork and containing mushy looking food. Foal food, of course! Just was a mentally foalish explorer would love to eat! Rainbow suckled eagerly as she picked up a jar of orange mush and popped off the cork. The smell of old carrots suddenly permeated the room, chasing away the urine smell from earlier. Rainbow grinned, and looked back in the chest. No spoons, or any utensils could be found, so she turned back to Daring Do, who was still squirming in her high chair. "Paci?" Daring whimpered. "Food!" Rainbow gleefully replied. She wiggled the jar tantalizingly. "Wanna twy?" Daring scrunched up her snout at the sight. "No." Rainbow chewed her pacifier in thought. "Oh! Wha if I gibb woo da paci afta woo eat?" Did she really just say paci instead of pacifier? Eh, it was easier to say while she suckled anyway. Besides... it just felt right. Daring lit up at the proposition. "I can have my paci back?" "Yes." Rainbow nodded. "...Eventuawwy..." Daring grinned happily. "Okay, I hungie then!" "Gweat!" The jar was big enough for Rainbow to dip the tip of her hoof in, so she did and withdrew a small amount of the presumably carrot mush. "Hewe." She held it out. Cautiously, Daring inched her mouth closer before gingerly pressing her lips over the food. Dash giggled as Daring ran her tongue along the hoof to get as much of the mush as she could before pulling back and swallowing. Rainbow dipped her hoof in again, and was about to hold it out when Daring interrupted her. "I can feed mysewf," she asserted. Rainbow shrugged and hoofed over the jar. Daring snatched it up and started shoving her hoof in before practically slapping her own face. Mush got all over her face and chest, but Daring didn't seem to mind. She just went back for more and Dash giggled at the sight. Her laughter died, however, when her stomach rumbled again. Boy, she was really hungie too, wasn't she? Rainbow tilted her head back to the chest and saw the other jars. She suckled deeply on her pacifier, giving it some thought. They were far away from the campsite... at least, they felt far away. Everything outside this room felt too far away to care about. Not to mention, Daring seemed to like the mush. So what if it was foal food? Dash may be a big filly, but she was a hungry filly too. Grabbing a jar of yellow mush and popping off the cork, Dash's nose was greeted with the smell of bananas. Before she could dip her hoof in, she paused, remembering her pacifier. She suckled heavily, quickly, realizing she'd have to take it out to eat. Biting the bulb, Dash suddenly found herself wondering if she really was that hungry. Her rumbling stomach returned, however, with a very convincing counter-argument. Resigned, Rainbow slowly pulled the pacifier free. As it left, she whimpered, her mouth suddenly feeling a lot dryer. She wanted to shove it back in her mouth right then and there, but set it on the table instead. With the deed done, Rainbow attacked her food with gusto. The banana mush hit her taste buds with an explosion of goodness, and she couldn't help but moan with satisfaction. Who cared how old this stuff was when it tasted so good? She used her hoof for a little while longer, but wanted her meal done quicker so she could get back to the paci. To hurry things up , she put the edge of the jar to her mouth and tilted her head back. The mush poured in like a food avalanche, and Dash its hungry victim. She inhaled the rest of the foal food, wiping her mouth with a satisfied sigh when she was done. Her stomach purred with happiness and she smiled. Wait... did she really just do that? She just ate a whole jar of foal food in like, ten seconds flat! Desperation was one thing, but she was a big filly, right? Why did she... Rainbow lost track of her thoughts when her eyes fell on her pacifier again. Instinct took over and she dove for it, popping it back in her mouth and moaning with the return of the ecstasy. She was never, ever taking it out again. She'd find a way to eat foal food without a mouth if she could. "Hmm..." She sighed, eyes closed and all suckling muscles on maximum. This was perfect. Well... not quite. In the midst of her eating session, she found that she was sitting on the cold, hard ground, and it was none too pleasant. She shifted and squirmed, hating the feeling and wishing there was a better way. Then her eyes caught Daring's diaper from under the table. Of course! It was so obvious. Rainbow needed a diaper. She stumbled up and darted over to the pile nearby. All the diapers stared back at her in all their glory, each more poofy and comfy looking than the last. Rainbow didn't take long before selecting the most awesome of the bunch and slapping it on in record time. Having practiced on Daring, Rainbow knew she was basically an expert now. Her diaper ended up tight and snuggly on her waist, and she giggled at the feeling. Sitting on the ground wouldn't be an issue now! Nor would the bathroom! Rainbow paused. Wait... was she planning on using this thing? But she was a big filly! ...A big filly who'd completely forgotten she needed to go. The pressure in her bowels had returned, this time more ferocious than ever. Rainbow Dash bit down on her pacifier as she groaned at the feeling. She needed to go... now. And she did have the diaper. Rainbow suckled on her pacifier some more, and realized it wasn't such a bad idea. After all, Daring used her diapers and was fine. Rainbow knew she would be too. She could be a big filly and use her diapers 'cause she was just that awesome. Standing, Rainbow raised her tail, held her breath, and pushed. She grunted a little, but using the bathroom in her diaper was actually... natural? She messed herself so easily, the hot, steaming pile rushing free of her bowels and loading up her diaper without a single issue. It sagged under the weight by the time she was done, but was otherwise warm and... kinda comfier this way. And the smell! On any other day, Rainbow would take one whiff of a poopy diaper and fly a hundred miles in the opposite direction. But now? The stench of her mess was actually kind of pleasant. It made her smile. "Hehe, you made a stinkie!" Rainbow turned back around to see a orange-faced Daring Do grinning at her. Rainbow blushed, but suckled her pacifier. It was okay. It was just fine for her to make a poopie in her diaper. The more she suckled, the better about it she felt. It became easier to accept... kinda like her mind was foggy, but in a happy way. "I guess I did." Rainbow smiled. As she suckled intently, Rainbow also sat down, compressing the warm mush in her diaper until it spread over her backside. She giggled and bounced in place, absolutely loving the feeling. "Can I have my pacifier now?" Daring whined. Rainbow shook her head. "Nah-uh." Daring frowned. "But... you said..." "I said eventa-- eventuwawie," Rainbow retorted. Which would be a million bazillion years as far as she was concerned. Her pacifier was going nowhere. Daring looked like she might cry again, and Rainbow felt a pang in her heart. She understood what it felt like to be separated from her pacifier from a little while; she couldn't blame Daring for missing how awesome it was. "Wha if woo suck da hoof?" Rainbow suggested, holding up hers and pointing to her mouth. Daring looked to her own hooves, frowning, but realizing this would be the best she'd get. She put her hoof to her lips, and suckling soon followed. And some drool. Rainbow giggled, cause it did look kind of funny. She waddled back over to the high chair, legs pushed apart by her thick padding as her mess swung and squished between them. She pulled Daring free from the high chair, which was a challenge in its own right, and set her down before yawning. "Are woo sweepy yet?" Dash asked Daring. "I didda wot today aweady..." Daring nodded, continuing to suckle her hoof for all the substitution it would give her. "My tummy kinda hurts too..." As if on cue, Dash's gurgled with discomfort. "Mine too." Maybe eating thousand year old foal food hadn't been the best idea... "We can sweep if off if woo wanna." "Okay," Daring said. "...Can I have my pacifier back when we wake up?" "...We'ww see." Translation: no. "Hewe." Rainbow sat down wrapped her friend into a hug and brought her close. Her poopy diaper squished and shifted as her rear touched the floor, and Dash just smiled. Daring snuggled up, nuzzling the fluff of Dash's chest as she yawned. Rainbow yawned too. It was definitely nap time. As the drifted off, Rainbow decided that her pacifier was definitely not cursed. It was too awesome for that. There must've been something else that made Daring act so foalish. She dozed off, still suckling her pacifier happily. Eagerly. Compulsively. Daring Do woke up with a headache and a really, really sore stomach. Her vision was blurry for a moment, and she couldn't focus. Between the two pains, she could tell that something was in her mouth, and that her hoof was wet. That was about it. As the world came into focus, Daring figured out a few more things. Things like, whatever pillow her face was buried in was very fuzzy. Also, her pillow apparently breathed. And she apparently had a second pillow over her crotch, because it was really comfy. Finally Daring sniffed the air and realized it smelled really, really bad. Like crap. Before long her vision and the rest of her senses came too, and that was when true horror struck her. No wonder her hoof was wet, it was the thing in her mouth! Since when did she suck her hoof in her sleep? She hadn't done that since she was a foal! And the horrors didn't end there. That pillow around her crotch? A diaper. Yup. Somehow, that had happened. She struggled and squirmed, the feeling of comfort suddenly very, very off putting. However, she found that she couldn't squirm with maximum discomfort because something was holding her. Somepony she quickly amended. Her partner, Rainbow Dash, had her in a full on snuggle-lock, and from what Daring could tell from what she saw (blue fur, mostly) she was face deep in Rainbow. That explained the breathing, fuzzy pillow. Daring groaned, as she realized all of her squirming had just made her nuzzle Rainbow's chest. A lot. All in all, she concluded that this part of the adventure was definitely not going in her book. She finally pushed free of Dash, and once she did was she able to figure out the last mystery consciousness gave her. That smell, was coming from Rainbow Dash's diaper. She had pooped herself... quite a lot too. "Eck." Daring gagged. "You are really, really lucky this isn't going in the book." Then Daring paused. As her eyes fell upon her partner's face, she saw one more confusing thing to add onto the list. Rainbow was happily suckling a pacifier as she laid sleeping on the floor. A pink pacifier with a red heart on the guard. A very familiar pacifier... "...My pacifier..." Daring's hoof involuntarily reached out, and she pulled the pacifier from Rainbow's lips. The blue pegasus whined, but didn't wake up. Daring observed the pacifier. Her memories of last night... they were foggy at best. But she had a good feeling about this pacifier... but also a bad one? Her heart wanted to put it in her mouth right away. Her gut was screaming to do the exact opposite. Her head hurt to much to weigh in, so it was down to instinct. The pacifier looked so inviting... so cute... but her gut had never led her astray before. What should she do? Daring puts the pacifier in her mouth | Daring throws the pacifier across the room
Ending 1It was a close call, but Daring trusted her gut on this one. It took all of her willpower, but with a quick, jerky motion, Daring tossed the pacifier as far away as she could. It bounced off the wall and landed on the floor next to what looked like a crib. Daring winced, her headache seemed to increase twofold just from the action. She powered through it, though. She had too. Ignoring how inviting the pacifier looked, even all the way across the room and sitting on the dusty floor, Daring turned back to Rainbow Dash. She shook the sleeping pony frantically, praying that she would be herself when she woke. "Come on Dash, get up!" Rainbow's eyes slowly cracked open and she gave a cutesy yawn. Looking up she saw her and smiled. "Dawing?" Rainbow paused, and smacked her lips a few times. "Where my paci?" "You mean my paci-- I mean..." Daring shook her head furiously. "It's not... you can't have that anymore Rainbow." "But..." Tears actually welled up in Rainbow's eyes, followed closely by crying. Yes, Rainbow Dash was actually crying. Daring winced, the shrill cries of her partner doing her headache no favors. Why was Rainbow acting like this? From the corner of her eye, Daring caught sight of the pacifier and the puzzle pieces clicked together. The almost hypnotic way it had enticed her... it had to be cursed just like the rumors said. And if the way Dash was acting was any indication, the curse was clearly one of regression. Daring must've been afflicted too, her diaper being the most obvious clue. She quickly ripped hers off chucked it aside, grateful to be free of the cushy prison. Turning to the still sniveling Dash, Daring recoiled at the sight of her diaper. A large, brown stain covered most of it, the padding lumpy as it tried to contain the mess within. Daring shuddered at the smell too, which was just rancid. She wanted to get that thing off of Rainbow as soon as possible, but hesitated. If Rainbow was still regressed, there's a chance she'd use her diaper again and Daring was not up for changing the mess. Dash just continued to cry. "I wan' my paci. I wan' my paci..." "Come here," Daring said, lifting the sniveling pegasus up in both forelegs. She had an odd desire to comfort the crying pony by cradling her, but chalked it up to the lingering curse. As she adjusted her hold, her foreleg became buried under the messy diaper and she shuddered all over again. "We're getting out of here, Dash." "But my paci..." Daring spread her wings and took off. It wasn't easy, carrying a squirming Dash while dealing with a worsening headache and stomach pains, but she made it out of the trap door room and back into the central chamber. She landed for a moment, set Dash down, and rubbed her temples. It seemed the further they got away from the pacifier, the worse this headache got. "You okay, Rainbow?" The pegasus sniffed. "No. I wan' my paci, and my tummy huwts and I hate you!" Daring gritted her teeth. "Yeah, well stay strong. This regression'll wear off soon. I hope." Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves and pouted, squishing her diaper as she turned away from Daring. "You a meanie!" Daring groaned. "Let's just get out of here." She took Rainbow by the hoof and forced her up. She lead her partner down the hallway and toward the temple exit, ignoring each pull of Rainbow's as she tried to escape back to her pacifier. Her headache only got worse the further she went, but when they finally crossed the exit and made it out of the temple, the pain softened and eventually faded. Her stomachache didn't. "Hgnnh!" Daring turned around and was mortified to see Rainbow, tail hiked and face red as she pushed a new load into her diaper. The already messy padding swelled under the stress, but held, and Daring was just glad she'd left the diaper on. Her own stomach gurgled with pain, and Daring figured she too could use a bathroom break, but that could wait. "Come on." She took Rainbow's hoof again and the two headed off for the campsite. Rainbow's waddle back included a lot of nasty sounded squishes and squelches, and Daring did her best to ignore them. "Can I haff my paci now?" Rainbow begged, still tear-eyed. "No," Daring grumbled. Right now, they were just going to focus on getting the hell out of this Celestia-forsaken jungle, and then she was going to focus on getting Dash better. If she could get better; Daring still wasn't too certain about that. What she was certain about was that she was never, ever writing about this adventure.
Ending 2Daring didn't listen to her gut. After all, she had a tummy ache right now, how reliable could her gut be under the influence of that? She popped the pacifier in her mouth and suckled. The feeling... the euphoria... Daring remembered it now. She loved her pacifier. It didn't take long for her headache to fade away, only affirming to Daring that she made the right choice. She suckled for several minutes, her eyelids drooping ever so slightly as she delighted in the sensation of suckling on her pacifier. She shifted in the diaper, it's soft plushniess invading every part of her pelvis. How could she have not liked this thing just a minute ago? "MmmMmm." Daring looked down to see Rainbow Dash, still asleep, but wincing as she bit her lip. She reached up with her hoof and placed it in her mouth, suckling it for a pacifier substitute. Daring giggled at how foalish her partner was acting. Honestly, it was kind of cute, but foalish nonetheless. Daring sighed happily, before inhaling the stench of dirty diapers. She looked down and remembered that Rainbow's diaper was full. "Hehe... stinky fiwwy," she mumbled, patting Rainbow's head. It was at that moment that Daring's tail involuntarily hiked up. She was surprised, but realized what was happening when her tummy ache increased its pressure. Grunting, she bent down, putting her bottom high up into the air as she pooped. A solid log of steamy mess flooded her diaper. Then another. And another. Daring grunted some more as she bit her pacifier, pooping as much as she could before she finally stopped minutes later. Her diaper sagged under a massive load. The fresh scent of poop intermingled with the stale stench of Dash's, but Daring just giggled at it. It didn't smell bad at all. She kind of like it, actually. She sat down, the massive load squishing and pushing all along her diaper. Daring moaned as the warm mush spread and suckled happily. This was the best feeling in the world. "MmMmm..." Rainbow whimpered softly. Daring glanced down, pitying the poor pony. She clearly missed the pacifier, even though she shouldn't have taken Daring's in the first place. She laid down next to Rainbow and cuddled her, pressing her blue face deep into the tuft of her chest. "Don' wowwy, Dashi," Daring said softly. "When woo wake up, we can find woo a new paci. We can be the poopie diapee espwowers!" Rainbow seemed comforted by this and snuggled up closer. Daring held her tightly, occasionally stroking her mane, occasionally squishing her own diaper, and always, always suckling her pacifier. She couldn't remember much of what happened before she found her paci, but Daring didn't mind too much. She knew a lot, cause she was a big filly! She knew this room was her home. She knew Dashie was her partner... or fellow foal... or little sister... or something. She knew she loved her poopy diapers and her foal food and her crib. But most of all, Daring loved her paci.
