Daring Doesn't Do Curses

Rainbow 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