The Padded Shapes of Nightmare

The Padded Shapes of Nightmare
By Scribe Feather
✶✶Chapter Three✶✶

It was late at night by now and life in Canterlot Castle moved more or less the same as it had been. Without the Royal Sisters there, the staff list was smaller. There was no need to have so many guards or chefs or butlers when there was no one to give them orders.

Guards still walked their patrols, however, carrying on as usual. Among the many ponies who guarded the castle at this hour were an unlikely pair of a bat pony and a white unicorn. It was unusual to see a gold armored guard at this hour, but this was certainly unusual circumstances.

The bat pony was Evening Sky, a night guard pony with an eye catching purple striped tail and a cloudy moon cutie mark partially visible underneath her purple armor. She took her job with a large amount of pride, wearing that uniform with nobility and dignity, honored to guard her beloved Princess Luna. When she put on that helmet and picked up her spear, the bat pony put on a tough face, ready to take on any obstacle in the name of the Royal Sisters.

Standing beside her was Lucky Shield, a not as glorious guard as Evening Sky. He resembled many of the blue striped maned guards who patrolled the castle halls during the day, but his personality often landed him in not-so fortunate situations. His cutie mark depicted a star emblazoned blue shield, reflecting his natural born duty to serve and defend. He did his job well, there was no doubt in that, however he also enjoyed fudging his schedules by taking slightly longer breaks in between shifts than was acceptable. The white unicorn never saw much harm in it. Just ten or so minutes over his allotted break time was all that he required to finish his lunch or finish polishing his armor. It was nothing TOO substantial.

However, apparently someone above his rank was keeping track of his longer breaks and decided to surprise the stallion with a couple night shifts just to make up lost time. He wasn’t too happy about being up so late, but Evening Sky was always close by to make sure the stallion didn’t slink off for a nap.

The two were stationed at one of Canterlot Castle’s main halls, charged with the duty of watching for trespassers, thieves, and assassins. Of course, there was a lot less to worry about when the princesses weren’t home. Lucky Shield would probably use this fact as a means to avoid work altogether, but Evening Sky would be there every step of the way to talk him out of it.

“Stand up straight, Lucky!” Sky barked with a hiss, “a soldier’s expected to stand at attention during his entire shift!”

“Why? No one’s gonna see us,” Lucky grumbled, rolling his eyes tiredly, “I don’t even know why we’re bothering with guarding this hall. We haven’t seen a single pony walk by. Not even a maid or something. No one’s gonna visit when the princesses are on leave. We probably don’t even have to spend the whole shift here if we really didn’t want to...”

Lucky continued rambling on for a bit longer, but a sudden loud noise grabbed Sky’s attention, causing her fuzzy ears to perk up and point towards the sound. “You hear that?” she interrupted the white stallion.

“No,” Lucky Shield answered, not even bothering to listen for whatever Sky’s paranoid bat ears might have heard.

“It came from the throne room,” Sky barked before turning down the hall, “come on!”

“But our post!” Lucky whined, but she was already long gone, forcing him to run off after her.

The two guards galloped their way down the hall before stopping at the large double doors that led to the royal throne room. The sound of metal crashing to the ground could be heard as the two pressed their ears against the wooden door.

Evening Sky was the first one to burst in, leaping into the room once there was a wide enough gap in the door. Lucky Shield slipped in shortly after in a not-so stellar manner.

The throne room was a long area decorated with stained glass windows and marble columns. On the other end of the room stood two thrones for the royal sisters, currently unoccupied. A red carpet stretched all the way down the middle of the room, connecting the main doors with the thrones.

Standing not too far away from the main doors loomed Nightmare Rarity with her back to the other ponies. A thick white diaper bearing Princess Celestia’s cutie mark was fastened around her rear, bulging out her features. She peeked over her shoulder and grinned, “ah excellent,” she said as she slowly turned around the face the other ponies, “more guards to play with.”

Sky scowled as she held her spear towards the sinister unicorn. She scanned the room to find discarded parts of night guard armor, what she could only assume to be remnants of the guards stationed in the throne room. That only made her scowl narrow and her blood boil more.

“Your friends weren’t nearly as entertaining,” Rarity idly said, brushing a smudge off her hoof, “hardly put up a fight.” She then met eyes with the strong batpony, grinning and laughing at her ferocity. “Oh but you two will do nicely. Yes, I have some wonderful plans for you.”

“Not a chance!” Sky barked back as she pointed her spear toward the intruding unicorn, “Lucky! Go and get help!”

“No way! That’s Nightmare Rarity!” Lucky answered, cowardly taking a few steps backwards in fear. “Princess Celestia told us all about her! She’s gonna kill us!”

“Never mind that, Lucky!” Sky snapped back as she firmly pointed her spear at the intruder. “I’ll hold her off. YOU get out of here and find help, now!”

The stallion quickly nodded as he took a couple steps back from the encounter. He scrambled on his feet as he quickly spun around a made a break for the door.

Rarity snarled as she looked past the spear wielding batpony and straight at the fleeing stallion. “Disloyal guards will NOT be tolerated in my new castle!”

With a glow of her horn, Rarity lifted Lucky Shield into the air, freezing him in place as he ran a bit in the air before realizing he was trapped.

The sight just made Evening Sky’s grip around her spear tighten. “Let him go!” she powerfully shouted.

Nightmare Rarity just rolled her eyes before her horn’s glow grew brighter. Her magical aura extended itself to now encompass the batpony’s head. Sky was instantly awestruck by the magical effects as Rarity’s magics took hold. She was frozen in place, doing her best to keep her wits about her as her mind grew fuzzy.

In an instant the stallion became stiff, suddenly losing feeling in his entire body. That numbness briefly turned into bodywide tingling before that too disappeared without warning. His body struggled to hold under its own weight as his fur began morphing into a soft fabric. His mane followed shortly after, morphing into a blue material of equal softness. Right before his very eyes, black stitching could be seen weaving through his body as if they were sewn in by invisible needles. He could feel his body growing limp as his muscles turned into cotton like fluff. Finally, as if punctuating the unnatural transformation, his eyes that twinkled with fear morphed into glass and his mouth froze in a perpetual stitched smile..

The newly plushified stallion was promptly shrunk to a more manageable size, no bigger than a small dog. With no skeleton to hold it up anymore, the toy fell on its side, lifeless and unmoving.

Meanwhile Evening Sky stared dumbfoundedly at the intruding unicorn. Her grip around her weapon loosened as her dazed eyes acquired a most distinct blue swirl that irradiated out from her pupils. She was deep under Rarity’s hypnotic spell by now.

“There’s a good girl,” Rarity cooed with a deceptive voice before shooting the bat pony with one final bolt of magic, sealing her fate.

Sky instantly dropped her spear, causing the weapon to loudly clatter against the marble floor. Her body became lax as her limbs could no longer hold her weight. She plopped to the ground and quickly found laying on her back to be the most natural position. Her eyes became unfocused as she smiled at nothing. Her mind mush and simplified into that of a foal’s.

“Congratulations, my little pony,” Rarity grinned devilishly as a diaper bearing Luna’s cutie mark appeared, “you will have the honor of wearing Princess Luna! As for your friend,” she nabbed the now plushified unicorn guard off the ground and floated it over to the drooling Sky. “Well I think every little girl deserves a little snuggle buddy, right?” Rarity teased as she wagged the plushie above the bat pony.

Sky’s wings sprang open in delight as her forehooves shot up to grab the toy out of the air. She quickly pulled it down close to her and gave it a big hug with a happy wiggle of her body.

Rarity smiled at the adorable sight before kneeling down and quickly discarding the batpony’s purple armor, revealing the purple and lavender striped mane underneath. She then began carefully diapering the regressed guard by hand. Evening Sky didn’t resist, not anymore, in fact she seemed energized by the thick diaper, reveling in its soft texture. She only giggled quietly and babbled as the Luna diaper was slowly taped around her waist. In a matter of minutes she was softly enveloped in the Luna diaper, happily flaunting the moon shaped cutie mark that was printed on its face.

“Now, are we going to be a good girl?” Rarity asked with a smirk.

As if answering her question Sky began to grunt. She gripped the plushie against her chest in a tight hug as her back legs raised up into the air. She closed her eyes for only a moment as her tummy tightened and she began to push. Her diaper, predominantly displaying Luna’s cutie mark, began to quickly bulge outwards and sag heavily to the ground. Her gray legs carelessly wiggled in the air as she pushed more and more. A large, hefty load began filling the diaper as the garment crinkled and shifted to make room. At no point in her babyish diaper filling did Sky break eye contact with Rarity, nor did she stop smiling or hugging her favorite guard plushie.

“How cute,” Rarity laughed, watching the whole thing with delight. Already her mind teemed with possibilities and plans on how to deal with her newly regressed bat pony. Above all else, she needed to assign Sky to a post that was more fitting to her new attire. “I think you’re ready for your new assignment in the royal nursery.”

Evening Sky was completely unresponsive to Rarity’s taunts. She was now completely occupied with playing with her plushie, snuggling it and waving it around as she laid on her back. Her heavy diaper hardly bothered her now with her toy being so much fun. Occasionally she would squeal and giggled as her little imagination entertained her foalish mind.

Rarity grinned as she stood up and partly circled the diapered pony. “Oh who am I to ruin a little foal’s fun,” she laughed, “I’ll leave you two alone for now. Do try to behave yourself, little one.”

And with that, the black unicorn faded into the shadows, ready to pounce on her next target.