The Royal Padded Guard

Leaky Guard gasped in horror, unable to avert his eyes from the big blue package of diapers on the ground staring him back. As if risking detonating a mine, he slowly poked the package with a hoof, feeling the plastic crinkle and crunch. He stared at the marked brand of guardian angels printed on the plastic wrapping, and then it all just clicked in his mind. He laughed out loud and slapped a knee in good cheer. “It's a joke, this has to be just a joke.”

Relieved at realizing the absurdity of just thinking that diapers would now be part of his daily attire.

He took the package with his mouth threw it across the room, watching it bounce off the wall and landing with a plop on the floor. Then bringing his attention back on the box he saw a bottle of foal powder; once again, marked guardian angel silicon powder and also a package labeled guardian angel heated wipes. He took out those materials as well and threw them to the side away and then scoffed, “ha ha very funny, somepony really went all out on this one.”

Realizing that he had just stepped his hoof on something, Leaky Guard looked down and saw a small letter which he promptly opens it, revealing the content inside that he promptly read.

Dear Leaky Guard,

As befitting for the position of being my bodyguard, you are expected to be in full uniform tomorrow. Which are as followed, one guardian angels brand diaper, two, your newly assigned baby blue chest plate and plumed helmet. Yes, the diaper is not a joke and is in fact apart of the uniform. Make sure to be clean and be well powdered for upon your next inspection. New rules and regulations will be shared when I give you the orientation tomorrow, in the throne room at seven A.M sharp.

From Princess Celestia.

Stunned, Leaky Guard dropped the letter on the floor and gazed at the package of diapers and shook his head in denial. “No, no, no way am I ever wearing a diaper in public!”

He growled and stomped about in frustration shouting, “is Celestia finally going senile or something!” The angry stallion then kicked the package across the living room and roared in self-denial. “This is insane! What am I going to do!”

The pegasus looked around the living room and tried thinking of something else of what this could possibly be. After remembering about his talk with Cannon Feather earlier today, about the loyalty test questions of how far he was willing to serve the princess, Leaky Guard wondered if maybe this was just some sort of weird test to see if he was loyal enough just to wear the diaper for one day. Or maybe, she’s trying to see if he would just blindly follow orders just in case she became evil or something? Or maybe to… Leaky shook his head of all these foolish conspiracy theories that he was coming and resolved himself to just wear the darn things. If it was expected of him, no matter how embarrassing it would be then Leaky Guard will do it no matter what. After such a trying day, and with that last surprise, Leaky Guard just decided to slowly crawl into bed, to get the sleep that he needed for the trial for tomorrow. The stallion grumbled while making himself comfortable, “maybe after a good night's sleep I can think of some way out of all of this.” He then slowly drifted off into a deep sleep.

The next morning sunlight poured through Leaky Guard’s windows. The stallion woke up to his alarm clock beeping when six AM flashed on the small screen. He groaned rubbing his temples then smacked his alarm clock. He stretched his tired limbs and yawned then as he got up smacking his lips at the good night’s rest that he had as he chuckled to himself thinking, “maybe it was all just a bad dream.” He wishfully hoped.

The stallion grunted in a drowsy state meandered to the bathroom and went about brushed his teeth, then washed his mane. After his morning rituals were done, he then turned around to notice, again, all the diaper supplies in the living room, still strewn about and that he indeed didn’t dream all that. Leaky Guard sighed in resignation as he gazed upon what will soon be his new attire, “Well, it looks like I don’t have any choice now. I better learn how to put on one of these stupid things.”

Despite having all his energy sapt on what is to come, Leaky Guard lifted the thick blue package of diapers then slowly ripped it open with his mouth and squeaked as the thick diapers poofed out from the package. Stunned, Leaky Guard dropped the packaging on the floor and gulped as he slowly took out one of the thick white plastic squares. The padding was huge, with a big blue shield on the plastic front with a dark blue field with wavy blue leak guards on the sides of the diaper. Leaky Guard shook his head back to focus grumbling, “I can’t believe that i’m actually doing this.”

The unicorn laid the plastic diaper open and slowly placed his rump into the soft padding. He shivered feeling the padding envelop his rump. With his magic, Leaky Guard picked up the bottle of foal powder and lifted it over his crotch and the opened diaper watched as a huge plop of the powdery substance smothered both of them. He grimaced as he rubbed the powder over his fur then he slowly strap himself up in the padding, and taping the tabs over his belly onto the dark blue plastic field.

Leaky Guard paused just for a second, seeing the diaper now fully taped over his waist and coming to the realization that he; a grown stallion, who was also a well respected royal guard, was strapped in a diaper like a helpless colt.

Giving a few kicks with his hind legs, he heard the diaper’s telltale crinkle and saw poofs of foal powder come through the leg holes. Then he got up and squeaked when he felt the padding plop beneath him and making his legs bow. Leaky groaned at his predicament, but still continued with getting ready and grabbed his baby blue colored chest piece, he gently rubbed a hoof over it and gasped at realizing the material it was made of. “This...this is made of plastic!? Why the buck would Princess Celestia be making us look like little foals!?” He cried in disbelief.

Leaky Guard turned to the letter and read it a few more times to make sure he didn’t misread anything from it, and growled with reluctance, “It... it doesn’t matter, I got this far now.”

He continued to place the armor over his body strapping it around his chest. After putting his plastic baby blue helmet on his head, he turned around to view his now gigantic diaper poofing out of the backend with big blue shield printed on the diaper, proudly plastered on his rump and sighed, “Alright, now I just need to get to Canterlot Castle.”

Leaky Guard groaned imagining all the stares he’s going to get when ponies will start coming down on the streets. He then waddled to the door with his new padding between his legs, making outrageous crinkling noises with each step he took. He looked down at his doorknob with dread, knowing once he was outside everypony is going to see him in a diaper!

Leaky gulped and slowly turned the knob with a shaking hoof and opened his door just peeking around to an empty cobblestone street with nothing but rows of houses lining up the road. Leaky Guard looked around until he spotted his next door neighbor. His name was Silver Dollar who was an old retired banker; who was also a unicorn stallion, just sitting comfortably on his bench reading the newspaper, simply enjoying his morning. Leaky Guard took a deep breath and slowly walked outside, but the diaper crinkles echoed loudly and the old stallion looked up to see what was that ruckus and rubbed his eyes in disbelief what he was seeing. Leaky Guard blushed and shoved his forehooves in front of the diaper, but it only resulted in the old stallion to burst into laughter at the scene. The guard gave him an unamused look and mumbled. “Haha very funny.”

He waddled down the road with the roaring laughter following him and the diaper’s crinkling. Embarrassed but still resolved to go on, he then headed down towards a plaza and saw in dismay that it was filled with merchants now opening their shops along with ponies going about their business, whether heading to work or going on a morning trot. Intent to stay unnoticed, Leaky Guard looked about and planned to try to sneak around and move through the shadows, just like in his training despite his waddling gait or of the constant crinkles. He began to waddle as fast as he could behind the stands and the shadows of the houses nearby making the oddest of ninja poses. A few Ponies gave him odd looks at his odd attempts at being stealthy, unsure of what if they were actually seeing a royal guard waddling along with a thick diaper between his legs, creating the loud crinkling sound with each step. Leaky Guard could do nothing but grimace and waddled on thinking repeatedly the entire time, ‘ have never been so embarrassed in my life!’

While Leaky Guard was making his way through the end of the square, a small black coated unicorn colt named Starglow was following an uptight nanny around the market. He had a striped mane of gold and silver which was the same color pattern for his stubby tail. Starglow also had a set of silvery eyes that were tearing up as his grouchy nanny was scolding him, “I cannot believe you soaked your bed last night! I’m going to have a strong word with your mother when she gets home.”

The colt who was downtrodden just mumbled,”yes nanny.”

But the mare continued, “For punishment, you will not only clean your own dirty sheets but will sit in the timeout corner and recite one hundred times over; I only go potty in the toilet.”

The colt rolled his eyes, this wasn’t the first time he’s wet the bed and definitely wasn’t the first time he had to endure the punishment of reciting lines, seeing that the colt was still just barely learning the alphabet he couldn’t write them out. But Starglow knew better then try to fight his nanny and quietly mumbled, “yes nanny.”

She sighed looking at a fruit stand and looking them over with intense scrutiny, “Starglow, you are four years old and still wear diapers you’re shaming the family name by still acting this way. I only hope we can have this remedied before you start school.”

Starglow just looked down at the cobblestones and teared up, he had been trying to use the potty but it was so hard. Bigger ponies always tell him if he feels the urge to just go, the problem is he can’t feel the urges. Starglow started to whimper thinking, what if I never get potty trained? Maybe I'm just going to bring shame on my family forever!

He then heard an odd crinkling that from his foalish mind recognized that of a diaper. The curious colt looked around and spotted Leaky Guard heading towards the palace watching his thick padded rump sway with his clumsy steps. Starglow then thought back to something his nanny had said to him about how big colts don’t wear diapers. Then a question went through the little colt’s mind, if big colts are potty trained why is he wearing a diaper?

Starglow couldn’t take it, he had to know the answer. The young colt ran across the plaza straight towards Leaky Guard and, in his enthusiasm, grabbed some of the big diaper’s fabric and tugged on it, making Leaky Guard squeak in surprise. The padded guard jumped into the air then slammed into a fruit stand tumbling down to finally plopping onto his rump. The crowd all turned into his direction where the racket came from, with many of the ponies gasping at seeing the sight of a padded royal guard strewn about in the wreckage of a fruit stand. Leaky Guard looked up dazed with the throng of ponies whispering to each other and pointing. Starglow waddled over with a worried look and tried to apologize, “I’m sorry mister, I just wanted to know why a big pony wears a diaper?”

Leaky Guard’s face turned a deep red, as the rest of the ponies realizing what they were seeing started bursting into laughter. Tears flooded in his eyes, unable to take the sheer embarrassment, he could only think of one thing. Leaky Guard then burst into a full gallop straight towards the castle. Starglow looked away with a downtrodden look then scurried away back to his nanny with tears flooding his eyes. Seeing that diapers are still something to be ashamed of.

A few minutes later, Leaky Guard stumbled through the front doors of the palace wiping the tears from his eyes from humiliation and panting for breath. He turned gasping seeing the other three fellow guards at attention in their new baby blue plastic armor, standing perfectly at full attention with their thick diaper protruding from their back ends. Despite their silly new getups, they were perfectly disciplined and focused. Then he heard a familiar cheery voice, “Oh, hello Leaky.”

He turned his head to see Mrs. Paddington smirking at him as she cooed,”Come on now Leaky, you’re the last one in need of the inspection.”

With his own guard training kicking in, Leaky stood in attention along with the rest of his fellow soldiers awaiting his own evaluation. Mrs.Paddington then started the unicorn’s inspection, first rubbing a hoof down the leak guards and making sure the padding was snug around his thigs. After nodding in approval, she cupped the padding that formed around his crotch and asked, “is there enough room?”

He gulped and whimpered at her fumbling, “yeah it’s fine...uh mam.”

She pats the diaper gently seeing the powder poof from the leg holes and nodded in approval, ”good you also pass.”

She then stood in front of the four guards and continued,”now Princess Celestia will be here any minute, so I expect you all to at your best behavior.” She ended her statement with a matronly tone.

Hearing the familiar hoofsteps coming their way. They all stood fully at attention (with their back legs bowing a bit from their padding) Celestia then came by smiling with all her regalness. “Oh at ease, please just sit down on your rumps.” She insisted.

They all looked at each other with confusion, then they shrugged and plopped on their rumps, making loud wheezing sounds with the foal powder bellowing from the leg holes. Celesta giggled at the sight and raised her voice to explain, “Now my loyal guardsponies I know you all must be eager to know what you will be doing in your duties and what the new rules and regulations will be.”

The stallions all nervously gulped simultaneously but still stood perfectly at full attention. She went behind them and pat each diaper respectively as she looked them over and continued,”first off, you will be my guards standing by my side at all hours of the day while the court is in session.”

She moved along to Leaky Guard last and lit her horn fixing his diaper a little making sure the tabs were snug. As he whimpered she continued explaining, “As for the new rules, first of all, yes, you will have to use your diapers while you're on duty. That includes if you need to go poop if necessary.”

She paused for a moment to let it sink in “This is because you have to be ready at all times and you can not allow yourself to be distracted for one moment.”

Celestia then went around towards the front and revealed a giant bright diaper bag strapped over her shoulder with ‘Guardian Angels’ printed on it as she continued, “For that to make sure that you are not distracted, I myself will change you all every time by hoof until your shift is over.“She said sounding completely reasonable at the ridiculousness of what she was saying before continuing.” So, I expect you to tell me when you need one, and I will make it more embarrassing if you try to hide your accidents.”

The guards all quivered a slightly at her words but still remained stern, as guards should be. Celestia then lit her horn and poofed four blue plastic lunch boxes as she continued the lecture, “Secondly, you will all have lunch time together, I have a small room ready for just yourselves and will only eat the food I provided. I will also give you permission to snack on anything within your lunch box during your shifts.” She ended with a sweetness to her words.

She then began to trot towards her throne, then paused as if realizing she forgot something and turned her head, “Oh, and now before I forget there is one more thing after the shift is over, the best colt will have the privilege of “guarding” me in my royal chambers tonight.”

The stallions all gave shocked expressions what she was could be implying? Cannon Feather was the first to raise a hoof as Celestia smiled at him and asked,”yes Cannon Feather?”

He gulped in nervousness and asked,”Well, huh...I...I’m not trying to be rude but Princess Celestia why are you treating us like colts?”

Celestia just replied in a patronizing tone, “Because, that’s what you are sweeties, you’re my little colts of the royal padded guard. Also, I would like there be no formalities standing between us you can refer to me as just Tia, not Princess, and no more silly questions now, the court will begin soon.”

She went upon her throne as the four settled around it and stood at perfect attention as it would be expected of them, with their diapers shoved out completely exposed, waiting for the first nobles to come to the princess. Standing in silent vigil like his fellow guards, Leaky Guard could only be thinking to himself the entire time, what is going on? Why is Celestia doing this to us?

The court proceeded as scheduled, with many nobles scoffing at the four padded guards [in passing], or bursting into laughter at their sight before resuming their business. Celestia went through the day talking to the nobles, without explaining or commenting about her unusually dress escorts and processed as if nothing was amiss. What was more embarrassing for the four guards was that whenever she got up from the throne, she would always give one of the guards a quick diaper check pulling it by the seam while talking to the nobles who were stifling laughter at the foolishness of scene they were witnessing. But the four still managed to maintain their vigorous guard discipline the entire time, staying perfectly immobile while the rest of their fellow guards in the throne room were doing everything in their power not to laugh at their colleagues. Eventually, after hours of putting up with many many embarrassments, it was at around noon, Celestia got up and pronounced for everypony in the court to hear, “It is lunchtime now and the court is closed and will resume within the hour.”

The four stallions did a collective sigh of relief as she got up and lead them to a chamber near the royal dining room. The room in question was blue tiled, with big blue plastic benches in the middle of the room, along with cute smiling suns painted on the walls. Celestia blushed while presenting,”Welcome to your new mess hall, go on take a seat.” Coaxing them to enter the eatery.

The padded guards gulped at the foalish decor as they sat down on their padded rum and began looking in their assigned lunch boxes revealing peanut butter jelly sandwiches with a small side of animal crackers, sliced fruits and vegetable, and a cup of chocolate pudding for dessert. Celestia then also provided baby blue sippy cups filled with milk to each padded stallion. She then cooed, “now go on eat your lunch sweeties, Tia needs to go see if her cake is ready.”

She giggled as she strode from the foalish mess hall. And the second Celestia closed the doors behind her Bucket Bridle threw his peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the wall in frustration splattering all over the wall and shouted, “this is insane! Why is Celestia doing this to us!”

Bright Wing who was very loyal to the crown, and the most even-tempered of the group looked up at Bucket Bridle trying to alleviate his aggravation and whispered, “calm down wearing a diaper isn't the worst that could happen.”

He growled back and plopped onto his diaper grumbling, “How can I calm down when we're being treated like this!” Being the more brass and outspoken, Bucket Bridle was just saying out loud what everypony was muttering anyway.

Bright Wing who was now eating his sandwich explained, “well it’s not all bad. Besides I'm sure Princess Celestia has a reason for this.” Trying to make him more understanding despite being at a loss with coming up with a possible reason for their current predicament.

Cannon Feather blushed and bounced in his diaper, “yeah, I mean if you think about we're not being yelled at or being bossed around, we only have to answer to the Princess herself now. Sure, this is all patronizing, but it is relaxing to have a break at least.”

Bucket Bridle scoffed, “I would rather do a thousand pushups and run a thousand miles then wear a diaper.”

Leaky Guard was busy munching on his sandwich and swallowed, “so...um...talking about diapers...how are you guys holding up?”

They all blushed as Bright Wing explained, “well I...I have been peeing a little in my diaper every so often.”

Every guard turned towards the pegasus with a disgusted look at what he just said as Bright Wing explained, “well, it's better to relieve some pressure now then flooding my diaper later.”

Bucket Bridle gagged at the thought of using his diaper and shook his head. “Disgusting, even if Celestia ordered me I would never use my diaper.”

With that said Leaky Guard was reminded that he hadn’t had a bathroom since he left his home this morning and was starting to feel some of the pressure in his bladder that he had been putting off a while and hope that he could hold out until the end of the shift before. His guard training helps prevent him from being antsy the whole time, and keep calm outward appearances, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t a struggle for him to keep it in.

Cannon Feather blushed and pressed a hoof into his own padding hearing it squelch. But said nothing and Leaky Guard chuckled. “Well at the very least, I think we should maybe actually try to find out what’s going on with Celestia and maybe get her to stop.”

Bucket Bridle turned towards him and growled, “how can you say something like that she’s the princess of Equestria, the last time I checked.”

Leaky Guard sipped on his sippy cup blushing realizing he doesn’t have a plan. He gulped down the milk getting rid of the peanut butter stuck on the roof of his mouth, while he pondered then. His eyes lit up and he continued, “let me explain, one of us has to be the princess tonight and talk to her find some information on why she’s acting this way. I mean, Bright Wing has a point she isn’t doing this just to humiliate us right?!”

Bright Wing nodded in agreement, ”yeah, from what I can tell it almost feels like she’s really caring for us like if we were actual little colts.”

Bucket Bridle scoffed again. “yeah right as if? She may be acting like were colts but she doesn't think were actua-”

“Now who threw their peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the wall!”

They all turned to Princess Celestia seemingly coming out of nowhere holding the sandwich in her magic with a scowl on her face. Looking panic at her steely gaze Bucket Bridle got up and bowed, “I did...uh...Tia.”

She glared at Bucket Bridle, which he shivered even more, as she scolded the guard like a little colt, “well I will make you another peanut butter and jelly sandwich and I will standby here until you eat every last bite.”

She then left the room with an humpf, as Cannon Feather was doing everything he could to stifle his giggles at what he had brought on himself. Leaky Guard just sucked his own sippy cup distractedly, in complete awe realizing that his hypothesis could be right.

It was now near the end of the day and the padded guards still stood erect and proud despite wearing the poofy diapers. Having been holding it in the entire day, with the aching pains really were starting to get worst Leaky Guard was now silently counting down the seconds of when his shift ends Celestia was busy talking to some nobles until a sound of a gentle hiss thatechoed throughout the large echoing room. The two rich stallions who Celestia was talking to blushed and paused in their conversation as hissing sound ceased. Celestia looked about waiting patiently to see if any of her padded guards would confess then cooed,”alright who peed their diaper?” There was a collective inaudible gulps coming from the quartet of guards.

There was dead silence as she sighed,”well looks like I'll have to do some investigation now; you four line up information!”

The stallions obediently hoped down from their posts and lined up with their diapers sticking out. Celestia came upon them and cooed, “I told you it would’ve been easier if you just told me.” She then went around them and checked Bucket Bridle’s diaper first pulling the seam back and cupping it underneath a hoof and ruffled about making it crinkle loudly while his face kept twitching with every groping touch until Celestia cooed,”all clean.”

With Bride sighing as she then moved to Bright Wing. The princess pulled his seam back and cupped the bottom. Bright Wing was more relaxed then Bucket Bridle but flinched every once in awhile as Celestia continued her check. The princess then cooed, “oh just a little wet, that’s okay sweetie I’ll change you later.”

Bright Wing just sighed in relief as she moved to Cannon Feather with the bottom of his diaper now a sickly yellow color and sagging underneath him. She shook her head in disapproval. “Cannon Feather, you’re supposed to tell me if you peed.”

Without warning, She then lifted the stallion within her magic emitting a tiny yelp for it and poofed a baby blue changing mat on the ground and opened her diaper bag with the Guardian Angels logo on it. She then hummed as Cannon Feather squeaked in horror, ”wait you're changing me here!?” He said mortified.

Celestia giggled, “of course silly now stop squirming.” She then untaped the diaper and opened it revealing the yellow stained padding reeking of urine and smirked, “Cannon Feather, you have a diaper rash, there’s a reason I told you to tell me if you pee.”

She then started wiping him down with the foal wipes, then rubbed rash cream all over his nether regions, making him blush even harder as he whimpered,”that’s not necessary ..p..pr..pri-”

Celestia hummed, “I told you, sweetheart, call me Tia.” She then powdered his rump and taping a fresh thick “Guardian Angels” brand diaper around his rump then used her magic to stand up. “They're all clean sweetie.”

She leads Cannon Feather back to his station with him shaking all over from embarrassment. Celestia then looked up through the window knowing exactly what time it is. “Oh, and right on time you have accomplished your duties for the day.”

The rest of the unpadded guards quickly exited the throne room. But the four padded guards still remained standing at attention with Celestia looked them over. “What a wonderful first day now Bright Wing you're a little wet would you min…”

He blushed and backing up. ”it’s, um, alright...princ...uh I mean Tia I can change myself at home.” Bright Wing finished with a very nervous laugh with his gaze darting toward the exit thinking that he would rather not be in changed even in an empty throne room.

Celestia gave an exasperated sigh wanting to change another diaper, but just gave a slight nod,”Alright, that’s fine Bright Wing.”

The princess then grew a big smile as she exclaimed, “but it’s now to decide who will be my foal for the night!”

All four guards became silent none of them wanted to know what Celestia has in store for the poor stallion that was chosen. Celestia paused for dramatic effect for the I decided it will be Canon Feather shall be my foal.”

Cannon Feather squeaked backing up whining, “me! But I peed and didn’t tell you.”

She giggled, “yes you, now the rest of you may leave,” Bright Wing and Bucket Bridle sighed in relief and left the throne room as quickly as possible. But Leaky Guard being on the verge of a veritable bladder meltdown ran as fast as he can to the nearest bathroom pronto. But he somehow tripped; breaking the tenuous hold on his innards, and slid across the hall on his diaper making very loud hissing soundwith it being soaked from his urine and he slammed into the opposite side of the wall flipping himself over. Leaky Guard was now upside down with his padded front was yellowing and sagging over his belly with every soldier or servant in the vicinity burst into laughter. Leaky Guard was tearing up again from the humiliation and Celestia, still standing in the throne room just watched the whole scenes with a smirk on her face. “Sorry, Cannon Feather but I think you’ve been outmatched.”

Cannon Feather sighed relief with being spared that particular indignity. While Leaky Guard groaned grimacing as he thought, why does this keep happening to me?