Mind’s nightmares that night came at him all in an amalgam. Blood-curdling screams, whimpers from screams that were forced to be held back; a hellish string of memories of him abusing ponies that he didn't wake from until morning. When he awoke, he gave a reflexive suckle to the silicone nipple resting on his tongue. His feelings for the pacifier had changed significantly since the night before; truthfully he would now find solace in having a pacifier gag to keep the nipple from falling out at night.

The diaper in between his hind legs also felt much more comforting than it did before. His half-awake daze served well to help him give into what felt right to him, and staved off his guilt. Mantra’s scent laced the sheets where she lay the night before. The stallion’s head turned all around the room, not finding the pink mare in sight.

With a bit of stretching, Mind squirmed and whinnied in delight at the thick plastic core brushing against his thighs, spreading his hind hooves, and causing his ears to flick at the loud crinkles. He was aroused for the first time in Mantra's care, feeling the soft inside of his diaper tickle his stallionhood in a way that he hadn't felt in a long time, almost like it were his first time again, and he had rosy cheeks to show for it. As he pressed his hoof into his groin, he moaned from behind the pacifier’s guard and gave it a couple suckles reflexively, exacerbating his arousal.

Mind brewed a storm: His harsh breathing served as the winds, the nuks of his pacifier were the rain, and the crinkles continued to thunder. His heart beat much harder, and he soon found himself putting two hooves at his groin. He rolled over onto his belly, keeping both hooves intent on massaging himself, but now using the bed to add more pressure. Mind wanted what he was feeling to last forever, but he was helpless to the sensation sweetening and sweetening. His eyes closed, his body shook, his hind hooves were almost stretched to hyperextension, and he soon felt the lightning strike silently into his diaper. His pacifier suckles grew stronger as he breathed heavily through his nose, feeling his heart race. How long had it really been since he did this?

"Aww, did my naughty boy get a wake-up fap in?" Mind immediately grabbed a pillow and hid his head under it disgracefully. His cheeks were practically bursting into flames at the very mercy of Mantra's tantalizing voice. The glowing pillow flew away and the giggling mare pounced next to him, laying down. Her glowing horn coaxed the pacifier to escape his lips. Mantra replaced it quickly with a bottle, pulling the stallion close to her to help him down the dark red drink. "Now, make sure you clean the pipes." Mind gave a mortified yelp, muffled by the silicone teat capturing his tongue. He could only close his eyes and blush in response to this statement, the waterfall of cranberry juice in his throat. He shortly felt himself give in to thoroughly soaking the awaiting pant. The purple liquid depleting gave the bottle its full shade of blue back. "Don't you feel so much better now, baby?" Mind couldn’t hide the memories bugging himself again, which instilled a heavy sigh from the mare enveloping him. "You're going to be okay, little one. I know it's a lot to take in, but Mommy will take care of you. Maybe if you fap again with your padding now wet you'll feel better." Her words just kept melting him, which forced chuckles to pass her lips. Her smile contagiously spread to the stallion in her hooves. "Fun fact: When you masturbate or have sex, almost all of your thought processes take a backseat. Your instincts know that worrying about your past isn't nearly as important as the magnificent feeling of what your stallionhood is meant to do." She continued glancing at him, finding his blushing nowhere near close to fading away. "Besides, it's healthy for you. But nopony does it for the health. But of course, you already knew this; you are a nursing student afterall."

Mind was being fed the last of a mushy pea breakfast. He felt physically numb, reluctantly opening his mouth for another spoonful that ended up diving back into the pile of green goop instead.

"I think my baby's tummy is all full." She pet his mane and took the bowl away, placing it underneath the sink’s crying faucet. He was conflicted, though; he felt the need to let his memories prey upon him, a sense of responsibility that wasn’t being taken. He was helplessly, yet comfortably, numbed to it. Mantra's relentless condescending cooing, spoonful after spoonful of food being put into his mouth, and the high chair pressing his warm soggy diaper against him all touched him in ways it seemed even magic would not achieve. Ways that he seemed to crave, even.

Mind gazed at the white ceiling of his nursery that contrasted with the blue walls. The strong scent of foal powder around him provoked him to clap his hooves and left him unable to contain his excitement for the impending special moment. It was a moment that would be much more intimate now with his desires back; his first diaper change. Mantra's magenta magic gripped the tapes on his diaper, opening it up, causing his ears to flick with loud rips of tapes coming undone from the landing zone. The aura then took hold of his hind hooves to lift up his rump, leaving it an open target for the foal wipes to land.

"Somepony is happy~" Mantra said in a melody.

"I'm sorry!" Mind's face flushed red completely and he covered his face.

"It's okay, baby. You can't help what you like and you shouldn't try to hide it. Now, I know you’re excited, but please hold still, baby." She replied, following it up with a kiss on his forehead. "Mommy should probably get used to this too, huh?" Mind felt a cold draft caress his tender spot attempt to break his gaze from the mare above him, as did the peripheral viewing of magic guiding away the heavy garment and used wipes. The fresh diaper raised into his sight had baby blue landing zone and leak guards. The tapes proudly presented a darker shade of blue, and the core was covered in babyish stick sailboat and baby block designs. The pant was then slid underneath his plot as foal powder was sprinkled onto his privates. Her tender hoof gently massaged the powder into his skin, and then the crinkling pant was taped up. "Don’t worry about peeing overtop; after a while you should calm down." She said with a grin spread ear to ear, then gave him another kiss on his forehead, the grinned wiped off after. "I know I can't stop you from thinking about it, but I'm going to try as hard as I can. I know it's a lot, but If I can keep you happy right now, even if it’s by means of distraction, soon a day will come when you don't need to be distracted anymore."

"I love you, I really do. But-"

"But nothing, sweetheart." The mare gave Mind a dominating stare that he knew he couldn't argue with.

"I love you, Mommy."

"I love you too." Mind's face plastered completely red again as he felt himself readjust, his eyes gazing at Mantra's horn as it shed her aura. "Time to get dressed now. We got a big day ahead of us."

"Wait, we're going out?" Mind asked apprehensively.

"You make it sound like a baby going out and about in his diapers is so unprecedented. You’re such a silly boy." Mantra helped him sit upright, then prepared a baby blue shirt and slid it over his head. The words "Because Friendship" were printed on the front, decorated in a flowery meadow and hearts. "And now I just have to pack your diaper bag."

"Mommy, don't you think I should have something to go over my diaper? I'm worried that other-"

"Sweetheart, babies have nothing to worry about. And who would question something as simple as a baby wearing a diaper? A lot of ponies walk around naked anyway; if anything, you’re more dressed for the day than they are." Her magic continued to carry supplies out of the changing table cubbies below him. "Besides, the only thing I have that could go over your diapees are overalls and shortalls, but we can’t have my baby getting rashes."

"How did you know I'm allergic?"

"Because I'm your mommy, silly."

“Stupid question.” He rolled his eyes.

The two walked out through the front door to be greeted by the late-morning sun; a reasonable time for just about anyone in town to be walking around. A blue diaper bag slung around Mantra's neck, resting at her side. Mantra wanted him to walk with her. His thick poofy diaper gave him an askew gait that would show with each hind step he took. Mind felt all the heat in his head from his blushing pink face. He remembered how he used to like going out in public diapered clandestinely back when he was taking full advantage of his magic, and even before that, but now he was worried about what others would think of him. To his surprise, he didn't hear anyone hush as they passed, nor did he get very many glances. He received no signs of disturbance in other ponies’ feelings as he crossed them either.

Mind was also shocked to realize he and Mantra were walking Ponyville streets. The streets weren’t too familiar to him, nor was the adult sized playground that brushed his thoughts in revelation; he spent so much time studying magic that he didn’t go outside for walks that deviated from a strict path. Chances he had come across the streets without him realizing were probable, but he most certainly would’ve remembered an adult sized playground; an AFDL playground, to be more precise. But he knew for sure the yellow thatched roofs and the plain paved streets around them were certainly of his home town, and the village even remained untainted of its vibrant colors, courtesy of a certain precocious curly-maned pony who happily lived within it. As soon as he questioned to himself why the village would be stripped of said vibrant colors, a wicked memory of his experience with that pink-coated blue-eyed pony struck him with a loud ring like a hammer to an anvil.

Ironically, he wanted to walk the streets of Ponyville with his diaper in plain sight; he claimed that there’d be no-one in Equestria to tell him otherwise. He refrained out of the conscience of exposing his fetish to families and children; while the world has come a long way in accepting unorthodox lifetyles, he felt the world wasn’t ready for foals-at-heart quite yet.

"Sit here, sweetie." On her command, Mind plumped his plot down on the park bench with a crinkle that was obscured by the open outside. His caretaker then took a seat beside him and coddled him gently. "Today is so beautiful. A couple of bright clouds, the sunlight is strong, the breeze is gentle; this is really the best day you're going to have."

"We'll see, I suppose."

"'I suppose' he says." Mantra replied with a chuckle, and then with a turn of her head and a wave of her hoof, she shouted called out to someone. Mind turned his head toward whom Mantra was calling out to: It was a stampeding Snowy coming straight at them, calling Mind's name loudly and repeatedly. Snowy embraced the red-maned stallion and swung around his neck with a hug, forcing Mind to yelp and stumble off the bench to his hooves.

"What's up!?" The very cheery pegasus said to him.

"What's gotten into you!?" He gazed at his entwined friend, who was donned in a shirt that matched his, same with his diaper, saved for the baby pink leak guards. "Why are you so hyper and wearing pink?" The pegasus gave childlike laughter in response which spread to Mantra. It was clear that Snowy was under a spell of some kind.

"I'm just happy to see my buddy, and it's really not a lot of pink. Not that pink diapers aren't awesome~" Mind’s involuntary emotion prodding confirmed that the pegasus indeed only felt the happiness he normally felt around his friends. Azure Burst caught up to his foal-at-heart to give him pets on the head and exchanged greetings with the rest of the party.

"I put him in special diapers," the cobalt-coated stallion clarified, "they're enchanted to help him feel little. I wanted to make sure he was as happy as could be.” He then opened the diaper bag slung at his side magikinetically. “I have a few more if you want to put Mind in one."

"He'll be fine," Mantra replied, "he's been really good about not being grumpy about his ordeal.” A clench of her cheeks made a tantalizing tone trail off her sentence while her magic pinched her charge’s cheek. “Shall we be off, then? And don't ask where we're going; it's a surprise."

The four trotted toward their destination. The babysitters led the way while occasionally looking back at the foals behind them. Snowy stuck to Mind like glue the entire way, stumbling over each other's hooves many times, which forced a giggle out of the pegasus every time. Mind suppressed rolling his eyes as hard as he possibly could because he knew Snowy was having the time of his life. And even though he was annoyed, he truly appreciated having his old friend back.

The path went uphill through a thin forest. Sunlight was further down along the path. The forest exit came to them as the hill stopped climbing, and in the distance, past the open field, was an amass of tents along with all sorts of rides, games, and food; a carnival.

"Surprise~" Mantra and Azure said together. Mind widened his eyes at the sight then winced at the squeal that shortly followed. Snowy was hopping around in pure childish joy.

"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" The bouncing giggly pegasus ran off ahead and spread his feathered wings, and then broke into flight, only to be pulled back and grounded by a stallion’s magenta aura.

“Please Snowy, I told you to stay close.” Chuckles emitted from Mind at the expense of Azure roping in his charge, and before Mantra’s marigold observing eyes.

After a healthy trip down the hill, they all went through the front doors to the carnival. The place was hustling and bustling with ponies at every event. Adults and children. Mind's face flushed a strong pink; he was about to walk around the entire carnival, his diaper in plain sight to hundreds of ponies. But like the walk on the path, no-one spared a single glance at him.

"I know what you're feeling," Mantra said leaning into him with raised volume in her voice, "and you don't need to worry. This carnival is for fillies and colts of all ages." She gave him a smirk. Mind's face flushed brighter as he felt something press against his rear end.

"Come on! Let's go, Mind!" The pushing on Mind's fluffy rear was the pegasus’ head, his friend refusing to budge.

"You heard him," Mantra said, "just be your foal self and have fun."

"Move, stinkybutt!"

"H- Hey! Who are you calling a stinkybutt!?" Mind said as his face stayed apple red.

"The only one here who poops in his poof, now move!" With another ram, Mind felt his hooves lifting off the ground, looking down to find Mantra's magic aura encompassing them. She urged both of them to go play, but not to wander too far. Upon her release, Mind put on a smile and did his best to keep up with Snowy. Azure and Mantra leisurely walked side-by-side.

“‘The only one here who poops in his poof.’” Azure said with a smirk, making the mare beside him blush.

“Oh hush~”

“I was talking about- Uhm, totally not myself.” Mantra rolled her eyes, knowing full well he was baiting her to make a demeaning remark, which she wanted to bite on, but she knew they would engage in a button-pushing banter with one-another that she knew she would lose.

“Nice try, Azure. I have a foal who needs me in full caregiver mode today.” He gave her a proud smile.

With Snowy leading the way, the two ran around the carnival together, playing games and having fun, making constant jokes at the expense of each other's diapers and diaper-related activities. While a dark cloud still brewed over Mind’s head, the day only got better and better the more him and the pegasus played. They even saw two other adult pegasi, donned in diapers in plain sight, launching balls with their wings at a target basket. Mind exchanged a long enough glance at them to get a smile and a wave, which he politely returned. He also got a passing glance at a couple of earth ponies dressed in shortalls that would’ve been too big for them if it weren’t for the thick diapers bulging from within.

Mind was somewhat disappointed he didn’t recognize them, given how small the AFDL community was in Ponyville. But he wasn’t surprised; he was so caught up in his studying that he didn’t feel the need to expand his small circle of friends, especially with one as close to him as Snowy.

"Let's go back to the strength tester later and throw your butt on it. Your soggy diaper will be five-hundred pounds, you'll win for sure~" Mind clenched a ring in his teeth and swung his head to give it a great toss forward, not even reaching the ringer.

"Hey, you missed, pal." Snowy said with a smirk.

"I'm going to throw you at the ring toss."

"Without magic? Good luck, stinkybutt."

"You have hollow bones, I can do it… Actually, probably not, since you’re soggy all the time. Your diaper gets so soaked you can't even fly."

"Good thing you can't fly, otherwise the weather ponies would pass out from your stench and fall out of the sky."

"You know, we've been here for a couple hours now. You've probably been due for a change… A couple of hours ago~"

"You're the one whose diaper is in jeopardy."

"Says the one who's actually wet." Mind said as he pressed his hoof on Snowy's rump. The carnival was too congested with noise to hear anything, but he knew the warm swelling of a wet diaper when he felt one. "Wow,” he then raised his head to the sky and shouted to the heavens “you're actually really soaked, soggybutt!"

"Stinkybutt!" Snowy replied mortifyingly.

"Potty-pants."

"You're a potty-pants too! At least I’m not a baby!"

"Alright boys," Mantra said as she walked up behind them both, "time for lunch." Her hoof then ran along the pegasus’ padding. "Oh, and to take care of some yellow snow." Mind laughed at the expense of Snowy's embarrassment, and then immediately squeaked when he was victim to the same hoof.

There was a sandwich shop nearby. Snowy was flapping his wings, flying around in figure eights a few feet off the ground, chanting for subs when Mind leapt up and wrapped his hooves around him, dragging him to the ground and rolling around in the grass with him. Raucous laughter echoed through the open sky. The entanglement was shortly broken off by the adults, albeit they were amused by how much fun they were having. Azure made note of a secluded shrubbery right outside the shop and he told Snowy to follow him in, to which Snowy protested, claiming he wasn't super wet and could wait until after lunch.

"No, you can't wait. C'mon, buddy, bushes."

"But… But… Other ponies will see us." Snowy replied with his cheeks completely flushed. His caretaker hesitated to press, but gained his confidence back as soon as he exchanged gazes with Mantra.

"No-one is going to see you, Snowy. The potties are too far away and you're very close to leaking. March, mister."

"Yes, Daddy." Snowy begrudgingly lowered his head and did as he was told.

"Why don't you two stand watch to help keep my little guy more comfortable?"

"Stand and watch him get changed?" Mind asked. "Sounds good to me." They shared a laugh before Mantra called his name and ordered him to stand beside her, which he obliged. He was rewarded with a kiss on his cheek.

"Do you need to go potty at all, sweetie?" Mantra asked with a warm smile and a hushed tone to keep the pair a few feet away from hearing them.

"I'm fine."

"Mind, it's perfectly okay. I know going potty outside is a hard milestone to make. Even foals-at-heart who want to do it have a hard time."

"I want to do it, but I really don't need to go right now."

"Well, Mommy would love to help her baby relax if he's having trouble~"

"I'll let you know when I need to go, Mommy."

"You're making me wish I gave you the antidote much sooner than I did. You're such a natural at being a baby."

"I had practice~"

"Soon, you'll be able to fill them up without second thoughts."

"I'm sorry, Daddy," Azure ran a cold foal wipe around his charge's privates, causing him to twitch and giggle slightly. "I know you're trying to take more charge, and I want that, it's just a little new to me."

"Sssshhhhhh." His caregiver put his hoof to Snowy's lips. He then reached for the foal powder, sprinkling it onto his hooves then massaging it into the pegasus’ rear. "It's okay, I know you're adjusting. Besides, it's funny watching you fight what you want." A fresh diaper shed its magenta coat as it wrapped snug around Snowy. “All done~” Azure gave him a kiss on his head, praising and petting him after. The two emerged from the bush, the cobalt-coated stallion displayed a glowing horn with matching magenta aura coated around a wet and heavy pant making its way into the trash can. “See? That wasn’t so bad, was it?”

Mantra ordered two foot-long subs from the pony behind the counter while Azure ordered only one. Concern sparked from Mantra.

"You're not going to get anything?"

"I'll be alright."

"I'm a mommy, I can hear your stomach rumbling from here." She turned her head toward the counter. "I'll get three, actually!"

"I really don't want your bits, Mantra."

"I insist." She said without making eye contact with the cobalt stallion and her tone completely unchanged. Mind was compelled to interject in response to a calm demeanor that wasn’t fooling him.

"Don't argue with her. Mommy always wins."

Mind was the only one wearing a bib as they all had their lunch outside the shop, which the tables had umbrellas provided for. His blue bottle was filled with milk while Snowy had a green sippy cup filled with apple juice by his side, both of them drinking from them casually. As soon as Mind finished his meal, Mantra's magic untied his bib and pulled him into a cradle as she fed him the rest of his bottle.

With a loud crinkle, Mind sat closely behind Snowy on the tarp, wrapping his front hooves around his chest. The two scooted until the wind blew through their manes and they found themselves sliding from the top of the world - and for the twenty-third time. They quickly ran back up to the top, passing by their smiling caregivers again while they held a conversation with another pony.

"Just hang in there, Kelpy, I’m sure you’ll be seeing good things soon~” Mantra then turned her head from the aquamarine stallion to call out to the foals-at-heart. “Okay boys, last time!" And what the adults say go. They savored the last slide down, laughing on their last journey back to their caregivers. The late afternoon sun painted the sky no different than when it was climbing it, but its rays shone goldenrod over the carnival. The sky would probably be pink in about three hours.

"Daddy," Snowy proclaimed with his friend running after him and yelling at him, "the funniest thing happened!"

"No! Shut up!"

"We were at the top of the slide and Mind farted really loud just as we went down!" Snowy continued to laugh, soon finding himself on the ground, holding his ribs while his babysitter shared a chuckle, looking at Mind's fiery red face. Mantra ruffled Mind's mane endearingly.

"It's okay sweetheart," she said, "one time I was changing Snowy and he just let one rip." Snowy's blush reciprocated Mind's, and grew redder when Azure attested to it happening to him as well, then the pegasus complained that it wasn’t funny anymore. Snowy gestured the cobalt unicorn to lean into him to speak quietly into his caretaker's ear. "Does he need to go potty?" Snowy’s eyes were mortifyingly radiant and wide in response to her question. "To the potties we go, then~" Mantra exclaimed, leading the way and patting Mind's butt. "Still clean and dry, huh?"

"Mommy, why does Snowy get to use the potty and I don't?"

"Because yoooooouuuuu like pooping yourself." The mare put a mischievous smirk on. Mind silently embraced the heat in his cheeks, knowing it wasn't untrue in the slightest.

“And because you can’t be potty-trained~” Snowy cried out with a snicker following.

“Neither can you~” The two boys’ banter was swiftly broken up by Mantra, and the mare kept the party on task.

They went through the park right outside specifically to avoid the congested bathrooms provided by the carnival itself. The facility all the way at the other end of the park had no-one occupying it, and Snowy quickly rushed in, his caregiver following. This was when Mind confessed to Mantra that he needed to go for a while now, but was distracted the entire time from keeping up with Snowy’s feverish pace. He couldn't just go at the flick of a wrist like the pegasus could; he wasn't used to using his diapers outside again yet. He most certainly couldn't do it with other ponies nearby in the park and walking along the path around it. He had to do more than just wet, too. He was practically crossing his hind hooves, but he couldn't let go, despite him actually wanting to, and really really wanting to. The red-maned stallion lowered his head.

"Mommy… I need help."

"It's okay sweetheart," Mantra replied, "Mommy will help. I just need you to relax and accept that it's perfectly okay for a little foal like you to fill up his diapers wherever and whenever." She started petting his back with her hoof, and with her horn giving off its signature glow, Mind felt his tail being raised skyward and his butt cheeks being spread. He spread his hind hooves for her as well. He blushed at the idea of being in plain sight as she did all this. At first, he couldn't feel a thing, but at the drop of a hat, he felt his ears lay back and his body give way to nature's calling, and his diaper filled up very quickly. He felt the mess find its way fast into the diaper cavity, completely occupying it and starting to press against his butt. A warm stream found its way to soak the front of his diaper shortly after, wicking quickly. Mind couldn't help but smile; he really just wet and soiled his diaper outside in plain sight, everyone else nearby paying absolutely no mind to him and carrying on with their own business. He threw himself onto his front hooves, gave a good kick with both his hind hooves, and made sure it shook everything into his diaper.

"Thank you, Mommy~"

"You bucked it into place too~” The mare giggled away at the mere thought of it. “Such a cutie~”

"He almost didn't make it." Azure and Snowy emerged from the bathroom and rejoined the party. Snowy gave an unamused huff.

"But still, he did it~" Mantra said. "Good job, Snowy. We'll be ready to play again in a bit, I just have to change this little stinker." Mantra lead her foal into the bathroom with her. Mind felt a firm swat against his soiled behind and turned to find a shifty pegasus with his tongue sticking out.

A special stall in the bathroom had an adult-sized changing table, to Mind's surprise. As soon as he questioned it, Mantra stifled him with a pacifier and lay him on the table back flat. She took all the supplies out of the blue diaper bag as the tapes loudly ripped off. His hind hooves were lifted up, giving Mantra perfect opportunity to clean up his area with multiple wipes. With his plot all clean and the soiled diaper disposed of, she slid a fresh matching one into place, then doused her hooves in foal powder and rubbed it into his skin.

Mind had a new waterfall of emotions. Having someone so dedicated and willing to do something so intimate for him; treating him like the actual foal that he felt like deep inside. A foal who wanted to play and not worry about taking care of himself. One moment, he was encouraged to use his diapers for a purpose one could only expect from a small colt. The next, Mantra was taping him into a fresh one, his rear bathed heavily in the scent of powder, and feeling much cleaner than his previous messing experiences where he would have had to change himself. She gave him a kiss on his head and told him he was a good boy. All his buttons were pressed just right, and he was feeling it all for the first time in the number of weeks she was doing this.

At a well-shaded tree base lay Azure next to his charge. Snowy's mane was stroked gently as Mantra telekinetically lay Mind down beside his buddy. Snowy, keeping his eyes closed, immediately embraced him in a hug, forcing Mind to settle and close his eyes as well. He gave in to suckling on his pacifier and holding his friend close, the cool shade sending them both off to sleep.

“We have two good foals, Azure. Our hooves have barely been full at all.”

“Caregiver synergy helps reduce the hassle. It helps to know you’re not alone. Did you know-”

Mind only caught a few sentences of the adults' discussion until their words became unintelligible to him.

The rays of the sun matched Mantra's eyes, which was Mind’s first sight waking up from his nap. An assortment of carnival snacks laid out before him and Snowy: Nachos, a couple of baked pretzels, a few corndogs, and some cotton candy. It was Mind's first time eating cotton candy, actually; he was taken completely by surprise finding the silky treat quickly vanish in his mouth. He gave a tell that Mantra had to laugh at. After the meal, they made their way back into the carnival, shortly leaving for home with a few pictures of them at the photo booth, one of which Mantra and Azure took particular interest in; the one of Snowy and Mind with their matching shirts and complementing diapers in plain sight looking as happy as foals at a carnival can be.

It was almost heartbreaking to imagine these two having to part ways at the end of the day. By the time they returned home, the sky was a dark pink. Promised they would play again tomorrow, Snowy hugged Mind tightly before bidding farewell. They both wore a warm smile, knowing said promise would be kept.

Warm water roared, rushing against the porcelain bathtub floor and its plugged drain. White soapy bubbles formed where the waterfall met the pool. Mind was stripped naked, his diaper still clean and dry, and traces of foal powder still remained. Even though nude was the norm for ponies, he was helpless to himself, being so cut down to size at having clothes taken off for him; Mantra giggled, taking his particular symbol of helplessness as a compliment. His arousal was present the whole bath. Mind winced when Mantra brushed a washcloth against his lowers.

"H- Hey! That… Tickled."

"It 'tickled'? Or did you like that?" Mantra had to retract her hoof and employ an unbearable amount of self-control.

"I can tell Mommy's feeling naughty whenever her eyes turn pink." Mind had to crack a sneer at the expense of Mantra's flaming blush confirming so.

"Okay, bath time's over~" Mantra said, still keeping her tone and composure firm despite her rosy cheeks. "And you’re not one to talk about feeling naughty." Water dripped off the cleansed stallion and soaked into the white towel draped on the floor just before the bathtub. He was then wrapped into a soft towel.

"It's called Homochromic Magus Iridium." Mantra then tilted her head back and gave an amused smile. "As we know, ponies have magic coursing all throughout the body. Your brain gives chemical reactions depending on the emotions you feel, and the reaction causes the magic inside you to affect the pigmentation of your eye color. It's a very rare condition."

"Right you are~ You're so smart for such a little foal." Mantra rose her hoof and gave him a light boop on the nose.

"I can also feel your emotions. And I mean literally feel them; I can feel the patterns and reactions your brain makes, as well as everypony else's, and I know what they mean, so I can translate them."

“You can read minds?”

“It’s more like a sixth sense for other ponies’ feelings. I never really bothered to learn how to read minds.”

"Well," Mantra then gave him a kiss on the head, "maybe one day, when you’re all grown up, you’ll learn."

“It’s not that I can’t learn, it’s that reaction time-” a yawn slurred his words and broke his sentence, “sensory reaction time isn’t fast enough to-”

“Hey, I’m proud of my baby for being so smart, but how about you give that big brain of yours a rest? You had a long day, afterall.”

Mind lay on Mantra's bed, freshly bathed, freshly diapered, and placed in fresh hooved pajamas. Purple with pink soles. She lay beside him, snuggling with him while her magic held up a bottle of strawberry milk for him. He suckled away at the sweet liquid graciously.

"You had a really good day today, didn't you sweetheart?" Mind, silenced by the bottle, replied to her with a light nod. "You really have to think about all the good things that really happened, though. You stepped outside and had one of the best days ever with your best friend, and nopony made a scene about it. All every other pony saw you as today was a baby at play. They saw you for who you are in your heart; not for what you look like, nor for what someone who wasn't really you did in the past. The world really is much more progressive these days.

"I know I can't stop making you think about it, and I know it's a hard thing to look past, but I can at least try. Isn't that what a Mommy is meant to do? To make the little one she loves happy? I think it's safe to say I've made you happy." She retracted the bottle and put it on the nightstand beside the white bed once he finished. "I mean, this is really what a foal at heart can ask for. Don't you feel so much safer, Mind? Having someone feed you? The pajamas wrapping up your hoofies and keeping you snug? The thick soft padding on your cute butt? All of this I'm asking rhetorically; of course you love all this. Even under the effects of the amnesia drink, you’ve grown to love it all. And I love you with all my heart." Mantra topped off her speech planting a kiss on Mind's cheek. Her eyes still a full pink all the way from bath time, and glowing even brighter. The one smooch turned into another, and then with a deep breath Mantra rolled on top of her charge, making both their lips one.

Mind practically felt her tongue reach into his throat before he realized what she was doing. Despite the obvious hints and his sixth sense, her passionate embrace came as a surprise to him in his off-guard half-awake state. Well, maybe not so much a surprise, but the excitement Mantra felt overwhelmed him as it surged through his body in a heartbeat. He felt a spark awaken him and he reciprocated her feelings, holding her tightly and practically tying his tongue with hers. Mind felt a draft and heard a zipper coming undone. He was lifted magically off the bed by inches; high enough to feel his sleeper slide off his shoulders and upper hooves. She took herself away from his lips and exhaled deeply as she continued to relieve him of his sleeper.

"I can't wait anymore~” A loss of breath coiled her voice, forcing her to hastily inhale deeply. “Let Mommy show her baby how much she really loves him." She collapsed on top of him again, kissing him passionately again as her magic wrapped around the tapes of his diaper.

"But Mommy, I don't think foals do this." Mind was stifled by a pacifier floating into his mouth, his breathing growing heavier as he was now forced to breathe through his nose only. All sorts of spark alighted within him.

"Just be a good boy~" Mantra, her hind hooves spread wide, sat herself on top of his groin. Her marehood embraced Mind's presence, making her twitch and breathe in through her teeth as jolts coursed through all the right places. With Mind's stallionhood now firmly inside her, she gave an instinctive lunge toward it, then another and another.

Even a stallion who thought as meticulously as Mind was helpless to give in to this. He would later ponder his surprise at exploring this part of their unique relationship. But for now, there was only one focus, and it crept and crept and crept until both he and Mantra passed their point of no return.

Author's Note

Mind Fission has his memories back, for better and worse. Writing this chapter was around the time I started thinking about scientific explanations to how magic works. The more that's learned about how everything works, the more utility can be found with magic.

The potential utility of magic and how it's integrated as commonplace is really what interested me the most about this show.

And yes, this chapter's name is a blatant Retsupurae reference. :P