Shiny vs Sunny

Shining Armor woke the next morning feeling quite good about himself. He felt safe inside Cadence’s care and nuzzled her belly, feeling safe and secure. The colt turned to see that she seemed to be deep in sleep.

He then blushed and looked down to see his diaper, but something felt off, something almost cold and clammy. He gulped and gave the padding a few pokes with his hoof, hearing it squish. “Ugh, I did pee pee!” Shining groaned as he got up from the bed and saw Sunburst was already up and trying to read a story book. He was flipping through it and was sounding out the words with difficulty. Shining dropped down and came to Sunburst and asked. “Ya fowgot how to wead ow someting?”

Sunburst gave a nod as he fixed his thick plastic glasses and shrugged. “I guess I did. Is strange, I fowgot a wot of stuff but I can stiww sound out some wowds.”

Shining squealed in fright! “Uh oh…ya dun tink I fowgot to wead too, do ya?!” He took the book and gasped upon seeing the words that appeared to be illegible! He babbled. “I…I wecognize some of the lettews and wowds wike cat, but ta west makes no sense!”

Sunburst pointed a hoof at Shining Armor and teased. “See, I towd ya we awe toddwas. We fowgot how to wead. Guess we weawwy awe thwee.”

Shining shook his head and grumbled. “Nah uh, I know my ABCs! A B C D…uh…um…”

Sunburst smirked and babbled. “I know ta next lettew, is E!”

Shining stomped about in a tantrum and shouted. “I know that, ya newd!”

Sunburst smirked, crossed his hooves over his chest, and asked. “What comes aftew E?”

Shining Armor plopped onto his soggy diaper and pondered for a little bit. “Let me tink, I’m suwe I know.”

Sunburst blushed and scrunched his diaper with a sheepish smile. He’d forgotten what came after E too but didn’t want to admit it.

Shining stood up and shouted. “Is Z! I know that Z comes after E!”

Sunburst gave a sheepish smile and shrugged. “Ya suwe? I tink I wemba it being anothew lettew. I tink it was F but I not suwe.”

Shining pointed a hoof and laughed, “Nah uh is Z! I know tat fow suwe.”

“Actually, Sunburst is right, sweetheart. It’s F.” Both colts looked around and saw Princess Cadence smiling down at them.

Sunburst stood up proudly. “Weawwy?! I wememba my ABCs?!”

Cadence giggled at the question and explained. “It would appear so, F does indeed come after E.”

Sunburst nagged at Shining. “See, I know my ABCs!”

Cadence snickered and asked. “Okay then, Sunburst, what comes after F?”

Shining suddenly grinned and with a snicker he teased. “Yeah, Sunburst, come on and sing ta west of ta ABCs.”

The little colt fixed his glasses and whimpered. “I...uh...umm...F...X...uh...Z?”

Shining Armor burst into laughter and Cadence cooed. “Good try, Sunburst, but it looks like both of you forgot your ABCs after all.”

Sunburst pouted and stomped about making his soggy diaper squelch as he whined. “No faiw! I know my ABCs!”

Cadence took Sunburst into her hooves and nuzzled him. “I’m sure you did before the spell. But if things go well with the cure, I’m sure you’ll both have all your memories back,” She then checked Sunburst’s diaper as he squeaked, hearing it squish loudly as the loving mare continued. “My goodness, you’re soaked! And it looks like Shiny is too!” She then picked up both colts with her magic, laid them on the bed and poked at their sodden diapers. “Good thing I taped diapers on both of you, or the sheets would be soaked for sure.”

Both of the colts faces grew red with embarrassment as Cadence continued the change. She slowly untapped the diapers and cleaned the colts rumps with wipes. She then proceeded putting two pull-ups on both colts with her crystal heart cutie mark printed on the padding as she explained. “These are all I have at the moment, I’m sorry. But I wasn’t exactly expecting more little ones.”

Both felt been more embarrassed and Shining Armor whined, these diapers were very recognizable to him. “These awe what ya used to potty twain Twily!” He complained.

Cadence blushed as she remembered. “True, and I remember she loved them way more than her diapers. I kept a few packages for nostalgia, and it’s a good thing I did. I was expecting to use them for Flurry and Fizzlepop, but certainly not on you and Sunburst,” She then bent down and gave each colt a kiss on the cheek. “Besides, you.look amazing in them. Now come on, it’s time for breakfast. And I don’t wanna see any food fights this time, you need to see a good example for Flurry and Fizzlepop”

Both colts groaned as they were led out of the room, feeling the thick padding between their legs.

The two were placed in booster seats and presented with a meal that consisted of pancakes doused in syrup and butter, and cut up into bite sized pieces, complete with hot cocoa in sippy cups. Shining was furious at the fact that he was being treated like a baby, as Cadence was again busy feeding both Flurry Heart and Fizzlepop. He took his sippy cup and tried removing the top of the sippy cup, to no avail.

Cadence saw this and used her magic to plop it into his mouth. Shining squeaked as he suckled on the plastic cup and Sunburst burst into laughter. Shining growled and kicked about but continued to suckle.

Sunburst starting teasing and chanting. “Shiny wikes his sippy cup!”

Cadence turned and scolded Sunburst. “That’s enough of that, Sunburst. Eat your breakfast, sweetheart. Don’t forget, you have a sippy cup too, so you’re in no position to tease Shining.”

Sunburst sighed and continued to chomp on his pancakes, kind of enjoying his time as a toddler. Unlike with his parents, he didn’t feel the pressure to be something he wasn’t so sure he could be.

Shining just rolled his eyes and finished his hot cocoa as he asked. “So, is Flurry’s magic teachew, Webecca Pie, coming ovew today?”

Cadence nodded as she went over to the colts. “Sadly, yes. I may only have a few more hours of babying you two. I was hoping you two could serve as role models for the real little ones,” Both colts looked at each other with smiles on their faces. She then hoisted them both from their high chairs, and plopped them on the table with big pieces of paper and jars of paints. “I want you two to paint me a picture before you turn back to normal, okay?”

Both of the colts were unsure, but Flurry and Fizzlepop were already dipping their hooves into the paint and smearing it all over in delight. And if Cadence wasn’t scolding them it was totally okay for two regressed colts to do it too, right?

Shining Armor and Sunburst both slowly dipped a hoof into a jar of red paint and began to make their own pieces of foalish art. Even with the knowledge that their return to foalhood would soon be over, they weren’t concerned with making it look particularly creative or memorable.

Sometime later, a chubby unicorn mare came trotting into the kitchen. Both Shining Armor and Sunburst were covered in hoof paint. They both blushed seeing Flurry Heart’s old magic teacher. She was wearing big round glasses with a light grey curly mane and a dark grey coat, a stubby horn shooting sparks for a cutie mark, and eyes a soft, faded blue in color. The mare smiled and cooed. “Hello, I’m Rebecca Pie. I’m here to see the poor stallions that were turned into colts.”

Shining Armor raised his hooves (which were covered in a mix of different colored paints) and proclaimed. “Hewe we awe! I Pwince Shiny Awmoa”

Sunburst took his glasses off and mumbled. “And I Sunnybuwst.”

Rebecca Pie took both of the colts into her embrace and nuzzled them, inadvertently getting paint on her.

Cadence (who was busy cleaning the fillies up with a foal wipe) laughed. “Sorry, I didn't realize that you would be here so soon, Miss. Pie.”

Rebecca got up with paint all over her muzzle and laughed. “Oh my, no. It’s my fault, I should've given you a more precise timetable first.”

Cadence hoofed over a foal wipe and let Rebecca wipe her face as the Princess of Love asked. “So, Rebecca...have you ever had to deal with something like this before?”

Both Fizzlepop and Flurry Heart placed their hooves over their eyes in shame and Rebecca Pie tried hard not to smirk. “Well, I wouldn’t say it was the first time I’ve dealt with regression,” She was remembering her own experience. Then the mare turned her attention to the colts, lit her horn, and began scanning the two with magic tendrils.

Princess Cadence was a bit nervous while watching the process unfold. “So, are they okay?”

The mare gave a small blush as her horn dimmed and she answered. “Yes, they’re fine. But the rather powerful magic done to the two has changed them in some ways. Even if we were to turn them back into adults, they may not have full control of their bladders and bowels and would be slightly incontinent.”

Both colts shouted. “What?!”

The mare gave a sigh and explained. “I know that this isn't the news you wanted to hear. I’m sorry that this happened, but if you’ve forgotten your ABCs and how to remove a sippy cup lid, control of your bodily functions is as unpredictable as those of a real toddler. I firmly believe that you need to be potty trained first before using this potion.”

Shining growled and gulped. “Wait, so if ya tuwned us back to nowmaw wight now, we wowd stiww be un-potty twained?”

Rebecca nodded and explained. “That’s correct. And I’m sure you’ll attest it would be a lot easier and less embarrassing potty training you at this age, then when you’re adults. I can imagine the tabolids would have a field day!”

Both colts plopped down and grumbled under their breath in humiliation, but Cadence gave a big smile and clapped her hooves in delight. “Oh, that sounds like fun! I have plenty of experience potty training foals! This will be no different.”

Shining whined. “This is cwazy! Tat’s gonna take foweav, Cady!”

Cadence turned to her husband and explained. “Well, potty training usually does take a while under most circumstances. But lucky for you I have a few tricks guaranteed to get little foals potty trained in less than a month.”

Sunburst nervously whimpered. “Um, so…we obviouswy can’t sweep with ya evewynight. Does tat mean we need ouw own woom?”

Cadence giggled. “That’s right, Sunburst, you’re so smart. It looks like I’m going to have to renovate one of the guests rooms into a room for ,y two little colts.”

Shining rubbed a hoof covered in paint down his face and groaned. “Oh no, this is gonna be a wong month!”

Now long after that, both Shining Armor and Sunburst were seated on their potties again with their pull-ups pulled down to their hooves as Sunburst sighed. “Ya tink owa new woom is gonna be supew embewassin?” He pondered.

Shining whined in confirmation. “Ya know Cady, she gonna make suwe we know we wittwe cowts. At weast I get to sweep with Bwutus Fowce again. I missed having him awound.”

Sunburst sighed again and looked down at his potty, smiling. “I did a pee pee!” He proudly proclaimed.

Shining blushed looking down at his potty. Then he boasted. “I did a poopy! I win!”

Sunburst rolled his eyes as he hopped off his potty. “Nah uh! How do ya win anyting by making a poopy?”

Shining babbled as he explained. “Because tat means I not gonna poop my puww-up today!”

Sunburst scoffed. “Yeah, wew I not gonna do tat eithew. Just ya watch!”

Cadence (having heard the cute conversation) came into the bathroom and cooed. “Oh stop it, you two are both winners for going potty!” She then helped pull the pull-up over Shining’s rump (after making sure to wipe him clean).

He was a bit nervous as he whimpered and asked. “So, is owa new woom weady, Cady?”

Cadence cooed. “Yes it is, and I can’t wait to show you two!”

Sunburst groaned and asked. “Is owa new woom weawwy embewassin?”

Cadence bent down, and helped fix Sunburst into a new pull-up (after also wiping him) and scoffed. “Of course not. I think it’s a perfect room for two toddler colts in potty training,” Then she looked down at them and cooed. “There, you’re in new pull-ups that aren’t too embarrassing. Isn’t that better?”

Both colts checked themselves in the nearby mirror and saw that the new pull-ups oddly enough had Celestia’s cutie mark of a sun printed all over them. Princess Cadence quickly explained. “Celestia had a diaper company produce pull-ups with her cutie mark on them, she figured it was a good way to help motivate little ones. What do you think?”

Both colts blushed and shrugged unsure of what to say. Shining reluctantly spoke up. “Tey fine, at weast tey dun gots pink. Do tey have any fow Pwincess Wuna?”

Cadence chuckled. “Oh yes. She even wore some right after she got back from the moon and was in her weakened state. Celestia recruited me to help potty train her, and let’s just say potty training your aunt who’s supposed to be older than you is super weird,” Then she waved a hoof. ”Now come on, you two It’s time to see your new room.”

Both colts gulped and shook with nervousness, as they waddled down the hall towards a room with a big baby blue door. The words “Shiny and Sunny’s room” was printed in a big white poofy font on the outside. Both colts groaned in unison but as Cadence opened the door, and what the colst saw made their faces turn into a deep shade of red.

The walls were painted with white poofy clouds, and a smiling sun on the ceiling. There was a soft baby blue carpet was on the ground, two beds with protective rails in place on either side, complete with plastic sheets and baby blue blankets covering each bed. A wardrobe stood in the middle with the drawers wide open, revealing the dozens of pullups and nighttime diapers inside. Most noticeable of all though were two potty charts on either side of the wall and Cadence cooed. “Now, here’s how your potty training will go. You will each get a sunny sticker for a day with no accidents. The stormy cloud sticker means you had a small accident. And the angry cloud sticker means you had a big accident. The goal is to have ten sun stickers and then I’ll turn you back to normal.”

Both of the colts groaned again as Shining asked. “So, wha about nighttime stickews? Is hawd to go potty at night. Fwurry says so.”

Cadence blushed, she hadn’t really thought of that. ”Well…I was thinking we start from this age and give you a little bit of the potion, increasing your age slowly. We can start with the first dose today since you two had no daytime accidents. After I know that you don’t have accidents during the day, I'll begin nighttime training when you’re a little older and have more control, and from there you will eventually turn back into an adult. However, get too many stormy or angry clouds and I’ll put you in diapers for a day.”

Both of the colts groaned and Cadence continued. “There’s one more thing I need to explain. As potty training may take some time, I decided to put you both in preschool.”

Both foals looked up and whined. “But why?!”

Cadence cooed as she told them. “I have a lot of work to do and I can’t play with or supervise you all day. This way I have someone I can trust keeping an eye on you two, as well as Flurry Heart and Fizzlepop. Don’t worry, I told them that Shining Armor and Sunburst are on vacation and that you two are my cousins Cloudy Day and Sunny Day .”

Both of the colts both plopped onto their pull-ups and rubbed their faces, anticipating that this was going to be the most embarrassing month ever. If potty training didn’t embarrass them to death, preschool surely would.