Author's Note

A late update is better than no update! Sorry for the wait guys, I was not feeling great today. But I try my best to not let anything stop me from updating, and this is no exception.

Huge thank you to Josh for your help and ideas in this chapter. I adore you so much! You rock and I owe you huge! This one's for you!

Hope you all enjoy it!

Discovered

Those first few days and weeks of age play were ones of trial and error, of trying new things and enjoying old ones. But the two of them developed a routine that cemented with time. Twilight would wake Spike up every morning, check his diaper, and feed him a bottle. She would stay with him unless something came up with her friends or the princess. Then she would head off to do her duty while he did his chores. When she got back, they would play together until lunch time, where he was fed once more. After lunch his mother would read him a story and then settle him down for a nap. He would sleep until three in the afternoon. When he woke up he was changed again, and was allowed to play or read. After that the two of them had dinner together in the nursery. The rest of the evening was spent playing with his Mommy until bedtime loomed. He was sung a lullaby and put to sleep. Then he would wake up and start the cycle all over again. Of course things weren't that way all the time. There were times when he went to visit his friends out in town or help send letters to the princess, or of course when he was doing his chores, but otherwise that was his life, and he loved it. He kept his lifestyle a secret from his friends. He couldn't bear the thought of them looking at him like he was different. So his secret festered inside of him. Although he had drawn a very clear line between his two lives, the line was growing thinner every day. His infantile habits were beginning to spill over in his adult life. The two hardest things to remember were to not to use baby talk when talking about his mother, and to not suck his claw.

At first, Spike really struggled with getting into the right headspace while he was in the nursery. It wasn't that he didn't want to- he really really did- but he couldn't figure out how to be less prideful. Being a dragon with ties to Princess Celestia meant that he had higher expectations than most ponies, who could spend the day willy-nilly, doing whatever they chose. But between being an intermediary for Twilight and the Princess and his own daily chores, he was held to a higher standard, and that made finding ways to let loose completely and just relax difficult to achieve. But with Twilight's guidance and gentle, nurturing nature, he began finding his way.

To be fair, once he was able to access that part of himself, it became much easier, and their bonding together happened more and more often. It also became easier for him to try new things while in that headspace, specifically the concept of wearing and even using diapers. But he quickly got used to it. Suddenly, he was able to be more vocal with his emotions and express them age appropriately, and his mother never scolded him or made him feel invalidated.

That day had begun like any other. Twilight got up and went into the nursery where she changed Spike, and gave him his bottle. She didn’t have any plans for the day, so she decided to give Spike one day off from his chores, just so he could have a full day of play. She spent the morning reading to him, coloring with him, and chasing him around the castle. She gave him gems for lunch along with a bottle, and ate a daffodil sandwich for herself. She then took him back to the nursery, and started reading him the story of Gusty The Great. When he had finally fallen asleep, She tucked him into his crib and gave him a kiss. Then, satisfied that he was safe, she went into the library to read a book. About an hour and a half passed with just the sound of turning pages, occasional squeaks of excitement, and the sound of quills scratching against scrolls when she took the occasional note. Just as she finished up another note, there was a knock at the door. Twilight set down her quill and opened the door to see Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy.

“Howdy, Twilight!” Applejack greeted.

“Girls! What are you doing here?” Twilight asked happily.

“We wanted to come and visit, darling. It’s been such a long time since we’ve all been free at the same time, and we wanted to see if you wanted to do something together.” Rarity said.

“Sure!” She replied.

“We could go to Sugarcube Corner and eat some sweets!” Pinkie suggested.

“Or I could take Everypony on a cloud ride!” Said Rainbow.

“Or we could all go over to my cottage and spend some time with the animals.” Fluttershy spoke, a bit too quietly.

Twilight’s mind flashed to Spike, who was still napping and would no doubt be in his headspace when he woke up. She couldn’t bear to leave him, but she also really wanted to spend time with her friends. So, she decided to compromise.

“How about you all come inside and spend some time here for a while. I promised myself that I was going to stay home today, just to relax. I can’t think of a better way to do it than with my friends!” Said Twilight.

“Sounds good, right girls?” Asked Applejack. They all nodded their assent.

“Great! Come on in!” She said.

They all gathered in the library, and started talking. Twilight kept an ear out for Spike, but she was sure he wouldn’t be up for a while. As the conversation went on, she got further immersed into it. So immersed, that she almost didn’t hear Spike calling her during a slight lull in the talking.

“Mommy? Mommy?” He called.

Twilight stiffened as she realized he was calling. She was quick to go into the nursery to get him.

She hadn’t realized that her friends had heard too, and followed to investigate. In her hurry, Twilight hadn’t closed the door all the way, so the magical lock she had placed on it days earlier wasn’t activated. They all opened the door and looked inside.

There was Twilight, inside a nursery, holding Spike to her, as he cooed happily, “Mommy”.