Author's Note

Chapter! Woot! This one was tough. Mostly a Rarity chapter again. There will likely be more Crusader antics next chapter. I was drawing a blank. Forgive me.

Anyways, hope you all enjoy this chapter!

Accidents

The three Crusaders ended up playing together for a while after spending time with their sisters individually. And the girls ended up playing Duck, Duck, Goose. Their fathers stayed with them while their mothers made dinner. Eventually, the Crusaders joined in the game, and they all played together. But Rarity soon found herself getting exhausted. She inadvertently fell asleep during the game, and was exhausted. Hondo Flanks set his daughter in a crib and tucked her in.

The stallion contemplated her situation with a rub of the chin with his hoof. He had never expected his daughter to participate in something like this. Of course, he knew she would do anything for a friend so he really shouldn’t have been surprised. He just hadn’t expected her to get so involved. He had seen her as she played princess, and she had really gotten into the role. It occurred to him quite suddenly that perhaps she had never really grown up at all underneath everything. Maybe they could do this as a family sometime. He did not know that his wife had asked her a very similar question. He watched over her for a few more minutes. When he was satisfied that she was asleep, he went to help his wife with dinner as the rest of his fellow fathers played with their kids.

Eventually, however, The Crusaders got bored. They were having fun playing foal, but doing one thing for a long time was not something they particularly enjoyed. So, they decided to help the mothers in the kitchen, and see what they could do to help. They ended up helping make the adult’s food. More or less they just measured things out. But still, they helped. And it made a difference. Once they had finished, they realized they were hungry themselves. Though their mothers offered them a chance to eat with their sisters, they politely declined. Acting like a foal was one thing, but eating like one was a bit too real for them. After a while, they decided to depart for a short time to get some regular food and maybe a treat or two at Sugarcube Corner. But they promised to come back after.

The mothers soon finished, and got everything to the nursery. The unicorns set up the high chairs and began heating up bottles.

Rarity awoke from her nap not long after and turned onto her side. Her doll lay next to her and she pulled it into her arms. She was about to call out for her Mother when she got the niggling sensation that something wasn't quite right. And that's when she realized something unexpected- she had to go to the bathroom badly. She started squirming uncomfortably, whimpering to himself. How on earth did foals deal with it? She had to work to sit up with the goofy dress she was wearing. She tried to climb out of the crib, but the bars were too tall. So she tried to use her magic to open it, but it fizzled out. She realized that the crib must have been enchanted so that the occupant could not escape. The whimpers grew into cries quickly, though unintentionally. But between the furniture moving, the game playing, and the lack of attention to her, it looked like there was nothing to be done. She started to call for attention, but before she finished her shriek, the deed was done, and the cries turned to wails. Cookie dashed to the crib, but by the time she arrived it was too late. She had already wet her diaper. She took her into her hooves and planted gentle kisses to her forehead, but was stumped when she kept on crying. There was something else going on there. She offered her a pacifier and another bottle of milk, but she refused them. That's when the idea of what was really going on hit her, and she quickly checked to see if her suspicions were correct. As was often the case, they were. She quickly went about changing her, relieved when her tears began to subside. Once the wet diaper was off of her, Rarity calmed down significantly, hugging her doll and staring up at the ceiling as her mother finished changing her. Once she was dressed again, she scooped her up and showered her with kisses while she giggled delightedly.

"There now. That's better, isn't it sweetheart?” Cookie cooed. Rarity nodded. Cookie put a hand on her stomach and rubbed it. “I know that was hard, but you did really well. It’s alright now. It’s over.” She soothed.

Rarity was utterly horrified at herself despite her mother’s attempted comfort. She could not believe that she had just soiled herself like that. Though it was not on purpose, but that was extremely cold comfort. She felt shame boil over inside of her and run down her face. Cookie just held her. When she had ran herself dry over tears, she opened her eyes to see Dashie standing in front of her.

Rainbow had heard the cries, and knew exactly what had happened. Rainbow Dash remembered her first experience with using a diaper, and it had been less than stellar. She struggled with her headspace for a moment or two, knowing that Rarity needed her bigger self at the moment. She dragged herself from her little space. It was hard, but it was for a friend. When her friends needed her, she would be there. Finally, she dragged herself out of her headspace. She looked Rarity in the eye, making sure that she knew it was her big self. Then, she spoke.

“It’s okay, Rarity. I know that having an accident for the first time is really scary, and you feel gross and humiliated. But you have to understand something. The only reason you’re so upset right now is because you’re angry that you lost control of something. But the whole point of this is to give everything up. I know it’s hard. But you know you had fun when you just let everything go. So just try not to worry about it. Okay?”

Rarity nodded. Then, she hugged her. She felt a lot better about what had happened. She gave her mother a hug too, and for a moment, she let go again. Then, the call came from Windy Whistles.

“Dinner!”

Cookie picked up her daughter and headed off to feed her.