Silverstream's Toilet Troubles

That evening, Silverstream and Terramar met up with Sky Beak, who had decided to return to land where Ocean Flow remained underwater. Terramar's pants were also wet.

"Did you have fun?" Sky Beak asked.

"Lots of fun!" said Silverstream.

Sky Beak noticed the state of Silverstream's shorts and Terramar's pants. "Yeah... I thought that might happen to you. Don't feel ashamed, as soon as we re-install the toilets we'll get you potty trained."

"Potty trained?" said Silverstream. "What's that?"

"Hippogriffs, and ponies for that matter, have to do what's known as going to the bathroom after eating or drinking something. Usually it's considered embarrassing to go to the bathroom in your pants, but you've never been hippogriffs or had to go to the bathroom before so no one can blame you."

"I had no idea," said Terramar.

"What are toilets?" Silverstream asked.

"They're something that ponies and hippogriffs go to the bathroom in. With their pants down. Then you flush it, and away it goes."

"I can't wait to be potty trained!" Silverstream said excitedly.

"You're probably not alone," said Sky Beak, thinking Silverstream was looking forward to not wetting herself anymore when in reality she wanted to learn more about the surface world.

...

Once toilets were installed in Mount Aris again, the hippogriffs who had lived above water before the Storm King attacked started potty training the hippogriffs who had been wetting themselves since arrival on land.

It didn't take Terramar long to get potty trained, but while Silverstream was soon able to feel when she needed to go, she wouldn't make it to the toilet on time. Neither Sky Beak nor Terramar showed any annoyance or disgust at her many accidents. Whenever she wet herself she would wash herself off in a bathtub in her wet outfit. Most other ponies would change into something else, wash their wet outfit separately, and bathe with nothing on, but Silverstream thought it was fun to take her bath fully clothed. No one was surprised at this nor opposed it. She would let the sun and wind dry her and stayed in the same outfit.

She had tried turning into a sea pony and then back, but her outfit would always be in the same state it was before her transformation whenever she turned back.

At the very least, however, Silverstream was able to avoid messing herself since potty training began, so there was that at least, it was just wetting herself that was the issue. After her messy accident on Day 1 she had taken a bath, and spent extra time scrubbing her dirty rear end, and had gotten the stains out no problem.

Even Princess Skystar, who started after she was no longer grounded, got fully potty trained while Silverstream was still peeing herself on her way to the bathroom. She never felt too embarrassed but hoped she'd be fully potty trained soon - she was the only hippogriff who wasn't at this point.

However, Silverstream noticed that each time, she was able to get closer to the toilets before she wet her shorts, and retained a positive attitude and confidence that she would be potty trained soon.

In the middle of a flight one day, Silverstream felt the urge to pee. She flew towards the nearest bathroom as fast as she could. She had just reached the outhouse door when she felt the all too familiar wetness spreading through her shorts. As she peed, she didn't feel disappointment at not making it, for this was the first time she had actually reached the bathroom door. The past few times she had been about three quarters of the way there, and the few times before that, halfway there.

When she finished wetting herself, Silverstream flew over to Sky Beak. "I got as far as the bathroom door this time!" she said excitedly.

"You're getting there," said Sky Beak. "I take it you want another bath?"

Silverstream nodded.

...

It wasn't long before Silverstream reached the point where she would get into the bathroom. The first time she made a puddle on the bathroom floor. Every time after that she would sit on the toilet with her shorts still up and pee through them into the toilet. Soon, she realized she'd have time to spare, and that she was voluntarily peeing through her shorts, just as voluntarily as she was taking a dump with them down.

So, the next time she needed to pee, she flew into the bathroom, pulled her shorts down, and peed into the toilet.

"I did it!" said Silverstream. "I'm potty trained now!"

"That's great!" said Sky Beak. "Congratulations, Silverstream!"

...

Silverstream was able to keep from wetting herself for a few days in a row, and then, General Seaspray gave the hippogriffs an announcement.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle is opening a school of friendship in Ponyville," he said. "She would very much like to have at least one hippogriff there to learn about friendship and share it with the rest of us. And I know the perfect candidate. Queen Novo's own niece, Silverstream!" It was common knowledge among the hippogriffs that Silverstream loved the land above Seaquestria the most and wanted to know more about it.

Silverstream was so excited she wet her shorts. She blushed lightly and giggled.

"But first, we might want to train her to hold it in the midst of getting overexcited," said Seaspray.