Author's Note

Seeing as Prince Blueblood is the only one who got a vote, he is going to be the character of focus here.

The only vote cast this time around was by Scootabom1, who specified that Blueblood would be physically regressed to be slightly older than teenage Applejack (as seen in "Where the Apple Lies" supposedly), look fairly feminine, be incontinent, and speak and behave like a child, all with the handwave that it was how he used to look. He also proposed Blueblood be trapped wearing girly and babyish outfits, as well as have him hate being called "cute" because he was mocked about it growing up.

This is in no way intended to mock, make fun of, or otherwise belittle drag queens, crossdressers, or anyone of transgender orientation. I specifically want to specify that before anyone gets any ideas. And neither is this intended as any sort of commentary on such people in either real or fictional life.

I again wish to remind you all that even though physical regression is on the table as well as mental regression, no school aged characters are allowed due to the possible "sexual" nature of this fic and the rules specifically prohibiting it for any characters under the legal age of consent. And again, you can vote for any character that has either not appeared, or will appear in a group pairing. It doesn't have to just be the characters already on the list.

Characters ineligable under any circumstances:
Starlight Glimmer
Discord
Trixie
Sunburst
Cutie Mark Crusaders
Flurry Heart
School aged or younger children (i.e. Cake Twins)
Characters introduced after Flurry Heart (Starswirl the Bearded, the Pillars, Star Tracker, Mudbriar, etc.)
Equestria Girls characters other than Sunset Shimmer/the Dazzlings
Princess Celestia

Characters that can only be done in group pairings:
Mane six
Princess Cadence
Princess Luna
Octavia and Vinyl Scratch
Twilight Velvet
Spitfire (with or without Wonderbolts)
Lightning Dust
Maud Pie (without Mudbriar)
Moondancer
Cheerilee
Lyra and Bon Bon (separately, or together)
Coco
Limestone Pie
Prince Blueblood

Characters that can only be done in specific group pairings:
Spike (with mane six, Princess Cadence, or Sparkle family)
Shining Armor (with Princess Cadence, or Sparkle Family)

Characters previously voted on:
Derpy, Marble Pie - One vote
Sassy Saddles, Fleur - One half vote

Bluebella (Prince Blueblood)

Princess Celestia could only tsk and sigh as she used a wet rag to wipe Twilight's face clean. The padded princess had gotten her face full of syrup, whipped cream, and butter as a result of messily trying to eat pancakes with just her hooves. Such behavior had been rather concerning to the sun princess, she would've expected her fellow alicorn to know better. Had it been an intentional act whilst Twilight was "in character", or an attempt by Twilight to assert her independence? Celestia didn't know.

Twilight, for her part, just wiggled around as the wet rag made contact with her face. "It's so cold." She complained. Yet try as she might, she could not overpower the elder alicorn or at all fight back.

The sun princess frowned and adopted her best scolding mother tone. "Well, Twily, this could've been avoided if you'd just waited for me to feed you. Be grateful I don't make you take a bath."

"Oh, but baths are no fun, Mommy." Twilight pouted, folding her hooves across her chest.

"I know they aren't, Twily," Celestia adopted a more gentle, compassionate tone as she finished up the wiping job. "All the same, it has been a while since you last had one. And if you continue to make messes like this, I will have to start bathing you more regularly," Once she had set the used rag aside, she pulled back Twilight's diaper via her magic in order to perform an inspection. "Well, you're still dry and clean, for now," She said with a knowing wink. "Would you like to try and use the potty for me before I bring in your next playmate?"

The padded princess promptly directed her gaze towards the almighty porcelain throne that could be seen through the open bathroom door. She eyed it for a moment, seemingly hesitant and conflicted. But then, with a straight face and a smile, she said. "Nope. I'm good, Mommy. I don't feel like using it right now. You'll still change me if I use my diaper, right?"

Princess Celestia nodded ever so slowly. "Whatever makes you comfortable, Twily. I don't want to force you into it. If you ever do decide to use it, though, remember that you have to ask me for help first. We wouldn't want a repeat of what happened the first time you tried to use it by yourself."

Twilight blushed, surprised that her fellow alicorn knew about that incident from her youth.

Celestia just snickered. "It's not that I think it would ever happen again, but I don't want any mishaps," Then she stood up as she set Twilight down on the floor of the bedroom. "Now, just sit tight, Twily. I'll be back shortly with your next playmate. And hopefully, you can teach them how to behave." She promptly lit up her horn and disappeared in a flash.

"What do you think Mommy's bringing this time, Smarty Pants?" Twilight asked her old doll while she sat down on her padded posture.

Smarty Pants could only shrug her hooves and reply. "I don't know, Twily. Let's just hope it's somepony nice. And maybe somepony a little less smelly."

Twilight blushed anew. "Smarty Pants, after how long you've been at my side, how are you still not used to me when I get stinky?"

"Twily, you know I'll always love you no matter how stinky you are," Smarty Pants pointed out. "But just because I love you doesn't mean I can't still find your stinkiness to be overwhelming sometimes. I may get used to it, but I don't have to like it."

The padded princess giggled. "Oh Smarty Pants, you're so silly. And that's just what I like about you!"

A moment or so later, Princess Celestia teleported back into the bedroom with her "invited" guest. It appeared to be a somewhat tall yet slim looking unicorn colt with a gleaming white coat, blonde locks styled into curls, and blue eyes that shone like diamonds. He was clad in a thick, finely detained diaper with gold trim around the edges (and on the leak guards), and appeared to be wearing an overly lavish and frillish dress a reddish-pink in color that seemed designed specifically to draw attention to his fancy diaper. Strangely enough, though, the colt also seemed to look almost like he could be a filly given his overall outward appearance in body.

When the colt spoke up, however, even though his voice was high pitched there was no mistaking its snobbishness. And it confirmed that it could only be coming from one pony: Prince Blueblood. He quickly laid bare his disgust and contempt for the situation he now found himself in. "Auntie Celestia, have you lost your mind?!" He complained as he awkwardly shook about, trying in vain to pull down his diaper. "Look at me: If anypony important saw me like this, I would be the laughing stock of all of Canterlot!"

Celestia could only scold the feminine looking colt. "Well, I'd say it serves you right after you spoke so rudely about little Twily here. You two are technically related, much like with your sister, Princess Cadence."

Blueblood's eyes went wide as he gazed upon Twilight in all her padded glory! Compared to him, she was wearing only a plain, white diaper that hugged her rear tightly. And she seemed not to have a care in the world. "What?! But... but... there's no way! I never saw her like this before!" He complained, before the gears in his mind started to turn. "Although, perhaps if I were to disclose her secret, all of Canterlot might not find out about my humiliation."

The sun princess was quick to glare at the prince, before bringing up a camera and hastily making it flash. "I'd think twice if I were you, nephew," She said in a disapproving tone of voice. "If you mention word of this to anypony, I can guarantee that all of Canterlot will find out about little Bluebella here. I did not invite you here so that you could exploit the situation like you have done when catching other ponies in less than favorable situations."

"I still don't understand!" Blueblood whined and pouted as he felt his legs betray him, causing him to stumble to the ground and stick his padded posture up in the air for all to see. As he then slowly rose to his hooves, he made a very specific demand. "What did I do to deserve such punishment? I haven't been like this in ages, and you know all too well why that is the case."

The alicorn princess with a majestic white coat the same color as her feminine looking nephew's simply shook her head from side to side. "I saw you with my own eyes, Blueblood. You remember those 'foals' you encountered during the time I was having my sister oversee my responsibilities? The ones you specifically frowned upon and threatened to give a royal flush to?"

At that, the feminine looking prince gasped and jumped back in surprise! "Wait a minute, that was you?!" He received a confirming nod, and the realization slowly dawned on him. "Then that must mean..."

"-Yup, it was actually us!" Twilight beamed as she trotted over! "You were acting like a big dumb meanie! A real poopy head! Didn't anypony ever teach you any manners?"

The prince began to stutter. "W-what?! D-don't be silly, o-of course I was taught manners. I-I had no idea about any of this. H-had I known, I wouldn't have said what I said. A-and I was only joking about the royal flush part. O-obviously, I would never dream of doing it to any foal, no matter how much they might tempt me to do so. I-I mean t-that's as bad as actually taking candy from it. A-anypony who would do that would deserve whatever fate and punishment that might befall them."

"So, are you sorry, then?" Twilight questioned in an innocent sounding tone of voice. "If you are, then you have to say it. I know that whenever I do something wrong, Mommy always makes me say sorry afterwards."

Blueblood blinked in surprise. "You do know my Auntie Celestia is not really your 'mommy', right? Last I checked, your mother is the same mother who raised our former captain of the guard, and is a grandmother to the heir to the crystal throne."

The padded princes giggled and swished her padded rump around. "It's all a part of the act, Blueblood. Or should I call you Bluebella?" She briefly snickered before recovering. "It's like being in a play. It's all just pretend. But that's what makes it fun."

The feminine looking prince sighed, putting a hoof to his forehead. "So I see. I personally don't understand why anypony would ever want to 'pretend' to be a foal again, but I suppose it is not my place to pass judgment since I too have secrets that I have gone to great lengths to keep hidden."

Celestia then encouraged. "So go on then, nephew. You know what you have to say to Twily."

Prince Blueblood could only bite his lip in response, slowly managing to force out the words. "I'm... I'm... s-sorry. Really, I am."

"Well, Twily, what do you think?" Celestia questioned her fellow alicorn.

Twilight smiled. "I'd say he sounds like he means it. I think he truly is sorry."

"Okay, there, are you happy now?" Blueblood pouted and frowned as he turned to his aunt and pleaded. "Can I please be changed back to my normal, grown-up self now?"

But Princess Celestia shook her head from side to side and told him. "I think you need to spend a little time remembering who you used to be. Because I know for a fact that you were not always such a snobbish and selfish prince. Perhaps some time spent revisiting those younger days will help to remind you that your inherited title does not give you a license to be cruel. If you can play nice with Twily today, you won't have to spend more than a day in diapers. But if you cannot," She held up the camera. "Your little 'secret' will soon become anything but. I will not hesitate to take another picture of you, Bluebella, and have it be released to the press. The choice is up to you."

The feminine looking prince groaned. "Oh, I hate when you do this, Auntie Celestia! You could've at least asked me first."

Celestia snickered, flashing a mischievious grin. "Where's the fun in that?"

Blueblood was rendered speechless!

Twilight, now satisfied with Blueblood as a playmate (and with his apology), trotted up to him fully and pulled him close. "You ready to have fun, Blueblood? Or, I guess I should call you Bluebella now," She adopted a somewhat puzzled look. "Why do you look like that, anyway? Did you mess up a spell or something? I know I once read about a spell that could turn a full grown mare into a stallion."

At that Blueblood eeped and squeaked as his cheeks flushed a bright shade of pink! "Perish the thought! This is not the result of some spell or other magical mishap!" He shamefully confessed. "If you must know, I was a very feminine looking colt growing up," As he spoke, it was possible to detect something of a lisp slipping out in spite of his best efforts to hide it. "My parents were never quite sure why. They had wanted a colt, and I was born as a colt. Yet as I grew up, my body took on more of a feminine appearance. And as it so happened, the only clothes that would fit my unique body type were clothes designed for fillies. Thus, I became known quite mockingly as 'Bluebella'."

"Oh, other ponies made fun of you because of it?" Twilight questioned, appearing to sound genuinely surprised and concerned about such a possibility.

"Sadly, yes," The feminine looking Blueblood admitted. "I was the laughing stock of the whole playground, no the whole neighborhood. Hardly anypony wanted to befriend me, they all teased me and called me 'weird' or 'a freak'. What friends I did have only ever played nice with me so as to gain favor with my parents, knowing that they were part of Canterlot's elite social circle. Alas, Mommy and Daddy seemed much more interested in molding me into something to show off, always dragging me along to fancy parties and galas. Though I would be lying if I said I didn't grow to enjoy them. They were the rare times where I could get away from all the teasing, all the taunting, all the tormenting."

"Is that why you're wearing such a fancy diaper?" Smarty Pants inquired. "I've never seen a diaper like that. It seems kind of ridiculous to make diapers so fancy. It's as silly as ponies calling the big potty a throne. A potty's still a potty, and a diaper's still a diaper."

The prince unhappily sighed as he looked back at his padded rear, shaking it about uncomfortably even as it remained firmly in place. "Not really. Obviously it would never do for any young pony of my upbringing to forever remain in the accursed padded undergarments," He delivered that last line with an audible hiss. "My lavatory training went swimmingly. I was out of diapers by the time I was three years old, and quite happy with such an accomplishment. It would see my Auntie Celestia thought otherwise, however, for she has temporarily taken away my training and left me trapped in the same fancy diapers I always detested wearing growing up. She only took me in after my mommy and daddy were the unfortunate victims of a carriage accident during one of their many lavish vacations. It was a stroke of luck that I was deemed not old enough to accompany them."

Twilight couldn't help but let out a gasp upon hearing that! "I... never knew!"

Prince Blueblood only snorted and humphed. "I don't need your pity if that's what you're thinking. Much as I miss my parents dearly, I long ago made peace with their untimely end. And being raised by Princess Celestia had its benefits: It is how I ascend from being a mere duke to being an esteemed prince. Unlike your brother, I did not have to marry into the title. It was bestowed upon me within days of being brought under Celestia's wing, figuratively and literally. So now you know of my unfortunate past, and of the reason behind my current state of appearance."

"It's okay to miss your mommy and daddy, Blueblood... I mean Bluebella," Smarty Pants hastily corrected herself. "When Twily left home to study with Celestia prior to Celestia becoming her second mommy, Twily missed her first mommy and her daddy every day, and her B.B.B.F.F. too, even though he always loved teasing her."

"Bluebella" frowned and turned his head. "You think I miss them? I haven't looked back since being taken in by Princess Celestia, and for good measure. I became a fine member of Canterlot's elite, just as I'm sure my parents would've wanted."

Celestia could only sigh and shake her head in disapproval, even as she temporarily set her camera down (though making sure it was still within her sight). "Oh well, can't have everything..." Under her breath, she hesitantly added. "Yet."

The feminine prince, meanwhile, just turned to Twilight and to Smarty Pants. "Well, regardless of the circumstances, if my auntie wishes for me to be your..." He struggled to force out. "Playmate, then I guess I shall fill the role as needed," Then after a moment of silence, he asked his fellow padded pony. "What do you want to do? Please tell me it won't be something completely humiliating."

Twilight opened her mouth, prepared to speak. But Princess Celestia spoke up first. "Actually, I have an activity in mind that should suit you both. And hopefully, it will be just the thing to help Bluebella here..." She eyed her feminine looking nephew with a mix of disapproval and concern. "Learn how to behave." She proceeded to float over a lavish looking tea set, which included a sparkling, polished tea pot, matching tea cups, and small plates and silverware.

"Tea party!" The padded princess happily exclaimed!

"Not just a tea party, Twily," Celestia playfully corrected as she patted the padded princess on the head. "It's royal etiquette lessons: Table manners, saying please and thank you. things like that."

"I'm not in need of a refresher course." Blueblood insisted as he nevertheless stuck out his tongue in very childish fashion.

The sun princess simply replied. "I'll be the judge of that, Bluebella. Remember, you're to play nice. Or else."

The feminine looking colt simply sighed deeply, realizing he was powerless in this situation. "Fine. Let's get this over with." He insisted as he trotted over to a small table his aunt had set up.

Twilight waddled her way over to the table a minute or so later and plopped her padded plot right down onto the seat, giggling at how it compressed and crinkled when she did so. Then, lighting up her horn, she set Smarty Pants down in a seat right next to her.

"Oh goodie, another tea party!" Smarty Pants proclaimed! "I love tea parties! I always wanted to attend them, even if I don't drink tea."

"Smarty Pants, you're so silly sometimes." Twilight giggled.

Blueblood, meanwhile, just looked at the doll and at the padded princess sitting across the table from him. All the while, he shifted about on his lavishly detailed diaper, trying in vain to find a more comfortable sitting position. He detested how much his bottom seemed to sink deeper into the padding as he sat there, putting more weight on his hind quarters.

Princess Celestia then floated over the tea set, carefully setting everything down. "Okay, my little ponies," She spoke in a much more formal tone of voice. "We are here today to learn about etiquette, both formal and royal. Everypony must learn how to behave, regardless of what the occasion is that they are invited to."

Twilight sat up straight, and nudged Smarty Pants so that the doll was sitting straight up too. She turned her full attention to her fellow alicorn, smiling as she did so.

Blueblood said nothing, even as he too looked up at the sun princess. For now, at least, he would have to play along with whatever she would have him do. But he was already starting to think. "How can I turn this situation to my advantage? I very well can't allow anypony to get away with seeing me in such a weak and defenseless state. Bad enough I've been forced to disclose my past."

Celestia just cleared her throat, commanding everypony's attention. "Now then, let us begin with some basic table manners," When she saw Twilight reaching for a tea cup, she used her magic to pull the cup away and said with a tsk. "Ah ah ah, Twily. It's rude to take anything from the table before you've been allowed to serve yourself. You know better."

Blueblood put a hoof to his chin, suppressing a snicker as he saw the look of shame on the padded princess' face.

The sun princess continued. "Before anypony may help themselves to tea, they must first make sure they have all the proper items to enjoy it. The same goes for if one were having cake, or anything else," She trotted over to the table. "This includes making sure napkins are placed into one's lap, and not folding them into funny shapes or objects."

Blueblood wasted no time in setting the gold laced napkin upon his lap, certain that he would be showered with praise for his actions. To his dismay, however, he saw his aunt taking much more time fussing over Twilight and Smarty Pants, helping them to get their napkins into their laps. She truly did seem to be treating Twilight as if the younger alicorn were Celestia's child. Was all of this just a part of the "role" the two were playing? Or did they truly seem to believe they were family despite not being related by blood?

After a little bit of fiddling, Princess Celestia had the napkins in Twilight and Smarty Pants' laps just the way she wanted them. Then and only then did she turn her attention to the feminine looking colt at the other end of the table. "Oh, and I see you already managed to get your napkin placed into its proper position all on your own. Very well done, Bluebella. Your mommy would be proud."

"Whatever," The physically regressed prince huffed, blowing a few loose curls of his mane out of his face. "Is it time for tea yet? Please tell me there will also be crumpets."

The alicorn mare with a majestic white coat simply replied with. "All in good time, Bluebella. We must still go over a few more table manners before we move on," And she instructed in her best posh sounding tone. "Now we will cover the proper position of silverware: Including knife, fork, and spoon. All must be placed accordingly before we can proceed."

"Must we continue this act, Auntie?" Blueblood piped up in impatience. "I know my table manners like my ABCs and 123s. It is not my fault if Twily and Smarty Pants do not have them memorized like I do."

"Bluebella, you mustn't be rude!" Celestia sternly lectured. "You would not wish to pay a visit to the time out corner, would you? I seem to remember you were a very frequent visitor to it whilst you were growing up in my care."

At that the prince shuddered as images and memories he'd long suppressed came flooding back to him in an instant! He could well remember the shame, the humiliation, of sitting in the corner for what seemed like hours while he was made to face the walls and stare at them until he was bored. And that wasn't even the worst of it. Though it had been rare, he could remember the times when his adopted aunt had had to discipline him. The pain and the marks may have faded, but the mental wounds and blows to his pride still associated with them made him lose any incentive to further complain or protest.

Satisfied with her feminine looking nephew's silence, the sun princess continued. "Even though we are only having tea right now, we shall place the spoon next to us, and set the knife and fork off to one side since we will not have need of them." She used her magic to demonstrate this with the plastic silverware on Blueblood's side of the table, instructing Twilight (and Smarty Pants, even though the doll needed help from Twilight) to do the same.

"Is this good enough, Mommy?" Twilight asked as she opted to use her hooves rather than her magic to try to adjust the silverware accordingly.

Eyeing the placement of the plastic utensils, the elder alicorn smiled with satisfaction and showered her fellow princess with exaggerated praise! "Oh yes, very good, Twily! And you too, Smarty Pants! I dare say, Bluebella over here could learn a thing or two from watching you both."

Blueblood could only hope his aunt was joking.

"Now we may enjoy the tea that has been prepared for us today," Celestia went on, gently levitating the tea pot with her magic and pouring its contents into three separate cups. She then floated one cup over to Prince Blueblood, another to Twilight, and kept the last for herself. "And remember, if you want seconds, you must ask for them. Also be sure to say 'Please' and 'Thank you' accordingly."

At that, the gears in the prince's mind began to turn. He had an idea for how he might be able to get some enjoyment out of his current predicament. And a rather naughty idea came into his mind as a result. "You can go ahead and drink as much tea as you like, Twily," He said in an overly formal, exaggerated tone of voice. "I am fine with just the one cup." He proceeded to sip from said cup very slowly, setting it down but a second or two later.

Twilight was all too happy to help herself to the rest of the tea! She downed cup after cup, even though she took the time to do so slowly. It was only when she was her very last cup that she began to realize the foolishness of her decision. She paused and set her tea cup down midway through drinking its contents, biting her lip as she couldn't help crossing her legs.

Princess Celestia immediately trotted over, suspecting what the problem was. "Twily, do you have to go potty?" She asked.

Despite the obvious discomfort she was in, the padded princess protested. "N-no, Mommy! I'm fine! I don't have to go! Really!"

The sun princess was anything but convinced by Twilight's statements. "Twily, it's okay. It's not good to hold it in, you know. That can cause problems."

Blueblood, meanwhile, watched the whole thing unfold with a smirk of satisfaction. "That's it, Twilight," He thought to himself. "Go ahead and piddle your pampers like the foal you are! I am so going to enjoy it!"

Still, Twilight refused to budge from the table. "I... I have to finish my tea!" She pleaded with her fellow alicorn! "I can hold it until then!"

Celestia's concerned look took on a frown as she used her magic to pull the padded princess out of her seat. "It's not up for argument, Twily. Your potty emergency can't wait. We must rectify it before it's too late."

The padded alicorn sighed, admitting defeat. "A-alright, Mommy. But you're not gonna make me sit on the potty forever, are you? I really don't have to go that badly."

Princess Celestia began to smile. "I think five minutes should be more than enough. One way or another, you're going to have to pee-pee." She soon brought the padded princess into the bathroom, pulling down her diaper and placing her upon the toilet after lifting up the seat.

Twilight sat there, legs dangling to either side of the bowl. She wasn't used to being on the potty without Smarty Pants by her side to help her, even though she had managed to use it without the doll's assistance a couple of times.

There was a long silence as the two alicorns just remained where they were in the bathroom, all the while Prince Blueblood could only watch and frown with disapproval.

At last, the silence was broken up with an audible hissing sound. Slowly but surely, Twilight's full bladder emptied itself, bringing the princess great relief. "Ah." She sighed as she relaxed, no longer tensing up and trying to hold back what needed to come out.

Princess Celestia, for her part, smiled and cooed. "Good job, Twily! I'm so proud of you! And I'm sure Smarty Pants would be too!"

"Thank you for helping me, Mommy," Twilight smiled, before apologizing. "I'm sorry I put up such a fuss, and drank all that tea. I didn't mean to make a fool of myself back there."

Celestia just helped Twilight to wipe, flush, and wash her hooves. And while doing so reassured her fellow alicorn. "It's okay, Twily. It happens to the best of us. Even I have sometimes overestimated my body's ability to 'hold it' as it were. And now you know what not to do next time."

The two princesses departed the bathroom a moment later and returned to the table. And as Twilight took up her seat again, Blueblooud pouted and audibly whined. "It's not fair! Why is she allowed to use the lavatory whilst I remain in diapers?!"

Princess Celestia trotted over, eyeing her nephew's diaper and noticing a detail that had apparently eluded his notice up to this point. "Well, maybe if you were better at keeping your diapers in pristine condition, potty training would be an option for you as well."

Only then did the feminine looking prince seem to become aware of an uncomfortable damp sensation on his rear. Sure enough, looking back to his diaper, he could see a visible dark spot as the wetness indicators had faded. "What?! No!" He whined again! "I didn't even notice it! This is all your fault, Auntie!"

The sun princess only replied by using her magic to float the prince up from his seat at the table. "Don't blame me for your inability to tell when you have to go, Bluebella. Now come on, we must get you changed before you get a rash. I assume you would not want to have to explain that to all of Canterlot, now would you?"

"N-no, I guess not." Blueblood relented as he was carried away to be changed.

Celestia soon had her niece planted firmly upon the changing table, and with changing supplies readily available to horn, she set to work on carrying out the diaper change. The first thing she did was take off the pinkish-red gown the feminine looking prince was wearing, watching as it disappeared from sight as if by magic. Next to be taken off was the diaper, which was effortlessly balled up and tossed into the trash without fanfare. Then, Celestia's horn levitated over a bottle of powder, wet wipes, and even some rash cream, all of which were worked into Blueblood's coat with the greatest of ease. After that, she taped him into a diaper equally as lavish and finely detailed as the one he had soaked so thoroughly.

With the diaper change complete, the feminine looking colt pleaded with the princess. "Can I please just wear a diaper from now on, Auntie? You know I hate those fancy dresses you forced me to wear!"

The alicorn mare just replied by floating over a combination bonnet and onesie in hues of baby blue, pink, and yellow. And quick as a flash, she dressed him in it from head to hooves. "I'm afraid it's not up to me. It's part of the spell I cast upon you. It will only wear off once today is done. And even then, only if you behave yourself."

Prince Blueblood frowned as he was helped down from the changing table. "Is all of this really necessary just because I insulted Twilight unknowingly? I said I was sorry."

"This is part of your punishment," Celestia scolded as she ushered her nephew along. "You can either go along with it, or you can stay as you are now until I believe you've learned your lesson. And so far, from what I'm seeing, you aren't doing a very good job. I know you tricked Twilight into drinking all of that tea in the hopes that she would wet herself."

Blueblood humphed. "Not my fault if she can't hold it. When you go to as many tea parties and formals as I do, you get used to not always having the luxury to slip away or excuse oneself to use the royal lavatory. I was merely trying to help her get a taste for that."

"And you wonder why you went back to diapers," The sun princess scolded. "You should've known better than to take your toilet training for granted."

The feminine looking colt groaned. "But it's rude to excuse yourself mid conversation, even to tend to your bodily needs. That's how it is in high society, you know that."

Princess Celestia smirked. "Well, perhaps I should see about introducing legislation to rectify that. What good is it to have perfectly functioning toilets if my subjects aren't willing to make use of them? I remember that when Luna and I were young, we had to rely on old fashioned chamber pots, which were far more burdensome to use."

"Even those would be preferable to wearing diapers all the time. I for one detest the idea of even changing them." The prince protested.

The sun princess sighed and groaned. "Why are you so stubborn, Bluebella? Here I try to give you a chance to atone, and you seem intent on throwing it all away."

"Bluebella" just grumbled and bitterly remarked. "You know full well why I am protesting this. You know what I went through growing up. I was in no desire to revisit my foalhood in any way, shape, or form."

"Then perhaps you need a bit more motivation," Celestia declared as she clapped her hooves and called Twilight over. "Twily, I have the perfect idea in mind for what you and Bluebella here can do next. And Smarty Pants is welcome to join in too."

Twilight all but bounced up and down with giddy excitement! "What is it, Mommy?! What is it?!"

The alicorn mare with a majestic white coat happily proclaimed. "Dress up! In fact, why don't you and Smarty Pants join with Bluebella for a little fashion show?"

The padded princess broke out into a wide smile upon hearing those words! "Ooh! What a good idea!" She took hold of Smarty Pants. "Come on, Smarty Pants! Let's go!"

"I can't wait to look pretty and cute." Smarty Pants declared.

Upon hearing the word "cute", Blueblood froze. "Don't call me that, please!" And he sounded rather sincere about it, even in spite of his lisp and high-pitched voice.

Twilight blinked in surprise. "Call you what, Bluebella?"

The prince bit his lip anew, throwing his hooves across his mouth as he refused to speak or utter a word.

"All I said was that I wanted to look pretty and cute." Smarty Pants commented in a tone of voice that made clear how confused she was by "Bluebella's sudden hesitation.

When Smarty Pants finished speaking, the feminine looking colt whimpered and seemed to start mumbling something to himself despite his attempt to remain silent.

Suspecting something was up, the padded alicorn trotted towards her playmate and eyed him with a mix of concern and curiosity. "Seems like whatever it is Smarty Pants said made you remember something you don't like. Did she say something wrong?"

Hesitantly, Prince Blueblood managed to force out in a quiet, hurt tone of voice. "...Do you promise not to tell anypony?"

"Tell them what?" Twilight questioned with sincere confusion.

The padded prince slowly forced out the explanation. "I hate being called cute, especially when I'm in this unfortunate state."

The padded princess blinked in surprise. "Why? I don't think there's anything wrong with being called cute."

Wincing and recoiling as if from shock, Blueblood explained further. "Maybe not for you, but for me it was anything but a compliment. It was the absolute worst insult I could ever hear: Worse than being called 'weird' or 'a freak'. Colts used to call me cute all the time so as to mock me. And even some fillies would do it too. It's why I was so glad when I outgrew my feminine looking body and matured into a rather handsome stallion. Now, suddenly, ponies couldn't get enough of me. Every stallion wanted to be my friend, and every mare wanted to court me or marry me. It felt so good to feel appreciated and respected, being a pony that others looked up to rather than looked down upon."

"Well, I think anypony who would use 'cute' as an insult isn't a pony worth knowing," Smarty Pants spoke up. "Twily and I learned long ago not to let what other ponies thought of us be too important."

"And yet here you both are, playing pretend within the secure confines of the castle, away from prying eyes," Blueblood lamented. "Whereas it seems you could only go out into the city if disguised, given that I did not recognize you during our last encounter. I know that if I were unfortunate enough to even stroll around the castle grounds like this, I would never be allowed to hear the end of it."

Twilight just smiled, nudging the prince in the side. "Just because you didn't grow up the way you wanted to doesn't mean you have to shut out your foalhood. Think of this as a chance to enjoy it without anypony making fun of you for it. A chance to let go and be who you truly want to be, not who you thought you had to be. And maybe you could use this as a chance to start over, to be a better you."

The feminine looking prince seemed to be surprised by the statement. "You really truly believe that despite all I've said and done, I can change?"

The padded princess nodded and giggled. "Sure. It's never too late to start again. And I think that connecting with your inner foal is the perfect way to do it! Just because you grew up doesn't mean you have to leave behind everything you knew before," Nuzzling the prince, she then encouraged. "Now come on, let's put on a fashion show that'll make Mommy proud!"

"A-alright. Just try not to dress me up in anything too cute!" "Bluebella" insisted with a nervous blush. "And uh... don't judge me if I happen to need a break to get my diaper changed. I would attempt to use the er... potty as it were," He couldn't help but giggle at his use of the more childish term. "But... you've seen that I don't exactly have the self control necessary for it."

"Hey, it's okay. You gotta do what you gotta do! That's what your diapers are for! In fact, I'm gonna be known as the princess of padding!" Twilight commented in a foalish sounding tone of voice, even playfully patting her padded posture in the process. "So what are we waiting for? Let's get ready and put on that fashion show for Mommy! You help me pick out an outfit, then I'll help you, and then we can both dress up Smarty Pants together!" And she raced over to a box full of cute, foalish outfits sized up for ponies like her and the feminine prince.

Princess Celestia watched the scene unfold with a satisfied smile. Seeing her nephew finally open up about his troubled past and show a willingness to atone was something she had been trying without success to achieve for a long time. Now, it looked as if finally her patience and prodding were going to pay off.

Yet even though the sun princess was content with the knowledge that her nephew might finally be about to change, she was also secretly worrying anew about whether Twilight was changing. Was her statement about being "The princess of padding" just an act, or did she really mean it? Celestia made a mental note to try to discuss that with Twilight when next she had the chance.

Those thoughts were quickly pushed to the back of her mind, however, as Twilight and Blueblood hastily erected a small stage and runway out of cardboard boxes. Blueblood then went first in strolling down the runway, showing off his outfit: He had swapped out his onesie and bonnet for a lovely sailor suit, which had extra space in the back to accommodate his almost comically oversized diaper, said diaper swaying and swishing with every step he took. Yet the stallion didn't seem to mind it in the slightest.

Twilight went next, wearing a pretty pink dress and tutu. She even had a bit of make-up around her eyes. She paused at the end of the runway, performing something of a clumsy ballet. Then she turned and lit up her horn, bringing out Smarty Pants who was wearing a bonnet similar to the one the feminine looking prince had been wearing.

Celestia smiled, clapping her hooves in approval. "Such a splendid job!" She cheered! "Especially from you, Bluebella. I think you may just have earned a place on the Grand Galloping Gala planning committee!"

Prince Blueblood's eyes went wide with disbelief as he gasped, putting his hooves to his face! "You really mean it, Auntie Celestia?!" And when he got a confirming nod, he shrieked for joy in the most high pitched sounding voice imaginable. "Oh, how I've waited years and years for such a spot!"

The sun princess simply replied. "So long as you keep Twilight's secret a secret, the position is yours."

Blueblood firmly nodded. "Have no fear, Auntie, Twily's secret is safe with me. I wouldn't dare dream of telling a soul!"