Rarity’s Escape in Manehattan

Twilight Sparkle was a bit confused: She thought Rarity was going to be showing off her new outfits, and yet for the past few hours nothing had happened. Now, Twilight was realizing that there was nopony left to go on stage. The alicorn thus scoured the showroom and the surrounding backstage, but couldn’t find her friend at all. She was thus starting to get frustrated and worried that maybe Starlight had turned Rarity into a foal without realizing it. Rarity had to be around somewhere. But where?

As Twilight finished going around the backstage, however, that was when she came across a couple of foals running towards her. Two of them she didn’t recognize in the slightest, but one was a little light blue earth pony filly with bright pink eyes that ran right up to and bounded into Twilight, making her squeak. “Oh my, where did all of you come from?!”

The foals all started to babble at once and point their hooves, clearly trying to say something. Twilight started to see that the foals were not acting like normal foals at all. She gave a sigh, suspecting that at least one of these foals wasn’t really a foal, and likely knew something about what had happened to Rarity. It was a better lead than nothing. “Alright, come on. You can all stay with me until we get to the bottom of this.” She then scooped the foals onto her back as she tried to figure out where they wanted her to go. Hopefully, they could point her to her friend.

Rarity was, understandably, more than a bit annoyed at being taken away by the judges. This was the last thing she wanted right now! She kicked and whined, hoping that the judges would rethink their plan to make her a mascot, but they weren’t giving her the time of day. Instead, they came upon a studio that had pictures of storks printed onto the back walls, and with stacks of diapers everywhere.

There a friendly looking white coated pegasus stallion flew over and then looked over the little foal with a heartwarming smile and asked. “So, is this the winner?”

The mare that had taken hold of Rarity chimed. “Yes. Out of all the foals, this one was the most engaging and adorable. She tried on so many different outfits and she was such a joy to work with. I think she should be the new mascot for Stork Industries.”

Stork Industries?! Rarity realized that that was one of the biggest foal supply companies in Equestria. And now she was going to be their mascot?! If she didn’t do something quick, her foalified image would be plastered all over Equestria forever! Horrified, she looked over at the stallion, who looked down at her with a smile. “Aww, she’s adorable. And you know, this filly looks a lot like Rarity.”

“Yes, it’s almost uncanny,” The mare judge replied. “But we are aware of Starlight Glimmer, and she hasn’t been spotted anywhere near here. Also, all regressed adults can talk and this little filly has only said stuff in baby babble. Plus, she’s way too fussy to be Rarity. If Rarity were to become a foal, I imagine she would be much better behaved and not complaining all the time.”

This just made Rarity pout and grumble angrily. She wasn’t sure why she couldn’t be understood by the judges, and suspected it was a result of whatever it was exactly that Suri had done to regress her. She wished more than anything she could make the judges understand her, then she wouldn’t have to be so uncooperative.

The pegasus stallion, meanwhile, carefully looked over the filly and then replied with a smile, “Well, she’s absolutely perfect! I think that this little one most definitely has what it takes to be our new mascot!” He then looked over at the other judges and asked, “So what's the little filly’s name? She must have one.”

The judges all looked at each other and most just shrugged as one mare replied. “We don’t know, actually. She just showed up with a bunch of other foals right before we started our contest. Weirdly, our celebrity judge Photo Finish never showed up like she said she would. And we never got any word of her backing out or cancelling.”

The pegasus stallion stroked his chin and nodded along as he replied. “I see, well whoever she is… I'm sure we can take care of her until her parents come to claim her. Heck, I’ll even let her stay at my place!” Then he clapped his hooves. “Now, let’s put our new foal model through her paces, shall we?!”

Rarity groaned at seeing that all of her attempts to be understood were ignored. There was no way out of her current predicament, not with all these grown-ups watching over her. So it was that she was sat down upon a mat, and dressed into a new diaper and a big frilly purple dress that not only not covered up her diaper, but in fact made it stick out all the more. She didn’t see how that was good, it would make diaper changes or using the potty a hassle. A frilly dress like that would be impossible to take off without a great deal of effort.

The regressed fashionista was then placed down in a set with a bunch of diapers all packaged together, laying about. She blushed, feeling a little camera shy. Yet as the cameras flashed repeatedly, Rarity waddled around, showing off the big poofy dress and frilly diaper with a smile. She giggled as her camera shyness faded just as quickly as it had arrived. She threw herself fully into being a model, having a great time showing off all the adorable outfits she would be dressed in, waddling down a small catwalk just for her and showing off her best foal self to the camera.

The rest of the judges went on changing Rarity often into so many different outfits and diapers, but she was loving the spotlight too much to care. She forgot all about how embarrassing it all was and kind of just got into the rush of it all. She wasn’t even worried about the possibility of using her diaper for a bathroom, why should she worry about that when the judges would take care of any mess she might make and quickly clean her up?

Meanwhile, Suri had woken up from her nap, only to see a bunch of foals she didn’t recognize in the slightest. She looked around for Coco, only to see that her assistant was nowhere to be found. That angered and frustrated Suri to no end as she waddled around. How could Coco abandon her and why would she do such a thing?! Was that how she repaid Suri after everything Suri had done for Coco?! To make matters worse, Suri was sure that if Starlight showed up she would probably leave Suri as a foal as punishment. And Suri had no desire to grow up all over again!

Suri then heard giggling coming from across the stage and turned a corner to see what appeared to be another photo shoot. And there was Rarity, giggling and bouncing around with a smile on her face as she modeled various dresses and diapers. Suri gasped in spite of herself! Here she thought Rarity would be trying to turn back to normal, and instead she was trying to become the new face of Stork Industries, the biggest foal supply company in all of Equestria! Of course Rarity would use her adorable new body to get one over on her competitor!

Suri knew then and there that she had to get over there, and there was only one way to do that. She sighed, throwing her mane back, adjusting the diaper around her waist, and then strutting over and right in front of the cameras with a smile. She waddled about, trying to put on the most adorable face she could in the hopes of being noticed. Sure enough, the judges did and they started to pay attention to her. They switched her out with a onesie and even just in nothing but a diaper. Yet she continued to show off her little cute body and then eventually one of the judges asked. “Think she can be the mascot too?”

“Yes, for sure!” Another judge replied. “I am so impressed with how adorable she is!”

“Let's see how she interacts with that baby unicorn first.” The judge from before suggested.

The other judges nodded, and they eventually placed Suri down next to Rarity who was, needless to say, shocked to see Suri!

“So tis was your pwan!” Suri exclaimed as she laid eyes on Rarity! “Ya couwdn’t win fashion week, so ya wanted to win ta foaw fashion show!”

Rarity blinked, kind of getting what Suri was accusing her of. “Huh, wha awe ya tawking about? I came hewe to hide from ya aftew wha ya did to me.”

“Wike I’ww bewieve tat!” Suri snorted. “Ya just twying to get one ova on me ‘cause I bettew tan ya!”

Rarity paused, deep in thought as an idea started to come into her mind. “It’s twue! Ya is so cwazy tinking ya was gonna tuwn me into a foaw and wuin my fashion week. So being ta face of Stowk Industwies is ta onwy way I can get one ovew on ya!”

“Ya weawwy tink ya so speciaw, huh?” Suri scoffed. “Ya and ya fwiends aww aww ta same, stuck up, annoying babies. I can’t wait untiw Starlight tuwns tem aww into foaws too!”

“ten ya gonna compete against ta cutest babies eva!” Rarity retorted as she stuck out her tongue.

“Oh yeah?!” Suri questioned.

“Yeah! My fwiends and I awe gonna be supew coow mascots!” The regressed fashionista snapped back. Then with a huff, she threw her head up and continued to bathe in the spotlight, shaking her frilly dress and making the judges all daww. It wasn’t long until she and Suri were competing against each other to see who could get the most attention from the judges.

Twilight was almost exhausted by the time she eventually trotted through the entirety of backstage and the surrounding hotel. Yet, to her surprise, the mysterious foals had led her to the massive foal fashion show happening for Stork Industries.

The princess trotted into the little studio and looked around, seeing that there was a massive playpen filled with foals, and another area where a bunch of ponies were taking pictures of two foals constantly posing. Twilight had to take a moment to snicker and daww at the two, seeing how much they were enjoying their little photo shoot. She then trotted over to a white coated pegasus stallion, who turned around and spotted. “Ah, Princess Twilight, it’s so good to see you! To what do I owe the pleasure?”

“Um, listen,” The princess began as she now got a closer look at one of the two foals in the contest. It appeared to be a unicorn with a coat white as snow and eyes a dazzling shade of blue. “I think that little unicorn there is my friend, Rarity. She’s been missing for hours now.” Twilight whispered with a blush on her face as she pointed towards the little unicorn.

The pegasus stallion turned his attention to Twilight, then looked back and asked. “Oh, it is?”

“Yes,” Twilight nodded. “I’m sure of it. It seems we may have Starlight on the loose again, and we need to turn Rarity back to normal quickly.”

“I agree, but um…she technically won the contest to determine our new mascot,” The pegasus stallion nervously replied. “Can we use her as our mascot for a little while? I mean, we’ve been trying with actual foals, and let’s just say they are much harder to deal with. None of them are as well behaved as your friend here.”

Twilight laughed as she then approached Rarity, kneeled down and asked her. “Rarity, it’s me, Twilight. I’m sure you probably don’t want to stay in diapers any longer than you have to. But do you maybe want to be the new mascot for Stork Industries for a bit?”

Rarity looked up and gave a nod as she babbled happily. Meanwhile, a mysterious light pinkish-purple coated earth pony foal trotted over, and Twilight couldn’t help but notice this foal continually trying to get the attention of the other judges.

“So um, I'm assuming she’s a regressed adult too?” Twilight questioned the pegasus stallion.

The stallion blushed. “Now you mention it, I swear I’ve seen somepony who looks just like this foal before. How can you tell she’s a regressed adult, though? I can’t understand a word she says.”

Twilight grinned and explained. “Have you ever seen a foal ever actually strut around like that without falling down or tripping over themselves?”

That made all the judges turn at once, now taking notice of how Suri was acting. The pegasus stallion laughed. “Well, I suppose you’re right. We just assumed they couldn’t have been regressed adults because they can’t normally talk.”

“Usually that would be the case,” Twilight concluded. “But it seems someone has found an age regression method that can make its victims unable to speak like adults.”

“I see,” The pegasus stallion methodically replied. “Are you sure you can turn them back into adults?”

“Yes, I’ve perfected the method. Everypony should go back to normal.” The alicorn concluded with a firm nod.

“Well if you require any foal supplies for any, please let me know.” The pegasus stallion replied as he hoofed her a business card.

Twilight gave a slight nod and then hurried off as she took possession of the two modeling foals. “Alright, let’s get you all back to normal so I can piece together what Starlight’s up to now.”

Later that evening Twilight had managed to turn most of the foals in her care back into adults, with only Suri and Coco yet to be changed back. Afterwards, Rarity turned, squealing in delight as she jumped over and hugged Twilight. “Oh thank you! Thank you, darling! I would’ve been absolutely horrified if I’d messed myself like an actual foal. I most certainly will never take my toilet training for granted ever again.”

Twilight blushed and patted her friend on the back. “Hey, it’s ok, it’s what friends are for. I’m just glad I found you in time. I don’t know how I would’ve explained your absence to Hoity Toity and Blueblood when I didn’t know where you’d gone or what had happened to you,” She hugged her friend back, then turned to see an older pegasus mare and a light blue colored earth pony, making her ask. “So, um, what are your names?”

The earth pony scoffed. “You don’t recognize me? I am Photo Finish!”

“And, my name is Angel Feather.” The older pegasus chimed as she shook Twilight’s hoof.

Twilight then turned to the two last fillies as Rarity whispered, “Twilight, the white coated earth pony is Coco Pommel and the pink one is Suri. They are the ones who turned me into a foal, alongside Photo Finish and Angel Feather.”

“Really?” The alicorn princess questioned.

Rarity nodded. “Yes, but Coco here changed sides. She helped us escape and find you, so please be lenient with her.”

Twilight then aged the two earth ponies both back into adults as well and then asked. “Is what Rarity said true?”

Coco nodded and nervously replied. “Yes, it’s true.” That made Suri turn to Coco and snap. “Coco!”

“I'm sorry, but it's true,” Coco confessed. “Suri and I were working with Starlight. She promised Suri would win fashion week since she already knew Suri would lose. After turning Rarity into a foal, we were supposed to wait in our hotel room for Starlight to take Rarity to a place called Foal Town.”

Everypony now turned towards her as Suri scoffed. “Look, it wasn’t like I was trying to get her killed, m’kay?! Rarity would turn into a foal and I would’ve won. It's not that big of a deal. Whatever would happen after that would be out of my hooves.”

“Not a big deal?!" Rarity shouted! “Do you have any idea how humiliating it would’ve been if it got out that I was turned into a foal?!”

“I thought your plan was to be the face of Stork Industries!?” Suri questioned in disbelief.

“That was a ruse, darling,” Rarity pointed out. “I figured you getting jealous of me as a foal would distract you. And it looks like it worked.”

This got a rouse of giggles from the group as Suri threw her hooves over chest with an angry look on her face and grumbled. “Of course it did.”

“Well, regardless, it seems your plans have been foiled Ms. Suri,” Twilight sternly replied. “You're not the first jealous pony of one of my friends who Starlight manipulated. But do you know of any others who might be helping Starlight?”

“No, of course not. I never met anypony else,” Suri huffed. “I work alone, like I always do. The only reason I even used Coco was because I thought she would always remain my loyal assistant. But now I see I should’ve just turned her into a foal as well and left her to fend for herself.”

Twilight threw her head up and sighed as she turned to the others. “Well, seems that’s all we can get from her. But I bet Starlight will try to strike again. Do you think we can get her now?”

Rarity paused, thinking it over. “Probably not, darling. She’ll soon learn that Suri failed and will probably move on. We’ll just have to be ready for her the next time she tries anything. But this wasn’t all bad, seeing as I'm now the face of Stork Industries! Or rather, my little self is.”

Twilight blushed. “Yes, it seems so. At the very least it means we don’t need to worry about buying foal supplies. That stallion gave me a bunch of coupons for basically a lifetime supply from Stork Industries.”

“That's wonderful!” Rarity chimed in. “Now excuse me, I believe there are two little ones in desperate need of seeing their mother.” She then rushed over to her two adopted sons who hugged her as she threw them into the air.

“We so happy ya home, Mama!” Blueblood cheered.

“Yeah, we was so wowwied!” Hoity replied, before asking. “But awe ya weawwy ta new face of Stowk Industwies!?”

“Yes I am,” Rarity cooed. “And that means I’ll never worry about foal supplies for you ever again! You’ll have only the best that Stork Industries has to offer! And I know for a fact that aside from their foal wear, all of their supplies are top of the line in quality.” This got a cheer from her little ones as she nuzzled them and placed them onto her back. “Now, I’d better get back to the fashion show to try to salvage my fashion line. If I hurry, there should still be time!”

The fashionista then hoofed her foals off to Twilight, who nuzzled them. “Oh don’t worry, we’ll keep an eye on your little ones for you. You’ve got this, Rarity!”

Rarity then skipped off to the fashion show with Angel Feather trailing behind.

Later that evening after the fashion show, Rarity was hanging out with Angel Feather in her apartment, enjoying a cup of tea. Angel saw fit to ask. “So, how is my nephew Cannon?”

“Oh, last I heard he’s doing very well,” Rarity said with a smile. “He was adopted by Princess Luna.”

“Really?!” Angel Feather exclaimed!

“Yes, and he and his fellow guards are growing up so well together,” Rarity explained. “Last I heard, the three are starting preschool very soon.”

“That's good to hear,” Angel Feather breathed a sigh of relief. “I was worried about him when I heard he and his fellow soldiers were turned into foals a few years ago. I should’ve reached out to take care of him then. But hearing that he was adopted by Princess Luna warms my heart. I’m sure she’s been an excellent mother for him.”

“Yes,” Rarity nodded. “And I have to thank you, Angel. Without your help, I could’ve been a foal forever myself. I hope this isn’t the last time we meet.”

“I doubt it,” Angel replied. “I should go visit my nephew and make sure he’s doing ok. I might even give Princess Luna some advice on raising young foals.”

“That sounds splendid!” Rarity chimed in. “I’m sure we can set up a meeting, and I bet she would love to get some advice.”

Angel Feather replied, “Well I'm always happy to lend my expertise.”

Rarity clinked her glass as they finished their tea and then she got up. “Well, I’d better get going now. But it was nice meeting you. I have a feeling I might be needing your services again soon. With fashion week wrapped up, I’m going to be busier than ever. And I’ll feel a lot better knowing my sons have somepony I can trust to keep them out of trouble. Seriously, you would not believe what has happened to them,” She slowly trotted away. “Until we meet again, Angel Feather.”

“You as well, Rarity, you’re going to make for an excellent mother.” Angel whispered as she gave the fashionista a small hug, and then she left the apartment hoping they would meet again before long.

At the train station the next day, Photo Finish was standing by with an embarrassed look on her face as Rarity was pushing her little ones in a stroller and asked. “Darling, what’s wrong?”

Photo Finish peered up and then said. “Rarity, I just have to say zat being a foal was quite ze experience. And I admit I'm a bit jealous zat you got to be ze new face of Stork Industries.”

“Well, it's not all great,” Rarity admitted. “I mean my face is going on a bunch of diapers and foal supplies.”

“But I have to admit, I think zat you made for quite an amazing foal!” Photo declared

“And you also helped a lot,” The fashionista pointed out. “I mean, you got us past Suri and helped formulate a plan to get us back to adults.”

“Yes, that is true,” Photo admitted. “But I do not think I would wish to go back to diapers!”

“Well I’m glad to hear that! I don’t think we could take in another foal. Goodness knows we have enough as it is.” Rarity snickered as she looked down at her little ones.

Photo peered down, recognizing Hoity Toity. “Still can’t you believe you want to ztay as a foal.”

“Is otay,” Hoity smiled. “Wawity is a good mama, and I gonna be a fashion staw again when I gwow up!”

“I bet you will!” Photo nodded. “Growing up around Rarity, I'm sure you’ll be twice as popular as you were before.”

“Yeah! Ya gonna be a owd wady by the time I a big pony!” Hoity nagged.

“Oh hush! I, Photo Finish, am not going anywhere anytime soon!” Photo proclaimed and booped the little colt’s nose.

Then after saying their goodbyes, Rarity took her seat on the train ride home, the train just chugging along as she was sitting in her seat, Blueblood and Hoity Toity nestled in her lap. Her sons were constantly nagging her about being a foal and she did her best to please them despite having had a lot of fun as a foal. However, she was much happier to be an adult again, and had a massive package of diapers and foal supplies stashed in the back of the train meaning she probably will never have to purchase foal supplies ever again.

In the back of her mind, as they left, Rarity couldn’t help but feel that despite everything: Winning fashion week, becoming the new face of Stork Industries, and thwarting Starlight's plans, she was happy with how things had turned out for her. But the fear that Starlight would strike again lingered in the back of her mind, that little filly had already turned four of her friends into foals. And it was clear there was now one last pony she hadn't tried turning into a foal yet…Applejack.