Phoenix Flu

Princess Celestia was smiling as she was taping a diaper onto the baby pegasus colt, cooing and nuzzling his belly, making him gurgle and squirm. She was in a massive nursery with the walls painted with tiny suns and rainbows. The room was filled with toy chests and a playpen filled with toys and plush animals. The room was serene, and it felt so good to just be in there, but the only thing the princess was focusing on was her son. She could smell him with his sweet scent wafting from him. The mare then took her colt into the playpen, where they played for hours, and just placed him in a crib for a nap. Then, the princess suddenly woke up from the dream rather suddenly and rubbed her eyes. She lay in her bed for a minute, thinking about the dream. The mare eventually had to get up, then let out an annoyed sigh, getting up and going about her day. Then, as she passed two guards, they both stood at attention and gave her a sharp salute as they chimed in unison, “Good morning, Mom.”

“Morning,” the princess replied with a blush on her face. This time, she didn’t say anything, loving their expressions as she went and got herself some light breakfast. She went and got some cereal and gently poured herself a bowl. Then, she made herself a cup of coffee, sat down, and tried to forget her wonderful dream. As she ate her sister, Princess Luna came over and eyed her, “Sister, do you seem glum?”

“Hmmm, yes, I just had an odd dream.”

The younger princess then trotted over and nuzzled her sister and said, “Yes, I saw?”

Princess Celestia eyed her sister and asked, “Were you spying on my dreams?”

The princess of the night blushed and replied, “Sorry, I couldn’t help it. I never saw your dream bubble so vibrant, and my curiosity got the best of me, and I had to take a peek.”

“Well, if you want to know, I…” she paused and then threw a hoof over her mouth. Princess Luna finished her sentence, “Do you want a baby?”

Princess Celestia choked up a little and asked, “After caring for the royal guards, that's all I could think about. Is that crazy?”

“No, it’s normal; we have needs just like anypony else.”

The two sisters hugged each other as Luna brushed some of her sister’s mane and then whispered, “It's alright. I heard a rumor that one of our guards snuck some phoenix dust.”

“Who?”

“Cannon Feather.”

“Cannon Feather?” Princess Celestia blushed, remembering the little colt and how cute he was, his pudgy cheeks and his adorable smile. “I have to admit that little colt was adorable. But stealing Phoenix Dust can have serious consequences.”

“Well, instead of punishing him, why don’t we set up something for you to be able to baby him and some of his friends? I'm sure he isn’t the only one involved.”

The princess of the sun threw her hooves over her face out of embarrassment, then replied, “Don’t you think they’ll think that’s weird?”

“Actually, I’ve been visiting the dreams, and a lot of guards enjoyed their time being foals,” Luna replied.

“Well, I guess as long as they don’t mind…” Princess Celestia whispered as she got up and then trotted off to the throne room to begin court as she pondered what she and her sister discussed.

The next day came, and it was finally time for the big regression party. Cannon was worried, but his house was ready with foal supplies assembled, playpen changing tables, and his living room was a glorified nursery. Then he heard a knock at the door and rushed over to open It, hoping to see Bucket Bridle as he went shopping to grab some last-minute foal supplies and was surprised to see Princess Celestia standing over him with a smile on her face.

The alicorn just gently smiled at him as he looked up with a confused expression on his face and asked, “What are you doing here!?”

The princess’ cheeks were bright red as she explained, “Well, um…uh…could I come in?”

“Could I come in?” Cannon thought she was the princess of Equestria, and of course, she was welcome to come into his home. The nervous soldier was completely astounded by the fact that Princess Celestia was looking around his “foalified” room. She smiled, looked over, and said, “I know about you stealing Phoenix Dust.”

“Wait, hold on! I um…”

“And I wanted to ask, are you going to turn yourself into a foal?”

“What!? Well, maybe…”

The princess flashed him a smile and asked, “Well, I hope it’s not asking too much, but could I care for you?”

“Huh?” Cannon asked with a confused look as he rubbed his eyes and then asked, “So um…what did you just say?”

“I wanted to ask, would it be ok to care for you as a foal?”

Cannon was still flabbergasted about what he was hearing. “Uh yeah, that’s fine., but I mean, are you sure? I mean, I don’t want to put all the responsibility on you.”

Princess Celestia gave a curt nod and said, “Yes, I have to admit I did rather enjoy my time caring for you. I know that there might be better ways. But…if I see an opportunity to care for foals, I just can’t help but take it.”

“Well, um….”

“Why not!?” Sea Breeze chirped. The sea-green pegasus flew right over and hopped right next to Cannon, snuggling him as she held out a hoof. “Morning, princess!”

Princess Celestia was surprised by the mare’s bravado and, with a smile, replied, “Good Morning to you as well, Private Sea Breeze.”

“So, you really are ok with us turning into foals?”

Princess Celestia raised her head and replied, “Well, the truth is I was rather angry you stole some Phoenix Dust. But I can understand the desire to relive your childhoods. So as long as we do this in a controlled environment, I am okay with this.”

Sea Breeze flew over with a smile. “I apologize; we didn’t mean to cause any problems.”

“It’s no problem at all, Sea Breeze. I just want to make sure the dust doesn’t leave this area and that everyone is safe while you are babies.”

Just then, Bucket Bridle came into the room with two massive saddlebags filled to the brim with foal supplies. “Okay, I think I have just about everything.”

The stallion then looked up, and his mouth dropped upon seeing Princess Celestia just sitting there with a cup of tea in her hooves and smiling at him. “Good Morning, Sergeant Bucket Bridle.”

“Morning, princess," the sergent croaked being abit bewildered by the fact the princess was here.

“So, Sergeant Bucket, do you wish to be turned into a baby as well?”

“What, no! I mean, we……agreed I was going to be the caretaker.” The stallion was rather taken aback by the princess’ request and looked downward, a blush forming on his cheeks.

Princess Celestia looked over at the older stallion with a smile. She said, “Bucket Bridle, if you wish to be regressed, it's ok. We already talked things over with Cannon and Sea Breeze."

Bucket blushed as he twisted his hoof over the other and mumbled, “Well, um, I have to admit being a foal was fun, bu-”

“Then it’s settled. I will be your caretaker today.”

Cannon put a hoof over his face as he couldn’t believe what just came out of the princess’s mouth. Still, he had to admit he was excited to be babysat by Princess Celestia.

After a few hours of preparing Cannon’s home, it was time to regress the three royal guards. Princess Celestia gently took out the vial and spread it all over the ponies, and it didn’t take long for the three to regress back into adorable little foals, all rolling around and babbling happily. The princess then got to work powdering their flanks and strapping them up in fresh diapers, humming a tune as she did her work. She then placed them into a playpen and watched the three foals bounce about and coo excitedly, already going about playing with the various toys in the playpen.

The three chased each other for some time, squealing and giggling, bouncing around happily. Cannon Feather continued running around in his pampers and pouncing onto her as she laughed, hugging him, nuzzling his belly with her muzzle, and blowing raspberries into his belly, making him kick and coo. The Princess couldn’t help but continue playing tag with the little ones.

Once they were tuckered out, Princess Celestia just turned into their nanny, allowing the little ones to play, and she mainly just kept an eye on them and, of course, changed their diapers and fed them, making sure to keep them happy and safe. The day went by pretty fast with the foals getting rather rambunctious. But eventually they started to tucker themselves out and Princess Celestia put them down for a nap and then gave each foal a bottle filled with her milk. They were then placed down onto some soft sleeping mats, and they fed slowly, sucking down the contents and drifting off to sleep.

Later that afternoon, as the little ones began to wake up from the nap, Cannon and the others were growing up again, being toddlers again. Checking his mouth, he felt his teeth growing back. Now, as he got up and went over to Sea Breeze, gently napping, the little colt trotted over and nuzzled and whispered, “Hey, Sea Breeze…Sea Breeze.”

The little filly stirred, yawning as she stretched her tiny hooves and looked over, yawning, “Oh, hello, Cannon.”

The colt blushed as he asked, “I um…I want to draw a picture with you and Bucket.”

“Oh, otay?” She turned to see that Princess Celestia was resting on the big chair in the room. Then she whispered, “let's not wake up princess tia otay? Let’s make it a surprise.”

“Yeah, that's a great idea,” Cannon whispered as he crawled over to Bucket and nuzzled him awake. They then both got to work drawing a picture together with their hooves. They smeared the colors onto the construction paper and made cute pictures. They just got so engaged in their artwork that they barely noticed that time went by. Princess Celestia slowly got up and showed her the messy artwork of the three playing in a field with the sun shining overhead. Seeing the picture, the princess put a hoof on her chest, seeing them playing with her on a field with a rainbow overhead. “Aww, you guys, this so adorable, thank you.”

“Yeah! ya a Gweat Mommy Tia!” Cannon cried as he flew over and hugged her as the others did. She bent down and hugged them close with her wings and nuzzled them.

Bucket then started to squirm, doing a bit of a potty dance, and asked, “Um Tia, can ya escort me to ta potty?”
“Of course! Cannon, Sea Breeze, do you need to go?”

“No, we're good!” they both chimed as she nodded and escorted Bucket down the hall. Meanwhile, Sea Breeze turned her attention to the colt, slowly trotted over, and asked, “So, um, Cannon?”

The colt looked up and asked, “Yeah.”

The filly’s cheeks started to grow red as she asked, “Um, I wanna ask ya something but was kinda scared ta do it as an adult…d…do…do you like me?”

“Um, of course! Ya, super cool!” Cannon cried he bounced over and hugged her then added, “Ya, my bestest fwiend!”

Sea Breeze pouted, got rather angry, and snapped, “No, I mean ya like me wike a special somepony!”

Cannon was a bit surprised by the response as in truth the colt did have a bit of a crush on her, but he didn’t expect to be asked this right now as a toddler!? He gulped, not really knowing what to say, and replied, “Well, um…” He crossed his hooves and whispered, “Yeah, I think you're cute and fun I uh tink I uh have a cwush on you.”

He closed his eyes feeling so stupid saying that out loud as Sea Breeze squealed and kissed him on the cheek, making him blush. “Now dun tell Bucket or Tia otay!”

“Of course I won’t!” Cannon chimed back as they sat down and started to color together.

Later that evening, they were taken to the room, where Princess Luna took over and gave them more of her milk and some pizza as they found a place to sleep. The princess of the night read to them gently brushed their teeth and settled them onto their little sleeping mats. She watched as they slept soundly, with Celestia coming over and hugging her sister, “Thank you for all the help this was so much fun.”

“It was no problem, sister. I admit it gets lonely at the castle, and I think that you needed this.”

Princess Celestia looked over the sleeping foal and whispered, “I agree, and they are so well-behaved, and it was so much fun we need to do this more often.”

“I also agree; maybe we can make it something we do every once in a while. I assure you there are dozens of other guards who are more than willing to be regressed.”

Luna then gently laid her sister down among them and tucked her in, pushing the foals around her making sure they had a place to rest their heads and then gently kissed her sister on the cheek and spoke. “Now you all get some sleep you still have to be a princess tomorrow.”

“Yes, thank you, I owe you one,” Princess Celestia yawned as she curled up with the foals surrounding her. Luna watched until her sister was sound asleep, and then she spread her wings and flew off into the night.

Early the next day, the guards woke up as adults once again, and every pony went to work to get the room cleaned up. Bucket Bridle loaded everything onto a wagon outside. Sea Breeze trotted over, kissed Cannon on the cheek, and hugged him,” that was so much fun.”

Cannon was still slightly embarrassed and asked, “Wasn’t? I mean, you don’t mind being in diapers?”

She blushed and nuzzled into the stallion, “My whole life, I feel like I was treated like an adult. This was the first time I felt like I had fun as a foal so thank you.”

Princess Celestia came over and let out a tired yawn then said, “Well, despite how fun that was, I had to admit caring for the three of you was a lot of work. I don't think I am ready to be a full-time parent just yet.”

"How long are you going to wait? aren't you already over a thousand years old?" Sea Breeze asked as Cannon playfully nudged her a little then added, “Hopefully, we didn’t wear you out too much.”

“No, it was fun. We should do this more often, I will check my schedule and maybe we can plan for another regression date. I can possibly renovate a room in the castle, and we can invite more guards as well,” Princess Celestia chimed.

Cannon couldn't believe his ears seeing that this didn't have to be a one-time thing and cried out excitedly, "that would be a lot of fun! please keep me posted if you're going to do it again."

Princess Celestia let out a laugh as she came down to Cannon Feather and whispered, "of course I will, and don't tell anyone else but you're the cutest foal I've ever met."

This just made the stallion cheeks flush red as she threw out her wings and flew off into the sky heading back to the castle to raise the sun. As soon as the princess left Bucket hitched himself to the wagon full of foal supplies. "Well, my wife will be thrilled to see we won’t need to buy diapers ever again.”

Cannon blushed seeing the way overstocked for their playdate and waved a hoof. “Well thanks again! Hopefully, we can do this soon and put those excess diapers to good use!”

"Sure, sounds like a plan," Bucket chirped as he waved a hoof and continued to trot away, leaving just Sea Breeze and Cannon. She then slowly came over and kissed him. “So, we still have today off, right?”

“Yeah, and?” Cannon asked as he looked over at Sea Breeze still feeling squeamish about what she said to him yesterday.

Sea Breeze nuzzled him back and whispered, “I think I want to try a playdate as an adult.”

The colt’s ears perked up, and his face turned a bright pink, and he whispered, “Um…like a real date?”

“Mhhm,” the mare chimed as she booped him on the nose.

“Uh…um…like where do you want to get dinner reservations or may-” Before he could finish, Sea Breeze gave him another kiss on his lips as she slowly escorted the bashful stallion into his home and closed the door.