Chapter 4: Dipper's Diapers

Upon seeing his parents, Tails’ face immediately lit up with happiness since he knows them very well. “Hello, sweetie,” Rosemary said as she immediately picked up her baby boy. Tails giggled very happily upon being picked up by his mom.

“I see you two are getting along well,” Vanilla said to Rosemary.

“Yeah, we do need an extra pair of hands around here,” Rouge added. “Four babies is a lot of work.”

“I can tell,” Rosemary replied. “You guys could use all the help you can get.”

“You can say that again,” added Knuckles. Both Rosemary and Amadeus could tell that Knuckles wasn’t too thrilled about taking care of babies. “Not a huge fan of raising babies, huh?” Amadeus asked.

“Not at all,” Knuckles answered. Then suddenly, Tails made a huge stinky in his diaper. “Again, Tails?” complained Knuckles.

“C’mon, Knux,” Rosemary said as she carried her son towards the changing table. “He can’t help it in baby state.” She then laid him on the changing table. But upon doing so, she noticed that the diaper he was wearing was a pinned-together cloth diaper. “Huh?” she exclaimed in surprise.

“What’s wrong, Rosemary?” asked Vanilla, having followed her there.

“I’m not real familiar with this kind of diaper, Vanilla,” Rosemary replied. “I’d usually use the tape-on disposables on him.”

“Oh crap, you’re right,” Ms. Vanilla said upon recalling that as well. “But the only reason I used the kind on him now is because they were the only ones I have. I guess it’s time to get some disposables then, eh?”

“That’s what I’d say as well,” Rosemary agreed.

“Until then, let me change him.”

“Sure.” Then Rosemary stepped aside so Vanilla could change Tails’ diaper. Once that was done, they returned to where everyone else was. “Anybody feel like going shopping right now?” asked Rosemary.

“What for?” wondered Knuckles.

“Disposable diapers,” Rosemary replied.

“Oh. Okay,” stated Rouge.

“That’s a relief,” added Knuckles. “Disposables work WAY better than what the little ones have on right now.”

Amadeus then noticed that Tails was wearing a pinned-together cloth diaper. “You’re right, Knuckles,” he said. “These diapers couldn’t hold back on heavy wetting. And if I know my son well, he sure was one heavy wetter.”

“Same with Amy, Sonic, and even Knuckles too,” added Rosemary.

“Hey!” Knuckles complained.

“Well it’s true,” Vanilla said to him.

“Let’s not forget Mr. Shadow as well,” Cream added.

“I’ll say,” agreed Rouge. “He leaked every time he wet himself. I think we should get him super heavy duty disposables.”

“Well what are we waiting for? Let’s go shopping,” Knuckles stated. Then they picked up the three other babies, but before anyone could head out the door, Vanilla realized something. “I just realized that we can’t all fit in one vehicle at one time.”

“No problem there,” said Rosemary. “We took a separate vehicle. We can put some of the kids in the back of that.”

“That’s convenient,” Vanilla replied. “But who’s sitting where?”

“Well, we’ve got our own son Miles for sure,” Amadeus said. “So I think we could fit one or two more in our vehicle.”

“I see,” Vanilla added. “Well I think my van could fit the rest of us if need be.” Suddenly, Tails was reaching out towards Sonic, who was still in Rouge’s arms along with Shadow. Rosemary noticed this and picked up on the idea of what he wanted. “Miles sweetie,” she said to him. “Do you want Sonic to ride with you?”

Tails looked up at his mother and nodded. “Can Sonic ride with us?” Rosemary asked Vanilla. “Of course,” Vanilla replied. Rouge then handed Sonic to her, then she handed him to Rosemary, who handed Tails to Amadeus already. Rosemary then buckled Tails into one child seat, and Amadeus buckled Sonic into the other.

“Good thing we still have both these car seats from when Miles and Cream were little,” Amadeus said to Rosemary as they closed the doors to the rear seats.

“I’ll say,” agreed Rosemary. “And it’s a good thing Vanilla has two car seats as well from when they were little.” Then she and Amadeus went around their vehicle so Rosemary could get in the front passenger seat and Amadeus could get in the driver seat. They got into the vehicle and started it.

Back at Vanilla’s van, Rouge and Shadow entered into the back, where Rouge buckled Shadow into the child seat there. Then Amy and Cream entered into the middle row, and Cream buckled Amy into the child seat and herself into the other seat. Then Knuckles got into the front passenger seat, and Vanilla got into the driver’s seat then started the vehicle.

Amadeus and Vanilla then gave each other the thumbs up and they drove off. Soon, they arrive at Dipper's Diapers. “We’re here,” Rosemary said as she and everyone else arrived there.

“Dipper’s Diapers? Never heard of this place,” Rouge said.

“We’ve actually been here before when Miles and Cream were babies years ago,” stated Rosemary as they all went in the store.

“Is that so?” Rouge asked.

“Yup,” stated Vanilla. “We actually know the owner of the store here.” Soon, Mr. Dipper appeared from the back. “Hey, guys,” he said, seeing his old friends again. “Long time no see.”

“Hi, Mr. Dipper,” Amadeus greeted him. “Long time no see indeed.”

“How do you guys know him so well?” Rouge asked.

“We’ll explain later,” stated Amadeus. “But first, let’s get what we’re here for - diapers.”

“Right,” both Rouge and Knuckles said. Then the group began shopping for diapers for the four babies, with Mr. Dipper helping them.

“It’s been a long time since you guys shopped for diapers here,” Mr. Dipper said to Rosemary and Amadeus. “I never thought you’d buy some again since Miles was potty trained.”

“I’ll say,” agreed Rosemary. She then explained to Mr. Dipper the whole story. “Is that so?” asked Mr. Dipper, shocked at what he had heard.

“I’m afraid it is,” Rosemary replied.

“I’m so sorry to hear that,” added Mr. Dipper. “I do hope they turn back to normal soon.”

“Me too, Mr. Dipper,” added Rosemary. Then they resumed shopping for diapers. In another part of the store, Cream, along with Vanilla and Amy, were looking at all sorts of diapers in all different sizes. Suddenly, Cream spotted a pack of frilly, pink tape on diapers that seemed to be in her size. She grabbed the pack and took a closer look at it. They were indeed in her size. “Oh my goodness, I love these,” she said to herself.

“Hey mom, look what I found,” Cream said as she went to her.

“What is it, sweetie?” Vanilla asked while carrying Amy in her arms.

“Something I could wear to bed at night instead of pull-ups,” answered Cream as she showed Vanilla the pack of diapers she found.

Vanilla took a closer look at it. “Oh sweetie, these are perfect for that little issue you have,” she said happily. “I know, right?” added Cream. “The pull-ups nearly leaked most nights that I’ve worn them.”

“I’ll say,” Vanilla agreed. “I was wondering if we should get you tape-ons instead of pull-ups at some point. Where’d you find them?”

Cream then showed Vanilla where she found the diapers. “Sweet,” Vanilla said as she handed Amy to Cream. She then grabbed some packs of the frilly, pink tape-ons and put them in her cart. “This’ll hold us up for a while.”

“Indeed,” stated Cream, handing Amy back to Vanilla, who put her in the baby seat of the cart. They then continued shopping for diapers for Amy. In another part of the store, Rouge and Knuckles were looking for diapers for Sonic and Shadow. “Find anything?” asked Knuckles.

“Not yet,” answered Rouge. “You?”

“Not yet,” Knuckles replied. They continued looking for diapers for the two hedgehogs, who were in their arms sucking their own thumbs. Suddenly, Sonic made a little toot. “Excuse you,” chuckled Rouge as Knuckles held Sonic.

“What’s so funny about it?” griped Knuckles.

“C’mon, Knux, he’s a baby,” Rouge added. “It’s cute when a baby toots like that.” Sonic then suddenly pooped himself. “But not when he does this,” Knuckles said pointing it out. Shadow then did the same. “Really, you two?” Rouge sighed. The two babies just giggled.

“Need any help, you two?” asked Mr. Dipper as he went over to them.

“Oh, we need help alright,” Knuckles said, motioning Mr. Dipper’s attention to the two stinky hedgehogs. “And big time too.”

“Oh yes, of course,” Mr. Dipper said. “Follow me.” Then he led the two carrying the babies to a dressing room located at another part of the store. “You can simply change their diapers in here,” he said, directing them in.

“Well, thanks, but do you have any disposables we could change them into?” asked Rouge.

“Absolutely,” answered Mr. Dipper. “They’re all over the store. What kind were you two looking for?”

“That’s just it,” added Rouge. “We don’t know what kind to get for these two. All the kinds we found had babyish designs on them, and we wanted to find what Sonic and Shadow would like best.”

“But heavy duty diapers for sure,” Knuckles said, interrupting. “These two are complete soakers. And the ones they have on now could barely keep up with them.” Knuckles then pointed to the diapers the two baby hedgehogs had on for Mr. Dipper to see. “You’re not wrong about that,” he said to Knuckles. “Guess I’d better get those two some disposable tape-ons as fast as possible.” He then left the dressing room to find Sonic and Shadow some disposables, while Knuckles and Rouge waited for him.

After about a minute, Mr. Dipper returned with two packs of diapers that he believed would suit the hedgehogs best. “I hope these will work out for you two,” he said, handing Knuckles a diaper from one pack and Rouge a diaper from the other pack.

Both Knuckles and Rouge looked at the diapers they were holding. The one Knuckles looked at had chaos emerald tape designs and rings for wetness indicators. “This looks just like what Sonic used to wear to bed every night when he was younger,” he stated. Then he put the diaper onto Sonic.

The diaper Rouge looked at had fade-when-wet guns and military tanks all over it. “This would be PERFECT for Shadow,” she added. Then she put it on Shadow and he immediately looked amused at his new diaper. “I figured you’d like it,” Rouge said to him.

“So what do you two think?” asked Mr. Dipper, still holding the two packs of diapers.

“I think we’ll take them,” Rouge replied to Mr. Dipper. “These are perfect.”

“Great,” added Mr. Dipper. “Let’s get these rung up then.” Then he led them out and over to where he found the diapers at, then helped them get several packs of them. “This oughta hold them out for a while,” he said, handing the two 6 packs of 48 diapers each. He then led them up front to the register. The others were there already, having picked out packs of diapers for the other two babies, as well as several bottles of baby powder and rash cream too.

“How’d your search go?” asked Vanilla.

“We got what we need for our two super soakers,” replied Knuckles.

“What about you guys?” asked Rouge.

“Yup,” Vanilla added. “We got plane pattern diapers for Miles and fade-when-wet roses for Amy.”

“Neato,” added Rouge. Then they checked everything out and paid for it all. “Thanks for everything, Mr. Dipper,” Rosemary said as she and the others left.

“You’re welcome,” replied Mr. Dipper, waving goodbye to them. “Hope to see you all again soon.”

Soon, the gang returned to their vehicles. They packed everything they bought into them and then got into them themselves. They were just about to leave when suddenly, Cream started to squirm. “Uh oh,” she said.

“What’s the matter, Cream?” asked Ms. Vanilla.

“Mom, I need to go potty,” Cream said while she had her hands on her crotch, crossed her legs, and squirmed more. Vanilla looked back at Cream and saw that she had to go really badly. She then got out her phone and texted Amadeus about the situation.

Upon seeing the text he got from Vanilla, Amadeus immediately got out of his vehicle. “Amadeus, what’s wrong?” Rosemary asked, seeing him get out.

“Cream has to go potty really badly,” Amadeus replied.

“Oh, okay,” added Rosemary. “Just don’t take too long.”

“I won’t,” Amadeus said. Then he went straight to Ms. Vanilla’s van, where he saw Cream having stepped out of the vehicle and doing the potty dance. He then picked her up, grabbed a nearby cart, and set her in there. “Hold on, sweetie,” he said to her. “Daddy’s gonna get you to a potty very quickly.” Cream nodded and then Amadeus darted back into the mall with her in the cart.

Shortly after, Amadeus spotted a Family Restroom and darted there with Cream in the cart. He stopped the cart just outside the bathroom, took Cream out of the cart, and carried her into the bathroom while she was trying her best to hold it in. Once inside the bathroom, he set her down and she immediately darted to the small, kid-sized toilet which was next to the ordinary, normal sized toilet, pulled her panties down, sat on the toilet and sighed in relief as she started to pee in it.

“Good thing we got you here just in time, sweetie,” Amadeus said to Cream. “Any longer and you most likely would’ve had an accident.”

“I’ll say,” replied Cream as she continued peeing in the toilet. After about 30 seconds, Cream finished. “Aaaaahhhhhhhh,” she sighed in relief.

“Finished?” asked Amadeus.

She nodded, then she cleaned herself with toilet paper, stepped off the toilet and flushed it, sending the used toilet paper down as well, then she pulled her panties back up, went to the sink, and Amadeus lifted her up so she could wash her hands in the sink. “Thanks, dad,” she said to him.

“You’re welcome,” replied Amadeus. Once her hands were washed and rinsed, Amadeus set her back down, then she went over to the air dryer, in which Amadeus turned on for her, to dry her hands. “Thanks again, daddy,” she said to him.

“You’re welcome,” replied Amadeus. Soon, Cream finished drying her hands. “Can you wait for me just outside the bathroom, Cream?” asked Amadeus. “I may have to go potty too.”

“Okay, daddy,” answered Cream. Then she exited the bathroom and waited next to the empty cart for Amadeus while he used the bathroom. Across from the bathroom was someone in an incognito suit with a newspaper right in front of their face. They lowered the newspaper just enough to spot Cream right next to the cart.

In the bathroom, Amadeus had finished using the toilet and was washing his hands when suddenly, he heard screaming coming from just outside the bathroom, and he recognized it belonging to Cream. “Oh no! SWEETIE!” he shouted as he headed for the door before he could dry his hands off.

But when he got out of the bathroom, Cream was nowhere in sight. All he saw was a piece of folded up paper taped to the handlebar of the cart. He quickly grabbed the paper, opened it up, and took a good look at it. It was a note stating that Cream had been kidnapped. “Oh no,” he said to himself. Then he immediately exited the mall with the note in hand to head back to the others.

Meanwhile, in what appeared to be a test chamber of some sort, Cream was held captive while her kidnapper, the person who sat across from the bathroom at the mall earlier, stood just outside the chamber. “Let me outta here,” she said while banging on the thick glass wall of the chamber. She was very frightened indeed.

“Nonsense, young one,” the person said. “You’re here to help me with my testing.”

“Of what?” Cream asked, frightened still.

Then the person pressed a button on the control panel and from the floor in the chamber arose a weapon that was aimed right at Cream. The weapon was the same one Eggman had used on Sonic, Tails, Amy and Shadow earlier, but Cream didn’t know that yet.

“This,” the person said right before revealing himself to be Eggman’s right hand man - Dr. Starline. Cream instantly recognized him. “Starline!” she gasped.

“That’s right, Ms. Prower,” Starline added. “And if my hypothesis is correct, one fire from that weapon will transform you into an infant just like it did your half-brother and his hedgehog friends.” Cream was shocked at what she had just heard. Just then, the weapon powered up completely.

“So this weapon was responsible for what happened to Sonic, Miles, Amy, and Shadow?” she stated.

“That is correct,” Starline confirmed. “Though Eggman originally wanted it to annihilate them with it. So I’m testing it here with you to confirm my theory.” Then Starline pressed another button on the control panel. “Nighty night, soon-to-be little baby,” Starline added. Then the weapon fired at Cream, knocking her unconscious.