Quiet Sleepless Nights
By Scribe Feather

	Fluttershy paced back and forth in her house. She couldn't sit still! Why would she say yes? She could have just said no and just end it there! Why did she say yes?!

	The cottage was quiet. Uncomfortably quiet. That kind of quiet that make stressful situations even more stressful because that's ALL you thought about! 

	Spring was in full swing, which meant a lot of the animals that normally scurried across the pony's floor were gone. They had their own list of tasks. Call it instinct, natural drive, it just left one empty house with a skittish pony inside. The dark nights seemed darker without anypony else there. Fluttershy guessed that was why she took Cadence on her offer in the first place...

	"It's gotten quiet at home," Fluttershy said a week ago, "I'm just glad my friends are available during the day."

	"And during the night?" Cadance said.

	"Oh no...Just me at home...With my teddy bear."

	"Oh honey, that sounds lonely."

	"I-it's no big deal...I just...I manage."

	"Maybe some night I should come over and keep you company. It could be like a sleep over."

	"Oh dear, I wouldn't want to be a bother. It's no big deal, really. I lock the door an-"

	"Next friday then! I'll come over, we'll sleep in the same room, and the night won't be so rough." 

	"F-friday? I don't know...That's so soon. I don't know if-"

	"Oh come now sweetie, I insist."

	Fluttershy paused as she looked down at the ground, clearly thinking it over. A few days of dark, spooky nights made this offer so tempting. "W-well..."

	"Tell you what. I'll come over Friday afternoon and help you relax for the night." Cadance lowered her head and voice as she got closer to Fluttershy. "I'll even pamper you. I know how much you enjoyed last time."

	"P-pamper!" Fluttershy yelped, but shyly blushed and lowered her voice. "Wh-wha...I mean I'm flattered by your offer...But I...Uhm..." Fluttershy paused again as her words dwindled to nothing. What was she DOING?!

	Fluttershy somehow knew Cadence would bring up that night. What started as a simple dinner with just the girls, ended with Fluttershy in diapers and admitting to Candace that she liked it. She felt like she could trust the alicorn. Trust her enough to tell her one of her deeper secrets. 

	The pegasus tried to convince herself that that night was just a fluke and would never happen again. She tried to tell herself that Cadence would forget the night and so should she...But she couldn't lie to herself like that.

	The nights were getting lonely, her house had become a scary place outside her bedroom door every night. Take her up on the offer! Take her up on the offer! "O-okay..."

	"Why did I agree to this?!" Fluttershy yelped as she paused in her nervous pacing. Now Cadence was coming over to BABY her! 

	Her nervous mind formulated scenarios and solutions to the problem. What if this was all a big elaborate joke and Cadence was just kidding about the diapers? No, Cadance wouldn't kid around with something so personal...Maybe she could just keep away from the subject of diapers. Maybe she could have a nice, diaper-less night with Cadence over...No, Cadance wouldn't let her because she knew how well Fluttershy relaxed with a diaper around her waist. Ah! Fluttershy could just say no on Cadance's offer! A little rude because Cadence came all this way for nothing, but she hoped she would understand. A simple no, that's all it would take.

	A hoof knocked on the front door three times. That must have been her. Fluttershy took a long, deep breath before walking over to answer it. The door opened slowly, revealing the waiting pink alicorn with saddle bags slung on her back.

	"Good evening Fluttershy!" Cadance said with a big, warm smile to the nervous Shy. "Can I come in?"

	"Uhm...S-sure..." Fluttershy opened the door the rest of the way and stepped aside. 

	A quick 'hello, how are you?' Maybe a drink and Cadence could be sent on her way.

	"L-listen...Cadence," Fluttershy started as she closed the front door. "I-I think it would be best if you-"

	"I bet my little filly's hungry," Cadence interrupted with a warm smile.

	Fluttershy's eyes grew wide as her ears folded back and her head coiled. "B-but I-"

	"No need to do a thing, sweetie," Cadence said as she placed her saddle bags on the nearby couch and walked into the kitchen. "I'll whip us up something nice!"

	"But I..." Fluttershy's words fell into a shy mumble. There was no stopping Cadence now, she was here to do what she said she'd do. Part of Fluttershy was more than happy to see her stay...But she wouldn't admit such a thing out loud.

	The pegasus gulped once before making her way into the kitchen. Cadance was already hard at work making them some sandwiches.

	"Why don't you grab yourself a seat. Lunch is almost ready!" Cadance chirped before turning back around to the pile of ingredients on the counter. Fluttershy opened her mouth to say something, but gave up and decided to follow Cadance's directions.

	"Here you go!" Cadance floated a plate of food in front of Fluttershy. A delicious looking sandwich sat on the plate, the crust trimmed and cut into triangles.

	"Th-thanks..." Fluttershy shyly mumbled out before she began eating the carefully made meal. She couldn't be rude and not eat any of it.

	"Don't mention it!" Cadance chirped right back with a bright smile. "Now you just sit there and enjoy your lunch while I go upstairs and get your supplies. Still keep them in your closet, right?"

	"Yes-, wait! Don't!" Fluttershy weakly called out to Cadance who was already flying up the stairs.

	Fluttershy slumped a bit in her seat. There was no way Cadence would listen to her now. In minutes, she'd return with Fluttershy's box of baby things. Hard to argue that you don't want to be pampered after seeing what she kept in there. A soft baby blanket, pink bunny plushie, and neatly folded baby clothes were only a fraction of what she kept hidden in there. Not to mention the pack of extra thick diapers she had to smuggle into her home like an illegal herb...And Cadence was going to bring them all down.

	She nervously nibbled on her sandwich as her ears twitched, listening to every slight movement coming from upstairs as Cadence wandered into her room. Her wings quivered as she tried to mentally prepare herself for Cadance's return.

	Half of her sandwich was gone by the time Cadence returned to the kitchen. Fluttershy's private box floated next to her head before magically floating down onto the middle of the table.

	"Alright, baby girl," Cadence said as she opened up the box's flaps. "Finish up your sandwich and we'll get you all diapered up!"

	Fluttershy's cheeks and ears flared up as Cadence pulled out a pink diaper from the box, holding it up for her to look at. Her ears tucked back in embarrassment.

	There have been multiple times she padded up with the same brand of diapers. They held up well, soft, absorbed quite a bit, and they were really thick! But having the diapers floated in front of her made her realize just how thick AND how embarrassing wearing those diapers were when in front of somepony.

	Cadance placed the thick diaper in front of Fluttershy's plate as a constant reminder of what was to come. She smiled at the eating pony before digging out a couple baby bottles from the box and walking over to the sink.

	Fluttershy ate the last of her sandwich as slowly as possible in a desperate attempt to delay the inevitable. Maybe if she took a really long time to eat the sandwich, there wouldn't be enough time for Cadence to baby sit, she thought. Maybe, just maybe, Cadence would grow bored and leave early.

	But that didn't seem like it was going to happen. Cadance could be seen next to the sink, cleaning out the baby bottles and filling them both up with milk before placing them in the fridge. Not only would she be diapered, but now Fluttershy would have to look forward to drinking from a bottle too!

	Cadance finished her bottle preparation in time to watch Fluttershy finish the last few bites of the sandwich. She beamed at the well behaved pony. "Good girl," she commented with a warm smile, "Lay down on the floor for me, sweetie. Let's get you diapered."

	Fluttershy softly laid on the cool tiled floor, shivering for a moment as she got into position, looking up at Cadence with a blush.

	Cadence didn't say anything and instead proceeded with the diaper change. She only warmly grinned as she placed the baby powder and the pink diaper on the floor.

	Fluttershy's legs floated up into the air as Cadence hummed a quiet tune. The thick, cushy diaper slipped under the pegasus, followed by a good powdering. The diaper was pulled up between her legs as they slowly lowered to the ground.

	"There we go!" Cadance said as she taped up the diaper, enveloping Fluttershy's rump in a cushy pillow. "Now why don't you go toddle off to the living room while I prepare you a bottle," Cadence helped Fluttershy by pointing her in the right direction before heading back to the fridge.

	Fluttershy waddled into the living room to wait. She noticed Cadance's saddle bags sitting on the couch and couldn't help, but do a little snooping. The saddle bag snaps popped loudly as Fluttershy looked over it's contents.

	All of the items seemed pretty standard for babysitting...But she had to remind herself that it was for babysitting HER and everything inside was enlarged to fit bigger ponies. An adult pacifier, a neatly folded blue baby blanket, bubble bath, baby shampoo, and some more jars of baby food dominated one of the saddle bags while the other contained many baby books and bedtime stories. Cadance came oddly prepared. Had she done this before?

	Fluttershy thought about the diaper around her waist and teased her mind with the thought that all of these things were for her because she was a little filly. A little diapered filly. Her moments alone in the living room gave the pony some time to think, quickly getting lost in her own little world.

	Despite the embarrassment that came with being diapered around somepony else, Fluttershy's mind started to fantasize. This was what she had always wanted! To be diapered up and babied! And now that it was finally here, Fluttershy could barely contain her excitement! The thought of somepony feeding her a bottle, dressing her up in her feetie pajamas, and being read a bedtime story made her feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

	"Aww," Cadence interrupted Fluttershy's content daze. "I forgot how adorable you look when wetting your diapers..."

	Fluttershy's ears perked up as her eyes shot open. A warm squish came from her crotch as she checked herself. She wet herself! A little sniffle started, but soon melted into a tear eyed cry. She wet herself! She wet herself like a big baby! And in front of Cadence too! She felt humiliated and small. Broken and so infantile.

	Before Fluttershy even could react, Cadence rushed over to the crying pegasus. "Shh shh, its alright baby, it's alright." Cadance embraced Fluttershy as she patted the pegasus's back. "It's alright sweetie...Just a little accident..." Well...A big accident, the diaper was almost soaked through and through, but that fact wouldn't help calm down the pony.

	Fluttershy buried her face into Cadance's chest. She was SO ashamed of herself! And on top of all that, she was weeping like a little baby! That just upset her more. It was an ugly cycle of shame and tears.

	Despite all of Fluttershy's tears, Cadence kept her close in a hug, patting her back and cooing soft words of comfort. "Shh shh shh, no more tears sweetie. Accidents happen."

	Eventually, after what felt like hours, Fluttershy could feel herself climbing out of the depressive slump. Her crying devolved into occasional sniffles as her tears dried up. She felt so warm in Cadance's hold. Almost as if she belonged there...And that thought made her body melt in content...Or maybe she just ran out of tears to cry out.

	"There we go," Cadance said quietly, rubbing gentle circles in Fluttershy's back. "No more crying...That's it..."

	Fluttershy's sniffling soon became silent, but she didn't move from Cadance's embrace. She felt so nice in her 'foalsitters' hold. She didn't want to leave.

	Cadance seemed to have noticed. With minimal disturbance to Fluttershy, she moved the two of them onto the couch where she cuddled her crying pegasus.

	Fluttershy kept her teary eyes closed shut tightly. She didn't want to face the kind pony who just watched her wet herself. She felt so embarrassed!

	Her saddened slump was suddenly interrupted by something tapping her muzzle. Something rubbery. She opened her eyes to see a large baby bottle pointed directly at her, floating in mid air by Cadance's magic.

	"I thought you'd be thirsty after all that crying," Cadence warmly smiled.

	Reluctantly, Fluttershy opened her mouth to accept the baby bottle and began suckling at it's contents quickly. The soothing milk cooled her over heating body after the tearful ordeal.

	"That's a good girl," Cadence whispered softly, brushing the hair away from Fluttershy's face.

	Somehow, the bottle seemed to calm the pony down. The rhythmic pattern of the bottle bobbing up and down eased Fluttershy's stress. The milk seemed to warm the pony's tummy and cool her red eyes. She snuggled close to Cadence as she suckled away.

	The humiliated crying had tired the diapered pony out and soon Fluttershy found herself dozed off in the lap of Cadance. The empty bottle of milk popped out of her mouth as her body became lax.

	Cadance smiled at the tired pony, gently floating the empty bottle over to the nearby end table. Both hooves hugged the pegasus closely, snuggling with her lovingly as she slept. Even Cadence found herself dozing off in a content daze before shaking herself awake. After a short time had passed, Cadence gently nudged Fluttershy.

	"Alright sweetie, let's go get a bath running," Cadence broke up the silence, nudging the sleepy pony in her arms.

	"Mh?" Fluttershy slowly opened her eyes to look up at her 'foalsitter'. She blinked a couple times before rubbing her eyes with both hooves. Her hair had been pushed up during the nap, leaving quite a bit of bedhead. 

	Fluttershy slowly pulled herself off of Cadance's lap, yawning once and noting the sagging diaper that swelled between her legs. She still needed a change it seemed.

	"Go on upstairs, sweetie," Cadence said softly, encouraging the pony to move with a pat on her soggy bottom. Floating behind her was some bubble bath, a bottle of baby shampoo, and a fresh diaper.

	Fluttershy had to waddle up the steps to cope with the heavy swelling between her legs. She scurried up and into the bathroom with Cadence following close behind.

	The cool bathroom tile chilled Fluttershy's hooves as she stood and watched Cadence draw her a bath. She even added a bit of bubble bath in the mix, giving the water a fluffy head of fun looking bubbles. As the water ran, Cadence untapped the saggy diaper free of Fluttershy's waist, letting it plop down on the tiled floor with a loud 'thwap'. Fluttershy had to blush as Cadence took off her diaper so professionally and experienced like, letting the scent of urine seep into her nose. It was like it was no big deal that a grown pony was standing in front of her with a wet diaper on. Business as usual it seemed.

	The water was stopped and Cadence encourage Fluttershy into the warm water. She tended to the other pony with care, making sure she didn't slip or fall.

	Fluttershy let a smile slip through as she sat down into the bubbly water. "That's a good girl," Cadence added, rolling up the pee soaked diaper into a tight ball and throwing it away. She scrubbed away at Fluttershy's body, paying no mind to the quiet whimpers that came from her when she touched her more intimate parts. She barely batted an eye at Fluttershy's modesty.

	Cadence then worked on Fluttershy's hair, pouring a glob of baby shampoo into the mess before scrubbing out whatever dirt might have hid there.

	After she was thoroughly cleaned and smelled fresh, Fluttershy was stood up in the bath before Cadence drained the water. A floating towel waited for the pony as she climbed out of the draining bath and onto a towel that spread on the floor. Cadence didn't let Fluttershy help at all as she dried her off and brushed her hair.

	Then it was time for another diaper. With the guiding hoof of Cadence, Fluttershy lowered herself down on the tiled floor, shivering a bit as she did. A new diaper floated nearby as Cadence prepared for the diaper change.

	Fluttershy was taped into the diaper after being given a liberal amount of baby powder. The fresh diaper made the pony feel a bit more at ease. She felt safe inside the padding and nothing could beat that feeling of a new diaper. She had almost forgotten what it felt like.

	Cadance lead Fluttershy back down to the kitchen. After grabbing them from the living room couch, Cadence floated her saddle bags down onto an empty dining chair and opened it up.

	Fluttershy then noticed Cadence digging through her saddle bags, pulling out a soft blue baby bib and two jars of baby food.

	"N-no no," Fluttershy quickly said, her eyes locked onto the floating baby bib and jars of baby food. "Y-you don't have to-"

	"Up up, I wouldn't be your foalsitter if you didn't let me feed you at least ONCE while we were together," Cadence shrugged off Fluttershy's disapproval and placed the baby food jars on the table. 

	Fluttershy reluctantly settled back down in her seat as Cadence loosely tied the baby bib around her neck. She felt so little letting someone else do such a silly thing.

	The first jar of baby food opened up with a metallic pop before Cadence scooped a spoonful of the mush out, floating it slowly towards Fluttershy. The diaper pony accepted the mush and swallowed.

	The texture was strange, but the flavor was tasty, a strange incoherent mixture of strained vegetables. The slushy food didn't require any chewing, but Fluttershy paused every couple of seconds to let a mouthful slosh about in her mouth to actually taste what she was eating.

	Fluttershy couldn't help, but feel a bit proud of herself as she swallowed each spoonful of mush that Cadance shoveled into her mouth. One jar in and she didn't dribble once! Of course she didn't expect to make much of a mess since she was a grown mare. The bib tied around her neck kind of psyched her out about it though.

	In the routine of the feeding with it's repetitive and almost robotic movements, Fluttershy started to trail off in thought. Is this what real babies feel like? To only expect diaper changes, feedings, and bath times out of life? She felt relaxed at the thought. The simplicity made her mind trail off in thought again to fantasize about it.

	The diaper pony suddenly snapped out of her daydream, shaking her head as she was startled by the incoming spoon that suddenly appeared in her vision. She knocked the spoonful of baby food away from her with a whip of her muzzle, causing the mush to drop onto her bib and dribble down her diaper, finally resting between her legs. How could she be so careless?

	"Oop!" Cadance chirped, chuckling before wiping up the dribble with a napkin, "Sorry about that honey."

	Fluttershy wanted to apologize for daydreaming like that, but before she could say anything Cadence started the feeding routine up again, scooping the last of the baby food into Fluttershy's mouth. Cadance finished the meal with untying the bib from Fluttershy's neck and wiping any dribble off of her mouth before removing it from the scene.

	"It's getting late," Cadence added, looking at the nearby window where the night sky filled the scene. She gently opened Fluttershy's box again and pulled out a pair of pink footed pajamas with a cloud pattern dotting it's surface. "I think it'd be best to get my baby girl in her jammies in case she dozes off."

	Fluttershy blushed, but nodded. She was usually pretty good at not falling asleep suddenly, but she let Cadence dress her up in her soft pajamas, feeling a wave of delight as the fabric covered her body in it's plush. Her wings were threaded through elastic loops on the side of the pajamas as loud plastic poppers were snapped into place to close the footed pajamas around the mare.

	Cadance circled around the other pony once to double check her work before speaking. "How about a nice bedtime bottle to calm you down?"

	Fluttershy nodded softly, joining her 'foalsitter' on the couch for another bottle feeding. This time she happily accepted the bottle's rubber nipple, feeling much more comfortable with the other pony.

	"Now let's see...You were fed, had a bath, diapered up, and changed into your jammies," Cadence said out loud as she checked off a mental list. "Would you say that I make a good foalsitter?"

	"Mhmm..." Fluttershy blushed as the bottle bobbed in her muzzle.

	"Does my little filly feel better with her Cadence here?"

	Fluttershy pulled herself away from her bottle feeding. "Yes Cadence...Thank you..."

	She closed her eyes calmly as she listened to the rhythmic suckling, loving the taste of warm milk dribble down her throat.

	The bliss filled daze was suddenly broken when she started to suckle air, opening her eyes to find that the bottle was already empty! The amount of time that passed was unclear to the diapered pony.

	 Cadance smiled, pulling the bottle out of Fluttershy's mouth gently and setting it on the nearby end table. "I think my baby girl deserves a nice sleep. You've had a big day."

	Cadance helped the pony up back onto her feet as Fluttershy wobbled a bit in her sleepy daze. She guided the diaper pony back up the stairs and into her bedroom where her pink bunny plushie waited.

	Fluttershy rubbed a sleepy eye as she was guided into bed, her bed sheets floating up momentarily before Cadence tucked her in. Fluttershy smiled a sleepy smile before cuddling her bunny. In such a content and sleepy state, it wouldn't take long for her to fall asleep.

	"Ni-ni sweetie," Cadence kissed the pony's forehead before tiptoeing out of the room.

	"Cadance?"

	Cadance stopped at the bedroom doorway, "Yes sweetie?" 

	"Could we...Do this again next Friday?"

	"Of course sweetie."