Tale #1: Friends, Flunking and Flushing

(An indirect sequel to "Silverstream's Toilet Tour", based on "Flunking A Student" audio file by Char)

Silverstream found her trip down the toilet to be rather fun. Even the slipping through the pipes (which was a tight squeeze even for a seapony) was enjoyable, especially when it eventually let out and the seapony was deposited into the sewers with a plop and a splash. "Aw, bummer, the fun's over!" She said to herself and began her trek along the murky waters after transforming back into a hippogriff.

She followed the waters from above for a while, before the hippogriff eventually decided that she had been gone for long enough and should probably start making her way back to the school to get cleaned up. Still, the experience had been educational and quite fun. Who knew studying plumbing could be so much fun?

The young hippogriff returned to the School of Friendship without anyone being any the wiser. Well, except for a certain changeling who had helped to cover for Silverstream's absence. "You're finally back, huh?" Ocellus inquired of her friend.

Silverstream nodded even as she made her way over to the shower in the girls dorm and hopped in, scrubbing herself clean of any muck she might have picked up. "Yup. It was even more fun than I expected. The rush of the water, the roar of the flush, the spinning all around with no way to get out! Oh, I can't wait to do it again!"

"Seriously?!" Ocellus blinked in disbelief. "You actually wanna go down the toilet again? Isn't once enough?"

"Nope," Silverstream shook her head while grinning. "You're the only other one who could possibly find a way to do it. Just turn into something that could fit down the drain and let the toilet do the rest. You should try it, it's great fun."

The young changeling shook her head. "No thanks, it sounds way too dirty. You know what goes down the toilet, right? It's not pretty."

"Oh come on, the bathrooms are kept in tip top shape. The toilet I used was sparkling clean," The hippogriff just replied as she finally became convinced she was clean enough, exiting the shower while whistling. Then, suddenly, she gasped! "Wait! I just had a brilliant idea! The only thing more fun than flushing yourself down the toilet is having someone else do it for you!"

Ocellus nervously inquired. "You're talking about me, aren't you?" And when she received a nod from her friend she sighed, knowing that Silverstream was almost certainly not gonna let this go. "Fine, just this once. Just don't make this a habit, Silverstream. You can't keep flushing yourself or making others do it for you."

"Oh of course, then it wouldn't be any fun," The hippogriff eagerly declared! "Let's do it now, that way I can take another shower when I get back! Oh, showering is almost as much fun as the flushing itself."

Reluctantly, the young changeling agreed. "The things I do for the sake of a friend." She thought to herself.


Silverstream happily led Ocellus along to one of the private bathrooms in the school, making sure that no one but them would be around. She then pushed open a stall door that swung open to reveal a large, gleaming white toilet in all its porcelain glory.

Silverstream clutched her Pearl of Transformation necklace, transforming from hippogriff to seapony in the blink of an eye in order to get ready for her trip down the pipes. "Okay, I'm ready!" She told Ocellus.

"A-alright," Ocellous nervously replied as she approached her friend. "Let's get this over with."

But just then the young seapony got an idea! "Wait!" She cried out and explained everything to the changeling in a whisper. The only way to make things even more fun was to add a bit of "roleplaying" to the mix.

Ocellus blinked slowly. "You really sure you wanna do this, Silverstream? It's not too late to change your mind."

The pink coated seapony just chirped. "I'm sure! Now come on, I'm going down the drain one way or another, aren't I?"

With a great deal of hesitance and reluctance, the olive green coated changeling transformed herself into the school's headmare: Princess Twilight. Then, in her new form, she picked up Silverstream and deposited her into the toilet with a plop and a splash.

Silverstream immediately acted like she was in trouble, like the headmare was punishing her for being naughty. "H-Headmare," She stuttered with convincing sounding worry. "Please, I'm sorry. Give me another chance. I won't do it again!"

"Headmare Twilight" only coldly replied to the seapon. "I told you that was your last chance, Silverstream. And you blew it. I warned you what would happen if your grades ended up in the toilet."

The seapony brought her soggy fins up and pleaded. "No, I swear I can do better! The semester's not over yet! I'll study extra hard from now on!"

"Twilight" just frowned. "It's too late for that, Silverstream. You've flunked my class. And since you failed, I have to flush you. That's just how it is."

"But I don't wanna go down the drain!" Silverstream protested! "Please, anything but that, Headmare! Please! Detention, extra classes, more homework, whatever it is I'll do it! Just please don't send me down the drain!"

But "Twilight" simply replied in a cold tone of voice. "Sorry, Silverstream. Flunkers get flushed, that's my policy. Farewell." Then she reached up a hoof and pressed the handle down to start the flush cycle!

The toilet roared to life, quickly snatching up the seapony within in it and spinning her all around in the bowl! Yet even as she was spinning and being pulled down the drain, she could be heard trying to shout above the noise. "Stop! Please, save me, Headmare Twilight! Please! I beg you!" But her pleas were ignored, and down the drain she disappeared with a garbled cry.

After the flush cycle was completed and the toilet refilled itself (with no sign of Silverstream anywhere), Ocellus reverted back to her changeling self and exited the bathroom. "I swear I'll never understand you, Silverstream." She thought to herself.

Yet upon exiting the bathroom, Ocellus was surprised to see Smolder waiting right outside. "What was all that, Ocellus?" The orange scaled dragon questioned.

"Oh," Ocellus commented while looking back towards the bathroom door. "Just… helping Silverstream study some plumbing, that's all."


Tale #2: "Flushing" Out of the Wonderbolts

(An alternative ending to "Wonderbolts Academy", based on "Wonderbolts Initation" audio file by Char)

"What's gonna happen to Lightning Dust?" Rainbow Dash asked Spitfire after learning that the reckless pegasus had been stripped of her lead pony status.

Spitfire just adjusted her glasses. "That's classified. But rest assured, she will be punished accordingly. It's not every day we have to deal with reckless recruits like her," Then she trotted away after instructing. "Now get out there and give me twenty!"

Rainbow Dash eagerly obeyed! "Yes ma'am!" And with a flap of her wings she took off, pushing any thoughts about Lightning Dust to the back of her mind as a result.

Satisfied that everything on the academy runway was taken care of, the young captain of the Wonderbolts made her way back to her office. There, she found Lightning Dust impatiently pacing the floor while Soarin kept an eye on her.

"How she's been, Soarin?" Spitfire immediately requested.

Soarin gave a salute. "She's given me no further trouble. But she has been complaining a lot. Keeps saying we're making a mistake."

"Because you are!" Lightning Dust snapped! "It's not my fault! I didn't mean to lose control of that tornado, and those ponies shouldn't have been there! It's their own fault they were put in danger!"

Spitfire could only shake her head. "You really don't get it, Lightning Dust. Being a Wonderbolt doesn't mean showing off and ignoring the safety of others. Just because you don't care about your own safety doesn't mean you have a license to endanger others."

Lightning Dust just swished her tail and huffed. "Whatever. Just tell me what my punishment is so I can get over with and get back out there. If you think something like this will keep me down, you obviously don't know me."

The young captain then adopted a knowing smirk as she briefly looked across to Soarin before saying to Lightning. "We've got something special for disobedient recruits like you," She then asked Soarin. "What do you think?"

"Oh no way!" Soarin seemed to giggle! "I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemies!"

Lightning's bravado started to fade as she nervously asked. "W-what do you mean? What are you gonna do to me?"

Spitfire's grin grew bigger by the second. "You'll see soon enough. Let's just say that if you still wanna have a spot on the team, you're gonna have to pass a little test," Then she instructed to her co-captain. "Soarin, you know what to do."

Soarin nodded and quickly took hold of Lightning Dust before the pegasus could move or do anything in protest. "Come on, rookie. I hope you'll have more luck more than the last pony unfortunate enough to be subjected to this."

The pegasus mare gulped, she didn't like the sound of that at all.


Spitfire and Soarin led Lightning Dust through the academy's interior, through empty hallways and corridors and past the mess hall without anypony seeing them. Eventually, they approached their destination. It looked like the academy washrooms, except something seemed off about them.

"Where are we going?" Lightning Dust hesitantly asked even though she was afraid of the answer.

Spitfire explained with a knowing grin. "To the special academy bathrooms. We don't usually use them on account of them having been built with… bigger creatures in mind."

Soarin chuckled. "Which means the toilets here are gigantic!" Then he pushed open one of the stall doors. "Now allow me to introduce: The Dragon's Throne!" He gestueed a hoof to an enormous toilet that easily towered over the trio of pegasi! It looked like you could stack them all together, and they still wouldn't be able to reach the seat.

Lightning stepped back in disbelief! "No way! They really make toilets that big?!"

"Yup," Soarin smiled. "They were made a long time ago, before this academy was what it was. But we couldn't find anypony to dismantle them, so we just kept them in reserve for special occasions."

"Don't tell me I have to clean something so… so…" Lightning gulped. "Huge?"

"Nope," Spitfire replied as she not so secretly approached the pegasus. "You're gonna swim in it of course." Then she grabbed hold of Lightning and fluttered up towards the toilet.

Lightning struggled to break free of her captor's grip! "What are you doing?! Put me down right now!"

The young captain grinned and responded. "Poor choice of words, recruit. But oh well, guess we live and learn." Then she released her grip on Lightning Dust, dropping the pegasus into the toilet's enormous bowl where she landed with a huge splash!

Lightning Dust quickly swam up to the surface, peering up through the bowl as she saw Spitfire land on the seat while Soarin joined her. "H-hey, what's the big idea?!" She complained!

"It's simple, really. You're gonna swim in that huge toilet until I say you can stop! Then if you do good enough, I might just fish you out," Spitfire explained. "Now start paddling, unless you wanna drop out of the Wonderbolts here and now!"

"A-alright, alright!" Lightning agreed and began swimming back and forth in the bowl as best as she could. And while she did so, she could overhear the two Wonderbolts talking to each other, discussing something.

"What do you think, Soarin?" Spitfire could be heard asking.

Soarin simply replied. "I think there's only one way we're gonna know if she deserves another chance. Bet you twenty bits she survives."

"Ha, easiest bet I ever won!" Spitfire boasted. "She'll go down the drain like everypony before her, I guarantee it," Then she not so secretly flew over to the toilet's giant handle. "Okay, Lightning, looking good so far," She told the mare. "But now it's time for the real test!"

"And the real fun." Soarin whispered to himself.

Lightning was horrified as she realized what was going to happen! "W-wait! You're not gonna do what I think you're gonna do, are you?!"

Spitfire nodded. "I'm afraid I am. Think you got what it takes to outswim the flush? Nopony's ever managed to do so before, but you might just be the first. Of course, if you don't then you'll wash out of the Wonderbolts. Or flush out in your case."

"Go ahead! Let's see what she's made of!" Soarin eagerly encouraged and then shouted! "Come on, Lightning! I've got twenty bits riding on you!"

"No! Please, don't!" Lightning desperately pleaded. But her plea fell on deaf ears as she heard a click and then a roar! The toilet began to flush with her in it, the waters swirling and surging ominously around her!

Spitfire flew back down onto the seat as she and Soarin watched, apparently unconcerned about the pegasus in the porcelain pool beneath them. She could only shake her head as she watched the display. "You're gonna have to swim faster than that!" She taunted while observing Lightning's desperate attempts to fight the flush cycle.

Lightning Dust frantically flapped her wings and moved her hooves up and down, trying desperately to break free of the pull of the drain as the waters spun faster and faster! But try as she might, she found that she was fighting a losing battle! "I'm slipping!" She shouted and then hollered at the top of her lungs! "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, HELP ME! PLEASE! I DON'T WANNA BE FLUSHED DOWN THE DRAIN! SAVE ME, WONDERBOLTS! SAVE ME!" Her desperate screams were then cut off as she was sucked down the hole and disappeared.

"Wow!" Soarin exclaimed as the huge toilet began to refill itself ever so slowly. "She never had a chance! She went down the hole like a tiny little piece of toilet paper. But you know, for a moment there, I thought she just might make it. She almost did."

"Almost only counts in horseshoes, Soarin," Spitfire replied as the two pegasi flapped their wings and got down from the giant toilet. "And now you owe me twenty bits. So pay up, or I'll put you on mess hall duty for the rest of trials week."

The co-captain reluctantly reached into the pocket of his flight jacket, producing some bits as he hoofed them over to Spitfire. "Fine, a deal's a deal," Then he pondered. "Do you suppose she'll be okay?"

"As long as she remembers to fly when the drain spits her out, she will be," Spitfire replied with a shake of her head. "Sad to see another promising recruit throw their talent down the toilet, literally."


Tale #3: Clogging All The Fun

(Based on "AJ Unclogs" audio file by Char)

Mudbriar came up to Maud with an unusually noticeable frown upon his face. He quickly informed his special somepony what the source of his distress was. "The toilet has clogged up again," He reported in a calm and flat tone of voice. "This time it wasn't my fault."

Maud sighed. "It's okay, Mudbriar. I'll take care of it," And she went to retrieve a plunger that she had made from some of the nearby rocks. The only part that stayed the same was the rubber end that was used to break up clogs. "I can't believe the toilet has clogged up again." She said to herself as she entered the bathroom a little later.

The earth pony mare, with plunger in hoof, approached the toilet in preparation to unclog whatever was clogging the toilet. Although, calling it a toilet might be a little too kind considering it was really just a glorified trench with water, surrounded by rocks instead of porcelain. The rocks had been laid out to make it look like a throne style toilet, so one could either sit or squat depending on their style (Maud preferred sitting, but Mudbriar had stated that squating was technically the better position for "answering nature's call").

Yet when Maud Pie came close and prepared to put the plunger in the toilet, she was surprised to be greeted by the familiar sight of her sister, Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie Pie?" She remarked in a flat tone.

The pink party pony blushed and sheepishly replied. "Uh, hi, Maud. Surprise?"

Maud didn't even shake her head as she questioned her sister. "What are you doing in the toilet, Pinkie? And why did you have to clog it up?"

Pinkie reluctantly answered. "I wanted to surprise you and Mudbriar so we could celebrate your anniversary together. So I thought 'What better place to hide than the toilet?'. After all, nopony would ever suspect it," She then looked around. "I guess I didn't quite realize how… small your toilet really is, so I got a bit stuck."

"I can see that, Pinkie," Maud declared and sighed. "What am I ever going to do with you?"

"I don't know, Maud," Pinkie sheepishly grinned before asking. "But um, if it's not too much to ask, could you maybe help me out? I really need to get back to Sugarcube Corner before the Cakes start to worry about me."

Maud looked at Pinkie, then at the toilet, then at the plunger in her hooves. And the rock loving earth pony quickly got an idea on how she could solve all her problems at once. "Don't worry, Pinkie. I'll help you out. Just sit tight and hold still." Then she raised the plunger into the air with a hoof.

"What are you-?" Pinkie began, before suddenly feeling the rubber end of the plunger make contact with her face. She quickly realized what her sister was trying to do, especially as she heard the sound of straining while the plunger's rubber end moved up and down a few times. "Maud!" The party pony whined.

Maud just replied by continuing to plunge and press. "I'm getting you out like you wanted me to, Pinkie."

"I didn't mean like this!" Pinkie Pie pouted in protest.

But the elder Pie sister simply explained. "You are in my toilet, Pinkie. You are a clog. And all clogs have to be cleared up so the toilet can work again."

"What?! But I'm not a-" Pinkie tried to plea.

Maud shushed her sister with a hoof. "You are a clog, Pinkie," She repeated. "And clogs don't talk back. Clogs get broken up and sent on their way. So be a good little clog and let me plunge you."

Reluctantly, the party pony obeyed. At least she would get out of the toilet, hopefully.


Maud Pie pushed and pulled on the plunger, moving it up and down as she tried to get her sister unstuck. It was possible to see visible signs of exertion on the earth pony's face as she did so, a sign of how hard she was working.

All the while, Pinkie Pie just grumbled, grunted and sometimes moaned. It was hard to hold still and not move around, especially when it seemed like she wasn't really moving. But she was a clog now, she wasn't supposed to speak.

"You really are a troublesome, stubborn clog, Pinkie," Maud told her sister. "You really outdid yourself this time," Then she added in a slightly serious tone. "But no clog ever gets the best of me! I have broken up big clogs before and you are no different. So it's time for you to get all washed up, then you can go down the drain like a good clog should."

Pinkie obeyed despite knowing what her sister meant by that statement. It'd kind of be silly of her not to expect to be sent away in such a fashion after getting stuck in a toilet. And it seemed she wouldn't have much longer to wait as she could feel her body finally starting to slide, moving away from the position it had gotten stuck in and making contact with the waters in the trench.

At last, with one great heeve, Maud pushed the plunger down and could feel her sister's face and upper body touch the toilet water. Her hard work had paid off as she wiped the sweat from her brows. "There we go, all better." She declared as she set the plunger down and trotted over to the toilet handle.

"You're really gonna-?" Pinkie Pie asked even though she didn't need to.

Maud nodded. "Off you go now, Pinkie. And please don't clog up my toilet again." Then she pressed the toilet handle down.

"I won't. Goodbye, Maud! Tell Mudbriar I said hi!" Pinkie called just before the roar of the toilet drowned her out. She then waved goodbye as she retreated down the drain rump first, the last of her disappearing with a garbled "Glug, glug, glug".

Maud just smiled as she looked at the drain. Her sister was a weird one for sure, but that was just what Maud liked about her. "Bet you really liked that, huh." She whispered to herself and then picked up the plunger, before walking out of the bathroom after making sure Pinkie hadn't re-surfaced.


Tale #4: Worse Than A Swirlie

Fluttershy sighed and whistled a happy tune to herself as the filly exited the girls' bathroom at flight camp. She'd been hesitant about joining Junior Speedsters, but upon learning that her best friend Rainbow Dash was going to be there she had reluctantly signed up.

But the filly had only taken a few steps when she happened to bump into a very angry looking griffon. She remembered at once that Rainbow had mentioned something about befriending a griffon named Gilda. This had to be the Gilda Rainbow had been talking about.

"Hey, watch it, dweeb!" Gilda roared! "I'm not small! You must be able to avoid me!"

Fluttershy whimpered and backed away. "O-oh. I'm… s-so s-sorry. R-really." She stuttered.

"What? You got somethin' you wanna say to me?! Speak up, I can't hear you!" Gilda rudely replied.

"I was just… just…" Fluttershy trailed off, trying to find a way to get out of the confrontation she'd found herself in. She looked back to where she had just exited and declared. "G-going to the bathroom." In reality she had just finished using it, but she was hoping Gilda wouldn't know this.

The griffon grinned as she got an idea. "Oh really? Why didn't you just say so, dweeb?" She rapidly approached Fluttershy.

The pegasus filly whimpered. "I… thought I just did. Please, I really need to go!"

"Yeah, you do. You really, really do!" The grouchy griffon proclaimed as she snatched up Fluttershy and caried the pegasus into the bathroom, soon making a beeline for one of the stalls and pushing the door open. "Hey look, it's your old pal the toilet." She taunted while carrying the captive pegasus closer to it.

"Gilda, please, put me down!" Fluttershy demanded as she kicked about. "I'm sorry I bumped into you. Really, I am."

"Not as sorry as you're gonna be!" Gilda vowed as she moved to stuff her latest victim's face into the toilet bowl. "Good thing they clean these toilets often," She teased and taunted. "But you'd be right at home either way because you're such a dirty little pony. And a dirty dweeb like you needs to be cleaned!"

Fluttershy just held her breath as she heard Gilda push down the toilet handle, starting the toilet's flush cycle. She felt helpless as her head was swirled by the spinning, draining waters and she was thoroughly soaked.

When the swirlie ended, the griffon pulled her prey close. "I don't think you're clean enough, yet," She declared with a smirk. "This time I'll shove your face way down there, that way you can get up close and personal with the drain. Maybe tell it how much you love it."

"No! Please!" Fluttershy whimpered despite knowing there was little she could do to stop another swirlie.

Gilda just dunked the pegasus' face down into the toilet bowl again, this time shoving it as far as she could to the point where only the filly's rump and tail were not submerged in the bowl. "Ready for round two?" She laughed and pressed down the handle to begin another swirlie session.


But just as the flush cycle began, Gilda heard a voice call from the other side of the bathroom door. "Gilda? You in there? It's almost time for flying practice." It was Rainbow Dash, Gilda's best friend.

"Just a minute!" Gilda called as she was momentarily distracted. Because of this, she forgot to maintain her hold on Fluttershy and the pegasus filly tipped forward, submerging her entire body into the toilet bowl.

The griffon turned back to the toilet in time to see a sight she couldn't believe!

Fluttershy's entire body was being spun rapidly by the toilet, faster and faster with each second! And as it did, part of it began to be pulled down the drain.

It was now that Gilda realized that she'd inadvertently targetted one of the bigger and stronger toilets in the entire camp. They were meant to handle creatures like her instead of ponies. And because of that, she was now subjecting her victim to something on a whole different level from a swirlie.

"Uh-oh!" Gilda commented in rare concern, rushing to the toilet to try to pull Fluttershy to safety! But it was too late!

Fluttershy's tail disappeared down the drain as the flush cycle ended. Then the toilet refilled itself with no sign of the pony it had just "eaten".

The griffon gulped and hastily exited the bathroom after making sure there was nothing that could indicate she'd been in that stall.

"Geez, G, what took you so long?" Rainbow Dash remarked as she saw Gilda exit the bathroom.

"Sorry, just had to take care of some personal business. You know how it is," Gilda replied. "When you gotta go, you gotta go."

The rainbow maned filly nodded. "Yeah, I know. You could've just said so," Then she asked. "By the way, have you seen Fluttershy lately?"

The griffon somewhat nervously answered. "Oh, her? No, can't say I have. But I'll bet that dw… I mean pony is fine, wherever she is."

Rainbow shrugged her hooves. "Okay. Well, if you do see her, let her know that I'm coming over to her house this weekend." And she flew away.

Gilda, meanwhile, was commenting to herself. "Why am I getting so worked up over dorky dweeb Fluttershy? I'll bet she wanted to be flushed. That way she could get out of flight practice."


Tale #5: Bathtime with a Twist

(Loosely based on "Starlight Glimmer's Bath" audio file by Char. Takes place before any events of Season 8.)

Queen Novo sighed, leaning back at the end of her queen sized bathtub. Being queen had its privileges, one of them being her own private bathroom with facilities built to her size. The hippogriff was currently relaxing, enjoying the warm bath waters and the sudsy bubbles that floated all around her.

"Ah," The queen sighed and said to herself. "Nothing like a nice, hot bubble bath to unwind after a long day." The reconstruction of Mount Aris was coming along nicely, more or less. The plumbing facilities had been one of the first things fixed (the need for them was quickly demonstrated by the earliest reconnaissance missions to the surface).

Queen Novo was even willing to forgive Princess Twilight for the attempted theft of the Pearl of Transformation. After all, that same princess was responsible for bringing down the Storm King, the very one that had forced the hippogriffs to flee underwater for their own safety.

Suddenly, however, the hippogriff heard something move. And then, from the faucet at the other end of the tub emerged a long, black form. It exited the faucet and splashed down into the tub in a matter of seconds. It had a dark reddish-pink colored hair and moderate opal eyes (with a scar across the right one).

Novo gasped and screamed as she quickly jumped out of the tub! "Who are you?! What are you doing in my tub?!" She demanded of the intruder. "Answer yourself and identify yourself this instant!"

The figure soon turned out to be a seapony, and she spoke in a fairly familiar tone as she apologized. "Sorry, ma'am. The name's Te…" She blushed and quickly corrected herself. "Er Fizzlepop Berrytwist," And she hurriedly threw up a fin. "Don't… don't tell anyone I said that! Well, aside from Princess Twilight but that's 'cause she already knows."

Novo's relief quickly turned to anger as she recognized who the seapony was. "Hey, wait a minute, I know you," She commented. "You're that pony who was working for the Storm King. The one who befriended my daughter as a distraction so you could try to swipe the Pearl of Transformation for your evil master."

Fizzlepop hastily replied. "That was true, but that's not who I am anymore. I swear! I've changed."

Queen Novo rolled her eyes. "Yeah right. You think I'm stupid or something, hon? Just because your master's dead doesn't mean I'm letting you have the Pearl of Transformation all to yourself!"

"I didn't come here to swipe the pearl!" Fizzlepop pleaded. "I've changed. I'm different now. I came here because I wanted to apologize to you."

"Oh really?" Novo inquired. "Then how come you popped up in the middle of my royal bubble bath? Couldn't you have waited until I was finished?"

The seapony blushed anew. "Sorry. I'm kind of new to being a seapony. Twilight showed me a spell that could turn me into one temporarily, and I wasn't sure how long it would last," And Fizzlepop added. "Besides, the plumbing here could use a bit of… reworking," She shuddered. "I'm just glad I didn't end up in a toilet somewhere."

Novo giggled a bit. "Oh yes, that would've certainly not been pleasant, especially if you came upon me in the middle of my 'other royal duties'."

Fizzlepop commented in amazement. "Wow, you even have a sense of humor! I'm impressed, really," And she added. "I'm not saying the plumbing here is bad or anything, really. I mean, you seem to be doing okay for yourselves," She quickly tried to get back on subject. "I'm just glad I found you. I want to apologize."

"For what, hon?" The queen questioned.

The black scaled seapony explained. "For everything: For lying to you, for trying to steal your pearl, for what the Storm King did to your subjects, all that stuff. I see now that I made a mistake working for him. He only cared about what I could do for him, I was just a tool to be used by him and then tossed away when he no longer needed me."

Queen Novo smiled. "Well, honey, you don't need to worry about him anymore. He's long gone and he ain't coming back!"

"Yeah, I know. I was there, I saw it with my own eyes," Fizzlepop explained. "In fact, my eyes have been opened to things I'd never considered before. And I really wanted to apologize before I forgot. I owe a lot of creatures a lot of apologizes for what I did in the past."

"I can imagine," Novo replied. "But I guess I can forgive you, seeing as you didn't really do anything to us. Not like that nasty Storm King. If I didn't have my subjects to protect, I would've haunted him down and gutted him like a fish for what he did! A monster like him deserves to rot in the afterlife!"

"Ditto," Fizzlepop nodded in agreement. "So, that's it? You forgive me?"

"I sure do," The queen declared. "It's all water under the bridge now. Just, you know, the next time you wanna come and see me, please don't do like this. You come as you are. And maybe send a letter ahead of time so I'll know you're coming."

"Will do, ma'am. Will do." Fizzlepop saluted.


Novo waited a bit, but Fizzlepop didn't leave. "There something else I can help you with, dear?" She questioned.

Fizzlepop reluctantly nodded. "Uh, yes…" She blushed. "Can you maybe, help me out? I don't really know my way around this place, and I don't think I can go back the way I came in."

"You certainly can't, I don't even know how you managed to fit through the faucet in the first place," Queen Novo declared, before she then got an idea as a cheeky grin formed on her face. "But don't worry. I'll get you out of the tub."

"You will?" Fizzlepop asked. "Oh, that would be much appreciated."

Novo strolled over to the tub. "Oh no, it's my pleasure. It's the least I can do after everything you've done." She stuck a paw into the sudsy waters.

The black scaled seapony swam back a bit as she questioned. "Um, what are you doing?" But she soon got an answer when she heard the sound of the drain plug being pulled! She then saw Novo standing up, holding the drain plug in her paw. That meant only one thing!

"It's time for you to be on your way. After all, I don't take kindly to having my bath ruined." Queen Novo frowned.

Fizzlepop tried to swim against the pull of the drain as the water began to retreat! She frantically looked up. "Wait, I thought you forgave me!"

"Oh I did, honey, I did," The hippogriff nodded. "But I still think you need to be taught a little lesson about messing with me and my subjects. I think a little time down the drain will do you some good."

"But.. I don't wanna go down the drain!" Fizzlepop pleaded even as she was being pulled closer and closer to it. "Please, just let me up and I'll be going! I promise!"

Queen Novo only insisted by forcing Fizzlepop back down into the tub. "Oh, you'll be going alright. Going down the drain that is. Tell Princess Twilight I said hello."

Poor Fizzlepop couldn't fight against the pull of the drain any longer, and Novo watched as the seapony was sucked down the drain lightning quick! She then sighed, putting the plug back over the drain. "Well, guess there's nothing left to do but draw a new bath. Hopefully this one won't be interrupted."


Tale #6: The Princess and The Bug

(Loosely based on "A Bug in Rarity's Toilet" audio file by Char)

Chrysalis, queen of the changelings, smirked while rubbing her hooves together. It had been so easy to slip into Canterlot undetected. And now she was ready to put her plan into action. She'd already issued a threat, now she just needed to replace that pesky alicorn princess known as Cadence and everything would fall into place.

There was only one problem, the princess was nowhere to be seen.

Chrysalis groaned in annoyance as she searched all around after climbing in through a window, finding herself in the princess' royal lavatory. It was lavishly decorated, even down to having gold plating for the toilet, sink and bathtub.

"Geez, talk about spoiled." Chrysalis said to herself. She couldn't believe the princess was apparently so… unphased by all the perks she had as royalty. It was almost like Cadence didn't want to be a princess at all.

Oh well, her loss.

Suddenly, the changeling queen heard the sound of hoofsteps coming from down the hallway! She couldn't be sure who it was, and the only disguise she knew how to do was Princess Cadence herself. If the real princess showed up, the ruse would be exposed in a heartbeat.

So instead, Chrysalis resorted to plan B: She rushed over to the toilet, lifted up the lid and took a deep breath. "Here goes nothing." She said to herself and dove into the bowl, transforming herself into a small bug in the process. At least this way she could still spy on whoever it was that was coming in.

The door to the lavatory creeked open, and in strolled Princess Cadence in all her glory. She used her magic to shut the door, then carefully remove her crown and royal horseshoes. "Ah, another day of wedding preparations," She said to herself. "I can't wait until I can finally marry Shining Armor!" And she giggled like a giddy school filly.

"Looking forward to your wedding day? Not if I have anything to say about it." Chrysalis thought to herself while floating in the toilet. It was going to be so easy to capture the princess now.

Cadence was preparing to hop into the shower, when she happened to notice the lifted toilet lid. That struck her as odd, she distinctly remembered having put it down last time she was in here. Had somepony else come along and used it? Maybe one of those royal guards Shining insisted on sending to check up on her from time to time?

Well, either way, the candy colored alicorn decided it was only fitting and proper to put the lid back down. She was a princess, after all.

But when Princess Cadence got close, she happened to look down and saw something in the toilet bowl that almost made her gag. "Ew! Yuck!" She stuck out her tongue. "How the hay did a nasty little bug end up in my toilet?!" She quickly surrounded the toilet handle with her magic. "Goodbye, bug!"

Chrysalis suddenly realized what was happening as the waters in the toilet started to spin! Her bug disguise was backfiring on her! "W-wait!" She tried to call out! "Don't flush me! I'm not a bug!"

Cadence only screamed in reply and slammed the lid down! "Go away, bug!" And she waited for the flush cycle to end.

"No!" Chrysalis cried as she was sucked down the drain, bound for the sewers beneath Canterlot.

The princess of love hesitantly lifted up the lid when the flush cycle ended, relieved to see the waters sparkling clean and void of any bugs. "Good riddance." She declared with a swish of her tail and then closed the lid of the toilet again. That bug was going to haunt her in her nightmares.


Tale #7: A "Royal" Flush

(Loosely based on "Derpy to the Rescue" audio file by Char and "Potty Monster" artwork by Northern Haste on Deviant Art)

Flurry Heart screamed and ran out of the royal crystal bathroom she'd just been in! "There's a monster in the potty!" She cried in fright.

Shining Armor and Princess Cadence came trotting up on the scene a moment later, quickly moving to reassure their frightened toddler daughter that they'd been trying to potty train for the better half of a year now.

"Dear, we've been over this," Cadence sought to comfort her daughter by lightly stroking her mane with a hoof. "There's no such thing as a potty monster. The potty is not scary, and there's certainly not a monster in it."

"But it spoke to me!" Flurry Heart whimpered. "It was making funny noises and whispering things!" She shuddered. "Don't let it eat me, please!"

Shining Armor sighed, realizing what he was probably going to have to do it. "Don't worry, Flurry," He told his daughter as he adopted a slightly exaggerated tone of voice. "Daddy will take care of it. He'll make sure that monster goes away."

Flurry smiled. "You're the best, Daddy!" Then she looked down at herself, noticing a rather embarrassing damp spot beneath her legs. "Oopsie!" She blushed, realizing that she had accidentally wet herself in fright.

Princess Cadence simply replied. "It's okay, accidents happen. Come with me, we'll get you cleaned up." And she led her daughter away by the hoof.

Shining, meanwhile, strolled into the bathroom as he prepared to confront whatever it was that had made his daughter believe there was a monster in the toilet.

As the prince got close, he could hear faint whispers and murmurs. And it sounded like someone or something was saying. "Hello? Can anypony hear me? I need some help in here."

Shining trotted towards the toilet, he thought for sure that voice sounded familiar. And upon lifting up the lid he realized his suspicions were correct.

"Oh, thank Celestia it's you!" The familiar voice of Thorax exclaimed as light flooded the toilet bowl.

"Thorax?!" Shining blinked in disbelief, looking down at a rather shrunken form of the changeling king. "What are you doing in the toilet? And what do you mean by scaring Flurry Heart like that? You know how hard her potty training's been, you don't have to make it any worse."

"Sorry," Thorax apologized. "I was just trying to retrieve some things that Flurry flushed by accident, and I uh…" He blushed. "Kind of fell in. You know how it is," He then pleaded. "Can you help me out? Please? I promise I won't scare your daughter like that ever again."

The prince reluctantly replied. "Sure thing, Thorax. Just let me get the plunger. We'll have you out of there in no time." He turned and lit up his horn, enveloping the plunger in his magic. Then he placed it in the toilet and plunged up and down.


For a few minutes or so, Shining Armor tried to get Thorax onto the rubber end of the plunger. But he had no success. "Geez, you sure are slippery, Thorax."

"Sorry, it's a defense mechanism." The changeling apologized again.

Just then, Shining felt the rubber end of the plunger dip down. "Hold on, I think I got you this time!" He declared and yanked hard! But in doing so he slipped from the strain of force, and one of his hooves touched the handle, forcing it down.

"Oh no!" Thorax cried as the toilet started to flush.

"Sorry, Thorax." Shining apologized.

Thorax just desperately pleaded! "Quick! Grab me! Help me! Save me!" But alas, the waters in the toilet moved too fast for Shining to react in time. Thorax slipped off the plunger and down the drain as he cried! "Help!" And then a series of watery gurgles could be heard as the flush cycle ended.

The prince realized his mistake as the toilet refilled with no sign of the shrunken down changeling anywhere. "Oops," He commented to himself before setting the now empty plunger back down. "Still, I guess I did get him out of the toilet. Just… not in the way he wanted." But at least now his daughter wouldn't be screaming about a potty monster anytime soon.