~ It's almost Halloween again! And while I don't live in the USA, I am somewhat familiar with Trick-or-Treating, due to it sometimes appearing in electronic entertainment media, such as television kids series. And in this introduction picture for the 2024 spooky season, I portrayed myself as one of the many Trick-or-Treaters. Things go smoothly, until I arrive at a certain house, that's home to a magic-wielding woman. No, she isn't evil, but she does like to make certain tricks kids show her, backfire on them, and here, I am the target. The woman suggests that I should be worked down to what she thinks is a proper age for the Halloween festival. And she isn't joking -- I drop my candy-filled pumpkin bag when I notice I'm slowly but surely growing younger and younger by the second. The years melt away one by one, until I am roughly a four-year-old toddler cub.

I look down, and the first thing I see besides my dropped candy bag, is a white diaper -- a Pull-Up style, white-colored, soft undergarment with blue accents. Baby blue. I instinctively put a paw into my mouth, feeling my now way shorter fingernails. ''Theeere...'', I hear the woman say as I gaze upon her imposing stature, ''NOW you're the perfect age! And besides, it's more fun as a child anyway, am I right?'' Several magic swirls are flying around me, and are only just now starting to disappear. ''H-How am I gonna' T'wick uh' T'weat now?'', I ask in my new toddler voice.

''Well...'', the woman suggests, ''since you're such a cute little cub -- which you already were even before I shrunk you down, I might add. You DO like to wear diapers after all -- ...why not come in, so I can take care of you for a second? ...What did you say, lil' boy?''

''How do yoo know dat'?'', I babble.

''I met a Bengal Tiger who mentioned she's a friend of yours,'' the woman explains, ''and when I asked her about HER wearing a diaper, she told me you like to wear one too, to make her feel better about her condition''

''D-Dat's t'wue,'' I confess, ''Ish' a f'wiend of mine who is incontinent''

I look at the woman, and ask her about her being an evil witch.

''... ... .....Nooo, I'm not evil,'' the woman replies, chuckling, ''What made you think I would be mean to you?''

''E-Ehh... A-Am I still able to T'wick-uh'-T'weat...? ...I mean, ...w-wike dis?', '' I ask.

The sorceress kneels down until her belly matches the height of my snout, collecting the candy I dropped when she regressed me: ''Absolutely, you are! In fact, that's the entire reason I shrunk you down. You look so much cuter as a toddler. Again, you were already wearing this soft little diaper of yours, so I thought I'd surprise you by shrinking you down to when you probably still NEEDED to wear diapers''

The woman scoops me up with one hand, and in the other, she's holding the candy bag she refilled with my collected treats. My diaper was already warm and soft, but somehow it feels even softer now that I have been regressed down to a four-year-old toddler cub. ''Now, come with me, little furball,'' the woman says, ''I believe my little Trick-or-Treater is overdue for a nice little nap. I will create an entire pantry full of clean diaper pants, just for you'' With this, she carries me into the living room of the house, where she puts me in a small bed. Then, she does as she promised as she conjures up a giant closet filled with countless colorful packs, as well as many loose white nappy pants piled up in select corners of the closet.

''Now... let me know if you need a change, little snowball,'' the woman cooes, ''and when your friends are looking for you, I'll tell them you're safe with me in this here nursery. Maybe they'll even want to join you! Wouldn't that be nice?'' With that, she kisses me on my cheek, and walks out of the room. Looks like I'll be staying here for quite some time. But at least the woman likes me enough for her to not do something terrible with me. In fact, it's quite the opposite -- and is it true that she knows Tyina, my incontinent tiger friend, personally? In that case, I have all the luck in the world. And it might just be the very reason why the sourceress is so kind with me in the first place -- she is familiar with one of my very best friends! As I tell myself this, I feel the soft rustling cotton of my diaper, and I start to get drowsy. Before I know it, I am in dreamland. That is, until I see a blinding flash of light that is so incredibly bright, I can even see it with my eyes closed. When I turn onto my belly, and look next to me, I see a young Red Fox lying next to me. It's the sourceress, who has used her magic to transform herself into a little vulpine. ''How's this?,'' she asks, ''neat, right? Now you don't have to be alone in your cot. I'll join you for as long as you need me to. Hey, I'll even put one of those diapers on myself if you'd like!''

With that, I crawl closer to her, now feeling a little more familiar with her. And again, as she promised, the sourceress picks one of the many diapers out of the closet and climbs back into the cot. ''Now to put it on me...,'' she finishes. And a couple seconds later, I have a fox just a bit bigger than me, lying next to me in her own diaper, sleeping the night away. I look at her, and nestle myself against her. It is quiet for a few minutes, until... ''Hey. Pssst!,'' the sourceress as her fox self whispers, ''...my name's Rika! ...you don't have to tell me yours. Your tiger friend -- who will arrive in a few moments -- already told me, ...Lay.

...Trick or Treat''

~The End~ 🎃