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Hey there folks ^,^ Got part 2 of my Safe Haven story here for you =3 Like with the first I got an awesome picture from 
myoti which you see here and can find the original here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7538807/ =3 he's an awesome artist when it comes to cute and adorable things.
Anyway this story deals a lot with Petie in the nursery so some of you may not like it... but it helps set the scene and setting as well as establing characters =3 I promise the next part will have more action in it.
Like I said this shows Petie's adventures with the babies and toddlers as he meets more of Leanna's workers, spends more time with Cherri, and struggles not to mental slip back into babbling and drooling on himself. Hope you enjoy ^,^
Anyway please enjoy, fave & comment, and have a great day! =D
All mentioned charaters owned by me
“How bout dem?”
“Scawy…”
“An dem?”
“Mean…”
“… dem?”
“Scawy an mean…”
Petie sighed and tried not to get frustrated. It wasn’t Cherri’s fault the little squirrel girl was too timid to want to play with any of the other kids. After spending a while longer getting her to trust him he’d decided to try and get her to give the other children a chance… with no luck so far. He’d been going around and asking the more gentle looking kids if they wanted to play, Cherri clinging to his tail and the back of his onesie as she toddled along behind him, but so far the kids had either said no or Cherri had been too frightened of them.
They had tried to ask the budew girl in the corner… but when he asked for her name she demanded to be called “Chocolate” and got huffy when he didn’t scaring Cherri. There was the deerling boy… but he said he didn’t want to play with a girl. Petie didn’t wanna go NEAR the wailmer and onix babies since they were actually bigger then he was and probably weighed more too… he was starting to run out of options here. Cherri let out a soft whimper behind him and he promptly turned to give her a reassuring hug which she returned.
It was then he noticed another little girl he’d missed before, a skitty girl with short pink hair matching her fur that curled up around her ears. She looked about two, maybe three, and was wearing a short blue playdress with matching shoes and a diaper… which he could see cause she was curled up in a sunbeam coming through one of the nursery windows and her bottom was stuck in the air. She was either fast asleep or good at faking it as she lay there, her tail swishing back and forth occasionally.
Petie looked at her for a moment before deciding he might as well try and, after gently taking Cherri’s free hand, waddled over towards the skitty. There were a few toys haphazardly scattered around her, a few plushies (bulbasaur, squirtle, and charmander Petie noticed, a complete set), some doll clothes, and a Pikachu doll. It looked like she was in the middle of playing and just up and conked out while in the sunbeam. Finding a clear space next to her Petie plopped down on his diaper and reached out to gently nudge her with his paw. He could feel Cherri standing behind him watching with nervous curiosity.
After a few minutes the skitty girl’s ears flicked and she let out a soft yawn as she sat up, soft blue eyes fluttering open behind doll like eyelashes. She looked at Petie in a sleepy, half lidded way for a moment… before wrapping her arms around him and resting her head against him making his squeak in surprise “Teddy…” she said softly before yawning and trying to doze back off. Petie blushed and tried to figure out what to do when he suddenly heard an angry call of “My Teddy!” from behind him as he found Cherri folding her arms and looking at the skitty girl unhappily.
The girl’s ears flicked softly as she opened her sleepy eyes back up to look at Cherri. After a moment of silence she opened her mouth and said something Petie never expected to hear willingly leave a toddler’s mouth “Share?” even Cherri seemed surprised at this as she blinked and hugged her ursaring plushie. There was another silence for a moment that made Petie feel nervous before Cherri finally answered “… pway?” making the teddiursa smiled softly. “Kay, Im Suzee.” The skitty, Petie was guessing she meant her name was Suzy, said sleeply as she let go of him.
He sat there for a few minutes watching in amazement. It took them a moment to trust each other but after that they were playing like old friends. Cherri’s timid nature was complimented by Suzy’s sleepy gentleness as the two played with the plushies. Petie sat there watching them for a few minutes more, smiling proudly, before he was certain he wouldn’t be missed and got up to waddle away. He saw Leanna watching them and smiling as proudly as if he were her own child and his first words had been “Mama” The teddiursa blushed at that as he waddled over to her. Getting scooped up and snuggled affectionately as Leanna kissed his head proudly.
“Good job sweetie! Oh you are SUCH a little natural at this!”
“T-tank yu Auntie… um… c-could I have a drink pwease?”
“Of course! Oh and look alive, the other workers should be arriving here at any moment.”
“Other workers?”
Leanna nodded as she stepped into a small side room blocked from the nursery by a toddler gate, still cradling Petie with one arm “Yep, I need more than five people to help me run this… they just don’t live on the grounds is all.” She said as Petie looked around. It was a small kitchen of some kind probably just for fixing snacks or drinks during playtimes. Sure enough he found a big sippy cup placed in his little paws as Leanna smiled warmly to him. At this point he’d just decided to humor her and took a small sip… but was soon drinking it down like a thirsty two year old at the sweet taste of chocolate milk.
Leanna giggled as she gently rocked him “Anyway what gave you the brilliant idea to try and get Cherri and Suzy to play together?” Petie blinked before taking the sippy cup out of his mouth, a little bit dribbling down his cheek “I dun knu… just thought to twy it I guess…” Leanna chuckled and gently wiped his mouth “Suzy tends to doze off randomly but she’s a sweet girl, I think she and Cherri will get along just fine.” She said as Petie nodded and resumed drinking his milk.
Leanna smiled and carried him back into the nursery as she went over to talk with Mia some more about some new arrivals or something… Petie wasn’t really paying attention as he slowly drained his sippy cup and watched Cherri and Suzy across the room. By now it seemed the skitty had woken up more and was leading the still timid Cherri through more active and energetic playing which the pachirisu was eagerly trying to keep up with. He watch the two girls giggling and smiling and found himself smiling as well… just as he heard a soft buzzing sound and saw Leanna answer a cell phone she’d pulled out of a pocket.
Petie tried to follow the conversation but it happened too fast. It was like well-oiled clockwork. Leanna answered, the person on the other end responded, she responded back and hung up message received. Whatever was said had to be some kind of orphanage code or something. Slipping her phone back into her pocket Leanna kissed his head “They need me in another part of the orphanage right now sweetie, you should be okay here till I get back… maybe you can practice your talent a little more.” She said affectionately as she sat him down next to some building blocks “Play nice.” She said gently ruffling his hair before she strode out of the nursery leaving him sitting there by himself.
It took Petie a moment to realize what had just happened as he blushed and let out a toddlerish whine despite himself. He didn’t like the idea of being left alone in a strange nursery while dressed like a toddler, he didn’t like it at all. He was pouting and looking sad for a moment more before he noticed Lotus looking at him with concern. He quickly started playing with the blocks innocently. The last thing he wanted was her to come over to check on and try to cheer him up, his dignity was in critical enough condition already. As he drank the last of his milk he actually found himself having a little bit of fun… maybe it was cause he used to love blocks as a kid or this treatment was starting to get to him.
Suddenly he heard the door open and his head automatically shot up hoping it was his aunt returning. Instead he saw four people come in of various species, all of them chatting pleasantly with each other. They must be the other workers Leanna mentioned. There was another kangaskhan (this one much smaller and younger than any of Rose’s aunts), an extra fluffy arcanine guy, a large lapras lady, and a young leavanny lady who looked like she was Lotus’s sister. Petie watched stupefied as they all shuffled in and took their places as easily as if they were born working here. He suddenly felt a lot more awkward sitting there playing with his blocks.
He quickly looked away and resumed building his mini city but his focus wasn’t in it as the workers spread out to take care of the kids. The arcanine was near him playing with a few of the older toddlers and the kangaskhan was nearby as well breaking up a mini brawl between a poochyena and machop toddler. The lapras and Leavanny had slipped into the babies portion of the nursery and he couldn’t see what they were doing… but he could hear them clearly enough. The leavanny and Mia were talking about something in a baby bag the bug type had carried in. Not wanting to appear suspicious Petie looked for some toy near them and spying a rubber ball waddled over to it, bouncing it lightly as he eavesdropped on their conversation.
“Lily, I told you before this isn’t a good idea…”
“Come on Mia! Think of how big a favor we’ll be doing for the environment!”
“Lily…”
“And I already have all the stuff too! Why not give it a shot?”
“Lily please listen to me…”
“All we need is a little one in need of a change… like this little cutie!”
Petie let out a frightened squeak as the young leavanny leaned over the wall and scooped him right up. In his panic he could only wonder what she meant by need a change. He was absolutely, perfectly dry… least he thought so till she put her hand under his bottom and he realized his drink had gone right through him. He blushed with shame as the bug gently and lovingly cuddled him, cooing soft reassurances as she carried him over to a changing table. Mia had a worried look on her face as she followed.
“Lily that might not be the best little one to use…”
“Why not? He’s absolutely precious! I don’t think I’ve seen him before though, is he new?”
“You could say that…”
“Hello sweetie! My names Lily!” she cooed to Petie as she laid him out on the changing table, popping a blue pacifier into Petie’s mouth when he opened it to object. His blush deepened as he reflexively started sucking on it. “Don’t you worry about a thing…” she cooed popping the snaps on his onesie and pulling it away, still ignoring Mia’s attempts to protest from the sidelines “I’ll take care of everything, just relax!” Petie whined softly and cuddled his victini plush he’d ended up dragging with him as he shut his eyes tightly as the diaper change began. At the least Lily knew what she was doing and he was soon dry and clean.
“Now I have a special surprise for you sweetie!” she chirped, holding Petie’s bottom up by his ankles as she reached into and fumbled with the bag she’d brought in. Petie could only stare in horror expecting the worst as she pulls out… a thick white cloth. Petie was confused for a moment then inwardly groaned as he recognized what she spread out under his bottom delicately. He should have figured this from her whole “for the environment” comment early, like Rose’s friend Morganna back in Viridian this lady was big on the whole cloth diaper thing.
He could only watch and pout as she powdered him then delicately wrapped the thick cloth around him. Pulling out two blue tipped safety pins she snugly pinned the thick cloth diaper on him as Petie found his legs splayed out by the pillow around his waist. Not pausing to notice the teddiursa’s unhappy expression Lily pulled out some powder blue plastic pants and in one quick motion pulled the over the diaper snugly. Snapping Petie’s not stretched taunt onesie closed again she smiled affectionately to him and cooed “There! Now isn’t that all comfy?” as Petie blushed and sucked hard on his pacifier to keep from trying to chew her out for this in baby talk.
“Lily… I told you before that we just have too many little ones in diapers for cloth to be a valid option right now.” Mia said, not missing Petie’s perturbed expression “And also that is Leanna’s nephew you’re holding.” The smile remained on Lily’s face for a minute before confusion set in “… Leanna’s nephew?” she asked nervously. “Yeah, remember little sis?” Lotus said, having come over to see what the commotion was “She said he’d be visiting the weekend… and I’m not sure she’d approve of one of his first experiences here being part of you of your little projects.”
It was gentle chastising at the worst but Lily still looked really nervous as she giggled lightly and gently bounced Petie in her arms to try and cheer him back up “Y-you don’t think so huh? W-well… maybe I best change him back into his normal diapers then before she gets back…” she said moving to lay Petie back down on the changing table “A little late for that isn’t it dear?” a familiar voice asked as Lily stopped suddenly and Petie couldn’t resist calling out “Auntie!” around his pacifier. Sure enough Leanna was standing there, a slightly bemused smile on her face as she tapped her foot softly.
Lily tried to babble an explanation like a kid with their hand caught in the cookie jar as Leanna just gently took Petie from her arms and after giving him a loving cuddle and some tummy rubs to help his mood she sat him down on his bottom and went over to talk with Lily. Petie would have loved to listen to the bug get chewed out but he had more pressing matters to deal with. For one thing he didn’t know how she sewed them but these stupid cloth diapers were way thicker than anything Morganna had ever put him in. He struggled to get back up onto his feet but thanks to how wide a stance they gave him he could only wobble for a moment before falling over on his butt. His face flushed with shame and indignity as he resorted to crawling back towards his blocks, dragging his plushie along with one paw like a baby.
“Teddy?”
“Baby Teddy!”
“Dolly!”
“Dolly dolly dolly!”
A pair of young voices suddenly squeaked as Petie felt soft hands grab him. He tried to shout around his pacifier as he was yanked back into a strong hug by an unseen assailant. Before he could get his bearings he felt whoever grabbed him and waddled off, shaking him as they did so. He was sure it was a toddler anyway but how could one just scoop him up like that unless… oh no. He was unceremoniously dropped on his padded rear in a small area littered with dolls, doll clothes, dress up clothes, and a tea party set up. Sucking on his pacifier to steady his nerves and clear his head, don’t laugh, it worked for him, he finally looked up to see who his captors were.
Two beaming faces smiled down at him as Petie realized he’d guessed right. In front of him was a three year old onix girl. He HATED snakes… but since onix’s weren’t scaly or have the hissing tongues he could stand them okay which is why he didn’t freak out. This girl had the usual proportions of a toddler her age with a body made of hewn rock that still had an odd amount of softness and babyish roundness to its looks. She had doll like eyelashes and a cute face… for a rock snake anyway. She was wearing a simple green playdress that came down to her knees. Next to her was the one who had grabbed him. A wailmer girl who, like most of her species was assumed to be, was rounded and pleasantly plump… the best way he could describe her figure was “Soft blubber” as weird as that sounded. The girl was wearing pink overalls with a white short sleeved shirt and had rosy cheeks with a big grin on her face. More to the point both girls were a little taller than him and likely outweighed him too.
“Baby?”
“Check!”
He squeaked in surprise as the onix gently took his paws and tugged him to his feet. He wobbled unsteadily again before losing balance and falling on his butt accidentally losing his pacifier in the process. He opened his mouth to protest but the onix popped the pacifier back in and nodded sagely “Baby!” she said confidently as the wailmer giggled and clapped. Petie blushed furiously as he sucked hard on his pacifier, ashamed he wasn’t able to come up with an appropriate way to argue that point thanks to his embarrassment… just as they grabbed him.
He squealed around his pacifier as the two started petting, tickling, bouncing, and cooing at him in a poor imitation of what they’d seen the grown-ups do. Petie whined and giggled at their clumsy attempts at baby care as he tried to struggle. The two seemed confused by this as the wailmer asked “Baby stinky?” to which the onix gave his bottom a demeaning pat and shook her head as Petie blushed more and whined at that. “baby hungy?” the onix said but the wailmer shook her head as Petie was trapped between the two, just WISHING for his torture to end. Suddenly both their faces lit up at once and they squealed “Baby wanna play dwess up!” with eager, excited looks on their faces.
Petie though he might have wet himself in terror at that.
He frantically tried to crawl away but it was futile as the wailmer grabbed him in a strong hug and the oinx started sorting through the dress up clothes. Petie whined and whimpered, he went to a combat school and could probably get out of this easily… but if he did he might accidentally hurt one of them. Despite their torture attempts on him the two were just oblivious little girls playing with their new toy. He wouldn’t forgive himself if he hurt them… so what could he do!?
He realized that while he’d been mental debating on his course of action a pair of soft blue baby booties had been slipped onto his feet. He whined and kicked a little, sucking harder on his pacifier for comfort and squirming more hoping he could slip free and make a crawl for it… just as the onix shoved his head into a baby bonnet. He squeaked and tried to struggle free but in a moment it had been slipped over his ears and the little girl had tied the ribbon in a clumsy bow under his chin. He now looked even more like some kind of giant infant caricature. Both the girls cooed over him like he was a new baby doll as he blushed hard and had to bite down on the pacifier not to throw a tantrum. This was the downside to little kids liking you automatically… if you weren’t bigger than them you were either younger than them or a toy.
He let out a grunt around his pacifier as the wailmer clumsily picked him up again and started carrying him towards the tea party set up. At this point he was frantically searching for Leanna and was about ready to start shouting “Auntie!” at the top of his lungs if it meant he would be rescued… but his salvation came in a vastly different form. “Hey dudets?” it was a laid back voice that called to mind images of water type surfers hanging out on the beach “I think the little dude there might need a nap.” Said whoever it was as both the girls pouted “Aaaawwwwwwww!” they whined softly but the wailmer relented and handed Petie over as he could finally see who his savior was.
The image of a buisel in a wetsuit with a surfboard was shattered as he found himself in the arms of the fluffy arcanine worker from earlier. The dog gave him a warm, friendly smile that automatically made Petie drop his guard and relax as he was given a few gentle bounces in the fire type’s arms. “Hey there little dude! Names Nicholas! Call me Nick.” He said in that both excited and friendly yet incredibly laid back voice as he gently tugged the bonnet off Petie’s head “Since the boss ladies a little busy right now I thought I’d give you a paw.” He said, motioning over to the nursery side of the room where Leanna was supervising a pouting Lily as the two cleaned up what looked to be the end result of a baby that knew water gun or something similar getting into the finger paints.
The arcanine nuzzled Petie’s tummy and gently tossed him in the air and caught him in an affectionate big brother kind of way making Petie squeak and giggle as he smiled back behind his pacifier “Now then little dude why don’t you play with your friends for a bit! It’s almost lunch time!” he said giving Petie’s hair a gentle ruffle as he sat him down on his butt… and Petie was promptly pounced and hugged “Teddy!” Petie giggled despite himself and hugged Cherri back as Suzy got in on the cuddles. Nick smiled warmly and watched them for a moment as the three started to play before turning to take care of the other toddlers.
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Sure enough soon the workers were gathering all the little ones to take them to go eat lunch. Petie saw them carrying the babies out the door and as soon as all the little ones too young to walk were out the nursery workers started to line the toddlers up to lead them off... which unfortunately reminded Petie of the cloth diaper keeping him from being able to walk right. He gulped, not sure what would happen now… as the lapras from earlier suddenly took his hand and gently pulled him to his feet. He wobbled unsteadily for a moment but she help onto his little paw, letting him keep his balance. He blushed furiously as she gently led him along with the others, Cherri holding his other paw and toddling along with him and Suzy next to her. He blushed more as they toddled along in the back of the line.
Petie felt like an idiot as he was slowly led through the halls by his paw. The lapras was holding his victini plushie for him and was talking to him in a soothing voice with just a hint of some kind of accent but he wasn’t paying too much attention as he just sucked on his pacifier softly. Apparently her name was Kanti and she was apparently apologizing for the stunt Lily pulled earlier. Judging by what little Petie caught of what she was saying the bug type tended to pull these kind of stunts cause she thought they’d be best for the little ones and then think it through later. Considering her stupid, thick cloth diaper had set him back past his first steps he couldn’t help but agree… no matter how soft and comfy it was.
Finally they arrived in the lunch room and Petie did his best to snap himself out of his funk. It was a simple room with tile floors and easy to clean walls. Along one side was a parade of highchairs, nearly all of them full with a squirming baby as Mia and Lily did their best to feed each of them while Nick gave them a hand. Lotus and the kangaskhan from earlier were on the other side of the room at a long, low table with all the toddlers sitting at it. The two were supervising them as best they could. Naturally the room was incredibly noisy. Petie also noticed that while there was a couple empty highchairs the toddler’s table was quite full. He was praying that didn’t mean what he thought it meant.
“I’m sorry dear heart.” Kanti said gently in her soft spoken way as she led a stumbling Petie towards the highchairs. He frantically tried to backpedal but thanks to his bowlegged stance and stumbling steps he couldn’t. “But I’m certain you and your friends won’t mind one meal in the highchairs.” The lapras said smiling softly to him as they stopped in front of three highchairs next to each other. Petie stood there like a deer in the headlights as she gently let go of his paw, letting him fall on his padded bottom with a soft whump. She scooped up a giggling Cherri first and slipped her into one of the plain colored highchairs followed by a yawning Suzy which left the middle highchair between them empty for…
“Now then…” Kanti kneeled down and smiled kindly to him as she set his plushie back in his arms, Pete reflexively squeezing it for comfort “Let’s get you seated.” She reached to scoop him up and Petie frantically shook his head, scooting back on his padded bottom. “Hmmmm? What’s wrong?” she asked, looking at him with concern. Petie folded his arms and blew out his cheeks, pacifier still wedged in his mouth, as he mumbled “Nu highchair!” indignantly. Kanti just gave him a calming smile and tried to pick him up again but Petie wasn’t having any of it as he shook his head and squirmed “Nuuuu highchair!!”
He might have been acting like he was dressed but at this point Petie didn’t care. He’d suffered indignity after indignity today and this was the LAST stray! At home he got a booster seat! At restaurants he got a booster seat! There was NO way he was going to go back to a highchair now and he was ready to kick and scream to prove his point. He just whined and fussed as he squirmed to keep Kanti from picking him up as the lapras looked at him with concern. By now he didn’t CARE if it made a scene, he didn’t CARE if it was acting like a spoiled toddler, he didn’t care that a huge shadow had fallen over him… uh oh…
“Well now I guess our little guest gets the best seat in the house then.”
Petie didn’t even get a chance to look up as Martha’s strong arms scooped him up. The machamp cook laughed kindly as she bounced him in her arms, taking note of his new diaper and booties “I see somebody’s a little puffy pants… maybe I gave you a little too much credit age wise.” It wasn’t teasing… it was more chastising herself for guessing his age wrong which made it hurt that much worse for Petie “I don’t think anyone over that age of three could have pulled of a tantrum that perfectly.” She went on as Petie suddenly felt very small. She smiled and gently tapped his nose “BUT since you don’t want to sit in the highchair I’ll feed you myself instead!” she said as her strong arms cradled him and Petie got that feeling in the pit of his stomach that told him he’d just made things a lot worse for himself.
A few minutes later he was still nestled firmly but gently in Martha’s arms as she finished making sure feeding the babies and toddlers was going smoothly. He squirmed softly, kicking his booted feet a little, and whined drawing her attention back to him as she smiled and tickled his tummy with one hand and slipped a bib around his neck with the other. She sat him up in her arms, the cloth diaper making a nice cushion as he sat in the crook of her arm, and she held up a bowl of what as to be his lunch. He automatically recognized the little pasta hoops in tomato sauce as skettios. With a soft tug Petie’s pacifier came out of his mouth with a pop and he smacked his lips a little, having it in there so long he’d gotten used to it.
Before he could adapt to the loss of his pacifier a rubber headed toddler spoon of skettios was put in his mouth and he automatically ate them up, reflexively smacking his lips and chewing noisily like a real toddler “Good boy!” Martha said, praising him as she readied another spoonful. Petie did his best to suppress his blush as he obediently opened his mouth for the next spoonful. Whining like a toddler had gotten him into this mess and he wasn’t interested in seeing how deeper a whole whining more could dig… besides the food wasn’t that bad, just messy as he managed to get tomato sauce on his chin and bib. He was hoping if he played along this humiliation would be over quicker.
Soon enough the bowl was empty and Martha was using Petie’s bib to clean the tomato sauce off his face “My you were a hungry little boy.” She giggled, smiling to him as she shifted him so he was lying down in her arms. For a moment he was terrified that she’d actually bottle feed him but he breathed a sigh of relief when she presented him with a sippie cup of apple juice. He willingly nursed from it as she went around checking on the other. From where he was cradled Petie had to admit he was impressed. Even outnumbered about four to one the workers had somehow managed to keep order and the babies and toddlers had either been fed or were being fed without any major accidents occurring… or a food fight breaking out.
“Okay then! Since you’ve been such a good little boy…” Martha cooed, rubbing Petie’s tummy affectionately “I think it’s time for dessert!” Petie’s ears automatically perked up at that as a stupid grin broke out on his face making Martha chuckle as she help a bowl just out his view “Say awww cutie!” she said teasingly as Petie obeyed eagerly “Awww!” he opened his mouth wide… and was rewarded with a big spoonful of chocolate pudding. This time he willingly smacked his lips and made “Mmmmm!” noises as he grinned happily enjoying the taste as Martha smiled warmly and readied another spoonful.
In record time Petie had cleaned the bowl, this time with minimal mess on his face and bib since pudding was too good to waste. Martha gave a deep laugh at that “Seems like somebody has a sweet tooth!” she commented giving him another sippie cup of juice to wash it down with. Petie nursed from this was much slower as he lay back in her arms, the machamp affectionately rubbing Petie’s full and bloated tummy. “I like my little ones full and happy…” she said kindly before gently tapping his nose “So no more fussing, okay?” Petie blushed and nodded, feeling too full to try to argue and not sure how he could after that whole experience.
“Good! You’re a precious little sweetie when your tummy’s full, I can see why Ms. M wanted to show you off!” she said before going back to help any of the workers finish up lunch as they cleaned the little ones faces off. Petie was too busy nursing his sippie cup to notice the babies being slowly carried out of the room but he blinked as sat up when he saw the toddler’s being line up “Well this is were I say bye bye sweetie.” Martha said, unsnapping his bib “But I promise I’ll see you later, okay?” she rubbed noses with Petie before popping his pacifier back in his mouth, taking a moment to attach a pacifier clip to it and then his onesie so he wouldn’t lose it, and handed him back to the lapras from earlier.
She waved bye to him as he was lead out of the lunchroom, his very full tummy adding to his waddling along with his cloth diaper this time around. Cuddling his plushie and wonder what was going to happen next he looked up to Kanti “Um…” she looked down to him and smiled, letting him know she had his attention “Waa now?” he mumbled making her giggle softly. “Well dear heart now that you all have full tummies it is nap time.” She said gently before noticing the slightly pouty look on Petie’s face “Oh? Don’t want to take your nap?” she chided softly as Petie shook his head and let out a yawn.
“Na sweepy.”
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Apparently he was sleepy cause about ten minutes later Petie sat up and yawned rubbing his eyes and looking around. Aside from several nightlights and some glow in the dark stars painted on the nursery ceiling the place was dark. They’d even pulled a curtain over the window to the hall to keep that light from coming in. In the dim light Petie could make out little shapes littering the floor of the nursery and hear a symphony of soft, gentle snoring. Right… he’d been put down to nap. He looked down at himself and the larger then average baby blanket Leanna had apparently gotten for him. The smiling faces of the playing victinis on it looked back at him as he let out a yawn.
Cherri was right next to him, wrapped up in her own baby blanket as she slept peacefully, lightly sucking on her thumb. Petie looked at her for a moment before gently using the blanket to cover her a little better and to tuck her in as best he could be he tried to get up… and promptly feel back on his butt firmly reminded that he was still wearing the cloth diaper from earlier. Luckily the thick padding muffled the sound… and also told him what had woken him up. He desperately needed a change.
He winced and had to bite his lip not to sniffle at this, suddenly strong gentle hands scooped him up. He found himself looking up into the face of a kangaskhan and thought it was Leanna for a moment… but then he realized she was way too young looking and her hair was bright blond. It must be the kangaskhan worker he saw come in earlier. She smiled to him and cradled the little teddy as she silently moved through the minefield of sleeping toddlers. In a moment she’d arrived at the changing table and laid him down on it before leaning down so her long hair formed a canopy cutting their faces off from the rest of the world.
“Hiiiiiii cutie!” her voice was an excited whisper that was barely contained enough not to wake everyone up “My names Emily, I didn’t get to take care of you earlier so how about we fix that now?” she said with a playful giggle before giving his cheek a soft and teasing pinch. Petie whined at that, having always hated getting his cheek pinched, ignoring that she popped his pacifier into his mouth and went to work. Like Lily earlier she knew her way around a diaper change and easily stripped the cloth diaper off Petie and had him cleaned up in a few minutes… then she did something that almost made Petie sit right up in protest.
“I’m sooooo glad Lily left these here, you’re a heavy wetter so these are just perfect for you!” she said in her bouncy whisper as she fished around in a familiar baby bag. Petie nearly choked on his pacifier as he tried to sit up… and was promptly put back down by her lifting him by his ankles. He fussed and whined around his pacifier as she laid another thick cloth diaper out under his bottom but it was met with her giggling and tickling his chubby legs “You have such an adorable baby bottom… ooo! You even have a little heart mark!” she cooed, poked his birthmark and embarrassing Petie into silence.
With no further protests from him she effortlessly pinned the thick diaper around his middle, leaving Petie once again trapped with a pillow between his legs. He groaned as he lay there and she fished around in the bag for something else. In a moment a clean pair of blue plastic pants, these with a pichu print on them which just made it worse, was pulled out and slipped snuggly over his diaper before she snapped his onesie shut again. Petie was starting to get the feeling this place was some kind of torture facility made to regress him all the way back to a toddler.
He received a overdramatically large kiss on the head from Emily as she scooped him up “There! Now sweetie bears aaaaaaaaaall dry and clean!” she said, Petie starting to find her over excited voice annoying in the extreme “Now back to nap nap with you!” she added as she laid Petie back down next to Cherri, slipped his plushie into his arms, and tucked him in with his baby blanket. Petie shut his eyes and lay there like a good baby for a few moment as he listened to her walk away but the moment he was sure she was gone he opened his eyes again and rolled over so he could get a better view of the nursery and more importantly the door.
At this point he’d had more of this place then he could stand, even Leanna’s office was better than this. He was used to her babying him, he wasn’t used to being treated like just one of many babies. Besides he might look adorable, soft, and young but he was fourteen and went to the best combat academy around, if he couldn’t break out of one simple nursery then what good was he? Looking the door over for a few minutes he finally had a plan… okay he ripped off a plan he’d sorta seen in an old episode of “Rugrats” but he wasn’t gonna admit that out loud. The only problem was he’d need Emily to be really, really stupid and things to play out perfectly in order for this to work…
Emily was sitting in a rocker in the corner, busy cooing at an infant igglybuff and not even looking in his direction. Petie couldn’t believe his luck… in a good way for once. Moving slowly and keeping the baby blanket over him Petie crawled through the nursery doing his best not to disturb any of the sleeping toddlers as he dragged his plushie along with him. It was slow going since he was trying to be silent (luckily the onesie and blanket muffled his plastic pants) and he dropped and pretended to be asleep whenever Emily so much as moved but finally he was on the edge of the field of sleeping babies. The door was about ten feet away from him now… but if he wanted this to work he’d need something big to distracted Emily. What were the chances of something like that happening…?
“Ah… aaah…waaaaaaaaah!!!”
The sound of a kid started to cry rose up softly through the nursery and Emily was on it like a shot, scooping up the baby in question and trying to gently shush them and rock them back to sleep. Watching the kangaskhan work with her back turned to him Petie couldn’t believe his luck. Quickly crawling towards the door he uses the wall to help him to his feet since the cloth diaper was still ruining his balance. He leaned against the door as he rolled his blanket up into a crude rope as quickly as he could with his clumsy paws before throwing it up at the doorknob. It was placed well out of reach of babies but if he could just… snag… the handle…
Just another try…
One more try… almost had it…
Snag… the… stupid…
Darn it!!! Petie was starting to lose his patience as he was certain he’d be caught any second now. Finally in frustration he threw his plushie at the handle… and stared in wide eyed awe as the smiling victini arched through the air perfectly, landed on the door handle, and as it slid down pulled it with it slowly till Petie heard the barely audible click of the door opening as it slid a small ways out into the hall. Petie’s shock made him toddle forwards a little, ending up catching his plushie before collapsing on the blanket he’d dropped not a minute ago. His body responded before his brain could figure out what happened as he nudged the door open with his head and crawled out so fast his thickly padded bottom almost got caught before he quickly pushed it back closed. Emily might have noticed the brief flash of light but he was praying she was too busy too.
He sat there, blinking stupidly as his eyes adjusted to the bright lights of the halls. In his haste he’d managed to drag his plushie and blanket with him… and he was surprisingly glad as he cuddled them with both hands. It was then he realized he was still sucking on his pacifier. Blushing furiously he pulled it out of his mouth. Shaking his head to clear it he placed his paws, still clutching his toy and blankie, against the wall and shakily struggled to his feet. These stupid diaper might throw him off balance but if he had something to lean against he should be fine… now it was time for phase two of his plan! Stop acting like a baby and find his auntie so she’d get him out of here!
Finally on his feet he looked around and realized there was one major flaw with his plan that he hadn’t thought of till now. The similar colored walls and doors of the hallway blended in with each other and he had no clue whatsoever which was his aunt’s office was. Suddenly feeling really small again he considered sucking on the pacifier more to help calm his nerves but decided not to as he shakily toddled down the hall in a random direction hoping he’d find Leanna before somebody found him and he got in trouble.
He really needed to work on improving the “Step 2” parts of his brilliant plans.
To Be Continued…
myoti which you see here and can find the original here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7538807/ =3 he's an awesome artist when it comes to cute and adorable things.Anyway this story deals a lot with Petie in the nursery so some of you may not like it... but it helps set the scene and setting as well as establing characters =3 I promise the next part will have more action in it.
Like I said this shows Petie's adventures with the babies and toddlers as he meets more of Leanna's workers, spends more time with Cherri, and struggles not to mental slip back into babbling and drooling on himself. Hope you enjoy ^,^
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PCA – Petie in Safe Haven Prt 2 “How bout dem?”
“Scawy…”
“An dem?”
“Mean…”
“… dem?”
“Scawy an mean…”
Petie sighed and tried not to get frustrated. It wasn’t Cherri’s fault the little squirrel girl was too timid to want to play with any of the other kids. After spending a while longer getting her to trust him he’d decided to try and get her to give the other children a chance… with no luck so far. He’d been going around and asking the more gentle looking kids if they wanted to play, Cherri clinging to his tail and the back of his onesie as she toddled along behind him, but so far the kids had either said no or Cherri had been too frightened of them.
They had tried to ask the budew girl in the corner… but when he asked for her name she demanded to be called “Chocolate” and got huffy when he didn’t scaring Cherri. There was the deerling boy… but he said he didn’t want to play with a girl. Petie didn’t wanna go NEAR the wailmer and onix babies since they were actually bigger then he was and probably weighed more too… he was starting to run out of options here. Cherri let out a soft whimper behind him and he promptly turned to give her a reassuring hug which she returned.
It was then he noticed another little girl he’d missed before, a skitty girl with short pink hair matching her fur that curled up around her ears. She looked about two, maybe three, and was wearing a short blue playdress with matching shoes and a diaper… which he could see cause she was curled up in a sunbeam coming through one of the nursery windows and her bottom was stuck in the air. She was either fast asleep or good at faking it as she lay there, her tail swishing back and forth occasionally.
Petie looked at her for a moment before deciding he might as well try and, after gently taking Cherri’s free hand, waddled over towards the skitty. There were a few toys haphazardly scattered around her, a few plushies (bulbasaur, squirtle, and charmander Petie noticed, a complete set), some doll clothes, and a Pikachu doll. It looked like she was in the middle of playing and just up and conked out while in the sunbeam. Finding a clear space next to her Petie plopped down on his diaper and reached out to gently nudge her with his paw. He could feel Cherri standing behind him watching with nervous curiosity.
After a few minutes the skitty girl’s ears flicked and she let out a soft yawn as she sat up, soft blue eyes fluttering open behind doll like eyelashes. She looked at Petie in a sleepy, half lidded way for a moment… before wrapping her arms around him and resting her head against him making his squeak in surprise “Teddy…” she said softly before yawning and trying to doze back off. Petie blushed and tried to figure out what to do when he suddenly heard an angry call of “My Teddy!” from behind him as he found Cherri folding her arms and looking at the skitty girl unhappily.
The girl’s ears flicked softly as she opened her sleepy eyes back up to look at Cherri. After a moment of silence she opened her mouth and said something Petie never expected to hear willingly leave a toddler’s mouth “Share?” even Cherri seemed surprised at this as she blinked and hugged her ursaring plushie. There was another silence for a moment that made Petie feel nervous before Cherri finally answered “… pway?” making the teddiursa smiled softly. “Kay, Im Suzee.” The skitty, Petie was guessing she meant her name was Suzy, said sleeply as she let go of him.
He sat there for a few minutes watching in amazement. It took them a moment to trust each other but after that they were playing like old friends. Cherri’s timid nature was complimented by Suzy’s sleepy gentleness as the two played with the plushies. Petie sat there watching them for a few minutes more, smiling proudly, before he was certain he wouldn’t be missed and got up to waddle away. He saw Leanna watching them and smiling as proudly as if he were her own child and his first words had been “Mama” The teddiursa blushed at that as he waddled over to her. Getting scooped up and snuggled affectionately as Leanna kissed his head proudly.
“Good job sweetie! Oh you are SUCH a little natural at this!”
“T-tank yu Auntie… um… c-could I have a drink pwease?”
“Of course! Oh and look alive, the other workers should be arriving here at any moment.”
“Other workers?”
Leanna nodded as she stepped into a small side room blocked from the nursery by a toddler gate, still cradling Petie with one arm “Yep, I need more than five people to help me run this… they just don’t live on the grounds is all.” She said as Petie looked around. It was a small kitchen of some kind probably just for fixing snacks or drinks during playtimes. Sure enough he found a big sippy cup placed in his little paws as Leanna smiled warmly to him. At this point he’d just decided to humor her and took a small sip… but was soon drinking it down like a thirsty two year old at the sweet taste of chocolate milk.
Leanna giggled as she gently rocked him “Anyway what gave you the brilliant idea to try and get Cherri and Suzy to play together?” Petie blinked before taking the sippy cup out of his mouth, a little bit dribbling down his cheek “I dun knu… just thought to twy it I guess…” Leanna chuckled and gently wiped his mouth “Suzy tends to doze off randomly but she’s a sweet girl, I think she and Cherri will get along just fine.” She said as Petie nodded and resumed drinking his milk.
Leanna smiled and carried him back into the nursery as she went over to talk with Mia some more about some new arrivals or something… Petie wasn’t really paying attention as he slowly drained his sippy cup and watched Cherri and Suzy across the room. By now it seemed the skitty had woken up more and was leading the still timid Cherri through more active and energetic playing which the pachirisu was eagerly trying to keep up with. He watch the two girls giggling and smiling and found himself smiling as well… just as he heard a soft buzzing sound and saw Leanna answer a cell phone she’d pulled out of a pocket.
Petie tried to follow the conversation but it happened too fast. It was like well-oiled clockwork. Leanna answered, the person on the other end responded, she responded back and hung up message received. Whatever was said had to be some kind of orphanage code or something. Slipping her phone back into her pocket Leanna kissed his head “They need me in another part of the orphanage right now sweetie, you should be okay here till I get back… maybe you can practice your talent a little more.” She said affectionately as she sat him down next to some building blocks “Play nice.” She said gently ruffling his hair before she strode out of the nursery leaving him sitting there by himself.
It took Petie a moment to realize what had just happened as he blushed and let out a toddlerish whine despite himself. He didn’t like the idea of being left alone in a strange nursery while dressed like a toddler, he didn’t like it at all. He was pouting and looking sad for a moment more before he noticed Lotus looking at him with concern. He quickly started playing with the blocks innocently. The last thing he wanted was her to come over to check on and try to cheer him up, his dignity was in critical enough condition already. As he drank the last of his milk he actually found himself having a little bit of fun… maybe it was cause he used to love blocks as a kid or this treatment was starting to get to him.
Suddenly he heard the door open and his head automatically shot up hoping it was his aunt returning. Instead he saw four people come in of various species, all of them chatting pleasantly with each other. They must be the other workers Leanna mentioned. There was another kangaskhan (this one much smaller and younger than any of Rose’s aunts), an extra fluffy arcanine guy, a large lapras lady, and a young leavanny lady who looked like she was Lotus’s sister. Petie watched stupefied as they all shuffled in and took their places as easily as if they were born working here. He suddenly felt a lot more awkward sitting there playing with his blocks.
He quickly looked away and resumed building his mini city but his focus wasn’t in it as the workers spread out to take care of the kids. The arcanine was near him playing with a few of the older toddlers and the kangaskhan was nearby as well breaking up a mini brawl between a poochyena and machop toddler. The lapras and Leavanny had slipped into the babies portion of the nursery and he couldn’t see what they were doing… but he could hear them clearly enough. The leavanny and Mia were talking about something in a baby bag the bug type had carried in. Not wanting to appear suspicious Petie looked for some toy near them and spying a rubber ball waddled over to it, bouncing it lightly as he eavesdropped on their conversation.
“Lily, I told you before this isn’t a good idea…”
“Come on Mia! Think of how big a favor we’ll be doing for the environment!”
“Lily…”
“And I already have all the stuff too! Why not give it a shot?”
“Lily please listen to me…”
“All we need is a little one in need of a change… like this little cutie!”
Petie let out a frightened squeak as the young leavanny leaned over the wall and scooped him right up. In his panic he could only wonder what she meant by need a change. He was absolutely, perfectly dry… least he thought so till she put her hand under his bottom and he realized his drink had gone right through him. He blushed with shame as the bug gently and lovingly cuddled him, cooing soft reassurances as she carried him over to a changing table. Mia had a worried look on her face as she followed.
“Lily that might not be the best little one to use…”
“Why not? He’s absolutely precious! I don’t think I’ve seen him before though, is he new?”
“You could say that…”
“Hello sweetie! My names Lily!” she cooed to Petie as she laid him out on the changing table, popping a blue pacifier into Petie’s mouth when he opened it to object. His blush deepened as he reflexively started sucking on it. “Don’t you worry about a thing…” she cooed popping the snaps on his onesie and pulling it away, still ignoring Mia’s attempts to protest from the sidelines “I’ll take care of everything, just relax!” Petie whined softly and cuddled his victini plush he’d ended up dragging with him as he shut his eyes tightly as the diaper change began. At the least Lily knew what she was doing and he was soon dry and clean.
“Now I have a special surprise for you sweetie!” she chirped, holding Petie’s bottom up by his ankles as she reached into and fumbled with the bag she’d brought in. Petie could only stare in horror expecting the worst as she pulls out… a thick white cloth. Petie was confused for a moment then inwardly groaned as he recognized what she spread out under his bottom delicately. He should have figured this from her whole “for the environment” comment early, like Rose’s friend Morganna back in Viridian this lady was big on the whole cloth diaper thing.
He could only watch and pout as she powdered him then delicately wrapped the thick cloth around him. Pulling out two blue tipped safety pins she snugly pinned the thick cloth diaper on him as Petie found his legs splayed out by the pillow around his waist. Not pausing to notice the teddiursa’s unhappy expression Lily pulled out some powder blue plastic pants and in one quick motion pulled the over the diaper snugly. Snapping Petie’s not stretched taunt onesie closed again she smiled affectionately to him and cooed “There! Now isn’t that all comfy?” as Petie blushed and sucked hard on his pacifier to keep from trying to chew her out for this in baby talk.
“Lily… I told you before that we just have too many little ones in diapers for cloth to be a valid option right now.” Mia said, not missing Petie’s perturbed expression “And also that is Leanna’s nephew you’re holding.” The smile remained on Lily’s face for a minute before confusion set in “… Leanna’s nephew?” she asked nervously. “Yeah, remember little sis?” Lotus said, having come over to see what the commotion was “She said he’d be visiting the weekend… and I’m not sure she’d approve of one of his first experiences here being part of you of your little projects.”
It was gentle chastising at the worst but Lily still looked really nervous as she giggled lightly and gently bounced Petie in her arms to try and cheer him back up “Y-you don’t think so huh? W-well… maybe I best change him back into his normal diapers then before she gets back…” she said moving to lay Petie back down on the changing table “A little late for that isn’t it dear?” a familiar voice asked as Lily stopped suddenly and Petie couldn’t resist calling out “Auntie!” around his pacifier. Sure enough Leanna was standing there, a slightly bemused smile on her face as she tapped her foot softly.
Lily tried to babble an explanation like a kid with their hand caught in the cookie jar as Leanna just gently took Petie from her arms and after giving him a loving cuddle and some tummy rubs to help his mood she sat him down on his bottom and went over to talk with Lily. Petie would have loved to listen to the bug get chewed out but he had more pressing matters to deal with. For one thing he didn’t know how she sewed them but these stupid cloth diapers were way thicker than anything Morganna had ever put him in. He struggled to get back up onto his feet but thanks to how wide a stance they gave him he could only wobble for a moment before falling over on his butt. His face flushed with shame and indignity as he resorted to crawling back towards his blocks, dragging his plushie along with one paw like a baby.
“Teddy?”
“Baby Teddy!”
“Dolly!”
“Dolly dolly dolly!”
A pair of young voices suddenly squeaked as Petie felt soft hands grab him. He tried to shout around his pacifier as he was yanked back into a strong hug by an unseen assailant. Before he could get his bearings he felt whoever grabbed him and waddled off, shaking him as they did so. He was sure it was a toddler anyway but how could one just scoop him up like that unless… oh no. He was unceremoniously dropped on his padded rear in a small area littered with dolls, doll clothes, dress up clothes, and a tea party set up. Sucking on his pacifier to steady his nerves and clear his head, don’t laugh, it worked for him, he finally looked up to see who his captors were.
Two beaming faces smiled down at him as Petie realized he’d guessed right. In front of him was a three year old onix girl. He HATED snakes… but since onix’s weren’t scaly or have the hissing tongues he could stand them okay which is why he didn’t freak out. This girl had the usual proportions of a toddler her age with a body made of hewn rock that still had an odd amount of softness and babyish roundness to its looks. She had doll like eyelashes and a cute face… for a rock snake anyway. She was wearing a simple green playdress that came down to her knees. Next to her was the one who had grabbed him. A wailmer girl who, like most of her species was assumed to be, was rounded and pleasantly plump… the best way he could describe her figure was “Soft blubber” as weird as that sounded. The girl was wearing pink overalls with a white short sleeved shirt and had rosy cheeks with a big grin on her face. More to the point both girls were a little taller than him and likely outweighed him too.
“Baby?”
“Check!”
He squeaked in surprise as the onix gently took his paws and tugged him to his feet. He wobbled unsteadily again before losing balance and falling on his butt accidentally losing his pacifier in the process. He opened his mouth to protest but the onix popped the pacifier back in and nodded sagely “Baby!” she said confidently as the wailmer giggled and clapped. Petie blushed furiously as he sucked hard on his pacifier, ashamed he wasn’t able to come up with an appropriate way to argue that point thanks to his embarrassment… just as they grabbed him.
He squealed around his pacifier as the two started petting, tickling, bouncing, and cooing at him in a poor imitation of what they’d seen the grown-ups do. Petie whined and giggled at their clumsy attempts at baby care as he tried to struggle. The two seemed confused by this as the wailmer asked “Baby stinky?” to which the onix gave his bottom a demeaning pat and shook her head as Petie blushed more and whined at that. “baby hungy?” the onix said but the wailmer shook her head as Petie was trapped between the two, just WISHING for his torture to end. Suddenly both their faces lit up at once and they squealed “Baby wanna play dwess up!” with eager, excited looks on their faces.
Petie though he might have wet himself in terror at that.
He frantically tried to crawl away but it was futile as the wailmer grabbed him in a strong hug and the oinx started sorting through the dress up clothes. Petie whined and whimpered, he went to a combat school and could probably get out of this easily… but if he did he might accidentally hurt one of them. Despite their torture attempts on him the two were just oblivious little girls playing with their new toy. He wouldn’t forgive himself if he hurt them… so what could he do!?
He realized that while he’d been mental debating on his course of action a pair of soft blue baby booties had been slipped onto his feet. He whined and kicked a little, sucking harder on his pacifier for comfort and squirming more hoping he could slip free and make a crawl for it… just as the onix shoved his head into a baby bonnet. He squeaked and tried to struggle free but in a moment it had been slipped over his ears and the little girl had tied the ribbon in a clumsy bow under his chin. He now looked even more like some kind of giant infant caricature. Both the girls cooed over him like he was a new baby doll as he blushed hard and had to bite down on the pacifier not to throw a tantrum. This was the downside to little kids liking you automatically… if you weren’t bigger than them you were either younger than them or a toy.
He let out a grunt around his pacifier as the wailmer clumsily picked him up again and started carrying him towards the tea party set up. At this point he was frantically searching for Leanna and was about ready to start shouting “Auntie!” at the top of his lungs if it meant he would be rescued… but his salvation came in a vastly different form. “Hey dudets?” it was a laid back voice that called to mind images of water type surfers hanging out on the beach “I think the little dude there might need a nap.” Said whoever it was as both the girls pouted “Aaaawwwwwwww!” they whined softly but the wailmer relented and handed Petie over as he could finally see who his savior was.
The image of a buisel in a wetsuit with a surfboard was shattered as he found himself in the arms of the fluffy arcanine worker from earlier. The dog gave him a warm, friendly smile that automatically made Petie drop his guard and relax as he was given a few gentle bounces in the fire type’s arms. “Hey there little dude! Names Nicholas! Call me Nick.” He said in that both excited and friendly yet incredibly laid back voice as he gently tugged the bonnet off Petie’s head “Since the boss ladies a little busy right now I thought I’d give you a paw.” He said, motioning over to the nursery side of the room where Leanna was supervising a pouting Lily as the two cleaned up what looked to be the end result of a baby that knew water gun or something similar getting into the finger paints.
The arcanine nuzzled Petie’s tummy and gently tossed him in the air and caught him in an affectionate big brother kind of way making Petie squeak and giggle as he smiled back behind his pacifier “Now then little dude why don’t you play with your friends for a bit! It’s almost lunch time!” he said giving Petie’s hair a gentle ruffle as he sat him down on his butt… and Petie was promptly pounced and hugged “Teddy!” Petie giggled despite himself and hugged Cherri back as Suzy got in on the cuddles. Nick smiled warmly and watched them for a moment as the three started to play before turning to take care of the other toddlers.
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Sure enough soon the workers were gathering all the little ones to take them to go eat lunch. Petie saw them carrying the babies out the door and as soon as all the little ones too young to walk were out the nursery workers started to line the toddlers up to lead them off... which unfortunately reminded Petie of the cloth diaper keeping him from being able to walk right. He gulped, not sure what would happen now… as the lapras from earlier suddenly took his hand and gently pulled him to his feet. He wobbled unsteadily for a moment but she help onto his little paw, letting him keep his balance. He blushed furiously as she gently led him along with the others, Cherri holding his other paw and toddling along with him and Suzy next to her. He blushed more as they toddled along in the back of the line.
Petie felt like an idiot as he was slowly led through the halls by his paw. The lapras was holding his victini plushie for him and was talking to him in a soothing voice with just a hint of some kind of accent but he wasn’t paying too much attention as he just sucked on his pacifier softly. Apparently her name was Kanti and she was apparently apologizing for the stunt Lily pulled earlier. Judging by what little Petie caught of what she was saying the bug type tended to pull these kind of stunts cause she thought they’d be best for the little ones and then think it through later. Considering her stupid, thick cloth diaper had set him back past his first steps he couldn’t help but agree… no matter how soft and comfy it was.
Finally they arrived in the lunch room and Petie did his best to snap himself out of his funk. It was a simple room with tile floors and easy to clean walls. Along one side was a parade of highchairs, nearly all of them full with a squirming baby as Mia and Lily did their best to feed each of them while Nick gave them a hand. Lotus and the kangaskhan from earlier were on the other side of the room at a long, low table with all the toddlers sitting at it. The two were supervising them as best they could. Naturally the room was incredibly noisy. Petie also noticed that while there was a couple empty highchairs the toddler’s table was quite full. He was praying that didn’t mean what he thought it meant.
“I’m sorry dear heart.” Kanti said gently in her soft spoken way as she led a stumbling Petie towards the highchairs. He frantically tried to backpedal but thanks to his bowlegged stance and stumbling steps he couldn’t. “But I’m certain you and your friends won’t mind one meal in the highchairs.” The lapras said smiling softly to him as they stopped in front of three highchairs next to each other. Petie stood there like a deer in the headlights as she gently let go of his paw, letting him fall on his padded bottom with a soft whump. She scooped up a giggling Cherri first and slipped her into one of the plain colored highchairs followed by a yawning Suzy which left the middle highchair between them empty for…
“Now then…” Kanti kneeled down and smiled kindly to him as she set his plushie back in his arms, Pete reflexively squeezing it for comfort “Let’s get you seated.” She reached to scoop him up and Petie frantically shook his head, scooting back on his padded bottom. “Hmmmm? What’s wrong?” she asked, looking at him with concern. Petie folded his arms and blew out his cheeks, pacifier still wedged in his mouth, as he mumbled “Nu highchair!” indignantly. Kanti just gave him a calming smile and tried to pick him up again but Petie wasn’t having any of it as he shook his head and squirmed “Nuuuu highchair!!”
He might have been acting like he was dressed but at this point Petie didn’t care. He’d suffered indignity after indignity today and this was the LAST stray! At home he got a booster seat! At restaurants he got a booster seat! There was NO way he was going to go back to a highchair now and he was ready to kick and scream to prove his point. He just whined and fussed as he squirmed to keep Kanti from picking him up as the lapras looked at him with concern. By now he didn’t CARE if it made a scene, he didn’t CARE if it was acting like a spoiled toddler, he didn’t care that a huge shadow had fallen over him… uh oh…
“Well now I guess our little guest gets the best seat in the house then.”
Petie didn’t even get a chance to look up as Martha’s strong arms scooped him up. The machamp cook laughed kindly as she bounced him in her arms, taking note of his new diaper and booties “I see somebody’s a little puffy pants… maybe I gave you a little too much credit age wise.” It wasn’t teasing… it was more chastising herself for guessing his age wrong which made it hurt that much worse for Petie “I don’t think anyone over that age of three could have pulled of a tantrum that perfectly.” She went on as Petie suddenly felt very small. She smiled and gently tapped his nose “BUT since you don’t want to sit in the highchair I’ll feed you myself instead!” she said as her strong arms cradled him and Petie got that feeling in the pit of his stomach that told him he’d just made things a lot worse for himself.
A few minutes later he was still nestled firmly but gently in Martha’s arms as she finished making sure feeding the babies and toddlers was going smoothly. He squirmed softly, kicking his booted feet a little, and whined drawing her attention back to him as she smiled and tickled his tummy with one hand and slipped a bib around his neck with the other. She sat him up in her arms, the cloth diaper making a nice cushion as he sat in the crook of her arm, and she held up a bowl of what as to be his lunch. He automatically recognized the little pasta hoops in tomato sauce as skettios. With a soft tug Petie’s pacifier came out of his mouth with a pop and he smacked his lips a little, having it in there so long he’d gotten used to it.
Before he could adapt to the loss of his pacifier a rubber headed toddler spoon of skettios was put in his mouth and he automatically ate them up, reflexively smacking his lips and chewing noisily like a real toddler “Good boy!” Martha said, praising him as she readied another spoonful. Petie did his best to suppress his blush as he obediently opened his mouth for the next spoonful. Whining like a toddler had gotten him into this mess and he wasn’t interested in seeing how deeper a whole whining more could dig… besides the food wasn’t that bad, just messy as he managed to get tomato sauce on his chin and bib. He was hoping if he played along this humiliation would be over quicker.
Soon enough the bowl was empty and Martha was using Petie’s bib to clean the tomato sauce off his face “My you were a hungry little boy.” She giggled, smiling to him as she shifted him so he was lying down in her arms. For a moment he was terrified that she’d actually bottle feed him but he breathed a sigh of relief when she presented him with a sippie cup of apple juice. He willingly nursed from it as she went around checking on the other. From where he was cradled Petie had to admit he was impressed. Even outnumbered about four to one the workers had somehow managed to keep order and the babies and toddlers had either been fed or were being fed without any major accidents occurring… or a food fight breaking out.
“Okay then! Since you’ve been such a good little boy…” Martha cooed, rubbing Petie’s tummy affectionately “I think it’s time for dessert!” Petie’s ears automatically perked up at that as a stupid grin broke out on his face making Martha chuckle as she help a bowl just out his view “Say awww cutie!” she said teasingly as Petie obeyed eagerly “Awww!” he opened his mouth wide… and was rewarded with a big spoonful of chocolate pudding. This time he willingly smacked his lips and made “Mmmmm!” noises as he grinned happily enjoying the taste as Martha smiled warmly and readied another spoonful.
In record time Petie had cleaned the bowl, this time with minimal mess on his face and bib since pudding was too good to waste. Martha gave a deep laugh at that “Seems like somebody has a sweet tooth!” she commented giving him another sippie cup of juice to wash it down with. Petie nursed from this was much slower as he lay back in her arms, the machamp affectionately rubbing Petie’s full and bloated tummy. “I like my little ones full and happy…” she said kindly before gently tapping his nose “So no more fussing, okay?” Petie blushed and nodded, feeling too full to try to argue and not sure how he could after that whole experience.
“Good! You’re a precious little sweetie when your tummy’s full, I can see why Ms. M wanted to show you off!” she said before going back to help any of the workers finish up lunch as they cleaned the little ones faces off. Petie was too busy nursing his sippie cup to notice the babies being slowly carried out of the room but he blinked as sat up when he saw the toddler’s being line up “Well this is were I say bye bye sweetie.” Martha said, unsnapping his bib “But I promise I’ll see you later, okay?” she rubbed noses with Petie before popping his pacifier back in his mouth, taking a moment to attach a pacifier clip to it and then his onesie so he wouldn’t lose it, and handed him back to the lapras from earlier.
She waved bye to him as he was lead out of the lunchroom, his very full tummy adding to his waddling along with his cloth diaper this time around. Cuddling his plushie and wonder what was going to happen next he looked up to Kanti “Um…” she looked down to him and smiled, letting him know she had his attention “Waa now?” he mumbled making her giggle softly. “Well dear heart now that you all have full tummies it is nap time.” She said gently before noticing the slightly pouty look on Petie’s face “Oh? Don’t want to take your nap?” she chided softly as Petie shook his head and let out a yawn.
“Na sweepy.”
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Apparently he was sleepy cause about ten minutes later Petie sat up and yawned rubbing his eyes and looking around. Aside from several nightlights and some glow in the dark stars painted on the nursery ceiling the place was dark. They’d even pulled a curtain over the window to the hall to keep that light from coming in. In the dim light Petie could make out little shapes littering the floor of the nursery and hear a symphony of soft, gentle snoring. Right… he’d been put down to nap. He looked down at himself and the larger then average baby blanket Leanna had apparently gotten for him. The smiling faces of the playing victinis on it looked back at him as he let out a yawn.
Cherri was right next to him, wrapped up in her own baby blanket as she slept peacefully, lightly sucking on her thumb. Petie looked at her for a moment before gently using the blanket to cover her a little better and to tuck her in as best he could be he tried to get up… and promptly feel back on his butt firmly reminded that he was still wearing the cloth diaper from earlier. Luckily the thick padding muffled the sound… and also told him what had woken him up. He desperately needed a change.
He winced and had to bite his lip not to sniffle at this, suddenly strong gentle hands scooped him up. He found himself looking up into the face of a kangaskhan and thought it was Leanna for a moment… but then he realized she was way too young looking and her hair was bright blond. It must be the kangaskhan worker he saw come in earlier. She smiled to him and cradled the little teddy as she silently moved through the minefield of sleeping toddlers. In a moment she’d arrived at the changing table and laid him down on it before leaning down so her long hair formed a canopy cutting their faces off from the rest of the world.
“Hiiiiiii cutie!” her voice was an excited whisper that was barely contained enough not to wake everyone up “My names Emily, I didn’t get to take care of you earlier so how about we fix that now?” she said with a playful giggle before giving his cheek a soft and teasing pinch. Petie whined at that, having always hated getting his cheek pinched, ignoring that she popped his pacifier into his mouth and went to work. Like Lily earlier she knew her way around a diaper change and easily stripped the cloth diaper off Petie and had him cleaned up in a few minutes… then she did something that almost made Petie sit right up in protest.
“I’m sooooo glad Lily left these here, you’re a heavy wetter so these are just perfect for you!” she said in her bouncy whisper as she fished around in a familiar baby bag. Petie nearly choked on his pacifier as he tried to sit up… and was promptly put back down by her lifting him by his ankles. He fussed and whined around his pacifier as she laid another thick cloth diaper out under his bottom but it was met with her giggling and tickling his chubby legs “You have such an adorable baby bottom… ooo! You even have a little heart mark!” she cooed, poked his birthmark and embarrassing Petie into silence.
With no further protests from him she effortlessly pinned the thick diaper around his middle, leaving Petie once again trapped with a pillow between his legs. He groaned as he lay there and she fished around in the bag for something else. In a moment a clean pair of blue plastic pants, these with a pichu print on them which just made it worse, was pulled out and slipped snuggly over his diaper before she snapped his onesie shut again. Petie was starting to get the feeling this place was some kind of torture facility made to regress him all the way back to a toddler.
He received a overdramatically large kiss on the head from Emily as she scooped him up “There! Now sweetie bears aaaaaaaaaall dry and clean!” she said, Petie starting to find her over excited voice annoying in the extreme “Now back to nap nap with you!” she added as she laid Petie back down next to Cherri, slipped his plushie into his arms, and tucked him in with his baby blanket. Petie shut his eyes and lay there like a good baby for a few moment as he listened to her walk away but the moment he was sure she was gone he opened his eyes again and rolled over so he could get a better view of the nursery and more importantly the door.
At this point he’d had more of this place then he could stand, even Leanna’s office was better than this. He was used to her babying him, he wasn’t used to being treated like just one of many babies. Besides he might look adorable, soft, and young but he was fourteen and went to the best combat academy around, if he couldn’t break out of one simple nursery then what good was he? Looking the door over for a few minutes he finally had a plan… okay he ripped off a plan he’d sorta seen in an old episode of “Rugrats” but he wasn’t gonna admit that out loud. The only problem was he’d need Emily to be really, really stupid and things to play out perfectly in order for this to work…
Emily was sitting in a rocker in the corner, busy cooing at an infant igglybuff and not even looking in his direction. Petie couldn’t believe his luck… in a good way for once. Moving slowly and keeping the baby blanket over him Petie crawled through the nursery doing his best not to disturb any of the sleeping toddlers as he dragged his plushie along with him. It was slow going since he was trying to be silent (luckily the onesie and blanket muffled his plastic pants) and he dropped and pretended to be asleep whenever Emily so much as moved but finally he was on the edge of the field of sleeping babies. The door was about ten feet away from him now… but if he wanted this to work he’d need something big to distracted Emily. What were the chances of something like that happening…?
“Ah… aaah…waaaaaaaaah!!!”
The sound of a kid started to cry rose up softly through the nursery and Emily was on it like a shot, scooping up the baby in question and trying to gently shush them and rock them back to sleep. Watching the kangaskhan work with her back turned to him Petie couldn’t believe his luck. Quickly crawling towards the door he uses the wall to help him to his feet since the cloth diaper was still ruining his balance. He leaned against the door as he rolled his blanket up into a crude rope as quickly as he could with his clumsy paws before throwing it up at the doorknob. It was placed well out of reach of babies but if he could just… snag… the handle…
Just another try…
One more try… almost had it…
Snag… the… stupid…
Darn it!!! Petie was starting to lose his patience as he was certain he’d be caught any second now. Finally in frustration he threw his plushie at the handle… and stared in wide eyed awe as the smiling victini arched through the air perfectly, landed on the door handle, and as it slid down pulled it with it slowly till Petie heard the barely audible click of the door opening as it slid a small ways out into the hall. Petie’s shock made him toddle forwards a little, ending up catching his plushie before collapsing on the blanket he’d dropped not a minute ago. His body responded before his brain could figure out what happened as he nudged the door open with his head and crawled out so fast his thickly padded bottom almost got caught before he quickly pushed it back closed. Emily might have noticed the brief flash of light but he was praying she was too busy too.
He sat there, blinking stupidly as his eyes adjusted to the bright lights of the halls. In his haste he’d managed to drag his plushie and blanket with him… and he was surprisingly glad as he cuddled them with both hands. It was then he realized he was still sucking on his pacifier. Blushing furiously he pulled it out of his mouth. Shaking his head to clear it he placed his paws, still clutching his toy and blankie, against the wall and shakily struggled to his feet. These stupid diaper might throw him off balance but if he had something to lean against he should be fine… now it was time for phase two of his plan! Stop acting like a baby and find his auntie so she’d get him out of here!
Finally on his feet he looked around and realized there was one major flaw with his plan that he hadn’t thought of till now. The similar colored walls and doors of the hallway blended in with each other and he had no clue whatsoever which was his aunt’s office was. Suddenly feeling really small again he considered sucking on the pacifier more to help calm his nerves but decided not to as he shakily toddled down the hall in a random direction hoping he’d find Leanna before somebody found him and he got in trouble.
He really needed to work on improving the “Step 2” parts of his brilliant plans.
To Be Continued…
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