Chapter 2.

    Luca gently wrapped her muzzle around the small straw sticking out of the apple juice box, the sweet, slightly sour taste of the juice combined with the animal crackers eliciting feelings of nostalgia and an odd sense of satisfaction as she continued to munch on her snack.

    She couldn’t help but smile back at all the kids around her, who bore equally satisfied faces as they loaded up on the snacks.

    Ms. Maggy clapped her hands together, drawing the attention of the preschool class including Luca.

    “Okay kiddos, it’s recess time!  Finish up your snacks and follow me to the playground!”

    A small collective cheer came from the class, Luca included as she blushed a little bit, finding it silly that she seemed to be just as excited to play on the swing sets and slides as her fellow, five-year-old peers.

    The sound of scampering puppies, kittens, cubs, and hatchlings could be heard on the linoleum floor in the hallway outside the back doorway, and Luca padded after them.

    Ms. Maggy opened the back door with a beam on her face as the children practically spilled out of the door, running as fast as their little legs could carry them towards the various parts of the playground. 

    Luca stood nervously in the doorway, hesitating on whether she should join the children in their excited, high energy play.

    She felt somebody pat her on the bottom gently, and looked up to see Ms. Maggy’s kind face beaming down upon her.

    “It’s okay to feel a little shy sometimes, sweetie.  You don’t have to worry about a thing here, all the little kids here want you to join them in their games. Now go on, little thing.”

    Luca’s mouth opened to respond, her feelings a mixture of embarrassment at being talked to like a little kid and gratitude towards the incredible kindness the kangaroo was showing her.

    She felt something tug gently on her arm before she was able to say anything, and she looked down to see the bright face of Annie the calico kitten beaming up at her.

    “Come on Luca! We’re waiting for you, we don’t want to start without you!”

    Seeing no other alternative, Luca allowed herself to be gently tugged along by the five year old until she arrived at a large tree towards the side of the playground, where the skunk boy and lynx girl were waiting for them.

    “Hey George and Cassandra! I got Luca now! We can start now!”

    Cassandra smiled, her little short stubby tail wiggled in excitement as she leaned over and tapped George on his shoulder, causing him to jump a little in surprise.

    “You’re it stinker butt!”

    George giggled, and retaliated by beginning to scamper after the lynx kitten as she herself screeched in excited fear, scrambling on her feet to get away from him.

    Annie jumped up and down in excitement, and let go of Luca’s paw.

    “Come on Luca!  Don’t let George tag you or you’ll be it!”

    Luca couldn’t help but smile and laugh as she seemed to enter in a worry-free mindset, the only thing in her thoughts to stay away from whoever was it at the time.

    A few more preschoolers joined them in their game, and eventually Luca found herself cornered by a green-scaled hatchling.

    He frowned and made an angry face, his small clawed paws raised in the air as he exclaimed.

    “Grrr! I’m a scary dragon and you’re a princess! I’ve come to kidnap you, Luca!”

    Luca threw her hands over her face, and yelled in mock fear.

    “Oh no! What will I do? The dragon is going to kidnap me and take me far far away!”

    Just as she finished her sentence, George, his large bushy tail swishing behind him in excitement jumped out from behind the large tree, brandishing a stick he must have found fallen on the ground.

    “Stay back dragon! I’m not going to let you kidnap the princess! I’m a brave prince come to save her!”

    He marched forward, and the dragon hissed at the skunk, the sound dissolving into a fit of giggles as the skunk boy had to cover his mouth for a second to hide his own smile.

    “I vanquish thee!”

    The skunk gently poked the hatchling in the stomach with the stick, who immediately stumbled backwards dramatically and fell onto his back, groaning and moaning exaggeratedly.

    “Oh no! The brave prince has killed the dragon, the princess has been saved!”

    The hatchling exclaimed this to the accompaniment of many giggles from the other preschoolers who had now gathered to watch the spectacle.

    The dragon proceeded to thrash around a few more times in a dramatic display of death, his small wings flapping behind him until finally he stopped moving, his tongue stuck out of his mouth as he crossed his eyes in a mock death.

    “Hooray! The princess has been saved!”

    Several of the preschoolers now moved forward, including the green hatchling after George had helped him up and surrounded Luca, cheering and clapping and dancing around her.

    Luca couldn’t help but feel absolutely delighted at the adorable scene before her, she clapped along with the children and returned the hugs and jubilations they threw at her.

    After a few minutes, the hatchling yelled out something about playing tag again, and all of the children scattered away from him.

    The hatchling resumed his angry, scary face and chased after the children, giggling under his breath as he yelled more about kidnapping them and taking them to his evil tower on the mountain.

    Seemingly out of the blue, Luca felt a twinge and distinct pressure in her bladder.  She realized that she had not used the toilet all day, not even after waking up.  

She looked around herself, there were no public toilets in the fenced in playground. She saw Ms. Maggy standing by the back door, watching the goings on in the playground with a small smile playing across her muzzle.

Luca walked over to her, mentally preparing herself for the kangaroo’s obvious disregard of her actual age as she tugged on her dress.

The kangaroo switched her attention from the playground over to her, the kind and gentle glow in her eyes still present as she gazed into Luca’s.

“Yes, dearie?”

“Uhm… Ms. Maggy? I need to use the bathroom, would you mind showing me where it is?”

“Of course sweetie! But you’re going to have to hold it until after recess, I have to make sure to stay out here and watch out if anybody accidentally hurts themselves! When recess is over I’ll walk you over to the potty, okay sweetie?”

Luca grimaced internally, feeling the pressure inside of her mounting at a higher level than usual, but she nodded, not wanting to distract the kind preschool teacher from her job.

After all, I am an adult. I can hold it for a few minutes longer, can’t I?

She trotted back over to her new group of friends, her insides still feeling strained as George and Annie greeted her with happy smiles. 

The small group continued to play, now deciding that hop-scotch would be the next game until the sound of a cowbell could be heard throughout the playground.

“Come on sweeties! Back inside now, recess is over!”

The preschoolers dropped what they were doing, and Annie grabbed Luca by the paw, gently pulling her over to the door once again as Ms. Maggy held the door open for everyone to bustle inside.

Luca could still feel her bladder telling her that it was high time to go, but when she looked over to Ms. Maggy she saw her already at the front of the classroom, handing out coloring books and boxes of crayons.

Without warning, Luca felt something wet and warm inside of her panties.  She looked down, and saw to her utter shock that a wet spot was forming on the front of her pants and trickling down her leg.  

She was seemingly unable to stop it either, as she clasped both of her hands in front of her in an attempt to stem the flow of urine now pouring down her legs and soaking into her socks.

Ms. Maggy was on the scene seemingly out of thin air, and Luca felt a comforting weight on her shoulder as Ms. Maggy placed her paw on her, leaning forward and whispering.

“It’s okay dearie, accidents happen sometimes. Let’s get you cleaned up now, okay?”

Luca found her lip quivering, and tears welling in her eyes.  She nodded slowly, and following the kangaroo out of the door of the classroom and down the hallway.

What’s gotten into me?  Not only did I just wet myself like a toddler but I’m tearing up about it!

Her ruminations were cut short as the kangaroo opened a door Luca had not noticed before with the words ‘changing room’ written on the top of the door.

“We’ve got just the right supplies for you dearie, you’re not the only kiddo that has trouble holding it sometimes. You don’t have to worry about a thing, now hop up onto the changing table for me please.”

Luca, feeling rather sheepish at having to make the kangaroo take her aside like this, obediently following the preschool teacher’s instructions as she boosted herself onto the plastic top of the oversized changing table, feeling her wet panties press up against her fur.

“Alright honey, let’s get you out of these soaked clothes, lean back for me now.”

Gently the kangaroo pushed Luca onto her back, who had now grown red in the face but found that she couldn’t gather herself together enough to verbally protest.

She lay there, blushing profusely as the kangaroo stripped her of her pants, panties, socks, and shoes.  

She lay her pee soaked clothes gently in a plastic bag, which she then tied up neatly before returning her attention to the still blushing kobold.

“Now then, let’s get some protection on that bottom of yours hmm?”

Reaching underneath the changing table Luca saw her withdraw a large, pink diaper with little patterns of unicorns and princesses waving wands with yellow stars on their ends. 

She stuttered, “W-wait! I-I don’t need to wear diapers I’m a bi-”

Ms. Maggy gently cut her off, clucking her tongue as she gently reassured her.

“Don’t worry sweetie, just because you still need to be in diapers doesn’t mean you’re not a big girl! Nobody here is going to tease you for needing extra protection, that’s one of the most important rules of preschool!”

    Luca lay there, feeling rather helpless as the kangaroo continued to ignore her protests and began to sprinkle baby powder over Luca’s crotch and bottom, making sure to properly rub it into the surrounding fur before she brought the front of the diaper over her front.

    Ensuring that the tapes were symmetrical and nice and snug, she patted Luca’s tummy affectionately.

    “All done dearest, now you can ran back and join the others for coloring time!”

    Luca sat up on the changing table, still looking apprehensive as she let out a small sound of surprise as the kangaroo lifted her up from underneath her armpits and deposited her gently back on the ground.

    Wearing only her diaper and t-shirt Luca pulled the bottom of her shirt over her diapers nervously, looking up at the kangaroo with an anxious expression.

    Ms. Maggy kneeled down in front of Luca, so that they were now face to face.  She leaned forward and gave her a gentle hug, whispering in her ear.

    “Don’t worry sweetie, nobody here is going to make fun of you for having accidents.  Everybody here accepts you for who you are, silly!”

    Luca sniffled, and returned the hug with a tight embrace, feelings of apprehension and tension melting away inside her to be replaced by a distinct sense of ease and reassurance.

    Eventually Luca let go of the kangaroo, who offered her hand and guided her back into the classroom, where Luca found George, Annie, and Cassandra waiting for her, a coloring book and boxes of crayons waiting on the only empty chair at their table.

    “We saved you a spot Luca! I bet I can draw between the lines better than you can!”

    Shouted Cassandra, who leaned over sneakily and drew a small smiley face on George’s coloring book while he was distractedly looking for a specific color in his own crayon box.

    Luca’s tail curled itself around her waist, still attempting to hide the large, fluffy diaper that was obvious displayed around her waist, peeking under her shirt.

    She jumped a little as she felt Ms. Maggy pat her diapered bottom, speaking softly.

    “Go on dear, join your friends! If you need to go potty again you’ll have your diapers to keep you nice and dry. If you color extra well I’ll even put your drawing on my fridge!”

    Stealing herself, Luca did as she was prompted and sat down in a plastic chair with a crinkle. To her great relief, nobody made a single teasing comment on her newly acquired, crinkly underwear.

    Only Annie piped up, “Luca you’re so lucky! Ms. Maggy only got those diapers last week, nobody else has gotten to wear the princess ones!”

    George blushed a little at this comment, stealing a look at Luca’s diapers a few times during the coloring session, giving Luca the distinct feeling that the boy wouldn’t mind wearing a pair of the princess pink diapers himself. 

    Luca could only smile at all this, her tail had now relaxed and was laying behind her crinkley bottom as she continued to work away at the drawing she had chosen, which was a picture of a lion cub snuggling up with his mommy lion.

    She smiled, squirming a little bit in her seat to listen to the loud crinkling her diapers gave off. She even admitted to herself that she was beginning to enjoy the feeling of the soft diapers hugging her bottom and waist.