Holiday Tails

Chapter 4
Baby New Year Zach

Chapter Description: I asked my friend if he'd be willing to write a New Years Eve chapter coincidentally on the same day he got a copy of Pokemon Violet a few days ago and he put it off for the game. Rushed this piece out since I'm gonna be too busy before the New Year to actually write a proper story.

"Haha! It's just such an amazing game!" Zach cheers from the other side of the call. I can hear him playing Pokemon Violet as he has his phone on speaker. He probably has his Switch hooked up to a TV.

"Sigh, I knew something would happen and you wouldn't be able to do the New Years Holiday Tails chapter. Look, I'll just let you continue your game and do it myself." I originally asked Zach if he could help me with a Holiday Tails chapter a few days ago but he got a copy of Pokemon Violet and has been in love with it since. I've never been a fan of Pokemon in general, so I don't get what all the fanfare is about.

"Zach definitely needs to get his priorities straight." Adler chimes in as she walks into our bedroom after I hang up. "Playing games when he promised to help write the story. He is pretty immature and lazy sometimes."

"Ya know, I have an idea. Since it's almost the new year, why don't we give Zachs' mother a baby new year as a surprise? I've got her number." I get a grin on my face as I dial her number. "Hello? Mrs..."

A Couple Days Later:

"Thank you for all the video you took of your baby new year." Adler says as I begin uploading the videos to my laptop, her phone on speaker.

"I should be thanking you for letting me have my baby back for just even a little over a half a day. Plus, it's fun having a baby new year around, even if I am not a big fan of diaper changes anymore. As much as I like children, I'm glad I don't have anymore to raise."

"I've definitely changes my nieces and nephews diapers enough to agree with you onthat."

"Zach should be there anytime, so you can show him the videos and embarrass him. Be sure to film his reaction for me."

"Not a problem. Bye."

"Bye." They both hang up as the last file uploads to my laptop. Now I just have to plug an HDMI cable into our TV and we'll be able to show off the videos to our guest of honor. Soon enough after I get it set up in the living room I hear a knock on the door.

"Come on in, Zach!" I haven't seen these videos so we are getting a live reaction from both of us. Adler has already seen them and assures me that Zachs' reaction is going to be priceless.

"I cannot wait to see what happened last night. It's all a blank in my head." Zach cheers as he comes in, Switch travel case in hand. Did he really have to bring his Switch with him?

"You're reaction is gonna be priceless." Adler tells him as she gets out her phone and gets in position. "Your mom wanted me to take video of your reaction for her. I hope you don't mind."

"Okay, sure. Not a problem I guess. If anything, they probably slipped me an edible despite the fact they know I can't have those. I probably just fell asleep until they woke me up for the new year. Not the biggest issue, even if I'll be pretty fuckin' pissed at them for pulling such a dick move." He nonchalantly takes a seat on the couch and shrugs hus shoulders. "I am totally ready whenever you both are."

"Just a moment. I have to cue up the right videos." It takes me no time to cue them up in VLC and to sit next to him.

"I can't believe the year is over already! It feels like only a short while ago it began."

Zach is on screen with a glass of what looks to be sparkling cider in a wine glass.

"Yep."

"So, is there a reason you're recording me? You've never recorded us before on New Year's Eve."

"No reason in particular."

I wait in anticipation as the video continues to play. Zach starts to take a large swig of his drink.

"Ahh, nothing beats the refreshing taste of sparkling grape cider."

With a smile on his face he hiccups.

"Yeah, cider is the best. It also doesn't look like they spiked my drink, so why record my reaction and have me watch the videos here?" The video cuts off for a moment while the next loads.

"Probably because your parents know I can set up a computer to watch these whereas it wluld take them longer." The video just starts with Zach chugging the rest of his cider.

"God damn I could go for another glass."

Suddenly on screen I see slight regression happen to him as he becomes almost unnoticeably younger, clothes staying the same.

"Alright, this is boooooooring. When's the good parts gonna happen? Although you could say it's all good parts because it's me."

"Oh, it'll get better." Next part of the video is him being poured abother glass. He takes his time and doesn't chug it down as fast as he can this time. After finishing it he become even younger, this time noticeably younger, clothes changes as well. I look over to my left to see a shocked Zach.

"Huh? Wait, don't tell me... They regressed me?! Oh! I am gonna have to get them back!" He's fine with friends and strangers regressing him but family is one line too many crossed. His face turns to anger as the regression stops him around what I guess is eighteen years old.

"Oh come on, it's not that bad."

"Easy for you to say!"

"It really sucks that winter break is over. Oh well, I need another glass of cider."

He's poured abother glass and just pounds it down as fast as possible. In the background you can her his father and brother snickering something and his mother telling them to knock it off.

"God damnit! I think I know where this is going! It's New Years Eve and if regression is involved, then it can only mean one thing: Baby New Year. Man, fuck my parents for doing that to me. Assholes."

"Just watch." Adler says as she puts her phone away and stops recording. With each glass he becomes younger, his features slowing going from backwards adolescence and puberty to being more childish, cherubic, and rather cute. His clothes change with him, having him in various polos and stripped shirts.

"Alright, I absolutely hate them." He's pretty engrossed in the videos as am I. It's always fascinating watching someone regress as it gives you a glimpse into their life and potentially how they became who they are today. Eventually his glass is replaced with a much smaller plastic cup so he doesn't accidentally break a wine glass.

"I love this!"

He shouts out loud with a very childish aura and smile as he looks to be a about maybe six years old.

"Can I stay up until the New Year mommy?"

I can hear some chuckles in the background and the same "zip it" from his mother.

"Maybe. Why don't you have another glass?"

By this time I think they've definitely gone through a whole bottle and then some. He looks just super happy in that innocent child way and so full of life and vigor as though the whole entire world is sunshine and rainbows. By the time he finishes that glass he just regresses down to maybe two years old and has lost his pants in favor of just a plain pair of disposable training pants.

"Ugh, I always hate seeing this kinda stuff happen to me. As if being an autistic kid wasn't bad enough with what I used to do."

"Heh, maybe if you didn't get so absorbed in your new game and actually wrote the chapter, you wouldn't have had this happen to you." As the final video plays, he's given the last drink.

"Wait, you mean I was set up by you? Mother fucker! I should have known you'd try to pull something like this!" He's real steamed but doesn't try to attack me since he knows I could whoop his ass any day. "Fuck you, dude. Was the chapter really worth letting that happen?" He points to him as a baby, maybe a year old, wearing a sash that says "Baby New Year" on it. Besides that, he's in just a plain white diaper.

"Yes! You said you'd help and kept procrastinating by playing that dumb game!"

It is not dumb! Though, I guess I did get pretty caught up in it. Sorry for not helping write the story." He rubs the back of his head with one hand in shame as I sigh and calm down.

"Whatever. Now I don't have a story for the new year..."