Despite being locked into a prison that looked exactly like an infant's crib, or perhaps because of it, Theo slept like a baby.  As he slowly awoke, laying on his side, the first thing he realized is that there was something in his mouth that he was sucking on.  A quick wiggle confirmed it was his thumb.  As he slowly opened his eyes, he was surprised to find Eden standing over him, using her smart phone to take pictures.  A look around and he realized that the stuffed animals, pillows and blankets had been arranged in such a way to mimic a baby tossing and turning among toys.  His sleep shirt, a dress really, had been lifted up like it had just fallen that way from his tossing and turning, but arranged just so to reveal and emphasize the rows of ruffles on his diapered behind!  Eden had obviously posed him while asleep to take pictures!  Right away, Theo was furious.

  "What are you doing?", Theo said, sitting up abruptly.  The crinkles from his seat only reminded him of the padded nappy he had locked on.  Eden smiled sweetly, using her thumb to flip through and review the pictures she had captured.
  "Just making sure you don't cause us any troubles, Goldilocks."  Theo frowned at the hated nickname Eden had for him.  But he knew any expression of dislike would only mean he'd be hearing it more often so he kept his mouth shut.  "It sure would be a shame if everyone at school got a copy of these, wouldn't it?"  Eden posed the question in such a way that there was no missing the implied threat.  Theo realized that she did indeed have him over a barrel.  Those photos would be humiliating and Theo would be readily identifiable in each one.  Theo realized that any escape/revenge plan was going to have to involve getting those pictures back.  The phone looked to be a brand new one, probably the latest release and very expensive.  Theo imagined himself grinding that camera under his heel while Eden watched... A look of pure distress on her face.  He had no idea how he was going to make it happen, but just thinking about it made him feel better. 
 
With the crib open, Eden lifted him out of the crib and placed him on the floor.  Taking Theo by the hand, she dragged him towards the bathroom.  Theo was focused on taking steps with the huge diaper keeping his legs spread.  The best he could do was a very babyish waddle and it took all of his effort to keep up with Eden while moving like that.  It was good that he was so focused because if he hadn't been, he might see the mirth on the face of Eden as she pulled him forward and that would likely increase his frustration and blood pressure.
 
Stepping into the bathroom, Theo was overwhelmed.  Initially, by the strong smell of flowers and perfume that suffused the room.  But more by the bathroom itself.  It was a huge bathroom.  It was bigger than his living room at home.  There were a pair of vanities and separate make-up station.  But the centerpiece was a huge bath with bubbles.  Eden took the key from a chain around her neck.  Theo immediately made a note of where she kept the key while she used it and undid the locks on Theo's outfit, then congratulated himself for doing so.  It just reinforced in his mind how only a dumb girl would give that information away so he was going to outsmart Eden eventually.  It didn't occur to him that he still had no way to put that knowledge to use.  Meanwhile, it took several pulls to get the dress back over his head, but the diaper and cover came off easily once the lock was off.  Embarrassed that he was now completely naked in front of Eden, Theo quickly leaped into the the bath and Eden instructed him that he should get himself cleaned up for the day.  Despite his grumpy status, Theo couldn't help himself.  The warm water, the bubbles...  He put his thoughts of revenge aside and soon was playing around in the bath with the bubbles with a big smile on his face.  The bath was big enough he could almost swim around and the bubbles tickled him as he moved.  Having so much fun he lost track of time.  It felt like Eden was back in a minute, but of course it was far longer.
 
  "Well, if I had known how much you were going to enjoy the bathtub, I would've put some toys in there for you too."  Eden smiled.  And for a moment, seeing Theo's vulnerable side, she actually liked this angry little blond boy with the chip on his shoulder.  But then she remembered the priceless family antique he had destroyed and she refocused herself.
 
  "All right, you're clean now and smell like the sweetest darling.  Time to get dressed and meet the girls!"  As Eden handed him a towel and began to organize his clothes, Theo reacted to that 'smell' comment.  He smelled like... What?  He took a moment to sniff his forearm.  Then, pulling forward his wet hair, he sniffed it as well.  The room itself had smelled so overwhelmingly perfumed, Theo hadn't realized that the bathwater, and now himself, were heavily scented with some kind of floral oils.  He rubbed and rubbed with the towel.  No change, it was like it was in his skin.  It was the most girly-girl scent he'd ever smelled on anyone, and now it was soaked into him.  AAAHHHRRRRGG!!  Theo could feel his rage building again.  How dare they make him smell like flowers!  He was going to make it through all this, but Theo knew, someday, somehow, he was going to have his revenge on Eden and her sister Emily and his aunt Nancy.  They would rue the day they crossed him!  But even Theo realized that, standing naked in a bathroom with nothing but a towel he now wrapped around his waist, was not the best position to be in.  But he'd reached his limits.
 
With her back to him, Eden handed him the underwear with the hard plastic front and wires that his aunt Nancy had made.  It was the same pair he had worn in the teddy bear, although they had clearly been washed since.
  "Uh-uh.  I'm not wearing that ever again." Theo said, trying to hand them back.  When Eden didn't take the proffed garment, Theo looked up into her eyes.  He saw none of the casual joy that had been on her face moments ago.  Instead, it was the stern dominatrix look that had chilled him to the bone before.  For a second, he was almost intimidated enough to just put the underwear on.  But then he remembered how, when his aunt had turned it on, it had been crushingly tight and it made him dance around for their merriment.  Theo remember how it had been used to make him move against his will, to make him move without conscious thought and how he'd felt like a helpless toy.  He was NOT putting them back on.  He had to draw a line and this was it.  Theo had to make his move now.  He took the underwear with his left hand and pretended like he was going to put them on.  Eden turned her back to give him privacy.  Balling his right hand into a fist... He smashed at the back of Eden's head with all his might!  As the blow flew towards the back of Eden's head, he realized that he could see her eyes in the mirror behind the vanity...
 
Before the blow landed, Eden had grabbed Theo by the wrist and with a move that looked like a judo throw, twisted Theo off balance.  Theo tried to regain his balance, but all he did was lose his grip on the underwear and dropped the towel around his waist, leaving him completely naked!  With a smooth move, Eden slid onto the make-up chair and Theo tumbled over her lap!  Theo was suddenly head down, legs up, with his one arm twisted and held behind his back by Eden and his other arm on the floor, supporting his weight.  Blinded by the hair in his face as he hung face down, all he could do is kick his feet and squirm futilely.  He tried to reach back with his free hand, but when he did, Eden just gave a twist and his face smacked into the ground, forcing him to put his hand back for support.  When he tried to kick, Eden just grabbed his leg with her free hand.  With Theo forced to support his own weight, and Eden essentially sitting down, Theo soon found himself getting exhausted, while Eden seemed to not tire at all.  As Eden had all the leverage, all she had to do was keep Theo's arm pinned and keep him slightly off-balance, tilted toward his upper body.  Theo was fighting the force of gravity with his whole body with every move.  As gravity slowly but inevitably wore him down and Theo's kicking and squirming started to fade from fatigue, he found himself falling limp over Eden's lap.  Once he had become still, Eden finally broke her silence.
 
  "Oh sweet little Goldilocks.  I can see I've been far too lax with you.  I've not been treating you as the proper delinquent you are."  Breathing heavy, Theo didn't like how Eden was tracing the outline of his up-thrust buttocks as she was speaking and he squirmed a little, but another twist on his arm ended that quickly.  And really, he was almost too tired to move anyway.  "I can see I haven't been properly... Motivational.  So I'm afraid it's time to remind you who is in charge here."  Theo didn't see Eden reach for a nearby hairbrush as his hair was in his face blocking his sight as he hung head down.  "Now... How many spanks does little Goldilocks deserve for not obeying?"
  "You wouldn't dare!" Theo responded immediately.

THWACK!  Theo flinched from the blow, first from the pain of impact, and then from the red ache that spread a few seconds later.  He renewed his struggles, but he was equally ineffective.
  "That's not how the game is played, Goldilocks.  You see, you tell me how many spanks you deserve for what you did.  If I think the number is too few, you get the spanks you said, and then we start all over again, you getting to pick a new number.  Now let's try this again.  How many spanks do you deserve for not listening?"  Theo's butt might be burning, but he wasn't going to let this delicate little woman intimidate him!  Although it seemed like the only way out of this situation was to give her a fair number.  If he gave her low numbers, she'd just keep spanking him and asking for another number.  The spanks did hurt!  Then a thought occurred to Theo.
  "How... Uh... What happens if I give you a number that's more than what you think I deserve?"
  "That's a fair question, Goldilocks.  If you give me a higher number, say a thousand, then that would tell me that I must've underestimated how much you deserved and, in fairness, I'd be obligated to give you the thousand spanks."
  "WHAT?  That's not fair!  If I go too low, you give me spankings that don't count and I have to guess again.  But if I go too high, I get extra spankings?"  He couldn't see Eden with his head down and long, damp hair in his face, but he could feel her shake slightly and he knew she was laughing quietly.
  "Doesn't seem like a fair game, does it?", she asked rhetorically.  "So I suggest that you listen in future so we don't have to play the game.  Now, pick a number or I'll just give you a few spanks for stalling and those won't count at all."  That first spank was sever enough, Theo didn't want any more, but he didn't want to guess too low and have them not count.  He considered five, but he was sure that was too low.  Feeling like he was running out of time, he blurted "Ten?"

THWACK!  THWACK!  THWACK!  The blows began to rain down on Theo's naked butt cheeks with a fury!  Eden was using the flat side of the hairbrush with enough force to rock Theo with each blow and to make a really impressive sound. Something else began to dawn on Theo.  Obviously the spanks hurt.  But Eden was striking the exact same spot each time.  Each spank after the first was making his behind more sensitive, and thus each blow was worse and worse.  If the first spank was a '2' for pain, the second one on the same spot was a '5', the third was a '10' and... They just kept getting worse!  It only took a few before Theo abandoned all stoicism and started begging for mercy but the blows continued to rain down.  THWACK!  THWACK!  THWACK!  The blows were now a fire-bolt to his behind.  But what was dawning on Theo was that it wasn't just the pain of the spanking.  It was the sheer helplessness of his situation.  With every spank, he was losing his ego, his masculine bravado being crushed by the blows.  He was losing the tough-guy facade his hid behind, and the real Theo was being brought out.  Soon he wasn't even capable of begging.  All he could do is make blubbery noises as tears blurred his vision and snot ran freely out his nose.  Painful yes, but nothing Theo couldn't handle physically.  Instead, it was the mental, the fact he was being reduced to a child, being over her lap, wriggling helplessly.  No more illusions, no more lies.  And for reasons that Theo couldn't understand yet, he felt a waterfall of emotions and continued to cry big, sobbing cries.

And then the blows stopped, ten in all.  Eden lifted Theo to his feet, and stood beside him.  By now Theo's behind was a deep red in one spot.  Theo's face was bright red and damp from tears.  His humiliation was so total, he couldn't even look up at Eden.  His blond hair fell over his face, sticking to it where the tears had run.  He could bear the pain, but the humiliation... It struck him to his core.  No one had ever punished him for being bad before.  Strangely though, things were stirring, things inside Theo that he didn't even know existed.  He was so furious with Eden, so focused on revenge moments before but now?  For a moment, for a brief moment, Theo almost wanted to thank her.  He couldn't put it into words, but it was finally, for the first time in his life, like he felt someone cared for him.  For the first time, someone was there for him to tell him to stop and cared enough to mean it.  His father had left when he was a child.  His mother would never do such a thing, no matter how he acted up.  And his teachers were afraid to discipline students.  This feeling of someone caring enough like this... It was completely new to Theo.  He didn't know how to process it.
 
It wasn't new to Eden.  As a dominatrix, she'd seen this kind of thing before.  She knew the catharsis of such an event and could see from Theo's eyes that there were things going on that he didn't know how to process.  And, Eden thought she might've got through to Theo.  She had hope this might be the first step that would turn the corner on his bullying ways.

And as quick as that feeling appeared within Theo, it was gone, replaced with his normal anger and revenge.  Oh, how Eden would pay for this humiliation.  Theo imagined himself holding Eden over his lap.  Only it wouldn't matter what number Eden said, he'd spank her with all his might and say "Pick another number!" until her ass was raw. 
 
  "Ten seems fair.  Time to get you dressed" was all that Eden said, derailing Theo's from further thoughts of revenge.  Theo went over to where the underwear had fallen and put it on.  Despite the pain on his behind as the tight underwear was pulled up, despite the very small space his bits were forced into, despite the hard rubber piece that stuck between his still stinging butt cheeks, Theo pushed through and pulled them on.  As everything slipped into place with an audible pop, Theo knew he couldn't let himself be put in a position where he could be spanked again.  And, just as surely, he knew he had to get out of this place NOW.  Eden simply smiled, unaware of the tumult in Theo's mind, as she contemplated him standing there naked in his tight little underwear.
 
Once again, he was on the changing table and placed into a huge, padded diaper.  Given the sting on Theo's behind would make sitting difficult, a huge cushion almost seemed like a good thing, but why was she putting a diaper over his underwear?  You don't wear underwear under a diaper...  As soon as the pink plastic diaper cover, the one with the rows and rows of ruffles, came out, Theo knew.  It was to humiliate him again.  The ruffles were locked on, as before.  Right behind it was another pink dress, same as before.  But whereas the last one had been a babyish dress, this one was over the top and designed to humiliate!  Theo could only stare at the monstrous symbol of infantalism in horror as he realized he was going to be wearing it...