The Pony Who was Once a Cat: Chapter Three
They all gasped for air, including Love Bug. She had escaped with Crystal, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom before Opal could pounce on her. Epic Bloom flapped her wings, flying up into the air a few feet. "Well, that wasn't a very good idea." Epic Bloom said pointing a hoof at Sweetie Belle. "I know, I know...." She admitted. "Well, what now?" Crystal asked the others. "Lets take her for a walk!" Scootaloo suggested. "A walk? Don't ya'll know only dogs are supposed to be walked?" Apple Bloom said rolling her eyes at the orange pegasus. "Well, I would wanna try!" She replied. Love Bug's eyes got wide. A walk? That was even weird for Scootaloo, she should know cats shouldn't have a leash on them.
"Ah don't think cats like collars. Let alone leashes." Apple Bloom said. "I saw flea collars and cat name tags at the local pet store." Scootaloo informed the yellow farm filly. "Well, yeah, they have those. Wait, what were ya doin' at the pet store anyways? Ya don't have a pet." She asked. "I get bored, okay? So I went over there." She said as if it was obvious. "Okay....?" Apple Bloom said shrugging. "Anyways, are we going to take Red Stripe for a walk?" Scootaloo asked changing the subject. "Don't ya think ponies would stare at us?" Apple Bloom asked. "Probably. But who cares?" "Ah do!" The yellow filly exclaimed.
"We're taking her for a walk!" Scootaloo said. "No we are not!" Apple Bloom argued. Eventually the two girls got into a slap fight.
"Girls, stop!" Sweetie Belle yelled. But they ignored her. She tried getting between the two, but she couldn't. "What do we do?" Crystal asked. "I'm not sure to go get popcorn.....or go get help." Epic Bloom replied. "Popcorn?" Crystal suggested. "No! I was just kidding, silly." Epic Bloom said giving her a play hit on her shoulder. "Well, then what DO we do?" Crystal asked again. "Well, I don't know. How about WE help?" Epic Bloom suggested. "Okay, that might actually work." They both nodded at each other as they approached the two fighting fillies.
"Guys, stop!" Epic Bloom started. Sweetie Belle looked up, but Scootaloo and Apple Bloom were still fighting. "APPLE BLOOM! SCOOTALOO!" Crystal screamed at the top of her lungs. They immediately stopped. "Stop! Fighting!" Crystal said again. "What were we even fighting about?" Scootaloo asked herself. "Ah don't know. That was just silly. So what are we gonna do with Red Stripe now?" Apple Bloom asked them. Love Bug was sitting on the ground, staring up at them. "Hmmmm..." Sweetie Belle put a hoof on her chin. "Feed her something?" She asked. "Well, we can't sneak back in there to get Opal's cat food, imagine how mad she would be if we stole her FOOD." Crystal said.
"We can go to the pet store." Epic Bloom said. "Ah know where one is! We get Winona's dog food there." Apple Bloom told them. "Well, what are we waiting for? Lets go!" Epic Bloom said walking away. The other fillies followed her, Love Bug trotting closely behind.
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"Miss? Do you know where the cat food is?" Scootaloo said holding up Love Bug to the ponies face. "Um, in that row over there..." The tan pony at the counter said pointing a hoof at the left row in the store. She was surprised when Scootaloo suddenly put Love Bug in her face. "Okay, thanks." She replied. Her friends giggled about Love Bug scaring the clerk at the counter. "Well, I say we get this kind of food." Epic Bloom said picking out tuna flavored dry cat food. "Ick, tuna?" Scootaloo replied. "Well, cats DO love fish." She implied. "She's right." Apple Bloom added.
"Fine. But I'm just letting you know, some cats are weird and they don't like fish." She informed them. Epic Bloom and Crystal rolled their eyes. "Okay, but how are we gonna buy the cat food? We don't have any bits." Epic Bloom said. "Oh! I think i have some in here." Crystal said reaching into her little bag she had begun to carry around, Love Bug said she needed to be more organized. She pulled out five bits. "I have twenty in here, I've been saving up." Crystal said proudly. "Do you have a job or something?" Sweetie Belle asked with a look of surprise. "No, I do chores." She answered simply. "Oh..." Sweetie Belle said rolling her eyes at herself.
"Well, ya only need five bits to pay for the food." Apple Bloom informed her. "Okay, I have more than enough." The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Epic Bloom and Crystal walked back to the counter. Scootaloo put the bag of cat food on it, and Crystal put the five bits on the counter. The clerk quietly bagged the food while Love Bug watched. She handed Scootaloo the bag after about five minutes. "Thanks!" The orange filly said. The clerk smiled and said "please come again." They walked out of the store with the food, Love Bug following behind. Once They got outside the fillies sat on a nearby bench.
"Okay, since we don't have a bowl or anything, I say we can feed it to her right here." Scootaloo said to them. "Well, okay. I don't see anything wrong with that." Crystal replied. The others nodded in agreement and Scootaloo opened the bag. She reached into the bag and brought out a little bit of the brown kibble bits. "Okay Red Stripe, eat up!" She spoke to the cat. Love Bug had never thought of what cat food would taste like. Before her parents had Crystal, she had owned a cat when she was a filly. She remembered she had to feed him wet food along with the dry for dinner, which was shrimp flavor. She was lucky they weren't feeding her the wet food, as she hated the smell, and it looked disgusting. Love Bug had always said to herself and Crystal, you don't know you don't like it until you try it.
She took a little piece of kibble from Scootaloo's hoof. Love Bug chewed a little, and the horrid taste of fish hit her mouth. Ponies didn't really eat fish, she had never eaten fish before. Frankly, she hated it. She spit all of it out on the ground, using her paw a little to scrape her tongue. She got most of it off, but the taste of it still lingered in her mouth. "See? I told you guys some cats are weird!" Scootaloo said crossing her arms. "Well, if she doesn't eat cat food, what does she eat?" Apple Bloom asked herself. All of them shrugged. "I knew there was something weird about that cat!" Crystal said aloud. "I agree." Epic Bloom added.
"Well, its getting late, should we be heading home?" Sweetie Belle asked them. "Nah, I say we hang out here for a minute." Scootaloo said getting comfortable. Love Bug hoped up on a little spot on the bench. Being a cat meant she was a lot smaller than a pony. She was actually getting used to being a cat, she just hoped Twilight Sparkle would find a cure. It was nearing the end of the day.