Chapter 11
~Scootaloo’s POV~
After Fluttershy woke me up, and Felix made us all laugh, she lead us down into her kitchen. I hopped up into one of the chairs at the table as Fluttershy started to dig through some cabinets. Once she finished pulling out some bags of cat and rabbit food and filling a pair of bowls, she looked over at me with a smile. “Give me just a moment, I’ll make our breakfast as soon as Felix and Angel gets theirs.”
I smiled back and nodded. “Alright.”
Fluttershy took both bowls out to the living room and placed Felix’s down first. “Here you go Felix.”
For a moment after that, I could hear Felix thanking her, and then talking to himself. He’d been doing that alot lately, and it was starting to worry me. “Maybe I should take him to Sweetie’s some. I think he and Opal might get along...”
Fluttershy came back into the room before I could finish the thought and she looked upset. “Angel seems grumpy this morning.”
“Really?” I blinked a bit in confusion. I remembered that rabbit always acting up, but Fluttershy would just smother him in attention.
Fluttershy nodded. “I think he may be a little jealous of Felix. Maybe I should be giving him more attention...” I couldn’t help but roll my eyes a bit at that. Fluttershy shook her head after saying it though and turned back to me. “But let’s get some breakfast first. I’m sure you’re hungry too.”
I was about to agree when somepony started to bang on the door, causing Fluttershy and a few animals to jump. “Fluttershy, darling, please tell me you’re awake!”
Fluttershy pushed open the cabinet she had jumped into slightly. “R-rarity?” I got up from the table and went over to the door. When I opened it, I found Rarity standing there, mane disheveled, and panting like she had just run a marathon.
“Oh thank goodness! I-” Rarity paused mid sentence and looked around for a moment before looking down, “Oh, Scootaloo. I forgot you were staying with Fluttershy. Is she home?”
I nodded and pointed inside. “Yeah, you kinda scared her into a cabinet.” I let Rarity in and moved back into the kitchen. When I got there, Felix was purring and pawing at the bit of pink tail that was hanging out of the door. “Felix, Fluttershy, Rarity is here.”
Felix stopped pawing at the strands of pink and looked over for a moment. “Oh hi again!”
Fluttershy peeked out of the cabinet before smiling sheepishly. “Oh... um... thank you for getting the door Scootaloo.” She climbed down from the cabinet and trotted over to Rarity as Felix started to paw at her tail while she walked. “What brings you over?”
Rarity sighed as she tried to straighten her mane. “There’s been some trouble regarding Opalescence. Apparently, Sweetie brought a mouse home last night and didn’t tell me. So now she’s chasing the poor thing around the house trying to keep it away from Opal.”
Fluttershy put a hoof to her mouth to cover a small gasp. “Oh dear...I’ll be right over.” She looked over at me with an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry Scootaloo... it seems breakfast will have to wait.” My ears fell back as I sighed in disappointment.
Rarity winced slightly before looking over at Fluttershy. “I’m terribly sorry for this inconvenience.” Rarity seemed to perk up and looked back at me for a moment before turning back to Fluttershy. “How about I take her to get something in town while you save that poor little mouse from Opal. I tried to stop her myself, but she instantly went back to trying to hurt the dear.”
Felix hopped up onto the counter and came closer. “How about I tag along? I can understand what’s being said, so maybe I can be of assistance.”
I hopped out of the chair and ran over. “Can I help too?”
Rarity and Fluttershy started to think about what I asked when Felix perked up. “Hey, why don’t all of us going to catch this mini menace, and then we all go out to eat with the exception of me, seeing as I already ate. Sound good?”
I let him hop down on my back and gave him a smile. “Sounds good to me! What do you think Fluttershy? Can we?” Both of us gave her the CMC (and Felix)’s patented cutie eyes and smiled as innocently as possible.
Fluttershy looked over at Rarity after staring at us for a moment. “Well... it does sound like a good idea.”
Rarity nodded in agreement, though she seemed a little reluctant. “Alright then, Scootaloo can bring Felix. But he better not tear up my fabrics.”
Felix huffed as we trotted out of Fluttershy’s house. “Hey, what do I look like? A stray? I am a dignified member of society!” I just laughed a bit as he posed and stuck out his chest, trying to look as regal as possible. The walk to Rarity’s was quiet for the most part. Fluttershy kept whispering to Rarity about something until Felix spoke up again. “Hey, is it getting nippy, or is it just me?”
Fluttershy looked back and smiled. “Oh, that’s because it’s almost winter. Fall’s been rather warm lately, so the weather team are going to make winter extra cold this year.”
Sweetie Belle scrunched her face a little in confusion as she looked at the little rodent in front of her, tilting her head to the side. “So you’re saying.... you used to be a thing called a human,”
The small tan hamster nodded his head, crossing his little forelegs as he sat looking up at her. “Yep.”
The filly’s head leaned over to the other side. “And now you’re a little mouse,”
“Hamster, but yes, that’s right. I am indeed a rodent of the smaller stature.”
Still looking at the rodent in confusion, Sweetie pointed at her own horn at the end. “And I’m not supposed to exist because I have a horn and can talk, and that makes this all not real?”
The rodent grinned at her and gave a thumbs up. “Bingo.”
They stared at each other for a few minutes before Sweetie leaned in a little bit closer and looked over the mouse worriedly. “Are you sure you’re okay? Opal did knock a really big book down on top of you.”
The light brown rodent rolled his eyes and sighed. “Probably not. This more then likely is one giant hallucination or I’ve gone completely insane. I can’t really tell anymore.”
The two stared at each other for a while, before Sweetie leaned down closer. “I’m Sweetie Belle, what’s your name?”
“That’s not any of your concer-” Before he could finish, the little hamster found himself hoisted up in a pair of white hooves. “HEY! PUT ME DOWN!”
A few moments later, the front door of the boutique opened. "The little dear should be right in- oh!" Rarity was standing in the doorway; surprise written across her face.
As the little hamster tried to scurry away, Sweetie looked up and waved. “Hi Rarity! I caught the mouse!”
“Hamster!”
“And it talks!”