//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 - An Awkward Evening // Story: Guide Dogs // by Yosh-E-O //------------------------------// “Hmm,” perplexed Twilight as she noticed that the inside of the tree house she had bought was quite lacking in, well, anything. “It looked great earlier…” “Just admit it, Twi,” Spike stated very matter-of-factly. “You were swindled.” “Swindled?” laughed the Princess of Friendship. “Why would Tom Nook swindle me? He was so nice and knew exactly what I liked and was so interested in me and what I did and liked to do and… oh.” “Yep,” confirmed the purple dragon while looking at the dusty floor. “Tom Nook is a Big Crook.” “Why didn’t you stop me from buying this place?” asked twilight. “You’re my voice of reason when I’m not being all that reasonable.” “Because,” replied Spike as he noticed a broom and dust pan placed in a corner of the tree house. “I was kind of busy looking after Yosh and getting to know the town as Tom Nook gave you his own ‘Guided Tour’.” “Well,” grinned the purple Alicorn. “A little love can make this a great home away from home.” Spike went about cleaning the floor. “Thought you’d say that,” he sighed as he went about cleaning up the dirty wooden floor. CLI-CREEK “Hey, guys!” cheered Yosh as he gleefully ran inside the home that Twilight had purchased. “Kind of feels like Golden Oaks in here!” “It will be,” assured Twilight. “Just got to get it cleaned up a bit is all.” “And guess who’s doing that?” joked Spike. “At least I got Twi’s sweeping remix to help me do it.” Yosh stopped to listen as his ‘brother’ beatboxed out a series of “Oonts-oonts-oonts” that had a “Sweep-sweep-sweep” thrown in for good measure. “How cool!” awed Yosh as he imagined a glittering dance floor with Spike gliding about with his broom and dust pan. “You go, brother!” “Mayor,” said Isabelle. “Is there anything else I can do for you before we call it a day?” “Hmm,” pondered Yosh. “I could change your diaper for you, sir,” she said sweetly. “Smells like you’ve been working a long time between changes. Perhaps we should make an ordinance for times during the day to change our diapers?” The duck-dragon turned beet red. “No…,” he gulped. “That… won’t be necessary.” “Should I order more diapers in bigger sizes for the townsfolk?” pursued Isabelle. “We don’t want our mayor feeling singled out because he’s incontinent.” Yosh felt himself shrink to the size of a flea from embarrassment. “No…,” he meeped. “I just would like to go to bed.” “Oh!” exclaimed the shih Tzu. “We need to get you some bedding in here!” “That would be nice,” yawned Twilight. “I could certainly use some shut eye before taking in more of your beautiful town.” “So one full-sized bed and two cribs?” inquired the assistant while scribbling on her clipboard. “NO!” boomed both Spike and Yosh. Isabelle gasped and nearly dropped her clipboard from the two dragons’ outburst. “So sorry!” she apologized. “I did not mean to presume.” “I’ll take a full-sized bed,” Spike proudly announced. “Put the bill on Princess Twilight’s tab.” “Right,” scribbled Isabelle. “And you, Mr. Mayor?” “The same,” Yosh replied. “Need any extra protection for that, Mr. Mayor?” she asked honestly. “No…,” he froze. “I’m really not making that many ‘accidents’ anymore.” “Oh!” yelped Isabelle. “I still need to change you for the night!” “No. Isabelle. That’s not-” “ Spike and Twilight watched as the Shih Tzu went about removing Yosh’s shorts, untaped his diaper, tossed it aside, and went about using an assortment of supplies that had been brought in earlier by the royal guards to clean up the duck-dragon. “Wow!” awed Spike. “She’s efficient!” “And organized,” added twilight. “She is very methodical in her work.” “Only you could make a diaper change sound like a research paper,” sighed Spike. “No, Spike,” stated twilight as Isabelle finished stripping down Yosh, cleaning him up, and getting him into his pajamas. “She’s been like this since we first met her. So has TomNook. It’s like they don’t realize how organized they are because it just comes so naturally to them.” “Interesting,” yawned Spike. “But I doubt Yosh would be as excited about your observations.” “Done!” clapped Isabelle upon finishing her work on the duck-dragon. “I’ll have your beds brought in right away! Then you promise to get a good night’s sleep and not worry about a thing until we get back to work on making canine Crossroads even better through your leadership tomorrow, Mr. Mayor!” Yosh was still comingdown from how he had been changed faster than even Princess Celestia’s assistance could ever possibly do so with such thoroughness and accuracy. “Thanks…,” he said while allowing himself to relax in his minky pajamas. “I’ll go get those beds delivered, add them to your town bill, and see you all in the morning!” the yellow dog cheered while bounding merrily out of the tree house. “I have such a good feeling, Mr. Mayor! You’re going to make our town great again!” CLICK-CREEK CLUNK There was an awkward silence after Isabelle left. “Umm,” blushed Yosh upon realizing he had no idea wherein the room he was. “Could someone help me over here?”