[Leo]
I made my way from Carousel Boutique, Peewee following close behind. I let him natter on as we walked, paying enough attention to "Ahuh." and "Really?" at the right places. Great, the water delivery is tomorrow, and no one can babysit! Why is every'vee doing something tomorrow? Can't ask Owlowiscious, he needs to sleep, the Crusaders summons don't like us for some reason. Angel will be at the delivery and I don't want Peewee where he could get under paw. And Winona is... Winona. So, that just leaves...
Rarity's cat pounced out from around the tree behind us, chasing a mouse into it's burrow.
"Opal!" I called out, leading Peewee over to her.
She glanced over her shoulder at me. "Oh, hello furball." She glanced at Peewee. "And chick."
"I'm glad I caught you." I began, carefully shushing Peewee. "I know that this is very short notice, but I need a favor from you for tomorrow."
She turned to face me directly. "And what would that be?"
"I need you to babysit Peewee for me." I sat down, rubbing the back of my neck. "I'm needed at the water delivery, and I don't want-"
"I understand." Opal interrupted. "But why me? You know I'm bad with children."
"If it makes you feel any better," I snarked, "you were the last person I asked..."
"Mom!"
She rolled her eyes. "Fi~ine." She whined. She glanced over my shoulder. "Did you teach Peewee to climb trees?"
"Mom!"
"At Owlowiscous' request, yes." I nodded. "He wants Peewee to be able to climb back up to the branches he'll be teaching him to fly from."
"Mom! Look!"
"Did you set a maximum climbing height?" Oddly, Opal started to look worried.
"Hey! Hey, Mom!"
"Yes. He's not to go more than two branches up."
"Moo~oom!"
"We should get him down then." Opal pointed to something above and behind me.
"Wha?" I followed Opal's paw...
... and my heart stopped. "Mom, look how high I can go!" Peewee had climbed the tree behind me, and was now standing on the end of a thin branch.
"Peewee! Get down from there!" I shrieked.
"Kay!" He tried to turn to go back to the trunk, but one of his claws slipped. He fumbled, clutching the branch he was on. "Mommy!"
"Oh, Arceus." The good news was that my heart was beating again. "Peewee, just stay there! I'm coming to get you!" I began blurring my way up the tree. I slowed down when I got to the twig Peewee was stuck. "Peewee, Peewee, look at me, look at Mommy." I waited until he was looking at me. "I'm going to come out and get you, just hold on."
I carefully stepped out, but just the slight pressure I gave the branch caused the end that Peewee was on to bounce wildly. Peewee screamed, clutching the twig with his eyes squeezed shut. I froze, and waited until the branch stopped moving. Once it did, I very slowly removed my paw.
"Peewee, Peewee! Peewee, listen to Mommy. I'm right here, I won't leave you. I need to hold on, okay?" I spoke as calmly as I could, which, admittedly, wasn't much.
Peewee whimpered and curled up on himself even further. But he still nodded.
"Okay, I'm going to yell down to Opal, so don't be surprised. Okay?" I waited for his nod before looking down to the cat. I vaguely say a brown form approaching, but I didn't care about that at that moment. "Opal! I need you to go get help!"
"And leave you both alone!" She shouted back. "What if one or both of you fall? You've already nearly died once, Leo. While saving your son would be admirable, I don't-"
"Hi there!" Opal jumped, spinning to face the new arrival. "I heard shouting. What's wrong?"
"Winona!" Opal placed a paw over her chest. She looked up at me. "We need you to go get help."
"Help?" The farm dog cocked her head.
"Yes, help." Opal stressed. "Someone who can help get Peewee down from the tree."
"Help, right." Winona nodded.
"Someone like Yomega...?" Opal tried to lead.
"Right!" Winona barked, before turning and bolting towards the bakery.
I yelled down at the dog. "The library's that- oh forget it."
Opal tried to reassure me. "She's a little confused, but she does have the spirit..."
"What does Gummy see in her...?" I muttered before focusing back on Peewee. He kept trying to move a claw forward, but freezing and curling up every time the twig wobbled. "Peewee, I'm going to need you to stay still, help's coming." I kept up a steady stream of calming assurances, partly for my own sake.
Eventually, I saw a pink aura flare up around Peewee. It tried to gently pry him from the branch, but he held on firmly. Looking back, I would find him stubbornly shaking his head at each pull hilarious.
"Peewee, it's okay, you can let go." I cooed until he did. I blurred down the tree, staying level with the chick, keeping up my assuring rant the while way. Once we were back on the ground, I rushed to hug the chick to to my breast. "It's okay, you're safe. It's okay." I briefly pushed Peewee to arm's length. "What were thinking, going that high?" I pulled him back in, patting him down to make sure he was okay. "Please, don't ever do that again."
"Are you mad at me...?" Peewee murmured into my fur.
"No." I gave him a squeeze. "Just promise me that you won't go that high again, at least until you can fly."
"I promise..."
I looked up to see Eros standing beside Winona and Opal. I quickly pulled Peewee up onto my back and shakily approached the Ralts. I stopped when she took a flinching step back. "I know that you can't understand me, but, thank you. Thank you so much for this. I don't know how I could ever repay you."
I felt her psionic might do the mental version of knocking on the door, and I let her in. "... Promise me you won't bring harm to the Crusaders."
I nodded. "I'll do my best to help keep them safe. Cross my heart, and hope to fly..."
Eros grunted, and turned to leave. After a few steps she stopped. "... You're welcome." She thought with a glance over her shoulder. With that, she teleported away.
I turned my attention to Winona. "Thank you for finding Eros, Winona."
She shrugged. "Week ago, Gummy said Eros be there with Sweetie. You thank him?"
"I..." I paused. "I will, next time I see him."
Opal placed a paw on my shoulder. "I will still watch Peewee tomorrow, just drop him off at my Boutique before the delivery."