//------------------------------// // Bonding with Gecko // Story: Equestria Girls: Season 3 // by sunsetshimmer_13 //------------------------------// Fluttershy was in the middle of giving a small special bath to a special little gecko named Ray, who is Sunset Shimmer’s cute little pet. Long story short Ray got small sicknesses about two and a half weeks and Sunset wasn’t sure what to do, so she went to the only person who knows what to do with animals. Fluttershy gave her some advice on how to cure Ray from his sickness and they would take turns each day. And that’s what brought them to today. Ray’s doing great so far, the sickness is still there but nothing serious at all. Sunset was in a taxi just arriving at Fluttershy’s home to pick up Ray. As the car stops at the intended destination Sunset gets out and pays the driver his tip and walks up to the house. Sunset walks up to the front door and then knocks on its wood and waits until Fluttershy is available answer it. A good minute has passed until the animal lover answered the door, seeing Sunset in front of her after opening it. “Hey, Fluttershy,” she greets. “Hi, Sunset, Ray should be just about ready to go. I’m still doing his bath,” Fluttershy says as she lets Sunset inside her home. She goes to Ray to finish up with his bath. After Fluttershy was done she carries Ray in her hands and puts him in his glass container with his suitable habitat. “Ray’s been doing much better for this past week. He’s still a little bit ill but he should be more better and active now,” she smiles. “Thanks Fluttershy,” Sunset hugs her. “I’ll be sure to return the favor, really,” she says. “You don’t need too, I’m happy that you came to me to help your little friend.” “Well I suppose I should get going,” Sunset says as she picks up the glass container with Ray in it. “See ya Fluttershy.” “Bye Sunset,” she said in her soft, caring voice. Sunset opens the door and walks outside, then closes the door behind her. Since she didn’t bother to try and walk all the way home, she calls Applejack so she could hitch a ride. She waits on the sidewalk for Applejack to come pick her up. After a little while the cowgirl arrives in her family’s truck and Sunset hops in with her gecko to be on her way to her home. Sunset’s Apartment Complex Sunset was just dropped off by AJ at her apartment. She thanks Applejack for the ride and walks inside her residence as the cowgirl drives away. “How you doing little guy?” she asks her pet gecko. “I see you’re doing just fine, we’re gonna have some quality time together,” she smiles as she puts down the container and gets her keys from her pocket to unlock the door. She picks the container back up, goes inside and then closes the door behind her. “So what you wanna do first?” she asks as Ray blinks a couple times. “Exactly what I was thinking,” she says. She opens the container and picks him up. The reptile crawls over her to one of her shoulders as Sunset chuckles a bit. Sunset walks over to her couch and grabs her game controller and turns on her TV along with her gaming console. She pulls up the video game The Sieges of Rainbows and the game loads up. “Get ready Ray cause we’re about to own this match,” Sunset says. After the game finish loading Sunset immediately goes in to start the game. The main goal of the game was to complete each level when storming a secret base to get to the final boss and defeat em. So far after a while Sunset is making great progress, got up to level 8 out of the 30 in total. As Ray watched her play the game, Sunset grabs a sword for her in game character to attack some bad guys and presses various buttons to unleash some of her character’s special moves. It wouldn’t be long until she unleashes a special combo on a more stronger opponent and defeats them instantly. “Ha ha, think you could get me and my partner Ray? I think not,” Sunset says happily as she moves on to another level. “Nice one. Give it to me fella,” she says as she raises a finger to the reptile and he gives the finger a high five. After a little bit of time has passed Sunset... well Sunset and Ray since it’s a team effort, made it to level 10 to face a powerful boss opponent, which every 5 levels a more challenging and powerful boss appears. Sunset and Ray tried everything in their power to defeat this powerful villain to move on to the next level in the game. They able to find something to weaken the boss but as soon as they do the villain uses his weapons and blasts them rapidly like it was completely effortless. The character in game lost all of its health and was down for the count as the words ‘Game Over’ flashes up on the screen. “Dang it! We were so close too,” Sunset says angrily. Ray tries comforting his best companion by snuggling himself up against her neck. “Heh. Yeah we’ll get em next time,” she says. She goes over to turn off the console and then uses her remote control to switch the TV onto a streaming service. “Let’s watch a movie or maybe a series,” she says as she scrolls through the menu to find a specific show and landed on one named Dappled Shores. “Oh my gosh I love this show. They should be coming out with a season 4 soon,” Sunset mentions as Ray blinks a couple times. She presses the play button on her remote and the TV plays the series. “Love ya little guy,” Sunset says as she pets Ray a bit on his. As they watch Dappled Shores on the TV screen they enjoy the bond they have with each other. A special bond between a human and her special little companion.