Zipp is still asleep in her bed; despite it being morning already. Reason being is because she’s still exhausted after all of what’s happened the day before… . And right now she’s trying to catch up on her rest.
Meanwhile, the rest of the ponies are awake, and are doing their own thing from downstairs… . Izzy with making something new out of something old, as usual. Pipp trying to get a good angle with her selfies. Hitch making breakfast for his friends. And lastly, little Sunny playing with her blocks.
Sure Sunny knew that she just put away those blocks yesterday with Zipp’s help… . But hey, she couldn’t help but play with them again since it was her favorite toy! Now at first when they were back at the salon, Sunny’s pals tried getting her to play with something different; like plushies for example… . It worked at first… . Until Sunny got a random tantrum event and tore the plushies to shreds. Next they tried grown up stress toys that when you squeeze them, it’ll supposedly help with whoever’s using it not be so stressed anymore since it was tough to squeeze them completely.… . Emphasis on tough of course… . Again, this worked… for a time. Then Sunny just got mad that she couldn’t squeeze it all the way, and then threw the toy away, unfortunately hitting Hitch again in the process; causing Sunny to whine and cry because she didn’t mean to hurt him this time… . Finally, Sunny was given blocks to play with. Again, she didn’t like them, and just decided to cause trouble by painting the salon walls with shampoos, conditioners, and who knows what else a salon has… . Eventually after she was bored with that, she decided to give the blocks another try… . This time, she liked them, and decided that they were favorite from now on… . Much to all of her friends’ relief.
“Okay… !” Hitch said from the kitchen. “Time to eat!” With that, everyone stopped with what they were doing, and went to go eat. However, Sunny stopped in her tracks, as she knew that she hadn’t seen Zipp ever since she and her pals woke up. Knowing somehow that Zipp is still asleep, Sunny began to whine, and went to go find her friend so she wouldn’t miss out on breakfast time.
“Mmm… five more minutes mom… . Please… .” Zipp groaned and whined in her sleep as she’s still feeling tired from yesterday’s mishaps and events. Sunny stopped for a bit because shaking her awake gently didn’t work. Out of reflex for feeling sad about something, Sunny began to cry; like any toddler would. This made Zipp wake up startled, thinking that Sunny had gotten hurt somehow… . Or something else entirely. Eventually she regained her composure, and founded out that Sunny was there facing her, crying a little with tears in her eyes… . Seeing this, Zipp asked; “what’s the matter Sunny? What happened… ?” Hitch replied for Sunny from downstairs, “it’s time to eat breakfast! Get up please… !” Now realizing what’s happening, Zipp perked up, said; “one minute!” before getting out of bed, and flying downstairs to the bathroom so she’ll get ready for the day. But not before flying back up and giving Sunny a kiss on the cheek for waking her up and replied; “you’re sweet Sunny… . Thanks little buddy.” And then flew back downstairs to get ready for the day. With getting kissed on the cheek, Sunny just giggled in response, thinking that it felt funny to get kissed, as all toddlers do, and then waddled downstairs so she’ll be able to eat with her friends.
This day might be the day that Sunny is returned to normal… . If not, then another day then… . Who knows?
“Awww what??? What’d you do Sunny… ?! What happened.. ?!” Zipp said in slight disappointment and with a slight whine as she’s checking on Sunny’s hoof since she injured it, and that she’s crying about it.
Pipp is apparently hyperventilating because she’s never dealt with a child that had an injury like that. Let alone having to deal with ‘any’ injury before too.
“Tell me what happened!” Zipp said, worried about her friend’s hurt hoof. Sunny babbled while waving her hooves before pointing to the pile of blocks she was playing with, and then started crying about it.
Putting on a serious expression, Zipp then went to the pile of blocks, thinks that this is gonna be funny for some reason, and then says whilst looking at the blocks with seriousness, “you guys! Which one of you hurt Sunny? Huh??? Was it you yellow?! Or was you red? Huh??? Tell me!”
Worried about her sister going mad, Pipp flew to Zipp, and then asked her gently since she’s startled, “um… Zipp… ? You’re scaring me… .” Zipp then regained her composure, and then turned to whisper; “it’s fine... really! I’m just pretending to be mad at the blocks so Sunny will be happy again. Trust me… .” Seeing that Sunny is sniffling with tears in her eyes with a sad face; Pipp then sighs, giggles, then whispers; “go get em sis… ! I know you can find the culprit. I’m with you!” With that, Zipp nodded, and then Pipp flew away.
Sunny started to look at Pipp, and then she began whining about Pipp leaving; (since toddlers are known to do this when someone they love or wanted to play with leaves them) Zipp then shouted at the blocks again, and Sunny’s attention reverted back to the show before her.
“Alright you little plastic squares! Who is the culprit?! Huh??? Tell me!” Hitch then approached Zipp, and then whispered; “found who done it yet?” since Pipp told him why Zipp was acting strange. Soon afterwards, he’s decided to play along too. “Not yet Hitch… . But I could use your help on this. Please?” Hitch sighs, shakes his head with a chuckle, and then says; “whatever makes you happy… “ and then looks at the pile of blocks with a stern face, his sheriff badge gleaming, his shades covering his eyes, and then says in a demanding tone; “alright you little squares, here’s what we’re gonna do! We’re gonna see who the culprit here is, and then I’m gonna let the rest of y’all go free; when and if I find the culprit. Is that understood?!” The pile of blocks obviously did nothing since they cannot move.
Sunny meanwhile was just enjoying the show and laughing in the background whilst clapping since she’s feeling entertained by the display.
Seeing this, Zipp dawwed at the sight, and then went back to looking at the blocks to see which is the culprit. After examining each one thoroughly… she was at a loss. Until… . “Hey Sunny! Wanna help?” Sunny gasped, and pointed to herself, basically stunned that she’s gonna help Zipp with solving a police case, (since toddlers are known to be imaginative at times). Chuckling, Zipp nodded and gestured for her to get close, prompting Sunny to get up with a smile before proceeding to waddle to her, but soon with whining and frowning here and there since her injured hoof still hurts every time it makes contact with the floor when she waddles to Zipp.
Once Sunny arrived and sat down, Zipp went to check on her injured hoof. Looking at Sunny with a small smile, Zipp then cleared her throat, and then looked towards the blocks before looking back at Sunny and asking; “so little buddy. Which do you think did it? And don’t think too hard now… . I already changed you this morning, remember… ?” Sunny giggled; remembering on how Zipp made funny faces when she changed her diaper last time… , and then looked at the blocks in awe… . But eventually looked and scratched her head; having absolutely no idea as to how she accidentally harmed her hoof, and also has no idea as to which block did it.
However, before she could give up, she heard a scary sounding gravely voice that spoke these words… . “You’ll never find me Sunny… . I will not rest until all your hooves are done for… . And then! Once that is taken care of, you’ll never be able to play with any toys, ever again!” After that, the voice did an evil laugh, prompting Sunny to cry and shiver due to being scared like that.
Knowing who it was that did that voice, Zipp said; “not funny Hitch! She’s just a baby… .” And then went to comfort Sunny. Chuckling to himself, Hitch replied with, “oh cmon now… . You gotta admit. It was a little bit funny… . Right… ?” Zipp growled at Hitch in response, and then went back to cheering up Sunny, whom is sniffling and wiping away her tears at the moment. Hitch soon chuckled a bit more, before replying; “oh relax… . I didn’t mean no harm. Honest... . Now let’s… .” But before Hitch could finish that sentence, he inadvertently stepped on one of the blocks, and shouted; “ow!” in response. “That really hurt… . What did that?!”
Izzy then grabbed a random block with an evil laugh in response, and then said in her own version of a gravely voice while moving the block, “it is I, Red Terror! I have been the one that smashed your hooves ponies! And now that I’ve smashed them! There will be nothing in my way of world destruction… . Mwahahahahaha… !” Sunny is now whimpering and is about to cry. But before that could happen, Hitch grabbed the block from Izzy, placed it in the block cylinder that contained the blocks when Zipp and Sunny cleaned them up yesterday, and then replied; “not while the sheriff is in town! And you will definitely be in there for a long time… .” Izzy replied in playful dramatic fashion; “nooooo… . My plans are ruined… .” Sunny giggled in response, and started clapping. But stopped soon after, and began to suck on her injured hoof since the pain hadn’t went away completely yet.
Zipp sighs, then says; “okay Sunny… . Time for lunch! Ready… ?” Sunny whined a little, then replied with her injured hoof in her mouth; “but me wanna pway… .” Zipp sighs again… then replied back; “but you’ll get hungry… . And cranky… . You wouldn’t want that… do you… ?” Sunny shook her head no, but then whined a little more and has her ears folding down. Not wanting Sunny to cause a fuss, Zipp sighs again, and then says; “okay Sunny… we’ll play some more… .” To which point, Sunny cheered and clapped her hoof, then said “ow” in response since she clapped with her injured hoof again. Zipp chuckled, and then said; “but if I start getting cranky, then that means that I was hungry too… . Understand?” Sunny gasped, placed her injured hoof to her mouth to suck on it again, and then nodded her head in agreement. Zipp chuckles while shaking her head, and then said; “you’re funny kid… .” And chuckled some more. Sunny giggled in response, and then continued sucking on her hoof while waiting for Zipp to come up with a game to play… .
Few hours passed… .
“So… . How’re you feeling Sunny? Hehe… . Feeling okay… ?” Pipp was pretty nervous when asking her these questions cuz she knew what that look that Sunny was making meant… . But didn’t quite know for sure if Sunny might need to go or not… . Either way… she’s not liking the look. And she’s really hoping that Sunny doesn’t use her diaper… . Cuz she doesn’t want to change her; due to the fact that she’s not used to cleaning up after Puppy Cloudpuff whenever he goes to do his business outside… . So Pipp’s really hoping that she doesn’t get stuck with diaper duty… . Because if she’s still not used to cleaning up after Cloudpuff… . Then she’s really gonna have a hard time with Sunny… .
“Buddy… . You feeling okay… ?” Zipp asked in a caring tone. Sunny whimpered, and replied; “me feew weird… .” And then she rolled to the ground to lay on her back while having her hooves to her belly. Zipp got a look of regret, and said; “aw no… . I really shouldn’t have forced Sunny to eat that much… . I didn’t know that this would have an effect on her like that… . I didn’t know… .”
Hitch then went to Sunny to rub her belly while she’s lying on the ground, and then replied; “but she was fine a moment ago… . I’m sure that she’ll be fine again once she… . Uh oh… . I just remembered something… .” Zipp then got a look of terror, and then asked; “what? What’s going to happen? What’s wrong… ?” Sunny meanwhile then got the urge to do something… , and then leaned up a little while still holding her belly, trying her best to lessen the pressure and pain that’s in her tummy by rubbing it a little.
“Since we’ve given her milk in a bottle, like what you would do with fillies and foals when they’re hungry… . This would undoubtedly make Sunny have uh… urges… . To um… relieve herself… . Hehe.” Knowing what that meant; Zipp groans and scoffs, and then replied back to Hitch; “I think I know where this is headed… .” before Hitch and Zipp both heard a massive fart. Whimpering a bit, and feeling slightly embarrassed, Sunny looked up at the two ponies while her cheeks are red, and while she’s still lying down, Sunny replied; “sowwy… .” Zipp and Hitch snorted a chuckle, and then Hitch said; “geez Sunny. You really had to go that badly… ?” Sunny chuckled a bit in response, then whined some more since her tummy’s still feeling weird.
Zipp sighs, carefully approaches Sunny due to the smell, and then knelt down too before saying; “it’s okay if you need to go Sunny. I won’t be mad at you… . I promise… .” Sunny whined a little, and then covered her face with her mane before replying; “me embawwassed.” Zipp chuckled, then replied back; “hey, I’d be embarrassed too if I hear my sister relieving herself from the bathroom too.” “Hey… ?!” Pipp shouted with a whine from afar. “That’s supposed to be private!” Sunny giggled in response, and then began to laugh a little. Zipp chuckled as well, smiles, and then places a hoof to Sunny’s side before continuing, “it’ll be alright… . Okay???” Sunny nods, gave Zipp a hug, and then smiles also before gesturing with her hoof to look away. Zipp rolls her eyes with a smile, and then looks away. “Let me know when you’re done… . It’ll be fine.” Sunny giggles one last time, smiles, then wiggles a little bit to get comfortable form sitting on the floor, before starting to push.
Few minutes later… .
“I think we’ll hold off on bottle feeding you. Is that okay Sunny?” Zipp asked as she’s finishing up Sunny’s diaper change. Sunny replied with a giggle, while wiggling and then kicking her back hooves afterward. Meanwhile Hitch is busy dry heaving and catching his breath in the background while Izzy is comforting him. “That… was… awful… .” Hitch said while catching his breath. “Wow that was bad… .” Izzy just giggled while patting his back, and replied; “oh it’s not so bad… . If it was, then you’d had to change sparky!” Hitch paused with a look of horror, and then replied with a groan; “I wish you hadn’t said that… “ thinking about the time that he had to change sparky that one time.
With Sunny now changed, she wiggled again whilst sitting down, and then started bouncing with her behind. Zipp giggled in response, and asked; “what huh? You feel happy now that I changed you?” Sunny just giggled and continued bouncing a little bit more.
Giggling too, Pipp got beside Izzy in the background, and replied; “pretty cute that Sunny’s acting like this, huh??? Do you often miss it when you act like this???” Izzy giggled in response and started bouncing with her hooves. Meanwhile Hitch is blushing and rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. “I’ll take that as a maybe… “ before Pipp took a sip from her fruit smoothie. Even though Sunny was still an infant, Pipp had managed to store some smoothies in the fridge for just in case Sunny ran out of ingredients to make more… .
“Can you please tell me when the delivery is gonna arrive??? I don’t know how long I can care for Sunny… .” Zipp said while approaching the group, apparently out of breath. Meanwhile Sunny stayed behind and started to play with one of the bear plushies that Zipp gave to her which belonged to Izzy. “It’s fine… .” Hitch said nonchalantly. “The delivery won’t arrive till tomorrow! No worries… .” Zipp sighs, still feeling tense, and says; “it’s not just that. It’s… Sunny!” Hitch blinked, then asked; “what about her???” Sunny then proceeded to burp incredibly loud without warning. Sunny blinked while covering her mouth for a bit, then resumed playing with the bear plushie. Zipp sighs, and then says; “what if Sunny were to get mad at me for being so mean to her… . Like… what if she remembers that I was harsh at her for misbehaving… . Like, what if… ?” But before she could continue, Hitch placed his hoof on Zipp’s shoulder, and then said; “relax… it’s just one more day… . I’m sure you could handle all that… . Right… ?” Sunny then proceeded to sneeze, which unfortunately caused some snot to hang out. Zipp then groans, then says; “Aand, there you go… .” before going to get a tissue to clean up Sunny’s nose.
“You sure it’s okay to have Sunny out in public like this???” Pipp asked while looking at her sister Zipp. Zipp chuckled nervously, and replied with; “I hope so… . Otherwise this’ll not end well… .”
Sunny is just having fun by looking around while walking around… . And sometimes bouncing up to try to catch a butterfly, with Hitch having her on a leash. Reason is simple. In the case that a child were to wander off or run away to cause trouble, the leash was there to ensure they behave. Otherwise they’d get pulled back like a puppy would if they were to run off to chase some squirrels, or other puppies too while out in public. That’s all.
“Cmon Sunny, quit bouncing! You’re going to get hurt.” Sunny started to whine since she really wanted to have fun, but her pal Hitch is not letting her. Soon though, she sighs, and nods her head, mainly because her mind still remembers Hitch as her friend, and she really doesn’t want to lose him as such. That wouldn’t be good.
“Okay… “ Zipp said. “As long as Sunny doesn’t cause too much trouble, then I’m sure that things will be alright in the end… . Right Sunny?” Sunny paused walking to look at Zipp who tilted her head in confusion. Zipp replied with; “ I said that as long as you be a good little filly, then you’ll be able to have a wonderful day with your friends! Right?” Sunny nodded and started bouncing with joy, causing Hitch to snicker and laugh. Sunny soon stopped to giggle with a blush since she pretty much did the exact opposite of what her friend had told her not to do… . Which was that she shouldn’t bounce like that in case she didn’t land on her hooves, slipped, and got hurt. After that, Zipp nodded, and the group continued their stroll.
“Woah… .” Izzy said as she’s looking at a small pond with so many colors shining from it. “It’s so pretty… .” Meanwhile, Sunny is in the background, just giggling and bouncing, trying to catch some butterflies, while Hitch is watching her.
The five friends are at the edge of Bridlewood Forest, having a picnic because they decided why not. And it’s also because Sunny could use some sunshine as well.
“So…” Pipp began while looking at Zipp. “How do you feel about babysitting Sunny?” Zipp blushed, chuckled nervously, and then replied with; “to be honest… pretty fun!” Sunny laid down next to Zipp and starts to fall asleep since she’s feeling tired. Zipp dawwed, pets her head, which caused Sunny to babble and wave her hooves in her sleep cuz she liked that, and then continued with; “she’s really troublesome sure… but she’s still my friend. And I’m sure she’ll appreciate it when she gets back to normal.” Sunny turned and began to hug Zipp in her sleep. “More or less… “ Zipp finished.
Izzy was also chasing butterflies and bouncing to catch them, but then paused as she then felt her tummy feeling weird, and then heard a growl coming from it. Looking like that she was gonna cry any moment now, Izzy started to whine, and says; “I’m hungry… .” Hitch sighs, knowing that Izzy is technically a baby herself, gestures for her to come eat, and says; “we have some food in the picnic basket Izzy. I’m sure you can feed yourself.” Izzy started to whine some more, but then Pipp patted her back, and says; “you can just sit down on the blanket if you’re not up to it. I’m also sure Sunny wouldn’t mind if I gave you one of her bottles.” Izzy gasped in response, and replied with a whisper; “you can’t do that! What if Sunny finds out?!” Pipp lowers Izzy’s hooves, guides her to the picnic blanket, sat both herself, and Izzy down onto the blanket, and then replied with a whisper with a smile; “it’s fine! See, look… .” Inside Sunny’s bag were some diapers for in case she had an accident or so, some small toys and teething rings in the case Sunny gets cranky or just wants to play, and finally some bottles of milk. Izzy stared in awe, looks at Pipp, blushes with a smile, nods, and then reaches out her hooves cuz she wants Pipp to bottle feed her. Pipp just chuckled in response, and laid Izzy down while laying her head on her lap and giving Izzy a bottle to feed from. Izzy began to feed from the bottle, and Pipp began to pet Izzy’s head to calm her down since she almost whined loudly to the point that Sunny would’ve woken up.
Back at the Crystal Brighthouse… .
“Cmon Sunny… it’s not gonna hurt you. Just get in the tub!” Zipp said while grunting with effort as she’s trying to push Sunny into the tub. And it isn’t just Zipp, her other friends are trying to push her into the tub too. Why… ?
Well ever since the group got back from the picnic, Sunny apparently was covered in some dirt and twigs since the wind from outside had carried them to her mane and coat. And also not to mention that the picnic blanket was dirty from the twigs and dirt too since Izzy forgot to clean it when they were packing up go to the forest. Which eventually resulted in “this” predicament.
“Sunny… . Please get in the tub. It’s not gonna hurt you! Just get in… !” Zipp said; still grunting with effort to push Sunny into the tub so she’ll get a bath. Pipp meanwhile eventually stopped, looked to see why Sunny wouldn’t want to take a bath, and then saw what the problem was before saying; “um.. guys… ? The tub’s not even filled up!” This caused all of the ponies to stop in their tracks with Sunny hovering over the tub with her hooves holding her above the tub since she’s trying to not get pushed into the tub. All of the ponies then just facehoofed themselves, and then Zipp went to get the towels ready, while Izzy and the others help Sunny with calming down, and getting the bath ready.
Eventually, once the tub was filled up, Sunny was about to enter, but was stopped since Zipp needed to check and see if the water’s too hot or too cold. Once that was done, Sunny climbed in, and began splashing around a bit. Zipp chuckled, and replied; “hey now! We don’t need a bath too Sunny.. . You first!” Sunny giggled, and started blushing with a smile while also putting her hooves down so she wouldn’t splash at anyone anymore. After that, Zipp nodded with a smile, and then began to rub shampoo on Sunny’s mane.
It’s nighttime now, and the gang are about to get ready for bed! Well… , almost everyone… .
“Sunny… . What’s wrong, huh… ? Why won’t you sleep?” Zipp asked while trying her best to contain herself from sounding annoyed at Sunny’s whining due to her not wanting to sleep yet. “Me want stowy time… .” Zipp sighs, since she knew that Sunny was gonna say that, and replied; “I don’t know… . I’m feeling tired… . Can’t you sleep without one???” Sunny whined a bit more, and then hugged one of her pillows since she was carrying it with her. Hitch cleared his throat, and then said; “I got this… “ before directing Sunny to her bed and starts negotiating with her. Zipp couldn’t really hear much of it, but eventually she saw that Sunny gave Hitch a hug, with a smile, and then starts covering herself with her blanket before falling asleep. Stunned, Zipp began to ask while Hitch was walking down the stairs, “h-how did you do that?!” Hitch just chuckled, before replying; “not much really… . I just promised her that if she were to get some sleep, then Sunny will be able to get a nice surprise in the morning.” Dumbfounded, Zipp face hoofed herself, and then said; “ugh, why didn’t I think of that?” Hitch just chuckled again, and then said whilst gesturing, “let’s get you to bed. You’ll definitely need it.” Zipp chuckled with a smile and a blush, rubbed the back of her head, and then replied; “thanks sheriff… “ before yawning and going upstairs to her bed. Hitch chuckled one last time, and replied; “anytime pal… “ before leaving to go sleep in his own bed back home.
Unfortunately though… this night won’t last very long… , as Sunny is gonna have an unfortunate surprise of her own, awaiting for the group tomorrow once it’s sunrise… . What’s the surprise? Only one way to find out.