Fluttershy went about feeding the chickens on her cottage in the warm glow of the afternoon sun, part of her daily routine, when a voice nearly startled her.
“Hey fluttershy.” The familiar voice called out.
Fluttershy turned around to see the familiar face of her pink party friend.
“Oh, Hi Pinkie.” She replied. She wasn’t expecting to see Pinkie today, but it was always a delight to see any of her friends.
“What’cha up to”
“Oh I’m just tending to the chickens, and then I have to feed the bunnies.” Fluttershy replied with a smile.
“Ohh, that does sound like fun. Mind if I help?” The pink pony was so eager, she was nearly bouncing with excitement.
“Sure Pinkie, it’s nice to have some help with feeding all the creatures.” Fluttershy said.
“Absolutely, I couldn’t imagine having to feed all these animals all by myself. I think I might go crazy. How many animals do you even have?” Pinkie Pie questioned.
“Well, I don’t really own them, I just take care of them when they come to me. So I’m not too sure how many I take care of. But I think it’s a lot, more and more creatures are coming by every week it seems.” Fluttershy responded.
“Ohhh, what kind of animals? Like lions and tiger and bears?” Pinkie put her hooves up to simulate a bear about to strike.
“Oh my no, mostly cute little bunnies and mice. Although I did just get some odd new animals this week. One was a hawk, Angel and some of the other bunnies brought him in, poor thing could barely move, he must’ve fell out of his tree. I tried to help him as best as I could, but I’m not sure if he’ll ever fly straight again. I wanted to keep him here longer, but I think he and Angel got into a fight because he flew far away after only a few days.” Flutershy told her pink friend.
“Wow that sounds like one unlucky bird, and what about the other animal?” Pinkie asked, now wondering what could be stranger than a hawk falling out of his tree.
“Well the other one was an alligator, he’s really adorable, but for some reason he doesn’t have any teeth. Maybe he was born that way, but I’m not sure what to do with him, he needs a lot of attention and I’m afraid that with all my other critters that I to tend to, that I won’t be able to give him enough attention.” Flutershy said.
“An alligator with no teeth, sounds fun. Could I see him?” Pinkie asked.
“Sure he’s in the bathtub, he like to take long bubble baths. Come on I introduce you two.”
They made their way over to Fluttershy’s bathtub. Pinkie Pie peered over the edge of the tub when all of a sudden a green alligator burst out of the water and clamped his jaws onto Pinkie’s mane.
“Ah stop it, that tickles!” she shouted.
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Over the course of the next hour Pinkie and Gummy became best friends. Both of their silly, over the top attitudes blended well together.
Pinkie had told Fluttershy she wanted to keep the alligator as a pet, much to Fluttershy’s delight.
Gummy was just as excited to live with the party pony, as he realized he had, in fact, gotten his clean break.