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// A small favor 
// Story: Friendly enemy 
// by Cone of Wonders 
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"Perhaps I should go and hide upstairs". Said a very calm 011, turning round to the stairs. Being a high drone, he had been trained not to panic in most situations. "No wait, This could be a chance for you to meet some other ponies". said Fluttershy seeing this as an opportunity. 011 looked at Fluttershy. "What?! Why would I want to do something so like that"? Asked the confused changeling, stopping on the first step before facing Fluttershy once more. "Remember when I said you needed help"? asked Fluttershy. "Yes"? replied 011, not liking where this was heading. "Well friends are something that you may need. If you have friends, you may feel happier, Do you not think so"? "No I do not". said 011 with no emotion in his voice. "Please, since I saved your life"? This got 011 to think for a moment. "Will we be considered even then"? Asked 011. Fluttershy just nodded, knowing that this would be the only way to get the changeling to reason with her. "But you still have to stay here at the cottage". She said. "Yeah yeah, whatever". Snapped 011, not liking to be reminded of the promise. He surrounded himself in a ball of green light and once it faded, a white pegasus with a blue mane and tail took 011's place. His cutie mark was two pairs of pony hooves with fancy shoes on them, (what talent that was supposed to represent, who knows) Fluttershy nodded and opened the door to reveal a cyan colored pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail.

"Nice choice of hair color". 011 thought sarcastically. "Hello Rainbow Dash". said Fluttershy with a smile. "Hey Fluttershy". Responded Rainbow Dash. "Can I get you some tea"? "Nah, I'm good. Just called round to ask if-". She stopped talking and noticed the white pegasus standing near the staircase. "Who's the new guy"? She asked. "Rainbow Dash, I would like you to meet...Dino". "Dino"?! 011 screamed in his head. "What kind of name is that for a pony"?! Before he had time to object, the rainbow haired pegasus flew over to him and began to circle him curiously, as though she suspected something, only to stop the second time round to look at his cutie mark. "So Dino". She began. "What does your cutie mark stand for? Hmmm"? 011 looked at his cutie mark and saw the hoofs with shoes on his flank and tried to think of something as quick as he could. "It's for...Tap dancing". He said calmly. Rainbow Dash just simply grunted. "Well, nice meeting you. Dino"! Did she suspect something? 011 was starting to get nervous until she turned round and flew back over to Fluttershy. "Anyway, I came round to ask if you were still heading over to Pinkie's. You did Pinkie promise that you'd show up, and know what she's like when you break a Pinkie promise". Fluttershy's irises shrunk. She seemed nervous. "OH MY GOODNESS! I ALMOST FORGOT"! She nearly yelled. "We should head over now"! She quickly said. Seemed the whole "making friends" thing she had planned would have to wait for later. "Yeah, good call. We only have twenty minutes to get there. C'mon"! "Oh, hold on! I should tell Dino how to take care of the animals! We'll be gone for some time"! Before 011 could say anything against looking after her animals, She had already run upstairs, probably finding some paper to write down which animals needed feeding at what time. Two minutes passed and Fluttershy rushed down with a huge list that looked like it would take him hours just to read it. "Um, Fluttershy? I don't thi-". He was cut off when Fluttershy put the list into his mouth, stopping him from talking to her completely. "I hope you don't mind". Fluttershy told him. "Normally I wouldn't be asking for such a big thing but I really need you to look after the animals while I'm gone". 011 looked at her with slightly angry eyes. It was obvious he did not want to look after any animals, especially Angel. Fluttershy looked at him with puppy eyes as though she was nearly begging him to do this. "Why do I have the strange obsession to go *DAWWWW* all of sudden"? He thought to himself. He couldn't give in to her eyes and looked to the ground before simply nodding, telling her that he'd look after her pets. Fluttershy gave a gasp of joy. "Really"? 011 nodded again. He didn't exactly have much of a choice. "Oh thank you thank you thank you"! Said the now happy pony who hugged him. 011 just rolled her eyes. "Come on Fluttershy, Lets go! Fifteen minutes now"! 011 jumped. He had forgotten that Rainbow Dash was still standing near the door. Fluttershy broke the hug and headed out the door with Rainbow Dash. "So much for making new friends". thought the changeling, dropping his disguise and spit the rolled up list out of his mouth. It then landed on the floor and rolled open until the end of the list unfolded several meters away from where 011 had spit it out. He looked at each end of the list in shock. "Treg, Apunt". muttered 011 angrily.

It had been a little over ten minutes since Fluttershy had left, and already all of Tartarus had broken loose. Every single animal was out of control. Birds squawked loudly, flying all round the cottage. The small creatures, such as rabbits mice and squirrels, were running around like little maniacs, there was even a grizzly bear which 011 tried to stay away from, just in case it got bored and decided to maul him. "Well". 011 started. "I don't see how this could possibly get any worse". And right on cue, a certain white rabbit had thrown and hit him in the face with a pillow from the couch. 011 glared at it. "I had to ask". He said with anger before chasing the rabbit around the room.