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// Bath (Bonus Chapter) 
// Story: The Most Annoying House Guest 
// by Harmony Pie 
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Rainbow Dash awoke groggily. She firstly rolled over to the left, stretching out her wings. She blinked blearily.

Then she rolled to the right--and screamed. There was somepony staring right at her! Oh, no! What? Oh my gosh! Oh. 

Rainbow Dash sighed heavily, pulling back from the intruding face. It was just Batty, of course. He was standing on the pillow, watching her without a sound. 

His blue hair nearly covered his eye as his muzzle twitched carefully. The cyan pegasus groaned, pulling herself up to a slouching position. 

"Geez, kid," she mumbled. "What are you doing?"'

The colt smiled slowly, his hooves bouncing a bit in their makeshift bed. "I was watching you, Blue Mommy." 

Rainbow Dash just stared at him. That's not creepy at all. "While I slept?" She rubbed her face. 

"Yeah. You so pwetty," he said, too quiet for Rainbow's liking. The mare immediately jolted up and crossed her arms over each other. 

"Hey, I am not!" she protested, a blush blossoming over her face. "Take that back! Now!" 

Batty grinned, tilting his head to the side. "Nope! You pwetty! You pwetty! You pwetty!" While the colt chanted, he did a little dance. "Is true!" 

Rainbow Dash shook her head violently. "That's so not true, dude! I'm just... awesomely good looking!" She nodded in approval to herself. Yeah, that sounded right. 

Batty stopped suddenly. "Oh. Ok, Blue Mommy," he agreed. Giggling, he wrapped Rainbow Dash in great fuzzy hug. The mare accepted it with a concealed daww. 

Then she snapped back to attention. He was covered in crumbs. 

Rainbow jerked back, giving Batty a sly look as an idea came to her head. "Do you know what you have to do now?" she asked, brushing some stray cookie bits off her coat. 

The colt cocked an ear. "What, Blue Mommy?" 

"You, have to take a BATH!" she cried, grabbing Batty to her chest and picking him up. 

"Really?! Oh, oh, yay!" He squealed, flapping his wings in excitement.

She carried him to the bathroom, her head held high despite his reaction. She knew he loved baths, but still, colts were supposed to scream in terror at the thought. Pshh. Whatever. At least Batty would be clean.

"Alright," she sighed, dropping the grinning foal on the rug. Rainbow flicked the overhead light on as Batty jumped up and down. "Bath. Bath. Bath. Bath," he chanted, wagging his tail wildly. "Bath!" 

The pegasus shook her head fondly at his antics, before flitting over to turn the water on. It poured out from the gold tap, steam already wafting from the top. She reached in with her hoof, nodding in approval when deemed Batty-worthy. 

With a grunt, she pulled the crumb covered sleepwear off the colt. 

"Ok, kid. Hop in." 

Squealing, Batty wasted no time in leaping in the inch deep water, and causing a few flecks to fly at Rainbow's face. The cyan mare chuckled, and watched as Batty attempted to shove his face underwater.

"Hold on, little buddy," she said. "Got to wait for the bath to fill up." 

Batty jerked up, giving her an odd look. "But what about..." he whispered. 

Dash leaned closer, raising her eyebrow. "What about what, kid?" 

Batty shifted in the water, kicking his little hooves against the pooling heat. "You forgot the toys!" he cried incredulously, shaking his head disapprovingly. He stuck out his lower lip.

Rainbow Dash pulled back, shutting her mouth. This guy was starting to know how to get to her. "But Batty," she sighed. "I don't have any foal toys." 

Batty threw his gaze to the pajamas against the wall. Rainbow Dash laughed nervously. 

"Alright, I might have a small action figure of Spitfire," she admitted. 

The colt clapped his hooves, sinking further down in the tub in glee. "Ok, Blue Mommy!" 

When Rainbow Dash returned, (with toy grasped between her hooves), Batty gave a cry of joy. He reached out and took it from the reluctant pegasus, who squinted her eyes.

"You better be careful, kid, that's a one of a kind edition," she warned, smiling. 

Batty made a vague nodding motion, already making little airplane sounds as Spitfire dodged the spout of water. 

"She fly through the air like a...a Blue Mommy!" he said in a low voice, as if reporting the actions of the Spitfire doll. 

Rainbow Dash covered her mouth in mirth. 

Batty suddenly stopped, and turned up to face Rainbow with an interesting look on his face. "Blue Mommy," he began carefully. 

"I think--I think there's something on my hoof," he continued in the same tone. He reached out to the bewildered Rainbow Dash, who cocked her head at the colt. 

"I don't see anything." 

Batty shook his head, keeping his red eyes locked on the older mare. "You have to touch it to see it." 

The logic, however ridiculous it sounded, still made Rainbow feel obliged to bring her hoof to his. "Uh, ok....." 

splash! 

Rainbow fell headfirst into the shallow water, her legs splaying out in a most undignified way. She gasped, twisting her head up and slipped against the sides. 

"What the?!" She screeched, choking on laughter. Batty's upside down face was shaking with giggles. 

"Oh, very funny." Rainbow slowly pulled herself up, pushing back her wet mane. 

Batty squeaked in mock fear, sliding up against the  back of the tub. But then he reconsidered, and came in to give Rainbow a hug.

"Now you can play Wonderbolts with me, and look at the waterfall, and--" he was cut off by a loud bang. It came from Rainbow's mudroom. 

“Thundernight Moonglade Kerfluffle Fangling?!" 

Rainbow froze. "Oh, ponyfeathers."