Student Switch: Fluttershy and Sour Sweet

by ImNoPony

Sour Sweet

On a particularly nice day, Sour Sweet was walking down the hallway of Canterlot High and was making it to her locker. She's a... complicated girl. She has mood-swings that cause her to flip between two personalities: kind and "sweet" or "sour" and condescending. It's a condition that she personally doesn't like, made evident when people say hello to Sour Sweet as she walk.

"Hi Sour Sweet."

"Hey... whoever you are?"

"What's up Sour? How are ya doin'?"

"Oh I'm fine But Don't Call Me Sour!"

"Hey, would mind signing our petition to get more books for our library?"

"Sure, why not? It isn't like anybody would read any of them."

To the people she just talked to, they were left shocked and a bit appalled. However, they know about Sour Sweet's condition and try not to get too offended over it. But for Sour Sweet, she felt ashamed and upset with herself over it. She try suppress these insecurities for now and work on her issues later.

When Sour Sweet got to her locker, she open it up and began freshen up. She look at the mirror on her locker door, see parts on her face where the make-up is starting to fade and reapply it. Once she was done, she see herself in the mirror and thought she was beautiful. Sour Sweet was so happy with herself, she almost forgot what she was upset.

But once she was done at her locker, Sour Sweet suddenly heard some commotion. She looked at the far end of the hall and she spotted a small kitten running away. It took her a bit for her to see it, but when she does, she realize something.

"Wait a minute... That's My Cat!"

Sour Sweet left her locker and instantly chased after it. When other people saw a cat running down the hall, they were so bewildered that they didn't try to imped or catch it (much to Sour Sweet's annoyance). Sour Sweet give it everything that she got to try catch up and catch it, but the tiny kitten was too fast for her.

And then something happened. As soon as the kitten ran pass her office, Vice Principal Luna step out of it. Sour Sweet saw her but was going too fast to slow down or avoid. As Luna was wondering was what just run pass her office, Sour Sweet collided into her and both women fell down to the floor. Both of them reeled and recover from the sudden collision on the ground as they try to make out what happened.

"Augh... No running in the hall" Luna angrily tells Sour Sweet.

"I know that" Sour Sweet angrily replied. "I just forgot that rule as I was chasing my cat!"

As she was picking herself up, Luna asks "Why is cat here at school?"

"That is what I would like to know."

Once both Luna and Sour Sweet was up and onto their feet, another voice appears behind them.

"Whiskers!"

When they look behind them, they notice a young freshmen girl running towards them. She was slightly shorter then Sour Sweet and yet also look strikingly similar to her. Pinkish and purple hair, same skin tone and same brand of clothing. It took Luna a minute but Sour Sweet instantly recognize her.

"Cherry Sweet!" Sour Sweet yell in surprise.

Cherry Sweet in Sour's younger sister. She goes to Canterlot, the same as her sister, but of course is a few grades behind. It's not hard for people to tell that they are related but there is one key difference that they like to point out. While Sour Sweet is sweet 50% of the time, Cherry Sweet is always pure and sickeningly sweet 100% of the time.

Cherry run into her sister arms and began crying onto her shirt. While others would consider this sweet and heart-warming, Sour didn't like it that she was dampening her favourite shirt.

"Sour" Cherry Sweet cried.

Not wanting her sister to be like this, Sour Sweet got her to break away and tells her "Cherry, calm down." It took her a minute, but Cherry calm herself down enough to speak properly. "Ok. Why did you brought Whiskers with you to school."

After she compose herself, Cherry explains "Well it's show n' tell day at Cheerilee's class today and I thought I could show everyone Whiskers. Everyone loved him, but Spicy Coat says...

"Wow Cherry. Your cat is really cool"

"Thanks, I know."

"Want to know what would be really cool? If you take him out of his cage!"

"What! I... I don't know?"

"Oh Calm On! Just for a little bit?"

"Hmm... Ok, but just for a moment."

"Cool!"

"Come on Whiskers. My friends want to meet you."

"YOWL!!"

"And after Spicy scared him, he ran out of the classroom."

When she heard the story, Sour Sweet built up so much rage that she could barely contain it. She had to face away from her sister just so she can hide her agonizingly angry expression. This cause Cherry to ask her "Are you mad at me?"

"What! No! she replied, trying to hold back her anger. "I'm just... worried about Whiskers safety, that's all. Which I Haven't Have To Do By The Way If You Hadn't Brought Him To School!"

When Sour Sweet realize that she let her anger came loose, she saw Cherry almost starting to cry again. Not wanting that to happen, she put on her friendly persona again and tells her "No-no-no! Don't cry. We'll get him back, I promise." Even though she is still very upset, at least Cherry felt reassured to her older sister's promise.

But when it shown that Cherry wasn't about to cry, Luna got their attention. "Well that is all well and good that you learned you lesson ladies, but we got a problem. We have got an inspector from the school board coming in today to examine us and if he sees that we have a feline running around on our premises, I don't know how he will react."

Seeing her vice principal looking cross, a frighten Sour Sweet tells her "Don't worry Vice Principal Luna. I'll get him back before the inspector arrive."

Luna was understandably hesitant. But after she though about it, she sighed and says "Ok. Since this is your pet, I'm sure you would know how to retrieve him."

"Hehe... Yeah."

"Ok then. I'm giving you permission to exclude yourself from class so you can capture him."

As Luna begin to walk off, Cherry began to feel a bit more happy now that her sister is on the case. However, Sour Sweet had a nervous expression on her face that she does not like to explain.

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Several minutes has passed and Sour Sweet was scouring the halls in search for Whiskers. Unfortunately, she was having absolutely no luck. After everyone else have left the hallway, Sour Sweet couldn't find anything else besides dust and absence. But as she was getting frustrated, she suddenly began hearing noises coming from the cafeteria. Hoping that somebody might have found a cat, Sour went over and investigate.

When she arrive at the cafeteria, she saw a large crowd of students surrounding themselves around the serving area. They weren't getting food or anything but instead peering into the kitchen to see something. As Sour Sweet was wondering what they were doing, she suddenly spot Lemon Zest being a part of the crowd.

"Hey Lemon Zest!"

Lemon looked around when she heard her name being called. When she saw Sour Sweet, she became happy to see her. "Oh! Hi Sour Sweet!"

When she got up beside her, Sour Sweet ask her "What's going on here?"

Lemon explain and reveals "A tiny black cat came in her and ran into the kitchen."

Lemon continue to speak but Sour Sweet had heard everything that she needed to hear. She move in and getting towards the front of the crowd and push anybody who got in her way. She then jump over the large serving area that connects the cafeteria to the kitchen. There, she saw a couple of school chef bending over and looking under one of their machines. Despite the insistence of head chef (Donut) Joe, Sour went over and saw that Whiskers was indeed under there.

Sour Sweet was relieved that she found her pet, but soon realize that Whiskers is frighten and wasn't coming out. "Ok Whiskers. Come out" she softly calls to him. However, it didn't work and he wasn't moving an inch. She try again. "Come on and come over her. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come On! COME ON!" But as she was getting louder and louder, more frighten Whisker became and move further way.

Right when she was about to scream and moan, a voice speaks to her. "Dude. That isn't how you call a cat." When she look, Sour Sweet saw Lemon Zest standing beside her.

Annoyed, she asks "Really!? That What Am I Doing Wrong!?"

"Simple" she replied. "You're speaking to it as a human. Try speaking to it as a cat."

When Sour Sweet became confused and even more annoyed, Lemon pull her to one side and took her place. She bend down and stick her hand under the machine.

"Meow-Meow!" Lemon Zest meowed. "Meow-Meow! Meow-Meow-Meow Meow Meow-Meow!"

Sour Sweet was perplexed and believe Lemon Zest is being her airheaded self. However, before she could say it isn't going to work, Whisker's head popped out from under the machine. As Lemon was petting and stroking it, Sour was amazed that it actually worked.

"How did you...?"

"Like I said. Speak to it like a cat."

Lemon Zest then shifted her body a little bit so Sour Sweet could get at him. But as she as she kneel down and try to grab him, Whisker saw her and instantly ran off. Everyone, including Lemon Zest and Sour Sweet, was left stunned and the kitten managed to escape out of the cafeteria. Enraged, Sour Sweet chased after it again.

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Sour Sweet chased after her cat into the hall but it didn't take long to loose sight of it again. She looked around every corner and there was no small kitten in sight. All of this stress was chipping away at Sour Sweet's already fragile nerves.

But as she was scanning the halls again, another familiar voice spoke to her.

"Looking for someone Sour Sweet?"

Sour Sweet jumped and let out a quick "Ah!" to her surprise. When she turn around, she became relieved to see that it was Sunny Flare. "Oh! It just you Sunny Flare." After composing herself, she explains what's going on. "My darling little sister brought our cat into school and then she let it out and I have to find her!"

After hearing that, Sunny began to stop and think. This was a good thing for Sour Sweet because she know that Sunny is one of the smartest girls at Canterlot. But when she reveal her conclusion, she became unexpectedly confused.

"Looks to me that you need nepeta cataria" Sunny Flare says to her.

"Um, ok, but there is one small problem: I don't know what nepeta cataria is or how to get it!"

Sunny Flare smirks and explains to her "It's catnip."

Sour Sweet was stunned. She thought that would be something that she would know for some reason. Regardless, she remain to be angry and ask her: "Ok, but how do we get some?"

But as soon as she ask that, Sunny Flare pull something out of her pocket and reveals that she has some catnip on her. "Lucky for you, I just came from ecology class." Sour Sweet was left stunned again as she was surprised that she has some.

With the catnip by her side, Sunny Flare left Sour and began walking around the hall. As she turn the corner, Sour Sweet was left questioning if it going to work. And then she heard a cat meow. When Sunny Flare came back around, Whiskers was with her and was trying to get at the catnip. Sour Sweet was shocked but soon became overjoyed.

"Yes! It Worked!" she yelled in excitement.

But as soon as Whiskers saw her, it instantly break the catnip's trance and ran away. Sunny Flare was shocked as she thought no cat would run away from catnip. Meanwhile, Sour Sweet became just as angry as before and scream louder.

"AARRGH!"

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Later, Sour Sweet frantically search up and down the hall. Thanks to Sunny Flares guidance, she was searching down the hallway that leads down the gym. She was doubtful that Whiskers would be in the gym but she is becoming more and more desperate as time goes on.

And then, as soon as she got near the gym, she heard Indigo Zap's voice yelling out from inside.

"Wow dude! Look at this!"

Not questioning anything, Sour Sweet ran over and check what's what's going on. Inside, she saw what appears to be a gym class. Everyone was in their gym, tennis nets appear all across the room and everyone have tennis rackets. It seem like everybody was playing indoor but it also appears that the lesson was interrupted. Out in the centre of the room, the students was standing around Whiskers as they watch him playing joyfully with a tennis ball. Everyone was enamoured with the cute scene as even Indigo wasn't interfering.

"GRAB IT!!!"

Sour Sweet yelled and her loud voice echoed in the large hall. It was so loud and echoey, it was ringing in everybody's ear and it startled Whiskers. It try to run away but Sour Sweet blocked the exit. She then chased after it and they ran up and around the gym. Sour almost about to grab him... until she run into one of the tennis net. She got tangled up and soon fell over and onto the ground. She try to get up but arms and legs was connived within the tangled up net. The only thing that Sour Sweet could do was wiggle and watch Whiskers escape out of the gym.

Shocked seeing her friend be tangled up, Indigo Zap rushes over and help her. She freed Sour Sweet and help her onto her feet. "Wow Sour Sweet. Are you ok?"

However, after everything that happened today, an infuriated Sour Sweet yell at everybody in the room "WHY CAN'T ANYBODY GRAB THAT BLINKING CAT!

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Several moments later, Sugar Coat was strutting down the hall and was rushing towards her friends. She had got word of the cat running about her school as well as Sour Sweet who is pulling her hair out trying to catch it. However, Sugar Coat was more focus on finding her friends and see how she can help.

Eventually, she found all of her friends standing in the main hallway. Everyone was standing around and trying help Sour Sweet as she was having a nervous break down. When they notice Sugar Coat arrival, they all became happy to see her.

"Hey Sugar Coat!" greeted Lemon Coat.

"Hey, I got your text."

"Good" Sunny Flare responded. "Apparently, Cherry brought their cat into school and..."

But before she could finish, Sugar Coat interrupts her and says "That's ok. I already got word that my sister was responsible for all of this. I just want to know how Sour Sweet is doing?"

"Not so good" Sunny explained.

When she finally have a look at Sour, she could see that she was really feeling stressed and angry. Indigo try her best to help and calm her down but it isn't doing much. Sour Sweet was shaking, clenching her head and looking like she is about to explode.

"Sour Sweet?" Sugar asked cautiously.

When she heard her, Sour Sweet instantly shot her gaze at Sugar Coat with a crazy look. Filled with desperation, she run up, grab her sides and begs "Sugar Coat! Please Tell Me How To Catch This Cat!"

After pulling away from the grab, Sugar Coat sternly tells her "Sour Sweet! Calm Down! This is your cat! You must know how to deal with it."

"I CAN'T" Sour cry out.

And then, after all of the stress and pressure have finally gotten to her, Sour Sweet finally breaks down. No longer feeling angry or happy, she fall down into a self-depression and just became filled with sadness. She look away from her friends who all was worried as she finally confesses something.

"I don't know how to deal with Whiskers. She's Cherry's pet, not mine. Even at home, he always try to avoid me. Every time I get near it, he... just detects my dark side. He scared of me and always run away."

"Sour... No..." Sunny Flare softly replied. "You... don't have a dark side."

"But I do" Sour Sweet cried back. "My mood-swings always caused me problems. No matter how hard I try, I always say nasty stuff to people and condensed them. I'm... terrible."

Sour Sweet went towards some nearby stairs and began wallow in depression. Her friends around her empathise and feel sad for her. They may not know what is exactly feel like, but they know it must be painfully hard not being able to control what you say. Not wanting Sour Sweet to be like this, they all went over and try to comfort her.

Once they all sat around her, Indigo Zap tells her "Don't be sad Sour Sweet. We still with you."

Sugar Coat then tries to add "Yeah. Even though you say increasingly hurtful things that make people wonder why they would let you in..." But before she could finish, Lemon Zest flick her at the back of her head and indicate that she isn't helping.

But while Sour Sweet felt even more depress, Indigo try to change things around. "Look! See!? Even we do stuff that was don't want to do."

""Yeah, our impulses are a part of our psyche that none of us can completely control" Sunny Flare explained. "Sugar Coat makes blunt remarks, Lemon Zest constantly play her music loudly, Indigo Zap is really over competitive..."

"And you are a smarty-pants perfectionist" Lemon Zest cheekily pointed. While Sunny Flare takes offense to that, she try to let it slide to help Sour Sweet.

Sunny then asks her "So... do you hate us because of our impulses?"

"......... No?"

"And we don't hate you" Sunny warmly reply to her. "No matter what happens, we will always be there to support you."

Indigo then adds "Yeah, and if there's somebody who doesn't understand you, don't give up trying and they will come around.

Sour Sweet remained silent and her friends didn't know if they gotten through to her. But on the inside, she was severely touched. Hearing her friends confess their problems make her realize that she isn't alone. She thought she was gunna make tears of sadness went she sat on the stairs. But instead, Sour Sweet shed tears of happiness and tell her friends "Thanks you guys. I love all of you."

Overjoyed and touched, Sugar Coat replies "Thanks. We love you too." Everyone then got closer and share a one big group hug.

The moment was touching and was very appreciative. But after a moment or so of hugging, Lemon Zest suddenly heard a faint meow. Lemon looked over and was surprised to see Whisker who was walking towards them. After being surprised, she quickly come up with another way to help Sour Sweet.

Lemon Zest got the attention of Indigo, Sunny and Sugar Coat and show them of the approaching cat. When they soon got the same idea, They all began getting up and moved away from Sour Sweet. Sour Sweet was initially confused by this, but she soon felt something rubbing by her side. She look down and became shocked when she saw that it Whisker. When she look at it's little face, she saw an expression that tells that it came over and wanted to comfort her. Sour Sweet was shocked and didn't know what to do. But Sunny Flare then quickly pass her the catnip and silently indicate to her to play with it.

After a moment of hesitation, Sour Sweet picked it up and put it on her lap. She thought it would be scared and run away, but it didn't. It waited and wanted to be stroke. Sour Sweet then stroke it. She then began scratching on it's side until it started to purr. Sour Sweet became elated that she got it to purr as she had never got it to do it for her before. As she let Whisker toy and play with the catnip, she became overjoyed that she finally bonding with it.

"Haha! I'm finally playing with it" she thought out loud.

Her friends was so happy for her that they almost cheer out loud. However, Sugar Coat stop and warn them that if they cheer, it might scare Whiskers and make it to run away again. But as they were feeling silly about themselves, another voice yelled out instead.

"YAY! You Finally Found Him!"

They all look down the stairs and they all saw Cherry Sweet looking happy to see Whiskers again. As she rushed over to her sister and pet, Sour Sweet tells her "I made a promise, didn't I?" Everyone then began to burst out into laughter and chuckles.

But then, Luna and another guy with a handlebar mustachio suddenly appear from another hallway.

"As you can see Mr. Magnet..."

"Oh please Luna, call me Steven."

"Ok um... Steven. Canterlot is in tiptop condition and all of our students love it here."

"Um..."

Luna and Steven froze as they saw a group of student right in front of them who was holding a cat. It was at that moment that Sour Sweet remembers something about a school inspector and realizes that he must be it. Embarrassed, Luna was quick to apologize.

"Mr. Magnet, I am so sorry. We had a cat running around our premises and..."

But Steven cheerfully interrupts "What! Don't be! I Love Cats!" As her went over towards them, Luna was left astonished.

"What's it's name?"

After awkwardly chuckling for a bit, Sour Sweet replies "His name is Whiskers."

"Well it's nice to meet you Whiskers."

But as Steven was just about to pet it, Whiskers pull back and began sniffing Steven's hands. It was either his hand moisturizer or his perfume, but there was something about his smell that Whiskers didn't like. And right when nobody didn't expect it, Whisker jump out of Sour Sweet's arms and ran away again.

Everyone was left speechless. They had worked so hard to get to this point. The stress, the different methods that they had to use, the emotional drama. All of that was put to waste as the now have to find the cat again. However, the teen girls and Cherry was more worried about Sour Sweet. She stood there stiff as a statue. Her eye was twitching, hands beginning to shake and her anger was reaching new heights that nobody thought imaginable.

Steven Magnet says to himself "Oh dear. Maybe I shouldn't had..."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

Comments

[Massager 32]

Thank you for using the names I picked from the shadowbolt sister forum Cherry Sweet and Spicy Coat but you left out lemon zest's sister lime zest.

Again I loved the chapter

[Mr-Astounding]

I'm both impressed and disturbed by how this turned out...