Stormy's Pet
Stormy was on a bench eating her lunch during recess, her backpack right beside her. She observed the other students pass by doing different activities.
"I can't wait for school to be over so I can enjoy the weekend..." She thought to herself.
Movement on her side caught her attention and she turned to see her backpack shifting slightly. Curious as to what was going on, she finished eating and opened it, instantly being greeted by a mass of grey and blue. Large crimson red colored eyes looked up at her as she stood there, surprised by what she found before finally finding her voice again.
"Blaze!?" She exclaimed, looking at the little bat pony inside her backpack.
"Na!" Blaze responded, waving a hoof at her owner before jumping out of the bag and sitting beside Stormy.
"Why are you here, Blaze?"
Blaze looked down and rubbed one foreleg on the other. "Felt alone..." She said.
Stormy groaned at that. For some reason, Blaze would always try to be with her to not feel alone as she says, even if Stormy left her with her sister or her mother.
"Fine, you can stay... But no tickles!" Stormy said firmly. Blaze loved to be tickled, and Stormy loved to tickle her, so much that Stormy managed to build some machines to tickle the little batty.
Blaze pouted. "Na!" She insisted.
"No!" It was at that moment that Stormy noticed the bag of tickle powder she bought the other day for Blaze. "Oh come on, seriously!?" The tickle powder, as the name says, is a powder that makes someone- or somepony in this case- very ticklish, and Blaze absolutely loved it.
Blaze nodded with crossed hooves. "Na."
Stormy could only sigh. "Later, Blaze. Later..." She then saw that some students were looking her way and she tried to hide Blaze by stuffing her in the backpack again, getting a surprised squeak from her. She then felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning to look who it was, she almost jumped out of her skin at the pink face that was centimeters away from her own.
"Hi Stormy!" Announced Pinkie Pie cheerfully.
"Hi Pinkie..." Stormy said trying to get her breathing under control after the scare. "What do you want?"
"Oh well, I just heard some cute sounds coming from this way and decided to come here to meet your pony pet!"
Stormy stared dumbfounded at Pinkie. "H-how did you know that my pet was here? In fact, how do you even know that she's a pony!? I never told any of you about that!"
"Pinkie Sense." Pinkie said with the same cheerful smile. Stormy's left eye twitched slightly before she took a deep breath to calm her nerves. 'It's Pinkie Pie, don't questions it...' Stormy repeated in her mind before sighing and looking at the pink girl.
"Fine... But let's go to the back of the yard so no one will see her."
"Okie Dokie!" Pinkie nodded before following Stormy to a secluded of the backyard of the school grounds that was surrounded by bushes where Stormy lowered her bag to the ground.
"Come out, Blaze." She said and seconds later Blaze peeked out of the top.
"Na?" She asked curiously, looking around before Pinkie appeared in her line of vision with a large smile.
"Hi little pony!" Pinkie said, causing Blaze to let out a startled squeak and dash behind Stormy's legs.
"W-who?" Blaze asked, looking up at Stormy who chuckled and shook her head.
"This is Pinkie. Don't worry, she's my friend."
"She not hurt Blaze?" Blaze asked, relaxing a little.
"No." Blaze gave a shy nod and stepped out from behind Stormy to sit in front of Pinkie.
"Aww, she's so adorable!" Pinkie said to Blaze and booped her, making her muzzle scrunch up. "Hi there Blaze! I'm Pinkie Pie, do you wanna be my friend?"
Blaze gasped and nodded enthusiastically. "Na!"
"Great!" At that moment, Pinkie froze up before taking three steps to the left.
Stormy rose an eyebrow at Pinkie and was about to question her when there was a gasp from behind her and she felt someone bump into her, making Stormy fall right where Pinkie was standing before.
"Oh my gosh, is this a pony?" One could say that Fluttershy had teleported to where Stormy, Pinkie and Blaze were, but here we have Stormy flat on her face on the ground proving that Fluttershy did indeed move, and was conveniently strong for that.
"Gah..." Stormy groaned.
Blaze looked curiously at Fluttershy. The pink girl scared her at first, but this yellow girl was making her feel more relaxed. "Na?"
"Oh, and she's so cute!" Fluttershy squee'd. Pinkie meanwhile looked at Stormy, who was still on the ground.
"You ok, Stormy?"
"Ya, I'm fine..."
"So, you're going to just stay there on the ground or...?"
"Oh! Right, right." Stormy stood up and looked at Fluttershy, who was petting Blaze.
"Is she your pet Stormy? What's her name? I-if you don't mind me asking..."
"That's Blaze. She's a bat pony."
"Oh, such a wonderful name for her..."
Blaze looked up at Fluttershy and smiled. "Thank!" She said, making Fluttershy gasp in surprise.
"And she talks too! Was it you that taught her, Stormy?"
"Ya, I'm teaching her but it's slow progress."
"But how did you manage to sneak her into school? If... You don't want to answer, it's okay..."
"It's no problem, and she did it on her own."
"She must have missed you, right little one?" Fluttershy asked Blaze, who nodded with a smile as she was scratched behind her ears. Stormy then had and idea.
"Hey Shy, wanna come over to my house after school?"
"Oh, sure! T-that is, if it's not too much trouble."
"Nah, it's fine. I also would like you to test a new tickle machine I made for Blaze." Blaze looked at Stormy and puffed her cheeks.
"Nuu! Tickles mine!"
"Yes, I know Blaze. She's only going to test it."
Pinkie then appeared between the two girls, startling them. "Hey girls, we should go back or we'll miss the class!"
"Ya, that's right. Come on, Blaze." Stormy help her backpack open and Blaze jumped inside again. "So, will you come, Shy?"
"O-oh, sure!"
"Sweet! I'll see you after school. Bye girls!" Stormy waved to her friends before heading to class.
Later, in Stormy's class, she had placed her backpack besides her chair. Blaze then peeked out and looked around before her gaze focused on Stormy's teacher, or rather, the laser pointer she was using and gasped.
Stormy looked down at Blaze before following her gaze and groaning silently. "Blaze, no."
Blaze looked intently at the red dot moving around the board as her tail swished. "Na..."
Stormy frowned at Blaze. "Do that and you will never be tickled again." She said firmly, causing Blaze to look at her in shock.
"Na!"
"If you don't chase it, I'll tickle you for an hour when we are home."
"Two!"
"Fine, two hours. Now shush." Stormy said and Blaze nodded and ducked back inside the backpack. Stormy looked up at the sound of a throat being cleared.
"Miss Stormy, perhaps you would like to share with the class the reason you're talking with your backpack?" Her teacher asked.
"Oh, sorry miss! My uh... Phone voice command came on!" She explained hastily.
"Then next time remember to turn your phone off while in class, are we clear?"
"Yes, ma'am." The teacher turned back to the lesson and Stormy paid half attention to it, as she too kept an eye on Blaze.
On her way back home, Stormy heard Blaze shifting inside the backpack as she poked her head out with an apologetic look on her face.
"Sorry..." She whispered. Stormy frowned at her.
"Follow me to school again and no tickles for a week!" It was at that moment that Fluttershy caught up with them.
"You really shouldn't be that harsh with her, she may have followed you for a reason, Stormy..."
"She said that she was lonely. But she can be with Mom while I'm at school!"
"You mommy..." Blaze mumbled to Stormy while looking down. Stormy sighed and shook her head.
"I know... But still, Blaze!"
"Na..."
Fluttershy looked between the two before addressing Stormy.
"Can't you forgive her, Stormy?" Stormy sighed again at that.
"Fine... She is forgiven." She said, making Blaze squeak happily. Fluttershy giggled at the display.
"You two are so cute together." She stated. Stormy chuckled and shook her head.
"C'mon, my house is up ahead."
"Okay." While passing by Stormy's neighbor house, the dog in front of it started barking at Blaze and she hissed back at the dog. Stormy frowned at her.
"Bad Blaze, bad bad."
"Na!" Blaze squeaked pointing at the dog as if to say 'it was his fault'.
"Too bad." Stormy said as she entered her house with Fluttershy in tow, the two making their way to Stormy's bedroom, where Blaze jumped out of the backpack and glided down to the bed with the tickle powder in her hooves.
"Tickle!" She exclaimed, causing Storm to groan.
"Alright, hold your horses-" Stormy paused as she saw Blaze staring at her with a raised eyebrow. Stormy replayed what she said in her head before groaning louder. "It's been a long day..." Fluttershy was trying and failing to keep her laughter in check, letting out an occasional giggle.
"So, why did you ask me to come to your house? I-if you don't mind me asking..."
"Oh, right! I have constructed a few tickle devices for Blaze, and I want you to test the latest one I made. Don't worry, it's perfectly safe." Stormy sprayed a little of the tickle powder at Blaze and turned on the device mounted on a support besides her bed, which started spinning a feather at the front of it. She picked Blaze and positioned her under the device on her back, causing the little pony to have her belly tickled by the feather.
"W-well, if it's safe, and if it's for Blaze, I guess I can test it..."
"Alright! I left it here at the guest bedroom, come with me." Stormy said and lead Fluttershy to said room, where the device was atop the bed. The contraption was complex: two boots without the soles, with two brushes in their place, and two tubes coming from the back of boots that lead to a container that stored the tickle powder.
"Let's get to testing." Stormy stated with a grin as Fluttershy gulped visibly.
Later, Stormy had to call one of the other girls to take Fluttershy to her home, as the poor girl had passed out after the tickling. Stormy closed the front door and looked down as she felt a poke on her leg. Blaze looked up at her with those big crimson eyes that were normal to her. Stormy always questioned why Blaze's pupils weren't slitted, she was a bat pony after all, but Stormy wasn't complaining. If anything, it only made Blaze all the more cute.
"Yes, Blaze?"
"Hungry..." Blaze said as her belly let out a loud growling sound. Stormy chuckled and picked her pet by the waist.
"Sure, let's get some food for you." Walking to the kitchen, Stormy took out a baby bottle from a cabinet, filled it with milk and put it on the microwave to start heating. Some seconds later, Stormy took the bottle out and tested the temperature of the milk. Satisfied, she cradled Blaze with one arm and used the other to hold the bottle for Blaze, as the little pony drank eagerly the warm milk. When she finished, Stormy put the bottle on the sink to be washed and started patting Blaze's back, causing her to let out a cute little burp.
Looking out of the window, Stormy noticed that it was already dark out, so after saying good night to her mother and sister, she went to her room with Blaze. After having dinner, brushing her teeth and changing into her pajamas, Stormy decided to turn in early for the night. She climbed under the covers of her bed and Blaze followed suit, but over the covers. Stormy looked at her as she circled a spot before laying down.
"No following me to school anymore, alright?"
Blaze nodded, and with a simultaneous yawn, both drifted off to sleep. Unknown to Stormy, even when asleep, Blaze's mind was already planning on how she would follow her owner to school the next day.