Chapter 5

Sleeping Buddy

It was the middle of the night and everypony in Ponyville was asleep. Neo was sleeping over at Rarity's Boutique and he was fast asleep, he was having a nice dream about being with his friends, the mane 6 and Spike. Then something woke him up.

Neo saw something under his covers on the bed and it was shaking, Neo looked under the covers but it was too dark to see under there, he pulled off the covers and saw that it was Sweetie Belle. She was sitting on the bed, trembling in fear like she was scared of something and she had her face buried in her hooves.

"Sweetie Belle, what are you doing in here?" asked Neo.

Sweetie Belle looked up at Neo with a worried look on her face, from the look on her face, Neo could tell that something was wrong.

"Sweetie Belle, what is it? What's wrong?"

Sweetie Belle said in a frightened voice, "Excuse me Neo, I didn't mean to wake you up."

"What wrong Sweetie Belle, do you need something?"

"Actually, I had a bad dream."

"Oh I'm sorry Sweetie."

Sweetie Belle look so frightened, she just looked at Neo and said, "I'm too afraid to go back to my bed. I was just wondering, could I sleep with you?"

Neo thought for a second, but Sweetie Belle look so scared, she said to him, "Please Neo, I'm so frightened. Could I sleep with you... please?"

Sweetie Belle gave Neo a sad and frightened look as if Sweetie Belle depended on this, but he could tell she was scared and he couldn't say no to that sweet little face.

"Come here."

Neo put his arms out, inviting her to sleep with him. Sweetie Belle smiled and went over to Neo.

Sweetie Belle laid down next to Neo. He put the covers back over him and Sweetie Belle.

Neo patted Sweetie Belle's head and said, "Don't worry Sweetie Belle, there's nothing to be afraid of. I'll protect you from anything and I'm here for you."

Sweetie Belle smiled a sweet smile and said, "Oh thank you, thank you ever so much. I love you."

"I love you too little sweetie."

Then Neo kissed Sweetie Belle on the head and whispered, "Goodnight Sweetie Belle, sweet dreams."

Sweetie Belle replied with a sweet, "Goodnight."

"Just don't poke me with your horn."

Sweetie Belle giggled at his comment and slowly drifted off to sleep. She snuggled against Neo, feeling safe with him and knowing she was safe with him. Neo hugged her and snuggled her against him to keep her warm. Sweetie Belle snuggled against Neo and slept peacefully. He thought Sweetie Belle looked so cute sleeping beside him.

Right before Neo went back to sleep, he silently said a prayer to bless Sweetie Belle and all the joy she brings him. Then Neo went back to sleep with Sweetie Belle sleeping right beside him. Neo thought it felt nice to have sleeping buddy, even if it was just a sweet little filly like Sweetie Belle.

Then Rarity woke up for a second and she went to check on Sweetie Belle. When she saw that Sweetie Belle wasn't in her bed, she got a little worried. But then she went into the room where Neo was sleeping and she saw Sweetie Belle in the bed sleeping with Neo. Rarity felt better, knowing where she was. She thought it was so cute seeing her little sister sleeping next to Neo. Then Rarity went back to bed as well.

The next morning, Neo woke up feeling rested and in a good mood. He saw that Sweetie Belle was gone, he assumed she must have already gotten up.

But then Neo smelled smoke, he wondered what that was. Then Sweetie Belle came into the room carrying something, she was happy to see that Neo was up now. She gave him a cheerful, "Good Morning."

Then Sweetie Belle jumped up on his bed, stood up straight and sang to Neo, "Good morning to you, good morning to you, good morning dear Neo, good morning to you." And she smiled at him.

Neo smiled and said, "Good morning Sweetie Belle. How's my sweet little filly?"

Sweetie Belle giggled and said, "I'm wonderful. Here, I made this just for you."

Sweetie Belle handed Neo a plate with burned pancakes. Neo took a good look at the pancakes and he could tell that they were badly burned. That's when Neo realized that that's why the house smelled like smoke a few minutes ago. Neo couldn't eat burned pancakes, but he didn't want to hurt Sweetie Belle's feelings.

So he said, "Sweetie Belle, you kind of overcooked these."

Sweetie Belle looked down and said, "I know, I'm not very good at cooking, but I wanted to make breakfast for you because of how kind you've been to me and to show you how much I appreciated having you around. I'm sorry I can't cook very well."

Neo patted Sweetie Belle on the head and said, "That's okay, but maybe I can help."

Neo took out the device out of his pocket that becomes his automatic foodmaker and he inserted the burned pancakes into it. He pushed a button on the foodmaker, and in 10 seconds, the foodmaker gave him the pancakes and they were now normal and edible, they were no longer burned.

Sweetie Belle was amazed by what just happened, she asked him how he did that and Neo explained that his foodmaker can take food that's been burned or overcooked and make it normal and just right. Sweetie Belle was fascinated by that.

Then Rarity woke up with a yawn and she smelled something burning in the kitchen. She ran into the kitchen and saw that it was full of smoke and the smoke was coming from a pot on the stove. Rarity opened the window to let the smoke out. When the smoke cleared, she took the pot off the stove and placed it in the sink to stop it from smoking. Then she shouted for Sweetie Belle.

Sweetie Belle heard Rarity shouting her name, she thought to herself, "Oh no, I'm in trouble now."

Sweetie Belle went into the kitchen looking guilty. Rarity glared at Sweetie Belle and scolded her for cooking by herself, she even said that Sweetie Belle could have burned the house down. Sweetie Belle said that she just wanted to do something nice for Neo and she wanted to make breakfast for him. She cried a little, knowing that she was in trouble. Rarity felt bad and she tried to get Sweetie Belle to stop crying.

Then Neo came into the kitchen and wanted to know if everything was okay. Rarity said everything was fine, Sweetie Belle ran over to Neo and snuggled against his feet, he saw that she was crying so he comforted her.

Rarity explained that she scolded Sweetie Belle for cooking by herself and she left a pot on the stove that was smoking up the kitchen. Neo understood Rarity being hard on Sweetie Belle, she was her older sister and she had to look out for her. Then Neo hugged Sweetie Belle to cheer her up, she hugged him back and Rarity even joined in the hug.

Then it was time for Neo to leave but Sweetie Belle still wanted to spend more time with him. So she asked Rarity if she could go hang out with Neo around town.

Rarity thought about it, luckily, Sweetie Belle didn't have school today and she thought it would be good for Sweetie Belle to get out of the house. Sweetie Belle felt very happy, so Neo said goodbye to Rarity and hoped that he would see her later with the rest of his friends.

Sweetie Belle trotted happily out the door with him and they went out on the town for a day of fun.

End of chapter 5.