Hi, everyone! It's time me another chapter of Ash's Ponyville Adventures! In this story, a babysitting job goes wrong for Fluttershy! How is she going to handle it! Let's find out!
*I DON'T OWN POKÉMON OR MY LITTLE PONY!*
Narrator: Ah, another beautiful day in Ponyville! And today, Rarity seems to be up to something involving fashion! I wonder what creation she's making today?
Rarity: Where'd I put that? Ohh, I thought I already...
[clatter]
Rarity: Ohh, and I can't forget I've got to... oh, how am I ever gonna get this done?
Sweetie Belle: Are you sure I can't help? I could—
Rarity: No!
Sweetie Belle: Maybe just a—
Rarity: No thanks!
Sweetie Belle: How about—
Rarity: Just stand over there.
Sweetie Belle: But—
Rarity: Where you'll be out of the way. Ribbon, ribbon! Where's the ribbon?!
Sweetie Belle: I got it!
[creaking]
Sweetie Belle: Whoa!
Rarity: [gasps]
[clattering noises]
Rarity: Aah!
[crashing]
Sweetie Belle: Um, I-I'll just go and stand over there, where I'll be... out of the way.
Rarity: [sigh]
[Intro: Big World, Big Adventures]
Rarity!
Fluttershy!
Applejack!
And Rainbow!
Pinkie!
And Twilight!
And Ash Number One!
Let's go, go, go
On a new world adventure,
Let's go, go, go explore,
With Ash and his friends!
Let's go, go, go
And meet new friendly faces,
The world's just a thrill ride away!
New world, new, new adventures!
Ash & Friends: New World!
New Adventures!
[End song]
On top of hill, we see five mysterious figures which turns out to be Ash, Fluttershy and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, as Ash created a bright light with his magic as they read the title of the next chapter!
Ash: Chapter 17!
Fluttershy: Stare...
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Master!
Meanwhile, Ash and Pikachu were walking around Ponyville! They were on their way to see Rarity!
Ash: Sure is beautiful today!
Pikachu: Yep! By the way, why are we going to Rarity's?
Ash: Rarity asked me to come fillysit Sweetie Belle while she's busy with her latest fashion masterpiece!
Pikachu: Oh boy! I love when you fillysit those tykes!
Ash: I'm sure you do!
That's when they bumped into Fluttershy!
Fluttershy: Hello, Ash! Pikachu!
Ash: Oh! Hi, Fluttershy!
Fluttershy: Where are you two off to?
Ash: I was just on my way to see Rarity! She asked me to come fillysit Sweetie Belle while she's busy with her latest fashion masterpiece!
Fluttershy: I'm heading there too! I'm returning Opalescence after giving her special treatment!
Ash: I see! Well, why don't we go there together?
Fluttershy: Okay!
And they set off for Rarity's! Meanwhile…
Sweetie Belle: Won't you at least let me help you clean up?
Rarity: No. You've helped me quite enough.
Sweetie Belle: I'm sorry, sis! I just thought that if I could help, I might find my special gift and finally earn my cutie mark.
Rarity: I understand. It's just that... I need this time to fill this order without any... complications. Okay, all done. Now, back to work. I've lost a lot of time, and I cannot have any more interruptions.
[doorbell rings]
Rarity: Oh, what now?!
That was when she saw Ash, Fluttershy and Pikachu!
Fluttershy: Oh, sorry. I thought the "open" sign meant you were open, but I must have been mistaken.
Ash: And we'll be in our way!
Rarity: [gasps] Fluttershy! Ash! Pikachu! Forgive me! I was so wrapped up in my work that I forgot you were bringing Opalescence back from her grooming and Ash was coming for fillysitting!
Fluttershy: No worries, Rarity. I've left her there in the basket.
Opalescence: [purrs]
Rarity: Oh, she looks great! I just don't understand how you're able to do it! I can't get near her without getting a swipe from her claws.
Opalescence: [hisses]
Rarity: Ahh! Did you use... the Stare on her?
Fluttershy: Oh, no! I wouldn't! I couldn't! I-I don't really have any control over when that happens. I-It just happens. No, I'm just good with animals. It's my special gift, you know?
Rarity: Well, you should have a picture of Opal as a cutie mark instead of those butterflies.
Sweetie Belle: Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Maybe I can be good with animals, too!
[shing!]
That made a chunk of Sweetie Belle's hair fall off as the cat smiled sinisterly at her!
Sweetie Belle: Or not.
Ash, Fluttershy and Rarity: [laughs]
Rarity: I'm sorry I can't invite you to stay and chat, Fluttershy. I've bitten off a bit more than I can chew with this order.
Sweetie Belle: But you're not eating anything.
Rarity: No, Sweetie, it's an expression. It means that I've taken on more work than I can handle. I've got twenty of these special robes to make tonight! They're due in Trottingham tomorrow morning.
[twinkling]
Fluttershy: [gasp]
Rarity: See? I've lined them in a special gold silk. It took SO long to make, but I think it adds just the right touch, don't you?
Ash: I'll say! They look great! You're still the best when it comes to fashion, Rarity!
Rarity: [tints a blush] Thank you, Ashy darling!
Fluttershy: These are lovely, but twenty by tonight? How will you get it all done?
Rarity: Well, I, uh...
Sweetie Belle: Oh, oh, oh! Maybe I could... just... just stand over here and watch.
Rarity: I'll manage.
Fluttershy: Well, maybe I should get out of your mane so you can work.
Then, two familiar fillies zoomed passed!
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo: Hi, Fluttershy! Hi, Ash! Hi, Pikachu! Hi, Rarity!
Rarity: Hello, uh, girls...
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo: Hey, Sweetie Belle!
Sweetie Belle: Scootaloo! Apple Bloom!
Scootaloo: You ready for tonight?
Sweetie Belle: Yup! Cutie mark planning session is a go!
Apple Bloom: Tonight is the night we each try to find our own special talent.
Scootaloo: Even if it takes us all night!
Apple Bloom: I'm ready! You ready?
Scootaloo: Very ready!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SLEEPOVER AT RARITY'S! YAY!
Sweetie Belle: And... look what I made us!
[trumpet flourish]
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo: Oh, wow! [laughter, gasps] That's so cool! Oooh!
Fluttershy: What does that patch on your cape mean?
Cutie Mark Crusaders: THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS! YAY!
Scootaloo: We're on a crusade, a mission!
Apple Bloom: To find our cutie marks!
Sweetie Belle: Yup. And look. I lined them with this special gold silk. It took sooo long to make, but I think it adds just the right touch, don't you?
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo: Oooooh!
Ash: Hey! That looks like the same silk Rarity is using to... [realizes] Uh oh!
And uh oh was right! Rarity did not look too thrilled as she went to the golden silk and noticed the cuts in them!
Rarity: Sweetie Belle! What have you done? That was the last of the gold silk! Oh, now I'll have to make more! Oh, I hope I can make more. I'm gonna have to work all night! Which means... Sorry, girls, I'm afraid the Crusaders sleepover is cancelled.
Sweetie Belle: What?!
Rarity: I just won't have any time to watch you if I want to get these robes delivered on time.
Sweetie Belle: But—
Rarity: No buts this time. I'm sorry, Sweetie Belle. It's just the way it has to be.
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Awwww...
Ash: Hey! Don't look so glum, girls! I'm sure we can find an alternative for ya!
Fluttershy: [goes over to them] I, uh, I suppose I could take them for the night.
Rarity: I couldn't ask you to do that.
Fluttershy: Oh, it's no problem at all.
Ash: Yeah!
Rarity: Have you met my sister and her friends? A problem is all it would be.
Fluttershy: Did I have a problem with Opal? You've seen how well I handle small creatures!
Ash: And I've been fillysitting them since we first met!
Rarity: I suppose that's true... and I do have a lot of work to do...
Fluttershy: Come on, it'll be fun.
Rarity: I assure you, they're quite a handful.
Fluttershy: These sweet little angels?
[twinks]
Rarity: Well... all right.
Cutie Mark Crusaders: CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SLEEPOVER AT FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE! YAY! [dashes off]
Fluttershy: So cute. W-wait for me! [goes after them]
Rarity: Hmmm...
Ash: Don't worry, Rarity! Those three will be no trouble at all! Hey, girls! [as he goes after them] Wait up!
Rarity: That's exactly what I'm afraid of!
Soon, Ash and the girls were on their way to Fluttershy's cottage!
Fluttershy: Oh, won't this be ever so fun? We can have a nice little tea party, and braid each others' tails, and sit quietly and color, and tell each other fairy tales, and—
[rush of air, clattering hooves]
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [giggling]
They ran passed Twilight, causing her to spin and get dizzy!
Twilight Sparkle: Hello, Fluttershy. Ash. Pikachu.
Ash: Hi, Twilight!
Pikachu: Hey!
Fluttershy: Oh! Hello, Twilight. Where are you off to?
Twilight Sparkle: I'm heading to the Everfree Forest to Zecora's to get some of my favorite tea.
Ash: The Everfree Forest?!
Fluttershy: Th-The Everfree Forest? Ah, you'll be careful, won't you?
Twilight Sparkle: Of course!
Ash: Alright! But you should take one of my Pokémon with you for protection!
Twilight Sparkle: Don't worry, Ash! I'll be fine on my own! How about you? What are you two doing with the girls?
Fluttershy: Rarity has a big order to fill tonight, so I volunteered to take the girls over to my cottage for a sleepover.
Ash: And I'm helping to fillysit them!
Twilight Sparkle: Wow. Sounds like everypony has their hooves full today. Taking care of those three fillies all by yourself? You sure you can handle it?
Fluttershy: What? These sweet little angels? They'll be no problem at all.
Ash: It's better than seeing Rarity get robbed in Trottingham! [snickers]
Twilight Sparkle: [with a stern look] Be careful with what you wish for, Ash! We girls have our ways of payback!
Ash: Noted!
Soon, at Fluttershy's cottage, it was nighttime!
[crickets chirping, owl hooting]
[door closes]
Sweetie Belle: Wow! Look at this place! What's that? Are those chickens?
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [unintelligible chatter]
Fluttershy: [to herself] No... problem at all. [normal] Okay, girls, uh, what should we do?
Scootaloo: I'm gonna get my mark first!
Fluttershy: Girls?
Sweetie Belle: Nuh-uh!
Fluttershy: Should we—
Apple Bloom: I am!
Fluttershy: Girls, okay, now settle—
Scootaloo: I'm staying up all night!
Apple Bloom: Me, too!
Sweetie Belle: Me, three!
Ash: Settle down, you three!
Fluttershy: I-I know you're excited, but— girls, oh, oh, careful with the— oh, ah, girls— [huffs] So! What do you wanna do? Play a game?
Scootaloo: We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders!
Apple Bloom: And we want to crusade for our cutie marks!
Sweetie Belle: And, and, and, we, um— yeah! What they said!
Fluttershy: Mmm, I don't know... how about a nice quiet little tea party?
Scootaloo: Or... we could go adventuring in the Everfree Forest!
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle: Yeah!
Fluttershy: Oh, no! The Everfree Forest is much too dangerous. It's filled with far too many strange creatures.
Sweetie Belle: But you could go with us and we could catch those creatures. We could be, umm... creature catchers!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: YAY! CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS CREATURE CATCHERS!
Scootaloo: Arrrr! I am a dangerous creature from the Everfree Forest! Rrrarr!
Sweetie Belle: Halt, dangerous creature of the Everfree Forest. I am Sweetie Belle, the creature catcher, and I'm here to catch you!
Scootaloo: You can never catch me! I am far too powerful and dangerous!
Sweetie Belle: You cannot run from me!
Scootaloo: Raaaar!
Sweetie Belle: [giggling]
Scootaloo: Raaaar! [giggling]
Fluttershy: Um, oh, maybe that's not such a— now, girls, how about we do some nice coloring? Doh—
Sweetie Belle: Come back, dangerous creature, so I can catch you!
Scootaloo: Never!
Fluttershy: Careful... you don't...
[crash]
Fluttershy: ...break anything.
Sweetie Belle: Sorry, Fluttershy.
Scootaloo: Yeah, sorry.
Apple Bloom: I guess we aren't creature catchers.
Fluttershy: Oh, girls, it's okay. I—
Apple Bloom: I know! We could be Cutie Mark Crusader carpenters!
Fluttershy: C-carpenters?
Apple Bloom: Hammer!
Scootaloo: Hammer.
Sweetie Belle: Hammer!
Scootaloo: Hammer. Hammer! ...Hammer.
[various construction sounds]
Sweetie Belle: Um ... that doesn't look like a table.
Scootaloo: We were making a table?
Apple Bloom: Somepony needs to put this thing out of its misery.
Scootaloo: We are definitely not Cutie Mark Carpenters.
Sweetie Belle: Who wants a picture of a hammer on their flank anyway?
Fluttershy: [as Ash uses his magic to fix the table] Well, now that we've gotten that out of the way, how about a game?
Apple Bloom: A game?
Fluttershy: It's called "Shhh!"
Scootaloo: What's that?
Fluttershy: Well, it's a game about who can be quiet the longest. Sound fun? I'm the world champ, you know. I bet you can't beat me! [squee] [deep breath]
Ash: I have a better idea for a game instead of uh "Shhh!"
Fluttershy: [sighs]
Ash: This game will help test your knowledge on Pokémon! It's called "The Three of These Things Game"!
Apple Bloom: "The Three of These Things Game"?
Scootaloo: That doesn't sound fun!
Sweetie Belle: Sure it does! It's a game that involves three, and there's three of us!
Ash: You're close, Sweetie Belle! But this is to guess which thing out of four things doesn't belong! And it'll help test your knowledge on Pokémon! [as he starts pointing to his Pokémon] Now, we have Serperior, Meganium, Bulbasaur and Pikachu! But before we begin to play there's a song that must be sung!
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo: A song?
Ash: Yes! And it goes like this! Fluttershy, if you will with your songbirds!
Fluttershy: Of course!
Songbirds: [tweeting the "Three of These Things Game" song]
Ash: [sings] Three of these things belong together! Three of these things are kinda the same! But one of these things just doesn't belong here! Now it's time to play our game! Time to play our game! [Song ends] Now, look closely, girls! And try to guess which Pokémon doesn't belong!
Scootaloo: Hmm... it's... Bulbasaur!
Bulbasaur: Nope! Try again!
Ash: Here's a clue! Think of the types these four Pokémon have!
Apple Bloom: Pikachu! It ain't a Grass-type!
Ash: Excellent job, Apple Bloom! Very prestige observation!
Serperior: Ash! When did you start talking so formal?
Ash: Guess my princely side has started to show!
Pikachu: That makes sense!
Sweetie Belle: [jumping up and down] It's no wonder why my sister was showing a soft side for you! You're a true prince!
Ash's face tinted a fiery red!
Ash: Sweetie Belle, you shouldn't say things that aren't true! We're just friends!
Luxio: [with a sly look] Are you sure about that, Ash?
Ash: Will you shush!
Then, the girls started to bounce around again!
Pikachu: Uh oh!
Scootaloo: Okay, now what can we do?
Apple Bloom: [appears from the chimney] Oooh! How about Cutie Mark Crusader coal miners?
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Yeah!
Scootaloo: CUTIE MARK CRUSADER WRESTLERS! [tackles Hawlucha] HYAH!
Hawlucha: OOF!
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle: WRESTLERS! [as they tackle Hitmontop and Lucario] HYAH!
Hitmontop: OOF!
But Lucario didn't go down that easily, as he grabbed Apple Bloom by the tail!
Lucario: Wrestlers is out of the question!
Apple Bloom: No fair! You're twice mah size! Ooh! Cutie Mark Crusader coal mining wrestlers!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Yeah!
Fluttershy: No!
Ash: Out of the question!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Awwww!
Fluttershy: I mean, it's time for bed, don't you think? Aren't you excited to get all toasty and warm in your snuggly-wuggly widdle beds?
Ash: Fluttershy, they aren't babies!
Apple Bloom: Yeah! Snuggly-wuggly? But we have more crusadin' to do!
Scootaloo: We've got plans!
Sweetie Belle: And capes!
Fluttershy: Um, okay, um. Maybe the crusading can wait until morning? When it's light? And not so... dark?
Ash: Wait a minute, Fluttershy! You're telling us you're scared of the dark?!
Fluttershy: [blushes in embarrassment] M-M-Maybe a little.
Ash: Oh! Well, you don't have to be afraid, Fluttershy! You've got me to protect you from the things that go bump in the night!
Pikachu: And me!
That made Fluttershy feel a little better! Soon, they were getting the three fillies ready for bed!
Apple Bloom: How are we gonna find our special talent in our sleep?
Fluttershy: [puffs out a candle] Maybe you'll have a lovely little dream about your special talent.
Scootaloo: But we're not even tired!
Ash: Well, would it help if one of us sang you a lullaby?
Goodra: Ooh! I love lullabies!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Mm-hmm, yeah!
Ash: [to Fluttershy] You wanna take this one, Fluttershy? You have an awesome singing voice!
Fluttershy: Oh, okay! [clears throat]
[Fluttershy]
Hush now, quiet now
It's time to lay your sleepy head
Hush now, quiet now
It's time to go to bed
Sweetie Belle: I know this one!
Ash: You do?
Pikachu: I wanna hear it!
Fluttershy: Oh, how wonderful! Why don't you sing it with me?
Sweetie Belle: [clears throat]
However, she started to sing it loudly!
[Sweetie Belle]
Hush now! Quiet now!
It's time to lay your sleepy head!
Said hush now! Quiet now!
It's time to go to bed!
Ash: This is opposite of soft singing!
Pikachu: Yeah!
Goodra: Too loud!
Lucario: [tapping his foot to the singing] I don't know. I kinda like it.
Ash: Lucario, be serious!
Lucario: [slaps himself focused] Ahem! Right! Sweetie Belle, that's enough!
Fluttershy: Okay Sweetie, that was...
[Sweetie Belle]
Driftin' (driftin') off to sleep!
Exciting day behind you!
Driftin' (driftin') off to sleep!
Let the joy of dream land find you!
Goodra: Please stop!
Fluttershy: Thank you Sweetie, um...
[Sweetie Belle]
Hush now! Quiet now!
Lay your sleepy head!
Said hush now! Quiet now!
It's time to go to bed!
Ow!
[chickens clucking and flapping]
Scootaloo: What is that?
Ash: Here, Fluttershy! I'll help clean up!
Pikachu: Me too!
Fluttershy: Oh! Thank you!
Fluttershy: [to Lucario] [giggles] It was rather sweet that you liked Sweetie Belle's singing, Lucario.
Lucario: [blushes] I just like rock and roll!
Ash: [chuckles]
Goodra: [gasps] Oh no! No no no no!
Ash: What's wrong, Goodra?
Pikachu: What happened?
Fluttershy: Is everything okay?
Goodra: [points at the bed] Look!
The girls were gone!
Fluttershy: [gasp] Girls!
Ash: They're gone!
Bulbasaur: Hold on! They're just outside!
And he was right!
Apple Bloom: Fluttershy, your chickens are on the loose!
Sweetie Belle: I wonder what could have caused that...
They all just gave Sweetie Belle a look!
Scootaloo: Don't worry, Fluttershy, the Cutie Mark Crusaders will handle this!
Sweetie Belle: Cutie Mark Crusader chicken herders! Yay!
[rush of air, more chicken clucking]
Fluttershy: No, I don't think that's a— ah, come back! Please!
Ash: Come back here, you little stinkers!
[Cutie Mark Crusaders giggling, more chicken flapping and squawking]
Ash: Girls, stop! [tries to catch the chickens] And you crazy chickens get back here!
Pikachu: [as he and Luxio try to catch them] Stop running around!
Fluttershy: Come on, girls, the chickens are fine— oh, girls, um... [yells] GIRLS!
Ash: I got this! Girls, if you don't stop, [pulls out a box of cereal with his magic] tomorrow, you won't have any of this munchy, crunchy, chocolatey Cocoa Puffs! The chocolatey part of a good breakfast!
That caused them to stop!
[chickens flapping and clucking]
Fluttershy: Come on, in you go.
However, the chickens didn't seem to follow her command.
Ash: A bit stubborn, aren't they?
Pikachu: Yeah!
Then, she used her secret weapon! The stare!
Bulbasaur: No! She's using the Stare!
Ash: So that's what "the Stare" is!
Pikachu: Scary!
The chickens started to go back into their house!
Fluttershy: There's some good chickens. Okay, you three. Isn't it about time you got into bed?
Cutie Mark Crusaders: But—
Fluttershy: Please?
Ash: If you don't, then you won't have any Cocoa Puffs!
They just lowered their heads! Soon, they were back in bed!
Fluttershy: So, no more crusading for tonight, all right?
Scootaloo: Yes, Fluttershy!
Sweetie Belle: We promise, Fluttershy!
Apple Bloom: Good night, Fluttershy!
Fluttershy: Okay, good night.
Ash: Sweet dreams, you little stinkers!
Scootaloo: [blows a raspberry playfully]
Ash: [chuckles]
And with that, they left the room to sleep!
Fluttershy: Um, Ash?
Ash: Yeah, Fluttershy? What's up?
Fluttershy: Um... Would it be alright if I could snuggle up with you?
Ash: [blushes hard] Oh! I-I-I... Um... Well...
Fluttershy: I understand if you don't want to! I don't want to force you to do something you don't want to do! But... please?
Ash: [smiles] Okay! I don't see why not!
Fluttershy: Okay!
As they went down, Fluttershy was excited in her head!
Fluttershy: [in her head] This is amazing! I'll get the chance to snuggle with Ash before the other girls do!
Back in the girls' room...
Sweetie Belle: Okay, so what kind of crusading do we do next?
Apple Bloom: There's not much we can do from this room... unless we become Cutie Mark Crusader cottage cleaners.
Sweetie Belle: N-no, thanks.
Apple Bloom: Well, we have to think of somethin'. We can't just waste this opportunity to find out what our special talents are. Hey, girls! Look! Some of the chickens may have escaped!
Sweetie Belle: Into the forest!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [whispering] Cutie Mark Crusaders chicken rescuers are go!
And they were heading out sneakily! That was when they caught a glimpse of Ash and Fluttershy!
Fluttershy: [sigh] It really wasn't that hard ... I mean, all I needed to do was just show them who's in charge. Nothing's gonna get past Fluttershy! Good with animals, good with kids. [snuggles against Ash] Hmm. Oh, Ashy. You're so warm and cozy.
Ash just smiled in his sleep!
So did Pikachu!
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle: Aww!
Scootaloo: [gags]
And they snuck away! Little did they know that Ash and Pikachu were only fake sleeping and saw them sneaking out!
Ash: Those three! They never learn! We better follow them!
Pikachu: And how are ya gonna do that? [points to Fluttershy]
Ash: Don't worry, buddy! I got a plan! [Substitute move] Substitute!
And he made an exact copy of himself and slipped out while his substitute took his place!
[tearing fabric]
Scootaloo: [whispering] Wait up!
Ash: Those three! Come on! And keep quiet!
Pikachu: Okay!
And off they went!
Fluttershy: Mmm, peace and quiet. [gasps] Too quiet.
When she went upstairs, the girls were gone!
Fluttershy: [gasps] Girls? Girls?
When she checked her chicken house, one of the chickens was missing!
Fluttershy: Elizabeak! She's missing! Girls?!
She then went to get "Ash"!
Fluttershy: Ash! Wake up! The girls are missing!
But the "Ash" disappeared!
Fluttershy: [gasps] Ash?!
Serperior: [yawns] Fluttershy, what troubles you?
Fluttershy: The girls are gone! And so is Ash!
Then, she saw the tracks leading towards the Everfree Forest!
Fluttershy: [gasps] Oh, no! They must have gone looking for my missing chicken! Which means... they must have gone into... [gasp] [gulp] The Everfree Forest! Those girls have really done it this time! They've really bitten off more than they can chew! Oh, just like me! I never should have offered to watch them.
Serperior: Never fear, Fluttershy! I shall go with you to retrieve them!
Fluttershy: Really, Serperior?
Serperior: Yes! I am not afraid of no forest!
Fluttershy smiled at her bravery and took a deep breath! Soon, she and the Regal Pokémon went into the Forest!
[Trainer Choice]
[as the choices show Serperior, Milotic and Seviper]
Ash (voiceover): Trainers, which one of these Pokémon is known as the Regal Pokémon?
Ash (voiceover): Okay, Trainers! If you choose Serperior, you were right!
Serperior: SERPERIOR!
[End]
Meanwhile, with the little fillies...
Apple Bloom: Here, chick-chick-chick-chick-chick! Brawck, bawk-bawk-bawk, brawck!
Scootaloo: What are you doing?
Apple Bloom: Callin' for the chicken!
Scootaloo: That is not how you call a chicken.
Apple Bloom: Oh, and you know how to call a chicken?
Scootaloo: I know that's not the way.
Apple Bloom: Then show me.
Scootaloo: I don't have to show you!
Apple Bloom: You're just chicken!
Scootaloo: Am not!
Apple Bloom: Oh, wait, now I know how to call a chicken! Scootaloo! Scoot-scootalooooo!
Scootaloo: That's so funny I forgot to laugh.
Apple Bloom: You also forgot how to call a chicken!
Scootaloo: Why, you...
Apple Bloom: [blows raspberry]
Sweetie Belle: Come on, guys, we're not gonna find the chicken or our cutie marks by arguing.
Apple Bloom: Maybe that's our special talent. Arguin'!
Scootaloo: Is not!
Apple Bloom: Is too!
Scootaloo: Is not!
Apple Bloom: Is too! Anything yet?
Scootaloo: Nope.
Apple Bloom: Darn.
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom: [giggle]
[wind blows]
Apple Bloom: Heeeere, chick-chick-chick-chick, baaawk, bawk-bawk-bawk-bawk-bawk-bawk-bawk, b-baaaaawk!
Ash: [following them from in a bush] Those three just never learn, do they?
Pikachu: Not particularly!
Ash: And what's worse, I heard at this time of night, a creature known as a cockatrice comes out! It has the head of a chicken and a body of a snake and it can turn people to stone!
Pikachu: Well then, we better hurry before they get into trouble!
And they continued to follow!
Meanwhile, with Fluttershy...
Fluttershy: [whispering] Girls? [gulp] Girls?
Serperior: Girls! Where are you? This is not the time for hide and seek!
Fluttershy: [squeak] Oh! Get a hold of yourself, Fluttershy. Just put one hoof in front of the other.
[twig snaps]
Fluttershy: Ahh! What was that?
Serperior: Calm yourself, Fluttershy! You just stepped on a twig!
Then, Fluttershy backed into a tree!
[thump]
Fluttershy: [scream] [runs off]
Serperior: Fluttershy, [slithers as fast as she could] wait! It's just a tree!
But Fluttershy kept running, but that's when she saw Twilight!
Fluttershy: Twilight? I-Is that you? Oh, Twilight, it is you. Thank goodness you're here. I need your help. The girls are out here somewhere, and I'm afraid that they're—
But when the moonlight shone, Twilight was a stone statue!
Serperior: Sufferin' succotash! Twilight's been turned to stone!
Fluttershy: [gasps] Oh! [pokes her] What's happened to you? [scream]
[thud]
Fluttershy: Oh, no! If you've been turned to stone, it must mean— oh! Oh no, Ash and the girls! Don't move. I'll be back for you. Ash! Pikachu! Girls!
Serperior: Hey! Wait for me! [slithers after her]
Meanwhile, with the fillies...
Scootaloo: Is not!
Apple Bloom: Is too!
Scootaloo: Is not!
Apple Bloom: Is too!
Sweetie Belle: Girls! Our special talent is not arguing. Besides, what would the cutie mark of somepony whose talent is arguing even look like?
Fluttershy: Girls? Girls?
Serperior: Where are you?
Sweetie Belle: Fluttershy? Serperior?
Fluttershy: Girls! Thank goodness we found you!
Apple Bloom: Fluttershy, what—
Fluttershy: Girls, we have to leave the forest at once!
Sweetie Belle: But... we haven't found the chicken yet!
Ash: There's no time for that, girls!
They looked and saw Ash was right behind them along with Pikachu.
Scootaloo: Ash?! Were you following us the whole time?!
Ash: No time for that either, girls! Let's beat feet, while the beating's good! There's a wild cockatrice on the loose!
Apple Bloom: A cocka-what now?
Fluttershy: A cockatrice! It's a frightening creature with the head of a chicken and the body of a snake. Now, come on!
Serperior: We must leave!
Scootaloo: The head of a chicken and the body of a snake? That doesn't sound scary, that sounds silly!
Apple Bloom: Why, if I ever saw one of them cockathingies face-to-face, I'd laugh at how silly it was.
Fluttershy: No! Never look one in the eye!
Ash: If you do that then you will-
[chicken clucking]
Fluttershy: If you look a cockatrice in the eye—
Apple Bloom: The chicken!
The three fillies ran after the chicken!
Fluttershy: Girls! Wait!
Ash: Come back here!
Pikachu: [runs after them] It's dangerous out here!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Here, chick-chick-chick-chick-chick!
[chicken clucking]
[growling]
Pikachu: Stop! You'll get yourselves into trouble!
Apple Bloom: Relax, Li'l Pika! We found the chicken!
Sweetie Belle: There he is!
But then, another head popped out!
Scootaloo: Two chickens?
Apple Bloom: I thought only one escaped!
Sweetie Belle: Grab them both!
Pikachu: No! Don't do that!
[chicken clucking]
However, the other "chicken" started to slither upward, revealing to be a cockatrice!
Cockatrice: [roar]
Pikachu: COCKATRICE!
[chicken clucking]
Then, from the stare of the cockatrice, the chicken turned to stone!
[thud]
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [scream]
Pikachu: I told you!
Sweetie Belle: Do something, Pikachu!
Pikachu: I got this! [uses Electroweb] Electroweb, go!
The cockatrice was trapped in the Electroweb!
Pikachu: That'll hold ya!
But then, the cockatrice broke free!
Pikachu: What?! But how?!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [screaming in fear and running around]
Pikachu and the girls made a run for it, but then ended up tripping on a rock and saw the petrified Twilight!
Pikachu: Oh no! Not Twilight too!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [gasp]
Ash became horrified of what happened to his friend!
Ash: NO!
Fluttershy: See? Now we have to—
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [screaming]
Fluttershy: Girls, please. Girls— now listen to me, girls, I— please!
[screaming]
Cockatrice: [squawking]
Fluttershy: Girls! Behind me, now!
The girls then hid behind Fluttershy!
Ash: [furious] NOBODY DOES THAT TO TWILIGHT! [Thunder Wave move] THUNDER WAVE!
That managed to paralyze the cockatrice!
Cockatrice: [roaring]
Ash: Any last words?! Or should I say, your indescribable cluck roar!
But then, the paralysis wore off and the cockatrice started to charge towards the girls and Pikachu!
Pikachu: Oh no!
Ash: Oh no, you don't! [protects them] Leave my friends alone, dodo bird!
Then, the cockatrice started glaring at Ash! Suddenly, he began turning to stone!
Ash: Oh no!
Fluttershy and Cutie Mark Crusaders: Ash!
Ash: [Protect move] Protect!
The Protect managed to protect him, but he was still turning to stone at a slow pace!
Ash: [grunting] Can't... hold it... much... longer...
Cockatrice: [squawking and roaring]
Fluttershy: You! Just who do you think you are, going around turning others into stone?
Cockatrice: [dismayed squawk]
Ash: Fluttershy, no!
However, she was resisting it! Turns out she was using the Stare!
Fluttershy: You should be ashamed of yourself. I have a mind to find your mother and tell her what you've been up to, young man. Now you go over there, and turn Elizabeak and my friend Twilight back to normal, and don't ever let me catch you doing this again. Do you understand me?
Cockatrice: [dismayed squawking]
Ash: [smirks confidently] Otherwise, I'll take away your powers!
Cockatrice: [gasps] [squawks "You wouldn't!"]
Ash: Oh yeah?! 3...2...
Cockatrice: [dismayed squawking] [goes to turn Twilight back to normal]
Fluttershy: Are you girls all right? I was so worried!
Scootaloo: Yeah, fine!
Sweetie Belle: Thanks to that stare of yours.
Scootaloo: You're like the queen of stares. You're the—
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Stare Master!
Serperior: Yes! Well done, Fluttershy!
Ash: Yeah! You were awesome!
Pikachu: Super awesome!
Sweetie Belle: We're sorry we snuck out of the house and into the forest.
Apple Bloom: Yeah. We'll listen to you and Ash from now on.
Scootaloo: We promise.
Ash: Let's hope so! Or you'll get Fluttershy's Stare!
Everyone: [laughing]
Twilight Sparkle: What... what happened?
Ash: Twilight! [hugs her] Man, I was so worried!
That made Twilight blush!
Ash: Long story short, Fluttershy sent the cockatrice packing with her Stare!
Fluttershy: [to Ash] Speaking of which, Ash! You knew the girls snuck out and you didn't tell me!
Ash: I'm sorry, Fluttershy! I didn't wanna worry you! Or wake you for that matter!
Twilight Sparkle: Wait! You snuck out and put yourself in danger from following the girls?!
Ash: Twilight, c'mon! You know I'm able to take care of myself!
But the two mares were moving closer to him!
Pikachu: Ash! I think that's your cue to run!
Ash: Way ahead of you, buddy! Meep meep! [zooms off]
Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy: Get back here, Ketchum! [chases after him]
Ash: [running] I'm not stopping!
He looked back and saw only Fluttershy chasing him!
Ash: Hold on! Where did Twilight go?!
Twilight Sparkle: [appearing] [as she tackles Ash] YAH!
Ash: OOF! Hey! How'd you do that?!
Twilight Sparkle: Never mind that! You're in big trouble, mister!
Ash: I'm sorry! [with tears flowing out of his eyes] I'm sorry! Please forgive me!
Twilight Sparkle: Too late now! So, Fluttershy! What should we do for our little payback?
Fluttershy: Hmm...
Ash: [sweats a lot]
Fluttershy: Oh, I have just the thing for this colt!
Ash: [gulps]
The next day, at Fluttershy's cottage...
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [giggling] [running around]
Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Goodra: [playing with them] [laughing]
Fluttershy: And that's when it brought you back from stone.
Twilight Sparkle: This is gonna make quite a letter to the princess. I was wrong about you. You certainly do know how to handle those girls.
Fluttershy: Oh, I wouldn't go that far.
Twilight Sparkle: Hmm? How so?
Fluttershy: I assumed that I'd be just as good with kids as I am with animals. Boy, was I wrong. I really learned the hard way not to bite off more than I could chew.
Twilight Sparkle: You and Rarity both. Good morning, Rarity.
Fluttershy: Did you finish all those capes?
Rarity: [sigh] Just delivered them. I have to admit, if you hadn't come along, I might not have. Thanks again.
Fluttershy: Won't you stay for some tea?
Rarity: I really must get back to the shop and clean up. Girls! Get your things. Time to go. Girls!
Cutie Mark Crusaders: [giggling, talking]
Rarity: Girls! Time to— Girls! Your things! Girls! It's time to— Girls!
Fluttershy: Allow me. [clears throat] Girls?
That made them stop playing and come over to Fluttershy!
Apple Bloom: Yes, Fluttershy.
Scootaloo: You called?
Lucario: Wow! They're standing at attention! I'm impressed!
Fluttershy: Go and get your things. Rarity is here to see you home.
Sweetie Belle: Of course, Fluttershy, right away!
Rarity: Ah, huh, ah, how did you... how did you do that?
Fluttershy: I guess I'm just as good with kids as I am with animals.
Cutie Mark Crusaders: Thank you, Fluttershy! Bye! Thank you, Stare Master!
Lucario: Stare Master?
Fluttershy: [giggles] I'll tell you later, Lucario.
Rarity: Ah, uh, speaking of which, I could use your help with Opal.
Fluttershy: Of course. How about later today?
Opalescence: [yowls]
Rarity: How about now? [strains]
Opalescence: [yowls]
Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy: [giggling]
Fluttershy: Oh, and while we're doing that, how about some tea?
Rarity: Oh, I wish I could join! But I have another order due! I don't want to be in your hair for no reason! I better be off! [leaves] Ta-tah!
Twilight Sparkle: Don't you want to see your Ashy darling and his new look?
Rarity: [stops] I beg your pardon?
Twilight Sparkle: We gave Ash a new look for being a naughty boy during his babysitting duty! Watch! [rings a little bell] Oh, Ash! We'd like more tea, please?
Ash: [from behind the cottage] Please don't make me do this, Twilight!
Twilight Sparkle: You know the rule! You make one of us angry, we'll find ways to get back at you and this is your punishment!
Ash: [grumbles] [pouts] [steps out]
Rarity: [gasps]
Ash was still wearing his cap, but he was dressed as a butler!
Rarity: [smiles] My my! They really outdid themselves, Ashy darling! You look fabulous!
Ash: [blushes] Easy for you to say! You're not wearing this as part of their payback!
Rarity: Payback? Whatever do you mean?
Ash: I made them angry, so I have to suffer the consequences!
Lucario: [sighs] [facepalms]
Rarity: Oh, come now, Ashy darling! It's not much of a punishment! If you ask me, you as a butler is a bit of a blessing!
Ash: How?
Pikachu: Why is it a blessing?
Rarity: Well, he looks rather handsome in that outfit!
Ash: [tints a blush] You think so?
Rarity: I don't think so! I KNOW so! Now, how about some tea?
Ash: Seriously?
Then, Fluttershy gave him the Stare!
Ash: [sweat drops] [nervous] Uh, I mean... Yes, ma'am! Right away! [dashes off]
Fluttershy: That's more like it!
Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Rarity: [laughs]
Narrator: After handling three playful fillies and a wild cockatrice, Fluttershy proves she can discipline any living creature! But can she take on bigger ones? The answers to come, as the journey continues!
To be continued…
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! And there's more to come! And guess what, I'm gonna be posting a new story of Ash's many adventures as a Christmas present to you all! But this one will take place during Master Journeys! But I can't tell you, or it'll spoil the surprise! So until then, see you all next time!