Chapter 3: Adopting Elmyra's Pets
It wasn't long before Elmyra was confiscated of all of her current pets. Elmyra's parents decided to give Fluttershy a chance to take care of them. "You want me to take care of Elmyra's pets?" asked Fluttershy.
"Yes," said Emily.
"But why? I was technically the one who got your daughter in trouble. I thought you'd hate me for me," said Fluttershy.
"We know, but we don't hate you for that. After hearing about how you're a better pet caretaker, we figured that you'd be the one to do it. And maybe if Elmyra sees how you've taken good care of them, it might encourage her to do better," said MacArthur.
"Okay, I'll adopt some of them," said Fluttershy.
At the court room, Fluttershy looked over Elmyra's former pets. The pets consisted of Furrball the Cat, Tyrone the Turtle, Byron Basset, a goldfish & many other pets and Sweetie Bird. Bugs Bunny was present too. "Let's see. I think I'll take you," said Fluttershy to Tyrone. Tyrone smiled. "And you," said Fluttershy to Byron. Byron barked happily. Fluttershy also decided to adopt some of the others, while the others she decided to give to some other people. Very soon, it was down to only Furrball and Sweetie. Furrball was a young, blue male cat with a hole on his right ear and a bandage on his tail. Sweetie was a young, pink female canary, who wore a light blue bowed ribbon in her hair. "Okay. I'll adopt one more pet," said Fluttershy. Sweetie smirked at Furrball, confident that she'll choose her. "The last one I'll adopt is . . . Furrball," said Fluttershy. Furrball smiled as Fluttershy picked him up. Sweetie's smug smile faded.
"What?! You're adopting dat bad ol' putty tat?!" asked Sweetie.
"Yes, cause he needs a new home since he can't live with Elmyra anymore," said Fluttershy.
"But all he does is twy to eat birds like me along with mice and fish!" objected Sweetie.
"He's just following his natural instincts as a cat. And from what Fifi told me, you tend to bully him when didn't do anything wrong to you," said Fluttershy. She turned to Bugs Bunny. "Principal Bugs, since Fifi and Furrball now live in the same household, she has every right to defend Furrball," said Fluttershy. And then, her tone of voice became serious. "If you ever try to expel Fifi just because she's standing up for Furrball, you'll be very sorry!" said Fluttershy. Bugs was shocked at Fluttershy, speaking like that.
"Uh . . . yes, Ms. Shy," said Bugs.
"Good," said Fluttershy.
Why would I expel a student just for defending a cat? Who told her those things? I need to look into that, thought Bugs.
"Come on, my new pets. Time to take you to your new home," said Fluttershy. She along with Fifi, Furrball and the other pets began to head home. Sweetie gnashed her teeth in anger.
"How dare she sympathizes with Furrball and not me! Nobody has sided with a putty tat instead of da canary before! She's gonna destwoy all our Looney twaditions if she keeps dis up," said Sweetie. But she said it to herself.
It wasn't long before Fluttershy brought everybody home. "How did you know about what I've been through?" asked Furrball.
"Fifi told me and my other pets. You deserve better than living with Elmyra and Sweetie. I'm gonna show the kindness that nobody else will give you," said Fluttershy. Furrball began to cry tears of joy.
"Thank you, Fluttershy! Hearing this makes me very happy!" cried Furrball. Fluttershy began to hug Furrball.
"It's okay. I'm here. Shh. Shh," soothed Fluttershy.
"Welcome to ze family, Furrball," said Fifi. Jewel approached Furrball. Furrball gasped.
"Don't be afraid. I'm not gonna hurt you. I don't chase cats like the other dogs. Especially after one helped my parents save my life," said Jewel.
"Really?" asked Furrball.
"Yes. I'm Jewel, one of the famous 101 Dalmatians," said Jewel.
"Did you say a cat helped save you?" asked Furrball.
"Yes. A cat named Sergeant Tibbs. So ever since he helped save my family and I from Cruella DeVil, I learned to accept that not all cats are bad," said Jewel.
"That's good to know," said Furrball. Jewel then gave Furrball a friendly lick, causing him to giggle.
The next day, Fluttershy was doing some piano practice. Just then, Fluttershy heard some harp playing. It was Fifi La Fume who was playing the music on the harp. "Oh. Fifi. You play the harp?" asked Fluttershy.
"Oui. I always loved ze sound of ze harp. Eet's so romantic," said Fifi.
"Furrball, do you play any instruments?" asked Fluttershy.
"No. I never tried," said Furrball.
"Then maybe I can teach you how to play piano," said Fluttershy.
"Sure," said Furrball.
(Insert "Perfect Company, Instrumental" from Oliver & Company)
Fluttershy began to show Furrball how to play the piano properly. Once Furrball got the hang of it, he could play well. Very soon, Fluttershy and Furrball were playing together, with Fifi playing the harp. All three started to sing too. Sweetie Bird was flying nearby when she saw the three through Fluttershy's window. The pink canary growled at the sight of Furrball having a good time before flying away.
After music practice, Fluttershy began to spend time with both Fifi and Furrball at the Acme Acres Park. Fluttershy rented a row boat and she rowed the boat around the lake, with Fifi and Furrball riding with her. Afterwards, the three all had ice cream together. At one point, some ice cream got on Furrball's nose. Fifi licked the ice cream off of Furrball's nose. This caused Furrball to blush, earning a giggle from both Fluttershy and Fifi. They even took a carriage ride. After their fun time at the park, they went to the pet store so that Fluttershy could buy collars for her two new pets. Furrball's collar was blue-green and it had a gold tag with his name on it. Fifi's collar resembled a pink pearl necklace with a gold heart-shaped pearl with her name at the center. "You look like somebody owns you now," said Fluttershy. The two looked at themselves in the mirror.
"Ooh la la. I look pretty with ziss collar on," said Fifi. Furrball just smiled as he looked at his new collar. At the end of the day, Fluttershy, Fifi and Furrball got ready for bed. Fifi changed into a light green nightgown.
"This was the best day of my life. I finally feel like I really belong," said Furrball.
"Glad to hear that," said Fluttershy. There was room in Fifi's bedroom so that Furrball could share the room. So Fluttershy had another bed prepared for Furrball. When Fifi climbed into her bed, she removed her pillow. She used her own fluffy tail as a pillow instead. Fluttershy let out a soft giggle, seeing her pet skunkette using her tail. "Goodnight, Fifi. Goodnight Furrball," said Fluttershy.
"Goodnight, Fluttershy," said Fifi & Furrball. Fluttershy gave them both goodnight kisses on the foreheads. And all three went to sleep.
(End Music)
As soon as they fell asleep, it had begun to rain. But Fluttershy, Fifi and Fluttershy were undisturbed and slept peacefully. The same couldn't be said for Sweetie. She had to sleep in a nest in a tree, with the night rain soaking her. "I can't believe I've been reduced to living in a nest and getting rained on! And Furrball is living in a dry house with dat Fluttershy! Elmyra's birdcage for me was more dry than this!" complained Sweetie.
Fluttershy has adopted Furrball along with some of Elmyra's other pets, except for Sweetie Bird. And that pink rat with wings is not happy about it. Next chapter, we'll be introduced to a certain rainbow haired girl . . .