You’re probably wondering why there are so many .5 chapters.
Simply speaking, these chapters are about specific Fluffies in Entepott.
Petal looked out of her glass cage holding a babbeh gently in her forelegs.
A cute babbeh with blue fur and a red mane and tail. The one that called itself bestest babbeh.
She turned her attention to Bestest babbeh, staring at its back weggies, or rather where its back weggies were supposed to be. Now there were just stumps.
Miss Zewi had broken those weggies and Ewwa mummah had to remove them, because they had stopped working. Petal tried to protest, but it was either no back weggies or foebah sweepies, so there wasn’t really much of a choice. Still, Petal had to feel very sorry for Bestest babbeh. How was it supposed to properly play, run or give good huggies now that it nu back weggie babbeh?!
It was really just so sad and also made Petal so angry. How could Miss Zewi do this? Give hurties to a babbeh! Bestest babbeh was onwy a wittle babbeh n dun kno any bettah, yet Miss Zewi gave this babbeh worstest hurties and broke its back weggies. It really did just make Petal so mad. So angry that even though it was sleepy time, she could not sleep, she could stare out the glass doorsie with the biggest of pouts.
“Miss Zewi am biggest dummeh meanie” she muttered to herself angrily.
“Nuuuu Petaw” came a voice
It was her cage mate, Sunflower, looking at her with wide, scardy see places. Petal thought she had gone to sleepies.
“Gud Fwuffies nu caww oddah by meanie namesie”
Petal glared at Sunflower angrily and pouted, she was about to retort, but then she nodded with a sad look.
She knew that she was being a bad Fluffy.
“Petaw nu mean tu be bad Fwuffy, bu hab so many maddies wen babbeh get huwties”
Sunflower crawled over and began nuzzling Petal, comforting the mare somewhat.
“Sunfowah undewstan bu am bad tu caww Miss Zewi bad namesie”.
“Bu Petaw nu undewstan y Miss Zewi gib babbeh huwties. Am onwy wittle babbeh”.
“Bu babbeh am bad babbeh, nu ca-”
“Babbeh am nut bad!” Petal snapped.
Sunflower looked at her in surprise, whimpering slightly, as the Bestest babbeh made an annoyed squeak. Petal looked down in shame. She didn’t mean to get angry.
“Sowwi Sunfowah” Petal said softly.
Sunflower smiled and nuzzled Petal again.
“Am otay Petaw, Sunfowah undewstan”
“Dummeh mawes am tuuuuu noisy” came a small, squeak noise.
It was Bestest babbeh, apparently all their talkies had give it wakies.
“Nu babbeh” Sunflower said “Onwy bad Fwuffy gi-”
“Shaddap” Bestest babbeh retorted “Dummeh mawes am tu noisie, Bestest babbeh nu can sweepies becaw am talkies”
Sunflower looked at Petal with a worried face, and Petal looked at Bestest babbeh with fear. It was doing bad Fluffy tings, but at the same time, it was onwy just a wittle babbeh.
“Dat nut gud Bestest babbeh” Petal said calmly “Nu ca-”
“Shaddap dummeh, yu nu am Bestest babbeh mummah, Bestest babbeh wan mummah! Wewwe mummah?”
Bestest babbeh tried to wriggle out of Petal’s grasp, while Sunflower pouted, puffing her cheeks as she glared angrily at Bestest babbeh.
“Bestest babbeh am bad Fwuffy, nu teww Fwuffies tu shadapp n caw Fwuffies dummeh”.
“Dummeh mawe, Bestest babbeh am bestest Fwuffy, nu wisten tu dummehs!”
“Nu caww Fwuffy dummeh!”
Bestest babbeh puffed its cheeks.
“Bestest babbeh gib worstest poopies!”
Before Petal and Sunflower could say anything, Bestest babbeh suddenly lifted its tails and made bad poopies all over Petal’s weggie, causing Petal to panic and drop Bestest babbeh.
Bestest babbeh landed badly on the floor, face first with his snoot taking the brunt of the fall. Petal could only stare in horror, as Bestest babbeh flailed about in a tantrum.
“Y DUMMEH MAWES GIB BESTEST BABBEH WORSTEST HURTIES!”
Petal stared at Bestest babbeh in horror. She didn’t understand why he was being such a bad Fwuffy. They only told it not to call other Fluffies dummehs, but then it continued and not only that, it did more bad Fluffy things. Don’t threaten others. Don’t make bad poopies. Why was this babbeh being such a bad Fwuffy?!
Petal didn’t know, but in the end, it was onwy a wittle babbeh, so Petal picked up Bestest babbeh and gave it huggies to make the hurties go away. She felt Bestest babbeh hold her tight, its crying now reduced to sniffles and soft hu hu hu noises. Petal felt a little more calm. That’s right it was still just a babbeh n babbehs dun kno any bettah. It was up to Petal to teach Bestest babbeh how to be a good Fluffy.
“Wewwe mummah?” Bestest babbeh asked.
Petal thought about it. She wasn’t sure, but she knew Miss Zewi had the mummah.
“Miss Zewi tak Bestest babbeh mummah”
“Wan mummah”
Petal nuzzled Bestest babbeh.
“Petaw can be mummah fo nao”
“Petaw am Bestest babbeh nyu mummah?”
“Yus”
“Wub mummah!”
Bestest babbeh made some cute coo-ing noises, the kind that filled Petal with ease. That’s right. He was a babbeh in the end. Just a babbeh, but Petal noticed Sunflower looking worried.
“Wat wong Sunflowah?”
“Am Petaw suwe wan be nyu mummah for… dat babbeh?”
“Y?”
“Dat babbeh am bad Fwuffy, n d-”
“BESTEST BABBEH AM NUT BAD FWUFFY DUMMEH MAWE!”
This again? Petal didn’t know what was going on. One moment it was a sweet cute babbeh and then suddenly it was a loud, meanie bad babbeh again. Petal really had no idea what was going on, but she noticed Sunflower pouting.
“Sunflowah am nut dummeh”
“Shaddap dummeh mawe, Bestest babbeh sa Fwuffy am dummeh caw Fwuffy am dummeh!”
Sunflower looked shocked and stomped a hoof, snorting angrily, and Petal quickly turned away defensively to protect the babbeh.
“Nu Sunflowah! Am onwy wittle babbeh”
“Dat am nut onwy wittle babbeh, dat am bad babbeh!”
“SHADDAP DUMMEH! BESTEST BABBEH AM GUD BABBEH!”
AM SO NOISIE!!
DUMMEHS, SMAWTY TWY TU SWEEPIES!!
SHADDAP DUMMEH BABBEH!!
“DUN CAWW BESTEST BABBEH DUMMEH BABBEH” Bestest babbeh screamed.
Petal tried her best to keep a hold of Bestest babbeh, the babbeh squirming angrily and shaking its hooves at the glass door, as more Fluffies and Shit Wats kept making shouties. She could not understand why this babbeh was like this. So not like the babbehs she imagined. She always wanted a babbeh, but her old mummah never let her, she really hoped Bestest babbeh could be the one, but it really wasn’t like how she imagined a babbeh to be.
“Would yoooooooou Shit Rats… SHUT THE FUCK UP!”
That voice was so loud that the whole shelter went silent. Not a single Fluffy dared to utter a peep. Petal froze and looked at Bestest babbeh. It was staring at he with terrified eyes. Petal was pretty scared as well, because there was only one hooman who would ever say meanie wordies to Fluffies: Miss Zewi.
“Damn Em” She heard another voice say “I never thought you could get that loud”
“At least we don’t have to wake them all up”
“Forget about that. I wanna paaataay wit my Guuud Fwuffies!!”
Petal placed Bestest babbeh down and crawled right up to the gate. Pressing her head against the glass, she could see three hoomans in the distance. Ewwa mummah, Emi mummah and Miss Zewi. For some reason Emi mummah was dancing.
“Paahtaay! Paahtaay! Paahtaay!”
Emi mummah was opening some of the cages, which was weird, because it was sweepy time and they never opened cages during sweepy time, but Emi mummah had the biggest smile and it certainly made Petal feel a little bit of excitement.
“Wat am go on?” Asked Sunflower.
Petal turned to Sunflower, who was sitting next to Bestest babbeh.
“It am Emi mummah. Emi mummah am dancie n wet Fwuffy out o housie eban tho it am stiww sweepy time”.
“Emi mummah, wat am paahtaay?” Petal heard a Fluffy ask.
“Goooood question, Buggie! A paahtaay isssss… where we sing and dance and play and there’s music and food, doesn’t that sound like fuuuuuun!?”
It certainly did, and a lot of the Fluffies began to get excited.
Smawty wan gu tu paaahtaaay
Paaahtaay! Paaahtaaay!
Wet mummah out o boxie wan gu paahtay
“Sorry SHIT RATS paaahtaaay is only for GOOD FLUFFIES your lives before Entepott was a party so you don’t get to go to this one!”
That certainly got a lot of Fluffies upset, and there was a lot of screaming, but none of the hoomans seemed to care. They just opened some of the cages, and ushed some Fluffies out. All Fluffies that Petal recognized. As for the cages they didn’t open, for some reason Emi mummah would show them her hand, or specifically one of her fingers.
“Oakley my boi, be like Moses and lead the Gud Fwuffies to the promise land!” She heard Emi mummah say.
“W… wat?”
“She means lead them to the play room”
“O… otay… Ewwa mummah?”
“OAKLEY in da HOUSE!” Miss Zewi exclaimed
“HAH! You two are so drunk”
Petal backed away, watching as Oakley and many other Good Fluffies headed to the playroom, all of them ignoring the angry screams of the other Fluffies. She looked at Bestest babbeh who looked very excited and picked him up.
“Wan gu pahtay” Bestest babbeh exclaimed.
Petal nodded in agreement “Babbeh n Petaw gu to pahtay n hab wots o fun”.
Bestest babbeh began to jiggle in Petal’s front weggies, excited for what was to come, but she noticed Sunflower looking with a frown.
“Wat wong, Sunfowah?”
“Emi mummah sa pahtay am fo gud Fwuffies… bu Bestest babbeh am nut gud Fwuffy”
Petal looked at Sunflower with shock, as Bestest babbeh make an annoyed squeak.
“Wat dummeh mawe talkies bout!?! Bestest babbeh am gud Fwuffies!”
“Gud Fwuffies nu caww oddah Fwuffies dummeh! N Gud babbeh dun sa am Bestest!”
Bestest babbeh looked shocked before making another angry squeak.
“Bestest babbeh gib dummeh mawe worstest hurties”
Bestest babbeh had begun to squirm in her front weggies again and Petal looked at Sunflower with an angry pout.
“Nu caww babbeh bad Fwuffy, dummeh Sunflowah”.
Sunflower looked shocked, then she looked sad, and Petal quickly turned away. She did not mean to call Sunflower a dummeh, but how could Sunflower call a babbeh a bad Fluffy? Babbehs were just babbehs. Onwy wittle babbehs dat dun kno any bettah. Still, she did feel bad for Sunflower. She looked back at Bestest babbeh who was looking at her with big round eyes and the cutest smile.
“Wub nyu mummah!” Bestest babbeh exclaimed.
Petal smiled gleefully and she began to nuzzle Bestest babbeh as it made delightful coo-ing noises. It certainly made Petal feel better. Kind of. She did feel bad for calling Sunflower a dummeh, but at least Bestest babbeh was now acting like how a babbeh was supposed to act. Cute and lovely. Still she shouldn’t have called Sunflower a dummeh.
Petal quickly turned to face Sunflower, who was still looking down, but before she could say anything, her attention turned to the hooman standing outside her cage. It was Miss Zewi. She was looking in with a smile. Bestest babbeh seemed to recognize her instantly, as the babbeh had suddenly clung to Petal tighter.
“Nyu mummah sabe babbeh fwom scawy munstah wady”
Petal nodded, hugging Bestest babbeh tighter as she glared angrily at Miss Zewi, but Miss Zewi did not seem to notice, she simply opened the cage door.
“Come on you two, let’s go to the party”.
Sunflower quickly rushed up to Miss Zewi.
“Can… can Sunflowah hab… huggies pwease… hab… hab… heawt hurties”
“Huh… uh… you know what? Fine, only because you asked so nicely”.
Much to Petal’s surprised, Miss Zewi picked Sunflower up. Petal put Bestest babbeh on her back and slowly walked out of the cage, watching as Sunflower nuzzled Miss Zewi. Sunflower seemed to be saying something to Miss Zewi, but Petal couldn’t hear it because so many other Fluffies were making so much noises. However, she did notice Miss Zewi giving her a weird look. Her and Bestest babbeh.
“Nu huwties” Petal heard Bestest babbeh whimper.
Petal stepped back in fear as Miss Zewi continued staring at her and Bestest babbeh. She could see Miss Zewi frowning, but then Miss Zewi said something to Sunflower, something that would cheer Sunflower up, and the two would walk away with Sunflower still in her grasp.
Petal watched as the two followed the Good Fluffies to the playpen. She wasn’t sure what to do. She wanted to go to the party, but at the same time, she was scared to follow, scared of Miss Zewi for both her and Bestest babbeh.
However, it would seem that she did not have to do either, as Zewi mummah would come out. Sunflower still in her arms, with Ewwa mummah walking behind. Ewwa mummah would approach and bend down with a nice smile. Petal felt a little safer under her presence, but she still had some scardies because
“Petal what is this I heard about your baby calling Sunflower a dummy?”
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah in shock and was about to say something, but Bestest babbeh was the first to speak.
“Mawe am dummeh!” Bestest babbeh screamed “Caww Bestest babbeh dummeh! Bestest babbeh gib worstest hurties n poopies”.
“Is that so? Let’s see… You threatened to hurt someone else, you called someone else by a mean name, and you’re calling yourself Bestest. I gave you a second chance for Petal, but as expected you instantly broke three rules and fell back to Shit Rat status”.
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah in horror, and she quickly put Bestest babbeh down, before wrapping her front weggies around it, surrounding it in a protective embrace. Then she quickly turned away from Ewwa mummah, defending her Bestest babbeh.
“Am onwy wittle babbeh!” Petal screamed “Dun kno any bettah!”
“I figured you’d say that… and I guess… we should address that pr… We should address it before it becomes a really big issue”.
Petal had no idea what Ewwa mummah was saying, but Ewwa mummah had started stroking her mane, which put Petal at ease. She turned back to see Ewwa mummah looking at her with a small smile, and a part of her felt bad. A part of her felt like she was being a bad Fluffy.
“Come on, let’s talk somewhere more quiet. I need somewhere to sit. Bring Bestest babbeh with you”.
Petal nodded in agreement and put Bestest babbeh back on her back, then she followed Ewwa mummah to another room. It was the room where nummies came from. Petal had never come here before. She was amazed at how big it was. Just as big as the play room. The only question was, why were they here.
Suddenly Ewwa mummah picked up Bestest babbeh, causing Bestest babbeh to make a frightened squeak. Petal was momentarily stunned, she was about to tell Ewwa mummah not to hurt Bestest babbeh, but she found herself picked up as well. Gently picked up on the sides and placed on a big table next to Bestest babbeh. Ewwa mummah sat down and smiled.
“Sorry. It’s just easier for me to sit down and talk to you like this”
Petal felt kind of relieved they were just going to talk, but she was still nervous, as Miss Zewi was also in the kitchen, along with a pouting Sunflower. So she quickly picked up Bestest babbeh, hugging the babbeh tight.
“Wan gu pahtay” Bestest babbeh announced “Wan hab funsie nao!”
“Pahtay am onwy fo gud Fwuffies” Sunflower suddenly retorted “Babbeh am bad Fwuffy!”
“Dummeh mawe! Bestest babbeh am gud Fwuffy!”
“Gud Fwuffy dun caww oddah meanie namesie!”
“Bestest babbeh onwy caww mawe dummeh caw am dummeh”
“Petal, do you think you can ask your baby to be quiet?” Ewwa mummah asked.
Petal nodded, and shook Bestest babbeh gently.
“Nu mowe talkies babbeh, wets wisten tu hooma-”
“Nu!” Bestest babbeh screamed “Nu wan wisten! Wan gu pahtay nao! Nu wan talkies wit dumm-”
“Nu babbeh! Nu mea-”
“Shaddap dummeh mummah! Bestest babbeh nu cawe! WAN GO PAHTAY WITE NAO!”
Petal looked at Bestest babbeh in horror. Why was this babbeh like this?! She turned to the others. Sunflower looked angry, while Miss Zewi was looking away. Meanwhile Ewwa mummah. Well Petal could not tell. Ewwa mummah was not smiling, but she was not frowning either. She was just looking, yet Petal felt ashamed. She felt like a really bad Fluffy, and she held Bestest babbeh a little bit tighter as she looked at Ewwa mummah with sad eyes.
“Bes… babbeh… babbeh am onwy wittle babbeh… n… n du-”
“Dat am nut onwy wittle babbeh” Sunflower said with a pout “Am meanie babbeh”
“AM NUT MEANIE BABBEH! AM BESTEST BABBEH N BESTEST BABBEH WAN GU PAHTAY WITE NAO!!”
Once again Petal felt ashamed, as she looked at Ewwa mummah, who was shaking her head.
“Ze, can you take Sunflower and Bestest babbeh into the playroom. I want to have a chat with Petal one on one”.
Sunflower looked shocked “Bu pahtay am onwy fo good Fwuffies, dat babbeh am bad Fwuffy”
“AM NUT BAD FWUFFY! AM BESTEST BABBEH, DUMMEH MAWE!”
Sunflower pouted again angrily, while Petal just watched. She didn’t know what to do. She didn’t know how to make Bestest babbeh stop shouting and calling others meanie namesie.
“It’s okay Sunflower” Miss Zewi suddenly said “His back legs don’t work, so even if he’s in the party he won’t be having much fun”.
“Bu… bu… wat ib bad babbeh mak oddah bad babbehs bad?”
“AM NUT BA-”
Petal had covered Bestest babbeh’s mouth with her hoof. Bestest babbeh struggled, but he had stopped shouting at least, and Ewwa mummah made a slight nod with a small smile.
“You’re right Sunflower that’s why I’m putting you in charge. Bestest babbeh over here can come to the party, but he has to stay in a corner, and you have to watch over him to make sure he does not make other babies bad, okay?”
“Otay Ehwa mummah!”
Suddenly Miss Zewi reaches for Bestest babbeh, cause Petal to instinctively turn away protectively as Bestest babbeh makes a terrified squeak.
“Nu gib huwties” Bestest babbeh quickly screamed “Am onwy wittle babbeh”
“Pwease Ewwa” Petal pleaded “Dun wet Miss Zewi gib babbeh huwties, am just wittle babbeh dun kno bettah”
Petal heard Miss Zewi sigh.
“Do I reeeeallly have to do this?” She heard Miss Zewi ask.
“Yes” Ewwa mummah responded “Think of it as punishment for scaring two Entepott Helpers, as well as the extra work you made for us today”.
“Ughhhh… fine”
Suddenly something was petting her mane. A soft hand. It was Miss Zewi. Petal looked at Miss Zewi in surprise.
“Look Petal… I’m sorry for scaring you earlier today. I was angry and I said some very scary stuff, but you should know that I didn’t mean it… Not to you at least”.
Petal turned around. Ewwa mummah was giving Miss Zewi a weird look and Miss Zewi rolled her eyes.
“Babbeh, I’m sorry I gave you hurties I shouldn’t have done that. Sorry. We good?”
Ewwa mummah laughed for some reason, which made Sunflower smile and Miss Zewi also had a smile.
“Is that okay?” Ewwa mummah asked “I can ask her to give you guys a better apology”
“Hey!”
Petal nodded and looked at Bestest babbeh.
“Am dat otay Bes… babbeh? Miss Zewi sa sowwi fo gib huwties”
“Nu!” Bestest babbeh screeched “Gib meanie munstah hooman huwties fo huwtie Bestest babbeh nyu mummah!”
Once again Petal found herself horrified. Gib huwties!? But Miss Zewi already said sorry and… what kind of babbeh asks a Fwuffy to gib huwties? Petal felt heawt huwties. Dis babbeh was not what Petal thought off when she thought off babbehs. It really was a bad babbeh. No! How could she say that? It was onwy a wittle babbeh and babbeh dun kno any bettah. They are just…
Petal stared at Bestest babbeh. It was pouting angrily and it just felt like such a meanie. Not like those babbehs she had always dreamed about having, but more of a wittle meanie bad Fwuffy, like those Smawtys who gave huwties when she was in the streets or those horrible mummahs that only loved one babbeh and called the other babbehs, munstah, poopies, dummeh or ugwy. This babbeh. Bestest babbeh. It didn’t feel like a babbeh, and Petal felt disgust.
She stopped hugging the babbeh tightly and offered Bestest babbeh to Ewwa mummah.
“Babbeh am bad Fwuffy” she muttered quietly.
Bestest babbeh began to make angry noises, very angry when Miss Zewi began giving the babbeh upsies, but that was all it could do. Make shouties and screams, as Miss Zewi walked away with Sunflower. Then they were gone.
Petal just looked down. She felt ashamed. She knew that Bestest babbeh was a bad Fwuffy, but it still made her feel bad, but she felt a bit better when Ewwa mummah gave her a nice head pat and gently stroked her mane.
“Thank you for listening Petal, I know that must have been very hard for you”
Petal shook her head.
“Am otay. Bestest babbeh am… nut babbeh”
“Oh? What do you mean?”
“Bestest babbeh am nut wike wat babbeh am be”
“Oh I see. What do you think a baby is supposed to be like?”
Petal lit up excitedly and grinned. That was a good question.
“Babbeh am wittle n cute n gib huggies n wuv n do cute dancie n singie n awways be nice n gib heawt happies n n…”
Petal looked at a bright light up top as she thought of all the other things that made a babbeh and she noticed Ewwa mummah grinned. Suddenly Ewwa mummah gave her a nice head pat as she made a happy chuckle.
“Yeah that’s what a lot of people want when they say they want a Fluffy baby, but as many would realized, they’re not all like that”
“Petal nu undewstan. Babbeh am babbeh”
“Well. Some babies are different from others”
“Bu…”
“Okay think of it this way. You, Wimpy and Tanner are all very different, right?”
Petal thought about it. Tanner was strong and quiet. Wimpy was meek and always scared, except that one time he protected you and Bestest babbeh, when Miss Zewi got angwy. Then there was here, who seemed to like babbehs more than any other Good Fluffy.
“Yus. Tannew n Wimpy am diffewent fwom Petaw”
“But you’re all Good Fluffies, right?”
Petal nodded in agreement. They were, but she was still confused.
“Petaw dun undewstan. Wat dat hab tu du wit babbehs?”
Ewwa mummah laughed again, giving Petal another nice head pat that gave her plenty of heart happies.
“Well it’s simple. You, Tanner and Wimpy are all Good Fluffies, right? But you’re all still different. The same applies to babies. Just because they’re all called babies doesn’t mean they’re all the same. Some like to dance, some like to explore, some like to laze about in the sun, but unfortunately some like to call themselves bestest babbeh and well… just be rude to others”.
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah with shock. She genuinely hadn’t realized that. Just like she was different from Tanner and Wimpy. Babbehs were also the same.
“But babbeh am stiww babbeh. Dun kno bettah n…”
“That baby knew that dummy was a mean word, but still called Sunflower a dummy, right?”
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah shocked, but then looked down, nodding slightly
“Bu… am jus wittle babbeh”
“I know, but… If that baby gave Sunflower hurties, would you really be okay with that?”
Petal quickly shook her head. Sunflower was her friend of course not.
“Nu! Nu! Petaw wub Sunfowah”
“But the baby already gave Sunflower hurties Petal, it gave her heart hurties when it called her a dummy and… Sunflower also said that you called her a dummy as well”
Petal gave Ewwa mummah a horrified look. She hadn’t really thought about that. Sunflower having heart hurties. It was true. She had been a meanie and so had Bestest babbeh. Petal once again looked down in shame.
“Petaw am bad Fwuffy” Petal said softly.
Ewwa mummah gave her a nice headpat, which surprised her.
“You’re not a bad Fluffy Petal. We know that you just really like babies”.
“Bu nut aww babbeh am gud”.
“Yes”
“N bad babbehs am Shit Wats”.
“…”
“N Shit Wats get foebah sweepies”
“Let me tell you a secret…”
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah in confusion, before nodding with a little smile.
“… I was the same as you before. I used to think the same for all Fluffies”.
“Wat Ewwa mummah mean?”
“Well I used to think that all Fluffies were very nice, and all Fluffies were just for hugs and love, and that Fluffies were cute, fun and playful and sweet… but like you, I learned that not all of them were the same. Not all Fluffies were Good Fluffies”.
Petal nodded in agreement. She had her fair share of experiences with bad Fluffies. Both out in the streets and inside the shewtew.
“But you see, I still wanted to try and help them. Make well… Bad Fluffies into Good Fluffies”
“Weally Ewwa mummah?”
“Yup. I really did, but then I realized, I didn’t know actually know how to make Bad Fluffies into Good Fluffies”.
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah with surprise. She didn’t expect that. Ewwa mummah was a hooman. She thought hoomans knew everything, but it seemed that Ewwa mummah could he read her thinky place.
“Surprised huh. Bet humans knew everything right?”
Petal nodded with a sheepish look, and Ewwa mummah laughed.
“The secret is that we humans know many things, but most certainly not everything. That includes me, Em and Ze. If we did, well… we most certainly would have figured out how to make all bad Fluffies into good Fluffies, among many other things, and… well okay let me ask you this… Bestest babbeh is a bad Fluffy, right?”
Petal nodded.
“Then how would you make Bestest babbeh into a good Fluffy?”
Petal thought about it.
“Petaw teww Bestest babbeh dat am bad tu be bad Fwuffy”
Ewwa mummah smiled.
“And if Bestest babbeh says he doesn’t care?”
“Den… den Petaw sa nu wuv babbeh untiw babbeh am gud Fwuffy”
“And if that doesn’t work?”
“Den… den…”
Petal was stumped. Then what? She really did know.
“Hard to think of something, right?”
Petal nodded “Petaw dun kno wat tu do”
“Same for me…”
Petal frowned slightly, as she sat on her rump.
“Den wat Petaw n Ewwa mummah do?”
“Weeeell, we do what we know we can do, and that’s try and help the Good Fluffies. Look after them. Find them good owners and homes. For you, maybe look after the good babbehs?”
Petal smiled. That was a good idea.
“Petaw wub gud babbehs! Awways wan tak cawe of babbehs”
“I know you do. All three of us know that you love babies, but the reason we didn’t let you take care of them all, is because we know that you love ALL babbehs even the… well the bad ones”.
Petal nodded.
“But let me ask you this. Do you remember Lime?”
Petal thought about it, then she shook her head.
“Yeah I didn’t think so. He was a baby from a month and a bit. Always making bad poopies”
“Gween babbeh dat sa nu wan make bad poopies bu poopie pwace nu wisten!?”
“Yeah that’s the one. He was actually telling the truth. He really could not control his poopie place, so he really could not help it when he made bad poopies”.
“Bu… bu den… babbeh am gud babbeh?”
“Technically yes he was, and we felt really bad when we needed to label him a Shit Rat, but here’s my question. Would you rather have helped Lime to be a good Fluffy or Bestest babbeh?”
That question took Petal by surprise and she thought about it carefully.
“Petaw wan hewp both”
“Are you sure? One would be making bad poopies all the other time and the other is mean and cannot walk so well. Are you sure you would be able to help both of them?”
Petal thought about it carefully again. She thought about her short moments with Bestest babbeh this darkie time. She was already having a hard time just trying to keep him quiet. She knew it would be hard to take care of both Lime and Bestest babbeh. She realized that she could only care for one and the answer was obvious.
“Petaw pwefew to hewp Wime”
“Oh? Why is that?”
“Becaw Wime mak bad poopies bu nut am fauwt. Wime am stiww gud Fwuffy… n Bestest babbeh am bad Fwuffy”.
Petal looked at Ewwa mummah in amazement. She finally realized why Ewwa mummah had asked her this question, and she nodded.
“Petaw kno nao. Nut aww babbeh am gud babbeh, wike nut aww Fwuffy am gud Fwuffy. Wike Ewwa mummah, Petaw wan hewp aww babbeh, bu dun kno hao, su onwy hewp gud babbeh”.
“Atta girl”
Ewwa mummah had given Petal another nice head pat, causing Petal to feel heawt happies and smile, but then she looked down in shame.
“Petaw am sowwi fo be bad Fwuffy n nu wisten tu Ewwa mummah befo”
“Ah that’s alright. You don’t need to apologize to me, but I think there’s a certain Fluffy who deserves an apology. Don’t you think?”
Petal nodded, as Ewwa mummah made another smile.
“Petaw tink su tu”
“But first let me give you a wash”
Petal looked at her fur. Oh yeah Bestest babbeh had made bad poopies. A bathsie would be nice, even if it was a bit scary.
Ariella smiled as she finished drying Petal off.
Thankfully Petal was one of the Fluffies that did make such a fuss when given a bath, and it seemed that their little talk had gotten through to Petal.
“Uppies” Petal exclaimed with glee as Ariella picked her up.
Ariella could not help but smile.
She brought Petal to the playroom and boy was that a sight. Some RnB beats were playing and there were a lot of Fluffies scattered around the room, most surrounding her two loyal staff.
Em was in the toy corner lying down, but still very much conscious, as she was giggling as a bunch of foals bounced on her stomach. Oakley, Buggie, Reeses and Tanner, as well as a couple of the other full grown Fluffies were around her. Probably on point to stop any of the foals from getting into an accident.
Meanwhile, Ze was on the other side. Surprisingly Wimpy was on her lap. Guess the two made up. She was watching or seemingly judging what seemed to be a dance off. Hip Hop versus Noodle and Mustard, while Nanna, Reeses and many other Fluffies watched with excitement.
However, her main focus was on another corner. A quiet corner away from all this fun. Sunflower was sat by that corner, guarding Bestest babbeh with a glum look.
“Ewwa mummah?” Petal suddenly asked.
She looked down to see Petal staring at her with a guilt look.
“Can Petaw sa sowwi nao?”
“Of course, Petal”.
Ariella put Petal down in front of Sunflower and watched as Petal timidly approached. Sunflower pouted slightly and turned her away, but that did not seem to deter Petal.
“Petaw am big dummeh!” Petal suddenly announced.
Ariella could not help but smirk, as Sunflower suddenly looked at her with shock.
“Petal am big dummeh n Petaw am sowwi. Petaw nao kno dat nut aww babbeh am gud n Petaw nebah sho caww Sunfowah dummeh. Sunfowah am nut dummeh am smawty dat know dat babbeh am meanie n bad Fwuffy”
Sunflower remained silent, then she suddenly broke into a smile. The Fluffy suddenly burst up running, tackling Petal into a hug.
“Sunfowah fowgib Petaw! Nu wan be maddies at Petaw nu mowe!”
The two Fluffies cuddled. It was honestly adorable, then the two Fluffies turned their attention to all the attention and fun.
“Sunflowah wan do dancie with Hip Hop! Wets gu Petaw!”
Petal nodded and followed her friend, but Ariella made a slight cough, garnering both their attentions, as she pointed at Bestest babbeh.
“Bestest babbeh wan gu pahtay!! Y dummeh weggies nu wowk!”
“Should we let Bestest babbeh join the party?” Ariella asked.
Petal shook her head.
“Babbeh am meanie dat caww Fwuffy meanie namesie, mak bad poopies, thweaten oddahs. Am bad Fwuffy n pawty am onwy fo gud Fwuffies!”
Ariella nodded with relief. It seemed they had gotten through to Petal. Perhaps now they could have her care for some of the foals? Perhaps. Her thoughts were interrupted by Em, who had suddenly removed the foals from her stomach and had quickly stood up.
“Toilet! Toilet! Toilet! Toilet!” Em shouted as she rushed out of the play room.
Ariella grinned, as the Fluffies all looked at her in confusion. Ze bursted out laughing, which caused many of the Fluffies to laugh and go back to having fun.
Now it was time to deal with the little Shit Rat.
Ariella stared at Bestest babbeh, who was now giving her the old stink eyes with cheeks in full pout. She had to admit. She actually had to feel a little bit sorry for the lil fella. Not because of the fact that it could not join the party, but just because of how stupid it was.
This small red and blue Fluffy foal missing both of its hind legs. You’d think that its near death experience with Ze, would have taught it to be less of a brat, but no. It squandered its second chance with Petal and now it was back to Shit Rat status. It would spend the rest of its miserable life inside a glass cage. Fated to only die, and the crazy thing was that it would probably never realize why. Probably spend the rest of its short life thinking that everyone was mean and just staying as this miserable, arrogant asshole forever. Just like all the other Shit Rats in Entepott.
It was just sad.
“Bad uppies!!” The Bestest babbehs screeched, as Ariella picked it up by the tail.
She ignored and wandered the housing area, watching as the Shit Rats pressed their cheeks against the glass cage doors or hit the doors with their hooves.
Wan gu pahtay dummeh hooman!
Wet Smawty out wite nao!
Wan fun! Wan fun! Wet out!
Y dummeh Fwuffy get pawty bu nut Fwuffy
Dummeh hooman y nu wet Smawty gu?!
Ariella ignored them. Honestly, it was pitiful. All of them, far too stupid to realize that this was it. Entepott would be their final resting place. Fated to be Shit Rat food or die of something else. Maybe they would get to see the outside briefly if they were adopted by that Chad guy or some one else, but she could not see their lives getting any better, and they were all too stupid to learn. Too stupid that even if you gave them a second chance, they would squander it.
She stopped in front of a cage. A mare was banging her hooves on the glass cage.
“Dummeh hooman! Wan gu pawty! Wan hab specaw huggies wit Fwuffy n hab wots o babbehs”
Perfect.
Ariella opened the cage and tossed the foal in. The foal making an indignant screech.
“Wat dat?” The mare asked.
“Your new baby”
The mare looked at Bestest babbeh with shock then made an offended look.
“Mawy nu wan dummeh nu weggie babbeh! Wan pwetty aww weggie babbeh!”
“Dummeh mawe! Bestest babbeh am nut dummeh nu weggie babbeh! Am Bestest babbeh!”
Ariella smirked and left the two to “talk it out”. She headed to her office and grabbed a bottle of water from the desk. She had a feeling someone would need it.
Walking back to play room, she found Emilia staggering to the door. She grinned, and offered the poor girl a shoulder for support.
“Uggggghhhh” Emilia groaned.
The smell of vomit was a tell tale sign. Ariella offered her the water.
“Drink. You’ll feel better”
She watched as Emilia chugged the whole thing, then helped her back into the playroom. Emilia quickly plopped onto a comfy spot on the floor and the some of the foals began to climb her.
“Hey ease up you guys, Em is feeling a little sick, let her rest”
“Otay!” They cried in unison.
She watched as those Fluffies surrounded Em, forming a fluffpile around her. It was cute. Meanwhile, the other Fluffies were having their dance off with Zeri as judge. Now it was Hip Hop versus Petal and Sunflower.
Ariella smiled.
She watched from a corner and she preserved this scene in her mind.
Even if Entepott Fluffy Shelter were to collapse.
She knew she would never forget these moments.
Zeri was dancing against Hip Hop, and Ariella smiled.
She figured she wouldn’t open Entepott for visitors tomorrow. The hangover was probably going to leave those two immobilized.