Foal sitting isn't easy!

by Lowell The Pegasus

Rating: everyone
Tags: Derpy Hooves, Slice of Life, Applejack, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Romance
Length: 2216

Here Click thought that foal sitting would be an easy feat!

This story takes place just two weeks after the Winter Wrap Up so Click decides to drop in on Applejack too she if she wants to hang out while Ditzy is away visiting her parents. He insteads foal sits the CMC, Things get a smal bit grim but Clicks a nice fool to stand up to something even if he is scared featherless by it~

Published 2013-10-22 18:20:03 UTC
Last updated 2013-10-22 18:20:03 UTC

Foalsitting should be easy....right?

~~~~~ Foalsitting should be easy...right? ~~~~~~

     Click was running around in the Everfree Forest panicking in his mind. Oh Celestia where have those three foals gone off too!! I thought just watching three foals would be easy!!!Confused, let me start from earlier today!

~~~~~Earlier~~~~~

Click didn't have any duties to preform for the weather patrol and Ditzy was away for a couple of days to visit with her family, Click whent to visit his friend Applejack over at Sweet Apple Acres. Though Click had to find Applejack in the massive fields of the apple trees, he eventully found the orange mare setting up some baskets under the trees before she spotted Click approaching her.

“Howdy Click, ya come in fer a visit?” Applejack said with a warm smile.

“ Yea, you busy? I can wait if you are!” Click smiled back at her as Applejack answered.

“Ah'm busier than a worm in a rotten apple!”Applejack said with a sad smile.

“Oh well that's ok App..” Click was stopped by a small filly named Applebloom.

“Sis! Are ya ready to help me and mah friends?” Applebloom said with a smile on her face.

“Ah'm sorry Applebloom, but these fields need to be tended Ah can't take ya'll.” Applejack said to her now frowning sister.

“I can watch them for you Applejack! “ Click said to Applejack .

“ Ah don't know, Click these three fillies are a hoof full.” Applejack looked over at Click as he waved his hoof.

“It can't be that hard they are just foals right?” Click said with a smiled as Applejack rolled her eyes.

“Ah suppose but ya asked fer it Click, Now Applebloom ah want ya and yer lil friends to listen to Click ya hear?” Applejack smiled to Applebloom who was nodding.

Click and Applebloom waved to Applejack as Click followed the foal, they eventully met up with her two other CMC members. Click thought Ok,  just three fillies I don't see what the big idea is should be easy enough? Click followed the fillies to the edge of the Everfree Forest. The fillies walked around hoping to earn there cutie marks in some sort of form of bug studying. Click for the moment looked away to face the breeze blowing into his face as he closed his eyes.

“ This isn't hard at all!” Click said to himself.

“Applebloom! We won't find any good bugs out here do you think there's good ones in the forest??” The orange filly whispered to Applebloom.

“Maybe!” Applebloom said.

“But aren't we suppose to stay with Click?” asked the white filly.

“We can be back before he notices!” Said the orange fillie and with that the three trotted off into the forest.

Click's mood soon changed as he looked back to find the three fillies missing. First thing came to Click's mind 'W-what! They were just here.....don't tell me they whent into the forest! Click took off into the forest searching for the missing foals. Click was running around in the Everfree Forest panicking in his mind. Oh Celestia where have those three foals gone off too!! I thought just watching three foals would be easy!!! Click then heard the screams of the filles as he rushed in the direction of the screams.

Oh, ponyfeathers! Click thought to himself as he spotted a small manticore corning the fillies,  with no time to think he quickly whipped off his camera and held the strap between his teeth as he flung it hitting the manticore on the head, grabbing its attention. Its a good thing I'm a fool at times! Click thought to himself as the manticore slowly approached him.

“ Y-y-you three.... R-RUN!!!” Click yelled to the fillies as they took off running leaving the Manticore with Click.

Click crouched low and flared his wings trying to look as big as possible but it didn't phase the Manticore none. Ponyfeatheres ponyfeathers ponyfeathers!!! I'm scared witless right now! Click thought to himself as he trembled a little keeping his ground glaring at the manticore, the manticore lunged forward and swung as click who managed to stumble back some just as a claw barely grazed his nose, blood slowly came from the small cut as Click whinced a little before turning and bucked the manticore in the jaw.

“Take that you..” Click never finished since the manticore swung again sending Click into a tree.

    Click was stunned by the pain he felt in his back as if his wings were broken, the manticore grabbed him by his throat and lifted him up as its other paw showed its claws, Click struggled but it was futile he just closed his eyes and waited for the hit. The hit never came but a crushing pain after a loud crack was heard, Click battered and tired slowly pulled him self out from under branches from a fallen tree he was tossed into, covered in small cuts while his wings hang limply to his sides. He slowly limped to the edge of the forest as he  thought to him self. S-so tired.....fillies. Before Click thought any further he passed out just outside of the forest.

Click slowly woke up in a room of white with what looked like monitering  equipment thats in a hospital, he slowly groaned as he looked round the room and spotted Applejack with the three fillies.  He thought to himself, Foal sitting isn't as easy as I thought. He laid there with some bandages wrapped around his barrel and his cuts and bruises were treated.  He heard some movement off to the side as he saw Applejack slowly approached him looking concerned.

“Click! What happened to ya'll?” Applejack was standing beside the bed looking at him.

“A-a manticore a-attacked the filles...... I d-distracted it and got lucky from a falling tree.” Click slowly relaxed in the bed as he closed his eyes some.

“ A manticore!! Ya could have been killed Click, what yer ya thinkin?” Applejack said with a worried glare.

“ I-i wasn't I just acted....are they alright? And how did I end up here? “ Click opened his eyes and looked over at the sleeping fillies.

“Ah carried ya here, and they are fine sugercube thanks to ya the docters said you can leave in a couple of days....and thank ya Click fer saving my lil sister.” Applejack said with a warm smile.

“What are friends for, huh? “ Click smiled at the orange mare.

“Next time.... I'll bring some sort of armour when I foalsit them again.” He chuckled to himself.

“That or ya'll steer clear of that forest.” Applejack said as she raised her eye brow and tilted her hat back.

Applejack and Click laughed soon a nurse came in and ushered them out for visiting hours were over.

He laid there and stared at he ceiling thinking to himself again. Ponyfeathers...foalsitting is a lot harder than I thought. Click sighed to himself as he closed his eyes to get some much needed rest from his near death bout.

~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~

Home and Recovery

~~~~~~Home and Recovery ~~~~~~

~~~  A day has gone by since the previous chapter while Click was laying in the hospital bed recovering from his stand off from the manticore.~~

    Click slowly opened his eyes to see Ditzy who was asleep in a chair beside the bed with her head resting on the edge of the bed, Click reached over and gently brushed his hoof over her mane as he smiled. The sleeping mare slowly started to stir as she slowly sat up and quickly looked at Click.

“ Click!!!!” Ditzy instantly lunged forward hugging him as he winced.

: Oh I'm so sorry!! “ Ditzy quickly lets him go putting her hoofs over her mouth.

“ I-I'm fine Ditzy, h-how long have you been here?? “ Click plastered on a fake smile to hide his pain.

“ I don't know I think past midnight I came as soon as I heard, Applejack sent me a letter, what happened to you???” Ditzy asked as she  placed her hoof over one of his.

“I was distracting a manticore while Applejack's little sister and her two friends escaped.......I got lucky and the tree it threw me into fell and crushed it and...here I am. “Click answered as he rubbed the back of his head with his free hoof.

“ I should be fine enough to leave pretty soon Ditzy.” Click gave her a reassuring smile.

A couple of voices seem to come from the door as the two ponies looked over at the door.

“Are you kidding me, A.J!?!?! He put on a brave face against a manticore!!!! thats awesome!!” said a rather hyped up excited voice.

Soon two other ponies walked in, Applejack with Rainbow Dash, Click and Ditzy stared at the two as they came in.

“Hi Applejack and Rainbow Dash.” He smiled at them.

“Howdy Click how ya feelin today?” Applejack as she tipped her hat.

“Honestly, I feel happy now that Ditzy is here.” He smiled over at Ditzy.

“ When did Ditzy come back... I thought she was over at her parents place in Cloudsdale?” Rainbow Dash titled her head as she crossed her forehoofs.

“ I came as soon as I got the letter from Applejack and I arrived here late at midnight and snuck in.” Ditzy said as she looked to Click.

“So, Click I didn't take you for the brave kind of pony to do something like an awesome pony such as me!”The cyan mare threw her hoofs in the air.

“ I was scared featherless!! But I couldn't let nothing happen to the fillies under my care, they were left in my care and I did what I thought was right.” Click said as he shivered a bit.

“And Ah'm sure glad ya did the right thing Click, me and mah family are gratful fer what you did.” Applejack smiled at him.

“ Did you two come to visit Click?” Ditzy asked the two mares.

“ Well, we came to help him get home but since yer here Ditzy we can leave it to ya.” Applejack nodded to Ditzy.

So after Click was released from the hospital, him and Ditzy slowly made their way home. The two ponies made their way into the living room, as Click laid onto the couch while Ditzy trotted off to the kitchen to fix up some tea. There was a knock on the door as Ditzy answered.

“ Oh?  He is in the living room, I'm sure he would be happy to see you!” Ditzy said as Click looked to the door way of the living room.

Soon walked in Applebloom carrying a box on top of her head.

Applebloom? What brings you around here? “ Click asked the filly with a smile.

“Click, ah'm sorry for what happened to ya, its our fault ya are like this!”Applebloom said.

“ I'm quite fine Applebloom, you fillies are safe thats all that counts.” Click smiled still.

“ M-me and the girls spent all day but h-here.” Applebloom sets the box infront of Click on the couch.

“You fillies didn't have to get something for me.” Click smiled as he slowly undoing the wrappings.

“We didn't get ya something we found something of yours!” Applebloom said with a smile.

Click opened the flaps of the box to find his camera inside of the box, somehow the camera didn't seem damaged at all, sturdy lil thing.

“M-my camera?” Click looked to Applebloom who nodded.

“Thank you.” Click smiled to the fillie.

“ Aww, isn't that sweet of them Click.” Ditzy said as she sets the cups of tea on the coffee table.

“It sure is!” Click smiled over to Ditzy.

Applebloom didn't stay for long she ran off shortly to rejoin the CMC at their treehouse. This left Ditzy and Click alone, Ditzy climbed onto the couch and slowly leaned against Click who simply wrapped his  foreleg around her and rested his chin on the top of her head. Click closed his eyes as Ditzy let out a soft relaxed sigh.

“Sorry for making you worried Ditzy.” Click softly spoke up as he opened his eyes.

“I'm just happy that your alive and recovering, Click.”Ditzy slowly moved so she was face to face with him.

“ I don't plan on ever leaving you Ditzy” Click leaned in and nuzzled her on the muzzle.

Ditzy gently kissed him on the lips as Click soon followed, the two ponies shared a long moment of staring into each other's eyes. He stared deeply into her soft golden eyes, despite the fact she had a wall eye he found that cute about her.

“ I love you Ditzy.” Click kissed her fore head.

“I love you too Click.” Ditzy said as she tucked her head under his chin.

Click closed his eyes as he ran his hoof though the mare's mane gently, Ditzy slowly nodded off while Click stayed away running his hoof though her mane. 'How did I get so lucky to meet this sweet mare.' Click thought to him self as he slowly rested his head onto hers. Ponyfeathers to the world I'm the luckiest stallion in Equestria right now. Click smiled to himself as he closed his eyes.

~~~~~THE END~~~~~.