General of kindness

General of kindness chapter 3: a week later

It has been one week since that day and all of Fluttershy's friends treat Kraig like any mare would to a filly.

Who's Kraig you say? Well that's the creature's name; Kraig!

At first the other four were confused on why Fluttershy choose that name, but all the shy mare could say is that the name just came to her, and never left her mind, as if the creature was meant to be named that. Nopony knew what the name meant, but they just accepted it.

Anyways! Throughout this whole week, the five have been taking care of Kraig, while also learning new things from her. It seems that when Kraig is cranky or upset, she shifts to some sort of wolf, at first they never looked into it, but this got Fluttershy nervous. The yellow mare thinking that the poor creature was cursed by somepony, but with no answer to this problem, she decided to go with it. For all she knew, maybe this is what Kraig's kind does.

Also in one of the weeks, Rarity made Kraig new clothes, all of them in different colors and designs. And Rarity even made a little tail hole for Kraig.

And Fluttershy also noticed something else, it seems like Kraig could understand her animal friends on a whole new level. She realized this when some of the animals were actually taking care of Kraig when the yellow mare wasn't around, one day seeing that Harry's mother was cradling the creature like he was her own cub.

After that one week past, the four mares just accepted the unknown creature's questionable abilities.

Now! Back to the present!

~

Today was a normal day for Fluttershy and Kraig. Kraig was busy inside the house chasing some of the mice and squirrels, of course the little animals knowing and playing with the unknown creature, and Fluttershy was outside feeding the outdoor animals.

The yellow mare was about to refill one of the bird feeders until she noticed her orange earth pony friend come towards her, with a not-so-familiar foal strapped to her side.

"Oh. Hello Applejack. How are you?" Fluttershy greeted.

"Well howdy there, Flutters. Ah'm fine thank you." Applejack responded.

Fluttershy was about to ask her why she's here, until they heard some whining from the tiny foal strapped on the farm pony.

"Shh, shh. It's alright, we're just at Shy's house. Don't cry" Applejack cooed, placing one of her hooves on the little filly, calming the foal down.

"Um, Applejack? Who's that?" Fluttershy asked, flying down to the ground and placing the bag of bird feed next to her.

"Oh. Ah'm sorry Flutt's. Ah forgot to tell ya 'bout 'lil Apple Bloom." Applejack said, taking the little filly off her carrier and placing her in front of the two. "This is Apple Bloom. Ain't she a cutie?"

Fluttershy didn't respond, but took a closer look at the young foal. She noticed that the filly had a yellow coat with a bright red mane and the filly's eye color was orange. She also noticed that she had a rather large accessory atop of her head, it being a pink bow.

"Oh, she's so cute, but, why did you bring her here?" Fluttershy asked.

"Maybe I can answer that, sweetie." Another voice responded. The two mares looked to see Rarity trotting over to where they were standing, Fluttershy also noticed a young foal strapped to Rarity's side.

"Um, who's that Rarity?" Fluttershy asked towards the white mare.

"Oh, this is young Sweetie Belle." Rarity said, placing the filly right next to Apple Bloom, the two just looked at each other, like they we're testing if either were friend or foe.

Fluttershy looked at the new foal, seeing that Sweetie Belle was a white unicorn just like Rarity, but her mane and tail was curly in the front and it was two-toned, the two colors being a light pink and purple and the filly's eyes were a light green.

"If you're wondering why we brought the two is cause we were thinking if maybe Kraig would like some friends around her age group." Rarity said.

"So, like a play date?" Fluttershy assumed.

"Absolutely! And not being mean, but Kraig can't have animal friends only, she needs to befriend other ponies, even if she isn't a pony exactly." Rarity explained.

"Well, that makes-" But before Fluttershy could finish her sentence, Applejack interrupted her.

"Ya know, speakin' of Kraig. Ah think ah know what he is." Applejack said.

"Really? How?" Rarity asked, interest in her tone.

"Ah remember mettin' this crazy unicorn mare named Lyra and she was goin' on 'bout some weird creature called a Human." Applejack responded.

"hyoo-muh n?" Rarity tried to say.

"Nah, nah, human. H-U-M-A-N." Applejack corrected her.

"Oh, sorry. So a human is what you think Kraig is?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah, when she explained what a human looks like, it seemed like the spitting image of Kraig." Applejack said.

"Um, did she say anything about humans having fox ears fox tails and golden wings?" Fluttershy asked.

"Sorry, but I didn't really 'asked' her. I more along the lines overheard her conversation with another mare named Bon-Bon." Applejack admitted.

"Oh, well that's fine, then." Rarity said. She was about to say something else, until she felt the touch of a tiny hoof, she looked down to see Sweetie Belle tapping the mares leg.

"I think we should take this conversation inside. Sweetie Belle seems a bit antsy." Rarity said, lifting the white filly with her magic and placing her back in the carrier.

While Applejack was doing the same, (With her teeth carrying Apple Bloom) Fluttershy went back to filling the last feeder and quickly putting it back into storage.

When Fluttershy was finished, she opened the front door, being greeted with one of the cutest sight she ever saw.

Kraig was on the living room rug, with baby Angel, copying what the white rabbit was doing, Kraig covering his eyes the same time Angel did.

"Aww." The three mares said in unison, accidentally stopping the game they were playing.

Angel hopped over to her mother and nuzzled her hoof.

"Why hello little Angel. I see that you're having fun with Kraig." Fluttershy said, getting a nod from the tiny bunny. The bunny then scampered off, not without a tiny wave to Kraig making the now-called human giggle.

"Ah see that somepony got's a favorite." Applejack commented.

"Oh, yes. Those two are the best of friends. Angel was actually the first to befriend Kraig." Fluttershy explained.

"Aww, that's so sweet." Rarity said.

"Hello Kraig!" Fluttershy greeted, making the human smile. "I have a very special surprise for you."

That got a confused look from the human.

"Their two special guest. I'd like to introduce Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle." When Fluttershy said their names, their older sibling placed them on the rug Kraig was sitting on.

The three mares watched as the three young ones eyed each other, not making a move. Rarity then moved the two foals closer with her magic after what felt like five minutes of starring.

As the duo got closer, Sweetie Belle started to tear up, but not cry, while Apple Bloom was showing an emotionless look towards Kraig. Kraig was actually backing up a bit, he looked up at Fluttershy, seeing her warm smile.

When the two fillies were close enough, Rarity cancelled her magic, making the duo lose their balance a bit before sitting back on their rumps.

Kraig watched as Sweetie Belle continued fidgeting where she was sitting. Kraig then crawled closer to the two.

Kraig got close enough to touch their tiny hooves. Kraig reached to Sweetie Belle, but the white filly backed up, making YKraig retract his hand back. He then looked at Apple Bloom, her standing on all four of her hooves.

Surprisingly, the yellow earth pony started walking towards Kraig. She was close enough to see that Kraig was at the same height as her. And then the yellow filly then started touching Kraig's hand.

Kraig stayed in placed at the little filly touched him, she watched as Apple Bloom looked at Sweetie Belle. Kraig turned just in time to see Sweetie Belle walking up to the two, now a look of curiosity than fear. When Sweetie was close enough, she too started touching Kraig.

Meanwhile, the three mares were watching the whole thing.

"Well, that was...interesting." Rarity commented.

"Ah guess Apple Bloom is a brave lil' foal." Applejack said.

They continued watching as Kraig started petting them, the two foals smiling at the feeling.

"Would anypony like some tea?" Fluttershy randomly said, making the two mares look over to see that Fluttershy was emerging from the kitchen without anypony noticing.

"Why thank you Fluttershy, I would love some." Rarity said, levitating a cup towards her muzzle, taking a light sip.

Applejack also took a cup, downing it and ignoring the slight burn on her tongue.

"Why don't we leave the three to themselves while we continue on this 'human' conversation." Fluttershy insisted.

"Yes, let's continue in the kitchen." Rarity agreed.

The three then left the young ones to themselves, the trio now eyeing a certain part of the rug that left a bump.

~Later into the Day~

As the three mares were still conversing about Kraig, now being labeled the human, the three babies were still in the living room, playing with each other.

Kraig was playing with his rattle, hypnotizing the two foals that were unknown to what this strange device was.

Of course, Kraig was too into shaking the rattle that he accidentally hit Sweetie Belle on the head. When the pain came to the white foal, she burst into tears. Kraig stopped his raddling, and placed the raddle on the ground, he then crawled closer to the crying filly, and hugged her. Sweetie was so stunned that she instantly stopped crying. Apple Bloom then joined the hug later on.

When Kraig stopped hugging Sweetie Belle, he showed the raddle to Sweetie Belle, as an apology gift. Sweetie tried to grab it, but the raddle fell within her grip. At first at Kraig thought she was gunna cry again, but surprisingly, Sweetie Belle scrunched her muzzle in concentration, and levitated the rattle in a light green aura.

The trio then giggled with joy as Sweetie Belle shook that rattle.

The three were so into it that they didn't see the much bigger mares come over.

"Oooh. Your such a sweetheart." Rarity cooed, slightly hugging Kraig from behind.

"Ah'm sorry girls, but it's time for us to get goin'." Applejack then picked up Apple Bloom from behind, placing the yellow foal to her carrier; Rarity doing the same.

At first Sweetie Belle was about to leave with Kraig's rattle, until Rarity took it from her magical grip from her. Rarity brought it to Kraig. Kraig accepted it, but she started crawling towards the mare, and brought the rattle back to Sweetie Belle.

"Aww. Your so generous, Kraig." Rarity said. She gave a light kiss atop the human's head, then followed the farm pony out the door.

"You really are something special." Fluttershy said, petting Kraig's head. "And don't worry about not seeing them again, they'll come once every week, just for you." Fluttershy then nuzzled Kraig's cheek, before picking her up.

"Now it's bath time!" Fluttershy cheered, making the tiny human giggle with glee.