"Fluttershy!" The purple alicorn was surprised to see her animal caretaker friend back so soon with her pet owl. "Come in! Come in!"

"Hoo, hoo!" Owlicious hovered right above Twilight so that he could show off his feathers.

"Oh my Fluttershy, you did a fantastic job with Owlicious. He looks even better than I expected! I don't know what to say!" The owl donned feathers of the most beautiful hues of brown, autumn, and tan. The owl would be blushing if all those beautiful feathers weren't covering up the flesh on his cheeks.

"Thank you so much Twilight. But it was nothing, honest. I just love helping out a friend," Fluttershy lifted her hoof for Owlicious to temporarily perch on while she admired him. "Especially if that friend has a cute, beautiful, handsome owl like this one." Fluttershy offered the owl a warm smile who returned it with a noise of gratitude. Owlicious then took off to pursue other owly matters.

"So," Fluttershy was interested in something else. "How's Spike holding up? He seemed pretty upset earlier." Fluttershy remembered just how sad Spike looked standing at her threshold only but several hours earlier. His embarrassing secret was just found out by quite arguably the only pony in Ponyville who he didn't want it discovered by. And he wasn't taking it so well then. "I know we talked a little bit and that seemed to cheer him up," Fluttershy paused. "But I worry about him. I hope he's still not feeling embarrassed by it all." The timid yellow pegasus pony rubbed her foreleg and regarded the castle floor.

"Oh he's doing better, don't worry!" Twilight stated. "We've since had lunch with Rainbow, Pinkie, and Applejack at the Hayburger while you were busying your hooves with Owlicious. He was acting a little strange but nothing too serious."

"Oh, that sounds lovely! I just love their oil fried oats," Fluttershy cutely bucked her forelegs as a sign of approval.

"Yeah, the poor little guy was so tired after running all of those errands with me that he fell over tired from needing his nap before we were out of the street."

"The poor dear..." Fluttershy above all ponies knew how important it was for young ones to be given intermittent sleep throughout their daily schedules. Even well trained baby dragon assistants like Spike!

"Which reminds me: it's about time I ought to check on Mr. Sleepyscales. Won't you come with me?" Twilight asked her friend.

"Sure Twilight!" Fluttershy found it hard to contain her elation. She always thought Spike was so cute. Even from the first day she met him.

Twilight led the way bounding for Spike's chamber down the long narrow hallway her very own room was located in. Twilight and Spike's rooms were very nearly situated for the obvious convenience. Sometimes Spike would tiptoe through this narrow stretch of hallway in the middle of the night if he was having an especially bad dream. He'd crawl into bed with the only pony in Equestria who could make him feel safe. Other times it would be Twilight who would carry him off to bed after lulling him to sleep. The rooms being close by was useful to say the least.

Twilight approached the magenta painted door and slowly creaked it open. Fluttershy could read on the wooden door frame in big block letters "Spike's Little Home". She smiled at the charming atmosphere.

Sunlight shone through the teal curtains on the adjacent window. The light from Celestia's sun came close to landing right on the basket where both ponies could still see a peacefully sleeping baby dragon clutching his favorite doll deep in slumber. Twilight who was an expert on navigating around all of Spike's thoroughly used toys walked carefully up to his basket. Fluttershy however, being overwhelmed by the chaos, flew up to hover just slightly and silently above the floor with the calming flap of her wings.

"Awww, he still likes his doll I made for him I see." Fluttershy whispered.

"Some nights I can't get him to sleep without it," Twilight reached for Spike.

"Spike?" Twilight pulled back the covers of Spike's baby blue blanket. "Spike it's time to get up. Don't you want to get up go outside and play? It'a a beautiful day. Much too beautiful to waste it all napping."

Spike slowly opened his eyes, pulled his claw out of his mouth, sat up and yawned. He tried to get the little bit of "sand" out of his eyes. That sandpony was always putting sand in them.

"Oh hey Twilight," Spike let out another yawn before regaining the acuity in his other senses, still yet to notice Fluttershy. "Yeah, sure. Just give me a moment." Spike got up out of bed and set his Rarity plush back in his basket. He resumed his post-nap ritual of tossing his blanket back in the rightful place.

"Spike you're so cute when you're sleeping you know that?" Fluttershy landed softly down next to Spike so that she could sweetly pat him on the head.

"Gah! Fluttershy?" Spike grabbed his chest.

"Oh my, did I startle you? I'm so sorry!"

"No, not at all. It's not that..." Spike rubbed his eyes unsure of what to say or do next.

Fluttershy moved to help Spike straighten his bed sheet out. The baby dragon was taken back by that a bit. He only remembers eating at the Hayburger say but an hour ago. He wasn't expecting Fluttershy to join Twilight in rousing him awake.

Fluttershy pulled Spike's blanket taught over the other side of his basket. "There! All done! And you managed to keep your basket nice and dry too!" She offered her most sincerest praise.

Spike turned red for a second but pretended not to notice she said that. "Thanks for your help, Fluttershy," Spike gave another post-nap yawn. "Yeah, I almost forgot you were coming this afternoon to drop off Owlicious was all." Spike turned to smile up at the yellow mare. He wouldn't admit it to her but he still wasn't used to anypony else knowing about his problem. Especially Rarity.

Twilight spoke up now. "Spike do you need to go to the bathroom? After drinking all of that chocolate milk at the Hayburger..."

Almost impulsively Spike took off running for the bathroom. He zoomed in a flash out of his room whence the two ponies came.

"Yesssssss!" was all Fluttershy and Twilight heard.

The two ponies exchanged a look of amusement and had themselves a good laugh. They trotted out of Spike's room and Fluttershy carefully shut the door after them. They convened in the main room and Fluttershy and Twilight sat in their respective thrones.

"You know," Twilight's voice echoed in the castle's big boisterous room, sound waves bouncing all over the crystal walls. "Those books had some interesting ideas on ways to help Spike." Twilight hovered over some of the tea she had brewed earlier to the center table and poured some for Shy. "Honey?"

"Oh yes please!" Fluttershy and the princess shared a mutual love for tea from Zecora's. Fluttershy grabbed the honey delicately out of Twilight's magical aura and stirred it in her brew. She sipped it quietly much the same way she speaks.

"The one book all about Nocturnal Enuresis you let me borrow talks about trigger warnings. In it, it describes types of triggers psychological triggers, physical triggers, and environmental triggers." Twilight sipped a little bit of her own tea. "Fillies and Colts are susceptible to an astounding number of triggers or combination of triggers which could for any reason cause them to lose control of their ability to 'hold it' at night. It's the parent's job," Twilight gestured to herself which Fluttershy found adorable, "to identify these triggers and isolate them effectively."

Fluttershy, a bit concerned now, asked "Well have you any idea what kind of triggers Sp- I mean 'he' could be suffering from? He seemed to nap fine just now. So maybe you could deduce something from that?" Fluttershy, afraid Spike might be listening in on them especially in such a noisy section of the castle, decided not to name drop the drake.

"That's just it. Nothing is consistent. In all of my observations Spike's wetting seems to be completely random! Sometimes it's 6 or 7 days out of the week. Other times it happens but once. The triggers seem to be completely arbitrary."

"What triggers? What's wrong, Twilight?" Spike climbed up to sit on his throne next to Twilight's.

"Oh, it's nothing Spike. Hey," Twilight was suspicious of him. "Did you remember to wash your hooves?"

Spike turned his hands over to reveal that they had been shined by soap and water.

"Very good Spike!" Twilight applauded. "You know since you were such a good #1 assistant today by helping to keep me on track and being an angel at the Hayburger..."

Spike liked where this was going.

"Why don't you take these two shiny bits and see what gemcakes Pinkie Pie has at Sugar Cube Corner?" Twilight suggested.

"You mean it?" Spike clenched his fists and pointed them triumphantly at the ceiling. The ceiling which held the roots of their old library: the Golden Oaks Library. "Alright!"

Fluttershy was enjoying this little moment the two of them were having.

You didn't need to tell Spike twice. He knew exactly what he was going to get too. That little dragon was up and out of the front door almost before he could say: "Thank you Twilight!"

"You're welcome!" Twilight tried calling back out to him before the door closed behind his shadowy figure.

"Oh he's such a sweetheart," Fluttershy replied upon taking yet another sip of Zecora's home brew tea.

"As I was saying," Twilight started again. "I just can't narrow it down. His accidents are entirely random."

"Well these things do come in phases. Sometimes the answer is as simple as letting him grow out of it."

Twilight shook her head. "That's not good enough for me. I want to help him now if there's any way at all that I can. There's got to be."

"Well have you tried talking to him more about his problem? Maybe it'd be easier to figure out why it happens if you find out something's been on his mind?" Fluttershy inquired.

"Hmmm, that's true, and I can't say I have tried to talk things over with him yet. It's just so hard to get a sign out of him. Every time it happens he's just so bogged down by emotion I'm afraid to even talk to him about it," Twilight looked sad. "It's like his eyes are telling me he just wants it all to be over and go away. That's not a conversation I ever feel good about striking up."

"But Spike needs you to prod him a little don't you think? You don't have to make things uncomfortable for him, sure. And I absolutely think it's great that you're so sensitive as to always consider his feelings. But suppose his trigger is psychological? An underlying cause that can only be uncovered by talking it out with him." Fluttershy had a point.

"You know I've never considered that..." Twilight didn't care to admit that she's missed anything. Ever since Princess Celestia tasked her to take care of Spike she's always prided herself on her ability to handle the baby dragon on her own. "Fluttershy what would I do without you, really?"

"Well, like I said Twilight I'm glad to be of even the slightest bit of assistance. I understand how unpredictable and stressful child rearing can be. It is by no means an easy task." Fluttershy reassured her friend.

"Thanks. You know what? I'll try talking to him about it tonight before bed."

"Oh I think that sounds like a wonderful idea!" Fluttershy sat up and her wings shot out in enthusiasm.

Twilight and Fluttershy both continued to drink their tea in unison at the large rotund table until it was time for Fluttershy to head back to her cottage.

Author's Note

The element of kindness, kindly upholds her secret, preens Owlicious, and offers her friend advice on "nocturnal enuresis". In case you can't tell by how biased I am Fluttershy is my favorite pony and I think she just works extremely well alongside anypony. I am an introvert and therefore I identify a lot with Flutters. Look for something from me with Fluttershy in the spotlight for the future!

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