Twilights New Pet

Unfortunately for Twilight, sleep wouldn't last that night.
She woke up to the sound of whimpering. Twilight sat up, lit a candle and searched for the source. Looking around, she noticed that she could only hear it. Then she noticed that she was alone in her bed. Well, alone with Smarty Pants.

Then a light flashed outside. Twilight first thought it was her imagination, but the growl of thunder a few moments later made it clear.

There was a thunder storm outside.

Hearing the whimpering again, Twilight got up.

"Dashie? Where are you? I'm here, everything is okey."

Then a fluffy head crawled out from under the bed.

"So that's where you were hiding."

She grabbed her in her magic and sat her on the bed. Then she hopped on it too, wrapping the frightened dog in a hug, petting her over her back.

"It's okey. It's just a bit weather. It will be over soon. I will protect you."

Dashie calmed down and curled up on the bed, falling back asleep.

Twilight yawned. She unlit the candle and laid back down, cuddling up to Dashie, and finally found some sleep.

~The next morning~

Spike was already preparing breakfast when Twilight, followed by Dashie, finally came from the bedroom.

Spike noticed the tired look on Twilights face.

"Rough night?"

Twilight groaned as she sat down at the table. "First she wouldn't fall asleep, and then it appears that she's afraid of storms."

Spike looked through a window. The sky was still dark, covered in clouds and it was raining. He placed a plate of pancakes before Twilight on the table.

"Well, I know that most dogs don't like bad weather. But Dash was a Pegasus pony. Shouldn't she be used to weather like that?"

Twilight shrugged and went to eating while Spike filled Dashies bowl with some of her food.

While Dashie was making a mess on the floor from eating so hastily, Spike got thinking.

"You know, I kind of miss Rainbow Dash. It was pretty neat having her tell us when there was going to be rain or storms.."

Twilight glanced at her dog.

She too missed her friend, but she had gotten so used to her as her pet..

~Later~

It was still raining outside, but it was already past time for their morning walk.
Dashie just didn't want to go outside. Twilight tried everything she could think of. She tried toys, treats, saying there was a cat outside.. she couldn't even get the collar on.

Even though she knew that Dashie never wanted to be on a leash, figuring that it was probably because the Pegasus always loved her freedom, she was causing extra trouble this time.

Twilight was just glad that most of the doors were still locked. It was already hard enough to chase her with Spike. Her magic wasn't fast enough, since she had to concentrate it on a very fast moving, small creature.

"Where is she?" Twilight asked when she lost sight of Dashie.

"Uh.. Twilight?" Spike pointed at a wet spot on the floor.

Realizing what it was, Twilight sighed.