Take Care of My Kitty Please
It was a beautiful summer night. Diamond Tiara was taking care of her pet cat, Dazzle, who was exercising on a treadmill. After being on the treadmill for about ten minutes, Diamond got up from her chair and turned off the treadmill.
“Okay, Dazzle,” she said. “Exercise time is over. How about we go play fetch?”
Diamond threw a ball a distance away and Dazzle went for it immediately, albeit slowly due to him being overweight. Diamond got back on her chair and waited for Dazzle to come back with the ball. Unfortunately, she fell asleep after waiting for fifteen minutes. It wasn’t until next morning when Dazzle came back with the ball in his mouth and woke Diamond up.
“Oh, there you are,” she said, as she got up and pet her cat. “Who’s a good kitty? Yes, you are!”
All of sudden, she heard a knock on the door and got up and answered it. Outside, she saw Silver Spoon looking rather excited.
“Are you ready to go?” she asked Diamond.
“Go where?” Diamond responded.
“To the annual jewelry convention!” Silver said excitedly. “It’s in Fillydelphia!”
“Wait, it’s happening this week on Friday? That’s today!”
“It sure is.”
“Oh, but I can’t go. I have to take care of Dazzle! My parents are going on a business trip for the weekend and won’t be back until Monday night. My butler can’t even stay to help. He’s currently on vacation and won’t be back until Tuesday.”
“Oh, that’s bad.”
“Wait a minute, I think I know who can take of Dazzle.”
Diamond left the mansion and brought Silver with her.
* * * *
The duo walked across town and eventually made it to Sweet Apple Acres.
“Are you out of your mind?!” Silver exclaimed. “We’re sworn enemies with her and her friends!”
“Unfortunately, I don’t know whom else to go to,” Diamond said. “Apple Bloom’s family is tied with the business, so there’s no one else I can go to. Even though we don’t get along with her or her friends, I don’t think anypony else would want to help me.”
Diamond knocked on the door and within a few seconds, Apple Bloom answered it.
“Diamond Tiara!” she shouted. “What are ya doin’ here?”
“Well, you see,” Diamond said. “I was wondering if you can take care of my kitty, Dazzle. We’re going to be gone for the weekend and I was wondering if you can take care of him for the time being.”
“What?” Apple Bloom responded. “Why would Ah help you? You constantly bully me and mah friends. Ah would never—” All of a sudden, realization hit her. “Wait, if Ah take care of yer cat, you and Silver Spoon will be gone for the weekend?”
“Actually, a three-day weekend,” Diamond answered. “Today, Saturday, and Sunday. I won’t be home until Monday afternoon.”
“Well then, count me in,” Apple Bloom said excitedly.
“Alright, follow me to my mansion,” Diamond said.
* * * *
Once the three fillies made it back, Diamond led Apple Bloom to the kitchen.
“Okay, here’s what you need to do,” Diamond instructed. “You need to make sure Dazzle gets his exercise. He must be on the treadmill for ten minutes. You also must feed him with these cans of cat food—one in the morning, and one at night.”
While Diamond was explain to Apple Bloom about what she needs to do for Dazzle, Apple Bloom thought about the fact that Diamond would not be able to bully her for the next three days and didn’t pay attention to Diamond’s instructions.
Ah can’t believe it, she thought. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Three days without Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon.
“Make sure you walk Dazzle twice a day,” Diamond continued, unaware that Apple Bloom wasn’t paying attention to her. “Got it?”
“Oh yes, got it,” Apple Bloom said, who didn’t hear a word Diamond said about Dazzle.
The bus then arrived and Silver, who was still outside of the mansion, got extremely excited outside. Lots of ponies on the bus were chanting “jewelry”.
“Yay!” Silver shouted. “The bus! It’s here! Let’s go!”
She ran into the bus and started chanting “jewelry”. Apple Bloom saw the bus and began pushing Diamond toward the bus.
“Well, it’s time ta go,” Apple Bloom said, as they reached the bus. Diamond then walked into the bus and poked her head out of the window.
“Just don’t forget about Dazzle,” Diamond said.
“Don’t worry, Ah have a great memory,” Apple Bloom said sarcastically. “Ah’ll take good care of him.”
“Thanks,” Diamond exclaimed, as the bus drove off.
Once the bus drove out of sight, Apple Bloom jumped up in the air excitingly.
“Yes, finally!” she shouted, as she ran back home. “Ah can finally enjoy myself. No bullying! No name-calling! Nothing! Me and mah friends are gonna enjoy the weekend!”
Once she got back home, she saw her friends right by the tree house.
“Hey Apple Bloom,” Sweetie Belle said.
“We were waiting for you,” Scootaloo said.
“Oh, sorry,” Apple Bloom said. “Ah was just takin’ a jog is all.”
“Oh, okay,” Sweetie Belle responded. “Shall we try getting our cutie marks by making go-karts?
“You bet!” Apple Bloom responded.
The three fillies ran to the barn to start on their project.
Meanwhile, Dazzle was looking out of the window of the mansion and mewed sadly, having nopony to take care oh him.
* * * *
Three Days Later
Apple Bloom drove her go-kart around town and stopped by at Diamond’s mansion, as the bus began to drive towards it.
“Well, that’s it,” Apple Bloom said to herself. “Three days sure went rather fast.”
All of a sudden, she heard a raspy mew coming from inside the mansion. Apple Bloom gasped.
“Oh no!” she shouted. “I forgot about the cat!”
She ran inside the mansion and got to Dazzle, whose eyes looked bloodshot. He was wheezing heavily, as Apple Bloom picked him out and brought him to the kitchen. She then put Dazzle down and opened three cans of cat food and emptied them into Dazzle’s bowl.
“Okay, Dazzle!” Apple Bloom gasped, as she threw food toward Dazzle’s mouth, but to no avail. “Here! Eat, eat, eat!”
Outside, Diamond and Silver got off the bus and walked towards the mansion, covered in jewelry.
“That was so fun,” Diamond said, as she got her key out of her saddlebag. “Well, see you tomorrow, Silver.”
“You got it,” Silver responded, as she left.
Apple Bloom heard the two of them outside and began to panic more.
“Come on!” she shouted, as she heard the key turn. She then looked at the cat food. “Great!”
“Dazzle, I’m home,” Diamond announced.
Apple Bloom walked up to Diamond with her mouth full.
“Hi, Diamond,” Apple Bloom said with a muffled voice. She then painfully swallowed the cat food. “Just makin’ sure Dazzle’s okay, bye.”
“Thanks, Apple Bloom,” Diamond said. “You know, maybe we really can be friends.”
“Well, bye,” Apple Bloom said, as she headed toward the door.
“Thanks again,” Diamond said.
Before Apple Bloom could reach the door, Dazzle walked in with bloodshot eyes and made a weak and raspy mew. Diamond saw him under that state and screamed.
“Dazzle, what’s wrong?!” she shouted. “Apple Bloom, something’s wrong with Dazzle!”
Apple Bloom sighed in a rather depressed tone.
* * * *
Later That Night
An ambulance that was shaped like a cat was outside of Diamond’s mansion. Dr. Fauna, the veterinarian, was examining Dazzle inside with Diamond and Apple Bloom watching her.
“It’s just as I feared,” she said. “Your cat has suffered malnutrition.”
Diamond gasped.
"Then again, he does look a lot thinner," Dr. Fauna continued.
"But not in the right way," Diamond said. "I have him exercise daily."
"I see," Dr. Fauna responded. "But still, he needs help. Here, take this." She handed over a syringe to Diamond. "You need to inject this cat plasma in him. Be careful.”
“Aren’t you going to take care of the situation?” Diamond asked.
“Oh no,” Dr. Fauna answered, as she left the mansion. “I’m way too squeamish to do that.”
“Well, Ah guess Ah better go,” Apple Bloom said.
“Wait, Apple Bloom,” Diamond said. “I can’t inject this in Dazzle, I’m way too squeamish to do it as well.”
“Diamond, it’s just—” Apple Bloom began.
Dazzle began coughing violently.
“Dazzle!” Diamond exclaimed worriedly.
“Okay fine, Ah’ll do it,” Apple Bloom said in defeat.
“Be careful, Apple Bloom,” Diamond said, as she gave the syringe to Apple Bloom.
Apple Bloom tried jabbing the syringe into Dazzle’s foreleg, but Diamond yanked him out of the way.
“Stop!” Diamond exclaimed. “You’re going too fast!” She held Dazzle with her front hooves. “Go slowly.”
Apple Bloom tried to jab the syringe in a slightly slower speed, but Diamond yanked Dazzle away again.
“Still too hard,” Diamond said.
Apple Bloom tried again and again, only for Diamond to continuously pull Dazzle away.
“Hold still,” Apple Bloom said.
Unfortunately, Diamond didn’t and after a few more tries, Apple Bloom accidentally injected the syringe into Diamond’s muzzle.
“Ow!” Diamond yelped. “You injected me with cat plasma!”
“Well, ya kept yanking Dazzle out of the way,” Apple Bloom said, as she removed the syringe on Diamond’s muzzle.
“Well, you should’ve taken care of Dazzle and none of this would’ve happened!” Diamond shouted. She then took a breath, as Dazzle got on the floor and walked away. “What’s going to happen to me?”
“Ah doubt anythin’,” Apple Bloom responded. “It’s just cat plasma.”
“No really,” Diamond said. “I’m not feeling so good.”
“Just relax,” Apple Bloom said. “You’re just worrying too much.”
Dazzle walked to his water bowl and drank some of it. Immediately afterwards, he mewed happily. His eyes returned to normal and he felt a lot better.
“All he needed was water?” Apple Bloom responded in annoyance.
“Oh Dazzle, I’m so glad you’re okay,” Diamond said.
“Whatever, Ah’m outta here,” Apple Bloom said.
“Wait, what about the cat plasma?” Diamond asked.
“Don’t let it get into your head,” Apple Bloom responded. “Yer goin’ to be fine.”
Apple Bloom left the mansion and Diamond turned to Dazzle, who mewed in concerned.
“It’s okay, Dazzle,” Diamond said. “Apple Bloom may have been a piece of work, but what can cat plasma really do to me? So, shall I get dinner ready?”
Dazzle mewed in excitement, as he jumped in the air. Diamond went into the kitchen, pulled a can of cat food, and poured it in Dazzle’s food bowl. As she was about to give the bowl to Dazzle in the living room, she began to sweat and then, under temptation, took some of the food with her hoof and ate it. Then she started to eat the rest of it. Afterwards, she took the now empty bowl, which she was unaware that it was now empty, and gave it to Dazzle.
“Here you go,” she said.
“Meow?” Dazzle responded in confusion.
“Woops, I guess I really lost control of myself,” Diamond apologized. She then burped. “Meow.” She then covered her hooves in shock. “Why did I just do that? No! I’m fine. Everything is going to be okay.”
She then walked to the bathroom with Dazzle following her. As soon as she looked at the mirror, she licked the side of her hoof.
“What’s wrong with me?” Diamond asked. “Did I just lick myself?”
Dazzle looked at Diamond in shock. Diamond groaned in pain, as her ears began to reshape and became catlike.
“I’m okay,” she said to herself. “Nothing’s wrong.”
Her tail began to reshape. It shrank a bit, but remained the same in terms of color.
“Ow!” Diamond yelp, as whiskers began to grow on her muzzle. “Dazzle, I’m okay.” She then screamed, as her hooves cracked and reshaped into paws. Her four legs then reshaped a bit. “I’m fine! I’m fine! I’m fine! It’s all in my head!”
Dazzle hid in the bathtub, as Diamond began to shrink until she was about a third of the size of Dazzle.
“Dazzle, you getting taller,” Diamond said.
Diamond’s muzzle then contracted a bit, causing her to scream again. Her nose became an upside down triangular and attached to her mouth. Afterwards, her teeth became sharper and her tongue became sandpaper-like.
“I take it back!” Diamond shouted, as the transformation was finishing up. “Something is wrong with meeeeeeeeeeeow!”
* * * *
As Apple Bloom walked back to Sweet Apple Acres, she sighed in annoyance.
Ah really hope Ah never have to help Diamond Tiara ever again, she thought.
All of a sudden, she heard some mewing.
What was that? Apple Bloom thought.
As she was about to open the door to her house, she saw a shadow behind her that resembled somepony familiar. She turned around to see who it was.
“Diamond Tiara, Ah told ya earlier, yer gonna be fi—” Apple Bloom began, but then screamed upon what she saw.
She saw a cat with pink fur, a purple and white striped mane and tail, and a tiara on her head.
“Diamond Tiara, what happened to you?!” Apple Bloom shouted.
“Meow,” Diamond answered.
Apple Bloom screamed, ran in her house, and closed the door.
“Oh no, what have Ah done?” she said to herself and then pulled out the syringe full of cat plasma. “This is all yer fault. You did this ta her.”
Apple Bloom then threw the syringe a distance in the house, but immediately afterwards, she saw Diamond jump onto the window of her house.
“Meow,” Diamond said.
Apple Bloom screamed louder.
“If only Applejack, Big Mac, and Granny were here, they could fix this,” she said to herself.
Diamond jumped into the house and mewed, causing Apple Bloom to scream, run around in circles, and destroyed stuff around the house in the process. Eventually, Apple Bloom crashed onto the kitchen table and fell to the ground. She groaned as she got up, but then saw that the syringe full of cat plasma was on her muzzle.
“Uh oh,” she said to herself.
* * * *
Outside Silver’s house, three cats stood on the fence and began singing the My Little Pony theme song in their own way.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow…meow,” Dazzle sang.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow…meow,” Diamond sang.
“Meow…meow…meow, meow, meow…meow, meow, meow, meow, meow,” Apple Bloom, who was now a yellow kitten with a red mane and tail and a red bow on her now smaller mane, sang sadly.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow,” Dazzle sang.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow,” Diamond sang.
“Meow…meow…meow, meow, meow…meow, meow…meow,” Apple Bloom sang.
As the cats continued singing, Silver Spoon opened her window.
“Would you all shut it?!” she shouted, as she threw a hairbrush out of the window.
“Meow, meow me—” Apple Bloom began singing, but got interrupted when the hairbrush hit her in the face, causing her to be knocked off the fence. The two other cats looked at her in concern, but then resumed singing after Silver closed the window.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow,” Dazzle sang.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow,” Diamond sang.
“Meow, meow…meow…meow, meow, meow…meow,” Apple Bloom, who was now behind the fence and on the ground, sang.
