Author's Note

Summary: Mareep and Wooloo have been competing against each other ever since Mareep and Riolu joined the party and Summer can't figure out why. Can she and her friends figure it out the cause?

Wooloo and Mareep: Sheep Competitors

It was another day at the School of Friendship and Summer Blaze and the Young Six were in Fluttershy's class. Mareep and Riolu had joined her party yesterday and the two have fit in quite well with Summer, Rockruff and Wooloo... well... except for one thing....

Wooloo and Mareep, kept competing for Summer's attention.

Every time Wooloo got all of Summer's attention, Mareep would get annoyed and would pick fights with Wooloo, concerning Summer and usually ending in her getting a Thunderbolt and falling onto the floor. Rockruff and Riolu tried to calm the two down but they would give the 'Stay out of this' look.

Now, Fluttershy was discussing the differences between Wooloo and Mareep. The two sheep pokemon stood on either side of her, "Now class, can anyone tell me a difference between Wooloo and Mareep?" Fluttershy asked the class. Ocellus and Smolder raised their arms. "Ocellus and then Smolder."

"Well Professor Fluttershy, Wooloo has white wool while Mareep has cream colored wool." Ocellus said.

"And Mareep is a different typing than Woolo; an electric type." Smolder added.

"Very good." Fluttershy said. As she was talking Wooloo and Mareep looked at each other and growled at each other, making tick marks appear on their heads.

"Baaa...." ("The kirin belongs to me, creamy! She's my mother!")

"Mareepp!" ("Oh yeah, I don't see your name on her coat so she belongs to more than just you..")

"Baaa..." ("You wanna push my buttons, creamy!")

"Mareeppp!" ("Bring it!")

Then to the horror of the class, Mareep and Wooloo leaped at each other and started attacking each other! Mareep unleashed Thunderbolt on Wooloo but Wooloo dodged and unleashed Wild Charge, sending Mareep into the wall. Mareep shook off the attack and the two used Tackle, engaging in a struggle. "Oh no, not again!" Summer whimpered. Summer got up from her seat and tried to break up the two, "Wooloo, Mareep, stop it please." she pleaded. Mareep growled and unleashed Thunderbolt, shocking Wooloo and Summer! "Gaaaahhhh!"

"Summer!" The Young Six cried. Mareep gasped, realizing his mistake and stopped. Summer was smoking with some burn marks on her. She twitched a few times before she fell on the ground.

"Oh dear..." Fluttershy groaned.

My Little Kirin Chronicles: Friendship is Magic

Later that morning, Summer, Wooloo and Mareep found themselves in front of Headmare Twilight. "Summer, this is the third time this week that Wooloo and Mareep have fought in front of the students." she scolded. "That is not what the School of Friendship is about."

Summer felt really guilty while Wooloo and Mareep attempted to get at each other but Rockruff held back Mareep but grabbing his tail and Riolu held back Wooloo by pulling on the braids. "I'm sorry Headmare Twilight."

"Summer, the students could have gotten hurt by their fighting, you know that right?" Twilight questioned. Summer nodded. Mareep and Wooloo known electric type attacks which can be devastating to a student if they accidentally shock them.

Twilight sighed, "I just don't know why they're fighting all of a sudden." Summer admitted. "Wooloo was so gentle and nice.."

"I'm sorry Summer, but we can't have your pokemon causing havoc. So unless you can find the reason for this behavior, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to suspend you, Wooloo and Mareep." Twilight said sadly.

"What?!" Summer gasped. Wooloo and Mareep gasped as well.

"I'm sorry but they aren't safe around the students." Twilight claimed. Suddenly, Sandbar and the Young Six came in, "Wait Headmare Twilight!" Sandbar cried.

"You can't suspend them." Ocellus stated.

"I understand you're concern but I can't have them here with the risk of them harming the students." Twilight repeated.

"But what if we find out what's the cause for their behavior?" Sandbar suggested. "If we find the cause maybe that will bring together a solution to the problem, please Headmare Twilight? Give us a chance."

"Hmmmm..." Twilight thought. "Alright, I'll give you until the end of the school day to figure out the cause. I'll excuse you from your other classes."

"Thank you Headmare Twilight." The Young Six stated in unison.

Soon, the group were outside of the school; where they could investigate without the concern of injuries. Riolu and Rockruff continued to keep Wooloo and Mareep apart from each other. "Alright Summer, since you know more about the pokemon than we do, maybe you could give us some insight." Ocellus started. "When did this fighting start to happen?"

"Well... it started after Mareep and Riolu joined my party. Wooloo seemed tensed around Mareep, and I don't know why?" Summer explained.

"Hmm.... can you name some specific events where Wooloo was tense or vice versa?" Silverstream questioned.

"Events...? Let's see....

Flashback

"Mareep did get a small stomach ache once from eating too much pokemon food and I was giving it a tummy rub. " Mareep was aw Summers' house on its back as Summer rubbed its stomach as it gurgled, making Mareep groaned. "Shh... it's alright Mareep. I'm right here." Summer cooed to the Wool Pokemon. Mareep turned to her and smiled.

What Summer didn't see was Wooloo was peeking around the corner with a tick mark floating beside it. Wooloo grumbled to himself and walked up to Summer. "Baa..."

"Huh? Oh hi Wooloo, sorry I can't play right now. I have to take care of Mareep." Summer cooed as she continued to rub Mareep's stomach. Mareep cooed happily but suddenly Wooloo pounced onto Wooloo, scaring Mareep and it unleashed a Thunderbolt, shocking everyone in the room! "Gaaaahhhh!" Summer screamed in pain."

Flashback End

"Hmm.... good, anything else?" Smolder asked, crossing her arms. Summer thought back again, "There was another incident...

Flashback

Summer was treating Wooloo after he had accidentally fell off of her bed and fell onto her right front leg, resulting in a sprain. "I was treating Wooloo for a sprain leg when Mareep came into the room." Mareep gave a small cry alerting Summer to the its presences. "Hi Mareep, what is it?" Mareep gave another cry and nodded outside, "Oh... sorry Mareep, I can't play outside with you today. I have to treat Wooloo first. Maybe we can do it when she's healed." Mareep gave a dejected cry and Summer felt kinda bad for the Wool Pokemon. Wooloo gave a small 'baa' to Mareep making Mareep upset and it tackled Wooloo, making them roll all around the room. "Wah! Wooloo, Mareep! Stop it!" Summer cried in a panic before the two collided with her face. "Ugh!"

Flashback end

"That why kirin friend came with hurt eye, that day?" Yona asked. Summer nodded. That incident resulted in Summer have a black eyes for a few days.

"Hmm... also interesting..." Ocellus said.

"Too bad, they didn't give us clues." Smolder said dejected.

"I'm not so sure about that, Smolder." Sandbar said. "In both events when Summer was caring for either Wooloo or Mareep, the other pokemon seemed... jealous."

"Jealous?" Summer questioned, having never heard about that before.

"Yeah, when you were taking care of Wooloo, I think Mareep felt jealous of Wooloo and that's why it attacked it and vice versa which would explain one reason why they were fighting."

"But what's the other reason?" Gallus asked.

"Summer... exactly how did you meet Wooloo?" Sandbar asked.

"Well... I found Wooloo and Rockruff as two eggs that were in a box that was delivered to my old home. I cared for the eggs for some time before they hatched. Wooloo and Rockruff looked at me and they immediately bonded with me." Summer explained.

"That makes sense, when a pokemon hatches, the first thing it sees after hatching is assumed to be its' mother.." Ocellus said. "So Wooloo and Rockruff think you're they're mother."

"But what does that have to do with Mareep?" Silverstream asked, scratched her head confused.

"Wooloo must have thought Mareep was trying to replace her. Since Wooloo think Summer is her mother, before Mareep came, Summer gave all of her attention to Wooloo, as a mother should, and with Mareep in the picture, it doesn't like the fact that now Summer has to share her attention with Mareep." Ocellus deducted.

Summers' eyes widened as she realized that Ocellus was right! She turned to Mareep and Wooloo, "Wooloo, Mareep? Is that true?" she asked her two sheep pokemon who have stopped trying to start a fight each other and were now listening to their conversation. Wooloo and Mareep lowered their heads and nodded.

"Aww... guys.." Summer took both pokemon in her arms. "I love you both equally and I'm sorry if I acted like I was giving one more attention that the other. I didn't know. Wooloo, now that I know you think of me as your mother since I hatched you, you have to understand, no matter how many pokemon; sheep or not, that I get, I'll always have enough attention for all of you and that will never change."

Wooloo and Mareep nodded, "That's what I like to see." a voice said and the group turned and saw the Mane 6 walking towards them. "Headmare Twilight, Professors?" Sandbar exclaimed in shock, surprised to see the six. "What are you doing here?"

"We came to see how your investigation was going and it seems you found out the cause." Twilight smiled.

"I can understand how Wooloo must have felt. Angel Bunny gets jealous sometimes when I give attention to my other animals friends." Fluttershy sympathized.

"And we're glad you worked out your problems, sugarcube." Applejack smiled. Summer smiled and nuzzled her two sheep pokemon. "No matter how many pokemon I'll befriend, I'll always have time for you guys." she stated. Rockruff, Riolu, Wooloo and Mareep cried happily before dog-piling onto Summer, making her laugh while the Young Six and Mane 6 smiled at the group.

Dear Tree of Harmony,

Today I learned that some friends can experience jealousy in many situations. Wooloo and Mareep started fighting soon after Mareep joined the group. Though the help of my friends, I learned that Wooloo was worried she would lose my attention when Mareep entered the picture since she was the only sheep I paid attention too and that I hatched her, making her think of me as her mother. I learned that show recognize signs of jealousy before they excels into something dangerous and I showed Wooloo and Mareep that no matter how many pokemon friends I have, I'll always have attention for the two of them.