Dog Catcher's Mill Company

Fluttershy flew up into the sky and looked for anymore puppy mills, she did not see any, so she flew around a bit and tried to find one, she still did not find one, so she flew down lower and looked again, she still did not find any. She did various callings and the animals responded to her, she ordered them to look for puppy mills for her in their native tongues and described what they looked like, the animals left and began searching. She continued looking for the puppy mills and still could not find one, she kept looking until she heard coyotes barking and howling, she flew down to them and they stopped,

"Lead the way." Fluttershy said, and they ran as she followed them.

Fluttershy flew through a forest while the coyotes led her, they arrived at a puppy mill and she saw foxes, wolves, other coyotes, and jackals trying to free the puppies. She went over and the canines moved aside, she grunted as she tried to pull the fence off, she did animal calls and other animals came over to help, they pulled on the mill's fence and got it off. The puppies ran out and the other canines comforted them and then led them elsewhere and Fluttershy followed them. She arrived at an area in the forest with many puppies and dogs gathered together, she stopped when she heard growling all around her, she looked and saw big wolves circling around her, she spoke to them in their language and they did not stop circling her. A wolf bigger than the others walked to her while growling and the other canines made noises to communicate with it and it continued glaring at Fluttershy, the wolf looked back at her suspiciously while she sweated a little, it walked to her to get a closer look and saw fear in her eyes, it stopped looking for a minute and the wolf ordered the others to stand down. Fluttershy sighed with relief and she soon heard walking from behind, she saw the fox again and the canines bowed to it,

"Who is that?" Fluttershy whispered to a nearby fox, it explained that the fox was a mystical cousin of theirs from a distant island, and he was sent by that island's emperor to help them against Dog Catcher. Fluttershy looked on confused and saw the fox looked like an ordinary red fox, just abnormally bigger than usual. She watched him walk to the big wolf and the two bowed to one another,

"What's it doing now?" Fluttershy inquired, and a jackal explained that the big wolf was Wepwawet, and he and his herd were the ones who informed the fox's island that something was wrong, she looked on and the fox followed Wepwawet as he led him to the new puppies that they freed and he began checking them. She watched the puppies run to the fox as he rubbed his snout on them, he finished and he and Wewawet began conversing in barks,

"I'm going to go take a look around." Fluttershy stated, and she flew away.

Fluttershy flew around and saw various animals in the woods,

"It's okay, I come in peace." Fluttershy spoke, and they walked to her slowly, she saw herds of bears, tigers, lions, hyenas, and boars had puppies with them. She noticed that the various animals were glaring at her and standing in front of the puppies, she walked past them and looked around, she flew up into the sky and saw various birds watching her as well, she saw several more scouting the area and she realized they were looking for more puppy mills, she flew away and looked elsewhere. She flew around the woods while all of the animals watched her and wondered what she was doing, a squirrel ran to her and made several squeaks,

"I'm looking for puppy mills." Fluttershy answered, and the squirrel ran away and communicated with the other squirrels. She flew around a bit to get an idea where everything was, she heard voices in the distance and flew to where she heard them while she saw various puppies and adult dogs running away, she arrived and saw a unicorn stallion, a Pegasus mare, a Pegasus stallion, and an earth pony stallion, the unicorn stallion had a sky blue coat, short white mane and tail, gray eyes, and his cutie mark was a net, the Pegasus mare had a green coat, long light pink mane and tail, dark red eyes, and her cutie mark was a cage, the Pegasus stallion had an orange coat, long black mane and tail tied in braided ponytails, turquoise eyes, and his cutie mark was a spotlight, he was also wearing black framed glasses, and the earth pony stallion had a purple coat, short gray mane and tail, pink eyes, and his cutie mark was a paw print. Fluttershy watched the four until a puppy ran to her and bumped its head on her leg, she looked at it and it barked several times, it said the unicorn was Dog Catcher,

"So he's the one running the mills." Fluttershy stated as she looked at him, she watched the four leave,

"Who are the other three?" Fluttershy asked, the puppy barked and it said the Pegasus mare is Chain Link, the Pegasus stallion is Searcher, and the earth pony stallion is Tracker,

"Do they come here often?" Fluttershy asked, the dog barked in agreement,

"Thank you, you go on now, I'll see what they're up to." Fluttershy stated, and the dog left as she flew and followed them.

Fluttershy watched the four ponies and Tracker checked the ground while Searcher flew around and looked for any puppies,

"I found some dog tracks here." Tracker said, and the others went,

"Search that area, Searcher." Dog Catcher ordered,

"On it." Searcher answered, and he flew up,

"You think we can build a mill out here?" Chain Link asked,

"No, it's too risky here, we risk facing the wrath of every animal if we do it here." Dog Catcher explained,

"Where do you suggest then?" Chain Link asked,

"Somewhere near the edge of the forest." Dog Catcher answered,

"Come on, I'm seeing signs of multiple dogs." Tracker said,

"Yeah, I see them, a family is walking a bunch of dogs." Searcher added,

"Let's go." Dog Catcher ordered, and they did.

Fluttershy followed them and saw them arrive at an earth pony family consisting of a mother, a father, a son, and a daughter walking their pet dogs and puppies. Chain Link, Searcher, and Tracker tackled them down and began snatching the puppies away,

"My puppy!" the daughter exclaimed, and they tried to take their pets back while the adult dogs tried to fight them,

"What are you all doing?!" the father asked, Dog Catcher had a dirty white aura on his horn and held the four ponies and adult dogs up, they began gagging and their souls flew out of their bodies. Fluttershy gasped when the ponies and adult dogs fell onto the ground, she did an animal call, Dog Catcher and his minions looked at where they heard her and various animals came and began attacking them, she heard running and saw the fox, Wepwawet, and various canines run over to help, she also saw the black dog form out of thin air and it jumped onto Tracker and began biting his neck, but he punched it off and all four of them ran away.

Fluttershy and the others ran to the puppies to check on them, they went to their owners and parents to check on them, Fluttershy also went and realized they were dead. She laid her head on them and began to cry while the puppies whimpered and howled, they soon heard whimpering echoing in the sky and they looked and saw light blue flames floating in the sky, they changed to the faces of the dead dogs and they whimpered, they turned back into flames and they flew down and the black dog absorbed them. The black dog stood on its own and looked down as the whimpering of the recently dead dogs came from its body, it winced in pain again and grew a little bigger, it then walked to the puppies and comforted them. Fluttershy continued to grieve and Wepwawet walked to her and rubbed his snout on her, she looked at him and looked back to the dead ponies and dogs, she finished grieving after a while and looked at Wepwawet,

"Can you look after them for me?" Fluttershy asked, Wepwawet nodded in agreement,

"Thank you." Fluttershy stated, and Wepwawet commanded the puppies to come with him and the other canines, they walked with the other canines while looking down. Fluttershy looked at the fox and black dog as they looked at her, she flew to where the four ponies fled and saw a trail of blood on the ground from Tracker's wound,

"Let's go." Fluttershy said, and she flew while the fox ran past her and the black dog disappeared.