Dog Catcher's Mill Company

Fluttershy walked and led the canines as they walked through the snow, they had trouble due to the snow already being up to their ankles,

"Come on now, we have to push or it'll get worse." Fluttershy stated, and they moved slowly as Canine Warrior and the inugami helped the injured puppies move along while the dogs that had their legs' severed were carried on the backs of the other canines. They all walked through the snow and some of the puppies fell to their knees',

"No, you can't rest now, you'll freeze to death, we'll rest if we can find shelter." Fluttershy stated, and they got up and walked again, but some fell a second afterwards, the nine tailed fox, black dog, two cadejos, raiju, Wepwawet, and other canines carried them on their backs, they walked through the snow a bit more and some of the dogs began sneezing,

"Bless you, are you all alright?" Canine Warrior asked as he checked them, Fluttershy went over and checked them as well,

"They're getting sick." Fluttershy said,

"They're still young, let's keep moving." Canine Warrior added, and they kept pushing forward. They all walked through the snow and it got heavier, Canine Warrior tried to see if he could teleport them now but could not,

"How much farther to your home, Fluttershy?" Canine Warrior asked,

"It's pretty far, actually." Fluttershy answered, and the puppies looked down,

"I know, but we'll rest if we can find shelter." Fluttershy spoke, and they all kept walking forward.

Fluttershy, Canine Warrior, and the canines all walked together and some of the puppies began to pant, the foxes and wolves tried to hold them up as they walked together, they struggled through the snow and Fluttershy began to shiver a little, the canines walked up to her and surrounded her to warm her up,

"Thank you." Fluttershy stated, and they continued walking. They went through the snow and Fluttershy was beginning to get tired, she heard many canines panting behind her as they had trouble, the snow got harder and was almost a blizzard,

"Oh, I didn't think it was going to snow this hard." Fluttershy stated,

"Go, inugami, get help." Canine Warrior instructed,

"Wait, let's try calling for help." Fluttershy replied, and she did a calling sound and the other canines did as well. The calling sound traveled through the area and there was no response.

Everypony was getting ready for the winter and they soon heard the many canines doing the calling sound, the Apple family's attention was caught,

"Someone's dog's in trouble." Apple Bloom stated,

"It ain't one dog, listen." Applejack responded, and she heard the calling sounds of hundreds of canines,

"I hear them wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals if Ah ain't mistakin'." Granny Smith said,

"Wait, could them dogs be with Fluttershy?" Apple Bloom asked,

"Now that ya mention it, it might be her, she must be in trouble, we need to help." Applejack responded,

"Eeyup." Big Macintosh added, they heard running and saw Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity coming,

"We think it's Fluttershy calling for help." Twilight Sparkle stated,

"I tried to see, but the snow's blocking the view." Rainbow Dash added,

"We think it's her, too, we need somethin' with Fluttershy's scent on it." Applejack stated,

"Ooh, I know, let's get one of her pets." Pinkie Pie stated,

"That won't be necessary, darling, I have several outfits she has worn." Rarity replied,

"Go get one, Winona can find her when she picks up a scent." Applejack ordered, and Rarity teleported while the Apple family prepared a wagon. Rarity reappeared with a dress that Fluttershy wore and made Winona smell it, she began running,

"Lead the way, girl." Applejack ordered as she and Big Macintosh pulled the wagon together.

Fluttershy and the others continued doing calling sounds but there was no response,

"No one's coming, we have to keep going." Canine Warrior said,

"Can you at least try a flare signal or something?" Fluttershy asked, and he shot up a beam in the sky that exploded,

"There, let's go now." Canine Warrior stated, and they kept walking. They walked slowly and panted as the snow got heavier, everybody began to shiver as they walked and some of the puppies fell again. Fluttershy and Canine Warrior tried to hold them up and the puppies panted. They heard barking and Fluttershy looked back, she saw Winona running to them,

"Winona! Did you come here all the way for me?" Fluttershy asked, she barked and licked her, she then heard Apple Bloom and Applejack calling for her, she saw a various silhouettes in the mist and her friends came,

"There you are, Fluttershy, you had us all worried." Applejack stated,

"Sorry about that." Fluttershy replied, her friends looked at the canines and went to them,

"Who are they, Fluttershy?" Apple Bloom asked,

"Most of them are puppies from Dog Catcher's puppy mills." Fluttershy explained,

"*gasp* Look!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she pointed, they did and gasped at seeing some of the puppies and adult dogs had broken and severed legs',

"You poor things, to lose your legs and be unable to move." Twilight Sparkle lamented,

"I was going to teleport them, but my body's old and frail now and I wasn't able to." Canine Warrior stated,

"You're... see-through?" Apple Bloom asked,

"Yeah, I'm already dead." Canine Warrior replied,

"Come on, y'all, we're wastin' time, get 'em legless ones in the wagon." Granny Smith ordered, and they did while Twilight Sparkle and Rarity used their telekinesis to carry the ones that were tired, they all then headed to Fluttershy's sanctuary.

The canines were taken into Fluttershy's home and she and her friends nursed them back to health, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Spike were called over to help, the veterinarians from the town also came to check on them, the ones with severed legs' were given bandage wrappings on their stumps,

"Thank you, all of you, I'm going to need help every day to treat them until they get better." Fluttershy stated,

"That's alright, we're here to help." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Yeah, just call us if you need us." Sweetie Belle added,

"We can probably get our classmates to help, too." Scootaloo said,

"That would be wonderful, I can always use more help." Fluttershy responded,

"Maybe a school trip will be good for here, Twilight." Spike suggested,

"I'll have to check with the others first, Spike." Twilight Sparkle responded,

"Well, thank you all again, I'll let you all know if I need help." Fluttershy stated, and they left. She tended to the puppies with the other canines and her various pets also helped her, some of the dogs died from their injuries and old age throughout the winter and she made a grave for all of them, her friends helped her and Canine Warrior tend to the puppies while the other canines played with them,

"Welcome to your new home, everypuppy." Fluttershy stated, and she sang lullabies to them to make them fall asleep and comforted them whenever they had nightmares of the puppy mills.

Spring came and Fluttershy began rebuilding her home and sanctuary with her friends and pets while the puppies were all outside and running around, Fluttershy's friends helped her feed and clean them while Winona was playing with them,

"Looks like you got everything working, Fluttershy, it's time for me and my inugami to return to the afterlife." Canine Warrior stated,

"Okay, thank you two so much for your help." Fluttershy replied,

"Remember to tell the dogs that we're watching them." Canine Warrior stated,

"I will." Fluttershy responded, and the two disappeared while smiling. Winona began licking a puppy clean while they went to her, the two cadejos and raiju went to Fluttershy next and bowed to her,

"Thank you three for your helps, I'll hope you all come to visit again one day." Fluttershy stated,

"As always, thanks, you two cadejos, for protecting us from harm when we travel the roads." Twilight Sparkle stated,

"Don't go too crazy with the lightning, raiju." Rainbow Dash stated, the others chuckled and the two cadejos ran off while the raiju went into the sky. Wepwawet and the wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals bowed to Fluttershy,

"Thank you, all of you, and especially thank you and your herd, Wepwawet, for letting the nine tailed foxes know about Dog Catcher's doings." Fluttershy stated,

"Just wait a little, Wepwawet, I'll find something as a token of gratitude later." Twilight Sparkle stated, and he and his herd alongside the foxes, coyotes, and jackals left. Fluttershy and the others tended to the puppies and fed and cleaned them, the nine tailed fox helped them,

"Still, I've never seen a nine tailed fox before." Rainbow Dash said,

"As I've said before, Rainbow, they're not from Equestria, their home is to the northeast of our land." Twilight Sparkle explained,

"Are you going back home soon?" Fluttershy asked, the nine tailed fox nodded and they tended to the canines. The black dog looked over them and the souls of their families and fellow dogs from the puppy mills flew out of its body and went up into the sky,

"Ooh, what are those?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"They're the souls of the dogs' deceased families and fellow puppies from the mills, now that the mills and Dog Catcher and his minions have been stopped and the winter has passed, I guess they can finally rest in peace now." Fluttershy explained,

"Wait, souls? Fluttershy, these black dogs are supposed to be a bad omen for people." Twilight Sparkle stated,

"Well, I guess this one was a bad omen for Dog Catcher, it actually helped me stop his company." Fluttershy replied, it looked down and began to fade, Fluttershy trotted to it,

"Thank you for your help, you should go rest, too." Fluttershy stated, and it disappeared. Everypony watched the puppies as they played and ran around, they heard running and barking a while later, they all looked and saw a nine tailed pup coming and another nine tailed fox that was smaller than the one with them. Fluttershy looked and realized it was the nine tailed fox's wife and son, they ran to him and the two nine tailed foxes rubbed their snouts against one another and the male nine tailed fox then rubbed the pup's head with his paw. The female nine tailed fox went over to the puppies and rubbed her snout on them, they did various barks and Fluttershy understood them perfectly,

"Oh, that's wonderful, if it's alright, I'd like to go to the awards ceremony, too." Fluttershy stated, the male nine tailed fox smiled in agreement,

"Come on now, everypuppy, we have to go to their island for a ceremony." Fluttershy stated, and the four carried them over to the island.

Fluttershy and the dogs arrived at the island and the ceremony started, the nine tailed fox gave his report and told them about the puppy mills and the other nine tailed foxes looked at them, the emperor then gave him a medal and the other nine tailed foxes howled while Fluttershy smiled, she was also called forward and given a medal for helping the nine tailed fox. The nine tailed foxes howled again while Fluttershy smiled deeply and the emperor smiled back at her. She went back while the nine tailed foxes examined every dog that was brought along, they then gave Fluttershy a big supply of food and medical items,

"Thank you, thank you very much." Fluttershy stated, and she headed back home with the nine tailed foxes carrying the puppies to her sanctuary for her.

Fluttershy arrived home and it was almost dark, she began singing a lullaby and the puppies fell asleep and dreamed well, she smiled and got the rest of her pets to sleep and then laid in her bed and slept with a smile on her face.