[7:00 AM]
It was a basic morning, Sunny woke up at the sound of her alarm and walked out of her bedroom and towards the shower, she thought she had heard a bleat but ignored it thinking it was just her imagination. She yawned as she turned on the shower and adjusted it to her preferred temperature.
Bleat
There it was again, Sunny looked around for something but then shrugged, it sounded similar to a sheep. She got into the shower and started to wash her fur and mane with soap and shampoo. It was a while before the next-
Bleat
It happened again, sounding like it was on the bottom floor, along with hoof steps, it crept her out a little. Shivers went down her spine, thinking it was possibly an intruder, she panicked, thinking she was being robbed! She quickly rushed out of the shower without washing out the soap and shampoo or turning the shower off. Sunny ran out the bathroom sopping wet and soapy! She looked around and didn’t see anything.
“Hello?” She called out, “Anypony?” She whispered before she heard the sound of something being smashed. As fast as a hare she quickly grabbed a baseball bat from her room and rushed to the main room, heart racing, hoping to catch the intruder in time. But she slipped over her own wet, soapy hooves and tumbled down to the ground. The baseball bat bonked her bottom. “Ow!”
“Oh, Sunny!” Izzy’s voice called, “You came, I thought you were having a shower! So we waited down here,” Then there was a bleat as Sunny lifted her head and got up. She shook her body, splattering water and soap everywhere, she was annoyed and looked at Izzy.
She wondered why she didn’t knock or anything and then noticed something right next to her, a tall brown alpaca that then licked Sunny on the noise, she jumped back. “What is an alpaca doing in my house!?” Sunny shouted, “They spit at ponies!”
Izzy giggled, “I wanted to show you her! You and this alpaca have the exact same name!”
“Uh...” Sunny nodded, brushing some of her soaking wet mane to the side, “She’s owned by somepony? Shouldn’t you take her back?”
“Nah,” Izzy responded.
Sunny gasped, “Izzy! That’s stealing! You alpaca-napped the alpaca!” She shouted, “You need to take her back!”
“Not really! Well, not when you’re animal sitting for your cousin!,” Izzy responded cheerfully.
Sunny sat there, “Oh...” she looked at the alpaca, it was a light brown with light brown markings on the neck, underside and face. “So... you’re taking care of your cousin’s alpacas?” She asked as she tilted her head, “Did your cousin move to Maretine Bay?”
Izzy shook her head, “No, she lives in Bridlewood, well...” She walked around Sunny innocently, “She actually lives in a farm just outside it, maybe a ten-minute walk away, she prefers the open area over the forest, so she built a house there.”
“That’s nice...” Sunny nodded slightly before seeing the alpaca do her business on the nice clean floor, Sunny cringed a bit in disgust. “Okay... so... why’s your cousin unable to care for them?” Sunny asked.
Izzy nodded, “Well I can’t tell you much... I have to respect her wishes but let’s just say there was an accident near Zephyr Heights during a visit and was rushed to hospital... she has to stay there for a while...”
Sunny gasped, “Is she okay!?”
Izzy looked around, “The doctors said she would... but had to stay in the hospital for four or five days,” She nodded.
Sunny smiled a bit, deep inside she was hoping she could clean up the alpaca’s mess soon. “Well, it’s nice to meet your cousin’s alpaca...”
“Hehe, she’s yours for a day! And about that hairstyle, I preferred your old one!” Izzy said in a sing-song voice.
“Thanks... me too,” Sunny replied bluntly as she brushed aside a bit of wet mane before realising, “Wait what!?”
Izzy strutted out the door, “I’ll be back for her in the afternoon, have fun you two Sunnies!” She said before strutting out the door as Sunny had her mouth wide open.
“Izzy!” Sunny shouted as she ran out the door, “You can’t just leave someone else’s pet with someone! That’s just wrong!”
Izzy giggled, “Oh Sunny, you’re my friend, I know you can handle this!”
“But I don’t know her! Like I never even took care of one!” Sunny argued.
Izzy winked, “I know you will! If you’re really stuck, I left some hints on your table, your first hint is she hates being left alone, so you should at least be in the same building with her at all times!” She said before running off.
“Izzy!” Screamed Sunny
[7:30 AM]
After cleaning up the mess and finding the small book Izzy left on the table, Sunny went to finish her shower, she was going to look at the book after. The alpaca was already wearing a bridle and leading rope, so all Sunny did was put some newspaper down in a corner and tie down the alpaca so it wouldn’t leave the newspaper.
Sunny washed her fur and mane nicely as she hummed in the shower. She felt bitter about being left with that bovine, but she had no choice. The water was nice and warm and felt wonderful as it soaked through her orange fur and pink and purple mane and rinsed out all the soap and dirt.
After the shower was done, she turned off the water and shook the excess water off her body before stepping out. She felt the chill on her body as she stepped onto the tiled floor. Sunny then started drying herself with a towel the best she could, she was a bit damp but not dripping.
Sunny combed her mane before going down and making breakfast. Eggs, beans and toast, she licked her lips as she set herself at the table. But before she could have the first bite, she heard the alpaca make loud bleats as she watched. “You hungry?” Sunny asked. She started to think, “Hmmm... what do alpacas eat?” She asked.
The answer came to her almost instantly, hay, sheep eat hay, so alpacas should too, right? Sunny went to her cupboards in her kitchen and took out a sack of hay. She gulped as she carried the sack over to the alpaca. “Please don’t spit at me, I got you some food,” She put the sack down, but the alpaca didn’t seem interested.
“You don’t like it?” Sunny asked, slightly annoyed as she raised a brow. She opened the sack, grabbed some hay and threw it in front of the alpaca. “There, now go and eat,” She responded as she stared at it while walking backwards, ready to run in case it spat.
Sunny backed into the table, she quickly went to her breakfast and ate slowly, trying to process what had just happened. Did Izzy seriously dump someone else’s alpaca with her just because she shared a name with her? That’s really stupid, even for Izzy. After breakfast was done, she did up her mane and got her bag before going to the door.
The alpaca started bleating as soon she opened it. Sunny groaned, remembering what Izzy said, she tried her best to ignore the poop pile as she grabbed the alpaca’s rope that was attached to the harness. “Guess you’re coming with me, please behave,” She said, slightly annoyed.
As she got her skates, she realised something, rollerskating with an alpaca isn’t a very safe or smart thing to do. She grumbled as it meant no skating to work, she had to walk, and be late. Being late meant she needed to work later, and this week’s morning shift was going to go into her afternoon.
[8:01 AM]
Sunny arrived at the smoothie cart about half an hour late, so she needed to work half an hour later. She tied the alpaca to a pole that was next to the cart and went inside and waited for customers. Soon enough a pink and white pegasus mare came up, she knew this young mare was a bit slow and shy, so Sunny was patient. “What would you like today?” Asked Sunny, calmly.
“Uh... ummm...” The mare thought nervously, “A medium-sized strawberry one, please,” She said quietly. Sunny nodded and set up the smoothie, she blended the fruit and added the ingredients before pouring them into a plastic cup, then adding a lid and a straw. She smiled as she handed the drink to the mare and accepted the payment.
It was a slow day, it seemed like an hour of selling smoothies before anything interesting happened. She overheard some kids talk about the alpaca, she poked her head out the window and watched. There were two kids in front of it, offering the alpaca a smoothie. A yellow unicorn foal and a green pegasus. Sunny gulped nervously, not wanting the children to be spat on.
“Hey, I don’t think you should be near that thing, she might spit,” Sunny warned bluntly. The two looked at her and laughed, she looked at them in disgust.
“It’s camels that spit, not alpacas,” The kids claimed
“Fine, if she spits, don’t say I didn’t warn you,” Sunny responded flatly, still salty.
The foals walked away, muttering. Sunny smiled proudly. She went out of the cart and up to the alpaca, “I win, you lose,” She claimed proudly. Then the alpaca bleated in her face. “Oh, being a sore loser?” Sunny said before poking her tongue out. It bleated again.
“I’m sorry, but I think for now, I’m in charge, and under my watch you won’t be spitting on anypony!” Sunny boasted. The alpaca bleated, this time sounding a bit annoyed. Sunny chucked, unaware of the audience that had gathered behind her. The alpaca bleated again, “I, Sunny Starscout will not give up!”
The alpaca bleated again, Sunny gasped, sounding offended. “What do you mean you don’t believe me? Hello, I just told you, I’m in charge!”. Sunny was getting annoyed, the alpaca bleated as the audience rose, “No, I’m in charge,” Sunny grumbled. Another bleat sounded, Sunny’s mouth hung wide open, “Oh... you take that back!”
The audience was amused by Sunny Starscout, one of the five ponies who brought back magic, having an imaginary argument with an alpaca. A few pegasi were recording, a few other ponies were chuckling. The alpaca made a loud bleat.
Sunny stomped her hoof down, “How can you say that!? Look at you, you’re just an... alpac- a-am I... am I talking to an alpaca? What?, Wh-why am I talking to-” She slowly turned around to see a whole audience standing there, watching her, some laughing.
“Hey! In my defence, I bet you guys talk to pets too!” She scolded. “Even through this spitting machine isn’t my pet!”
[9:24 AM]
Sunny sat on a stool in the cart, head resting on the counter, waiting for the next customer, it was a slow day, She hadn’t had a customer is half an hour. She grumbled as she turned her head towards the alpaca, watching it stand there, watching passerby’s. Of course there was a bowel of water and a stack of hay there along with a huge umbrella for shade, Sunny wasn’t that cruel, well, she wasn’t cruel at all.
She tiredly blew a bit of mane from her face, as she went to grab her own smoothie drink she made herself. Unfortunley she accidentally knocked it over and all the contents spilled on her head, she quickly lifted her head up and shook the stuff off. She grumbled as she put her head back down, it wasn’t really a hot day, but there were fewer customers than usual.
“Come buy smoothies here...” she said tiredly, “Please...” she looked at the alpaca again and saw a small bird land on its back. It didn’t seem to care at all, it just looked at Sunny and bleated softly, as if it was telling her to come over. Sunny only ignored it, “Not falling for that, you just want to spit on me,” Sunny watched some children fly a kite, one bumped into the alpaca.
The alpaca was scared! But it didn’t spit or kick, it just hurried as far from them as it could it. The children apologised to it as they ran past. Sunny rolled her eyes, she imagined what to say to Izzy as she waited for her next costumer.
She wasn’t paying attention, suddenly there was a loud trumpet noise behind her, she jumped out of her skin and out of the cart’s window and into the ground. Her eyes were wide open, and she got up off the warm cement and looked inside to see a unicorn mare playing the trumpet. Sunny’s eye twitched as she jumped back in, “Get out!” She shouted, “Please... uh... you should really be on the other side of the window to order...”
The unicorn gasped, offended, before strutting off, “Hmmph! You never heard of good music,”. Sunny shrugged and sat back down and waited for the next pony, confused about the trumpet player that sneaked into her cart and scared her like a mouse who was spotted by a very hungry cat.
