“Uh, Fluttershy? What is this I’m looking at?” You were dumbfounded, perhaps even beyond dumbfounded.

“It’s a cat! I can assure you that it isn’t a tiger cub!” Man, she was bad at lying.

“Fluttershy, have I ever told you how bad you are at lying?”

Clearly, what you were seeing is a young and adorable white tiger cub; how did Fluttershy get a hold of one? You didn’t really know how, but it was very cool nonetheless. From what you could tell, it was a Bengal tiger, and it was cute. You looked at it as it rolled over at you, showing its underbelly, and then you turned to Fluttershy, who seemed worried at the moment.

“What do you plan on doing with it? How did you even get a baby tiger in the first place?!” Sometimes Fluttershy scared you; maybe she has connections to the Black Market, or maybe she works for smugglers.

“W-Well, I found this little one in a wooden crate at the side of the road, I guess it could’ve fallen out of a truck or something. I couldn’t just leave it there, so I took it with me!” You swore this came right out of the movies or some shit, stuff like this doesn’t really happen everyday.

“Let me guess; you expect me to hide it for you?”

“Well you do live alone, so I was hoping if you did. Please don’t be mad at me.” She cowered.

“I know this is against my better judgment, but I’ll do it. Just because the local zoo is terrible.” Out of nowhere, Fluttershy hugged you without warning. Your face started to turn red, and of course, you didn’t know how to deal with this situation.

“Uh, Fluttershy, I may be able to take care of it for awhile, but I’m going to Las Vegas in a week. Who’s gonna take care of it then?”

“Oh don’t worry, I was going to use Rainbow and Pinkie as a backup plan if you said no.” You practically needed someone to neck you right about now, because you were frozen in place due to the utter stupidity you brought yourself upon.

“Anyway, is it a boy or girl? Does it even have a name?”

“It’s a girl, I remember checking a few minutes before I went to go and get you. Also, I haven’t decided for a name yet.” You pick up the Bengal Tiger cub and lift it into the air, due to a cub’s playfulness she started to claw your hands, causing you to drop her. For some odd reason, she managed to balance herself on your shoulder, like a pet parrot.

“I think I’ll name her Neko.” Since she was a white tiger, it would be appropriate to name her that, after all she is a cat.

“Neko?”

“Y’know, it’s Japanese for ‘cat.’”

Neko started to nibble at your ear, causing you to jump. You grabbed Neko and cradled her in your arms, waving your finger back and forth in disapproval. You touched your ear, feeling a warm, wet sensation. Great, thanks to your newly adopted tiger your ear was bleeding.

“No Neko, don’t bite me. If I’m gonna get anywhere I’m gonna have to train her pretty soon.” You smiled at Fluttershy and left the courtyard, trying to hide Neko while making it back to your dorm.

Luckily you made it back to your dorm without raising suspicion, if you remembered correctly, there wasn’t any strict rule about not having pets on campus, and you thanked god for that. Now, all you needed to do is how the fuck you train a baby tiger as a pet. It’s not like it’s impossible, it’s just really hard.

“Alright, first thing’s first; I need some basic equipment.” What you were talking about is a litter box, and a whole lotta formula mix, and maybe Fluttershy could help you with the latter. If this was gonna go anywhere, Neko is going to be in good hands, if she doesn’t bite them off first.

You couldn’t leave Neko alone for even a minute, and for sure this was gonna cut into your studies at school, there was no hope avoiding that. You couldn’t take back on your word to Fluttershy, even though you did agree to help without thinking of the consequences.

“Maybe I can get Celestia to help me, it depends if you’re gonna be a good girl.” You scratched behind Neko’s ear, and from what you saw, she was loving it.

For some odd reason Neko has already taken a liking to you, cuddling up in your lap as if you’ve been best friends since the beginning. Though, you couldn’t tell why, you’ve seemed to have known her for a long time.

“Eugh, I’m not into that sappy shit, but I do have to admit, I think we’re gonna be best friends.” Since Neko couldn’t really talk back or anything, you felt as if you were talking to yourself.

You heard a soft knock on the door, since you heard a whimpering noise coming from beyond it, it was probably Fluttershy again. You set down your tiger on your pillow and reached for the door, letting Fluttershy in.

“Sorry for showing up all of a sudden, but I wanted to see how my little girl was doing!” Fluttershy crouched down and gently petted Neko’s head, the cub mewed with delight as it was getting Fluttershy’s affection.

“I’m just planning things out, I need to get some sort of cat formula, because she still has her milk teeth, or at least I think those are milk teeth.” Fluttershy raised Neko’s upper lip, revealing a row of small teeth.

“Yup, those are milk teeth alright, she seems to be about three-to-four weeks old, now that I think about it.”

“Let’s hope she’s house trained.” You deadpan, slumping back against the side of your bed. You look at the baby tiger sitting above you on your own pillow, already half asleep.

You had to admit, the thing was so adorable, and you knew that she wouldn’t stay like this forever; eventually, she would become a very ferocious animal. You had to be careful taking care of her, because one day she might be the death of you, literally.

“Alright, so this here should last you quite a while, I also brought some other things for taking care of big cats.” Fluttershy brought out a huge amount of stuff to be contained in a handbag that seemed too small to hold all of it, she did happen to be able to use magic like you and the others though, so it did make practical sense.

“Well, it’s a good thing I have a lot of space here.”

“This dorm was meant to have two people living in it, that and you don’t take up much room.” What space you didn’t use, was quickly taken up by a litter box, food and water bowls, and a scratching post, Fluttershy made it look like large cats are nothing but oversized house cats.

“By the way, how did you manage to get a dorm all to yourself? Even Twilight has to share a room.”

“I don’t really know, I just showed up and Mr. Langford gave me my own room.” As soon as you said that, you felt something clawing at your back, causing you to yelp in pain. You turn around and find Neko clinging to your back.

“No Neko! I said no!” You grabbed Neko while you still could and scolded her, even though she was still a cub, she understood what she did was wrong. Her ears flopped and gave you a stare of apology, a very cute one at that.

“Wow, she actually listens to you.” Fluttershy seemed amazed at this fact, you came up with the assumption that Neko doesn’t really like taking orders.

“Why? Does she not listen all that often?”

“W-Well, I may have been a bit too soft on her at first. It may or may not have given her the impression that I’m too weak.”

“In that case, Neko just needs to learn some discipline before she can do anything outside this room.”

“Hey, what’s going on with your TV?”

“Oh shit I’m getting shot at! C’mon Snake, don’t tell me you’re gonna die like this!” You completely forgot about pausing the game, and as a quick response you started over from the last checkpoint, at least you remembered to save your game before coming into this area.

“Fluttershy, if you don’t mind, I’m gonna wrap this up. Neko is in good hands now, so don’t worry too much about her, but when you get Rainbow to catsit, make sure she follows the proper procedure.”

“What proper procedure?”

“The one I’m gonna make within the next week to give to her.”

“Oh, okay then. I guess I’ll be going now.” You were too busy to see her leave, due t the fact that you were about to die.

“Yeah, I’ll see ya later.” You paused the game for one moment to take a dramatic look at Neko.

“Aw, she fell asleep... how cute.” You slowly lift up Neko from your pillow and lay her down on her own bed Fluttershy brought in for her.

Knowing that Neko is not really meant to be a pet, it could be good experience in the future if you ever decide to be a zoologist, specializing in Bengal Tigers. Who knows, Neko is just one of those things in your life that was just unexpected.

“Something tells me that I’m gonna be in one helluva ride.” You take out MGS4 and instead replace it with Borderlands 2.

“-YOU MAY ASK, ‘WHO’S WEARING THE BOLO TIE, YOU OR THE SHARK?’ THE ANSWER IS: YES!” You let out a deep sigh, having that feel like your sides were going to hurt for awhile.

Author's Note

White Tiger pet = Insta-badass = 'Nuff said
Oh, and I just recently got Borderlands 2... I regret not buying it sooner.
I'm also considering getting Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 and Victory, I got some money to burn.