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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Slugcat Parents 
// by Meicrackmon 
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"Rainbow Dash wait!" Twilight called out She was worried that the creature would hurt her with the pointed stick. Even so, she assumed the most it could do was poke her.

"Quit worrying so much Twi. This smol thing has gotta be harmless." Rainbow Dash said as her hoof touched its head. "Wow. It feels... Weird." She said as she pet it. The creature was visibly nervous but relaxed a little. It still eyed her with caution. The other two ponies joined in on the petting.

"You're right... It feels smooth and a little slimy..." Applejack said.

"Its skin is soft and squishy like its a membrane or something. I'm thinking of calling it a Scug for now. What do you girls think?" Twilight asked. The other two nodded in agreement. Applejack reached out to the smaller one and the larger scug reacting violently. It attempted to jab her arm with the sharpened stick but she reacted quick and pulled back and so did the other two.

"What's your deal? Trying to pick a fight?" Rainbow Dash says throwing practice punches. The Scug just stared at her.

"Calm down Rainbow Dash. I think it's just protecting the smaller one. It was my fault. They didn't look like they wanted to be touched in the first place."

They looked back to the scugs and the larger one was breathing a bit fast. "Hello!" Pinky suddenly appeared with some cupcakes. The Scugs let out a surprised squeak and looked absolutely terrified. She looks at the scugs and squeals, "Oooh! New friends! So cute too!" Pinky reached for the small one.

"Hold it partner. The big Scug doesn't like it when we try to touch the small one."

"Well I got cupcakes! Everypony likes cupcakes." She puts the cupcake on the window sill next to them. They watch as the big one gets closer to it and gives it a few cautious sniffs. It took a bite out of it and the scugs face scrunched up as it spat it out. Pinkiepie deflated a bit.

"Maybe it was too sweet for them pinkie." Twilight says patting her on the back.

"Oh right, we have a scheduled rain today." Rainbow said.

The Scugs looked up the second Rainbow Dash said rain. It closed its eyes for a bit before opening and looking at Rainbow Dash skeptically. "Do you have a problem?" Rainbow asked getting in the scugs face a little. It huffed and turned away. "Wha?" Rainbow said dumfounded.

"These little guys seem really smart." Twilight said writing in some parchment. The ponies followed the Scugs as they continued exploring the town. During this most of the ponies went on their way but twilight continued to follow. It would occasionally stop at stands to sniff at their product. The Scugs posture straightened as it looked up and began sniffing and then bounded off to a stand excitedly. They went to a stand with fish. The pony at the stand offered a small one and the scug eagerly grabbed it. She fed the smaller one first which ate it all.

The scugs went to an apple stand and ate one. Twilight wrote down they're omnivores. Twilight saw the clouds being moved in and sighed. She decided that she would follow the scugs for a little while longer. Her following eventually led to them arriving at the crystal castle she lived in. Then it started to rain. The larger scug looked up once its muzzle got touched by rain water. Twilight saw the scugs eyes become filled with panic. They ran inside the castle and went to a small hole in the wall. The bigger one left its pup by the entrance as it looked around. twilight saw this as a prime opportunity to touch the smaller one.





I had left to get something to plug the hole and found a big piece of cloth. When I returned I saw the smaller raindeer reaching to my pup and I threw my spear at the foot reaching out. I watched as it pulled back and the spear lodging itself into the walls while making it crack a little. It looked at me with surprise and backed away. I took my pups hand and went inside the hole in the wall. I pluged the hole and then laid down with Naibyn. He played with his rock as I went to sleep.