Twilight slept soundly with a hoof curled around Fluttershy till a horrid smell came to her nose.

"Wh... What's that?" she thought aloud.

Every second, the smell seemed to get worse. She slipped away from Shy, careful not to wake her, and began investigating the smell.

She found it was coming from the bathroom The unicorn approached the door and pushed it open. Sitting in a sink full of water was Angel bunny. He was scrubbing himself as Twilight realized that the almost unbearable smell was him.

"Angel?" she asked, putting a hoof to her nose. "What is that smell?"

The bunny scowled as he began trying to explain why he reeked, which Twilight understood nothing of.

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

He smacked his head as he opened the cabinet and pulled out a note pad. He flipped a few pages and turned it to Twilight. The page showed a picture of a skunk with the word 'stinker' under it.

"Ah... I see," said Twilight. "Need some help?"

Angel turned a few more pages and showed her a picture of a can of tomato soup.

Twilight nodded and left the bathroom, returning a half a minute later with a can of opened tomato soup. "Here."

Angel poured it on himself and began scrubbing once more. Twilight patted him on the head before heading back out to Fluttershy, who was still fast asleep as she put a hoof on one of her horns. Twilight then saw a streak of black dash out the room. She gasped and looked around. She saw a skunk curling up in Angel's bed with an almost smug smile on his muzzle.

"There you are," said Twilight, getting ready to pounce when she stopped and looked up at her horn. "Oh... Right..."

When she spoke, the skunk gave her a look as it quickly turned its now raised tail to her. It looked back with a 'make my day' look. The unicorn took a step back, glaring at it. It smiled deviously as it stepped closer to her.

"H-Hey, now..."

The skunk raised its tail fully, smiling widely.

"Hey..." said Twilight, raising a hoof towards the skunk. "Just calm down..."

Before she could react, a jet of skunk spray hit her face and even got in her nose. The skunk then bolted out of sight. Twilight growled and went into the kitchen for some more tomato soup. She then went to the bathroom for a tomato bath.

As twilight bathed herself, Fluttershy came in, a hoof over her nose. "Oh, my... I see you've met Stinker..." she said with watery eyes.

"Yeah... Unfortunately."

"Yes. He's not as bad as you may think... He just doesn't like ponies that much... A few mean ones hurt him real bad," Fluttershy explained as she helped Twilight scrub the smell off.

"Oh, my... That's horrible."

"I know. He sprayed me a few times."

"Well... Since I'm already in a tomato bath, think you could bring him in here? I wanna make peace with him so he doesn't keep spraying me."

"Mmm... I'll see if I can get him," said the butter mare.

Shy then left Twilight and Angel to soak as she went to look for the skunk.

Twilight laid back and relaxed as the smell was being washed off.

Soon, Shy returned with Stinker sitting atop her head. "Here he is, Twi."

Twilight smiled and sat up. Stinker hopped off Fluttershy and stood on the edge of the tub.

"Um... Hey... Remember me?"

He nodded

"Look, I want you to know that... I don't wanna hurt you in any way... Okay? So, you don't have to spray me every time I'm around."

He gave her an unsure look, but nodded. Twilight smiled and held out her hooves. He did the same with his paws. The unicorn gently pulled him into a hug. He didn't resist, and let her.

After a couple more seconds, Twilight set Stinker back on the edge of the tub.

He gave her a nod and headed out the bathroom, but not before giving Angel a cocky grin. The bunny squeaked something that made Fluttershy glare at him. "Angel! Language!"

Twilight giggled. "Oh, Shy... Still the same as ever... apart from the rape and killing, of course..."

"Well, of course..." Shy said, as she smiled at Twilight.

Twilight smiled back. "I'd offer you a spot in the tub if it was water in here, but,,, it's not."

"Oh, I'm all too familiar with tomato baths..." Shy said, as she started scrubbing Angel with a sponge.

"I bet..." said Twilight. "Take care of a lot of skunks?"

"A few... They often get startled, and... well, you can guess the rest..."

"Yeah... But, Stinkier seems okay..."

"Oh, yes... He can be a little stubborn, too," Shy called, rinsing Angel off and getting him a towel.

"I can see that..."

Shy giggled as she finished drying off Angel and set him down so he could go.

"How much longer for me?"

"Not too much..."

Twilight nodded sighed, laying back again.

Soon, Shy drained the tub and started the shower to rinse Twilight off. The unicorn stood and closed her eyes, feeling the water on her face. She was soon free of the skunk stink.

"Feel better?" Shy asked

"Mmm... Yes. Thank you."

"Good..." Shy looked at the door as Angel came in, squeaking. Shy then scowled. "Twilight... It seems one of the ponies in my cellar tried to escape... Would you like to help me make an example of her?"

Twi hesitated but smiled. "Sure."