Curbing Her Panic Attacks
Summary: Hitch tells a story from his point of view of how he and Fluttershy curb Crafty's panic attacks.
It happened again. Princess CraftyCorn was having one of her panic attacks. This is her worst one yet. She even started crying. Fluttershy and I ran over to her and embraced her. Pipp and Zipp were dealing with something at Mane Melody, so Fluttershy and I were spending time with the Playcare princess and her husband.
"Crafty!" I sounded very concerned about her. Fluttershy was also worried.
"Oh goodness!" Fluttershy said. "Are you okay?"
"No, I'm not," Crafty said, through tears, leaning into Kickin, who was holding her.
"She’s been having these panic attacks ever since she had dreams about being in DogDay's position in his past life," Kickin said, rubbing her back to calm her down. I didn’t like seeing my new pony friend upset.
"Crafty, we don't want you to be upset," Fluttershy said, flying over to hug Crafty. I followed her soon after.
"It's going to be okay, we're going to help you through this," I told Crafty, sweetly.
"Now, c'mon, won't you smile for us?" Fluttershy said, gently nudging her with a hoof. Crafty had no idea what she was in for, but she used a hoof gesture to tell her to knock it off, not wanting her silliness to disturb her.
"Where's that smile?" I said, nudging Crafty, somehow gentler than Fluttershy. Crafty still wasn't having it. Fluttershy smirked and dug the tips of her hooves into Crafty's sides.
"Eep!" Crafty made a small noise and tried to use her wings to protect herself. Fluttershy and I saw this and had different expressions. Fluttershy smirked while I was a little uncomfortable.
"Looks like somepony is a little ticklish," Fluttershy said, lightly tickling Crafty's stomach with a feather. Crafty started to laugh.
"That tickles!" Crafty said as she laughed. I lightly stroked my hoof underneath her wing, causing her to laugh more.
"There's that smile," I said, continuing the treatment. Crafty kept laughing as we tickled her. Kickin took charge and tickled her sides.
"You have the cutest laughter, ever babe!" Kickin said as he used his feathers on her sides.
"STAHAHAHAHAHAP IHIHIHIHIHIHIHIT! PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE! I'M TOHOHOHOHO TICKLISH FOHOHOHOHOR THIHIHIHIS!" Crafty had the cutest laughter of any of the Critters, like Kickin stated. I had to agree.
"Awww, you're so cute!" Fluttershy decided to start blowing raspberries on Crafty's stomach.
"PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE NOHOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHEHEHERE! STAHAHAHAHAP! IHIHIHIHIHIHIHIT TIHIHIHIHIHICKLES!" Crafty couldn't stop laughing as she was being tickled by all three of us, even if I was aware she would use her magic to get us back.
"Hehe, you're so cute!" Fluttershy said, tickling Crafty's stomach with her wings.
"I mean, she's not wrong," I said, amused by our discovery. Crafty continued to laugh.
Just then all three of us had our arms above our heads, and we saw Crafty smirking at us.
"While I appreciate that you made me feel better, I can't let you get away with it," Crafty said, getting a series of feathers and brushes, getting ready to tickle us. She took a feather and stroked Fluttershy’s back hooves.
"Eep!" Fluttershy made a small noise, but resisted to laugh. Crafty took a brush and brushed it against my stomach, which was unbearably ticklish.
"STAHAHAHAHAHAP IHIHIHIHIHIHIHIT! THAT TIHIHIHIHIHICKLES!" I said through my laughter. The brush tickled more than getting a belly rub. Crafty got another feather and stroked it on Kickin's stomach, ad he started laughing as well.
"CRAHAHAHAHAFTY! DOHOHOHOHON'T!" Kickin kicked his legs as Crafty tickled him. Crafty took two feathers and stroked both of Fluttershy’s back hooves, but she still resisted to laugh.
"Eee," Fluttershy was trying not to laugh as Crafty kept tickling her hooves, hoping that she would get bored. However, Crafty was relentless. She took the feathers and started stroking Fluttershy’s stomach, getting the reaction she wanted.
"Tickle, tickle, tickle!" Crafty said as she tickled all over our stomachs. Laughter was all that she wanted to hear.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Fluttershy burst into laughter as her ticklish stomach was tortured by the tickly feathers. Crafty withdrew the brush from me and instead tickled me with a feather.
"STAHAHAHAHAHAP TIHIHIHIHICKLING MEHEHE! I'M FEHEHEHEATHER SEHEHEHEHEHENSITIVE!" I said through my laughter. Feathers tickle the most. Crafty kept tickling us and showed no mercy.
"PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE! HAHAHAHAVE MEHEHEHEHERCY!" Kickin said through his laughter as his stomach was shown no mercy. Crafty tickled everywhere on our stomachs, intending to make it so intense that we could only laugh.
"Kitchy kitchy kitchy kitchy kitchy coo!" Crafty teased. Oh no, not the teasing. I can't handle that for the life of me.
"GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Fluttershy was only laughing as the feathers tickled her. I tried to use my earth pony magic, but Crafty still got to my stomach.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! STAHAHAHAHAP! THIHIHIHIHIS IS TOHOHOHOHORTUHUHUHURE! I CAHAHAHAN'T TAHAHAHAHAKE IHIHIHIT THEHEHEHERE!" I told Crafty, but she didn't listen. Kickin tried to reason with her.
"BAHAHAHABE! PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE! THIHIHIHIHIS ISN'T YOHOHOHOU! STAHAHAHAHAP!" Kickin said through his laughter as he was tickled.
After twenty minutes of nonstop tickling, feeling like hours for us, Crafty blew a raspberry on my stomach and then stopped tickling us.
"Hehehe, no more..." I said, hugging my midsection. Fluttershy and Kickin did the same.
"Just wanted to get you to laugh," Crafty said. "Sorry if it was torture."
"Don't worry, we're not angry with you," I said hugging her. "It tickled a lot, though."
That night, the four of us decided to get some much deserved rest after being tickled to bits.