The Alphas... Babysit?

The Alphas do something they never thought they would do... babysit young animals.

New Job
The Alphas gathered in a meeting place with nothing to say. They had had nothing to say for several meeting now. They used to talk about plans to combat the Phantoms, finding Heartstones, relationships, and chocolate. But, everything was now dead quiet.

"We need something to do..." Peck spoke at last. There was sleepiness in her voice.

"Yes, but what should we do? The Phantoms are leaving us alone and there has been no new drama lately." Liza added, yawning.

"Well, I've heard that people are going nuts over the value of Flower Crowns even though they are most likely coming later in the spring." Cosmo tried to create conversation.

"There's nothing to talk about!" The bunny alpha whined, completely ignoring her fellow alpha.

Greely, asleep in a dark chair, finally woke up. "Is there still nothing new?" He grumbled.

Peck and Liza nodded. Sir Gilbert, with a gavel in his muzzle, approached a table in the center.

"Well, if we have nothing to add, then this Alpha meeting is adjourned!" The tiger announced, his words muffled by the wooden hammer in his mouth. He pounded the gavel three times on the table, dismissing the Alphas.

As the six Alphas left the building, Peck noticed a piece of paper, discarded on the ground. She picked it up and looked at it. It had a picture of an excitable young rabbit wearing a Ribbon Scarf and a Plaid Shirt printed on it. The animal was holding a bottle of milk. The text around it particularly caught the Alpha's eye.

"Hey, guys! Check this out!" She invited her fellow Alphas to look at the poster. Greely woke up from his sleep-walking.

Peck read the poster out loud. "Bunny Scouts Babysitting Night! Help us earn our Badge!"

Greely pointed to part of the poster. "That was January 12th. It's March, now. We can't go to that. Now, throw that dusty old poster back on the ground or I'll have to take its destruction into my own paws."

"Wait, Greely! This poster has inspired me!" The bunny alpha said excitedly.

"You mean like everything else?" The wolf alpha rolled his eyes.

"This poster has given me the idea of what we can do!"

"Join the Bunny Scouts?" Sir Gilbert asked.

"No, silly!" Peck cast aside Gilbert's idea. "We should babysit!"

"I'm not good with children..." Greely let out a low growl.

"But, we can get paid!"

Greely's eyes suddenly turned into Diamonds. "I could buy an extension for my cave, or a new cloak, or some chocolate, or some..." He stopped himself from listing too much. "You had me at 'paid'!"

"Okay! Let's do some babysitting!" Peck cheered. The Alphas did so as well.

"Won't sitting on the babies hurt them?" Sir Gilbert commented.