My Little Pony: Pride in Yourself
Chapter 1
Stage Fright
There was a time when Neo got Fluttershy to perform with him on stage, it took a lot of encouraging to get Fluttershy to perform on stage but Neo finally got her to do it. It started one morning when Fluttershy woke up to a bright and sunny day, she was a good mood and she greeted all the animals that came to see her. Fluttershy felt so happy, she felt like singing, so she sang a song to her animal friends for a few minutes, after she sang to them, her animal friends clapped for her, Fluttershy thanked them for their kind support, but what she didn't realize was that her friends had been watching her sing.
Fluttershy looked over and saw her 5 pony friends staring at her with surprised looks on their faces, however Neo wasn't with them. Fluttershy felt embarrassed, she said, "Oh... You... um... you didn't hear me... um..." Pinkie Pie cut her off and said, "Singing in the most beautiful voice ever?" Rainbow Dash said, "Uh, yeah, we did!" Fluttershy felt so nervous and embarrassed, she actually cringed. The ponies kept giving her compliments about her singing, but each compliment made Fluttershy feel nervous, she knew where they were going with these compliments, Rarity even said that she was surprised that Fluttershy has never performed with Neo on stage, Fluttershy was having a fundraiser for the Ponyville Pet Center tomorrow and Neo had volunteered to perform on stage to help with the fundraiser. Rarity thought that Fluttershy's voice was so beautiful and stunning, she thought that Fluttershy should perform on stage along with Neo for the event.
Rarity persuaded Fluttershy to come perform with Neo on stage, but Fluttershy refused, she mentioned that she loves seeing Neo perform on stage, but she doesn't want to perform with him, Twilight asked her why not. Fluttershy said, "Well, you see... I... I have... um... I... I have.." Rainbow Dash came to her and said, "Spit it out." Fluttershy said, "I have... stage fright." Pinkie Pie gasped, hid behind a bush and said, "Is it contagious?" Twilight said, "Stage fright isn't a disease, Pinkie. It just means that Fluttershy is scared to perform in front of everypony." Fluttershy smiled and said, " I'm very thankful that Neo will be singing at the Pet Center fundraiser, and I'm really looking forward to his performance, but I'll be watching safely from the audience." Rarity said in disappointment, "Well... I think it's a terrible waste of an exquisite talent, but I understand that you're not comfortable." Fluttershy felt better and she said, "Thank you." Then a little bunny tapped Fluttershy and pointed to the town, then Fluttershy said, "Oh! Angel's right. We'd better get going. There's a lot of work to do before tomorrow's event."
So the ponies went into town and began setting up for the fundraiser for the Ponyville Pet Center, various ponies were helping set up and Neo was on stage practicing for his performance, Neo appeared on stage wearing his Gothic clothes, white makeup and a long black wig, he danced and practiced his song ("Skin O' My Teeth" by Megadeth), ponies gathered around to watch him practice, Spike was in the front of them, he danced along to the song as Neo practiced his song. When Neo finished the song, the ponies clapped and Spike clapped as well. Spike told Neo how awesome he thought he was, Fluttershy came over and said that she thought he was amazing. Neo thanked them for their support, it meant a lot to him and he was happy to have volunteered for the fundraiser.
Then Rarity came over to Neo and told him that he should rest his voice so he will be ready to perform the next day. Fluttershy said to Neo with a grateful smile, "Oh Neo, you're going to make the Ponyville Pet Center fundraiser so special, thank you so much for helping me help the animals." The bunny Angel hopped into Neo's arms and snuggled against him, Fluttershy thought it was so cute, she said, "Even Angel is grateful to you for helping with the fundraiser." Neo said, "Of course Fluttershy, I'm always happy to help my dearest friends, you girls mean everything to me." Rarity and Fluttershy were touched by Neo's comment, and then Neo went back to the Golden Oak Library to take it easy for the rest of the day.
The next morning, Rarity and Fluttershy wanted to rehearse one more time before the performance, they waited for him for almost an hour, when Neo finally showed up, Rarity asked him why he was late, at first Neo didn't answer her, but then Rarity realized something was wrong, then Neo tried to talk and he sounded horrible, his voice was scratchy and he sounded like he wasn't going to able to perform for the fundraiser.
End of chapter 1, chapter 2 coming soon.