Mixed feelings: chapter one
It was a sunny day there wasn't a cloud in the sky, and all was calm; suddenly, a fast stream of rainbow came speeding past. The figure was a bright cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane, this was the highly talented speedster; Rainbow Dash, she was on one of her many joy flights.
"Whoaaa yeah!" Rainbow exclaimed as the wind was flowing through her mane and brushing against her fur with such ferocity. She loved the thrill of flight, the freedom of it. It felt like nothing could stop her.
Down below a yellow pegasi with a light pink mane and bright green eyes was carrying a picnic basket in her saddle pack. It was Fluttershy, a quiet and timid young mare, she was often quite shy around other ponies and found it difficult to make new friends on her own.
"This seems like a nice spot, Angel." The young mare spoke to her pet bunny, Angel Bunny. "let's unpack now..." Angel then helped Fluttershy with the unpacking.
As Rainbow Dash was flying, she noticed Fluttershy setting up a picnic. But didn't notice a bird flying directly towards her.
When Rainbow turned her head forwards, a bird crashed into her face making her lose focus of where she was, making her fall out the sky.
Fluttershy noticed Rainbow falling from the sky, she seemed to be in a state of confusion. Fluttershy then flew quickly over to Rainbow Dash and caught her, bringing her down safely.
"Rainbow Dash! You okay? What happened?" Fluttershy asked her rainbow colour friend.
"I'm fine Fluttershy, a bird just got in my way and I lost focus. That's all..." Rainbow explained brushing herself off. "Anyway, thanks Fluttershy for the save."
"It was nothing really... I just saw a friend in need." Fluttershy then remembered about her picnic. "I you're not busy, would you like to join our picnic? That's if it's alright with you..."
Rainbow then remembered she hadn't eaten and her stomach grumbled. "Uh, sure Fluttershy. I'm surprised I haven't eaten yet!" Rainbow giggled slightly at her own remark.
They both then proceeded to unpack the rest of the picnic, and after ten minutes of idle chit chat, and some funny stories, Rainbow started to notice how funny Fluttershy was, and that she had a very similar sense of humor to her.
After an hour it was getting late, so they both departed their separate ways. Rainbow had felt a stronger connection between her and Fluttershy, when she arrived back at her cloud house, she slowly flopped into bed and went into a deep sleep...
[In Rainbow's dream]
Rainbow was in Fluttershy's cottage, and Fluttershy was sitting on her sofa and started to smile at her all relaxed like. She then got up and walked over to Rainbow.
She didn't know what was going on; all of a sudden, she and Fluttershy were laying in a field and Fluttershy rolled over and climbed on top of Rainbow.
"W... What are you doing Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked confused.
"Shh... Just let it happen..." Fluttershy then leaned in closer to Rainbow, and just before their lips touched, there was a knock on her dorm which woke her up.
"What the hay was that all about?" She asked herself not understanding what the dream was about. She soon realised it was morning, and then proceeded to head downstairs to see who knocked on her door.
When she opened the door, she mentally face hoofed herself at who it was.
"Hey Rainbow Dash! I bet you're surprised to see me up here!" A pink earth pony with pink curly hair and blue eyes, with balloons attached to her.
"What do you want Pinkie?" Rainbow asked thinking on how she would get down safely.
"I'd just like to invite you to a party this Saturday! There will be cake, balloons, candy, pinyatas, games oh it'll be so much fun!" Pinkie said handing a letter to Rainbow.
"Thanks Pinkie! your parties are always the best!" Rainbow smiled, Ignoring the dream she just had for now.
"Whahoo! Party! Yeah!" Pinkie yelled and then for some reason, the balloons started to deflate slightly, bringing her slowly back to the ground.
"Weird..." Rainbow new better than to question Pinkie's logic.
Somewhere near the Everfree forest, a young stallion pegasus was walking around the edge of the dark and gloomy swamp. His fur was a slightly dark shade of turquoise, his mane was a darkish blue colour and he had emerald green eyes. He had a paint palette cutie mark.
He was on his way to his new home in Ponyville. He enjoyed being with nature, and admiring the beauty of the landscape, he would spend hours just painting the grassy fields and glistening lakes, whenever he got the chance.
He had been walking for hours, and was getting tired so he decided to take a rest next to some long grass. "What a beautiful day it is today! I'm glad I chose to have a little stroll before arriving in Ponyville..." The young Pegasus spoke quietly to himself, before slowly dozing off.
Not too far away, Fluttershy was having a walk with her animal friends. She noticed a bear near some long grass, and it looked like the bear had found something...
Back with the young Pegasus. He had just opened his eyes briefly, and saw a fully grown grizzly bear, staring at him with confusion. He was taken by surprise, he hadn't expected to see a big and hairy creature, just staring at him. "Whoa! What the hay? Just stay back okay?" He backed away, but the grizzly was also startled at these sudden reaction.
The bear made a loud 'rawh' noise, which made the pegasi scream for help. Which also made the bear go in defence mode.
Fluttershy heard the cry for help, and acted immediately. She could tell that it was another pony the bear had found, as she arrived at the scene, the other pony was up against the rock, too terrified to use his wings.
"Please! Help! Please!" He yelled out in fear to the young mare. His heart was pounding, his legs were shaking. He was frozen in fear for his life.
"Stop right there!" Fluttershy ordered, imperatively. The bear took notice of Fluttershy's presence, and turned to face her. "Step away from that poor defenceless, pony!" The bear then turned away, then stared to walk back into the Everfree forest.
The young pegasi was astounded at what he just witnessed. Somepony actually came to his rescue and saved his life. He couldn't stop staring at her.
"H... How did y... You do that?!" He gasped with utter astonishment. The young mare just went all quiet and could barely speak.
"I... Umm..." Fluttershy mumbled quietly, hiding her face behind her thick, long pink mane. She then spoke a bit louder. "I...I can... t...talk to... Animals, and communicate w...with them..." She managed to say as loud as she possibly could a that time. It was like she had something stuck in her throat whenever she spoke to someone new.
"That's... Amazing! So you can understand what they're saying?" He asked astonished. He had never met anypony who could actually communicate with animals. As a nature lover, he was fascinated with Fluttershy's special talent.
"Uhh... Thanks, I guess." Fluttershy was starting to get less nervous talking, but still felt a bit anxious being around him.
"My names Speedpaint. What's yours?" He asked with big glistening eyes, and a friendly looking smile.
"I'm, umm... I'm... Fluttershy..." She whispered getting quieter, but Speedpaint had good hearing, (unlike Twilight...) so he actually heard her.
"Well Fluttershy, it was nice meeting you" He was about to take off, when his wing suddenly jerked out. He screamed in agony.
"Oh my! I... Is everything alright?" She gasped suddenly as she saw his bent wing.
"Yeah, I must have sprained it. During the bear 'incident', I should be fine..." He said looking at his bent wing. He tried moving it back in place, but it hurt when he touched it. "Sigh... Looks like I'm grounded for now!"
"Um... Do you need, some help getting home? I could help you. I... If it's alright with you." She stuttered her usual quiet tone.
"Sure... I'm moving to Ponyville today. You heard of it?" He asked the shy mare, with hope she could give him directions.
"I actually live in Ponyville! I live in a small cottage away from all the noise. You can come over anytime if you like." She mentioned forgetting about her social anxiety. It was like she connected with him well.
"That's good, because I'm kind of lost..." He admitted awkwardly. Fluttershy just smiled understanding.
Rainbow couldn't stop thinking about the dream, and what it ment. She decided that she should go see Twilight Sparkle. After all, she was an 'egghead', so she would know what to do.
When she arrived at Twilight's library, she knocked three times. Each knock, had a five second gap.
When the door opened, a purple alicorn was standing in the doorway. She had a concerned look.
"Rainbow Dash? What are you doing here?" The alicorn spoke after seeing Rainbow's worried face. She hadn't ever seen Rainbow like this, she was always either cocky, or just hyped to do something exciting.
"Twilight, can I speak with you? In private..." Rainbow sighed, hoping the Drdream didn't mean what she thought it did.
"Uhh... Sure. But why?" Twilight asked unsure what made such a confident pony to look this depressed.
"Do you know anything about dreams?" Rainbow replied, rather worried.
"I'm sure I have a book about it somewhere... Come in, take a seat." Twilight could tell it was personal, so she locked the front door and made sure Spike was out.
After Twilight found a book on dreams, Rainbow explained the dream she had, Twilight was surprised. It was about five minutes until Twilight spoke.
"Rainbow... I think you already know what the dream ment." Twilight's voice cracked a bit after saying those words. Rainbow could tell what she ment, just from her tone.
"No... I... It can't be... She's my friend! My best friend! We've known each other since we were just young fillies!" Rainbow was in denial. She didn't want it to be true... "No! I don't go that way! At least I hope not..." Twilight then saw Rainbow's eyes starting to water.
"Oh my... Rainbow, a... Are you. Crying?" Twilight looked shocked. She has never seen her cry before, well at least not from sadness.
Rainbow fought back the tears. She never thought she would feel this confused, she knew the truth.
"T... Twilight. Don't tell Fluttershy..." Rainbow didn't see the point in hiding it from Twilight. She smiled reassuringly.
"Don't worry Rainbow... I won't tell anypony." Twilight then hugged Rainbow. And got a hug back in return.
"Thank you..." Rainbow then squeezed tighter onto Twilight. "Thank you..."
End of chapter one! Chapter two will be up soon... So, R&R and all that s***.
P.S. Please don't tell me to put anything into the story! It just makes me confused in what to put for chapters! And it wili take longer to update!