Chapter Two: The Sleepover and The Secret

It's dark, I can't see anything. Pictures fly by as I walk, it isn't normal pictures. There pictures of death, and crying fillies. I heard screams and cries for help, and I couldn't find anyone. The one picture passed by me, the picture was with me. With a metal piece around my neck, I had black eyes as if I was blind.

It was freaky seeing me like that, I jolted awake and screeched. I looked around the room and noticed I was in my bed, I felt movement on my bed as I saw the critters coming toward me. "It's okay little ones, it was just a dream. I'm starting to get those often, I don't know why but I hope it's just a phase."

They all rubbed up against me, they looked worried. "I'm fine, really. I should head off to bed; I need to sleep for the big day tomorrow." I lay back down, and began to shut my eyes. But then I saw one chipmunk look at me with sad eyes, they all looked at me like that. "Okay little ones, you can sleep next to me." They smiled and cuddled up against me, and I shut my eyes.

*******Morning********

"Fluttershy, wake up." I heard Rainbow Dash's voice; I slowly opened my eyes and began to rub them.

"Dashie, what are you doing?" I asked as I looked at the time, it was 8:32.

"I'm waking you up so we can go to Twilights." I finally got myself up and looked back at Dash.

"Well, let me get up first." I pulled the covers off of me and stand up. I yawned and stretched.

"How long is it going to take before you're awake? I'm getting tired of waiting." Rainbow really doesn't like to wait for some reason.

"Just give me a minute; I need something to drink first. I can't leave with a dry mouth." I walk down the stairs and head into my kitchen. Rainbow flies in and sits at the bar. Tapping her hoof on the counter.

I opened the fridge and pulled out some orange juice. I opened a cabinet and pulled out a glass, I set it on the counter and pour the juice into the glass.

After filling up the cup I put the orange juice back into the fridge, I walked back to the counter and took a sip of the drink.

"Okay, can we leave now?" Rainbow was really getting impatient, it was getting ridiculous.

"Why don't you just meet me there?" I set out an alternative.

"Are you sure? I keep seeing you walking alone so I figured you need a walking buddy." Rainbow was just trying to be nice.

"Dash, I'll be fine. Just meet me there; I'm going to be doing my daily activities which will take about an hour. Tell Twilight I'll be late, I have a few errands to do." I took another drink of juice.

"Alright Fluttershy, I'll see you at the tree house. Bye." Rainbow opened the door to leave.

"Bye." The door closed behind her and I took a sigh of relief, now I can focus on my errands.

First, I feed the animals so that they had enough food for a day. Second, I cleaned up a little bit. Finally I put all my things I needed for the day and headed for the door.

"Goodbye critters, I'll be back tomorrow." I heard chirping and chattering before I closed the door. I walked the dirt road into town and kept walking to the library. I closed my eyes and I saw the same stallion I met yesterday, I smiled and opened my eyes.

Right when I opened them I ran into someone, I dropped all my things on the ground. "Oh! I'm so sorry; I wasn't watching where I was going." I then realized that I ran into that same stallion.

"Oh, it's quite alright. I wasn't either, here let me help you." He leaned down and picked up some of the stuff and put it in my bag. "Going to a sleepover?"

I just nodded; frightened that he was this close. I just hid behind my bangs, I could feel myself blushing. I felt so embarrassed, I didn't know what to say or do.

"Hey! You're the pony I met yesterday, asking for directions. I never did catch your name." He sounded very low; it was really making me feel weird.

"Uh… Fluttershy," I said it soft, not loud.

"I'm Smart, Smart Cookie." He put his hand out for a hoofshake.

I just kicked some dirt, not saying a word. I wanted to say something but I didn't know exactly what to say, I practically hid behind the hair in my face.

"I see you're not much of a talker, well I hope to see you sometime but I really must go. I'll see you soon Fluttershy." Just hearing him saying my name, made me quiver.

I watched him walk away, I yelled to myself. Why didn't I say anything? Why is it so hard to talk to someone? Oh, well. I better get to the library, before Twilight gets anxious.

I knocked on the door and the door opens to Rainbow, "Well about time you got here. Come on in, we were just about to do the truth game." Rainbow opened the door more to let me in.

I walked in to be greeted by all my friends; I pulled out a pillow from my saddlebag and sat down in the circle that was made.

Twilight pulled out the book and looked through it, "Okay, you guys ready?" She asked as she closed the book and set it aside.

Everyone nodded including me, and Twilight looked around the room. "Rainbow, let's start with you." Twilight put a hoof to her chin to think. "Have you ever had a massage?" She asked.

"If you call scratching my back against the wall a massage then yes." I chuckled and so did the rest. After a while Twilight looks around the room again, she then looked at me.

"Fluttershy," I was afraid of what the question was going to be. "Do you have a crush on somepony?"

'Oh no, not that! Anything but that!' I yelled in my head. 'Oh, maybe if I ask for a different question. No then they'll know I do, oh what do I say?'

"Fluttershy? Are you okay?" Twilight asked, everyone was staring at me. I couldn't say it, I just couldn't.

"I don't think I want to answer that question." Oh I hope we can move on.

"Fluttershy, you have to. It's a rule." Twilight and her rules, Oh what do I say?

"Okay…" I took a deep breath. "I have a crush on…" I said it really soft so no one will hear.

"What was that?" Rainbow put her hoof to her ear to listen more.

"I have a crush on the new guy..." I said a little louder.

"Fluttershy, we're your best friends. You can tell us anything." Twilight was right, I had to tell them. I could trust them with anything, here it goes.

"I have a crush," I took a deep breath. "on Smart Cookie."