Mlp

Chapter 2

Morning for the Fluttershy began as usual. She woke before the sun rose, preparing food for all the animals that sheltered at her home, or just those who came to visit for a meal. As always, she sang as she went about her morning, urging her rabbit up, nudging awake the ducklings, opening windows and setting out bird seed and nuts, while setting out a salad for Angel, and then getting her own breakfast.

Someponies might not think that her day was busy, but it was. After feeding the animals, she made her rounds about Ponyville to check on various creatures that she had befriended. She also kept an eye out for any that might need help.

This particular day, she loaded her saddle bags and headed to the market, humming as she trotted.

"Hey Fluttershy! Better hurry! Theres a rain storm in about 45 minutes!" Rainowdash's voice sounded from just above the nervous pony, making her yelp and shoot off to cower behind a cart. "Oh, jeeze, I'm sorry Fluttershy." The blue Pegasus said, landing nearby. Fluttershy smiled at her friend.

"Oh it's alright. I'm just jumpy, you know that." She shook herself off and collected her list. "I'll be sure to hurry then, thank you for the heads up!"

"No problem Fluttershy!" The athletic pony said, shooting off for the sky with her crew. Smiling, Fluttershy looked to her list, before getting bowled over by an ever energetic Pinky Pie. Seemed it was going to be a rather regular thing to be startled today. She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or bad thing.

"Hey there Fluttershy! Sorry I bumped into you! I was just so excited to get to the Cakes that I just couldn't stop to see where I was going! Hey, you wanna go with me? There's gonna be a TON of SWEEEEEETS!" They hyperactive pony babbled, bouncing about on her four hooves in circles around FLuttershy.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Pinkie, I cant. Rainbowdash says there's going to be a rain storm in about an hour, I need to get my shopping done." The shy pony explained, getting to her hooves and flapping out her wings. Pinkie Pie froze for a moment, then gasped loudly, her feet lifting from the stones.

"CHOCOLATE rain!" She exclaimed, and before Fluttershy could even open her mouth, the pony was off.

"Oh dear…" She sighed. "oh well I suppose…" She frowned uncertainly, and continued at a walk, moving from one stall to another quickly as she could. She had originally planned on paying a visit to all her friends, but she wouldn't make it to Twilights and Applejacks. She'd just have to visit them the next day. She frowned looking at the sky. She'd have just enough time to get home. She could see the other pegasai flying about up above, putting clouds into position. "Oh my, I better hurry." She whispered, moving to a canter. "It looks as if this is going to be one heck of a storm."

She sighed in relief as she made it through the door of her quaint home just as the first drops began to fall. She set her bags down, shutting the bottom of her door. It would be nice to listen to the rain before it became a little too frightening. She hummed happily to herself, hovering here and there to place a plate or a cup back where it belonged, fixing dinner for her and her animals.

The Pegasus squealed and all four hooves left the floor as her wings snapped to her sides in fright as a loud clap of thunder sounded, warning of the downpour soon to occur. Muttering 'oh dear' over and over she trotted to the door, feathers ruffled and her wings held out nervously. She reached her head out to grasp the door handle, but blinked as another clap of thunder and a flash of lightening lit the sky.

In that moment, she managed to glimpse a dark form limping through the rain towards her cabin. The frightening image made her squeal in terror and duck to hide behind the door, cowering with her hooves over her head, trying to get the courage to stand back up to shut the top half of her door. It took a moment, but her keen ears finally picked up on a weak voice calling out for help. Flutteryshy peeked up over the door, her ears lying flat back against her head and waited for another flash of lightening or two, and was finally able to identify the form.

It was a Pegasus stallion, completely soaked, head hung low, his back left hoof held up off the ground, wings hanging at his sides and after a moment she could tell his whole body was trembling. He could barely keep himself upright. The shy pony's caring instincts took over, and no matter how his dark appearance frightened her, she dashed out into the cold rain, and let him lean on her, leading him into her cottage.

[hope this sounded okay. Compared to my poke-fic this is moving quite fast for me. Let me know if there needs to be more description, dialogue, or whatnot. Thanks for the tips!]