Fluttershy was outside taking care of some small animals when a young bird flew up to her, chirping like mad about something. "Please slow down. What's wrong?" she asked the bird. The bird did as was instructed and began to fly off, telling Fluttershy to follow. The bird lead Fluttershy to a strange creature collapsed in the grass. "Oh my, what happened?" she asked. The bird chirped and shook its head to say it didn't know. "Well, thank you for showing me this," she said to the bird. The bird chirped happily and flew off. Fluttershy looked at the creature. It looked like a monster, which would normally scare Fluttershy, but it looked like it would be friendly, maybe because of how it was dressed. It had grey skin and black hair which poked out from under a blue hat. The hat had little white eyes and a nose on it, made to resemble a cat. It had horns poking out of the hat which resembled cat ears. It wore a long green jacket over a black shirt with a Leo sign printed on it. It wore grey pants and had a blue cat tail poking out. It had small fangs sticking out from its upper lip.
Fluttershy examined the creature to make sure it didn't pass out from injuries. It looked fine. Fluttershy wondered why it was unconscious. She nudged the creature; it didn't respond. Fluttershy began to drag it back. She put the creature up on the couch and let it lie down. It began to move. It opened its eyes, which were yellow where most creatures eyes were white and the rest was all black. It sat up and yawned, stretching its arms. It looked over at Fluttershy and smiled. "Hello."
"Oh, hello; I hope you're okay, you were asleep for a long time," Fluttershy responded.
"Oh, I was? I'm Nepeta, by the way."
"I'm Fluttershy."
"So? Where is this anyway?" she asked as she slid off the couch and looked around.
"Oh, you're in my house. Is something wrong?"
"I was just curious. Your house is really nice."
"Thank you. Where are you from anyway?"
"I'm from Alternia."
Fluttershy thought for a second. She never heard of Alternia, "Where is that?"
Now it was Nepeta's turn to stop and think, "Well, Umm... It's really really fur away." This was the best explanation she could come up with.
"I see. So, are you lost?" Fluttershy was surprisingly comfortable around this girl. Maybe it was because Fluttershy was good with animals. Sure, Nepeta wasn't like any animal she was used to, but she wasn't a pony either, plus she was very friendly.
"Umm, probably..." she said, a little unsure.
Fluttershy decided she would help this strange girl however she could, "do you have any idea how you got here?"
"Well, I was on an asteroid with my furends, waiting to enter a dream bubble, when the entire thing shook and then... I don't know what happened after that," she explained as she acted out what had happened.
Fluttershy watched the cat girl jump around the room. She was unsure of what to make of the girls story, it didn't make much sense to her. Rather than asking for another explanation, which would defiantly take a while, she decided to ask another question, "So, I hope I don't sound rude asking this but, what are you? I've never seen anything like you."
"I'm a troll."
Fluttershy stepped back a little in surprise. Weren't trolls mean, ugly monsters? Nepeta wasn't mean or ugly, she was nice and cute. Maybe she was a different kind of troll then what she was thinking of? Well, whatever it was it would be best not to mention it, it could offend her.
Nepeta didn't notice Fluttershy's surprise; she was too busy wondering where her friends could be. She wandered around the room looking around while she wondered what to do. She could go looking for them but she would probably just get lost. Maybe she could get Fluttershy to help, "Hey, umm, do you think you could help me find my furends?"
Fluttershy did want to help her any way she could but today she had to help some rabbits who were complaining about something attacking their home. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I would love to help you find your friends but I have to help some rabbits today. I could help you later," she offered.
"Okay. Maybe I could help you with the rabbits?"
"Sure, thanks that would be great. Let's go."
"Okay," Nepeta chimed as she followed Fluttershy out. They walked down a short path to where the rabbits burrow was, just outside the forest. Fluttershy looked into the burrow and told the rabbit family she was there and with a new friend. The rabbits made some noises and did some actions as if explaining what was going on. Fluttershy seemed to understand. She turned to Nepeta and explained. Apparently, they saw a Timberwolf in the area and were scared.
"I'm not sure what to do about this..." Fluttershy stated, "Timberwolves are awfully strong and scary, I'm not sure how I could drive it back to the Everfree Forest."
They thought for a second then Nepeta thought of something, "Maybe I could drive it back."
"Oh no no, you couldn't do that, Timberwolves are far too strong. We'll have to think of something else."
Nepeta giggled a little, "I think I can handle it. Let's find it!" she cheered then paused, "Umm, where could it be?"
"No, you can't, you would get hurt, it's far to strong."
Nepeta put her hands on her hips, "I'm a lot stronger then I look, I used to hunt for all my food, plus I can tackle-hug my meowrail to the ground and he's very strong."
Fluttershy wanted to protest but she realized she was fighting a losing battle. She would have to take Nepeta's word for it and just let her try. No, this was crazy; she can't let Nepeta fight a creature like that. What if something went wrong? What if she wasn't strong enough? No, she wasn't going to let Nepeta fight a Timberwolf if she could help it.
Of course, she couldn't help it. They didn't need to find the Timberwolf, it found them. Nepeta jumped in front of Fluttershy and released her claws. Nepeta had slain much bigger creatures then this thing, but she wasn't going to kill this if she could help it, not in front of Fluttershy at least. Nepeta charged toward the wolf and tackled it down to the ground. The wolf pushed her off and tried to bite her. She avoided it and clawed at it.
Fluttershy shut her eyes, squinted, and covered her eyes with her hooves, barely watching the battle. She stood guard over the rabbits, though Nepeta had it under control. Eventually their battle moved into the forest. After a long time, what felt like an eternity for Fluttershy, Nepeta emerged from the forest, barely scratched and slightly out of breath. The hardest part for her was driving it deep into the forest without actually killing it or hurting it too badly. Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief. Nepeta smiled cheerfully.
"Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked.
"Great. I got rid of it for you," Nepeta cheered.
"We can look for your friends now if- Oh wait," she interrupted herself, "It's getting late. Would you mind if we looked tomorrow?"
"No, that's purrfectly fine. I'm a little sleepy anyway."
The two of them headed back to Fluttershy's home, Nepeta telling Fluttershy how she drove the wolf back and then the two of them discussed what life was like in their homes. Nepeta liked Fluttershy and liked spending the day with her, but she was excited to find her friends.
