My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Hurricane Fluttershy

A/N: Hello, world and welcome back to the next installment of MLP: Friendship is Magic! So, the pegasis are training, and poor Fluttershy is having a rough time. But will she just give up, or will she work on building up her wing speed to help get the water to Cloudsdale? Time to find out. Onward!

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CHAPTER THREE: TRAIN LIKE ROCKY

Fleeing to the stream near her home, Fluttershy wept while her animal friends did their best to comfort her. Angel was brushing the yellow pegasus' mane when a squirrel ran up and offered her some acorns.

"Oh, thank you," Fluttershy said to the squirrel, sniffling, "but I'm afraid a couple of little acorns won't solve my big flying problem." She turned to a duck, who was quacking at her. "I tried, but you should've seen those ponies laughing at me…"

Several birds chirped at her and she shook her head. "I know it's important to have confidence in myself…" she began when a badger squeaked at her. "Yes, yes, I do remember. The river was swelling…" and the badger kept squeaking at her "…and you were scared…" the badger continued squeaking "…yes, I did tell you to never give up… and to believe in yourself," she concluded and realization dawned on her. "You're right, my friends. I shouldn't give up. I will get my confidence up and show everypony that I am a good flyer!" She flew up into the air and posed. "A great flyer!" And her animal friends all cheered.

For the rest of the day, Fluttershy trained with the help of her animal friends on building up her strength and her wind speed, and one of the ways they helped was by wearing pony masks to encourage to work harder. It was slow going at first, but eventually she managed to blow all the seeds off a field of dandelions.

Proud of herself, the yellow pegasus flew into the sky and posed in the sunlight. 'I've done it! I can do it!'

The next day at the track, Twilight Sparkle was monitoring the progress of the pegasi, and Spike was writing the results down.

"That's wonderful, Flitter," she complimented. "Much better than yesterday."

"This is crazy awesome!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, impressed with how the pegasi were reaching 10.0 wind power. "We're gonna smash that record!"

Just then, a squirrel ran up to them and began chittering to get their attention.

"What did he say?" Spike asked.

"Do I look like I speak squirrel?" the purple unicorn asked, exasperated.

The baby dragon noticed that the squirrel was pointing to something in the distance, and he squinted. "What's that?"

They all turned and saw Fluttershy flying their way with Angel and several other animals running next to her. She flew over to the track, flexed her wings, and then she flew down the track. She passed the anemometer, which spun fast, and when she went back, she was disappointed when she saw the results.

"2.3? 2.3?!" she shrieked, devastated that her speed wasn't at the 10.0 level. "That has to be some kind of mistake! I worked so hard!"

"Fluttershy, that's a huge improvement!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed brightly.

Sunrise Blossom nodded. "It really is a big improvement from yesterday," she agreed.

"You did awesome, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said reassuringly.

"No, I didn't," Fluttershy objected, upset that her training had failed, along with her nerves. "I thought I'd gotten over my nerves, but they still got the best of me! There's no way I'll fly with 10.0 wing power tomorrow!" And she turned to leave.

The blue pegasus stopped her. "So you won't fly with 10.0 wing power. Every bit counts!" she insisted.

Fluttershy frowned at her friend. "How would you feel if everypony else was flying with 10.0 wing power and you were flying with 2.5?" she demanded, her eyes brimming with unshed tears.

"Actually, it was only 2.3, and– ow!" Spike began and yelped when Sunrise Blossom bonked him on the head and made a zipping gesture with her lips.

Rainbow Dash flushed. "Well, uh… I'd feel… um…"

"Exactly! Humiliated!" the yellow pegasus cried. "I'm sorry, Rainbow Dash, I just can't do it!" And she flew away, her animal friend hurrying after her.

"It's okay, Rainbow Dash," the baby dragon reassured the blue pegasus, "you've still got plenty of wing power for your tornado. You'll be able to lift tons of water up to Cloudsdale!" He then yelped when the twins magically dragged him away for a scolding.

Rainbow Dash sighed, watching the fleeing yellow pegasus. "If only there was a way to lift Fluttershy out of the dumps."

After scolding the baby dragon for being tactless, Sunrise Blossom went to see Fluttershy, who was curled up in her bed at her home. "Hey, Fluttershy, how're you doing?" she asked, sitting next to the bed.

"Horrible!" the yellow pegasus wailed, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I can't fly fast enough to help tomorrow!"

"I understand how hard this has been for you, Fluttershy," the orange unicorn agreed and her friend looked at her questioningly. "When Twilight and I were fillies, a potion competition was coming up and Twilight encouraged me to take part in the competition. I was terrified at the thought of competing against more experience ponies in making potions, and even when I didn't want to take part, both Twilight and Princess Celestia encourage me to try. So, I did compete and I managed to win third place for one of my potions."

Fluttershy, who'd sat up during the story, smiled through her tears. "Wow, that was really brave of you, Sunrise," she complimented.

Sunrise Blossom nodded. "And after that, I competed at other potion competitions over the years," she added. "I didn't win them all or even place sometimes, but I had a lot of fun and I wasn't scared about failing. Fluttershy, you don't have to take part in Tornado Day tomorrow if you don't want to, but maybe you could at least offer moral support," she suggested.

"I'll consider it," Fluttershy promised and her friend smiled.

A/N: Spike, you really need to work on your tact, buddy.

Spike: But, I was being honest.

Dede42: There's a time for being 100% honest and a time to be tactful, and you really should've been more tactful around Fluttershy.

Spike: Good point, sorry about that.

Dede42: All is forgiven. Anyway, I will see you all on Thursday with the next chapter. Bye for now! R&R everyone!