CHAPTER 2
Rainbow awoke in her cloud house stretching, and yawning before she started mashing her hooves into her face to wake herself up "bwwaaaaaah!" she landed on all fours and dragged her hooves along to the bathroom, bumping into the wall a few times like she always did "owawawaaahhhh...*bump* ow...*bump* ow..."
an hour later she was fully awake and ready for the day ahead, it was then that she remebered the play date she had set up with Fluttershy, at first she dreaded it a bit feeling like she had set up something she really didn't want to do
but after remebering her crying form she knew she needed to make it up to the poor mare, and... now that she thought about it, the things she had said to her... were they true? did she really think those things about Flutters? thinking about it made her head hurt so she decided
to do what she tended to do with all matters she was faced with, dash in first, ask questions never
"well! here wer go!" she charged like a bullet down to Equestria and zoomed around ponyvile, it would be a while until the agreed upon time at around 2 pm for them to meet up in the meadow between Fluttershy's cottage and the everfree forest.
and thinking it over, she wondered why Fluttershy lived so dangerously close to the forest that terrified her... 'oh well movin' on!' she bolted through the skys, before realizing she really didn't have any destination planned out 'hmmm... well I can practice my moves!'
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Fluttershy was brushing her mane and titying herself up before hearing a knock at her door, she opened it to find Applejack "hey sugar cube! here are teh apples you was askin' for" she shook her body a bit emphasizing the saddle pack. "oh thank you so much!" Fluttershy said in her soft voice as she walked over to relieve Applejack of her burden "you plannin' somthin' today?"
Applejack inquired "oh yes! I'm spending the day with Rainbow Dash" she replied putting the apples into a picnic basket she had been preparing with daisies, some fresh hay and other tasty plants (well, tasty to ponies...)
"aww well that's mighty kinda her" the orange pony put in, while she admired Fluttershy's beautiful cottage, but didn't vocalize it and instead said her goodbye to her friend and trotted back to the farm
Fluttershy wrapped up the basket and attatched it to her saddle bag with her mouth while tieng up a picnic blanket on the other side.
'ooooh this is going to be so fun!' she thought giddly to herself, she hadn't really done anything eventfull with any of her friends in years, minusing helping them with the various problems that seemed to pop up over ponytown constantly
but nopony had ever invited her out just... to hang out, she was giddy with excitement as she looked at the clock... still two more hours, Fluttershy's head dropped with dissapointment
after sighing, she saw her little animals crawl over to her and snuggle up to their forest matron "oh how are all you snuguwy witle guys doing?" she said in a cute little voice, before cuddling them up as they gave out adorable little sounds and crawled all over her, she giggled at the tickling feeling
until some of the squirles started rustling through her mane and hair "uh h-h-hold on now" some of the bunnies begain sniffing at the picnic basket and all the goodies that lied within, some of the birds started ruffling through the blanket getting it dirty
"um uh.. oh! um guys.. uh... STOP!" she screemed out and stomped a hoof into the ground causing all the animals to cower from her in fear, this was her first play date in many moons and she was NOT going to let anypony, or anything ruin it
after seeing the creatures huddling together several feet away from her, Fluttershy took in a breath and let out a content sigh "that's better!" she said cheerilly but she looked at the dirtied blanket, she'd have to get another one from the cellar, she placed her bags down and looked at her animals
"now I'm going to go get another blanket" she said sweetly "and if ANY of you" her voice suddenly turned dark "mess ANYthing else up... you'll take a trip to the shed" half of the animals wanted to urinate but knew that would only increase their chances of... the shed...
"ok then!" she sped back to her cheery voice as she trotted down to the cellar
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Rainbow Dash wondered what time it was, she stopped down in Ponyville near the sugar cube corner and stopped in
"RAINBOOOOOOOWWWW DASH!" Pinkie screemed as she tackled the pegasus to the ground "HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Rainbow shoved Pinkie Pie off of her and got up "hey Pinkie, do you know wh-" she was cut off as Pinkie pie zoomed around the room screaming at a million miles and hour "OH I'VE HAD SUCH A FUN DAY TODAY! I MADE CAKES AND BROWNIES AND PIES AND MUFFINS AND CANDY CANES CANDY CORNS CANDY CUBES CANDY SUCCKERS AND GINGERBREAD MEN!"
she planted her face right up next to Rainbow's "yikes! ok... um" as soon as she began talking again, Rainbow smooshed her fore hooves into pinkie's "whut chu doin zat far?" she said with her voice being altered by her smooshed cheeks, just as she did the same to Rainbow Dash .
rainbow replied "caush if you dont, your heaf wiw eshpoud"
"ish wiw not..." pinkie retorted, the two leered at oneanother, bringing thier faces closer and closer the staring contest becoming dramatic, until Pinkie touched her lips to Rainbows
Rainbow yanked herself away spiting and wiping her mouth with her hoof "PINKIE! WHAT THE HAY!" she continued spitting the kiss out of her mouth.
"MUAHAHAHA! I GOT YOU!" she said evilly before zooming off randomly. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes before looking at the clock "oh appleseeds! I'm almost late for my meeting with Fluttershy!"
she zoomed out of the sugar cube corner and whipped down the streets to her destination, passing all the buildings along the way, Rarity's shop, the restaurant, a building with princess Celestia in it, the food stands, the wait...
Rainbow came to an ubrubt halt, she stood their floating in the air casually flapping her wings with her face twisted in confusion, 'there's no way...' she turned and bolted backtracking her steps until indeed, she did see Celestia through the window, and she also saw somepony else... when she approached the shop, she saw two of Celestia's sun guardians standing at the door in thier golden platemail.
Knowing she wouldn't be able to intrude, Rainbow flew over to the window and peered through to see Celestia arguing with somepony... she pressed her face to the glass to try and see better and and as she did so, the other pony came into clear visualization, it was... something...
not any kind of pony she had ever seen... his skin was the palest green she had ever seen, and he had no mane, or was it a she? Rainbow couldn't tell from this distance, but the pony also had blood red eyes, with black vertical slits for pupils, and his tail was braided into multiple thin black strands, almost like a whip, albiet a painful one with the metal hooks tied to the ends of each braid
Rainbow twinged a little wondering how much it would hurt to get tail whipped by that... she also noticed the pale green ponie's most outstanding feature, three... tenticles? no there were no suction cups... tendrils? was that what Twilight had called them? Rainbow tried to remember some of the creatures that twilight had showed her, some of them had... tendrils protruding from their bodies
Rainbow Dash squinted, she made out 1, 2, 3, on each side, wreathing around in the air aimlessly, each attatched to the left or right side of the green ponie's torso
"what the hay..." she also saw multiple other being like the one in front but each was swaddled in black platemail, her eyes widened at the wicked designs "I... have got.. to get a set of those..."
on the other side of the room were several more of Celestia's sun guardians, they all glared at the black armored creatures and they glared right back in return.
"hey Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow leapt into the air nearly having a heart attack, she whipped around quickly to see Twilight "don't do that!" she yelled in her tomboyish voice
she landed on all fours as the vviolet mare approached her "geeze you scare easier then Fluttershy sometimes"
Rainbow squinted at her in a leer, then her eyes shot open as she remembered "oh appleseeds! i'm late! I gotta go Twilight bye!" she quickly shouted before zooming out into the air.
Twilight wondered what was so important but she completely set it aside as her eyes fell upon Celestia's sun guardians "c-celestia? HERE!?" she looked at the window Dash had been peering through and sprinted up to it, and what she saw through the glass she almost couldn't belive
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Rainbow soared through the air at ridiculous speeds until she finally saw the clearing that Fluttershy was sitting in "oh PHEW!" she saw that fluttershy was sitting on a blanket singing to some birds
Rainbow landed nearby "HEY FLUTTERS!" she shouted as she trotted hapilly over to the other pegasus suddenly being filled with happiness, she didn't know why but she was extremely happy that she was meeting the shy pony alone, just the two of them, to have some gal pal time.
"oh! Rainbow dash you made it!" she said in her gentle voice "ofcourse I did!" Rainbow replied her voice cracking a little.
once Rainbow lay down on the blanket next to Fluttershy, their fore hooves out in front of them, Dash laughed a little nervously "sory I was late, I got held up heh heh..."
Fluttershy shook her head with a smile "it's ok, well you wanna have something to eat?" she asked, to which Rainbow's stomach replied with a growl "heh... ya" she said with a blush, rubbing the back of her head remembering that she hadn't eaten anything that morning
"well goodie!" Fluttershy replied as she pulled out the food picnic basket, and opened it up to reveal a delicious assortment of food, fresh hay, apples, and some thermoses filled with fluttershy's personal recipe of soup.
Rainbow Dash's mouth watered as she stared at all the deliciousnes.
the two chatted for a while as Fluttershy set up their meal and was shocked at how much Rainbow ate, she practically inhaled the soup
"um.. careful you don't choke.." she said quiety as Rainbow finished it off with a loud "aaaaahhhh!" then licking her lips "mmmman that was good! your a really good cook Fluttershy!"
the pink maned pegasus looked away blushing with a smile "thanks..." she said shyly the two continued to converse with one another for about two hours, sharing stories, telling jokes... well, Rainbow told jokes anyway... and just enjoying oneanother's company; Rainbow had seen a whole new side to Fluttershy
now that she was actually conversing with her and getting to know her, she became fastinated with the little hermit, once she broke out of her nervous shell, Fluttershy was so warm and friendly, she could sing and cause animals to becon to her like minions, she had learned dozens of cooking recipes
as well as healing remedies, infact, many ponies actually went to her instead of the ponyville hospital for minor wounds or sickness, she had a knack for finding out exactly what the problem was and knowing just the thing for it, well except for that time with the pehonix...
Fluttershy related on how much of an embarrassment that was to her self esteem, the one thing she had always been good at was working with animals, and healing.
"and being sweet" Rainbow added staring at Fluttershy with half lidded eyes, she was laying on her stomach using her forehooves to support her head as she kicked her hind hooves back and forth staring at the druidic pegasus
"oh but.. enough about me..." she said blushing, "what about you?" she inquired, her voice no longer so quiet and weak, it was actually a little stronger now, a little more confident, she didn't know why but it was as if she simply fealt comfotable around the blue mare
"weeellll" Rainbow went off to explain most of the exciting events in her life, though the two had grown up together, there was much about the Rainbow maned mare that Fluttershy didn't know and she listened intently as Rainbow regaled her with tales of
dangerous races she had perticipated in, some even taking place in the evergree forest, which made Fluttershy gasp. Rainbow Dash had also told her about the many fights she had gotten into, mostly with colts, a lot of them made fun of her for being so boyish and 'wierd' as they had put it
and with out even realising it, Rainbow had let slip the story of a little crush she had on another fillie when she was younger, and how the other pegasus had rejected her saying how wierd and gross she was for wanting to kiss another mare
after that the colt's mockery only increased, and at a time she was completely shut down from the world, but as she grew older, she decided to not let anypony bring her down, and give life her all, with as much energy and enthusiasm as she could muster, turning her boyish nature into a symbol of dominance and power
Fluttershy was staring with wide eyes, hanging off of every word that ran past Rainbow's mouth, just nodding slowly to each story, she wanted to know as much about her friend as possible
as the hours drifted by, the two mares laying on their backs next to eachother, so close that heir bodies were touching, but it didn't bother either of them in the least, they layed with their fore hooves at ther sides, wrists slack like a dog lying on it's back, the two stared at the setting sun
Rainbow Dash was filled with more happyness and warmth then she had in a long long time
and next to her Fluttershy was beaming with a big smile, so happy that she had spent the day with the blue pegasus, and as the sun setted, the two didn't want to move, enjoying the moment of close friendship too much.
When finally Fluttershy yawned, Rainbow knew it was time for the two to get going home
she let out a sigh as she sat up "I had a lot of fun" she stated with a smile on her face, Fluttershy also got up and smiled back "me to... thanks... I...I don't think I've been this happy in a while" to that, Rainbow chuckled a bit "I was thinking the same thing.
Fluttershy collected all her things as Rinbow helped and the two took a deep breath knowing it was time for each of them to return home "well... see ya later I guess" Rainbow said sadly with hoof behind her head, not wanting to leave her friend "ya... well, we'll see eachother tomorrow?" she sort of asked/said her voice still radiating its new found strength and confidence
and to that Rainbow nodded with a big goofy smile on her face "... night Flutters"
"goodnig-" she was cut off as her Rainbow maned firend embraced her, making her blush, and she hugged back, the two standing a bit off the ground on their hind hooves while holding oneanother with their forehooves
the hug lasted longer then was probably necessary, but neither mare cared, the enjoyed the feeling of comfort, Fluttershy feeling Rainbow's strong toned body, holding her like a little bunny, and Rainbow Dash feeling Fluttershy's soft delicate body, and her pink mane like a comforting blanket, she didn't want to let go...
the two eventually separated after sevral minutes, both looking away blushing now realising how long they had held eachother, they looked at eachother one last time with big gentle smiles and blushing faces, before finalliy flying off to their respective homes
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Rainbow flew through the air spinning in circles with happyness written all over her, she had had such a wonderful time with her friend, they had really bonded today, and she fealt so close to the mare... though thinking back, she realised she had probably held the yellow pegasus for far too long, bopping her head with one of her hooves she
thought angrilly to herself 'stupid! but... she didn't pull away...' and at that thought she smiled again, even giggled a bit, soaring through the air with innocent happyness in her heart
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Fluttershy was singing to herself as she finally arrived back at her cottage feeling so giddy she just wanted to squeel, she didn't know what this feeling was in her chest, but she liked it, it was warm, happy, and exhilerating! she couldn't stop thinking about that blue maned pegasus but then again, she didn't want to stop.
Fluttershy walked through her hut's door and trotted along upstairs to her bed, all of the animals that lived within her hut were already asleep, all except for angel, her very 'special' little bunny, when she hopped into her bed, rolling back and forth in delight, the rabbit took notice, he hopped onto the bed with her and stared at her face confused as to why she was so ecstatic
normally fluttershy was extremely calm, or... on certain occasions... well, she wasn't like that now and that was the point, the bunny hopped up to her chest and looked her in the face twitching his pink nose "oh angel!" she hugged the bunny tight "I'm sooo happy!" she said and the bunny picked up on the power that backed up her words, like a normal person talking, this wasn't like Fluttershy at all but...
He liked it, she had such a strong connection with her animals, they reasonated with her emotions, so when she was happy, they were happy, and right now they were VERY happy. Fluttershy finally put Angel down before getting snug uner her blanket and sheets, and begining to doze off into la la land, but for some reason... she drew a portion of the blanket up to her body and cuddled it like it was another pony
and... she didn't know why but she just had to imagine that pony being Rainbow Dash, she sighed contently as she snuggled into the blanket, drifting peacefully off to sleep
END OF CHAPTER 2
AN: awwww! ya ya I know, mushy clopfic stuff but I couldn't help it! they is just so cute together... anyway, if you liked please review! if not, oh well, but don't be jerk about your dislike I'll take constructive criticism but don't just be a dick. I really like this pairing and this fic and I'm going to keep writing it no matter what!
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