Chapter 3: Rooms for improvement.

The ponies sleep in the parlour again. The next morning, the hot topic of discussion was a large set of expansions to the house. Requests of multiple bedrooms, kitchens, ninja dojos, libraries and labs filled Fluttershy's headspace as she agreed to all their demands, despite her knowing it would mean less room for her beloved animals.

Everypony except Rarity only wanted basic sleeping quarters, Dash and Pinkie opting to even share a single room. Rarity requested her bedroom to be furnished with wardrobes and a station to apply her cosmetics, as well as a room for all her designing needs complete with an anvil and sowing machine.

Pinkie actually didn't opt for any rooms, as she liked the company of her fellow ponies, but Twilight was overseeing the planning of the house and suggested a kitchen would improve hygiene and speed up the whole cooking process, Pinkie agreed in her own way, and then went out to catch some herring from the river.

Rainbowdash also wasn't too concerned about her living quarters, but requested a training dojo, complete with tatami imported from the Eastern lands. Twilight explained such an endeavour would cost too much and suggested they stick to a combat ring where she can duel the others in a controlled environment, enchanting the small space to prevent real injury. Dash just rolled her eyes and said "Fine, that'll do I guess…".

Applejack simply wanted a private bedroom and some farming patches free from the public eye. As extra protection, she also asked for it to be animal proofed, Twilight suggesting they create a greenhouse to accelerate the growth rate, while also preventing animal intervention.

Twilight wanted an expansion to the parlour to sculpt it into a fully-fledged library, with more bookcases. Then a laboratory where she could experiment with magic while she was away from the wizards tower, with various apparatuses for containing, amplifying and observing magic and divine energy. Mango just asked for a better place to sleep.

Fluttershy took note of the things everypony wanted, or more accurately, examined the precise plans Twilight had drawn up and placed in front of her. It looked like a lot of work, but she was kind enough to announce they can have it done all in a day if they all started working on it now.

Applejack set off to chop the multitude of wood they required for the rooms, while Rainbowdash 'harvested' the necessary textiles from the various farm animals in Taverly. Mango set out with Rarity to gather some of the metals required for the cook wares, lab equipment and various other parts. Twilight studied the enchantments that were necessary for some of these new additions and made sure everypony was running on schedule. Fluttershy took in the waves of items as they came and worked to construct the new rooms while also improving her construction skills.

Progress is made, as the bedrooms are built and furnished. Fluttershy smiled as her friends gave her smiles of appreciation back, but then frowned as she saw the animals show their disapproval. She goes to Twilight to explain the animal situation, but Twilight spots her coming and explains they have made good progress, but if they stop to talk they will fall behind schedule.

Hours later into the build, all the basics are finished and it's now up to Rarity to make the décor in each room. Applejack doesn't request anything, Pinkie just wants some colourful banners with her cutie mark on them. Rainbowdash wants her part of the room and the combat ring decked out with red and black banners with the Zammorak symbol on each. Twilight states anything that isn't necessary in the lab is just making it more hazardous, but a purple banner with the markings of Zaros in her bedroom would be nice. After Rarity finished the requests, everypony was happy with the designs and she proudly hung them on the walls.

Everypony was ecstatic with how the house turned out, Twilight performed the required enchantments successfully to her delight and everything was finished. They were all overjoyed, except Fluttershy. This expansion took up almost all the space she had purchased and her animals were now occupying the lone garden, cramped and uncomfortable of how close they all were to each other.

They all went to thank each other, but Fluttershy run out crying. They all realised they didn't ask Fluttershy what she wanted. They then saw why she had been upset, it didn't take an animal expert to see the animals weren't happy. They got together and made a plan….

Applejack galloped back to the farm in Draynor and requested Big Mac to teach her how to grow oak trees. With the new knowledge, she then planted two trees in the garden for the animals to use as a home.

Rarity felt guilty for not asking what Fluttershy wanted for decorations and sold the Sapphire necklace she had proudly been wearing to fund the construction of a pond for the water-dwellers.
Pinkie thought throwing a party for the animals would cheer Fluttershy up and whipped up food for a feast for the critters.

Twilight had a more oddball plan, opting to send a majority of the animals to an alternate plane where they live in somewhat of a paradise and they can be called using pouches that are made from an obisk. Twilight researched such a scheme, they did need a unique item from the Varrock museum for it to work though, so Twilight was about to abolish the plan when Raindowdash said she saw one lying around and flew out, later returning with the very object Twilight had needed. "Rainbowdash, how did you even…" Twi asked. "You might find out someday egghead" Dash said with an inch of guilt in her face.

They waited for Fluttershy outside the house. She did end up coming back only because she remembered she needed to feed the animals. They apologised and said they should've got her opinion before building so many rooms. They entered the house, Fluttershy's gloomy look flipping around as she saw the empty garden had been turned into an animal sanctuary, the boxed she made were hung from the tall oak trees, they now had a feeding station full of food and there was this odd stone in the corner. "Oh, thank you all so much, I..I was so worried about them, but now I'm sure they love their new home" she said. "But what is this thing here?" she asked. "Well…" Twilight answered "That is a summoning obisk, not every animal can fit here now, and so I've moved them to an alternate dimension where they have plenty of space, food and water. Look, I can even show you how they are doing in there". Twilight uses her magic to present Fluttershy with a projection of the stored animals having a good time, while in reality they are actually in a dimension where their time is so slowed down, they are basically frozen until they are summoned back to this dimension. "You can use this stone and special items to call them back here, but they only appear for a short amount of time, as the essence from the pouch can only excrete so much magic" she explains.

As they all individually exchanged thank-you's, Rarity piped up and explained "Fluttershy dear, we have one more surprise for you". None of them knew what Rarity had done extra, till they noticed a new, sixth bedroom next to the others. Rarity opened the door to reveal a room with a bed, some more housing for the animals and banners with the symbol of Fluttershy's favourite god Armadyl hung from each wall.

Tired from the big day, they all slept comfortably in their new beds, each dreaming a different dream.
The mare who had been listening to all this stopped her Commorb, angrily turned away and returned to her scrunched up notes on the magic of friendship. All the paper read was 'Dear headmaster Celestia, today I learnt…'

End

*Disclaimer: Yes Twilight invented the summoning skill. Yes it is a shorter chapter than the rest. Yes it's intended to be a bit of a cliff-hanger.