Chapter 7

The Element of Mischief

Chapter 7

Them Again

By

Red Mare

This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening! I couldn't believe my eyes what I just saw in front of me. That dream or nightmare I should call it, was real. Fluttershy wasn't on the couch where I put her last night. The sun was just beginning to rise, as I kept looking all over the cottage for any sign of the yellow pegasus. I then notice something different about the place I'm staying in. It was getting colder than usual, as I began to shiver, my teeth were clattering, and goosebumps began to form on my entire body. I looked for something warm to cover me, so I won't get to cold.

I used the blanket I gave Fluttershy last night and I began covering myself. Sweet cherry candy corn, why is it so cold in her cottage of all sudden? I probably should just go back to sleep, and hope for the best. No, I shouldn't go back to sleep. What kind of stallion would I be if I couldn't find my hostess? Maybe a selfish stallion bastard, who doesn't care. I have to find Fluttershy and fast before black mist ghost, who looks like me gets her first and uses her against me. Why am I so obsessed with this yellow pegasus? I know she can be kind, caring, and takes care of animals. Also, she is very beautiful even if she doesn't want to admit it.

I'm not sure why, but I think there is something about Fluttershy that keeps me from going insane. I think I may know the reason. I know the real reason why I can't stop thinking about her. I think I'm starting to fall in love with her. No, I'm in love with her. I know that now, for a fact. Either that or I'm crazy, and I'm just assuming that I love Fluttershy. No, I can't be assuming that I love her, I know that I love her, and nothing is going to stop me from admitting it.

I'm crazily in love with Fluttershy. She must and cannot know that I love her yet. I began to jump around and fly through the house with sheer joy. I was in love with somepony and I was happy for the first time in my life. That is when my body began to act differently. I started to descend from my over excitement and I landed on the ground. That is when it struck, something bad began to happen to me. My body froze in place, my legs felt like jelly as they wobbled out of control. I then fell over onto my side, hitting the hard wood floor below me with a loud thud. My eyes were shutting and closing very slowly as I saw Fluttershy's cottage blur into blackness in my vision. Here we go to unconscious land again.

I hate myself right now.

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I awoke several minutes or hours later, I couldn't tell, as I slowly got up. I opened my eyes clearly and I saw that I was on the couch on the first floor of Fluttershy's cottage. Who lifted me and put me on here, is the one and only question that is running in my head at the very moment. I then began to smell something being cooked, it came from the cottage's kitchen. I wonder who is cooking as I walked towards the next room, where the aroma of food got stronger. I opened the door to the next room slowly, and to my surprise I saw a variety of cooked foods on the biggest table that I have ever seen.

Miss Fluttershy, what else do you own in this house that I or anypony else don't know of? I walked through the door completely, and walked towards the table. My stomach began to make grumblings noises. This is where I lose my mind and talk to my stomach for a bit.

Grumble, Grumble My stomach told me it was hungry.

"You said you could wait for a week." I said back to my stomach.

Grumble, Grumble My stomach told me it couldn't wait any longer.

"Are you hungry right now?" I asked my stomach.

Grumble My stomach told me yes it was.

"That is all I need to hear from you." I finally gave in to the hunger temptation, as I began to walk around the table to see what I could eat. Everything looked absolutely delicious, I don't even know where to start. There was fresh baked bread, pie, hot honey in a jar, daisies, stuff for salad, and last but not least, there were a bunch of carrots with some white whipped cream and fresh red cherries were on top. As I kept looking at the food, I notice that all the animals Miss Fluttershy takes care of are staring at me. Maybe I should let them eat first, before I consume the food on the table.

"Alright you animals, dig in." I said, looking at all the animals.

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A few minutes have past and there was some left over food for me to eat. I thank all of the animals living inside this cottage for leaving me something to eat. I grabbed a plate, and ran over to the table, and I picked up everything that was left over. I picked up two pieces of baked bread, two carrots with white whipped cream and fresh red cherries, a slice of pie, and some daisies. No I'm not girly, I'm just hungry. Maybe I shouldn't be rhyming, with my timing. Great now I can't stop rhyming, without trying.

I'm really hating myself right now. Ha take that rhyme, I rule and you drool. Damn it, I did it again. Maybe I should just eat something before I lose my mind again. Before I could take a bite out of a sweet delicious carrot, I saw a little snow white bunny hopping towards me. His eyes looked at me then at the carrot in my hoof. I saw his ears flatten against his head as I realized none of the animals must have left one for this little guy.

I then handed him the carrot I was about to eat, and he took it. Now back to the other delicious food on the plate. I took a piece of baked bread, and before I could eat it, the snow white bunny had hopped onto my lap. I looked down at him and he looked up back at me.

"Okay mister snow bunny, here's the deal," I said to him, as he seemed to be paying attention to what I was saying. So I continued, "I'm trying to eat here, and you keep stopping me from doing so. So I'm going to give a chance to get off of my lap and let me eat or I shall not make those reservations I promised you earlier."

The bunny seemed to be confused about what I said. I never even promised him reservations at all, so why did I bring that up anyway.  I guess I'm really hungry. Just before I could continue my rant, I heard a familiar voice say, "Awwwwww Angel. Did you make a new friend?"

I turned my head and I saw Fluttershy, smiling at me and Angel, as she entering her cottage. She's okay, so that means my nightmare didn't come true at all. But who in the name of blueberries is angel? I looked down at the whit bunny again, this time I figured it out. Angel huh, more like Devil should be his name. I looked at Fluttershy again and I noticed that she was wearing a pink scarf,  pink striped socks, and yellow boots. Where was she exactly? I need to know to get some closure.

"Fluttershy. Where were you?" I asked, looking at her.

"Well, ummm I was at the market to get some food for my animal friends. And as I was walking back home, I accidentally bumped into two ponies." She told me, as she walked towards a coat hanger and she hunged her scarf around it. Two ponies huh, I wonder who she might've bumped into. So I asked, "What did these ponies look like?"

"Well ummm. They were a married couple I know that. They both were pegasuses. One was a mare she looked very beautiful like a model, and another one was a big muscular stallion."

Please tell me she isn't talking about who I think she is talking about. She continued, "They told me they both were looking for their son that ran away from home when he was six."

Sweet merciful apple sauce, please tell me she isn't going to say she invited them over. She continued, "So after I apologized, I told them they could come to my cottage for some tea."

Buck me in the flank. I think I know who Fluttershy was talking about. I know for a fact the reason they are looking for me. That is when I heard a knock on the door, I told Fluttershy, "I'll get it." I walked towards the door, and before I opened it I began to pray to myself.  Please don't be them. Please don't be them. Please don't be them. Please don't be them. Please don't be them. Please don't be them. Please don't be them. I opened the door and I was greeted by two ponies, one a mare and the other a stallion like Fluttershy said.

"Hello Caizo sweetie." The mare said to me, with a smile.

"Hello kiddo. How have you been all this time?" The stallion said to me, with a smile.

"Caizo is there something wrong?" Fluttershy asked me, concerned in her voice. Somehow I didn't hear her walking towards me at all.

"No nothing is wrong. It's just...." I felt awkward about to say this next part.

"What is it Caizo?" Fluttershy asked me, looking at me with worry.

"Well I umm can't believe you just met my...." I tried to say, but was cut off.

"Could we please come in Caizo sweetie?" The mare on the outside asked me, she began to shiver a little.

"Yeah kiddo, could we come in before we catch a cold or something? The stallion asked me.

"Caizo who are these ponies. And how do they know you?" Fluttershy asked me, this time wanting to know the truth. So I gave her the truth by saying, "Fluttershy these ponies that you met. They are my parents."