The Misadventures of Clutzershy and Rainbow Crash

-Clutzershy

The feeling of waking up in the morning is never a good feeling, but it's even worse when you feel like you just fell from the highest cloud and slammed into the ground. Rainbow...felt this way exactly.

She tried to move, but she was definitely feeling the effects of yesterday kick in to the max. Her body was so stiff that she could barely lift her head a bit so she could look around her depressing room.

It was only instinct that she look over to the other bed in the room first. It was what she waited to do all night long. She even dreamed of the little filly that she had met just last night, but as her bright eyes shined over to the other side of the room, Rainbow found herself not pleased with what she was seeing.

Rainbow Dash let her head fall back down as she realized that the filly from last night....Fluttershy....was not in her bed. Was she still too shy to stick around long enough for Rainbow Dash to wake up, or.....was.....she not even real at all...

Rainbow still questioned whether or not she had really met that filly last night. It seemed so dreamlike, and now that she wasn't even there to prove that it was real, it made Rainbow feel even more like her mind really had just made it all up. It was all just a dream, well that's what it seemed like at the moment, but when it was all happening...it felt so real.

The pegasus tried to lift her body again, but to no avail. She just couldn't move. Her arms and legs were bruised completely, and she could feel dried blood stuck to her face making it hard for her mouth to move.

She rolled over on her side, and struggled to inch herself closer to the edge so she could try to let her legs hit the ground. Supposedly, she got too close to the edge for she tumbled out of bed only to feel more aches and pains sting through her entire body as she rubbed the back of her head with her free hoof.

Rainbow tried to crawl up from her fallen position. She finally managed to stand up straight long enough for her to scrape the blood off of her face and slowly limp towards the empty bed in the room.

She placed her hooves on the bed to balance herself, but she also did it so she could see if maybe there was still body heat on it from Fluttershy. Rainbow was determined to prove that she had really met that filly. She was determined to prove that she was existent.

She sat on the bed and dug her face into the mattress. She felt no heat that wasn't hers and it merely smelled like the room itself. No particular scent that would have come off of that cute filly. Rainbow lifted her face from the bed and sulked as her eyes made their way to the clock in the room.

It was no surprise to her that it was already ten minutes past her class time. She wasn't even worried about it at the moment. She slowly picked herself up, grabbed her saddle bag, and made her way slowly, but surely out of the door and onward to her class that she knew would be hell.

Rainbow's tardy got her a warning that morning. If she were to get another...which she was sure that she would, she would have to do detention time, which Rainbow wasn't really intimidated by at all. If anything, it would get her away from all these ponies that she had to look at all throughout the day as they whispered and stared back with smirks that she just wished she could slap right off of their smug faces.

Rainbow sat in her seat as the teacher went on and on about how to keep your wings even when in flight. It was things that Rainbow already knew. She taught herself most of this stuff, and she didn't really care for knowing it again.

Class was really quiet for some odd reason this morning. It was as loud and annoying as it was yesterday, and none of the fillies or colts around her were tormenting her, actually, she hadn't even seen any of them looking at her since she stepped hoof in the room.

Rainbow had noticed that the orange-brown colt was here today. She knew good and well he probably broke something yesterday. He was probably crying in the nurses office right about now. She could almost taste the satisfaction of seeing that happen as she imagined it.

She had finally realized what the problem was all along. Nopony was messing with her now that he was out of the picture. He was the problem all along. Without him here, nopony even seemed to acknowledge Rainbow's existence, which surprisingly, she was glad about. Usually she liked being the center of attention, but things change...especially now that she saw what being the center got her around here.

Nopony seemed to have even noticed all the bruises on her. Not even the teacher had stopped to send her to the nurse. Maybe they didn't notice, or maybe they just didn't care, but whichever it was, Rainbow didn't mind. She just wanted the day to go by fast. There was only one thing on her mind, and it sure as hell wasn't flying with proportion.

Rainbow had regretted wishing for the day to go by quickly, because now it just wanted to drag along, second after slow second. She was only just now in her second class of the day and it seemed like the clock was going by as slow as it possibly could just to agonize her further.

Rainbow banged her head softly against her desk as her second block teach, with his monotone voice, spoke about the history of Cloudsdale. She felt like she was going to die if he opened his single toned mouth one more time and said how much pegasi were important to the Equestria nation.

Rainbow didn't care not one bit about that. She didn't really care about any of this stuff actually. The more she heard the teachers talk, the more she realized that she wished she wasn't here.

Rainbow sulked as she looked around the room at all the ponies. She saw to her surprise and interest eyes jolting away from her vision as she made eye contact with a few. She wasn't sure if it was just her being paranoid, or if these ponies really were staring her down and then looking quickly away whenever she caught them in the act. What was their problem?

It was different from before. They weren't whispering and snickering anymore. Now they looked more....worried than anything.

The rainbow pegasus found herself looking around more often only to find the same reaction each time. Little eyes jolted towards the ground and bodies shifted uncomfortably in their seats as Rainbow monitored the class slowly.

It was almost as if everypony knew about what had happened yesterday. It was almost as if they were....afraid of her.

Rainbow couldn't help but smile a bit at that thought. What would be the chances of her going from being bullied and hated, to being feared and respected. It would be nice, but for now, Rainbow wasn't going to start getting her pride up high just yet. It was already hurt from yesterday, and she thought maybe it needed to recover a bit before she brought it back into action.

Rainbow slowly let her head turn back to the clock that was hanging on the wall. To her surprise and happiness, there was only ten more minutes left of this class and then she would be off to her third class of the day. After that, there would only be lunch to deal with and then her last class, and finally she was home free.

The pegasus couldn't help but feel a little too excited. She was just waiting to get back to her room so she could see if Fluttershy had returned. She hoped that she wasn't going to come in late again like last night....

Rainbow smiled as she lowered her head onto her desk. It was such a nice meeting...odd, but nice. She would have never suspected a pony like that to be rooming with her, and quite frankly, she was happy about it. If nopony else, at least Fluttershy was kind enough to be her friend. It's better to have only one than none at all.

Rainbow felt her stomach curl as she thought more about her friend that would be waiting for her when she got back to her room. It would be her first official friend other than her dad. Rainbow smiled as the bell rung. Everypony else scurried out the door, but Rainbow was left with a daydreaming smile upon her face. It took her a moment, but she soon floated out of the door and on to her next class.

She walked leisurely down the hallway. She could definitely feel the stares now, and she could positively say that they were completely different than that of yesterday. Wherever she walked now, things would get quiet. No words would be mumbled, no breaths would be taken. Nopony made a single sound, and nopony moved a single muscle. All eyes were on Rainbow, and as she walked on, ponies would slowly back away. It was really as if everypony feared her. This would perhaps come in handy, but for now, Rainbow was just enjoying it while it lasted.

She grinned smugly at the ponies as she walked by coolly. Slowly, everypony backed away as she approached them. They surely had a different attitude towards her from yesterday, and Rainbow Dash liked it.

Maybe her scars and bruises were intimidating. Maybe she looked tough and scary. Maybe everypony just finally realized how awesome she was and now they were all awestruck with amazement and fear all at the same time. Rainbow just wanted to assure everypony that she was alright with this, and they could continue their days, but to keep in mind that she was always watching.

She would definitely rather be scary, than be bullied and kicked around like a doormat. That just wasn't her style. She was the kind of pony that others should look up to, and that is the way it seemed like it was going to be from here on out. At least...at the moment it did...

From that point on, the day flew by like Rainbow Dash did during flight. Fast.

Rainbow had spend the whole day being stared at. At first, of course, she felt good about it. She felt proud of herself for finally showing them whose boss, but after a while, it just started to get old and she could hardly stand it anymore. How was she suppose to live through Flight School with ponies always staring at her?

It was all that it seemed to be with ponies being scared of you all the time. It didn't take Rainbow long at all to see that, but now all she was worried about was getting to her room so she could finally get alone with her only real friend that was at this school.

Rainbow pranced through the halls as she was directing herself towards her room. She didn't think it was too far off now, and there didn't seem to be that many ponies around anymore so she could finally relax without feeling like somepony was breathing down her neck every time she appeared.

She let her muscles tense down as she slowed her pace to a more soothing trot. It was a nice few seconds of peace, but of course....it didn't last long.

Rainbow found herself in the middle of something she really didn't want to be in the middle of as she turned the corner...

She stopped dead in her tracks and her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach. Something inside of her was burning now. It was a painful feeling like she had heartburn except it ached more than that. She could feel her body shivering now as if she were cold, but she wasn't really able to feel anything right now except the constant lunging that her stomach was doing as it flipped all around inside of her.

Her heart raced, and then....it stopped.

She wasn't sure how she felt about what she saw, but she knew it wasn't a good feeling. For some reason she felt so sad and uneasy as she watched Fluttershy kissing some unknown pony. Rainbow wasn't sure if she had ever seen that pony before or not. She wasn't really sure if she cared, but right now, she only felt pain deep inside of her gut.

As if it wasn't bad enough...Rainbow saw as a single eye from Fluttershy opened up and looked directly at her in Rainbow's pink wavering pupils. Her heart sunk even deeper if it was possible, and without another thought, or gesture, Rainbow flew out of sight and slammed the door behind her when she finally made it to her room.

The pegasus jumped on her bed and covered her head with her blankets that were on her bed. She tried to block out the visual that she had just witnessed, but she couldn't. It was inevitable and she couldn't stand it...but why....why did it bother her so much? Was it the fact that she had just bumped into a really awkward position, or was it something else?

Rainbow didn't want to know at that point. For some reason she felt the need to lock the door, but then that wouldn't be right...what if Fluttershy wanted to come in and she couldn't.....but for some reason....Rainbow felt like it was...necessary...

She jumped out of her bed and ran over to the door and without thinking anymore, locked it as quickly as she could. She didn't want to see Fluttershy's face ever again....

She slowly made her way back to her bed and tried to get comfortable under her covers. Rainbow closed her eyes and before she knew it...she was out like a light...

Rainbow's eyes shot open with shock as she heard the rat that had made it's way into her room the other night....making noise, running it's hooves through something that sounded like a box...quietly, but not quiet enough....

How?

That was all Rainbow could think.....

How did that rat get through the locked door?

Rainbow breathed heavily as she listened silently to Fluttershy who was now whispering something to herself in the darkness...at first Rainbow couldn't make it out, but as Fluttershy repeated it over and over, Rainbow finally picked it up....

"Clutzershy, oh Clutzershy....you did it again...."

Rainbow curled her body together as Fluttershy continued.

"You did it again, and again, and again...and now you are going to do it once more...."

Rainbow stopped breathing for a moment so she could hear better.

"But something is stopping you from continuing....it never takes you this long....what is it that is holding you back from your tradition...?"

Tradition? What tradition? Rainbow was starting to feel uneasy all over again...

"I can't do it this time....I can't..."

"Why...though....why?"

Rainbow was starting to get really scared....this pony surely was insane...she was out of her little filly mind!!!

"The reason I can't do it....and believe me it is true...."

The rainbow pegasus started to squirm in her bed. She needed to get out of here...she just couldn't stay in here with this nutcase any longer!

"It's because.....there is something different about her.....something different indeed...."

Rainbow stopped moving again....she had a feeling that Fluttershy was talking about her....to herself....that is....

"Something that is stopping me from killing her...."

Silence.

"Something that feels funny in my heart...."

Silence.

"You mean love Clutzershy?"

Silence.

"I do think it's something like that...."

Rainbow's eyes shot open wide....killing?.....different?.......love? How much more could she take of this? This was getting way too strange for her. It was like a completely different world from the day time....why was it so strange here at night...why was Fluttershy acting this way....??

"I think I love you."

Rainbow stopped breathing altogether now. She slowly turned her head to the other side of the room. She closed her eyes in fear, but she soon slowly began to open them up....

She saw two bright teal eyes staring back at her in the darkness.....Fluttershy knew she was awake now...in fact....she was directly speaking to her now.....!

"W-What?" Rainbow tried to make out. She wasn't sure if it was a good idea to talk back or not, but it was too late....

Silence.

Fluttershy walked out from behind the shadows, fully revealing herself now to Rainbow who was slowly sitting up in her bed as if she were ready to defend herself.

"I said...I think I love you."

Rainbow nodded slowly as she tried to process this. What had just happened again? She was so confused...it was almost like this was some sort of dreamland that she was in.

"I will never hurt you like I have done all the rest. I will never touch you in a way of malice. But for those who stand in your way, and hurt you, I can not promise that they will not feel pain."

Rainbow wasn't sure what to think. She thought this pony was some shy, awkward nerd that nopony ever noticed, and now she was talking murder, and hurting. What was going on here?!

Rainbow moved back in her bed slowly.

"Please...don't fear me...." Fluttershy stepped back as well as if to show she was truthful about what she said.

"I...." Rainbow didn't know what to say...she....just wanted to go back to sleep!

"Let me love you." Fluttershy smiled with her sad eyes. Rainbow didn't know what to do or say. This filly was out of her mind. She was only waiting for her to say she was just playing around, but that never came....

"Please...sleep. Rest....you need it, my dearest." Fluttershy gestured towards the bed.

Rainbow took this into consideration. Something was not right here and it was obvious at that, but at the same time, she felt as if she was put under some spell. Most normal ponies would be scared out of their wits right about now. They would be jolted out of the door leaving this twisted filly in the dust, but really...all Rainbow wanted to do was go back to sleep....and she wanted to hold Fluttershy in her arms too.

Rainbow turned back around and got into her bed. She snuggled her pillow and then turned to Fluttershy who was still looking back at her with depressing eye and a happy smile.

Rainbow lifted a hoof out towards her.

"Stay with me." Rainbow said quietly....she was definitely under some sort of spell, but at the same time, she felt so good about it. It felt natural, so....she did it.

Fluttershy came closer and slowly made her way into the bed along with Rainbow Dash.

"Something is different indeed...." She whispered softly as she slowly closed her eyes.

Rainbow wasn't sure if it was the right move, but she wrapped her arms around the yellow, deranged filly and closed her eyes as well.

She found herself asleep quickly, and her dreams were happy and warm.

Fluttershy's eyes stayed open all night long as she slowly repeated the same phrase over and over...

"I love you."