Flutterbolt

Fluttershy casually walked towards Ponyville. She looked at the clocktower. The race wasnt supposed to start until 2 hours. She decided she would go see Twilight. While she was walking she noticed a lot of ponies weren't preparing for the race. She guessed they didnt know about it. Right when she was close to Twilight's home Pinkie Pie bounded in front of her.

"Hi Fluttershy!" Pinkie yelled out loud.

"Hi Pinkie." Fluttershy murmured. Pinkie could just spawn out of nowhere, that did get scary after a while.

"So Fluttershy , how are you doing? How are the animals? Is Discord behaving? Did you two fall in love? Did you get less shy? Or did you become more? I think it might have been more, is it true? Huh? Huh? DID YOU DIE?!" Pinkie questioned.

"Im doing just fine, and so are the animals, Discord is being nice, no were not in love, I didnt get less shy or more shy, and if I died would I be here?" Fluttershy said.

"Hmm.....is that a trick question?" Pinkie asked.

Fluttershy sighed. "I was going to go see Twilight until you stopped me." Fluttershy said.

"Really? Well Twilight isnt home, she went to Canterlot, Princess Celestia said it was urgent." Pinkie explained.

"Did Twilight tell you that?" Fluttershy asked.

"Nope! I found out myself." Pinkie said.

"Well I am going to go see Rarity." Fluttershy said, backing away.

"Ok, bye!" Pinkie said, and bounced away.

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"Thanks for everything, Rarity." Fluttershy thanked Rarity.

"Your welcome, and remember! Try not to get dirty!" Rarity called.

"I won't!" Fluttershy replied. Rarity had given her a necklace with an emerald on it.  Fluttershy liked it.

"All Pegasi ponies please come to DownTown Ponyville!" Said a voice.

"Oh, I hope im not late." Fluttershy said, running towards the starting line. There she saw a whole bunch of pegasi ponies. Some where flying while others where on the ground, about to sprint.

"Hi Fluttershy! Glad you could make it." Said a voice behind her. She turned and saw a pony she never saw. The pony was a mare, and a pegasus.

"Oh hi, what is your name? If, of course, if its ok to tell me." Fluttershy said. "My name is Spitfire, I am the captain of the wonderbolts." Spitfire said.

"Oh, it is a great honor to be in your presence." Fluttershy said.

"I've heard a bit about you, that you became an expert with animals, and I decided to come here and see how you fly as a pegasus." Spitfire said. "And it is a great honor for me to be in your presence, after all you wield the element of kindness, which is a great deal. It is an honor to be in any of the elements' wielders presence." Spitfire said.

Fluttershy slightly blushed. "Oh thats very nice of you, Spitfire." Fluttershy said

"Ok everypony! Get ready for the race to begin!" Said the announcer.

"Are you going to compete?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, i'm just here to observe." Spitfire said. "I have to go, good luck Fluttershy!" Spitfire said walking towards the place where everyone is watching.

"Bye Spitfire!" Fluttershy said waving.

"On your marks!"

Fluttershy bent down.

"Get set."

Fluttershy stretched open her wings.

"3, 2, 1.....GO!"

Fluttershy started running forward for a moment along with the other pegasi, when they started to fly, she started too. They had to follow a trail that goes straight into a nearby forest (not the everfree), it turnes slightly right, then sharply left, then forward for a bit then it goes left again, goes south for a while, bends around ponyville, and goes downtown ponyville for the finish line.

Fluttershy wasnt in last place, she saw a few more ponies behind her. She smiled and kept going. After a long while of running she slowed down. She was a bit tired. She walked for a while. The ponies behind her passed by. "Oh well, atleast they wont be in last place." Fluttershy said.

While she was walking she noticed it got darker and darker. She stopped and looked around. She saw a small trail in the forest. Something told her to go down the trail. As she walked down the trail she looked around cautiously. It was very dark even though it was the middle of the day. She closed her eyes and walked forward so she wouldnt have to see the darkness.

After a little while she ran into something. She opened her eyes and saw four pillars forming a big square and in the middle was a platform. Fluttershy walked on the platform. She looked around and saw a sign on one of the pillars. She read it aloud.

Thou shall not fail

Thou has failed enough

This time thou shall succeed

And others shall honor thou.

"Hmm...i don't get it." Fluttershy said. She was about to walk away until she saw blue lines forming around her, the blue lines got thickers and thicker until they all connected. "This is just a dream." Fluttershy said, shutting her eyes.

After a few moments everything went silent. Fluttershy opened her eyes. She was near downtown ponyville. She looked behind her. She saw a faint trail of dust far behind her. Fluttershy began to fly towards the finish line. She glanced behind her, and she saw the pony that was behind her, RainbowDash.

Fluttershy flew a bit faster. She closed her eyes until she felt something soft on her neck. It was the ribbon the winner would crash through.

"Whoa look at that! Fluttershy won the race!" Said the announcer. Everyone was cheering.

"Hooray Fluttershy! Congratulations! Good job Fluttershy!" Everyone was congratulating her. She rubbed her left hoof shyly and smiled. She walked out of the walkway just as the other pegasi flew in. After about a minute all the pegasi had made it in.

"Yes! I won! Wooo!" Said a familiar voice. Fluttershy recognized that voice as RainbowDash.

After everypony settled in, the announcer added 3 platforms, the one on the right was smallest, the one on the left was bigger, and the middle one was the biggest. They had their labels too. The smallest one had 3rd written on it, the left one had 2nd, and the middle had 1st.

"In third place is: Dawntalon!" Once she said that a reddish orange pony came and sat on the 3rd place platform. "In second place is: RainbowDash!"

RainbowDash flew into the air. "WHAT?! How could I lose?! Who beat me?!" RainbowDash yelled, and she sat on the 2nd place platform with a bummed face.

"And in first place is: Fluttershy!" "WHAAAAT?!?! HOW COULD FLUTTERSHY WIN?! SHE CAN BARELY STRETCH HER WINGS!!!" RainbowDash yelled. Fluttershy sat on the middle column.

"It's ok RainbowDash, atleast you got second." Fluttershy said.

"Oh shut it." RainbowDash murmured.