Cloudsdale, the Untold Story

Fluttershy’s house, 7:11 A.M., June 10th, 2006, 5 years ago

“Come on Angel, wake up.” Fluttershy nudged the little bunny in it’s tiny little bed with her nose, ”Today we go into that town I saw yesterday. I’d like to get to know all of the ponies who live there.” Angel looked at Fluttershy, tired eyed, yawned, shooed Fluttershy away, and went back to sleep, “Oh, so you don’t want to come. Um, well, that’s okay with me. I’ll just let you sleep.” Fluttershy left Angel to sleep, as she left to head out to the new found town, “I wonder what kind of ponies I’ll run into. I sure hope that their nice ponies.”

“How’s it goin!” An orange pony on the trail yelled to her, “I haven’t seen yah around these parts. You new round here?”

“Um, yes, I just moved in, over there.” Fluttershy pointed over to her new house.

“Well that’s a mighty fine place you’ve got there. The name’s Applejack. What’s yours?”

“Um, I-I’m Fluttershy.”

“Well it’s nice to meet you Fluttershy. Come on, let’s get goin to Ponyville. There’s plenty of nice ponies there for y’all to meet.”

“That’s good, I can’t wait to meet them.” Fluttershy and Applejack walked together to Ponyville, where Fluttershy was to meet her new friends.

“Well here we are, welcome to Ponyville. Let’s go to Sugar Cube Corner so y’all can meet some nice ponies. I’ve gotta go get some apples from Sweet Apple Acres, y’all can go make some friends. Sugar Cube Corner is right there.”

“Oh okay, I guess I’ll see you later Applejack.” Fluttershy walked over to Sugar Cube Corner. She walked inside seeing plenty of ponies chatting, and having a good time, “Oh, where should I start? I’ve never been good at making friends.”

“Hi there, welcome to Sugar Cube Corner! Are you new in town?! So am I!” A pink pony was jumping up and down excitedly, while talking to Fluttershy, “I wanna learn every pony’s name in Ponyville! My name’s Pinkie Pie, what’s yours?!”

Fluttershy stared at Pinkie, speechless, “Um...I’m, Fluttershy.”

“Well it’s great to meet you Fluttershy. I think we’re gonna be super dooper totally amazing, best friends ever!”

“Um, okay, as long as it’s okay with you.”

“You’re so silly Fluttershy! You don’t seem to talk a lot, do you?!”

“Pinkie Pie dear leave the poor girl alone. You’re obviously making her nervous.” A white pony with a curly purple mane walked up behind Pinkie Pie, “I’m so sorry about that dear, she’s always obnoxious like that. My name is Rarity, and it is such a pleasure to meet you.”

“Oh, um hi. I-I-m not the best at being social, so don’t blame Pinkie Pie please.”

“Oh good, I see y’all made some new friends Fluttershy.” Applejack was standing in the front door with two baskets filled with apples.

“Oh splendid Applejack, you have the apples. Pinkie Pie, be a dear and go tell Mr. and Mrs. Cake.”

“Will do Rarity!” She hopped her way into the back room of the store.

“What do you need the apples for?”

“Well, In one week it’s the 100 year centennial celebration of Ponyville, and it’s our job to make an apple cake for the party. Maybe y’all can help with sumthin for the party. What’re y’all good at?”

“I did just learn that I’m good at working with animals.”

“Maybe y’all can get some birds together to play some music.”

“That would be simply divine. Oh you must Fluttershy. Gather some birds and teach them to play some beautiful songs.”

“Um, okay, I think I can do that. I’ll see you later, I’m gonna go gather some birds, and teach them to sing.” Fluttershy left her new friends to make the cake, and headed towards her new home, “I’m already liking this place. I think I’m gonna enjoy it here in Ponyville.” Fluttershy smiled but then remembered her two friends from Cloudsdale, “Oh, I’m so sorry you two. I just can’t go back to Cloudsdale. It’s just so wonderful down here. I hope they find it in their hearts to forgive me.”

Ponyville town hall, 10:17 A.M., August 5th, 2008, 3 years ago

“What did y’all think bout that last party Pinkie threw?”

“I thought it was nice. I especially liked the music she chose.”

“Oh, sweet, Celestia. Fluttershy, you’re alive?!”

Fluttershy turned around to see none other then her old friend Rainbow Dash, “Rainbow Dash?” Fluttershy thought, “How did she get here?”

“I thought you were dead after you never came back! What happened?!”

“Well you see, when you and the two bullies flew by me, you knocked me off of the cloud I was standing on. Midnight jumped down to save me but close to the ground a group of butterflies caught me. I loved it here on the ground so much, I decided to stay here.”

“Well did you see what happened to Midnight?”

“Oh, I don’t know what happened to Midnight. When I was caught by the butterflies, I was too taken by the cuteness of all the little critters.”

“Oh, okay.”

“Why, have you seen Midnight any time?”

“Um, no, not since I lost both of you.”

“*gasp* Fluttershy you know this pony? That’s great! You two must be friends, because you’ve been acting all chummy. And you two were reunited like-”

“Cool yer jets sugar cube.” Applejack interrupted, “Let the new pony here speak. Now, what can we do yah for?” Applejack shook Rainbow Dash’s hoof as hard as she could, “The name’s Applejack. Welcome to our beautiful little town of Ponyville. How can we help yah?”

“Ow, do you think you shook hard enough? Any way, my name is Rainbow Dash. I came here to Ponyville looking for a place to stay.”

“Hey girls I’ve got an Idea! Fluttershy came from Cloudsdale, and Rainbow Dash must’ve came from Cloudsdale two! So we should make a house out of Clouds for her! It will be like a reminder of home!”

“Pinkie Pie, outta all of the hootinany nonsense you say, that actually makes sense. Mayor Mare, can you organize a group of pegasus ponies to move the clouds?”

“Can do Applejack. Let’s organize a town meeting at noon. Can you and Pinkie gather up all of the ponies in Ponyville?”

“Don’t you worry bout that. Me’n Pinkie Pie will have them ponies rounded up faster then faster than a cow can stampede.”

“Well that’s good. We’ll see every pony in Ponyville at the town hall at noon.”

“Come on Pinkie Pie, let’s get roundin.” Applejack walked out while pinkie bounced out behind her.

“Hey Fluttershy can we head to your house now? I kinda wanna talk to you in private.”

“Oh, okay Rainbow Dash. Let’s get going.”

Fluttershy’s house, 10:45 A.M., August 5th, 2008, 3 years ago

“So, what did you wanna talk to me about?”

“It’s about Midnight, I lied when I said I haven’t seen him. I don’t know how this happened but, the day after you and Midnight came to the ground. Midnight came back up to Cloudsdale and nearly killed me.”

“What?” Fluttershy thought, “Why would such a nice pony like Midnight do such a thing?”

“But he wasn’t himself, he said he was taken over by Nightmare Moon.”

“Isn’t that just an old mare’s tale?”

“That’s what I thought, but why would Midnight just attack me like that? I had no other choice but to run. I’ve been running from him for the past 2 years. And that’s why I came here. I lied because I didn’t want any pony else to get involved. Every pony who has helped me in the past has just ended up dying. I only told you this because you’re Midnight’s friend two, and because you’re my only friend right now.”

“Well Rainbow Dash, I’m g-glad you told me. I-I think, if we tried, w-we could get through this together. Let’s just try and forget about this for now. Come on, I think we should go back to the town hall.”

Ponyville Town Hall, 12:00 P.M., August 5th, 2008, 3 years ago

“Hello every pony, and thank you for coming. We would like to welcome the newest member to Ponyville, all the way from Cloudsdale. I would like every pony to meet, Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow Dash walked out of the town hall to see all of the ponies in Ponyville, eagerly waiting for her, “She’s an old friend of Fluttershy’s, and she just came here to find a new place to live. Pinkie Pie had suggested to make her a new home out of clouds. For any pony here who wants to help with this welcome gift project, then sign up on the volunteer page in the town hall. Rainbow Dash, why don’t you go ahead and introduce yourself.

“Alright.” She walked over to the podium, “Good afternoon fillies and gentle colts. My name is Rainbow Dash, the best flier to come outta Cloudsdale. I’m happy to have received such a warm, unexpected, welcome here to Ponyville. Now I’m not so much sure how much help I’m gonna get in making my new house, but I would so totally love it if you did. Anyway, I’ll be staying with Fluttershy until I have an actual place to stay. So I’ll be there if any pony needs to talk to me. Now, does any pony have any questions for me?”

“Tell us a story from Cloudsdale.” Pinkie Pie bursted out

“Alright, here’s the story of my first day in flight school.”

Rainbow Dash’s house, 8:13 P.M., August 5th, 2008, 3 years ago

“Thanks every pony, the house is great so far.”

“We can head to Cloudsdale tomorrow to get a rainbow fall.”

“Um, Rainbow Dash, I was just wondering.”

“Yeah Fluttershy, what’s up?”

“It’s just, I know I said to put Midnight behind us for now, but do you really think it was smart to tell every pony in Ponyville about Midnight? I thought you said you don’t want any pony to get involved.”

“Hey don’t worry about it. I never even told a single pony but you about how he is now. So we’ll be fine as long as we don’t talk about him.”

“I’m sure hope you’re right Rainbow Dash. I’m not so sure having this big event over you was such a good idea either. It could just help Midnight find you easier.”

“Don’t worry so much Fluttershy, he’s not gonna find me here for a while.”

“And what will you do when he finds you again?”

“I don’t know, I might just get out of there again like I’ve been doing.”

“I’m not so sure how much running for years on end is gonna help you, If I were you, I’d find a new solution.”

“I guess I’ll see you tomorrow Rainbow Dash.”

“Oh okay, see yah later Fluttershy then.”