Author's Note

I'm going to let out the this chapter in this format this week with one chapter everyday (or at least try), but make them a little shorter, with a big finally either this weekend or the next. Enjoy and keep being awesome.

Chapter 6.2

Chapter 6.2

The dinner plateau was completely empty. Every table, every barrel and all the creatures that had occupied it was gone. It all had been moved to be around the flattened ground to get a better view of what was going to happened.

The only thing left was on the middle of the ground stood a yellow, pin-haired pegasi that looked around on every one, trying to hide herself in her hair.

Fluttershy did understand what had to be done. She had squealed when Twilight had accepted the challenge without questioning her friends first. The violet alicorn had after that turned her view directly towards Fluttershy and given her a look that said ''sorry, but what else do we have to choose?''.

And since the first challenge had something to do with animals to do and a wanting to get thing over with as soon as possible, so had Fluttershy accepted the challenge.

Spike ran out to the floor, carrying a small chair, wearing a strange green, see through cap that didn't cover his head and a towel around his neck. He put the chair down and gestured for Fluttershy to sit on it, which she gladly accepted.

Spike started to massage her neck and telling her that ''it's all going to be all right, you can do this'' and similar kind of things.

Though Fluttershy didn't feel much easier than she was still glad for the support the little baby dragon.

Two large clap echoed in the room and everyones gaze turned towards the throne. ''The first challenge is about once abilities to conquer nature.'' The wall behind the throne suddenly lighten up in a strong light blue color light and the a great flash made everypony close and cover their eyes.

When the light had disappeared everypony open their eyes again and saw that in the middle of the room stood a giant house cat. It was about as big as the kings adviser, with gray ragged fur with a few bald places her and there. ''This is the house cat of the giant king Utgarda Loki. The one who can rise one of its paws or more from the ground has succeeded, and the winner is the one with most or the highest of course.'' Beloved the king out loud.

Suddenly the ground started to vibrate, as something giant was approaching step by step, and in came a large stone statue in the form of giant naked human and placed itself on the plateau. ''This is the stone guardian of this castle, given to us as a gift from the mighty god Zeus, and who has served as this towers third defense for over 500 years.''

The king turned towards Fluttershy. ''So, challenger. Who of you will go first?''

Fluttershy looked around in the room, saw that all eyes was turned towards her. Her first instinct was to run and hide under one of the tables, but then her eyes stayed with Twilight who looked really concerned, which actually made her push on. Then her eyes stayed with Big Macintosh who made her heart leap, as it did every time she looked her coltfriend in the eye.

The last on her eyes stayed on was Rainbow, who looked at her with the same cocky Dash-smile and gave her a nod. Fluttershy nodded back at her friend who she had known for the longest time and turned her gaze to the king. ''I will.'' She said and started to walk towards the cat. As she approached the cat locked its eyes at her and gave a 'hisss'-ing sound that made Fluttershy take a few steps back.

The cat stopped, laying down again and putting it head between its front paws, still looking at the yellow mare.

Fluttershy then started to talk to the cat the same way she did to all animal and started to take shorter slower steps towards the cat. At first it seemed to work, the cat just laying there and letting Fluttershy get closer and closer.

But when the mare was about 5 feet away from the cat, it suddenly jumped in the air right towards Fluttershy. Right before it hit her with its mighty paws it locked eyes with Fluttershy and seemed to break speed comical in the air right in front of her as the crowed gasped.

The cat was lock in 'The Stare' and couldn't take it eyes away as Fluttershy started to bombard the cat with the same word she used on every animal, ''Bad, bad boy'' and such things.

The crowed just stood still at the image of a tiny mare yelling at a four to five times bigger cat. The king was laughing, being one of the two who understood the whole situation, the other one being Hartnell who looked like his eyes were going to pope out at any moment.

The cat was now laying on the floor with its head between the legs again and looked up at Fluttershy with shame. Then something weird happened.

As Fluttershy kept bombarding the cat with her own for of discipline the cat started to shrink in size And when the cat was about as big as a normal house cat. It went up to Fluttershy and started to purr against her leg as if it was asking apologize.

Fluttershy smiled down at it now and started to talk with it in her baby-voice and patted it on its back. A few minutes went by before Futtershy tried to make it jump on her back which, and after a few more minutes suddenly the cat was there, purring against Fluttershys neck.

The crowd cheered and the king roared in laughter while the adviser was so pale that it look like he was going to pass out.

Fluttersky made the cat go down and as soon as it did the stone statue came up to them. The cat was suddenly its normal size again and started to hiss at it. Fluttershy took a few steps back as the giant statue took a whole around the cats belly as it started to try to scratch it.

The giant lifted it over its head and keep up with its hand in the air, still holding the belly of the cat as high up in the air as possible. And the audience gasped.

The statue was still holding the belly of the cat, but the cat's body was stretching so much so all its paws still was on the ground, with only one toe in the air.

The audience started to murmur to one and other as Twilight shoot an eye towards the king. The gray-silver colored griffon was looking at the scene with glittering black eye, excitement filling them. He roes up from his throne and his voice started to boom across the hall.

''I believe the winner of this challenge is Fluttershy of Equestria.'' And as he finished his sentence griffons and ponies alike ran toward the yellow mare with mugs of ale, beer and cider and started to throw her high in the air.

Twilight watched the whole thing with joy and a big sigh of relieve to her friends victory. And as the plateau was emptied once again she see saw that the giant statue was on its way out of the room with trembling steps and that the cat was not there any more.

The adviser leaned to the king and spoke in a low tone. ''How is that even possible, my lord? She had a creature who could have covered and eaten this world on her back.''

The king chuckled in responds. ''Isn't it obvious, Harnell? It because it allowed her to.''

The king roes once again and started to speak. ''Good job Equestria. You have completed the first of the eight challenges.'' The crowd cheered as he took a pause. ''Now then... who will be you champions in a test of strength?''