The Battle for Fluttershy's Heartby FLUTTERSHY2424ChaptersChapter one: A Love UnknownChapter two: A Brothers SecretChapter three: A New Found LoveChapter one: A Love UnknownChapter one: A Love Unknown By: Fluttershy2424 For Fluttershy, that day started off like any normal day. Her alarm clock went off, prompting her to get up, for in thirty minutes the sun would be rising. So she got out from underneath her blanket, climbed off the side of her bed, and slipped on her slippers, which were pink with bunny ears on them. After that, she felt the need to stretch, so she did. First she stretched her forelegs then her hind-legs, which were rather sore from the day before, because Applejack came by her cottage and said she needed help apple bucking. She had tried to back out of it and see if she could get Twilight, Pinkie Pie, or Rainbow Dash to help her, but they were all busy with other stuff, so in a last attempt she said... "What about Big McIntosh; why doesn't he help you like he always does?" asked Fluttershy. "He can't help me because he threw out his back tryin tah carry too much stuff in that ol' rickety wagon of ours, and also he's been a tad bit out of it lately." replied Applejack, sounding and looking upset in her voice and expression. ''Oh dear, is he going to be alright?'' asked a worried Fluttershy. "Ah reckon so, he just needs to take it easy for a while," replied Applejack. "Oh that's good, and what do you mean by out of it?'' asked Fluttershy with a confused look. ''Ah mean recently he's been just standin around lookin at the sky like he's lookin for something,'' said Applejack. ''What is he looking for?'' asked Fluttershy. ''Ah have no idea, and every time i ask him he says 'Nothing, mind your business.'" ''Well... umm... maybe it's nothing then," said Fluttershy in a meek voice, hoping not to offend Applejack. ''That's what I'm hoping fer, cause I'm starting to worry bout him,'' replied Applejack. ''Well maybe he just wants some alone time to reflect on things,'' said Fluttershy. ''I'm hoping yer right, but anyways will you help me buck apples?" asked Applejack eagerly. ''Ummm... are you sure there's nopony else who can help you?'' asked Fluttershy, hoping Applejack wound find somepony else to help her, because physical labor wasn't exactly her forte. ''No, not today, anyways and I need to buck as many apples as I can today which wouldn't be a lot if I didn't have to do it alone, so that's why I need your help,'' said Applejack. ''OK Applejack, I'll help you buck apples,'' said Fluttershy even though she didn't want to, but what kind of friend would she be if she didn't help Applejack when she needed her? ''But first I need to wash up, eat, and then feed Angel Bunny and the woodland critters. Umm... if that's ok with you,'' said Fluttershy in her meek voice. ''That's fine, just come to Sweet Apple Acres when yawls done,'' said Applejack before she left. And with that Applejack left, and Fluttershy headed upstairs to wash up, but before she got to the stairs she was tripped by Angel, who lay on his back laughing at her. She looked at him and said, "Now that wasn't very nice, Angel, apologize." Angel still lay on his back laughing at her. ''Fine, I guess you don't want me to make you this extra special salad for you then,'' said Fluttershy in a stern voice while showing Angel Bunny a picture of the salad in the cookbook. He immediately stopped laughing and jumped up to wrap his arms around her neck to show his apology. She said thank you and continued upstairs to wash up. In the bathroom she brushed my teeth, washed her muzzle, and brushed her mane, which looked really good knowing she ended up upside down in her bed when she woke up that morning, but went to sleep right side up, so she didn't spend much time brushing her mane. Once she was done in the bathroom she started to head back downstairs but before she made it all the way she remembered that she had forgotten to actually use the bathroom, so she shot back upstairs to handle her business. After a few minutes, she was done and continued downstairs. Once downstairs, it was time to make her breakfast. Upon thinking that word her stomach rumbled, because she hadn't ate since lunch yesterday. ''Oh my, I must really be hungry,'' said Fluttershy. So she opened the refrigerator to see what she could make for breakfast, and then she saw her triple layer chocolate cake. But as soon as she did, Pinkie Pie magically popped up out of nowhere shouting, ''CAKE CAKE CAKE, WHERE'S THE CAKE?!'' while bouncing around and popping in and out of cabinets and drawers. When she finally saw the cake she stopped with her jaw dropped, mouth drooling, and huge eyes. She'd never seen Pinkie Pie stand still in one place for that long, so she got kind of worried. Just as soon as she was about to ask if she was alright, Pinkie Pie screamed, ''IS THAT A MANEHATTAN TRIPLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CHIP EXTRAORDINAIRE CAKE?!?!?'' ''Yes it is, but how do you know that when you just got here?'' asked Fluttershy, looking curiously at Pinkie Pie. ''IT'S ONLY LIKE THE BEST CAKE IN ALL OF EQUESTRIA AND IT'S MY FAVORITE!!!''said Pinkie Pie, licking her chops. ''Oh gosh... I had no idea it was that good when i bought it,'' Fluttershy said, trying to share Pinkie's enthusiasm. ''Can I have some PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE?'' asked Pinkie Pie repeatedly while on her knees begging for a piece of Fluttershy's delicious cake. ''Oh... well... I haven't even had a piece yet, Pinkie Pie,'' Fluttershy said even though she didn't like saying no to her friends. ''OHH PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU,'' begged Pinkie Pie still on her knees. Knowing Pinkie Pie, she wouldn't leave until she had a piece, and Fluttershy had things to do. ''Oh … well....ok.'' said Fluttershy with a little disappointed look on her face, but it soon vanished knowing she had made Pinkie happy. So she cut her a piece of cake and put it on a plate, and as soon as she hoofed it to her she vanished. ''Hey what about my plate?'' Fluttershy said, sounding a little irratated because she had gotten that plate for her birthday a couple months back. After saying that, Pinkie Pie popped back in to return the plate and vanished again. ''OK... glad that's over with, but I still haven't eaten anything yet and I don't have a lot of time left to eat,'' Fluttershy said to herself. She decided to skip breakfast and feed the woodland critters and then make her way over to Applejack's. After feeding the woodland critters, she left her cottage and headed to Sweet Apple Acres; upon arriving, she was met by Applejack. ''Hi Applejack,'' said Fluttershy. ''Howdy, Fluttershy, glad ya'll made it, I was starting to think ya'll wasn't coming,'' Applejack replied sounding a little worried at first, but it was replaced with relief at seeing Fluttershy before her. ''Well... umm... I kinda ran into some problems after you left, but I'm here now,'' said Fluttershy. ''Well I'm glad, now were going tah be bucking the south orchard today, which is the biggest part of our apple orchard, so I need tah know if your one hundred percent ready,'' Applejack told Fluttershy while holding both of her hooves up representing the one hundred percent. ''Ummm... yes, I'm ready,'' said Fluttershy really meaning it, because if she wanted to she could have just hid in her cottage all day. ''Well alright then, let's start heading over there,'' Applejack said enthusiastically. ''So Applejack, how's Big McIntosh doing today?'' Fluttershy asked on their walk to the south orchard, not knowing what to expect. ''Ah don't know, ah haven't seen him today, though I think he went tah town tah pick up some stuff for Granny Smith,'' Applejack replied, not knowing where he really went. ''Well that's good, it's always good to stay active when you're injured; it helps the healing process," said Fluttershy confidently, because of her knowledge on taking care of animals. ''Yeah, ah don't know nuthin bout that, but it is good for him to get out of the house for a little while, but anyways we're here so how about we start bucking some apple trees.'' said Applejack. ''OK, I'm ready,'' replied Fluttershy. ''OK, well let's get started then, YEE HAW!!!'' Applejack said while standing on her hind legs. As hours went by, they finally got half of the orchard done. ''Hey Fluttershy, how ya'll doing over there?'' Applejack asked Fluttershy because she noticed her friend's pace had slowed down. ''Oh... I'm fine,'' said Fluttershy which was a lie, because she was becoming exhausted from not eating that morning or last night. ''Well bucking all these apple trees sure is tiring; why don't we take a break and drink some of this cider ah brought with me?'' Applejack told Fluttershy because she knew Fluttershy needed a break. ''OK, that sounds like a wonderful idea!'' Fluttershy replied with utter joy to Applejack's idea. So they sat down and drank some cider for a couple minutes, then out of nowhere Applejack heard Big Mac calling her. ''APPLEJACK WHERE ARE YOU?'' Big Mac yelled, calling out for his sister ''I'M IN THE SOUTH ORCHARD,'' replied Applejack yelling to her brother. ''OK I'M COMING,'' Big Mac yelled back to his sister, eager to see her today. So Big Mac was making his way over there, feeling pretty good because he made his hard working sister lunch, so he was walking with his eyes closed and his head held high. Upon arriving, Big Mac said, ''Applejack I made you lun...'' He stopped mid-sentence and dropped the plate because once he opened his eyes he saw Fluttershy. CRACK!!! The plate hit the ground. ''Big Mac are ya'll alright, cause ya'll's looking like ya'll's seen a ghost!'' Applejack asked her big brother because she is more worried about him than before. But he said nothing; he just stood there. ''Oh my goodness, is he alright?'' Fluttershy asked Applejack, also worried because she also has never seen him act like this, though she hasn't really had any kind of contact with him. ''Ah don't think so. HELLO, EARTH TO BIG MAC!!!'' Applejack shouted while waving her hoof in front of Big Mac's face. ''Huh wha, what happened?'' Big Mac said once out of his frozen state. ''Ah have no clue. You walked up, said 'I made you lun...' and dropped the plate, and then just stood there as stiff as a board,'' Applejack said while looking curiously at her brother and wondering what happened to him. ''Oh dang, sorry bout your lunch,'' Big Mac said, apologizing for dropping her lunch on the ground. ''It's ok, but I was kinda hungry,'' Applejack replied while rubbing her stomach slowly. ''Don't worry, I'll make you another one,'' Big Mac told his sister, reassuring her that he would make her another lunch. ''That sounds good,'' said Applejack, but looking over she noticed Fluttershy looking a little famished. ''Hey Fluttershy, you hungry?'' asked Applejack. ''Oh yes, very much so, I haven't eaten since lunch yesterday!'' replied Fluttershy as she jumped up and down like Pinkie Pie does, but stopped because she saw Applejack looking at her, which caused her to hide behind her mane and blush a little bit to. ''Hey Big Mac, can you make that two plates?'' Applejack asked her brother, not noticing her brother shaking. He still stood there, nervously shaking. ''Yes, I mean no, I got stuff to do at the "place" with the "things," Big Mac said urgently, trying to get away from the yellow cream colored Pegasus. And with that, he broke into a full gallop and headed away from them, and no one knows where he went after that. ''What the hay was that about; I've never seen Big Mac act like that. What do you think of it Fluttershy?'' Applejack asked Fluttershy, not knowing what to make of what just happened. ''Oh, well I've never seen anypony act like that, so I have no idea,'' said Fluttershy, having no idea what just happened a couple of minutes ago ''Oh well, ah'll ask him bout it later, but let's get the rest of this orchard done, cause it's getting late,'' said Applejack noticing that it was almost 3:30 in the afternoon. ''Oh... yeah... umm... can we eat something first? I'm still really hungry... if that's ok with you,'' said Fluttershy, hoping Applejack would say yes, because she felt like passing out from hunger. ''Oh of course Sugarcube, let's head to the house to grab something to eat.'' When they got to the house they ate and finished the rest of the orchard. After they finished the rest of the orchard, it was almost 6:00, and the sun was setting, so Fluttershy realized she should start heading home. ''Umm... Applejack I think I should start heading home before it gets dark.'' Fluttershy told Applejack. ''Alright Fluttershy, you want me tah walk you home?'' asked Applejack. ''Umm... no, I'll be ok Applejack, but thanks for offering; I appreciate it,'' said Fluttershy, smiling warmly at Applejack. ''Alright, sugarcube you be safe out there, and ah'll see you tomorrow then,'' Applejack said while hugging Fluttershy goodbye, then letting her head on her way home. Later that day, Big Mac finally came back home. Big Mac came in the house and headed upstairs to his room. He made it to his room, closed his door, and went and laid on his bed to go to sleep. But in the room next to his is Applejack, and she heard his door shut, which let her know he was back. She planned on getting answers for what happened today, because she had never seen her brother act like this. First it was the staring up at the sky for hours, and now this random breakdown. She really started to worry for him. Author's Note Well this is the first story i've written so feel free to comment on it be it good or bad and I want to thank : IsabellaAmoreSirenix and :FoxofRairity for being my inspirations for writing this story. Hope you enjoyed it!!! Chapter two: A Brothers SecretChapter Two: A Brother's Secret By: Fluttershy2424 Applejack was in the room next to Big McIntosh, and she planned on getting answers for his very strange behavior earlier today in the orchard, so she exited her room. KNOCK KNOCK. Applejack knocked on his door, hoping he wasn't asleep, and to her surprise, he wasn't. Big Mac answered from his bed, " Eeyup, who is it?" Applejack replied in stern voice, "It's Applejack, can ah come in? We need to talk." "Eeyup," answered Big Mac as he got up from his bed to open the door to let Applejack in. "Howdy sis, what's up with you?" asked Big Mac, not noticing his sister's tone of voice when she knocked. "WHAT'S UP WITH ME, NO WHAT'S UP WITH YA'LL?!?!" yelled Applejack, but then she remembered she's not angry at him; she was more worried than anything. "Whoa, hey what's wrong with you?" asked Big Mac, shocked by his sister's sudden uproar. "Nothing, sorry, ah didn't mean to yell at ya'll like that. Ah'm just worried about ya'll is all," replied Applejack in a apologetic voice with a hint of worry, while not looking at him to hide her embarrassment for yelling at him. Big Mac looked at his sister, feigning wonder about why she was worried about him, as if he had forgotten all about what happened earlier, but he hadn't. He just wanted to avoid talking about it. "Why are you worried about me, AJ? "asked Big Mac. Applejack walked over to Big Mac and sat next to him on the floor. "Ah'm worried about ya'll because of yer strange behavior lately." "Heh Heh, what strange behavior?" asked Big Mac nervously with shifty eyes, hoping Applejack wasn't talking about earlier. "What strange behavior?" Applejack repeated, mocking Big Mac, "How about you constantly staring into the sky for hours and hours, and not tah mention your random breakdown in the orchard earlier." Hearing that caused Big Mac to hang his head in embarrassment, which caused his mane to cover his face, which was a bright shade of red, barely noticeable given his already red fur color. "Well.. Umm.. I've just been thinking a lot about Ma and Pa is all," said Big Mac, not really wanting to tell his sister why he's been acting like how he's been acting lately. "Come on Mac, I know how you act when you're thinking about Ma and Pa, and that is not it. Now come on, you can tell me whatever is troubling you. Ah'm your sister, and you can trust me," said Applejack while having her foreleg around her brother, letting him know that he can trust her. "Ah know ah can trust you, AJ," said Big Mac while hugging Applejack and rustling some of her mane, knocking her hat off. "Hey, watch the Hat," Applejack told Big Mac, giving him a glare that let him know not to touch her hat. "Sorry bout that, AJ," replied Big Mac. "So are ya'll gonna tell me what's bothering you or not?" Applejack asked with frustration. Reluctantly, Big Mac felt it was time to tell his sister what was going on. "Well... Umm... Applejack I'm in l.... "You're in what, speak up, I can't hear a thing ya'll sayin," said Applejack because the last part of Big Mac's sentence went below a whisper. "Well... I'm in l..." Not able to build up enough courage, That was all Big Mac could say once again. "Spit it out already, Big Mac," Applejack said as she started to get frustrated with him. OK, you can do this Big Mac, he said to himself and then finally, building up all of his courage, "I'M IN LOVE WITH FLUTTERSHY!" After telling Applejack that, he hid his face behind his hooves, and Applejack just sat there with her mouth hanging open, but after taking a moment to process that, Applejack finally said, "So ya'll telling me the whole reason ya'll was acting strange is because of your love for Fluttershy?" "Eeyup," said Big Mac in a low, embarrassed voice while still covering his face. "Well why didn't ya'll just tell me from start?" asked Applejack. "Well ah didn't think ya'll would appreciate me liking one of your friends to be honest, and I've been in love with her for a while noW," said Big Mac, hoping he hadn't upset his sister. "To be honest Big Mac, ah would rather you like one of my friends instead of some strange pony that ah don't know," replied Applejack. "So you're not mad at me then?" asked Big Mac. "Of course ah'm not mad at you. You're my brother and ah love you, but also ah trust you to make good decisions," said Applejack before hugging her brother and getting up to leave his room, but before she could, Big Mac stopped her. "Thanks, AJ," said Big Mac, giving his sister a big smile. "Of course," said Applejack before finally leaving Big Mac's room. Author's Note Well here's chapter two sorry it was so short but it only had to do with finding out what was up with Big McIntosh, but any ways i hope you enjoyed it please leave comments, they let me know how i'm doing Chapter three: A New Found LoveChapter three: A New Found Love By: Fluttershy2424 and AppleJack40 With inspiration from PressStart Fluttershy Woke up to Princess Celestia's beautiful sun shining through the curtains of her bedroom windows. So she proceeded to sit up on her bed. She yawned then stretched, while rubbing the sleep from her eyes with one hoof and taking the blanket off of herself with the other hoof. When she finally opened her eyes all the way she noticed Angel Bunny at the foot of her bed, he was standing there tapping his foot impatiently while pointing at a book he was holding. Fluttershy then noticed that it was the cookbook he was holding. "Oh good morning Angel, what are you doing up this early?" asked Fluttershy "num num." Said Angel while throwing the cookbook at Fluttershy, which landed right in front of her. While looking at the cookbook, she recognized the recipe. "Oh you want the salad I showed you yesterday?" replied Fluttershy he responded by shaking his head up and down very quickly causing his ear's to hit his face. "Well a promise is a promise, just give Mama some time to get ready, OK." replied Fluttershy She briskly trotted to the bathroom to start her day, After Fluttershy's normal routine of washing up, and feeding the animals, she headed back upstairs to fetch the cookbook to see what she needs to make Angel's salad, once she got it she headed downstairs and into the kitchen. When she got to the kitchen, she walked over to the counter and set the cookbook on it, than opened it to the page with the salad Angel wanted, she then read the ingredients. "Huh, let see what we need, Ummm lettuce, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cheese, whip-cream, and a cherry."said Fluttershy. After she read the ingredients she made her way to the refrigerator, and to her amazement she barely had half of the ingredients she needed to make the salad. "What, how is this possible, when I just went grocery shopping the other day?" Fluttershy thought to herself. Angel Bunny came up to Fluttershy and tapped on her hoof while rubbing his stomach, which snapped her out of her thought. "Oh, I'm sorry Angel, but your going to have to wait a little longer for your salad, because I don't have the necessary ingredients to make it, so i'm going to have to go to town and pick them up." said Fluttershy As disappointed as Angel was, he just waved her off and left the kitchen. With that, Fluttershy went into her closet and grabbed her saddlebag and placed it on her back, than proceeded upstairs to get some bits. Once she was done she headed back downstairs and towards the front door, she opened the door and took a deep breath, smelling the morning air, she then exhaled and closed the door behind her and started on her way to Ponyville square. ******** Meanwhile in another part of ponyville, Bulk Bicep was in a field getting his workout on, doing push-ups, sit-ups and things of that nature. Bulk Bicep was the epitome of masculinity, he was toned to the core, with muscles rippling throughout every part of his body... except his wing, I mean his wings made it look like Scootaloo had wings like Princess Celestia, but today was the day were he was going to try and change that. " 51....52....53....54....55....56....57....58.......59..........60.....YEAHHH " Bulk counted out as he finished up the last of his push-ups, with sweat rolling off his brow from his vigorous workout session. " Now for the whole reason I came out here, time to work these puny wings. " So he started with stretching his wing, which wasn't very easy since there wasn't a lot of wing to stretch. He then flapped his tiny wing slowly lifting him of the ground and in ten minutes time, he was above the orchard tree. The tree was about half the size of Twilight 's house. "YEA! That's a new record." Bulk Biceps yelled at his achievement. He continued flying for another five minutes, using all the strength he's built up over the years, but he started to feel a constant burning sensation in his wings " I can do it, I can do it, I can do it " is what he was saying in his head, But not long after, his wing power was fading and before he could attempt to land his wings gave out. " Ohhhhh Noooooo " is all he was able to say before he started free falling headfirst to the ground below, "WHOOOOA" crashing through a few trees only to end up getting stuck between two in the process. "AHRG, UHMP, EUHG, GOT.. TO.. GET.. FREE. " but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't free himself from inbetween the trees, so after about five minutes of struggling to get free, he finally gave up hope. " HELLOOO, CAN ANYPONY HEAR ME, HELLOOO. " not long after he got stuck he started panicking, thinking that nopony would find him. " HELLLLP!!!...., SOMEPONY!!!, ANYPONY!!! " ********* Meanwhile Fluttershy still on her way to the market to pickup the groceries, was stuck in thought. " Oh, it's such a beautiful day out, the perfect day for me to hangout with my friends. " but her thought was cut off when she heard a faint rustling noise nearby, she started to venture forward, but then she came to a complete stop when a thought struck her, " Oh dear, what if it's a Timberwolf or..or some other type of horrendous monster that eats ponies, oh,no,no,no. " and with that thought she headed back to the path that lead to the market, that was until she heard a very faint " HELLOOO, CAN ANYPONY HEAR ME, HELLOOO. " " Ummm, hello, is anypony there? " she replied wondering where the mystery voice came from, but the voice didn't answer back, so she thought she was hearing things, holding a hoof to her head trying to see if she could catch the tiniest hint of the voice, after about three minutes of nothing she decided it was time to leave and pickup the groceries, but just as she turned around she heard the mystery voice again, " HELLLLP!!!...., SOMEPONY!!!, ANYPONY!!! " but this time it sounded scared and panicky, like it's life was in danger. She threw caution to the wind and dashed towards the voice, " Ummm... hold on, i'm coming. " She couldn't hear the voice anymore, but she had a good idea of which direction it came from, so as she was running she had to jump over a couple fallen trees and tree branches, but after a while, she started to worry for the mystery pony. " Oh dear, what am I going to do... hello are you still there? " " HELLO IS SOMEPONY THERE, PLEASE HELP, I'M STUCK " Bulk said hearing somepony in the distance. " Oh, ummm, yes, where are you? " replied Fluttershy " I DON'T KNOW, I'M STUCK BETWEEN TWO TREES. " retorted Bulk, ready to be freed from the trees Fluttershy headed to the voice, it seeming to get closer with every hoofstep and before she knew it she had found the pony, but the way she found him, she couldn't help but let out a little giggle, " Heehee, ummm, mister are you ok, are you hurt? " "YEAHHHH, I'M FINE, JUST GOT NERVOUS IS ALL, THOUGHT NOPONY WAS GOING TO FIND ME. " Bulk said finally relaxing " Well, don't worry I'll try to get you out of there, I hope. " Fluttershy floated up and pulled Bulk free from the tree's. Fluttershy couldn't stop giggling at his predicament, which resulted in Bulk to blush. Fluttershy started to leave when Bulk spoke up. "Where are you going?" Bulk asked, his blush not leaving his face. Fluttershy giggled and smiled at him. "I have shopping to do." Fluttershy replied and Bulk blushed harder at her smiling face. If he didn't believe in love at first sight, he believes it now. Fluttershy left to go and shop for Angel. It didn't take long to get most of the ingredients and all she had left to do is get the cherry. Fluttershy placed two bits on the counter then reached for the cherry, but her hoof was slapped away. "Are you trying to steal from me?" The clerk asked angrily. "Oh no. I'd never do that. I'd paid the two bits, see?" Fluttershy said pointing at the bits. "It's four bits now since today." The clerk said sternly. Fluttershy looked down and rubbed her forhooves together. "But I two bits is all I have left." Fluttershy said and a bulky stallion stood in front of Fluttershy. "LOWER YOUR PRICE!" Bulk said staring intensely down on the clerk. "Okay fine, take your cherry and go." The clerk said backing away, then Bulk took the cherry and placed it in Fluttershy's saddlebags. "FOR HELPING ME EARIER!" Bulk said smiling. Fluttershy then kissed Bulk on the cheek which made Bulk blush bright red. "Thank you. I'll see you later then." Fluttershy said smiling before leaving to make Angel 's meal. Author's Note Sup, all those brony's and pegasister's out there. To those who do and don't know me, I'm Fluttershy2424's new co-author PressStart. He asked me to continue The Battle for Fluttershy's Heart for him, because of the fact he has work and can't be here at times. I'll be filling in for him when he isn't here. I'm only here to help and not take over. At least I hope that it won't end up like that. Anyways, This is PressStart reminding you to press start.(yes this is my catch phrase and if Fluttershy2424 wants to take this part down. I won't object.)
Chapter one: A Love UnknownChapter one: A Love Unknown By: Fluttershy2424 For Fluttershy, that day started off like any normal day. Her alarm clock went off, prompting her to get up, for in thirty minutes the sun would be rising. So she got out from underneath her blanket, climbed off the side of her bed, and slipped on her slippers, which were pink with bunny ears on them. After that, she felt the need to stretch, so she did. First she stretched her forelegs then her hind-legs, which were rather sore from the day before, because Applejack came by her cottage and said she needed help apple bucking. She had tried to back out of it and see if she could get Twilight, Pinkie Pie, or Rainbow Dash to help her, but they were all busy with other stuff, so in a last attempt she said... "What about Big McIntosh; why doesn't he help you like he always does?" asked Fluttershy. "He can't help me because he threw out his back tryin tah carry too much stuff in that ol' rickety wagon of ours, and also he's been a tad bit out of it lately." replied Applejack, sounding and looking upset in her voice and expression. ''Oh dear, is he going to be alright?'' asked a worried Fluttershy. "Ah reckon so, he just needs to take it easy for a while," replied Applejack. "Oh that's good, and what do you mean by out of it?'' asked Fluttershy with a confused look. ''Ah mean recently he's been just standin around lookin at the sky like he's lookin for something,'' said Applejack. ''What is he looking for?'' asked Fluttershy. ''Ah have no idea, and every time i ask him he says 'Nothing, mind your business.'" ''Well... umm... maybe it's nothing then," said Fluttershy in a meek voice, hoping not to offend Applejack. ''That's what I'm hoping fer, cause I'm starting to worry bout him,'' replied Applejack. ''Well maybe he just wants some alone time to reflect on things,'' said Fluttershy. ''I'm hoping yer right, but anyways will you help me buck apples?" asked Applejack eagerly. ''Ummm... are you sure there's nopony else who can help you?'' asked Fluttershy, hoping Applejack wound find somepony else to help her, because physical labor wasn't exactly her forte. ''No, not today, anyways and I need to buck as many apples as I can today which wouldn't be a lot if I didn't have to do it alone, so that's why I need your help,'' said Applejack. ''OK Applejack, I'll help you buck apples,'' said Fluttershy even though she didn't want to, but what kind of friend would she be if she didn't help Applejack when she needed her? ''But first I need to wash up, eat, and then feed Angel Bunny and the woodland critters. Umm... if that's ok with you,'' said Fluttershy in her meek voice. ''That's fine, just come to Sweet Apple Acres when yawls done,'' said Applejack before she left. And with that Applejack left, and Fluttershy headed upstairs to wash up, but before she got to the stairs she was tripped by Angel, who lay on his back laughing at her. She looked at him and said, "Now that wasn't very nice, Angel, apologize." Angel still lay on his back laughing at her. ''Fine, I guess you don't want me to make you this extra special salad for you then,'' said Fluttershy in a stern voice while showing Angel Bunny a picture of the salad in the cookbook. He immediately stopped laughing and jumped up to wrap his arms around her neck to show his apology. She said thank you and continued upstairs to wash up. In the bathroom she brushed my teeth, washed her muzzle, and brushed her mane, which looked really good knowing she ended up upside down in her bed when she woke up that morning, but went to sleep right side up, so she didn't spend much time brushing her mane. Once she was done in the bathroom she started to head back downstairs but before she made it all the way she remembered that she had forgotten to actually use the bathroom, so she shot back upstairs to handle her business. After a few minutes, she was done and continued downstairs. Once downstairs, it was time to make her breakfast. Upon thinking that word her stomach rumbled, because she hadn't ate since lunch yesterday. ''Oh my, I must really be hungry,'' said Fluttershy. So she opened the refrigerator to see what she could make for breakfast, and then she saw her triple layer chocolate cake. But as soon as she did, Pinkie Pie magically popped up out of nowhere shouting, ''CAKE CAKE CAKE, WHERE'S THE CAKE?!'' while bouncing around and popping in and out of cabinets and drawers. When she finally saw the cake she stopped with her jaw dropped, mouth drooling, and huge eyes. She'd never seen Pinkie Pie stand still in one place for that long, so she got kind of worried. Just as soon as she was about to ask if she was alright, Pinkie Pie screamed, ''IS THAT A MANEHATTAN TRIPLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CHIP EXTRAORDINAIRE CAKE?!?!?'' ''Yes it is, but how do you know that when you just got here?'' asked Fluttershy, looking curiously at Pinkie Pie. ''IT'S ONLY LIKE THE BEST CAKE IN ALL OF EQUESTRIA AND IT'S MY FAVORITE!!!''said Pinkie Pie, licking her chops. ''Oh gosh... I had no idea it was that good when i bought it,'' Fluttershy said, trying to share Pinkie's enthusiasm. ''Can I have some PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE?'' asked Pinkie Pie repeatedly while on her knees begging for a piece of Fluttershy's delicious cake. ''Oh... well... I haven't even had a piece yet, Pinkie Pie,'' Fluttershy said even though she didn't like saying no to her friends. ''OHH PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU,'' begged Pinkie Pie still on her knees. Knowing Pinkie Pie, she wouldn't leave until she had a piece, and Fluttershy had things to do. ''Oh … well....ok.'' said Fluttershy with a little disappointed look on her face, but it soon vanished knowing she had made Pinkie happy. So she cut her a piece of cake and put it on a plate, and as soon as she hoofed it to her she vanished. ''Hey what about my plate?'' Fluttershy said, sounding a little irratated because she had gotten that plate for her birthday a couple months back. After saying that, Pinkie Pie popped back in to return the plate and vanished again. ''OK... glad that's over with, but I still haven't eaten anything yet and I don't have a lot of time left to eat,'' Fluttershy said to herself. She decided to skip breakfast and feed the woodland critters and then make her way over to Applejack's. After feeding the woodland critters, she left her cottage and headed to Sweet Apple Acres; upon arriving, she was met by Applejack. ''Hi Applejack,'' said Fluttershy. ''Howdy, Fluttershy, glad ya'll made it, I was starting to think ya'll wasn't coming,'' Applejack replied sounding a little worried at first, but it was replaced with relief at seeing Fluttershy before her. ''Well... umm... I kinda ran into some problems after you left, but I'm here now,'' said Fluttershy. ''Well I'm glad, now were going tah be bucking the south orchard today, which is the biggest part of our apple orchard, so I need tah know if your one hundred percent ready,'' Applejack told Fluttershy while holding both of her hooves up representing the one hundred percent. ''Ummm... yes, I'm ready,'' said Fluttershy really meaning it, because if she wanted to she could have just hid in her cottage all day. ''Well alright then, let's start heading over there,'' Applejack said enthusiastically. ''So Applejack, how's Big McIntosh doing today?'' Fluttershy asked on their walk to the south orchard, not knowing what to expect. ''Ah don't know, ah haven't seen him today, though I think he went tah town tah pick up some stuff for Granny Smith,'' Applejack replied, not knowing where he really went. ''Well that's good, it's always good to stay active when you're injured; it helps the healing process," said Fluttershy confidently, because of her knowledge on taking care of animals. ''Yeah, ah don't know nuthin bout that, but it is good for him to get out of the house for a little while, but anyways we're here so how about we start bucking some apple trees.'' said Applejack. ''OK, I'm ready,'' replied Fluttershy. ''OK, well let's get started then, YEE HAW!!!'' Applejack said while standing on her hind legs. As hours went by, they finally got half of the orchard done. ''Hey Fluttershy, how ya'll doing over there?'' Applejack asked Fluttershy because she noticed her friend's pace had slowed down. ''Oh... I'm fine,'' said Fluttershy which was a lie, because she was becoming exhausted from not eating that morning or last night. ''Well bucking all these apple trees sure is tiring; why don't we take a break and drink some of this cider ah brought with me?'' Applejack told Fluttershy because she knew Fluttershy needed a break. ''OK, that sounds like a wonderful idea!'' Fluttershy replied with utter joy to Applejack's idea. So they sat down and drank some cider for a couple minutes, then out of nowhere Applejack heard Big Mac calling her. ''APPLEJACK WHERE ARE YOU?'' Big Mac yelled, calling out for his sister ''I'M IN THE SOUTH ORCHARD,'' replied Applejack yelling to her brother. ''OK I'M COMING,'' Big Mac yelled back to his sister, eager to see her today. So Big Mac was making his way over there, feeling pretty good because he made his hard working sister lunch, so he was walking with his eyes closed and his head held high. Upon arriving, Big Mac said, ''Applejack I made you lun...'' He stopped mid-sentence and dropped the plate because once he opened his eyes he saw Fluttershy. CRACK!!! The plate hit the ground. ''Big Mac are ya'll alright, cause ya'll's looking like ya'll's seen a ghost!'' Applejack asked her big brother because she is more worried about him than before. But he said nothing; he just stood there. ''Oh my goodness, is he alright?'' Fluttershy asked Applejack, also worried because she also has never seen him act like this, though she hasn't really had any kind of contact with him. ''Ah don't think so. HELLO, EARTH TO BIG MAC!!!'' Applejack shouted while waving her hoof in front of Big Mac's face. ''Huh wha, what happened?'' Big Mac said once out of his frozen state. ''Ah have no clue. You walked up, said 'I made you lun...' and dropped the plate, and then just stood there as stiff as a board,'' Applejack said while looking curiously at her brother and wondering what happened to him. ''Oh dang, sorry bout your lunch,'' Big Mac said, apologizing for dropping her lunch on the ground. ''It's ok, but I was kinda hungry,'' Applejack replied while rubbing her stomach slowly. ''Don't worry, I'll make you another one,'' Big Mac told his sister, reassuring her that he would make her another lunch. ''That sounds good,'' said Applejack, but looking over she noticed Fluttershy looking a little famished. ''Hey Fluttershy, you hungry?'' asked Applejack. ''Oh yes, very much so, I haven't eaten since lunch yesterday!'' replied Fluttershy as she jumped up and down like Pinkie Pie does, but stopped because she saw Applejack looking at her, which caused her to hide behind her mane and blush a little bit to. ''Hey Big Mac, can you make that two plates?'' Applejack asked her brother, not noticing her brother shaking. He still stood there, nervously shaking. ''Yes, I mean no, I got stuff to do at the "place" with the "things," Big Mac said urgently, trying to get away from the yellow cream colored Pegasus. And with that, he broke into a full gallop and headed away from them, and no one knows where he went after that. ''What the hay was that about; I've never seen Big Mac act like that. What do you think of it Fluttershy?'' Applejack asked Fluttershy, not knowing what to make of what just happened. ''Oh, well I've never seen anypony act like that, so I have no idea,'' said Fluttershy, having no idea what just happened a couple of minutes ago ''Oh well, ah'll ask him bout it later, but let's get the rest of this orchard done, cause it's getting late,'' said Applejack noticing that it was almost 3:30 in the afternoon. ''Oh... yeah... umm... can we eat something first? I'm still really hungry... if that's ok with you,'' said Fluttershy, hoping Applejack would say yes, because she felt like passing out from hunger. ''Oh of course Sugarcube, let's head to the house to grab something to eat.'' When they got to the house they ate and finished the rest of the orchard. After they finished the rest of the orchard, it was almost 6:00, and the sun was setting, so Fluttershy realized she should start heading home. ''Umm... Applejack I think I should start heading home before it gets dark.'' Fluttershy told Applejack. ''Alright Fluttershy, you want me tah walk you home?'' asked Applejack. ''Umm... no, I'll be ok Applejack, but thanks for offering; I appreciate it,'' said Fluttershy, smiling warmly at Applejack. ''Alright, sugarcube you be safe out there, and ah'll see you tomorrow then,'' Applejack said while hugging Fluttershy goodbye, then letting her head on her way home. Later that day, Big Mac finally came back home. Big Mac came in the house and headed upstairs to his room. He made it to his room, closed his door, and went and laid on his bed to go to sleep. But in the room next to his is Applejack, and she heard his door shut, which let her know he was back. She planned on getting answers for what happened today, because she had never seen her brother act like this. First it was the staring up at the sky for hours, and now this random breakdown. She really started to worry for him. Author's Note Well this is the first story i've written so feel free to comment on it be it good or bad and I want to thank : IsabellaAmoreSirenix and :FoxofRairity for being my inspirations for writing this story. Hope you enjoyed it!!!
Chapter two: A Brothers SecretChapter Two: A Brother's Secret By: Fluttershy2424 Applejack was in the room next to Big McIntosh, and she planned on getting answers for his very strange behavior earlier today in the orchard, so she exited her room. KNOCK KNOCK. Applejack knocked on his door, hoping he wasn't asleep, and to her surprise, he wasn't. Big Mac answered from his bed, " Eeyup, who is it?" Applejack replied in stern voice, "It's Applejack, can ah come in? We need to talk." "Eeyup," answered Big Mac as he got up from his bed to open the door to let Applejack in. "Howdy sis, what's up with you?" asked Big Mac, not noticing his sister's tone of voice when she knocked. "WHAT'S UP WITH ME, NO WHAT'S UP WITH YA'LL?!?!" yelled Applejack, but then she remembered she's not angry at him; she was more worried than anything. "Whoa, hey what's wrong with you?" asked Big Mac, shocked by his sister's sudden uproar. "Nothing, sorry, ah didn't mean to yell at ya'll like that. Ah'm just worried about ya'll is all," replied Applejack in a apologetic voice with a hint of worry, while not looking at him to hide her embarrassment for yelling at him. Big Mac looked at his sister, feigning wonder about why she was worried about him, as if he had forgotten all about what happened earlier, but he hadn't. He just wanted to avoid talking about it. "Why are you worried about me, AJ? "asked Big Mac. Applejack walked over to Big Mac and sat next to him on the floor. "Ah'm worried about ya'll because of yer strange behavior lately." "Heh Heh, what strange behavior?" asked Big Mac nervously with shifty eyes, hoping Applejack wasn't talking about earlier. "What strange behavior?" Applejack repeated, mocking Big Mac, "How about you constantly staring into the sky for hours and hours, and not tah mention your random breakdown in the orchard earlier." Hearing that caused Big Mac to hang his head in embarrassment, which caused his mane to cover his face, which was a bright shade of red, barely noticeable given his already red fur color. "Well.. Umm.. I've just been thinking a lot about Ma and Pa is all," said Big Mac, not really wanting to tell his sister why he's been acting like how he's been acting lately. "Come on Mac, I know how you act when you're thinking about Ma and Pa, and that is not it. Now come on, you can tell me whatever is troubling you. Ah'm your sister, and you can trust me," said Applejack while having her foreleg around her brother, letting him know that he can trust her. "Ah know ah can trust you, AJ," said Big Mac while hugging Applejack and rustling some of her mane, knocking her hat off. "Hey, watch the Hat," Applejack told Big Mac, giving him a glare that let him know not to touch her hat. "Sorry bout that, AJ," replied Big Mac. "So are ya'll gonna tell me what's bothering you or not?" Applejack asked with frustration. Reluctantly, Big Mac felt it was time to tell his sister what was going on. "Well... Umm... Applejack I'm in l.... "You're in what, speak up, I can't hear a thing ya'll sayin," said Applejack because the last part of Big Mac's sentence went below a whisper. "Well... I'm in l..." Not able to build up enough courage, That was all Big Mac could say once again. "Spit it out already, Big Mac," Applejack said as she started to get frustrated with him. OK, you can do this Big Mac, he said to himself and then finally, building up all of his courage, "I'M IN LOVE WITH FLUTTERSHY!" After telling Applejack that, he hid his face behind his hooves, and Applejack just sat there with her mouth hanging open, but after taking a moment to process that, Applejack finally said, "So ya'll telling me the whole reason ya'll was acting strange is because of your love for Fluttershy?" "Eeyup," said Big Mac in a low, embarrassed voice while still covering his face. "Well why didn't ya'll just tell me from start?" asked Applejack. "Well ah didn't think ya'll would appreciate me liking one of your friends to be honest, and I've been in love with her for a while noW," said Big Mac, hoping he hadn't upset his sister. "To be honest Big Mac, ah would rather you like one of my friends instead of some strange pony that ah don't know," replied Applejack. "So you're not mad at me then?" asked Big Mac. "Of course ah'm not mad at you. You're my brother and ah love you, but also ah trust you to make good decisions," said Applejack before hugging her brother and getting up to leave his room, but before she could, Big Mac stopped her. "Thanks, AJ," said Big Mac, giving his sister a big smile. "Of course," said Applejack before finally leaving Big Mac's room. Author's Note Well here's chapter two sorry it was so short but it only had to do with finding out what was up with Big McIntosh, but any ways i hope you enjoyed it please leave comments, they let me know how i'm doing
Chapter three: A New Found LoveChapter three: A New Found Love By: Fluttershy2424 and AppleJack40 With inspiration from PressStart Fluttershy Woke up to Princess Celestia's beautiful sun shining through the curtains of her bedroom windows. So she proceeded to sit up on her bed. She yawned then stretched, while rubbing the sleep from her eyes with one hoof and taking the blanket off of herself with the other hoof. When she finally opened her eyes all the way she noticed Angel Bunny at the foot of her bed, he was standing there tapping his foot impatiently while pointing at a book he was holding. Fluttershy then noticed that it was the cookbook he was holding. "Oh good morning Angel, what are you doing up this early?" asked Fluttershy "num num." Said Angel while throwing the cookbook at Fluttershy, which landed right in front of her. While looking at the cookbook, she recognized the recipe. "Oh you want the salad I showed you yesterday?" replied Fluttershy he responded by shaking his head up and down very quickly causing his ear's to hit his face. "Well a promise is a promise, just give Mama some time to get ready, OK." replied Fluttershy She briskly trotted to the bathroom to start her day, After Fluttershy's normal routine of washing up, and feeding the animals, she headed back upstairs to fetch the cookbook to see what she needs to make Angel's salad, once she got it she headed downstairs and into the kitchen. When she got to the kitchen, she walked over to the counter and set the cookbook on it, than opened it to the page with the salad Angel wanted, she then read the ingredients. "Huh, let see what we need, Ummm lettuce, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cheese, whip-cream, and a cherry."said Fluttershy. After she read the ingredients she made her way to the refrigerator, and to her amazement she barely had half of the ingredients she needed to make the salad. "What, how is this possible, when I just went grocery shopping the other day?" Fluttershy thought to herself. Angel Bunny came up to Fluttershy and tapped on her hoof while rubbing his stomach, which snapped her out of her thought. "Oh, I'm sorry Angel, but your going to have to wait a little longer for your salad, because I don't have the necessary ingredients to make it, so i'm going to have to go to town and pick them up." said Fluttershy As disappointed as Angel was, he just waved her off and left the kitchen. With that, Fluttershy went into her closet and grabbed her saddlebag and placed it on her back, than proceeded upstairs to get some bits. Once she was done she headed back downstairs and towards the front door, she opened the door and took a deep breath, smelling the morning air, she then exhaled and closed the door behind her and started on her way to Ponyville square. ******** Meanwhile in another part of ponyville, Bulk Bicep was in a field getting his workout on, doing push-ups, sit-ups and things of that nature. Bulk Bicep was the epitome of masculinity, he was toned to the core, with muscles rippling throughout every part of his body... except his wing, I mean his wings made it look like Scootaloo had wings like Princess Celestia, but today was the day were he was going to try and change that. " 51....52....53....54....55....56....57....58.......59..........60.....YEAHHH " Bulk counted out as he finished up the last of his push-ups, with sweat rolling off his brow from his vigorous workout session. " Now for the whole reason I came out here, time to work these puny wings. " So he started with stretching his wing, which wasn't very easy since there wasn't a lot of wing to stretch. He then flapped his tiny wing slowly lifting him of the ground and in ten minutes time, he was above the orchard tree. The tree was about half the size of Twilight 's house. "YEA! That's a new record." Bulk Biceps yelled at his achievement. He continued flying for another five minutes, using all the strength he's built up over the years, but he started to feel a constant burning sensation in his wings " I can do it, I can do it, I can do it " is what he was saying in his head, But not long after, his wing power was fading and before he could attempt to land his wings gave out. " Ohhhhh Noooooo " is all he was able to say before he started free falling headfirst to the ground below, "WHOOOOA" crashing through a few trees only to end up getting stuck between two in the process. "AHRG, UHMP, EUHG, GOT.. TO.. GET.. FREE. " but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't free himself from inbetween the trees, so after about five minutes of struggling to get free, he finally gave up hope. " HELLOOO, CAN ANYPONY HEAR ME, HELLOOO. " not long after he got stuck he started panicking, thinking that nopony would find him. " HELLLLP!!!...., SOMEPONY!!!, ANYPONY!!! " ********* Meanwhile Fluttershy still on her way to the market to pickup the groceries, was stuck in thought. " Oh, it's such a beautiful day out, the perfect day for me to hangout with my friends. " but her thought was cut off when she heard a faint rustling noise nearby, she started to venture forward, but then she came to a complete stop when a thought struck her, " Oh dear, what if it's a Timberwolf or..or some other type of horrendous monster that eats ponies, oh,no,no,no. " and with that thought she headed back to the path that lead to the market, that was until she heard a very faint " HELLOOO, CAN ANYPONY HEAR ME, HELLOOO. " " Ummm, hello, is anypony there? " she replied wondering where the mystery voice came from, but the voice didn't answer back, so she thought she was hearing things, holding a hoof to her head trying to see if she could catch the tiniest hint of the voice, after about three minutes of nothing she decided it was time to leave and pickup the groceries, but just as she turned around she heard the mystery voice again, " HELLLLP!!!...., SOMEPONY!!!, ANYPONY!!! " but this time it sounded scared and panicky, like it's life was in danger. She threw caution to the wind and dashed towards the voice, " Ummm... hold on, i'm coming. " She couldn't hear the voice anymore, but she had a good idea of which direction it came from, so as she was running she had to jump over a couple fallen trees and tree branches, but after a while, she started to worry for the mystery pony. " Oh dear, what am I going to do... hello are you still there? " " HELLO IS SOMEPONY THERE, PLEASE HELP, I'M STUCK " Bulk said hearing somepony in the distance. " Oh, ummm, yes, where are you? " replied Fluttershy " I DON'T KNOW, I'M STUCK BETWEEN TWO TREES. " retorted Bulk, ready to be freed from the trees Fluttershy headed to the voice, it seeming to get closer with every hoofstep and before she knew it she had found the pony, but the way she found him, she couldn't help but let out a little giggle, " Heehee, ummm, mister are you ok, are you hurt? " "YEAHHHH, I'M FINE, JUST GOT NERVOUS IS ALL, THOUGHT NOPONY WAS GOING TO FIND ME. " Bulk said finally relaxing " Well, don't worry I'll try to get you out of there, I hope. " Fluttershy floated up and pulled Bulk free from the tree's. Fluttershy couldn't stop giggling at his predicament, which resulted in Bulk to blush. Fluttershy started to leave when Bulk spoke up. "Where are you going?" Bulk asked, his blush not leaving his face. Fluttershy giggled and smiled at him. "I have shopping to do." Fluttershy replied and Bulk blushed harder at her smiling face. If he didn't believe in love at first sight, he believes it now. Fluttershy left to go and shop for Angel. It didn't take long to get most of the ingredients and all she had left to do is get the cherry. Fluttershy placed two bits on the counter then reached for the cherry, but her hoof was slapped away. "Are you trying to steal from me?" The clerk asked angrily. "Oh no. I'd never do that. I'd paid the two bits, see?" Fluttershy said pointing at the bits. "It's four bits now since today." The clerk said sternly. Fluttershy looked down and rubbed her forhooves together. "But I two bits is all I have left." Fluttershy said and a bulky stallion stood in front of Fluttershy. "LOWER YOUR PRICE!" Bulk said staring intensely down on the clerk. "Okay fine, take your cherry and go." The clerk said backing away, then Bulk took the cherry and placed it in Fluttershy's saddlebags. "FOR HELPING ME EARIER!" Bulk said smiling. Fluttershy then kissed Bulk on the cheek which made Bulk blush bright red. "Thank you. I'll see you later then." Fluttershy said smiling before leaving to make Angel 's meal. Author's Note Sup, all those brony's and pegasister's out there. To those who do and don't know me, I'm Fluttershy2424's new co-author PressStart. He asked me to continue The Battle for Fluttershy's Heart for him, because of the fact he has work and can't be here at times. I'll be filling in for him when he isn't here. I'm only here to help and not take over. At least I hope that it won't end up like that. Anyways, This is PressStart reminding you to press start.(yes this is my catch phrase and if Fluttershy2424 wants to take this part down. I won't object.)
