As if right on cue, there was a knock at her door.

The Pegasus slipped out a quick eep! and landed, then ran for her door. She put her hoof on the doorknob and took a quick breath before opening it. Standing right in front of her was a very tall, slim stallion. He resembled the shaking little mare in front of him quite a bit, as well. Almost as if the two were mirror images of each other. As if, Fluttershy was looking at her male counterpart. The stallion standing in front of her shared the same pastel yellow coat that she had. His mane was even the same pastel pink. His tale was shorter than his female counterparts, and a lot poofier. His mane only went down his neck a little bit, and was styled in a way where parts of it went around his ears. His eyes were the same color but the shape was not as similar as hers. From afar, a stranger might think that there was another Fluttershy, just like what happened when Pinkie Pie had found the magic mirror pond. Up close, it would have seemed that one of Twilight Sparkle’s spells went wrong. There was almost nothing setting the two ponies apart, aside from the facts that the stallion was taller, a male and had a different cutie mark. His cutie mark resembled somewhat of a column, commonly seen in Cloudsdale architecture. His seemed to be made out of clouds, based on the fluffy and puffy texture the cutie mark had upon inspection.

He opened his mouth, and Fluttershy braced for the worst. She ducked her head and looked up at the stallion, putting on a fake smile. “Fluttershy!” He said in a charmed manor. He picked up the mares head and gave her a warm hug, something that Fluttershy had never gotten from her brother. She stood speechless. This was very new to her. “It Is great to see you, sis! It feels like it has been years since we last spoke. How have you been?” He smiled and let himself into her cottage. The pastel stallion trotted around, inspecting every little bit of the home. Fluttershy just watched in utter confusion. But, she managed to get a whole sentence out, “I- um... It's great to see you too, Stilo.” He turned to her and smiled, then went back to his examining. Fluttershy walked over to her couch and took a seat, watching as her brother walked throughout the first floor of her home. He did this whenever he visited, though his visits were not often. But when he did visit her, his first task was to find every flaw and change that she had made to her home- exterior and interior. As much as Stilo worked on exteriors in his profession, he worked just as much on interiors. He once boasted doing the interior decorating for the home of the mayor of Cloudsdale. As he looked through the house Stilo seemed to mumble little comments to himself. Whether they were notes about the home or remarks he wanted to make, they were inaudible to the mare on the couch.

Fluttershy decided to break the awkward silence.

“So, um.. Did you happen to run into Misty while on your way here?”

“Sadly, I did not have the fortune to. Oh, you know her! She's been a busy little bee ever since she was accepted into the Wonderbolts all those years ago! She'll be late as usual, I just know it.”

“Oh, I know. I was just.. um... wondering. Sometimes.. you know, that happens..”

“Don't fret so much over nothing, little sister! She'll be here.”

“You're only 3 minutes older than me...”

“Still older, though! Oh, Fluttershy! Come here for a moment, I want to ask you about a rather curious discovery I have made!”

Fluttershy sighed and slowly lifted herself from the green cushion. She walked over to her brother and looked up into the same direction as he was. The two were looking into a skylight of sorts. It looked as if it was pointing in a certain direction as well; it looked as if the skylight was in the perfect line of view to see a certain somepony’s cloud house. Fluttershy only blinked as her brother looked down at the carbon copy of himself. He had this goofy smile upon his face, something that the mare had seen one too many times. He had it on whenever he felt proud of himself- as if he had made some life changing deduction.

“What is this?” He asked, still delighted with himself. Fluttershy could only stare at him. “It's a window. I... um, I don't know any other way to explain it..” Stilo backed up and trotted in a small circle around his sister. “I want to know what it's doing there, I mean! Of course it is a window- I wasn't born yesterday, dear sister!”

“Could have fooled me...”

“What was that?”

“Oh! Um.. N-nothing Stilo!”

“Riiiight. Well, please enlighten me as to the origins of this skylight!”

“It's nothing special, really. It's just a window.”

“Is that not where Rainbow Dash lives? I remember doing work on a house similar to that, with a feisty mare. Who the most curious rainbow colored mane and tail, I must say!”

“Yes, it is her home.”

“Why is it pointing towards her place? Is there anything you would like to tell me?”

“There's nothing to tell!” Fluttershy began to grow red, but Stilo continued on.

“Yes there is! Fluttershy, please. I can tell when you're lying! You always have been quite bad at keeping secrets and lies, sister.”

“I'm serious! There is nothing-”

There was another knock at the door. It was her.

The siblings turned their heads towards the door simultaneously. Stilos eyes and smile only became bigger, just as Fluttershys frown did. Stilo nudged her, most likely to signal to open the door. They looked at each other, the mares expression only getting more and more depressed. Stilo nudged his head towards the door, and bumped her again. Fluttershy’s eyebrows slanted slightly, to signal she got the message. Looking back at the door, the Pegasus sighed and slowly walked towards it, which gave out another knock. Stilo raised his hoof and opened his wings, which were much bigger than Fluttershy’s own. Once she reached the door, the pastel pony looked back at her brother, who only nodded furiously. Fluttershy looked down and sighed. She put her hoof to the doorknob just as she did earlier and opened up the door, bracing for the impact that was her sister, Misty Fly.

Author's Note

second chapter! i would like to thank a close friend of mine for helping me edit it. i really hope you all enjoy! :)