Author's Note

Hi! Tavi Scratch here, uhm.. I would like to say that this chapter is mostly filler at first at least. So I'm apologizing for that, but I'm not entirely sorry as I hate when people rush things in ships. So that being said this will be drug out, though I will keep it as interesting as I can. Also the next thing this chapter contains OC's of my dear friends please do not hate on them. If you do not like these OC's please keep that opinion to yourself, unless I used your OC. Then tell me if I have used them correctly/ they acted right. Next Chapter should be hilarious. Lets see if you can find out the precursors.

P.S.: OC's in this chapter are Moxie, aka chasm03,
and Moonlight Scroll, the slightly awkward boy talking to Trixie.

She's Got Moxie

The three good friends entered the now bustling cafeteria, eyes scanning across it and taking notice of a few of the people occupying it. At the front of the cafeteria's lunch line stood a light yellow woman with brown hair, highlighted by green streaks. Fluttershy knew her well. Moxie frequently helped out at Fluttershy's animal shelter. Towards the back sat another familiar face of a person who needed no description: Trixie. Though someone was sitting near her today, a boy with deep blue skin and dark red hair. The poor boy seemed to be hiding behind a book while stealing shy glances at her.

After a moment Fluttershy spotted her other friends and quickly made her way to the seat she normally took. She sat down, followed by Rainbow sitting right beside her and Rarity sitting across from her. Twilight was across from Rainbow engrossed in some book that she mindfully had only told Fluttershy the most basic details about. It was about a group of people pitted against each other to the death, which sounded rather too dark for her own liking. Pinkie was next to Twilight uncontrollably bouncing in her seat, as she did most of the time. Applejack sat down next to Rainbow on her right and passed out bottles of Apple Family Cider to her friends.

"I can't believe your teacher gave you detention for being late to class just once! How lame," Dash rolled her eyes and took a swig of the precious cider, downing it immediately before letting out a satisfied belch.

"Ugh, how can you act so uncouth, Rainbow!? At least say excuse me after burping like that... And yes, I do agree. I've been late to classes multiple times and I still haven't had any disciplinary action. Your teacher was rather harsh," Rarity cast a concerned glance at the obliviously distracted Twilight, catching a snipped from the page.

Applejack followed Rarity's glance to Twilight. "Ah' guess she's one of those moods again huh? Now what are ya'll talkin' about?" She frowned at her exclusion.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! I know!" Pinkie near yelled raising her hand and shaking it wildly. Before anyone could object, she blurted out what happened in her normal, spastic tone. "Fluttershy lost Angel Rainbow and Rarity helped look for him but had no luck then Fluttershy saw that Snips and Snails were hurting poor Angel bunny and SCREAMED as loud as she could so Dashie came and taught them a thing or two!" She took a deep breath, "that's why all of them were late for class!" Pinkie smiled.

At that point Twilight cast Pinkie a doubting look. Pinkie shrugged in reply, "Just a hunch." She then giggled and went off into the lunch room to go check on all of her other friends.

"Oh.. It's alright. I mean I did break the rules after all so it's only fair that they punish me," Fluttershy sighed and pulled an apple out of her backpack from a side pouch.

"Do you need one of us to-" Rarity was interrupted by an even more excited Pinkie then before.

"Oh my gosh! Did you just hear that? Vinyl and Octavia started dating! I knew it! Hehehehe! I have to throw them a super-duper-congratulations-on-your-relationship party!" Pinkie bounced around.

"The Cellist and the DJ? That is a little odd. Now, as I was saying, darling; do you need one of us to go over to the animal shelter while you are in detention?" Rarity asked softly.

"Mmmm. No thank you, Rarity. I wouldn't want to bug you. I'll just ask Moxie if she can go a little earlier. I just hope her pet fox Forest doesn't bother the bunnies again," Fluttershy shook her head and got up, scanning the cafeteria for her friend. After a moment of looking, she noticed her friend giddily skirting around the tables trying to talk to as much people as possible. Fluttershy intercepted her casually.

"Hello Fluttershy! Isn't it such a lovely day? I was thinking Forest and I could go to the woods today and forage for things," Moxie smiled happily.

"Oh? Well, that's lovely. I'm sure the little guy would enjoy that," Fluttershy lowered her eyes in dejection. She didn't want to bother her friend.

"What's wrong? Did Angel get loose again?"

"Oh, no.. Well, yes he did, but that's not what's wrong. I got detention for being late...A-and I can't go to the shelter today right away," she sighed.

"Oh, that's terrible... Do you need me to head there early?"

"Oh no no no! You don't have to, you made plans with Forest already...I wouldn't want to impose..."

"Don't worry about it, Forest will get over it. Besides, he'll get to see his critter friends. I'll just make him a special treat," Moxie smiled, tilting her head to the side.

"Oh thank you Moxie!" Fluttershy hugged Mox and went back to her table with a smile. On the way there she noticed the same dark blue boy sitting near Trixie. This time he was talking to her and he seemed rather happy. The boy was smiling with a dark blush adorning his cheek.

Fluttershy smiled knowing that her animals would be cared for while she sat in detention. Suddenly it dawned upon her she had forgotten about poor Angel Bunny even after all he had gone through today. She rushed over to her seat and hurriedly opened her backpack, letting out a sigh of relief to see him sitting there snoozing. Reluctantly, she woke him by petting his nose and smiled at him as his ears flicked her finger away.

She spoke as soft as always with a kind smile that would make anyone melt, "wake up Angel. It's time for lunch, and I got you your favorite! Baby carrots." She pulled a few carrots out of a pouch in a different pocket of her bag. She took a bite from one herself to make sure it was fine, then gave him a few of the remaining ones to eat on his own.

"Hey girls? Could one of you watch Angel while I'm at detention today? I don't want to keep him in my bag after school," Fluttershy spoke up a little louder then normal so she would be heard.

"Oh, I could take him. I'm sure Opal would love to have one of her little friends over," Rarity looked up to her friend with a small smile. "Also it would give me a chance to try out a new line of clothing-for animals! Everyone is dressing up their pets so I figure I might as well design outfits for them as well," Rarity giggled happily.

"Thank you Rarity, could you come and get him before you leave school for the day?"

"Of course darling I would be happy to!"

"Alright, I'm going to get to class early to avoid this again."

At this point Rainbow was already lounging in her chair, slowly drifting off, but she opened an eye when Fluttershy said she was leaving. "Hey Flutters, let me walk you to class." Noticing she might have come off as a little dorky or awkward she immediately covered it up with, "You know. So no one thinks about messing with you again." She smiled and got up, standing next to her friend.

Fluttershy happily nodded at Rainbow's suggestion with a warm smile on her face, then did another quick check to make sure Angel was still in her bag. Content to see him there, still happily eating, she carefully put her backpack on and began to head off to class with Dashie by her side. Rarity smiled at the gesture that she saw before her, but decided to leave it alone. For now.