Chapter 1: Realization.

As Twilight looked out her window that morning she realized just how beautiful of a day she was about to experience, and since she was Princess Twilight Sparkle now, she was not about to let this beautiful morning breeze slip past her. She stepped up on the windowsill, opened out her wings, and gracefully took off. Ahhh, the feel of the wind blowing through her mane was sensational. She would never be able to get enough of this. Flying. That's really where it's at. When she was just Twilight the unicorn, she would always stress about things not getting done, or if they had been done then they might not have been done correctly and if things had been done correctly maybe they weren't the right thing that needed to get done...but now she's an alicorn with wings! And when she's out flying through the clouds, all she can think about is, well, her thoughts. She can catch up on her thoughts and her dreams up here, where there's no essay to write, or welcome party for Princess Celestia to oversee. She can dream up here.

Twilight was in the middle of a beautiful day dream about a crisp apple tart with a gooey apple filling... when she noticed Fluttershy down on the ground, tending to all of her little woodland critters. Twilight smiled. Fluttershy was so peaceful and graceful with the worlds creatures. Whenever Fluttershy was around her little animals, the shy side of her seemed to disappear completely. She would do anything to protect them and to make sure they were warm and happy. Twilight angled down and landed on a tree branch high up in a tree in Fluttershy's backyard. "Flut--" Twilight almost said, but she realized Fluttershy was saying something to her animals.

"Oh Angel, I'm so...so...so... embarassed. After Rarity went to all that trouble to set me up on a date with that Stallion from the horse shoe store, I... blew it." Fluttershy started saying, then Angel made a weird face and then her eyes widened in that way they always do. "Oh, no no no Angel, not like that... although he seems very nice. I just... I don't know what's wrong with me, Angel. I did what Rarity told me to do...I even let her curl my mane... I just don't think I'm good enough for any Stallion." She then lay on the ground, covering her face with her hooves to hide her tears she was shedding. Twilight flew down and landed softly beside her sobbing friend and lay a hoof on her mane. This started Fluttershy and she flew up high into the air within seconds, but when she saw that it was just Twilight, she flew back down. "Oh, I'm so sorry Twilight, I.. I didn't see you there..." She looked down at her hooves, hoping Twilight hadn't noticed the tears in her eyes or heard the conversation she had with Angel describing why she had those tears in her eyes. Twilight didn't say anything for a minute or two, which Fluttershy thought was strange. Usually this pony could never shut up. She looked up at Twilight slowly and saw that she was looking at her with concern in her eyes. She wasn't laughing at how weak Fluttershy was with her emotions. Of course she wasn't, she was her friend, and friends don't do that.

"I heard what you said to Angel, Fluttershy." Twilight said with even more concern in her words. "You know, I've always known that you were a shy pony. Heck, you're probably the shiest pony in all of Equestria, but I never realized how you saw yourself. You think you're not good enough for anypony, but that's not true Fluttershy. You're... you're beautiful in your own way." Fluttershy had started blushing when Twilight said she'd overheard her conversation with Angel, and her cheeks had been getting pinker and redder and her friend went on. "If anything, Stallions should be lined up to go on a date with you, Fluttershy. You shouldn't have to impress anypony. If they don't like you for who you are, then they aren't worth it." Fluttershy's cheeks were starting to hurt.

"Oh... I'm sorry Twilight...-"

"Fluttershy, you don't need to apologize to me. You just need to realize just how beautiful you are and how beautiful you can be, and how much beauty you have to share with the world. Once you learn to love yourself, you can learn to love another pony, and get their love too." Fluttershy waited to see if Twilight was rally done talking before she spoke.

"Twilight... it's just...it's not that easy for a pony like me. I.. I was humiliated all throughout my childhood for being a weak flier. All the other kids laughed at me and teased me, but the part that tormented me the most was... none of the boys at my school in Cloudsdale wanted a weak flier for their special somepony. I never got asked to any pony galas, and sometimes... colts would pretend to ask me out to win a bet. "I'll give you 5 bits if you ask out that weak flyer that nopony ever notices."" Fluttershy took a deep breathe. She hadn't spoken that much in a long time, and her throat hurt a little bit from it, but she ignored it and dropped her head in sadness, drowning in her memories. "Twilight... I don't mean to be rude but...if we're done here... I'd like to go back in my cottage and take a quick nap... I mean, if that's okay with you..."

Twilight looked at her sad friend and nodded. "Yes, that's quite alright. You must be tired from taking care of all your...critters. I'll see you later Fluttershy, at our picnic. Don't be late." She ended with a little smile and flew off into the sky until you couldn't see her anymore. She can't fly very fast, but the clouds obscured her from ponies on hoof. Twilight couldn't fly very well, Fluttershy realized, but she could fly better than Fluttershy ever could in all her years. She almost started sobbing again but she held them in till she got back inside her cottage and in her cozy, warm bed.

Author's Note

Hey guys. This is the first story I've written on here... and its the very first My Little Pony fiction I've written but I've read a lot of stories from other people and I loved them and wanted to try doing one myself :) tell me if you enjoy this and I'll try to make more.