In a small shop at the outskirts of Fillydelphia, a pegasus flied around, happily singing while the birds around her chirped in tact. She had a basket full of seeds, which she gave to the many birds. After feeding all of them she landed again, only to be stopped in her tracks by a grumpy-looking bunny. Flutter shy smiled gently at him.

"Now Angel, I know you're hungry, but I always feed the birds first, right?"she said. Angel didn't seem pleased and jumped up and down. He even took a carrot out of nowhere and threw it on Fluttershy to show his displeasure. Fluttershy winced slightly on impact and turned around to face him. She was frowning, but that was enough to make Angel take a step back. "Angel, I'm very disappointed in you. You know my tactics when I feed you all, we've been over it multiple times. You can't just pretend to be more important then everyone else, do you understand me?"

Fluttershys expression softened when she saw the guilty bunnys face. She reached down and picked him up." Aaw, I just can't be mad at you. Come, we'll make breakfast."

However, Fluttershy was stopped in her tracks by a guard that stood by the front door. She squeaked and quickly hid behind a bush, frantically whispering to herself.

"Oh no, what can I have done!? Am I not allowed to have pets here? Are they gonna take them away, lock them up and send them away? Abuse them? K-kill them!? Will they lock me up? Throw me in a dungeon and abandon me in a forest? Who will take care of Angel?!" She was breathing rapidly and nearly fainted, but managed to keep herself together. "Okay, Fluttershy. You can do this. Just be calm and ask him nicely what is going on."

She walked up to the guard who stood motionless with a pale face. Fluttershy swallowed a lump in her throat and tapped his shoulder.

"U-um, excuse me, mister, but-"

"Are you Fluttershy?"

"Yes"

"I have a letter to you from princess Twilight."

"Okay, thanks."

"Have a nice day, miss."

Then he flew off, but he felt a little more weight on his tail for some reason. He looked black to see a bunny climbing on his tail up to his back. The bunny smiled, and then it bit him on the flank.

In the apartment, Fluttershy could hear a scream and a laugh, but shrugged it off as foals playing. She then unsealed the scroll she got and read it.

Oh my, I completely forgot about my friends! What will they think of me! What will Twilight think? I feel horrible. Well, the only way to find out is to join the picnic today. Now, where is Angel?

With Angel taken care of and everything packed, the shy mare wandered around in the busy streets of Manehattan, searching for a cab. She had been searching for about five minutes when she saw a long, long line of ponies waiting for a cab to arrive. It made her feel slightly panicked.

Oh no, I don't have the time to wait in that line. I have to find a cab, now!

She turned the other way and ran, scanning the area for anything you might travel with. Not being careful , she ran into a tall white unicorn talking to another unicorn.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I was just searching for a cab to take me to Ponyville."

"Ponyville, you say? Such a coincidence. I happen to know a fashion designer in Ponyville. Might I ask you why you want to get to Ponyville, dear?"

Fluttershy looked up at the unicorn she ran in to and immediately recognized him.

"You're Fancy Pants, right? Well, I wanted to go to Ponyville, because me and my friends Applejack, Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash and Rarity are going to have a very important picnic."

"Fancy Pants is me, yes. And now that I think about it, you look astonishingly familiar. And this Twilight, would you refer to her as princess Twilight?"

"Yes."

"Well, now you're getting pretty interesting, my dear. Tell you what, I'll fix you a ride Ponyville, if you can tell Rarity to come over to my house anytime soon. Does that sound fair to you, dear?"

"Why yes, thank you very much."

Fancy pants turned around and spotted a cab. He whistled for it and the pony quickly zoomed over to them.

"May I help you?"

"Yes,can you take my friend here to Ponyville?"

"Sure."

Fluttershy climbed up and they took off. At first, it was just streets. Then Fluttershy spotted a familiar haircut. Reasonably long hair with an elegant curl at the tip of both the top and lower mane. And it belonged to an alabaster unicorn. Fluttershy turned her head down and gently tapped the driver pony on the back.

"Would you mind another passenger?"

He shook his head.

"Then could you please turn left to that mare with curly mane?"

He did so, and Fluttershy waited patiently. When they came closer, Fluttershy smiled and waved at Rarity, who returned the gesture. When they were beside her Fluttershy saw how relieved Rarity was to see her. She smiled and reached out her hoof.

"Need a lift?"

To this, Rarity laughed and took Fluttershy's hoof and pulled herself up in the cab. She tucked her bags in the back and they took off. After a minute of awkward silence Fluttersy spoke up.

"So, how did you end up there?"

"Oh, you have no idea!"

"I don't. Please tell me, sounds like you had quite an adventure."

They giggled and Rarity continued to tell Fluttershy about her desperate tries to get a cab. Time flew and soon they saw Ponyville. Fluttershy let out a delighted gasp.

"We're finally here! Oh, I'm so exited!"

"Me to, darling. I simply, cannot wait for us to get there."

Two minutes later, they saw two ponies sitting at the lake waving to them. They waved back and soon Rarity and Fluttershy stood in the dust of the cab and walked towards the other two.

"Fluttershy! Rarity! I'm so glad you could make it! Although, might I ask why you came in the same cab?" Twilight asked with a smile, while Pinkie sucked on a rock.

"It's a long story, we can tell you when the others get here. But we are so happy to see you again to!" Fluttershy responded, just as a large air ballon cast a shadow on them. From the ballon the was a muffled 'Yeehaw!' in southern accent.

"Look like we won't have to wait that long!" Pinkie said with minor difficulty, since her whole mouth was filled with rocks.

Author's Note

Maud.