Flutter of a Foal

Chapter 1

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Fluttershy hummed a song

to herself as she trotted down a path through the Everfree Forest.

It was a wonderful day and it seemed even the Everfree was willing to agree, with much sunlight managing to make its way through the canopy of leafs above her.

Now, normally she wouldn’t be in the forest, beautiful day or not, but she’d ran out of several herbs that she needed at hoof in case one of her animals got sick.

She’d gone to the market to buy some, but they’d been all out, even Aloe and Lotus didn’t have any scraps of them to spare.

This had left her with only one choice, venture into the Everfree and find some in a small glen that she only visited in an emergency. True, it wasn’t currently an emergency, but there was no telling when an animal or even another pony might get sick and need those herbs.

So, strapping on her saddlebags and pretending to be a lot braver than she actually felt, the shy Pegasus had left her cottage and headed into the forest, only to learn that today was a rare day of peace and beauty in the forest, thus most of her fears left her.

However, Fluttershy was no fool. Only a fool would venture into the forest and not keep their guard up, no matter how lovely a day it was, both in and out of the forest. Of course, that did not mean she was wary of the forest around, more that she jumped at every little sound, even when it was her who had made said sound, which happened half the time.

After half an hour of walking through the forest, Fluttershy finally came upon the glen where the herbs she was looking for grew. She knelt down and started gathering them, being sure to keep an eye open for even the slightest sign of danger. At even the smallest sound, she was ready to gallop away, or shoot up through the hole in the leafs where sunlight was pouring into the glen.

However, after several minutes, she’d gathered as much of the herbs as her saddlebags could carry, enough to last several months if she spaced them out right.

As she turned to leave, something white caught Fluttershy’s eye. It was brief, only lasted a second, but it was enough for her to see it.

At once the mare went rigid, fearful that it might be a predetor. However, even several seconds with no response, she hesitantly ventured a closer look.

What she saw made her eyes widen. Standing in a small patch of leafs several hooves length away from the glen was the most beautiful white flower Fluttershy had ever laid her eyes on.

It looked like a strange blend of a rose and a tulip. It had no thorns, but the petals reminded her of both flowers. She sniffed the air and felt her body relax. The scent of the flower was wonderful. Fluttershy had never smelt anything like it in her whole life.

And yet, it also reminded her of something. Something she couldn’t quite remember. A fuzziness clouded the memories, but they were stirred from the deep recesses of her subconscious by the flower’s scent.

Her stomach choose that moment to growl, quite loudly. It startled the mare, making her look around for the monster that was growling at her, only to realize it was her stomach.

Blushing emergency, she decided to head back to her cottage (which thankfully hadn’t been destroyed by Tirek several weeks ago when he went on a rampage after Twilight surrendered her magic to save them all).

As she turned to leave, the scent of the flower once more caught Fluttershy’s attention. After a few seconds of debate, she decided she’d like to continue smelling that wonderful scent.

She went over and picked the flower, placed it in her saddlebags with the other herbs and headed back through the forest to her cottage.

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Fluttershy entered her cottage, where Angel was standing in the entrance hall, tapping his foot impatiently, his paws on his hips.

“Alright, Angel Bunny,” Fluttershy said, walking over to the coach, taking of her saddlebags and leaving them there as she head, not for the kitchen, but towards the bathroom. “I’ll just use the bathroom, then I’ll get you some lunch, okay?”

She walked off, not seeing Angel’s glare. It was not okay. It was not okay at all. He was hungry and had been waiting for her to come back and make him his favorite and now his was forced to wait even longer and this wasn’t even counting the time it would take her to prepare his lunch.

He scowled. Fluttershy should remember that he comes first. She could’ve waited to use the bathroom, but he was hungry now. If only he could reinforce her to learn this...

He eyed the saddlebags full of herbs and a sly grin made its way onto his face. He knew from personal experience, an experience that will never be mentioned for it is too shameful, that while they tasted better that way, eating the herbs raw could cause bowel problems, making one have to use the toilet regularly and uncomfortably.

He rubbed his paws together. Oh, this would be fun. He hopped over and grabbed the first thing he could see, a white flower of some kind. This would do nicely.

Several minutes later, Fluttershy came back to find Angel standing in front of a plant with a sandwich on it. He pushed it forward a little with his head.

“Oh, Angel,” Fluttershy smiled, “do you make this sandwich for me?”

Angel nodded, to which Fluttershy smiled more.

“Thank you, Angel,” the Pegasus said, nuzzling him. “How about I make you your favorite and we can eat, is that alright with you?”

Angel nodded, an innocent smile on his face.

Fluttershy picked the plate up with a wing and took it to the kitchen. A few minutes later, she returned with the plate, two glasses of apple juice and the most fancy carrots lettuce and apple salad you could ever imagine, set them down on the table and the two began eating.

Fluttershy beamed as she munched on the sandwich Angel had for her. “Oh, Angel, this is the most delicious sandwich I’ve ever eaten.” She got a faint look in her eyes. “It gives me a nostalgic feeling, reminding me of the good times when I was a filly.” She sighed, looking up with wistful eyes.

Angel rolled his own eyes, before giving a small smirk. He'd met his owners parents a few times when they'd come for visits. The two were even worse than Fluttershy when it came to their shyness. Though, he liked to think he'd done well in helping Fluttershy be much more asertive than her parents.

Her brother, on the other hand. The bunny inwardly scowled at the memory of his last encounter with the tall green Pegasus stallion. He'd though Angel was a pillow. A pillow!

They finished lunch quietly, Fluttershy smiling as each bite of her sandwich reminded her more of the good times she’d had as a filly.

When she was done she yawned, even though it was still several hours before sundown. “Angel, would you mind getting your own dinner. I think I’m gonna—” she yawned again, rather loudly, “I’m gonna take a nap.”

With that she slowly walked upstairs, having to lean against the wall a bit for support, got to her room and closed the door behind her.

Angel sighed. His plan had flopped. Instead of teaching her a lesson, he’d helped her remember the good times she had as a filly. That wasn't his plan at...

Then he frowned. Hold on. That flower was meant to make her need to bathroom, wasn’t it? That’s how it happened for him and it had been instantaneous, but it didn’t seem that was happening and it hadn’t made him sleepy that time.

He gulped, glancing from the few petals of the flower that had fallen out of the sandwich whilst Fluttershy had been eating, then looked to the saddlebags on the coach. The herbs were shoots with yellow lines through them. The flower he’d fed her had been white.

He hoped it had just been a rose of a tulip and it hadn’t been anything dangerous to eat. What if it had been poisonous? He hadn’t meant to poison Fluttershy.

He shook his head. He was over thinking things. Tomorrow morning he’d wake Fluttershy up early for his breakfast and everything would be fine.

Author's Note

Here's the first chapter. i kinda hate giving Fluttershy horrible parents, but for the further chapters to work, she needs a reason not to want to go back to them and thus, horrible parents it is.

Angel's obviously wrong. things are SO not going to be normal when he wakes up tomorrow.

will try to get another chapter out soon, since i kinda want to get to the foal part pretty soon.

hope you enjoyed this, please comment, yada yada yada and, til next time, later everypony

Edit 5/6/2016: I can't honestly write Flutter's parents as dicks now that i've seen their canon selves. I just can't bring myself to do it. Thankfully, her brother provides vanity to use.