Pink and Yellow Isn't My Color

Pink and Yellow Ain't My Color

Waking up on the bare floor in an noisy animal filled cottage with hay in my hair wasn't what I'd planned for my Sunday vacation. But then again planned things never did seem to go well in life.

I should be glad the situation had given me a silver lining though. Me being one of the most adorable ponies in the show is a pretty awesome after all if you ask me. I actually had to hold back a squee once I realized who the pink hair and yellow hooves belonged to. Well not who they belonged to in the literal sense but the metaphorical sense given I was her for the time being.

Once the excitement high of being Fluttershy ran out of my system I found myself feeling a teensey bit queasy over the matter as well. Being an element of harmony is in itself no doubt a huge responsibility but adding on top of that the responsibility of having a body and demeanor that is super model worthy and strong enough to melt the hearts of most of the fandom is stressful. I honestly don't think I'll be able to match up to those standards.

I could actually feel myself falling into a fainting spell as t he blood rushed down but I stomped a hoof and righted my wavering self until it all came back. How does Fluttershy even do it? How does she handle being so cute and shy all the time without having a nervous breakdown every other day? I mean she has to be aware of her cuteness on some level and the attention it draws. I mean how couldn't she be? She strikes me as the type to be very mindful of the gazes of those around her so she'd probably do anything to catch the public eye less often. That would include being less cute! Though ironically maybe it's those tendencies of attempts at dodging attention that make her stick out even more. Poor Flutters.

Fluttering my wings irritably I groaned and face hoofed. Unnoticed by me however the animals in the cottage had all for the most part gone quiet upon my "arrival" and have been slowly backing away from me since.

Blissfully unaware of their continually growing fear I continued my rambling train of thought as I tapped a hoof against the bottom of my muzzle. I figured looking like Fluttershy and acting like her would be sort of easy. After all I'd just have to shy away from most of the ponies in town and say as little as possible when spoken to which given my current predicament and inner emotional stability I felt wouldn't require much acting.

Her friends however? Hoo boy that was gonna be a toughy. If there was anypony that would notice something was amiss it would be them but even if I did manage to fool them I doubted I'd be able to fool the mystical element of harmony itself that I'm supposed to represent. What am I to do during a crisis?

I sighed. I guess I'd just have to hope that nothing goes wrong during my hopefully temporary stay.

I didn't feel the paw that tapped against my hoof the first time, nor the second time so lost was I in my thoughts. In fact I was so lost in my thoughts I didn't even notice the jumping rabbit in my vision that followed it right after. It's paws were waving madly as it tried to catch my attention with incomprehensible squeaks. What did catch my attention though was the paw that met my muzzle, HARD.

With an involuntary squeak of my own I fell backwards and immediately covered my sensitive muzzle with both hooves.

"What the heck was that for?!" I yelled.

I realized my mistake way too late. Rule number one with frightened cornered critters is that you don't make loud sudden noises.

My little outburst in itself was probably not too loud but the fact that it came from Fluttershy was in no doubt what scared the animals more than anything. I was already acting weird and to them something felt wrong on a fundamental level as well. My actions only confirmed their fears which is probably why the animals reacted as if I'd dropped a bomb in the room.

I ejected myself from the home before the ensuing chaos could completely suck me up into its tornado of misery where claws, fangs, and fur mingled viciously. I'd tried to reason with them and calm them down but after the first dozen or so scratches and hisses at my face I couldn't take it anymore. For some reason each and every denial had really sent a deep stabbing heart down into my soul, ones that hurt more than the claws would inflict.

With a heavy sigh I leaned against the door. Pressing my face into my hooves I tried to stall the tears and slow my wildly beating heart but that was put on hold when I heard shouting.

"Fluttershy?!"

With a look of surprised that mirrored their own I found the rest of the mane 6 standing on the bridge that led to my humble home, their jaws almost touching the ground at my disheveled slightly bloody self. Their jaws were probably also dropped at my failure to keep the animals under control now that I think about it.

They got over it quickly though, galloping collectively to my side as they fussed over me whilst shooting questions off a mile a minute.

"Are ya alright Fluttershy?"

"What happened in there!?"

"What happened to your muzzle?"

"Were... Were you crying darling?"

"What the hay is going on here Flutters?"

Remembering when I questioned myself why Fluttershy would act so cute at the most inopportune of moments I now realize just how out of her control that was to her and me it would seem.

Curling up into a little shaky ball I couldn't help but continually squeak in response to the barrage of questions thrown in my direction. Each one growing more heated than the last. I tried steeling myself weird the thought that, if I didn't do something quickly things would only escalate but Rainbow Dash took the matter out of my hooves.

I eeped and hid myself behind my hooves when she forcibly lifted me off the floor and turned me to face the others. Once she'd landed me on my haunches and my hooves were forced to the ground to maintain my balance I could only blubber incoherently in response when their questions started up again. At least that was until my long pink hair actually provided me with some modicum of comfort when it fell and covered my eyes and muzzle. Needless to say the girls all stopped when the relative safety of my hair made me lower my guard long enough for a sniffle to escape. All I could do afterwards during the long drawn out silence was keep quiet myself whilst pawing at the ground while as I awkwardly stole glances at them before quickly looking away.

"Fluttershy?" I jumped quite harshly at the contact and let out a terrified eep as I pulled away which made Twilight get a hurt look that I immediately felt bad for. As I tried to force myself back towards her hoof she instead pulled herself away, throwing me a nervous but sad smile instead.

"Are you alright darling?"

I jumped yet again at the hoof contact but unlike Twilight's I'd seen it coming so it was a considerably more tame reaction. Rarity had slowly reached out for me and once her hoof reached me she stood by my side, her hoof placed placatingly over my shoulder with her presence exuding nothing but support and concern for my well being. I couldn't help but smile slightly at the display and dry away some of my tears.

Well... Fluttershy's well being I noted dryly. As my expression fell once again.

"Girls I.."

I was interrupted by the door slamming open behind me followed by a stampede of animals returning to the Everfree Forest. One by one they ran by me without even so much as a backward glance. A couple of them actually slammed into me in their haste to leave and the tears threatened to come once again when I noticed only one remained.

Angel stood at the door, his arms crossed and his ears pulled back angrily. I tried slowly reaching out a hoof to him but with what almost sounded like a snarl he slammed the door shut.

By the time the dust had settled I was being collectively embraced by the clueless but supportive elements as the tears flowed freely.