Funny Feelings

It was another hot, sunny summer day in the town of Ponyville. The green grass shown in the park below, ponies enjoying a nice walk, or a picnic under a shady tree. Up in the sky above, two pegasi were on a mission, a personal mission. It was know throughout the Cloudsdale Flight School that a certain Pegasus named Fluttershy was not the best flyer. In fact, many thought of her as the worst flyer in the entire school.
Sick and tired of the insults, Fluttershy begged for her best friend, Rainbow Dash, to teach her to be a better flyer. Being the awesome pegasus that she was, she gladly accepted, happy to help a friend in need.

They have been working for many months now, Dash's teaching's being arduous work. Since she had already been a very experienced flyer, she sometimes forgot that she was teaching a pegasus with little skill, so she would fly off and forget about Fluttershy completely, which is something she had to work on. Even so, with all the hard work comes rewards, and Dash could tell that Fluttershy was getting better and better each day. There were even times were she would fly by in front of Dash, the pegasus not realizing how slow she was going, but once Dash got going, Fluttershy was left in the dust (not literally).

They were having one of their flight sessions today, Dash reviewing Fluttershy's speed, which is something they've been working on every day for the past two weeks. All Fluttershy had to do was keep a close distance with Dash for a sustained period of time, which to Fluttershy, was the biggest challenge yet. Dash was far and away the fastest flyer at the entire school, and just to get anyone else to beat her in a race was downright impossible. The good thing was, Fluttershy didn't have to race her, just keep pace with her, but even that was hard. Dash knew no to go at full speed, for it would just wear Fluttershy out within minutes, maybe even seconds.

"Alright Flutters...five more seconds!" Dash called behind her.

Fluttershy was almost spent. They had been flying non-stop at a high speed for about five minutes now, which was the longest they had gone yet. It always seemed longer while she flew. Her wings felt like lead, her body was sore and stiff from staying in the same position for a long period of time. She was panting hard, but when she heard Dash's voice, she gave it her uptmost all on the last stretch.

"And...TIME!" Dash yelled.

They both stopped mid-flight, as if a wagon would skid to a stop on the dirt. They were both hot and sweaty from the heat of the day, they breathed hard for fresh air at stillness. They were exhausted, yet fulfilled. Fluttershy made the whole five minutes going at the fastest speed yet, which made Dash very proud.

"Great *pant* job Flutters...You *pant* did it..." Dash said, giving her a light tap on the shoulder.

"Th-Thanks..." Fluttershy said, sounding obviously tired. "Should *pant* we get to our s-spot?"

"Y-yeah...t-that sounds *pant* good."

After every session, they would go to their favorite resting spot; a large oak tree with plenty of branches for shad, that was on the very outskirts of the park. The strange thing was, usually no one would go to this area, for whatever reasons, they didn't know, but it was nice not being disturbed after a long day of training. They flew down to the tree, landing next to it and collapsing against it. They both immediatly sighed, finally able to rest their wings for a moment. Dash didn't mind as much as Fluttershy did. She shifted on the trunk, lying on her side to face Fluttershy.

"Flutters..."

Fluttershy turned her head. "Hm?"

"I'm just so happy for the progress you've made. To think that...only a couple of months ago, y-you had just started...and now...l-look at you...you're keeping up with me!" She said as enthusiastically as she could, though her exhaustion could be heard in her tone.

Fluttershy smiled. "I know...I never thought that i would be able t-to...keep pace with you..." She said, yawning after.

"Y-yeah..." Dash sighed, her eyelids fluttering as they closed. Fluttershy kept her smile, looking over Dash's still body. She shifted on the trunk in her sleep, her back against the trunk.

Every time they ended their flight session, Dash would fall asleep at the tree, and every time, Fluttershy would admire her for the work she did. She would see the sweat on her fur, indicating the arduous work. But this time, when she looked at her...something was different.

Yes, she admired her work, but when she actually looked over her, she noticed the tiny features of her entire body, which was something she never really looked at before. She saw the sweat, she was sweating too, and she noticed her chest, rising and falling slowly with her steady breathing. She saw how the colors of her hair reflected off the sunlight in beautiful fashion. She saw all the muscles in her sweet, toned, athletic body...

She had to turn away. Her face had turned red and she began feeling hot again. What was that? she thought. Did I really think about her like that?

She had never felt such strange feelings like this. It's almost as if she was looking at a completely different pegasus, but when she looked back, there was Dash, sleeping ever soundly on the trunk of the tree. She gulped. What had overcome her in that moment?

She did her best to calm herself, to not think about her beautiful hair, or her gorgeous body, or those strong, powerful blue wings that guided her every movement during training...

She groaned lightly. What the hay Fluttershy? Why are so suddenly thinking like that, about you're own sister for that matter? She tried to keep her eyes from wandering to her still body, but in the end, they won her over. Every time she took a glance, she would feel more and more flustered. As if she wasn't flustered enough!

It wasn't just her mind that was getting out of hand. Her whole body felt strange, as if a massive heat had been washed over it. There wasn't enough sun overtaking the shade of the tree to make a temperature difference, so that wasn't a factor in this at all. It had something to do with this.

What's happening to me? Why is my body feeling so strange? She asked herself silently. She took another glance back. Dash was still sleeping, but she did stir a bit, though not enough to wake her. Fluttershy had a sudden thought. If her mind and her body was changing the way she looked at Dash, would her mind make it so that she felt different too? Curiosity had her. She gulped before slowly reaching out a hoof, her aim at her shoulder...

Dash made a small sound, and she stirred again. Fluttershy gasped and wisely pulled her hoof back. blushing madly. A second after she did, Dash opened her eyes, those sleepy magenta eyes that Fluttershy loved looking into too. More so now, even. She saw Fluttershy staring at her, and she smiled.

"Hey Flutters..." She yawned, stretching out her fore hooves, which defiantly caught Fluttershy's eye. "Did I fall asleep again?" She asked, her voice still a little drowsy.

It took her a moment to respond, shaking out of her trance and trying to keep a calm composure. "Uh...yeah, b-but not for very long." She stuttered, hoping that Dash wouldn't notice her slip up...or her increasingly reddening cheeks.

She chuckled. "That's usually the case. I take cat naps...at least, I think that's what they're called." She shrugged. Right now, she didn't care what it was called and she didn't care to find out. "Anyway, you wanna head back up?" She asked.

Fluttershy nodded. "Alright, lets go!" She spread her wings and turned around, and a second later, she was airborne. Fluttershy looked up at her, seeing those amazing wings again. She was slightly jealous of her wings, because she wished that she could have wings as good as hers.

"Come on Flutters! What'cha waitin' for?" She asked from high above.

She had zoned out again. She blushed from embarrassment. "Oh...sorry! Coming!" She spread her own not-as-awesome wings and took flight. When she reached Dash, they started flying back home at a nice, steady pace, a pace that Fluttershy had grown accustomed to like. The yellow pegasus stole glances at her sister, which is something she figured to stop doing, for it only made things worse and worse.

This is just the heat messing with my head right? She thought. Yeah, yeah, let's go with that... She didn't really know if that was a valid excuse or not. She wasn't going to worry about it unless it happened more throughout the day. She was final on that. They flew all the way home, side by side, thoughts swimming in Fluttershy's head the whole time.