The New Monarchy

The Sun rose and Fluttershy yawns, being woken up by the light. And a bird chirping next to her ear, that could have woken her up to. She stands on all four hooves and stretches, watching her animal friends wake up one by one.

After saying good morning to all of them, she fetches something to eat and drink. Feeling her thirst quenched and her hunger now subsiding, she feels energized. Out of the normal routine for her, she goes ahead and decides to fly around for a bit, enjoying the light cool breeze flow through her mane.

She then gets the idea to go and see Rainbow Dash for a bit, just a nice little visit. Flying up to her cloud door step and taking a moment to breathe in the fresh, crisp air of Cloudsdale, she knocks on the door with a smile on her face. "One second!" A voice rings out from inside the house. After a quick minute of sounds of shuffling around and quite bangs, the door swings open. "Oh, hey Fluttershy! I was just going to go to the market, want to join?" Rainbow asks, strangely perky this morning.

"Oh sure, that sounds like a great idea." Fluttershy happily says, looking forward to a day at the market with her oldest friend. "Great! Let's go." The two fly down to the street and begin to walk along the road, wanting to take in the scenery of the wooded outskirts of Ponyville. Fluttershy made a quick stop at her cottage to pick up some bits. "So how are you Dash?"

"Me? I'm fine, could be better though, a couple of workers at the weather factory had to request time off so I'm almost working triple shifts, but it keeps me busy. I had yesterday off so I could catch up on my sleep. Same with today, then it's back to work tomorrow. How about you?" Rainbow asks, looking at Fluttershy.

"Oh, well I guess I'm well. Nothing new so it's been pretty relaxing lately." Rainbow nods in acknowledgment. Reaching the market Fluttershy spots the grocer with vegetables. It's a new seller, a colt with an orange coat, combed green and red mane and tail, and a cutie mark of a scroll with a feather pen. "I need some more salad, I'll be right back." Fluttershy says to Rainbow who has already started to head over to the seller she needs.

The orange colt begins, noticing Fluttershy heading over. "Good morning Ma'am, is there anything I could get you?"

"May I have two heads of lettuce and a corn please?" Fluttershy asks, starting to pull out some bits. She stops when she looks up and notices who it is. "Write? Write Holliday? It's been so long, how are you?"

Write looks up from grabbing the plants and widens his eyes. "Fluttershy! I've been pretty good, not much to tell of really. How are you?"

Fluttershy looks around and leans in, knowing she can trust Write. Write and the mane six, including Fluttershy, met under... odd circumstances, but she remembers him completely. "They've actually been tiring, I can't go into detail but it's been a big help meeting up with an old friend."

"Well, let me help you more by giving you this purchase for free. It's the least I could do." He pushes the three plants towards her on the wooden table.

"Really? I mean, I... I couldn't, it feels wrong to do."

"Hey, if anything happens, I'll take the fall." He says, a sly grin on his face.

Fluttershy stands there then nods, figuring Write won't take no for an answer. "Ok, thank you Write."

"Don't mention it." He leans in this time. "Especially to my boss." He winks, restocking the table. Fluttershy smiles and turns around, saying goodbye to him.

She meets Rainbow at the other end of the market. "Ok, I think I'm good. Ready to head out?"

Fluttershy nods. "I'm all set, thank you for bringing me. The animals have been needing fresh food for a while."

"No problem Shy, it was my pleasure." Rainbow smiles, looking at Fluttershy.

"Oh, do you know who I met up with at the market?" Rainbow shakes her head. "Write Holliday." It takes Dash a moment, but then remembers him and slightly laughs.

"Oh no kidding, he's really hit rock bottom then huh?" She chuckles. "Nah, I'm kidding. How is he-"

"Look out!" A voice yells from behind them. Write is running at full speed at the two pegasi. Each look back and see him chasing a rouge cart, heading right for Fluttershy. Rainbow jumps in front of her, taking the full brunt of the collision. "Oh no, I'll go get help, you see if she's alright." Write bolts off, yelling for help. Fluttershy, just getting out of her daze, immediately pushes the wood off of Dash after the dust cleared.

"Dash? Dash are you alright? Dash?!" No response. Fluttershy frantically looks around, not knowing what to do. Looking up she sees Write and some ponies dressed in medical gear running towards her.

"Right there, she's badly injured and needs help ASAP." One of the medics just nods at Write and kneels down next to Rainbow, putting her onto a stretcher. "Fluttershy, you and I should go and tell the others what happened. Ok?" She nods, tears swelling up in her eyes. Write nods and runs off, heading straight for Twilight's.

Fluttershy runs, almost blind thanks to her tears, over to Applejack's. The five of them and Write are at the hospital within ten minutes.