Stuffed Toys

A slight breeze were blowing the leaves of the trees gently as a pink mare trotted down the streets of Ponyville. She was walking quite slow, yet in a bit of a rush. The sun was at its highest, and StitchedHeart hoped to get Fluttershy drugged by dusk. She came to a sudden stop as she found the yellow and pink pony giving a white rabbit a carrot. Stitched looked at her up and down, and then pulled out a clipboard and sat on a nearby park bench. She pretended to draw, occasionally looking up at Fluttershy. She wanted to make sure that absolutely no-one was around, just in case someone might get suspicious when she went missing.

"Good evening, Fluttershy!" Twilight cheered, landing next to the mare after flight. "How are you? Are you feeling okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Fluttershy whispered, after being nudged by the white rabbit. "Oh, uh... I mean... No, I'm not okay..."

"What's the matter?" Twilight asked, before putting her hoof around the pegesus that had just slumped to the floor.

"I'm... A little worried." She responded. "After the disappearance of Applebloom... I... Just don't feel safe..." The pony shuddered.

"Why wouldn't you feel safe, Fluttershy? I'm here for you, I wouldn't let anything happen to you." Twilight reassured her.

The white bunny moved away from the conversation to eat the carrot that Fluttershy had left on the floor. After a while, it looked up and saw StitchedHeart occasionally tilting her head up and eavesdropping on their conversation. Unimpressed, the bunny hopped over to Fluttershy and pulled at her mane. The mare that was almost in tears looked at the bunny, whom pointed at the suspicious-looking mare.

"What's the matter with that mare, Angel?" Fluttershy asked. "Don't you like her?"

StitchedHeart looked up to see the bunny making weird gestures at Fluttershy, but luckily she didn't know what he was saying.

"Angel, I'm trying to talk to Twilight right now..." Fluttershy sighed. "Can this wait for a moment, please..?"

Stitched sighed in relief and made a mental note:
"Fluttershy seems to have a pet bunny that might become troubling later if she brings it around for tea. I should probably tell her that Nightlight is allergic to fur or something."

Twilight and Fluttershy began talking again after the rabbit had stopped pestering them. After a while, Twilight hugged the pegesus, and then flew off. Stitched overheard her say that she was coming back later with Applejack, so she had to wait a little longer. Three hours had passed, and the pink mare almost fell asleep on the bench. Stitched gave up, and wanted to go home. She was about to leave until Applejack and Twilight came out of Fluttershy's cottage. They looked as if they had been crying waterfalls of tears.

"Ah appreciate the talk, girls." Applejack muttered. "Ah must be goin' home now, but thanks, really." The orange country pony galloped away, clinging on to her hat so it wouldn't fall off.

"Goodnight, Fluttershy." Twilight said, taking off into the air.

Fluttershy was alone, which was a good thing. It was almost dusk, and StitchedHeart's plan was going slower than expected. Fluttershy closed her cottage door and the sun started to set. The pink unicorn wondered if it was too late to ask for tea.

Peering through the window, StitchedHeart saw the pegesus saying goodnight to some of her animals. It was getting a little dark, so Stitched just assumed they had an early curfew. Relaxing her muscles, StitchedHeart gently knocked on the door of the mossy cottage. Opening the door, Fluttershy was surprised to see the pink unicorn standing at her door, as she thought that it would've been Twilight.

"Oh-... Um..." Fluttershy squeaked. "S-StitchedHeart, is it..?"

"Greetings!" Stitched uttered. She didn't exactly know why she said 'greetings'. "I hope I'm not interrupting you, ma'am..."

"Oh, no! You're not interrupting anything...." She stuttered.

"Well that's good." StitchedHeart murmured. "I was hoping you could join me and my husband for tea... If it's not too late?"

It was quite late. The sky was a blend of rosy pink and creamy orange. Half of Ponyville were indoors and getting ready to sleep as the other half were packing up their goods from the marketplace, and the wind had slowed down to the point where you would think that there was no wind.

"Tea..?" Fluttershy had lifted her head up a little bit. She thought that making a new friend and having tea might soothe the aches in her muscles from over the past few days. "No, it's not too late... I would love to have tea with you and Nightlight!"

Fluttershy had heard the rumours about the missing pony cases on the Light family's back. Three missing ponies in Manehatten, five in Canterlot and two plus a filly in Baltimare. They had moved from town to town and as soon as they settled in another pony went missing. Fluttershy felt a little bad for these ponies, as she just assumed that they are always accused of these crimes, so making their acquaintance and showing them kindness might convince them to stay despite the 'false' police accusations. And with Applebloom going missing and the police ponies asking them about it, she thought that they were going to move again, so a little kindness might make them stay in such a nice town like Ponyville.