You wanted to get away from the bustling city life of Manehattan, hoping for something more, and you think you may have found it here, in Ponyville.
Everypony that you've met has been so kind and welcoming. You were even given your own honorary party the very first day you came, thrown by a pink pony by the name of Pinkie Pie. There you were able to meet so many others. The many ponies who attended, all gave you so much attention and respect, a comforting contrast to the neglectful attitude found in the city. They even offered suggestions on where the hottest spots in town were.
During your soirée, a Rainbow-maned pony approached you and gave you an offer. She stuck out her hoof, to which you responded by putting out your own. A hoof-shake soon followed, revealing just how strong this pony was. You were a little taken back by her power, but nonetheless, listened to what she had to say.
"Hi, I'm Rainbow Dash" she said in a proud voice. "I see you're our newest pegasus pony," she continued, glaring down at your wings.
"Oh yeah, I just came from..."
"Well," she interrupted, "I need a new flyer for Ponyville's weather team," Rainbow said with a growing smile.
You didn't really feel up for the task. You might've considered it later, if this wasn't your very first day in Ponyville. You just wanted to get used to this place before trying to pick up a new job, so you decided to graciously decline the offer.
You began, "I really appreciate the offer, but I don't think..."
"Great! I'll let the other flyers know that you're joining!" she once again interrupted.
"Wait, what! No, I..." but you didn't get the chance to retort, as she soon flew off.
You breathe a heavy sigh, annoyed that you already had something to take your time away from meeting new ponies. Whelp, better use the time you still have to do just that.
You scan the room, looking for anypony that you find approachable, when you find a gentle yellow pony, with a pink mane slowly approach you. You can tell she is freakishly afraid of you. Her eyes won't even meet your gaze, as she slowly shakes towards you. Then, when she is only a few feet away, she turns and heads back the same way she came.
You have no idea what's going on, but you see another pony, with a pristine white fur coat and a beautifully brushed purple mane, ushering this scared yellow pony in your direction, from the other side of the room.
The yellow pony shakes her head in fear, and looks as if she's about to break down. Then, the white pony, now annoyed, approaches her and pushes her in your direction.
You don't know what to do and you begin to wonder if anypony else is seeing what's happening. But before you're able to find the answer to your own question, the bodies of two ponies are standing before you.
The white pony clears her throat and begins while her hoof stretches out to you, "Hello there, darling. My name is Rarity, and this is my friend Fluttershy."
As you shake the hoof of Rarity, she continues. "We just wanted to officially welcome you to Ponyville."
"Thank you. I'm glad to be here" you respond, with a beaming smile on your face.
Soon your eyes notice that Fluttershy is cowering behind her hooves and mane, still not having said a word or planning on doing so.
Your worried expression catches the attention of Rarity. "She's a little bit shy," she says, trying to reassure you.
"Oh, ok."
"So what brings you to Ponyville?" Rarity asks.
"Well, I've lived in the city my whole life. I just wanted something a bit more, I don't know, personal. There isn't any nature where I'm from, just bland buildings and infrastructure."
You notice that Fluttershy's ears had peaked up when you mentioned the word "nature."
You can see Rarity conjuring a thought in her head. Then she began, "Well, darling, if you're looking for somepony to show you Ponyville's wildlife, I know just the pony."
"Oh really! Who?" You ask with excitement.
You'd lived your whole life without seeing a deer, blue robin, or even something as simple as a rabbit. You were elated at the thought of seeing one, possibly even having your own as a pet. They didn't allow pets in the city, so now you thought about finally having that opportunity.
"Fluttershy, here, can show you all the animals and critters that Ponyville has to offer" said Rarity.
"Oh really!?" you say, sounding very impressed, but more excited about the thought of having your own pet.
After your enthusiastic outburst, you can see Fluttershy beginning to reveal herself from her hooves, seeming as if she was actually building up the courage or eagerness to speak.
Fluttershy begins, "Oh yes. Ponyville has so many cute little critters!" You realize how soft and soothing her voice is, as if her voice is at a constant whisper. You would have begun to dose off it is wasn't for your keenness of possibly getting a pet.
You and Fluttershy begin talking more and more about the nature in town, and you get so enveloped in the conversation that you don't even notice Rarity had left you two alone. With every question you ask, and every answer you receive, you learn a lot about the animals, and even more about Fluttershy.
You learn how friendly and kind she is, and how much she cares for the animals, giving you an even better feeling that the right pony will be helping you get a pet.
After about a half hour of you two talking, you're eagerness finally takes over.
"When can we go see those critters?" you ask like a yearning child.
"Well, um, we could go see them now... if you want."
"YES!" you said without hesitation.
Your shout scared Fluttershy a bit, but she soon responded, "Oh, ok."
The two of you left the party, after you thanked Pinkie Pie for it of course. You trotted through the dirt paths of Ponyville, still admiring the new buildings of this new place. However, your mind quickly finds itself thinking about the animals again.
Before you know it, you find that the path you two are walking on, leads to a cabin that seems to be built by nature itself. It looks to be made completely of vegetation, and surrounded by bird houses.
"This is my cottage. There's usually a lot of cute creatures around here" Fluttershy informs you.
Your anticipation builds as you continue to approach the building. You can't wait to finally be able to see, even hold a cute little animal in your hooves.
Then, when you're only a few hooves away from the cottage, you see it: a small bunny coming out from a nearby bush. You freeze, almost not believing your eyes, while Fluttershy calmly walks up to it.
"Hello Angel," she says in her calm voice. "I have a friend with me who is new to Ponyville, and has never seen any animal before."
The bunny somehow seems to understand Fluttershy, as it looks from her to you, and then back to her.
"C-Can I pet it?" you ask her, being so eager, yet a little nervous.
"Oh, I don't know. Angel would you be okay with that?" she asks the small bunny.
It just shakes its head in disapproval. You're quickly saddened by this rejection. But, you soon see Fluttershy whispering in its ear, something about a carrot stew. The bunny's face immediately lights up, as it furiously waves its head up and down.
You once again regain your enthusiastic nature. You reach out a hoof to the small bunny, touching its soft fur and caressing it. You watch as the bunny's posture changes and its stiffness relaxes into jello. Barely anytime passes before you relax the bunny into submission and it falls asleep.
"Wow! I've never seen anypony put an animal to sleep that fast before!" she says with utter amazement.
"I guess I'm a natural" you say jokingly.
Fluttershy, however, doesn't respond, her head obviously deep in thought.
Concerned, you ask, "Are you okay?"
It takes her a few moments to shake her head from whatever thought clouded her mind. She blushes for a second before answering. "I'm fine. Thank you. Would you like to see the rest of the animals?" she asks with hopeful eyes.
You don't see why not. There were still so many other animals to see, so you happily accept.
The next few hours is spent admiring the many different types of life that Fluttershy points out. And with each turn, your fascination of the nature grows.
Eventually though, it was time to go. There were other things that you still needed to do. You thank Fluttershy for having given you this opportunity. She seems upset to see you go, but you let her know that you'd like to do this again sometime, which lifts her spirit a bit.
You turn around and head back to Ponyville, while Fluttershy's saddened eyes are out of your vision.
It's been about two weeks since your arrival to Ponyville. You've met almost everypony in this small town, making every encounter you had a little more friendly. You've even gotten the opportunity to see the many hot spots that ponies told you about. But your best experience by far was finally being able to see the nature.
Sadly though, you haven't been able to go back to Fluttershy's and see anymore of the wildlife ever since your first day. You've been too busy with your new job as part of Ponyville's Weather Team. It's eaten up a lot of your time, but at least you haven't had to worry about making enough bits to stay here.
Plus, your job isn't all that bad. You get to hangout with a lot of other ponies and make friends. Your boss, the rainbow maned Rainbow Dash from before, actually does a really good job with the organization and treats you all pretty well. But you still wish that you had more time for leisure.
And today was just like any other day: get ready and wait for Rainbow to knock at your front door. Since you were "new," she always gave you the harder and more persistent jobs, which ate up almost all of your time. You thought she must be trying to evaluate or test you, but if not, you might as well try to get used to it.
Then, the awaited firm knock at the door arrives. You trot over and open it to reveal Rainbow, as expected.
"Hi" you greet her with a smile, just like any other day.
"Hey... So I noticed that these last two weeks you've been putting a lot of effort and dedication into the assignments I've been giving you. And as a reward, I wanted to give you the day off" she says with her familiar confident smile.
Stunned, and barely concealing your excitement, you barely mutter a "Thank you."
"No problem. But I do expect that tomorrow, you'll be in tip-top shape for work," Rainbow says.
"Of course," you respond.
And with that, she flies off to deliver the assignments to the other pegasi. You shut your front door after her absence. "Yes!" you scream.
With your day-off, your thoughts immediately began pondering what your day would entail. First, you would head to Sugarcube Corner where you could get some great morning pastries. From there, you could go see Fluttershy and the animals. And then, you could even go catch the Wonderbolts show in Cloudsdale. So excited for the day, you rush out of the house and head straight for your first destination.
You trot through the streets of Ponyville, giving and receiving greetings from everypony you pass. And you eventually arrive at Sugarcube Corner. The gingerbread-ish house always leaves your mouth watering when you enter it.
You push the front door open to reveal Pinkie Pie behind a counter of sweets.
"Hi there! Anything I can get for you?" she asks in her quick and hyped-up manner.
Since it was breakfast time, you wanted something simple, like a muffin. "Can I get..."
"We have sugar danishes, puff pastries, pinwheel pastries, croissants, cupcakes, cinnamon twists, muffins.."
"I'l take a muffin," you say, knowing she would go on forever if you hadn't stopped her.
"Well, what kind?" she asks, but before you can utter a response, she immediately continues, "We have blueberry muffins, cranberry muffins, cinnamon muffins, chocolate muffins, pumpkin spice muffins, lemon poppy-seed muffins, ooh ooh, or..."
"I'll just take anyone of those," you say. All of them sounded really good, and you couldn't just sit there, listening to her list off every possible muffin, there were other things you had planned.
She plops a random muffin into a bag and hands it over.
"Thank you," you say before exiting.
Once you leave, you and your random muffin go and take a seat at the nearest bench. You reach into the bag to find a poppy-seed muffin. Yum. You sit there, until the entire muffin is gone, before getting up and heading for Fluttershy's.
On your trot to her cottage, you daydream about all the creatures you'll be able to see.
When you finally arrive, you slowly approach the nice wooden door before softly knocking.
After several light thuds of your hoof hitting the door, you can hear approaching hooves from the other side.
Then, the wooden door opens, revealing Fluttershy. You watch as her expression changed immediately when she saw you.
"Hi Fluttershy" you greet her.
She doesn't move. It's as if she is utterly shocked that you came back, as if that's an abnormality with the ponies she meets.
"Oh, hi" she responds, with a smile growing at an exponential rate.
"Sorry I haven't been able to see you in a while. My new job has been taking up a lot of time lately" you apologize.
"N-No worries, at least you're finally here" she responds in her sweet and comforting voice. "W-Would you like to come inside?" she asks, opening the door fully.
You accept her invitation and step inside. You'd never actually been in her cottage before, you'd only seen it from the outside. And similarly to the exterior, the interior had bird houses in every direction you faced. In addition, there was a couch and soft lounge chair on the opposite side of the room. The light colors of the room also added to the comfortable atmosphere of the house.
Fluttershy trots over to the lounge chair and asks you to sit in the couch next to her. You happily oblige and take a seat.
Then she began, "So tell me everything that's happened since we met."
When you begin telling her of your experience since having met her, you realize the complete and utter concentration that she has on you. You tell her about the good, like all the great friendships that you've made since your arrival. And even some of the bad, like how much time your new job has taken up.
Eventually though, you've ran out of things to tell her about, and thus ask her a question. "How about you? What have you been up to since we met?"
"Oh, me? I've just been tending to the animals, making sure Angel and the other critters are happy. And although I love their company, I've still felt lonely since you left" she says with blushing cheeks.
"Well if you felt lonely, why not just invite one of your close friends like Rainbow or Pinkie?" you ask with a puzzled expression.
"It's just not the same" she says.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I see how much you care for the animals. Like how I do! I've never met another pony who loves little wooden creatures as much as me. And, I don't know, I feel that we have so much in common. From the very first day I saw you, I felt a strong connection between us." Fluttershy says with a hefty smile.
You return her smile with your own, while also taking a quick peek at the clock on the wall. '2:26' it reads. Uh oh! The Wonderbolts show starts at 2:30!
Your smile immediately vanishes as you get off the couch. You look back to see Fluttershy's grin disappear as well, as her face picks up a concerned look.
"Where are you going?" she quickly asks.
"I'm so sorry Fluttershy, but I've got to go. I'm going to be late for the Wonderbolts show! Let's talk later though" you respond, hurriedly making your way to the door.
As you get closer to the front door, you reach for its handle. But all of a sudden, you feel something flat and hard knocking you off balance from behind, while a loud metal sound rings throughout the room. You fall, your side landing on the hard wood floor. And then, your vision begins to blur before going completely black. The last thing you hear before losing consciousness is Fluttershy, "I'm sorry, but I can't let you go so soon."
