A Harmful Prank

by voidless

Rating: teen
Tags: Comedy, Fluttershy, Main 6, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Sad, Romance
Length: 2902

Rainbow Dash's pranks are usually haarmless. But there's a reason Pinkie wouldn't prank Fluttershy.

We all know Rainbow Dash loves pranks. Most are harmless. But it really depends on the pony you pull them to decide if it's harmless. And with Fluttershy, not much is harmless. Isn't it amazing how something gone wrong can lead to a stronger friendship....and more? Probably terrible...so flame away if you dislike it. Enjoy! Teen for Wing-Boner inference.....

Published 2012-07-22 19:04:02 UTC
Last updated 2012-08-01 01:49:46 UTC

The Harmless Prank

Well... This is my first oneshot. Enjoy.
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It was a great day! It was one of the ones that people would spend talking to friends or playing. But for me it was a day of pranking. I wish Pinkie had decided to help me with this. Then again, there were some pranks that Pinkie couldn't do. Like the bit tied to a string trick. That one never got old for me. But at the moment, I had a different prank in mind. The main focus of this one was Fluttershy this time. Pinkie Pie may have discouraged me against it last time but now I was positive Fluttershy could take it. She had recently gotten so much stronger that I'm sure she can take a prank. I had the cloud set up in the tree and the air horn in the bushes. The fake turtle would serve as the attraction to the area. I saw a flash of yellow and pink in the distance. Perfect! I pulled on the string that was attached to the fake turtle. It slide down the shoreline and ant just under the water. I looked over the bush I was hiding behind. She had followed the bait.

"Perfect" I say. I just hoped that the air horn would go off when she tripped the wire. That would trigger the cloud and make it rain. This is the most genius prank I've ever come up with! My thoughts were cut short when I hear the horn go off and I hear Fluttershy squeal. I looked over the bush. There she was. The look on her face was priceless. I fell over laughing. The prank happened just as planned! When I looked over the bushes I noticed that Fluttershy was gone. I was still laughing. I really hope that her feeling weren't hurt to bad. That was probably the best prank I've ever managed to pull off!. I started to walk back to Ponyville still laughing.

It was dark by the time I got back. My laughing had only recently stopped. I then noticed one of my best friends passing by. What is Twi doing out this late? Probably getting a book or looking something up. I laughed at the thought.

I was interrupted by her talking to me. "Oh Rainbow Dash, thank Celestia I found you."

I was curious to know why she was looking for me. "Oh really? What is it Twi?"

"It's Fluttershy. I stopped by her house earlier and heard her crying. She won't even let anyone in to see what's wrong. I was hoping you could go cheer her up."

Oh no. This is my fault isn't it? What happened? I quickly jumped into the air and flew away towards Fluttershy's cottage. I stopped flying once I reached her front door. I could hear Fluttershy crying softly inside behind the walls. I knocked on the door.

"Fluttershy. Fluttershy! Open the door!" I said. It was probably a little rude to talk so loudly to her while she was crying. I remember one thing...she never locked her windows. Yeah, this was a great life lesson. When in doubt, break and enter into your friends house! I flew up to the top window and opened it. It was dark in the room. No lighting were on. I found the door and walked downstairs. There she was. She was crying on her chair with angel patting her back. Judging by the wet spots on the chair, she had probably been crying ever since my prank.

"Fluttershy?" She looked up at me. I couldn't help but feel terrible at the sight of her. Her mane was a mess and her eyes were wet. "You okay?"

"Oh Rainbow, somepony did the meanest thing." She cried as I sat down next to her.

"What did they do?" I asked her. I obviously knew...but maybe somepony else did something to hurt her feelings.

"Somepony used an animal to scare me and a cloud to get me drenched." She started crying again after she finished her sentence. I felt one more pang of guilt. I stopped thinking about it when she laid her head onto my shoulder. I lied myself down with her head falling down onto it. She kept crying while I tried to comfort her. Eventually it all lead to us both falling asleep.

I woke up first. I looked to my right side and noticed Fluttershy sleeping on my shoulder. I wanted to move but didn't want to disturb her. She did look cute the way she was sleeping. Wait, cute? What am I thinking? I can't think of FLuttershy that way, just yesterday I had scared the hay out of her!

She moved. Only a little bit. Fluttershy was always a light sleeper. I remember that from flight camp where she woke up to a bunch of ponies talking quietly at night. Luckily, I didn't wake her. In fact, she snuggled her head more closely into my side. I smiled to myself. What am I doing? Rainbow Dash is NOT a spineless wimp. I can't really be hung up with Fluttershy....right? It was just because I feel bad for pranking her. Then again...the thought of her being snuggled into my side...I felt my wing get a little stiffer. Oh no! Now was not the time for one of these! Think of something else. Fluttershy was directly on top of my right wing! Think of something else then! Um...Daring Do, Pinkie Pie's parties, that time Twilight tried to teach me some flying patterns with algorithms, ANYTHING! It happened anyway. My left wing was fully in the air while my right one strained under Fluttershy's weight. I hear her murmuring something as she begins moving. Great. Here comes the most embarrassing moment of my life. I move out from under her. She didn't wake up...I stood there for at least a minute waiting for it. Nothing. I guess all of that crying took it out of her. And during that entire time of fear my wings had cooled down and were only half high. Oh thank Celestia she didn't wake up!

"Yes!" I said happily under my breath. Big mistake. At those words she opened her eyes and noticed me standing there.My wings half erect. Crud. Time to do some trickery. I stretched my legs out and shook my wings around. "Well I slept great! What about you Fluttershy?"

She rubbed her eyes with her hoof before looking at me and responding "Oh, you're still here Rainbow? I thought you wanted to leave."

I can't believe she thought I would leave. Even after she had been hurt from a prank. My prank. I had to tell her. And why not now? Maybe in her daze she won't hate me for it. "why would I leave? You needed some calming down."

"Oh um right...I'm sorry I wasted your time with that when you could have been doing something else."

"Oh no! I didn't mind it at all Fluttershy! It was the least I could do after the....the..."

"Yes, Rainbow?" She said nicely. Out of anypony else that statement would sound rude. But from her...it sounded sweet and innocent. Again, what am I thinking! This is Fluttershy. Your best friend! I was brave strong and all of that! I couldn't think somepony was cute! Especially weak minded Fluttershy....I want to reword that. I didn't want to make it sound like I was insulting her.

I sighed before I gave my answer "Well Fluttershy, the person who pulled that prank on you....was...me" I said sadly. My head dripped to the floor. I really hope she wasn't upset more by this. I didn't want her crying because of me again!

"But Rainbow, why would you do that?" She had tears in her eyes as she said that. Great! Now I've hurt her feelings twice!

"I didn't mean to hurt you! I was just...pulling a prank...that's all! But I swear I didn't mean to make you cry! It's just that I thought you were getting braver and I thought you could handle a prank!" At least I was honest there.

"It's okay Rainbow....do you really think I'm brave? She said. Was she blushing? I could have been imagining it.

"Really? You aren't mad?" I asked amazed at her answer. I thought that she would be angry at me or sad and start crying. But this was perfect. Oh wait. The question. "Of course Fluttershy! You've been getting so much stronger at everything. Like when we were just under 800 wing power and you helped us reach our goal!" Did she blush again?

"Of course I'm not mad. How could I get mad at my best friend?" She asked me. It was my turn to blush now...Why were my wings stiffening again? Oh no....

"Thanks Fluttershy. You know, my wing is killing me from you sleeping on it." I extended both my wings and fluttered them around. That would hide it.

"Oh, I'm sorry Rainbow." She said sweetly. She was nice.

"Oh It's fine! You look cute while you're sleeping anyway." I said. What did I just say? I probably just said something bad...

"Oh...I'd say the same thing to you Rainbow, but I fell asleep before you..." You know what. She really is a great friend. My thoughts wanted her to be a little more maybe....No, she wouldn't like that. Oh well, she accepted my apology and even told me everything was okay.

"Thanks Shy....say, do you wanna go get breakfast or something? I'm pretty hungry." Please say yes!

"Oh um, well I guess that I've got nothing else to do. Are you sure you want to go with me?" Of course I did! She was my best friend!

"Why would I lie? Come on lets go!" I tell her as I unlock the door and open it. I'm glad we're friends. If I'm lucky, maybe we can become something more someday....what am I thinking? I can't be a special somepony to Fluttershy! Oh well, I could think of all of this at breakfast.

A Prank Gone Right

....Wow. My first (good) story was actually asked to have a sequel... Enjoy! Fluttershy's POV
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We were on out way to breakfast....at least that's what Rainbow said. She really was my best friend. After she scared me and I ran away she came to comfort me. She wasn't even mad at me for falling asleep on her wing! My heart fluttered with joy at the thought. She had to stretch of her wing after that though....I really hope I didn't hurt it. She still had the both of them stretched out fully though. I hope she doesn't decide to fly the rest of the way. I wanted to spend as much time as I could being right next to her. But if she decided to fly, then there was no way I could keep up with her. We kept on walking until we hit town. On the way she told me again that she was sorry for scaring me. I told her it was fine. Anything that got me closer to Rainbow Dash was like a blessing for me! I wish that I had gotten a little bit more sleep though. I was tired enough to sleep through anything. I stopped thinking about Rainbow when we made it to the Pony Café.

"Where do you want to sit?" I hear her ask me.

She wants me to choose? Why is she letting me choose? She knows I have trouble deciding... Calm down Fluttershy. "Oh um... you know, wherever you want to sit is fine."

"Are you sure Fluttershy? I'm cool with it if you want to sit somewhere else." She says to me. Rainbow just now placed her wings on her body.

"Oh, of course I'm fine with it Rainbow. We can sit anywhere you want to" Stay calm...I can't let Rainbow know how I feel about her! She's not gay....and even if she was, she could get dozens of better ponies than me. Oh Fluttershy, you're so selfish.

After another minute of talking, Rainbow had decided to sit us near the front of the store. Right in front of the street. We had settled down at our table and looked at the small menu that was on the table. I let her read it first. Be kind....I don't want to seem like a jerk to Rainbow.

I heard a voice call out in the distance "Hey Fluttershy!" I looked behind me and saw Twilight. Great....I was always happy to be with my friends...but now I can't spend as much time with Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, Hey Twi. Whats up?" I hear Rainbow Dash say. Hopefully I will still have some time with Rainbow after breakfast...

"Nothing really, just getting a new book. Oh, I can see that you got Fluttershy out of her house. What was wrong Fluttershy?" She asked me... I don't want to embarrass Rainbow Dash.

"Oh um...nothing really. I guess I just...overreacted." I told her. Rainbow Dash looked a little surprised I didn't tell her what really happened.

"Oh okay then. I'm just glad that you're okay! Well, I've got to go get my book. See you two later!" She said to us. I watched her as she walked away.

"Why did you lie?" Rainbow asked me.

"I just....um..." I trailed off.

"Never mind. Thanks though." Rainbow said to me with a smile.

That was a reason that I liked her so much. She was kind and strong and sweet...No no...don't think of Rainbow like that. She'd hate me if I told her how I felt... I'm so stupid sometimes...
For the rest of the hour we ordered and ate. We also talked about some things. Mainly what Rainbow Dash wanted to. Like flying, The Wonderbolts, and several other things like that. I didn't mind listening to her at all. It was nice to hear about how she was doing in her new tricks and how she might be able to impress Spitfire... She was really in to all of that stuff... The kind of stuff that I wasn't good at. I couldn't fly, I couldn't do anything like that. It was just more proof that there was no way she could like me.

"So what do you want to talk about Fluttershy?" She asked me.
Did I just imagine that? She wanted to hear about my boring stories...She probably didn't want to hear anything about how I saved a bunny rabbit yesterday...or anything like that. I may not be able to relate to her stories, but at least they're interesting.

"Oh, you don't want to hear about my stories Rainbow" I told her honestly.

"Why wouldn't I? You listened to mine." She told me.

"Well, um I don't really have much to talk about. Well...I guess I better be getting home. Angel needs me." I told her.

"Why cant we do something together? I've got nothing to do today"

She wants to spend time with me? Why me? What could I possibly do with her? I answered her question quickly, "Um...if you want to I can. What do you want to do?" Hopefully it isn't flying.

"Well, I guess we can do what you want." She told me. She wanted to go somewhere with me? She even wanted me to choose what to do?

I've got nothing to do. Most of the time I'm caring after angel or helping animals. What could I do with Rainbow Dash? I guess I could watch her do tricks... is there really nothing that we like to do together? "Well, I guess I could watch you do some tricks or help you practice...you know, if you want to."

"Are you sure Fluttershy?" She asked me. She was probably surprised that I offered to watch her fly.

"Of course Rainbow. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, it's just that I you aren't the best flyer."

I felt a little saddened. I know I am not that good, but it still hurts to be told it. She must have noticed my sudden emotion.

"Wait, I didn't mean it that way. Here, how about we do anything you want to do."

She tried to spare my feelings... she's even letting me pick what to do today. Even if we can't be more than friends, I'm glad that we can be just that.

In the end we decided to do something we both wanted to do. Mainly talking. It was enjoyable listening to her talk about all of her tricks and stunts. Before I knew it, hours passed.

"Goodnight Fluttershy" She told me. We had just made it to my house. Rainbow had also given me a good bye hug. I was glad she was my friend.

"Good night Rainbow. Thank you for spending the day with me." I told her. Who knows...maybe we can spend more time tomorrow.

"No problem Shy! I enjoyed it a lot! Maybe we can hang out tomorrow!" She told me as I watched her fly off. I walked inside and went to my bed. The prank may have made me cry, but at least it got me closer to Rainbow. Maybe the prank had gone right...
"Goodnight Angel." I told him as I walked by. He didn't even move. He was already asleep. And soon, I would be to.