The News

Fluttershy galloped through town, her heart pounding in her chest. The wind whipped through her mane as she sped past several towns folk. She had just received some exciting news from Thunderlane. News that, while she was excited to hear, she new Rainbow Dash would love even more. But hat was this important message she carried? Many ponies had to wonder, as very rarely did the towns folk see Fluttershy running with such urgency.

Well, technically this wasn't true. It wasn't uncommon to see the buttery pegasus fleeing in terror from something others found mundane. However, now she did lack the expression of fear she normally carried, and in it's place was a small glint of determination in her eyes. Her current target was the Golden Oaks Library, where a certain Twilight Sparkle was asking Rainbow Dash about weather manipulation.

While Fluttershy was good friends with the magically inclined unicorn, she knew how long winded she was. She could probably do some afternoon shopping, do her laundry, and make all of her animals food. At the end, she'd probably still have a few hours to catch Rainbow Dash before Twilight let her go.

That didn't matter though, as Fluttershy skidded to a stop directly in front of the Golden Oaks Library. She quickly and quietly tapped three times on the door. From the other side, she heard faint grumbling. Something along the lines of "this is a public library."

Its was then that the sound of magic, followed by the opening of the door, revealing Twilight right behind the door and Rainbow just beyond her. The slight look of annoyance on the unicorns face quickly faded, as Twilight greeted the timid pegasus.

"Fluttershy, what brings you here?" The unicorn stepped aside so that Fluttershy could enter.

"Rainbow Dash, I have exciting news that I know you're going to love." Fluttershy said as she clapped her hooves, with only small clop being heard.

"Is it another butterfly migration?" Rainbow rolled her eyes slightly.

"Even better!" Fluttershy said, as she got louder. At least that's what she thought.

"What is it, Fluttershy?" Twilight chimed in, intrigue as she had never seen the mare so excited over very many things.
Fluttershy preferred a quiet life, so when ever her spirits were up, it was usually for a legitimate reason.

"Whipper Wind is coming to town!" Fluttershy (thought) she shouted. Rainbow Dash's ears perked up, her head turning towards the pink maned mare.

"Wait... Are you telling me... That Whipper Wind the Storm Tamer... Is coming here?" Rainbow spoke rather slowly, which was a feat in and of itself, as she tried to process what she was being told. Fluttershy answered with a curt nod, leaving Twilight without an answer for the questions still in her head. Who was Whipper Wind and why was he important?

"Who's Whipper Wind?" She said, not willing to keep these questions of hers unanswered for long.

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHO WHIPPER WIND IS?!?!" Rainbow quickly shouted in Twilight's face, causing the mare to take a few steps back out of shock.

"He's-"

"HE'S ONLY THE GREATEST WEATHER COLT IN ALL OF FOREVER!!!!" Rainbow shouted, interrupting her timid friend.

"Weather? That's it? Rainbow, I thought you said your job was boring. Why is this Whipper Wind so important to you?" Twilight asked, recalling her first run in with Rainbow when she would rather take a nap than clear the skies.

"He isn't just any Weather Colt, Twilight." Flutteshy chimed. "He's Whipper Wind, the Storm Tamer, the Terror of Typhoons, the Bully of Blizzards-"

"The Monster of Monsoons, the Hell of Hailstorms, the-" A purple glow stopped both pegasi from speaking, holding their muzzles shut.

"I still don't see why your so interested in him anyway." Twilight said as she finally got a chance to speak. She released both of them from her magic grasp, only to be met with an instant response from the blue pegasus.

"Are you kidding me?! He's the one who gave me the idea of the Buccaneer Blaze! He's almost as awesome as the Wonderbolts!"

"And he's coming to Ponyville." Fluttershy piped up. Both pegasi let out cries of excitement, Fluttershy's being a small 'woohoo' while Rainbow Dash had a much louder 'Aw yeah!'

"Hey, what's with all the racket?" The trio looked up the stairs to see that Spike had woken up from his nap, the expression of annoyance ever present on his face.

"Haven't you heard?" Fluttershy questioned. "Whipper Wind's coming to town!"

"Whipper Wind? Like, the weather guy?" Spike asked, wiping sleep from his eyes.

"Hay Yeah!" Rainbow Dash Fluttered up off the ground in excitement.

"Why do we care?" Spike groaned.

"Yeah, why do we car-" Twilight was interrupted by Rainbow Dash in her face again.

"There's no time to explain!" Rainbow quickly turned to Fluttershy, jabbing a hoof towards her.

"Fluttershy, we need to track down every pegasus in town and tell them the news!"

"Yes captain, right away captain!" Fluttershy said uncharacteristically, before she bolted back out the open door. Rainbow Dash opted to take the window, as the two of the set out to spread the words. Twilight and Spike, however, were left in the tree, expressions of confusion on both of them. Spike quickly took the opportunity to go back to his nap, while Twilight looked down at her notes sadly, wishing Rainbow Dash was back so she could finish them.