Fluttershy's eyes blunk open. "Hm? Where am I?"
She looked around as she sat up. She was in a forest it seemed. "Hello? Anypony? Anycreature?"
Fluttershy wiped a tear out from her eye. She gasped as she saw a tiny creature. It was small and bipedal, with a stem that had a leaf at the end of it.
"Hello?" she asked, running over. The creature's stem popped up quickly as it ran away. "Stupid Fluttershy... You should've known you would've scared it..."

Fluttershy flew out of the hollow she was at, seeing three of the creature she found before. They were looking up at something strange.
"Do you need or want that?" Fluttershy asked. Was it food?
The creatures nodded, gathering around her.
"Hm... what do I do to get them up there..." Fluttershy murmured. "Oh! I know! Climb on!"
The creatures climbed on her back, as Fluttershy flew them up, gently tossing them onto it. They pulled it down, as it hovered down.

They jumped up and down happily as Fluttershy flew to the ground. "What is this thing for? Hm..."
"Onion!" they babbled. "Onion!"
"Onion? It's called an Onion? That's a... strange name... But it's clearly necessary for your survival. Hm... Well maybe we could try to get more of you..." Fluttershy said. The three creatures nodded, gathering around her.

Fluttershy flew around the area, seeing a couple of strange flowers that had seeds with number "1"s written on them.
She called them over, tossing them on the flower. They latched onto it, hitting it until the seed fell off. They continued to destroy them, as they took the three pellets to the "Onion".
The Onion absorbed it as sprouts fell from it. "Oh, I see! This must be how they reproduce..." she gasped. "There's a strange thing over there. It looks like a piece of paper? Oh my... Why don't I just fly over to it?" she flapped her wings. "Ow... they hurt... I don't think I can fly all the way over there..."

Fluttershy pulled the sprout - gently, of course - from the ground, as one of the creatures came out of the ground.
"Could the four of you look around to try to find something that we could build a bridge with? And seeds?" she asked.
They ran around the area. After a few minutes, the newly sprouted one carried over a pellet, as more were sprouted. She pulled out all the creatures from the ground, as they all spread out to find stuff.
One of them ran over, carrying a fragment. "Oh! Did you find something to build a bridge with? Good job! Let's see if we can find more. EVERYPONY!"
The creatures ran over to her.
"Lead the way to where you found the fragment, okay?" Fluttershy asked. The one from before went to the front of the group, still carrying the fragment.

Soon they found a pile of... about twenty fragments. "Could everypony please take these over to an area where we could form a bridge? Except you little leader. Me and you can try to find some more of those flowers."
Fluttershy and the creature who found the first fragment looked around, finding a couple of those same flowers, and one with a five written on it.
"Hm... I think we need five to bring it back..." Fluttershy murmured. "Let's see the bridge process! I'll pluck the already sprouted ones first."
She plucked seven of them, bringing them to the completed bridge. "Perfect! Let's go across."

Fluttershy picked up the "paper", gasping as she saw what it said.
"I can read this but it seems to be in another language... The Onion is like a nest for the Pikmin. It both gives birth to them and provides them with shelter." Fluttershy read. "So you're called Pikmin then? That's a good name. It's getting dark and I have a feeling creatures might come here. To... Um... I don't know what to call it... Oh! Everwood Forest." she smiled.
She walked around behind the bridge. She gasped as she saw what looked like a ship.
"An... abandoned ship? Hm... I should see if I can pilot this. Um... Pikmin, I'm guessing you'll stay in the Onion over night? I'll come back tomorrow, I promise. I'll see you then." Fluttershy said, entering the ship and managing to pilot it into the atmosphere.
"The Pikmin followed me! Well Yawn I should go to sleep." Fluttershy thought out loud.

Author's Note

Stats

Captains

Fluttershy Only

Area

Everwood Forest (named by Fluttershy)

Pikmin At End

20

Pikmin Deaths At End

0

Total Pikmin

20

Total Pikmin Deaths

0

Pikmin Types

Red Pikmin

Onion Status

Singular, Red (Fluttershy's Group)

Normal Author's Note

I know Flutters was kind of out of character here, but I think she might come out of her shell a bit because of the Pikmin. They're pretty much a kind of animal.