Fluttershy entered her quarters. They were only temporary, since she would be arriving at Naboo in around 25 hours, but Fluttershy couldn't help but want to decorate a little. The walls were all the same grey color, and the bed was only a shade or two lighter. Fluttershy dug into her bag and placed the bright green book of Naboo's fauna on a little table in the corner, which brightened up the room a little. She smiled.
The image of a shining white pony with a plum-colored mane flashed across Fluttershy's conscience, making that smile just a little bigger.
The pegasus dropped her bag in a corner and decided to look around the ship. Ahsoka said that the personnel would be happy to help her if she got lost, so Fluttershy thought a little roaming couldn't possibly hurt her.
Eventually, Fluttershy came upon the hangar bay of the Venator. There were several ships in little open rooms on the sides of the long, wide hall, which was full of a couple more ships and lots of supplies and fuel.
"I wonder why they need all these ships if we're just going to Naboo..." Fluttershy thought aloud.
"After we drop you and the Commander off, we're going straight to Florrum," a clone voice said behind the pegasus, making her jump.
She turned around to see a clone soldier in white and blue armor. He looked like he was of a high rank, with all of the color he had.
"What's your name?" Fluttershy asked.
"I'm Captain Rex," the soldier replied. "I'm guessing nobody told you that Naboo isn't the first stop this ship is taking."
"No... I actually skipped the meeting..." Fluttershy looked at the ground sheepishly. "There was going to be a lot of Council members there, and I was afraid they'd still be really mad at me after... what happened."
"In my experience, kid, half of the Jedi will forgive you and move on, and half will forgive but think you're a threat for quite some time." Rex said. Fluttershy wasn't sure if this was helpful or more unsettling.
"Hey, look, it's the Jedi Basher!" A different clone, one that helped with the ships, said as he ran up to Fluttershy and the Captain. He was grinning ridiculously, and pointing at her. It took Fluttershy a second to realize what was going on, but when she did, she turned as red as a ripe tomato--maybe even redder.
"Cool it, Joke, give the kid a break," Rex said, nudging the clone a little harder than what could be considered 'friendly'.
"Aw, but what she did was so cool! I wish I had guts like hers!" Joke said, looking at Fluttershy, and still grinning.
"W-wait... you think what I did was... 'cool'?" Fluttershy asked, blush fading a little. "Do you not like the Jedi?"
"No, no, it's not that! I just like to give 'em a little scare sometimes! Keep 'em on their toes!" Joke's eyebrows narrowed a little, turning his smile from goofy to a little creepy. Fluttershy squeaked.
"Joke here thinks it's fun to prank the Jedi," Rex sighed. Fluttershy couldn't tell, but she bet that he was rolling his eyes. "He does it on every ship he goes on with them."
"You make it sound like it's a bad thing!" Joke said, his grin faltering a little. "I make some true masterpieces!"
"Wouldn't you get suspended for something like that?" Fluttershy tilted her head.
"He has been. Several times." Rex turned to Joke in a way that made it obvious he was glaring.
"I probably will be again, and maybe even on this very mission!" Joke giggled. "You see--"
Joke stopped talking as a shadow appeared behind him. He turned around to see Anakin, holding up some misshapen explosives.
"Found these in your bunk," the Jedi said, sounding both angry and amused. "Care to explain?"
"General Skywalker, those can't hurt anybody! I made replicas of our explosives, but these shoot little sparkles everywhere when they detonate! S'posed to make you happy!" Joke said, his smile unable to cover up his fear.
"Well, you could say that I'm happy that I found them before you used them." Anakin smiled maliciously. "You're suspended as soon as we return to Coruscant. Until then, you can join the janitorial staff."
Joke sighed, but never dropped his smile. He took a bow before walking off.
"Why do you keep suspending him and not just expel him if he's so much trouble?" Fluttershy asked once the clone delinquent was gone.
"He's a handful, but he's also got a lot of skills," Anakin sighed. He turned to Rex. "Remember, we have a meeting in an hour."
"Yes, sir." Rex said.
Fluttershy began to trot off when the image of a bouncy pink pony appeared in her mind. It was a strong memory, and it made Fluttershy think of... joke pies?
An overwhelming feeling came to Fluttershy, and before she could stop herself, she walked deeper into the Venator, looking for where the engineering personnel were.
"Hey, Snips! Have you seen my lightsaber?" Anakin called to his Padawan. They stood in the same hall, on opposite ends.
"Did you lose it again?" Ahsoka smirked.
Anakin frowned. "No, not this time! I know exactly where I placed it, and now it's gone!"
"Why can't you just keep it on your belt?" The Padawan asked, folding her arms.
"Well, I didn't think I'd need it!"
"Master Kenobi's not going to be happy about this."
"Watch it, Snips!"
"H-hey, Anakin!" Fluttershy interrupted, appearing behind Ahsoka. Both Jedi turned towards her. "I, uh, found your, um, lightsaber."
"Really? Thanks!" Anakin said before walking over to the Pegasus. "Where'd you find it?"
"Oh! In the, uh, hangar bay." she looked at her hooves.
"Hmm... Joke must've taken it..." Anakin looked at his lightsaber suspiciously. "I'd better make sure he didn't do anything to it." So Anakin turned the lightsaber on.
But a lightsaber blade did not come out of the handle.
Instead, colorful confetti and steamers flew from the handle, spraying everywhere. When the spectacle had finished, Anakin and the floor around him were covered in the party supplies. Ahsoka had to smother a giggle, and Fluttershy's face broke out into a huge smile.
"Okay, that's it!" Anakin shouted, throwing the fake saber onto the ground. "Joke's going to get it!" The Jedi turned to walk out of the hall when Fluttershy stopped him.
"Wait! Joke didn't do it! It was me!" the Pegasus pleaded.
"...You did this?" Anakin asked, bewildered. Ahsoka picked the fake lightsaber lightsaber up and examined it, smiling all the while.
"Well, not all by myself," Fluttershy admitted. "I had some help building it from the clones in engineering, but they had no idea why I was building it! I promise!"
Anakin stood quietly for a while, glaring at the lightsaber. Fluttershy became increasingly scared as to what he was going to say. Even Ahsoka began to look a little worried.
Evenntually, Anakin smiled. "Well, I must say, I didn't take you for the pranking type," he said. "How about this: I won't tell anyone that you pranked me if you won't tell anyone that I lost my lightsaber. Deal?"
"Um... about that..." Fluttershy looked a little more worried. "It's in my quarters."
"You stole my lightsaber?!" Anakin yelled. Both Fluttershy and Ahsoka winced.
"Master, I want you to think very carefully about what you're going to say next." Ahsoka said when she saw Fluttershy's face. The Pegasus looked to be on the verge of tears.
"Don't tell me what to do, Snips," Anakin told his Padawan. "And you, Fluttershy--good job."
"Please don't--wait, what?" Fluttershy was surprised at the sudden mercy.
"It takes both guts and skill to steal from a Jedi, among other things." Anakin explained. "I'm honestly a little impressed. Just don't go around stealing lightsabers left and right, because I won't be able to save you."
"O-okay!" Fluttershy smiled, happy that she wasn't getting into a ton of trouble. She--somewhat cautiously--walked past the Jedi to Ahsoka. The two girls then set off, completely oblivious to the quiet laughs of the Jedi that was left in the hall.
Author's Note
Yay! A little side story in the Fluttershy: Galactic Zoologist complete! 
There will be more stories in the future, so look out for those!
2. Twilight vs. the Venator
Author's Note
This story is based on series of comments between raven618 and I on the story Fluttershy: Galactic Zoologist.
2. Twilight vs. the Venator
It was a lovely day in Equestria. The sun was high and shining happily down upon the green grass. The birds sang their sweet melodies, the notes floating in the slight breeze that flew through the air. Twilight Sparkle took a deep breath. Today was going to be a wonderful day.
Twilight used days like these to find a lovely place around Ponyville, such as under a tree or on a warm bench, and read a book. She found such a place on a soft patch of grass by the river that ran by the town. Twilight sat down, opened her book, and took a deep breath before beginning to read.
But not long after she began the chapter, a strange hum filled her ears.
At first, Twilight thought it was some kind of bug and swatted around her head with her hoof. She tried to ignore it, thinking it must have just been her ears ringing. But as the noise got louder, it sounded less like the typical "eeeeee" ears make and more like a faint roar. Sighing, Twilight scratched the inside of her ears and looked up from her book.
She noticed an odd shadow on the surface of the water. Becoming curious, Twilight tried to ignore the noise and got up to investigate.
The shadow was faint, but still noticeable. It looked sort of blobby from the movement in the water, but it held and almost triangular shape. Seeing as there wasn't a fish that could produce such a shadow, Twilight looked up to see what could be casting it.
Right there, up in the sky, above the shadow, was a triangular flying... thingy.
"Well, it can't be a living creature," Twilight thought to herself out loud. "Nothing I've ever read about is shaped like that."
She itched her ear again, as the roar was becoming louder. Come to think of it, the flying thingy was getting bigger...
Twilight's eyes popped wide open. "I'll bet they're connected somehow!" she gasped. After thinking about it for a bit, she decided to follow the flying thingy to investigate further.
Twilight trotted through Ponyville, keeping her eyes on the thing in the sky. Occasionally she would flash looks at the other ponies walking down the street. They didn't seem to notice the giant triangle in the sky or the ever-annoying roar that came with it. It was making the whole situation a little bit freakier.
Soon, the triangle flew over White-Tail Woods. Twilight grimaced, knowing it would be harder to follow under the trees. This thought was followed by a facehoof as she remembered she was an alicorn and could easily fly over the trees. After flapping her wings a little to warm up, she took off after the triangle once more.
Twilight was a gasping mess of a pony as she swerved over the trees of the forest. While she wasn't going all that fast, she wasn't used to flying for this long. The sun had moved quite a bit overhead, indicating she had been flying for several hours. At least the triangle should be landing soon, Twilight thought.
Over time, the flying thing had become steadily larger and more defined as it came closer to the ground. This caused Twilight some distress, considering the fact that the triangle seemed to be a giant metal machine, with no wings, that was somehow flying even though it shouldn't be scientifically possible. The only thing keeping Twilight's mood in check was the chance that there could be some kind of spell that allowed it to fly.
Finally, the triangle landed. Twilight was so relived to stop flying that she simply crashed onto the ground through the trees, gulping up the air.
Once she recombobulated herself, the alicorn snuck up on the triangle. The roar it had been producing had stopped, but a brief hissing noise came from it. She trotted towards the sound, ready to investigate.
Peering through some bushes, Twilight noticed that a ramp had fallen from the triangle, revealing a rectangular hole. A shadow moved in the darkness that was within the triangle. It came closer and closer to the ramp until it stepped out into the sun, revealing--
--Fluttershy?
Twilight's head began to spin with questions. What is Fluttershy doing on a flying triangle? Did she fly it? Did she build it? Oh, I hope she tells me how it works! If I knew--
The alicorn's inner monologue was interrupted when another being stepped out into the ramp. This one looked fairly humanoid, but it had odd horn-like things hanging from its head.
This brought forth another slew of questions. What is that being? I thought humans would turn into ponies when they came to Equestria! Of course, I don't even know if that thing is human! Did it build the triangle?
Twilight let out a frustrated shout as she leapt out of the bushes, forgetting that she wasn't alone. The not-human turned its head toward her. Twilight panicked, flew around in circles for a few seconds, then finally teleported herself back to the safety of her castle.
A pink light exploded in Twilight's bedroom, leaving a disheveled purple alicorn in its place. She took several deep breaths, trying to calm herself down. The not-human saw me! What if it's going to track me down? What if it finds me? What should I do?!
A lightbulb went off in Twilight's head. "I'll write a letter to the Princess."
3. Twilight vs. the Venator 2: Celestia Gets Informed
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3. Twilight vs. the Venator 2: Celestia Gets Informed
Princess Celestia opened the door to her room. It had been a long day ruling, and she was looking forward to getting a good night's sleep. She walked over to her bed and was about to climb in it when her horn lit up, the golden glow producing a single roll of parchment.
Celestia smiled. A letter from Twilight! How lovely! The princess sat on her bed, unrolling the letter. What a perfect way to end the night!
"Dear Princess Celestia,
"I have some urgent news. I have made a discovery that will alter the fate of Equestria, even the rest of the world, and it may not be for the better.
"Aliens exist.
"I promise this is not a hoax. I spent most of the day chasing a giant floating machine that they have. If our experiences with the Storm King have taught us anything, it is that this machine may very well be made for warfare. We need to put up safety measures immediately, just in case the machine and its inhabitants decide to return.
"One of the inhabitants of the machine also spotted me, and somehow, Fluttershy is involved with them. While it pains me to say this, we may need to be suspicious of her. I don't know what the alien's motives are, and how they relate to Fluttershy and Equestria, but the reason can't be good.
"Before you dismiss this all as fiction and/or unimportant, remember that we don't know what these aliens want or are capable of. I only ask that you think of the safety of Equestria and those in it.
"Sincerely, Twilight."
Celestia slowly lowered the letter, setting it gently on her bedspread. She sat in silence for a bit, mulling over what she had just read.
Then, very quietly, she giggled.
The giggles slowly became louder and bigger, until Celestia was letting out huge, undignified peals of laughter. She laughed until tears rolled down her cheeks. She snorted a few times, which only made the giggles come back harder than before. For five minutes straight, Celestia laughed harder than she had in the last few years.
"Oh, Twilight," she spoke to herself as she placed the letter with others Twilight had written over the years. "I figured you'd be the first one to figure out about life beyond the stars, but this is hardly the reaction I thought you'd have."
