The brave and the butter

Butterscotch lay on his side against the soft blades of grass, a small smile would be fitted onto his face as he looked down at a small garden snake coiled around his yellow hoof, he giggled softly as he raised the snake up and stroked its back with his free hoof. "oh Mr. snake I wish I could stay here with you for longer.." he gave a small sigh as he looked at the green colored snakes black eyes, it would tilt its head and give a small hiss of concern towards the yellow pegasus. He gave a small smile before lowering his hoof against the grass and gave a small jerk, letting the snake uncoil itself from his hoof and slither back a few feet away before turning towards butterscotch. He smiled softly and waved as the snaked hissed softly in response before turning and slithering back into a bush that lay a few feet away, leaving the yellow pegasus to sigh and lower his head onto the ground. ''to be an earth pony...if only"

''What about an earth pony?" a sudden and loud voice would call out from above him, startling the yellow pegasus as he let out a small 'eep' and jumped a few feet into the air, his body shaking as he peeked at the shadow below him and slowly turned his head up and gave a small sight at the sight of the cyan pegasus. "oh rainbow dash, its just you..." he nervously said while looking down and fiddling with her fore hooves. "I..i"

Rainbow dash cringed as the colt continued to try and utter out one single word, she rubbed the back of her head before giving a smile "it's fine butterscotch, I was just teasing.. anyways, what's got you all the way down here..hanging out with animals? The wingpower test is in like.. A few minutes" she would say while hiding the slight eagerness In her voice, she grinned as the colt meekly nodded. She knew she would top the charts, there was no doubt about it, though she did worry about the score her shy friend would make.

"If that's got ya down, dont sweat it! I'm sure you'll ace it!" She would encouragingly say to the yellow colt before lifting herself up into the air with a flap of her wings. She glanced back down to the colt who had not moved from his place, in fact he had curled in on himself and started soft muttering to himself.

"Butterscotch?" The prismatic filly would call out in confusion before landing back down and walking over to him, she sat down on her haunches and looked down at him. "Cmon buddy, something eating ya?" She would say while placing a hoof lightly upon his back.

"O-oh.. rainbowdash..wh-what if I dont pass..?" He would stutter as he craned his blue eyes up at his friend, he had come down from the flight academy to spend some time with the animal friends he had made. Though through circumstances that were not good, he had found himself returning back every so often to visit or to relieve himself of stress, finding sanctity with the little critters. He had forgotten all about the test before rainbow dash brought it up again, but when she did it made his heart beat faster and his raise his fear levels tenfold. "S-pe-spear wing...he..said I wouldnt past.." he said while pressing his muzzle against grass at knowing the colt had seemingly been given a lesser punishment as he showed up to school a week after the event, a small groan emitting from him, he knew it was true.

"I-I am the slowest one out of every pony.." he sighed before placing both hooves over his muzzle, content on staying hidden from the world and living in his own resolute darkness. Though that was until rainbow dash narrowed her eyes "did he now?" Her voice would be one laced with a bit of annoyance as she huffed to herself, though not expressing her anger to not spook her shy friend, her body language emitted it quite expressively. "Didnt that punk learn the last time..." she muttered out the last part before looking back down to the yellow pegasus who had looked up what her with those doe eyes, her anger disappearing as she gave a small sigh.

"Now you know that isnt true! You're plenty fast, and sure you aren't the fastest flier but that doesnt mean you the slowest!" She would exclaim towards the yellow pegasus, a complimentary tone as she continued on. "And you're still more of a stallion than he is anyways! I've never seen spear wing literally stare down a bald eagle, literally! You had it scared to death" she finished by giving the colt a pat on the back, he had given a small smile up at her, his cheeks now showing a faint tint of red to them.

Butterscotch, having listening to rainbow dash's words of encouragement, felt himself blush as he glanced up at her with a thankful look. He felt his lips quiver as he pushed himself up and sat down on his haunches, looking slightly up at the filly he sheepishly smiled at her, she had always been so encouraging to him and by her own will too! He had always been so down on himself before she came, she'd always find a way to make his self doubts dribble away.

Moved by this, he gave the biggest smile he could before leaning forwards and wrapping his hooves around the cyan filly, who gave a small laugh as she quickly glanced around before returning the hug. "Oh..thank you Rainbow!" He said while letting out a few small tears of joy, before quickly removing his grip around her and nervously lowering his head "s-sorry.." he would apologize almost immediately afterwards.

Rainbow dash, having not expected the hug felt her cheeks redden before she quickly shook her head and gave a small laugh, looking around their surroundings before returning the hug. True, she didn't really enjoy physical affection but she couldn't really hate it when it came to butterscotch, he was different than most and almost immediately apologized if he ever did something he thought offended some pony. The small colt really did leave an impression on her from when they met, though at the beginning it was a small show of pity, though now she secretly liked the hugs he would give.

"Ahh, it's fine butters!" She would notice the colt's demeanor quickly changing and jumped almost immediately, exclaiming a quick and easy refute. She looked down at the yellow pegasus with a grin, keeping it there until he would finally lift his head and stare directly at her, flinching a bit before slowly but surely forming his expressions into a nervous smile of his own. "Keep the hugs till after I score first in the test! I'm sure to blow every ponies socks off!" she decided to further drive the conversation towards the up coming test.

She would lift her wings and flap up into the air, now come on!" she would excitedly say to him before gaining altitude and flew in a circle around him, in her head she was imagining all the things and events that would spark if a scouter were to be watching her, even better if it were a wonderbolt scouter! she was salivating at the thought. A cocky grin would be upon her face as she kept subconsciously circling around her shy pegasus friend, who was at the moment getting dizzier and dizzier as his head tried to follow rainbow dash around and around, his teal eyes would start to cross as he did a full 360, slowly shaking his head back and forth as he tried regaining his balance. As he came to, his eyes would widen a bit as he noticed his over exuberant friend drift off her path and on her way to crash head first into a tree, he tried to call out to her but his voice was sadly too low for her to hear through her musings.

''O-oh rainbow dash... watch out for that-" he would say while straightening himself and unfurling his wings, mouth firmed into a small 'o' shape as he watched her spin in the air and suddenly 'THUD' he would close his eyes and and wince at the noise the impact made, he slowly opened his eyes and looked over to the cyan filly with a feeling of concern rising in his stomach. Quickly lifting off of the ground and quickly hovering himself over towards the pegasus, his hoof raising to his mouth as he made the short flight and landed softly on his hooves " Oh Rainbow.. are you alright..? d-do you need to go to the..nurse?" he would shoot off in a quick tangent, bending down and looking to see if there were any prominent damage done to her. Though knowing rainbow, he surmised in the back of his head that she would shrug it off and be alright in a few seconds.

''Oww... darn tree!" Rainbow dash would say loudly while rubbing the top of her head with a hoof, she winced at the painful throbbing her hoof tip irritated, opening her eyes she narrowed her eyes as she glanced up at the tree with a look of malice, this look quickly dropped when she heard the timid voice of her friend suddenly call out next to her. She gave a huff and dropped the look, placing her hooves beneath her and pushing herself up into a sitting position, she waved a hoof at Butterscotch's speech of worry before looking over at him, giving a small laugh she tried to ease the concern building up in him "Pfft! it's nothing Butters, a little tree won't do anything to a hard headed pegasus like me!" she would say proudly, even though she dissed herself at the end.

"Anyways Butterscot- Butters?"

Butterscotch wasn't deterred by his friends lack of self wellness, he narrowed his eyes slightly and cleared his throat, getting the attention of his cyan friend before nodding slightly to himself before speaking with a surprising firmness in his voice. "N-now Rainbow Dash...I know you you're quick to confirm that you are okay... but you just hit yourself in the head with that tree, and at a quick speed too! and I wont...I won't let you hard hardheadedness keep yourself from being healthy... now please.. let me take you to the nurse's office?" he would finish off by craning his head down and giving Rainbow Dash a look, hoping she would give in.

Rainbow Dash would've cut off Butterscotch, but her words were caught in her throat as she took in the face that Butterscotch was giving her right now, her usual attitude would suddenly drop as she her thoughts quickly ran through he mind,if cute looks could kill, Butterscotch would've given her a heart attack by all the feelings of concern he was giving off. She gave a small cough before lifting a hoof to her face before looking off to the side in an attempt to avoid the glance she was being given, shaking her head as she fought off the blush perfectly clear across her face, though Butterscotch was apparently clueless to this as he pressed forwards, letting his lip tremble for added in effect. ''Damn his cuteness..'' she would mutter to herself before turning back towards Butterscotch, sighing as she let her head fall she relented. "Fine Butters.. if you insist!" she said while rubbing the back of her head before her mouth would form into a sneaky grin. "Buuut... we'll go my way!" she would add in as she watched Butterscotch's grin fall.

"Oh thank you Rainbow Dash!" the yellow colt would be ecstatic as his gaze lingered on the pegasus for a few more seconds before he realized what she said to him, he knew how fast and how crazy she would fly just for fun! He gave a small sheepish grin and took a small step back as he watched her jump to her hooves and look at him. Putting a hoof up to try and halt her advances, he suddenly lost his confidence and started stuttering out useless excuses before giving a small sigh of defeat and dropping his hoof back down onto the soft grass. "Please be gentle..".

Rainbow Dash gave a laugh at the yellow colts statement, rubbing the top of her head quickly and feeling a small yet fading sense of pain in her. "Hah, well see about that!" She had by now stood up and closed the distance between them, smirking down at the shy pegasus before giving a small flap of her wings, quickly hovering up and wrapping her hooves around his slim midsection. "Alright...ready Butters?..." she asked not even bothering to look down, grinning to herself before suddenly.

"Uh Rainbow..i-im not su-RRREE!" his soft voice would be drowned out by the interjection of Rainbow Dash suddenly calling out "let's go!" And they were immediately in the air, his voice lingered out into a small but surprise exclamation as he looked down at the grass getting farther and farther away. His heart started racing as he looked up at the face of rainbow, a tight grin would be plastered onto her as they sped into the air. "R-ra..Rainbow slow down!" He would try calling out over the wind jabbing against his face.

"What's that Butterscotch!? Speed up and do some cool tricks?! Alright, you asked for it!" She would retort back to him, internally laughing as she knew that was nowhere close to what he asked in the first place.

"T-thats not what I said!" He would cry out as he snapped his eyes closed and pressed his hooves closer to his body, praying to celestia that this would end soon.

To be continued.