Fluttershy's Nature Show

The camera holds on a shot of the ants tearing apart the cookie bits for quite awhile, until the cookie is small enough to carry off, which takes several ants to do. A few more keep approaching the area, but with the cookie gone, Fluttershy follows the ants back to their hill. It's a slow enough walk that Fluttershy can easily keep up. When they arrive, The cookie needs to be broken down just to fit in the hole.

Fluttershy turns to the camera. "Now, I'm too large to fit into their hole to go down there and explore, but that would be an amazing experience. At the other end, it would be downright terrifying for the ants, as I don't have their scent."

As she says this, an ant approaches and starts poking her with his antennae. He clicks his mandibles a few times, then lets out a tiny hiss. Two other ants approach as he does and start poking her, as well.

"So, ants communicate mostly by scent," she explains, keeping her arms out of the way. "Right now, they're unsure whether I'm a threat, food, or nothing of consequence. Let's hope it's the latter."

After a few more moments of ants sniffing at her, a few dull thuds can be heard. As they approach, they become louder, almost turning into booms as they come closer. Turning their antennae toward the new sound, the ants immediately scurry off back to their anthill, finding a safe place to hide from whatever is approaching. However, as Fluttershy is too large, she cannot take refuge with them. Instead, she finds a very wide blade of grass to hide behind.

The grass parts, and an insanely large black and yellow spider comes into view. Twilight yelps and moves away from the microphone. "What is that?!" she shouts from across the room.

"That is an argiope," explains Fluttershy, holding the earpiece slightly away from her ear. "It's the common garden spider. Not so dangerous to us ponies, but at my current size, It can be very deadly. Which is why you kids should not try this at home."

The spider passes right over the anthill and right by Fluttershy, seeming to either not see her or not care. As it moves away, Fluttershy waves for the camera to follow her, and she chases after the orb weaver. Though they never come particularly close to it again, Twilight repeatedly voices her concerns about following it, and how doing so is a bad idea, and that she doesn't like it.

"Would you calm down, Twilight?" says Fluttershy to the camera after a lot of whining. "You're safe in your bedroom. I'm the one actually down here. Clearly, I'm the one who should be freaking out, if anyone."

"BEHIND YOU!!" shouts Twilight, as the orb weaver sees her and approaches quickly. As the spider is about to bite, a second spider tackles it. Fluttershy grabs the camera out of the air and runs, not looking back as the winner of the fight would most certainly be after her next. She runs for a good two minutes, diving into a small hole that the spiders couldn't fit down, even if they could follow her.

"Can you still hear me, Twilight?"

"She left," answers Spike. "When that second spider came in. I thought it was pretty cool, seeing them battle it out for those few seconds. Remind me to have Twilight keep a copy of that for me. What was that other spider, by the way?"

"I don't know," answers Fluttershy. "In my rush, I didn't take the time to identify it. I just know that orb weaver was hungry, and I was on the menu. Like I said, they're usually harmless, but when you're this small, you tend to be a bit more fragile. Do you know where she went?"

"Probably somewhere comfortable. I would suggest her bedroom, but since that's where she just ran from, I'd say either a bathroom, the kitchen, or the study. You know how much she loves to study."

Fluttershy nods. "Can you go find her, please? I promise, no more spiders until I'm normal sized."

"I'll see what I can do. Keep your headset on, you'll hear us when we return."

"Thanks, Spike."

As the sound of a door closing rings out in the recording, Fluttershy climbs out of the hole, dragging the camera with her. It had a magical property that made it float wherever you left it, unless the controller for the camera acted on it. Basically, it was a floating tripod, or a drone. She carries it back to the clover clearing she'd started in, and sets it right where it had started. As she is alone, she lets out a sigh, and shakes her head.

A moment later, a grasshopper lands nearby. Its antennae are broken, and one of its front legs is missing. "You poor thing," coos Fluttershy, kneeling down next to it. It bats at her with its broken antennae, then flings its body around until it's up on her back, almost pinning her to the ground. As she rolls onto her back to try to push it off, a second one shows up, batting the other with its antennae, but sometimes hitting Fluttershy. This gives him the wrong scent, as his signals are slightly confused.

The two start fighting with each other over Fluttershy. They swing around the clearing, slamming into each other as they fight. Their kicks, being exceptionally powerful, are accentuated by the spines on their legs. While one might expect the one missing his leg to be at a disadvantage, they seemed to be about evenly matched.

They fought for a good three minutes. Fluttershy is unable to talk them down, as they are moving around her so fast that she can't sneak in as much as an "Excuse me." When they finally do stop, they just sit there, staring at each other just on the edge of the frame, breathing through their spiracles.

"Don't you start again," she warns. "This is very rude behaviour, fighting with each other and ignoring my objections. There's plenty of food for both of you all over the place, so what are you two even fighting over?"

The injured one clicks his jaws together a few times. They both take a few cautious steps toward each other, only for Fluttershy to plant herself right in the middle.

"That is enough. We're going to find a way to work out your differences. If you refuse, I know where to find a hungry spider this time of day." While her threat was empty, they didn't need to know that. Anything she could use to keep them safe was fair game.