Give Love A Chance Even If You're "Fluttered" Or "Shy" About It

Chapters

Chapter 1 : A New Surrounding
Chapter 2 : A Sense of Clarity
Chapter 3 : The Meeting
Chapter 4 : The Good / Bad Thief Routine
Chapter 5 : The Rescue
Chapter 6 : The Misunderstanding

Chapter 1 : A New Surrounding

******NOTE TO READERS******

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Give Love A Chance Even If Your "Fluttered" Or "Shy" About It
Written By: FluttershyGuy1293

I find myself in the same cycle everyday. Get up, go to work, come home and sleep. It gets very lonely at times. Most of the time I wish I could just get away from it all. And with not having a girlfriend it makes it even worse. So in the spare time that I have, I've taken up nature walks. Or in other words hiking. I find all of the trees along with the animals very comforting. Just like my favorite character from my also favorite show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Fluttershy the element of kindness and all that is good, is very much like the girlfriend I've been longing for. To bad she's a cartoon character and not the real thing. And yes, I have thought about what it would be like living in their world, or Equestria if you prefer. Your probably asking yourself how do you know all this? Well it's because of me being a brony. It's a term for a male fan of the show. After watching the episode simply known as "Hurricane Fluttershy" I new that her personality was what I was looking for in a long lasting relationship. Not only does her personality reflect who I want in a girlfriend, but shes also just like me being so shy and all. That's why it's difficult for me to find that special someone because I'm always to shy to talk to them. Besides I'm only 19 and who knows maybe I'll meet that someone when I go for that hike tomorrow.

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I've been wanting to go on this hike for some time now. Mainly because I need a "reality check". Or go back to simpler times when the best part of the day was the day it self. Weather it was working or playing outside. It would always be a good time no matter what. That night I decided to set my alarm for 6AM. I wanted to be sure I had enough time to get the packing done that was vital for the trip.

**The next morning**

"Well the packing is all done. All I need to do now is get my hiking boots on and then I can be on my way!"

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The hike was taking a lot longer than I anticipated. Soon I found myself drifting off of my regular path, and in to some dense shrubs. Once I got out of the thick bushes I discovered a cave that I've never noticed before. Upon closer inspection of the cave I saw many cautionary/ warning signs posted all in front of the cave. So my curiosity got the better of me and decided to do more investigating of the strange area. At one point I thought I was hearing voices, but I merely brushed it of my mind due to all of the wind that day. After about half an hour of looking around and enjoying the scenery I heard another voice. This one was different from the others though because it sounded like someone was sad or even hurt for that matter. So I started running as fast as I could to the source of the commotion. To my surprise it was coming from inside the cave. As I was looking for the distress call I noticed some kind of light pulsating in the back. The closer I got to it the more it looked like butterflies. I thought to myself "that's odd I know it's the middle of summer, but it's far to cold for these butterflies to be in this cave". But the more I stared at them the more they would glow that light I saw from earlier. For some reason it made me start to think about Fluttershy. The way her cutie mark looks is the same way the butterflies were settled on the wall. Then I started to think about how her long pink mane flows through the slightest breeze. Or even her always warm smile with a helping hoof just to reassure you that everything will be okay when times get tough. Thinking about her like that made me love her even more right there. And also made me want to be with her as well. With all that in mind (and my heart) I went for it. I reached out to touch one of them. That's when my entire body had a sensational warmth come across itself. Along with a small headache as well. Then everything went dark . . . . .

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I awoke suddenly with the feeling of being watched. Looking around and breathing rather quickly I noticed off in the distance that someone or something was coming toward my location. As the object was getting closer I realized that it was. . . WHAT?! Impossible! It was Fluttershy coming towards me. So my immediate reaction was to say hello. For some reason though when I did this she got really scared and of course nervous. Apparently I could talk just like her. That's when she bolted back towards(what I was assuming Ponyville)and never looked back. I thought to myself "you big dummy! Of course she ran away from you! She's probably never even seen a human before!" After Fluttershy was long gone I decided to go to the town and introduce myself to all of the ponies living there. Little did I know about the events that would soon take place after that choice.

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When I finally got to the town I found to my surprise that it was completely empty. There was not a single pony out on the streets of Ponyville. Fluttershy must have warned the others about me when she returned. Wait? What was it that she told them to make them get of the streets of Ponyville? Not wanting to find out I decided that it would be best to go to Sugarcube Corner to clear this whole miss understanding about myself. Unfortunately when I arrived at the bakery all of the ponies(including the mane 6) started to come out of their houses. As I watched them all come out I noticed that they started to form a circle around me. "Well this doesn't look promising" I told myself.

After what felt like an eternity of awkward silence I decided to introduce myself. "Um. . . hello. . . my name is Daniel McNeil". They all gasped as they realized that I could talk just like them. After I introduced myself Twilight Sparkle decided that it would be best if everypony go back into their homes. Without hesitation the rest of the town departed to their homes. This just left me, and the six ponies. After more awkward silence passed Twilight was the first to speak.

"Well Fluttershy it looks like you were right. It can talk." said Twilight

"Hey now I'm not an it. I'm actually a human."

They all gasped with their eyes wide in shock. "Uh. . . sugar cube. . . did y'all just say ur a human?" I just slowly nodded my head for a response. "But I thought that human's didn't exist in Equestria!" exclaimed Fluttershy. "That's what I thought to Fluttershy, but it seems we were wrong this time." said Twilight.

"So wait Fluttershy. . . how exactly did you come across this. . .human?" wondered Rainbow Dash. "I would greatly appreciate it if you all would call me by name. . .I mean. . that is if it's not to much trouble." "Uh. . . right . . sorry Daniel" "Thank you" I said.

Chapter 2 : A Sense of Clarity

"So Fluttershy care to inform your friends on our first encounter? If you want to that is. . . I mean you don't have to. I could do it if that's okay with you." She then went red in the face. It must have been the way I asked her because after that she said "oh it's no trouble at all really." She then continued with her explanation on how we met.

"Well. . .its a funny story really." She then started to turn red from embarrassment. My heart started to beat faster because the embarrassment on her face was just so heart stoppingly cute!
"Um. . . .as you all know my last special somepony wasn't the greatest. So. . .um. . . to get my mind off of him I. . . uh. . .decided to go and check on my little animal friends. They. . . started talking to me as they always do, and ended up asking me. . . um. . . well. . . they ended up asking me what I was looking for in a special somepony." She then started describing her special somepony to all her friends. The more I listened to her the more it sounded like she was describing myself! There's no way she would like me though. I mean look at me. . .I'm a human for crying out loud!

"Thank you for telling us that Fluttershy, but that doesn't explain how you found this human. . . oh . .sorry Daniel." said Twilight. "Oh it's okay it will probably take some time getting used to."

They all proceeded to look my way. I just stared at the floor not wanting to make eye contact. There's that shyness again. I thought to myself. "Well". . .Fluttershy began. "You see. . .remember when I decided to go check on my animal friends? When I was going through the forest I got this really weird sensation come about me. I realized what the sensation was because. . .I . . well. . . it was. . .um. . .you see. . ." "OH COME ON FLUTTERSHY! SPIT IT OUT!" Yelled Rainbow Dash. "It was the feeling I get when I. . .I'm. . .in love. I saw something on the other side of a tree and thought it was. . .my stallion that left me for another. When I got closer I found him . He then said hello and it scared me because I've never seen anything like him. That's when I ran back to Ponyville." "Of course! That must be how I got Hear!" Realizing I said this out loud they all looked my way for a second time. I just went as red as the red in Rainbow Dash's mane. "It must of been the love connection we shared at that exact moment! Wow! Wait a minute though. . . she was thinking about somepony else and not me. So where does that leave her true feelings for me?" My mind snapped back to attention to the ponies just in time to hear. . ."Well ah' recon we best tell princess Celestia bout' this. . I mean Daniel." said Applejack.

" Oh no! You don't have to do that! Do you have any idea what she will do to me?! I already know how much power she has. Please don't let her send me to the royal dungeon or worse. . ." "I am sorry, but with the problem that has been laid out in front of us. . . we have no choice. Will everypony please meet me at the library tomorrow morning?" "Okay Twilight." "Sure!" "No problem." "Of course I can Darling!" "Um. . . sure I. . I can do that. But what do we do about Daniel?"

"Well Fluttershy since you found him first he can stay with you for the night." "But Twilight! He's. . .a male(squee)" she said softly with a hint of red in her fur. "Oh don't worry Fluttershy I'm more of a gentlema- . . gentlecolt than you think. I can just sleep on the couch." "But that's where Angel bunny sleeps!" she said with a little worry in her voice. "Then I have no problem sleeping on the floor." Before Fluttershy had another chance to speak Twilight cut her off saying. . ."Great! Then it's settled we'll all meet at the library tomorrow morning to get together a letter for princess Celestia." said Twilight.

**Later that night**

"So. . . Fluttershy what should we do until it's time for bed?"

"Well Daniel I'm not really sure. . . any ideas?"

"Well. . . this may sound silly, but would you be able to give me a tour of your lovely home?"

"Um. . .nopony's ever asked me that before." she went red in the face again only this time it didn't go away as quickly as the others.

"Sorry I know it's a weird question, but I love the way it smells. It's just like being outside. I mean. . . it has the sounds of the birds and also the smell of the soil. So naturally it feels like we're outside."

"It's about time somepony noticed my home being the way it truly was meant to be seen." said Fluttershy under her breath.

"I'm sorry what was that you just said? I couldn't quite hear you."

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" I noticed her fur get that light red color again. But thought it would be better to not tell her I've noticed this.

"So. . . what room are we going to start with?"

"Well. . . I thought sense you already have seen the living room I thought I could show you my kitchen."

"Okay that sounds. . .nice."

"Well as you can see the fridge is over there next to the stove, and the sink is hear behind you. Next I can show you the up stairs. Follow me please. . .if you don't mind that is. I don't like to be pushy."

"Oh no don't worry about it I'm the same way with others too." She then showed me her bedroom. It was far bigger than I thought it was. She had a queen size bed, a walk in closet, and even her bathroom was in her room as well!

"Oh . . .my!"

"What!? What is it? Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry."

"No! It's not you by any means! It's just that. . ." "It's just that what?" "It's just that look at the time." She was right it was late. It was going on 11:30.

"We should get to bed it's already late enough."

"Ya your right. . .where do you want to sleep?"

"To be honest with you I was going to let you decide. . .it is your house after all."

"Oh well. . .I guess you can sleep in my room. I mean . . . .sense we're already up hear no sense in going back downstairs." she said rather quickly. I then gathered a pillow and a light blanket and started to get settled on the floor next to Fluttershy's bed with about three feet of space in between.

I ended going to sleep quicker than I thought because all I remember was saying good night to Fluttershy and then I was out like a light.

Chapter 3 : The Meeting

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The next morning I awoke to a shock. By my side was Fluttershy! She was snuggled against my chest just like one of her coltfriends! I thought to myself. Just like a track runner my mind began to race. So many questions started to pop in my head like: why is she hear by me? Why don't I remember her lying down next to me? All of these questions would soon be answered. Fluttershy was starting to move. She was still snuggled up against my chest. I couldn't help but think "d'awww!"

"Good morning sleepy head." I said ever so gently so not to disturb her.

"Hmm. . ." To this wake up call she decided to nudge her nose into my chest more with her eyes closed. She then started to open her eyes. She bolt upright upon seeing where she was at. She was now standing over by her bed.

"Oh. . .um. . .good morning (sqee)." I could tell she was embarrassed because she was scuffing her floor with her hoof when she was talking to me not making any eye contact.

"Sleep well?" I asked with a goofy smile on my face.

"Y. . .yes it was very. . .peaceful."

"That's good."

"So. . .um. . .to. . .to get this out of the way. . .you're probably wondering why I was . . .sleeping by your side this morning right?"

"Yes. . ." I said with a little worry in my voice.

"Well. . .last night after you said good night to me. I decided to I check on my animals before I went to bed. When I got back I saw you. . .sleeping. I thought nothing of it until I was. . . .getting into my bed. When I was just about to fall asleep myself. . .I saw you shivering. . .so I went to get you another blanket. . .but realized I didn't have any. Foalish right? Anyway. . .when I discovered that there was no more blankets . . .I thought of the next best thing. I decided to use my body heat to help . . .warm you up, but before I new it . . .I was fast asleep as well." She then went a light shade of red in her cheeks.

"So your telling me that the reason you were with me this morning was because you wanted to share your body heat with me to make sure I was Warm enough?!"

"Y. . .yes. . .your not mad are you?! I'm sorry if you are."

"Mad? How could I be mad? That's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me! Thank you!" I gave her a hug right after that to show her my gratitude of the situation.

"So. . .I was going to go make some waffles for us to eat for breakfast this morning. . .is that okay with you?"

"That sounds great Flutters!" Realizing I said the nickname I gave her back on earth I went red in my face for once instead of Fluttershy.

"While I'm making that you can go clean yourself up in my bathroom."

"Um. . .are you sure? I don't want to over stay my welcome."

"Yes I'm sure. It's not everyday someone gets to write to the princess and possibly meet her." She says with a small light giggle at the end. Heart don't fail me now!

Oh crap! That's right! I forgot I was writing to the princess today! I thought to myself.

"Um. . .Fluttershy were you ever nervous writing your first letter to princess Celestia?"

"Oh my yes! Of course I was! It's not everyday that you get the chance to write to the ruler of Equestria. . .or possibly even meeting her!"

"Um. . .then your right I probably go and get cleaned up."

**ten minutes later**

"Come on Daniel we don't want to be late!" Fluttershy called.

"Coming!" I yelled as I was drying off.

"So. . .Fluttershy. . what exactly are we going to write to princess Celestia about me?"

"Um. . . to be honest with you. . . I wasn't really sure."

**thirty minutes of walking later**

"Is this it?" I asked.

"Um. . . yea. . . it is." said Fluttershy with a sound of I'm sorry in her voice.

This made me nervous for some reason, but I couldn't put my finger on it. We could both see the Library tree off in the distance. But as we were getting closer I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy about meeting at the tree. Why was it that Twilight wanted to meet up the next day to write a letter to the princess? I very well know that she could have written one up last night when we first met. Unless. . . . . .

"IT'S A TRAP!" I thought to myself.

As we were getting closer to the door of the tree(which was about 20 feet away now)I just happened to peer in through the window. To my surprise I saw princess Celestia and about twelve of her royal guards all holding what looked to be a giant net of some kind.

"Oh horse apples! I gotta get the buck outta hear!" I thought to myself.

"What is it that they have planned for me?!?! Were they going to experiment on me or just get rid of all together?! Well I'm not sticking around to find out! I said to myself. After realizing what was going on I made a break for it. I ran as fast as my legs could take me to the Everfree Forest. I thought that it would be the perfect spot to hide.

Unfortunately the other ponies noticed my break for freedom and soon were on the chase. Twilight was running along side the princess, Applejack had her rope along with her dog Winona, Fluttershy was somewhat yelling "OhmygoodnessOhmygoodness!" While Rainbow Dash was right by her side, Rarity had a rain coat on to match the rain that started to downpour on us all, and Pinkie Pie had of all things. . . her party canon! I guess she could use it as a real canon too. At least that's what I've heard, but I didn't want to find out.

As I was just entering the Everfree Forest I hear Twilight say "hurry up gang! We don't want him to get to far into the Everfree Forest or we won't be able to find him!" "Don't ya worry yourself Twilight. That's what Winona's hear for! Unless she looses his sent she'll find him in no time!" I heard Applejack say. "good! Because the princess wants that human captured for study!"

With all of that being heard I ran even faster in the forest until i came across a fast flowing river.

"Perfect!" I said. Realizing that the river can make Winona loose my sent I jumped into the freezing water and started to swim across to the other side. I watched them in the shadows of my new environment completely naked because of my clothes drying out on a nearby tree. Luckily for me the rain let up and all I saw was the group of ponies loosing their line of site of me in the forest.

Once the ponies were out of my site I ended up finding a tree to sleep in very similar to what Rainbow Dash does in her free time. I also managed to scavenge for food like berries, insects, and other food sources that my new mother nature provided for me. All was well until I realized that the supply of food soon ran out within the next week. So this told me that I needed to scavenge a different area for food. I was to tired to do so at the time and decided to wait until the next day to start looking. All I could think of was "thank Celestia that I'm an Eagle Scout or I'd already be dead by now."

Author's Note

I hope everypony like the turn of events. I think the story is coming along nicely tune in next time for another great chapter! As always. . . . Thanks for reading and enjoy!!

P.S sorry this took so long but for some reason I had some serious writers block going on. . . . so to make up for it hears JUST THE TITLE of the next chapter. . . . . . . Chapter 4 : The Good / Bad Thief Routine

Chapter 4 : The Good / Bad Thief Routine

I awoke the next morning to the sound of birds above me. They startled me so much that I nearly fell out of the tree that I was resting in. Lucky for me I saved myself from a fifteen foot drop.

"That would have been bad." I said to myself.

"Okay. . .lets see. . . where am I going to start gathering my new food from?" This was a very difficult question for me because I was not familiar with the area yet. So I decided to leave myself markers on the paths I walked on so I could help myself get back to my main camp.

The paths I was making for myself were not very effective for gathering food. They would either end me up in a manticore's territory or at a dead end that had a towering wall of dirt and soil that I could not climb. Mainly because I was scared of high places, but also you couldn't get a good enough grip on the wall to climb. So after awhile I just gave up on the dead end paths and decided to mark them special so I wouldn't waist any time walking down them.

One day I decided to make a whole new path just to see where it would take me. It ended up being the longest path I have ever made. It weaved in and out of thorn bushes along with some tight spaces between trees until finally one day after many before it I came to a field. More specifically an apple tree field. Something kept bothering me though. Why did this seem so familiar? I knew there was something about it that I couldn't quite grasp. . .but what was it?

After some time my stomach started to protest with my mind and all the thinking I was doing. So I just forgot about it and ended up picking about a dozen apples off of the trees.

This had been going on now for almost a month when I started to feel guilty about what I was doing. I knew it was stealing but thought nothing of it at the time because I was doing what I needed to do to survive. I kept thinking to myself "there must be some way to make this seem not as bad at it is but what can I do?"

**Meanwhile at Sugarcube corner**

"Well girls it looks like Our plan with the princess didn't go so well."

"Ya think? I thought it went just as planned!" said Rainbow Dash sarcastically.

"Well Obviously we should have warned the princess after Daniel got to the Library. Instead of sending her a letter ahead of time maybe we should have kept our word and written the letter with him. That can't happen now because we all lost him in the Everfree Forest. So now the princess won't be able to study the new creature. Guess who has to explain that one to her?" Twilight said with an uneasy look on her face.

At that time all the girls looked at one another and started talking about the strange new creature in their land when they realized that Applejack wasn't with them.

"Hey. . . did anypony see Applejack today?"

They all shook their heads no and tried to figure out where she was. Just as they were very close to start a search party for her(hosted by Pinkie Pie of course)she came into the shop with a very unhappy look on her face.

"All right Rainbow give it up! Ah know it was you stealing all mah apples! Now confess!" yelled Applejack.

"Now wait just a minute AJ. What the hay are you talking about?!"

"You know right well what ah'm talkin about! I know you've been stealing mah apples while you take naps in mah apple trees!"

"Yes it's true. . . I do sleep in your apple tree's from time to time but I would never steal from you! How can you say such a thing?!"

"Well who else could it be?"

"Um. . . Applejack how long ago did you notice your apples being stolen?" asked Twilight.

"Oh. . . ah don't know maybe about three weeks ago. why?"

"Don't you think it's a little strange that that's about the time we lost Daniel?"

"Ah guess so. . .but what's ur point?"

"My point is that Daniel is still out there." To this statement the group gasped all at once.

"What?! But how?!" exclaimed Applejack.

"It's obvious isn't it? He's been surviving off of you apple trees!"

"Well what should we do?" asked AJ.

"I think we should catch him in the act and Applejack I think you owe Rainbow Dash an apology." said Twilight with a pleased looking grin on her face.

"Ur right Twilight." Applejack then turned to Rainbow Dash and said "Ah'm mighty sorry for accusing you Rainbow, but as seeing you were the only one that sleeps in mah apple trees ah thought that it was only right to accuse you. Can you ever forgive me?"

"No sweat AJ. . .it's cool. I would have done the same thing being in your horseshoes and all."

"Now that that's out of the way we should get a plan together."

"Um. . . Darling how do you suppose we do that exactly?" said Rarity.

"Well we will need about a week to get ready. What I was thinking was Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie can block his way he came in. Then me and rarity will hold him down using our magic. Then Applejack can tie him up using her rope. Everypony know what to do? "Yup" "Of course darling." "Okie dokie loki!" "You got it partner!" "Um. . . no. ."

"What?! What do you mean no? Oh wait. . .sorry Fluttershy I forgot to tell you. You have the most important job out of all of us. You job is to watch the apple field at night so we can get the correct timing on when to strike. Think you can handle that?"

"Y. . .ya. . . I. .I can do that." said the timid mare.

**Back at the apple field**

"Alright that should be enough for tonight." I managed to collect half a dozen apples and still haven't found a way to make up for all the others I've stolen already. As I was leaving I noticed off in the distance under another apple tree was a bucket of some kind. When I got to the bucket I realized why this place was so familiar. On the bottom of the bucket it said "property of the Apple family." "Oh buck". . . .I thought. "This is the Apples farm! That's why it was so familiar to me! I've been stealing from one of the honest families I know and thought nothing of it! Now I HAVE to repay them somehow! But how can I do that when all of Applejacks friends (and herself) are on the hunt for me? Think Daniel Think. . . .That's it! I can come later tonight to grab some of their apple buckets and fill them up for them saving some time and work for the family! It's perfect! As long as nopony see's me. . ."

**four days later and continuing the same routine**

"Lets see. . .one, two, three, four, and five buckets full of apples. That should be more than enough for tonight. In the mean time I need to go back to camp to get some long needed rest." As I was making my way across the field something felt different from the previous nights of collecting apples. I noticed off in the distance that there was somepony watching me. So I began to walk faster. The pony started to follow me and I soon realized who it was. It was Fluttershy that was following me! I almost started to tear up because of what she did to me.

How is it that the nicest pony in all of Equestria could play a game with someone by being friends with you and then stab you in the back with a few lies thrown in between? I mean how could she turn me in just like that and not even think about how I felt? At least I now know how she feels about me. She must not even care about me to do what she did to me.

By this time I made it to the two big trees that had the opening of my path. But instead of running down the path to get away I just sat down on the other side of one of the trees and began to cry. I new very well why I was doing it. It was because of Futtershy and all that we did together(good or bad).

I was at the tree longer than I thought because before I knew it Fluttershy was at the opening of my path and was just staring at me. Once I saw her I ran to camp before she could even follow me. The way I see it was that I would rather Fluttershy remember me for being nice and caring like her, than being weak and helpless like I just was with her staring at me. What I didn't know though was her reaction upon seeing me as a crying mess leaning against the tree. If I would have scene the look on her face, then I would have broken my heart more that it was before.

Author's Note

Okay so the next chapter is going to be a little while mainly because I need to think it through on how I want it to play out. . . and as promised I did release this chapter in the afternoon.

AS ALWAYS ENJOY AND KEEP CALM AND FLUTTER ON!!! /)EVERYPONY(\

Chapter 5 : The Rescue

AUTHOR'S NOTES : Sorry It took so long to get this chapter done. It's worth the wait in my opinion. Thanks for all of those who favored my story. Like I said before I really appreciate all of the positive feed back it really keeps me going. Anyway hope you enjoy Chapter 5 : The Rescue. Thanks again

~~~~~~FluttershyGuy1293

It's been five days now since Twilight explained the plan, and Fluttershy hasn't seen Daniel since last night. Time was running out. So she thought it would be best to tell her friends about her encounter with Daniel at the tree. All they decided was that it would be best to keep a close eye on that section of forest. Granted it was strange that the ponies thoughts on someone hurt were heartless, but they can't truly trust Daniel yet. Not knowing someones origins was very odd in the land of Equestria.

Now Fluttershy is back out at night at the Apples farm and is searching for any signs of Daniel. She thought that she would get the upper hoof on him tonight by showing up early. While she did this the other girls decided to go back to Twilight's place to research where Daniel came from.

***Warning to readers. . .this next part in the story gets very serious weather its a fan fic or not. . .that being said please continue reading and treat this part of the story with respect. . . .AND DON'T WORRY TO MUCH! Thanks ~FluttershyGuy1293***

Fluttershy was walking down the edge of the forest where she saw Daniel the previous night. She was admiring the beautiful night that princess Luna provided. All she could think about was "why was Daniel crying?" This question baffled her most of the night. Did she scare him upon discovering that he was stealing or was it something more than that? Before she could think about this question further there was another presents at the edge of the forest that Fluttershy noticed right away. At first she thought it was Daniel emerging from the trees that she found him at last night. Little did she know who was watching from afar. . .none other than the notorious gang of the Diamond Dogs!

They have been know for their stealing, and turf wars. All of course minor, but that's not why they became notorious. They got a name for themselves because of their violent and total disrespect toward female ponies. They always have the same routine. They claim to be lost and can't find their way home. The unsuspecting mare then follows them around until they say that the area looks familiar to them. That's when they thank the mare for all of her help. Just as the mare is on her way home they strike. They then take the helpless pony to the Everfree forest and sexually assault her. One after another they take turns until they have had enough. Then they murder the victim and bury her at their hideout. The reason on how they got notorious is simple. One of their targets escaped before they had the chance to kill her. She fought her way out of the gang that was relentless upon attempting to beat her to death.

**Pause for dramatic affect**

You all know her today as Ditzy Doo. Think about it. . . have you ever wondered why she's always so clumsy? Or how about those eyes of hers? Brain damage presumably. And also the fact that her favorite thing to say is. . ."I just don't know what went wrong." **cue brain exploding**

For Fluttershy she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Before she knew it the Diamond Dogs moved in to ask her for help. Fluttershy, being the caring and animal loving pony she is agreed to help them find their way home.

**Meanwhile back at Daniel's camp**

"Aw man. . .it's going on 11:00 already!? Well looks like I'm only filling three buckets tonight." I said to myself. "Well I better get going before it gets any later."

As I was going down my regular path I couldn't help but notice a chill creep down my back. I thought that this was strange for there was no wind out tonight. So I just brushed the thought out of my mind and kept on going to my destination. I was getting really hungry by now and I was almost at the end of my path. I could see the opening of the two trees that lead to the Apples field. As I was coming out to the field I saw a movement out of the corner of my right eye. I thought at first that it was Fluttershy again watching me because I saw her pink mane. It was going away from me though. Why was she going away from me? Surely she saw me coming out of the forest. I soon got my answer. As Fluttershy was slowly disappearing in to the forest I saw something sparkle just in front of her. To me it looked like a diamond, but wear have I seen that before?

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"So. . .um. . .do you dogs have any idea where you are?" asked Fluttershy.

The first dog responded with a simple "no not really." While the other two just shook their heads in agreement.

Then the first dog said. "Although these trees are starting to look familiar to me. Our hideou-. . .I mean house should be coming up soon."

"Oh good!" said Fluttershy then I can be on my way. . ."

What?! What do you mean?! Your not leaving yet are you?!

"I'm sorry. . .but I really must be going. . ." said the now timid mare.

"Oh I don't think you understand. . .we already had plans for you from the moment we saw you!" screamed the now angry Diamond Dog.

"What?! What p. . .p. .plans?" Fluttershy said with a shaky voice.

"Don't you know who we are?" asked the third Diamond Dog.

"N. . .n. .no." squeaked Fluttershy.

"Well then we better fix that." said the second Diamond Dog. They all began to advance toward the now scared pony.

"Well boys. . .think we should mix up our regular routine for this new comer to our group? asked the first dog. Who was obviously the leader of the gang.

"Sounds good to me boss." "You got it boss."

At this point the scared mare didn't know what to expect. So she just started to backup and away from the dogs. As she was backing up she tripped over a protruding rock in the ground and fell on her back. The dogs took this moment to start their assault. The scared mare just had a look of horror on her face.

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By this time Daniel forgot about the diamond he saw and was just finishing up with the third bucket of apples. That's when he heard the voice from the cave before he came to Equestria. He stopped dead in his tracks to hear the voice again only this time it wasn't in his head! The sounds were coming from the Everfree Forest! So Daniel stopped what he was doing and began to run towards the voice in the forest. To his surprise it was farther away than he first thought. He was running in between trees and bushes just like his path he made. This one was different because it looked to be freshly made. He did see tracks. One set was of a pony and the other was. . ."Holy sweet mother of Celestia!"

"These look to be from a dog. . .dog. . . oh buck. . .that's the tracks of the Diamond Dogs! That's where I've seen that shinning diamond!" Daniel exclaimed to himself. "That's the gang I've been hearing so much about! Wait? Who's the pony that's with them this time though?" As I was slowing down to start looking around for the pony I soon found out who it was. "No. . .nonononono. . .this can't be happening, not to her!" I found a trace of pink hair on one of the thorn bushes and began to look even faster. "Oh Celestia NO! NOT FLUTTERSHY!" I screamed. I came around another set of trees and to my horror I saw the three dogs beating her relentlessly and saying words to her that I would never dream of saying to anypony.

"HEY YOU BASTARDS! WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA ARE YOU DOING?!" I yelled with all my might.

They all looked up at me with sadistic grins on their faces. They looked at one another with confusion as to why this one lonesome creature was insulting them.

"What are you looking at freak?!" They all said in unison.

"Just a bunch of dirty mutts about to get their asses kicked if they don't stop what their doing to that defenseless pony. That's when I looked over to Fluttershy. Upon seeing her I almost broke down in tears right there on the spot. She was unconscious from the looks of her. She was covered in dirt and her one wing was at an unnatural position. Her mane and tail had all kinds of twigs and burs throughout them. And worst of all was her face. She had a black eye, cuts, bruises, and scrapes located in different spots and a big gash across her forehead. I almost winced upon seeing her like this until my focus regained control once more on the dogs.

"Is that so?!" said the leader who then made the big mistake of kicking Fluttershy in the gut. Now turning to me with that sadistic look on his face again. This showed me she was still alive with a very small and weak grunt and also. . .some motherbuckers are going to come close to death tonight.

Once I saw this I knew I had to defend myself somehow. So I grabbed the nearest weapon I could find. To my left was just a bush, but to my right was a pine tree.

"Perfect. . ." I thought to myself. So i grabbed the thickest branch I could snap off and swing. The branch was just a little bigger that your average baseball bat.

The dogs looked at me like I was playing some kind of game. Until I struck one of them in the back of the leg to make them fall. That's when they knew I was serious so they started to attack. They hit me, kicked at me, and one of them even managed to give me a black eye. My face by now was very similar to Fluttershy's. I had cuts and bruises all over and a bloody lip. The leader of the group started to hit me in the gut one after another. While at the same time the other two dogs were trying to bite my legs. Unfortunately the third dog was able to do so. A pain shot up my leg. I think he tore some of my muscle in my calf. Only because I now had a limp to that leg. Nothing to damaging, but that's not what pissed me off. While the two dogs were going for my legs the leader said something to me that sent me over the edge. He said that once their done with me they can move on to the mare that's unconscious. At least she won't be able to struggle like all the others." That's when I lost it. I started to swing my branch around in all directions to hopefully hit one of them. This was very effective.

Eventually they started to give up because they were getting to tired to keep up with my blind rage, and also they looked like hell because of what I did to them. The leader of the dogs had his jaw broken, cuts, and bruises all over his body. His left hind leg appeared to have a massive goose egg formed on his ankle. Possibly sprained? I wasn't sure. The third dog had part of his ear missing. Plus he had a dislocated shoulder. And the last dog looked the worst in my opinion. He had a broken leg, a large cut going across his left eye and lastly his right eye. I've never seen an eye so black and blue before, let alone the swelling. That's when they thought it would be a good idea to run from me. When I saw them carrying there friend with them to safety I just thought of the first thing that came to mind. . . .

"You think this is a motherbucking game?!" and also "Oh. . .IT. . .IS. . .ON!" Note to self make sure I thank Rarity for that idea if we ever become friends.

So the chase began they were well ahead of me by the time I realized they were running. I eventually caught up to them just as they reached the edge of the river I crossed on that night of escape. This is where I thought I had them, but I was wrong. They saw their chance of escape. On the left of the gang's leader was a waterfall. They all jumped at the same time. I just stood there dumbstruck. Once I regained focus I ran over to the edge of the falls expecting the worst. To my dismay I saw no signs of the dogs. I assumed that they were washed away by the roaring rapids at the bottom of the falls.

As my adrenaline started to ware off and I was starting to calm down I remembered that Fluttershy was still unconscious in the Everfree Forest.

"Oh horse apples! I need to get her to my friend Zecora. She'll know what to do! I just hope she's still breathing!" I said to myself.

Not knowing how far I ran after the dogs I decided to retrace my steps. It didn't take long to find where she was at.

"Yes!" I exclaimed seeing that Fluttershy was still in the same spot.

I then scooped her up in my arms for the first time. My whole body went numb. My heart practically exploded out of my chest with the amount of beats it was creating(probably due to Fluttershy being so close).

That's when I began to run to Zecora's house. I knew where it was because I had been there a couple times to ask her for help, or food if I wasn't able to get it on my own. We soon became friends.

As I was able to see Zecora's house coming into view I could tell that Fluttershy was still unconscious. Her head was bobbing around like one of those bobble heads you can buy at a baseball game. So I decided to pull her head closer to my chest to make the bobbing stop. Soon after we reached Zecora's with me bursting through the door.

"Ah Daniel my friend, it is good to see you again! I see you brought yourself a friend." said Zecora.

"Zecora. . . I need. . . you. . .to help. . . Fluttershy in. . . anyway you can." I said as I was trying to catch my breath.

"Hmm. . . a broken wing is what I see. That black eye is also new to me. But her being unconscious . . . well. . . that is a mystery." she said in an uncertain voice.

"Wait? Are you telling me that your not sure how to get her to wake up?"

"I'm afraid that is how it must be."

"Is there anyway for me to help her wake up?"

"Well. . .once I mend her wing, and fix her eye, I am not sure she'll still be alive."

"Please! I'll do whatever it takes!" I said with tears starting to form.

"For starters you can stay by her side. But I must warn you. . .it won't be an easy ride."

"Okay what do I have to do?" I asked Zecora.

Zecora went on to tell me what I would have to do to ensure Fluttershy's survival.
She said that for the next week I would need to be by her bedside in Zecora's hut taking care of her. I was being like a personal nurse for her. Everyday I would need to make sure she was fed right. Along with her water and her coat being kept clean(brushing). This wet on for almost the full week. Then on the early morning of the last day she started to wake up! Now at the time Zecora was out looking for the poison joke flower to do more research on so I had to go out of the hut to get her.

"She's awake! She's awake Zecora! She's awake!" I yelled loud enough for anypony to hear me.

"What? Can it be true? Has she finally awaken after nearly a week or two?" Zecora said with a little hope in her voice.

"Yes, yes it's true! She's starting to move back at your hut!"

"Let us not waste time, we must make haste, for she is all alone back at my place!" Zecora chanted.

"Wait . . . Zecora I can't. . . " I trailed off saying.

"And why is that Daniel? Please explain what is causing you pain."

"I. .I. . .I just can't ok?!" I said rather harsh.

"And besides. . . I need to get back to camp to see if I have enough food for myself. And Zecora? There's just one more thing I need you to do for me. . .please don't tell anypony that I was hear. . . they might get the wrong idea about why Fluttershy was missing for a week."

"You have my word Daniel this I say, but why is it that you cannot stay?"

"Zecora please. . . Fluttershy needs you now. . . .and besides that story's for another day. . . ."

Chapter 6 : The Misunderstanding

***Meanwhile back at Twilight's house (one week ago)***

"I hope Fluttershy's doing okay."

"Don't ya worry any now Twilight. Ah'm sure she's doing fine. She is the pony that's good with the outdoors and what not."

"Yeah your probably right Applejack. The way Fluttershy is with. . .um how you say nature. . . she'll have no trouble at all finding Daniel."

"Ah'm still mad at him for stealing mah apples! Nothings gonna change that."

"Yeah I agree with you Applejack. It's just not right stealing from somepony. . . let alone one of your friends." said Rainbow Dash.

"He's a big liar if you ask me! I mean I'm so made that I can't even talk like myself right now!"

"You hear that Daniel! I know you do! You are writing the story after all!"

Pinkie! You need to calm down! The story's still in the beginning state right now! We haven't even gotten to the . . . crap! Now look what you've done! Your making me spoil some of the future parts of the story to our readers! Please just go back to acting out the story for me. I promise It will get better. But you need to calm down. Besides. . .you know I don't like to yell and argue with anypony.

Well. . . okay if you say so, but promise me one thing though will you?

Sure Pinkie anything for you. What do you need?

It's not anything I need, but rather something I want to do. I want to throw a party for when you. . .

PINKIE DON'T RUIN ANYTHING!

Oh. . .right. . . sorry. . . I'll just get back to the story now.

That would be great. Thank you Pinkie.

Sorry about the sidetrack readers but you know how Pinkie can get.

Now back to the story.

"Oh how could we let this happen. It's been a whole week now since we last saw Fluttershy."

"I know Twilight It's gotten everypony all worked up." said Rainbow Dash.

"Ah new we should have checked up on her." said Applejack.

"Girls it's not anypony's fault. We just had a miss-hap."

"Rarity this is not just a miss-hap. . .FLUTTERSHY IS MISSING. We don't even know where she could be."

"Easy Twilight I was just saying that so not one pony was blamed for a. . .ahem. . .group effort."

"Well what the hay are we going to do now?"

"Our best bet is to look for Fluttershy where we sent her to look for Daniel."

"Then what are we waiting for! Lets go!" demanded Rainbow Dash.

***20 minutes later at the edge of the Everfree forest***

"Well, hear we are girls. This is the spot I told Fluttershy to look for Daniel." said Twilight.

"Oh! Oh! Look what I found! Look what I found!" said Pinkie pie.

She was over by the tree that Daniel was leaning against from the other night. There she found some of Fluttershy's hair along with tracks made by Daniel. The tracks lead into the Everfree forest.

"Oh no! You don't think Daniel took her do you?" said Twilight.

"Ah don't know what to make of it Twilight. Them hear tracks are without a doubt from Daniel."

"We should look for more evidence before making any false accusations darlings. Just to make sure that is." said Rarity sheepishly.

"Well you do make a good point Rarity, but I still don't like what we found so far." said Rainbow Dash.

"Um. . .girls. . .you might want to take a took at this." said Twilight with a scared voice.

"What did you find sugarcube?" asked Applejack.

As the other four made their way over to where Twilight was they all just stood there in disbelief as to what she found. For now the five mares were looking at what appeared to be drag marks in the ground that also lead to the forest.

"Oh my stars! Girls. . .you don't think Daniel setup a trap for Fluttershy do you?!" said a worried Rarity.

Just then Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"I bet he was waiting for her behind that tree over there where we found some of Fluttershy's mane! When she walked by the tree. . . BAM! He grabbed her then took her back to his hideout! It's the only thing that makes sense!"

"I hate to say it girl's, but Rainbow Dash is right. It's the only logical situation that makes any sense. We need to go to his hideout and rescue her! For all we know she could be. . .well I don't want to think about it. Let's get going!" said Twilight.

And with that they were off into the Everfree forest in search of Daniel's camp/ hideout to rescue Fluttershy.

***30 minutes later***

"Well now that we've located his hide out we can start looking for Fluttershy. Oh and girl's. . . don't be afraid to make a mess of things. Seeing how he took Fluttershy. . .I don't think the "make yourself at home" rule applies to us anymore." said Twilight giving the others a wink.

The group of mares then began to search the surrounding area for Fluttershy. They tore apart Daniel's tent, through his personal belongings out into the open weather, and even dumped his collection of apples and other various foods he gathered for himself earlier that morning down the nearby river. The camp looked like a tornado went through it!

***20 minutes of ransacking and destroying Daniel's camp later***

"Well ah give up! There's just no sign of Fluttershy anywhere!"

"Yeah, it looks like your right AJ. She's not hear." said Rainbow Dash

"I don't get it. Where else could she be?" asked Rarity.

"Oh! Oh! Pick me! Pick me!"

"Yes Pinkie?" asked Twilight, almost facehoofing herself.

"Why don't we try Zecora's! Daniel live's in this forest and so does Zecora! With all this time out hear by himself he's surly to run into her at some point!" said Pinkie rather fast.

"You know Pinkie. . .that's not a bad idea. Change in plans everypony. We're going to pay our good friend Zecora a visit." said Twilight with a devilish look on her face.

And just like that they were off down a dirt path to see Zecora.

***Meanwhile at Zecora's hut***

"Zecora! She's awake! She's awake Zecora! She's awake! I yelled loud enough for anypony to hear me.

"What? Can it be true? Has she finally awaken after nearly a week or two?" Zecora said with a little hope in her voice.

"Yes, yes it's true! She's moving back at you hut as we speak!" I said in excitement.

"Let us not waste time, we must make haste, for she is all alone back at my place!" Zecora chanted.

"Wait . . . Zecora I can't. . . " I trailed off saying.

"And why is that Daniel? Please explain what is causing you pain."

"Well you see if Fluttershy wakes up and sees me. . . she might get the wrong idea about how and why she's with me."

"I. .I. . .don't want to go into any detail okay? Lets just leave it at that."

"And besides. . . I'm getting hungry and there's food back at my camp calling my name. Oh and Zecora? There's just one more thing I need you to do for me. . .please don't tell anypony that I was hear. . . they might get the wrong idea about why Fluttershy was missing for a week."

"You have my word Daniel this I say, but why is it that you cannot stay?"

"Zecora please. . . Fluttershy needs you now. . . .and besides that story's for another time. . . ."

As I was heading back to camp my stomach started to yell at me for not feeding myself all day. So I decided to take a shortcut through a section of trees that would lead me straight to camp.
When I was cutting through the trees I started to hear voices over on the normal path I would take to get back to camp.
So my reaction was to hide behind the trees so nobody or pony for that matter could see me.

I was really scared at first because I knew who these ponies were. They were Fluttershy's friend's!
I kept thinking to myself "please don't see me, please don't see me! I kept my fingers crossed."

Luckily they didn't and I was up and out from behind those trees faster than you can say "Dear Princess Celestia."

***Over at Zecora's***
Twilight and the others were galloping through the forest to get to Zecora's in time to catch Daniel with Fluttershy and finally get him captured for the princess. They all started slow down as they were coming up on Zecora's house.
That's when they came bursting through her door. . . .

"Aha! Stop right there Daniel and give up now or . . . go . . . he's not here." said an annoyed Twilight.

"No body but me as you can see. Fluttershy is over there you gave her quite a scare." said Zecora.

"Um . . . hello. It's nice to see you all."

"What?! But how is it that your not hurt?!" Said a very confused Rainbow Dash.

"What do you mean? I'm fine now thanks to Daniel."

Author's Note

Well it only took me forever to write this chapter, but hear it is. I'm sorry for not getting it done sooner. I have a full time job now instead of a part time one. So this means even less time for me to work on the story (and future stories) that I have planned. As always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it along with having a nice day/ night depending on where your from. Thanks again!

I'm back baby!

~~FluttershyGuy1293