Perspective: Fluttershy
Fluttershy sat with her back pressed flat against the door to her cottage, hugging a pillow and quietly weeping.
"Honeydew? What's wrong? You skipped our date today. Why are you sad my love?" Big Macintosh stood outside, repeatedly but gently rapping on the door with his hoof. He had been there for hours, and had even left to bring back Applejack to see what the matter with his bride-to-be was. "Fluttershy please talk to us," pleaded Applejack as she looked at her brother with a look of concern. The work ponies both knew that Fluttershy locked herself away when she was sad and angry.
The yellow pegasus didn't respond, and just hugged the pillow harder. The two ponies outside continued. Fluttershy didn't want to face Big Macintosh; not now, not like this. It was like Applejack had read her mind, because her ears perked up at the sound of Applejack saying "Sugarcube, would it help if you just talked to me?" Fluttershy heard Big Mac's words of protest and Applejack's hushing of him. But, then she heard heavy hoofsteps receding down her driveway until they were distant. Applejack knocked again to remind Fluttershy of her request, but this time, the door slowly cracked open, and Fluttershy's sapphire eye peered through. Fluttershy searched through the crack for Big Mac, but he was gone. She let out a breath of relief, and opened the door wider to see Applejack's smiling face greet her. Fluttershy tried to put on a smile, but she ended up breaking into tears again.
Applejack trotted into the animal filled cottage to comfort her friend. For some reason, there was not a single animal around. The house was dark and still, except for Fluttershy's heaving breaths as she curled up on Applejack's lap. "Okay Sugar, tell me what happened that's got ya so torn up."
Fluttershy repeated every event of the night before.
Derpy Hooves met Fluttershy at her cottage like they had planned the hour before. Fluttershy had started to fly to Cloudsdale to meet her, but had remembered that they had agreed instead to meet at her cottage. Fluttershy changed routes and continued flying, trying not to be late. When she started her descent, she could see a grey blob on her pathway. She landed silently, and Derpy didn't seem to notice her. Derpy was stretched in an awkward position with her bum in the air and her front legs stretched out in front of her on the ground, much like a cat. She was trying to get Angel to let her pet him, but he wouldn't budge. Every time she would say something in baby talk to coax him over, he would growl. Fluttershy decided it was time to intervene when Angel got a little too close to biting Derpy. When seeing the yellow hoof come out of nowhere to confine the rabbit, Derpy looked up with a cross-eyed smile. "Hey Fluttershy! You ready to go?" Fluttershy shook her head yes and gently pushed Angel off, indicating that she wanted him to run along and play. They two pegasi took off in unison. Both being weak flyers, they often had to stop on straggling clouds to rest or recuperate. Ditzy flew crooked the entire time, and Fluttershy fell behind a lot, but they both helped each other up to the magnificent floating city.
Cloudsdale always took Fluttershy's breath away. A cloud utopia, rainbows streamed off the sides and faded away into oblivion. Glorious column s held up the weather factory as cloud after cloud was pumped out; some white and puffy, others grey and stormy. That's where Rainbow Dash would get the clouds to bring down for rainstorms, because she was the only one fast enough to make all the trips in good time. Boutiques, tea shops, hotels, and diners all made of clouds, littered the city periodically. It wasn't the amount of buildings, but the expert architecture of swirling clouds for each one, dancing to its own tune of originality. Even the houses and condos were all different. The city, though not as regal as Canterlot, was still held in high prestige for the training center of the Wonderbolts, and the famed coliseum which held many events, such as the Young Flyer Competition. Tonight, though, Derpy and Fluttershy were headed to the Wonderbolts show. They would be performing all week, and Rainbow Dash would be attending the last show to try and make a final appearance in the show before getting hauled off by security like every other show.
The two flew up into the coliseum seats, Fluttershy waiting patiently for the show to start while Derpy slurped loudly on a soda. It really irked Fluttershy, but 'Let her have her fun' she thought. Hundreds of other pegasi flooded into their seats as well, and before she knew it, Fluttershy was squished between Derpy and a purple pegasus with a blonde mane. She felt claustrophobic, but decided to just focus on the show when it started.
Just then, a loud siren went off, and an announcement came up on the speaker. "Attention pegasi! A severe weather storm has just been spotted. It looks like… the Wonderbolts!" On cue, the team of professional pegasi shot into the air, each trailed by a storm cloud and lightning as they flew quicker than any other pony in Equestria. Each Wonderbolt performed a series of their own signature moves. Spitfire was the first, breaking from the storm line and flipping in the air as she torpedoed towards the cloud before pulling up at the last possible second, leaving ponies in the crowd in fear and awe. She returned to formation, and other Wonderbolts broke out for their time to shine.
Soarin did ten loops in a row before getting close to the ground of the coliseum, tucking his wings, soaring for a few seconds without falling without the help of his wings, then abruptly spreading his wings, creating an audible sonic boom. The boom blew the manes of all the onlookers cheer and stomp their hooves in delight and respect for such an amazing trick, even though he does the same one every time. Rainbow Dash had dragged Fluttershy to her fair share of Wonderbolts show, so she had memorized most of the tricks already. She put on an amazed face for Derpy's sake, but she was extremely surprised when Soarin did a new trick.
He went up into the crowd, scanning it oddly. He stopped near Fluttershy and Derpy's section, and dozens of hoofs went in the air in an attempt to touch the famous flyer. He looked around and grabbed Fluttershy's hoof. Fluttershy was shocked at the sudden feeling of being pulled upwards. She wasn't good at flying, definitely not close to being good enough to stand next to a Wonderbolt. Fluttershy looked back at her friend nervously, but Derpy excitedly waved her on to participate. Fluttershy flapped her wings as Soarin pulled her up into the sky. He stopped her about 100 meters above the crowd. Fluttershy stretched her wings to keep them from folding in fear. She was so high up. And all those ponies were… watching her. Whatever Soarin had originally planned, it wasn't happening tonight. Fluttershy heard 'SNAP' and felt herself starting to plummet to the ground.
Fluttershy screamed at the top of her lungs. The crowd was gasping and screaming in fear. Fluttershy tried to use her hooves to ply her wings open, but they wouldn't budge. Her hair was whipped upward by the intense wind that she was falling into. It fell like she was falling for hours, but it was probably a few seconds, because she felt to strong hooves wrap around her waist and stop her mid-fall. She slowly opened her eyes to see Soarin smiling in her face while the crowd cheered. Fluttershy was kind of angry that Soarin was smiling like nothing had happened. She almost died! Soarin saw the panicked look in her eye, breathed out with a smile, and started flying with her in his legs. He brought the stunned Fluttershy back to her seat, leaving her with a peck on the cheek and a blush.
Derpy and Fluttershy continued to watch the show, and Fluttershy tried her hardest to pretend that nothing had happened; but she couldn't. It was too traumatic. She decided that as soon as the show was over, she would fly straight home to Macintosh. She only felt safe with him.
When the Wonderbolts took their final bow, the pegasus ponies started to file out of the coliseum. Most flew out of the top, but others left through the gate. Derpy looped in the air. "Wow! That was so cool! And when you were falling and he zipped down and caught you so fast it was like Woosh! Best Wonderbolts show yet!" Derpy returned to walking on the clouds with Fluttershy as Fluttershy half-smiled at her friend's enthusiasm. She was still shaken up. Fluttershy and Derpy were leaving through the gates when Fluttershy was stopped by a strong hoof on her back. She looked back and so did Derpy, having seen the hoof take her friend's shoulder. In front of them stood Soarin, flanked by Spitfire, Lightning Streak, Wave Chill and Misty. Fluttershy wondered where the rest of the team was for a moment, but decided it was an honor just to meet five of them at once.
Derpy was squealing to herself, but Fluttershy maintained her composure. "Hey, I just wanted to apologize for pulling you out in front of everyone like that. I dint need tomake you nervous" apologized Soarin.
"Its okay," replied Fluttershy in a barely audible tone.
"Well, to make it up to you, do you wanna grab a drink with me and some of the Wonderbolts?" asked Soarin.
"Yes!" answered Derpy Hooves for Fluttershy. Fluttershy had to hold back shooting her a look of annoyance. She had really just wanted to get home and was going to refuse the offer, especially because this was Rainbow Dash's dream to hang out with them, not Fluttershy's. But before she knew it, Fluttershy was swallowed into the Wonderbolt gangand headed to a bar called Finnegans Pub.
The outside of the pub was green, probably for Sireland or something. The parade went inside and immediately every pony at the bar gave up their seats for the Wonderbolts. The bartender came over without needing an order and handed each of the ponies a beer. Fluttershy didn't drink, so she just pushed hers to the side. Derpy had already gulped one down, and so did Soarin, and both of them were banging the table for seconds from the bartender. Spitfire was sipping hers slowly, and looked really bored. The other Wonderbolts were having a lively conversation.
Another hour passed, and Fluttershy was really, really tired. It had to be one in the morning. Sometime during the night Derpy and Soarin had waged a drinking contest, and Wave Chill and Lightning Streak joined too. Along with being tired, Fluttershy was also really bored. She hadn't talked to anypony the entire time. Spitfire and Misty were talking in a bar booth on the other side of the pub. Fluttershy had thought about leaving as soon as the drinking contest started, but she decided that Derpy would probably need her help to get home.
Spitfire walked over and tapped Fluttershy on the shoulder a few minutes later. "Hey. Sorry, you must be really bored. This was supposed to make you feel better, and we've been ignoring you the whole night. You want to come over and join me and Misty?" Fluttershy was a little awed by Spitfire's sudden niceness, but was desperate for something to do, and cautiously slid into the mares' booth.
"Hi, I'm Misty! Whats your name?"
"Fluttershy." Fluttershy was really shy in front of them, especially so because they were celebrities.
"Wow! What a pretty name! I was just noticing you cutie mark. What's your special talent?" asked an interested Misty. Even Spitfire leaned in to hear the answer.
"I have a special connection with animals."
Spitfire was the one who talked this time, piping in with a excited "Really? That's so cool! Can you read their minds?"
"No," replied Fluttershy with a nervous blush, "they just really like me."
"Oh, well, that's still really cool."
"What's yours, Spitfire? I've never seen you guys without your uniforms on." Questioned Fluttershy, trying to keep the conversation going. It was out of the normal for Fluttershy to try and instigate a conversation, but she was so bored and didn't want to wait alone at the bar all night for Derpy to finish her silly contest.
"It's a lightning bolt. I got it when I was a filly at Summer Flight Camp. I was doing this thing where I fly really fast and then stop on a dime for my friends, and when I did it, there was fire coming off my hooves and little shocks of lightning from the friction. I thought it was the coolest thing over, so I kept doing it, and soon the lightning and fire got bigger, and boom! A cutie mark." Spitfire grinned at her tale, and Fluttershy smiled.
"So, how did you become Captain of the Wonderbolts?" asked Fluttershy.
"I think its just because I came in a year when a lot of other members retired, and they thought I was cool, so they were like 'Here ya go!'" Spitfire laughed and so did Misty, but Fluttershy didn't really know if she was on the level with them to actually laugh at a story.
"Wow. My friend Rainbow Dash would love to hear that story. She's your biggest fan and her lifelong dream is to become a Wonderbolt."
"Maybe we'll just have to go check her out," said Spitfire nudging Misty.
The night went on and the mares were laughing and enjoying themselves. But when the clock stuck three, Fluttershy decided it was time for her to go home, and Spitfire and Misty walked her out of the bar. They too flew home, but not before promising Fluttershy that they were going to hang out again. Fluttershy was surprised that they would even pay attention to a pony that could hardly fly. Fluttershy decided to wait fifteen more minutes for Derpy, who last she saw, was vomiting in the bathroom.
Fifteen minutes passed and Fluttershy promised herself that if the next pony to come out of the bar wasn't Derpy, she was leaving. The door swung open, and an extremely intoxicated Soarin staggered out with an equally as drunk Wave Chill and Lightning Streak. They were laughing about something and speaking in slurred words. Soarin's head was flopping all over the place as he drunkenly walked out, and his eyes somehow landed on Fluttershy standing against the wall.
"Oh, hey Spitfire." He said. Fluttershy could barely understand him because he was slurring his words so badly. He walked right up to Fluttershy, and Lightning Streak and Wave Chill followed. Soarin put his head right on to hers and put his hooves on her shoulders, forcing her to stand on her back legs. She struggled to get away from the drunk stallion, but he was too strong.
Fluttershy was becoming increasingly uncomfortable, and when Soarin ran his tongue across her cheek, she broke. "Macintosh!" she screamed, even though in her heart she knew he wouldn't have heard it. There was no pony around.
"Shh, shh Spitty. Its okay."
"I'm not Spitfire! Get off me!" Fluttershy pleaded. She had never been so panicked.
"You know Spitty, I've wanted to do this for a while, and I feel like now is the perfect time." Soarin leaned in really close as he said this, and his breath reeked of alcohol. Fluttershy squirmed and kicked, but to no avail.
Lightning Streak pushed Fluttershy in the side, making her lose her balance and topple over on her side. The three stallions picked up a leg, and carried her around behind the building. Fluttershy tried to scream, but she was starting to lose her voice.
Lightning Streak and Wave Chill held her down on the dirty back alley ground. It reeked of beer and garbage, and rotting Shirish food. Soarin slipped off his Wonderbolt uniform, and stood over Fluttershy as she struggled to break free of the stallions' grip. She was lying on her bac now, and Soarin loomed over her.
"Here we go Spitty." He almost whispered.
Soarin leaned in and kissed Fluttershy hard before his body collapsed on top of hers and he rubbed her with his stomach. He licked her cheek, and although she tried to kick him off with her back legs, he used his back legs to pin them to the ground. She was now totally exposed and helpless. She screamed, using the last of her breath, before he started raping her in front of his friends, who were laughing by this time. It hurt. It hurt Fluttershy so badly. He had robbed her of her innocence, taking away her first time, not making it magical, but fearful. Fluttershy screamed. Louder than she had ever screamed before. She screamed, and screamed, and screamed.
Suddenly, a stallion popped his head out of the back door. His eyes widened at the sight of the helpless mare being violated. "Get off of her!" screamed the stallion as he charged at Soarin who looked up confused and frightened at being caught. The stallion barreled right into the Wonderbolt, pushing him off of Fluttershy. Lightning Streak and Wind Chill fled, not wanting to be beaten up like Soarin was. Fluttershy opened her eyes to see Soarin squirming violently aas he was held against a wall by his throat, but he slipped under the stallion's arm and zoomed away before the stallion could even register what had happened. He looked to see Soarin flying away. "Come back here you coward! Oh my god, miss, are you okay?" asked the stallion savor. Fluttershy couldn't get a word out through her tears. "I'm going to get help." The stallion ran back into the barn. Fluttershy decided it would be better if she just left. She didn't want anypony finding out. So, before the stallion came back outside, she dashed back home. Blinded by her thoughts and tears, she had forgotten Derpy at the bar. But she didn't care right now, she had to get home.
By now, Fluttershy was weeping in Applejack's lap, as the orange pony stroked her mane, while she looked absent-mindedly into the distance. Applejack couldn't make sense of what had just happened.
Fluttershy looked up at Applejack with pleading eyes. "Applejack, you can't tell Mac. It would kill him." At first Applejack looked at Fluttershy like she was crazy, but then remembered how sensible of a pony Fluttershy was, and Pinkie Promised not to say a word.