-A feeling
Everything was quiet. Fluttershy was sitting in her cottage, humming a tune. Angel was asleep, and the moon shined in through the windows. It was late, but Fluttershy could not find herself to be tired. Her heart was pounding. She had this feeling.
'Anxiousness?' She thought it could be that, but she was still unsure of why she had this feeling. She started to think of why she may be feeling this.
'I woke up. And i took angel out for a stroll. We had lunch near the forest, and ran into Rainbow Dash on our way home. She was in a hurry. I'm not quite sure why though. I didn't ask.'
Fluttershy searched her thoughts trying to make since of it all. She still was completely confused by everything. She stood up and walked to the window. She looked up towards the dark clouds. 'I wonder what Rainbow is doing. Probably sleeping, I'm sure!' Fluttershy giggled at the thought of Rainbow Dash laying across a cloud, snoring. Fluttershy went back to her couch and tried to sleep once more.
Rainbow Dash was doing anything but sleeping. She tried all night to doze off, but to no avail. Rainbow Dash never had trouble sleeping before, but for some reason tonight was different. Laying on her cloud, she looked up at the stars.
"This is freaking stupid!" She said, while turning over on her stomach.
"I'm going to be so tired tomorrow if I don't sleep! Why can't I sleep?" Rainbow buried her face into the fluffy whiteness. Her mane flowed in the soft breeze, and she stood up.
"If i can't sleep, I might as well practice some flying." Rainbow opened her wings and took off. She flew through the air at a very quick speed. The night air felt nice against her wings, Rainbow thought. She dived low and soared closely to the ground. She stopped her wings and landed nicely in a meadow. Rainbow looked around, familiarizing herself with the surroundings. She knew exactly where she was, and she meant to come to this place. She saw Fluttershy laying on her couch through the window. The light was still on in her cottage. Rainbow noticed that Fluttershy was still awake. 'That's not like her to stay up late like this', Rainbow thought. Strange. Rainbow then realized that if Fluttershy saw her standing outside she might be frightened and unaware of who she was. She then backed up slowly and took off to the sky.
"Back to my cloud, I guess."
The next morning, Rainbow was, as she thought, tired. She never went to sleep last night, and the effects of sleeplessness was showing clearly on her face. She drug herself into town and stopped by the library to see Twilight. She knocked her hoof on the door and Spike answered.
"Hey there Rain.....What happened?" Spike looked worried as he saw Rainbow's eyes were heavy and she could barley stand up straight.
"Oh? Uh, nothing. I just couldn't sleep any last night. I came to see Twilight, maybe she had an answer, or spell to help me sleep." Rainbow made her way in the door, leaving Spike still standing in the entrance.
"Who is it, Spike?" Rainbow heard Twilight call from upstairs. She was making her way down the stairs and saw Rainbow.
"Oh, hello Rainbow Dash! Can i help you with something? Or did you want to borrow another Daring Do book..."
"No. No, I didn't come for a book. I'm still working on one. I was just wondering if you had any idea why i can't sleep."
Twilight looked taken back when she realized the look on Rainbow's face.
"Oh my! You do look tired don't you?" Rainbow nodded. Twilight then started off to her books.
"No, no. Um, not here. Here either. Um. Oh! Here it is! Sleeping spells." Rainbow looked up with a satisfied smile.
"I knew i could count on you Twi." Twilight had a look of triumph on her face.
"Now lets see. Are you having bad dreams? Is the atmosphere too cold, too hot? Are you trying to sleep, but just don't feel tired? Is it--"
"I'm trying to sleep, Twilight. I'm tired. I just can't fall asleep for the life of me!" Rainbow was exhausted. Her eyes heavier and heavier. She even tired to fall asleep where she stood. Nothing.
"Oh my. That's not good, now is it? Do you feel alright? Other than being tired, are you anxious in anyway?" Twilight looked concerned but Rainbow could barley look at her.
"I... I do feel kind of anxious lately." Rainbow looked away quickly. Her cheeks were turning red. A sight that Twilight had never seen before.
"Um, do you know why you are feeling anxious?" Twilight tired to be subtle. She realized that Rainbow Dash, in all of her glory, was embarrassed.
"If I knew, then i wouldn't be here asking you for help, now would I?" Rainbow tried to regain herself, but Twilight was not buying it.
"Are you sure about that, Rainbow? Your red cheeks are telling me otherwise." Twilight tried to break Rainbow's pride so she would tell her what was wrong. Rainbow noticed what Twilight was doing.
"Just forget it!" Rainbow stomped out of Twilight's tree home. Twilight tried to call out to Rainbow, but she was already in the air speeding away. She never heard what Twilight said.