//------------------------------// // Fluttershy's Cottage pt.2 // Story: Research Logs // by Coppercoil //------------------------------// Fluttershy's Cottage pt.2 Twilight rushed to the door, regretting having told Fluttershy what Angel and the other bunnies had done. Outside, Fluttershy had was in a rage. She was spitting every bush, bending every tree, and flew around her cottage three times shouting, "ANGEL!!!" The birds that weren't shaken from their trees flew away, following those who were. Twilight could feel rumbling and saw a stampede, running along the horizon. All the small cute creatures were no where to be seen, all save for Tank, Rainbow Dash's Tortoise, which was hovering just above the cottage, watching the chaos borne from his former caretaker. Rainbow Dash was just walking out of the cottage, calmly, while still wearing that disapproving look about her. "Tch-tch-tch," Rainbow clicked her tongue, "Why oh why did you have to say a thing like that, to a pony like her?" Twilight would have been confused by Rainbow Dash's strangely calm tone, had she not become frantic by fear and guilt from what was happening. "I didn't know what to do, I couldn't lie to her!" "So you told her that two groups of rodents were abusing a-... wait what is an armadillo? Is it a rodent to? Or a marsupial maybe?" "Neither! I didn't mean it like that!" Twilight shouted over the wind. Fluttershy's flight around the area had gone so fast as to create what seemed as a small localized hurricane. The wind pulled small saplings from the ground. "You ever wonder why I wanted Fluttershy so badly to help with the water!?" "What!?" Twilight shouted Failing to understand Rainbow. "You remember! When all the pegasi needed to transport water to Cloudsdale! This is why!" Twilight saw bunnies, fleeing their rabbit holes. "Uh-oh. They should not have done that!" Rainbow chuckled at the sight of the bunnies. "Uh-oh!? What Uh-oh!?" Twilight was frightened. "I actually get a lot of my moves from Fluttershy!" "What!? What is that supposed to mean!?" "Watch!" Rainbow dash simply pointed at Fluttershy, who was suspending herself at the center of this mini-hurricane, she had a dark look about her. Fluttershy began to spin with the hurricane. She seemed a statue, with only her wings in motion. Even her rising and falling seemed imperceptible. Her speed increased until it met that of the surrounding hurricane. Fluttershy lifted her hooves and threw them to her side, jerking them as to increase her speed passed that of the wind as he bolted up through the eye of the hurricane. "What's going to happen!?" Twilight shouted, fear clearly audible. Rainbow lifted a hoof to her lips, "Shhh." Just as she hushed Twilight, all became silent. The wind had stopped, the sound of Fluttershy spinning was gone. Rainbow Dash looked to Twilight with a evil grin, "This is my favorite part." Twilight starred but for a second at Rainbow before it happened. The silence was shattered by a thunderous noise, liken to that of a sonic-rainboom. A pink and yellow tornado had smashed down through the clouds, forcing wind in the opposite direction it had gone before. The tornado was drilling into the soil of the grove where once, a fun game was played between bunnies, squirrels, and a volunteering armadillo. The dirt was flying about in every which-way. Rainbow was ever-stoic, untouched by the dirt that was whizzing pass her head, while Twilight made a fair effort at dodging the clods. She made refuge behind a familiar boulder that had no business being in or near Ponyville. Twilight was truly horrified to see Rainbow Dash, laughing maniacally. Twilight had wanted to ask what was so funny, but was preoccupied at the moment. Seconds later the wind had slowed to a stopped. the roaring sound of a furious Fluttershy has subsided, and the dust had settled. Rainbow wore an amused smile, clapping her hooves together. "Woo-hoo Fluttershy! You ROCK!" Twilight peeked out from behind her barricade and nervously came out. Before her was a crater. Inside this crater was Fluttershy and Angel. "Now, I'll give you back your ball, if you promise never to be mean to Mr. Armadillo again, ok?" Fluttershy's tone had returned to normal, while still a bit stern. After the bunny nodded nervously, "Good, now com here." Fluttershy had given Angel a hug and flew gently out the crater, meeting Twilight and Rainbow approaching. "Now that's what i'm talking about!" Rainbow hollered. "I'm sorry?" Fluttershy said, confused. "Never mind." Rainbow Dash turned to Twilight, "What did you think of it Twi?" Twilight looked behind Fluttershy at the crater once more, "I think we should clean this up. Don't you?" Fluttershy turned around, "Oh my! did... did I do that?" "Eeyup!" Said Rainbow Dash, "Wasn't the first time either!" "What?" Twilight was frightened, but intrigued. "Yeah. You think that's bad? You should see her when she's protecting them. Truly, a sight to see." Rainbow Dash spoke proudly "What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked. "Remember that timber wolf? That was crazy!" Fluttershy's head dropped, "Oh, yeah..." Rainbow Dash turned to Twilight, "You see, there was this huge timber wolf! It came out of the forest and-" "Rainbow" Fluttershy mumbled. "I thought I could take it on but when I got pinned-" "*Ahem* Rainbow, could you uh... stop? "Huh? Oh yeah... So anyways..." Rainbow turned to Twilight, scratching her head. "What brings you around?" "What? What did I come here for?" Twilight asked her self. She felt a tug on her mane. "We're leaving remember?" Spike said. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both looked between Spike and Twilight. Rainbow Dash looked confused and angry, "What's that supposed to mean!?" "Is everything alright?" Fluttershy seemed worried. "Oh no! No, I'm just going to Canterlot, you know, just checking out some books." "What's wrong with the books in your library? Huh? What's so special about those books up in canterlot?" Rainbow said raising an eyebrow. Twilight sighed, "Well for starters, I haven't read them yet." Rainbow tilted her head, looking confused. "You don't mean you...." Fluttershy paused, "read every book already, do you?" Twilight grinned nervously, nodding. Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped, her eyes wide. "I'm going to Canterlot to check out books, I'll come back in a couple of days and return them and pick up more." "Wait wait wait!" Rainbow interjected, "This doesn't make sense, there are like, a buhzillion books in that tree of yours. How do you read all of them? How many do you read a day?" Twilight began drawing circles in the dirt. "I umm... I average about three to four books a day." "Three to four!? I takes me days, sometimes weeks to finish those Daring Do's and you can read four of those in a day!? If there was a competition for reading, you would take home the gold medal!" Twilight smiled thinking fondly of winning the speed-reader event for the Canterlot Academic Little Filly games. She had in fact gotten a gold medal, but kept it to herself, not wanting to gloat. But maybe she should have Apple Bloom apply next year. "How long is it before you read all of the books In Canterlot? Then what?" "Oh don't be silly Rainbow Dash," Twilight chuckled "The Canterlot Archives are far more extensive than the library here. It would take me years, even decades before I ever read all those." Twilight laughed again. Rainbow Dash looked a little annoyed, but it turned quickly to concern, "How long did you say you'd be gone again?" Twilight realized Rainbow's tone, ceasing her laughter, "Just the weekend, I'll be back in no time." "Be safe, okay Twilight?" Fluttershy added, with concern of her own. "Of course. It's really good you were here Rainbow, I was going to visit you in Cloudsdale. But now, I have enough free time to leave by night." Twilight looked at her shadow, "Ooh! I should leave now if I want to make the last train. Bye girls." Twilight turned around and began walking away with spike closely following. "Later Twilight!" Rainbow Dash waved her hoof high in the air. "Goodbye twilight" Fluttershy gave a sweet, motherly smile.