In a tiny room, where little light shone, a cyan mare sat upon a chair, writing and taking notes on something. Little letters scribbled on the yellow scroll paper were being crossed out by the black ink that hung on the tip of a quill. Books around the room were stacked on top of each other, most colored and some just plain gray. The mare appeared to be grabbing most of the gray books yet some blue, and yet red. She flipped through the pages, looking for something. Just something that was very important to her. Word, by word, page by page, the notes were written down while the words were being read. And, let’s just say, that she was called Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash looked at the page blankly. Words, words, words, and words. Too much to research, just go to bed, the Pegasus thought. Save Equestria tomorrow…
But Dash couldn’t stop. She really had to find out how other prophecies were solved in the past, and how she could solve hers. There was a thing about Star Swirl when he was young solving a prophecy with three ponies, they ran into monsters, blah, blah, blah, they saved the land from a dangerous spell… What!? Rainbow had to go back in that book to find out how he picked out his partners. What ponies are best for the job? If no ponies got hurt on that trip, then it must be good decisions!
Rainbow threw her other book away and crumbled up the notes. She jumped up from her seat and began to search through the pile of books. Prophecies and Solving, no. The Spell, no. Daring Do and the Goblet of Fire? Heh, Dash could not resist! But Legends and Prophecies with Star Swirl the Bearded, YES!
Picking up the book, she tossed it across the room where it landed with a thud on the table. Rainbow flew up and sat in her chair, while taking out a new piece of scroll paper along with a new quill to take notes. Dash went to the page she marked, looked it over making sure it was the right one, and began to read, taking notes while doing so.
Blah, blah, ok, what now? Dash asked herself, yawning loudly and rubbing her tired eyes. They found their partners by, ok TOO complicated after those words. Reading, and reading, she finally found out that Star Swirl picked his closest friends that he trained through magic spells, and were very close, blah, blah, blah, and, that’s it?
Rainbow took the quill quickly and began writing about to do closest friends that you trained, cared for, and helped. Alright, now who is this pony? Rainbow asked herself. It’s like she had never trained anypony before! But, Fluttershy?
Darn, now Dash was back to that topic. She leaned back in the chair, which before Rainbow Dash knew it she fell on top of the chair, her back legs towering in weird places over her face. Dash let out a groan, and began to rub the pains on her back. If this was going to happen, Rainbow will talk about it with Flutters tomorrow. After all, she was REALLY tired. Yet hungry- did she just hear her stomach growl?
Gosh, stop it Rainbow, it's bed time! Dash thought fiercely. Your bed is only fifteen steps away. One, two, three…
Rainbow took fifteen tired steps down her hallway and into her bedroom to hop in bed. Tomorrow’s a new day after all, and dreams are all ways good, she thought before drifting into sleep.
**********************************************************
A very dim light shined into Fluttershy’s cottage as the dark morning spread drowsily across the sky. A loud thumping was heard next to Flutters, as if the sound was an alarm clock. She opened her tired eyes, which were rubbed by the bottom joint of her front legs not long after. On her bed, Angel Bunny was pointing towards the kitchen as he thumped- ten? Maybe eleven more times as he asked for food. Fluttershy looked at the impatient animal, a little impatient herself. With a long sigh, she heaved herself out of bed and gave her wings a good stretch. After that, she trotted slowly over to the kitchen door and opend it, hearing a small, creak.
Fluttershy took the last steps to the cupboard and got the bunny food out, only to drop it on the floor. “Oops! I’m so sorry, Angel! I just,” but the white bunny rolled his eyes and ate from the bag instead of his bowl.
She giggled at the rabbit, how he didn’t care and just ate it straight from the bag of food. Fluttershy looked at him for a moment before hearing a rapid knock at the door. “Come in!” she squeaked.
The Pegasus heard the door being opened quickly, just for a burst of rainbow wind to blast in her kitchen and knock Fluttershy down. The yellow pony looked up to see a worried Rainbow Dash standing atop of her. She widened her eyes at the instant topple, but relaxed when Rainbow loosened her grip on Fluttershy, allowing her to get up. “W-What’s wrong? What happened? Oh Rainbow Dash, is it the prophecy again?” Fluttershy squealed out in a blur of words.
The rainbow-maned Pegasus tried to catch her breath before answering. “Yes, but, it’s a question to you, really, you know, about the quest part,” Rainbow Dash said through one of her breaths.
Fluttershy suddenly noticed that Dash was really tired. Wrinkles below her eyes were visible, and her eyes were pinkish around the edges. “Well, what is it?” she asked, not really hiding her concern.
The cyan mare took a long and steady breath, until she stopped shaking ang asked, “Will you train for the quest to go with me?”
Flutters widened her eyes even more, and hid under one of her kitchen chairs, as a gesture to say, ‘no’.
But Rainbow was too urgent to save Equestria, especially when she knew that something was going on. “Please, Fluttershy! This is really important to me! I’ll train you, you’ll be fine!” Dash pleaded.
Fluttershy peeked her head out from under the chair, a sad but determined look on her face. “If you’ll train me…” Flutters murmured.
Rainbow smiled widely, and pulled the shy pony out from under the tables. “Alright! Let’s train you!”
********************************************************
“Up, down, up!” shouted Rainbow as Fluttershy did her wing-ups. “Only forty more to go!”
Fluttershy was crying her eyes out, while trying to work out and maintain the responsibility of going on the quest. “Thirty more to go! Come on, push those wings farther down!” she heard Rainbow Dash shout.
“Thirty…” Flutters whispered before collapsing on the ground of dirt, as well in tears. “I’m in pain!”
Rainbow Dash was the most definitely not impressed. “Suck it up, Fluttershy! It’s only one-hundred wing-ups! I’ve seen…” but before she could say anything, Flutters cries had already beat out the sound of her voice.
Rainbow Dash set down a pillow and a bottle of water in front of Fluttershy, sighing heavily. “You were almost there, you know. But still, Fluttershy, you have to do this many more three more times. That’s part of what shaped me up to be the fastest flyer. You see, you're my best friend, and I’m only trying to help you out on this quest training."
Fluttershy peeked out from between her hooves and put her head on the pillow. “Oh, Dash, I do know that. It’s just, I’m not used to it, that’s all,” she whispered.
Rainbow Dash sighed again. “Ok, ok. I do go a bit hard on you sometimes. But, that’s just my breakouts, and it does happen. But please, please, please grow a spine and man up! Now let’s start this over again…”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Fluttershy muttered.