Chapter 1
Time passed, and the little injured animals in Fluttershy's cottage came and went. Winona stayed - much longer than expected, since she kept trying to get up and help Fluttershy, and she re-damaged her healing paw in the process. Fluttershy tried, but she just wasn't as into helping the injured dog as she usually would have been. She just felt that something was... Missing. She didn't know what quite yet, but she was sure as hey going to find out.
Eventually, the time came to bring Winona back home. She still had the cast on her foot, but she was out of the wheel chair, and Fluttershy thought it would do her good to see a familiar landscape.
As they walked to Sweet Apple Acres slowly, Winona resting slightly on Fluttershy's shoulder, Pinkie Pie ran by. "Twitcha twitchy twitcha twitch!" she screamed. "My tail is twitching! Something's gonna fall!" She ran into the nearest house possible, with her umbrella hat still shaking from the run. Fluttershy smiled and kept walking. It would probably just be a plate in someone's kitchen, or maybe a raindrop. But there was no crash of breaking china, and the sky stayed clear. Fluttershy grew more and more nervous, and began looking around to see what might fall. While she was distracted, her hoof caught on a loose stone in the path and she tripped and fell flat on her face.
"Well," thought Fluttershy. "I guess that's what's falling." She began struggling to her feet, to find another pony standing beside her, holding out a hoof to help her up. She looked up to find herself looking into the face of the most handsome pony she had ever seen. His coat was a dark red color, which was complimented perfectly by his blond mane and tail. Fluttershy thought she could hear angels singing, but maybe that was just from the bump she got on her head from falling.
"Umm... Thanks," said Fluttershy to the other pony, taking his hoof and blushing. Why did she always have to meet new people at the most embarrassing times? She remembered meeting Rainbow Dash, many years before, at the first day in flight school. She had been flat on her face then too, and two bullies had flown up to her and started teasing her. If it hadn't been for Rainbow Dash, she might have been teased by them for hours. That was also the day she got her cutie mark.
Fluttershy was literally jerked back to reality by the older stallion pulling on her hoof to help her up. She blushed again, embarrassed by the fact that she had completely forgotten what was going on. "Sorry for any inconvenience I caused you..." she mumbled, getting quieter with every word.
"Thass quite aright, miss," said the red pony, smiling down at her. "Ah'm Big Macintosh, by the way."
Fluttershy noticed the green apple cutie mark on his flank and made the connection. "Oh!" she said. "You must be Applejack's big brother."
"Sure am. An' you're Fluttershy, right?. And is that Winona I see there with ya?"
"Oh, yes. I was just bringing her back to the farm. How did you know my name?"
"Well, from what Applejack's said about her friends, I know you're the only one who doesn't speak 'bout a mile a minute," he said, smiling again.
"Oh, yes. Our friends can be a bit... noisy," she said, surprising herself by saying something at an almost normal level. Fluttershy was never this comfortable around somepony she just met, especially one so... attractive. But there was something special about Big Macintosh. She felt as if she'd known him for years, even though she'd just met him.
"Well, Ah was just headin' back to the farm, Ah can take Winona from ya if ya'd like."
"Oh, if it's not too much trouble. I have so many more animals to tend to at home."
"Iss no trouble at all."
He took Winona from her, and Fluttershy stood there, frozen, watching as he and Winona walked down the road, into the distance, and disappeared into the gates to Sweet Apple Acres. Then, finally, she turned and walked back to her cottage, and smile on her face and a blush on her cheeks. She couldn't wait to see him again.
A/N: Sorry, this one is short too. I'll try to write a longer chapter next time. (it'll also hopefully be from Big Mac's point of view)
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