//------------------------------// // Exploration // Story: A Strange Dream // by Durant //------------------------------// "This isn't good I think I am in love with Rainbow. What will my friends think...what do they think. Pinkie seemed ok with it and Twilight seemed confused by it, but Applejack,and Rarity what do they think. Maybe I should swing by Sweet Apple Acres and Carousel Boutique later and see them." Suddenly Fluttershy felt forelegs wrapped around her waist. "Somepony is deep in thought." Rainbow whisper in her ear. Fluttershy shivered slightly as Rainbow licked her neck playfully. Rainbow let go of Fluttershys waist and stood next to her. Umm...I want ask you something." Rainbow asked "What is it?" Fluttershy asked back. "Can I take a quick fly?" "Um...sure, you don't have ask me." "But last year you got mad when I took a fly during our anniversary." "Oh, well last year I just-" "It's ok Shy you don't have to tell me I'd rather forget about it too. I'll be back soon " Rainbow kissed Fluttershy then slowly walked out and flew away. Fluttershy felt a little hot from Rainbow’s kiss, but shook it off, and turned to the foals. They were still sleeping soundly, Mach stirred a little which made Fluttershy laugh softly. A thought suddenly popped in her head.She had never seen their rooms, could there be answer in there? She debated whether to look or not, thinking that it was invading their privacy; but decided to go ahead and look anyway. Slowly she walked up stairs and walked down the hall eyeing a door she had never seen before. She looked at the door and took a deep breath. She slowly opened it find a room with red and yellow wallpaper, a window with rainbow curtains, a wonderbolts poster, a bed with a night stand near by, and another door in the back. Fluttershy walked in and saw some pictures on the nightstand. She picked them up and looked at them. In one was Rainbow, Mach and a orange mare with a purple mane. The second was of Rainbow Dash and Spitfire. The third one was of Princess Luna's face with eyes closed looking annoyed, suddenly her eyes opened... "Wake up!" The picture shouted. Fluttershy screamed and closed hers eye and then opened them up. Her body felt heavy as if it were made of lead. Everything seemed fuzzy and moving in slow motion the sounds were muffled. She was on her back and she could see the ceiling of her room she turned to her head to the right and saw Luna next to her. "Luna...?" Fluttershy asked closing her eyes again. After opening them she felt normal again back in Machs room the picture with Lunas face was gone. In it's place was a picture of Mach and a red unicorn, they seem to be friends. Fluttershy sighed with relief but a knot of fear formed in the pit of her stomach. "That was princess Luna and that was my room. Am I asleep? No I feel things and I've gone to sleep since this has happened. You can't feel things in a dream and you can’t sleep in a dream. Was that just a daydream?."Fluttershy tried to tell herself it was a daydream, but it kept bugging her. She decided to keep looking around Machs room and maybe get more answers. She eyed the small door in the back and hurried over to it. She opened it and inside were sport balls of all sorts. Fluttershy laughed a little and closed the door looking around the rest of the room. Nothing else seemed to be interesting so she left and came to another door down the hall she hadn't seen before. She open the door and inside was a room with pink and blue wallpaper, a medium sized bed, a yellow dresser, a bookshelf, and a brown desk. Her eyes scanned the room until something caught her eye; a book on the bookshelf. She didn't know why it caught her eye, it just did. There didn't seem to be anything special about it. She took it out and read the title, "Magic Thoughts", and opened the book slowly. She didn't understand most of it, but something told her to keep turning the pages. Eventually she turned to a page that looked familiar. She tried to read it, but a bright light flashed and she closed her eyes, only to open them again to see Twilight looking at her. "How does that sound?" Twilight asked. "But what if I just make it work?" Fluttershy asked. "Well, I don't want to do this, but I could lock your memories." "Lock my memories?" "Yes, you won't remember this at all, then I can return your memories to you after we fix your problem." "I don't know about that" Fluttershy jumped back as the vision ended. She looked down at the book and on the page was the "Locking Memory Spell". She now had three questions. Was that vision something that really happened? What was the problem she had? that was the second time she had heard about it. Lastly, why did Butterfly have a spell book in her room? She wasn't a unicorn. She put the book book back and looked at the other books. She had a lot of spell books on her bookshelf. Fluttershy slowly walked over to the dresser and there was a picture. She pick it up and looked at it there were three mares that looked familiar with Butterfly and Mach. She started to think about who the mares were, but hoof steps made her put the pictures down and she saw Rainbow Dash looking at her from the the doorway. "Hey ‘Shy, why are you in Butterflies room?" "Hey Rainbow I was just..." "It's not in here." "W-what?" "My anniversary present isn't in here. It's somewhere that you would never guess to look." "Oh, well, how was your flying?" Fluttershy asked, wanting to change the subject. "My what..oh it was great, just great," Rainbow laughed nervously. "Is something wrong?" "No, why do you ask?" "You seem nervous about something." "Nope, It must be in your head." Rainbow kissed her and walked down the stairs. Fluttershy smiled a little and followed her down stairs. Butterfly and Mach were both up and playing a card game. Fluttershy smiled watching her foals play cards and turned to her right looking at a wedding photo of her and Rainbow. "If this is real and this really is my life now I don't mind. My foals are sweet and cute and I never noticed how cute Rainbow..." Fluttershy stopped herself. "What am I saying, I'm not in love with Rainbow she is just a great friend that I cuddled with as a filly and now we kiss and I really want to have..." again she trailed off blushing. She decided not think about their relationship anymore, and go see Twilight about her "daydream". "Hey Rainbow I’m going to-" She was cut off by the front door flew open and a white pegasus walked in. Fluttershy jumped back and looked at him as he walked in. "Sorry Miss Fluttershy I didn't mean to scare you." he apologized. "It's ok. Who are you?" The pegasus looked at puzzled. Are you feeling alright Miss Fluttershy? "Hi, Uncle Poundcake," Mach said waving. Butterfly did the same. "Hey Poundcake, what brings you by?" Rainbow asked. "Aunt Pinkie wanted me to give you this." Poundcake handed a note over to Rainbow who opened it, and read it aloud so everyone could hear. Dear Rainbows, I have a very special cake that I made for your anniversary and I would like for you to come by. It is too big for Poundcake to deliver. I'm am super busy right now, so come over to Sugar Cube Corner in a hour. Love, Pinkie Pie P.S Butterfly and Mach should come and have some cake too. "So we need to meet her in an hour?" Fluttershy asked. "More like twenty minutes, I made a few deliveries before coming here. Honestly you should just leave now." Poundcake suggested. "Butterfly, Mach are you two busy right now?" Rainbow asked. "No we're not, Butterfly is just cheating." Mach pouted. "Sounds more like you're a sore loser." Butterfly mocked. Rainbow sighed and look at Fluttershy. "Are you ready?" "Well, I was going to....never mind I can do it later." "Ok Pound, you can go and we will follow you.” Poundcake nodded and flew into the sky, he was soon followed by Fluttershy and her family. It felt kind of nice flying , it was helping her clear her head. She could see why Rainbow liked flying so much. After flying for a awhile the library came into view. Fluttershy watched the library as they passed it, wanting to see if Twilight would walk out, but nothing happened. They flew past it and Fluttershy decided it didn't really matter, it could wait. "Here we are." Poundcake smiled as he landed and opened the door for them. They walked in to see Pinkie looking at them from behind the counter. "You're a little early but that's ok." Pinkie got close to Rainbow. "Everything is under control." "What does that mean?" Rainbow asked. "Your such a silly filly," Pinkie laughed. Fluttershy and Rainbow exchanged confused looks and shrugged guessing she was just being Pinkie Pie. "Hey Rainbow, Mach I need your help with something upstairs." Pinkie motioned towards the stairs and hopped up them. Rainbow sighed and flew up followed by Mach and Poundcake. Fluttershy and Butterfly waited for ten minutes but no sounds were coming from upstairs and there was no sign of anypony. "Rainbow. Mach, Pinkie, Poundcake are you ok?" Fluttershy called. No answer came from up stairs. "Hello!" Butterfly yelled. Still no answer. Fluttershy slowly walked upstairs and noticed all the windows were covered up, making it very dark. Butterfly got closer to Fluttershy and shook a little. All the doors upstairs were closed except one which was slightly opened. Butterfly slowly walked to the room, as she disappeared behind the door she gasped, then it was silent. "Butterfly!?" Fluttershy called. No answer. Fluttershy gathered all her courage and opened the door slowly and walked in. "Butterfly?" She called out timidly.