//------------------------------// // Fluttershy // Story: Stories from Canterlot High // by Prince Luna //------------------------------// A school day in the life of Fluttershy. Morning: School Preparation. Angel Bunny leapt to Fluttershy's bed and repeatedly stamped on her head. She coiled under the covers. "Just five more minutes, Angel Bunny." she whispered with a yawn. Angel slapped his face then grabbed a bucket and held it out the window. There was a storming downfall of rain which quickly filled the bucket. He jumped back onto the bed and threw the water onto Fluttershy, causing her to scream loudly. Exhaling loudly from the shock of the water, Fluttershy crept out of bed and wore the dressing gown she had thrown on the floor. "Alright Angel. You win, I'm up." she sighed softly. When she trotted downstairs, she gasped at the sight before her. All the cupboards were open and her own food lay everywhere. She started to sweat and panic. "Angel! We've been robbed!" she screamed. Angel shook his head and pointed at his stomach, which then growled loudly. Fluttershy giggled and wiped away the sweat from her forehead. "Angel, you know I have a super top-secret hiding place for your food. It's not in the kitchen." she petted him gently on the head, not noticing his unamused expression. Fluttershy quickly darted under the staircase and came back with some carrots before Angel could see where she had gone. She gave them to him and he greedily snatched them and ate them in only a few seconds. Fluttershy giggled again and tidied up the mess of her food all over the floor, then prepared a small salad for herself, but she heard a deep whistle faintly. She almost choked on a leaf and gasped, flying upstairs to her room quickly. She grabbed her bag and shot out the door, then slowly flew back and closed it and darted off again in the intense rain. "Oh no! Oh no! Ohno ohno ohno! I'm gonna miss the train!" she cried. Luckily she lived quite close to the station, but just as she arrived the train had almost left the station. "NO!" she cried. She then saw a green hoof stick out of an open door and heard a voice. "Fluttershy, grab on, quickly!" She galloped up to the platform and managed to hold onto the hoof and with little effort was pulled in. Fluttershy shook herself dry and looked at the pony that had helped her to see that it was Lyra Heartstrings; a pony Fluttershy had not talked to much before. "Thank you so, so much Lyra!" Fluttershy smiled. "Any time." said Lyra, returning a smile. Canterlot High Express: Journey to School Fluttershy looked behind Lyra to see Bon Bon and Carrot Top giggling quietly. "What's wrong, girls?" Fluttershy asked. The two couldn't stop giggling, then Fluttershy looked down and saw she was still wearing her pink frilly dressing gown. She blushed and galloped to the bathroom. "Fluttershy?" Lyra called, knocking on the door. "No! Go away! I'm not coming out until we get to school or until your friends stop laughing at me!" she cried. "I promise, they won't laugh. You should take off your gown." said Lyra. The door opened slightly and Fluttershy peered through and saw Lyra smiling. She opened the door fully and walked out, smiling back. "You wanna sit with us? We're just doing the mathematics homework. Hard stuff!" Lyra laughed. "Oh, that would be great! I've done the homework, I can help you with it." Fluttershy replied. Period 1: Cooking Today was theory and it became quite traumatic for Fluttershy. They were investigating the diets of carnivores. After viewing a picture of a bear eating a rabbit, Fluttershy passed out and was quickly taken to the medical room by Octavia, who was not too fond of the images herself. Period 3: Music Fluttershy eventually woke up and just in time for music class. She excused her lateness with a note from the nurse which read 'for the third time this week, Fluttershy has fainted during a class.'. The teacher was a substitute since the main teacher was in hospital due to a 'work-related incident'. She sat down in a seat by Rarity. "Now class, today we are going to start a new project. It will be a group project where you will work in twos." the teacher announced. Fluttershy and Rarity looked at each other and giggled. "Singing ponies must pair with instrumental ponies." he said. The music classes are split into two groups; the singing ponies and the instrumental ponies. What they do is rather self-explanitory. Both Rarity and Fluttershy were singing ponies, they could not go together. Fluttershy looked around for a partner, but it seemed that everypony was already paired up. Even Rarity got in a group fast. Then at the back she saw Lyra also looking around frantically. Fluttershy waved to her with a smile and she quickly joined her. "You're an insturmental pony, right, Lyra?" Fluttershy asked. "Sure am! I play the lyre!" Lyra beamed. "We should so go in a pair!" Fluttershy smiled. The two high-hooved and began to plan out a song, which was the simple assignment their teacher had prepared. Lunch Fluttershy had to hand in an art project at lunch and despite the appauling weather outside, she was not allowed to enter through the inside corridor because somepony had puked up in there. She was terrified of the outside way because that was where the bad ponies hung out. She entered the path they usually stayed on and avoided all eye-contact she could. "Hey, hey, hey, Fluttershy!" one of them yelled. "Eaten any rabbits lately?" another laughed. "Ignore them, Fluttershy. Ignore them." she whispered to herself. "Looks like somepony's getting all wet in the rain!" a third mocked. Fluttershy had to swallow a laugh. These ponies were all idiots. One of them couldn't look at that picture either and they were ALL stood in the rain too. She finally entered the art department and handed in her work. Thankfully, the bullies were gone on her way back. Fourth Period: Physical Education If there was any lesson Fluttershy really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really disliked, it was P.E. She was especially dreading this lesson. Fiee-For-All-Pony-Dodgeball. Fluttershy normally hid in the corner, but it seemed that it was the jocks of all ponies who werent playing. They loved to get rough! There were only a few ponies there. The teacher blew the whistle and ponies galloped around randomly. Needless to say this was a quick lesson for Fluttershy. She was looking around in a sense of overwhelming panic and then saw Shining Armor directly across from her, staring her dead on in the eyes. He lifted a dodgeball with magic. Fluttershy was too scared to move. He then launched it with a ton of magic force, causing everypony standing by its path to be knocked over. "FLUTTERSHY! LOOK OUT!" Fluttershy heard before sheilding her face with her hooves. BAM. "ARGH!" Bop..bop..bop...bopbopopopppp..... The ball hit something, then hit the ground along with whatever it hit. Whoever. Fluttershy opened her eyes and gasped. "Lyra!" she cried. The green pony coughed. Shining Armor quickly ran up to her as everypony else stared. "Oh my gosh! Lyra! I am so sorry...it's my magic..I just don't know what went wrong!" he said. "It's fine, dude," Lyra smiled, "Fluttershy, mind taking me to the medical room?" Fluttershy nodded and lifted Lyra up, one hoof over her shoulder. Fifth Period: (Lesson missed, spent in medical room) Fluttershy walked into the medical room and the nurse sighed. "Fluttershy? This is the second time today. What's happened now?" "Oh, sorry Nurse Redheart, it's not me. It's Lyra. She was hit hard in P.E." Fluttershy explained. The rest of the lesson, Fluttershy sat by Lyra's side. She just needed a while to get her breath back as she had been winded by the ball. The two exchanged jokes and opinions on different lessons and students.