Hearth's Warming day, and Rainbow Dash is being hunted through the streets of Ponyville—by Fluttershy. What did Rainbow Dash manage to do to urge Fluttershy into such action? The answer is within.

Spoiler: they kiss

Story inspired by: Dilarus' amazing work. Also, they provided the amazing art for the cover, and for the story itself. Show them some love.

Edited by: PeerImagination

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Fluttershy, Fluttershy, Fluttershy can hardly fly
Fluttershy had been bullied and laughed at for as long as she can remember. Laughed at for not being able to fly.
"What kind of Pegasus doesn't fly, Fluttercry?"
But with the help of her newfound friend Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy has to learn to stand up for herself and face her fear of flight, and find her wings.
Inspired by Aviators' Fear of Flight

Sunsets. Forests. Picnics.

These were all things that Rainbow Dash had avoided consistently ever since that fateful day on Sunset Cliff.

She had never returned the feelings given to her by her best friend. She was that, and only that, until Sunset Cliff. Then she was that with an extra adjective attached. Dead.

But...what happens when Rainbow has to confront the death of her best friend head on?

What happens when Rainbow Dash finds out that Fluttershy's unrequited crush on her wasn't so little after all?

What happens when Fluttershy's final message finally finds its home?

After a fight with Fluttershy, Angel Bunny runs away from home into the Everfree Forest and the pegasus goes in search of him. But what Fluttershy finds waiting for her there is something she could never have expected...

The right thing to do and the best thing to do are sometimes mutually-exclusive; when Fluttershy finds the deposed Chrysalis injured and near-death in the Everfree Forest, she knows that the wisest course of action to pursue would be to leave her to her fate. She's a sworn enemy of ponykind, after all, and will only seek to hurt them further once she's rehabilitated.

One's true nature can never be changed, can it?

One day, while deep in thought during a flight, Fluttershy finds herself flying over Sweet Apple Acres. She ends up helping Applejack harvest her apples, but she's got something that she's having trouble getting off her chest.

(My first pony fanfic! Originally posted on EqD back in March-April 2011. I'm pretty sure it was the first AJ/FS fic on EqD, a fact I like to tout because I am silly.

Being as it's my first work, I think I've improved quite a bit since then, but I'm still quite pleased with how it came out as a whole.)

While Applejack automatically tunes out the normal background noises of Sweet Apple Acres, out of place sounds always get her attention, even gentle ones. She notices such a sound while heading back home for supper, and finds Fluttershy in the orchard. The reason for Fluttershy's visit turns out to be one Applejack hadn't thought of.

Cover art by Evehly.
Reviewed on Louder Yay.

Applejack hadn't ever thought much about romance, much less about actually being in a relationship! However, when Fluttershy came into her life, her thoughts changed. Looking back now, it felt like the moment she got a glance of those beautiful teal eyes, her heart simply melted, and her only goal was to get that mare as more than a friend, how would she do it though?

What happens when you throw a Roaming Princess, space exploring Pegasus, country equa-lion, meek vampire, and a haughty seapony into a modern waitress’s home with no explanation?

Confusion, destruction, and friendship as they try to find a way home. Followed closely by secret societies, forbidden magic, and a heaping of destiny as they battle to save their friends from a dark cult and rescue the world in the process.

After all the running around Fluttershy and her friends have been doing lately, she has been looking forward to a quiet picnic with her animal friends. Unfortunately, the princesses need the Elements of Harmony to save Equestria again, but this time Fluttershy would really prefer to sit this one out.