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// Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy 
// Story: Different Reasons to Party 
// by Leviathan Jaeger 
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Rainbow Dash approached the school, not exactly thrilled to be there. Sure she loved parties and hanging out with her friends, but she wasn't fond of this type of party. It was more up Rarity's alley than hers. Despite having to wear a dress, she wanted to make tonight fun. When she approached the door, she was greeted with a smile by the name guy.

"Hey Rainbow," he said.

"Yo," she replied, giving him a fist bump. Once her name was checked off, she entered the building. She waved to some people as she passed by them, also giving some out of some fist bumps. 

She eventually made it into the main room, taking a good long look at how the room was set up. She liked it better when it was set up for basketball season, but not much she could do about that. She continued to look around until she noticed Rarity and Applejack standing by the drink table. She casually walked over to them, giving Applejack a friendly slap on the back.

Fluttershy approached the school, more nervous than anything. She had a distaste for social events like this, despite loving Pinkie's parties. Although at them, it was just her friends, but here, she was surrounded by everyone, and it did nothing but make her feel uncomfortable. As she approached the door, the name guy gave her a smile, which she returned, before marking her name off and letting her inside. She quietly walked down the hall, trying to avoid the few people in them. Once she made it to the main room, she just wanted to leave. The overwhelming amount of people there made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She probably would've left to, if it wasn't for her hearing her name being shouted out.

"Hey Fluttershy! Over here!" Rainbow shouted her way.

Once she laid eyes on Rainbow, Fluttershy started to feel better. She quickly made her way over to her, standing next to her rainbow friend, listening to there conversation. No matter where she was at, or what she was doing, Fluttershy never felt safer then when she's with Rainbow Dash. The two of them had been best friends for as long as they could remember, and she loved every moment of it. Although, she secretly wished they could be more than just best friends. As she thought about this, she didn't even notice Sunset and the Dazzlings joining their group, despite joining at two separate times. 

When the group dispersed, Fluttershy didn't know where to go. She wanted to stay with Dash, but the athletic girl had walked over to talk to some of her sports buddies. Fluttershy just decided to stand off to the side, away from all the people.
She listened to the music being played, and looked over at Rainbow happily chatting with Soarin, one of the lead football players at CHS. She desperately wanted to dance Rainbow, to be intertwined with her as they moved across the dance floor, but her shyness wouldn't let her take a single step. She once again felt like leaving, but was stopped when Pinkie walked up to join her.

"Hey Fluttershy! Enjoying the party?" Pinkie asked her.

"Not really, it's not as good as your parties," Fluttershy responded to her, looking back towards Dash.

"I will happily except that compliment," Pinkie said to her. She looked towards where Flutters was looking, and got a idea. "Why don't you go ask her to dance?"

Fluttershy stiffened up at the sound of someone else suggesting it. "I...I don't know Pinkie...she probably doesn't want to dance with me..."

"Oh come on Flutters, I'm sure she would love to dance with you! Just walk over there and ask to dance, and I guarantee she will say yes."

Fluttershy looked over at Pinkie. "Are you sure?"

"I'm positive!"

Fluttershy looked back at Rainbow, before taking a long, deep breath. She took three steps forward, before stopping. She spun back around to Pinkie. "I...I can't do this!" she said before running off and down one of the halls.

Pinkie watched as she ran away, trying to quickly decide on what the best course of action would be to cheer her friend up. She quickly turned back to look at Rainbow, and she knew what had to be done. She bounced over to Rainbow, who was still talking to Soarin.

"And that's when I grabbed the ball and-oh hey Pinkie Pie," Soarin said as she bounced up.

"Hey! Sorry to intrude, but I need Dashie for a minute," she replied, taking Rainbow by the arm and pulling her away.

"What gives Pinkie?" Rainbow asked confused.

"There's someone you need to talk to, like really badly," Pinkie replied as she let go of Rainbow's arm.

"Who?"

"Fluttershy."

"Fluttershy?"

"Yes Fluttershy, and before you ask why, it's because she really wants to dance with you but she's to shy to ask. And before you ask why she wants to dance with you, it's because she's been crushing on you for like months, and I know you feel the same way, and before you ask how I know, I just know. Now go talk to her, go, go, shoo, save the ship!" she said, pushing Rainbow in the right direction.

Once Rainbow was in the school hall, she walked in the direction Pinkie pushed her towards. It wasn't hard to find Fluttershy, since no one else was in the hall and she was making the only noise. Rainbow slowly walked up behind, trying to think of something to say.

"I know you like having your own personal space, but isn't this taking it a little to far," Rainbow joked with her.

Fluttershy spun around to face her. "What are you doing here? I thought you was talking to Soarin?"

"Pinkie pulled me out of that. She also might of mentioned that you wanted to dance with me."

Fluttershy slightly blushed at the topic being brought up from her. "Well...yes...I didn't think you would want to though..."

Rainbow stepped forward and put a hand on her shoulder. "I would gladly dance with you."

Fluttershy looked up at her, hope burning in her eyes. "Really?"

Rainbow then pulled her into a hug, surprising the girl. "Of course I would Fluttershy, your my best friend, I would do anything with you. Although...I've actually started thinking about you as more than that..."

Fluttershy pulled away from the hug, looking deep into Rainbow's eyes. "You...really mean that?"

Dash smiled before pulling her in for a gentle kiss, earning a squeak from Fluttershy. When they parted, Rainbow smiled again. "Yes, I mean it more than anything."

Fluttershy couldn't help but smile back, giving her warmest smile.

"So Fluttershy," she said, extending her hand, "would you like to dance with me?"

"Absolutely Dashie," Fluttershy replied, taking Rainbow's hand and walking with her back to the dance floor.