//------------------------------// // New Day // Story: Brand New Powers // by Peridork //------------------------------// Fluttershy paced nervously around her home. Rainbow Dash asked her advice on Tank. Although that seemed like an innocent thing to her friends, the yellow pegasus knew why Dash really wanted to come over. She wanted privacy. Nopony in Ponyville knew, but Rainbow and her were in a relationship. Fluttershy heard a knock at the door. “Dash is that you? If it isn’t then it’s ok.” Fluttershy glanced out the door and was met with the prismatic maned pegasus and her heart skipped a beat. She still couldn’t believe that she was so lucky to be in a relationship with her oldest friend. “Duh it’s me. I am the most awesome flier in Equestria, you know. Fluttershy, why do we still have to do this? I love you and all and I know that you dislike attention but half the town probably suspects something already.” Fluttershy blushed heavily. “ I want to tell everyone what we have been doing, but I don’t know how everyone would take the news.” “Ok, ‘Shy,” Rainbow Dash groaned, “ but after my next attempt at the Wonderbolts you have to come clean and tell our friends.” “Uh, R-rainbow I really don’t know.” Then I’ll have to give you an awesome reason to tell the others.” Dash smirked and kissed the yellow mare. Fluttershy reciprocated the kiss and pulled Dash into her house to continue their business in private. One Week Later Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack had gathered at the town library for a special occasion. They were preparing to cheer on Rainbow Dash when she tried out for the Wonderbolts. Twilight, the leader of the group, called them all here for one reason: she had to cast a spell to let the non-pegasi members of the group be able to walk on clouds. “Ready Twi’? ‘Cause I reckon that I’ll need to get back to Sweet Apple Acres soon. Applebuck season sure is comin’ up quick, and Big Mac and I need ta get the harvest in ‘fore it gets too late.” “Applejack, relax darling. Have you ever taken a break a break from that dreadful farm of yours? My offer of a spa date with Fluttershy and me still stands.” “Rare, you know how much I dislike that frou-frou stuff ya’ll be talkin’ about.” A pink, hyperactive pony spoke up. “ AJ, you know what you need? A PAAAAAAAAAAARTY! But I’ll need balloons, streamers, party favors, a cake, music, games, don’t even get me started on the portal I’ll have to bake to get the entertainment here in the first place....” Pinkie Pie continued rambling off necessary items for the party. “Uh everypony, if you don’t mind I think we will be late for the opening ceremony if we don’t speed things up. I mean... if that’s ok with you.” Right then Twilight finished her preparations for the spell. “ Girls, once I cast this spell we will be off.” Suddenly, Twilight’s magic surrounded all the mares. It seemed all right until Fluttershy felt something speak to her. I feel we’ll be very powerful together. Fluttershy looked around. She had sworn that she had heard somepony speak to her, but she only saw her friends standing around the room. “Fluttershy, are you ok? you’ve been standing there for the last five minutes with a blank look on your face.” Twilight asked nervously. “Yes. I guess I was just, um, thinking about something.” Fluttershy used her best fake smile to calm down her friends that were almost definitely worried. She was terrified though. How could she have been out for five minutes? It felt, to her, that no time had passed at all. “Oh well,” she huffed, “At least when Dash wins entry into the Wonderbolts we’ll get to have some fun together and I’ll get to tell the others about our relationship.” A Few Hours Later Dash was ready for the last task to get into the Wonderbolts. She felt apprehensive because of the difficulty of the task ahead. She had to perform a sonic rainboom or else her chances for getting in would be much lower. After the wedding in Canterlot, she could now pull it off on command unless she was too nervous. “No pressure” the cyan mare groaned. The starting bell rang and she blasted off into the sky. She began her descent straight down to the ground; and her speed continued to increase. Dash felt something was wrong. The sonic rainboom wasn’t being activated. She was going to hit the ground at almost full speed; that was certain death and she couldn’t slow down. Meanwhile The others stared in horror. This wasn’t supposed to happen- not to Dash, not to anypony. The saw Dash plummeting towards the ground without stopping. Fluttershy was at a loss for words. Her marefriend was going to die right in front of her and she couldn’t do anything about it. Then a voice spoke up That’s what you think. You just need to believe in yourself and I’ll grant you powers that you wouldn’t believe. “Who are you?” I am a part of you. A very special part I might add. “You don’t sound like me at all.” That’s because I never had a chance to manifest myself before. But I have to warn you once you gain your powers, others will as well. Call it the butterfly effect if you want. “Was that supposed to be a joke, because that wasn’t funny.” No, I do not joke. If you don’t do something then the Prism shall die. “What’s that supposed to-” You’ll see soon enough my dear Animal. And with that the conversation ended. Fluttershy felt energized. Her body changed immediately Her wings lengthened and her body became covered in scales like a dragon. Her tail and mane became living fire and two horns grew out of her head curving around her mane like a crown. The others stared in shock. It wasn’t everyday that your friend seemed to become a pony with parts of a dragon and phoenix combined in her as well. “Twilight I hope that’s Fluttershy, but I never saw such a thing ever in my life.” Rarity said carefully. “In all my studies I have never seen any creature like that ever. I’m as stumped as you are.” “Silly girls,” Pinkie Pie laughed,”that’s Fluttershy all right. She just had an internal talk with herself and gained special powers.” “How in tarnation do you know that Pinkie? Wait don’t-” “Duh, AJ I have the script of the story” “-answer that.” Applejack groaned putting the statement that Pinkie just made in her mental box of Pinkie being Pinkie. “Sorry everypony, but I have to save my marefriend.” And with that Fluttershy zoomed off while trailing fire. “Wait, did we just hear Fluttershy just say what I think she said?” Twilight said. The others just stood there completely dumbfounded. Fluttershy, with her new much more powerful wings quickly gained speed. She felt the air condense around her and she felt overjoyed. “Now this is what Rainbow was talking about when she said how good it felt when flying fast. I thought she was lying, but I guess she wasn’t.” Fluttershy was overjoyed. She saw Dash falling towards the earth and she became determined to catch her. Then she caused a Sonic Fireboom. The newly made fire ring made everyone stare in awe. Fluttershy caught Dash. A Few Hours Later “So some voice told ya that it was a part of you and gave you new-fangled superpowers?” Applejack said without hiding her sarcasm. “Yes, it did and this is what happened.” Fluttershy sighed. “Well, I say that was the most awesome thing you have done in a while plus the new body and all made you at least twenty percent cooler,” Dash grinned, “plus there’s some things that I’ve been wanting to try behind closed doors if you know what I mean.” “I guess I do. I wonder what equipment you want to try though because I have all the machines you can think of. When I get bored, all bets are off and I just saved your life so you know what that means-” Fluttershy grinned evilly. Rainbow Dash stood there gaping. “Dang Flutters’ if I didn’t know that Rainbow and ya’ll are dating I woulda jumped on you and begged you to love me.” Applejack said in a rush. “Applejack, that’s probably because she seems to be giving out massive amounts of pheromones and her new, more feral nature is the cause of her new attitude,” Twilight said in a matter-of-fact way. “To be honest, I’m more worried about the “butterfly effect” that the voice told her about. If I am right, that means that many ponies will be getting powers like Fluttershy’s. We will also probably all get powers as well because we are so close to her.” “Twi’ dear, not to be rude but I think we should warn the Princesses. “Spike, I need you to come down and take a letter.” Twilight called on up to the dragon. “Alright, I coming as fast as I-” Spike stopped in shock once he saw the new Fluttershy. “Twilight, what happened to her? Did one of your spells backfire?” “No, Spike it’s a little different.” Dear Princess Celestia, I bet you have heard about Fluttershy’s new look by now. If not, well she looks like a dragon mated with a phoenix and a pony. She says that ponies will start gaining powers and I believe that mass chaos will ensue. I believe that this could be more dangerous than Discord was a couple of months ago. I wanted to say that other Elemental bearers including me will probably also be changing and gaining new powers as well. Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle