Fluttershy: Galactic Zoologist

by Boogaloo10


Chapter 4: Discovery

Fluttershy stood in the Jedi Council chamber next to Anakin. Ahsoka, who Fluttershy really wanted to be with due to the tension in the atmosphere, was told to wait outside. Most of the Jedi Council either sat in one of the chairs or was being projected from whatever mission they were on.

Anakin acted tense, making Fluttershy even more on edge.

"Um, uh, excuse me, Masters, but, um, why are we here? And, uh, why can't Ahsoka be here? If you don't mind me asking, that is." Fluttershy blushed and looked at her hooves anxiously.

"All of your questions will be answered." Master Windu said. He turned to Anakin. "Skywalker, please share with us what you have learned, beginning with your hypothesis."

Anakin shifted uncomfortably before speaking. "After we were attacked at the zoo, I thought about what the bounty hunters told us. They were looking for you, Fluttershy, and considering that you were kidnapped by pirates, I decided it might be worth looking into. I did some digging, and... there's a really big bounty on you."

Fluttershy felt faint. Oh no no no no! This can't be happening! She focused on her hooves, trying with every ounce of her being on not passing out.

"Wh-what are we going to do?" Fluttershy asked the Council.

"We're setting a plan in place now." said Master Windu. "We've decided to send a squad to where the man who posted the bounty is so they can get it recalled. Until then, it's too dangerous to have you here on Coruscant."

"What are you saying?" Fluttershy said, a knot beginning to tie itself in her stomach.

"We're saying that we'll have to relocate you to another planet, with a squad of clone troopers for protection." Master Windu stated.

"...Would anybody else come with me?"

"It's not worth risking anyone else. This is a simple matter, and it will be treated as such."

Fluttershy felt the knot in her stomach grow tighter. "Couldn't just one person, like, maybe, Ahsoka, come with me? Just so I won't be so lonely?"

Master Windu shook his head. "We've already made our decision. We won't send any Jedi, least of all a Padawan, with you. A squad will do the trick."

A sick, scared feeling came to Fluttershy. She didn't want to be alone on a strange planet with a galaxy of bounty hunters after her! She couldn't--no, wouldn't-- be alone! "Please, Masters, I can't be alone-"

"You won't be. There'll be plenty of clone troopers with you. You have no need to worry." Master Windu began to stand up. "Now that we've discussed this-"

"No, you don't understand!" Fluttershy's voice raised a little. She felt a strange feeling growing in her chest. It built on itself rapidly, spreading through Fluttershy, making her feel tingly and powerful. "I can't go with people I don't know! I'm a stranger to this galaxy, and I need my friends!"

"Miss Fluttershy! Calm yourself!" Master Windu said as he and several other Masters reached for their lightsabers or com links.

"But you have to understand!" Fluttershy was yelling now, the power inside her threatening to explode. She didn't notice, but the chairs the Masters had just been sitting on were shaking and floating an inch in the air.

Anakin looked at Fluttershy with a pained look. "Don't make this worse than it needs to be!" he told her.

"I won't. Go. ALONE!"

CRASH!

The windows in the Council chamber suddenly shattered inward. The chairs were flying in every which way, not bothering to avoid bumping into Jedi. A few Masters were hanging in the air, floating against their will. A fierce wind blew through the chamber in a whirlwind fashion, with Fluttershy at the center of it all. Anakin looked to her and almost couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Fluttershy stood in a hunched position, a look of fear and rage and her face. Tears fell rapidly onto the floor and her breathing was rapid. Anakin could sense a very dark presence in the room, and he was shocked to feel it coming from the kind pony.

"Fluttershy!" Anakin yelled amid the din. "You don't have to do this! We can work things out! Just stop this right now!"

Fluttershy looked over at Anakin. She could barely hear him over the commotion, but his words echoed in her head, bouncing back and forth like they were the balls in a pinball machine. 'You don't have to do this... stop!' Looking around, she finally saw the damage she was causing.

The chair were racing around as if they had been possessed. Every Master in the room was struggling, whether it was against the wind or trying to get back on the ground. Worst of all were the looks on their faces. They were expressions of struggle, of surprise, of disappointment.

But Anakin's face was the worst: a face of pleading sadness, with shock and disbelief, all mushed into one heartbreaking face.

Taking a deep breath, Fluttershy focused on fixing everything. She began by gently putting the floating Jedi back on the ground, followed by taming the chairs. Finally, she slowly gave less and less energy to the whirlwind, until eventually it was a mere breeze, and ending it.

The scene might have been funny if it weren't for what caused it. The Masters all wore looks of surprise, with mussed hair and robes. The floor was sparkling with the shards of glass from the windows. Fluttershy stood in the center of it all, redder than a tomato, still trying to comprehend what she just did.

Fear suddenly gripped Fluttershy. I just assaulted a bunch of Jedi Masters! She began hyperventilating, and before anyone could say or do anything, she bolted out of the Council chamber. Ahsoka's cries of "Wait up!" and "What happened?" could be heard as the doors of the chamber slowly came to a close.

Anakin, being himself, was the first to comment on the events that had just taken place. "This certainly changes things."