//------------------------------// // Bright day // Story: My Pony Academia // by Omegafr //------------------------------// Today is a day that does not make you want to smile, violent showers are pouring down on the city and our friends are recovering from their latest misadventure. Like his sidekick, Felix was taken in charge by the authorities and interned in a juvenile detention camp in Manehattan. Our friends are trying to put it out of their minds even though this organization seems to be targeting them now, which they are very unhappy about. But we must keep a positive spirit, represented by Twilight, Lance, Rarity and Drew who decided to couple up after these events. Drew didn't feel he had to show any "weakness" according to him but he had to admit it, the artistic and generous unicorn had opened his eyes and he confessed it himself after his discussion with the director Celestia. As for Lance and Twilight, it was the purple unicorn who had fallen in love over time with his computer teacher, who was waiting to be alone to confess to him. Thus, Rarity stopped being jealous of Rainbow Dash and Applejack, not understanding how they could seduce by being the exact opposites of femininity while she remained single, and Lance understood how Twilight was special to him from the beginning. The story was obviously told in the high school magazine and newspapers, which was once again very popular with the public, without having to go behind their backs this time. The end of this new week of classes sounded depressing for our friends, the rain was coming down regularly and the storm warning was sounded in the area, no access to the outside world was allowed. To the great misfortune of the sportsmen of the group, the ground as well as the training room were forbidden access, having to find other occupations in the dormitories. In the end, it was Thunderlane and Soarin who rescued them from a weekend that looked like it was going to be full of laughs, offering them a host of activities ranging from video games to movies, board games and more. Rainbow Dash and Light accepted directly in a loud shout of joy, quickly followed by the majority of their friends. While the dozen or so students occupied the empty dormitories without being disturbed, a few preferred other occupations, such as Fluttershy, who preferred to get ahead of schedule in her revisions for the upcoming late December exams. Even Twilight and Lance, who are usually partners in pegasus revision, decided to follow a mechanism that Lance had read about on the internet for couples, which was to vary the activities. Thus, only the sound of the driving rain accompanied him in his homework. While she was solving questions about the life of the earth without too much trouble, she heard a new noise, very discreet compared to the rain but still reaching her ears. *meow* Anyone could recognize its resemblance to a young kitten, which put the pegasus in all its states. "A kitten here?" She wondered, since animals were strictly forbidden. She got up and was about to open her bedroom door, expecting to find a cute, fragile little animal. Her surprise was complete when she came face to face with Harri. "Oh, hi, Fluttershy, what are you up to?" he asked, placing his arms behind her back in a clumsy motion. "I heard a meow." she said. "Uh, it's a new flirting technique I'm developing, that's all, girls like cats so I'm practicing, hey." he said with an embarrassed laugh, turning his gaze away from the pegasus. "I've got to go, see you later." he finally said as he returned to his room, avoiding any discussion. Fluttershy was confused, and Harri imitated the meowing of a kitten to perfection. Without questioning the success of her new technique, she resumed her exercises. From time to time, her gaze was lost at the sight of the city flooded by the storm, her office being very close to the window. It wasn't especially late, but darkness seemed to say the opposite, forcing Fluttershy to look at the time on her phone: 5:34 p.m. She continued her revisions with this habit, until for the first time she saw someone through the window, fighting the storm. She turned her attention to this poor man in his jacket simply fitted with a hood, seemingly carrying something in her arms. Fluttershy watched him rush across the street and into a narrow alley. A piece of information made her wonder, the man's tail was a golden hue that made it visible even in the darkest possible night, as were his white wings. She wondered if this man, who seemed to have left the school when she saw him from behind, was someone she could not see... was he someone she could see? Doubt seized her for a moment, and despite the ban on leaving high school, she stood up anyway. She and then saw Harri's room, and when she opened the door, no one was inside, even though the Pegasus had entered it a few minutes ago. Knowing that Harri didn't like video games, and therefore probably wasn't with the others, she concluded that she had to go and check it out. Looking back at the scene, remembering the golden tail and white wings of the stallion outside, she had no doubt it was Harri. Fluttershy took her coat and her courage in both hands and decided to go and see for herself, no longer hesitating about the ban she was about to break. She opened the door to the outside and put her head in her silky, protective hood. The alley that was her goal was separated only by the road, which she crossed after seeing that no cars were coming. The strong wind blew the locks of hair that was less sheltered than the rest of her hair, thanking herself for hiding her tail and wings inside. She stopped in front of this alley, allowing her sight to catch a figure on her knees and back, protected from the storm by the two buildings between. "Harri?" Fluttershy's voice was far too weak to be heard in the pouring rain, so she walked forward into the alley, sheltered from the rain but also a few yards from the profile. The person in question took off his hood, allowing his golden mane to be seen, not wet by the rain, with his hair up front so that he could see that he was taking great care of it. "Harri?" Asked for a new Pegasus, this time being heard. The figure turned his head backwards in a sudden gesture towards the pegasus, revealing his face, which was indeed Harri's. "FLUTTERSHY!!!" The pegasus screamed in surprise, spanking her pink-haired friend, backing away as a precaution. "Ah, sorry, you scared me." he said in defense, turning and rising to his sight, trying to be reassuring. "What are you doing here?" She asked. "I'm, uh..." Harri tried to answer, but he couldn't find the words. Fluttershy never saw Harri in this state, he who is usually very comfortable with girls even in public. She waited for an answer, without asking him again. "Okay... promise you won't tell the others?" He finally said. Pegasus was really wondering what he was talking about, and why it had made him leave the establishment in this disastrous weather. An ambient thunderclap surprised him, so he quickly responded to its request to return to safety. "Okay." she said with a shivering concentration in her frightened voice. Harri then motioned for him to come into the alley, gradually moving away from the weather-soaked road. The alley, about ten metres long, turned out to be a dead end at its entrance, inhabited by garbage from the neighboring buildings. Harri moved one of them with some difficulty, hinting at a grunt of effort, butting at what he was hiding behind. "Fluttershy, this is Ganimède." he said with a smile, giving her the necessary field of vision to see him. On the other side of the garbage can was a cardboard box with a blanket and two bowls of water and food. Inside it, Ganimède, a brown kitten was staring at it, wondering who this soft-looking pegasus was. "Oh, Harri." she replied before kneeling down in front of the animal, her eyes full of stars and a smile radiating from her lips. "I've found him here and I'm taking care of him, he doesn't look like he has a home." he said, and then stood beside Fluttershy, stroking the kitten attentively. "We should take her to a pet store, although I'd love to take care of her," she said, also bringing her hand over the animal's head carefully, Ganimède letting her do so. It only took a few scratches for Ganimède to start purring continuously, almost spanking the pegasus to forget the terrible storm that was still coming. "I've tried, but they're full." he muttered as he looked away from the pegasus beside him. Fluttershy couldn't understand how a pet store could leave a kitten on the street, it didn't make sense. She opened her mouth to ask, but fled before she made a sound. "Okay, fine, I didn't go." he confessed. "But it's my sweet sin, understand me." he tried to defend himself. "I love taking care of him, I visit him every day, and you heard the meow, he just came scratching at my door for a little attention." "Oh, that proves you're right," she says. "But... why don't you want other people to know?" "I, uh... I want to keep taking care of him alone." he confessed. "If the others came too, I'm afraid we wouldn't have that special bond anymore," he said as he hugged him. Ganimède huddled in his owner's embrace, almost starting to fall asleep in the protective warmth he radiated. Fluttershy could only watch the scene, realizing that stallions too can be gentle to animals. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have a hard time staying away from him." she said with an almost sorry smile. Harri looked at her in amazement, raising an eyebrow. Then he began to smile, then to laugh, then to intensify his laughter, so much so that the pegasus joined him in his joy. When Harri calmed down, he wiped a tear of joy down his cheek. "I suppose for your sake I'll make an exception." he said, bringing Ganimède closer to Fluttershy. Harri made the exchange and fled the pegasus, which ended up with the little protected in her arms. Using her legendary gentleness towards these beings they cherished, the kitten didn't wake up an inch, he seemed to appreciate even more the delicacy she showed. "Wow, you know how to deal with animals." said Harri, surprised at how quickly Ganimède had accepted his new mistress. "Thank you very much Harri, I missed it all very much." she confessed with a gentle glance at the Pegasus. Fluttershy's attitude was so sweet and innocent that Harri couldn't bring herself to look her straight in the eye, looking away. As he felt his cheeks warm at high speed, he looked for an excuse to explain the fact that he was looking at the box he had now set up. "When I think that I spend my time chasing everything that moves." he began. And you next to me are kindness incarnate, so I can't look at you directly." The awkward excuse made Fluttershy laugh, and she laughed back a little later. "If you'd let the girls breathe a little more, I think it would be better. At least that's what Rarity said." "I see..." he nodded, looking down at the floor... Fluttershy looked at the sleeping kitten in his arms, seeing that he was in perfect health and seemed to lack nothing despite his living conditions. Harri took very good care of him. "Well, we should go home, it's going to get really dark soon." Harri warned, looking at Ganimède again. Fluttershy nodded and gently placed the kitten in his crib, which must have been dreaming a good dream by now. The two pegasuses left, putting the trash can back in front to hide their little protected. They put their hoods back on their heads and prepared to cross the flooded road, no car in the vicinity, understandable by the weather which he had been doing for a long time already. "Fluttershy!" he called out. "We'll go together at lunch and dinner every day, all right." he had already planned. "Okay." she replied with a smile. With this agreement, the two friends returned to the school grounds without being seen, remembering that their escapade was forbidden.