//------------------------------// // Fluttershy // Story: Feather Bangs Dates the Mane Six // by BrawnyBold //------------------------------// It was a bright and sunny day for Feather Bangs as he trotted his way towards Fluttershy's cottage. He was excited as he will be going on a date with Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness. Feather was lucky that he was able to meet Fluttershy at a bird watching session. Feather attended bird watching as he thought it can help him find more inspiration for his poetry. During one viewing, Feather noticed that Fluttershy was there and he decided to say hello to her. The two of them ended up getting into a nice conversation about the different kinds of birds they have seen during the watches. When the bird watching was over, Feather asked Fluttershy if the both of them could hang out some more. Fluttershy thought about it and accepted Feather's offer. She suggested that she could guide Feather around Ponyville as she knew her way around town. 'I can't wait for this date!' Feather thought as he reached towards the cottage. He was really surprised to see a lot of animals around Fluttershy's yard. Birds were chirping near trees, fishes were swimming in the pond, and other animals were crawling on the grass. 'Wow, Fluttershy sure loves animals.' Feather thought before he heard singing from the distance. He looked to see Fluttershy humming a nice song while pouring animal food on some bowls. Feather couldn't help but swoon from how beautiful Fluttershy looked. Her long pink hair flowed gracefully in the wind, her light yellow coat shined along with the bright sunlight, and her green eyes were filled with happiness from feeding the animals. Feather's staring was interrupted when an acorn was thrown at his forehead. "Ow!" Feather yelled as he rubbed where the acorn was hit. Feather looked to notice a small, white bunny holding another acorn while giving a menacing glare. 'Did that rabbit just threw an acorn at me?' Feather thought before the bunny threw another acorn at Feather. "Ow, that hurts!" Feather complained. Fluttershy flinched and turned around to spot Feather standing at a far distance. "Feather!" Fluttershy said as she flew towards him. "It's so good to see you again!" "Same here, Fluttershy." Feather replied. "I'm here for that tour of Ponyville you mentioned." Fluttershy formed a panicked look. "Wait, that was today?!" Fluttershy said in shock. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was today." Feather confirmed. He then saw Fluttershy getting panicky. "I'm so sorry, Feather." Fluttershy said. "Can we reschedule for another time? I'm too busy at the moment." "What's wrong?" Feather asked. "It's just that most of my animals at my animal sanctuary have fallen ill and Dr. Fauna left town for a while. My other friends are also too busy as well. I'm the only one who can take care of the animals. I hope you understand." Fluttershy said while feeling guilty. "It's alright, Fluttershy." Feather assured. "I know that you have a lot on your plate. We can hang out another time." "Thanks," Fluttershy said before she flew away. Feather felt a bit down as he lost his chance of dating Fluttershy. He was about to leave until an idea came to his mind. "Hey Fluttershy!" Feather yelled as he galloped after the pegasus. Fluttershy stopped and turned to see Feather catching up. "What is it, Feather?" Fluttershy asked. "How about I help you take care of the animals?" Feather suggested. "You could definitely use the help considering that you're the only pony right now." "Are you sure, Feather?" Fluttershy asked. "Taking care of the animals requires a lot of skills and effort." "I can just start on some easy tasks." Feather said. "This could make up for our hang out. Besides, I hate to see a mare doing all of this work by herself." Fluttershy took a moment to think until she decided. "Alright, you can help me." "Thanks!" Feather said as Fluttershy approached him. "I appreciate the help, Feather." Fluttershy said while giving him a hoof shake. "It's no big deal, really!" Feather said while rubbing his head. Feather noticed that the same white bunny that threw the acorn jumped on top of Fluttershy's back and gave him the same icy glare. "Umm, who's your friend, Fluttershy?" Feather said as he pointed at the bunny. "Oh, this is Angel Bunny." Fluttershy replied. "This is my pet bunny. Don't worry, he's a real sweetie once you get to know him." Feather looked at Angel to see that the bunny was gnawing on a carrot to make it really sharp. Feather gulped as he had to watch out for that bunny. Feather followed Fluttershy as they were on their way to the animal sanctuary. Feather felt a bit nervous as he saw that Angel was still glaring at him. 'I know I shouldn't be scared of a bunny, but I still got to be careful.' Feather thought. "Here we are!" Fluttershy said as she moved aside to allow Feather to see the animal sanctuary. Feather thought it was breathtaking to see the amazing landscape. A small waterfall poured from a large rock structure. Some of the trees had wooden planks on them so some of the animals could easily climb up. There were many bird houses that homed a variety of birds. Even the animals were quite a sight as there were so many exotic looking animals who live in the sanctuary. "Wow, this place is like paradise." Feather commented as he strolled with Fluttershy. "I know, it's perfect for my animals." Fluttershy said as she pulled out a scroll list. "Alright, I need to treat the aquatic animals. You can feed the birds, Feather." "That's sounds simple." Feather said while feeling relieved that he didn't have to do anything difficult. "All you have to do is pour the bag of seeds into those bird feeders." Fluttershy said while pointing at some bags of seeds. "No problem, Fluttershy." Feather replied. "Good! Let me know if you need any help!" Fluttershy said as she flew away. Feather was happy as Angel went with Fluttershy. Feather felt relieved as he would able to concentrate on his tasks without watching over his should for that menacing bunny. Feather heaved up one of the bags and carried it towards a bird feeder. He opened his bag and started to pour the seeds into the feeders. The birds began to come out from the trees and their birdhouses as they heard the familiar noise of their feeders getting filled. All kinds of birds flew towards some of the feeders to start eating the placed contents. Feather was surprised that so many birds were in the sanctuary. As Feather watched the birds, Angel sneaked his way towards Feather. Angel did his best to snatch some of the seeds from a bag while trying not to get spotted by Feather. When Angel got his batch of seeds in his paws, he took some of it and threw it at some of the nearby woodpeckers. The woodpeckers got startled from getting hit by the seeds and turned to see who threw them. They all spotted Angel who pointed at Feather as a gesture meaning that the stallion was the one who threw the seeds. Anger grew in the woodpeckers as they flew down to Feather and started pecking him with their sharp beaks. "Ow!" Feather yelled as he was getting attacked by woodpeckers. He tried to shake the birds off by trotting but they kept pecking at him. Feather kept running while the woodpeckers were after him. Before the woodpeckers were about to reach Feather, they stopped when Fluttershy blocked them from their path. "What is the meaning of this!?" Fluttershy cried sternly. "Why are all of you attacking Feather?" One of the woodpeckers chirped to respond to Fluttershy. "What? Feather threw some seeds at you?" Fluttershy turned to the said stallion. "Is this true, Feather?" "No! I was only pouring the seeds into the feeders like you said!" Feather claimed. "You didn't say anything about throwing seeds at the birds!" Fluttershy turned back to the birds. "See, Feather didn't do anything wrong. Now head back to eat your food." Fluttershy ordered to the woodpeckers. The birds chirped in response but Fluttershy gave them a stern look and they all flew back to the feeders. "I'm so sorry that happened, Feather. The woodpeckers would only peck at trees, not ponies." Fluttershy said. "I guess that they wanted to peck something different." Feather said. "How about I give you another task that won't put you in harm's way." Fluttershy suggested. "I would appreciate that." Feather replied as he followed Fluttershy. Angel squinted his eyes in anger as his plan didn't work well. He hopped along to follow the couple. Fluttershy lead Feather to another part of her sanctuary where some of the animals were laying down and napping. "This is where the animals like to nap during the day." Fluttershy whispered while pulling out a hoof brush. "I need you to use this brush to brush some of the animals while they nap. It makes them more relaxed." "You got it, Fluttershy." Feather whispered as he gave a wink. Fluttershy nodded as she flew away, leaving Feather with his tasks. He started with a small white cat who curled up into a ball while she napped. Feather carefully got close to the cat to sit down. He then used the brush to slowly brushed the cat's fur. 'This feels so enlightening.' Feather thought as his mind relaxed a bit. Unknown to him, Angel was sneaking around the sleeping animals while getting close to Feather. Angel formed a wicked grin as he went up to Feather's tail to give it a quick yank. "Ow!" Feather yelled out. He also accidentally made a hard stroke on to the cat's fur, which irrupted the cat very much. Feather turned to see that there wasn't anything near him that caused his tail to yank. Angel was hiding inside some bushes to avoid getting spotted. Feather turned back to see the cat very angry for brushing too hard. What made things worse, there were also other creatures who growled in anger as they were woken up from Feather's scream. 'This can't be good.' Feather thought. While Fluttershy was rearranging some flowers, she heard Feather scream from the distance. She then saw Feather galloping away while getting chased by some of the animals who were just napping. Fluttershy quickly flew off to follow the Feather in pursuit. She was fast enough to land in front of the animal mob to prevent them chasing Feather any further. "What in Celestia's mane are all of you doing?!" Fluttershy yelled sternly. The cat who was getting brushed approached Fluttershy only to meow in response. "Feather brushed so hard it hurt you?" Fluttershy then turned to Feather. "Is this true, Feather?" Feather rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, it was true. But it was an accident!" Feather claimed. "Something yanked my tail and that caused me to yell. I'm sorry if I caused the cat and the other napping creatures trouble." Fluttershy turned to the cat. "See, Feather apologized. Let's get you healed up while I help the rest of you go back to your naps. Will that be okay?" Fluttershy said. The other animals turned and made some sounds to reply. "Follow me," As Fluttershy was about to lead the animals, she turned to Feather. "While I help these animals go back to sleep, you can feed Harry and his friends at the farther part of the sanctuary. Their food is nearby so you don't have to look too hard." "Okay, Fluttershy." Feather said as he made his way towards where Fluttershy mentioned. Angel followed Feather at the far distant to cause some more disasters for the stallion. Feather arrived to where the bags of food were placed. He also found some large bowls that had labels on them. One of the bowls was labeled Harry. 'These must be some big animals if they have bowls as big as this.' Feather thought as he looked at the large bowls. He began pouring the bags' content into the bowls until all of the bowls were filled. 'Now where are Harry and his friends?' Feather thought before he noticed several large bears were approaching him. Feather's response was to climb up on one of the trees and held tightly on a branch. 'B-B-Bear!' Feather thought as he shook in fear. The bears looked at each other in confusion before they went up towards the food bowls and started eating. Feather was also a bit confused as he thought that the bears would chase him up to the tree. He slowly climbed down and trotted closer to the bears. "Harry?" Feather said to the bear eating from Harry's bowl. The bear looked up from hearing his name from Feather. "N-Never mind," Feather said and Harry resumed eating. Feather was in shock to see that Fluttershy's animal sanctuary also had bears in it. As Feather went to get more bags, Angel was hiding in another bush while getting ready to once again sabotage Feather. The bunny pulled out a shaker full of hot pepper spice and shook some on one of his paws. Angel concentrated his eyes and his arm before he threw a small amount of hot spice on one of the bears' bowls, specifically Harry's bowl. As Harry took another nibble from his bowl, his mouth began to burn up for an unknown reason. He let out a loud roar that startled Feather and the other bears nearby. Feather began to back away as Harry stood up on two legs and thrashed around. When Harry finally calmed down, he looked at Feather with rage as he assumed the stallion was the one who added something in the bowl. Fluttershy was putting the last animal to sleep until she heard Feather screaming for a second time. The sleeping animals woke up again in panic from the noise. Fluttershy now saw Feather getting chased by a very angry Harry. "Not again," Fluttershy said as she flew out to chase after them. Feather accidentally tripped and he turned to see that Harry was about to attack him. Before that was done, Fluttershy flew in front of Harry to stop him. The bear began to back down when Fluttershy gave him 'the stare'. Feather was shocked to see such a large bear getting scared over a fragile looking mare like Fluttershy. A few seconds passed before Fluttershy stopped and flew closer to Harry. "What has gotten into you, Harry?!" Fluttershy asked. Harry let out some grunts and small roars to commentate with Fluttershy. "You tasted something spicy in your food bowl?" Fluttershy said as she flew to the said bowl. She scoped some of it to take a small whiff. "But how can that be? I made sure that this was the proper flavor for the bear food." Fluttershy then turned to Feather. "Feather, did you do something to the bears' food?" "Fluttershy, please!" Feather begged. "I would never do anything to your animals! I just opened the bags and poured them in the bowls like you instructed!" Fluttershy took a good look at Feather and she knew that he was telling the truth. 'If Feather didn't do it, then who did?' Fluttershy thought before she heard some small laughters coming from the bushes. She trotted up to see Angel laughing hysterically from possibly seeing Feather almost get attacked by Harry. When Angel was finally done laughing he looked up to see a not-so-happy Fluttershy looking at him. He only responded with nervous laughters. "Angel, tell the truth. Were you the one behind the accidents involving Feather?" Fluttershy demanded. Angel looked down in shame and nodded. Fluttershy turned to Feather. "Feather, do you mind meeting me at the sanctuary's entrance. I need to have a serious conversation with Angel." "Um, sure." Feather said as he trotted away, leaving Angel at the mercy of his owner. Feather waited patiently near the sanctuary's entrance. He was a bit worried for Angel. Then again, the bunny was the one responsible for the animals' attacks on Feather. Feather noticed Fluttershy flying towards him. "Hey, how did it go?" Feather asked. "Everything is fine." Fluttershy replied. "I just gave Angel a stern talking and now he's taking care of the animals here as a punishment." "I guess that's fair." Feather responded. "I'm so sorry for Angel's misbehavior towards you. He can be a bit much when it comes to me spending time with stallions." "It's alright. I'm just glad that you believed me despite what the animals said." Feather said. "Well, I could tell that you weren't the kind of stallion who would harm animals for any purpose. You were even kind enough to help me take care of them." "Oh, it was nothing. I just wanted to help you." Feather scratched his mane while blushing. Fluttershy moved closer to Feather to give him a peck on his cheek. Feather's face became more red in response to Fluttershy's kiss. "That was your reward for helping me." Fluttershy giggled. "We still got time to hang out. Do you still want that tour of Ponyville?" "Yes! Definitely!" Feather said happily. "Then follow me," Fluttershy said as she lead Feather to the path towards town. Unknown to them, a certain draconequus popped behind the bushes. "They look so cute together." Discord said before he formed an evil grin. "Perhaps they could use some chaos in their little date."