//------------------------------// // First Meeting // Story: A Wish That Could Be // by Faithful Brony //------------------------------// "I wish the ring had never come to me Gandalf, I wish none of this had ever happened," "So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. What is for them to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." Frodo and Gandalf the Grey, Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring- Fluttershy was at her cottage taking care of all her animals that she loved so much. she gave the squirrels their acorns, handed the raccoons their fruit, and passed out the various vegetables and greens to all the other animals gathered around for lunchtime. “Alright now my little friends time to eat,” the animals began chowing down on the food showing the approval she got every day. Fluttershy felt a tug on her leg; she looked down to see her favorite animal and friend. “Oh hello there Angel Bunny, I didn’t forget about you. Here are your carrots just the way you like them,” Angel hopped with joy as he ate his carrots. There was a knock at the door a few seconds later. Angel immediately went over to the door, opening it slowly. He closed it soon after; hopping on over to Fluttershy and tugging at her wing to rouse her attention. “What’s the matter Angel Bunny, is somepony at the door. Who is it Rainbow Dash, Angel shook his head, “is it Pinkie Pie,” Angel shook his head again and started to pull Fluttershy to the door “ok, ok I’ll go see who it is.” When she opened the door she did not expect to see the spectacle in front of her. She looked at the creature her legs shaking frantically. It was about a foot and half taller than she was and there was another creature that looked similar to the first one but this one was taller than the fomer. Fluttershy dropped to the floor and covered her face; cowering from the creature hoping it would go away. Fluttershy felt something poke her then she heard a soft voice. "It's alright, we aren’t going to hurt you,” Jessie said trying to comfort her. Fluttershy slowly looked up to see the creature holding out its hand, smiling. She slowly grabbed his hand shaking furiously. From Jessie's point of view, it looked like she was almost having a seizure. “Hello my name is Jessie what is yours,” he asked while trying to hide his excitement. Jessie was holding the temptation back to glorify as he was meeting his favorite pony from the show. "My name is Fluttershy," "I'm sorry what did you say," Jessie asked as he couldn't quite pick up on what she said. "My name is Fluttershy," "One more time please, and just a little bit louder please," he repeated his request again. "M-my name is Fluttershy.... wh-who’s your f-friend,” fluttershy asked pointing at Jessie's comrade. “His name is Rob” “Howdy” “M-may I ask w-why you’re here,” fluttershy asked still very confused about the situation. “Well, we were hoping you could help us. we are kind of lost and we need someone smart to help us,” Jessie pointed out to the small pony. Fluttershy blushed because of the strange creature compliment. “W-well I’m not that smart when it comes to giving directions. I have a f-friend who c-could help you, though. She is really smart and could probably fix your problem.” “Well then could you take us to her, Jessie asked attempting to get the shy pony to help?” “S-sure just let m-me go get something” Fluttershy closed the door then went to get her bits. She had to do a little shopping in the marketplace so she thought it to be a good idea. “Well, at least we got off to a good start. Now that we got Fluttershy to back us up, maybe she can make the others feel more inclined to help us.” I don’t know man, I have doubts about this. Maybe she's not the best choice for a first contact situation. You know how timid she is, she couldn't exactly explain something like this to her friends,” Rob said showing a lot of doubt in this plan “Well we don’t have many options now do we. We couldn’t go to any of the others, except for maybe Pinkie Pie but that would have been a little bit more difficult. You know how hyper she is; she would probably just try to throw us a welcome to Ponyville party rather than give us directions. Also, I don’t know where Sugarcube Corner is.” “Good point,” Rob said not being able to argue with the facts. Fluttershy came out of her cottage and closed the door. “Ok let’s go, Fluttershy said as she pointed down the road” “May I ask you something Fluttershy?” “Yes Jessie, what is it,” she said listening closely. “Who are we going to see I mean our situation is kind of a unique problem?” “We are going to see my friend Twilight. If there is anypony that can help you with your problem she can," Fluttershy said softly. “I appreciate your help taking us to her house, we didn’t feel like going into town without a guide. as you can see, we might have gotten less than positive reactions. “You’re very welcome, I was actually going to go there anyway. I’ve got to get food for my animals from the marketplace. First, we will stop by Twilight’s library,” she said just loud enough for them to hear before going silent altogether. The rest of the way there was awkward because nobody talked. After about twenty minutes of it, Rob couldn't take anymore so he finally said something to break the ice. “So Fluttershy what do you do for a living exactly? That seems like quite a lot of animals to care for,” Rob asked interested in just about any conversation at this point. “W-well I run a daycare for animals. I also act as the towns vet in a way so I make enough,” Fluttershy explained smiling at the thought of her great animal friends. “That’s cool that you provide such a service for the town,” Jessie said complimenting her work. “T-thanks, I like the quiet it’s peaceful, plus I love taking care of animals. I have a choir of birds that I teach to sing for some of the events held in town every year. Many of the other animals help me clean up and help take care of my garden. my most favorite of all is my friend Angel Bunny.” “Yeah, I saw him when he answered the door, how long have you had him?” “Well he is actually the first animal I took into my cottage to take care of, that was almost 6 years ago.” "That sound like a lot of work for one pony how do you do it all by yourself,” Rob said knowing that becoming a doctor even for animals is hard. “Well it was hard at first but I can talk to the animals so that helps. I think that's why they get along with me so easily; I understand them.” I don't know why I can I just do, Fluttershy said as she had never figured that out. as they were conversing a Cyan blur knocked Jessie and Rob off their feet when they looked up standing in front of them was none other than Rainbow Dash. “Are you ok Fluttershy, what are you doing. I saw these weird things following you, they could be spies. Don't bring them into town,” the rainbow mane pony said not liking the looks of the human. “I’m fine and they weren’t attacking me Rainbow, They were following me. I was taking them to see Twilight's so she could help them, they are a little lost.” “Shy I’ve never seen creatures like these before; they could be here to hurt somepony.” “We are not here to hurt anyone, we just asked Fluttershy to help us. That’s exactly where she was taking us, to get help.” Rainbow looked at Jessie then looked back up at her friend to see her nodding. She slowly backed off the two and flew up into the air. “Alright Fluttershy, but I’m keeping my eyes on you two," she said to the two humans. Rainbow Dash then proceeded to give them a mean glare before urging them to keep going. When they finally arrived at Twilight's library they heard several crashing noises and Rainbow knocked on the door. “Hey Twilight you in there, we heard some noises. Are you alright,” Rainbow Dash called to the other side of the door. The door was surrounded by a purple aura and then opened. The group proceeded in heading over to the main section of the library to see a huge pile of books on the ground. A disoriented Twilight popping out of them along with her assistant Spike. “Yeah Rainbow I’m fine, we were just organizing the bookshelves again and Spike slipped knocking one over.” She then noticed Jessie and Rob standing a few hoofs back behind them. She jumped out of the pile and ran over to the new beings. “Excuse me, who are you, I’ve never seen Creatures like you before. You certainly aren’t from Equestria; wait, did you girls bring them here,” Twilight asked looking at her friends for answers. “Well, Fluttershy said they were lost and she was bringing them to you. she told them you could help them, personally, I think they are spies.” “My name is Jessie and this is Rob. We asked Fluttershy for help because we are currently stuck here and we were hoping you could help us go back home.” “Hold on a second,” Twilight said as she went over to one of the shelves and pulled out several books. she cross-referenced a few things to find out more about the two Aliens. After a few minutes reading, she looks up at RD and Fluttershy with a shocked look. “Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, this is incredible.” “What is it Twilight are they spies just like I said” “No they are more interesting than that, they are Humans.” The two Ponies looked at her confusingly so she continued. “I thought I saw a drawing of them somewhere before, it says here that Humans are considered mythical creatures. They are bipedal, have opposable thumbs for picking up things, and have a high capacity for intelligence. Its probably to make up for the lack of no wings or magic abilities. In fact they have actual been seen before supposedly. The scholar who had documented this also said he actually saw a human once. He got this information from studying it, but he was never proven factually because no one else saw it.” This is great, now that I know what you are I have a lot of questions. However, first I must send a letter to Princess Celestia. I must tell her about this, Spike, write this down." As Twilight was making the letter Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy walked over to Jessie and Rob to get a look at the two mythical alien beings. “Wow this is awesome, the others are going to be shocked about this.” Rainbow looked at Fluttershy then flew over to the couch and sat down. Shortly after that Twilight came back in the room. “Well I’ve sent the princess the letter but it’s going to take a while. She is slumped with a huge amount of day court stuff, that gives me the chance to ask you guys some questions.” She pulled up two chairs with her magic for Jessie and Rob to sit down before doing the same for herself. she then let loose her barrage of questions and note-taking. Jessie and Rob both sat there and sighed knowing they were going to be in for a long day. Twilight's curiosity for learning was voracious, almost insatiable. She ecstatically wrote down every detail, the entire thing was like Christmas for her. Rob and Jessie did their best to answer what they could but were obviously going to be in for a long day.