Luna began to fly around outside the Everyfree forest, she had to be careful, and the Everfree forest was like a home to the shadow creatures, and it could be very dangerous for an unprepared pony, she saw a cottage, it looked very welcoming, and had a chimney on top. She flew to the closest window and began to spy, nothing. She flew to another one, it was a bedroom, but the bed was empty, she flew to the cottage’s door and took a look in the window, the living room was empty, it had some bird’s nest, and some bags of birdseed. There was nopony home, did the Element of Kindness spend her nights in her friend’s homes? No. it would not be possible, she already checked the other houses before going here.
“Hello?” Luna gasped as she heard the voice, but it was a sweet and calm voice that fell upon the blue mare’s ears. It sounded… nice… sounded welcoming, it was not loud or angry with her, but seemed frightened by her presence, she didn’t want to be spotted. She had to get out of there.
“Um… Is somepony there?” asked the voice again, but this time it clearly had fear in it. Fluttershy was afraid, did somepony want to make her feel bad? Want to hurt her? It can’t be… she never did anything to anyone, she couldn’t, she wouldn’t , well… there was that time at the gala, but that was so long ago , they probably forgot about her. She saw a dark blue pony sititng next to the window.
I hope she hasn’t spotted me, please go away.” she thought to herself, she didn’t want to have her cover blown, what excuse would she give her? “Hey I was passing by and decided to spy on you, sorry about the inconvenience.” she frowned, what was she going to do?
Fluttershy didn’t dare to see who was there, but she noticed the pony had wings and a horn, it was… “Princess Luna?” Fluttershy asked for her name, what is the Princess doing by her cottage? At this time of night? It’s too late for somepony be awake, well… she was awake, and Luna was the Princess of Night, it was fair enough she guessed, “Um… Luna are you there?” she called her name again, she didn’t want to upset the Princess, of course the Princess would have a good reason to be there, maybe she wanted to see her? Maybe she needed help in the castle, or she is having a problem with animals… or… Dragons? She was terrified of Dragons, if she dared to think about them, she instantly would be paralyzed by fear.
Luna was frozen. She didn’t want to turn around. She wasn’t supposed to have to talk to anypony. The plan was simple, that wasn’t supposed to happen. But she was there now. She barely talked to anypony, she never-
“Princess Luna, is that you?” the voice remained calm, but Luna could sense concern in it. She had no choice but to answer, she had to talk with her, it’s now…
“Um, yes, it’s me…” replied Luna, a red tint quickly forming on her cheeks. She turned around and saw the yellow pegasus with pink hair and three butterflies forming her cutie mark. It was indeed the Element of Kindness, and… she was more beautiful than the last encounter, her pink mane covering half of her face was way too cute, she forgot her name, she blamed herself for forgetting her name. What was it? It was something with shy in the end.
“Excuse me for asking, um… Princess… but what are you doing here? I mean… If that’s okay for you to answer… “ she was curious indeed, but still she had some fear in her voice, the Princess of Night was on her window, her blue mane was covering a little bit of her face, she could see the red tint in her face, she was embarrassed, of course she was, she had been caught spying…
“Well… I don’t really know how to explain that… I guess I’m an intruder… Am I?” asked the Princess with worry clear in her voice, and blushed quickly, she was invading her property, she was a Princess, she would be in trouble if the yellow Pegasus wanted to talk with her sister, she would be punished… or…
“Oh no… well… I don’t know…” replied the pegasus with a little sadness in her voice. Is she an intruder? She must have a reason… maybe she needed to talk with her? It would be fun and…
“Oh! Silly me, I was spying in your window… I guess I should apologize, so… um… sorry! Gotta go! Bye!” The Princess was already flapping her wings. She didn’t want to get In trouble with her sister, sooner to the castle, the better.
“Wait! Um… please…” the pegasus hid herself behind her mane, did she just order the Princess to stay? Now she is in trouble. But having some new company wouldn’t hurt anypony, she would love to talk with Princess Luna this night, why not?
“Oh… I suppose I can stay a little bit more… if okay, I-I mean, uh…” The Princess replied. She was confused, she didn’t know what to say, this never ever happened to her in her entire life, she could always reason with her, tell the truth? Well… maybe.
“Thank you…” the Pegasus managed to say, she always enjoyed extra company.
“You’re welcome. I don’t talk that much with ponies other than my sister.” The Princess said. It was true, that was one of the things that made her upset, she’d never spoken with the butlers or royal guards, she knew that they still feared her, she didn’t want to harm anypony, she couldn’t hurt anything… Some ponies tried to approach her, but they never did, they always feared the worst, something like being banished to Everfree Forest or anything like that. Luna sighed, “So… How are you doing?” she smiled to Fluttershy
“Oh… Um… I’m good.” She smiled weakly. “Thank you for asking.” She thanked the Princess, “And you?” she asked, she wanted to know if Luna was feeling good, she could sense harmony in the ambience, it was so calm, and the night just filled her thoughts, the smell of grass was comforting and welcome. Oddly, she was enjoying the barely talking with the Princess, even being shy.
“I’m fine. Thank you. So…” she began to look to Fluttershy and smiled warmly. “You’re awake?” she asked, ”I asked her if she is awake? I’m not that dumb, jeez.” she thought a little worried, she was nothing like that. She began to focus on the talking, it was quite good to talk with another pony once in a while. “…Well… I guess you are wondering why I am here, aren’t you?” Luna asked. She was technically ‘invading’ her cottage, but she didn’t seeme to care less, actually, she felt like she was welcoming her.
“Um… actually… yes…” Fluttershy replied with a shy smile. “So… Princess, why are you here?” she smiled warmly to the Princess of Night, it seemed like the talking was getting them somewhere, It was quite enjoyable.
“Well… earlier tonight I was…” Luna stopped and suddenly fell out of the air. Her wings were strong and she wasn’t tired, something else made her drop to the ground. Maybe it was her… heart. ”Ugh. Why did I just fall?” she asked herself in her thoughts
“Oh, my! Let me help you, Princess!” Fluttershy ran to the Princess but stopped. “…If that’s okay…” She hid herself again behind her mane. She didn’t want to disturb the Princess or anything, she knew that sometimes the constant apologies that she gave to her friends were quite annoying. The Princess was getting up, she wanted so badly to help her up. “N-Need help?” she asked timidly.
“It’s quite alright.” Luna smiled to the timid pegasus. ”Wow… she is so nice…” she grinned. “Thank you, Fluttershy.” She smiled warmly to her, she was feeling warmth around her, she didn’t knew why, but she was feeling nice, she hadn’t felt that in her entire life.
“You… you know my name?” asked the timid but surprised pegasus. “How is this possible? I barely get out or talk to anypony…” she thought, nopony knew her name, only her friends, the spa twins and Princess Celestia herself.
“I… guessed.” She blushed. “I see you are very shy, and that was a tip, then I saw your cutie mark, that are Butterflies, and bingo… Fluttershy…” she completed. The last time she heard that name was on the battle that the elements of harmony freed her from Nightmare Moon.
“wow, you are very smart…” She hid herself behind her mane. “So… um… you want to… talk?” she asked the Princess, the talking was so nice that she wanted it to continue. “How is your night being?” she asked again.
“I’m liking it, I guess I just met a new friend.” She replied with a red tint on her cheeks.
“Really? Who is it? Um… sorry… you don’t need to say it…” she said. “I’m doing it again…” she thought, did the Princess find that annoying? She really hoped not, she didn’t want to be bad company or something like that
”Oh, it’s nothing you have to say sorry for.” She smiled warmly, that pony was so nice that she apologized for everything? She could feel that the mare before her eyes had a good heart, her voice was so soft and calm, it was welcoming her, it ignored her ears and went straight to her soul, she felt nice about it. “So… My new friend is…” she looked down, and gave Fluttershy a sheepish smile. “It’s you.” She finished before she looked down being as shy as her new friend.
Fluttershy led out a big smile. “Do you consider me a friend? Um… that's good.” She smiled weakly. “Um… but we barely know each other, Princess Luna.” She finished, she wanted to be her friend, maybe she could talk more with her. “But um…” she grinned to Luna. “I’m happy for being your friend already.
Luna led out a sheepish smile. “Me too.” She blushed again, she just met a new friend, her heart was screaming with happiness, Fluttershy, her new friend… “So…” she said as her words trailed off, she didn’t know what to talk about anymore.
“Um… How is your sister?” Fluttershy managed to ask, she wanted to make this night good, she was sad in the beginning, and she didn’t ever expect the Princess to appear in her cottage, it looked like it was destiny, destiny? ”It’s not destiny… I guess it’s luck… I guess…” she thought to herself, she was still a little sad, but the acknowledge of having a new friend, just filled her heart. The magic of friendship is powerful, and she knew it, she knew that making a lot of friends isn’t a good way, she hated being surrounded by thousands of ponies, it was just too awful.
“She told me you love to take care of animals, and one time you took Philomena to your cottage to take care of her.” Luna chuckled. She remembered that story from Celestia, they laughed a while at it, it was fun…
Fluttershy only blushed, Luna knew about that? Now she was shy was ever… but see saw Luna smiling to her, and began to think that if the Princess is happy, she would be happy too.
“She told me you have a very kind heart too.” Luna finished. She could see that Fluttershy had a very kind heart, she cared about everything around her, she was cute with that soft voice, and with her shyness, she was happy she found somepony just like her.
“Oh… I love to take care of animals or somepony in need of care… I feel like I need to do it, no matter what, and I’m happy with it… it fills up my emptiness…” she looked down with a sad face. She didn’t mean to say that, but it was automatic, she couldn’t hold it, it was hard to keep everything to herself.
“I understand you, I feel like the same way when I raise my moon… I guess it makes you really happy taking care of animals and a pony in need of assistance. After all, your cutie mark says as much.” Luna smiled warmly, the talking was making her feel happy.
Fluttershy smiled. “I guess you love your moon.” She replied back to Luna
“What?” Luna asked curiously.
“Your cutie mark.” Fluttershy chuckled.
“Oh, that.” Luna replied with a flush of embarrassment on her cheeks. “ I really love to raise and lower it…” Luna sighed and smiled. “I feel like I bring peace to Equestria, and that makes me happy… but…” she shed a tear.
“What’s wrong Princess? She quickly sat by her side, um… did I say something wrong?” she was worried, she’d never expected to see her cry.
“Oh, forget it… I’m fine.” She smiled weakly, she didn’t want to lie to her new friend, but she did it anyway, she didn’t need to be concerned about her, she didn’t have to hear her problems. Luna thought it was too sad to share. Luna took a quick breath. “So… I was saying that I love raising my moon… it makes me feel good, I feel like I get more peace by raising it.” She finished
“I know how you feel… taking care of animals really makes me feel happy. Somehow, I feel like it completes me…” Fluttershy sighed “I guess…”
“Hey, what’s wrong?” Luna asked, concerned.
“Oh, it’s… nothing, really…” Fluttershy sighed again.
“I would like to hear about it. I can try to help you, If that’s okay.” Luna paused for a moment. “…Is there something that is upsetting you?” Luna asked. She wanted to help her new friend, If she is feeling happy she wanted to make her feel happy too.
“…yes…” Luna could barely hear her.
“Come on, tell me. You can trust me.” Luna said with a warm and sweet smile directed at Fluttershy.
“…yesthereisomething…” Fluttershy said again, looking at the ground with sorrow in her eyes.
Luna walked over to Fluttershy and sat by her side, extending her left wing to hug her partially. “Almost there…” Luna said smiling at Fluttershy. “Tell me If something is upsetting you. Is something upsetting you?” Luna said with a peaceful and soothing voice.
“…yes…” Fluttershy replied, a tear beginning to trail from her eye.
Luna hugged Fluttershy with a confident smile. She felt like she was safe that moment, either, she didn’t know why, but she had to return to the castle, her sister might be worried.
“It’s cold out here… I think I should go soon…” Luna said with a sad voice, she didn’t want to leave now.
“Wait… Please…Do you… I mean, do you want to stay here a little longer? Um… I mean… If that is okay with you, of course…” Fluttershy said looking down.
“I guess I can.” Luna smiled warmly to her friend.
“Let’s go inside then.” Fluttershy said with a weak smile, but she knew somehow, she felt a little… happier inside.
Suddenly they heard a yawn. Luna looked at her, confused.
“Oh, it’s Angel. He’s my bunny.” she smiled. He was looking so peaceful in his sleep
“Oh, he is so cute.” Luna smiled at Angel.
“I guess he is a little sleepy head.” Fluttershy giggled. He was looking so cute sleeping in her mane.
“Well, it is late. But he looks so peaceful, I would hate to wake him up.” Luna replied smiling.
“Shall we go in?” Fluttershy asked, they didn’t want to be out there in the cold, besides, to Luna, the cottage had a welcoming look.
“Of course, that would be lovely.” Luna replied with a happy smile
The two mares entered the house, Luna took a seat on the sofa close to the door, and Fluttershy closed it gently.
“Then I should take him to his bed. Can you wait here a moment? I’ll be back in just a minute.” Fluttershy said with a little smile.
“Sure. Just be careful not to wake him up.” Luna said softly.
Fluttershy nodded.