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// Chapter 1: Introduction 
// Story: The Life and Times of a Tea Pony 
// by FlutterChai 
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	"Is this thing on?”

A sharp static noise before the image of a close-up of a yellow pony, looking into the lens with her bright teal eyes.

“Yes? Good! Angel, could you hold the camera, sweetie?” she said, smiling before flying over to the couch on the other side of the room. The shot shakes a bit before focusing on the pegasus, pulling back her long, pink mane out of her face. Clearing her throat, the pony began to speak again.

“Hello everypony! My name is Fluttershy! I used to live in Cloudsdale but now I live in Ponyville!”

Fluttershy paused for a second, looking down at the paper on the small table in front of the couch.

“Umm, I have a few interests.” she began smiling to the camera. “One would definitely have to be my love for tea! I just love all kinds and varieties but my favorite has to be chai tea. It’s kind of why I sometimes call myself FlutterChai instead of Fluttershy.” She giggled for a second before sipping from the tea cup in front of her.

“Another would be my love for animals! I have many critter friends from little tiny mice to big friendly bears that live in the woods near my cottage. Although, one of my favorites has to be Angel here! Angel Bunny, wave for the camera!”

The camera shakes for a minute before a white bunny appears through the lens, waving before straightening back out to the yellow pegasus. She giggled at the bunny’s reaction for a second before clearing her throat again.

“Also, living in Ponyville, I have many pony friends as well. There’s Twilight Sparkle who is a fantastic unicorn that knows a lot of magic! She’s usually always at the library though, studying for her next spell. She has the most adorable baby dragon named Spike! I sometimes invite him over just to hear what he’s been up to and he’s more of a pony friend than a critter friend!”

She giggled before continuing, “And then there’s Applejack, she’s a real hard working Earth pony. Actually, I hardly ever see her outside of the farm. I guess being a farm pony is a really hard job. I do often see her little sister Apple Bloom and her friends! Applejack often asks me to take care of the three of them, which can be hoof-full of them getting into trouble! But things often work out in the end.”

“Next would have to be Rainbow Dash, who is a really good pegasus friend of mine! She’s one of the leading weather ponies in all of Equestria! She was also the one that convinced me to live in Ponyville after flight school, which meant leaving Cloudsdale. I don’t regret the decision but I really haven’t been back since-”

The shot cuts off into static for a minute before returning to Fluttershy sipping tea again. “Also, I can’t forget Pinkie Pie! She’s a fun-loving Earth pony that loves to play games and she always invites me and Rainbow Dash over to Sugarcube Corner when she can. Since her job is as relaxed as mine, I spend most of my days with her over there as well. Dash can’t always make it since her job is more tiring. Or she’s sleeping around somewhere.”

She giggled at the comment, “And last but not least has to be my best friend, Rarity! She’s a unicorn that runs the dress shop named Carousel Boutique but she always finds a way to have some lunch with me during the week or a short spa trip on the weekends. She’s actually the reason on why I’m making this video actually. Something about putting myself out there for more ponies to see.”

The yellow pegasus sits back, covering half of her face with her mane. “I’m not sure if I really want that though. At least the only ones that will see this video are you, me and her, right?”

She sighed and pulled her mane back again. “Anyways, we all try to get together twice a month for a nice tea party, hosted by me of course, but Dash is sometimes too cool to attend. I can see what she’s talking about but I think it’s kind of silly of her. Wait, what was the next thing I had to talk about on here?”

Fluttershy paused, looking at the paper on the table. Her face turned red at reading what was next on the list of questions. “Oh dear, I don’t think I want to tell anything about that to anypony. Especially somepony that I don’t even know. Let’s just end this here saying that I want to make some more pony friends and I’ll be happy to meet any new ponies!”

She grinned towards the camera at the last point before the shot cut to dark.