//------------------------------// // Past Events And Events That Are Soon To Come // Story: Diamonds and Butterflies // by Princess Glitzy //------------------------------// Fluttershy hummed quietly to herself. She wasn't sure why, but she was extremely happy. Going to the spa with Rarity was nice and I get to go hang out with my closest friends tomorrow night... yay! She went to open the cabinet to get some snacks for Angel. "Where are they?" She looked all around her cottage, but saw nothing, so she went to look in her room. There she found a cute little bunny covered in her bag of animal trail mix. "Did you steal your snacks and eat-" She looked over at the bag to make sure that it was empty. "all of them?" she said in a kind of stern voice. Angel looked away guiltily. "Angel." The bunny looked back over with pleading eyes that said 'Don't be mad'. Fluttershy could barely resist it. "Fine, but the next time you do something like this I will be forced to use the stare." Angel nodded. Nopony, I mean nopony liked it when Fluttershy did the stare, well except for Discord that is. She left the room and walked outside. Aw... such a nice day. She felt the cool wind blowing around her, flowing through her mane and coat. "I think I might want to go for a nice flight with the birdies." "Ahahahahah~" she sang to call the birds. The little birds flew over to her and then landed softly on her back. "We're going to go for a quick flight. We can't go too high though, that would be dangerous." She heard the sound of a "Pfft." in the distance. She turned and it was just who she thought it was. "Umm... hello, Rainbow Dash. I was just going to go on a little flight with my birds." "How can you call it a 'flight' if you don't fly above a couple feet! These birds wanna be pushed to the extreme! Don't you?!" The birds slowly backed away in a way that said 'Not really, so you know, I'm gonna leave now'. "Whatever!" She did an annoyed pose and then looked at Fluttershy. "They... um, like to take small flights. They're small birds." That wasn't what Rainbow wanted and Fluttershy knew it. "We could fly together, the birds can fly with me later." Rainbow Dash smiled. "Awesome!" She flew off as fast as she could. That's not really flying together. "Wait!" "Come on little birdies, let's take a fun flight." The birds had then begun to fly ahead of Fluttershy. Left behind twice! This makes me so angry that I could just scream! "...ah!" she yelled somewhat loudly. She flew up to go to where they were. "Come on." Fluttershy flew slowly and checked up on her birds every minute or so. What was that?! She hid in the nearest tree. She listened more closely to see who the mysterious pony was. "I'm the type of pony everypony should know~!" Fluttershy bursted out from the trees. RARITY! She flew very fast to where she had heard Rarity's voice. Why am I in such a rush to get there? Why am I so excited? Why am I asking myself so many questions? She slowed down a little bit and then alighted. What was that? Rarity turned around. "Oh, it's just you darling! You scared me half to death! Although, if I did die I would have been 'drop dead gorgeous'!" Rarity laughed at her little pun. "She's so cute when she laughs." Rarity looked at her with confusion. "Hmm?" Fluttershy thought about it, but she couldn't find a way out of this. "Um..." "Don't worry, it doesn't matter. What does matter is that your mane is a mess! It's like you were in a tree!" "Umm... yeah... in a tree." She laughed nervously. "Would you like me to fix your mane?" Fluttershy nodded and then Rarity teleported them to the boutique. Meanwhile, the birds flew back to Fluttershy's cottage. If Rarity was there then they knew that Fluttershy wasn't coming back soon. "So, would you like your hair curled, straightened or your regular style?" "Whatever you choose." That was honestly what Fluttershy wanted. You'll pick a great style, I know it. Rarity couldn't decide what to do. I love your natural hair so much. It's ordinary, but I love it so much, it's one of the things I love about you. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU?! Okay, okay... don't freak out. J- Just style her mane. That's it. This is just Fluttershy, NO FREAKING OUT! "L- Let's go with curls shall we?" Fluttershy nodded. "I would love curls! Um... well... only if you want to do it." Rarity was confused, all she got out of that was 'love... you' 'want to do it' She put it out of her head and continued. This is all about Fluttershy. "Um, Rarity are you okay? You're acting weird. Oh! I'm sorry if I offended you." "YES! ...W- What I meant to say was... yes I'm fine. Thank you for asking." This doesn't seem right. She's acting weird. I would know, I'm her best friend and I know her so well! I could describe the cutie mark on her flank right now! Wait, where did that come from?! No where! We're both just having an off day, that's it. I wasn't thinking about her flank. What were we discussing? Oh, right! My mane, curls, yay! The two ponies looked at each other nervously. Fluttershy thought about what to say to break up the tension. Think Fluttershy, think! "How have you been Rarity? I don't remember asking you while we were at the spa earlier." "I've been good. I've just had a lot on my mind." "Like what?" "Yo- My work! Yes I've been very busy with work! So many orders!" "What did you do today?" Fluttershy thought about it. "Well, first I caught Angel in my room covered in animal rail mix, he was a naughty bunny. I took a nice flight with Rainbow Dash, it seemed like the two of us hadn't talked for so long! Finally, I went for a flight with my birds. MY BIRDS! OH, I JUST LEFT THEM THERE! I HOPE THAT THEY'RE OKAY!" Fluttershy started hyperventilating. "Calm down Fluttershy! They're birds! They can fly! They probably flew back to your cottage. You're smart, so I'm guessing you taught them how to get back in case something like this happens." Rarity does make some good points. "Okay Rarity, I won't freak out. I'm sorry if I startled you when I yelled." "Oh, I just thought that it was cute." "Cute?" "Ummmm... no?" Rarity tried to think of a diversion. "We were so busy chit chatting that I was able to finish you mane! Isn't it gorgeous?!" Fluttershy looked in the mirror and looked at her mane. "It's beautiful Rarity! Thank you!" She hugged Rarity and then checked the wall clock. "I've been away from my animals for too long! Bye Rarity! See you at the club!" "Goodbye, Fluttershy!" The two mares smiled. It was a great day and hopefully tomorrow would be even better.