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// 1. At the Town Hall 
// Story: Mayor Fluttershy 
// by The_Swedish_Horror 
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Fluttershy looked up into the highly decorated ceiling of her new bedroom. This had earlier been the bedroom of mayor Mare, but now it was all hers. She had just awaken and was waiting for her breakfast coffee. The yellow pegasus wasn't used to drink her coffee in bed, but since this was the first day as the new mayor of Ponyville she didn't know what was expected of her. Maybe her maid, miss Hooves, would be disappointed if she had already made her own coffee? Fluttershy had decided not to take any chances. 
Without knocking, a grey pegasus appeared. She was balancing an empty tray on her head. 
"Miss Hooves...?"
"You're welcome! I bring a cup of bed to you in your coffee."
"Thank you... But... um... where is my coffee?"
"It is already in your bed, mayor!"
Fluttershy looked down and saw a big, brown stain on her bedding and an empty cup.
"Oh..."
"I placed it there while you were asleep, because I didn't want to wake you!"
"Oh, my..."

After her breakfast the time had come for Fluttershy to hold her first meeting in the town hall. At the sides of a long table Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were seated. Fluttershy resided in a big, padded chair at the end. She nervously stacked her papers. 
"Um... today's meeting... I declare today's meeting opened. Do you have... any suggestions?"
"Suggestions about what?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Um... um... the meeting?"
Nopony said anything. The silence was complete, except for the sound of Fluttershy's papers shaking in her hooves. 
"I suggest we form a policy about forming a policy about governing Ponyville," Twilight said. 
"And a budget for decorating the city!" said Rarity. "With gems and gold and diamonds and gems... and... and velvet and purple..."
"But the Library need new books!"
"And Scootaloo has started some kind of club... Or so I have heard... Maybe, just maybe, we should support her?" Rainbow said while desperately trying not to sound too exited. "I think we should help her spread her message..."
"And what's that message about?" Rarity asked, slowly like a viper approaching it's pray.
"Eh... hm... They didn't say... or, I haven't really heard what they... hm... But I'm sure it will be awesome!"
"Um... excuse me," said the new mayor. "But... there are poor, homeless cats that need our help. I would like to build a new shelter for them, if that's okay with you?"
"Fluttershy, you are the mayor. You have the power to decide what's best for the town. We are only your advisers," said Twilight.
"But I would like to check with you first, so that nopony gets disappointed..."
"Maybe Scootaloo would be disappointed if..."
"Rainbow Dash!"
"OK, fine."
They all decided not to decide about forming a policy about what policy they would form. And Fluttershy decided to agree with her advisors' opinion in that decision.

The next day mayor Fluttershy trotted trough the main street of Ponyville. She was happy and carried a basket with fresh dandelions in her mouth. 
"Look! There is the new mayor!" a young filly shouted and pointed in her direction. "Mayor Fluttershy!"
"Ooo! Look!"
And soon all ponies in the vicinity of Fluttershy had turned their heads and were curiously watching her every move. She was overcome with shyness and fled into Rarity's boutique. 
"Fluttershy! I mean, mayor Fluttershy!" Rarity exclaimed.
"Oh, quick! You must help me hide here for a while," said Fluttershy. 
Rarity quickly locked the door and let her crawl into a cupboard behind the sofa in her living room. A crowd of ponies had gathered outside the boutique, peering trough every window. They were no longer sure what they were supposed to look at, but everypony thought that something really interesting must be going on inside the building.
To distract them, Rarity grabbed a big cardboard box and wrote "TOP SECRET" on its side. She then left the boutique "discretely" trough the backdoor and made sure the crowd had spotted her. Soon most of the ponies started following Rarity trough the streets "like cats after a milk bucket" as Applejack would have said. 
At the same time, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Applebloom had entered Rarity's boutique from the kitchen. They found it empty and locked. 
"Rarity? Are you there?" Sweetie Belle asked. 
But she was gone. The fillies continued into the living room and looked for her, but no Rarity was spotted. Instead they saw a jar of cookies on top of the cupboard.
"Oh, they sure look tasty!" Applebloom said.
And without a word, the three pushed the sofa against the cupboard and quickly climbed up and grabbed the cookies. 

Twilight was at the Town Hall, waiting for Fluttershy. She wanted to see if there was something she could do to help her with her policy. She expected Fluttershy to arrive any minute, but the pegasus didn't show up. Where cold she be? Twilight knocked at her door twice, but no one opened. She knocked on the windows, and after a while miss Hooves appeared. 
"Hello! May I help you?" she asked. 
"Yes, have you seen Fluttershy?"
"I have... I saw her this morning, and yesterday when she had left a big stain in her bed! It was brown and..."
"Oh, thank you, no need to describe it to me... hehe," Twilight laughed awkwardly. "Is she here right now?"
"No, she is away."
"When will she be back?"
"I don't know."

And at Rarity's place, still inside the cupboard, Fluttershy tried to open the door and get out... But the door was stuck! Something blocked it from the outside and she couldn't push it aside. She was trapped!