Chapter 2: Books
That night, Fluttershy tossed and turned in her bed. She simply couldn't get to sleep.
If that challenge wasn't hard, then Rainbow Dash must have something even harder up her sleeve! Oh, what could it be? Dive-bombing into the ocean to get a treasure chest? Or maybe race one of the Wonderbolts? What if it was to race Rainbow Dash herself?! worried Fluttershy, sitting up. I need help from another pegasus.
Or should I say alicorn?
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Carrying a torch in her mouth, Fluttershy knocked on Twilight's door. The caretaker felt a cold breeze ruffle her fur. She hoped that Twilight would open the door soon. As if on cue, a groggy purple alicorn opened the door.
"Hmm...? Fluttershy? What are you doing at this time of night-HEY-don't shine that in my eyes!" mumbled Twilight.
"Oh, um," stuttered Fluttershy, laying the torch on the ground. "I am so sorry to have disturbed you, Your Majesty."
Twilight rolled her eyes as she lit one of the candles. "Come in. And how many times do I have to tell you, you do NOT have to call me that!" said the alicorn princess.
The tiny candle illuminated the library eerily as Fluttershy and Twilight walked over the Twilight's desk.
"So *yawn* what brings you here at," asked Twilight, glancing at the clock. "midnight?"
"Well, um, I've been taking flight lessons with Rainbow Dash recently," explained Fluttershy, also stifling a yawn.
"Go on," said Twilight.
"And I'm REALLY scared because she's going to make me do something really hard and I need your help to make sure I'm prepared for everything!" said the animal caretaker, the words tumbling out of her mouth uncontrollably. Meanwhile, Twilight pulled out a book from a shelf with her magic. It floated down gracefully onto the alicorn's desk.
"Simple! I learned how to fly with this very book," said Twilight, holding up the thick book entitled 'The Physics Behind Flying'. "I have all the other books in the series too!"
The purple pony began to read from page 67.
"There are four forces pulling at the flyer are lift, weight, thrust and drag. The windspeed is equal to the lift multiplied to the area of the flyer. The windspeed and the direction of flight must be parallel yet in different and opposite directions. For example, if the flyer wants to go left, then the total windspeed must be going right. Also, if a high speed bomb to the ground is required, there must be no thrust and more drag to the friction of the forces. In this particular force, the friction is the DRAG friction is in action here. Also, the total aerodynamic force is exactly halfway through the drag and lift forces. If there is no drag and no windspeed, then it is an arc also created by using coordinates and the quadratic formula: negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four times a and c over two times a. The force of thrust must be over equivalent to the weight or else there won't be a proper liftoff when-" rambled on Twilight.
Fluttershy's hooves clamped down on her own ears.
"Please, stop!" whispered the animal caretaker, her head spinning with formulas and thrust. "I don't get this. Rainbow Dash told me that this stuff was for 'eggheads'!"
"I am NOT an egghead." snapped Twilight, frowning.
"But I don't get it!" complained Fluttershy.
"Oh. Then do you want me to start at 'Centrifugal Forces in a Turning Airplane'?" asked Twilight, flipping to another page. Fluttershy sighed and just headed for the door.
"I'll never get flying. Maybe I'll just have to stick to the ground with Rainbow Dash flying faster than everything." sighed Fluttershy, opening the door with a squeak. Twilight looked at her quizzically.
"Silly Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash can't possibly be faster than everything!" said Twilight, half smiling. "She isn't faster than the speed of light! Nothing is!"
"Thanks. Good to know." muttered Fluttershy and left Twilight's library. The door closed with a slam.
As Fluttershy headed towards her humble cottage, Rainbow Dash was practicing in her usual spot when she spied something very...strange.