August 27, 8:30 am [First Day in Equestria]
Today was a brand new day as Celestia's golden sun had risen to the sky, and every living creature awoke to greet it. From the wildlife residing in the meadows, to the citizens living in Ponyville, everypony had begun their own preparations for the day: Rainbow Dash was keeping herself in peak flying condition, Twilight Sparkle was making haycakes for spike (having already made a dandelion sandwich for herself), Applejack and Big Macintosh were hard at work on the farm bucking apples, and Rarity was coming up with new fashion ideas for designs. As for Pinkie Pie—she was in Ponyville, bouncing about in her usual upbeat and energetic mood.
The beams of sunlight greeted even the mysterious Everfree Forest, filled with creatures that were as numerous as they were dangerous, as they penetrated through the treetops and brightened up the area somewhat. Right by this entrance to this mysterious forest was the cottage of the Element of Kindness and caretaker of animals big and small herself: Fluttershy.
Inside this very same cottage, the yellow colored pegasus had already gotten out of bed in order to start the day. The first thing she did was trot downstairs where the living room was, and made a right to the small hallway that led to the bathroom. She then trotted over to the bathtub, and stepped in, where she closed the shower curtains surrounding the tub and turned on the water as she began her shower. After about fifteen minutes of showering under the warm water, she turned the water off and grabbed a towel from the metal ring (where the curtains hung from) with her fore hooves, which she then used to dry herself off. After brushing her pastel pink mane with a comb (and help from a couple of robins living in her cottage), she then trotted out of the bathroom and headed into the kitchen.
There, she began fixing breakfast for her animal friends living inside her cottage. After fixing the meals, she began the process of feeding: starting with giving the birds a mixed meal of seeds, corn kernels, berries, and even juicy worms she had plucked from the ground. Then she fed the rodents, respectively: acorns and nuts for the squirrels, seeds and cheese for the mice, and fruit for the bats. Then she topped it all off by giving her pet rabbit, Angel, a nice fresh carrot.
The small white rabbit, although usually spoiled and bossy, was grateful for the carrot his owner gave him as he happily nibbled on it. Fluttershy smiled as she watched, then trotted to her front door, where she then fed her other animal friends (including the bear living nearby). After that, she then thought out loud to herself:
“I should restock on fish, wouldn’t want the otters to starve”.
With this decision made, she briefly went back inside.
“Angel, could you, um, bring my saddlebags to me? If that’s okay with you.” She said to the small bunny with her usual soft voice.
Angel, now in a good mood from eating his carrot, hopped upstairs to Fluttershy’s bedroom, then came back downstairs with two saddlebags with pink butterfly clips similar to her cutie mark. After that, he had a couple of sparrows carry the two brown bags and place them on their winged equine friends' back.
“Thank you very much, little ones.” Fluttershy said with a smile, “I won’t be gone for long Angel; you’re in charge until I return, understand?”
The white rabbit gave a single paw salute in response, which caused Fluttershy to giggle at the rabbit's antics.
The Element of Kindness left her house once more and headed for a nearby stream due southeast from where her cottage was. It didn’t take her too long to reach the location, just fifteen to twenty minutes was all. As soon as she had reached the stream, she got to work on retrieving the fish from the water. Right and left she quickly nabbed them from the stream, until she had enough to fill both bags up. Just as she was about to trot back to the cottage, she turned to her left at the sound of bluebirds chirping for her assistance about one hundred feet from where she was. The Pegasus then galloped to better understand what the commotion was about. When she got there, she saw a small figure laying his back (assuming it’s a “he”) with the bluebirds she heard earlier watching over him. Fluttershy trotted over carefully to get a better look, and what she saw astonished her.
The strange little figure bore a resemblance to that of an ape, with many features that made it stand out from apes. The first thing that stood out was that while he had hair, it was only on top of his small head. It was ash-blonde in color, and seemed to reach his shoulders and past his eyes as well. On his cheeks, though they had dirt on them, Fluttershy could clearly see four freckles on each cheek, and a few on his little nose. In terms of overall skeletal structure, he seemed to be bipedal, just like Spike (though this little creature was obviously a mammal). In terms of size, he appeared to be somewhere around twenty four inches tall (either more or less than that, she couldn't quite tell), meaning that he was smaller than a colt or a filly. Looking at his face again, Fluttershy could definitely tell he was very young, though to what extent she’d have to guess later. What really stood out to her was not only that he wore clothing (which probably made sense since he didn’t have fur to survive in harsh conditions), but the type of clothing he wore. He wore a simple white t-shirt with what appeared to be a couple of small holes on the chest, sleeves, and even the neck area; the shirt was worn underneath a strange loose fitting garment (made from a rather unusual fabric) that had a bib on the front, a hole on the right knee area of the garment, and even stranger still, the garment appeared to be held up by shoulder straps. Then came the final article clothing: which happened to be a pair of shoes, somewhat like those a pony would wear for formal occasions, but they looked much different. Unlike other pony shoes, they were made of leather, were colored black with two white stripes racing along both sides, and had these strange strings that seemed to keep them on somehow.
Fluttershy looked about, wondering where the little animal’s parents were. After ten minutes of waiting, she finally made up her mind. Within a moment or two, she managed to get him onto her back without disturbing him in the slightest. With him safely sleeping on her back, Fluttershy made her way back to the cottage.
(Cue theme song)