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// Meanie Monday 
// Story: Intentions 
// by Heesman 
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First on the list was none other than the timid Fluttershy. Shine and Fluttershy had agreed on eating at a popular cafe in Ponyville. As they were walking their way there from Fluttershys hut, both of them had mostly kept silent while waiting for the other to break the ice. When they were about halfway, Flutter Shy couldn't help herself but purposely let out a loud sigh.
- Aah, there's something special and lovely in the air today, Shine, can you feel it?
Fluttershy sighed again as she looked at Shine who didn't bother to turn his head. Shine loudly inhaled before exhale quickly with a little cough.
- Hmm... smells like... forest leaves, roses and that super faint intoxicating scent of...
Fluttershys eyes widened and began sparkling brightly.
…cake frosting, Mr. and Mrs. Cake has to be filling a huge cake order by now.
Shine began smiling dreamingly to himself. Fluttershy gave a disappointed sigh while lowering her head. Suddenly, Fluttershy noticed that Shine was too busy daydreaming to notice he was about to bump into a, for Fluttershy, familiar character.
- Oh, sorry, didn't see you there, was a bit busy daydrea...
Shine was cut off by the stranger.
- UGH! Why don't you keep your eyes open so you don't have to ruin my day by messing up my feathers!?
The stranger yelled as she spread her wings wide. Fluttershys eyes narrowed.
- Oh no, it's Gilda...
Fluttershy whispered high enough for Shine to react but not high enough for him to hear all of it.
- What was that again Shy? I didn't quite catch that name.
Shine turned around to look at Fluttershy. Gildas eyes turned red in anger. She ran towards Shine and tackled him into some nearby bushes.
- Name's Gilda, dweeb. Remember it, cuz I'm not repeating myself.
Gilda straightened a few feathers that got messed up from the tackle.
Hey, I remember you!
Gilda gave Fluttershy a glare.
You are one of Dash' lame-o friends. Care to tell where she is or do I have to put you in place, too?
Fluttershy lay down on the ground while giving Gilda a submissive look and making high pitched whimpers. Before she could muster an answer, the nearby bushes began rustling.
- Oh, the bully likes it rough!
Out from the bushes comes Shine in full gear, rushing in between Gilda and Fluttershy. The shove Gilda received was more than enough for her to fall on her back. Shine walked up to Gildas right side and put his front hooves on Gildas chest to pin her to the ground.
Why not pick on someone who'll fight back?
Shine stepped off Gilda only to transform to his human form. Afterward, Shine sat down on the same spot he had his hooves on earlier and made a grip around Gildas neck with his right hand, putting his thumb on Gildas Adams apple.
Someone like me!
Shine put his forehead to Gildas and gave her his most intimidating look he could. Gilda could hardly breathe and could only swallow down hard which made Shine move his thumb slightly. No one did anything, until a familiar voice from above could be heard.
- Fluttershy? Shine? Whatcha doin' with Gilda?
Rainbow Dash landed on Gildas left side and looked at Shine who suddenly changed to a new face.
- Well, this brute for a griffin said she was a friend of yours and asked Shy, one of your ''lame-o'' friends, if she knew where you were. Did I mention Gilda has quite a rude way of introducing herself?
Shine let go of Gildas neck and got of her chest. Gilda began coughing a bit before she caught her breath.
- H-hey, Dash. I-i came here to...
Gilda was getting very nervous.
- Yeah, I remember your letter.
Rainbow Dash was looking quite angry.
You came here to make peace. Make up for what you did the last time, right?
- W-well... yeah, of course.
Gilda started to calm down a bit.
- OK then.
Rainbow Dash put on her usual grin-smile.
I just want you to do one simple thing. Close your eyes and turn around.
Without hesitation, Gilda did as she was told with a half-smile. But as she was about to ask why, Rainbow Dash bucket her in the rear which made Gilda fly a small distance, making a rough crash, forcing dirt all the way down her throat. Rainbow Dash turned to look a the coughing, semi-vomiting griffin.
Did you really think I would be that stupid, G?
Rainbow Dash looked furious.
I actually did consider giving you a second chance. But after seeing Shine pin you down like that, which I know he wouldn't do without a reason, and then hear that you called Flutter Shy a lame-o, well, I might as well shove that letter down your throat if it wasn't full of dirt already.
- B-but, Dash.
Gilda was so shocked, tears began welling up in her eyes.
I-i-i really meant to... to make peace with you a-and forget all the things that happened the last time around.
- Pfft!
Rainbow Dash turned her head away and put her hoof in front of Gildas face.
Talk to the hoof if you must cuz my ears sure as hay won't listen.
- D-dash... I-i...
Gilda could hardly speak as her tears blinded her eyes. Rainbow Dash quickly spread her wings in anger, and with fury in her eyes, she slapped Gilda with her hoof as hard as she could which made the griffin fall do the ground again. This time, Dash was the one pinning down Gilda.
- SHUT! THE BUCK! UP G! Now, I want you to take your feathery butt and get the hay outta Ponyville! And if I ever see you here again without my permission, I'm gonna do something  A LOT worse than giving you a little nudge.
Rainbow Dash quickly took of towards Cloudsdale. Clear sparkling tears could be seen falling from the blue Pegasus before she had flown out of sight. Gilda was still laying on the ground, now loudly crying. Shine and Fluttershy stood and just watched the sobbing griffin for a few seconds before Shine whispered to Fluttershy.
- Shy, I think we should leave her alone with her thoughts. Mind invite me for a cup of tea or something?
Shine changed to his pony form as he finished the question. Fluttershy quickly nodded. The two ponies slowly and carefully walked away from the scene, in the opposite direction that Rainbow Dash had flown, towards Fluttershys hut. After walking for a few minutes, Fluttershy broke the silence once again.
- Uhm... Shine?
Fluttershy looked at Shine with her head slightly lowered.
- Yes? Why so sad looking? C'mon, lemme see your normal cute smile.
While saying this, Shine had lowered his head even lower than Fluttershy had hers and locked his eyes with hers and sort of lifted both his and hers head up in normal position with only the use of their eyes. Fluttershy and Shine both blushed slightly when they realized they had been looking deeply into each others eyes.
So, ahem, what was it that you wanted to ask?
Shine broke the eye link and looked forward again with a slight awkward smile.
- Well, I was just wondering... if you would like to tell me...
Fluttershy was feeling very insecure in asking such a personal question.
How did you muster so much courage to face Gilda like that? I'd never be able to do something like that.
- Well, it was not so much courage involved.
Shine stopped at a nearby tree and broke loose a branch and threw it to the ground.
It was more like, well, you could say, instinct. I snapped, like this.
Shine stomped at the branch with his front hooves which made the branch split into three parts.
- So, are you saying you got a temper?
Fluttershy tilted her head slightly.
- Not quite, but due to rough times at school, I got no tolerance at all against bullies, or more like anyone who does something bad to someone I care about.
Shine rose his head high and took a proud pose. Fluttershy and Shine kept walking towards Fluttershys hut while talking about just about anything that came to any of the laughing ponies' minds. 

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After a decent while of walking, they finally arrived. Fluttershy flew ahead of Shine to tend to all of the different animals surrounding the area around Fluttershys hut. Just as Shine was about to approach the front door, Fluttershy landed in front of Shine and politely opened the door, letting Shine in before her.
- OK, we're here.
Fluttershy smiled as she walked into the middle of the room, drawing the attention of all of the animals inside her house.
Now, could you all please go outside for a while? Me and Shine has some private things to talk about.
All of the animals flew, walked or skipped outside the wide open door. Even Angel tried to shoo away some of the smallest animals. But just as he was about to re-enter the house as he had shown the way out to a family of mice, Fluttershy lightly stomped her hoof in front of Angel, instantly getting his attention.
Oh, I'm sorry if I startled you Angel, but I also need you to stay outside of the house. Like I said, I have some ''private'' things to do.
Fluttershy winked at the white bunny who just shrugged and bounced away. Fluttershy quietly slipped inside the hut and carefully closed the door followed by a soft click from the lock mechanism sealing the door. Fluttershy stood with the door locked behind her and just stared into the kitchen at Shine who was too busy preparing tea water by Fluttershys stove to notice her.
''Oh my, such an excellent opportunity. I never imagined things going this way this fast.''
Fluttershy said to herself with a content look on her face as she slowly began walking towards the kitchen with a more seductive walking style than normal. Shine was busy with the tea water, but as he finished and turned around, he noticed Fluttershy standing in the kitchen doorway with a look on her face that clearly indicated she really wanted to do something more than just have a cup of tea with him. Shine flinched at first but quickly pasted his normal happy expression to his face before he began talking to the obviously emotionally excited pegasus pony in front of him.
- Oh, there you are Shy, I hope you don't mind me doing things a little ahead of you.
- Not at all!
Fluttershy giggled softer and more calmly than normal.
- So, uhm... are we gonna have some cookies for the tea or what?
Shine tried really hard to act unwitting of Fluttershys erratic new behavior. Fluttershy giggled again.
- If you want to, they are right here.
Fluttershy slowly walked past Shine by making a huge detour instead of going straight for the pantry. As she passed Shine, she purposely made her tail slide along Shines body. She opened the pantry and picked up a tray of chocolate cookies. She walked back in front of Shine with the tray of cookies on her head. She tried to wrap her tail loosely around Shines neck but Shine interrupted the motion by gently nibbling the tail which somewhat snapped Fluttershy out of her state.
- Sniff... mm, what kind of shampoo do you use? It smells like... sniff... some kind of herb.. it goes quite good with your character.
Fluttershy quickly yanked her tail back. She blushed when she realized what she was doing.
- S-sorry, I didn't mean to intrude in you personal space.
Shine let out a sigh of relief for being able to snap Fluttershy out of her erratic state.
- Nah, don't worry about it. I can take the cookies to the living room. I'd preferably not do stuff close to a stove due to insecurity of my pony form.
Shine carefully took the tray of cookies from Fluttershy. As he passed Fluttershy, Shine gave her a light thump on her left flank with his own. Fluttershy was a little shocked at this but as she looked back at Shine she only received a taunting wink from Shine. By now, Fluttershy was greatly confused. Things were just racing around in her head. Her seductive attempts at Shine, his half-denial, then to receive a wink that indicates her attempts suddenly would have worked. She needed answers and she wanted them now.
- Shy? Where's the tea?
Shine was standing in front of a couch with the tray of cookies on his head and just looked at Flutterwhy who in return only was standing there in the kitchen doorway and staring back at Shine.
Out of nowhere, Fluttershy pounced Shine, making the tray of cookies fly into the air, spreading cookies all over the floor.
- Fluttershy! Why'd you do...
Shine was interrupted as Fluttershy locked lips with the pinned down stallion. After a few seconds, Fluttershy lifted her head slightly only to look deeply into Shines eyes.
- Shine YellowSoul! Tell me, what do you think of me?
Fluttershy was sounding very assertive, close to demanding.
- That's it?
Shine cleared his throat and inhaled a lot of air.
You are a yellow pegasus pony with a very tender personality that I like. You are a great friend but should stand up to yourself a little bit more.
- S-so... you actually like me?
Fluttershy was even more shocked now than earlier, making her let go a little of her pinning down Shine. This gave Shine an opportunity to be the one in charge. He quickly transformed into his human form and grabbed Fluttershy around the ribcage and rolled to the left, making Fluttershy being the one who is pinned down.
- Yes, I like you.
Shine glared into Fluttershys eyes.
But only as a friend. My heart already belongs to another. Sorry to disappoint you Shy.
Fluttershy calmed down completely, stopping her weak struggling.
- B-but the way you looked at me...
Fluttershy looked into Shines eyes with tears almost building up in her own.
- Hey, everything's about give and take. You kept teasing me, so I decided to tease you back, simple as that. I never intended to confuse you or hurt your feelings. I just thought I'd give you a taste of an ''eye-for-an-eye'' treatment.
Shine gave Fluttershy a soft smile.
Let's have some of that tea and some of those cookies. Well, the ones we can scrape up from the floor. Good thing you keep your house so clean.
Shine let go of Fluttershy and transformed back into his pony form and helped Fluttershy up from the floor.
Still friends?
Shine reached out with his right front hoof towards Fluttershy who nodded and reached out a hoof herself.
- I'll go get the tea, for real this time, why don't you pick up the cookies I made you ''drop'' on the floor?
Fluttershy giggled and smiled at Shine before walking into the kitchen. Shine used his magic to pick up all of the still intact cookies, the ones that got shattered got thrown away, along with all the crumbles they left behind.

The rest of the evening the two ponies talked about all the different things they had seen and experienced while laughing and having a wonderful time. They even considered having a little slumber party but Shine had to decline since he had to get up early to for his job over at the Sweet Apple Acres.