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// Chapter 1 
// Story: My Little Plushie: Friendship is Fluffy 
// by enigmaMystere 
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Third Person POV

“Twilight, are you sure this is safe?”

The purple unicorn glanced over at her pegasus friend, nodding in excitement. “Of course! I wouldn’t be asking for your help if it wasn’t!” She turned back to her book, rereading the spell for the thirteenth time. “Okay, Fluttershy, this spell will analyze your appearance and then generate a duplicate in the form of a velveteen figure.” 

Fluttershy tilted her head to the side, confused. “...I'm sorry, Twilight, but what does that mean?”

Twilight sighed, pausing to think of a simpler way to put it. “It makes a plush toy that looks exactly like you.”

“Oh. That makes sense.” Fluttershy smiled softly, blushing a bit from embarrassment.

“Now, if you would please stand over there,” she motioned to an area near the table where her book was resting, “we can get started.”

The shy pegasus slowly moved where she was told, nervously peeking out at her friend from behind her pink mane. “R-ready.”

Twilight nodded, closing her eyes and focusing. Her horn glowed purple, a ribbon of light emerging and encircling Fluttershy.

She watched as it slowly formed a cocoon around her body, slightly worried. However, she trusted her friend, so she said nothing. 

Twilight could feel when the spell eventually encased Fluttershy snugly in its ribbon-cocoon. She sighed, relaxing a bit as she felt the spell begin analyzing her friend’s appearance.

There was a loud boom outside, catching Twilight off-guard. She panicked, her eyes starting to glow white, losing control of her magic. 

Fluttershy squeaked inside of her cocoon, trying to raise her voice enough to be heard. “T-Twilight, is this-”

Her voice was cut off by a bright flash, and then...silence.

Twilight blinked her eyes open, dazed after having regained control. She looked over at her friend and froze, horrified. “No. Nononononono. This can’t be happening!” Where her friend once was, there was...nothing.

Fluttershy was gone.