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// Chapter Two:  The Discovery 
// Story: Holy Celestia! 
// by UnderCover 
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	After the very enlightening trip to the library, Fluttershy said, or rather squeaked, that the noise was bothering her.  The group decided to check out the book on humans and a dictionary, and they walked out the door of the large square tree.
"Okey dokey, what do we do now?" Pinkie's voice was shrill as she raised it over the loud rumble of cars and trucks.
"We could always go back to that place where we 'came hoo-man," Applejack suggested.  Having no other favourable options, the group decided to find their way back to the woods.  If it didn't offer any answers, at least they could get the crash and bang of city life out of their ears.  Rainbow Dash sprinted ahead, causing a collective gasp from the others behind her.  When she turned to see what was wrong, she found her friends staring at her.  
"What?" she wondered uncomfortably.  Twilight shook her head as if to get her thoughts straight.  
"Rainbow, I think you still might have wings," she said in wonder.  Rainbow Dash shrugged.
"So what?  I've always had wings," she started walking again, but stopped when Twilight went on.
"For one, I swear you didn't have them a second ago, two, Fluttershy definitely doesn't have any, three, I don't have a horn, and four, the human skeleton we saw in this book doesn't allow for wings.  We went over that, remember?" she ranted.  Rainbow Dash nodded musingly.  She saw how that would be a bit abnormal.  Actually, the wings were starting to get uncomfortable and itchy, because her shirt held them in such an odd, tight position.
"Sure Twilight," she said, and began to take her shirt off.  "I don't see why these hoo-mans wear capes everywhere, they're getting really uncomfortable," she pulled off her shirt, a cyan tee with her cutie mark on the front pocket.  A person rounded the corner and stopped in his tracks.  
"What the hell!?" he exclaimed, and ran away.  Twilight grimaced.
"Uh, Rainbow Dash, I THINK I found out why everyone is wearing capes," she said, averting her eyes.  She blushed and went up to Rainbow Dash, and whispered in her ear.
"Ohmigosh, THOSE?  Holy Celestia, I gotta get this shirt back on!" she said, turning from peach to red in a matter of seconds.  She scrambled to put her shirt back on.  "Man, these wings need to lay low a bit," she said.  They made a suspicious bulge on her back, but suddenly were gone.
"EEP!" Fluttershy let out.  "R-rainbow Dash... your wings are gone!" she said almost inaudibly.  Rainbow craned her head around to see - or rather not see - her wings.
"Wow, Dashie, that's dandy!" Pinkie Pie said as she bounced.  "And lookit, I finally got the hang of these le-AH!" she fell flat on her face.  "Uh," she grunted as she pulled her face out of the sidewalk.  "That was fun!"

"Ugh, do I REALLY have to sleep in a TREE?" Rarity asked hypothetically.  She recieved a unanimous 'YES!' and sighed.  There were so many bugs in trees.
Fluttershy nimbly scaled a tree, achieving an immense height in seconds.  She grabbed a sturdy looking branch, and as she hoisted herself up, it broke.  "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she delivered a blood curdling scream as she pummeted.  Twilight Sparkle turned around, and in a matter of seconds, a purple glow engulfed Fluttershy.  Once she lowered the trembling girl to the forest floor, Twilight realized what she had done.  A hand went to her forehead, and sure enough, a horn was there where it had not been.  "T-thank-k y-you so m-m-much T-Twilight.  I a-alm-most d-died," she curled into a ball and shook.  "That was r-really scary when m-my wings w-wouldn't work."
"It's okay Fluttershy," Twilight went and wrapped an arm around her.  "How 'bout we sleep on the ground tonight?"

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Author's Note:
If you realized that last chapter I spelled Fluttershy like Flutter Shy, then you've good eyes.  It was an embarrassingly egghead mistake, and I'm so glad my friend caught it when she did.  I probably would've realized it a month from now and been completely embarrassed!
P.S.  If you have anything that you think I could add to the story to make it better, please comment.  I'm already considering some very attractive males crossing their path, or maybe a pony fanatic... hmmm, let the games begin!
P.S.S.  Feel free to join the anime war.