//------------------------------//
// chapter 2 
// Story: Love is Magic 
// by FLUTTERPIEROXS 
//------------------------------//

	"Fluttershy...Fluttershy!" Rarity yelled jolting the light yellow pegasi from her slumber "Were you sleeping?" Realizing her fault, Fluttershy sank and muttered several apologies for her rudeness. Rarity was more than satisfied with these apologies and even felt a little bad for putting her friend to sleep. However she thought it would be more fun to keep Fluttershy guessing about her plans "Well, I guess it will be a surprise then" Rarity chimed. "No, I'm very interested in what you have to say please continue." Rarity pretended to consider this for a moment. Then with a "nope" skipped out of the spa leaving the bedraggled pony to figure out what had happened herself.

The delight from the thought of Fluttershy's new found love made Rarity giddy. She never thought Fluttershy would be the first to find it. That factor was rather heart breaking,it is so hard to find stallions that are up to par nowadays, but I could make do with one off of the market especially for Fluttershy. She must have told one of her friends. If she hasn't talked to me than who would Fluttershy have talked to?  Rarity thought. Fluttershy had a lot of trouble being in the same room as Pinkie, Rainbow dash had been friends with her the longest but Rainbow seemed to be completely focused on herself (not to mention her almost creepy obsession with the Wonderbolts) and the fact that she had wing muscles for brains. Twilight was completely absorbed in her studies (not to mention her almost creepy obsession with books) and she knows practically nothing about real love, she was a possibility though. 

Finally Applejack who was honest, strong willed far beyond her own good and dirty as if somepony had dumped all of their trash on her. But Applejack sometimes did have a good head on her shoulders and is the complete opposite of me making it all the more likely that the shy adorable mare would have talked to her if not me. She thought, with a nod. Settling on Applejack as the best bet, Rarity trotted toward Sweet Apple Acres.

When Rarity arrived the orange earth pony was as always bucking apples. Rolling out a red carpet for herself as she walked closer to Applejack. "Applejack darling" she said in a rather sing song voice "did Fluttershy come and tell you anything interesting recently." Rarity was batting her eyes at the confused mare as if it would make her do anything she wished. "Ah dont reckon she did, is their somethin that ah need ta know?" Under the impression that Applejack was just playing dumb Rarity pushed "about some stallion..."

"So that filly actually found her a nice stallion" Applejack responded with something in her eyes that Rarity could not place. But that didn't matter now for Rarity was practically bursting, barely managing to keep her sweet voice from turning into more of a whine. "You dont know either."
"Know what?"

"What pony Fluttershy is in love with... you don't know." Rarity said softly. "Wait, that little filly didn't tell ya?!" Applejack uttered surprised. "No I thought that she told you" Rarity claimed. Ah thought Fluttershy told Rarity everything during their hoity toity spa trips. Yet here Rarity is thinking ah would know more about that filly's love life than she would.

"Fluttershy probably told one of our friends any way." Applejack stated breaking the silence through her words and having gone back to bucking her tree. "That's exactly what I was thinking" Rarity huffed as she started to leave. She was halted upon hearing "ah do have a plan though" from the bucking mare. Caught in her exhilaration, Rarity nearly galloped off of her rug and through the dirt going "what is it?! what is it?!" Her enthusiasm only to be cut off through the words "ya'll would need to rough it though." "Rough it why I would never" disgusted at the very thought she once again turned to leave. "Yah yer right, ya could never rough it in a cabin for an afternoon even if one of your friends life depended on it."

That mark was infuriating to the white mare all of the time that Applejack had wasted from this important matter of finding Fluttershy's true love and she was insulting her. "I could if I wanted to but I just don't fancy being around all of that filth. At least I am not some apple crazed ruffian!"

"Now what did ya’ll say bout my apples ya pampered frizzball!" Applejack’s plan was working but Rarity's insult of apples is something that crossed the line.

"Frizzball?! Well I bet you that I could rough it as you say in your beastly tongue for a whole night, and if you lose you will have to wear what I say for a week!"

"Well if ya lose..." Applejack racked her thoughts until they alighted on the perfect thing, causing a smile to spread across her face. That'll make her pay for the apples. "ya will have ta stop taking that their sofa everywhere." "Are you expecting me to lie in the dirt" Rarity interjected. "Not so confident now are ya" The blond pony smugly replied, giving Rarity the final push she needed.

"Oh. It. Is. On!" Rarity sneered hatefully. sealing their bet. "Good now lets get every pony to meet us in Twilight's library" Applejack finished. As the two set off to locate their friends Applejack explained her plan even having a few gaps filled in by Rarity along the way.

When every pony finally assembled after having to wait for Rainbow Dash to finish flight training, and Pinkie's frosting emergency that no pony really understood, (and seeing how she showed up covered in the sugary goo, everypony was rather afraid to ask.)

"Now you all are probably wondering why you are here" Rarity exclaimed. "Where's Fluttershy" Rainbow Dash interjected. "Ohh are we having a surprise party for Fluttershy!" Pinkie bounced. "I love those, especially when you jump out and yell..." Everypony was stuck staring at the empty space where Pinkie was only a second ago. Nopony could explain what had happened their was no explanation other than she was Pinkie Pie. They all knew it was coming coming but just not from where. Making them tense in spite of how short the interval Pinkie had disappeared was before she burst from the bookshelf closest to Rainbow Dash yelling "Suprise!" Scattering the books in all directions through her process, scaring no pony more than Rainbow (even though she wouldn't let it show more than she had too least of all admit it.)

Before Pinkie could cause a bigger mess in her pre-party  excitement Twilight grabbed hold of her with a levitation spell giving Applejack the time to talk without worrying about what Pinkie would do given the chance.  "We're planning ah camping trip." Applejack explained. "That still doesn't explain why Fluttershy isn't here" Rainbow Dash stated after regaining her composure. "That's because there is something else we need to talk about Rainbow darling" the purple maned unicorn exclaimed. "It has come to my attention that Fluttershy has fallen in love!"

"How do you even know this?"

"It was written all over her face, red is such a becoming color."

"Anyways, Rarity only found that part out not who the stallion is. So our goal here is that we each choose the stallion we think it is and invite them to go camping with us near the EverFree forest" Applejack explained. "Then we would pair ourselves into stallion-mare groups and one group of three switching partners as we go, ensuring that Fluttershy spends her time with all of the stallions."

"Wait a minute, isn't Fluttershy afraid of the Everfree Forest like most ponies?" Rainbow questioned. "We're not staying in the forest, and when we go in it we'll be in a group. She's been there before. That should be more than enough to keep Fluttershy calm, and if not, the sparks of love will do it for us!" Rarity said emotion brimming in her voice.

"All we need to do now is decide rooming, it'll be three fillies to ah room" Applejack claimed. Practically overlapping Rainbow Dash and Pinkie both bursted with
"I want to room with Fluttershy!"
"I call rooming with Fluttershy!"

"I can understand Rainbow, but why would you want to share a room with Fluttershy. Pinkie?" Twilight questioned. "For the party, duh!" Pinkie responed. "But Pinkie we are not having a party." "Oh I get it we are not not not not not not not not having a party" and with that the pink mare trotted out. "Well thats settled...I hope" Twilight grimaced. "Aww I wanted to room with Fluttershy" Rarity whined.

Before anypony could really respond a loud voice screamed something unmistakable. "SOMEPONY BROKE A PINKIE PROMISE!!!!!" 




Special thanks to Swift Research for spell check and spacing