Chapter 1 : Forgotten
It was a fine morning in Ponyville, everypony was cheerful and happy as always. Nopony had a frown on their faces. Near the Everfree Forest, there is a little cottage. A cottage that belongs to our dear little Fluttershy.
“Good morning, Angel.” Fluttershy gave out a soft yawn. She rubbed her eyes gently, and stood up from her bed. “Good morning, Mister Mouse. How is your wound?” Fluttershy walked in front of a table, and checked on her patient, a mouse, who had injured his little feet from a needle.
The mouse squeaked happily. Fluttershy understood the mouse, “I'm happy to hear that you're feeling well,” the yellow pony smiled warmly at the mouse. She carried the mouse and placed him gently onto the ground, near a mouse hole, “I bet your family is waiting for you.” The mouse looked back at the yellow pony, and nodded in agreement, and walked inside of the mouse hole on his four little legs.
“Take care, Mister Mouse,” Fluttershy peeled inside of the hole, and waved, even though she couldn't see really well inside of the hole.
The pony stood up, and went to the living room. A group of animals were waiting for her arrival. “Oh my, have you been waiting long?” Fluttershy asked, as she picked up a bag of animal food nearby. Fluttershy poured the food in a bowl for each of the animal, and poured for Angel last. The bunny was not pleased with the food, and he pushed it away.
Fluttershy placed the bag of food back to where it belongs, and turned back to check on the animals. She noticed that her bunny, Angel, was the only one who was not eating. “Angel? What's the matter? Is the food too dry for you?” Fluttershy walked closer to the white bunny.
The bunny took out a book from a shelf nearby and turned to a page where it showed a picture of a delicious looking salad. The bunny slapped the page three times, he was serious. “You're not going to eat your food again?” Fluttershy frowned. The bunny shook his head, and tapped the page again, he wanted the salad, and he wants it now. “How about I make you a normal salad? Would that be good enough?”
The bunny shook his head once again, and he stomped his feet on the ground. He wants the salad, and there is nothing that would change his mind. The pony sighed, “Okay, Angel... I will make you that salad.” The bunny's face lit up, and he threw the book aside, and begun writing the list of things Fluttershy would need to buy in order to make the salad.
“This is the fifth time,” Fluttershy thought sadly. “Why wouldn't Angel eat the food I lovingly prepared for him?”
The bunny was done writing the list, and he placed the saddlebag on Fluttershy's back, and gave the list to Fluttershy. Fluttershy took one glance at the list, and she knew that it was too much for her. “Oh my, are you sure you want this? Isn't it too much for your little belly to handle?” Fluttershy smiled nervously at the bunny. Surely, he would say no, and demands her to get the ingredients.
The bunny crossed his little arms, and did nothing else. Fluttershy knew there was nothing she could do to change his mind, “O-okay then... Please take care of the cottage while I'm out,” Fluttershy headed towards the door, and left to buy the ingredients.
Fluttershy walked to the marketplace, and stopped to check her list, “Okay, the first thing I will need is lettuce,” she said to herself quietly. She lifted up her head, and took a glance of the marketplace, “Lettuce, where can I find lettuce?” She asked herself. “Oh, there it is!” She exclaimed as she found a lettuce stand.
Fluttershy placed the list back into her saddlebag, and she trotted happily towards the lettuce stand. “Uhm, hello, I would like to buy a lettuce please,” Fluttershy said softly.
“That would be two bits,” the pony running the stand said.
Fluttershy took two bits from her saddlebag, and placed it on the counter. “Thank you,” the pony said and took the bits. Fluttershy then took one lettuce and putted it inside of her saddlebag. She walked away from the stand and stopped in the middle of the market, “Let's see here,” she looked at the list again, “The next thing I need is tomato.”
Fluttershy took a look around again, “There it is,” she walked towards the tomato stand, and saw a familiar looking pony working there, “Pinkie Pie?”
“Huh? Who said my name?” The pink pony turned around, with a big smile on her face, “Oooooohhhh! Who are you?” Pinkie Pie stretched her head to take a good look at Fluttershy.
“Uh, it's me, Fluttershy,” Fluttershy pointed at herself.
“Fluttershy, hm?” Pinkie Pie lifted her hoof under her chin, “Never heard of her,” she shrugged. “Hey, since you're here, could it be that you want to buy some tomatoes? Their red, and round, and not to mention red! Oh, I already said that,” Pinkie Pie giggled.
Fluttershy was oblivious to what was going on, but since she had no time to waste, she bought the tomato and left. “See ya later, new pony!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she waved her hoof.
“New pony?” Fluttershy thought, “But I've been living in Ponyville for over five years.”
Fluttershy stopped, and looked back at the tomato stand, where Pinkie Pie was working. Fluttershy shook her head once, and turned back, “She must be joking, I mean, she is Pinkie after all,” Fluttershy smiled and continued to buy the remaining ingredients needed for the salad.
After a long day of grocery shopping, Fluttershy returned home to her cottage, “I'm back,” she sighed. She walked to her kitchen, and placed her saddlebag on the counter. “Oh, hi there,” Fluttershy saw a blue bird flying around in the kitchen. The bird floated down, and landed on the kitchen counter, “What is it, little birdie?” Fluttershy asked softly.
The bird answered Fluttershy in a harmonious tune, “Oh, congratulations!” Fluttershy clapped your hooves. It seems like the bird had announced its children's birth to Fluttershy. “I bet you'll be a great father!” Fluttershy said.
The bird flapped its wings and flew out of the window, as Fluttershy waved goodbye to the bird.
After the bird left, Fluttershy took a bowl out from the cabinet, and took the ingredients out of her saddlebag, “Better not waste anymore time, Angel bunny is starving!” Fluttershy told herself. She chopped the lettuce into tiny pieces, and scattered them in the bowl, them she sliced the tomato into slices, and putted them inside of the bowl, along with the scattered salad. It took her twenty-five minutes to make the salad.
“Phew,” Fluttershy wiped a sweat from her forehead. She held the bowl of salad, and placed it down on the ground, “Here you go, Angel bunny. I'm sorry it took so long,” Fluttershy apologized.
The bunny sniffed the salad, and compared the salad with the picture on the book, and nodded. “I'm happy that you're happy,” Fluttershy smiled. Fluttershy looked at the time, it was already twelve. Fluttershy stared at the clock, “That's right!” She exclaimed, and rushed upstairs.
“I had promised Twilight that I would return her book to her today,” Fluttershy took a book that was placed on her bed, and held it with her wings. She quickly rushed down the stairs, “I'm going out now, please take care of the house once again,” Fluttershy said and dashed out of the house. She ran as fast as she could to Twilight's place.
When she reached Twilight's place, she was already out of breath. “I'm... Here....” Pant between words. She knocked onto the door, and found a purple baby dragon opening the door. “Is Twilight in?” Fluttershy asked, taking a peek inside of the house.
“Yeah, she's just down in the basement doing some scientific experiment,” Spike said.
Fluttershy sighed in relief, “That's great,” she said. “Oh, could you return this to Twilight please? I promised her that I would return her the book by today,” Fluttershy passed the book to the dragon.
Spike took the book, “Oh, thank you,” he said. “Uh, may I ask you something?”
“What is it, Spike?”
“Do I know you?” Spike asked.
Fluttershy stood still, silently... “I'm Fluttershy,” she said.
Spike smiled, “Well, nice meeting you, Fluttershy! My name is Spike. But, well, you already know that, so it's fine.”
“Nice... To meet you too...?” Fluttershy spoke softly, still in shock.
“Spike! Who are you talking to?”
“To Fluttershy,” Spike shouted.
A purple pony walked up from the basement in a scientist suit and goggles, “Fluttershy? Who's that?”
Spike shrugged, “Must be a new pony.”
The purple pony walked towards Spike and stood beside him, “Well, hello there. My name is Twilight Sparkle,” Twilight let out a hoof, expecting a hoof-shake.
But, Fluttershy was too shocked to even move, “Yeah, Twiley... My name is Fluttershy,” Fluttershy mumbled.
“Uh.......” Twilight said.
“Spike, do you think she's okay?” Twilight whispered into the dragon's ear.
Spike shrugged, “Who knows? She's fine before,” Spike whispered back.
Fluttershy shook her head, now conscious of what she was doing. Welcome back to reality, Fluttershy! “Twilight, do you not remember me?”
“Remember?” Twilight repeated, “I don't recall me and you meeting before.”
Fluttershy's ear drooped, “What? Really? Nothing at all?”
“Nope!”
Fluttershy looked down at the ground, “Okay... Never mind then,” she whispered.
Twilight looked at Fluttershy as she walked away. “Hey, wait,” she exclaimed.
Fluttershy looked back.
“Uh, maybe you got the wrong pony or something, but still, do you want to come into my house? We could read some books or something?” Twilight asked nervously.
Fluttershy lit up, and nodded. “She may not remember me, but at least this is the first step to find out about what happened to my friends,” Fluttershy thought, already accepted the fact that her friends does not remember her. “Do you have any book about magic or something?” Fluttershy asked suddenly.
“Yeah, I have all sorts of books!” Twilight levitated a book down, “You say you need a book about magic huh?”
Fluttershy nodded.
“That's weird coming from a pegasi, but I bet you have your reasons,” Twilight checked the title of the book, and passed it to Fluttershy, “Here you go,” she said.
Fluttershy held the book and stared at the title.
“It's probably the biggest book about magic I could find here,” Twilight explained.
Fluttershy opened up the book, and flipped through the pages, “There has to be a spell here that causes ponies to forget you,” Fluttershy thought. She stopped when she saw a page with the title ripped out, but the description still can be red.
Twilight walked towards Fluttershy, “Oh dear,” she said. “The title is ripped off!” Twilight exclaimed. “Who could have done it?” She questioned herself, and sighed, “These sort of ponies never learn...”
“They just rip out the page that they like and keep it as their own.”
Fluttershy was too busy reading the description of the spell to even hear what Twilight was saying.
“A spell that would make all of the ponies forget who you are. This spell requires a lot of magic, it could only be performed by a high class unicorn,” the description said.
Fluttershy stared at the description, “It couldn't be Twilight, her magic is not strong enough. But, at the same, it couldn't be me who performed the magic, since I am not a unicorn.” Fluttershy thought. “I wonder if this spell could be used on other ponies too,” Fluttershy flipped through the pages.
After a while, she let out a sigh. “How long has it been?” she questioned herself. She placed the book gently on a table nearly and walked towards Twilight. “Uhm...”
“Oh, you've finished reading?” Twilight asked.
Fluttershy nodded her head slowly, “Yes,” she answered. “I'll be taking my leave now, but I'll be coming back here tomorrow... If that's okay with you...”
“This is a library, of course it'll be fine for you to drop by whenever you want!” Twilight said.
“Well, I'll be leaving now,” Fluttershy said before she left.
She heard a faint, “I'll be here tomorrow, and the day after, just as usual!” From Twilight as she walked away.
Fluttershy walked back to her cottage, and she sat on her couch. “Everypony doesn't seem to be able to remember me,” she mumbled to herself, “Could it be that somepony accidentally coasted the spell on everypony? Or just me? I honestly don't know how does magic work...” She let out a long sigh.
Angel hopped onto the couch and sat beside Fluttershy. “Hello Angel,” Fluttershy said. “How was the food?”
Angel smiled at her. “I see, I'm glad to hear you liked it,” Fluttershy smiled back at the little bunny. She looked closely at Angel, blinking a few times. “The critters still remembers me,” she thought, “So it only affects ponies?”
“Odd...”