The next morning was easier to wake up to than I thought seeing as how I had spent the night in a tree, then I realized that I wasn't in the tree I had fallen asleep in. I was on a cloud! I immediately started to panic, knowing that it could drop me at any second. "Relax, I packed that cloud tight enough to were even you wouldn't fall through." I heard a masculine yet obviously female voice call out. I looked up to a cloud slightly higher than mine to see Rainbow Dash leaning back in it.
"O-ok" I said, voice trembling at the thought of being up so high.
"Hey! That wasn't easy to do! So quit freakin' out and look around!" She said as she jumped off her cloud and proceeded to fly around. I dared a peek over the edge of my cloud, staying as low as I could. The view was great. I could see the whole town from up here and all the way out to a small cottage at the edge of the Everfree just past the lake I woke up at.
"Wow..." I said, jumping back as I almost lost my balance.
"I know, right?! Pretty awesome to be up this high, ain't it?" Dash said as she flew up behind me, almost scarring me off of my cloud.
"Y-yeah" I said shakily. "Why am I up here though? And how? Last time I checked, I fell asleep in a tree." I asked. Partially out of curiosity, but mostly because I was so freaked out at being up so high. She seemed to loose some of her charisma when I asked this. "Well, y'see.. I kinda feel like we got off on the wrong hoof yesterday... And after I saw how you treated Fluttershy, I flew her home and packed this cloud for you 'cause I wanted to, well.. y'know...." She mumbled something inaudible at the end.
"I'm sorry, what was that?"
"I said! I'm..orry..." She said a little louder.
"Still didn't quite hear ya, what?" I asked, teasing with her at this point.
"I'm SORRY!!" She shouted, nearly bursting my eardrums, note to self, do NOT tease Rainbow Dash; I had to wait a second for my ears to stop ringing before I could answer her. "It's quite alright, apology accepted." I said, holding out my hand as she shook it. "Great! Phew, now that I got THAT off my chest, I gotta go show Scootaloo some new tricks. Later!" She said as she started to fly off.
"Wait!! How do I get down?!" I yelled before she could get out of earshot. "Oh! Right, heheh... Sorry" She said as she flew up next to my cloud. "You might wanna hold on, tight." Before I could even question what she said, she flew far off into the sky and came zooming back right into the side of my cloud. Sending it rocketing off towards the ground in the distance with a boom. Rainbow twinged as she saw where I was heading.
"Miiiight have over-shot that a little bit..."
It was a nice day at Fluttershy's cottage. The sun was shinning and the various animals she cared for were all happily making their various calls as she came around to bring them breakfast. All of that was interrupted when a cloud came rocketing in and landed right next to the stream that ran in front of her house.
She quickly ran over to see what had happened, finding a small crater and a tottering human inside it. "Ohmygoodness!" She said as she ran over to me. "Are you ok, Jack?"
"DoN't wORry, honEy.." I babbled. "The RAin won't drop TOO hard..." I then proceeded to black out.
When I awoke, I was lying on my back and my face and shoulders were damp. I let out a cough and looked up to see a relieved Fluttershy standing over me, along with a little white bunny that had a bit of a look to him and a few other animals. "Ugh... What happened? The last thing I remmeber was being bucked outta the sky by Rainbow Dash." I said as I sat up, causing everyone but the bunny to take a step back.
"Well.. Um.. You landed in that crater over there," she said, pointing at the crater. "And then you tottered around for a second, calledmehoney," That last part she said quickly, almost with a blush. "And then you passed out in the stream right there."
I was still on what she said I had called her.
"What did I call you again?"
"H-honey.." she said, obviously blushing this time.
"Oh" I said, awkwardly rubbing the back of my neck "Heheh, sorry 'bout that."
"Oh no! Don't be!" She said as she jumped up towards me. Her blush fading a little, and then returning, A bit brighter. "I actually.. wouldn't mind if you.... you would call me that again?" She said, almost like asking permission. I couldn't help but giggle.
"Sure thing," I took a pause. "Honey."
Her face exploded in a smile as she grabbed me in a hug. It was short-lived as the little white rabbit from before tugged on her mane and made a series of gestures. "Oh dear, I almost forgot! Thank you Angel." She said as she released me "I'm terribly sorry Jack, but I still have to finish feeding my animals breakfast. They've been waiting so patiently." She said as she flew off toward her cottage, Angel seemed to punctuate this with a nod.
"Would you like some help?" I offered, earning a shocked look from the rabbit. She stopped instantly and turned around after a second. "Oh, I wouldn't want to impose... You are my guest after all." She said rather meekly. "Nonsense! I'd be happy to help!" I said with a smile. She beamed as I said this.
"OK!" She said with the most charisma I had seen from her since I met her. Angel seemed to only look back and forth between us in confusion from her sudden boost in morale.
After we had finished feeding the animals she asked if I wanted to stay for tea, I kindly told her that I really wasn't a big fan of the stuff and I started heading for the door.
"O-oh.. I have other drinks besides tea! What would you like?" She said as I stood up. "Hahaha. I'm FINE, really." I said as I reached the door. I felt something tug on my shorts as I was about to open it though.
I turned around to see Fluttershy holding onto the right leg of them in her mouth, looking up at me with the biggest puppy dog eyes you've ever seen. "Please, stay a little longer...." I could hear my heart break as she said those words.
I leaned down and placed my hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, I really do have to go. I'll come back and visit later, Promise!" I said, standing back up.
"Ok, But.... But you better!.. Better make it a Pinkie Promise!!" She said. I was confused until she started making a a series of gestures with her hooves. "Cross your heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in your eye. Hush Angel!" she said as the bunny made his one series of communicative gestures after she finished. I let out a chuckle at this.
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." I said as I repeated the motions she had just done. She smiled and gave me one more quick hug, waving goodbye until I was out of sight. Needless to say I wanted to stay a little longer, but I still hadn't properly talked to twilight about getting home yet.