//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Along Came an Egg // Story: Fluttershy's Animal Adventures // by Darkmyster //------------------------------// In the beautiful country-side of Ponyville, near the edge of the Everfree Forrest, there lived a beautiful yellow Pegasi with pinkish long hair that resided within a cottage built into a giant oak tree. This Pegasi named Fluttershy was timid and quiet, but she did not live alone by herself. She had her animal friends that reside with her. She took care of the many woodland creatures who wanted her loving-care. Big nor small, she cared for each and every one of them as if they were her own family. One morning, after Fluttershy finished her morning task of feeding her woodland friends, she grabbed her shopping bag and head towards Ponyville to purchase some groceries for herself and her friends. As she trotted through the Ponyville Park upon the dusty road, all of a sudden, the ground under Fluttershy began to grow darker. Of course, the journey to Ponyville did not take long for her to travel, this ever growing silhouette transformed into shape of a large obsidian dragon as it flew right over Fluttershy and high into the sky. As she hid from the obsidian dragon, confused, she caught a quick glimpse of the drake as it flew high into the sky and disappeared into the cluster of clouds. She knew dragons would not wonder into Ponyville for any other reasons but to cause trouble. As she thought out to herself she spotted something glimmering under the shrubs of tree. Inspecting it closer, this strange object was none other than an obsidian egg. “I should leave this egg alone or that dr-dr-dragon will come back for her egg, but," Fluttershy said to herself “She left it all alone and no one to care for this little egg,” as she looked upon her reflection from the egg. She made her decision, she gently picked up the egg and carefully placed it into her shopping bag as she cautiously strolled on to Ponyville, within her bag a soft glow shimmered through showing a baby dragon ready to be born very soon. As Fluttershy arrives home from her shopping in Ponyville, she unpacks her goods and slowly places the obsidian egg upon a nest she built from discarded birds nest. Fluttershy carefully bundled up the egg with a few light covers as she started up her round of chores. As night slowly approached, Fluttershy carefully watched the egg to make sure the surface was not too cold, "I hope its ok, maybe I should get more blankets from the attic?" said Fluttershy as she walked up her attic to search for more blankets. After retrieving more blankets she thought to herself while walking back to her living room, "I wonder what would a dr-dr-dragon be doing here in Ponyville and why would it leave behind such a defenseless egg?" She pondered this question for a few minutes as she placed more blankets around the egg as she sleepily dozed off to sleep, cuddling the egg as she slept through the night dreaming of what to do after this dragon hatched? Early the next morning, Fluttershy woke up to the sound of knocking upon her front door, she quickly panicked as she remembered the egg was still in front of her and if somepony found out that she has been caring for a dragon egg, Celestia knows that she could be forced to give the egg up and for it to be taken to Canterlot University to be studied and probed. Fluttershy frantically rushed to hide the egg in her closet with blankets covering it up as she quickly ran to the door. "Oh...Twi..Twilight what brings you over this early in the morning...?" Fluttershy said looking a little sweaty, "Oh I just came by to pick up the birds nest you were going to fix up, is it ready?" said Twilight as she looks at Fluttershy. "Oh the nest...umm..." responded Fluttershy as she nervously looked at the closet door. With the body expression Fluttershy was given off, Twilight looked in her general direction to see what she was peering at, "Is it in the closet Fluttershy?" asked Twilight as she used her magic to encase the door handle as it slowly turned. "Wait no, its not done yet!!!" yelled Fluttershy in a little higher pitched squeak, pressing herself near the door. "Oh hehe, ok then Fluttershy, take as much time as you need to fix up the birds nest, I guess Spike could give up his bed for those family of birds a little longer," said Twilight as she began walking out of the cottage. "Sorry for not getting the birds nest done on time, but it will be finished by next week," Fluttershy said as she breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh I almost forgot, could I borrow your broom from your closet?" Twilight said as she once again used her magic to turn the nob. Frantically, Fluttershy comes in between Twilight, "You dont want my broom its almost broken and it has....." said Fluttershy as she tries to think up an excuse, "...it has...dust!!!" "Dust?" wondered Twilight as she looked puzzled, "Yes dust, dust that could...be harmful to Spike's allergies," said Fluttershy with a weak smile. "Oh your right Fluttershy, Spike could be allergic to dust, maybe I should do some experiments to see if he is allergic? Ok then have a good day Fluttershy," Twilight said as she finally headed towards the front door. "Goodbye Twilight, again I'm sorry for not finishing the birds nest on time," Fluttershy said as she slowly waved goodbye to Twilight. Exhausted to making up excuses for Twilight, Fluttershy turns the handle of the closet to retrieve the egg from its hiding place, but just as she finally opens the door, she only finds the broken egg shells upon the floor, mixed into the blankets. "Oh my goodness, the egg, it hatched, but where is the dra-dra-dragon?" Fluttershy nervously looks around inside the closet to search for the newly-born dragon. As she looked around the floor boards, a set of yellow eyes gazed below to see the winged-pony with her back exposed. The black winged little dragon suddenly pounced upon Fluttershy's back, at exactly 20 yards, an ear-splitting shriek that frightened most of the woodland creatures from their nap could hear Fluttershy's shriek of terror. As Fluttershy rolls into a fetal position, the little dragon slowly walks closer towards the frighten winged-pegasi, Fluttershy began to whimper as its serpent eyes peered into her own eyes, as it began to look more and more innocent towards Fluttershy. The little dragon then slowly changes it's demeanor from a prey into a gentle creature as it purred and cuddled up to Fluttershy as she finally looked once again at the dragon. "Awwww, your not a scary dragon at all, you were just frighten...just like...me," as Fluttershy gently but causally stroked the little dragon that suddenly laid on her lap.