Chapter 2: Desperate Times
"Now," Fluttershy's new master demanded, "go get me something to eat, pony!"
"R-Right away!" Fluttershy squeaked before galloping towards the kitchen.
He dropped Angel harshly to the ground. The white bunny rubbed his sore bottom and growled at the large beast. Then, Angel Bunny noticed that the front door was left open. He knew that he had to get help. As much as he wanted to beat up this brute by himself, he knew that he couldn't take him down alone. However, he couldn't just leave Fluttershy alone with him.
Seeing Fluttershy cower before his enemy gave Angel enough courage to face the storm and get the rest of his owner’s friends.
Meanwhile, the intruder collapsed onto Fluttershy's couch with a relieved sigh. All his muscles were sore and they were aching like there was no tomorrow. He could already feel his body melting into the cushions.
The kitchen lights turned on, and Fluttershy was able to get a good look at the new master of the house. It was worse than she feared. It was a dragon. She was thankful that he wasn't a giant older dragon. However, this young dragon had the strength of ten bears. He could tear her cottage apart if he wanted to.
Or...burn it down.
The thought of her home burning in dragon fire made Fluttershy gulp nervously. As she took a closer look at him, she noticed that he had fairly large and wide wings, yellow spines, and very angry looking eyebrows.
She had to find him something to eat. And fast! Or else...he'd eat her. Or worse, he'd eat Angel or any other of the small animals hiding in her house!
Fluttershy started searching in the bottom cabinets underneath her sink, "Oh come on! Where is it?! I know that I put it around here, oh where could it be?!"
Her searched ended when her front hoof bumped into some kind of bowl, "Ah, there is."
She pulled out a medium sized bowl full of bite sized emeralds. Fluttershy always saved up whatever gem she could find and add it into Spike's snack bowl. It always made the baby dragon so happy whenever she pulled these gems out.
"I'm sorry, Spike." The yellow pegasus sighed sadly while looking down at the bowl.
"Hey pony!" the dragon snarled. "What's taking so long?! I don't got all day you know."
"Coming!" Fluttershy called. While carrying the gem bowl with her front hooves, she fluttered quickly back into the living room.
She presented the meal to him. "Here, some nice tasty gems for..."
The brutish beast snatched the bowl harshly from Fluttershy and began to devour the gems.
"...you."
Before the shy mare could blink again, her "guest" had already finished all the gems until they were nothing more than glittering dust. He licked his lips before throwing the bowl across the room.
"Is that it?!" the dragon growled, with hunger still lingering in his mind.
"Well, um..."
"Pssh! Typical ponies! Always lacking in the good stuff. Anyway, go back in the kitchen and get me some meat."
Fluttershy did as the dragon asked and went back into the kitchen. She walked over to the fridge and opened it. Luckily, she had some fish fresh from the river. A nice big salmon she’d saved for Mr.Bearington.
Then Fluttershy started to think about how much pain that Shaun, Mr. Bearington, and Angel are in. Her poor darlings...suffering from what this dragon did to them. Her mind then wandered to her other animals, hiding in the darkness. Waiting for their mother to soothe them from this nightmare.
"Just...just give him his meal and then, attend to the others," she told herself. "Just give him his meal and then attend to the others."
Fluttershy placed the raw salmon on one of her large oval plates. She added some berries next to the salmon in order to give the meal some variety. Mr. Bearington always appreciated that wherever she made fish for him, and Spike had always enjoyed berries. So, she was sure that this dragon would appreciate it.
At least, she hoped.
Angel blazed through the rain and the wind. Despite how cold he was, despite how much the storm stinged his eyes,despite how much the lighting made his heart race, he had to find help for Fluttershy. He had to help Mommy.
Angel felt like he was trapped in a maze. All the houses looked the same, nothing was sticking out. He kept running into dead ends. He felt so stupid and idiotic. He knew every route in Ponyville like the back of his paw. This storm and his own stress were distorting his own perception on reality. He had to find help soon or else he'll get lost in all this mess.
Finally, he saw something glittering in the distance. It's was Twilight's castle. He scurried like a panicked mouse to the front door and pounded on the door as hard as he could. It felt like an eternity as he waited for somepony to answer.
However, when the door creaked open just slightly, Angel raced in like a mad rabbit.
"Woah!" Twilight exclaimed when what seemed like a gust of wind blew past her. "What in the world?"
Twilight closed the door and turned around to see a very wet and shivering Angel dripping on her carpet.
"Angel!"
She trotted over to the poor bunny and lowered herself down to his eye level. "What's going on? What's happened? Where’s Fluttershy?”
Angel was too tired to do his usual charades to explain urgent emergencies. In fact, he was too tired to even squeak. He was too weak to stand.
He started to fall down towards the floor, face first. Twilight gasped and caught the tired creature with her hooves before he collapsed into the floor.
She looked down at the unconscious pet. She gently caressed Angel into her embrace and whispered, "Don't worry Angel, I've got you."