//------------------------------// // A Simple Visit // Story: The day fluttershy was silent // by Storm Rival //------------------------------// Fluttershy awoke the next morning with a wall of tissue right next to her. She was completely distraught at loosing her one and only pet that she'd cried herself to sleep last night in the light shower. She sighed, wishing angel were here, almost pretending he was the bunch of tissues she'd used last night. Now feeling ashamed of what she'd just done, "no, I can't replace angel, he was the best bunny a pony could ask for..." Fluttershy reminisced her first meeting with Princess Celestia a long while ago, and how he'd helped her simply get out the door. Near the end of her memory of angel, she heard a knock at the door. That knock startled her. "Hey fluttershy!" Rainbow dash said knocking at her door "Eep!" Fluttershy quietly shrieked. Oh no, she thought to herself, today can't be... "Did you forget today?" Dash said at the door. "It's pet play day today, and Tank can't wait to see Angel." Fluttershy was now silently crying on the other end of the door. Dash couldn't hear a thing and knocked again. "Hello, Fluttershy are you in there?" Dash knocks one final time. "Umm..." Fluttershy shakily responds "I'm sorry, Dash, and Tank, but uh..." "But what?" Dash quickly asks. "Angel isn't feeling all that well today." Fluttershy said mimicking one of Angel's coughs through the door. Dash then said, "well, you've got a lot of other animals in there, couldn't one of the others join us today?" "Umm" fluttershy thought for quite a bit on who else to bring. One of her song birds would fly away immediatly if they saw Gummie, Opal or even Winona. Same said on the mice squirrels And the other little ones. She then thought about the other mid sized fliers she had about her cottage, those whom dash very nearly chose instead of Tank. Knowing that they all could be pretty jealous of Tank and Dash in general, made fluttershy think to her bigger animals. Bear would just scare everypony, and everypony's pet. It truly was angel who could put up with Opal's aggressive nature and gummie's somewhat playful intimidation; as well as get along with tank, owlowiscious and Winona. "I don't think anyone else would be able to join us Rainbow Dash, and I'd like to stay here today to take care of angel." Fluttershy said. "Ok," Dash said a little disappointed, with a huge resound of sympathy for angel and Fluttershy. "We should all hang out when Angel feels better." ----- Fluttershy then cried for an hour or so, ashamed that she'd lied to her best friend since foalhood. "Why couldn't I just tell her?" Fluttershy asked her self while she cried yet again. It was incredibly rude of me to lie to her... Was all fluttershy could think as she cried. All the animals around her, even bear, gave her a hug of sympathy as Angel too was their best friend. The birds chirped in unison as fluttershy heard their harmonious cries telling her to put this behind her and move on. "Move on," fluttershy said sniffling a bit. "But how?" One of her burrowing animals got from the ground a rock, it was curved on one side with a straight edge on the other end was flat. "A tombstone?" She asked as the animals nodded. As one of her out of tune song birds chirped she heard him sqeekily reply "it's for the best, and it's what he would want. Fluttershy teared up more, then sighed, all I can ask for is the kindest thing for him. She thought again, "though, it seems to need a little something more..." Fluttershy embarked from her cottage to pay one of her friends a visit. ----- Fluttershy cautiously goes through ponyville, hoping not to meet up with Applejack or Rainbow Dash, as both of them would figure out the devastating truth and question her to no end. Fluttershy figured she could at least trust Rarity or Pinkie to keep a secret, until she was completely ready to tell her friends all about the ordeal she's been through. Fluttershy gets close to rarity's boutique, she can see her friend busy at work on a project that must be done before anything else. She then knocks at the door when rarity's voice rang, "just a minute~!" Oh, no... I can't go through with this. Was fluttershy's only thought as she tried to fly away, however her element of harmony prevented her from getting too far while rarity finished what ever dress she was working on. The door opened "Oh, Fluttershy," Rarity said. "It's been a while since me and the girls have seen you. What's been happening?" "Oh um..." Fluttershy began, Rarity was waiting for her response. "W-well, a lot has been happening. Actually a little no um a lot. No a-" "Darling, how about we put it like 'a little bit has been happening, however it seems like a lot." "That is indeed how I feel," Fluttershy said dragging her hoof on the ground. "You see, I have a request for you." "I'll do anything for a friend," Fluttershy handed Rarity the stone, and handed her a note as well. "Why would you want me to do this?" Rarity asked. "Because I do that's why!" Fluttershy said in a little fit of anger. "Alright, alright, no need to vent on me, I'll get it done and keep your secret."