I was starting to get frustrated, It's been almost half an hour already and I still haven't seen hide or tail of my rainbow maned friend.
The first place I checked was her house, next I checked around the trees in Sweet Apple Acres, remembering that she sometimes liked to take a nap in them.
Surprisingly, I didn't see any sign of Applejack either while there.
You'd think it'd be easy to find a pony that was made up of the colors of a rainbow, but that has not been the case.
I make my way towards where I know Fluttershy's cottage is, hoping that maybe Rainbow's fillyhood friend would know where she was.
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After arriving at Fluttershy's cottage, I make my way up the path leading to her front door. As I get closer to her front door I hear what sounds like a commotion coming from inside.
After I hear what sounded like a vase breaking I decide that I should check and make sure my Shy friend was okay.
I try the handle finding that it is locked. I hear a scream from inside.
"Fuck this," I say. I take a step back and turn my shoulder towards the door. "I hope she'll forgive me for breaking her door,". I ram my shoulder into the wooden door as hard as I can.
As I feel the door give, I start to yell Fluttershy's name. "Fluttersh-," before I could finish calling out her name, something small and white rocketed towards my face.
I let out a "manly" scream as my arms fly up to my face, prepared to pry off whatever had just latched itself onto my face. I start moving around frantically, not being able to see anything but white.
While frantically moving around, I trip over something laying on the floor. If anyone had been witnessed to what had happened next they probably would have died from laughter.
I let out another "manly" scream as I fall onto my already sore back. I just lay on the ground, wondering what I had done to deserve this.
I hear frantic hoofsteps make their way over to where I am laying. "Oh dear, Mark, are you okay?", I hear Fluttershy ask. Oh, thank God, she's okay, I think to myself.
Wait a minute, I think to myself. All the commotion, Fluttershy crying out, the white furry thing latched onto my face.. I finally realize what all the commotion and screaming was. Goddamn rabbit.
I feel the white furry thing, Angel, get pried away from my face. As the small white furry demon is removed from my face, I see the worried face of Fluttershy.
"Hey, Flutters," I say, as she helps me sit up.
"Oh, Mark, I am so sorry, I was trying to give Angel a bath, and well, Angel doesn't really like baths," she says, helping me to stand up.
That's when I notice the state Fluttershy's cottage was in. There's a broken vase on the floor and I notice a bar of soap near the door and where I was "attacked". That's probably what I slipped on, I realize.
I chuckle a little. "It's okay, Fluttershy, I know how difficult Angel can be," I say, remembering all the times I had the misfortune to interact with him.
Speaking of the white little devil, I notice him hiding behind the couch, glaring out at me. Fluttershy starts leading me over to the last piece of standing furniture that I can see, the couch.
Fluttershy notices me wince and grab the injured part of my back as I sit down on the couch. "Oh dear, you're hurt, I'll be right," she says.
"It's okay," I say, trying to placate her. She would have none of it, however.
"I'll go and get some bandages and something to help dull the pain," before I can object, she hurries off to another part of her cottage.
After, making sure that she couldn't see me, I turn to where Angel is, him still glaring at me. I flip him off, but all he does is just stick his tongue out at me. I glare at him before looking towards Fluttershy as she comes back into the room, a plate with bandages and what looked like a hot drink in her mouth.
She sets the bandages and drink down on a nearby table. "This should help with the pain," she says handing me the cup of whatever it is.
I take whiff of it only of find that it smelled fairly pleasant. It's warm and tastes like mint and gives me a warm and pleasant feeling when going down my throat. After a few minutes I set the coffee down on the table.
"Whew, thanks, Flutters," I say, already feeling the pain ebbing into a dull ache. "Feels so much better,".
"We still need to bandage your back, make sure that the fall didn't make your injuries from the other night in the Everfree," she says, grabbing the bandages from the table.
Oh yeah, I forgot, Twilight said she already told everyone else about what happened that night in the Everfree, I remember.
She orders me to take off my shirt and I do. As she is bandaging up my back I remember the main reason I had come here in the first place.
After she's finished tending to my back and tells me I can put my shirt back on, I tell her the main reason I had been coming here in the first place.
After telling her the main reason why I came here, and asking if she has seen Rainbow at all, she gives me a frown and shakes her head.
"I'm sorry, Mark, I actually haven't seen her at all today, but I don't really think you should be beating yourself up for not being there, especially since Tank just woke up a few days ago, that is, if you don't mind me saying," she says, still as shy and polite as ever.
I give her an honest smile. "I know, Fluttershy, but I just can't help but feel guilty for not being there, while all of you were, for support," I say. "If it makes you feel any better, I won't be begging for forgiveness, I'm just going to apologize," I say.
She gives me a sad smile, and puts her hoof on my hand. "Okay, Mark, I'll let you know if I find her, but until then, you should really get some rest," she says. "I could even let you take a nap in the guest bedroom fi you'd like," she says this in a way that leaves no room for argument.
I sigh. She's right, it won't do me any good if I start moving around a lot again, especially after what just happened.
"Okay, Flutters, but I can't rest for too long, I do need to find Rainbow" I say.
"I know, Mark, you should only need to rest for a little bit, then you can go back to looking for Rainbow," she says.
Flutters offers to help me upstairs to the guest bedroom, but I politely decline. "It's okay, Flutters, I can make it up the stairs myself," I say. "Besides, don't you still need to give Angel his bath," I say, deciding this is one way to get back at that devil bunny.
"Oh dear, you're right, I almost completely forgot about that during all the commotion," she says. She looks back at me worriedly, "Are you sure you will be okay?" she asks, and I nod.
"I'll be okay Flutters," I say, pushing myself onto my feet and making my way over to and up the stairs.
As I turn the corner on the staircase, I catch a glimpse of Angel, a mortified look on his face as Fluttershy carries him into the bathroom.
Heh, serves you right, you little ball of fur. I smirk as I make my way into the guest bedroom.