The woods were calm and quiet, just the way Fluttershy liked it. It was a peaceful Sunday afternoon, the sun was high above in the clear skies, and a gentle breeze rolled through the trees, cooling the air to a perfect temperature.
Fluttershy hummed to herself as she worked. Checking on the baby birds born this spring was her first task. She wanted to make sure they were healthy, after all.
She trotted down the path, stopping suddenly as she heard a noise up ahead. Looking around the shrubs, Fluttershy saw two colts nearby a tree, looking at something on the ground.
Fluttershy approached slowly. "Um, excuse me? What are you two doing out here all by yourselves?"
The two colts turned around. "We came out here because we were bored. But then some stupid bird pooped on us! We showed it, though!" They stepped aside, where a robin lay cowering, one wing over its fae, the other over a small fluffy ball that could only be the bird's newly hatched chick. The nest lay broken a few feet away.
"OH NO! Fluttershy yelled, pushing the two colts aside and running up to te bird. "WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? IT WAS A HELPLESS LITTLE BIRDY!"
"It pooped on me!" One of them replied, looking angry. "The dumb thing deserved it!"
"No it didn't!" Fluttershy began to cry. "It didn't mean to, and now look! The baby probably won't survive, and the mother is tramatized!"
"Pfft. Whatever. We're out of here." The colts turned to walk away, but stopped suddenly when another pony landed in front of them.
"What the BUCK is your problem?" Rainbow Dash yelled to the colts. They suddenly felt afraid. "Just what makes you think you can pick on a helpless animal like that? AND you made Fluttershy cry! That's two strikes. Try me for a third." She said, glaring at the two of them. "Now, you two are going to apologize to Fluttershy, then we're going to go have a chat with your mothers. Understand?"
"Yes, Rainbow Dash." The two colts nodded. "We're sorry Fluttershy." They said before Rainbow Dash grabbed them by their manes and dragged them away. Fluttershy watched them go, then turned back to the injured bird.
"It's okay," she said, not too sure of it herself. She kept glancing over her shoulder at the three ponies marching away.
"I want to be you." Fluttershy whispered, picking up the bird in her arms. "I want to be everything you are. I'd kill to have your confidence, your skills, your everything."
"I'd kill for it." She whispered again, flying off toward her cottage with the bird.
I KNEW IT!!! I KNEW FLUTTERSHY WOULD BE ENVY!!!
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Wrath?
4565044 Well, all that's left is wrath, sloth and greed, and I have Twilight, Applejack, and Spike to go.
We shall see.
4565054 Applejack's Lazy Day... I can see it now.
OK ... there goes that theory ... I expected Flutters to be Wrath and Twilight to be Envy. There goes that theory. Still, this was really good ... I can really see her wanting Rainbow's confidence. Of those left, I'm still expecting Spike to be Sloth (He and Rainbow Dash are the only ones to be shown actually being lazy on the show as something other than a well-earned rest, or at least a slow day) and AJ to be Greed (She's usually the one trying to sell something or win money, albeit usually for the farm and/or Ponyville, though Rarity also tries to drum up business), and that leaves Twilight as Wrath (And Celestia knows she does have a temper) ... maybe I'm trying to read too much into these.
And it might be nice to revisit this somewhere down the line with supporting characters and/or villains.
4565988 No, you aren't reading to far into these at all! Heck, I LOSE SLEEP over what character best portrays each sin. Seriously, I was up until 2 am last night trying to think of a good way to finish off the rest of the chapters. I think if anyone looks into this too much, it's me.
As for other characters, I was planning on doing a couple more week-long themes later down the line. I want to do one of some background characters, and another one of major villains, but we'll have to see how time progresses.