Angel Hill

by shadowdemon137

Chapter 1

Fluttershy’s stomach growled as she sat in her chair waiting. She looked at her stomach as if it was talking to her and sighed. She didn’t want to eat, she didn’t want to drink, she just wanted to wait. Just wanted to think.

“Fluttershy?” came a voice from across the room.

She glanced up to see Twilight Sparkle in her best formal dress, as indigo as the night sky. It shimmered in the light as the purple unicorn walked towards her.

“Are you ready to go? We shouldn’t be late. Especially since it is for Angel.”

Fluttershy sadly sighed in response, and they left her house, passing all of the animals who mourned for the lost of their friend.

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The air smelled of rain and grass as the two ponies proceeded to a field outside of Ponyville, surrounded by countless trees and hills. Many ponies attended the funeral to support the yellow pegasus, including her friends Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Applejack, who were dressed as regally as they could be. Rarity, outfitted in a beautiful black and gray gown, noticed Twilight and Fluttershy coming and gave Fluttershy a huge hug.

“I’m truly sorry sweet heart,” the white unicorn said. “Angel was a good bunny and he helped you a lot throughout the years.”

Fluttershy nodded, staring at the wet ground. She didn’t know what to say, nor did she want to say anything for fear of crying, so she stayed silent.

Rainbow, Pinkie and Applejack appeared soon after, trying to comfort the winged pony.

“C’mon sugarcube,” said Applejack. “Don’t let this getcha down. We are here for ya, and we love ya.”

Pinkie nodded, her necklace of pearls clinking with each shake. “Yeah, and life is no fun without some happiness.”

“Besides,” said Rainbow Dash, “there’s plenty of other bun-”

Applejack whacked Rainbow in the side, cutting the pegasus off.

“Ow! You didn’t have to hit so hard,” she said as she rubbed her bruise.

Fluttershy dug her hoof into the ground, unaware of the comment Rainbow had made. She swished her pink mane to the side and looked around at the gathering, taking notice of the details. The funeral was a simple one, containing a stand, a hole, and a coffin, with ponies surrounding the ensemble. There also included a roofed walkway to keep the ponies dry if it were to start raining. The scenery was what caught Fluttershy’s eye though. The trees and the flowers were in full bloom, and the hills were said to sparkle when the sun set every night. Fluttershy’s gaze finally landed on the coffin, made of rich mahogany and set with beautiful red roses and white daffodils. She thought of the bunny who was inside, her best friend, lifeless and... She quickly shook those thoughts out.

“I think it’s time for the speeches,” Twilight said. “We better get seated.” She put her hoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder in encouragement, and walked to take her seat.

Fluttershy looked up to the sky and felt a raindrop hit her cheek. She swiped it off, only to notice there were more forming under her eyes.

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“Ladies and gentlecolts,” announced the mayor of Ponyville. “Today we are here to recognize a bunny that has not only been helpful to a certain pegasus, but a good friend as well. May he be well in wherever his journey takes him next.” She stepped down as other ponies came up to place their acknowledgements.

Angel was pretty well known around Ponyville, as he traveled with Fluttershy most of the time, and he helped her get what she wanted done, whether it be a chore or a thing she wanted. Many thought that the bunny treated Fluttershy a bit too harsh, but his intentions were always for good reason.

Fluttershy was last out of about twenty ponies to give her speech. She took the stand, and as the crowd sat patiently, she realized she didn’t plan a speech beforehand. Her mind fluttered for something, anything, to say so she wasn’t wasting anyone’s time.

“I, uh, wanted to say, uh, I mean...” She said, stumbling over the words. She looked at the coffin, desperately trying to think of something.

“I... Liked, I mean, loved Angel like a brother, no, I mean, like a son...” She continued staring at the coffin, and suddenly remembered Angel coughing up blood. She remembered the saddening stare Angel gave her as he lay on his deathbed, waiting to be reunited with his family on the big field of bright green that all bunnies go to. She remembered the mix of emotions that swam inside her, not wanting him to leave.

“I... I’m sorry,” she muttered, tears welling in her eyes. She suddenly ran off the stand and flew away towards the sky. Twilight tried to run after her, but Rarity stopped her.

“She needs some time alone darling,” said Rarity. “We should respect her wishes.”

Twilight stared at Fluttershy in worry, hoping her friend would feel better soon, as the sky dropped its heavenly water towards the field.

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Fluttershy flew towards Cloudsdale. She couldn’t return home, for the memories would only overwhelm her, and the only other place she knew was safe was Cloudsdale. She glided over to an open cloud near the Flight Academy and softly cried her woes and her memories. It was a beautiful day up above, with the sun shining off the clouds in different colors of the rainbow, and the atmosphere having a slight hint of rain added to the scent of fresh air. Fluttershy thought how lovely it would have been to bring Angel up here.

“Hey look, it’s Clutzershy!” came a voice from behind her. She recognized the voice and knew that he would have a posse along with him.

“Hey, you’re right,” said Hoops. “It is Clutzershy! How’s falling coming along?”

Hoops, Score, and Billy laughed at their insults. The three pegasi were known to be jocks all around Cloudsdale, and they especially hit Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy remembered, when she was a little filly, the cruel punishment they gave her, calling her Clutzershy and saying how she should have been grounded. This continued until Rainbow Dash, whom was nicknamed Rainbow Crash by the jocks, had raced them to protect Fluttershy. Fluttershy sat on the cloud, not having anyone to protect her this time around.

“So, how’s life been taking care of poor, sickly animals, and not being a real pegasus?” sneered Billy.

“Yeah,” added Hoops. “How’s it been not being able to fly quite like us? I still question why you were born a pegasus.”

Fluttershy only sat and took the verbal abuse. She couldn’t think straight, what with Angel gone and her emotions mixed like a pot of stew.

“Oh, and I heard about that little funeral you had for that bunny yesterday,” Billy said. “Kinda stupid, if ya ask me.”

Fluttershy’s ears perked up at the mention of Angel.

“Yeah, stupid!” Hoops said. “It is only a stupid rabbit.”

Fluttershy started to twitch and shudder at the anger welling up inside of her.

“I mean,” Billy said. “There are plenty of other pathetic rodents just running around, right? Why don’t you just grab another one of those wingless losers and...”

Suddenly, Fluttershy slammed into Billy, knocking him onto his back. She stood over him, her eyes burning with rage.

“Now you listen HERE mister!” she said in bitter hate. “Angel was MY best friend, not yours! And those loving animals you called stupid are much smarter than the three of you combined! I don’t CARE what you think of him or the others, just don’t say it to me, or else you WILL be sorry about it. Got it?!” With her last statement, she kicked her hoof into Billy’s chest, knocking the breath out of him. As he gasped for air, Fluttershy came back to her senses and stumbled back a couple of steps, shocked of what she had done.

“I... I’m so sorry,” she said. “I... I gotta go.” She took off, leaving Hoops and Score to help Billy. As they staggered him up, he looked out to Fluttershy, still gasping for air.

“I will get you back for this,” he muttered under his breath. “You’ll see. No one makes a fool out of me.”

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“There! It is looking so marvelous!” Rarity said as she sewed a piece of silk to her newly made dress. She looked up and giggled a little. “You look smashing!”

Applejack scowled at her through a powdery wig. “Oh hush up you prissy unicorn.” The workhorse blew a fluff of wig out of her face.

Rarity had asked Applejack over to the Carousel Boutique to help her with a new dress she was designing. Applejack reluctantly agreed, after Rarity had used her constant “Please?” tactic she always uses.

Rarity giggled again as her horn started to glow and rubies on her worktable levitated over to the dress. “Just hold still while I sew these on,” she said, levitating a needle and focusing her concentration.

Suddenly, the door went aglow with a purple hue and swung open, breaking the white unicorn’s concentration. She stuck the needle into Applejack’s thigh, causing a quick yelp of confusion.

“Have you girls seen Fluttershy?” said Twilight Sparkle, running as fast as she could inside. Rainbow Dash was quick to follow, flying in with a look of worry.

Rarity looked at Twilight puzzled. “I haven’t darling. She and I were to go to the spa for our weekly meets, but she never showed up. Why do you ask?”

Twilight trotted the ground in worry. “I went to her house to help her with a task that needed my magic. She asked before the funeral, and I went to her house today since I had free time. She wasn’t there.”

“Maybe she just left t’get some supplies,” Applejack pondered. “Why ya’ll worryin’ so much?”

Rainbow swooped down and landed on the floor. “Her animals are dying, that’s why we are worrying!”

Applejack and Rarity gasped at the sudden realization. “Oh that’s terrible!” Rarity exclaimed. “Have you asked Pinkie Pie yet?”

“I haven’t seen her either!” Pinkie said, jumping out of a basket of silk. Applejack stumbled and fell off of the stand, startled by Pinkie’s out-of-nowhere appearance.

Twilight started to panic. “Oh oh oh oh oh! What should we do? Where is she, where is she?”

Rainbow opened her wings. “I’ll fly around and look for her. You girls search Ponyville for any signs of her.”

“Will do,” said Applejack, stripping the outfit off her body. “Let’s go girls!”

All the ponies ran out the door, worried about their flying friend. Twilight held back in the store to ponder the situation. ‘Oh Fluttershy,’ she thought, ‘I hope you’re ok.’

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Fluttershy doubled over in pain as her stomach growled like a manticore. She couldn’t continue cloud-hopping, so she laid down on the yellow fluffy cloud she was on.

It had been a week since Fluttershy left the funeral. She tried everything to forget her recent memories, but to no avail. The pegajocks’ insults hurt Fluttershy even more than she was before, digging into her thoughts with a blade of anger.

She looked out to the horizon as it shone and dazzled with a beautiful sunset. She had gotten far from Ponyville now, near the city of Mareietta. Mareietta is much like Ponyville, except most of the residents had an accent and worked much like Applejack. ‘Maybe I could live there,’ Fluttershy imagined, reminding herself of home. She teared up at the thought of home.

“I’m so useless,” she said to herself. “I can’t stand up for myself, I’m always in the way, I can’t do anything right. I couldn’t even save my best friend...” She started to cry as her insides played with her pain. She finally fell asleep, exhausted from the toll her body was taking, dreaming of events past.

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The air smelled of rich pine as the wind blew through the trees, creating a stirring of branches. The night sky shimmered and glowed across the Everfree Forest, illuminating everything within its touch. Fluttershy let her mane get carried by the breeze, free of all worry and trouble. She truly was at peace.

Suddenly, Fluttershy heard the call of the hurt animal she had been following, and proceeded onward into the forest.

“There there, my little friend,” she called out to the animal. “Mama Fluttershy is coming to help you. Just wait where you are.”

Some time went by, and she finally discovered the injured dove, huddled against a tree stump in fear. She walked closer to the bird, cooing to make him feel safer.

“Now now, Mr. Dove. I won’t hurt you. What seems to be the problem?”

The dove grew relaxed to Fluttershy’s soft voice and he stretched out his wing, showing scratches alongside the front.

“Oh, you poor little thing. Let me make that better.”

Fluttershy reached into her saddlebag, fumbling for a bandage. She finally found one, and started to wrap the bird’s wing as tenderly as she could.

“I wonder what could have done such a terrible thing to you?”

She finished wrapping the bird’s wing and picked him up with her hoof. She placed her cheek on the bird and sent him off, watching as the white beauty took off into the dazzling sky. After the bird flew out of sight, she turned around and started her journey home.

“Grrrrr...”

Fluttershy turned around and tried to find the source of the sound.

“I’m sorry, did someone say something?”

“Grrrrrrrrr...”

“Please don’t scare me sir. I’m easily frightened.”

“Grrrrrrr!”

Several wolves jumped out of the thicket and landed in front of Fluttershy. Their mouths twitched with each growl, and their silvery fur shown in the moonlight. Their eyes were trained on the pegasus, starved and thirsty for blood.

“H-Hi little g-g-guys. I-I need to g-go, so if you’ll excuse me.”

She turned around to leave, only to meet another wolf, bigger and more mean-looking than the others. She surmised that this was the leader, and that she was in trouble.

“L-L-Look Mr. Wolf. I don’t have any food on m-me, so I’d l-l-like it if I coul-”

The leader took a step forward and snapped at her, barely missing her chest. Fluttershy shrieked and ran towards the clearing, away from the wolves. The wolves made pursuit, not about to miss their late-night snack.

Fluttershy looked behind her and saw the wolves creeping closer and closer. She opened her wings and flapped for her dear life. Slowly, she started to ascend off the ground, and sweet thoughts of life and survival flew into her mind.

The leader of the pack, being much stronger and faster than the other wolves, caught up to Fluttershy as she ascended off the ground. He leaped towards her and bit into her wing, his blood-thirst being quenched. Fluttershy screamed as they both fell towards the ground, unable to fly. They hit the ground hard, and Fluttershy continued her roll into the forest, smashing into a tree trunk. Her consciousness swayed as pain seared through her whole body, freezing her in her spot.

The wolves descended upon Fluttershy like crows descended upon breadcrumbs. They surrounded their prey, drooling at the sight of blood, knowing they could feast tonight. The leader approached her, fangs glaring as bright as the stars.

‘This is it,’ Fluttershy thought, tears forming in her eyes. ‘To think I would die to animals. I guess that’s what you call irony?’

The leader opened his mouth and howled, signaling it was feeding time for his pack. As the wolves slowly creeped to Fluttershy, she tensed up, afraid of the pain to follow. The leader put his paw on her stomach, opened his mouth, and...

RRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!

The unknown roar echoed through the forest, loud and powerful. The wolves ears perked up and they quickly scattered into the forest. The leader joined the pack, whimpering at the loud noise. Fluttershy looked around for the source, terrified of the new presence. ‘If this animal was able to scare a pack of wolves,’ she thought. ‘Then they must be truly horrifying!’

A twig snapped in front of her, and she squealed in terror. She closed her eyes and tensed up towards the tree, not wanting to see this monster. A minute passed, and nothing happened. Then, Fluttershy felt soft fur nuzzle into her cheek. Confused, she opened her eyes and looked at her cuddly assailant. What she saw made her smile and cry tears of joy.

Her savior was... Angel.

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