On The Wall

by RiverBankNut

Valkyrie

On The Wall - Chapter 2
By River

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Oh, what a beautiful picture, Fluttershy was sleeping ever-so-cutely with all her animal buddies on the couch. "It's a shame really, what I'm about to do, but no matter, just watch".

Fluttershy felt a small breeze from under her, as if she was being lifted to a different location, but she still remained asleep. The windy feeling went on for a few more seconds and then stopped with a small thud. Which just barely didn't wake Fluttershy up. As time went on, the grass whistled, the lake glimmered, the barn house was... uh... a barn house, and Fluttershy finally woke up. She shivered slightly at the morning dew, with it's warm drops of moist water. "Good morning my... Friends?" *gasp* Fluttershy suddenly panicked at the sight of where she was. "What? It can't be! Where am I?" she said out loud. Fluttershy then noticed a familliar sight, grassy patches, a barn house, a lake, and then it hit her. "But, how is this possible? Oh I must be dreaming" She tried to slap herself with her forehoof, sadly, all it did was a hoofmark on her cheek.

"Fluttershy..." she heard a mysterious voice and shreiked, the voice was female and whispering in a soothing manner. "Fluttershy..." the voice returned, but Fluttershy was far too scared to answer. She shivered in place hoping that whoever is speaking will leave her alone, but that wasn't the case. "Oh-ho, don't worry Fluttershy, I'm here to help you" said the voice. "My name is Valkyrie, and I brought you here for a reason. Do you remember Blue Brush?".

"Ye-yes" answered Fluttershy with a voice quieter than the wind.

"Well Fluttershy, I am the spirit that lived inside him untill he started to paint. Ever since then, I've been living inside his paintings. Now, it's time to tell you why I brought you here, as you might remember, Blue Brush lost his belief in his work, and he stopped painting as much because of this, if he ever stops his work as an artist, I will disappear. I need you to convince him to keep on painting, understood?" said Valkyrie.

"But-but why me?" asked Fluttershy.

"Well, you're the one who bought this painting, and I could only communicate with the owner. Besides, you like his work too, I'm sure you want him to keep painting, don't you?" replied Valkyrie.

Fluttershy jumped up from her lying position, and sat up on the couch, pushing some of her animal buddies to the ground. She had a panicked look on her face, and she was breathing heavily. An angry squirell that flew off the couch waved an angry fist at her and chirped, but stopped when he noticed Fluttershy's panic. He came back up the couch and climbed to Fluttershy's shoulder. Fluttershy managed to calm down slightly, and tried to stable her breathing. It was then that she noticed she was sitting in an impossible position, and slid off the couch with a shreik.

Fluttershy layed on the ground for a few moments and then shook her head. "Oh" she murmured. It seemed as if she just now became awake. She knew what happened was a dream, it's impossible to go inside a painting, but it felt so real, maybe her imagination got the best of her. Fluttershy got up on her hooves. She looked at the clock on the wall, it was nine in the morning.

"Oh no!" realizing she over-slept, Fluttershy went to the kitchen to start her everyday work. First, she had to make breakfest for her and her animal buddies, then she had to clean the house for the weekend, and last she needs to go see Rainbow Dash for a play-date with their pets, Angel and Tank, to be exact. So starting her day, she decided to make a salad. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce, with a thousand-island's sauce dressing for Fluttershy, and a pinch of fresh water for her animal friends.

And while she made her equine breakfest, Fluttershy kept thinking about whether or not her dream had a meaning. Of course it was just a dream, nopony can go inside a painting, but what if it was a massage as well? That's the question that followed her for the rest of the morning. And through to the afternoon.

Two in the afternoon, at Ponyville's river bank, is where Fluttershy had plans for a play-date. She got there well after the set time, and Rainbow Dash was already waiting for her with Tank by her side. Fluttershy came over to the picnic blanket. But was stopped halfway by Rainbow Dash.

"There you are finally, I thought you'd never show up!" said Rainbow Dash hovering next to Fluttershy.

"Oh I'm so sorry Rainbow Dash, I over-slept and didn't have enough time to get here" replied Fluttershy. Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"Come on!" said Rainbow Dash and flew back to the picnic she set up, and sat down. Fluttershy followed. When she sat down, she took out a ball from her saddlebag, and threw it. Angel gave her a daunting look, as if she was mocking him. Tank on the other hand, started to run to the ball. But being a tortoise, he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

"So Fluttershy, what've you been up to lately?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Well Rainbow, yesterday I found a beautiful painting, and I bought it for my house, though I'm not entirely sure where to put it yet, what about you?" replied Fluttershy.

"I just learned the sickest move, I call 'The Cloud Conker' it's when I spray a bunch of walnuts over some clouds, and then I pick up each one while balancing the last on my nose, I'm sure to join the Wonderbolts with that one!" said Rainbow. As the two rambled on and ate some sandwiches, it seemed like Fluttershy wasn't so cought up in her thoughts, despite the last few days. She had a lot more focus on the pony she was speaking with rather than what she was talking about.

"I think your bedroom, it's a calming thing to look at in the morning, and it'll look awesome next to a window" said Rainbow. Fluttershy nodded in agreement. She had a point, the painting will definitely look good in the right lighting.

The hours went on as the two ponies shared a fun time with their pets. And soon enough it was time for them to say goodbye.

"See ya' Fluttershy" said Rainbow Dash.

"Goodbye Rainbow Dash" said Fluttershy, and Rainbow flew off. Fluttershy parted her way too, heading towards home. On her way, she thought about what just happened, it was fun, she had fun, they should meet up for this type of thing more often. Unfortunately, the rest of her week was already planned, and she wouldn't be able to make more time for another play-date. Maybe she could bring Angel over to Pinkie's when she comes to help her with Gummy, maybe. And once agian, she floated away with her thinking, but this time, it wasn't just that, she managed to control her thoughts alot better, unlike the last few times where she just drifted, she was actually thinking and thinking hard on these things that were on her mind.

"Home at last" said Fluttershy when she and Angel finally got home. She opened the door and Angel immediately ran off to his basket, or bed. Fluttershy came in too and closed the door behind her. It was quite late, and most of her animal buddies were already asleep. She went into the living room to tidy up a bit before going to bed, picking up whatever 'gifts' some of her animal friends left her. Afterwards, she came up to her room, ready to go to bed. But before she did, she hung the painting up on the wall, to the left of the window. And finally, after a long day of fun, work, and bizzare dreams, it was time for her to go to bed. She climbed onto the bed exhausted from her day. 'Tomorrow is gonna be even better' she thought, and fell asleep blissfully.