The first intimation that something was wrong only occurred when Rainbow Dash broke open the door. Fluttershy looked up to see the blue pegasus on her hind legs, glaring around the room and shouting, "Don't worry, I'm comin' for you, Fluttershy!"
"Hey, you!" she shouted at a badger who had just awoken. "Yeah, I'm talkin' to you! Where's Fluttershy? What did you do with her?"
"Nonono, it's okay, I'm right here," cried (or rather, squeaked) Fluttershy, jumping between Rainbow and the thoroughly confused badger.
"What's the matter? Why didn't you answer the door when I knocked."
"I guess I just didn't hear," said Fluttershy, rubbing her eyes. "How many times did you knock?"
"Um . . . once?" said Rainbow, averting her gaze, only to find herself being glared at by a very annoyed Angel.
Seeking to change the subject she asked, "Hey, what's that smell? Have you been cooking something? 'Cause it's done!"
"I'm not sure," saif Fluttershy. "I just came back from, um, well, out, and it was here. I can't explain it."
Anggel, of course, said nothing, because he can't talk.
Rainbow Dash, meanwhile, was looking at Fluttershy's face. "Hey, Flutters, have you been crying? Your eyes are all red and puffy."
"No," said Fluttershy quickly. "It's, um, my allergies. -achoo," she added unconvincingly.
Rainbow Dash didn't buy it. "Look, Fluttershy, if there's something wrong, you can just tellme. We're friends, right?"
Fluttershy nodded, slowly. Tears started leaking out of her eyes.
"It's just- it's just- I was- oh," she moaned, and started sobbing. Rainbow Dash reached out a hoof and placed it on Fluttershy's shoulder. The yellow pegasus dropped to the floor, crying uncontrollably.
Rainbow Dash was, by this point, far out of her comfort zone. This was getting into the messy field of emotions, an area she tended to avoid at all costs.
But she was Element of Loyalty for a reason. If Fluttershy was crying, then Celestia as her witness, Rainbow Dash would make her feel better, or die trying!
"There, there," said Rainbow Dash, trying to comfort her friend. "It's ok. Just tell me what happened."
"Well," said Fluttershy through sobs, "have you ever had a crush?"
Rainbow Dash nodded. This was indeed a sign of loyalty, that she was admitting this.
"And you really, really like him," Fluttershy went on, "and you dream about him, and how wonderful you'd be together, and then you go to talk to them and-"
Rainbow Dash waited with bated breath. Had Fluttershy fallen in love with a total jerk? Had she been taken advantage of? Was Rainbow Dash going to have to go kick some [censored for the sake of the children]?
"-And it turns out that you don't really get along as well as you'd hoped?"
It took all of Rainbow Dash's willpower not to shout "SERIOUSLY?" Sure, Fluttershy was sensitive, but she was really crying because she hadn't fallen head over hooves in love with somepony?
"Um- why didn't you like him?"
"He was very kind, oh, so kind, but I just didn't feel it! And I asked him to go to the gala with me, and he turned me down!"
Fluttershy broke down again. Rainbow Dash facehoofed with her free hoof. She has really got to get out more.
In her gentlest voice, Rainbow Dash said, "Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy kept on crying.
"Fluttershy."
Still more crying. Her tears were forming large puddles on the floor.
"Fluttershy!"
At last, the shy pegasus looked up. "Y-yes?"
"This isn't the end of the world, you know. So you got turned down by one stallion! Big deal! There are plenty of other fish in the sea!"
"But- who would want to date me?" Fluttershy asked uncertainly.
"Are you kidding?" said Rainbow Dash, "who wouldn't? You're sweet, kind, and"- she whispered in a conspiratory tone- "you're pretty hot."
"Really?" said Fluttershy.
"Totally," affirmed Rainbow Dash.
As Rainbow Dash was not a mind reader, she could not know that a million thoughts were now whirring around inside Fluttershy's head. Roughly a third of them were still replaying that unfortunate conversation with Big Macintosh, and another fifth was worrying about her animals, but the rest was now pondering a heretofore dormant idea.
You couldn't, said a voice in her head.
Yes I could! thought Fluttershy.
She doesn't like you like that! argued the voice.
She thinks I'm pretty! Fluttershy rebutted.
She's just trying to make you feel better!
That just means she cares about me!
"Hello? Equestria to Fluttershy."
"Oh, I'm sorry!" squeaked Fluttershy. She must have gotten lost in her thoughts. She probably thinks you're crazy!
"Like I said, you don't have to worry about finding a date," said Rainbow Dash.
"You really think so?" asked Fluttershy.
"I'm surprised stallions aren't queueing up at the door right now! Mares too," she added with a wink.
Now you have a crush on Rainbow Dash, said the voice in her head. Can't wait to have this one blow up too.
Yeah, well, you can't break a heart twice! thought Fluttershy, and quietly asked, "Do you have a date for the gala, Rainbow Dash?"
"Well, no, not yet," said Rainbow, "but maybe- hmm . . ." she trailed off, evidently lost in thought.
Fluttershy held her breath, hoping against hope that Rainbow Dash would say it, knowing that she wouldn't, but still wishing, praying . . .
"I should totally take Pinkie Pie to the gala!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
Well, looks like a heart can break twice, said the voice in her head.
So, yeah, I've just crushed Fluttershy to a pulp in two consecutive chapters. Sorry. But does this mean that all hope is lost?
Probably, but you'll just have to wait and see.
Meanie.
Ya mean old scunner. Keep it coming.
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Your Fluttershy is sad, and you should feel bad!
Thanks, I facepalmed so hard I hurt myself.
HAHAHAHAHAHAhAHAahaahahahahahahahahahhahaahahahahah......poor Fluttershy, she always get's her heart broken that's just sad, though to be honest I like Rainbow Dash/Pinkie Pie more the I do Rainbow Dash/Fluttershy and DAMN....she can't catch a break, can she? Wonder if she will ask Twilight....I'm down for that.
Also, you got a lot of errors in this chapter, might want to get those fixed.
You sir are a monster That being said, I'm becoming more and more curious as to who Fluttershy's date will be.
Typo here and there (Apllejack, "find hitch a ride", etc.) but here's the sign of a good story: I don't care about the typos! If the story and characters are marginal, then every typo, grammatical error, spellcheck fail, plot hole, and so forth is a potential game-breaker. I'm loving this so far, short chapters or not, and I'd much rather have more story and more chapters than have everything perfectly polished but taking longer.
So much sadness for Fluttershy
Oh Noes! If RD asks Pinkie, then Twilight can't!
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Unless you are planning for them all to go with the wrong dates, and the hilarity ensues.
i like fluttershy/dash romance
this is turning out to be a great story so far, Octavia and Vinyl I've come to view as a love/hate type of relationship so thought that was a good example of them in the earlier chapter. loved Pinkie's kissing Twilight as way of example of love, and later possibly ruining Twilight's date because she was jealous. hmm all together it seems like it'll be TwiPie, FlutterDash, and RariJack, or TwiPie, AppleDash and RariShy, I'm looking forward to it, the FancyJack thing kinda made me want to turn away but, read below, is why I'm continuing.
1253023 heh that's what i started thinking a couple chapters ago, each one goes with the wrong date, hilarity/disaster happens and each ends up with the correct date. big question though is who would end up with who though, with that in mind i could read as it comes out, instead of waiting for it to finish and seeing the couples before reading the how, cause I didn't like how AJ got her 'date'.
I love how she says maybe I'll ask Pinkie and everyone flips out below. I suspect you intend to pull a 180 here. I also can't help but think RD was joking with the way she went about it.
Ah! you big poopie-head! How dare you do that to Fluttershy not once, but twice!
And you made Fluttershy cry, you horrid monster!
Still, I think it would be funny if RD found that Pinkie had already gotten a date somehow, and then flew around for a while to find someone, finally thinks of Flutters, and then finds that Flutters has already found someone.
That would make me happy.
Not another 'Rainbow Dash is a lezbian' fic, seriously it's not funny anymore.
All the emotions of Fluttershy apply here.
1253899 I'm not sure why RD being a lesbian is a big deal to begin with. Why do we consider being homosexual a negative thing? Besides, in this story, I'm not really considering genders, just personalities. After all, Twilight went out on a date with a mare already.
So, after sinking a potential relationship with a pretty flimsy reason, I was disappointed to see you set up (and end! didn't see that coming) another ship with more flimsy reasons. Relationship drama can be pulled off, but using these kinds of methods to end ships just make me groan.
It's not that hard to let down a relationship. Mac basically said, "you've got a crush on me, but I have work during the day, so I can't go to the gala that's at night. therefore I'm not interested in you." He could have gently put her down (I've seen it happen before) by saying he's just not interested in romance right now, or saying that he might be interested but can't go to the gala on that day, maybe later. Pretty much anything but completely dismissing the fact that she admitted to having feelings for him.
Same with this current chapter. You're just dropping ships left and right with short chapters, and hardly devoting anything to making them. So far, only 2 of the 8 ships have stuck, and only one of them is a new pairing. It's becoming too obvious which ships are going to last, and I don't want to see a story becoming a mess of cliches like I've seen many before.
You just lost a favorite. No lespony Dash or Shy. Ever.
1254015 It's less that people think she's a lezbian and more the fact that far too many bronies use that as an excuse to ship her, usually with Applejack or Fluttershy, and I just get tired of people thinking that, me personally I don't think she ever really puts much tought into romance but her best love intrests would either be Soarin or Spitfire from the wonderbolts since she's such a big fan of them.
1255309 Uh...you do reliaze how it's a matter of option and that Spike's life span can outgrow Twilight's and the fact that she did not raise him when he was first hatched right? Or the fact that they are best friends, know each other inside and out and one could always make Spike older if they wished, no need to keep him a baby dragon.
Not only that, but Twilight herself was just a small filly when Spike was hatched maybe being about five, six years older?
So what? In real life I know two adults that are ten years older then the other and they are still much in love. It's fiction bro, a matter of option and I'm not the only one to really enojy this pairing, I may not at all like Spike/Rarity romance but I would in no way not be friends with someone who did, love and tolrate, correct?
I see nothing wrong with this pairing, it's my 100% favorite and if you don't like it then that's your choice, not that I am against one's own choice of options but it's free will and I will now and ALWAYS chose Spilight.
Can't judge one so harshly for not having the same views as you, got to understand that everyone likes something different and to accept them reguardless, otherwise, what are a lot of us grown adults like myself who is twenty years old doing here rather then looking at stories of colorful ponies and other creatures meant for childern, little girls no less, right?
121254015 You make a very valid point my friend, I mean my mom's gay, got a girlfriend (wife) and everything....half my family is gay and one of my bestfiend's is the same and he is male, why not allow that person to be who they truely are, why shuckle them from being themselves? I'm a smart-ass now and forever because it's the way I want to be and no one (other then my grandma who I love very much ) will tell me otherwise....this world (and with regret the MLP communty) judges to harshly on things that really should not matter, you are not them so do not try to change who they really are...also....Rainbow/Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack for the WIN!!!!!
That's... harsh.
This is easily the most hilarious fanfic I've read on this site yet. It's even better than "Princess Luna is Rad, Yo!", which isn't an easy feat. 5 Spikes for you