Part 1: The Invitation
The sun slowly peeked through the window of Fluttershy’s cottage, causing the yellow Pegasus to stir in her bed. She turned to her side, her pink mane covering her eyes as she did, trying to stay asleep for just a little while longer. However, she slightly opened her eyes when she heard small noises coming from beside her bed.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that a few squirrels and some small bunnies were beginning to converge by her bedside, looking up at her with hopeful eyes. When she saw them, she couldn’t help but smile at them. Then, she sat up and let out a small yawn while stretching her fore-hooves.
“Okay, okay,” she said softly to the small animals that were there, “I’ll get you all your breakfast.”
Hearing exactly what they wanted to hear, the small animals dispersed and began heading to the main room downstairs. When they were all gone, Fluttershy got out of bed and made her way to her window. When she did, she pulled back the curtains and looked out at the bright and sunny morning that greeted her. She opened the window a little and inhaled a fresh breath of the morning air, smiling as she did.
“What a beautiful day,” she said to herself. Then, she stepped away from the window and began heading down the stairs to tend to the small animals that awaited her.
Downstairs, small critters of different sizes and varieties began to gather around Fluttershy’s fireplace, all of them looking up at her when they saw her approaching. They all had smiles on their faces as she went from the living room to her kitchen to fetch their food. The only one who didn’t seem to share the other animals’ enthusiasm was a small white bunny named Angel, who looked at Fluttershy with annoyance.
“Sorry to keep you waiting,” she said to the animals, but mostly to Angel, who crossed his tiny arms and tapped one of his hind legs against the hardwood floor. Clearly, he wasn’t as patient as the rest of the animals there.
After a few seconds of rummaging in the kitchen, Fluttershy reappeared into the living room again. This time, she flew into the air, a big bag of food in her arms, as she entered the room. Then, she began filling up the bowls in the room with the food. She made especially sure to fill up Angel’s bowl first, only because he shot her a dirty look when she entered the room.
Soon, all the animals inside the living room were properly feed. However, Fluttershy knew that her job wasn’t done yet; she still had the animals outside of her cottage that needed to be fed. Wasting no time, she flew to the back door, opened it, and made her way to the stables that were behind her cottage. There, she began to feed some of the other animals that were there, like pigs and chickens, to name a few.
Several moments later, all the animals that were outside were fed and happy. When she entered her cottage again, Fluttershy felt a small rumble come from her stomach. It was at that moment that the yellow Pegasus began to realize that she, herself, was hungry.
“Now that all my wonderful animal friends are fed,” she said as she flew into the kitchen again, “I guess I should eat something too.”
When she was in the kitchen, Fluttershy opened the refrigerator to get something to eat. However, she was surprised to see that there wasn’t a lot of food in there. Sure, there was enough to feed herself at that moment, but not enough to last her for the week.
“Looks like I need to go to the market today,” she said to herself as she began to pull out a few things that she was going to eat.
After a quick breakfast, Fluttershy flew into her bedroom and pulled out a small saddlebag that she kept there. Making sure she had enough bits with her to buy the food she needed, she headed downstairs and to the front door.
“I have to go to the market for a little while,” she called out to her animal friends, “I’ll be back in a little while. Be good while I’m gone.”
All her animal friends acknowledged her by waving at her and making small noises. Then, Fluttershy left her cottage, spread her wings and began heading toward the market in Ponyville.
When she arrived into town, she saw that most of Ponyville was already awake and active. Ponies of different sizes, shapes, and color were walking around, tending to their everyday needs. The sun was shining brightly and no clouds were visible anywhere in the sky. It was clearly a good day, Fluttershy figured, as she began making her way to the market.
When she got there, the yellow Pegasus began making her way to different stands, waiting in different lines to purchase her goods. Since she was a bit on the timid side, she didn’t really complain or anything to the other ponies that were there, especially when they were too busy talking with one another to move ahead when the line started to move. Eventually, they’d move and Fluttershy was able to get her food before the stand ran out of them.
Sometime had gone by when Fluttershy had purchased all that she could afford at the moment. With her saddlebag full, the pink-mane Pegasus began to make her way back to her cottage. Because she didn’t want to risk bruising any of the fresh produce she had bought, she decided to walk to her cottage instead of flying; it was safer that way, she figured.
As she trotted her way through town, she came across Ponyville Library, where one of her friends, a lavender unicorn named Twilight Sparkle, resided. When Fluttershy was in front of the library, the door slowly began to open and Twilight trotted out, her dragon assistant named Spike at her side. When the unicorn closed the door behind her, she spotted Fluttershy and called out to her.
“Hi, Fluttershy,” she said with a smile on her face, “Where are you heading?”
“Hi, Twilight,” Fluttershy said, “I was just heading to my cottage with the food I just bought. I’ve been so busy tending to my animals that I didn’t realize that I didn’t have any food for myself.”
“I was just heading there myself.” she said, “I seem to have run out of food as well for reasons I still can’t figure out.”
She shot Spike a glance as she finished her sentence. The little dragon couldn’t help but blush as the attention was brought onto him.
“What?” he said, throwing his arms in the air, “I’m a growing dragon, you know. I can’t help it if I get hungry every now and then.”
Twilight and Fluttershy let out a soft giggle as the little dragon crossed his arms and let out a small huff through his nose.
“Well, I better get going,” said Fluttershy, “I don’t want this food to spoil.”
As she began to trot away, Twilight called out to her. “Oh, Fluttershy, I almost forgot to mention something.”
Stopping in her tracks, Fluttershy turned to face the lavender mare. “What is it, Twilight? Is something wrong?”
“Oh no, nothing is wrong,” explained Twilight, “It’s just that Rainbow Dash came into the library earlier and asked me to tell you something. She wants you to come to her house later this afternoon, when you get the chance.”
“Really?” the yellow Pegasus asked, “Is there something wrong?”
“She didn’t say. All she said was that she wanted you to come over.”
“O-okay, I’ll stop by after I drop these off at my cottage. Thanks, Twilight.”
With that, Fluttershy waved goodbye to her friend and began to make her way to her cottage. As she approached the bridge that lead to the Everfree Forest, she couldn’t help but wonder what it was that Rainbow Dash needed to see her about.
After going to her cottage and putting all her food away, Fluttershy found herself flying towards Rainbow Dash’s home, a cloud house that floated above Ponyville. As she approached her friends’ cloud home, the thought of what she needed to see her about kept floating in her mind. A pang of worry began coursing through her body as the thought that something was wrong began surfacing in her mind. However, she tried not to let herself think too much into those kinds of thoughts.
If something was wrong, she would have told me it was an emergency, she thought to herself as she landed on the walk way of Rainbow’s cloud home. The sound of the rainbow fountain that was there instantly took her mind off the thought that something was wrong. She didn’t know why, but the sight of the rainbow fountain always put her mind at ease; a Pegasus thing, she figured.
Soon, Fluttershy trotted up the steps and to the door of the house. Then, she lightly knocked on the door with her hoof. After hearing no response, she knocked again on the door, a little harder this time, but not too hard to annoy Rainbow.
After her third try, Fluttershy decided to ring the doorbell instead. When she did, the loud chime caused her to let out a shriek; it was so loud that it was able to be heard from the outside. When she heard the loud noise, she ducked down behind the rainbow fountain, her heart beating rapidly in her chest. Slowly, she began to make her way to the door again, just in case Rainbow opened the door and saw that nopony was there.
When she got to the front steps, she heard the door beginning to open. Then, the door swung open and the cyan Pegasus stood before her, a small smile on her face.
“Hey, Fluttershy,” she said, “I see you got my message from Twilight.”
“Y-yes, I did,” said Fluttershy, her heart still beating fast from the doorbell, “You said you wanted to see me about something?”
“I sure did,” said Rainbow as she began fumbling one of her fore-hooves in her rainbow-streaked mane.
“Is everything alright?” the yellow Pegasus asked, “Is somepony hurt? Are you hurt? Is there something wrong?”
Rainbow rolled her eyes and said, “No, Fluttershy, nothing is wrong.”
Fluttershy let out a soft sigh of relief, “Oh, good! I was worried that something was wrong because if something was wrong, I would have been here sooner or gotten here a lot faster. Still, I’m glad everything is alright.”
A few seconds of awkward silence filled the air as the two Pegasi stood before each other, both at a loss for words. Soon, Fluttershy decided to break the silence first.
“So, what did you want to see me about?” she asked.
Rainbow looked to the clouds beneath her hooves, making circles in them as she did. “Well, I was wondering if you were doing anything later.”
“No, I’m not doing anything,” she said. However, a small though came across her mind which caused her to change her answer. “I mean, I am doing something later. It’s not like I’m sitting at home, doing nothing. I just don’t know what I’m doing later until later comes and then I’ll know if I’m doing anything or not.”
The two of them stared at each other in awkward silence again. Having been rambling again, Fluttershy blushed and tried to hide herself in her pink mane, embarrassment running though her.
Shaking her head, Rainbow said, “What I mean is, I was wondering if you’d like to take a trip with me. If you weren’t doing anything, that is.”
Fluttershy looked at her and asked, “What kind of ‘trip’?”
Rainbow looked at the ground nervously again. “Well, I was going to head out of town for a little while and was wondering if you’d like to come with me.”
Fluttershy looked at the ground as well, not sure what to say. She didn’t know if she should leave town without making sure her animal friends were properly prepared for her to leave. However, she didn’t want to say no to a friend, especially one that she’s known since they were fillies.
Soon, Fluttershy said, “I-I don’t think I can go today, not without making sure my animal friends are properly prepared.”
Rainbow looked at the ground and said, “Oh, I see. How about tomorrow, then? That way you can prep your animals and go with me at the same time.”
Fluttershy thought about it for a second, tapping her hoof on her chin as she did. Rainbow did have a good idea; she’d be able to tend to her animals and satisfy her friend at the same time.
After a few moments, Fluttershy said, “Okay, Rainbow, I can go with you tomorrow, if you don’t mind."
Rainbow Dash flashed a toothy smile as she said, “Great!”
“So, when are we leaving?”
“How about we leave around noon?”
“Sure, I’ll meet you here then?”
“You bet! Thanks, Fluttershy!”
Fluttershy began to make her way down the walkway of Rainbow’s home when a question popped into Fluttershy’s mind. “Um, Rainbow Dash, if you don’t mind me asking, where exactly are we going?”
Rainbow began fumbling with her mane again, not sure of how to answer her. Fluttershy saw this and began to feel bad; she didn’t want to make her friend feel uncomfortable.
“Oh, uh, if you don’t want to tell me, you don’t have to. I don’t mind, really.”
“It’s not that at all,” said Rainbow, “It’s just that, it’s...well...”
After a few more seconds of awkward silence, Rainbow decided to say the first legitimate reason she could think of, the first one that popped into her head, “It’s actually...a...a surprise.”
“A surprise?” asked Fluttershy.
“Yeah,” said the cyan Pegasus, nervousness clearly in her tone, “A...a surprise.”
Knowing that she wasn’t going to say any more than that, the yellow Pegasus waved goodbye to her friend and began making her way to her cottage again.
As Fluttershy flew towards the ground, another twinge of curiosity began flowing through her body again. As she flew into the air towards the forest, two questions kept floating in her mind, causing her to slightly raise an eyebrow as she flew:
Where exactly are they going? And what exactly did Rainbow Dash have in mind when they got there?
Knowing that the answers would come in time, all Fluttershy could do at the moment was wait until tomorrow, when the two of them left to Celestia knows where.
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Very good so far, can't wait to find out where Rainbow's taking Fluttershy.
I like it.
*Hoping for massive amounts of 'D'Awwww' by the end*
It's finally out, and I have to say, it exceeds expectations!
Hey you could put an extra space in between paragraphs its kinda looking wall of texty
No Romance tag... wut.
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Glad you all are liking the story so far! I hope to update soon!
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Okie-dokie-lokie! I will do that from now on! Thanks!
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Whoever said this was a romance story?
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The character tags did!
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LOL!
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Seriously, this is good. However, as rainbow87dash pointed out, you should double space your paragraphs. It's a lot easier to read that way.
1708580 thanks it just makes it easier on the yes and makes it w
Easy to read between paragraphs and tell when one starts and another finishes but I can kinda tell
Does you write it like this?
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
=Blah blah blah...
= new paragraph
this time, she came in with a bag of food in her... ... ... 'arms?'
The animals were all properly feed.
A small thought came across her mind.
That's all I saw.
This is the first slice of life I've ever read, so I'm not exactly an expert, but it looks really good.
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I'll behave myself! 
A couple people here seem to like this, but... well, I'm not so sure. Everything from morning to Twilight left me feeling incredible bored, and the dialogue felt incredibly unnatural, like forced small talk. Not to mention that I find one or two bits of this confusing. I don't know why Rainbow Dash is leaving a message with Twilight when she could (oh I don't know) cut out the middlemare and fly over to Fluttershy's, and you'd think that Fluttershy would be the last pony to break an awkward silence.
I'll keep track of this for another chapter or two. I'm not impressed with the first chapter, but I think the story has potential.
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I will fix the spacing problem with this story and with future stories! Thanks for the help on this matter!
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Only three errors so far? That's a HUGE improvement, in my book!
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That's a good little filly!
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I greatly appreciate you taking time from your busy life only to waste it reading this story.
I can't really justify anything that you said because I'm a moron. However, there's only one that I can hint towards: there is a reason why Rainbow asked Twilight to relay the message to Fluttershy.
Sorry that this fic bored you. I will try harder to improve [I look at it as 'constructive criticism'.]
Thanks for sticking around and I hope that it livens up to meet your liking.
This is my first time reading a slice of life fic, and I have to say it looks very promising.
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...i agreeeeeee. there SHOULD be a romance tag!!! =)
andddddddddddddd it also felt like i was a step by step creepy stalker feeling knowing what fluttershy does every second.
otherwise... i like this =)
This, I like it
I hope the next chapter will be up soon, good job so far though 
So...it's not shipping?
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maybe it is, maybe it isn't!
depends on how you look at it later...
1757115 So basically, you've dropped the romance tag and started pretending that this isn't a FlutterDash so that anyone who browses the front page won't look at this and pass on it while saying, "Oh look, here's generic FlutterDash #721."
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That's one way of looking at it, but that wasn't my intention.
It's not meant to be a romance story, but with the events that will come later, you might disagree with me.
From the get-go, it's not meant to be a FlutterDash story, but if all of you feel that it is, then I will add the tag in the end.
For now, though, it's a simple slice-of-life story.