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Post by Alaska on Mar 23, 2014 13:34:21 GMT
Fluttershy looked around her, a small smile playing at her lips. It was a normal day in Ponyville: the sun was bright, ponies were smiling and bustling around. Even so, she couldn't help feeling nervous; after what happened with Iron Will, the anxiety that she may once again become a doormat poked at her.
"No," Fluttershy told herself firmly. "I won't let that happen," she looked around, suddenly realising that the ponies around her were giving her a strange look. Had she just talked to herself? An adorable blush began to spread across her cheeks. "Oh!" She squeaked.
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Post by Pixie on Mar 23, 2014 13:44:11 GMT
Applejack paced slowly around the market square, lost in her thoughts she bumped into a few fillies, quickly apologising and returning to her duties. She bought three small cupcakes, covered in delicious, bright icing sugar. There was bubblegum blue, raspberry pink and clementine orange flavoured icing. She wondered why she bought cakes, and why they were being sold in the square, but she just ate her cupcakes, sun gleaming down onto her coat.
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Post by Alaska on Mar 23, 2014 13:56:53 GMT
Fluttershy couldn't help it. She hid behind her long pink mane. "I'm sorry!" she bursted out, before squeezing her eyes shut and running in the opposite direction. Fluttershy didn't want to see the other ponies laughing at her - a pink maned psychopathy who talks to herself - but most importantly, she didn't want to start a repeat of what happened in Junior Speeders Flight School. Fluttershy lunged forward - only to crash into an orange mare. "I'm sorry!" she squeaked again.
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Post by Pixie on Mar 23, 2014 15:02:11 GMT
Applejack took three steps back, she lifted her head, fixing her fringe and hat, she looked forward to find a yellow pony, more timid than ever before. "Hey! wait up Fluttershy," AJ croaked, rubbing her withers "Where ya of to in a hurry?"
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Post by Alaska on Mar 23, 2014 15:08:31 GMT
Fluttershy cracked an eyelid open and gasped at the sight of her best friend. "Applejack? Sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you!" She trotted anxiously around Applejack. "Are you okay? Are you sure you're not-" she halted in her tracks and blushed again, hiding behind her mane. "O-oh, sor- I mean..." Fluttershy let out a squeak and positioned her mane so she was completely covered by the thick, pink hair.
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Post by Pixie on Mar 23, 2014 16:30:55 GMT
Applejack smiled whilst shaking her head, clearly amused by her friends antics. "Fluttershy, I assure you I aint hurt." she worried about Fluttershy, looking at the groundbefore sighing and turning to Fluttershy again. "Iron Will?" Applejack asked, a small dabble of rainwater falling on her left ear, causing it to twitch a little. She looked up, rainclouds trickling in overhead, overwhelming the sky and turning it into a sheet of gray.
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Post by Alaska on Mar 23, 2014 16:36:27 GMT
Fluttershy hesitated. "Well...if you're sure..." She looked at Applejack with a puzzled expression. "Um...Applejack? Iron Will isn't in Ponyville anymore..." she couldn't help but shudder anyway; the memory of Iron Will still hurt her.
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Post by Pixie on Mar 23, 2014 17:44:26 GMT
Applejack put a golden hoof over her head. "Oops," she felt silly, resuming "Sorry, minds a lil' bit fuzzy today." The raindrops began falling more frequently "Want to go grab a quick drink?" she asked Fluttershy, hoping to escape the damp weather that was about to strike down furiously. Thoughts of hot chocolate and apple muffins occupied her thoughts, but she shook them off, finding herself to be licking her lips she did a fake cough, and turned a little hoping flutter didn't notice.
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Post by Alaska on Mar 23, 2014 18:08:08 GMT
Fluttershy put a soothing hoof on Applejack's rump, sensing the discomfort coming from her friend. "It's fine. Everybody makes mistakes." She squeaked as a particularly heavy raindrop hit her nose. "Oh, yes please!" She smiled, before the gesture devolved into an anxious frown. "Oh, um, if it's not too much bother, that is..."
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Post by Pixie on Mar 28, 2014 21:21:17 GMT
"Course not!" AJ answered while the rain started coming down harder "C'mon! We better get round quick!" said the orange pony as she stampeded through the streets into shelter, hoping the timid pony would follow her out of the rain.
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Post by Alaska on Mar 28, 2014 21:34:59 GMT
Fluttershy yelped as a particularly hard raindrop hit her nose. "O-oh, yes please!" The pegasus raced after Applejack, dodging the many ponies scattering to make way for her, with her pink mane flying through the air. Soon, not only the hair was in the sky, as Fluttershy flapped her buttercream wings. Slowly, gradually, she had come to enjoy the exhilaration and adrenaline of flying, although Fluttershy still claimed to prefer the ground. She looked at the orange pony in front of her. "Um, Applejack...where are we going?"
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Post by Pixie on Mar 28, 2014 22:14:49 GMT
The look on AJ's face when she turned was hard to miss, she burst into laughter "Ya got a meeting with the clouds?" she asked Fluttershy, watching her friend jitter in the air, confused. Applejack pushed the door open, a burst of warm, welcoming hair enticing her into the barn, she turned and gave a look to Fluttershy before making a gesture with her head, asking her to follow her into the barn.
The sweet scent of fruits, sugar and coffee made Applejack inhale deeply, extracting every possible smell and calculating them. It smelt like Granny Apple's kitchen after baking, and it was cozy. Granny Apple must have just made a new batch of apple pies.
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Post by Alaska on Mar 29, 2014 7:33:24 GMT
Fluttershy looked at Applejack in confusion. "Um...maybe...I think?" She followed Applejack into the barn, gasping as the warm air forced her a step back. She inhaled the sweet scent of apples and fritters, then let a happy sigh out. "Goodness Applejack, I never knew your home was so lovely." Then a thought hit Fluttershy, and she smiled. "I just realised that this is my first time in Sweet Apple Acres."
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Post by Pixie on Mar 29, 2014 10:45:50 GMT
Applejack smiled, watching Fluttershy walk into the warm, welcoming barn. "Thankyou Fluttershy," AJ smiled, taking a seat on one of the hay bales. "Really? I woulda thought you would have visited before."
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Post by Alaska on Mar 29, 2014 11:43:09 GMT
Fluttershy smiled. "You're very welcome." At Applejack's next statement, she shook her head. "We've always been too busy to visit eachother's houses."
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