My Little Fluttershy

My Little Fluttershy (Chapter 4)

My Little Fluttershy ^_^ (Chapter 4)

      "These fritters are simply wonderful, Applejack!" Rarity intones "I must know what you put in these to make them so absolutely delicious"

            "It's jus' good ol' Apple family apples" AJ replies

            "Well Opalescence simply can't get enough. And she's a very picky eater, aren't you Opal" Rarity tries to pet the white cat, but gets clawed at instead.

            "I think they're great too" says spike.

            "Well that mighty kind a' you, Spike" then again, AJ thinks to herself, that dragon would agree with anything Rarity thinks.

            The group was out at their favorite picnic spot, just past the pond on the rolling meadow hills. Everypony had done their part to help prepare and had, as per usual, brought their pets. At the moment, Winona was chasing the squirrels up the trees, wagging happily as they chattered playfully back at him. Twilight and Owlawicious read peacefully in the shade while Rainbow and Tank play a game of tag through the air. All the while pinkie bounces from pony to pony, toting gummy on her leg. "Rainbow, can gummy and I play tag. Gummy loves tag, see" Pinkie points to the toothless alligator on her leg. "He's tagging me right now."

            "But how are you gonna tag us way up here" Dash teases, Tank sticking out his tongue.

            "Like this" she replies with a giggle, her limbs stretching to unnatural proportions as she bounces high into the air "you're it".

            Twilight chuckles at the two of them, distracted from her reading. She had brought a book that might explain the unusual disturbance above the Everfree Forest, Strange Storm and Stranger Calm by Thorina Thundercloud. 'There's plenty in here about all sort of localized storms, but   it could be any of these' she thinks to herself. 'Like dark magic, an angry dragon, a depressed donkey... almost anything' twilight sighs and closes the book. There's plenty of time for studying later, now I'm with my friends... Well 4 of them. I wonder where Fluttershy is.

            "Hey, has anyone seen Fluttershy? She never misses these picnics"

            "Who?"

            "Fluttersh-" Twilight begins. Then she realizes it's just Owlawicious "Haha oh nevermind"

            Spike laughs, then turns right back to admiring the beautiful Rarity.

            "Oh I'm sure Fluttershy will be here any minute, darling." Rarity assures. "Probably convincing that cute little stubborn bunny of hers to come along".

            "I don't know" Twilight says worriedly "she's usually on time"

            "Don't you worry one bit Twi, she'll be here as sure as the sun rises tomorrow" AJ drawls "She loves these just as much as you or I and she wouldn't miss it for the world"

            "Unless" Pinkie sings, bouncing up and down as she talks  "she's been sucked into an evil wormhole, traveling through time and space itself into another dimension where we are nothing but a filly's television show... and twilight's an alicorn... But that's highly unlikely, right?"

            "Um... Yes pinkie" Twilight says laughing "that is highly unlikely. Although..." She pauses "Thorina says a wormhole can be the cause for a localized cloud formation like we've seen over the Forest."

            "Let's forget about the forest, guys" Dash whines "we're here to have fun, right Pinkie?" She leans her hoof on Pinkie Pie's shoulder. "Oh and by the way.... You're it, slowpoke" she laughs, speeding away.