3_butterflies | Thirty-First Flutter [Video]

Thirty-First Flutter [Video]

[After a quiet yawn, a delicate hand turns on the Pokegear. Fluttershy is sitting up in bed, cuddling a teddy bear - no, wait, that's a Teddiursa! She looks pretty exhausted, but it's the best she's felt in a while.]

Good morning, everypony... I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately...

[... more-so than usual? er, anyway.]

I, um... I guess you could say I haven't been feeling well... but I'm okay now... In fact, I had the most wonderful dream -

Really? What about?

[Fluttershy blinks. Then, slowly, she turns to her side - where Applejack is smiling brightly at her.]

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... Sugarcube? You okay? You look kinda - WHOA THERE, DON'T -

[Whoops, it looks like Fluttershy's about to faint from sheer shock. Applejack lunges to catch her, Teddiursa squeaks at all the sudden movement, and the Gear is dropped during the chaos, turning off.]

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[She sighs. Well, at least they agreed to the important part.]

Alright. We'll leave early Saturday. I've got Spike and Apus to fly us, so pick whichever one of them you like.

An' I was just gettin' used to being on the ground again.

Alright~! It's been too long since I've been in the sky!

(Rainbow's pretty sure Fluttershy's already enjoyed the sky for a brief time.)

[As always, she tries to find middle ground.]

I'm sure we'll all have enough time for both the sky and the ground...

It's the quickest way between the two destinations. Don't worry, Applejack, we'll only be up there for a couple hours. Goldenrod isn't that far away.

Well, if it's the quickest way...

Yeah! So...who's gonna tell Imogen that we're gonna leave for Goldenrod for a while?

(The ponies did sorta bring her into the group for Hearth's Warming Eve.)

Well... what does Imogen want to do?

I don't know. I just brought this up to you all, I haven't talked to her. But I should point out that my Pokemon can't carry her along with the four of us. I will have a group that will be able to do that eventually, but right now only Spike and Apus are available and each of them can only carry two.

I reckon we'll have to leave her here, at least for now.

...Yeah, that might be better. She's already been out there once and got in a jam; Twilight had to bail her out.

Oh dear... I hope she doesn't mind...

It's for her own good, really. She'll be safer this way.

[She keeps her mouth shut instead of adding that the same's true for the rest of them too.]

So, that's the plan. If there's anything you really want to do here in Violet, do it before Saturday. Alright?

You got it, sugarcube!

(A nod and a salute.)

Yes, ma'am!

Okay... Right now, there's only one thing I want to do...

[She opens her arms as wide as she can-]

Group hug!

[She rolls her eyes a bit, but agrees with a chuckle and reaches to open her arms.]

[Applejack chuckles, bringing her arms around her friends.]

(Rainbow sighs, totally gonna deny this later but wraps her arms around the others with a chuckle.)

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Thirty-First Flutter [Video]

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