Chapter 12: Job
offer for Fluttershy Unexpected
Meanwhile, Fluttershy was pulling a Pegasus sky cart,
still painted in a military dull gray and full of ancient paintings of famous
Pegasus commanders, from the abandoned Pegasus city to Twilight’s airship. This was Fluttershy’s third round trip that
day, and she was getting tired. From
high in the air, she sees a series of wide roads built as loops connecting
unusual appearing homes. Yet, when
Fluttershy landed on one of these roads, she saw that these homes are for
animals and that she was in a zoo.
After taking off the cart’s harness, and getting a
drink of water from a fountain, Fluttershy saw a mare about her age. This mare has a zinc coat, a white gold mane
and tail, a pink heart for a cutie mark.
The mare wore a forest green blazer, a white shirt and a green tie. The zinc coated mare taps her hoof on her PDA
several times, smiles, and then walks over to Fluttershy.
The zinc coated mare spoke to Fluttershy, “You must be the
Pegasus Fluttershy. My name is Warm Heart,
the chief zookeeper for Chancellor Puddinghead’s Zoo. But, don’t let the name fool you. This zoo has been rebuilt; contracted in size
and expanded in size so many times that Puddinghead’s original Zoo has been
reduced to one fountain, topped with an ancient bronze statue of her. What brings you to my zoo? We have few pony visitors on a weekday, and
never had a Pegasus pony visitor, that is until today.”
“Well, I was getting tired from pulling this Pegasus
cart, so I landed here. Is that OK with
you?
“Fluttershy, I don’t mind, as the paved path you landed
on is wide enough to park five carts side by side and still have sufficient
room for ponies to walk past them. Where
did you get that cart? It looks so
ancient.”
“My friend Rainbow and I found this cart in the cloud city
armory. By the way, you must have a
wonderful job taking care of the many animals here. I see several species that I don’t recognize
and I’m skilled at taking care of animals.”
“Fluttershy, you have skills in taking care of animals?”
“I sure do Warm Heart; take a look at my photos. I had one of the airship crew members
transfer my photo album into my PDA.” Fluttershy
extends her hoof, so Warm can see photos of Fluttershy’s home and all the animals
that she cares for on her PDA.
After seeing about one hundred photos, Warm said,
“Fluttershy, that’s impressive. I could
use some extra help around here. Could
you considering working for me at my zoo?
There is more than five hundred different species of animals here.”
“I don’t know what to say. I’d love to work here, but I don’t want to
leave my animal friends in Ponyville.”
“You could bring your animals to this zoo. I’ll even pay for their travel expenses and
I’d make sure that they will be well cared for.”
“You’ve given me something to think about, to consider Warm
Heart. Thanks for taking your time to
have a delightful conservation with me.
Well, my friend Rainbow will be cross with me if I’m late delivering
these Pegasus artifacts to Twilight’s airship.
So, I’ll be going now.”
Fluttershy puts on her cart harness, and then flies up
and toward Twilight’s airship.
My Little Pony: Friendship is
Magic, Copyright © 2010 Lauren Faust, Hasbro Studios, and DHX Media
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