Their lips were still touching. They didn't move for a few seconds, for the kiss was so sudden, they were still trying to process what had happened. Once Shadow realized what was going on, his eyes went a little wide. He quickly pulled away while blushing madly. Fluttershy's eyes seemed to stay normal, but she was blushing harder than Shadow. They both quickly looked away.

Fluttershy didn't know what to say. Her heart was racing and thumping so hard that she thought it was gonna pop out of her chest."I-I'm so sorry about that!" "I didn't know Angel was going to do something like that." I'm so sorry."

Shadow was still a little stunned but quickly recovered."Whatever." he said. He picked up his trash and quickly walked away.

Fluttershy wanted to stop him, but what was she going to say to him after what just happened. Her heartbeat slowed down a bit. She didn't know how to feel after what had happened, but she had strange feeling that she couldn't quite identify.

She looked down in embarrassment. Angel returned with the "shining object" in his mouth. It was just a bit.(coin) "Oh Angel" she said with a little disappointment in her voice. She laid down by a stump to think.

"I don't know why I feel this way, or why he was so angry and rude to me." she said to herself. "His eyes just made me not wanna turn away. Whenever she thought of this and the "accident", her cheeks turned a deep shade of red.

She quickly shook her head to try and forget about it. She also remembered the strange design on his flank. "And what was with that cutie mark of his? I don't know what three red dots could mean."

She looked down at her bunny. "What do you think it could've been Angel?" Angel gave her that"Does it look I know" face. "Heh Heh" I didn't think so." she said with a smile as she cheered up a little. "Maybe we should just have our picnic now." she said. It was a good 15 minutes when she was finished with her picnic. She was cleaning up when she heard voices a few feet away from her.

"I wonder who that could be?" She peeked through some bushes and saw Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, and AJ walking and chatting about something. She smiled and walked out of the bushes. "Hi girls!"she said. The four girls jumped in terror.

"Oh, it's just you Fluttershy." said Twilight. "You scared us there for a second."

Oh hello girls, sorry if I frightened you." said Flutershy. "I can't believe we let Fluttershy scare us." said AJ. "No offense darling." said Rarity. The word "weak" along with some of the other things that Shadow said echoed through her head.

"None taken" said Fluttershy with a sigh. Pinkie ran up to Fluttershy and embraced her in a hug. "Nice to see you Flutters!" said Pinkie gleefully. "Oh hi Pinkie Pie." What were you doing all the way out here?" asked Twilight. "I was just going on a picnic with Angel, what are you doing here?" she asked back.

"Oh, we were looking for a guy named Shadow." said AJ. "Shadow?" asked Fluttershy confused. "Yeah, a scary looking pony about this tall, red eyes, black mane," said Pinkie trying her best to impersonate him in a silly way. "H-Him?! she stuttered.

"Yeah, have you seen him?

"She blushed a little when she found out who they were talking about. Twilight noticed this. "Um, Fluttershy are you alright?"asked Twilight with a concerned and curious look. "W-Why do you ask?" "Because you're turning a little red. "She felt like she was and quickly calmed down and returned to her natural color. She was about to say yes to Twilights question, but hesitated. "Um, what do you want with him?" "Um, what do you want with him?"she asked.

"Um well, Pinkie would you explain please?" asked Twilight. Pinkie took a big inhale, and quickly explained everything.

"And that's the story of how I saved Euquestria." she said as she finished. The girls gave Pinkie a funny look. "Uuuum, Pinkie? asked Twilight. Yes? asked Pinkie. "Nevermind." said Twilight with a confused look.

"Oh, so that's what's going on." said Fluttershy. "Yep, soooo, have you seen him? AJ told us he was on his way to the forest." She hesitated again, and decided to only tell part of the truth.

"Y-Yeah, I saw him heading deeper into the forest. You just missed him." she said while looking away and rubbing her left leg with her right hoof. Rarity noticed Fluttershy was acting strange and leaned in closer to her. "Are you sure that's all that happened? Y-Yes, why wouldn't it be? She asked with a nervous look.

"Did you try to go talk to him? asked AJ. AJ could usually tell when someone was lying, but she didn't bother asking any questions. Fluttershy was going to say yes, but wanted to keep what had happened between her and Shadow a secret for now.

She didn't want to try to make something up. She would just get nervous and make herself look even more suspicious. So she simply "No." I didn't. She felt a little guilty for lying.

"Aaaawww, bummer, said Pinkie with a tired face. "I know", said Twilight with the same face Pinkie had. "Every time, we miss him by a few minutes. "It's amazing how we just happened to find you in this huge forest" said AJ.

"Eh" said Rarity.I'm getting tired of all this walking," she complained. "Oh you're just too prissy and out of shape." said AJ.

"What? How dare you you say that. I'll have you know that I'm perfectly in shape." Whatever, we were two minutes into our walk when you started complaining about getting dirt on your hooves." said AJ.

"Well a lady never gets down and dirty like some ruffians I know." said Rarity while eying AJ. "Why you-,"AJ started. "Girls!" yelled Twilight.

They stopped arguing, but eyed each other angrily. "But I kinda do gotta get back too. We've already spent hours looking for this Shadow." Spike is probably worried sick about me." "Well that makes two of us." said AJ. "I gotta go buck some more apples before the sun goes down."Yes and I need to get to organizing some things at my shop. Pinkie didn't want to give up the search, but she was feeling pretty tired.

"Okay." sighed Pinkie. "I guess I'll head back to." "Don't fret Pinkie." said Twilight rubbing Pinkie's back. "We're bound to see him around somewhere around Ponyville sweetie." said Rarity. "Yeah." said Twilight. "Well find him eventually."

Pinkie smiled at that thought. "Okay Twilight!" said Pinkie happily. "Coming back with us Fluttetshy?" asked Fluttershy. "Um, sure I guess." Fluttershy replied.

AJ noticed there was something wrong with her, but decided not to ask questions. "Great!" said Twilight, and they started walking away.

Fluttershy sighed, and started walking slowely with her ears lowered. She was wondering where that mysterious pegasus that she met earlier was at. He was mysterious, she thought, and she thought that there was something more to him then just a bad attitude and menacing look. She also thought about the kiss.

She quickly shook these thoughts from her head and resumed her walking. The other girls were happily chatting about something when AJ noticed that Fluttershy was walking slower then all of them. "Hey, you girls notice that Fluttershy is acting a bit strange."

They all looked back at Fluttershy. "She is being a bit more quiet than she usually is." She was walking with her head down and her hair covering up a bit of her face. " guessed Twilight. "She hasn't said a word since we started walking back."

"I'll go talk to her" said Twilight. The girls. "We should all go talk to her." said Rarity, trying to avoid mud on the ground. "We should just talk to her one on one." "We wouldn't want to pressure her too much with all of us asking her questions."

The girls looked at each other, nodded at Twilight and continued their conversation. Twilight slowed down to meet Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, are you okay? Fluttershy's mane was hanging over her face but moved it to where she could see out of one eye and looked up. "Oh I'm fine Twilight, just a bit tired."

Twilight gave her a worried look. "Are you sure Shadow didn't say anything to you,he seemed to be angry at every pony that even bothered him." Fluttetshy finally wanted to tell her what had happened between her and Shadow. She knew that Twilight wasn't very good when it came to secrets, but she felt like she had to tell someone right away. "Well-" started Fluttershy.

"Look!" yelled Pinkie. They all looked to where she was pointing and saw two mysterious figures walking towards them. Fluttershy finally noticed that Angel was no where in sight.

"Has anyone seen Angel?" she ask worriedly.