Another day, another cruddy morning living in Fluttershy's home for Airy. This was only her third day here, and she still couldn't get used to the fact she was surrounded but some of the stupidest animals she's ever seen, not to mention Fluttershy's interior decorations skills were sub-par to her. She groaned as she awoke from her slumber, staring once again at the inside of the worst house she's ever been in. She took a look around and saw that the horse that took her in and treated her wasn't there, so at least she could have a peacefully awakening.

"Oh good, so I'm not dreaming..." Airy sarcastically said before rubbing her bandaged arm and head a bit "Hmmm... Hurts a little less than yesterday. I think I might be able to go around without them hurting the whole time. For what it's worth, that urchin did a decent job of patching me up."

The crystfairy removed the covers from her body and hovered out of bed, letting out a yawn and stretching her one good arm while leaving the other limp. She slowly flew down the stairs and smelled something delectable to her. Looking out from the staircase door, she saw that Fluttershy was cooking something, humming a pleasant tune to herself. Airy tried to sneak past her, but the damn glittering wings made too much noise. The cream yellow Pegasus turned around and smiled.

"Why, good morning, Airy" she greeted "Did you have a nice sleep?"

"Yeah" Airy answered before smirking devilishly "Then I gazed my eyes upon you."

"I see we still have a few issues..." Fluttershy sighed in disappointment before perking back up again "Thankfully, I think I have an idea on how to fix that poor attitude of yours."

"Oh? And how exactly are you gonna do that, hmm?" laughed the fairy "Say nice things about me? If that is truly your plan, I'll-"

"I've invited a few girls over today" the cream yellow Pegasus smiled kindly, knowing exactly what kind of reaction Airy would let out. Unsurprisingly to her, the crystfairy's utterly shocked and horrified expression nearly made her laugh.

"W-W-What?!" Airy stuttered "But... but... I HATE children!"

"Which is exactly why you have to endure it" Fluttershy said in her not-used-very-often strict voice "You've been very naughty recently, so you have to be punished. Besides, the girls I invited over aren't that bad. Their hearts really are in the right place."

"Only their hearts?" the fairy nervously questioned "N-No matter. I'm sure handling a few smaller mortals shouldn't be difficult. Oh what am I saying?! There is no way you're leaving me with those children!"

"Unfortunately, you don't have a say in the matter" Angel smirked, hopping from another room and underneath Airy "Fluttershy and I are going out today to buy some food for her animals, much to my dismay. Either way, you'll be left here with them for the entire day."

"INSOLENCE!!" Airy shouted at the rabbit, causing Fluttershy to be very alarmed.

"Airy, please don't talk to Angel that way" she picked her pet up and cuddled with him "Besides, he never said anything to rile you up. Isn't that right Angel?"

The white rabbit nodded before hugging his owner. When Fluttershy wasn't looking, he stuck out his tongue at the injured fairy, making her scoff in annoyance.

"Now, we'll be gone for a bit to get some things for my animals" Fluttershy told her exactly what Angel said not a few moments ago "Though, I suppose I should wait until-"

(Music Stop)

A knocking sound was heard at the door of the timid Pegasus's abode. She smiled and went to go open the door. As soon as she did, she was greeted by three young equines; one Pegasus with an orange coat and messy purple mane, one Unicorn with a white coat and curly pink and pale purple mane, and one normal horse with a cream yellow coat and a long mane with a large pink bow in it.

"Hiya, Fluttershy!" they all greeted at the exact same time.

"Hello there, girls" the Pegasus kindly smiled "You arrived here just on time. Would you like to come in?"

"Ya bet we would!" the young normal equine exclaimed in a country accent.

The three fillies entered Fluttershy's house with smiles on their faces and immediately eyed the fairy floating in the air. They gasped in delight and rushed over to Airy as fast as they could, forcing a scream of horror to come out of the crystfairy, as well as the most surprised and horrified expression one could make.

"WOW! A real-life fairy!" the cream yellow one's eyes lit up like a candle "Applejack told me 'ey were only in legend!"

"Her wings look so cool!" the orange one gushed.

"I really like her mane!" the white one's voice squeaked a bit.

"Enough!" Airy finally cried out before pointing to Fluttershy "You! Get these annoying children away from my sight!"

"I'm so sorry, Airy" she regretfully smiled "But I really have to go now. Now, girls? Don't touch anything super fragile in my cottage, okay?"

"Okay, Fluttershy!" they all said at the same time again, which admittedly was a bit creepy to Airy. Before she could demand the removal of the three young equines, Fluttershy and Angel left the house, leaving her alone with three anthropomorphic ponies she didn't exactly want to spend time with.

"You're very pretty!" the white filly said, much to Airy's dismay "Oh, we haven't even introduced ourselves yet! I'm Sweetie Belle."

"I'm Scootaloo!" the orange one greeted.

"An' ah'm Apple Bloom!" the cream yellow one grinned happily "Together, we're the Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

"That's a silly name, you annoying child" Airy commented quite rudely "Just what on Luxendarc is a cutie mark anyway? Don't tell me it's anything like that tattoo on Fluttershy's posterior."

"That's exactly it!" Scootaloo cheered "A cutie mark is a picture that appears on somepony's flank when they discover their special talent. For example, Fluttershy's cutie mark is three butterflies, symbolizing her talent for animal care."

"So that's what those things were for?" the crystfairy wondered before she scoffed "What a juvenile concept!"

"Hey! Cutie marks aren't... ju-vee-nile!" Apple Bloom argued.

"Now, now, Applebloom" Sweetie Belle calmed her friend down "Don't you worry. I got this."

"Oh, you must be the voice of reason in this group" the rude fairy analyzed "Well then, tell me, what do you three girls like doing in your free time?" she asked before thinking "Maybe I can coax them into leaving me alone..."

"Interesting question... Airy, was it? Yeah, Airy. You see, it's actually quite simple..." the white Unicorn professionally spoke before going back to her childish demeanor, a wide smile appearing on her face "The cutie mark crusaders do everything they can to get their CUTIE MARKS!!!"

"YAY!!" all three of the girls shouted in unison, forcing Airy to cover her ears.

"But what should we do today, girls?" Scootaloo asked.

"What 'bout anythin' 'at comes in our head?" Apple Bloom suggested.

"Scoots, Apple Bloom, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sweetie asked with a small gasp of joy. The other two girls smiled as well and began squealing in happiness.

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, FAIRY CARETAKERS!!" they all shouted at the top of their lungs. Airy didn't even bother covering her ears. She was purely terrified at what horrors she would have to endure from whatever the three girls were planning for her.

"Dear lord..." Airy spoke, her voice filled with fear.

(Music Stop)

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"More tea, Princess Airy?" Sweetie Belle asked as she handed the crystfairy some of the warm liquid in a small pink cup.

It was truly amazing to Airy how how the three young girls managed to hold her down long enough and slip her into a small dress from one of Sweetie's dolls. Even more surprising to her was how they were able to force her into joining them for a tea party, kiddie table, pink dining sheet and all. They were all sitting around the table on stools, with Airy sitting on a very tall tower of empty jars, forming a seat for her. The crystfairy groaned and slowly double face-palmed.

"I hate my life right now..." she sighed.

"I see Princess Airy is very upset right now" the white Unicorn pointed out "Very well. Princess Apple Bloom, would you care for some more tea?"

"Ah would very much so" the cream yellow pony wearing a silver tiara held up her own pink cup with her right front hoof and let Sweetie somehow levitate a teapot over it to pour tea into it. Airy, despite disliking the girls, was curious as to how that was possible.

"That's magic that your doing" she pointed out "Is it black magic or white magic?"

"Um... what's that?" Scootaloo asked curiously.

"W-What?! You mean you don't even have classifications for your magic?!" Airy was shocked from the fillies' confusion "At least the people of Luxendarc were somewhat smart, but everywhere I look there's just someone dumber than the last..."

"Y'know, Sweetie Belle, this whole tea party thing is getting a little boring" the orange filly ignored the crystfairy's comment and voiced her own opinion "Can't we do something a little more exciting?"

"Exciting?" Apple Bloom wondered before finally realizing what she meant by that "Oh, ya mean 'at! So long as Sweetie says it's okay, then ah suppose we're good ta go."

"Well, I guess this tea party is a little bland..." the white Unicorn thought aloud "Alright then, let's go!"

"Ugh, finally!" Airy sighed in relief "I get to take off this wretched dress and do something other than pretty princess activities. Honestly, anything other than this will make my day-"

(Music Stop)

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"WAY TOO EXCITING FOR ME!!" Airy shouted as she held onto Sweetie Belle's mane for dear life, her body waving in the wind flowing through the hair strands.

Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle got onto a small blue scooter in that order, with Scootaloo being the one driving it, flapping her wings rapidly in order to propel it. At first, the little fairy though the ride would be short and a little fast. But she had no idea that the filly would be so fast. To her, this was even worse than the tea party. At least she didn't have to wear that silly dress.

"C'mon, Airy" the orange Pegasus rolled her eyes and smiled "We're only getting to the good part!"

"That only make me more afra-HEY-AID!" she called out as the scooter picked up speed "I wish for you to stop this immediately!"

"Scoots, maybe if Airy isn't having 'at much fun, perhaps we should turn 'round and-" Apple Bloom spoke before getting interrupted by her driver friend.

"Not on my watch!" Scootaloo smirked before speeding up the flapping of her wings, in turn making her go faster "We're almost at this place where I can do an awesome flip!"

"Wait, Scootaloo, that's-" Sweetie Belle pointed out at a cliff heading straight into the Everfree Forest in shock.

But it was too late.

(Music Stop)

Scootaloo drove her scooter right over the cliff and into the dark forest, causing them to fall down into the depths of the trees. They all screamed as they plunged into the darkness of the wood, separating themselves. Airy landed on a collection of soft trees, slowly sliding down until she reached the bottom, no more injured than she already was. She rubbed her back with her one good arm and floated up into the air, taking a look around the area before letting out a small sigh.

"Perfect, just what I needed..." she said sarcastically "Another problem in the way. At least I'm not hurt. Now you know, urchins, that you cannot... be... hasty..." she looked around and saw they weren't anywhere to be seen "Well, I suppose they aren't my problem anymore."

"AAAAAAAAAAH!!" Airy heard a collection of voices call out. There was no mistaking it was the voices of the three girls who got her into this forest she actually wasn't too fond of. She knew they needed help.

"I have no time for that" she spoke to herself "I need to get away from here while Fluttershy isn't looking and while I have the- OW!" her arm stung again, forcing her to yelp in a bit of pain. Suddenly, she heard something rustling in the bushes behind her. She slowly turned around and saw two glowing red eyes staring right back at her.

"Airy, run!" Sweetie Belle shouted from the other side of the bush. The crystfairy took no time to insult the filly and just began flying away as fast as she could. The eyes jumped out at her and revealed themselves to actually be some sort of wooden wolf. The wolf took chase to the fairy and was clearly faster than her in every possible way.

"C'mon, fly faster!" Airy complained to herself "No time to lose!"

The wooden beast got closer and closer to her as the chase continued, until finally in lunged out at her and tackled her to the ground, stepping on, unfortunately, her bad arm, forcing another yelp out of her. The creature's face got dangerously close to her own, and she could feel its breath on her body. Just after it opened its jaws to eat her, it felt something hit its back.

"Get off her, ya big meanie!" Apple Bloom bravely spoke before throwing away the small log she used to hit the wooden wolf. Despite her courageous attitude beforehand, she trembled in fear the second the beast turned around. However Airy, seeing a perfect chance to strike, leaned up as much as she could and extended her good hand at the creature.

"F-F-Fire..." she softly spoke. Much to her surprise, a small flame emerged from her hand and began burning the wolf. It cried in pain and writhed in agony, but eventually it turned into nothing but a pile of ashes. The crystfairy let out a huge sigh and fell back onto the ground.

"Airy..." the cream yellow equine said in surprise "The fire, the burnin'... how were ya able ta do 'at?"

"I... I don't know..." the fairy looked at her hand "B-But I feel p-powerless now. Was th-that the last of m-m-my power?"

"Apple Bloom!" Scootaloo called out to her friend as she approached her, Sweetie Belle right behind her "Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah..."she panted "But ah have Airy ta thank fer savin' me. So, thank ya kindly, Airy."

"I... I..." Airy tried to insult them, but with all the pain coursing through her body, she couldn't bring herself to do so "You kn-know what? F-Forget it... I j-just want to r-r-rest..."

"She's a bit right, girls" Sweetie nodded "This certainly has been an interesting day, but right now I don't feel like doing anything more right now. Let's head on back to Fluttershy's cottage, okay?"

"YEAH!" her two friends cheered at the same time, making the injured fairy on the ground groan. She felt herself be levitated by Sweetie Belle's magic, which was a surprisingly pleasant feeling. She was then carried off. Suddenly, the group stopped unexpectedly.

"Wait, which way is Fluttershy's cottage again?" the white filly asked.

"Look over there!" Scootaloo pointed one of her front hooves at a bright light to their side "That must be the exit!"

"Nothing else, ah guess" Apple Bloom shrugged before the party began moving again.

(Music Stop)

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Fluttershy had arrived home quite late. She never expected to be held up by Pinkie Pie and talked to all day, not that she didn't mind talking to her, but she did have some important shopping to do. However, once she was all done, she looked forward to finally relaxing a bit with Angel and read a book or three. She opened the door and, to her surprise, saw three little fillies and a small Angel-sized fairy piled up on one-another on the couch, sleeping.

"Aww, they're so cute when their asleep" she said with a smile "Wouldn't you agree, Angel?"

The white rabbit looked up at his owner before smiling and nodding furiously. This caused the Pegasus to giggle a bit before returning her attention to the pile of sleeping bodies.

"Somehow, someway, they got Airy to sleep with them" she noted "I'll have to ask them how they managed to do such a thing. Well, either way, I think it's about time we headed off to sleep ourselves. I am a teensy bit sleepy after all..."

Fluttershy smiled as she slowly headed back upstairs to where her bedroom was, carefully trying not to awaken the four little ones sleeping on her sofa. She hopped into bed, turned out the lights, and went to sleep almost immediately.

Little did she know of the warm smile that appeared on Airy's face.

Author's Notes:

Airy is getting better as a character? Maybe. You'll simply have to find out!

I took a listen to the final boss theme of Bravely Second and, I'm not spoiling anything, but trust me when I say you will love it. It is better than "Serpent Eating the Horizon" from the last game, and that was awesome!

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