------{3rd POV}------
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Look at what we got here. A mare cutting down a tree, a yellow mare wit pink mane cutting the tree with an axe. As she was silently chopping them, another one fairly identical mare. "Hey, Altershy. May you take care of the critters while i leave?" She nods, continue to chop.
"Thanks." The mare went to ponyville.
This was 13th tree she had cut down on her own, the goal is to make another cottage for her own. As Altershy was tired of her counterparts cowardly attitude.
Altershy barely speaks any words, or even she said one.
The critters were fine with Altershy, just a little uneasy without the chat Altershy's counterpart always mutter. So the critters obey Altershy without her speaking a single word, as she never add a task for the critters to do. As all they do was always and were, which they put more likings towards Altershy.
She once silently make a tea for afternoon, then came three unsuspecting fillies. With her counterpart follow behind, as they three were suprised with her existence.
"Fluttershy, how come are you there so fast?"
"And wear a clothes?"
"And beefy?" (Remember her physique is quite bulkier than the original?)
Altershy offer the tea to all of them, she gestures. (What's the matter?) To her counterpart(Fluttershy), she replied "Sleepovers." Then Altershy undestandably nod, watching for the kids.
They put things on constant riot, cosplaying as a creature. Careless, and Fluttershy have a hard time as Altershy spent time saving things. She stop them from doing anything stupid, as it was a clutch they accidentally push her to the table.
She turn out unharmed, shrug it off.
The three apologise, as Altershy picked up the broken table and put it outside. But the three fillies start running out from the cottage and began to make something out of the broken table. Resulting in another failure.
They disappointly walk inside Fluttershy's cottage, Altershy is quite annoyed with their bs.
"How about a game?" Her counterpart said, the fillies take a seat in front of her. "What game?" They said, as she walk aside the couch the fillies sit on.
"It called Shhh..." The filles visibly confused, they ask again "What's that?"
"It's about who can be quiet the longest, sounds fun?" The fillies have no words to say, so do her.. She state that Altershy was the new champion, as she make a funny face.
As the fillies grew bored, they scatter across the cottage. Altershy let them be, as long as they happy.
Fluttershy grew enough, she swat the fillies into her room.
"You may got a lovely dream about your special talent." As the fillies state they don't even tired, they have an urge to stay active. As Fluttershy offer to sing a lullaby, she inhale.
"Wind blow silent now it's time to lay your heavy head, silent now dreaming low it's time for went to bed~" one filly went up "I think i recognise that lullaby from somewhere."
"Oh, it's Altershy's. It was a good one to replace the existing lullaby, she think it was quite loud."
One of the filly now grasp it, she signal to another two. As the two cover their ears, she start to sing a pop version of this lullaby. Putting every critters on panic and pain, as she quite literally break the eardrums out of Altershy's ear. Immediately put her on deep state of danger, she put her hoof to Fluttershy's ear.
Critters on the wood panicked by the song. As we can see blood start flowing out of Altershy's ear, make her completely deaf.
The filly apologise, she put herself behind the blanket in guilt. Fluttershy searching for a cotton bud to stuff it into Altershy's ear, while Altershy keep shuffling the falling things. All of sudden, it went silent. As it would take atleast 3 days for Altershy to regain her ability to hear, Fluttershy found out all fillies were missing.
They were too excited to do anything, as Altershy can hear all of that even while she was completely deaf. Two of the "Shy" went out from window, as Altershy land first. She stop everypony, put all the chicken on the yard.
Her mind can't be read, her action is. She can't be real about this, as it was for their own good. She gently stuff them inside of their barn, but they kept getting out.
Fluttershy step in, however. She kind of put them in constant stage of fear, as they slowly went backwards.
Altershy is quite impressed.
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------|Fluttershy's room|------
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"No more crusading tonight?" Fluttershy put an eerie tone, altershy went downstairs. She proceeds to get outside, exactly on the side of this cottage. Chopping down trees, assemble it. Her gaze gradually sharpen, as 350 degree vision has activated.
Altershy cut her own mane, make it short. Thus true 350 degree vision aquired.
Altershy saw the fillies ran to her chopping site, but she also realized Fluttershy isn't following. She zoom inside the cottage, spray Fluttershy with water. She woke up, a little mad. As Altershy drag her upstairs, Fluttershy shocked.
"The kids?!" Altershy point towards her chopping site, there also several footprint there.
"Everfree forest?!" Fluttershy gulp in nerveousness, Altershy however was quick on her hoof and ran straight at the footprints. "Hey, wait for me!" Fluttershy fly from the window down, follwing Altershy's run.
Fluttershy is quite skilled on her own at flying low, but Altershy is not just a walking tank.
She utilize her wide wing to boost her speed while running, now her eyes became more like a thin slit. Things are much brighter now, her eyesight travel across the forest.
She stopped, as she saw two mare. She inspect it, one was still moving and other one was stoned. "Oh, Altershy!" Turn out it was Stardust, tried her best to drag Twilight's stoned body. She ask "Where is Fluttershy?" Altershy points towards her back, Fluttershy came a little late with her controlled flight.
Now you might ask "How did Altershy know? She can't hear." She read lips, but her silentness is still there.
"Altershy, you're too fast." As she also look around, she quickly realised.
"Cookatrice"
"Sweet but poisonus lady, that is what." Altershy don't understand, Fluttershy explain it.
Stardust start gestuing "Oh, sorry. You deaf?" shile saying.
Altershy nodding, then she in a search for the fillies. Stardust stay in place, guarding the stoned twilight . "I used to wonder how do gorgon's stare do this, but i might know it."
We move on at Fluttershy, she saw the fillies. They we're lightly scolded by Fluttershy, Altershy notice movement on the bush. Immediately alert, turn out it was Fluttershy's chicken. The fillies point it out to Fluttershy, as second chicken head appear.
"Two chicken?" Two shy immediately realized this, Altershy put herself to cover the fillies. Letting Fluttershy handle this on her favor, which is suprisingly effective.
Fluttershy open her eye, stare at the cookatrice's. "You realized that we are nothing, and why are you trying?" She continue to give a plain unreadable face and went closer. "This world is nothing more than a single atom of water in a sea of universes, and your fate is no more than just nothing."
The cookatrice's mental health is drastically decreasing, Fluttershy didn't turn to stone. As her soul glare slowly fade away, left a concious Fluttershy.
With this, Altershy went out. As Fluttershy tap her back, she turn back and suprised that Fluttershy didn't turn into stone.
Uncover the fillies, they all were thankful with her. Also, she pologies. Which Altershy replied with a sign.
Now came Twilight and Stardust, "Now that was interesting, because my strength constantly decreasing despite me getting stronger everytime."
"Oh, hey Fluttershy." Twilight's head still hurt, Stardust can and in fact get really close to the Cookatrice.
"I shoo it away, while blindfold myself."
As we went back, to the cottage. The three fillies now fully obey Fluttershy, still putting respect towards Altershy. Tho she can't hear anything just now.
"YOU MEAN SHE DEAF?!" Stardust scream, which make Altershy a little curious. She tilt her head, trying to read her lips.
"Oh, that is just Sweetie Belle. I can't imagine other fillies, they all need to be louder than a whip to cause this." Altershy stunned, she never think about it that way. As it rings again, her eardrums sounds so loud. She think her head about to explode, but she turned out alright now she can hear again.
Stardust knock the table, she mutter "Test, test. Altershy, can you hear me?"
Altershy show a positive sign, signified her hearing senses already returned. "Aha, how delightful to know it also works on you." Altershy thank Stardust with a sign language, left stardust have a question in mind.
She pull out marker and a board for Altershy to write, Stardust ask "Why aren't you speaking? Are you just like that or are you get splash with water?"
She pull out and write "I don't know, i have inability to speak. That's all, but i do have a feeling of being able to speak."
"Interesting."
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[To be continued]