The Night Shy

Twilight was having tea with Celestia. They were both allowed to bring one guest. Celestia brought Luna and Twilight brought her best friend, Fluttershy. They were drinking tea and talking about girl things. They discussed favorite hoof polishes, restaurants, gossip, and which stallions they thought were cute. Fluttershy, who was friends with the three princesses for a long time, was acting a bit more like an outcast than usual. She was the only non immortal being there! That would make anyone feel awkward, right? She barely talked and hardly listened, often staring off in space or dozing off.

"Is your friend all right Twilight?" Celestia eventually asked.

Twilight looked at Fluttershy for the first time in an hour. "I think so." she said tilting her head like a confused dog.

Fluttershy looked back at her friend, her eyes a silent plea to leave, but Twilight was either dumb and didn't get it, or was acting dumb so she could spend more time with the princesses.

"She doesn't look all right, you should take her outside, get her some fresh air. Or maybe, have you been feeding her?" Luna asked showing general concern for another being. She has changed a lot since that one nightmare night.

"I don't feed her, she feeds herself, I hope." Twilight said cocking her head the other direction.

Fluttershy mouthed the words 'I hate this'. Twilight's eyes lit up, she obviously understood this time, but she ignored it. Gee, what a great friend, am I right?

"Fluttershy, come here, follow me." Luna got out of her chair and gestured for Fluttershy to follow. The yellow pegasus did so willingly, just to get away from so many immortals. When she stopped, Luna was at the upper most tower in the castle staring down at Ponyville.

"Why did you bring me here?" Fluttershy asked, well, shyly.

"Look at this beautiful town. So full of life. Doesn't it just take your breath away?"

Fluttershy went up to the railing and looked down at the peaceful village of Ponyville. "It is." she said in amazement.

"Look Fluttershy, this town will be ruled by one single pony eventually, most likely Twilight. Then the guys will be lining up just to see her, and because shes your friend, you should take advantage of that, tell ponies your best friend is their princess and they'll bow to you. In fact, sometimes, you'll have more power than Twilight."

"Wow, I never thought of it that way. Why are you being so nice to me though, we barely know each other." the last part just sunk in to Fluttershy and she carefully backed away from the monarch.

"Because, my sister was a princess before me, and I could've used that, but I didn't, and I don't want you to make that same mistake I did. After all, it is my job to ensure everypony has the best life possible."

"Oh, well thank you."

"Anyways, like oh ,my Celestia! Did you see what Soarin did to his mane? Its so luscious and full of volume!" Luna said sounding a bit like a crazed fangirl.

"I know right? Its so fabulous, it makes me want to have his kids!" Fluttershy immediately reverted to the same matter of talking. "Did I just say that?"

"Yes. Oh look, there his is! I'm going to talk to him!" Lune spread her wings and started flying to Soarin.

"Not if I do first!" Fluttershy did the same thing, but of course Luna beat her by like five minutes.

"Hey Soarin." the princess of the moon said waving her hoof.

"Oh hello Luna." he said.

"I like your mane." she said, barely containing her excitement.

"Really? I just switched to a new conditioner."

"Can I stroke it?"

"Uhh sure." he said even though Luna started already.

"Oh my Celestia its so soft!"

Soarin started feeling a bit awkward and was thinking about making a break for it.

"So, do you want to go out?"

Soarin looked at Luna's wings, then her horn, and finally her crown. He thought for a second.

"Sure ok." he said after a while, his inner self practically exploded with excitement. I'm going out with a princess! he thought to himself.

"Wanna go flirt in my bedroom?" she said offering her hoof.

"Sure." Soarin put his hoof around Luna's.

"Ready?" Luna asked as she spread her wings.

Soarin spread his wings. "Ready." then the two flew off into Luna's room through the open window which was closed 10 seconds ago. Soarin was barely flapping fast enough. Luna was just a tad bit faster.

Then Fluttershy landed.

"SOARIN!" she shouted. Then she looked around. "Aww man." she said bowing her head in disappointment then headed back to Twilight and Celestia who were still drinking tea like nothing happened.

"Oh hello Fluttershy." Twilight said when she walked in. "What happened?"

"Luna gave me some advice." The yellow pegasus said.

"Where is she now?"

"With Soarin, in her room."

And then, as if on cue, the three ponies heard some bed springs extend and compress repeatedly then a lamp break and Luna say "Shhh."

"Well, that's not surprising." Celestia said. "Now how about we get back to out tea?"

Then they heard the nightstand topple over followed by another "Shhh."

Celestia facehoofed. She picked up her tea cup and took a sip. Twilight did so too. Fluttershy refiled her cup and took a sip only to spit it right out.

"Sorry, forgot the sugar." she said and she spooned some sugar into her cup. Wow that sounds so wrong.