A friend to the end

It had been three weeks since Fluttershy had her friends come and visit, and Bidziil was completely healed, now. All that was left where the scars. Princess Celestia and her fiancé were coming to Ponyville to introduce Equestria's new future King to it's subject's tonight. It was going to be broadcasted onto the radio's across Equestria. It was the biggest event to happen since, well as long as anypony could remember.

Equestria did not have a King or Queen for thousands of years, not to mention Twilight was coming down with them. It seemed things were never ceasing to make Fluttershy's life more interesting. Fluttershy was very happy about the event. It would give Bidziil a chance to meet not only Twilight, but one the rulers of Equestria, and give her a chance to introduce the whole of Ponyville to him also. It seemed there were no down sides to this at all. The event didn't start until dusk, and it was the middle of fall, so it was cool outside in the middle of the day, at night it was freezing, so she was going to wear something warm. However Bidziil had nothing to wear, although she suspected he would be fine. She went ahead and decided to sow him a sweater. she was currently putting the finishing touches upon Bidziil's sweater, he volunteered to tend to her animal friends, so she had the rest of the day to finish it up.

Fluttershy smiled as she sat on the couch, humming a tune her mother would sing to her as a child, “I hope Bidziil likes this sweater, I'd hate for him to have to wear something he doesn't like....” In about fifteen minutes the sweater would be done, then she would go out and help Bidziil with her animal friends. She yelped in pain as she accidentally nicked her finger with the needle, she quickly put everything down for a moment as she held back a curse and sucked her thumb a moment, then looked at it, it wasn't deep, but was still very painful.

She sighed as she got up and went upstairs to the bathroom to wrap it up so it wouldn't get infected. Once she was done wrapping her finger, she went back to continue her work. However Fluttershy feared the worst when she heard the back door open and close. She quickly looked for a good place to hide his sweater because it was meant to be a surprise, and the right sleeve wasn't even started yet. She looked at the couch and quickly began to stuff the sweater under a cushion in a desperate attempt to hide the gift from Bidziil. Thankfully he seemed to be washing his hands as she heard the faucet come to life in the kitchen, so she had time to stuff it under the cushion before he came in, she hated to do this to it, mainly because the sweater would be wrinkled from being mercilessly stuffed under a couch cushion, but was necessary.

Bidziil soon walked into the room as he wiped sweat from his brow and said, “ I have fed all the animals, is there anything else you would like me to do?”

Fluttershy looked at him surprised as she said, “what? Oh no, I couldn't ask you to do anymore for me, you've done more than enough.” She couldn't help but smile at him, he was so sweet, especially when he came from a place where he had to fight just to stay alive each and every day.

He nodded and that was that.

Fluttershy sighed in relief, that was one thing she liked about him, he didn't push things, he knew when she didn't want to talk about something and respected it.

Then he walked up the stairs to shower, he was rather sweaty so he needed to get ready for the event, why he was getting ready when it wasn't even noon, Fluttershy was unsure, but at least he was leaving the room. She shrugged it off as she listened for the door to shut, then sighed as she took out his sweater out from under the cushion and began to sow again.

                                                                      Six hours later

Bidziil had been out of the shower a while and now on the couch with Angel, so, Fluttershy went into her room and closed the door, there was no need to lock it, if she knew Bidziil at all, he wouldn't disturb her while in her room, he had been here almost a month and had never once even set hoof into her room. Now she was done with the sweater, she sighed as she folded it up and laid it on her bed, then looked out the window, it was almost time to go. She sighed as she got up and went to get a thicker sweater, it would be cold, but to her it would be freezing. she quickly went and got a green sweater and squeezed into it, she also put on thick tights under her skirt. Once dressed she went down stairs with the sweater and looked for Bidziil, he was sitting on the couch, with Angel in his lap, scratching his ear. She still felt a wave of jealousy run through her veins at this, but pushed the feeling back as she smiled saying, “um...Bidziil, I made something for you, I hope you like it, I worked all week on it.”

Bidziil looked at her expectantly, Fluttershy sighed nervously as she pulled the sweater from behind her and held it out for him, it was a very large, red sweater.

Bidziil merely stared at it silently, Fluttershy looked at him worriedly as she asked, “um....is um... something wrong with it?”

Bidziil shook his head as he said, “no, but, I've never had anyone make a... this for me before....”

Fluttershy thought about it a moment, not sure what he meant, but soon realized he was saying he had no idea what it was, she giggled as she said, “it's a sweater, you wear it to keep yourself warm in the cold.”

Bidziil's eye's softened and got up, letting Angel hop out of his lap and walked over to her. Once he was right in front of her, he hugged her and said, “thank you Fluttershy, I am afraid I cannot accept your gift though. I have nothing to give you.”

Fluttershy's ear's went down as she  said, “o-oh um.... you don't like it... do you...?”

He gently yet firmly grasped her shoulders as he shook his head as he said, “no, it is not that, it is simply that in my society, when given something, you must give a gift in return of equal value.”

She put her ear's down as her mane got into her face and said, “oh, so it's some kind of law between your people?”

“No, it is simply a matter of honor and pride, it is offensive to ones honor and their pride, it is not only an act of offense, it is an honor-less act. By accepting this I will be insulting not only you, but myself also.”

Fluttershy flinched as he said the last part, she hid in her mane, ear's down in submission. He said it as though it were a vulgar and insulting act to even speak of. He also seemed to get taller and more intimidating under his vexed glare, it was clear she had offended him quite a bit. She quickly stepped back as she stuttered out, “I- I sorry I didn't mean to offend you, I- I  didn't know, please don't be mad at me....”

Bidziil's eye's softened as he saw the fear in her eye's. He sighed as he said, “do not worry, it is not your fault, I should have considered that you do not know my peoples customs, I am sorry for feeling insulted. Your knowledge of my customs are not even equal to a foal, I cannot accept this until I have a gift of equal value, until then I am sorry.

She nodded, still a bit wary of him blushing she said, “o-oh....um.... it's okay....” Fluttershy didn't see it as Bidziil's fault, but not really her own either, though she couldn't help feeling guilty for it. Eager to change the subject, she hastily said, “w-well um... are you ready to head out to the event?”

Bidziil nodded, seeming to still be a bit bothered by their conversation.

She smiled wider as she said, “okay then let's get going, it'll be starting soon.” They then walked out the door, Fluttershy of course locked it before they started their trek to Ponyville, after what Rainbow did last time she'd never leave her door locked again.

                                               Twilight Sparkles point of view

Twilight, Celestia and her fiancé had made it to Ponyville about an hour ago, the princess gave Twilight permission to go and visit her friends, so she was at the Library with Rarity, her other friends had not shown up yet. This worried Twilight, although she was sure all her friends would never miss seeing Twilight since she had to go back with the Princess, but she couldn't help but worry.

Twilight wore a tiara on her head, she also wore a light purple dress, which was almost pink, the dress went up to her neckline, yet left her shoulders bare. She also had a necklace which had her cutie mark on it, this way everypony could recognize her, her mane was much neater also, other than that and her wings, she was not changed at all . She sighed as she looked to Rarity who sat next to her and said, “do you think the others are coming?”

Rarity smiled as she said, “of course darling, I know they wouldn't miss seeing you or the princess and her fiancé for the world.” She smiled suggestively as she said, “so, how have you and Flash been doing?”

Twilight smiled as she said, “him and I are great friends”.

Rarity looked at her as she asked, is that all you two are? Your not in a relationship with him yet?

Twilight sighed as she said, “no, we're only friends.”

Rarity cocked her head as she asked, “well why? Does he not like you that way?”

she shrugged with a sigh as she said, “I don't know, but it's not like it really matters, he's dating a mare already.”

Rarity gave her a sympathetic look as she said, “oh, I'm so sorry darling, you'll find somepony better I'm sure.”

Twilight smiled as she said, “actually, I think I might have found somepony already.”

Rarity smiled widely as she said, “tell me all about it darling.”

she giggled as she said, “ I was hoping you'd say that. Anyway, there's this stallion, it's Celestia's fiancés former student, he and I became best friends instantly”, she giggled as she said, “he's so funny.”

Rarity smiled happily as she said, “oh good for you darling, so is he good looking?”

she blushed a bit as she said, “Yeah, he's very good looking, he's an Alicorn too.”

Rarity looked impressed as she said, “He is? Well, I never heard of a male Alicorn before, looking at the princess's he must be quite the sight.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow as she replied with “Okay first off, Celestia's fiancé is an Alicorn. But Yeah, like I said, he's cute. It's just, I'm not sure I want to date him, he's an amazing stallion, it's just I'm still getting over Flash. Besides, I'm not ready for a relationship yet anyway. I have to focus on my studies, not... this. She sighed as she said, Rarity I'm....” she trailed off into silence as she looked to the floor.

Rarity couldn't help but smile, as she said, “well, Twilight, darling, I'm happy for you, in fact, I sort of envy you. I mean your a princess, your beautiful, and probably soon will have hundreds of admirers, and you have a  great potential stallion right at your heels, that I'm sure would be great for you. She sighed for longingly as she said, and I have none of this.”

Twilight rolled her eye's as she said, “Please Rarity, you already have hundreds of admirers who would grovel at your hooves with nothing more than a wink from you. You reject them all, so how can you possibly be in envy of me?

Rarity was silent at this, seeming to think it through.

Twilight sighed as she said, “how has everypony been?” She said in an attempt to change the subject.

Oh, Good, well from what I know at least, I really kept to myself lately. Now that I think about it, we've all been growing...well, apart since you left Twilight”. Her voice taking a rather depressed tone.

“Really? Wow, so, nothing interesting really happened between you or any of the other girls?”

“No, I'm afraid- well actually, Fluttershy has a stallion living with her, now that you reminded me. She seems to be quite fond of him too.”

Twilight smiled as she said, “really? Wow out of all of us, Fluttershy was the last I would ever think to let a stallion live with her, well... so soon, or, ever actually, I never would have expected her to find love, ever you know?”

“Oh no darling, he's injured, she's merely letting him stay until he heals, or, so she said.”

Suddenly AJ, and all the other girls excluding Fluttershy, and Pinkie pie walked into the library.

Twilight smiled as she stood saying, “hey! You all made it!”

AJ walked over smiling as she hugged her and said, “of course Twi, ah ain't seen ya in a couple months, ah really missed ya! No way ah'd let even work get in th' way of see'n ya before ya go back fer who knows how long again.”

After a moment they broke apart as AJ took a step to the side so Rainbow Dash could come over and see Twilight also. Rainbow Dash walked over and roughly pulled Twilight in a bear hug, making it feel like she was nearly breaking her back as she said, “Twilight, what's up! It's been too long, have you learned to fly yet?”.

Twilight gasped for breath as she said, “um....first off..... could you let go before you...... kill me?”

Rainbow Dash giggled sheepishly as she said, “sorry, I forgot, yer fragile”. She then released her saying, “so, Have you?”

“Oh um....no, not yet.”

Rainbow Dash frowned as she said, “huh, well, you'll learn with practice.”

“Yeah I really don't have time to practice, Celestia's working me harder than ever since I came to the castle. Not only that, I'm busy hanging out with a friend I've made at the castle he's an Alicorn too, so I could probably have him teach me.”

Rainbow frowned as she said,” oh? Cool.”

Suddenly Pinkie came through the door to the library's basement saying, “hi Twilight!” Then tackled her to the ground, jumping the ten foot distance between them.

Twilight screamed as she fell to the ground hard yelling in annoyance, “Pinkie get off of me!”

She smiled sheepishly as she got off, and helped her stand up as she said, “sorry Twilight, I'm just so happy to see you I mean I haven't seen you in so long!” Then glomped her and picked her up off the floor and flung her around a bit, showing her superior strength over Twilight.

She groaned as she said, “Pinkie.......stop your.......... killing….......me.”

Pinkie then released her as she fell to her hooves, and almost on her flank. Lucky for her she regained her balance, and AJ caught her before she could lose it again.

Twilight sighed as she said, “how about we all sit down?”

They all nodded and headed to the couch.

AJ looked at Rarity confused as she said, “were ya'll really jus' sitt'n thar watch'n all this like it's some kinda play?”

“in a way yes”, she smiled as she said, “there really wasn't much reason for me to move really, I've been here for at least an hour, so I already said hello to her.”

AJ gave her a dull expression as she said, “ah see. Wait, where in tarnation is Fluttershy?”

Rarity sighed as she said, “oh calm down darling I'm sure she'll be here soon.”

                                                               Fluttershy's point of view

Fluttershy and Bidziil quickly walked down the road to Ponyville, they didn't have much time before the event started though, maybe fifteen minutes.

Fluttershy frowned at Bidziil nervously as she said, “um.... oh my, we may be late....”

Bidziil simply looked at her quizzically as he said, “do not worry Fluttershy, I am sure we shall not be scolded if we are a bit late.”

Fluttershy sighed as she looked to him, as she said, “ I- I'm sorry, but.... you don't understand....

he gave her a thoughtful look as he said, what could make you worry so?

She sighed and nodded knowing he was right as she said, w-well... I'm supposed to meet a friend before the event. She's only be here this one night and then she's leaving again, and I don't know if I'll have time to talk to her during the event... and... I'm a bit worried about getting yelled at if I don't get there on time....” she of course was over reacting, she knew it, and was sure Bidziil knew it too, and expected him to tell her that, however she was surprised by what he said to her.

Bidziil put a hand on her shoulder saying, “ do not worry, I will not let them do that to you Fluttershy.

Fluttershy blushed in embarrassment as she stared at him in wonder. He reminded her of her cousin Capricorn. In high school he acted as though he were her body guard the entire year, and it all started when he said something similar to her.  Fluttershy suddenly yelped as she tripped and nearly fell on her face, lucky for her Bidziil caught her and helped her to regain her balance.

“um... th- thank you..... I'm so sorry, I'm a bit clumsy.....”

Bidziil's eye's betrayed his amusement as he patted her on the back and said, “everything will be fine I promise.”

Fluttershy looked at him a moment blushing still then smiled as she said, “okay.” Fluttershy then looked ahead and noticed they were fairly close to Ponyville now, in about five minutes they made it to Ponyville, Fluttershy smiled widely now, “yay! We're here! We might just make it to the library on time after all.”

In about fifteen minutes she and Bidziil made it to the library where she said they'd meet, she and Bidziil both walked in and everypony looked at them stunned, Fluttershy gulped as she forced a smiled and said, “um... h-hi?”

AJ was the first to speak, as she said in a vexed tone, “Fluttershy, where in tarnation have ya been this whole taum ?”

“um....well...”

Bidziil was the one to answer as he said, “we were getting ready.”

“This whole tahme? Really?”

“Yes.”

AJ looked to Twilight who simply shrugged, AJ shrugged back and said, “um...okay, ah guess....”

there was an awkward silence in the room as Twilight smiled at them and said, “well would you two like to sit down? There's plenty of chairs.”

Fluttershy smiled as she said, “o-oh um... thank you”. She then went and sat down in a chair,  Bidziil followed her, then veered off to a chair across from her and sat down.

Twilight smiled as she said, “so Fluttershy, who's your friend?”

“Oh um....” she looked at him saying, “his name is Bidziil, and um... well, he's an old friend of mine.”

Everypony raised an eyebrow as Twilight said, “really?  Wow, so how did you two meet?”

“Oh um....well it's kind of a long story, but to put it to the point...... Rainbow, remember how you raced those bullies at flight camp, I fell from the clouds?”

RainbowDash looked at her blankly as she asked, “no, I never even knew you fell from the clouds.”

Fluttershy sighed as she said, “oh.... w- well I did, and when I got to the ground, I met him.” “He taught me everything I know about animals, oh, well, at least most of it, the rest I learned from experience, but anyway I never would have gotten my cutie mark if it weren't for him.”

Everyone was stunned by this, RainbowDash was the first to break the silence as she said in a guilty tone, “wow, I never knew you fell, sorry I guess.”

Fluttershy smiled as she said, “it's okay, it happened years ago, besides, I might never have met Bidziil if you didn't.”

She smiled as she said, “yeah your right, I'm not sorry anymore.”

“W-well I never said.... oh never mind...”

Before anything else could happen though, there was a knock on the front door of the library, Twilight smiled as she hollered, “come in!”

Suddenly a handsome young Alicorn came into the library saying, “hey, Twilight, these must be your friends, right? The young stallion was tall and muscular, he was a bit taller than Celestia was, by about an inch, and thicker than Bidziil. He had purple, almost blue fur, and a light purple mane and tail, and a sword which had a red aurora around it's blade belted to his side, he wore white chain mail under a white dress shirt, and light armored leggings, he also had a necklace with a shield, with a cross on it.

Twilight smiled as she said, “these are my friends”, she looked to her friends and smiled as if to say get up and introduce yourselves, they all nodded as they got up.

Pinkie skipped over to him as she said, “hi I'm Pinkie who're you? You must be important since your an Alicorn how do you know Twilight huh?”

The stallion smiled as he said, “well not all Alicorns are high rank in society, which is what I assume you meant, but I'm Bladecleaver, Starlight's former apprentice.”

Pinkie smiled wider as she said in a cheerful voice, “I have no idea what you just said!”

He laughed as he said, “it's okay, Starlight, and Celestia will explain everything at the event tonight, come on, it's going to start very soon in fact.”

Rarity smiled, an obvious betrayal to her attraction to him on her face as she said, “I am Rarity, I own the boutique here in Ponyville.”

“I see, I've heard your name mentioned in Canterlot a few times by....... Fancy pants, I think he name was, not really quite sure though.”

Rarity smiled widely as she stuttered, “r-r-really?”

He smiled as he said, “yes, r-r-really”. All the girls snickered and giggled at this as Rarity flushed a bright red with an unpleasant look on her face.

AJ smiled as she said, “ah'm Applejack, but ya'll kin call me AJ if ya want to.”

He smiled as he said, “Applejack, I've heard of you, Twilight talks about you a lot, just like the rest of you.

“And your RainbowDash, and you must be, Fluttershy?”

They both nodded Fluttershy seemed surprised that he knew her, RainbowDash just smiled as she said, “I knew I was famous.”

Bladecleaver frowned as he said, “um...no, I only heard of you from Twilight, no one else even mentioned you, like ever. Like I said, she talks about you girls a lot”, he looked to Bidziil as he said, “I don't recognize you though, who are you?”

He stared at Bladecleaver his eye's not even showing any emotion as he replied, “I am Bidziil, a friend of Fluttershy's.”

He smiled as he said, “right, Bidziil, I'll try and remember that. Now come on the announcement is going to start any minute now, and Starlight has a lot to tell.”

So they all headed out to the heart of Ponyville, it didn't take long only a couple of minutes.

The heart of Ponyville was packed with not only all the residents, but also others from all over Equestria who came just to see this in person. Bladecleaver pushed and shoved everypony who stood in there way out of the way until they got to the front. In front was a large stage in which, Fluttershy assumed would be where Celestia and her fiance would be. he smiled at Twilight and said something that Fluttershy couldn't hear, she shrugged it off as she looked for Bidziil, who was conveniently right next to her. she then looked up on the stage and saw that Celestia and a very large, very handsome Alicorn stallion was with her.

Celestia wore a dress similar to Twilight's, only it was white, and had the emblem of the sun on her flank.

He was huge at nearly nearly a head taller than Celestia herself his outfit was similar to Bladecleaver's, only he wore a black vest over his shirt, and a cooler sword belted to his side. And made Bladecleaver look small in comparison. He had white fur, a red mane with yellow streaks in it combed neatly on his head, and his tail was the same color only it resembled fire, not only in color but also shape. He had green eye's and his wings had red armor on the rims, why, Fluttershy could not explain. He smiled at the crowd as Celestia put up a hand to silence them all. When they saw this they instantly went silent.

The Princess smiled as she said, “in the royal Canterlot voice so everypony there could hear her; my little ponies of Equestria, I come here to Ponyville today to introduce to you, my fiance and, the first king Equestria has had in over fifty thousand years. As she said this the crowd erupted into cheers and applause. Equestria was considered incomplete without a strong king by other nations. Of course they were far from crippled or weak. the princess's combined power was overwhelming even to the strongest of warriors.

They were very skilled in combat and together, with their power and experience combined to lead, made Equestria a force to be reckoned with. Celestia smiled as she said, “I will now let my fiance introduce himself to you, and he has something to reveal to you all. Then I will take questions from the press, I'm sure there is a lot you all want to know, so I will do my best to answer all questions I feel comfortable answering. She then stepped back as the male Alicorn stepped up.

He smiled at them all as he said, “hello, my name is Starlight”, his voice was deep, and gentle, yet filled with authority at the same time, similar to Celestia. “and I am pleased to say, I am prepared to be king. And though I could never be as wonderful a ruler as her highness or her sister have been all these centuries, I can promise I will do my best to mimic their actions, and let them guide me. The crowd broke into applaud again at this, Starlight waited patiently for them to calm over. Eventually however, Celestia stepped up and raised a hand to silence them, seeing as they were not going to yield on their own anytime soon.

Starlight smiled as he continued, I want to end my speech tonight by telling you all a secret you most likely never have known. Although Equestria has the greatest leaders possible to have, they don't stop us from being attacked. Equestria has something no other kingdom has, the Guardian Tower. I won't go too into depth with this, but to say the least each Guardian is has their own talented way of fighting, and have mastered it by adulthood.

Each Guardian is assigned a province to protect. For instance, Manehattans Guardian is Thyme, she is an amazing Guardian, one of the best the Tower has ever raised, what's more amazing is that she's a mare, she goes against all stereotypical mares in fact. Which is why she is assigned to protect such a large city. My point is, that as long as the Guardian Tower stands, Equestria shall never fall. Now to end officially, I want to say, I am honored to be marrying such an amazing ruler who has such unspeakable compassion for her subjects.

I promise you, that there are no other rulers in this world that love their subjects as yours do, you do not know how blessed you are until you visit another kingdom. Everypony applauded, it was nearly over whelming, the noise level was ridiculous. news reporters pushed through the crowds to get to the stage to ask questions. There were five reporters, and they all talked at once. Celestia smiled as she pointed to one and said something Fluttershy couldn't hear over all the ponies in the huge crowd.

Fluttershy looked to Bidziil and saw he was looking uncomfortable she grabbed his hand in hers as she said in his ear so he would hear her, “do you want to go home?” It's getting late, and this crowd is making me uncomfortable, she wasn't lying, she hated large crowds, especially since she was claustrophobic.

He quickly nodded in agreement.

She smiled as she said, “okay, I'll be right back.” she looked around for Twilight to let her know she was leaving so she could say goodbye. She saw her near Bladecleaver, they were talking and laughing about something, she quickly pushed through the crowds to Twilight. When she got to her she go into Twilight's ear without so much as a warning and told her she was leaving.

Twilight looked at her disappointed as she said, “really? So soon?” She got a sad nod in response, Twilight smiled sadly as she said, “well okay, stay safe on your way home okay?”

Fluttershy smiled and said, “you too Twilight”, then they gave a friendly hug and Fluttershy went back to Bidziil to depart for home.

Fluttershy looked around confused, Bidziil was gone,  “I swear he was right here, I- I think so at least....” She nearly had a heart attack as she felt a hoof on her shoulder, she turned around and saw Bidziil looking at her, she sighed as she said, “ready to go?”

He nodded and they went on their way. They pushed through the crowds, it seemed to be never ending, finally they made it out and headed for home. It was chilly outside, however, Fluttershy was freezing as she pulled her coat tight and wrapped her wings around herself as her teeth chattered uncontrollably.

She soon noticed Bidziil looking at her with concern as he asked, “are you alright?” She forced a smiled as she said, “y-yes, I-I'm f-f-f-f-fine j-j-just ch-ch-chilly is all.” He nodded silently  but never stopped looking at her. She sighed as she looked straight ahead, her home was nowhere near, and she wanted to get home before she caught a cold. Unfortunately, it didn't seem she could avoid getting a cold at this point. Suddenly she squeaked as she felt Bidziil press his body to her's wrapped his arm around her's to pull her closer.

“B- Bidziil what are you doing?” She asked as her face flushed a bright red, not only was he very handsome, he had no shirt on, he never wore one because she had nothing but the sweater, and he refused to wear it because of  his silly “warrior's honor” she never hated manners so much until now, but didn't try to resist, he was warm.

“You will get sick if your too cold, my in my culture staying warm is important.”

she rolled her eye's, the whole culture thing was getting rather old, she wanted to tell him they weren't in the forest and that this was not something you simply did with anypony. But she really couldn't think of a reason why other than him being shirtless, she was cold after all, and it wasn't as though he were being perv, he was her friend, and simply was trying to help her stay warm. Not only that she didn't want to insult him again, she never even tried and he got angered, he would completely flip if she did it intentionally. So she stayed silent, a deep blush coming to her face.

she was soon nice and toasty finally beginning to enjoy this in a way she couldn't describe, other than snug as a bug.

He kept her close to his side until they got home, he released her once they got inside, and went and laid down on the couch silently, most likely ready for sleep to come.

Fluttershy smiled as she took off her coat hung it on the coat rack.

She walked over to Bidziil who seemed to be asleep, she smiled at him, however her eye's widened in surprise as she blushed as he suddenly opened his eye's and looked at her.

She smiled as she said, “oh I'm sorry, I thought you were asleep.”

He stared at her as he said, “I am merely resting, but I do plan to go to sleep soon.”

She smiled as she leaned down and kissed his cheek, he looked surprised and blushed a bit as she said, “thank you for helping me stay warm Bidziil.”

He looked at her confused as he replied, why do you thank me? You are a friend, it's the only way I know how to keep another from dying of the cold.

She frowned as she said, “um... oh, well, um... okay...” “he has a while until he is domesticated, if ever of course.... maybe that, or I'll get used to it....”

She smiled as she then wrapped her wings around his neck in an embrace as she said, “goodnight”, then headed up to bed.