Seeing Yellow, The Return

I was sitting on a chair, reading a book when Fluttershy opened the door. I looked over at the door, closed my book with a snap, and stood up. Fluttershy looked really nervous, more nervous than I had seen her in a long time.

"Hey Fluttershy. What's up? You seem... tense..."

She was blushing and she kept glancing at the door.

"Fluttershy... are you alright?" I asked.

"I- I've been thinking about something these past few days."

"Thinking about what?"

She mumbled something.

"Speak up Fluttershy." I said.

Again, she failed to be heard. I walked over to her, knelt down and moved her face up to meet mine.

"What have you been thinking about?" I asked, very clearly.

"I- I want to marry you."

Her face turned the deepest shade of red and she looked away from me. Marriage? That... was unexpected. For one, she asked me, something that Fluttershy would possibly never do. I didn't know what to say. I had thought of it on occasion. But I had laughed it off as impossible. I thought it was crazy.

But, she did bring up a fair point. Marriage was the only way forward for us now. But how would others react to this pairing? Some ponies could barely accept our love as it is.

I moved Fluttershy's face back to mine and I planted a kiss on her lips. When we separated, I took a deep breath.

"Yes, Fluttershy. I will marry you."

Her eyes widened with happiness and she threw her forelegs around me. Suddenly the door burst open and Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and finally Pinkie Pie, who was wheeling a small cannon, entered the room. Pinkie's cannon went off, covering the room, me, and Fluttershy with ribbons, streamers and other assorted party decor.

"Engagement Party!" Pinkie shouted.

The next few weeks were a crazy time for both me and Fluttershy. Our engagement had caused quite a stir in pony populace. No wonder, since it was the first pony-human marriage ever. The wedding was the topic of conversation among everypony. I had received mixed feedback from the other ponies. Some felt happy for us, some didn't really care, and others... well, others had gone as far as to attempt to hurt Fluttershy. Those ponies wouldn't be trying anything like that again in a hurry.

Princess Celestia informed me that she was going to marry us in Canterlot Castle. This surprised me, because only royal weddings were held in Canterlot Castle. I guess Celestia was feeling generous.

The time came for me to choose a best mare. Now I knew how Twilight felt when she got an extra ticket for the Grand Galloping Gala. The mane 6 were relentless in trying to persuade me. But after 5 days of hard thinking, I knew who to give it to. I walked to a familiar tree-library and knocked on the door.

"Twilight!?" I shouted. "You in there?"

No response.

"Twiiiiiiiiiiilight!" I said.

The door creaked open. My smile dropped as I saw the purple pony a with messed up mane and wide, crazy eyes.

"OH HI, MICHAEL!" spoke Twilight, her ears flopping slightly.

"Uh oh." I whispered, and quickly turned around, trying to escape. But Twilight grabbed hold of me with her magic and moved me inside, slamming the door. She threw me across the room and I tumbled to the ground in front of a desk. Twilight advanced on me, twitching.

"I haven't learned anything about friendship in the last week." Twilight said, very crazily. "You must of learned something, right?" She stared at me, her eyes popping out of their sockets.

"U-uh..."

She grabbed me again with her magic and placed me behind a desk where a fresh piece of paper lay with a quill and ink pot next to them. Twilight stood next to me, bouncing up and down on the spot.

"Write! Write! Write! Do it now!" said Twilight, pushing the quill into my hands. I placed the quill into the ink pot. What have I learned about friendship? An idea blossomed in my mind. I placed quill to the paper and started to write. Once I had finished, I read over it.

Dear Princess Celestia

Your faithful student has dragged me into her home and told me to write a letter to you about friendship. She has gone crazy once again so I advise you to speak with her about this.

But anyway, I've learned that love crosses with friendship powerfully. Love is an important element of friendship, for without the ability to love others, life would be very much different. Fluttershy and I are getting married, one of the true expressions of love and that wouldn't be possible unless we hadn't got to know each other as friends long ago.

Your faithful servant,

Michael

I sent the letter away using magic and looked at Twilight. Her mane had returned to her natural flat state, and she was looking very embarrassed with herself.

"Sorry about that." said Twilight.

"It's alright, Twilight." I replied. "Anyway, I've got something to ask you."

"Yes?"

"Would you like to be my best mare?"

Her eyes widened and she smiled.

"Really? You want me to be your best mare?"

"Of course I do!"

"Well, yes, I will your best mare. Now could you please leave? I've got some study to do."

I walked outside and closed the door. Suddenly, I heard a high-pitched squeal of excitement.

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoooo ooosh! He asked ME! YAY!"

The big day had arrived. I woke up early and alone. Fluttershy had spent the night at Canterlot. I guess the whole 'bad-luck-if-you-see-each-other-before-the-wedding ' existed in Equestria too. I grabbed the suit that Rarity had made for me. She had been kind enough to leave wing holes for me. I briskly strolled over to the library and knocked on the door. Spike answered it, saying that Twilight had already left for Canterlot. I already knew this. I had just come for my Element ring. I felt that today I had to wear it. Taking it out of the glass container that it resided in along with the other Elements, I placed it over my finger, feeling the familiar rush of power.

I arrived in front of Canterlot Castle. I folded up my wings and proceeded to enter the castle. The multitude of guards let me pass, and it dawned on me exactly how many guards there were today.

I lost track of time. The lead up to the wedding was too fast. One moment, I was getting ready, hours away from the event, the next, I was standing in front of a whole lot of ponies, watching the doors at the end of the hall.

As I stood up the front, next to Twilight Sparkle, who was wearing a beautiful dress for the occasion, I couldn't help but feel self-conscious, an emotion that I am not accustomed with. I began to take note of my various flaws in my appearance and in my character. I nervously scratched my arm. Twilight looked at me.

"Nervous?" she whispered to me.

"Yeah."

The musical bird choir started and the large doors at the end of the hall opened to reveal a mare dressed in white. 3 small fillies I didn't know were trotting down the aisle, throwing rose petals on the ground, Fluttershy slowly proceeding up the aisle in their wake.

Fluttershy looked absolutely adorable. Rarity had done a good job with the dress. It looked similar to what Princess Cadence wore in A Canterlot Wedding Part 2. My heart started to gallop in my chest. Even from this distance, I could see Fluttershy's smile.

She drew ever closer, and I was getting really nervous. A familiar pressure touched my mind.

"Come on, Michael." I heard a familiar voice of a purple alicorn speak. "Deep breaths... it will all be fine."

"Okay. Thanks Twilight."

The pressure disappeared. I took one long steadying breath, and the knot in my stomach loosened. I looked at my soon-to-be wife more closely as she neared me.

She was even more adorable than before. Fluttershy was blushing, the red patches under each eye matching in colour to a rose interwoven into her hair. Her hair shone and seemed to sparkle when it moved. Her coat seemed to be radiating a warm yellow glow. She finally stepped up next to me, smiling.

Dare I say it? My heart exploded... twice.

Princess Celestia started addressing the crowd. However, I could barely even comprehend what she was saying. I was only focusing on the mare in front of me.

After saying our vows and the final two words, "I do.", Princess Celestia's voice rang out. "I now pronounce you, mare and human."

Fluttershy and I looked at one another for a few seconds. Then we kissed. As soon as our lips touched, something happened. I was surrounded with a white aura and lifted off the ground. I struggled against the force, but I couldn't break it. I looked down at ponies below, and all of them had a look of surprise of their face.

Then my skin started burning white hot. Before I could yell, I lost consciousness.

My eyes fluttered open and I saw Fluttershy above me. She was looking down at me with a strange look on her face. My entire body was warm, like I was wrapped up in bed. Did I dream all of that?

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I feel fine." I replied.

"What do you remember?"

"It was this crazy dream. I was getting married to you, then I floated up into the sky. And that's about it... crazy, right?"

She still had that strange look on her face. It was then that I realised that there were multiple ponies surrounding me, all staring at me with the same look of confusion of their faces.

"What are you so confused about? Somepony please tell me!" I said.

"Ummm..." nervously started Fluttershy. "Have you looked at yourself recently?"

"No... Why would I..." I trailed off.

I raised my arms and stared at them. Only... they didn't look like arms anymore. Long jet black furry things were raised in front of me. My fingers were gone and in their place were slightly curved somethings... hooves. My eyes widened in surprise, and that's when I realised that my eyes were larger than before. I sat up. I looked down at my body, which was covered with the same black fur. My long legs had shortened, and they were also covered with fur, and they too ended with hooves. I twisted my new forelegs around and felt my back. My wings were there. I looked around at them and to my surprise I saw that they were covered in pure white fur, instead of the dark black that covered the rest of me. I reached my front legs up and brushed them through my mane. Something solid stopped my hooves from going all the way back. I felt it. It was a long horn. I dropped my hooves down, making an audible sound as they impacted against my back legs, while I tried to process everything that had happened. Somehow, amazingly... I had been turned into a pony. An alicorn to be exact.

I shakily got to my hooves, then nearly fell over as the unfamiliarity of my body struck me. Everypony moved back from me, gazing at me with looks of fear on their faces. I felt something hang from my neck as I rose. I looked down and saw that my necklace was still there. I looked around for my ring Element, which I knew was on my hand, but I couldn't see it. I would have to look for it later.

"It's all right." I said, glad to know that my voice hadn't changed. However, I could think what to say next. What could I say? Fluttershy slowly trotted closer to me.

"What happened to you?" she asked while trotting around me.

"Don't ask me." I replied. "But can we ask all these questions later? Aren't we forgetting that we getting married?

Fluttershy blushed. "Oh yeah."

The ponies slowly moved back to where they were before. As they moved, I saw something on the ground. My ring. I channelled my magic through my new horn and my ring rose with a white aura around it. I slipped it over my new horn and, with Fluttershy's help, returned to the front, stumbling slightly. Celestia was staring at me and then I realised that I was smaller than her now. The tables had turned. I looked at Fluttershy and she looked back at me, examining my new body with interest.

"It suits you." she spoke.

"Yeah... But I don't know what I feel about this."

Our small conversation was cut short by Celestia, who had started to address the crowd again.

Princess Celestia pronounced us, mare and colt.

After a long time, filled with dancing, food, and various other things, I finally managed to find a mirror to look at myself in my new body. I stared at my own reflection. I looked like a stallion from the show. My jet black fur with pure white wings stood out the most. My eyes were large, just like Fluttershy's, but mine were green. I had a shimmering silver mane and tail, which I thought was interesting, for my hair was a light brown colour before. Also, I noticed my tail was longer than the normal stallion tail. It was just shorter than Fluttershy's tail in fact. Finally, I looked at my cutie mark. It was 3 hearts, arranged at a slight angle from each other. The two smaller ones on the side were red and white, while the larger one in the middle was yellow.

I heard hoofsteps to my left. I turned and saw Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle all heading towards me. I bowed to the group then looked up at Celestia.

"Do you have any idea how I got turned into one of you?" I asked.

She shook her head. "Nothing like this has ever happened before. However, we believe we can change you back, if you wish."

I thought about this. I never wanted to be turned into a pony. I wanted to remain as a human. But...

"No thanks Celestia. I will remain as a pony. Whatever happened to me must of happened for a reason."

Celestia bowed her head. "As you wish."

A few years have passed. I'm still a pony. Ponyville is still the same. Equestria isn't in danger. But today I am going on a special trip. I've finally convinced Celestia to allow me to return back to my world for a while. With a final kiss from Fluttershy, I stepped through the portal.

I returned from my world a few hours later. My friend had said a few interesting things. One of which rang out very clearly in my mind.

"If you're married to Fluttershy, then are you having fillies?"

How far was I going to take this relationship with Fluttershy? How far? Marriage was one thing, but children? Children?! No... maybe I wouldn't take it that far... maybe...

I woke up next to Fluttershy as always, and like most days, she was still asleep. But not for long though...

"Mom! Dad! Wake up!" chorused two little voices.

Two little ponies jumped up and down on our bed. One was a deep shade of black with wings. The other was a brilliant shade of yellow with a horn. Fluttershy opened one sleepy eye.

"Guess what day it is today?" the the filly and the colt said.

"What?" I asked, but I already knew.

"It's Hearts and Hooves Day!"

"Oh right!" I sighed, getting out of bed. "Lets get some breakfast."

But the two tiny ponies didn't move. They were jumping up and down on Fluttershy. I pulled them off.

"Syntax Light and Sun Flare, leave your mother alone for a minute. Lets get some breakfast ready. Race ya to the kitchen!"

Syntax flapped his wings and flew downstairs with a burst of speed, and Sun fell through a hole she had just conjured in the floor. Looking back at my wife, still half-asleep in bed, I went downstairs to stop my kids from trashing the kitchen again.

Hearts and Hooves Day was yet another great success for the ponies. Everypony had their very special somepony with them. Even the rest of the mane 6 had finally found somepony. I saw Twilight Sparkle trotting with Flash Sentry, the two seemed lost in each other's eyes. Rainbow Dash was flying across the sky with Soarin', both of them with not a care in world. Pinkie Pie was bouncing animatedly next to Derpy... or is it Ditzy? I still have no idea, and she didn't give me an outright answer when I asked her. But anyway, even though the grey and pink pair were both mares, nopony seemed to care that much. Rarity was talking with a fashion pony I had never learned the name of, and finally Applejack and yet another pony I hadn't learned the name of yet, were both laughing.

I sat down on the cool grass and looked up slightly. Syntax was flying around in circles and Sun chased after him with newly formed magic wings. I smiled then lay down on the grass, closing my eyes in relaxation. Cold water splashed me in the face and I sat bolt upright, spluttering a little. I looked over my shoulder and Fluttershy was there, holding a bucket, with a mischievous smile on her face. I let out a small exhale of frustration and launched myself at her. I tackled her to the ground and rolled around for a while, giggling. Sun and Syntax had got tired of flying around and were now sleeping on the ground, tails wrapped around each other.

Fluttershy and I looked up at the sky of Celestia's day, soon to replaced with Luna's night. Fluttershy closed her eyes. I looked at our necklaces which sparkled in the light. I sat up and looked around. Everypony was happy and wildly in love. I sighed and flopped back down on the grass.

All I wanted was for everyone around me to succeed in life and be happy.

My dream was complete.

It was now reality.

And I am,

Happy.