The Bet

Flower quickened his pace a little when Fluttershy's cottage was in sight. As always he could feel a twinge of nervousness brewing in the pit of his stomach every time he approached her cottage.. He's known her for two years now, but no matter how many times he saw her, he always felt those familiar butterflies in his stomach like the first day he met her. "I'll never get tired of that feeling." Flower thought to himself

His feelings for the timid mare only grew as their friendship blossomed, and he'd never forget their... 'almost' kiss the day after they met either. With every step closer he got, the more he hated himself for making that foolish bet with Jetstream, and knowing how competitive his friend was, especially when his pride was hurt, he knew that he wouldn't let it go.

"I have to find a way out of this. If Fluttershy wants to be my mare, then to Tartarus with the bet. I don't want to ruin my chances with her over some fool notion of pride." He thought to himself.

Before Flower knew it, he was already at her doorstep. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves and steady his rapidly beating heart.

"Okay...here we go."

Flower knocked on the door three times, and before long he could hear hoofsteps approaching. There was an audible click before the door opened, revealing a cyan eye peeking out of it.

"Um, h-hello?" Fluttershy answered meekly.

"Hnnnnng! She's so adorable when she does that!" He thought, "Hiho, Fluttershy!" Flower greeted. Fluttershy opened the door wider with a small flutter from her wings when she saw that it was him.

"Oh, Flower! I didn't expect to see you so soon," she responded with a warm smile, her previous shyness now dissipated, "Come in! I just finished making some tea, would you care to join me?"

"Of course I will! Thanks, I could use a cup." He replied as he stepped in. It wasn't far from the truth, tea relaxed him and he needed to unwind a little thanks to Jetstraeam's antics. "Ugh...Jetstream...Damn him and his smooth ways with the mares!" He thought to himself as Fluttershy was leading him to her dining room table.

"Have a seat and I'll be right back," Fluttershy offered, breaking him out of his internal monologue as she trotted in the kitchen.

He took a seat and mindlessly played with his forehooves as he waited. His thoughts were moving at Sonic Rainboom speeds, not settling on a single one.

Most of his thoughts were about Fluttershy and how much he loved her. It wasn't just her beauty, but also her kind heart. Though she was timid, it only added to her charm in his eyes. A smile was tugging at the corners of his lips the more he thought about it.

When he broke out of his thoughts and looked up, he realized that this was the very place when he almost kissed her and his cheeks turned a light shade of red as the memory replayed in his mind. In fact, he could still smell the pancakes she was making him that, and the discussion they were having about his flower, the Shylily. That also brought another conversation to mind...the one he had with Princess Luna in his dream the night before. What echoed in his mind were her words of wisdom.

'If this is so, thou art must tell her. Thou art are not immortal like me.' Those words hit home for Flower.

"I know, Princess Luna. It's just that...I'm so nervous. But seeing what I got myself into, I need to do something soon! Back then, we had just met, that's why I was so reluctant to say anything then, but this time its different! I've known her long enough, so there should be nothing wrong in asking her this time! I can do this!" He thought to himself, building up the courage to say what he needed to once and for all. Before long he saw Fluttershy enter the room, gracefully balancing a platter on her back with the tea set and a small plate of butter cookies. Seeing her again shot down his confidence faster than a parasprite could devour an entire apple pie, gulping hard, "Or not...I'm such a coward."

Fluttershy smiled at Flower as she entered. She knew he loved butter cookies and saved them for an occasion like now. She gracefully set the platter on the table and served them both a cup of tea and a small helping of cookies.

"I brought you your favorite. I hope you don't mind" she said as she gave him his cup and cookies. Flower's mouth was salivating at the delectable treat.

"Thanks, Fluttershy. I appreciate it." He responded with a smile as he took a sip of the hot tea.

"Oh, its not a problem at all. I should be thanking you for getting the carrots for me." Fluttershy said as she nibbled on a cookie.

"Well, I was already going to be in the marketplace with Jetstream anyways, so I just thought I'd save you the trip," He said as he placed the bag on the table, "Carrot Top gave you a little extra to return a favor I did for her a while back. She didn't even charge me for them."

"Well that was nice of her. At least Angel will be set for a while."

"Angel...damned demon bunny! " he thought, trying to hide his contempt for the hellspawn of a pet,
"So how'd it go with Jetstream?" Fluttershy asked.

"It went good. He's still the same as he's ever been: a happy-go-lucky moron..." he deadpanned as unpleasant thoughts of their accursed bet resurfaced.

"Flower! That's not very nice!" Fluttershy tried to chastise, but couldn't hide the smile that was tugging at the corners of her lips. His response was just too funny for her.

"Ha ha, maybe not, but its a privilege of being his best friend. I can say what I want about him...within reason of course. He may be a moron at times, but he's my kind of moron." Flower laughed. Fluttershy giggled as she sipped her tea.

"Well, I hope you don't think that of me, Flower." She joked.

Flower froze in place for a moment,"Okay, Flower, she just gave the perfect chance to come out and confess your feelings! Be a stallion for once and just say it!" He thought to himself, getting pumped up for the task. One look in her eyes, however, shattered his confidence like glass, "...or not. Why can't I do it?!"

"Um...F-Flower? Are you, okay? If you don't mind my asking."

Flower shook his head to break his trance and gather his thoughts. Again, those beautiful cyan eyes of hers was making him melt like butter in the middle of the Summer Sun Celebration.

' I think I'll pay her a visit tomorrow, since, you know, we have that bet going.' Jetstream's comment kept revolving around his thoughts the more he stared into Fluttershy's eyes. The very thought of his best friend doing those...things to the one he loved was making him grit his teeth, a mixture of anger and irritation brewing in the pit of his stomach the more he thought about it.

*"No! I have to do this, and I have to do this now!" Flower thought to himself, steeling his nerves to make the confession of a lifetime, "Yes, I'm fine. But to answer your question, I think you're too incredible a mare for me to say anything less than the absolute truth. I think you're very kind, and I think that you have the beauty of an angel. I...I'm a better pony for knowing you, and I hope that you can stay in my life, Fluttershy. I would really like that." Flower said, pouring his heart to the love of his life. His legs were shaky, knowing that he passed the point of no return. All he could do now was wait for her response, and hope for the best.

Fluttershy just looked at him, somewhat shocked by what he just told her. A faint blush grew on her face and tears were welling up in her eyes.

"You...you mean it? You really think that of me, Flower?" She asked, holding her hoof on her chest. Flower looked her in the eye, undaunted and unflinching, feeling a courage he never knew he had.

"Yes...I meant every word." He replied. His heart was beating like a war drum, looking her in the eye. Fluttershy smiled and got off of her seat, walking up to him. She got him in a tight embrace, one that Flower returned in equal fervor.

"Thank you, Flower. You're such a good friend to me." Fluttershy said gratefully.

Flower felt like he got kicked in the gut when he heard the word 'friend'. He never thought that word would sound so dreadful to him. He poured his heart out to her and that was all she saw him as?

"Yeah...friends." he said mournfully as he ran a hoof through her mane, knowing that he would be nothing more to her. They held the embrace for a while before they tried to break it. However, the moment they locked eyes, they couldn't move as they became lost in each other's gaze. Flower's heart was racing again, and he could feel Fluttershy tremble in his embrace, yet stayed locked to his eyes.

Slowly they leaned their heads closer...and closer until their lips touched softly with one another's. It was a sweet, sweet feeling for the both of them, and neither broke away. Their kiss deepened, their tongues engaged in a battle for dominance as they let loose their long awaited desires.

Fluttershy moaned softly when Flower's tongue invaded her mouth. Somehow, the two were making their way to the couch while still lip-locked. Losing his mind in the haze of lust, Flower snaked his hooves down to Fluttershy's soft flanks, caressing them. This elicited a louder moan from his soon to be lover, making her body tremble with pleasure. Without thinking, Flower lifted her up, and laid her down the couch, still lip locked as he laid on top of her.

They broke the kiss, panting from the amount of passion they put into it as they stared into each other's eyes once more. Flower's body was trembling seeing the love of his life like this, and he noticed that his shaft was standing at full mast from the exchange, making him blush hard.

"I...I'm sorry Fluttershy! I-I don't know what came over me! I'm...I didn't...I'll just...leave." he said with embarrassment as he tried to get off of her, but was stopped by her hoof. Surprised, Flower looked back at her and saw want in her eyes, but at the same time, she seemed...different somehow.

"Don't go. I...I want this. I need this!" She said with a surprising amount of assertiveness. Flower could only stare at her dumbfounded, but strangely turned on by this newfound confidence of hers. Not one to disobey, Flower leaned over her again, his member rock hard and ready to go. However, his senses came to him and shook his head in an attempt to clear his lust-hazed mind.

"F-Fluttershy! I-I don't know if we should do this." Flower said with concern. He couldn't be sure, but he felt that her judgement was addled. The last thing he wanted to do was to hurt her or take advantage of her. However, his doubts faded when he saw the want and desire in Fluttershy's eyes burn all the brighter.

"Do it." She said as she spread her legs open, revealing her wet marehood as she bit her bottom lip, her body quivering in anticipation. Flower could only stare at her in disbelief as his mind was once again hazed with his primal instincts. Before he was completely lost in the haze, he gave his love a nervous look. "I've...I've never done this before." He said hesitantly.

"Neither have I. Now...make me a true mare." She responded looking more determined than before. With that, Flower nodded and lowered himself to her, lining up his shaft with her slit. Before he did anything, he looked at her as if to ask if she was ready, to which she responded by nodding.

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves, then slowly, but carefully, pushed forward. Flower's eyes widened, and his breath was caught in his throat as he felt Fluttershy's virgin walls form around his thick, rock hard member. Fluttershy let out a loud moan as she felt the euphoric feeling of her marehood invaded for the first time. Even through her thought addled state of mind, she was surprised that it didn't hurt like she was so often told by a certian alabaster mare.

Flower was frozen for a brief moment, still in disbelief that *this* was happening, and with Fluttershy of all ponies. After some of his senses returned, he rolled out his hips until his head was almost out of her entrance, then slowly thrusted forward again. He couldn't help but moan as he went deeper in her, his eyes squeezed shut as he focused entirely on the new sensation.

She opened her legs wider, allowing him better access to her, and Flower took advantage of it, leaning in and thrusting deeper in her. Gaining more confidence as he found his rhythm, he picked up the pace of his thrusting, and Fluttershy's moans were becoming louder and more high-pitched.

Flower opened his eyes, looking down at Fluttershy as they were rutting. Even though her eyes were squeezed tightly he locked on to them, feeling his heart swelling as he now saw her in a new light. He leaned his head to her neck and started grinding it with his teeth, the combined pleasures were quickly pushing her to the edge.

After a while, Flower could feel pressure building up inside of his rod, each thrust now bringimg him closer and closer to his climax. He knew he wouldn't last long because this was his first time, but for her, he tried to draw it out as ling as he possibly could.

"F-Fluttershy, I'm...close." he said, trying, almost straining, to keep the pressure at bay.

"S-so...ung...am...ung...I!" She responded. Fluttershy saw that Flower was trying hard to hold on, but she knew he wouldn't last much longer, "J-just g-go in m-me!"

With one, hard and final thrust, Flower released a cascade of spurts of his seed in her womb as Fluttershy's walls constricted on his stallionhood. Her marecum soaked his groin with her juices at the same time, both letting out a loud moan as they both climaxed.

Flower continued let out spurt after spurt of his seed until he ran dry, and when he was finished he just flopped on the couch beside Fluttershy, both enjoying their first afterglow. They were breathing heavily from the intense, but euphoric activities.

Before either of them could say a word, they cuddled with one another, enjoying the warmth they provided with one another. Before long, they both drifted off in post-coitial sleep, in that very same room that started it all between them.

Jetstream walked through the gates of Sweet Apple Acres with the intention of finding Big Mac. Each step he took made him all the more nervous about the current task at hoof. Big Mac was very protective of his sister, as every older brother should be. However, he's heard stories about how protective he could be from other stallions that tried to date Applejack. To hear the townsfolk put it, most of her suitors either wound up tied by thier tails in lamposts, were intimidated so badly that they moved from town or wound up with serious head injuries.

At first, Jetstream was skeptical of the claims he heard. From the time he spent working with him, he couldn't picture Big Mac intimidating, hanging other stallions from their tails on lampposts, or knocking them on their heads. He asked Big Mac out of curiosity one day to see if there was any truth to the claims he heard about the matter. The burly stallion simply smiled and responded:

'Ah simply had a word with 'em is all.'

For a while, that was good enough for him, though right now, he found himself questioning that answer. "Nah, there's no way he'd do all of that...is there?" He thought to himself.

Before he could think further into the matter, Jetstream was snapped out of his thoughts when he was blindsided by something hard and fast. Feeling the world spin around him, he saw a scooter on its side with the wheels still spinning and the perpetrators who caused the accident.

"The Cutie Mark Crusaders, always a pleasure to run in to you," Jetstream joked as he got up and dusted himself off, "Are you girls okay?"

"Yeah, we're fine." Scootaloo responded as she dusted herself off and picked up her scooter.

"Yeah, sorry 'bout that Jet. We were in town, tryin' ta get our Cutie Marks bein' the 'Cutie Mark Crusader Lumberjacks' but Big Mac wouldn't let us borrow any tools and none of the stores wanted ta sell us any axes." Applebloom informed, "but then we saw Applejack and she said ta hurry home, so we high tailed it here and...well ya seen what happened."

Jetstream laughed, imagining the three fillies carelessly chopping down trees on top of buildings, causing a lot of destruction and mayhem across Ponyville.

"Really now? It's a bit of a shame, but don't you girls think you're a little too young to handle those big tools? The town would hate to see you hurt yourselves."

“Yeah, I see where they’re coming from. Rarity freaks out when I get a cold, and I don't even want to know what she'll do if I get an injury of any kind.” Sweetie Belle said as she rubbed the back of her head.

“Exactly. We care about you girls too much for something to happen to you. Believe me when I say that it scares us big brothers and sisters when our little sisters get in trouble. Anyways, was Applejack making her way back yet?”

“Not yet. She said that she needed ta talk ta Twilight ‘bout somethin’. Said it was real important.” Applebloom answered.

"Huh...she and Twilight sure have been talking a lot lately. I wonder why?" He thought,“Okay then, we should go look for Big Mac then, we shouldn’t keep him waiting.”

“We have to go too. Rarity said that she wanted me over to have a little chat with me, so I’ll catch you guys later.” Sweetie Belle said as she hopped back on the wagon.

“Yeah, Rainbow Dash said that she wanted to hangout with me. See ya Applebloom, later Jetstream.” Scootaloo said as she darted off into town. With that, the stallion and filly walked down the dirt path that led to the Apple house. He looked at Applebloom with brotherly eyes...everything about her reminded him of Starlight. He’s come to terms with her death, but that didn't mean his brotherly instincts vanished.

“So, did at least have some fun?” the steel blue stallion asked with a soft smile.

“Yeah, Ah guess Ah did. We got some milkshakes from Sugarcube Corner, but we didn’t see Pinkie Pie there at first. She came in later after shoppin’ some an’ was all excited ‘bout throwin’ some party fer somepony."

Jetstream gulped when he heard that last bit, "Well, when isn't she excited about throwing parties for ponies?" He nervously chuckled.

"Well, she said that it was a private party an' that she hadn’t thrown one before."

"Oh, man..." he thought, "A private party, huh? Well did she say who it was for?" He asked, fishing for information. If Pinkie blurted out that it was for him, then word would likely spread like wildfire and his chances with Applejack were as good as gone.

"No, but she said that it was between her an’ somepony she’s had ‘er eye on fer a while. Funny thing though, Ah ain't never seen ‘er interested in anypony before.”

Jetstream winced as if she had said the very thing she shouldn't have. Although he was relieved that his name didn't come up, he also had no idea that Pinkie Pie felt that way about him. He always just thought that she saw him as a good friend, and now that he knew how she really felt about him, it made him feel even worse about the situation he put her in. A brief thought came across his mind about actually going through with it, if only to spare his friend the heartache.

"I can’t...I have feelings for Applejack. I’ll have to find a way to let her down softly. I’m not looking forward to see that hurt in her eyes…. Damn it! Why do I have to be such an idiot!"

“Uh, Jet? Ya feelin’ alright?” Applebloom asked, snapping him out of his train of thought, “Ya kinda just spaced out there.”

“Uh, yeah, I’m fine. I was just thinking is all.” he responded with a reassuring smile.

“‘Bout what?” Applebloom asked in curiosity.

"Oh, nothing in particular." Jetstream answered nonchalantly. The yellow filly, however, had suspicions about what, so she decided to press further,

"Ah think about Applejack a lot too." She stated.

"Yeah, she's a great mare isn't she?" He answered absent mindedly. It wasn't until he finished talking that he realized what he said and looked at Applebloom in wide eyed shock.

Applebloom, on the other hoof, looked at the stallion wide eyed for a moment and had the biggest smile she could muster.

"Ah knew it! Ah knew ya had a big 'ol crush on 'er!" She said jumping up and down in sheer joy. This only served to panic Jetstream.

"Applebloom! I-it's not like that! I-I was just..."

"You were just what? Ah may be a filly but Ah ain't no fool. Ah've seen the way ya look at 'er when yer around 'er and Ah've seen how much happier ya are when y'all do stuff together!" the filly challenged. As hard as he tried, he couldn't deny those facts, but this didn't stop him from trying...but failing miserably.

"W-well...you see...I-I was...um...we're just..." the steel blue stallion knew he was digging a hole for himself when the filly gave him an incredulous look, and so he let out a defeated sigh and hung his head, "Okay...you caught me, Applebloom...I...have feelings for Applejack."

The filly squealed in delight and hugged him, "Ah'm glad fer ya, Jet. Ah hope it works out, 'cause Ah really like ya, and Ah'd be proud ta have ya date mah sister. It'd be kinda like havin' a new big brother!"

Jetstream smiled and returned the hug, "Thank you, Applebloom. I hope it works out too. But...I want to get Big Mac's approval before I do anything."

"Really? Why do ya want his approval?"

"Because it's an old tradition I follow from my dad, and his dad before him. Before I date a mare, I like to ask the family first. Granny Smith already knew about my feelings for her and gave me her blessing, but I'd feel better if I got Big Mac's as well."

"Aww! That's so sweet! Has anypony ever told ya 'no' before when ya asked?" Jetstream stopped dead in his tracks, striking a nerve when she asked the question. The memory came on him full force:

"You don't have what it take to be Twilight's coltfriend! She needs more than some young Wonderbolt punk looking to get one thing from her! You're. Not. Good enough! Now do yourself a favor and just forget about her, or things will get ugly!"

"Jet? Yer spacin' out again."

"Sorry, Applebloom. But to answer your question, yes...it happened before. Her brother said that I wasn't good enough for his sister."

The filly looked at him in shock, then gave him an angry look, "What nincompoop would ever think that of ya?"

"It's not important... it was a long time ago. Anyways, we should hurry up, Big Mac's waiting." With that, the two sped up and made their way to the barn, the most likely place he'd be at. Their suspicions were confirmed when they heard the sound of stone scraping metal, opening the door to see the red stallion sharpening the blades of his plow.

"Howdy, Big Mac!" The yellow filly greeted, "Applejack said ya wanted ta see me?" Big Mac looked up and gave a warm smile to his little sister. Jetstream looked around and noticed that there was a lot more rope than usual around the barn, reminding him of his earlier thoughts about the rumors of the red stallion.

"Eeyup," he said with a gentle smile, one that he always wore for his baby sister, "Ah was wonderin' if ya'd be so kind as ta help Granny Smith with makin' supper tonight. AJ said she'd be a while at Twilight's an' Ah've gotta finish sharpenin' these here tools."

"Sure thing! I'll help 'er!" She answered excitedly.

"Good deal. She's in the kitchen right now. Go on an' help 'er with what ya can." Applebloom looked at Jetstream expectantly, pointing her head towards her older brother. With a hard gulp, he steeled his nerves and worked up what courage he could.

"Mac, I'd like to have a word with you...stallion to stallion." Big Mac stopped in mid grind and looked at him with curious eyes. He knew Jetstream well enough to know that whatever he wanted to talk about, it was serious. He looked at his little sister and motioned with his head to leave, to which she responded by looking worriedly at her friend and leaving...then hid in a bush nearby to listen in on the conversation. The red stallion set the whetstone down and got to his hooves, turning to face him.

"What's on yer mind, Jetstream?" Big Mac asked.

"Okay...here it goes" he thought to himself, "There's something I wanted to tell you. I think you should know that...I'm in love with Applejack." He answered. Big Mac looked at him with a shocked expression, then narrowed his eyes as if a declaration of war was announced.

"What'd ya say? Ah think Ah done misheard ya." He said as he tensed body and gritted his teeth. Big Mac never looked so fierce before, and there was no doubt in Jetstream's mind that those rumors has some truth to them after all.

"Aw crap..." was all Jetstream thought as he looked the burly stallion in the eye, preparing himself for what could be a long, hard fight. He looked him in the eyes, unflinching, strengthening his resolve, "No you didn't. I said that I'm in love with Applejack."

Big Mac's glare only intensified, his eyes boring into Jetstream's soul. The former Wonderbolt glared right back at him, undaunted, starting a stare down between the two proud stallions.