The One

I woke up to see Twilight right above me, close enough to kiss me, but I saw no intention of doing so. "How are you feeling?" "Like I took a fist to the face."

She explained what happened while I was out of it. The cyberponies immediately attacked, and they fought them off, barely. Princess Celestia go ahold of the one making the ponies, and she is being tried for attempted murder. Applejack got injured greatly when she blocked an attack one of the cyberponies tried on me-- by jumping in the way. She broke a few ribs and was bruised badly. She is in the Ponyville hospital as we speak. I owed her one.

I looked at them, only seeing Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy. Seeing the sores on Fluttershy, I could tell that she was the one that fought the hardest. I got up slowly and walked to her. "Fluttershy..." I embraced her tightly. "Never do that again, please... It is so scary to see you in such a state... So angry... All it makes me want to do is calm you down, make everything better... So please... Just don't..." I was crying now. She meant so much to me. She was a friend, a companion, the one who cared for me, fed me, kept me sheltered, was always there for me... Kind and nice, not so aggressive. She wasn't meant for that. I was happy with her, estatic, I loved being around her... And then I realized it. I liked her. A lot. Almost love. I... Scratch that, I DID love her. It was true...

"Fluttershy... I l-l-love..." I tried, until I was pried off her by Twilight. Almost had it, I had the courage. And it didn't happen. Ouch. Hurts a man's self esteem.

"Blaine, off Fluttershy please," She said with a wink, and I think she caught on. Oh drat. I was gonna have to have a talk with her later. For now, I noticed that Rainbow was already gone, and Twilight looked as if she was soon leaving. I needed to leave, too. I needed to go see Applejack and thank her for saving me. I looked at Fluttershy, noticing her face was blood red. Better to ease off her for now. "Twilight, I'm going to see Applejack. I need to thank her for saving me." She simply nodded in agreement, and I headed off.