After the Gala: A Night with Tree Hugger
Written by TheCrimsonDM
Fluttershy quietly entered her modest hotel room. Her reason for being quiet was simple; just because she had requested to have a private room, did not mean that her friends wouldn’t sneak in to surprise her. After flicking the light switch on, Fluttershy relaxed immensely. The room was empty.
“Tree Hugger,” Fluttershy called gently. “You can come in now.”
“Cool,” Tree Hugger replied, as she casually walked in.
With a quick movement Fluttershy shut and locked the door behind her friend. The green mare looked back with a smile and asked, “What’s the rush, is something harshing your flow?”
A tiny squeak escaped Fluttershy’s lips.
“Chill out,” Tree Hugger said, calmly. “I’m sure that your friend won’t be upsetting our chakras anymore.”
“It’s not that, I just don’t want anypony to see us.”
“Why’s that, they all seemed pretty relaxed to me.”
Fluttershy let out a sigh as she made her way to the only bed in the room, it was twin sized. “Just because they all accepted you as being my friend, doesn’t mean that they would accept you as being my friend.” Fluttershy carefully prodded the bed with a yellow hoof.
Tree Hugger walked up beside Fluttershy and gently nuzzled against her long pink mane. Tree Hugger inhaled deeply before neighing quietly. This made Fluttershy’s cheeks heat up, and her heart race. When Tree Hugger exhaled against the base of Fluttershy’s neck, the pegasus couldn’t help but shiver with delight.
“I’m sure that they would be cool with it.”
Fluttershy couldn’t help but to lean against Tree Hugger. “I don’t know about that, maybe Pinkie would accept us, but the others I’m not so sure of.”
“You’re being too negative, Fluttershy. Relax and think about all the positive energies we experienced tonight.”
“I almost got you trapped into a pocket dimension,” Fluttershy said, shamefully. “What would I have done if I lost you?”
A loving leg was wrapped around Fluttershy’s shoulders as Tree Hugger said, “Chill, sister. I know that Ripcord was being all negative and, like stuff…”
After a moment of silence Fluttershy nervously asked, “I’m sorry, were you saying something about Discord?”
“I was? Righteous.”
Fluttershy gave up and instead took Tree Hugger’s advice. She thought about the good things that happened tonight. Despite Discord’s awful attitude, he learned a valuable lesson about friendship. Twilight Sparkle was able to spend the time she wanted to with Princess Celestia. Pinkie Pie was reunited with Maud. And Rarity gave up the chance to go out on a date with a stallion, so that she could bring her little sister with her to the gala. All in all it was a good night. Oh and Fluttershy couldn’t forget that she was able to bring Tree Hugger along for a wonderful night.
“You’re right, we did have a wonderful time. Even if there was a little drama, we were able to spend a lot of quality time together,” Fluttershy said, as she embraced Tree Hugger back.
“I brought something with us to make this night turn into bliss.”
Tree Hugger pulled away, and Fluttershy’s heart sunk a little. She didn’t want to stop holding the wonderful mare, but she took comfort in knowing that she would get to do so again soon. Tree Hugger walked over to their suitcases and opened one of them. After pulling out a bag full of crushed blue plants, Fluttershy knew exactly where this was going, and she liked it.
***
An hour later Fluttershy and Tree Hugger were entangled on the bed with the covers barely covering them. Sweat covered their bodies and their breathing was heavy. A gray-blue haze filled the room, along with a pungent smell. The ponies’ dresses were lying in piles on the floor. Fluttershy looked deeply into Tree Hugger’s wonderful purple eyes. Tree Hugger stared back. Neither pony could help from smiling.
“That was wonderful,” Fluttershy whispered.
“I told you, I’d get rid of your negative tension. How are you feeling now?”
“Mmm,” Fluttershy cooed, as she nuzzled into Tree Hugger’s chest. “I feel good. We should do this more often.”
“You promised me a night full of bliss and good vibes. And you delivered,” Tree Hugger said, happily.
“I still feel bad for what Discord did to you.”
“Hush, you’re like, totally going to harsh out our good vibes.”
“Okay, what should we talk about then?”
“Let’s just enjoy each other’s energy for a bit.”
Fluttershy snuggled deeper into Tree Hugger’s chest before saying, “Okay.”
They laid together like this for awhile, holding one another in a tight, loving embrace. If Fluttershy had her way about things than this moment would never have ended. But eventually she succumbed to sleep, and her dreams were filled with nothing but love.
***
The next day the two ponies packed up and walked to the train station. They had just barely found their seats when six other ponies decided to join them. All of Fluttershy’s usual friends, plus Maud, all gathered around the pair. Fluttershy was only too happy to have all of her close friends together in one place again. She looked out the window and waited quietly for the train to take off.
“So how was everyponies night?” Rarity asked, in a playful tone.
Pinkie Pie was nearly bouncing in her seat as she answered, “We had a blast! We danced, we ate, we danced, we partied, oh did I mention that we also danced?”
“I think you may have said something about it,” Twilight said.
“The party was fun,” Maud stated.
As the other ponies continued the conversation about last night’s party, Fluttershy felt something tugging at her tail. She looked behind the bench to see what was wrong and found Tree Hugger’s red and orange tail gently wrapped around her own. Suddenly if felt like her face was on fire, and she tried to hide herself behind her mane. Fluttershy only peaked her eyes out of her mane long enough to see the knowing smile on Tree Hugger’s face. If a pony could die of embarrassment, Fluttershy would have passed on at that very moment.
“Somethin’ the matter, sugarcube?” Applejack asked.
Fluttershy squeaked and shook her head.
“She’s just nervous because she has a crush,” Pinkie Pie answered for Fluttershy.
“Really!” Rarity exclaimed. “Who is he? Oh please tell me.”
A quiet fear came over Fluttershy’s heart as she heard Pinkie’s words. Suddenly she couldn’t handle being around the other ponies. She needed to escape.
“Fluttershy doesn’t have a crush, Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash butted in. “I bet she’s just nervous about what happened yesterday.”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive,” Rainbow Dash stated, flatly.
“Okie, dokie, lokie,” Pinkie replied, before smiling brightly at Tree Hugger.
As Fluttershy’s heart calmed down, she looked again out the window. The train car was now moving, and soon they would all be back in Ponyville. Fluttershy couldn’t help but smile at the thought. This moment might’ve been awkward, but Fluttershy couldn’t help but worry about how much worse it would get once the others found out that Tree Hugger was going to stay a few more days with her. At least she could take comfort in knowing that the next few days would be some of the happiest she’s had in a very long time.
THE END
