What You Wish For 2: The Book of Unicorn

So what you are about to read is going to become something i will do often, it will be a chapter long story in the form of an episode. This one being about Alex trying to impress Fluttershy's parents. I think i will make this a usual kind of thing and come out with this one a month or so. Anyways enjoy this little short!

Alex slowly opened his eyes to feel empty space in front of him, although not too uncommon for Fluttershy was usually out and about while Alex slept through the day, it was a weekend and seemed odd to Alex that she would be up so soon. Alex slowly rose from the sheets as he heard a knocking on the door. Alex quickly threw on a bathrobe Ratity made him and rushed down the stairs as he said, “I get it you’re at the door now shut” Alex was quickly cut off when he opened the door to see the grey mailmare at the door with a note in her mouth. Alex quickly changed to a smile as he said, “Oh well good morning Ditsy.”

Ditsy handed the letter to Alex as she said with a bright and cheerful smile, “Letter for Tree! Bye bye!” Saying nothing more, Ditsy doo was flying in the air towards the next house.

Alex slowly shut the door behind him, the warm summer breeze felt liberating as he sat down on the sunlit warmed couch next to one of Fluttershy’s million dogs and opened the letter and read to himself:

Dearest daughter Fluttershy:

It’s us, mom and dad. We heard about how you came back from yet another adventure and we are a little concerned with this Alex you have been writing about. Although we may not trust your judgement entirely we will give you a chance and would like to meet your coltfriend Alex Mulrooney tomorrow.

Unfortunately because your mother and I care for you enough, if we don’t like Alex we will be forcing you to leave him. We love you Fluttershy.

Love, Mrs. Shy and Mr. Shy aka: Mom and Dad

Alex began to feel warm and fuzzy as he said to himself, “Aww how sweet, the in-laws are coming… wait.” Alex jerked upright as the realization of the situation suddenly hit him, “The in-laws are coming! Oh god the in-laws are coming!” Alex began to panic and because of his lack of impulse he sprinted out the door towards the nearest friend’s house without changing out of his bathrobe.

*****

Rainbow Dash was just waking up and making herself some breakfast, her cloud house was just as white and poofy as ever. Dash looked down at her pet tortoise as she said, “We’ll be going to Twilight’s house later today to get your cloud walking spell renewed. I don’t want to see you turn into tank pancakes tomorrow.”

As Dash began to pour herself some coffee, she began to hear footsteps rapidly approach her house. Dash’s ears twitched as the footsteps were followed by someone shouting, “The in-laws are coming! The in-laws are coming!” Suddenly the sound of glass shattering followed by a thump came from Dash’s living room. Dash rushed over to see Alex lying on the floor, his face filled with worry as he jerked up and said to Dash, “You gotta help me, Dash. They’re coming!”

Dash grabbed Alex by his shoulders with her hooves as she said, “Just as soon as you explain two things to me. First off, how did you run and jump through my window when my house is fifty meters above the ground. Second, how are you standing on the clouds?”

Alex shook his head as he said, “That’s not important. The in-laws are coming!”

Dash calmly moved Alex to sit down on her cloud sofa as she said, “Okay stop panicking… this isn’t that bad.”

Alex pointed at his bathrobe as he said, “If it makes me run out of the house to a friend’s through town in nothing but an over exposing bathrobe then it’s pretty freaking serious. Fluttershy’s parents are coming over tomorrow and if they don’t like me then her parents are taking her away from me.”

Dash brought a hoof to her chin as she said, “Well that is pretty serious. Fluttershy’s dad is a scientist and her mom is a biologist, they’re really nice ponies. I’m sure they’ll like you for who you are.”

Alex got up as he shook his head, his body shaking with worry, “No… they aren’t going to like me for who I am. I have died twice already, once was when season three was rumored to be cancelled and the second time I got a steak in the heart as I fought ShadowThunder. Her parents don’t want to hear about how I consider going around the world to fight a psychotic nearmortal (a word I made up for nearly immortal) unicorn a date. Jeez Fluttershy and I have been together for only one week and we’re breaking up sooner than celebrities.”

Dash began to think as she said, “Well when I was dating Soarin, the first thing my dad wanted to know was if he had a sustainable job. So maybe we should get you something like that, after all who wouldn’t want to have someone who’s been honored by the princesses twice to work as their employee?”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Yeah, you’re right. I think I might know where to go.”

*****

Alex knocked on the door to Lyra’s office. After they returned from saving Trottingham, Lyra was offered the chance to turn her machine making skills into a job and so within a few days Lyra automotive was created and is now one of the biggest competitors in profit to Barnyard Bargains. Lyra’s voice was quickly heard inside as it said, “Come on in.”

Alex slowly opened the door to her office, it was rather well nice with a nice wood desk and some cool knick-knacks on it. Her chair was facing the opposite way as Alex approached and said with confidence, “Hey Lyra, what’s up?”

Lyra slowly turned around in her chair; she was well dressed, wearing the most expensive of brands. Lyra smiled brightly as she made eye contact with her alien friend, “Oh hey Alex! I’m currently overseeing a project to build Scootaloo a new scooter; it has a lithium-polymer battery and can keep it going for a while without her having to use her legs. I’m assuming the reason you came in here wearing a suit is because you need a job?”

Alex nodded his head as he sat down in one of the cheaper chairs in front of her desk and said, “Yeah, Fluttershy’s parents are coming over tomorrow and I need a sustainable job to impress them.”

Lyra nodded with joy as she said, “Alright… do you have a resume?”

Alex raised an eyebrow as he said, “You’re kidding right?”

Lyra brought a hoof to her face as she slumped over her desk and said, “You humans were the ones who taught me about resumes.”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Alright well since I don’t have one let me spell it out for you. To start things off I’m an international hero who has saved two major cities twice already. Is that not enough responsibility to fix a freaking scooter or another one of your planes?”

Lyra pointed towards the door as she said, “I’m really sorry Alex, but I can’t give you a boost over the five hundred other ponies who want a job just because you’re my friend. If you don’t have a resume then you can’t work here.”

Alex shook his head as he walked out the door while saying, “I put on a fancy suit for nothing.”

*****

Alex knocked on Twilight’s door as he said, “Twilight… I need a job.”

Twilight eventually made it to the door as she said, “Sorry I was currently helping Pinkie with her hard break up with Oscar. Anyways you said you wanted a job right?”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Yes I do, I tried Lyra’s and she was a snob. Rarity’s was too neat for me to even get a rug hair out of place. Applejack’s was too much hard work. Dash… well that one is self-explanatory. I have literally nowhere else to go.”

Twilight trotted up as she said with a reassuring smile, “I’m sure we can find you something to do… but not here because we all remember the last time Spike had to split the shift with someone.”

Alex grunted with frusteration and said, “Oh my god why can’t I find a job here?”

Twilight tilted her head as she said, “Why do you even need a job? Isn’t Fluttershy making enough income?”

Alex’s eyes opened wide as he said, “Because her parents are coming over and I need to not be me because parents hate when boyfriends tell them that they actually don’t have a job. I need to lie and make it look like I’m not a freeloader.”

Twilight rested a hoof on Alex’s shoulder as she said, “How about instead of having a job, make it look like you’re not a freeloader and take on some responsibility around the house. Or try to get an education.”

Alex thought about the idea, he could try and get a scholarship in the next five hours before sundown. Alex hugged Twilight as he said, “I have to go, learning awaits me!”

*****

Alex opened the door to Ms. Cheerilee’s classroom to see a bunch of young fillies talking amongst each other, their conversations immediately stopping as soon as he entered the room. Alex slowly moved to sit down at an empty desk, behind Applebloom. As Alex sat down, his legs protruding out of the desk, he whispered into Applebloom’s ear, “What are we learning today.”

Applebloom didn’t turn around, she just whispered back, “Y’all shouldn’t be here. This is too embarrassing.”

Alex sat back in his chair as he crossed his arms and grunted in anger, making a hmph sound through his pouty face. As Alex sat there looking over his school books, Diamond Tiara and Silver spoon giggled amongst each other. After a couple of seconds Diamond turned towards Alex as she said, “Hey… aren’t you a little old to be here?”

Alex simply stared into her eyes as he said with a big dopey smile, “Nope, you’re never too old to start school.”

Silver Spoon giggled as she whispered into Diamond’s ear, “It’s obvious that this is his first day.”

Suddenly Ms. Cheerilee trotted in as she said in her usual joyful tone, “Alright class today we’re going to learn about… ummm.” Something out of the ordinary caught her eye, sitting behind Applebloom was Alex, his legs nearly stretching across the room as he sat in his desk. Mr. Cheerilee blinked a couple of times before saying, “Uhhh… Alex?”

Alex was busy doodling in his notebook when he jerked his head up and said, “Yes Ms. Cheerilee?”

Cheerilee had an unsure look as she said with a fake smile, “Are you sure you’re in the right place?”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Yep, just need to get my college degree by sundown.”

Cheerilee had a confused look on her face for a bit before shaking her head and saying, “Anyways, today we’ll be learning about subtractions.” She then walked up to the board and wrote “4-2=?” she turned back to the class and said in her usual joyful tone, “Can anypony tell me what the answer is?”

Alex’s hand was the first to go up as he said, “Ooh Ms. Cheerilee. Ms. Cheerilee!”

After a couple of seconds the teacher turned towards one of the smaller ponies as she said, “How about you Silver Spoon?”

The grey pony looked at the board for a couple of seconds before saying with an unsure look on her face, “Is it… six?”

Alex kept raising his hand as he said with more eagerness in his voice, “Pick me! I know.” After a couple more tries Alex eventually got fed up, he hadn’t been picked and knew the answer. Eventually he decided that he was too smart to even be in school, he violently stood up and flipped his desk over as he said, “Forget this, I’m outta here!” Alex then stormed out of the schoolhouse, leaving the foals to laugh. As Alex was in the schoolyard he shouted, “School sucks!”

*****

Rainbow Dash was flying high amongst the clouds when she saw a very odd cloud out of place, she slowly approached it to see Alex floating in the air thanks to his powers. He had a very worried look on his face as the sunset shined against his face, his mind deep in thought on how to impress her parents. Dash slowly floated up to the storm cloud as she said, “Hey Alex… still can’t find a way to impress her parents?”

Alex shook his head as he violently punched the cloud and created a bolt of lightning while saying, “No I can’t, school sucked flank cause I was too smart for everyone there and I can’t find a job. Her parents will never love me.”

Dash thought it over for a few seconds before spotting down below a poster for the wonderbolts. An Idea suddenly popped into Dash’s head as she said, “How about you pretend to be a celebrity?”

Alex looked up as he said with a look of calmness on his face, “Pretend? How?”

Dash floated around Alex while doing a backstroke and said, “Yeah wear your fancy clothing for when you go back to Earth. You know the black shirt and tie, but wear some sunglasses cause you’ll be cool with sunglasses.”

Alex began to think about it as he said with confidence, his hand on his chin as he posed in a cliché pose, “You know what? That just might work.” Alex jumped to his feet as he floated in the air and hugged Dash as he said, “Freaking genius, Dash!” Alex then flew into the distance at high speeds.

*****

Alex put his headphones into his ears as he set his iPod to some gangsta music. Once the music began to play, Alex leapt towards his closet and pulled out his celebrity suit he wore for the red carpets (Had nothing to do with this okay so shut up). His suit was a nice jet black suit with a bright purple shirt and darker purple tie. He quickly slipped the suit on and buttoned up the two bottom gold buttons to look radical, his belt buckle matching his buttons with an equally expensive gold. Alex slipped on his pants and threw his aviators on as he said, “Alright! Who’s a saint?”

From the corner of his eye he could see Fluttershy in the mirror as she said, “Alex honey, what are you doing?”

Alex turned around and gasped, he was truly surprized by her sneaking skills. Alex’s legs immediately went limp as he said, “Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick in the middle of August. Don’t sneak up on me because you’ll wreck my swag.”

Fluttershy tilted her head as she said, “Your… what?”

Alex slowly walked by as he kissed her on the forehead and said, “Your parents are coming over tomorrow so I am going to look like a celebrity.”

Fluttershy jumped behind the bed as she said, “No cameras please…”

Alex laughed as he said, “Don’t worry no cameras. So how is my swag? Is it swaggin’?”

Fluttershy slowly creeped out from behind the bed as she said, “Well considering I want to make a fake rumor about you singing in the shower right now, yes. Yes you do seem like a celebrity.”

Alex felt accomplished as he said, “Perfect.”

Fluttershy began to show a little worry as she said, “But shouldn’t you be honest with my mom and dad?”

Alex began to take off his fancy clothes as he said, “Trust me honey, the last thing that your parents want to hear is about how I’m a freeloading maniacal alien. Last time I was honest with my girlfriend’s parents I was out of the house and missing fifty bucks.” Alex then gently picked up the yellow Pegasus as he said, “Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”

***(24 Hours later)***

A knock was heard from the cottage door, Fluttershy quickly floated down as she said in her beautiful voice, “Just a second please.” Fluttershy slowly opened the door, standing in front of her were two pegasi.

The larger stallion said in a happy voice, “Fluttershy how’s my girl been?” He then wrapped his hooves around his daughter, his eyes filled with joy.

Fluttershy tightly wrapped her hooves around the yellow fur of her dad as she said, “Daddy! Oh and hi mom.”

The other whitish pink Pegasus bounced a bit as she said, “Hello sweetie, oh I missed you so much.”

The three pegasi hugged out their love and talked for a couple of seconds before Mr. Shy said, “So where is this erm… Alex of yours?”

Fluttershy looked out the window as she said, “I think Alex will be home in a bit.”

The sudden sound of music made all of the Shys jump, the loud knocking on the door was followed with a man’s voice, “I need to get away from all the paparazzi, let me in to see my wonderful fillyfriend.” Fluttershy opened the door to show Alex, he was wearing his best suit possible and no longer had his long girly hair. Alex walked in and kissed Fluttershy on her cheek as he picked her up and said, “Oh man today was super busy but I’ll talk about it during dinner.” Alex then turned to her parents, they both had concerned looks on their faces as they sat on the couch. Alex walked up to them and said with open arms, “Hey Mr. and Mrs. Shy, pleasure to meet you two.”

Mr. Shy simply wrapped his hoof around his hand as he said, “Please… no contact aside from this.”

Alex simply smiled as he said, “So honey what’s for dinner?”

Mrs. Shy looked at Alex with a disapproving look as she said, “Oh so I assume you expect her to do all the cleaning too?”

Alex shook his head as he said, “Oh not at all. I do the cleaning cause lets face it, I suck at cooking.”

Mr. Shy leaned over to his wife as he said, “At least he’s honest.”

Alex felt like exploding, he so far hated how they wouldn’t just simply like him as a person instead of hate in as someone they think will deflour their daughter.

A few minutes later everyone was in the dining room eating vegetable soup. As they sipped on it, Mrs. Shy looked over to Alex who was plain drinking from the bowl and said, “So our daughter says you are a celebrity.”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Got knighted by the king himself I might add.”

Alex realized how screwed he was when Mr. Shy grew curious and said, “What king?”

Alex darted his eyes from side to side as he thought critically about what to do and after a minute he said, “I was knighted by Burger King and Dairy Queen on Mount Dew.”

Mr. Shy raised an eyebrow as he looked right through his lie and said, “Ah… must be from a far away country. So she also says you have gone on life changing adventures?”

Alex nodded again as he said, “Yup, after graduating from the Canterlot college, me and your beautiful daughter went down to the southern countries towards the Amarezon forest.”

Mr. Shy nodded again as Mrs. Shy said, “So what do you do for a living?”

Alex was in the middle of sipping his glass of water, once he finished he cleared his throat and said, “I uh… I…” Alex looked over to see Fluttershy with a worried look on her face, she knew Alex would either have to dig a deeper hole or tell the truth and lose her. Alex looked towards her parents as they stared back, disbelief in their eyes. Alex eventually got fed up and said, “You know what? I don’t have a living.”

Fluttershy’s parents gasped in shock as her dad said, “You what? But then how do you earn income?”

Alex looked down at his feet as he said, “She earns income by working at the local vet. I have no job, I just sit around all day.”

Mrs. Shy tried to understand what was going on as she asked, “But what about your college degree?”

Alex laughed in shame as he said, “That was just a bunch of bologna, I am a high school dropout. I never made it past grade eleven and just dropped out of grade one earlier today. I have no job, no money, she cleans, she cooks, and she makes all the money.”

Mr. Shy immediately got up as he said angrily to his daughter, “That’s it young girl, pack your things because we’re going.”

Mrs. Shy grabbed her daughter by her hooves as she said, “We’re not letting someone as sweet as you waste her time with a freeloader.”

For the next ten minutes Alex sat outside as he listened to Fluttershy’s parents shout at her. Soon they were bursting out the door with full bags over their flanks as Mr. Shy said, “You’re moving back to Cloudsdale with us. You’ll be safer there.”

As they were about to fly away, Fluttershy looked back at Alex to see a tear come out of his eye, his heart was broken yet again for telling the truth. Mr. Shy began to tug on the tail of his daughter only to have her squirm free and say to Alex, “You told them about what you’re not. Now tell them about what you are.”

Mrs. Shy began to grow frustrated as well as she said, “He’s a no good freeloader.”

Alex stood up and using his powers to create a booming voice he said, “What I am is lonely.” Alex watched as her parents stopped forcing her to leave, they stood there waiting for more. Alex took in a shaky breath and wiped the tears from his eyes and said, “You want to know what I am? Well I hope you like what you hear because here goes. I am a cross universal alien who has died twice and looked danger in the eye. I have on my own, lead a team of Fluttershy and her friends to reincarnate the ultimate god in this world. I am a lonely shmuck who has lost so much in my life, you’re lucky to even have a family, mine died years ago.”

Mr. Shy’s face began to change, he changed from anger to sympathy as he said gently, “We… we had no idea.”

Alex wiped the tears from his red eyes as he said, “You know what else? I was depressed and suicidal. Before I came here I didn’t care at all about who would miss me but then I met the most beautiful pony in the world, your daughter. When I’m around her I feel good inside, I feel like I’m worth something to someone. Your daughter wasn’t forced to go on those dangerous adventures, she chose herself. I protected her with my life and would give my own life up a million times just to see her smile. I may have failed everywhere else in life… but I will never fail as a husband. I wouldn’t only give the world to her, I can give two.”

Mrs. Shy wiped the tears from her eyes as she said, “I had no idea that’s how you felt for her.”

Alex approached the family as he said with a smile and tears, “I promise that no matter what, your daughter is safe from harm no matter what she does. She’s everything I have and I want to give her everything I can. I want to make this world a better place, and I plan on doing that. Right now I am one of the most powerful unicorns ever to walk the face of the planet. I may not be smart enough to last a day in school, but it doesn’t take a brain to know what love it, it takes a heart. I love your daughter Fluttershy, and you can never take her away from me.”

Mr. Shy began to weep as he said to his daughter, “Promise me that you’ll be happy with him.”

Fluttershy hugged her dad as she said while crying with joy, “I promise daddy. I love you.” Fluttershy then brought her mom in for a hug as she said, “I love you mommy.”

Fluttershy then jumped into Alex arms, the two spun around. Alex felt incredible about himself as he kissed her on the lips, their hearts melting as they knew they would love each other for ever. Alex gently put Fluttershy down and walked up to her parents and said, “Well… Mr. and Mrs. Shy, it was a pleasure meeting you.”

Mr. Shy shook his head as he said, “Please… call us mom and dad. We think you’re perfect for our daughter and we couldn’t be happier to call you our son in law.”

Alex hugged them tightly as he said, “You have no idea how much this means to me!”

As all four joined in for a hug, Mrs. Shy said, “We would love to know more about you creatures… you did say you were from an alternate universe right?”

Alex nodded his head as Mr. Shy said with excitement, “That’s incredible! This will be perfect for both our journals. I would love to study how you made it here and Flowershy would love to know about your anatomy.”

Alex smiled as he said, “Well I can give you the tour of the face and torso but anything more will cost you.”

Flowershy laughed a bit as she said, “It’s a good thing you’re a jokester as well.” Alex lifted the three up and happily skipped his way inside where for the rest of the evening they would talk about their own adventures.

*****

Dear Princess Celestia,

I learned that the truth isn't always seen as the best option but is no matter what the way to go. Getting caught up in making someone else happy to get what you want can ultimately fail if it involves lying. Sometimes the truth would sound better than making something up just to make someone happy.

Your faithful subject:
Alex Mulroney
PS: This is so cool! I can't believe I learned something today!
*****

Alex slowly slipped under the covers with Fluttershy, he felt so good at the moment he felt like squeaking. Fluttershy cuddled up to Alex as he wrapped his arms around her and she said, “That was an amazing speech you gave mom and dad back there.”

Alex laughed silently as he said while kissing her cheek, “Yeah I can’t believe I made that up on my own.”

Fluttershy’s tone went from sweet to serious as she said, “You said you just dropped out of first grade today. What exactly happened when I was at work today?”

Alex smiled as he kissed her nose and said before turning off the lights, “I’ll tell you tomorrow morning.” Without even using his hands, Alex levitated the covers up to their necks and put out the candle by their bed with magic before the two drifted off to sleep. As Alex closed his eyes he said, “Who knew the truth would work?”