Freshman Year

“I hope I can see her so I can return this to her,” You said holding a white handkerchief with a butterfly print at the bottom left. “What do you think Lucky?” Your dog barked in response as you just sit there on the park bench while holding the piece of fabric.

Your name is Elisio Blaze, Eli for short. You are a freshman at Canterlot High and it’s a weekend. You are walking Lucky, your pet dalmatian at the park but taking a short break. But there is another reason why you are there as you recall what happened yesterday.

You are walking down the school hallway. When you are about to hit a T-intersection someone bumped into you. You checked to see and it was a girl and who seem to be holding all of these scattered fliers. Both of you apologize in unison as you helped her gather all the fliers. You read one of them and it’s looking for volunteers for the local animal shelter. You asked if you can have one, but you could barely hear her yes as in she was shy for some reason. After gathering all the fliers, just as you are about to ask her name she quickly stood up and apologize again and quickly left you there in the middle of the hallway. You didn’t get a chance to ask her name. You stood up as you notice a piece of handkerchief laying on the floor next to you. You picked it up and guess that it belongs to her, but you never saw her through the rest of the day.

“Well, there is no point of sitting here. Time to resume with our walk boy.” You said as you stood up from the bench. Just as you put the handkerchief in your backpack, Lucky then started to bark to get your attention. “What is it?” You asked as you follow to where your dog is pointing at, to your surprise to see who it was.

Standing there in the distance nearby the pond while checking on her phone is the same girl you met the other day with long pink hair, perky breasts underneath her white tank top, wearing knee-high boots that matches her yellow green skirt with a butterfly print on it and wearing her yellow backpack. This is your chance for you to introduce yourself as you returned her handkerchief. Your dog kept on barking as in wanting for you to go see her.

“Hold on boy, let us not get ahead of ourselves. We can’t just approach her all of a sudden not after how she acted in front of me yesterday,” You said as your dog groan in response.

You untie your dog's leash from the bench. Just as you are about to reach for your backpack, Lucky quickly dragged you along as he was determined for you meet up with her. You told your dog to slow down but just as both of you are almost near her it was too late. Lucky tangled the leash between her legs and yours as her body presses against yours.

“Oh...my!” The girl said in a panicked tone.

“I am so, so sorry miss. Please excuse me.” You said while trying to keep both of your balance. You can feel soft mounds touching your chest but the important thing right now is to straighten it out the scenario both of you are in. “Lucky untangle us right now!” But your dog didn’t listen. With the leash wrapped around both of your legs which made it hard for both of you stand still. It wasn’t long you lose your balance as you end up pulling her into the pond. All three of you are soaking wet until two people approached both you.

“My goodness! Fluttershy darling are you alright? The girl asked. “Ardee, please be a kind dear and get the car ready. We need to get both of them dried up.”

“Got it!” The guy said next to her as he sprinted away.

“Again, I am terribly sorry. I have no idea what my dog was thinking. Lucky please be a good boy and get my bag.” You said as you helped the poor girl out of the pond while your dog rush over to the bench where you left your backpack. While you are explaining what happened to her friend Rarity, it wasn’t long your dog arrived dragging your bag with it. You thanked Lucky as you took out a towel from your bag. “Ms. Fluttershy use this to dry yourself.” You handed over the towel to the poor girl that is soaking wet.

“Oh...um...thank you.” The girl is about to reach your towel until she saw you are holding something with it. “Wait, isn’t that...my handkerchief?”

You didn’t realize that when you grabbed your towel, you ended up grabbing the handkerchief with it. “Uh, yes, it is. My name is Elisio Blaze, but you can just call me Eli. We bumped into each other yesterday that you dropped this. I was going to return it to you but I didn’t see you throughout the rest of the day.” Then you turned your gaze to Lucky who is beside you as you rub his head. “Better thank Lucky over here for giving me the confidence boost to hand it over to you.” Your dog barked happily after you praise him.

“Aww he is so adorable!” Fluttershy said as she rubs Lucky’s head. This is the first time you have seen this side of hers. Yesterday when you met her, she was timid. But now when she saw your pet dalmatian she is so excited.

“Guess you love animals, don’t you?” You asked.

“Oh, why yes. I do volunteer at the Animal Rescue Center, please drop by whenever you have the time.”

“Sure Fluttershy, I-I...yayayayay.” You quickly looked away from her.

“Uhm, is something wrong?” Fluttershy asked as she sees you are pointing downwards. By the time she follows where you are pointing at, she forgot that she is soaking wet that her pink bra is revealing under her tank top. This made Fluttershy’s cheeks go slight red due to embarrassment. “Eep!”

“Fluttershy, cover yourself up!” Rarity said as she used your towel to cover Fluttershy’s front.

“Eli...” A new voice echoes that you didn’t recognize as you heard the guy who was with Rarity came back.

“Rarity, I got the car-” Before he could finish, Rarity interrupted him.

“ARDEE, DON’T LOOK!” Rarity said.

“Eli...” The voice grew a little louder. You can almost recognize who that voice was.

“Eli Blaze, wake up!”

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Present

“Eli, wake up.” Sunset said as she keeps shaking you by the shoulder. You quickly opened your eyes as you came back to reality to see Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy and the Rainbooms with 6 other boys while you are standing, leaning against the Wondercolt Statue. “Finally, your awake and you better wipe your drool.”

“W-what happened?” You asked as you wipe your saliva off your mouth.

“We were just waiting for Rarity and Ardee to arrive until you end up dozing off,” Rainbow Dash said. “What were you dreaming? From what it looks like you are enjoying it.” She added with a smirk.

“I, uh...”

“It’s about how you and Fluttershy met, right?” Sunset guessed.

You are about to protest but you remember Sunset can read the minds of people. You just sheepishly laugh as you looked away. Why in the world did you end up dreaming about it in the first place. You see that Fluttershy seems to recall what happened as you see a hint of red on her cheeks.

“Yeah, Fluttershy again I am so sorry about what happened during that time,” You said.

“No, no... it’s okay now...I know you just only want to return my handkerchief and didn’t mean it,” Fluttershy responded.
You are relieved about this as all of you headed to Canterlot Mall. But there has been something you are keeping a secret from her. Everything that happened involving all of this Equestrian Magic, you think that a sweet girl like Fluttershy shouldn’t be involve with this. Even though she has her powers, you want to make sure she doesn’t get harmed. But you cannot do anything about this since you don’t have powers and kept quiet about this.

At the end of the day all of you went your separate ways but you walked Fluttershy to her house. Throughout the day she notices that something is bothering you and decided to know.

“Uhm, Eli...you have been...well...being bothered by something,” Fluttershy asked in a concerned tone. “Is everything alright?”

“Yes...No.” You let out a deep sigh. “We all know that you are a very kind person Fluttershy, but you don’t have to go through all of this Equestrian magic stuff. I don’t want you getting hurt.” Those words of yours made the animal lover’s cheeks blush.

“Thanks for worrying about me Eli. But I can’t, my friends need me and I can’t let anything happen to you guys and all of our friends.”

“I want to be the one to protect you.” You said in your thoughts but you returned it with a smile and nodded meaning that you understand.

By the time both of you are near her house, before you go your way Fluttershy gave you a reassuring hug and thanked you for worrying about her. You didn’t expect the warm hug but you returned it. After a while, Fluttershy broke the hug as both of you said your goodbyes and you headed home.

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You are now at your house, which is a walking distance to the Canterlot Zoo. You work part-time there during the weekends. Right now, after dinner you are slumped down on the couch still recalling about what happened earlier.

“Still being bothered about Fluttershy?” Your big brother said while sitting on the other end of the couch while reading a book.

“It’s none of your business,” You groan in response. “Sorry.”

“Hey now it’s okay, besides I am your brother. It is my duty to be a role model for our family and to keep an eye on my younger sibling...also a certain someone who is the most egotistic of all of CHS.”

“I guess you are right bro. There is nothing we can do but support the girls.”

Later on, you said good night to your brother and to Lucky as you head to your room. You got dress into your pajamas then you lie down on your bed.

“I know you have friends to watch your back, but someone has to protect you if they are not there.” You said in your thoughts. Before falling asleep, you almost forgot to call Fluttershy that you need to drop by at the Canterlot Animal Shelter tomorrow to buy some dog food for Lucky. You search for your phone and realize you left it downstairs. Just as you left your bedroom a whiff of Equestrian magic flow through the window and into the choker you wear every day.

Author's Note

Take a guess on the pond scene because it is a movie reference. But still sorry if I made you guys wait and feel free to leave a like and your comments.