Wallflowers Secret

Watermelody groaned and rubbed her head, wincing in pain at the sunlight coming through her windows. Her mouth was dry as hell and she pushed down the urge to vomit as she struggled to sit up.

“Ughhh,” Watermelody groaned quietly and she swayed from side to side before gaining control. “Where am I?”

A quick glance around told her she was in her bedroom, thankfully. She wasn’t too fond of waking up hungover in a random ponies bed or house.

“How did I even get home?” Watermelody asked aloud and smacked her lips before taking a sip of water from her water bottle she kept on the nightstand. She closed her eyes and groaned as she started to remember being escorted home by a stallion before he was practically told to fuck off by Spitfire and Firesteak. The two then took over as far as she can remember.

And she was certain the two didn’t sleep with her. She would have felt the familiar after feeling between her legs as she groaned again.

“Oh well. Who knows, maybe they saw something I didn’t with him. I was shit faced drunk after all,” Watermelody reasoned with herself as she glanced in her mirror and froze. Her mane was all messed up and her eyes were bloodshot with the mascara she had applied the previous night all over her face. She vaguely remembered some mare singing before she started hitting on a random stallion. And what she did remember was the mare sang beautifully. “I should probably go back there sober. Might catch a chance to hear her again. Hopefully.”

Watermelody rolled back over with her flank to her window as she dragged her blanket back over her to go back to sleep.

“Oh buck,” Watermelody eyes widened as she yanked a metal bucket next to it. “Bleurgh!”

She filled the bucket with vomit and gagged before flinging her blanket off.

Sleep later, shower first.

Roseluck shifted on her train seat, glancing out the window as the train continued chugging down the tracks, black smoke pouring from the smoke stack and the whistle occasionally blew.

Her sisters, Lily and Daisy sat on the seats next to her as they both maintained small talk.

“Are we sure Wallflower is gonna be okay with us just randomly dropping by like this?” Roseluck asked and the two glanced at her.

“We’re not just dropping in unannounced. We sent her a letter, she sent one back saying it was fine. If it wasn’t, she wouldn’t have said yes,” Lily commented and shot Daisy a look. “And you, be calm. We don’t need another Manehatten.”

“I thought we agreed to never speak of that again,” Daisy frowned at her middle sister with a blush. “Ever.”

Roseluck tuned out her older sisters start to argue as she sighed, propping her head up with the window sill as the trains whistle blew and the motorcolt pressed the brakes. Roseluck shot forward and slammed into the seat in front of her with a groan, rubbing her muzzle with a hoof.

“Foal of a bitch!” Roseluck cursed and Lily stared in shock as Roseluck grumbled while Daisy gasped, covering her mouth with a hoof.

“Are you okay?” The other two mares examined Roseluck’s face as she nodded.

“I’m fine,” Roseluck answered as she stood on shaky hind legs to get their floral decorated suitcases. “Let’s just get off this Celestia forsaken train before I break a leg.”

Daisy gave a nervous chuckle as they helped get their suitcases, pushing them off the train as the three stepped onto the platform, looking around curiously at their new environment. A camera hung around Lily’s neck in case she found something to photograph.

“Pose girls!” Lily grinned as she wrapped a hoof around Roseluck’s neck and the cream mare smiled as Daisy posed, placing one foreleg in front of the other as Lily held the camera awkwardly to take a picture. “We look amazing!”

Roseluck agreed with that as Lily let the camera dangle from her neck again and she resumed her examination of the town.

“Uhm hi,” Wallflower said and the three jumped as Wallflower cringed at the reaction. “I’m sorry.”

“Hey,” Daisy rested a hoof on the mares shoulder. “Don’t apologize. We are skittish by nature. The three of us get scared of our own shadow some days!”

The other two laughed and nodded as Wallflower gave a small smile, stifling a yawn.

“You already know our names but I’ll introduce us anyway. I’m Lily, that’s Daisy and that’s Roseluck. Or Rose. Or Rosie depending how she fells. All of the above really work to be honest,” Lily admitted and Roseluck nodded again.

Daisy glanced at Wallflowers potted plant cutie mark and raised an eyebrow curiously at some silver paint specks.

“What’s with the silver paint?” Daisy asked and tilted her head to the side. Wallflower jumped and blushed as she shrugged.

“Oh nothing,” Wallflower forced a laugh and her eyes flicked around as she internally had a war with herself. This is going so poorly. They must think I’m a weirdo!

“Okay,” Daisy accepted that without a second thought and shrugged. “Is there anywhere decent to eat around here? The train car food was the worst!”

Roseluck chuckled and Lily rolled her eyes. Typical Daisy thinking about food. They both did agree train didn’t offer the best options. They had been on a train for the past three days and were grateful to have been offered a cabin of their own. Apparently the pony who originally paid for it never showed so they were given it.

“Yes. There’s a few bars, pubs and restaurants around here you can go to.”

Wallflower scuffed a hoof on the wooden flooring and bit the handle of Lily’s suitcase, flinging it onto her back.

“I can carry that,” Lily commented and Wallflower shook her head.

“You’re my guests. It’s only proper. We can go to my house and drop off your stuff. If you wish, of course,” Wallflower muttered and her ears flattened against her head.

“That’s perfectly fine by us Wallflower,” Daisy rested a hoof on her back and Wallflower resisted the urge to flinch away. “This is your city after all. Lead the way.”

Wallflower gave a subtle and started a slow but steady trot home.

Wallflower led the three mares into her small house painted in various greens as she set her luggage she carried for Lily next to her couch as the three examined the living room.

“Nice place,” Roseluck said finally and leaned to sniff a plant Wallflower had in the corner of the room next to her small tv. “I like the plants.”

“Me too,” Wallflower mumbled softly and gestured down the hall. “I only two bedrooms. If you want to get a hotel instead, I’d understand. There’s one down the street.”

“Wallflower, this is perfect,” Daisy interrupted and poked her head in a room with messy sheets. She screamed as a large dog jumped out and she fell on her back.

“Rufus, no!” Wallflower cried as Roseluck and Lily watched with slack jaws and horrified expressions.

“The horror! The horror!” Roseluck screamed as she and Lily fell on their backs, hind legs twitching.

Wallflower hastily pulled Rufus off Daisy as the pink mare started laughing as Rufus wagged a tail excitedly, licking Wallflowers cheek again.

“That was awesome!” Daisy giggled and rolled over onto her stomach, reaching up with a hoof to pet Rufus. “Who’s a good boy?”

Rufus barked loudly and Daisy grinned. She personally loved all types of dogs. Lily and Roseluck both sighed in relief and stood up as Wallflower watched.

“Sorry. I forgot to tell you he was in my room. The spare is down the hall,” Wallflower pointed a hoof down the corridor and nuzzled her dog with a smile. “Come on mister, I think we should let you outside for a bit.”

The three mares watched as Wallflower slide open a back door and her dog shot out.

Wallflower internally was surprised to find herself thinking maybe having these three over wasn’t gonna go terribly after all.