Fluttersaiyan

                                                                     Chapter 8: Organic Produce

As always, the rooster woke me up at 6:30 on the dot. I opened my eyes to see Fluttershy lying on my chest. She hadn’t moved at all. I kissed her on the forehead and decided to wake her up.

“Hey Fluttershy. Wake up, we slept all through yesterday, its Sunday now.” I whispered to her. She opened her eyes.

“Dako, did we really sleep all through yesterday?” she asked me.

“Yeah, and I still have my clothes on.” I told her. I pulled the blankets off of us to let her get off of me. She climbed off to my left on her side of the bed.

“Fluttershy, today I want to make things up to you for yesterday.” I said, sitting up in bed.

“Dako, its okay, you don’t have to.” She said to me.

“No, I flipped out. I should’ve had more self control.” I said.

“Well, what do you want to do?” she asked.

“What ever you want.” I told her. “I’ll make it happen.”

“Okay.” She said, and started to smile.

“But first things first.” I said. “I want to go into the Everfree forest to find and talk to Zecora.”

“Dako, please, don’t go in there!” she begged. “At least take me with you, you don’t know what kind of things are in that dark scary forest.”

“Well, you did tell off a Cockatrice once. Okay, but be careful, I don’t want you to get hurt.” I told her.

With that we set off into the forest. Before we left though, I did some stretches and exercises, so I could fight on a moments notice. We followed the trail where I first found and saved Fluttershy. Looks like there was a bridge over the creek after all, we crossed it and continued on the trail. Walking took us 10 minutes before we saw Zecora’s hut. Fluttershy knocked on the door. After few seconds the door opened. Zecora had never met me and was a little surprised, but still let us in anyway.

“Hello Zecora, I already know who you are, it’d be a long explanation that I don’t feel like sharing right now, but I know you. By the way, my name Dako.” I said to her.

“Hello Zecora, Dako wanted to ask you something.” Fluttershy said quietly.

“You know an awful lot about the plants that grow here and in this forest.” I began. “I need to know if there is any kind of plant here that can instantly heal ones wounds or injuries.”

“Hm, this plant you seek requires a journey, not for the weak.” Zecora said.

“This sounds good already!” I said with excitement. Normally I hate anything quest related, like World of Warcraft, Runescape, and especially Skyrim. But this sounded fun.

“The name of this plant for you, is called, Senzu.” She finished.

“Whoa! The Senzu, bean?” I asked. This was amazing, such a plant exsists, and I could definitely use it just in case something were to happen.

“You seem quite keen, of this mysterious bean.” She said.

“You could say, that I’ve heard of it before.” I said. “I am prepared to do whatever it takes to find it, no matter what.” I said in my most serious tone.

“I must warn you of one fact, once you begin it will be hard to turn back.” Zecora warned me.

“I can handle it.” I said.

“Dako, are you sure about this?” Fluttershy asked concerned.

“As sure as the sky is blue.” I said with a smile.

“Come on Fluttershy, let’s go now, it’s time for your best day ever.” I told her.

We said goodbye to Zecora, then me and Fluttershy took off out of the forest and flew towards Ponyville. I told Fluttershy that we could do whatever she wanted. She told me that she would want to go to a carnival. I wasn’t sure if there were carnivals here, but I guess there were. After a few minutes of flying we finally found one on the edge of Ponyville, then we landed at the entrance. For today only admission was free which was lucky for me because I had no money. I had never seen a carnival in the show, at least I don’t remember seeing one. We rode the Ferris wheel, ate cotton candy and popcorn, and they even had side-show attractions. And wouldn’t you know it, Trixie was there too. She was still trying to claim she was the greatest unicorn ever, and the best at magic, even though everyone already know it just a trick.

“Feast your eyes, everypony! Prepare to witness the magic of The Great and Powerful Trixie!” she yelled from her stage. She was met the crowds jeering and disapproval since they already knew she was a fraud.

“Boo!” yelled somepony.

“Get off the stage!” yelled somepony else.

“You suck!” they continued. This only made her angry.

“Fools! Trixie will show you all!” she yelled out at them. Me and Fluttershy took a seat to watch the show.

“For this trick I, The Great and Powerful Trixie, require a volunteer.” She said. No one volunteered.

“You!” she shouted, pointing at me.

“Yeah, I-but I didn’t, volunteer.” I said, trying to get out of it.

“Get on stage before Trixie makes you!” she glared at me.

“Okay, okay, don’t get that cape in a bunch.” I muttered as I got out of my seat.

“Dako, wait, please don’t do this, I just know this going to end badly. Remember what happened with Gilda?” Fluttershy said worried, she looked scared too, her ears began to hang down in worry.

“Don’t worry Fluttershy, this is supposed to your day, I won’t let anything happen.” I said smiling.

“Now, strange, pink, fleshy creature, witness the power of Trixie!...” there was a moment of silence as she tried to build tension, then somepony in the back yelled, “Get on with it!”.

“…as Trixie makes him disappear!” she finished. Oh, great, this will certainly end well. Her horn began to glow and I was surrounded by her aura of magic. I got the same tingly feeling from when Twilight teleported all of us to Canterlot. Suddenly there was a bright flash of light, and when the flash was over, I was no longer on the stage. I actually had no idea where I was. That was, until I heard the crowd at the magic show, and they were still booing at her. I realized that the flash must’ve been a huge distraction, everpony would cover their eyes and miss that I had fallen through a trap door. Okay Trixie, my turn. I flew headfirst through the trap door smashing it into splinters. Everyone gasped, even Trixie.

“Ta-da!” I yelled smiling. I hovered in the air, floating a few feet above the stage. “Let’s all give a big round of applause to Trixie! Yeah!” I began clapping, alone, until Fluttershy slowly and quietly started clapping her hooves with me.

“What are you doing!?” Trixie screamed at me. “How dare you try at out perform, The Great and Powerful Trixie!”

“I’m sorry, I thought that would get you some positive cheers.” I said.

“You have ruined Trixie’s show, you will pay!” she started screaming at me. She also began making a bunch of magical sparks, and fireworks or something.

“Oh, so that’s how it is, you want to do fireworks, huh?” I said. “Check, these out! Aaaagh!” I screamed as I went kaioken. I was engulfed by my red aura of light as wind began to be stirred up. I only did this for about five seconds though, then powered down. And because I saw Trixies jaw drop, and she fell to the sitting position, then she did something that genuinely surprised me. She was starting to cry. Looks like The Great and Powerful Trixie had had enough of the stress. She fell to the stage bawling, and covered her face with her hooves, continuing to cry loudly.

“Oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry.” I said trying to calm her.

“Leave Trixie alone!” she yelled. I kneeled down next to her.

“It’s okay, I understand how it feels when no one likes you, or when no one cares about you.” In hindsight, that probably wasn’t the best thing to say.

“No you don’t!” she yelled again.

“Okay, so I don’t.” I said to her. She pulled her “Wizard Hat” over her face. I reached down and pulled it off of her, which surprised her.

“You know, I think somepony needs a hug.” I said to her. Then she smacked me with a hoof and ran away.

“So this is how you treat someone who is actually nice to you!?” I yelled at her. “And you forgot your hat!” I got off of the stage where Fluttershy was waiting.

“Dako, what happened up there?” she asked me worried.

“I don’t know, hey, let’s get on the Ferris wheel again.” I told her.

We walked over to the Ferris wheel, luckily there was no line at the moment. We got on and rode around a couple of times. Time had flown, and the sun was low in the sky. It appeared to be 7:45 now. As we rode we talked to each other a little, just some casual conversation. It was difficult to talk for me, since I didn’t have much to talk about, still only having been here a week. But we still talked.

“So Fluttershy, I want to ask you about things that I never got to see on the show.” I said.

“Like what?” she asked smiling.

“Well, is there anypony in particular that you, like?” I asked.

“No, not really.” She said. She looked so cute and beautiful in the sunset, I couldn’t help but “D’aww” a little on the inside.

“Well, I really like you, just so you know.” I told her.

“Really?” she said starting to blush.

“Actually that’s not true. The truth is, I love you.” I said.

“Oh, Dako, I don’t know what to say.” She said.

“It’s okay, I don’t love you like that. I just, love you, you’re so cute, and adorable. I love hugging you, I love being with you, I love talking with you, and I love, you.” I told her.

“Oh, then I love you too Dako.” She said while giving me a hug.

“Sorry, just outright saying that was kinda awkward, huh?” I asked her.

“Maybe a little.” She said, still hugging me.

“I love you so much though, it’s true. I hate seeing you cry, so when Gilda made you cry, it made me so sad, and angry at the same time. I felt the same when she did it the first time, when I saw it in the show.” I told her.

“I didn’t know you really cared that much about me. You have only been here a week, but you say you saw all of us in the show and knew us all.” She said.

“That’s right.” I hugged her more, then we sat riding the Ferris wheel a little more, watching the sunset.

I don’t think I was satisfied with today, and making things right with her, but I think she was. We rode the Ferris wheel for another five minutes before we got off. When we did it was really starting to get dark now, and we decided to head home. Today was a great day all in all, we got to have a great day together, like I wanted yesterday until Gilda and I ruined things. And today was a little weird with the event with Trixie. I tried to be nice, maybe if I actually hugged her, instead of suggesting it, and if there weren’t so many ponies watching, and especially if I hadn’t kinda embarrassed her. Oh well, I gave it my best shot. Before we left I saw a ball toss stand, and a bunch of stuffed animal prizes. I couldn’t leave without getting one for Fluttershy, so I walked up to the stand and asked if I could try, even though I had no money, which still sucks. Luckily the guy was nice enough to give me one free throw, which was all I needed.

I grabbed the ball, and cocked my arm back, then threw it as hard as I could with precision aim and knocked down the stack of bottles.

“So, what do I win?” I asked with a proud smile.

“Whatever you want pal.” The manager said with an impressed smile.

I picked the biggest stuffed teddy bear there. Of course I carried it for Fluttershy, but I was glad to. We continued towards the exit as it got even darker out, probably 8:15 now. We took off and headed for home. I had to go to sleep early so I could get up early and go to work. When I get to the post office in the morning, I’m gonna tell the guy “I quit”, because that little joke of his won’t fly with me. And without a job, I’ll have plenty of time to go on my little quest for the Senzu bean. Although, if this quest will be as dangerous as Zecora said it would, then I might need the Senzu bean just as soon as I find it. Actually, I don’t really know where to start looking, I’ll ask Zecora tomorrow if she has an idea where it could be. In fact, in addition to the Senzu bean, I want to learn how to do the Instant Transmission technique by asking Twilight if she can teach me how to teleport.

We flew for 10 minutes, our usual flight time from Fluttershy’s cottage to Ponyville, but we were on the edge of Ponyville, which meant we had to fly fast if we wanted to get home in time for me to get my rest. When we got there, Fluttershy opened the door for me instead of me opening it for her, since I was still carrying her stuffed bear. We walked upstairs together and got ready for bed, or I did, because I had to undress. We pulled back the blankets and got into bed, then we scooted towards each other to cuddle together.

“Fluttershy, I love you. Your so soft and cozy.” I said, and then kissed her on the nose.

“I love you too Dako.” She said, and then she kissed me on the cheek.

With that said, we held each other and then fell asleep in a matter of minutes. Tomorrow would be a big day, I would tell of my boss, I would get my friends together, and we would all go on quest to look for the Senzu bean. If can actually heal people, and make up for an entire meal like in Dragon ball Z, then It would also have serious benefits for others if I could get some and then start growing it. Tomorrow I would begin my quest for the Senzu bean.