Brothers In Friendship

Kushal made his way downstairs. It was morning, about six o'clock. He got to the bottom step of the stairs when Twilight appeared at the top. "Hi Kushal, did you have fun?" she asked. Kushal looked at Twilight, grinning,

"Yes, excellent night" he said, trying his hardest not to make a sexual comment.

"Applejack and Pinkie are still asleep…" she said. Kushal looked at her, then walked into the kitchen.

"Do you know where Rainbow Dash is?" asked Twilight. Kushal nodded. Twilight looked confused, "so, are you gonna tell me?" she continued. Kushal nodded. Twilight, now getting annoyed said, "Kushal, where is she?" and Kushal swallowed an apple he was eating that Twilight didn't see. "Oh…" she said.

Kushal turned to her and said "Twilight, your dear friend Rainbow is in my bed-" he started. Twilight broke in,

"What?! What did you do?" she asked, worried.

Kushal laughed, "I don't know, I woke up and BAM, she's in my bed" he said.

"Oh, maybe it was because of the kiss?" said Twilight. Kushal laughed again,

"Twilight, you'd better not be serious…" but she nodded.

MEANWHILE

There was an atmosphere. It was light, early in the morning. Somewhere around seven o'clock. Ben woke like he usually would, he was tired from yesterday, having been pulled into a different world, being fancied by a pony, and making loads of new friends. "Fluttershy?" he said. He messed the covers of the bed up when he got up.

He looked next to him; Fluttershy was curled up in the same bed, looking really cute. Ben imagined his head exploding of cuteness. "Psst, Fluttershy, wake up…" he mumbled. Fluttershy made a very quiet and cute snoring noise. "You deserve to rest" he said. Suddenly, from downstairs he imagined, he could smell smoke?

"Fluttershy?!" he said louder. Fluttershy looked at him after waking up rather quickly.

"Yes?" she said in her adorable voice. Ben saw the expression on her face when she smelt the smoke too. "Oh, I'll be the girls trying to make toast or something…" she mumbled. Ben got out of bed, and walked to the girls' room. They were still asleep. Ben rushed back into Fluttershy's guest room,

"Fluttershy, the girls are fast asleep, there's a fire!" he said.

"What?!" screamed Fluttershy. She got up, and used her wings to fly downstairs. A few minutes later, she didn't come back, and the fire grew. Ben rushed downstairs and saw Fluttershy unconscious under a beam. He rushed back upstairs and woke the cutie mark crusaders, and carried them outside.

He ran back inside the house, and Fluttershy was coughing, Ben lifted the beam, and carried Fluttershy outside. "She's not breathing!" said Ben, she had stopped breathing and Ben could think only of one thing to do. He put her head in a suitable position, and put his mouth to hers. He breathed. She was technically dead. He did it again, then again, it didn't do any good.

By this time, Rarity, Twilight, Spike, Rainbow and Kushal had arrived. Ben gave her oxygen again, and this time she started sputtering and couching. "Thank god, erm, whoever you pray to!" he said.

Fluttershy stood up, "Thank you…Ben" she said. Ben stood there looking sad.

"Oh god, why would someone ever set your house ablaze?" asked Ben. Fluttershy stood there, looking at Ben and thinking if he really wanted to know.

"I-erm, maybe-" she started, but someone stopped her, a rather nasty pony with a vicious attitude.

"Oh no…' she said sarcastically, 'I hope you're alright" she finished. Ben was overwhelmed with anger,

"Shut up before I kick you!" he shouted. The pony just looked at him and said carelessly,

"And you are?" which made him even angrier.

"My name is Ben foster, I am a human, and you will not laugh when three young ponies and Fluttershy could have died if I hadn't woken up!" he shouted in her face.

Fluttershy started crying in the background. "Fluttershy? More lie Stuttercry!" she shouted, and her friends joined in.

"Stuttercry, Stuttercry!".

Ben let out all of his rage. "I will not let you stand here and take the piss out of the only pony is this world to look after me so far when she is hardly able to stand up for herself! She may be timid, but she has friends, you hang out with ponies who you THINK are cool, but in fact are all just Pratts! Screw you in the butt with a cactus!" he shouted right in her face. The pony stood there for a few minutes, then a tear appeared in her eyes and she ran away.

Fluttershy was crying whilst looking at her burning cottage. "Fluttershy, I'm so sorry about your house" he said, "If there was anything you would like me to do-" he started, but stopped when Fluttershy hugged him. "It's okay" said Ben, but she didn't let go, she was too upset and needed something to hold on to. After all, all of her possessions were gone…

Kushal ran over, "Dude, you okay?" he asked. Ben looked at him, there were tears in his eyes.

"Kushal, I'm gonna take Fluttershy to a park or something, she needs some time…" he said, Kushal just nodded. Bed lifted the rest of Fluttershy's body into his arms, and cradled her to the nearest park he could find. It wasn't a park really though, it was just a small garden with a bench.

"Fluttershy, you can cry as much as you want, we'll find out why your cottage was on fire, and we'll get the… Erm…" he said, he whispered the next word under his breathe so Fluttershy didn't hear him. Fluttershy finally started to settle down, but she was still upset.

"Th-th-thank you… so much, if you hadn't of woken up, I might have-have" but she started crying again.

Ben did the only thing he could think to do. He thought about when he was petting her hair, and how it had made he calmer and she fell asleep. So, he started to very gently pet her hair. She sniffed a few times, then fell asleep, like before. 'Wow, this works really good' thought Ben.

MEANWHILE

"Twilight, does anyone have a grudge against Fluttershy?" asked Kushal to Twilight. They had arrived at the police station. Kushal was surprised any crimes would be committed in a pony world. Twilight spoke without looking at him,

"No, no-one hated her, or even despised her, she is loved by everyone…" she said.

Kushal stared at the ground. "What about that snotty pony who took the mess out of Fluttershy?" he asked. Twilight looked at him,

"No, her name is Emerelda, she would never do anything like this, and she's just…" she mumbled. Kushal looked at Twilight, then back at the ground,

"I can tell by your expression that this is the most serious thing that's happened in a while" he said. Twilight walked over to a window,

"Yes it is, the last thing serious that happened was the changeling's" she replied.

Pinkie ran over to them, "Hey Twilight, I need to get back to the shop now, I need to open up. See ya later!" she said. She ran out of the door, and probably towards the shop she was talking about.

"Bye…" mumbled Twilight. Kushal looked at Twilight again, she was thinking about something.

"Twilight, what's wrong?" he asked. Twilight came out of her trance,

"Sorry, I was thinking, and nothing's wrong. Thank you for the concern though" she answered.