Fluttershy and Me: Remastered

It was official.  I would be going to the Grand Galloping Gala with Fluttershy.  Her friends would be joining us as well, of course, but that I had actually gotten invited to go was incredible.  It surprised me how quickly the Princess had lightened up to me being in Equestria.  Hell, I was surprised at how quickly she just lightened up to me.  I would have to thank her later.  A few days after Fluttershy brought home with her those two tickets, we got a letter from the Princess.  The Princess had asked for Fluttershy and me to perform a song at the Gala.  Any song I wanted to do, event appropriate of course.  I smiled at the opportunity to shine on the stage once again.  It had been so long.

“What do you think Fluttershy, wanna do a song with me at the Gala?”

“Oh, I don’t know Matthew.  You know I’m not the best at performing in front of large crowds.”

“Yeah, I know, but I’ll be there with you.  You won’t need to worry.  C’mon, I know the perfect song we could do together.  Please,” I said, looking at her with the best puppy dog eyes I could make.  She looked back and laughed a bit.  Apparently I wasn’t very convincing.

“Oh, well, alright, we can do a song together.  What song did you have in mind?”

“I was thinking about performing “If It Means a Lot to You,” by A Day to Remember,” I said, and her face beamed with joy.  I had played that song for her a lot.  She loved it, so I knew she couldn’t pass up a chance to perform it.  It was perfect because there’s a female part in the song, which always held me back from performing it in the past.

“Really?!  Oh how I’ve always wanted to perform that song with you!”

“Wait, you’ve wanted to perform it with me?  Since when?”

“Since the day you first played it for me.  Well, maybe I didn’t want to perform it with you, but to just sing it with you.”

“Why didn’t you tell me that?  We could have done it anytime you wanted,” I told her, but then I remembered that back then, I wasn’t as good on the guitar as I am now.  I liked to play guitar back on Earth, but I wasn’t really good at it.  I decided to re-pursue that endeavor when I came to Equestria.  Apparently the ponies are masters of playing instruments with hooves.  I practiced a lot, getting lessons from Applejack and members of her family.  Rainbow Dash even learned with me.  She liked a lot of the songs I played for her, and wanted to learn how to play the guitar parts for them.

“Well, now I’m a good guitarist, so I can play for the song.  So, we’re gonna do this?”

“Absolutely,” she answered, and I jumped up in excitement.

So, we started to practice the song, eventually mastered it, and before we knew it, the Gala had arrived.  Walking into Canterlot on the night of the Gala was amazing.  There were fireworks going off, lights all around us, and even the Wonderbolts were out.  Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Rainbow Dash finally got in.  Those damn flyers finally wised up to Dash’s skills and let her join as their newest member.  Dash has added about five more levels of awesomeness to the Wonderbolts performances.  Dash would actually be performing that night with them all.  She had promised the girls and myself a special Sonic Rainboom just for us.  I couldn’t wait.

The girls and I spent a lot of time together that night.  We enjoyed some food, danced a bit, and just had a good time.  Fluttershy actually pulled me away from the party to go into the garden.  It really was a beautiful garden.  I had never seen it before.  Fluttershy had a lot better luck this time around meeting the animals that populated the garden.  I was surprised to see some of the unique animals that were there.

“Aren’t they beautiful?” Fluttershy asked me.

“Yeah, but not as beautiful as you,” I responded, even though I knew how corny it was to say that.

“Aw, aren’t you sweet,” she said, and kissed me on the cheek.

After about 20 minutes of taking in all the beautiful scenery, we headed back inside to prepare for our performance.  I was actually getting a little nervous.  I was so excited to perform that song, but now that the moment was almost here, I couldn’t help but feel nervous.  Fluttershy helped me to relax.

“Don’t worry Matthew, you’ll do fine.  I’ll be with you the whole time.”

“I know, it’s just been so long since I’ve performed.  And here I thought you would be the one getting nervous.  But, I won’t let that hold me down.  I promised a performance to these people and that’s what they’re gonna get,” I said.  The confidence was coming back to me.

“That’s the spirit,” Fluttershy said to me.  Shortly after, an announcement came on that we were going to perform in about 5 minutes.  After that was said, Fluttershy let out a little shriek and hid behind me.  I was confused at first, then I laughed.

“What happened to all the confidence?  Just a second ago you were all supportive of me and showed no fear,” I said in a humorous voice.

“Sorry, I just thought we would have more time before we performed,” she said.  I looked at her with a smile on my face, trying to calm her down.

“Don’t worry.  You’ll be there for me, and I’ll be there for you.  Let’s give these ponies the best performance they’ve ever seen,” I said, and she looked up to me, smiled back, and nodded her head.

We prepared ourselves, did a little warm up singing, and finally went on the stage to perform.  I got my guitar ready, and Fluttershy sat next to me.  I looked to the first row to see the rest of our friends sitting there to support us.  Looking at all the other ponies, they looked at me with concern, probably because most of them had never seen me before.  I knew they would be a little frightened by me, but I decided to ignore it.  I wanted to fill in what Fluttershy and I would be performing.

“Hey everypony, how’s your Grand Galloping Gala going so far?” I asked the crowd.  I got some responses from the crowd who still didn’t exactly trust me.  “Good to hear.  Well, a few days after getting my ticket, Princess Celestia asked if Fluttershy and I would perform a song for the party.  We, of course, said yes.  Tonight, we will be performing a song from my world, and it’s called “If It Means a Lot to You.”  We hope you ponies enjoy.  Here we go,” I said finally, and counted to four.

I started to play on the guitar, and I could see our friends starting to sway to the rhythm.  They encouraged other ponies to join in.  I started to sing the first few lines, and that immediately got some ponies into the song.  As I got into the chorus, everypony had finally started to enjoy the tune.

After a minute of me singing, Fluttershy started.   She sounded beautiful.  I loved the female singer in the original song from A Day to Remember, but Fluttershy just made the song sound so much more beautiful.  The crowd enjoyed her voice so much.  She looked to me a few times, and I looked back with a smile every time.

We were coming up to a part of the song that would require some help from the crowd, but I had completely forgotten to have someone make that announcement.  I quickly realized that Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack were going around the crowd telling them to sing along when they cued.  They hopped up on the stage, and got everyone ready.  As soon as we came to it, everyone started to sing.  Hey, what a coincidence.  The song’s line is, “Now everybody’s singing la, la la la, la la la,” and wouldn’t you know it, everypony was singing.  It felt amazing to be performing that song with so much enthusiasm from the crowd.

As we neared the end, Fluttershy and I looked at each other as we came closer to the final line.  As we sang the last note and I strummed the guitar one last time, we paused for a moment.  And then, the uproar of cheers and screams from the crowd overflowed us.  I waved to the crowd, thanking them for the applause.  Fluttershy waved a bit, hiding behind her hair.  She was so shy.

“Hey, c’mon, they loved you,” I said over the cheers from the crowd.  “Let’s give them a bow.”  I bowed my whole upper body.  Fluttershy bowed her head.  She looked to me and gestured for me to lean in.  We shared a kiss right on that stage in front of everypony at the Gala.  That got them even louder.  Fluttershy and I gave one more wave to the crowd as we exited out to the garden to get some fresh air.

After we were outside, we heard hoof steps running towards us.  Pinkie jumped onto Fluttershy to give her a huge hug.  Rainbow flew up to me and we shared a fist/hoof bump.

“That was great guys.  You two are so awesome together.  You gotta do that again sometime for Ponyville,” Rainbow said, flying around in excitement.

“Ponyville, why not all of Equestria?!” Pinkie chimed in.  “They were amazing.  Just think if they did some of those other songs Matt knows.  That would be INSANE!!!”  Pinkie was overjoyed with how well we had performed.

“Thanks guys.  You saved the whole thing by getting everyone to join in on the last part of the song.  And Pinkie, we will definitely do something like that eventually.  I don’t know when, but we will, right Fluttershy?” I said, and knelt down to her.

“Oh, well, maybe we could just perform for Ponyville, or how about just not at all,” she said, breathing heavily.  I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.  Soon after that, everyone was laughing, even Fluttershy.

“You’ll get over the fear.  Once you’ve done this a couple more times, it’ll be easy, I promise,” I said to her.  I went over and kissed her on the head.  She smiled at me.

“Well, that was really fun.  I guess we could do it again.  But why don’t the girls join us next time?” she said.  I looked to the others who quickly agreed.  I checked the time to see that it was almost time for the Wonderbolts to perform.

“So, now that we’ve shown off for tonight, I think its Rainbow Dash’s turn.  You ready?” I asked her.

“More than ever.  Like I said, a special Sonic Rainboom just for you guys.”  As she said that, she flew off to her team.  The rest of us headed for our seats to watch them perform.  In a matter of minutes, the Wonderbolts flew out into the sky.  Seeing as though I have no idea what they name their tricks, I’ll just tell you they did some sick stuff.  The crowd was ecstatic, and the girls and I were probably screaming out the loudest for Rainbow Dash.  We actually heard some other ponies cheering for her.

When everypony thought the act was over with a huge burst of lighting and light rain on the audience, Dash made her move.  She shot up into the sky, twirled around to make a cool rainbow swirl, and sped on down to the ground.  We watched as the Mach cone formed around.  She was doing it, and apparently none of the other Wonderbolts knew this was planned.

With one final burst, Rainbow Dash delivered and Sonic Rainboom straight through the rain clouds, which let out a mist of water.  This only amplified the rainbow that formed, making it shimmer and glow in amazing ways.  We watched in awe at what Rainbow had just done.  That Sonic Rainboom was just for us, and it was perfect.  And a perfect moment calls for a perfect kiss.

I turned to Fluttershy and kissed her on the lips, only with much more passion (again, don’t be fucking sick, it was just a good moment for a kiss).  She returned the favor.  As we finally let go of the one minute long kiss, Fluttershy spoke.

“I love you Matthew, you know that right?”

“Indeed I do, and I love you too Fluttershy, more than anything in the world.”  We smiled at each other.  We sat back in our seats, she rested her head on my chest, and I put my arm around her.  Nothing could ruin that moment.  And so as not to leave you guessing, I’ll just tell you that nothing did.  Nothing could ever ruin moments like those.  The moments when it was just Fluttershy and me.