Fluttershy and Me: Remastered

Summer was finally here.  No more school, no more homework, no more bullshit.  Graduation was great.  I had actually turned 18 beforehand.  I had a spring birthday.  That was a great party.  I of course had a private party, just Fluttershy and me.  The same could be said of my graduation party.  I had a huge party with my family and friends, but I also had one for just the two of us.  I found that the parties that were just Fluttershy and I were much better.  Anyway, the summer went by pretty quickly.  I was a lifeguard during the summer, so that kept me busy and got me some good money.  I would need it for when I went off to college.  Fluttershy would of course be coming with me, but I’ll get to my college life later.

I had been taking care of Fluttershy for six months.  It was August then so I basically found her in February.  In that time, she managed to learn almost everything there was to learn about how humans lived, technology, a lot more about me, and a ton of other stuff.  We were a lot closer now.  I decided to openly confess my feelings for her and told her that I loved her.  She felt the exact same way.  That moment was just amazing.  To know she shared my feelings gained me so much happiness.  A lot of other things happened during this time span though.

To start, I realized that with my sister home from college, keeping Fluttershy hidden would be much more difficult.  So, I started looking around my area for a temporary place for her to stay, at least until I went to college, where I would probably have to find another place for her.  I managed to find a small, old warehouse, not too big, but not too small.  It wasn’t perfect when I found it, but with a few touch ups here and there, and the addition of a few furnishings, it became a good enough place for Fluttershy to live in for about two months.  I visited her every day, some nights I would even stay with her.

One day, I thought that she must get lonely out there by herself.  So, I figured since I knew that she could communicate with animals, I would bring her a little bunny to keep her company, or rather, a rabbit.  My best friend found this rabbit about a year before I found Fluttershy.  His family didn’t plan to keep it, but they wound up doing so anyway.  I told them I would take the rabbit as my pet.  They were fine with that.  Once I arrived with the rabbit at Fluttershy’s place, I introduced them to each other.

“Hey Fluttershy, I want you to meet a new friend.  This is Joey.”  I opened his cage and let him roam free in the warehouse.  Fluttershy proceeded to do the whole baby face stuff with him, like when you say to a puppy “Aw aren’t you cute,” or some crap like that.  I couldn’t help but laugh a little while Fluttershy was doing that.  I actually think she gave me The Stare for a moment.

“Don’t listen to him Joey, he’s just jealous because he isn’t as cute as you are,” she said to him, being all fuzzy wuzzy with him.

“Love you too,” I said sarcastically.  She giggled a bit.  But then, she suddenly had a confused look, like someone was talking to her.  She looked around the room.

“Um, Matthew, did you hear that?” she asked me.

“Hear what?”  I figured that Joey was speaking to her, but I had to act surprised.

“I heard a voice, but I don’t know where it came from.”  She stopped looking around and returned her gaze to Joey.  I think the light bulb finally went off.

“Oh my goodness, it’s Joey.  I can hear him talking to me.  That’s just so, well… amazing!” she said, her voice filled with excitement.  I was actually surprised she wasn’t a little bit more taken back by the fact that she could talk to animals.  Suddenly, a little glow appeared on her flank, and shortly after, three butterflies adorned each side of her flank.  I started tearing a bit, I knew what this meant.

“Um, Matthew, why are there three butterflies on my flank?” she asked me.  She didn’t really sound confused.  She didn’t even seem scared or surprised.  It’s almost like something inside her was telling her what it was, but because she couldn’t remember what a cutie mark was, she didn’t know… what it was?  I don’t know, you get what I mean though.

“Fluttershy, that’s your cutie mark,” I told her.  I didn’t really want to work around all the formalities.  I was just too excited and wanted to let her know what it was.  I explained to her what it meant, and when I was finished, she was so happy.

“So you mean I can talk to all kinds of animals, not just rabbits?”

“That’s right Fluttershy.  You’ve got one very special talent.”

She must have been really happy, because she jumped into the air and actually started to fly around the room.  But she wasn’t messing up.  She was flying perfectly, no screw ups, just perfect flying.

“Hey, I’m flying!  Matthew, I’m actually flying!” she exclaimed, her voice almost cracking due to her overabundance of happiness.  We had practiced a few times, and she had gotten a lot better, but all we really did was just practice on her hovering and flying at a slow pace.  She was flying at a decent speed, even managing two flips.

“Do you feel like you could keep flying like that?” I asked.  She nodded, not even second guessing her choice.  This was one of her greatest moments.  In one moment, she had discovered her true talent and managed to full on fly (overused joke incoming) LIKE A BOSS!  Sorry I just had to say that!

We decided to celebrate with a party.  No one was actually at my home, nor would they be for the rest of the weekend.  My mom was stingy about letting me stay home alone, but she finally loosened up enough to let me.  Fluttershy and I decided to make a cake.  We did alright, but I’m not the greatest chef/cook in the world.  She was actually alright, even though we had only cooked together about six times, all of those times ending in big messes.  That night brought me ten more photos for the photo album I had started since I found Fluttershy.  But that day just kept getting better.

Fluttershy stayed with me at my house that night.  We stayed up a little later than usual watching one of her favorite movies, Toy Story.  She loved that movie.  We actually got through half of Toy Story 2 in the same night.  When it was finally time for bed, I took my shower, waited for her to take hers, and finally we went to bed.  But before we fell asleep, she decided to do make this the best day ever with just three words and one action.

“Good night Matthew, I love you.”

“Good night Fluttershy, I love you too.”

Now, Fluttershy and I would tell each other that we loved one another quite often by that time.  But, when it came to kissing, we’d usually just kiss each other on the cheek.  We actually shared the thought that a pony kissing a human on the lips might be a bit weird.  But I think something inside just told her to put that thought in the past.

She put her hoof on my shoulder, pulled me in a bit, and kissed me right on the lips.  Let me tell you, it didn’t feel weird at all.  It felt as natural as any human couple kissing on the lips.  How would I know?  Just because I was a bit miserable doesn’t mean I didn’t know how to get the girl.  We probably held that kiss for about a good minute.  It was amazing, just amazing, that’s all I can really say.  When we finally stopped, I looked into her eyes, and she into mine.  She put her head on my chest, I put my arm around her, and we fell asleep, just like that.