A Pony for a Day

The day had slowly passed by, while I enjoyed Twilight’s and Fluttershy’s company. Twilight had been asking me a lot of questions like:

“What do humans look like? How do you walk? What do you eat? What is your average life span? Do you have males and females like us ponies, or do you have another set of genders? Does females and males mate to get offspring or do you reproduce in other ways?

The number of questions had been overwhelming. I had been to explaining, showing, drawing, singing and even dancing, to satisfy her need for knowledge. At around 4 o’ clock the floor in Twilight’s study was full of drawings of humans (as good as I could draw them, since I aren’t very good at drawing humans and had to do with hooves to hold the quill), buildings etc. I had become dead tired and my back and stomach hurt. All the moving around had not done my broken ribs any good I think. Twilight, seeing me pant, because of the hard work, got a worried look and apologized for her rough treatment. Fluttershy had been sitting quiet listening for a long time before she showed a big smile, like the one you normally show, when having a nice idea. She said goodbye and quickly went out the door. She trotted away in the distance towards town. I had been left to my fate of more questioning even though I had gotten permission to keep sitting.

All the time, she had been questioning me, she had been writing everything down. She had of course used her magic to handle the quill. At first I had been astonished about seeing magic for real. Everything was so... magical. It was just awesome to see. Then later... It was STILL awesome! I couldn’t get enough of the magic. As i drew, sang and explained she kept writing and I often looked at the quill moving all by itself. I myself could easily have found use for magical writing and drawing. Hard as I already found it to draw, not being able to use hands to hold the damn quill, how were I supposed to draw anything recognizable? But I guess that didn’t matter much, since they got the idea, even though they didn’t know anything about it. Twilight did have some interesting questions though about the male body, while I taught her about human biology. I couldn’t keep myself from blushing, during explaining more about the male’s lower parts. (I guess none of them had actually been with a stallion or they would perhaps know a little more).

Though Twilight did interrogate me, she did also tell me a lot about Equestria. A lot of what she said I already knew, but I didn’t tell her. Then again, she also told a lot about things I didn’t know. You could say that I got myself a small history lesson. After an hour or two I had a hard time keeping my eyes open. It wasn’t because it wasn’t interesting, it really was, but I was just to tired. Right at the moment that I couldn’t keep myself awake listening to Twilight, Fluttershy came back, rescuing me from Twilight’s gaze. She really seemed happy like a child about to give a parent a gift they bought all themselves, smile from ear to ear.

“I bought something for us. I thought you... we could all need a little muffin each, if you like.” she said.

By seeing the delicious muffins I immediately stood at attention, waiting for the permission. They looked delicious, just amazingly delicious. The only thing to worry about was the size. I looked at Twilight and she almost had the same look on her face as me. Big eyes looking, almost eating, the pastries.

“Would you like to have one?” Fluttershy asked.

She never had a chance to ask again, since both Twilight and I quickly took the ones nearest to us, said thanks, smiled and started munching through the amazing sugar bomb.

After sitting quietly for a while just having the aftertaste of pastry in out mouths, I looked at Twilight and asked:

“Twilight? Fluttershy and I have been discussing about, where I am to stay, when I get better... Since I don’t know if I would ever come back to my own world.”
“I haven’t thought about that... It could become a problem sooner or later, but at the moment, I think Fluttershy would agree, that it would be best for you to stay at her cottage until you get better. That is, if you have the time to look after Phillip Fluttershy?”
“I wouldn’t allow myself not to take care of a pony, who is ill or is in a bad condition.” Fluttershy said gently and smiled.

I would have bet that she blushed a little, but that might just be Fluttershy. She blushes often over things that may not seem that weird or embarrassing, but then again Fluttershy seemed to have a harder time controlling these emotions. Her mood and feelings were as easily read on her as words in an open book. I myself had the same problem, but I didn’t take things in as easily as she did though.

It was time to get home. We had a long road ahead of us. Or actually we didn’t have all that long, but since I were tired and still had pains to fight against, both Fluttershy and I knew that it would take a long time. We said goodbye to Twilight and she waved us off and closed the door. It had become chilly outside. It had become evening and with no clouds to keep the warmth in it could easily become a few degrees Celsius colder. I shook a little from the cold, but Fluttershy pressed her body against mine, mainly to release my back from some of the weight, but she felt really warm and I soon didn’t notice the cold anymore. She looked at me and threw a short smile, only to immediately turn her head and hide behind her pink locks. I couldn’t resist to smile back. We didn’t talk much on our way back to the cottage. We just enjoyed the nice peaceful walk and the quietness of the soft wind blowing some leaves around in a gentle circle. It had been a great day, although it had also been a bit too “Twilighty” if you could say that. I enjoyed Fluttershy’s still company, although I did think about why, she would be so quiet. On the way to Twilight she had been talking and talking about everything and anything. I looked at her to see if her face would reveal anything. I had been looking away for some time to really let the view of the forest soak in, but by looking at her, I noticed that she had been looking at me for a long time. At the moment she noticed I was going to look at her, she quickly turned her head again to hide her face. At that moment I didn’t really know what to think if it all, if there was anything to know about at all. I decided to see the what the future would bring, instead of throwing guesses into the air.

Arriving at the cottage, Fluttershy readied a cup of tea for us both. We had a sandwich for dinner, since none of us were really hungry. I noticed that Fluttershy seemed to get more and more shy towards me along with the evening flying away. She hadn’t said much since we got home, only praising my explaining skills at Twilight’s and hoping that I thought she cared well for me etc. Nothing much. Sometimes I could see a little worry on her face, but it was always accompanied with some kind of happiness, like she was confused about something maybe.

When the sun had set, we went to bed. She had helped me into bed and she had also tucked me in. I hadn’t been tucked in bed since I was a little boy, but I would be lying to say that I didn’t want Fluttershy to tuck me in. She smiled while doing so, looking like she was a little faraway in thoughts. I thanked her and she started staring at me. She did so for a few seconds before noticing it herself. She quickly turned around with a confusing look on her face. Just before closing the door she did remember to return my goodnight. If I weren’t mistaken, Fluttershy was starting to like me.... How Awkward! Maybe nice, but awkward.