Fluttershy in the Sky with Diamonds

As he fly off, Sky finds out quickly that the ponies in this little town get word around quick. He gets a grip over himself and lands in another part of town. There are less shops here and only a few houses. One of which is a large farm in the background. He trots over to a nearby house to see if somepony is home. It's not to late in the day yet, so he hopes to find somepony to help him. *knock knock knock* "Excuse me? Is anypony home?" says Sky. "Hold your horses, I'm comin'." Sky chuckles a little at the irony of the idiom.

"What!" came from the sad grape-gray pony. "Well are you gonna answer me or just stand there all large and in charge you big moron."

Sky was taken back, but gathered himself to answer back quick without looking stupid, but it was a little late for that. "My name is Sky, I'm looking for a place to stay for the night, I was wonder-"

"Save your breath big-guy, there's only one way your stayin' at Berry's house tonight, and that's if you can make me feel like a mare *hick*, if you know what I mean" She winks at him and stumbles to hold herself at the doorway.

Sky blushes, and she can see that. She attemps to pull him in, but in her current state she was in no position to get him in the house, but he goes in anyway. "So I'm guessing your name is Berry? Mines Sky, Sky Writer. A-are you here alone?" He asks nervously, hoping to get a yes.

"Nope *hick*, my daughter is upstairs playin' with her toys and then shes going to tuck herself in. So take a *hick* seat, try and get a little more... comfortable." She makes her way into the kitchen to get a drink, not that she needed it. As she went, Sky made his way upstairs to Berry's fillies room. He pokes his head in and sees her playing, but shes not really doing much, just sitting there, sighing, crying. The filly sees him and he jumped behind the door.

"It's ok, you can come in." the filly called to him. Sky responded "O-oh, I'm sorry, I should'a knocked. I'll just be going." Sky starts to make his way out of the room "Wait!" says the filly. "Are you gonna hurt my mommy?"

Sky was very surprised she asked this, so all he could do was answer with a question. "Why would you think that?"

"Well, my mommy always meets big guys like you, except your the biggest yet by far, and she always sounds like shes getting hurt that night, and always wakes up with a pain in her head. So please, don't hurt her to bad..." The filly starts to cry a little. Sky couldn't help but feel bad for her, and by the sounds of it, Berry hasn't been acting the best toward her daughter. All of the sudden, Sky had a stroke of genius.

"Listen, I'm not gonna hurt Berry, I just met her. But you seem like a brilliant young one, why don't you join us down-stairs." Sky didn't really know what he was doing, but he knew what to do to fix the problem. He has faced so many problems in life, he cant stand to see anypony else go through hardships, especially if their just a foal.

"But mommy says I should go down there, that I'm not old enough to be there." She did seem a little nervous, but curiosity got the best of her, so without another word she agreed to go with Sky.

"Oh baby, i made you my special one-night only dri... wh... what is she doing here.. ummm... what was your name again?" Berry was surprised to see her filly playing with Sky downstairs. She was laughing and having a good time, something Berry hasn't seen in a while. "Pinchy *sniffles* I haven't seen you like this for a while. You look just like when your father..." Berry stopped, and started to cry, but her tears are those of joy. She's remembering why she kept Pinchy, why she needed her around. Because all that time she spent with the late Mr. Punch, all that joy, was made on that one day, the day Pinchy came around, the day Pinchy came into her life, the day he died. Sky watched as the grey-grape pony's mane and coat became brighter, and her smile grew as she quickly went to her little one and squeezed her in her hooves.

"Sky?" Said Berry.

"Yes?"

"You not at all like ponies are saying. You can stay the night."

Sky smiled and hugged the mares before going to bed, then he thinks about the first part of Berry's last sentence that night.

"Wait.... What ARE ponies saying?!?!?!"