//------------------------------// // The "Almost" Confession // Story: My Shy Filly // by samiechu //------------------------------// [MY SHY FILLY - THE "ALMOST" CONFESSION] After hearing about the new episode coming up explaining the differences between each pony breed, I may have to revise the story if it doesn't fit with my ideas (knowing my luck, it won't be anything like my idea). Also, there are many background ponies as characters in this chapter so if you need an idea of which ones they are, just go onto the MLP wiki and look under Pegasus ponies. And this is also set about three or four months after he first started at the school. No point having all the pointless filler, we all knew Fluttershy and Dew were gonna be the best of friends ;) Thanks guys! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was not long after the first class of the day, when four eager young flyers were hanging out in the clouds at Cloudsdale. Each of the ponies had just finished their basic classes after three months, and were moving onto intermediate lessons. They had been accepted into flying classes, although Fluttershy, being a weak flyer, had only joined in an attempt to heighten Dew's moral and give him a boost in his belief that he would be amazing, just like his father, Maxwell. Dew had known Fluttershy since he started about three months before the intermediate classes had begun, and had become the best of friends with the filly. The four ponies were close to being teenagers, or were already in their teen years. Rainbow Dash was the youngest of the four, next being Fluttershy, then following Dew and Cappuccino. After a month or two of being Fluttershy's best friend, Dew had eventually developed strong feelings for the filly. In denial, he often hid away from the fact he adored and loved his best friend. But Dew was beginning to contemplate telling Fluttershy about what he felt for her. That day, on the clouds with his friends, had been quite a great day for the blue colt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Oh come on, Dew! Lighten up, it was a prank. A joke. You gotta be cooler about it." The cyan filly sped past the clouds, knocking them as she went past. One, two, three; quickly and efficiently. Dew's jaw hung open, agape and nearly drooling from the shock Rainbow Dash left on him. "How? HOW?" He nearly cursed under his breath at how fast the rainbow maned pony streaked across the sky, clearing the clouds like a professional. He had no idea how she could even fly that fast, with such small wings and such a tiny body. She was so small! His head jumbled the idea over and over, eventually shaking his head. He could never fly like that. His wings wouldn't allow him, they were far too weak. "It's easy peasy. You just gotta have style, speed, and you gotta be awesome about it," Dash landed on the cloud that Dew, Fluttershy and their friend Cappuccino sat on. She closed her eyes and held her head high, breathing in the fresh air that the weather ponies worked so hard on. "And you gotta know the skies. Like me! Pure awesomeness." Still holding her head high, Dew knocked her over with his hoof. She landed face first into the light, fluffy cloud. Fluttershy released a high pitched gasp. "Dewy!" She hopped to Rainbow Dash's aid. The cyan pony giggled, popping her head up with a beard of cloud hanging from her chin. Fluttershy's imminent kindness went unnoticed, as Dash leapt to tackle Dew Drop. The force of Rainbow Dash jumping onto Dew made the cloud beneath them collapse, sending all four ponies onto a cloud directly under them. All of them squealed in fear, particularly Fluttershy. She was still in hysterics even when they were safe on the white fluff-ball underneath them. "Sheesh, Dew! You got some weird strength on you buddy!" Cino exclaimed, rubbing his forehead with his hoof. He was the largest of the four, and fortunately landed first. He was a deep chocolate colt, with a beautiful crimped, yellow mane. His eyes were a generous shade of leaf green, and he was graced with luxurious feathery wings. Closing his grassy eyes, he smiled and chuckled. Being a fair bit older than the other three, he hadn't taken it as harshly as Fluttershy. She was sprawled across Cino's back and on Rainbow's head, shuddering in fear. Dew, sensing her discomfort, nuzzled her cheek and her fear vanished with a stomp of a hoof. He giggled, and hopped out from under Rainbow Dash. He high-hoofed his friend and dropped onto the fluffy cloud, watching the rest of his friends untangle themselves from one another. He saw small cloud puffs rise up next to him, and leaned his head to see his best friend laying next to him. Her teal eyes met his hazel eyes, and both of the ponies smiled. Dash and Cino were busy comparing size of their wings, and stability. Dew knew that rainbow filly all too well now. She was all about flying, racing, being the best of the best, being a loyal friend. She was highly influenced by the Wonderbolts, and he knew she strived to be one of those amazing horses. She had collected all types of merchandise, from clothing to plushies, from posters to cups with the Wonderbolts faces on them. She had everything. Dew admired her for being such a devoted filly. He often wished that he had a trait like hers. Having something to wish and dream for. He often thought that his ambition in life was to be like his father, a competent Pegasus who had fame simply because he could fly. But at the same time, Dew hated the idea of being anything like his father. As much as he adored his parents and what they had done for him, he couldn't seem to stem the idea that maybe his parents were extremely racist. He had often sat on the edge of Cloudsdale, staring down at Ponyville, watching other Pegasus ponies communicating with Unicorns and Earth ponies. Heck, even the past Winter, he watched Winter Wrap Up day and was close to tears at the moving moments he came across. He saw all types of ponies working together to wrap up the Winter holidays, Pegasus ponies moving clouds and melting the snow... In his mind, he wish he knew what the feel of real snow felt like. At the town square, closer to the shopping district, they had a fake snow set up for fillies and colts who couldn't fly to the ground and enjoy real snow. That was how close Dew had gotten to the real thing. It was never enough for him though. He wanted to feel, not be tricked. A struggle... "Are you okay, Dewy?" Fluttershy placed the tip of her nose on his shoulder. He snapped out his trance, staring at the yellow cream filly's beautiful eyes. If only you knew... He thought, allowing a smile to peel across his face. I'll tell her today... I have to! Dew's eyes sparked up a little. The filly noticed quite easily how the excitement showed in her best friends eyes. Fluttershy couldn't exactly pinpoint what was really going on in his head. She tried to hide her confusion, as well as stop her oncoming giggling. "Shya... There's something I need to tell you. It's a little.. confronting." His excitement soon turned to a nervous bug in his stomach. He kept his words to a dull mutter, making sure his two flying friends hadn't heard his little statement that would turn into a massive confession. "Yes, of course. But are you okay?" She rolled onto her side and stared at Dew Drop. She couldn't understand his body language, his stares, his strange tone of voice. She really just wished it wasn't something utterly horrible. "I am perfectly fine. But Shya... We're best friends. And I wouldn't want to say anything that would ruin that but... I reall-" His adoring speech was interrupted by the bell for the next class. He stared at the building that adorned beautifully sculpted Pegasi, wondering why the timing was so off for what he had to say. Closing his eyes with defeat, he shook his head. Raising himself off the ground, he turned towards the building and flapped his wings. "Nevermind." His voice was flat. Toneless. Nothing was there. Fluttershy frowned and stopped him before he could weakly fly away. "Dew... What's wrong? Did I do something? I'm so sorry if I did something. I'm clumsy... Oh..." She whimpered a little, hiding behind her mane as she always did when something was wrong. He looked at her and faked a smile. "Nothing is wrong, Fluttershy. We just have class, I'll tell you later. Come on! Flying class, aren't you excited?" A massive grin, a real one, spread across his face. He hoped that this class would at least stop him from being upset.