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// 5. Pony *Heart* Human? 
// Story: Home of the Ponies and Awesome Bronies 
// by Lady Spider 
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A Pony + A Human ?
***Italics are still that annoying little inner voice. Trying to get my word count up to 2,000 at the minimum but 1,700 something will have to do :) ***
***Oh, and the Twilight comments are for you Kintra. I know you’re reading them.***

“Good studiers rise early!” Twilight sang, dropping three books on my head. I moaned and rubbed my head with my hoof. “Today we start with lesson one!” And the torture began.
I swear that if I had gone to magic kindergarten or whatever, I totally would have FLUNKED. With a capital F. L. U. N. K. E. D. I have never been much of a studier. School was always kind of a lazy naptime for me. I would blow off homework, class work, anything that required using my precious brain neurons or whatever. This... this was freakin’ Twilight-the-muthurfuckin’-magic-study-drill-sergeant. 
I had completely zoned out within the first three minutes, which was a long time for me. The only thing I heard was, “... and it usually takes time or, as it was in my case, a strong outside force to bring about the use of magic...” then I zoned. I snapped back to when the door opened and Ryan came into the house.
In a flash I was in his face, somewhere between angry with him for being out all night and happy that he was back. “WHERE WERE YOU ALL LAST NIGHT?!” Ryan froze with the stupid smile still on his face. I heard Twilight shuffle nervously behind me and I didn’t care. “Um... at Sweet Apple Acres...” 
I stepped back a step a closed my eyes. I could feel my anger building in me. “All. Night.?” I growled softly. “Um... Yeah?” My eyes flew open and Ryan stepped back slightly. Twilight gasped. “Doing. What.?” 
Ryan’s eyes narrowed. “None of your business.” He was getting angry with me and I didn’t care. “I. Want. To. Know.” “Why.” I bit my lip not wanting to answer that. Tell him. Fuck off voice. “Because...” 
His hand slapped over my mouth firmly. “You know what, I don’t really care. Now shut up.” I glared up at him and felt a funny feeling in my horn. All I wanted was for him to get his hand off my mouth. Suddenly his hand became engulfed in light blue magic and moved off my mouth. As pissed off and sad as I was I could hear Twilight scribbling excitedly on parchment, probably writing something about my magic. Ryan and I glared at each other for a moment then he stormed out of Twilight’s house slamming the door behind him.
I sighed and turned around to face Twilight. She was definitely excited. “Oh my gosh! I have so much more information here...” I stormed past her and flopped down on my pillow bed. Twilight placed down the parchment and quill. “Elise... are you okay?” I pulled a pillow over my head. It was silent for a moment then I could hear Twilight’s hooves as she walked away. More silence. I nearly fell asleep again. Spike tapped me on the shoulder. “Elise?” I rolled over to see him. “Why don’t we get you something at Sugarcube Corner?” I glowered at him a moment then gave in and let the little green spiked dragon lead me to the sweetest place in Ponyville.


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Sixty nine cupcakes later...

Twilight gave up.

Fluttershy gave up.

Rainbow Dash gave up.

Hell even Pinkie Pie gave up.

I sat with my head drooped over cupcake number seventy. “Come on everypony... smile smile... smile...” Pinkie grumbled half-heartedly. I poked the cupcake with my hoof then picked it up with my newfound light blue magic and nibbled at it.
“You can’t eat every cupcake in Sugarcube Corner and expect it to make you smile.” groaned Rainbow Dash. Just then Ryan walked in. I knew it was him. I just didn’t turn around.
“Excuse me guys.” He murmured. The other ponies fell away as Ryan sat across from me. “Hey.” I concentrated on the cupcake. “I got you these.” He placed a bouquet of flowers on the table. “I was going to get you a cupcake too but ...” He eyed the seventy cupcake wrappers piled on the table. I looked wearily at him. He leaned across the table to me. “Nothing happened. I was just pissed that you flipped out on me when nothing had happened.”
I set the cupcake down. Slowly I could feel a small smile returning to my face. Pinkie spotted it from behind the counter. “YAY! SMILE SMILE SMILE!” The tension broke and everypony laughed at the pink pony’s somewhat random outburst.
“So. Why DID you flip out on me?” My smile froze on my face. Tell him. He returns your feelings. Tell him. I found myself stammering. “I... um... well... I...” I glanced around at the somewhat full Sugarcube Corner. “Its... full here. Why don’t we talk about it somewhere else?” Ryan looked around then followed me out of the bakery. We walked in silence until we reached a pond surrounded by trees. He stopped. 
“Is here quiet enough?” I hadn’t been listening and walked straight into the water. “Huh?” Ryan was sitting under a tree laughing at me. I blushed and sat down beside him.
“So. Back to my question. Why did you flip out on me?”
My stammering returned. Damn stammering, wait, I never stammer. WTF. “Well... I... ah... I ... I was.... well... um...” OUT WITH IT STUPID! SHUT UP VOICE!
“Do you...” Here he leaned in to whisper in my ear which was pressed back in embarrassment. “...have a crush on me?” I felt my cheeks turn warm with blushing and my old personality return for a moment.
“Mad blushing, Ryan.” I scolded. Any other thoughts flew from my mind as he nibbled my ear lightly. 
“It’s okay Elise. I like you too. Actually, I love you. Dearly.” 
My cheeks turned hot and the voice forgot to shut up. Ohmygosh I TOLD you he liked you. Aw hell did he actually say LOVE?? Wow. That’s awesome. That’s amazing. That’s fantastical! Am I dreaming? This is definitely a dream. This is so.... 
Ryan then killed my brain. He moved down from my ear breathing lightly on my skin causing shivers to go through my body. When he reached my lips he paused over them as if afraid to touch them. The moment seemed like forever, just the two of us alone with our lips almost touching. Then he gently kissed me.
It was amazing. It was magic. I never wanted the moment to end. I could feel heat and electricity around us and our breath became one. My skin tingled with anticipation and my mind was entirely and utterly blank. When he pulled away I could still feel him on my lips as if he was still kissing me.
I felt my face drop with sadness as the sensation faded. He noticed and smiled at me. I wanted another kiss so badly. Without realizing it I had been leaning my head towards his. Ryan leaned in and met me. I was rewarded with the tingling electrical heat that I had felt before. Then he surprised me. I felt a gentle prodding at the crease of my lips. My lips opened almost mechanically and his tongue invaded my mouth. I gasped and nearly pulled away at the unexpected living thing in my mouth but he held the back of my head gently not allowing me to leave.
Like two animals meeting each other for the first time, my tongue reached out to taste the invader. It tasted.... well... like Ryan. There was no distinct flavor. Our tongues wrestled until we had to come up for air. I leaned back from him and looked him in the eyes, causing myself to blush more. He was blushing as well.
“Um... Ryan?” I hinted. “Yeah?” He totally missed it. “Um... unlike you... I’m not wearing any... ehm... clothes...” I nodded my head downward toward my visibly wet feminine parts. Ryan’s blush deepened.
“Right. Sorry.” He backed away and gave me time to cool down. Just as I thought I had myself under control, “That was sexy though.” his comment wet me up again. “Ugh. Ryan!” “What?”
I shook my head laughing and trotted around for a few moments. When I was sure I was under control I returned to him. “That was bad.” He looked confused. “I thought we were pretty good.” I laughed again. “No, I meant your little comment there. Just because I’m a pony...” Here Ryan looked me straight in the eyes. “Elise. I loved you when you were human. I have loved you since you were dating Tony.” He said referring to my ex-boyfriend. I felt myself blushing again. Oh goddess would the blushing ever stop?? LOL NOPE answered the little inner voice.
“How did I not ever notice?” I demanded. “Did anyone notice?”
Ryan shrugged. “Well, our friends knew. Your grandmother knew. Your mother most likely knew. Everyone but you probably knew.”
“I feel dumb now.” Ryan laughed at my comment then asked what I didn’t want to answer. “How long have you liked me?
Since that day you were working with my grandparents in the garden and you got water all over yourself, since you could make me laugh no matter how pissed I was, since ... since...
“Since... I don’t know honestly. I just... it feels like forever... but I only admitted I loved you when I realized how jealous I was that you were with someone else.” I glanced quickly into him eyes. “Even though nothing happened.” I added quickly.
He laughed again, a sound I realized I loved and hugged me. As he hugged me, the realization that we couldn’t be together struck me. When I was human I had a tendency to lure anyone I wanted without effort. Something I wasn’t proud of since it was only because of my Asian features and none of them really truly loved me. A pony and a human... this was proving that Ryan was someone who loved me not just because of some stupid ethnic features on my face or words I could weave together with a fake accent. A pony and a human... I pulled away from him. I had to be with him, but ... a pony and a human... it wasn’t possible. Ryan looked at me with confusion.
“Ryan. We have to see Zecora.”