//------------------------------// // Making friends (Revised) // Story: The Light's Love // by Scremises117 //------------------------------// After a good five minutes of walking and Twilight running through the list of her friends over and over again, we neared the place she called Ponyville. "Oh, did I tell you about Rainbow Dash yet, and the sonic rainboom and the element of loyalty?" She asked beaming with excitement. "Yes, but you did miss one," I said, seeing if she would catch on. "Who?" The only thing I did was point to Fluttershy. "Oh, sorry Fluttershy! I was just so caught up in this whole exciting day." "I-it's okay. I'm easy to forget," Fluttershy squeaked up behind her mane. "Where I come from Fluttershy, we save the best for last," I said, trying to make her feel better. "Well Fluttershy is a--." Was all Twilight got out before she was soon interrupted a screaming citizen. "AHH, A MONSTER AND IT'S GOT TWILIGHT AND FLUTTERSHY!" A small but very loud voice screamed from the distance. The next thing I heard was some unintelligible voices coming from the distance, and a cyan pegasus flying towards me. Partially mesmerized by her speed, I stopped dead in my tracks. Seeing she was going to try and tackle me, I took my time and waited for her to get to a close distance. Seeing she had nearly reached me, I sidestepped to the right and avoided her sudden attack. Since she didn't think this part through very well, she more or less kissed the dirt. "You alright?" I asked as I bent down to help her up. "Don't touch me, you alien freak!" She said as she slapped my hand out of the way. "I'll take that as a yes." "I said, get away from me." She restated angrily backing me up against a tree. "Someone’s a little bit cranky now, aren't they?" I cooed seeing it made her even more angry. She soon wiped the grin and mocking look off my face as she slapped me across the mouth. "Alright, well, is there something that you want?" I asked indignantly, as I rubbed my swollen cheek and mouth. "What did you do to my friends?" "Nothing. Your friend Fluttershy found me in the forest, and invited me into her home in this strange world of colorful ponies." "Likely story kid. Now, tell me the truth." "He is. I found him in the f-forest. Please stop hurting him, Rainbow," said Fluttershy from bush she was hiding behind. "Fluttershy it's okay, you can come out now. We're not fighting, I promise." I said calmly. She slowly stepped out from behind the bush and looked at my face. I guess this Rainbow Dash was pretty strong, because, at that moment, I realized my lip was bleeding. At the sight of this she pushed Rainbow Dash to the side and took on the role of nurse Fluttershy, taking a piece of my shirt and dabbing the blood away. "Rainbow, why did you have to hit him so bad? He didn't even do anything wrong," said Fluttershy, still assessing my wounds. "I think it was a good thing that she did," I said. "What?!" Both of them said in unison. "It lets you know that she will always be there for you, no matter what she has to do. Also, you need to work more on how you attack; you’re too fast and don't think it through." "Whatever. You’re lucky I missed on purpose, or you would've been done for. And, uh, thanks to for sticking up for me," Rainbow Dash said while still trying to make it sound like I got lucky but thankful at the same time. "No problem," I said. "Hey, where did Twilight go?" Rainbow Dash asked after a long silence. "She went into the town to calm the ponies down and explain what's going on," Fluttershy said, still dabbing my wound with the shirt. After a few minutes, we saw her coming around the corner. "I explained to the town what was going on, and who you were. I got them to all calm down... what happened?" Twilight asked confused at the scene before her. "That's good. Oh, and Rainbow Dash happened," I said jokingly. "Can we go now?" I tried to stand up but Fluttershy gave me a concerned look and held me down . "Are you sure you're okay, Paul?" Fluttershy asked with concern for my wellbeing. "Yeah, I'll be fine. I've been through worse." We walked for a few silent minutes until we reached a small bridge. When we crossed it, I was greeted by a large number of ponies staring at me. Not knowing what to do, I just stood there and stared. I was always horrible in front of a large number of people... or in their case, ponies. At least Twilight spoke up to stop the quiet chatter amongst the crowd. "Okay everypony, this is Paul. He is new to this planet and to Ponyville. He will be staying here for the time being," Twilight said. They all raised their hooves to ask questions but Twilight quickly dismissed them . "He will be around here for some time, so just ask him while he's around. Now, please just be on your way," said Twilight. They all did as they were told...except one. A pink cotton candy maned pony was all I saw. The next thing was a pink flash and a something jumping on my legs and stomach. "I was so excited to meet you! An alien, and I get to throw him a party! This is going to be sooo much fun!" Said the pink one. "Please *OOF get off *OOF of me!" I said between her jumps. "Okay!" She said, in that happy manner. She was still bouncing with her excitement, and accidentally stepped on my crotch, nearly neutering me. As I rolled on the ground in the fetal position holding my swollen coin purse, everyone around me was confused about what just happened, except for Rainbow Dash. "HA-HA! Pinkie, you totally just crushed his crotch!" She cried, falling down in laughter. "Are you alright?" Twilight said, reaching over to touch the quivering ball of flesh on the ground. At the slightest touch from her, my body recoiled and I whimpered like a small child. "Well, I gotta go and get your party ready," Pinkie said as she bounced away, and she turned around to say "sorry about your crotch by the way." "I-it's okay," I stammered, holding my decimated . "That was just Pinkie being Pinkie," Twilight said as she helped me up from the ground. "I have a feeling the party will involve a lot of her being ‘Pinky’, as well," I said, trying to piece together what just happened.