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//  Flutter flies and Twilight Stars Part 1 
// Story: Pinkie Pie and Me 
// by Neon-san 
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“Do you like it? (^ ^;)” read the text from the picture as I tried to think of something to reply to keep Fluttershy from feeling disapproval of me.  It’s not that I disapprove it is the fact that she is afraid to go out. She is easily frightened by humans and she seems to be so use to me. Doing this modeling gig would mean she would have to go on tour just like Octavia. I am not sure how she would benefit without Rainbow Dash by her side.  Her last owners were not so patient when they wanted to go outside with her.  When Fluttershy told me she hid behind a curtain in one of her old owner’s living rooms instead of going in the backyard to play with the other figurines, the owner got enraged and put her up on sale on craig’s list. Now come on, that to me is just freaking cruel, you cannot just force anyone or in this case this cute adorable Pegasus to play. It takes time for her to get use to a new environment and I tell you it was not easy for Flutters to get use to my huge house.   Especially my gray pet Persian cat Shadow; though two at first at the hardest time getting along but somehow she consoled him into being her personal vehicle to get down off counters or on the couch to watch TV.  You are probably wondering how Fluttershy is texting she is doing it from an msn instant messenger on my laptop. She loves to be in my office to practice her modeling; using my desk light seems to cast the right shadows for her, forgive the pun.  I allow her and Twilight to keep in touch with me about daily matters such as mail, the lights going out or if they want me to pick up small clothes or books in Twilight’s case. 

“D’waaaa. :) You are just the cutest thing! I can’t wait to get home to brush your mane!” I texted back to her with sincere honesty and some withheld enthusiasm.  The weight of my elbow bumped Pinkie as I sent off the text. It startled her a bit and I could hear her mumbling on about assaulting someone with cake in her sleep. I got a text back from Fluttershy marked with excitement.

“So does that mean you will let me model now? ( ・ω・) If that is okay with you…. ^-^” 

“Fluttershy we had discussed this… -_-u Are you sure you are ready? Did you ask Twilight what she has planned yet?”  

“Well I have checked with her and she says she is busy…”

“Busy doing what? o_O?”

“Studying…(-_-;) Sorry Neon….she is still refusing to come to the laptop to type anything. She even wanted me to text on her behalf… (゜_゜>)….” 

“Sigh…-_-…I tell you what Fluttershy, if you can somehow get Twilight to text me herself then I will consider letting you two start modeling. Only after I am done with spring Semester College courses okay?”

“Ohhh!!!! (*^0^*) Okay! I will do my very best!” “Fluttershy keep in touch…love you! ^_^” 

“Why wub wub wub woo too! /)^3^(\”

Fluttershy apparently loves dubstep music, which is surprising to me. I thought she would have been frightened by the vibrating bass of the headsets on my desk.  I closed my flip phone and put it in my pants pocket. The bus was down liption road near some old abandoned factories and into some more of the rural areas before hitting the free way towards the mall. The bus stopped to pick up a single mother and her child who both were wrapped up in winter jacket with hats scarf and gloves. The child was a bit wind  up from the cold and the mother had to calm her down.  Pinkie looked out of my pocket and made a sneer towards the child. 

“I can’t stand children who are soo---! Hmph!”

This time I caught her just before she could yell. I looked down at her with a bit of a stern look myself. She looked puppy eyed and nodded with agreement not to make noise.  Just as I was about to apologize to Pinkie again, my phone went off with a text message.  It was a picture of Twilight Sparkle with a apathetic look on her face. At the bottom of the photo were these words: Neon…Studying… Next message I get is with Fluttershy with her eyes closed and smiling proudly over her objective met. First of all that was freaking fast beyond what I was expecting. Second of all you are probably wondering why all Twilight says is studying. Well I might as well get to the details of how Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle don’t get along as well as you would assume. 

Twilight Sparkle and I were the best friends a brony could ever ask for.  I found her in an Target toy bin at the bottom of the pile.  Unlike all the other figurines in a permanent smile on their faces, Twilight was actually frowning there. No joke. I took it to a sales representative and she said that apparently it must have been a manufacture error on the part of Hasbro. I need to get some advice on what to do about purchasing it or not. I took a picture and send it off to Tony to get his assessment. He called back and we discussed the matter.

“Hey Trent! Whats up you grr chao bastard!” he said as I answered the ringing of my cellphone. 

“Oh hai, Mark. How is your sex life?”

“Better than yours!”

At the same time we both go ‘Ohhhhhh snaaapp!!’ Man, he is just a great friend huh? Any way, I looked at her in dismay to figure out if I should keep the pony figure or just throw it back in the bin. 

“Trent, man I think she is sad…” 

“How do you come to that conclusion?”

“Think about it for a sec. First of all anything she sees is just other ponies wrapped in plastic. That’s just creepy. Then the fact you are wrapped up in plastic itself and not able to go outside and get some fresh air its torture. Then there is one more important fact man you forgot…its books man she loves to read books and by the looks of the package man that plastic book replica is not cutting it. You must do the bad ass thing man. Buy her!”

“Are you on crack? Nahh just joshing. You make valid points man and who knows I might get on Equestria Daily with these pics. Lololololo.”

“You chao ass. Well man are you going to be on Modern Warfare 2 tonight?” 

“Can’t I have to work bagging groceries and stuff lololololol.” 

“You suck, Trent. Just kidding kay man enjoy your frowing pony!” 

“Yeah…Thanks you bastard. Lol kay man talk to you later.” 

“Kay Trent call you later bye”

“Peace out!”

I hung up the phone and took up my friends advice to purchase Twilight in her plastic confinement.  Went up to the register and the sales clerk was kind and polite; asked if I found everything okay. I replied with a smile and said that everything went well. I got my change and went out to my grey Toyota. I put her in the back on the floor on the passenger’s side, buckled up, put the car in reverse and went to work at the local grocery store.  

I parked in the far back in the parking lot and locked the car leaving Twilight inside. I was at first was going to open up the package and let her “breath”. But then I stopped myself cause at that time I thought it was crazy. So I went into work from 4pm until llpm. I was beat when I got off the clock. I was really exhausted when I walked in the front door. I tossed Twilight on the couch, grabbed a rolling rock and sat there staring at the package.

“Do the Brony thing! Set her free! The Circle of Life…It moves us all…” I mumbled to myself as I laughed at the thought of my friend’s assumption proving correct and her moving around probably trying to organize my loose bills or something. I opened up my beer and turned on the 360 to play Sonic Unleashed. I was stuck in Chun Nan trying to look for moon medals to unlock the next stage. I decided to play the daytime stage again for the speed rush.  When I hit a part of the level when I fell to my doom, I heard a ‘hmph!’ from somewhere in the house. I thought it was coming from my phone. I checked it and moved on to the next stage; the chun nan daytime stage act 2.   I ran through the level dodging obstacles and was on the verge of getting a perfect score.  Then all of a sudden the game pulled a check shot by having a hidden trap out of nowhere. It was some hidden platform that I missed and the goal by just a 100 yards. 

“Aww come on! The Hell? This is some bull-!”

“Hmph, hmphhh! Hmmmpphhh Hmmmmpphh!!!” 

The package literally jumped up right and I was scared out of my pants. I screamed and spilled my beer and wondered how in the hell did this Twilight figure just moved. The pony figure screamed and fell over as well. I was looking at the figure again, the expression on her face was that of anger instead of of sadness. Then for the next few minutes its face literally animated itself through the plastic. I was about to freak out and wonder if Rolling Rock is this strong. I only had a few sips of the beer.  I pinched myself and wondered if I fell asleep while playing a game. I called up Tony and told him what was happening. 

“Dude, Trent, let her out of the plastic.” 

“But man, I think she is Possessed.” 

“Hah Trent’s a a scardy cat.”

“Pfft! The Hell I am! Lul!” 

I took the package to my kitchen and grabbed a knife to open it up. Twilight began to cry in the package.

“Tony man this is amazing she is actually shedding tears! Man I got to get my camera!”

“Dude you should probably open up the package first and see what’s wrong." 

Tony was right I was so caught up in the moment that I forgot that she actually was alive. I mean what if she can’t speak English? How come Tony knew so much about this situation? This was the weirdest experience that I ever was in my entire life. I told Tony that he should really see this and I decided to hang up and meet him on skype. I set up the laptop on the kitchen table. It booted up and I seen that Ivan Novelo online as well. He is a new brony that I just met online. I added him to the call as well and filled him in on the situation. They both sat their in wonder as I showed Twilight’s sadness.

“Neon! Where in the world did you find her? Is there a Fluttershy one in your possession?” Ivan smiled with curiosity. 

“Apparently she is the only one I got.” I replied.

“Heh, Trent got the ‘special’pony; The one that scares him shirtless. Ha!” Tony contributed in his snarky sarcastic way. 

“Ha ha. Tony and Ivan apparently this is all I have for now. If I happen to come across one I will let you know lol!”

The only other human besides Tony and I that Flutters knows of is Ivan. She treats him like an extended family member and she loves to visit him twice each month. But I will get to that a bit later. Anyways, I decided to just use my bare hands the rip the plastic open and man did it take a few minutes. Tony and Ivan were both laughing at me as I tried for a few minutes. When I finally opened it up Twilight ran out behind the toaster and was scared. 

“Please don’t be mad at me. I was just trying to get your attention. I overheard your conversation with your friend and I wanted to get out of the package as soon as possible. I know you want to get rid of me… I don’t even know why I am here again…I was practicing a weather spell with Rainbow Dash’s guidance. Then I end up here…Oh princess Celestia! Please get me home!” 

The three of us were amazed by her explanation. I decided to take her up in my hand to comfort her. She teleported to the living room and in a panic fashion she started trotting around the place looking for a way out. I tried to calm her down and warn her about Shadow. It was a shock to her to see such a huge creature from her perspective running around.  She thought she was going to die and Shadow thought he had a new toy. I tossed a blue ball he likes at him instead and quickly scooped up Twilight.  I went back to the kitchen to let Tony and Ivan know that she is okay.

“I am so glad she is okay! I thought she ran away…” said Ivan amazed.

“I am as well” I said as I used my finger to brush Twilight’s mane to calm her down.

“Well Trent, get use to taking care of ponies like this. My first day with Vinyl and Ocatavia weren’t easy…” Tony responded. 

“I knew you had a lot more information then you were letting on… So Tony what do I do now?”

“Well Trent, get her some books!” I asked Twilight if she would like to read something to calm her down. She nodded while wiping her tears from her eyes.

“Do you have any science novels?”

“I have a biology book would that interest you?”

“Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!” her eyes perked up and she smiled with happiness teleported towards the couch and waited happily for the book. 

I first of all thanked Ivan and Tony for their support and they bid me fair well for the night since it was late. I first of all put the cat downstairs so he won’t try anything funny.  I got my old college biology book from my attic and went downstairs to hand her the book. She surprised me when she cast a purple aura around the book to turn the pages to start reading.  As I got some carpet cleaner to clean up the spilled beer I started to ask her some questions. 

“I know that this sounds cliché but where are you from? Are you really a toy? Am I loosing my sanity?”

“I am from the land of Equestria. A land where ponies are the dominate species. I think that what has happened when I was practicing with rainbow dash on weather manipulation I must of cross dimensions just like she had a time ago.  But as Rainbow was fully grown up and life size, I am nothing more than a miniature size toy.  I think that my soul is in this doll and the doll is acting like a medium. Oh and no you are not losing your sanity. Now can I ask you a couple of questions? Can I stay here? What is your name? What do you do?” 

Twilight looked at me with a focused look and teleported right in front of me looking up at me with a smile. 

“Well my name is Trenton.  I work at a grocery store and go to college studying animation. Now if you stay here I need you to stay out of site and the office is your sleeping quarters tonight. I am sure since you implied that you have been here before but I just need a few to process this all.”

“Okay Neon. If you need me I will be here on the couch reading.” Twilight closed her eyes and smiled. She teleported back to the couch and continued to read the book with delight.  I took the cleaning supplies back to the kitchen, got another beer and went upstairs to my room.  As soon as I cut on the light there was Twilight there on the side table next to my bed with a look of excitement. I was confused because it at least took me five minutes to get upstairs.

“You read that already?”

“I am a speed reader. I am the fastest in Equstria.” As soon as she said that she started to frown again. “Neon, can I sleep in here tonight? On the recliner over there?”

“Twilight you don’t need to ask this is your home for now. Just get up there and I will tuck you in.” She smiled again and teleported to my shoulder which startled me a bit. She rubbed her head against my neck and teleported to the recliner. 

“Thank you for being so kind.”

“You are welcome Twi. Here get some rest. I have a day off tomorrow and we will figure this out more.” I grabbed an old blanket I had as a kid that my grandparents gave to me and I wrapped it around Twilight gently.  She sighed with relief as I said good night and she said good night as well. I cut off the lights and we both went to sleep; me in my king bed and her on my recliner opposite of me. 

The next morning I woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs with toast and a class of orange juice right there on my lap. Twilight was a sleep right there on my right side of my bed it was 7:30am. I was happy to eat the breakfast. Let me tell you it’s pretty good. Twi nailed it on the first try. After I finished the meal I came down stairs to find the kitchen a mess. Floor on the floor with her tiny hoove marks and oil on the stove and dishes piled up in the sink. Oh well, she went through all this trouble I might as well return the favor. I wonder what food she likes…