“If I have to watch one more minute of this, I’ll lose my sanity!” Fluttershout yelled as she covered her head. She and the others were watching some old movie involving pies being bombs and plankton being evil. It was too childish for her, and it was making her blood boil. Some had just fallen asleep watching the movie, while others carried on with the other activities around them.
“Shout, you are already insane” Rarifruit pointed out.
“Oh right” she sighed.
“Okay, I may have picked a movie too childish for you. Let’s just go get you in bed, Fluttershout” Lauren spoke as she levitated the beige mare in the air.
Fluttershout immediately got frightened from that. She believed it was Lauren’s technique to get them to follow her whenever alone.
“No! You’ll never take me alive! Let me go! Brutalight, help me!” the beige mare yelled as she flailed around in Lauren’s magic grasp. Unluckily for her that the Alicorn she was calling to was already asleep. And they knew Brutalight could be a heavy sleeper when she wants to be. All she could do was flail around as she was taken back up to ‘her’ room.
The beige mare groaned as she was tucked in by the Equestria Girl. How did that woman learn to freely shift from one form to another now, she’ll never know. It was a good thing she hadn’t done anything demeaning to them like baby them.
“How are you holding up, Fluttershout?”
“Never better” the young mare growled.
“Is this because I let you watch a cartoon movie?” Lauren titled her head to the side. “I thought you liked them”
“I did once, but I grew up!”
“Sorry” she then noticed the red birthmark on the beige mare’s eye. “What happened there?”
That made her hide her eye. “It’s natural”
“Okay, okay, no need to get so angry”
Fluttershout shot her a glare before plopping down to her side. She didn’t want to sleep yet, but she didn’t want to spend another second consciously with Lauren.
“Why are you so angry at me, Fluttershout?”
That only made her use The Stare with her red eye. That scared Lauren a bit so she kept her mouth shut. She then closed her eye with a growl and tried to escape via sleep. She must have had a lot of thoughts in her head as she was not able to fall asleep so easily. Lauren just sat there on her bedside, almost as though she was guarding her.
Probably thinks I’m still having nightmares, she thought.
The woman then sighed as she pulled out a small object from her pocket. She opened it to reveal it was an old photograph. It was the very first Group Photo she used in the series, back when it was Season 1 Episode 1, back when Twilight was just a Unicorn, back before the first Fanfiction was born. It was old, and a little torn on the edges, but she still kept it.
Lauren looked down at Fluttershout, who still pretended to be asleep. She tucked a lock of stray hair to the mare’s ear to help her see her better. This was so much different than the Fluttershy she made. Still, she could still feel the connection, Very faint, but it was still there.
I remember when you were still sketches
My little toons
I was the artist, who fixedyou up, when you broke down
And life was just one funny riddle
My little toons
You laughed everyday as Equestria went around
I was the voicer
Who taught you how to talk
I was the animator
Who taught you how to walk
And now you're no longer just sketches
My little toons
You'll Be loved so much more than any other cartoon that's been
And though I'm just Lauren, not a hero
My little toons
Being just Lauren's good enough for me
Fluttershout was listening to every lyric. As much as she didn’t want to cry, she couldn’t fight against it. The song was too much for her. It made her understand. Lauren never forgot her. She still remembers the days she was still developing her and the others. Those were very fond memories. She thought that since Lauren created ‘Wonder Over Yonder’, she wouldn’t need them anymore. That song just proved she was wrong.
Lauren seemed to have noticed her reaction as she stopped her singing and went over to the mare. “Fluttershout, is there something wrong?”
Rather than an answer, the beige mare just downright sobbed as she buried her face into Lauren’s chest. Normally, Shouty didn't like being hugged or fussed over, let alone be the one to start it. Heck, almost no one had ever even seen her crying before. She normally acted like a solid rock on the outside, but on the inside, she was a squishy sponge. She had held a lot of emotions in her about her past.
“Why are you so kind to me?” she spoke through her sobbing.
“Shh” Lauren cooed gently. “Fluttershout, I know about how you and the others have some resentment to me about the past, but I still got upset when I learned the news about what happened. No matter what happens, you’ll always be my family. I’d never meant to hurt you, My Little Symphony”
My Little Symphony. That was the old nickname she was given by Lauren when she was still Fluttershy. She called her that because of her ability to sing so well and sweetly. Even as a Pony Freak, she still managed to retain that trait. But she never got to here that nickname again, until now.
The young mare just sobbed again as she buried her face into Lauren’s chest. The woman just did her best to soothe her. She rocked her gently, caressing her mane and humming the same melody.
“I…missed…you…”
“I missed you too”