It was near the end of Lunch break at school. Taylor quickly paced his way around the building with his sketchbook and DS. Even with the vanishing happening, his bullies still chased after him in the nearly empty schoolyard.
“Get back here, freak!” Seth, the leader of the group, yelled. Taylor should've known better than to openly show his art in class; while a good number of students were impressed, the art in question were considered ‘girly’, which made him an easy target for Seth and his gang. Ever since, Taylor kept to his group of misfits, but they were now gone,leaving him vulnerable.
He ran from the group, but was losing his breath and slowed down. That's when he tripped on a crack, his artwork flying away in the wind.
“No!” Taylor scuffled to get up he felt his knees and legs brush under the itchy hard pavement making him wince he got up only to fall again, trying to catch his floating drawings, snatching one paper only to have it be ripped right out of his hands by one of the bullies. He was picked up by one of the bullies, holding him in a full Nelson. Seth picked up his sketchbook and DS.
“Please, leave me alone!”
“Later, dork.” Seth mocked, looking through his sketchbook. “Hm… Dress, princess, Unicorn, ooh! A sword, I'll keep that for myself, and your DS as well.”
“No! Not my DS!” Taylor struggled, but was given a quick punch to his gut by Seth. “Ahh!...”
“Stupid little freak. Know your place in life!” Seith kicked his leg making him yell and wince. “You little pricks need to know what happens when you act the way you are.” Seith then walked off taunting him by waving his DS as he left. With help from his Adrenaline, Taylor got his holder off and ran, tackling Seth. He quickly regretted it as soon as Seth got up.
“... I'm sorry.” Taylor squeaked.
“Too late!” Seth roared, tackling Taylor. It wasn't a pleasant sight, seeing one boy beat up another. Seth’s partners came and helped him out, kicking Taylor like a ball. In the pain, Taylor saw that he was glowing. Panic erupted in him even more.
“S-s-stop!!!” he cried aloud.
“I'm just getting started!” Seth replied, picking him up, only to see that the glowing spread onto him. “What the-!?”
All of the kids were glowing, and, in a Puff, they ceased to exist.
Both of the boys were being flung around in what was a bizarre shining tunnel that was like a tunnel made of pure light. Taylor closed his eyes, not wanting to be blinded by the bright lights surrounding him and his attackers.
Soon the lights faded away. Taylor could feel a rush of air blowing past him and then. All around him, he saw that they were free falling into a vast forest… and the bullies were with him.
SPLASH!
Taylor swam up and took a deep breath, quickly grabbing his now soaked DS and Sketchbook before swimming to shore. More breaths emerged from the water, as Seth and his gang swam up for air.
“YOU!!!” Seth yelled “THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!!” They swam after him. Taylor got onto shore and hobbled his way, out of breath and just frightened at being both chased and in an unfamiliar world. It ended as Seth tackled him.
Taylor felt his breath escape from his mouth as Seth pinned him down, his DS and Sketchbook rolling away. Seth was red with rage making Taylor frightened.
“Alright little ones, it's getting late.” Fluttershy directed a fairly large group of kids into her cottage.
“Wh,...” Taylor look over Seith seeing the giant yellow pegasus in the distance on the other side of the lake they all splashed into with a bunch of kids on her back. “Is that a p,.. Pegasus?”
“What did you do?!” Seth yelled making him frightened boy jump. “You did this did you! You freak!”
“I,... I didn’t do anything!” Taylor shivered.
“Oh yes you did! Send us back right now!” Seth raised his fist in bent motion.
“Let me up! You're delusional! Taylor tried to fight back trying to push him off but Seth’s weight kept him pinned. Seth’s fist tightened making a clicking sound Taylor sweated nervously and kept fighting.
“Fine! You asked for it prick!” Seth’s arms raised up ready to punch. Taylor quickly kneed Seth right in the groin making him scream and fall back and roll up in ball. Taylor grabbed his sketchbook and DS clenching them to his chest and ran as fast as he could.
Taylor was already a few feet away from the group he say the giant pegasus and wondered would it be safe? Taylor sweated from his nerves and kept running. He thought about a legendary creature called the Kelpie who carried kids on it's back to eat them maybe this was the same creature? He looked back seeing Seth limping as he ran with his gang behind him, he was running out of options.
“He,.. He,... Help!” Taylor screamed and kept running feeling his lungs beginning to tire. “P,..Ple,..Please help me!”
Fluttershy's ears swiveled as she heard screaming.
Taylor kept running his legs were burning and he breathed rapidly becoming tired till he was tackled once again Seth kept him pinned down pushing Taylor’s face into the soft soil.
“Go on!” He yelled “Scream all you want; we're all alone!” Seth grabbed a nearby stick grasping it tight in his hand raising up the stick ready to swing it down on Taylor’s head.
“AHH!” Seth screamed being lifted up in the air he looks up to see a giant yellow hoof holding the stick he now held onto it for dear life before losing his grip and flopping onto his group making them all tumble down in each other.
“That’s enough now young man.” A soft woman’s voice spoke.
Taylor looked up seeing the giant pegasus now standing over him and Seth’s gang. Looking down at them her giant head lowered down over to Taylor making him shiver he flinched when she drew near.
“W,..What is that!” One of the bullies yelled.
“Come down guys it’s just a big dumb horse.” Seth said climbing on the gang under him.
Fluttershy’s ears twitched when hearing the boy she looked down at them and made an annoyed look. She now brought her face close to the frightened gang, making them all jump back and step back.
“Sorry, young man but I am not a horse. I'm a pony.”
“Same difference!” He turned to his gang “Ignore this girly thing! It's probably some weird illusion the freak is making.”
Taylor whimper as the gang begins to surround him again.
“Hey. I,... I said that was enough young man.” Fluttershy placed her hoof between Taylor and the boys making them gang jump back as Fluttershy now stood over Taylor in a protective stance.
“Whatever, pansy.” Fluttershy glared at Seth and his gang, but smirked.
“Oh? And you say I'm just an illusion? Well, would an illusion do this?” With her other hoof, she pinned his two members down. Their screams were muffled. Seth blinked, but shook his head.
“Th-This has to be a dream… yeah! That's it! You're just a dream, horse!”
“Oh? A dream, you say? Then I suppose you'll wake up when I do this?” Her wing came down and, like fingers he was picked up by his left leg and dangled upside down. Taylor began to hyperventilate, unsure what she was doing.
“H-hey! Stop! I command you to stop!”
“Oh, I'm sorry, but I can't let you hurt anyone.” her stomach growled. She licked her lips. “And I know just the place to put you in.” She held Seth higher and dangled him over her open maw.
“W-Wait! Stop! Horses don't eat meat! And this feels all too-” She released him. “REEEEEEAAAA-” Fluttershy closed her mouth and swallowed. Taylor hyperventilated rapidly as Seth became a squirming lump going down her throat with his screaming now muffled. She picked up Seth's other members.
“And now, in you go.” Fluttershy tilted her hoof and the other two slid into her mouth, also screaming. Taylor couldn't help but get up, pick up his stuff, and run for his life. He looked to see Fluttershy swallowing them with ease and looking around for him. The boy didn't see, but ran into a rock, knocking him to the floor, his stuff flew out of his hands, but he whimpered as Fluttershy easily blocked any path to freedom. However, her eyes were fixed upon his artwork.
“Aww! A kitten in armor? That's so sweet!”
“Wha,..?” Taylor looked up at her still shivering in fear of the man-eating horse. Fluttershy carefully picked up his sketchbook with her wings and saw his drawing of the kitten.
“Oh it’s sooo. Cute!” Fluttershy smiled warmly then looked down at the frightened boy she gasped holding a hoof to her mouth. “Oh you poor, poor thing it’s alright.”
Fluttershy lowered her hoof down to Taylor. He saw the giant hoof coming closer to him in a odd angle as if in a way a hand would go flat. Taylor jumped back from the hoof looking up at her and backed up hitting the rock and leaning on it. “Please,... N,..No.”
Taylor whimpered tears streaming down his eyes looking up at Fluttershy then huddled up pressing himself on the rock covering his head. “Don,.. Don’t hurt me. Please, I don’t want to be beat up anymore.” Taylor begged.
“O,... Oh my. Please little one don’t be scared of me.” Fluttershy slowly lowered her head down to him. “I,.. I promise I won’t hurt.”
Taylor looked up into her giant light blue eyes he could see his own reflection in them and she had a very calm voice that was soothing to the hurt boy’s ears. He relaxed a bit still not taking his guard down and kept his eyes on her, while her eyes watched his tiny form.
“Ar,.. Are these yours?” She brought the sketchbook up to him.
“Ye,.. Yes they're mine.” He slowly grabbed the sketchbook and gently took it out of her hoof. “Th,.. Tha,.. Thank you. Ma’am.”
“Oh I’m sorry I must be scary to you.” Fluttershy moved back a few inches sitting down laying on her belly as she kept a close eye on the poor boy. “I can’t imagine how scared you must be.”
“O,.. Oh my,.. And you saw me eat the other children,... Y,.. You must think I’m awful,... I,.. I’m sorry.” Fluttershy’s ears drooped down feeling a terrible lump in her stomach.
“We,.. Well you saved my life,... That’s not really awful.” He looked up at the flustered pegasus who was putting herself down. “Are,.. Are you going to eat me too?”
“Oh,... No little one I promise I won't eat you. I only swallowed those boys because they were bullying you.” She lowered her head down and nuzzled him gently “You're safe now little one.”
The nuzzling, while huge, felt soft, like if it was a giant pillow. Taylor felt calm with her and patted her muzzle, just near her nostrils. He imagined this as the scene from How to Train your Dragon, but with himself and Fluttershy. He jumped back as she giggled with some gurgling heard in her stomach.
“Oh, sorry, they're moving a lot inside.”
“... So… they're going to be…”
“No, they're just inside. You can listen if you want.”
Taylor felt odd about that request but he slowly made his way over to Fluttershy’s side going over to her gurgling belly Taylor leaned into the warm fur pressing his ear up to it feeling the warmth coming off her belly,Taylor could hear the churns and gurgling, and the sound of Seth and his whole gang yelling and screaming.
“So are they just going to stay in there?” Taylor asked,
“Yes they’ll stay in there until I decide to them out.” Fluttershy smiled brightly before her cheeks swelled up and she let out a small burp. “Oops pardon me.”
“..N,.. Nice one.” Taylor gave a nervous giggle. He yelped as Fluttershy's wings picked him up, acting like fingers, and was brought to the mare's front hooves.
“Oh, it's getting late. You may want to stay with me until your parents arrive. For safety reasons, of course.”
“We,.. Well ok.” Taylor smiled. Fluttershy stood up to her full height making Taylor feel small she lowered her hoof down twisting it on the bottom side Taylor climbed into the hoof sliding down into the the U shaped impression, he sate back looking up at Fluttershy.
“So what’s your name?” Fluttershy brought him up to her face.
“T,.. Taylor.”
“It’s nice to meet you Taylor I’m,... I,.. I’m Fluttershy.” She spoke quietly.
“You have a cute name.” Taylor giggled.
“Aww, why thank you. Um, I also think this is yours.” She handed him his DS. He took it.
“T-Thank you.” He braced himself as Fluttershy lifted him up and put him into her mane. Though it was pink, it was as soft as it looked, but didn't budge, almost acting like a chair for him. Fluttershy walked back to her cottage, her belly filled with some trouble makers and Taylor in her mane.
Fluttershy had taken Taylor into her cottage and was greeted by an army of animals. Taylor could see many different animals arranging to chipmunks, squirrels, birds, monkeys, ducks, lions, tigers and a bear? He was amazed seeing all these animals in one cottage he could only think of it being awesome but also a bit of hazard.
“Are you taking care of all these animals?” Taylor asked.
“Why yes I do. There all visiting for my Furry Friends Book Club.” Fluttershy was approached by all the animals and was being snuggled and hugged by all of Fluttershy’s animal friends. Taylor had to avoid the gigantic slurping tongues of the much bigger animals.
Taylor smiled seeing all the squirrels and chipmunks nuzzle up to Fluttershy’s legs he started feeling uneasy now seeing the car sized critters now looking at him and sniffing him now missing the lions slobbery tongues.
“Oh Angel. I was wondering where you were. ” Fluttershy turned her head seeing a little white bunny rabbit hopping over to Fluttershy Taylor saw the rabbit and oddly felt like he was in danger, he turned his attention at the other animals to see all of them cowering in a corner and holding each other shivering in fear even the lions, and the tigers and the one bear.
“Taylor meet Angel.” Fluttershy lifted Angel up to her mane. Taylor peaked over the soft pink hair coming face to face with the white rabbit looking down at him Angel blinked his little pink nose twitching smelling Taylor. “Angel, Taylor is our guest make sure to help him feel welcome.”
“I’m going to go upstairs now. I’ll see you all in the morning.” Fluttershy put Angel down on the floor and turned to give all her animals a hug. While Fluttershy was saying ‘Goodnight’ to all the other animals Taylor looked over to see Angel bunny looking up Taylor the bunny scowled at him and ran his paw under his neck. Taylor slowly slide down deeper into the pink mane for his own protection.
However, upon going upstairs, he was quite surprised to see many other kids roaming around, making the place look like a giant playground.
“Hello everyone.” Fluttershy smiled looking down at the kids.
“Hello, Fluttershy.” All the children looked up at her and waved at her. She kneeled down as and was surrounded by all the kids hugging her hooves and face.
“Alright everyone we have a new guest with us tonight. Say hello to Taylor.” Taylor gulped nervously he held his sketchbook as all the other kids waved at him and welcomed him.
“H,... Hi everyone.” Taylor sheepishly smiled. Fluttershy raised her head back up Taylor watched as the kids got smaller and smaller as Fluttershy raised up to her full height once more.
“Alright little ones time for bed will all get to know Taylor more in the morning.” Fluttershy smiled.
All the kids made an ‘Awww.’ and ‘Do we have to?’ as they all looked up at the giant pegasus in way of begging.
“Come on now kids it’s time for bed. You can all play in the morning.” All the kids agreed and went off to there beds Fluttershy had made for them. Fluttershy walked over to her bed, stepping over the children, making sure not to step on them. She gently slipped into her bed, still watching the children get into respectable beds.
“Well Taylor since I havn’t made a bed for you yet. You can sleep with me tonight.” Fluttershy smiled up at Taylor.
“Thank you Fluttershy.” Taylor relaxed in pink thick hair snuggling up to the warmth it gave off.
“May I see some of your drawings? Um,.. P,.. Please.”
“Really? You want to see my drawings? well alright.” Taylor, with his DS and sketchbook in his clutches, slipped out from the pink mane and slide down Fluttershy's forehead and onto her nose were her gigantic eyes crossed to watch him.
Taylor flipped open his sketchbook and showed her the first sketch; It was a picture of puppy sleeping on a teddy bear.
“D’aww! What a cute wittle puppy!”
“Th,.. Thank you. Nobody has ever complimented my drawings.” Taylor smiled feeling a warmth come over him.
“Can I see more?”
“Sure thing.” Taylor flipped the pages showing a little baby bear wearing a knight costume with a stick sword. A cute sketch of chibi human couple. A raccoon wearing a vest and talking to a human with a triangle nose. A kangaroo-rat looking creature wearing a green striped shirt.
“They're all so cute.” Fluttershy smiled brightly “Th,.. Thank you for showing me.”
“I’m glad you like them, everybody picks on me for them.”
“Why is that? You're a good little artist.” Fluttershy frowned using her hoof to gently rub Taylor's back. She leaned in and nuzzled Taylor’s arm he smiled placed his hand on her muzzle feeling her soft nose.
“Everyone think I draw girly or they think something is wrong with me,...” Taylor stopped rubbing her nose. “Maybe there is something wrong with me?”
“No. Don’t say that, there’s nothing wrong with you. Your perfect just the way you are.” Fluttershy nuzzled Taylor gently holding him close to her face a sort of hug. Taylor smiled warmly leaning in and wrapped his arms around her cheek and snuggled into it feeling the soft warm fur under him.
“Th,.. Th,.. Thank you Fluttershy.” Taylor teared up. Warm tears ran down his face and dripped off his chin, he leaned down hugging Fluttershy’s muzzle squishing in her lips and nose.
“Oh please dear don’t cry.” Fluttershy smiled some tears running down her cheeks as well, she picked him up and held him close to her chest in a warm hug. Taylor snuggled up in the warm yellow fur of the pegasus’s chest it was soft even more soft than a pillow he could almost fall asleep. But a breeze made him shiver. Fluttershy took him out. “Oh dear, you're still cold. Um, this will be a bit scary, b-but nothing bad’s going to happen.” She opened her mouth and gently brought Taylor in. He panicked a bit as her lips closed on him, followed by his legs being slurped in like noodles. Her tongue towered over him and slammed on him. He spat some spit out, sticking his head out from under her tongue.
“Fluttershy?”
“Don't worry,” Her voice boomed around him, the place shaking as she spoke, bringing in some light as her mouth opened. “you may be tasty, but I promise to not swallow you… unless you want to, that is.”
“Really? So I can just stay in here tonight?” Fluttershy slowly nodded her head and responded with an affirming hum. His vision adapted to the darkness that is Fluttershy's mouth. Her tongue was laid on him, similar to that of a blanket, as her closed teeth blocked out all sources of light, and the sound of her breathing was all around him. The fact that he's in the mouth of a giant that swallowed his bullies earlier, and with no problem doing it, was something he could tell to everyone back home, and probably be cool. Fluttershy's breathing became slow, letting Taylor know that she was going to sleep. Eventually, he slept as well, not really caring where he was.
However, Discord stood in a corner, seeing all the lost kids Fluttershy had taken with her, and licked his lips.
“Surely, she won’t miss a few.” He spoke to himself.