//------------------------------// // Love slithers into their hearts // Story: All Around Love // by Leviathan Jaeger //------------------------------// Fluttershy took a sip of her tea as she sat in Sugarcube Corner. Sugarcube was one of her favorite places to stop and get a drink, since their tea was delicious. It was also a place she could sit and be to herself, with the only distraction being Pinkie Pie, who would occasionally come by her table to say hi and get her refills. As she looked out the window she thought back on the past few weeks. After the Halloween night things went back to being normal. The movie nights were back to being standard movies, since Aria couldn't pick them anymore. The Canterlot soccer team went to the finals and won, much to everyone's joy. Applejack had them all celebrate at her family farm, since her family was throwing a party for the team's success. The party was fun and full of excitement, especially from Pinkie. But something happened at the party she couldn't forget. During the party, Rainbow told Fluttershy that without her support, she wouldn't of been able to play as well as she did. Fluttershy merely said she was being to kind to her, which Rainbow replied only with a big, warm hug. Fluttershy squeaked when it happened, but she found herself melting in Rainbow's grasp. After the hug, Rainbow made her way over to the others, but Fluttershy couldn't move. She felt a strange tingling inside her that she couldn't explain. After hearing her name being called she snapped back into reality and walked over to the others. Since then she had been confused about the tingling feeling. Did she care more about Rainbow Dash then she thought? Or were her feelings just messing with her? She once again snapped back into reality when she heard her name being called. She looked back into the restaurant to see Adagio walking towards her table. "Hi Fluttershy," Adagio said, sitting down on the opposite side of the table. "Hi Adagio, what brings you to Sugarcube Corner?" Fluttershy asked her. "Pinkie wanted Sonata to come down and try a new frosty drink they now have. She said it would blow her mind. But we don't let Sonata go out alone so Aria had to go with her, and I just came to get a drink," Adagio responded to her. Adagio motioned towards Pinkie at the counter to come over to her. With lightning like speed Pinkie made her way to the table. "What can I get you Adagio? A cupcake? A big cake? A mountain of cupcakes? A watermelon?" Pinkie asked her excitingly. "No, I just want a cup of coffee. Black," Adagio told her. "Coming right up!" Pinkie said as she sped off. "So what brings you here Fluttershy?" Adagio asked her, as Pinkie delivered her drink. "I just sometimes come here to think," Fluttershy said. "About what?" Adagio asked her curiously. "Oh, different things." "Like..." Adagio said, motioning with her hand to give her a idea. "I was just thinking about the soccer championship win, and the party afterwards...and something else," Fluttershy told her. Adagio's interest was peaked. "What was the last part?" "Nothing...just nothing," Fluttershy said, looking down at her hands in her lap. "Now I wouldn't call Rainbow Dash nothing," Adagio told her, smirking at her. Fluttershy shot up to look at her. "What!" she asked embarrassingly. Adagio took a sip of her coffee and looked at her. "I saw you two at the party, and how you looked so confused after her hug." Before Fluttershy could say anything, she kept going. "You two are always together, at the movie nights, after school, at the mall. It's very obvious you have some, special feelings for your rainbow friend. But if she doesn't know about those feelings, she might develop some feelings for someone else. Now that wouldn't that be a shame?" When she was finished, Fluttershy was as red as she could get. But she knew Adagio was right, she had to tell Rainbow how she felt. In a quick effort to change topics she looked over at Sonata and Aria by the counter. Sonata was trying a bright blue drink and Aria was standing beside her with her arms crossed. "How do Sonata and Aria get along so well?" she asked. Adagio merely shrugged. "Trying to explain those two is like trying to explain Pinkie's logic, you just can't. Although, I do envy those two sometimes. They both have each other, but there are times where I wish I had someone always around as well." Fluttershy looked at her curiously. "What about Sunset?" "She's definitely been there for me, and I greatly appreciate that, but she isn't always around," Adagio told her, taking another drink. Fluttershy thought hard about a solution. It didn't take very long before a idea popped into her head. "What about a pet?" Adagio put her drink down and thought about her answer. "I've never thought about having a pet." "Pets are great for companionship, and it will always be around the house for you," Fluttershy told her with joy. Adagio sat back and thought about it. Soon a smile came to her face, as well as her answer. "Alright Fluttershy, you've convinced me. But I have no idea what to get." "I'll help you, we could go to the pet store now if you want," she said. "Alright, let's go pick out a animal," Adagio told her, getting up from her seat. They both put money on the table with their checks and made their way over to the other two, just in time to see Sonata finish the blue drink. "That...was...DELICIOUS!" Sonata said, jumping in the air. "I'm glad you liked it!" Pinkie told her. "Hey idiots, if your done being taste testers, we're going to the pet store," Adagio told them. "Why?" Aria asked her. "To get a pet of course, why else would we go there," Adagio responded to her, rolling her eyes. "Whatever," Aria mumbled to herself as she and Sonata followed their leader and Fluttershy out of the restaurant. Eventually they all made their way to the pet store. After entering inside, each siren walked to different parts to look at different animals. Sonata walked over to the dogs. "How about a dog Dagi, you could play with him in the yard," Sonata told her, pointing to a medium sized dog. "No, to much work and energy," she told her, making Sonata frown. "How about something more relaxing and less energetic," Fluttershy suggested to Adagio. "What about a fish?" Aria said, looking at a tank of mean looking fish. "Fish are boring," Adagio responded to her. "How about a hamster, or rabbit, or what about a cat," Sonata said to her, making her way next to Aria. "Ugh, not everything has to be so fluffy and cuddly Sonata," Aria told her. "Well fish are to boring, just like you" Sonata responded to her. Fluttershy stepped in between them, hoping to stop a fight from happening. "Let's just let Adagio pick what she wants, alright girls." "Fine," Aria said, turning her back to the two of them. "Dumbass," she whispered out loud. "Bitch," Sonata said back. "What did you just call me!" Aria said, turning around. "Girls, shut up!" Adagio said to them as she made her way to the reptile section. She scanned different tanks before stopping at a rather large one. She peered inside to have look, but was met by the gaze of a large Burmese Python. The two looked at each other before the snake slid away. Adagio pondered for a little bit before turning back to Fluttershy. "I've made my decision," she told the three others girls. "Really! What did you pick?" Fluttershy asked her with excitement. "I choose this snake," she said, pointing to the tank. The other girls walk over to it and looked inside to see the snake coiled up. "I shouldn't be surprised. Every evil mistress needs a evil animal," Aria stated. "We aren't evil anymore Ari, besides, we need to come up with name for it," Sonata told her, as Fluttershy unlocked the tank. "How about Scaley?" "No, that's stupid," Aria retorted. "How about Mr. Slithers?" Sonata said back. "Still stupid." "Slytherin?" "No." "Monty?" "No." "Girls, we don't need to argue," Fluttershy said, walking to them, "we should just let Adagio name it, right Sonata." "Yeah, you're right Fluttershy," Sonata told her, feeling defeated. "I have the perfect name for it," Adagio told everyone. The three others turned back around to see that she had the snake around her shoulders. "Scarlett." "Scarlett? But it's not even red," Aria told her. "Doesn't matter, I like the name, and it is now her name," Adagio responded to her. "Do you even know if it's a girl?" Aria asked her. "It is," Fluttershy confirmed. "Well lucky you," Aria said, crossing her arms. Fluttershy helped Adagio pick out a comfortable tank for her pet, and also some mice for it to eat, despite Fluttershy being a little sad to see them go for that. Adagio paid for everything and made her way out the door, with Scarlett around her shoulders and her two siren friends behind her. Aria was caring the whole tank while Sonata carried the box of mice, giving them names, which made Aria roll her eyes. Soon it was time for another movie night, and Fluttershy was excited to see how Adagio was doing with Scarlett. As she waited in her house for Rainbow to come pick her up, she thought about Adagio's words from before. She did need to tell Rainbow how she felt, or she might loose her. Little did she know that Rainbow was also thinking about her on the way to Fluttershy's house. Dash had also been thinking a lot about Fluttershy as of late, thinking about how much she cared for the shy girl. But Rainbow didn't know how to go about with it, she didn't want to cause any harm to the friendship the two have had for years. But she knew that she would have to reveal her feelings eventually. Rainbow arrived at her house and knocked on the door. Fluttershy opened it and said hi. Rainbow replied back with hi as well, and they both got into Dash's car. The ride was awkwardly quiet, which made them both very uncomfortable. But soon they arrived at the Dazzling's house. They noticed that they were the last ones there. They didn't even bother to knock, they just made their way inside. When they got to the living room Rarity spoke up. "Well it's about time you two got here," she said. "Sorry, we were a little slow tonight," Rainbow told them. "Well it doesn't matter now, we were just waiting for Adagio to come back down with the movie anyway," Applejack told them. The two merely nodded and made there way to the their seats. They sat down and looked around the room, to avoid looking at each other. Eventually Fluttershy broke the silence between them. "Dashie..." "Yeah Flutters?" "I want to tell you something..." "What is it?" But before Fluttershy could say anything they heard Rarity scream. Looking over at the couch they saw a distressed Rarity clinging onto Applejack to get away from a snake that was sitting on the other side. Quickly the three sirens entered the room to see what the commotion was about, but when they saw what it was Adagio merely laughed and walked over to the couch. "Aw, what's the matter Rarity?" she said mockingly "There is a snake on your couch! And it's close to me!" Rarity said, moving closer to Applejack, who began to be a little flustered. Adagio noticed this and came up with a idea. With a smirk she picked up the snake and moved it towards Rarity. "Come on Rarity, just say hello to her." "NO! Get that infernal thing away from me!" Rarity yelled, as she jumped into Applejack's lap. Applejack started blush a little from the sudden close connection from Rarity. "But don't you wanna meet Scarlett," Adagio told her in mocking tone. "NO! I don't want anything to do with that monster! Get it away from me!" "Alright, suit yourself," Adagio said, putting Scarlett back around her shoulders. She moved over to Sunset in the recliner and sat down. "I didn't know you got a pet," Sunset told her, looking at Scarlett. "I was saving it for a surprise, Adagio told her. "What do you think of her?" "She's...interesting. Never thought of you as a snake person." Sunset replied. "I'm full of surprises," Adagio told her. From across the room Rainbow looked at the animal curiously. "Since when did Adagio own a snake?" "I helped her pick it out this week," Fluttershy told her. "Oh. Before the whole pet surprise you said you wanted to tell me something," "It can wait till later," Fluttershy responded to her. "Are you sure?" Rainbow asked her. Fluttershy merely nodded to her. Adagio put in the movie she brought from upstairs in and they watched it. Neither Rainbow nor Fluttershy could concentrate on the movie though, they could only think about what they should say to each other. After the movie was over and everyone was socializing, Fluttershy walked over to Adagio to say hello to Scarlett. She asked how she was doing, which Adagio replied with fine. After a couple minutes of chatting Rainbow walked up to them to say it was time to go. As Fluttershy walked away, Adagio winked at her and mouthed the words go get her. Fluttershy blushed some and walked out of the house. Once Fluttershy and Rainbow made it to her house, Fluttershy asked Rainbow to come in instead of leaving. "Ok," was her only response. She followed Flutters into her living room, where they sat down on the couch. They awkwardly sat there until Fluttershy spoke up. "Dashie...I want to tell you what I wouldn't tell you earlier." Rainbow turned facing her as Fluttershy blushed and looked forward. "I...wanted...to tell you...that...I care a lot about you...and that...maybe...we could..." but before she could finish, Rainbow help up a finger to her mouth. "I...feel the same way Flutters. I care about you a lot too. "You...really do," Fluttershy said, with tears in her eyes. "Yes, I care about you a lot Flutters, and I was wanting to know if you would want to...date me.." Fluttershy threw her arms around Rainbow, with tears flowing down her face. "Yes! I absolutely want to date you!" They sat there hugging for about ten minutes before they separated themselves. "But, I don't want to tell the others yet." "Why not?" Dash asked. "Because, I don't know how they'll respond." "Ok, it can be our little secret," Rainbow said, bringing Fluttershy close. After a few minutes of cuddling Rainbow got up to leave. Fluttershy walked with her to door, and opened it. With one more hung, they parted, with Rainbow Dash walking to car feeling better than she ever had before, and Fluttershy leaning against her wall feeling free as a butterfly.