//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 Helping a New Friend in Need // Story: Embracing the Magic of Friendship // by bluedraco2000 //------------------------------// As I was walking back to the principal’s office to meet up with Twilight and get my schedule. I still couldn’t believe what I just did for Fluttershy; the fact that I just stood up to a dirt bag like that Flash Character. But still, a part of me was saying just to stay out of it while the other part was saying to step in and do the right thing. There was also the fact that Twilight was from another world. I still couldn’t believe it myself but there was no denying that she came out of that statue and judging by the things she was saying she is definitely not of this world. I wanted to ask her about it but the time wasn’t right because if I asked her now it would just scare her. I need to get to know her better, then I will ask her. As I continued my way through the hallways I saw the principal’s office ahead of me. All of a sudden I saw Twilight step out with a concerned expression on her face. " Hey Twilight,” I said as I waved to her. " Oh hey, Kyle, is everything okay? Why did you walk off like that?” Twilight asked. " Everything’s fine, Twilight. I just ran into a little trouble that’s all, and I’m sorry I made you worry and also I’m sorry the way I left you like that,” I said while looking down. Twilight came over and put her hand on my shoulder. " It’s okay Kyle. I know you didn’t mean any harm. You were just trying to help her that’s all.” Twilight said. " Thank you for understanding Twilight... Oh, I almost forgot I need to get my schedule from the principal. " I said. " Hold on Kyle, there’s no need to worry about that. I told Prince... I mean Principal Celestia that you were new here as well so I convinced her to give your schedule to me so I could hold it for you.” Twilight said. She reached into her backpack and gave me a piece of paper with all my classes on it. " Wow, thanks, Twilight! That really gives me some relief and speaking of schedules did you get yours?” I asked. " Oh yeah, I sure did. Why wouldn’t I? I couldn’t just wander this whole school all day could I? Heh heh” Twilight said nervously. " Sounds good to me. We better get going though, the bell going to ring in about...” I was cut off by a school bell which rang for a few seconds then all of a sudden students began pouring out of the classrooms like ants coming out of an ant hill. This made Twilight freak out and she began to cling to my arm which startled me a little bit. As the students went to their next classes or to the cafeteria Twilight began to open her eyes. “Are they gone?!” Twilight said. " Hey no need to worry, Twilight, they’re gone.” I said. " Phew, that’s a relief.” " Are you okay, Twilight? You seem to be little freaked out.” I said. Twilight noticed that she was clinging to my arm and she let go with a blush on her face. " Oh heh heh sorry about that, Kyle. I just got a little startled by all these pony... I mean people who just came out of no where.” Twilight said. " Hey don’t worry about it. I’ve been there myself a few times when I first started school.” I said. I offered my arm to her to help her walk and help her find her next class. She walked up to me and rested her arm on my own and we began to walk to our next class. " Hey Kyle?” Twilight said. " Yes Twilight” I said. " There’s something I want to ask you and I would really appreciate your help but I don’t think you would be interested.” Twilight said. Why would she say that after the way I helped her all day and helped her walk after she was having trouble getting around on her own when I first met her. " Why would you say that, Twilight? I would love to help you out.” I said. " You really mean it even though we’ve only known each other since this morning?” twilight said. " Of course. It’s like I said. We’re both new here and we should stick together. So what do you need help with” I asked. " Well you see, there’s this dance coming up and I decided to run as princess of the Fall Formal.” Twilight said. " Wow! That’s a really big honor, especially since you’re still new here.” I said. “But that’s the problem. I don’t have any idea how I’m going to do it. I can’t even find my way around this school, not to mention even walking on my own.” Twilight said. I could tell how frustrating it must be not to be able to do things on her own and always having to rely on others to do things for her. Since I’ve been through that many times in my life I felt I I just couldn’t let her do this on her own so I knew what I had to do. " Twilight, since this means so much to you I would be glad to help you become Princess of the Fall Formal” I said. " You really mean it?” Twilight asked. “Oh course Twilight” I said. Then everything fell silent for a moment and Twilight looked at me with a shocked expression on her face. I hoped I didn’t say anything that would offend her after all. Then all of a sudden I felt a pair of arms wrapped around me and I could hear Twilight whispering to me. " Thank you Kyle, you have no idea how much this means to me.” Twilight said happily. She then noticed what she was doing and let go. “Sorry about that! I just got a little carried away!” Twilight said nervously. " Hey no problem at all. So how are we going to get you a Princess of the Fall formal and help you win that Crown as well?” I asked. " Well, we can’t do this by ourselves. We’re going to need help and I think I know who can help us.” Twilight said. " Who?” I asked. " Fluttershy.” Twilight said. " Really? How come Fluttershy?” I asked. " Because she’s the kindest and most caring pony... I mean person I ever have known and since you and I are both still new here she can really help us figure out a way for me to win my Crown.” Twilight said happily. " Sounds like a good plan to me, but how do you know her so well since we just met her this morning?” I asked. Twilight just stopped in her tracks " Oh uh, lucky guess. After all, she did seem pretty nice when we first met her and I think she might be willing to help us.” Twilight said nervously. " Okay, sounds good to me. She probably might be in the cafeteria since it’s currently lunch time right now.” I said. " Alright, well, we better get going... And Kyle I’m very grateful that you’re willing to help me out and that I have you as a friend” Twilight said. “She called me that again does she really consider me to be her friend” I thought. In all my life I never had a friend before, especially when I tried to make a friend myself. They would just say that I was nothing more than a pathetic freak who would never make a friend at all. Even my mother, who was supposed to care for me, never even said that she loved me, much less being a friend. The only reason why she tried to keep me was because of the financial benefits she got from my disability. Even though Twilight said she was my friend I was still afraid that this was all just a lie and everything would just go back to the way it once was where everybody treated me like shit and living my life as a mistake. But there was a part of me saying that this wasn’t a lie and this was all real, while the other part of me was saying how can I make friends even though throughout all my life I’ve been told I couldn’t make friends. All of a sudden I began to daydream(more like day nightmare) about my life back in Las Pegasus. I was alone and when I looked around everything was dark and I couldn’t see anything. Then all of a sudden I was back at the playground where I used to live, It was also a place of bad memories. My mom would always drop me off here after school and just constantly drink vodka all day and she tried to put me off with someone else until she decided to leave. All of sudden I saw shadows rising from the ground. I couldn’t tell if they were anyone I knew but they looked very unnerving. When I began to back off they started to yell and scream at me. " WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH A FREAK LIKE YOU.” “NOBODY WOULD EVER LIKE YOU SINCE YOU’RE NOTHING MORE THAN A LOSER.” " MY GOD HOW CAN ANYBODY BE SO PATHETIC.” “Please just leave me alone!” I cried. " HA! WHY SHOULD WE? IT’S NOT LIKE ANYONE IS GOING TO CARE ABOUT YOU.” “JUST DO US ALL A FAVOR AND DIE ALREADY. IT’S NOT LIKE YOU’RE GOOD FOR ANYTHING.” All of a sudden I saw another shadow approach who had my mothers voice. " Whats going on here?” And as usual my mother was drunk. For minute there I thought she was going to help me but it turned out that, like always, I was wrong. “Oh hey there Ms Sanders. We were just teaching your kid a lesson in manners.” I looked at my mom hoping that she would stop them but instead she just looked at me with a mixed face of being drunk and disgusted. “Well, keep doing what you’re doing. Maybe it might teach him how to be a boy, much less a man.” “Hey Ms Sanders, why do you keep this freak around?” “Because he has Asperger Syndrome.” mom said in a drunken voice. “Wow, seriously man! No wonder he can’t make friends. He’s too stupid to even talk to anyone. With all due respect, Ms Sanders, I say you should put him in a mental asylum where he belongs.” “Now why would I do that when I can get money out of him” Mom said. “Why would you get money out of someone so worthless?”. “Because apparently the government gives a lot of money to help People like him so since I’m his parent I can get whole lot of money out of him.” my mom said. “Wow, really! How much?” " Up to 2,000 dollars every month.” My mom said happily. “Wow, really! Can I have some of that money?” “Me, too” “Me, three” “Of course. You can all have some. You all deserve this more than my pathetic excuse of a son.” I felt very weak from all the crying and I tried to stand up " But mom, I though that money was meant for me so that I could get the future I want.” I said quietly. Then all of a sudden my mom became angry and began to yell at me. " HA! WHAT FUTURE COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE? YOU ARE GOOD FOR ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY AND THAT IS TO MAKE ME MONEY SO THAT I CAN DO WHAT I WANT, AND YOU WILL BE GIVING ME THIS MONEY UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT!” my mom yelled. After all the other shadows began to yell at me as well I began fall back onto my knees and began to cry even harder. As I begged and begged for them to stop, they just kept on insulting me and making me feel more and more bad about myself " PLEASE JUST STOP IT AND JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! PLEASE! PLEASE!” I yelled I could still hear those kid’s voices in my head and my mother’s and after years of torment by them I began to believe that I really was worthless and that I was nothing more than a mistake. That I was just meant to be alone for the rest of my life and that I would grow old and die alone. Then all of a sudden I heard Twilight’s voice which snapped me out of my “daymare”. “Kyle are you okay?” Twilight asked. “Huh? Oh yeah, sorry about that Twilight. I just blanked out for a second.” I said nervously. “Oh, well okay, we better get going. I don’t think we wanna miss our chance to get help from Fluttershy.” " Alright then let’s go”. I said. I offered my arm for Twilight which she accepted and we began to look for the cafeteria. “Hey Kyle?” Twilight asked. “Yeah?” I said. “If there’s something bothering you you can always tell me. " said Twilight. “I can assure you Twilight, it’s nothing, but thanks I really appreciate that.” I said. We began to search the school for the cafeteria, which didn’t take long since we saw most of the students headed to a large room. When we got there we saw this huge room with several flags hanging above the cafeteria walls along with many tables filling the whole room. As Twilight and I began to search the cafeteria for Fluttershy I noticed something strange. I saw many students in groups which looked like stereotypical kind of teens like actors, Eco’s, and jocks. This didn’t surprise me that much that much since in every high school there ought to be many different kinds of groups. I took a good look around and I wasn’t able to see Fluttershy here. I was starting to worry that she wasn’t here. “I don’t see her here Twilight. Maybe she didn’t come to lunch.” I said. “She could still be here. How about we split up. I’ll look around where they’re serving food.” Twilight said. " Alright then. I’ll cover the far end of the cafeteria” I said. When she let go of my arm her legs began shake a bit and I was a little concerned whether she could walk on her own. “Are you sure you’re going be alright Twilight?” I asked. " Oh don’t worry. I’ll be fine I hope. I’m just still having trouble with my uh...injury.” Twilight said nervously. Even though she was able to hide her true intentions from me pretty well I could still tell that she was lying which was understandable, but it only proved that my theory about her was correct and that she really wasn’t from this world or dimension. I don’t really know. I still wanted to ask her about it but the time still wasn’t right so I decided to leave it be just for a bit longer. " I wonder if she really is from another world?” I thought " Well we better get searching. If either of us finds her we’ll meet back here.” Twilight said. " Got it” I said as I walked off. When I began to search the cafeteria for Fluttershy at the far end of the cafeteria I began to wonder if any of this was real. Is this all just some dream and that when this dream is over will I wake back up into the nightmare of a reality I was in when I lived with my mother in Las Pegasus? Even though I tried my best to make myself realize that I was not the person my mom always said I was and that I really was a good person not a pathetic mistake. But in the back of my mind I still felt those harsh words she said about me long ago. " Come on you shouldn’t listen to her. You are not pathetic.” I thought. As I continued to look around the cafeteria for Fluttershy I overheard some guys laughing and pretty loudly I might add. As I looked towards the table where it was coming from I saw four guys drooling over the magazines they were looking over. When I took a closer look I saw that each of the magazines was just dirty porn magazines which really disgusted me even though I had looked at a few Playboys myself in my lifetime. But I also knew that there was a difference between fantasy and reality. I was just about to walk away and move on until I heard the things that they were saying. " Aw man check out the huge jugs on this one, man what I wouldn’t do to have those jugs wrapped around my juicy rod.” " Man that’s nothing. Check out this slut’s ass. Oh the things I would do to a girl like that.” " You guys really want to see something check out the pussy on this one. Aw man the way she spreads those legs it’s like she’s begging me to bang her.” After hearing the things that those guys were saying it really began to piss me off. From what they were saying, these guys shouldn’t even call themselves boys or even men. The only thing that I could call them was a bunch of disgusting dirt bags that were nothing but a disgrace to all men. “Guys! Guys! Come now. It ain’t about the boobs, the ass, or the pussy.” said a voice. As I peeked a little further around the corner I saw Flash holding the same magazine as the rest of these dirt bags and I could easily tell that all of these pervert’s were friends. But from what he was saying I was hoping that he wasn’t the perverted jerk everyone said he was. Maybe there more to him. " Maybe Everyone’s wrong about Flash. Maybe there’s more to this guy then what meets the eye.” I thought. “Oh really then. What’s it all about?” " The best part about any girl is........... The way you plow their brains out and the horny sensation you feel when their pussy squeezes your rod and feeling up their huge tits, watching them bounce around, saying your name, and finally, my personal favorite is cumming inside them!” Flash said as threw his fist up in the air like he achieved something. “Hell yeah!” “That’s the way!” “You’re awesome Flash!” " Okay. Guess I spoke too soon. This guy is way worst then all those other dirt bags put together!” I thought. I thought that Flash couldn’t say anything worse than what he just said, about how he sees girls as if they’re just a bunch of sex toys or machines made just for breeding. It completely disgusted me that any man would treat any female that way, Even though I experienced this kind of misogynistic crap many times back in Las Pegasus it still shocked me to this day. “But Flash! Wouldn’t that get the girl pregnant if you had unprotected sex?” " Yeah. It could happen but even if it did I would instantly dump the girl and leave her to take care of a stupid baby which you have to spend the rest of your life taking care of. All I’m in for is the pleasure. Besides having a pregnant girl or a baby would just be huge waste of my time and I would throw them out like yesterday’s garbage.” Flash said as he laughed. After hearing what that ass hat just said I felt like a volcano beginning to erupt and ready to burn everything in it’s way. I’ve heard plenty of dirt bag sexist talk in my day but this topped the cake. I can’t believe that there is even a single person in this world who would treat any female like garbage, especially one who is pregnant even though the male is mostly responsible for getting a girl pregnant in the first place. This Flash thinks that he can touch and screw around with any girl he wants and even get them pregnant and then dump them when he’s finished with them. And he even thinks that he can get away with it. Which really pissed me off. “Alright, that’s it! This guy just crossed the line!” I was just about to walk up to the ass bag and beat the living crap out of him for talking so vile about women when I felt a hand touch my shoulder and when I turned around I saw Twilight with an excited look on her face. " Kyle, there you are! I finally found Fluttershy. She’s by the food counter we better catch her before she leaves.” Twilight said. " Oh, that’s good Twilight.” I said as I looked back at Flash. " Kyle, is everything okay?” Twilight asked. I knew Twilight saw that something was bothering me and she was right but she was worried for the wrong reasons. I felt like I had to teach this scum a lesson for talking crap about females but I knew that now was not the time to be making a scene and I had more important things to do than to be beating ball bags like him. “Oh... It’s nothing Twilight. I was just lost in thought again that’s all.” I said as I put my hand on her shoulder. " Okay. Well, like I said, we better get moving. I don’t want to lose Fluttershy. We’re going to need all the help we can get if I wanna get that crown.” said Twilight. I smiled at Twilight’s enthusiasm as she reminded me of my aunt back when she was helping me recover from my abuse. She was always kind, loving, generous, and never gave up. She was the one who helped me get away from my mother and helped me overcome my depression. But there some memories that just don’t go away. I kept telling myself that “I am getting better and I am a better person.” but another part of me was saying that “I will always be a freak and I will never make friends.” I know that my aunt says that I am not a freak and that I would make friends. But the experience that I have gone through most of my life tells me otherwise and how could years of pain overcome the few years I had with my aunt telling me otherwise. But then here I was helping a girl from another world trying to get some crown that she wants so badly and the strangest thing of all is she called me something that I have never been called before, "friend”, which is something that I always wanted in my life. Even if it was just one friend it would be enough for me. While I began to day dream again I felt someone shaking my shoulder. " Kyle.... Kyle.... Are you there? Hello Kyle!” Twilight yelled. I shook my head to get out of the daydream I was in " Huh? Oh sorry, Twilight. Did you say something?” I said. " Yeah, I was trying to tell you that we should get moving and find Fluttershy.” She said annoyed. " Sorry I was just trying to figure somethings out.” I said looking down at the floor. I could tell from the expression she had on her face that she didn’t buy it. Her expression changed from annoyed to concern. Then she put her hand on my shoulder. " Kyle, please tell me what’s wrong.” She said. I didn’t want to tell her about my past or why I’m so confused about having a friend. Well, not yet at least. We’ve only know each-other for a few hours and I didn’t want to depress her with my past. " It’s nothing, Twilight. I was just trying to get something out of my head that’s all.” I said rubbing the back of my head. " Kyle, please. I can tell something is bothering you. Please tell me. I can’t have you daydreaming while we’re trying to win that crown and besides we’re friends after all.” Twilight said in a concerned tone. “Did she really call me a friend again?” I thought she would just brush it off but she really seemed to care about me and other than my aunt no one has ever expressed much interest in me. " Maybe she really does consider me to be her Friend.” When she called me her friend again I felt like I was hit with a lighting bolt twice and I felt like she deserves to know about my past after everything that happened today, but now wasn’t time for me to be telling her about my past. “..... Alright yes, Twilight, there is something bothering me and it’s something that has been haunting me for many years. But I can’t tell you now because I don’t want to talk about it in public but when we have some privacy I promise you I will tell you about it.” I said. " All right, but please promise me you’ll talk to me about when we are alone.” " I promise.” Twilight smiled, " Thank You Kyle.” I offered my arm to her. " Well we better get moving and find Fluttershy.” Twilight then hooked my arm around hers and we began to look for Fluttershy. As we went to the lunch counter we saw several students looking at us with mixed expressions which I didn’t pay much attention to. But I could tell from the looks on their faces that some of them were thinking why someone like me would be with a beautiful girl like her. I decided to just ignore it and to let it go. I didn’t want to get angry again like when Flash started bragging about how much of a dirt bag he is. Twilight nudged my arm a bit. " Look! There she is!” Twilight said point towards Fluttershy. She was at the end of the lunch counter and judging by her tray she looked like she was a vegetarian. " Well, here goes nothing.” Twilight said. We both picked up our trays to get our own lunch as we moved down the line towards Fluttershy. Twilight looked a little hesitant at first to talk to her. But she just went right for it. “Excuse me. Fluttershy?” Twilight said. Fluttershy looked back towards us while she was getting her lunch and smiled when she saw us. " Oh hi, Twilight. It’s good to see you.” Fluttershy said. She looked past Twilight, saw me and started to blush. “And it’s good to see you too, Kyle.” Fluttershy said hiding behind her hair. " It’s nice to see you too Fluttershy but there’s something Twilight here wants to ask you. " I said. “Really? What is it” Fluttershy asked. I saw Twilight looking at me like she still had some doubts about asking Fluttershy for help but I nodded at her telling her that it was okay " I know we just met but I was wondering If you could help me with something?” Twilight asked as she was getting her food. " Of course. " Fluttershy said. “I’ve decided to run as Princess of the Fall Formal and...” Fluttershy cut her off and spilled some juice on Twilight’s shirt. “Gasp! Oh Gosh!" She grabbed a handful of napkins and tried to clean off all the juice that was spilled on Twilight. That looked kind of awkward and I could see that some of the students were thinking the same thing. “Sorry. It’s just, oh running for Fall Formal Princess is a REALLY bad idea” Fluttershy said as finished cleaning Twilight. “Why?” Twilight asked. " Because Sunset Shimmer wants to be Fall Formal Princess and when she wants something, she gets it! She’ll make life awful for anyone who stands in her way.” as Fluttershy and Twilight got their food I just simply got a hamburger and a fruit bowl and quickly caught up with them. As for this Sunset Shimmer at first I thought she was just another evil bully diva always trying to get her way. But judging by how she thinks, she’s “ruling” this school like an evil tyrant. It just sickened me that a girl like her is bossing everyone around like that, especially the way she treated Twilight and Fluttershy. “Why would principal Celestia even allow a girl like her into a school like this? But I guess this place really isn’t that different from where I grew up.” I thought. " Just ask the girl who ran against her for Princess of the Spring Fling.” Fluttershy said. “I have to try!” Twilight said. “Oh, I don’t think you understand. You’d have to convince everyone here to vote for you instead of her: the Athletes, the fashionistas, the Dramas, the Eco Kids, the Techies, and the Rockers.” Fluttershy said. “Called it!” I thought. " Why is everypony...” Twilight started then her pet dog Spike slapped the back of her head. ”Uh, everybody separated this way?” Twilight asked. " Maybe it was different at your old school, but at CHS, everybody sticks to their own kind. One thing that they do have in common is that they know that Sunset Shimmer is going to rule the school until we graduate.” Fluttershy said as we sat down. “Oh yeah! Well, not if I have anything to say about it!” I said standing up. When I stood up Fluttershy just yelped and Twilight just stared at me. I rubbed the back of my head in embarrassment. ”Sorry about that” I said sitting down. " It’s just that I cant stand people like Sunset Shimmer who think they’re entitled to anything they want and think they can treat people like crap and get away with it. Well, I’m not gonna let it happen anymore!” I exclaimed. Judging by their expressions, both Twilight and Fluttershy were looking at me in awe. " Wow Kyle! That’s really brave of you.” Twilight said. “Yeah it really is. I still can’t believe you stood up to Sunset Shimmer for me.” Fluttershy said. “Well, like Twilight said, I couldn’t just let Sunset talk to you like that. It is just disgusting and why would she pick on someone as kind and gentle as you in the first place?” I said. Fluttershy stared blushing and began hiding behind her hair again " Man, is it just me or is every girl I talk to getting feverish all of a sudden.” I said. “Well, um, as you can probably tell I can get pretty shy around people, especially when it comes to boys” Fluttershy said. “Really, then how come you’re not that shy around me?” I asked. Fluttershy then took a deep breath” Well, let’s just say that boys like me but not in a way that I like.” Fluttershy said. I think i kind of understood where Fluttershy was coming from. When Flash was sexually harassing Fluttershy and probably a lot of other male’s did too I could see how it would be hard For Fluttershy to trust any guy. ” I guess I should consider myself lucky that Fluttershy Isn’t afraid of me.” I then felt Twilight nudge my arm a bit telling me that we were getting a bit off track. “Oh, sorry about that Twilight” I said. “It’s fine Kyle. So Fluttershy I wanted to ask you, where can I find the head of the Fall Formal Planning committee?” After Twilight finished that question Fluttershy went from cute and quiet to angry and quiet. “You’ll probably find her in her in the gym getting decorations put up or trying to ruin the fall formal.” Fluttershy said with a hitch in her voice. “Why would you say that?” I asked. “Because she doesn’t take anything seriously and she’ll probably ruin Twilight’s chances for trying to win Fall Formal.” Fluttershy said. “Okay, well, thanks for telling us.” I said. “We better get going and find her so I can sign up.” Twilight said. I started to get up and I was about to offer Twilight my arm so we could head off to the gym. “Wait.” Fluttershy said standing up. ”Oh sorry, Twilight. I was wondering if i could talk to Kyle just a little bit before you two leave?” Fluttershy asked. " Sure but may I ask why?” Twilight asked. “I just... Wanted to ask him a few things if that’s okay with you, of course” Fluttershy said while hiding behind her mane a bit. I looked at Twilight wondering what she was going to say and to tell you the truth I was expecting the worst. Like she would get angry or something or my bad luck just finally caught up to me. So I just stared at Twilight getting mentally prepared for what was about to happen. “Sure, it’s just fine with me” Twilight said. “Okay that is not what I'd expected.” I thought. “Are you sure you’re gonna be fine walking on your own Twilight?” I asked. “I’ll be fine. I think I'm starting to get used to walking on my own now. " " Alright. I’ll meet you outside the cafeteria when I'm done talking with Fluttershy.” Twilight smiled and waved goodbye to Fluttershy and exited the cafeteria. " So Fluttershy, what is it you wanted to ask me” I asked. " I um, just wanted to thank you again for stepping up to Sunset and Flash. It really means a lot to me.” Fluttershy said. I chuckled, ”Well, I’m just glad I could help out a girl in need, especially one as cute as you” I said. Fluttershy hid her face behind her hair again and started blushing even harder than before. ”Do.. Do you really think I’m cute?” “Sure, after all it’s like I said. You show a rare kindness that I hardly see these days.” I said as I winked at her. “Wow! Um, thank you Kyle. I never really ever got this kind of attention from a boy before.” Fluttershy whispered. Even though she was whispering I could still hear her pretty well. Even though I've know her for only four hours I can tell that she's really shy, which wasn't really hard to figure out but that can also be a very cute trait in some girls. Then a question at the back my head was starting to bother me a bit. "So Fluttershy, before I go do you mind if I ask you something really quick?" I asked. "Sure, what do you want to know?" Fluttershy asked. "When I helped you with Flash what did he mean when he said he can get any girl he wants?" I asked. After I asked that question Fluttershy's mood turned kind of depressed as she looked away a bit. "Oh, I'm sorry I brought that up. I didn't mean to make you sad and if you don't want to talk about it that's alright." I said. Fluttershy turned her head back towards me. " Um, it's okay. But if you really want to know then I guess I should tell you." Fluttershy said. " What do you mean?" I asked. " That Flash is an evil, sadistic, perverted, brow-beater!" Fluttershy yelled. After she said that she instantly covered her mouth even though I've heard dirtier words coming from my mothers mouth. " "Gasp!" I'm so sorry. It's that I never use that language and if I said those words my parents would get really angry with me." Fluttershy said looking down. " Wow she's lucky she has parents who taught her not to curse. I really wish I had a mother who would condemn cursing." "Hey, don't worry about it. I've heard dirtier things come out of my mom's mouth." I said. " What really? She never told you that cursing is bad?" Fluttershy said. "Well.... no. But I did learn on my own that saying those kind of things are extremely wrong." I said. " Wow! So why didn't your mother teach you that cursing was wrong?" Fluttershy asked. I didn't want to reveal my past to Fluttershy because I feared that if I told her or even Twilight they would both be afraid of me and hate me for the rest of my life and I would lose the only friends I've ever had. "Well, how about I tell you about it some other time?" I said. "Oh... okay then. But if you ever want to talk about it I'm always free to listen." Fluttershy said. I stood up and sighed, "Thank you Fluttershy. I appreciate that." I said. "No problem at all. I guess I'll, um, see you around the school?" Fluttershy asked. "You probably might. After all, I am a new student here. Well, I better get going and help Twilight find the gym so she can sign up." I said as I stood up. " Okay. Um, well, I hope I'll see you soon." Fluttershy said. " I hope so too," I said. I waved goodbye to Fluttershy and walked back out of the cafeteria to go and find Twilight. I still couldn't believe that I made two new friends in one day. That may not be a lot to others but to me, it was a huge deal. I never had any friends as I was growing up in Henderson. But something in the back of my mind was telling me that this was all just an illusion. I tried my best to ignore it but it just wouldn't go away.