Fluttershy had gotten up early to make sure all her little friends were fed and would be okay until she came home. She was going to spend the night in Cloudsdale so she asked Harry to keep an eye out on everypony and make sure they were all fed and that Angel didn’t get into much mischief. The large brown bear was about the only one of Fluttershy’s animal friends that Angel wouldn’t try to get away with too much.
Fluttershy was sitting at her vanity, her mane being brushed by angel and a couple of bluebirds. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Her heart skipped a beat and she smiled at the thought that Twilight was here. As she got up to answer it, she heard the door open and then a squeal.
Twilight was at Fluttershy’s door. She really couldn’t wait to be with her new marefriend. She’d hardly slept last night, now able to remember the night before and was more than a little sorry she didn’t go in with Fluttershy last evening.
‘If this is real,’ thought Twilight, ‘then there’s no need to rush it. But by Celestia, I really want to be with her. Not just sex, it’s just so nice to feel her next to me.’
Twilight knocked and the door was quickly opened. There stood the very large brown bear friend of Fluttershy’s.
“Harry, right?” Twilight asked.
Before she could say anything else, the bear grabbed her and commenced to hug her warmly, tight but warmly. Twilight let out an involuntary squeal.
“Harry was so happy to hear about us, Twi,” said Fluttershy walking up. “I was relieved, he can be quite protective.”
“I can well imagine” said Twilight trying to catch her breath. “Just think what could happen if he didn’t approve.”
Fluttershy giggled and came up to Twilight and kissed her deeply. Harry let out a happy growl of approval.
“Oh, and Twilight, this was the last time you knock on my door. We’re marefriends, you’re most certainly welcome to come in anytime.
Okay Harry,” said Fluttershy, “keep an eye out for everypony and I’ll bring you back a present.”
Harry smiled and waved as Twilight and Fluttershy took to the sky.
Fluttershy was happy that Twilight wasn’t as aggressive at flight as Rainbow Dash. She had no trouble keeping up. Twilight really did her best to make sure she didn’t get ahead of her marefriend.
Twilight had never had a more enjoyable flight as she was having now. The sight of Fluttershy at her side, who was glancing at herself while Twilight would look at her. The sight of those big turquoise eyes warmed her heart. She was sure that her own smile was as large as the one Fluttershy was displaying.
Cloudsdale was coming into sight. Twilight spoke to Fluttershy:
“You know Cloudsdale, Butterfly. Where’s a good place for breakfast?”
“Follow me,” said Fluttershy as she zeroed in on the business section of the airborne city.
They soon landed in front of a non-descript diner. They went in and had a seat at a table. They sat next to the other and held hooves.
“Fluttershy,” said an older Pegasus mare walking up to the table. She had on an apron with a nametag and was holding an order pad under her left wing. “Haven’t seen you in a while. How’s your family?”
“They’re good, Robin Song,” said Fluttershy, “Zephyr finally found a job in Stratusberg so mom and dad have him out of their manes and are enjoying their retirement.”
“That’s great! And who’s your friend?”
“This is my marefriend, Twilight Sparkle.” Said Fluttershy kissing Twilight’s hoof.
Robin Song noticed the horn and the wings.
“Is that Princess Twilight Sparkle? The Princess of Friendship? Welcome, Your Highness!”
The waitress bowed as small bow, Twilight noticed several of the patrons were looking in her direction and whispering.
“Just Twilight is fine,” said Twilight. “I’m just a pony, no need to bow or call me princess.”
“Well Fluttershy,” said Robin Song, “looks like you caught yourself a live one!”
They all chuckled. Twilight and Fluttershy ordered and were not really bothered other than an occasional patron coming in and noticing an Alicorn there.
After eating, the marefriends wandered about Cloudsdale until they came upon a modest house.
“This is where I grew up, would you like to see?”
“I would, my Butterfly,” said Twilight, Fluttershy giggled.
They went to the door, Fluttershy opened it and called out:
“Anypony home?”
A Pegasus mare walked into the front room.
“Fluttershy!” said the older mare with glasses. “You’re home. Why didn’t you tell us? We would’ve made up your room for you.”
The mother and daughter hugged. Then the mother noticed Twilight. And noticed she was an Alicorn.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness!” said Mrs. Shy, bowing, “I didn’t see you there.”
“Please Mrs. Shy,” said Twilight, “just Twilight.”
“Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship? We’re honored to have you here. You must be the friend Fluttershy talks about.”
“Mom,” said Fluttershy, “Twilight isn’t my friend.”
“No?” asked the mother.
“No,” answered Fluttershy, “Twilight is my marefriend.”
With that she took Twilight’s hoof and they exchanged a small kiss.
Just then and older stallion cam in the front door.
“Honey!” he said, “I heard that there’s some princess running around Cloudsdale! How wild is that?”
He suddenly noticed his daughter was kissing and holding a hoof with an Alicorn.
“Dear,” said the mother, “Fluttershy is home, and she says that Princess Twilight Sparkle is her marefriend.”
“Your Highness!” said the Stallion bowing.
“Daddy,” said Fluttershy, “you don’t have to do that.”
“Please Mr. and Mrs. Shy,” said Twilight, “I’m not Celestia or Luna. I’m no better than either of you. I’m just plain Twilight Sparkle, your daughter’s marefriend.”
“Marefriend?” said the stallion timidly.
“I there a problem daddy?”
“Well,” said Mrs. Shy, “your father and I were going to talk to you soon. We were wondering when you were going to settle down with a nice stallion and have grandfoals.”
“I know we aren’t as bold and modern as you, Fluttershy,” said Mr. Shy, “but this isn’t anything we were expecting.”
“Maybe I should wait outside, Butterfly,” said Twilight. She turned and walked out the door.
The door closed. Neither parent had seen a look on their daughter’s face as now.
“Who’s Butterfly,” said Mrs. Shy.
“That’s Twilight’s pet name for me! And I’m sorry if you’ve had Ideas for my life.” Said Fluttershy quite irked.
“But spoiler alert!
I live my life! I have to be happy for where that life is going! And that life is going in the direction of Twilight Sparkle. She’s treated me with respect and tenderness. She hasn’t said it yet, but she loves me and in the light of this, I really think I love her.
And hang on to your hearts…
We’ve had sex!”
“Fluttershy,” said the mother, “please don’t take what we said wrong. It’s what we were hoping. That doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t be happy for you and Princess Twilight. I don’t think there’s a pony in Equestria that’d be as good of a pony for you.”
Fluttershy’s father went to the door and saw Twilight looking at the meticulously cared for flowers by the door.
“Please come inside princess,” said the father, “we’re sorry for the misunderstanding.”
“I’ll come in if you and your wife will call me Twilight, I’m your daughter’s marefriend after all.”
“We will, Your Hi… I mean… Twilight.”
Twilight followed Fluttershy’s father in. The couple hugged and kissed a subdued kiss.
The rest of the afternoon went by without incident. Twilight was comfortable with Fluttershy’s folks and they had a good early dinner.
Just before they went to take their leave of Fluttershy’s parents, the parents spoke up.
“Now you two have a good time,” said Mr. Shy. “When you get back, we’ll have your room fixed up, Fluttershy. And we’ll have Zephyr’s room fixed up for you as well, Twilight.
Oh, and say hello to Rainbow for us. She was always a good friend of Fluttershy’s in school. She helped Shy-Shy to stand up to the bullies.”
“Shy-Shy?” said Twilight.
“Never mind, Twi,” said Fluttershy with a playfully kick to her marefriend’s shin.
There was a small feeling of disappointment at the suggestion of separate rooms, but they didn’t want to hurt the older ponies feelings, they’d shocked them enough for today.
“Thanks, dad,” said Fluttershy, trying to hide her disappointment at the room suggestion as well.
Twilight and Fluttershy flew off to the Cloudeseum.
“Twi,” said Fluttershy, “are you disappointed that my parents invited us to stay with them.”
“I’d be lying if I said no,” said Twilight, “I was looking forward to a night with you, alone.”
“Me too Twi,” said Fluttershy. “But I guess we won’t want to hurt their feelings. I’m sure we can make it up, somehow.”
“Butterfly, I have every intention!”
The two giggled and flew on.
On landing they went to the gate and Twilight presented her tickets. To her embarrassment, the usher escorted her and Fluttershy to the ‘Royal Box’. When there, a spotlight shown on them, Fluttershy quickly ducked behind Twilight.
An announcement was made:
“Please stand and put your hooves together to welcome Her Highness, Twilight Sparkle; The Princess of Friendship!”
Twilight remained standing and waved at the cheering crowd.
“Rainbow Dash is going to pay for this,” said Twilight to her date, hiding behind her.
Despite hiding from the spotlight, Fluttershy giggled.
The show was spectacular and it was evident that Rainbow was becoming an important part of the team, perhaps becoming secondary to Spitfire, as far as performance went.
Twilight and Fluttershy were in awe of the show and sat side by side holding hooves. Occasionally they’d glance at the other and give a little kiss.
After the show, Rainbow stopped by the box and was surprised that the pony with Twilight was Fluttershy. After Twilight had chewed Rainbow out, half seriously, Rainbow asked:
“Twi, how did you get Fluttershy to come with you. I could never get her to come to Cloudsdale for a show.”
“Twilight has one more bit of incentive than you had,” said Fluttershy.
“What‘s that?” asked Rainbow, a bit confused.
“It’s this,” said Twilight who embraced Fluttershy and kissed her deep and long.
“Well I’ll be,” said Rainbow in pleasant shock. Rainbow had to remain cool (or so she thought), but she was so happy for her childhood friend. “We can talk later about that. Okay?”
Twilight and Fluttershy gave an affirmative answer to Rainbow who had to go and meet with the rest of the team.
As they were leaving, Fluttershy said she had to go to the restroom. She kissed Twilight and went to the facility.
On exiting, she ran into some unwelcome ponies, none other than the bullies from her school days. They blocked Fluttershy’s way and were taunting her. It was obvious that they’d been drinking a little too much.
“Look everypony,” said Dumb-Bell, “it’s Klutzershy. Poor little thing, all alone. Let’s go and show her a good time. You’re coming with us out back, we can put your marehood to good use.”
“Yeah,” said Hoops, “you ain’t got Rainbow Crash to protect you. I think you owe us something.”
Score had went around her and tried to put his hoof in Fluttershy’s marehood.
“Look guys, I think the little slut is ready now.”
Fluttershy delivered a kick to Score which made him mad. He didn’t think Fluttershy had enough confidence to do this.
The boys were trying to force Fluttershy to come with them, she was putting up more of a struggle than they were expecting. They were starting to get rough. Also, ponies were noticing.
“You better stop this now!” exclaimed Fluttershy.
“Or what, Klutzershy,” said Dumb-Bell, “just who do you think can stop us? You? Rainbow Crash? I think you’re alone this time.”
“I wouldn’t count on that,” said a voice from behind them.
“Oh yeah?” said Hoops, “and who do you think you are?”
They all turned to the new speaker. They were shocked to see an Alicorn, her wings spread to give full meaning to her presence. There was also a group of police officers. Rainbow Dash and most of the Wonderbolts, still in uniform, were there as well.
“Honey,” said Twilight to Fluttershy, “are you alright?”
“Honey?” said the bullies in shock and disbelief.
“I am now, a little shaken, but that’s all,” said Fluttershy. She walked to Twilight and received a large kiss. The boys were about to faint.
“EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!” Demanded Twilight in the Traditional Royal Canterlot Voice.
“We were just saying hello to our old friend,” said Score.
“Yes,” said Hoops, “we go way back.”
“I’m sorry, but threating rape, attempted ponynapping and inappropriately touching my marefriend is not saying hello.
I saw everything!”
The boys knew that they couldn’t talk their way out of this nor could they threaten, so they turned to fly away. But a purple aura turned them back and dragged them close to Twilight. Fluttershy had never seen such a fierce look on Twilight before. They were almost muzzle to muzzle.
“Since you’ve obviously been drinking too much, I’m going to be lenient on you…
This time!
These fine officers will take you to the Cloudsdale jail. There you’ll spend the night in the drunk tank.
And I know the trouble you’ve been to my friends Fluttershy and Rainbow in the past. So I’ll make this so easy that even your simple little minds can comprehend. If I ever hear of any one of you or the three of you EVER even speaking to Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash, and/or using some degrading name, without them giving you permission to speaking first, they’ll tell me and I’ll have you thrown in the dungeon at Canterlot Castle until what time…
If any…
I decide to bring charges.
And it might take years!
DO I MAKE MYSELF PERFECTLY CLEAR?!” Twilight screamed using The Voice as well.
“Yes princess,” they all said, hanging their heads in shame. They finally realized that all their bullying had now blown up in their faces and they were getting their comeuppance.
“Take them away, officers,” said Twilight.
They watched as the police secured them and led them away, crying.
“I’ve waited all my life for that,” said Fluttershy with one of the largest smiles Twilight had ever seen on her marefriend.
“That was so sweet,” said Rainbow flying up to her friends.
The three hugged.
“I’ll see you two back in Ponyville, ‘kay?” said Rainbow leaving with the rest of the Bolts.
They all waved as Rainbow flew off.
On the way to the Shy home, Twilight and Fluttershy stopped to have a drink. They only had two glasses of wine each, they didn’t want to panic the parents with them coming there drunk.
At the Shy home, after a bit of talking about the show, and how the bullies were finally taken care of, they all said that they were tired and they went to turn in. In the hall, Twilight and Fluttershy were embracing and kissed a bit before going to their rooms. Fluttershy’s mother saw this and giggled.
Twilight went in to the room provided and turned in. It was hard to get to relax thinking that her Butterfly was only a room away. After about a half hour there was a knock at the door and it opened. Mrs. Shy stuck her head in.
“Come with me Twilight, and be quiet.”
Twilight was led to Fluttershy’s door.
“If her father says anything in the morning, I’ll deal with it. Just be good to Fluttershy.” Said Mrs. Shy giving Twilight a hug. She walked back to her room and Twilight, quietly entered Fluttershy’s room.
Fluttershy was laying on her bed, smiling as if she was expecting this.
“My mom can be cool sometimes,” said Fluttershy as Twilight climbed into bed with her.
Fluttershy didn’t get to say anything else. Twilight was hungry kissing her and her hoof exploring her body, as Fluttershy’s was doing to Twilight.
And most thrillingly, they both remembered it all!