The Flutterheart Diaries

by lilinuyasha


XXXI: The fun fair!

1-1-14

HAPPY NEW YEAR! On to business.

Anacrusis finally made it to the M’s in his little dictionary. Now he won’t stop calling me “Flamboyant.” Seriously. How am I flamboyant? WHat did I do to deserve this fate, a fate worse than death? Flamboyancy? We’re all pastel ponies, for crying out loud. I’m just glad he’s fully enjoying reading through it. Flutterheart’s been really happy recently, what with the new foal on the way. Soon enough we’re going to go see Nurse Redheart and see if we can tell what sex it’s going to be. I pray to GOD it’s a filly. I’ll be scared if it isn’t. I’ve seen her stare at the other animals...I don’t want her to do that to me.

Praying for a filly,

Trey

“So, last week of summer...what do you guys want to do?” asked Trey, as the family munched on dinner.

“I dunno...” said Anacrusis and Flutterwing in unison.

“You guys seem so sure of yourselves.” said Fluttershy, smiling at them.

“I kind of want school to start...” said Flutterwing. “I’m excited to see what classes I get this year!”

“Yeah! I wanna see what I get to write this year.”

“What is wrong with our children? They like school?” asked Trey. Fluttershy smiled and looked back over at him.

“Oh, they learn from the best, I suppose.”

“I guess that’s right. Why don’t we go to the fair or something? They’re in town for the week.” asked Trey, trying to stimulate a response.

“But that’s a lot of ponies...” said Flutterwing.

“Only if Cherry can come.”

Trey smirked to himself. “Yes, of course she can join us. Derpy will probably want to come along with her. Why not just have both of them and spend some family time?”

“That sounds like a wonderful idea!” said Fluttershy, clopping her hooves in excitement. Flutterwing started imitating her, smiling up at Fluttershy.

***

“Alrighty, guys, what do you want to do first?” asked Trey.

“Power Tower!” yelled Anacrusis, pointing to the highest ride in the park, leaving Fluttershy staring in fear.

“Tipsy Teacup!” said Flutterwing, making Fluttershy smile in relief.

“Darts!” said Derpy, making the rest of the group uneasy.

“I guess Annie and I could go to Power Tower and the rest of you could split up.” said Cherry, leaning on Anacrusis.

“Why not?” said Fluttershy. “You two go on ahead. Meet us back here in two hours. Sound good? If you need any more tickets, just find us.”

“They’re already gone, Dear.” said Trey, chuckling a bit at her. She looked around, blushing slightly.

“Oh.”

“Funnel cake!” said Derpy, trotting off elsewhere.

“Come on, Flutterwing!” said Fluttershy, as she and Trey tried to catch up to Derpy.

***

“Three tickets.” said the ride attendant, clearly uninterested in the situation. Anacrusis and Cherry both handed over their tickets and took a seat, strapping themselves in.

“Keep your legs inside the thing at all times, be safe, yadda yadda yadda...”

“Annie, you look nervous.” said Cherry, giving him a smile. Anacrusis looked around, sweat dripping from his forehead.

“Me? No, I’m-” he started, shortly before the ride thrust them upwards, leaving him screaming all the way up. Cherry laughed at him, watching him cling heavily to the safety restraints, panting.

“Annie?”

“Don’t. Say. Anything.” he said, refusing to look at her. She burst into hysterics, putting her hooves up in the air.

“Why are you putting your hooves up in the-” he started, shortly before the ride dropped them, making him scream again in agony.

***

“Now, Derpy, be careful with the darts. Throw them in a straight line.” said Fluttershy, showing her the proper technique. “If you do, you’ll win the-”

“TEDDY BEAR!” shouted Derpy, tossing the dart wildly. The stallkeeper ducked for safety as the dart careened off the edge of the stall, poking the poor stallkeeper in the flank. He yelped in pain, sending the dart flying back towards the board, popping 3 balloons in the process. Derpy beamed in excitement.

“Did I win?” she asked, her proud beam of excitement making Trey and Fluttershy laugh.

“Um...sure.” said the stallkeeper, afraid to let her throw the other 2 darts. He handed her the teddy bear, and Derpy mounted it on her back, trotting off towards the funnel cake stand, the world’s biggest smile upon her face.

“I guess we’re getting funnel cake.” said Fluttershy. “Would you like some?” she asked Flutterwing, who promptly nodded in agreement. Fluttershy bent her head down to nuzzle her, causing her to laugh as they tried to catch up to Derpy.

***

Cherry trotted off the ride as Anacrusis struggled to keep himself up. His legs were trembling like jelly beneath him, and Cherry laughed as he tried to keep his composure.

“You alright?”

“Of course. I just...had spontaneous muscular dystrophy.” he said, trying to lie his way through looking weak. Cherry giggled at him and gave him a quick kiss, causing his legs to give out underneath him. She giggled again as he blushed.

“Wanna just go on the tipsy teacup?” he said, hoping a small, safe ride would help him regain his composure.

“Sure. But we’re going on the rattler after that.” she said, giving him a wink that sent chills down his spine.

***

“So, what do you guys want to do next?” asked Trey, as Derpy happily munched on her funnel cake.

“I don’t know. What about the Ferris Wheel? Or the tipsy Teacups?”

“Tipsy teacup!” said Flutterwing, spitting out a piece of a strawberry on accident. Fluttershy giggled, wiping Flutterwing’s mouth off.

“I guess the Teacup it is!”

“Can Sir Snugalot come?” asked Derpy, cuddling against the new bear she got.

“Of course. Sir Snuggles is more than welcome.” said Trey, smiling at her.

“Snugalot!” said Derpy, correcting him.

“Snugalot. In any case, he’s more than welcome.”

“Yay!” said Derpy, hugging the bear tight.

“Mommy, can I get a bear, too?” asked Flutterwing, using her puppy dog eyes.

“We’ll see.” she said, giving her a smile Flutterwing knew meant “No.”

***

“That was a nice, easy ride!” said Anacrusis, happy to be off of the crazy, insane, fast-paced throttles of modern machinery.

“Now we go do the Rattler.” said Cherry, trotting off hurriedly.

“Oh...yeah...HEY WAIT!” he shouted, catching up to her. “I mean, what if the ride breaks? I don’t want you to get hurt, you know.”

“You’re such a wimp.” she said, making him lay his head low in embarrassment. “But you’re a cute wimp.” she added, bending low as well to give him a kiss, making his ears perk up and his head rise. He had a light red line across his cheeks, and she giggled once more at him.

“...sorry.” he said.

“Tickets?” asked the ride attendant, a little more enthusiastic than the last. They both handed him their tickets, and strapped themselves in.

“Just promise not to pee yourself on this one.” said Cherry, giving him a mischievous smile. Anacrusis gave an awkward laugh.

“I’ll try...” he muttered under his breath.

***

“Wee!” shouted Derpy as they spun around.

“Careful!” said Fluttershy, watching her continue to spin the teacup faster and faster. Trey tried to extend his wings to slow it down to no avail. Flutterwing was mashed up against Fluttershy, mashed up against Trey, against Sir Snugalot, against Derpy.

“Slow down!” shouted Trey as Derpy continued to spin faster. The wind from the inside of the teacup caught Sir Snugalot, lifting him right out of the teacup.

“SIR SNUGALOT!” shouted Trey, bending backwards, catching him at the last minute, hanging on for dear life. “I know we just met...” he started, as the bear started to slip from him. “...but I won’t let you go. NOT AFTER ALL WE’VE BEEN THROUGH!” he shouted, clenching his teeth in agony, feeling the bear slowly slip from his hooves. Suddenly, the ride grinded to a halt, and Sir Snugalot was safe. Trey hoisted him up, giving him back to Derpy as they exited the ride.

“Thank you!” said Derpy. “I thought I almost lost him...”

“Yes, Trey, thank you.” said Fluttershy, giving him a quick kiss. “But...what were you shouting?”

“Uh...don’t worry about it.”

***

“Alrighty, what to do next...” Cherry pondered to herself as Anacrusis slowly dragged himself to her.

“Hey...” she started, turning to face him. “How about the-”

“NO! SWEET CELESTIA, NO!”

“-ferris wheel...” she finished, giving him a weird glance.

“Oh. Uh....sure.” he said, as they trotted over. They found Trey and the rest of the gang near the back of the line.

“I was wondering when you guys would show up. Need more tickets?” asked Trey, ready to fish out bits.

“No, I’m tired of Annie not riding all the good rides with me so we went over to the girly ones.” said Cherry. Trey laughed, patting his son on the back.

“Why don’t we all just ride together?” asked Fluttershy.

“Yeah, why not?” added Cherry.

“Yay!” said Derpy. “Sir Snugalot will love this!”

“Sir Snugalot?” asked Cherry.

“Don’t ask.” said Trey.

With that, they gave tickets to the ride attendant and all crammed themselves into the booth, three to one side, Sir Snugalot in the middle.

“It’s beautiful tonight...” said Fluttershy, leaning heavily on Trey, lost in her own little world.

“These kind of nights really make me ponder over the metaphysical manifestation of hierarchical beings in our modern society. I mean, would they have been manifested without their benign powers? At what point does the metaphysicality stop and simply being equine begin? Furthermore, where did the origins of said manifested rulers begin? When did the hierarchy even develop? Why don’t we abandon said hierarchy and establish a new kind of order, a different kind of rule, with an actual government and house of representatives, where the rulers should feel fear from the governed, and the ponies won’t feel fear of the force of the government, where true powers comes from consent of the governed, and not the threat of force?” said Derpy, hugging Sir Snugalot.

Everypony in the carriage stared at her, mouths agape, wondering just WHERE that came from.

“Sir Snugalot thinks the weirdest things.” said Derpy, snuggling against him. “He’s so fuzzy.”

***

“Well, guys, that was fun!” said Trey, as they all trotted to the cottage.

“Sir Snugalot had a lot of fun!” said Derpy, smiling.

“It sure wore Flutterwing out.” said Fluttershy, pointing to the sleeping Flutterwing on her back. Cherry and Anacrusis carried on their own conversation, nuzzling each other’s noses and hugging. Fluttershy yawned. “It kind of wore ME out, too. Shall we head to bed?” she asked, looking over at Trey, who snapped back awake.

“Hm? Yeah...I’m tired.” he said, yawning. “C’mon, Annie.” he said, pointing to his watch as he and Cherry said their goodbyes.

“Thanks again for inviting us, Mr. Trey!” said Cherry. “It was fun!”

“We’ll make sure to do it again soon.” Said Fluttershy, smiling at them. Derpy put her ear to Sir Snugalot, as if listening to him.

“And with that, we’d better call it a night.” said Trey, unlocking the door to the cottage.

“Can I ask a favor?” asked Derpy.

“Sure, anything!” said Fluttershy.

***

As the next morning rolled around, Flutterwing opened her eyes and jumped back, seeing a giant bear staring at her, a small, yellow note attached to it.

Flutterweeng,

sir Snuggalot sed you wer a very nice fillee! So I thimk ur a very nice filly too. Pleeze take care of hem!

Derpy [strike]Hooves[/strike] [strike] Hoofs [/strike] Hooves

Flutterwing smiled, dragging Sir Snugalot back to bed with her, falling asleep, curled up against the soft cushy bear.

“Breakfast is rea...” started Trey, opening her door, finding her asleep. “Hey, Flutterheart!” he whispered. “Come here!”

She trotted over and the two of them giggled at how goofy, silly, and cute their daughter looked.