//------------------------------// // 149. Your True Form (Is Incredibly Smoochable) // Story: Azure Edge // by Leaf Blade //------------------------------// Pinkie laid on the bed all splayed out like a starfish while she waited for Fluttershy to come back with breakfast. The bed was still warm, Fluttershy had been sleeping there just a hot minute ago, and Fluttershy was warm. And soft. And cute. And she had a really cute butt. But also she was sweet, and kind, and always thought about everyone else and tried to take care of folks. Heck, Pinkie first met Fluttershy cuz she took it on herself to take care of Rarity and Pinkie when they needed help in the Everfree Forest, and she had no reason to do that, especially since Rarity had just destroyed her timberwolves! So why was Pinkie so afraid of her? Honestly, that thought made Pinkie sick immediately. She wasn’t afraid of Fluttershy, and if someone else had asked her that, she’d get half a mind to smack ‘em! Or at least say mean things about their mothers. Or think them. Or think about it in concept—the point is that Pinkie had a hard time being mean, but she’d definitely consider it for a sec before choosing not to act on those impulses if anyone tried to say she was afraid of Fluttershy! So… what was she afraid of? Pinkie sat up and rubbed her temples with her eyes shut, really trying to dive into her own brain pool. She thought about flying on Fluttershy’s big sexy dragon back, and curling up in the mountains with her, just the two of them, and tried to think how she’d feel about that happening. As the tingly heat of gay feelings crept across Pinkie’s cheeks, it turned out ‘pretty hecking good’ was the answer. So what was she afraid of? Cuz yeah sure, if Fluttershy really wanted to curl her giant noodle body around Pinkie Pie, and if she let Pinkie smother her big snoot in kisses, Pinkie would be totally down with that! But is that what would happen if she were alone in the mountains with Fluttershy? Hmmm, Pinkie tried to really wrack her brain and think about it, so the thoughtful tongue poked outta her mouth to grease the brain wheels a bit. She wasn’t afraid of Fluttershy, and she honestly didn’t think that Fluttershy was gonna eat her, or even try to take advantage of her. So, again. What was she afraid of? Oh. Oh okay yeah. It hit her like a ton of bricks falling on top of her head and Pinkie let out a loud frustrated groan as she fell onto the bed on her back. ‘What if she was wrong?’ Oh, sorry, that’s not quite right, is it? Igneous Rock voice: ‘what if you’re wrong?’ Limestone voice: ‘what if you’re wrong?’ Maud voice: ‘what if you’re wrong?’ Literally every single pony Pinkie had ever cared about voice: ‘what if you’re wrong? What if you’re just a big stupid idiot who can’t take care of herself and needs a smarter, more capable pony to drag you by the nose through your entire life, you stupid idiot?’ Pinkie threw her hands on top of her face, digging her nails deep into her brow and screaming at the top of her lungs. “Oh my gosh!” Pinkie bolted up at the sound of Fluttershy’s voice, but Fluttershy had already jumped onto the bed by that point, so Pinkie wound up bonking her snoot right into Fluttershy’s. “Oh!” Fluttershy gasped, and then she laughed as she rubbed her snoot, Pinkie falling back onto the bed in a daze. “Are you okay?” “How long have you been standing there?” Pinkie asked quietly. “Uhh, I think when I came in, I was about to tell you I was back, but then you stuck your tongue out,” Fluttershy said, chewing on her fingers. “I figured you were deep in thought and I didn’t want to disturb you. When you groaned, I thought ‘oh maybe I should interrupt’ but I didn’t want to bother you, but then you screamed and I got scared.” “Sorry,” Pinkie let out a cold, humorless chuckle, “didn’t mean to scare you.” Fluttershy put her hand on Pinkie Pie’s cheek and gently traced her thumb back and forth, before leaning down to plant a soft kiss on Pinkie’s lips, Pinkie closing her eyes and leaning into Fluttershy’s kiss and feeling like all of her hit points were restored to full right then and there. “Feel better?” Fluttershy smirked, then gave Pinkie another little kiss on the nose. “Y-yeah,” Pinkie said bashfully, giggling like a doofus as her lips still tingled from Fluttershy’s touch. “Can I tell you something?” Fluttershy nodded. “I really wanna go flying with you.” The next thing Pinkie knew, the roar of the water was crashing against her ears as she stood behind the Neighagra Falls, waiting for Fluttershy to transform and take flight. As soon as Pinkie told Fluttershy she wanted to fly, Fluttershy couldn’t wait to go, and frankly neither could Pinkie. The pair also ran into Twilight in the inn lobby, and when they explained what they were up to, Twilight said “Oh that sounds great! Have fun, girls!” which really put Pinkie’s mind at ease to be honest. It was one thing for her to trust Fluttershy, but it made a world of difference to know someone else did too. Pinkie stood in the cave behind the Falls, leaning against the cave wall and standing a fair distance from Fluttershy, watching her stretch her limbs and ready herself to transform. Fluttershy took off her dress and tossed it on top of the picnic basket Pinkie had prepared— they were so eager to get flying that they just packed up their breakfast to take it with them and have a little mountaintop picnic— and Pinkie took a sec to appreciate the view before… …it happened. It was so sudden too—just a flash of teal light enveloping Fluttershy’s body, and a huge gust of wind that tore through the cave and Pinkie’s body, but didn’t seem to disturb the picnic basket at all. And Fluttershy was just gone. “F-Fluttershy?” Pinkie asked worriedly, gasping when something fuzzy brushed against her cheek. But then suddenly, Fluttershy appeared before her, not as a beanpole of a pegasus, but as an enormous and majestic noodly dragon, and the fuzzy thing was Fluttershy’s tail—the hair on the end being nearly bigger than Pinkie’s whole body. “You— you’re amazing!” Pinkie cooed, beaming ear to ear and pumping her fists, but as she took a step forward, Fluttershy immediately disappeared again, and Pinkie’s stomach dropped. “Uhhh—” “If you let go of me,” Fluttershy whispered as her tail wrapped around Pinkie and she became visible again, “you’ll lose sight of me. So hold on tight, okay?” “Yes, ma’am! Abso-tootly-lootly!” Pinkie cheered as Fluttershy placed her gently on the dragon’s back, Pinkie digging her paws into Fluttershy’s soft, cozy fur. Pinkie felt like she could get lost in the stuff— and considering that Pinkie could’ve starfished on Fluttershy’s back and taken up only maybe half the dragon’s width? She probably could have. And don’t think that big ol’ scruff of fluff on Fluttershy’s chest escaped Pinkie’s notice, cuz it sure didn’t. Oh no, now Pinkie was thinking about rubbing Fluttershy’s big fluffy belly. Was steaming coming off of Pinkie’s body now? Cuz she was certainly hot enough. Ah well, didn’t really matter too much cuz before Pinkie could get too involved in thoughts of rubbing a cute dragon’s big fuzzy tummy, Fluttershy flapped her powerful wings and took to the skies, tearing through the Neighagra Falls at such speed that Pinkie didn’t even get wet. But more amazing than any of that? Fluttershy’s uproarious laughter as she flew through the air completely free. Pinkie started shrieking with joy as Fluttershy tore through the skies, the earth that Pinkie had spent her whole life connected to getting farther and farther away and Pinkie couldn’t be bothered to miss it at all. She had Fluttershy and she had the sky, and that was more than enough to satisfy her. “How do you feel, Pinkie?!” Fluttershy yelled, her voice ringing with pure joy. “I feel amazing!” Pinkie screamed back, burying herself against Fluttershy’s firm and fluffy body. “You’re amazing, Fluttershy!” “Aren’t I just?!” Fluttershy laughed, her giant fanged grin instantly embedding itself into Pinkie’s heart; it was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. Eventually, Fluttershy landed on a snowy plateau deep in the mountains behind Neighagra Falls, but all the snow melted into grass as soon as Fluttershy made contact. Pinkie was still shaking from all the adrenaline and hadn't entirely realized that Fluttershy had landed yet, so Flutters was nice enough to pick Pinkie up with her tail and place her gently on the grass. “That… was… AMAZING!!!” Pinkie screeched, jumping and throwing all her limbs in as many directions as possible before flomping onto the ground like a starfish. “I’m glad you liked it,” Fluttershy panted, taking in deep heavy breaths, and Pinkie just watched her, totally mesmerized by the movements of her heaving chest. “Ooh, I think I overdid it a bit though to impress you.” “Well, you did impress me,” Pinkie grinned, and Fluttershy grinned back, and oh holey moley her fangs were so gorgeous. Fluttershy sat down on her haunches, curling her tail around Pinkie so that her tail fluff was always touching Pinkie and she wouldn’t lose sight of Fluttershy. “I’m exhausted now,” Fluttershy sighed and laid on the ground. “You think some breakfast would make you feel better?” Pinkie chirped, crawling toward Fluttershy’s head after grabbing the basket off her back. “It would,” Fluttershy purred, and Pinkie beamed at her. It was impossible not to smile around Fluttershy cuz she was so cute and sweet. The two ate their breakfast in relative silence— a little small talk here and there about the scenery, the food, and the weather— but Pinkie didn’t need to talk Fluttershy’s ear off to have a good time with her, she just enjoyed Fluttershy’s company. Just being near her made Pinkie happy. And she also felt like a total doofus for almost talking herself out of this experience. Pinkie and Fluttershy stayed up in the mountains resting off their burdens for about an hour or so, but Pinkie did wanna get back to the others before Rarity and Rainbow Dash came back from their mission, so she asked if Fluttershy was ready to go. Fluttershy nodded and stood up tall, stretching her incredible wings behind her back and whipping her tail against the ground. “Oh, one more thing!” Pinkie clamored, yanking gently on Fluttershy’s fur. “What is it, dearest?” Fluttershy hummed. “Can I give you a smooch?” Pinkie pleaded, clasping her hands in front of her and giving the biggest and sweetest puppydog eyes she could. “Like, as you are right now?” “You want—” Fluttershy blushed, and it was easy to see cuz she had so much face to go around; Pinkie just thought it made her somehow look even cuter. “You want to kiss me as a dragon?” “Yeah!” Pinkie cheered. “You’re so pretty, and I love you! I want to smooch the real you! Your true form is incredibly smoochable if you ask me!” “O-oh! Okay!” Fluttershy said bashfully, covering up her lower face with her wings, and Pinkie swore her heart was gonna burst cuz of how full of affection it was. Everything Fluttershy did, every little movement and gesture and word, made Pinkie fall more and more in love with her, even when Pinkie was so sure she had hit Peak Love. Fluttershy leaned her snoot down to Pinkie’s level, and Pinkie put her hands on the sides of Fluttershy’s lips, which basically meant stretching Pinkie’s arms as far as they’d go, but that was okay. It was funny; Fluttershy was so massive and impressive, and she seemed so majestic and imposing, but once she was near Pinkie’s eye level— even though her head was roughly the size of Pinkie’s whole body— she wasn’t even remotely scary. She was cute, and beautiful, and precious. She was a bashful girl blushing cuz a girl she likes asked to kiss her. And that thought shot through Pinkie like a lightning bolt— that Fluttershy was bashful around her. Suddenly Pinkie’s entire perspective changed, and she couldn’t justify pretending that she wasn’t important to Fluttershy anymore. The important thing though was despite how big Fluttershy was, her snoot was right there, and it was the perfect size for smooching. Pinkie held Fluttershy’s head to steady herself, and kissed Fluttershy on the lips, trying to be soft and tender, but it occurred to her mid-kiss that she’d never initiated a kiss before, especially not with someone of Fluttershy’s size, so she wasn’t sure if she was doing it right. “Was that okay?” Pinkie asked softly, staring into Fluttershy’s beautiful, glittering teal eyes. “Pinkie Pie,” Fluttershy sighed dreamily, “it was perfect.”