//------------------------------// // Waking up in a new world chapter 12 // Story: Waking up in a new world // by finesthour //------------------------------// As we continued to sit in silence, Fluttershy saw the book that I was keeping under my arm. She asked me, “What are you holding?” I could tell she was trying to break the silence, and her attempt forced a smile to spread across my face. I brought the book out from under my arm and showed it to her. “It is the book Twilight was holding. She didn't take it back when she... you know.” I said this slowly, my head slowly turning towards the ground, my shame growing inside of me. Fluttershy picked my head up with her hoof again and gave me the warmest smile I had ever seen. It made my head feel very light, and a smile creep across my face. I put the book between us and laid it on the table. Why did she have this book with her? I looked over at Fluttershy, and she nodded her head, showing me I should open the book. I took in a deep breath, and I opened the book to the first page. The index was as it showed- Humans and Their Emotions, the Dummies Guide Index- Page 2 Humans- Page 5 The fascinating myth behind them- Page 20 Humans and their hearts- Page 50 Love- Page 70 Ending words- Page 100 When I finished reading the index, I felt my body turn warm. Was she planning on... finding out how I could love someone? I looked over at Fluttershy for an answer, and to my surprise she was violently shaking. For a second, I just stared at her, confused on what to do. I came to the conclusion to do what I kept doing for her when I saw her in a bad mood, I began to pet her mane. Her violent shaking stopped after a moment, and she looked over at me in a pained expression. I stared back at her, not knowing what to say. A few minutes past of us staring at each other, and an idea popped in my head. I could just lie! “Twilight... must of got the wrong idea from our hug yesterday. I don’t know where she got the idea that I might like her back..” I said this as calmly as I could, hoping she would accept the lie. Within a second, her face turned the happiest I had seen it, and she gave me a hug. I returned the hug with a small pain in my heart, knowing full well that she took the lie. I was hoping that it would make me happy that she did not suspect anything, but it just made me feel... dirty. The tighter she squeezed, the more pressure I felt on my heart. She broke away from our hug and smiled up at me. I returned the smile, and I stood up. I looked towards Twilight’s room, much to Fluttershy’s displeasure. I looked down at her again and said, “We should go. Twilight did say she wanted to be alone.” Fluttershy nodded her head, and I put out my hand to lift her up. She stuck out her hoof, and I pulled her to her back legs. We started to walk away towards Twilight’s door, but the moment we were at it, the door was opened. Spike stood at the door with quills in his hand, and saw me and Fluttershy standing at the frame of the door. He must of seen I was not with Twilight anymore, so his look of hatred was not as furious. He just walked straight past us and up the staircase towards Twilight’s room. I looked down at Fluttershy, hoping she would catch my signal that I wanted us to leave. She nodded up at me, much to my relief. We walked outside of Twilight’s house, and I closed the door slowly.