Chapter Fourteen: Of Pony Piles and Fluttershy’s Smile
Written by TheCrimsonDM
Fluttershy was the first one to wake up in the pony pile. What she didn't expect was that she was going to wake up with Twilight on one side, Rainbow Dash on the other, and Celestia's wing covering all three of them like a heavy feathery blanket. For a moment she struggled wanting to remove herself from their presence, after all, Rainbow Dash couldn't be okay with this.
Rainbow Dash, in the dead of sleep, whispered something that changed Fluttershy's entire plan. "Please don't leave me too, Fluttershy."
Fluttershy decided she would stay in the pile for as long as she was needed. Or at least until she needed to use the little fillies room. Whichever happened first. She could stay here for Rainbow Dash for now. Somehow just knowing that Rainbow Dash still wanted her, still needed her made a lot of her fears and pain from the earlier event vanish, not entirely but it helped a lot. The fact that she knew she'd actually fallen asleep next to Rarity, but Twilight had taken her place also helped her mood improve.
Fluttershy breathed in Rainbow's sweet scent, deep and wonderful. She could have just lost herself into this feeling of ultimate warmth. Surrounded by all the love a pony could ever hope for, and then some. Of course she was going to do her best to simply stay still. She didn't want to risk interrupting any of this wonderful moment.
The minutes slowly trickled by. Eventually though, ponies had to start waking up. It began with Rarity climbing out of the pile and looking a little more shaky and confused. When Rarity had gone to sleep it was only the two of them, now that it was all eight of them, she had to have been very confused, still she didn't look like she regretted it.
Their eyes met and Rarity spoke, "How are you doing?"
Fluttershy smiled and whispered, "I think I'm in heaven."
"Good, you deserve to stay in heaven, we all do. Now I'm going to freshen up."
Fluttershy watched Rarity retreat to the little filly's room. Ah, nature's call, the one thing that would pull a pony away from such a cuddly pile of fluff. Of course, Rarity sometimes had one of the most awful traits in leaving the restroom's door cracked open. Fluttershy began to realize this was a behavior she was going to have to deal with for the rest of her life, but she'd accepted even the less desirable parts of Rarity.
It took a few more minutes and Rarity had finished with her use of the restroom before the next pony began to stir to life. Pinkie Pie had gotten up and crawled out of the bed. Pinkie Pie's first visit was actually the fridge. She must have been hungry for a snack, unfortunately there weren't any snacks to be had, but as Pinkie grabbed some oranges, she realized maybe there was something nice to snack on after all.
Speaking of snacks. It was starting to get a little late outside. It was going to be dinner time soon, and she had no idea what they were going to eat for dinner. Applejack and Pinkie were surely going to be the ones cooking for them, but Fluttershy could help out, after all she had some talent with cooking. She wasn't amazing by any means but she was still okay at it.
Next Twilight began to stir next to her. The leg around Fluttershy's barrel squeezed tighter. Twilight's muzzle buried itself into the small over her neck and a gentle kiss landed against her fur. Twilight's voice came out so quietly she almost missed it. "I love you so much."
Fluttershy's heart skipped a beat. She could only think far enough ahead to reply, "I love you too."
Twilight rolled over and found herself facing Celestia who was still asleep. "Um, h-how do I get out of here?"
Fluttershy giggled. "You'll have to crawl down."
Twilight groaned. "I wasn't planning to go anywhere near your butts until night time."
Still Twilight crawled downward and popped out near the back end of Celestia's legs before she was finally free of the pile. The pony pile was quite smaller now, but not any less warm. Fluttershy could still stay here forever. Though, even if she could, the others weren't quite on the same page as her. Luna was the next one to get up and out of the bed. She was on the outskirts so all she had to do was rollover. Her first goal seemed to be in line with Rarity's only this time, Luna actually closed the door all the way, so Fluttershy didn't have to hear anything.
Now the pony pile was feeling a lot smaller. Not exactly something she wanted. She was hoping to enjoy the warmth of all of her loving wives forever, but that was an impossible goal. Perhaps they could enjoy another pony pile later though? For now she just waited and soaked up as much of the warmth as she could.
Applejack eventually climbed out of the pile. Her first goal was to go meet with Rarity and kiss her on the lips. She then got to work looking at the food options in the kitchen while Pinkie dined on a few oranges. Pinkie Pie always seemed to be so hungry too, the poor dear needed more food. Hopefully she'll get her fill tonight at dinner.
Unfortunately the warmest of their bunch finally had to wake up. Celestia rolled out of the bed, and stretched her wings with a loud yawn. She still looked sleepy eyed but beautiful. Was this how Twilight got to see her every morning? The sleepy solar princess?
Celestia walked over to the restroom door, turned the handle and found it locked. She paused for a moment before knocking. Luna's voice replied. "This domain has been seized."
Celestia argued. "Well hurry up, unless you want me fertilizing the garden."
"Go for it, dear sister, for I shall never relinquish my new throne."
Celestia growled. "I'm giving you two minutes. After that I'm pulling out the siege weapons and going in there."
Oh, well that was going to be messy. At least Fluttershy still got to enjoy holding onto Rainbow Dash. It helped that Rainbow Dash was still dead asleep. The poor mare truly deserved her rest. They all did.
Rainbow Dash's voice came out quietly. "Do you still love me?"
Fluttershy’s entire body froze. No, Rainbow Dash was not asleep. She was, however, clearly upset still. "Of course I love you."
"But, I yelled at you."
"It's quite alright. I deserved it."
"No, you didn't. I was a jerk, and I'm sorry."
Fluttershy kissed the top of Rainbow Dash's head. "If you're willing to forgive me, I c-can forgive you too."
"Cool. Now keep holding me. I like this."
Fluttershy had no intentions of letting go, not ever. The two of them laid in the bed, holding each other and enjoying each other’s body heat and love for much longer. Even when Celestia eventually reared up and kicked the bathroom door down and charged in, between the screaming princesses who were arguing over the toilet, and the conversation going on about what to make for Dinner, Fluttershy felt a strange calm over her. It felt like she belonged here, like this was her home and she would have it no other way.
Of course as Luna was unceremoniously shoved out of the bathroom and Celestia had taken her turn, even Fluttershy recognized that perhaps it was time to get up. Rainbow Dash was looking a little restless too. They looked over at the dinner table and saw that Applejack and Pinkie were already in the middle of cooking up a bunch of delightful looking food. Twilight was leaning over the table looking hungry, and Rarity was talking to her about some cute stallion she'd met in the castle, which was an odd conversation considering that Rarity was also married to a herd of mares. Applejack was making snarky comments about it, so it seemed this was a usual conversation topic for Rarity.
Rainbow Dash looked over at the dethroned Luna who was smiling and whistling to herself as she walked away holding a roll of toilet paper. "Oh, that's going to backfire."
Fluttershy wasn't quite sure what she meant by that. Or why Luna would be taking the toilet paper with her upstairs. Unless she really hadn't finished and needed to use the garden. Not the worst thing a pony could do, in fact, quite a few ponies in Ponyville just went outside. Fluttershy sometimes did it herself, but only when she was absolutely certain nopony was going to find her.
It wasn't more than a minute later when Celestia's voice came shouting out from the broken down doorway. "LUNA! YOU THIEF!"
Oh, that's what Rainbow Dash meant. Fluttershy pushed herself up, intent to go help Celestia but stopped as she saw Twilight trotting over to the bathroom with a new package of Toilet Paper held aloft in her red aura. Twilight made her delivery and trotted back to the dining room table. Seemed that they were all sort of falling into their own roles pretty well now. This made Fluttershy wonder about her own role here?
She enjoyed being here. She loved it deeply and felt like she belonged in this misfit family. Yet she wasn't quite sure what her role was. She didn't feel like she knew the princesses well enough to be able to do as Twilight did and anticipate their needs in advance well enough to help them. She also didn't feel like she could do the cooking either.
Rainbow Dash finally climbed out of bed and stretched her wings. The entire bed was a mess now. Even if she ignored the rainbow colored mess of fur and mane hairs left behind, the blanket, bed sheet, and pillows were all a mess and out of order. Fluttershy gave a quiet sigh as she got out of bed finally, and went about straightening the sheets. The bed wasn't 'messy' just yet so she wouldn't bother with bringing it to the wash yet, but she was going to change the blanket at least. She bundled up the blanket nice and tight and flew over to the small laundry room. She deposited the blanket here for now, she'd come back to it later to try and work out all the hairs, for now she grabbed a new blanket and flew back over to the bed so she could lay it down for everypony, tuck it in on the sides, and then position the pillows so that they had a nice pattern looking more or less inviting.
Fluttershy landed next to the bed and let out a sigh. "What will my role be?"