Two months later:
My head ached as I got up from my bed.
"I must have overslept" I thought. I sat with my legs crossed, and slowly got down. Way down. Five feet later, I landed face first, "Owwwww, I gotta get used to this new bed." I said while rubbing my face.
I grabbed some shorts and walked out of the room, entering the living, greeting (and explaining what happened after seeing my red face) everyone on the way to the main door.
But the scenery that received me, wasn't the old urban one:
Now a lake extended at my view, nature surrounding us. It was an splendid sight, one that not all get to see.
I entered again in the house, it was one built with logs, like those that normally are in snowy places. It had electricity too, but not as much as the house we have back in the suburbs, which was being taken care of by my mom's parents in the meantime.
Everyone was here, my family, the ponies, and the dogs too (we couldn't leave them there); we were living a bit more relaxed now.
We arrived the day before, we brought the girls in the trailer we had for our Go Karts.
I couldn't wait to explore the place. Mom was making lunch, and almost everyone else was on a couch in front of a TV.
"Hey, anyone up for a walk through this land?" I suggested to the group.
"Can't you wait a little?" my mom overheard me "Lunch is almost ready, and you just smashed yourself in the face."
I just nodded along.
A while later, the ponies got to walk outside, but so far, they could only walk through the woods, so if some stranger passed nearby, they could hide.
"Ugh it felt like an eternity! Having to stay in a house just so nopony else could see us!" Rainbow said.
"Shut up Rainbow, we overdid it that time we sneaked out, remember?" I scolded while showing her my cut on the left side of my torso.
"Ups. I think I forgot." she excused.
"You've got a big hole in your leg, how can you ever forget that?" I pointed.
"I don't spend my whole day looking at my hoof y'know? And it's not a hole anyway." she said.
"Guys stop, the last thing we need is to get mad at each other for a single statement." Twilight intervened.
We split up in groups, I ended with Rainbow and Fluttershy. Not very pleasant for me: Rainbow knew about my feelings for Fluttershy, and having the latter nearby wasn't helping me in forgetting her either. I tried to maintain a conversation anyway.
"So Fluttershy, how do you like the place?"
"It's amazing." she said "I too really missed being outside."
"Oh come on. You spend all the day locked inside your house back in Equestria." Rainbow pointed.
"That's not true!" the meek pony defended.
"It's not? Everytime I go around Ponyville you're nowhere to be seen Flutters."
"Well, maybe she actually goes outside, but does it when you're napping?" I suggested.
"Yes Rainbow, I believe your naps last longer than a night of slumber."
"Come on, how could it be?"
"I don't know, you tell us." I said.
"But I-" Rainbow started "how could I take a nap that lasts longer than my sleep? That's ridiculous!"
"As much as saying that Fluttershy never leaves her house." I said "Am I right?"
"Please don't tell me you're taking it THAT seriously." Rainbow said a bit worried.
"I'm not, I'm just messing with you." I joked.
"Darn you can be a pain in the flank sometimes too."
We talked for quite a time, until Rainbow decided to take a nap in the clouds. I told her that maybe the clouds in my world don't behave the same way in Equestria, but she wanted to try at least.
"I'm off, see ya'!" and she took off.
"Wait Rainbow!" I stopped her, and as she came back, I took her away to talk to her personally. "What are you doing?" I whispered, far from Fluttershy's hear.
"I'm going to take a nap silly." she innocently said.
"Well duh, I wasn't asking about that." I pointed "You're leaving me alone with her!"
"Yeah, what abou-... ohh I get it. But what's the problem?"
"Did you really forget what I told you that time?"
"I remember every word, but let me tell you this." she defied "If you still think it's wrong because your society says so, I can't help but think you are truly pathetic."
"Hey!"
"If you don't like that, then make up your mind. Besides, there's no society around here." Rainbow said.
"That's... true." I said with a little of hope.
"So then, make the most of it. Or you will regret it when we leave."
I sighed, it was very strange that Rainbow could give such advice; but then again, this whole thing was strange to begin with, so...
"I guess I can give it a try." I said.
"If you do, please don't ruin it." Rainbow then bumped me in the shoulder, in a sign of her friendship, and took off to the sky.
I approached Fluttershy once Rainbow left.
"Is everything alright?" she asked.
"Yeah yeah, everything's good." I said.
"Well, can we continue the trip? If... you don't mind."
I stared at her and agreed, thinking about we could do to spend some quality time.
"Have you ever done stoneskipping?" I asked when we got near a shore, where stones marked the border of the land.
"What's that?" she asked back.
"So I guess you didn't, let me show you."
I grabbed a stone as big and round as a nut, and yanked my arm like a whip, throwing the stone making it skip on the water.
"That's amazing! How do you do that?" she exclaimed.
"You have to throw the stone as parallel to the water surface as you can, and then the stone does the job. Wanna try?" I said while playing with a few other stones in my hand. She grabbed one from the ground, and weakly threw one the regular way, which came down making one single splash.
"Sorry, I'm not very talented." she apologized.
"Don't worry, I couldn't do it the first time either." I cheered her up "Here, let me help you. Maybe if you stand up you'll do it better."
So when she stood up, I held her from behind, and motioning her arms, I helped throw another stone, this one was able to skip a few times before sinking.
"I did it, I did it!" she exclaimed joyfully.
"Congratulations Fluttershy. Want to try it on your own now?" I offered.
She nodded, and threw some other rocks, some got to skip, some others sank in the first try.
"This is fun! How come I never heard of this?"
"Well, can't say that I know."
We kept throwing rocks at the lake for a while, once my arm started aching I stopped and sat at the base of a tree to rest. Fluttershy did the same later, and sat next to me.
"This sight rivals Ponyville's, you know?" she said.
"That much? Well I'm flattered."
"I mean it. Well sure, Ponyville is pretty and all, but this is different."
"How different?"
"Um, well, Ponyville looks like this place. But I like it more here because..." I looked at her right as she paused "...maybe because it's not the same place."
"Just for that?" I asked.
"It's more than what you think," she said. "You see, I love the sights of Equestria, but there comes a time that you are so familiar with it, you don't think there is more to see."
"Huh, I think I understand now."
"You do?"
"Yeah, it's like you get bored of the same place, simple as that."
"Yes, kind of, but I don't get bored of Ponyville anyway." Fluttershy pointed.
"But you'd still like to go somewhere different, like for some vacations, right?" I asked.
"Oh yes, absolutely. But I'm having a good time now, so I guess this counts as vacation."
"Truth be told, this is a period of vacation in my country."
"I know, you already told me." she pointed, and quickly changed subject "How is your body?" she asked getting up.
"Look." I said lifting my t-shirt "It's just a scar now."
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
"Not at all, but I should exercise a little to compensate for the time you bound me to repose." I said.
"Do you want to exercise now?" Fluttershy suggested
"Um, shouldn't we get Rainbow Dash for that matter?"
"What is it? You don't think I'm a good partner?" she whimpered.
"What? No no I didn't say that!"
"Well let's get going!" she cheered up, it was like she looked sad on purpose just to make me fall for it. I couldn't do anything but oblige.
We did a little routine before I called it quits with the training out of boredom.
"I don't like this kind of exercise you know?" I said.
"I don't like it either but I still did it to help Rainbow once." she replied.
"What? When did you- oh wait I remember now! Back when you had to raise your wingpower!" I said, and she nodded. "But I still don't like doing push-ups and stuff." I concluded "Call me a wuss or a quitter, but I won't do it anyway."
"I wasn't going to." she said surprised to what I said "I was just going to suggest something else."
"Like what?"
I can't explain very well what happened next, because... well, I couldn't believe it either! So I'll just say that me and Fluttershy started playing around the forest like fillies, running, laughing, and all that. It sounds stupid for a reason, maybe. But as old as it sounds, this whole thing is out of reason!
Nevermind that, I admit I had a more than great time with her, all my worries vanished from my head for a few hours. I felt like a child again, feeling really warm and fuzzy inside.