Waking in a Strange Land

by Gray Valentine


Chapter 3: A Place to Stay

Chapter 3: A Place to Stay

“Hi Pinkie. Thanks for the party. It's nice to be able to meet everyone at once. Saves a lot of time.” I said to Pinkie Pie, trying to sound as enthusiastic as possible. I'm not much of a party person.

“Good! You should have lots and lots of fun! I throw the best parties in ALL of Equestria! We have plenty of food, drinks, and my favorite party game, Pin the Tail on the Pony!” She said excitedly.

“Sounds like fun. If you don't mind, I would like to mingle a bit. Make some new friends.” I said, trying to get away from her. All that excitement made me a little nervous.

“Okie dokie lokie! Have fun!” She said, then hopped away. I made my way to the food table, weaving my way through the crowd, because I realized I hadn't eaten all day. When I got to the table I saw it was filled with cupcakes, cake and other assorted sweets at one end, and a bubbling purple liquid, which I assumed was soda of some kind, at the other end. I went to eat a purple iced cupcake when someone quietly cleared their voice behind me. I turned around to see Fluttershy standing there, with a shy expression on her face. Hm. She always seems to be a bit nervous.

“Um. Hi Lucas.” She said.

“Hey Fluttershy. What's on your mind?” I said to her.

“Um. Twilight was talking about how you need a place to stay for a couple days until the Princess needs to see you. You can stay at my house... if you want.” She said, more shy than usual. More time with Fluttershy? How can I resist!

“Sure. I'd love to. Maybe I can make some new animal friends as well.” I said. I turned back to the table, to eat my cupcake, and noticed it was gone. Oh man.

“Oh. Sorry Lucas. Rainbow kind of ate your cupcake while you were talking to me.” Fluttershy said. “Since your coming home with me, I can make you something to eat. I'm an excellent cook.”

“Sounds good. Let's go find the others.” I said. She nodded her head, and we made our way back into the crowd to find the rest of the group. We found Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash by a poster that had a tailless pony on the other side of the room chatting.

“Oh, there you are Fluttershy! We were beginning to wonder where you ran off to.” Twilight said as we approached. “I see you found Lucas. We were just discussing where Lucas should stay while hes here.”

“I think Rainbow knows where we were.” I said looking at her, with a suspicious look. She still had purple icing on her lip. “And as for the living arrangements, Fluttershy asked me to stay with her.” Everyone had a surprised look on their face, as if I was speaking gibberish.

“Fluttershy? She actually asked you, on her own, to come live with her? Wow. I haven't seen her be so.. brave, since that dragon incident last year.” Applejack said. Fluttershy seemed to be blushing a little bit.

“Oh. Well, you see...” Fluttershy started to say, then suddenly we heard Pinkie yelling across the room.

“IT'S TIME FOR PIN THE TAIL ON THE PONY!” She screamed loud enough for everyone in the room to hear, even over all the chatter. She then seemed to randomly pop in through the crowd a second later. How the hell did she get over here so fast? “Lucas! Your the guest of honor. You should go first!”

“Um. Sure. How hard can it be?” Alright. I regret saying this already. Before I knew it, Pinkie blindfolded me and started spinning me in a circle. After 3 spins, she put a “tail” in my mouth and straightened me out. I started walking forwards, almost falling over from being so dizzy. I eventually felt something in front of me, so I pushed in the pin, and heard a loud yelp. I took off my blindfold to see I accidentally pinned another pony in the flank. He looked at me angrily and walked away. I turned around to see both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash laughing. “Glad you find this funny you two.”

“Haha, sorry Lucas. I've just never seen anypony do that before. It's kind of funny!” Pinkie said.

“I bet that guy didn't think it was so funny.” I said, then started to laugh. “Well, what now?”

“Party is over! Everyone is leaving.” Pinkie said. I looked to see that indeed, everyone was leaving, and the room was half empty.

“Well, I guess it's time to go home. If you need anything, don't be afraid to ask Lucas.” Twilight said, heading for the door.

“Yeah. It is what friends are for.” Applejack said, following suit. I said my goodbyes to Pinkie, and turned to Fluttershy.

“Well, I supposed we should head home too.” I said to her. We both left the shop, and headed towards the cottage. As we reached the cottage, I noticed a white rabbit standing in front of her door. He had his arms crossed, and was tapping his foot.

“Oh, Angel. You knew we had a party to go to. I told you we would be out late.” Fluttershy said, trying to calm him down. “This is Lucas. He will be staying with us for a while.” Angel looked at me, back at Fluttershy, then shook his head. “Angel. I said it's okay, so he WILL be staying.” He looked at me once more, sighed, and went inside. “Sorry about Angel. He doesn't really like strangers. Come on inside. I'll make you something to eat.” She went inside, and I followed her. The inside of her house was amazing. It felt like we actually lived inside a tree. It even had the wood smell. Not too bad.

“Do you like sandwiches?” Fluttershy asked me.

“Yes.” I answered back.

“Good. I'll bring you some in just a second. Sit down, make yourself at home.”

“Thanks.” I sat down at her table, with tree stump chairs. Tree theme. Not the worst I guess. A couple minutes later, she came and sat down, handing me a plate with 2 sandwiches on it. Are those flowers? I don't know about this. I picked one up, and took a bite. I was utterly amazed. I never realized flowers could taste so good. It must be a pony thing. “Mmm. This is delicious. I must admit, I wasn't sure about the flowers, being a human and all.”

“I'm glad you enjoy it. Told you I was a great cook.” She said with a smile. Over the next few minutes, we talked about what life in Equestria was like, and Fluttershy told me most of the history that she thought I would need to know, like Pegasus control the weather, and live in Cloudsdale. She told me how Princess Celestia and her younger sister Luna, previously an evil pony called Nightmare Moon, control the sun and the moon, and have the power over light and day. She also explained how unicorns have to ability to use magic. This had me intrigued.

“Magic? Does that mean I can use it too?” I asked, hoping that I could. It would be interesting.

“Hm. I'm not sure. You are a unicorn, but you weren't born one. I guess it's certainly possible. You should go see Twilight in the morning. If any would know, it's her.” She said.

“Great. Thanks Fluttershy.” I said. I yawned, longer than I'd hoped. “I'm pretty tired. It's been a busy day. Can you show me where I am sleeping?”

“Of course. Follow me.” I followed fluttershy to a door on the other side of the room. “I usually use this room to house injured animals, but you can use it for now.” She opened the door, and walked in. I followed her into the room. I looked around and saw there were 2 beds, each with a nightstand, and a decent sized window on the opposited wall, looking out into a forest. “Just choose a bed. Either one will do.”

“Thank you Fluttershy. I appreciate you letting me stay here.” I gave her a quick hug, and let her go. She was blushing pretty badly now.

“Um. Y-your welcome. H-have a g-good night.” She said nervously and ran back to the living room. I smiled, closed the door, and laid down on one of the beds. I think I'm going to like it here. I slowly drifted off to sleep, thinking of what tomorrow had in store for me.

~~~ Fluttershy's P.O.V. ~~~

I ran into the room, feeling embarrassed. I saw Angel standing there looking at me.

“Am I still blushing?” I asked Angel. He nodded and laughed. “Oh man. I don't know why, but around Lucas I feel... strange. Like I have no need to be scared around him. Like I can trust him with my life, and he belongs here, even though he is human. What does this mean Angel?” He gave me a look that seemed to say, it should be pretty obvious. “Do you think I am... developing feelings for him? I've just met him today! I don't understand. Maybe I should just go to bed, and think more about it tomorrow. Yes, that is what I'll do. Good night Angel.” I went to my room and laid on my bed. I sure hope he likes it here. I slowly drifted off to sleep, thinking of what tomorrow had in store for me.


A/N: I decided to add that last bit of story about Fluttershy's P.O.V to see what everyone would think of it. If you like this, or not, tell me in the comments.