Fluttervile

by Aiet


The mane introduction

Chapter six:

"The mane introduction."

dolorem sat there chasing a leaf around his plate lost in thought. twilight couldn't help but notice this and cleared her throat.
"are you ok?" twilight looked at dolorem with concern, as he was deep in his mind.
I wish I could follow him in there. see what it's like. see how he really feels towards...
"um, yeah. I'm fine..." he answered her but his face set back to how it was. twilight felt bad and knew he was troubled.
"look I know you upset and it's my fault. But I promise you I'll do anything to get you back." twilight spoke fierce and determined breaking dolorem from his thoughts. dolorem felt the heart behind her words and couldn't help for the second time and smiled. twilight was relieved to see this and returned one of her own..
"thanks I appreciate that, but trust me this isn't that bad compared to before I came here. It's more... fresh and clean here. I actually like it somewhat." dolorem kept his smile while he spoke and this made twilight smile even more. they locked eyes once again but this time no one pulled back in embracement. they both seemed to become more peaceful as they stared into each others eyes. twilight even began to shiver inside as thoughts ran through her head. they were interrupted by a loud belch and green fire. both of them looked at spike as he covered his mouth.
"sorry." he began to gather up the dishes and cleaning the table.
" no problem that was actually a good one." dolorem looked at spike slightly amazed. spike just grinned broadly and took the dishes to be cleaned. twilight left the table and walked to the measurement tools laying out to the side. she began levitating them back into the box when dolorem spoke up.
"I think your going to need those if your going to finish that examination." twilight stopped and quickly turned to him. she stared at him in disbelief.
Is he serious?
" are you serious?" she couldn't hide the fact she was in total disbelief. instead of answering her he walked to her bed and began undressing again. twilight levitated all the tools to her and followed him. dolorem was once again in his boxers in front of twilight's bed. spike was about to round the corner when a knock at the door sounded off. dolorem covered himself up with the blanket and twilight set down the tools and walked to the door groaning. spike opened the door and three fillies stood before him.
"hey spike. we were wonderin' if the human was 'ere?" applebloom was in front of the other two with a white and pink flowery sleeve around her body like a tube.
"yeah come in." all three of the girls walked in, sweetie belle carried the shirt with her magic over head and scootaloo also had on a sleeve like applebloom. the stopped in the middle of the room in front of twilight. she just looked from girl to girl.
"what's up girls?" all three stepped forward presenting dolorem's button up shirt they had ran off with. both sleeves were obviously missing from the shirt but it looked undamaged else where. the three chuckled nervously at twilight when sweetie belle spoke up.
"we didn't mean to rip it but it got caught on a bush and tore. we tried our luck at Cutie Mark Crusaders Seammares but it didn't work, we only manage to take the other sleeve off." dolorem had decided to redress to meet the little thieves. when they saw him all of them went wide eyed and their mouth dropped, sweetie belle lost focus and dropped the shirt. he looked at each of them with a slight chuckle.
"so the little thieves came back?" all three girls gulped real loud and backed up shaking. he grabbed his shirt from off the ground and examined it up close. He ran it over with a skeptical eye.
"not bad." he put the button up shirt back on but left it unbutton. the girls stared at him in confusion. scootaloo stepped up to him.
"really?" dolorem just nodded his head at the girls. they smiled ear to ear. applebloom spoke up.
"do ya think we could get our cutie marks this way?" dolorem stared at them very bewildered. twilight saw his confusion and stepped up.
"I can explain later but for now I think you owe him something." she glared at the girls who just blinked. then sweetie belle spoke.
"oh we'll send you the bill." twilight glared at the trio. they hung their head's in shame. all three talked together.
"ok. we're sorry." dolorem just grinned and started to laugh. his laugh was rough but it was warm and came from deep within his chest. everyone else also began to laugh along with him. dolorem just shook and looked at the fillies.
"keep the sleeves I don't need them." they lite up and rushed dolorem hugging his legs. he flinched and refrained from lashing out, his face scrunched in near pain but not quite. twilight saw this and remembered when pinkie pie had tried to hug him.
why does he do that? It's like he fears the act of hugging but why?
"ok girls we have something to do. why don't you take spike and go have some fun." spike snapped towards twilight with glee.
"you mean I get a day off?" he hopped from foot to foot. twilight smiled and nodded her head. the three fillies and spike rushed out the door giggling. twilight closed the door with her magic and locked it. she turned around to say something to dolorem but he was gone.
"over here." his voiced echoed from the back. twilight looked at her bed and saw dolorem setting down complete naked. twilight bit her lip and trotted over to him.
"ready?" dolorem laid down on his back letting twilight finally have her chance.

"Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time."

twilight scribbled down notes into the book of human anatomy on her bed. her tongue poked out the side of her mouth as she wrote down the measurements and sketched details. dolorem laid back on the couch reading a book over bedroom spells. he flipped the page examining the detailed information on the spells as twilight hummed to her self finishing the last of the drawing. she closed the book with a satisfied thump, placing it on the bed and walked off. she wondered towards dolorem still humming tonelessly.
" so what are you reading?" twilight sounded up beat. dolorem lifted up the book showing her the front cover. twilight read the tittle and chuckled nervously.
"I thought I had that put up to where to one could find it." dolorem glanced up and smirked at twilight. she blushed slightly and rubbed her head.
"so have you tried any of these?" dolorem asked as he continued to read on. twilight shook her head in response and climbed onto the couch next to him.
"so did you find anything in particular that you liked?" twilight leaned against dolorem heavily looking at the book with him. the page was on a spell that heighten stimulation for one or both participants. dolorem looked at twilight with a raised eye brow.
"why? are you interested in trying some of them?" twilight quickly got off of him mumbling about just being curious. he just shook his head and kept on reading. she was about to go on about just wondering about human interest when there was a knock at the door. twilight got off the couch and walked to the door opening it to reveal five bouncing mares eager to have more time with the human. twilight saw each of them grinning and nearly jumping.
"hey girls, what's up?" twilight stood there looking at them with fake surprise. the cyan Pegasus pushed her way to the front.
"you know damn well why we're here." she looked at twilight with beady eyes. twilight chuckled and stepped aside. the ponies all walked in and spotted dolorem on the couch. he was still flipping through the book and had not bothered to look up. he spoke out loud to no one in particular.
" you know there is a spell in here that causes males to have an erection for three days strait and have a nearly insatiable appetite for sex?" he said this with out a glance up and in a laid back tone. all the ponies stared at him wide eyed. dolorem looked up and acted surprise.
"oh sorry didn't know anypony else was here." dolorem mentally stepped back at his own comment.
Did I seriously just say anypony?
"don't mind him, he's just trying to embarrass me." twilight rolled her eyes and trotted to him levitation the book out of his hands and placing it on the very top of the book self.
I guess she's smarter then she looks.
"I was still reading that." twilight ignored him and turned to the other ponies.
"I know almost all of you have met him but he doesn't know your names. this is rainbow dash, rarity, applejack, and pinkie pie" each pony stepped up respectively as they were introduced except a yellow Pegasus that hid behind the rest. rainbow dash "accidently" knocked over appplejack, reviling her. applejack glared at rainbow dash as she shrugged her shoulders.
"oh and this is..." dolorem stood up and interrupted twilight.
"fluttershy. I know, we met the other morning." dolorem smiled as he looked at fluttershy who returned his with one of her own. they looked into each other's eyes still smiling at each other. twilight notice them and quickly spoke up.
"well I finally got him alone and undressed." twilight smirked as everyone turned to her.
let's see how he likes it.
dolorem chuckled and was about to reply when he noticed rarity was staring at him. he looked at her and notice she was looking at his right arm near the shoulder.
"a fire." rarity looked up quickly into his eyes about to apologize for staring. When yet again she was distracted by the slightly different color of his left eye. dolorem looked back into her sapphire eyes and she snapped out of it again.
"I'm sorry I was just wondering how you got them." dolorem just smiled and walked over to the couch to sit down.
"would you like a story time?" all the ponies looked to one another and decided to follow him. he sat down and they did the same in front of him. twilight sat the closes, right next to rarity, rainbow dash leaned close to applejack, placing her wing around her causing her to blush but she didn't pull away. pinkie pie decided to hop up on the other side of the couch and dolorem just looked at her with a raised eye brow. fluttershy hid in the back of the group. dolorem leaned forward, the ponies did too, bringing out his right arm. he lightly ran his fingers over the warped skin.
"I was sleeping in a shelter when it caught on fire. someone was trying to light a fire in the fireplace but it hadn't been used in years and was a rat's nest. they ran all over the shelter, scattering in different directions, setting cots and curtains ablaze. I was in the very back when I heard the chaos. the fire climbed the curtains to the ceiling and was eating away at the support beams. I was nearly out when I felt the urge to turn around and when I did I saw a child alone in the back. she was so young and afraid, calling out for her mom. I rushed back to her and grabbed ahold of her. she was so frighten that she didn't care, she just wanted her mother. I held her to my chest and started to head back when the ceiling began to collapse. her mother ran back in calling her name and when she saw me she couldn't be more relieved. I was nearly to her when a beam fell and it would have killed me hadn't it caught on the wall first. I had to think fast and tossed the child to her mother. the last thing I saw was her wrapping her arms around her daughter when everything went black. It was only a few seconds but it was an intense pain the brought me back. the beam was burning and the fire leaped to my arm. the shelter groaned loudly and I know I was going to be burned or buried alive. I pushed against the beam with all my strength but it wouldn't give. the fire seared my flesh and I remained pinned, I thought I was going to die. but at that moment a fire fighter rushed in with an axe and spot me. he ran over and started to chop away at the higher end of the beam when another fell. the second one smashed into mine and knocked it free but it landed on the fire fighter. I got up and stumbled towards him but it was to late. I barely had enough strength to walk out the door, let alone drag him out too. I was rushed to the hospital but I didn't feel any pain. the fire burned so deep that it killed the nerves around that area. I never was able to find out the name of the man who died trying to save me. I never got to thank him." dolorem talked slowly, his eyes glazed over with the past. fluttershy looked about ready to cry especially at the bit with the rats. applejack looked solemn as rainbow dash stared at the ground. rarity looked at him with large eyes while pinkie wanted to give him a hug but reframed from so. twilight simply nodded but inside she was touched deeply. dolorem just brushed the scar lightly again. then the door burst open as spike and the crusaders came rushing in, startling everyone. spike ran up to twilight out of breath.
"letter... from... Celestia." spike spoke between deep breaths holding out a scroll in his hand. twilight grabbed it and open it quickly reading. she looked up at dolorem with large eyes.
"she wants to meet you." dolorem looked at twilight confused.
who wants to meet me? with the way she looks, they seem very important.
everyone looked at dolorem in amazement. it wasn't everyday that Princess Celestia wanted to meet someone.

Scars are a reminder of the past. Not of pain but of what we have endured and what we can endure. I for one hope mine never fade because then I'll forget what I am capable of.