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// "Later!" 
// Story: Flower 
// by Nodoga 
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"NO!" Flower shook his head sternly. "We need to talk now, otherwise we'll procrastinate."

Fluttershy looked embarrassed. "Y-you're right." She looked Flower in the eyes. "So, w-what happened out there?"

Flower laughed nervously. "If I'm not mistaken, we were about to kiss each other?" He hoped this comment didn't offend her... But after all... She seemed eager too...

Fluttershy nodded to his statement. "What do you think this means? I mean...You don't have to answer if you want..." Her timid self came out more, her voice became almost less than a whisper.

Flower scratched his head. "Uhm...Fluttershy...there's something I w-want to tell you..." He stammered upon his words uncontrollably as a wave of nervousness hit him, "T-tonight I had a dream a-and in this dream I realized something... Something b-b-big..." He could feel butterflies exploding in his stomach; sweat accumulated on his forehead and behind his neck, "I-I think I... uhm... I... lo-" Somepony knocked at the door. Flower thought he might explode from nervousness.

"Excuse me, I'll see who's there." Fluttershy left the kitchen, crossed the living room and walked to the door.

She opened the door timidly, and Flower swore an explosion happened when a bubbly mare exploded through the door, quite the foil of Fluttershy.

"FLUTTERSHY, are you here?" She turned around and saw Fluttershy getting up from being shoved aside by the door. "Come on Fluttershy, sleep time is over silly! I wanted to ask you something. Do you have seen a stallion named Flower? Rainbow told me that he was looking for me and now I’m looking for him, but I couldn't find him in the town so I decided to ask you if you had seen him and now I'm here! Did you see him?"

Fluttershy just looked to the kitchen door where Flower stood.

The pink mare followed her glance and saw the stallion standing there, in a state of shock. "Oh Fluttershy, you little temptress. You've already caught this fish in your net huh?"

Fluttershy's face turned redder than a radish. "What? No...I- I mean yes...maybe...I...uhm...eeek" she laid on the ground and hid her face behind her hooves in embarrassment.

The pink mare walked up to Flower. "HIIII, my name is Pinkie Pie, you must be Flower, right? I love to meet new ponies. OHHH we have so much to make up, I must throw a Welcome-Flower-Party and then we have to become best friend forever and do funny stuff together! I'm so excited!!!" Pinkie clapped her hooves in excitement. But she stopped and set up a questioning face. "But why exactly were you looking for me?"

"Well, it's a long story. Before I came here I worked on a rock farm to earn some money. I worked there for a year and a half until I saved enough money to buy a house somewhere." Fluttershy was up already and joined Pinkie Pie. They both listened Flower's story. "When I told the owner of the rock farm that I move to Ponyville, he told me that one of his daughters is living there. He gave me her name and a letter for her but forgot to tell me what she looks like. The name of his daughter is Pinkamena Diane Pie."

Pinkie Pie raised her hoof. "Ooh! Here! Here! Here! I'm Pinkamena Diane Pie! Just call me Pinkie Pie! You said you have a letter from my dad?"

"Yes, it's right here." Flower gave her the letter and Pinkie read it silently.
After a couple of seconds she looked up and said with a bright smile, "Sure, you can stay with me until you have your own house!"

Flower smiled and looked over to Fluttershy. He was sure, that he saw a sad expresion on her face for a second.

"Great, follow me. At first I'll introduce you to my friends, then I show you the whole town and after this we celebrate your arrival. This is going to be so much fun." Pinkie grabbed his hoof and dragged him to the door.

Flower looked back to Fluttershy. "Uhm bye, thanks again. I'll be back soon!"

Fluttershy waved farewell to them both. "I'm waiting for you!"

Pinkie Pie stopped, turned around and grabbed Fluttershy too. "I can't seperate you from him where you just met each other!" Pinkie giggled about how Flower and Fluttershy blush.





The three ponies entered Sugar Cube Corner. In the inside waited four mares, Flower already knew three of them, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle. The fourth had a white coat and a purple, fashionable mane.

"GIRLS, look who I found. This is Flower, he's new in ponyville and we have to make a Welcome-Flower-Party. But what is even more interesting," Pinkie lowered her voice but still audible "He's Fluttershy's first coltfriend." Pinkie started to giggle uncontrollably.

Flower wanted to say something against it, but suddenly a angry looking pegasus appeared in front of him. "Where were you? I waited two hours here with Pinkie Pie for you."

Flower was dumbfounded. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I wanted to meet you after an hour but I got...uhm distracted, however, please let me invite you two to a dinner as an apology." Flower stumbled upon words in front of Rainbow's intimidating face.
Rainbow cooled down a bit and replied, "Fine," a grin appeared on her face, "but just because you are Fluttershy's first coltfriend." And then she burst into laughter.

Flower rolled his eyes. "Haha, very funny."

Pinkie jumped between them and said cheerfully, "Stop it Rainbow, you flirted enough with him. He is still Fluttershy's coltfriend , don´t forget it!"

Rainbow stopped laughing and blushed. "H- how do you come up with the idea that I flirt with him?"

Pinkie looked at her inquisitively, "Rainbow, do I really have to answer this question?"

"I...him...you...her...what?" Rainbow was speechless, she had no idea how to answer this question.

Pinkie jumped cheerfully to Flower and laid a hoof around his neck. "Well, I think you and Rainbow know each other already so I introduce you to my other friends! Twilight Sparkle, geek extraordinaire!" She pointed at the purple Unicorn, "She is very smart, great in magic and such stuff, runs the local Library and is Princess Celestia's personal protégé and student!" Flower waved to her, quite impressed to meet Celestia's personal student.

Pinkie pointed at the orange coated mare with the Stetson hat, "The next one is Applejack. She is really tough, really helpful and always honest. And she works at Sweet Apple Acres where grows the most delicious apples." He waved to her too.

"And last but not least, Rarity. She's the owner of the Carousel Boutique and make fancy dresses and suits. She's very generous, very fashionable and..." Pinkie lowerd her head and whispered into Flower's ear "And if you want to talk about a...uhem special somepony, you should ask her. I know from a trustful source that she is the closest friend of this...uhem special somepony." Pinkie looked over to Fluttershy, she suppressed her laughter. "And if you go to her anyway, you could ask if she can make a suit for your first date?" And then she burst into laughter. Pinkie rolled over the floor and hold her stomach while she laughed uncontrollably.

Flower started to get annoyed, but he couldn´t hide his smile. Sure, this mare teased him with that from the very beginning, but it was charming in a strange way. He just met her and yet it felt as he know her for ages. Flower started to feel something he had never felt before.

He felt at home.