I sat there for a few minutes listening to music before deciding to get up. I always loved just sitting there listening to music, lost in my own world. I packed my song book back into my bag, then grabbed my guitar and everything else I would need. I waved to the guards, who gave a slight nod, as I walked out of the room.
I got into the hallway, and every direction looked exactly the same. Why would you make every place the same? Wouldn’t you get lost all the time. I stopped and looked down all of the hallways to see if there was some clue as to where the gardens were. On second thought I probably should have asked the guards where to go. Against my better judgement I decided to just walk around until I could figure out where I was going.
As luck would have it I eventually ran into Fluttershy entering the hallway from one of the many connecting rooms. It only took me forty minutes, nah, really more like thirty nine to get out of this whole hallway mess, thanks to little old Fluttershy, who was holding something in her mouth.
"Wait up Fluttershy." I called out. I must have startled her because she jumped and even flew off the ground a little bit, dropping what was in her mouth, it was some sort of wire, looked like it would be used in a fence. I figured they were using it in the garden for some reason or another. I felt pretty bad about scaring her thought and picked it up.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't think I was going to scare you like that." I apologized. Fluttershy just gave a weak, albeit cute smile.
"No, it’s my fault for overreacting, I just get so scared all the time." Fluttershy said sweetly landing back on the ground. I thought about saying something about how she always blames herself for things that happen, but I figured she gets told that enough, and she wouldn’t really listen to me anyways.
"So, how's the work in the gardens coming along?" I asked, trying to tone down my voice a bit so I didn’t accidentally scare her again.
"It's going very well, I just moved all the animals to safer areas so they wouldn't be trampled or scared while everypony’s there. Applejack is building stands right now, Rainbow is putting up more of this wire to make sure the animals don’t come back in, Pinkie is blowing up balloons and beach balls. Rarity is getting some of the other decorations ready, and Spike, well, he is sleeping peacefully." Fluttershy said, smiling lightly.
"Wow, you girls sure do make progress." I said, giving her the wire back. As I handed her the wire, I accidentally brushed up against one of her wings, which was already extended, most likely from me scaring her earlier. She reared away from me and squeaked.
"Oh, I'm sorry.” I said. “Did I hit something sensitive?" I asked, looking at her, concerned. I was afraid this little chat of ours was going in a direction I definitely didn’t want it to.
"Um-um ye-yes." She said weakly.
'Oh great job, I probably look like a perv right now!' I thought to myself, hoping that this would just be taken for what it was, an accident. Thankfully she didn’t feel the need to elaborate on the situation any further, and we continued heading towards the gardens. The air here was warmer, most likely indicating spring was coming soon. We still had a while to go, and the awkward silence, still lingering from the events that just transpired, really didn't help.
Finally Fluttershy broke the silence, but I think after hearing what she said, I would have been ok with us just not saying one word the whole way there.
"So did you and Twilight, you know?" Fluttershy asked.
"Did we what?" I asked.
"Mate." Fluttershy stated with, a bit of a giggle, even though you could easily tell the topic was a tiny bit frightening for her. Hearing her ask that really just about made my eyes pop out of my head. This little, scared, innocent pegasus was asking me about my sexual relationship with Twilight. I really didn’t know what to do, this was just getting more and more awkward.
"No, we didn’t. Although it’s not really anyone’s business but our own, but I don’t we ever will anyways. Mostly because I have no problem with dating Twilight, I just don't think I could ever bring myself to, well you know..." I stated with a slight blush.
"You did say ‘think’, so there is a chance, even if it is small." Fluttershy giggled. It was really surprising to see this new brave and blunt side of her. Twilight told me about one time when a guy named Iron Will taught Fluttershy how to be assertive, and she became like this huge bully that was really mean to everyone. I never really believed her, but I think I’m starting to a little more now.
"Ok, can we please just drop the whole sex topic? It’s making me kind of uncomfortable." I pleaded..
"Only if you say please." Fluttershy said.
"Please." I said, I was beginning to believe that whole assertiveness thing even more now.
"I want you to beg for it." She said with a blush.
'Oh god, I think she’s coming onto me, but I’ll do anything to just drop it and be done with subject.' I thought. Don't think I was scared of her, I just wanted out of the situation was all.
"Please, please, please Fluttershy drop the subject." I begged.
"That wasn't very good, I want you to get on your knees and beg like you really want it to end." Fluttershy commanded. I sighed before I got down and kneeled before her.
"Please oh great Fluttershy, with all that is your inspiring greatness, allow me, a simple commoner, your permission to drop the subject of sex between Twilight and I." I was actually starting to beg now.
"I guess, but I didn't think you would beg that much." Fluttershy said. I sighed as I began to think that she was just trolling me. I still just couldn’t get over her excessive amount of blushing throughout the entire conversation.
"Can you not bring up the fact that I just begged to a small yellow pony though? It’s kind of embarrassing back where I come from, and it probably would be here as well." I said.
"I guess, but who knows? Maybe there will be a time when you’re just half the size of my hoof, then who would be the small one?" Fluttershy said.
"I don’t see how that could ever happen, I’ve been eating bananas, so no magic can affect me.” I said with a slight grin.
"There is more than just magic though, forget to watch what you drink and you could end up just an inch tall." Fluttershy said.
'Note to self, don't drink anything that Fluttershy gives me.' I thought, making a mental note.
"I see, I'll make sure I only drink human things then." I said. She just giggled.
"So then how much closer are we to the stadium?" I asked.
"Only about five minutes away." Fluttershy said.
I sighed as we kept walking, this became way more awkward than I ever thought it would. I found out that Fluttershy has a crush on me, she gave a hint that she might try to shrink me, and possibly keep me as a pet or god knows what she could do if she was a skyscraper sized pony.
"So how are you and Twilight doing?" Fluttershy asked.
"I thought we agreed to just drop the whole sex thing?" I sighed.
"I think you mean you begged." Fluttershy giggled. I rolled my eyes at that comment, and tried to brush the fact off that I begged to a little pony.
"Yea yea very funny, but for real, please don't tell me you're trying to bring up sex again, and you are just talking about the normal relationship details. In which case yes, we are doing very well, I even hit it off pretty well with her parents. As for her brother and his wife, I have no idea how I’m doing there." I explained.
"That's nice." Fluttershy mumbled quietly. I nodded, trying to keep the silence between us, now that this conversation had gotten awkward. The stadium was right in front of us, I noticed it because I saw a giant net of wire, at least it was almost complete. I saw Applejack give a sigh before she tipped her hat to me, I returned the same favor by nodding. I noticed that Rainbow swooped down and grabbed the wire from Fluttershy, as she quickly went to work finishing off the rest of the wired area. Which she did in ten seconds flat, to make it about twenty percent cooler.
She motioned for me to come over to her, I quickly set my things down and walked over to her. She pulled me in and began to whisper something in my ear.
"You want to pull a prank on Applejack?" Rainbow Dash asked very quietly.
"Sure, sounds like fun, what is it?" I asked. I watched her as she pulled out some metal things, I've never seen them before but it looked like it was used to grab things. She pulled out a flower and started to giggle.
"This here will shrink Applejack into as I like to call her Appletini." Rainbow chuckled.
"You know what, I'm in, I'll distract her." I chuckled thinking of how good this would end up. I walked up to Applejack and started making small talk about this whole battle of the bands thing. Until I saw Rainbow drop the flower down on her head. She quickly grabbed it and gasped.
"Rainbow Dash!" Applejack yelled.
"Oops." She chuckled.
"Don't worry they're fresh so it should only take a few more minutes to work." She finished the last part before she flew up higher. I was just laughing the whole time.
"Well then it seems like I can't get the mastermind, so I'll get her sidekick." Applejack with a grin.
"Not gonna happen." I said taking off. One thing I forgot was A. She was a pony and could easily catch up to me. B. The prank took a few minutes to activate. C. I was screwed. D. Save me Tom Cruise and Baby Jebus. This plan did not work out so well as she tackled me down and shoved the flower in my mouth, and forced me to chew and swallow. She started to shrink when I shoved her off of me. Rainbow spoke up.
"Well I'll take tiny here home, since the others have all already left." Rainbow said as she picked up Applejack. I was left here with Fluttershy, because Twilight was still with the princess. So I decided to start heading back to Twilight's parent’s house. Until I stopped and leaned over and threw up before my whole world started to spin, and I noticed Fluttershy getting bigger and bigger.
'Damnit Applejack, I’m going to kill you.' I thought before I passed out. Fluttershy had a concerned look before it turned into a huge grin, and then she picked me up.
"Well I'm sure Twilight won't mind if I watch over her boyfriend for a while." Fluttershy giggled.
"Alright Princess, I'll be back tomorrow." Twilight said as two guards opened the door for her. She gave a smile until she saw that her boyfriend was missing. The guards said he went for a walk and never came back.
"Maybe he's outside." Twilight said to herself as she quickly teleported herself outside. She noticed the stage area was complete, but saw nopony, nobody, and not even Spike. She was starting to get nervous. Then she figured he was probably back home at her parent’s house. She perked up thinking this and started running to the hot air balloons.