//------------------------------// // A Meeting of Worlds. Toby and Starbloom. // Story: Meeting of Worlds - A Crossover Story // by L_Wolf //------------------------------// Chapter 3 Starbloom woke up a few hours after having fallen asleep, sitting up slowly in the bed grunting softly her hoof moving to her shoulder. Looking around she spotted the small creature she helped sitting near by watching her. When he saw her moving he got up and went over to the bed. "A... are you, alright? I.. I'm sorry, you got hurt... because of me." He said in his soft timid voice. He looked very apologetic, thinking she had gotten injured fighting off the bullies that had been teasing him on his way home. "Is.. there, a.. anything I can do... to help you?" He offered giving her a shy smile. She looked around the room slowly before looking back over at Toby, she recognized the room as Fluttershy's room, she had stayed here before with the cutie mark crusaders. But considering how Applejack reacted, she decided not to mention she knew where she was. "Where.... am I?" She asked softly looking at him. "You're... in mama's house, my name is Toby." He said watching her quietly, "W.. what is your name, if I may ask?" He asked her quietly moving in closer to check on the cold pads to see if they needed to be changed. "My name... it's Starbloom," She said watching him quietly as he checked on her injuries. "D.. don't worry about me getting hurt either.. those bullies needed to be taught a lesson." She said giving him a smile wincing softly when he put a little to much pressure on her shoulder. "I.. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." He said moving his hands away seeing her wince in pain. "Mama h.. has a softer... touch then I do..." he said looking down pouting softly. She reached a hoof up and put it on his hand softly smiling at him. "Hey.. don't worry bout it, I've had worse. Your touch is very soft.... speaking of... who is your mother anyways?" She asked looking him over, he was definitely not a pony. She hadn't seen anything that looked like him before, but she didn't want to be rude and ask him what he was either. He looked down at her and smiled looking at her hoof on his hand. "My mama... is Fluttershy... she adopted me," she said smiling at her. "She takes very good care of me, along with auntie Rarity, auntie Applejackie, auntie, Pinkie Pie, auntie Rainbow Dash, and auntie Twilight Sparkle." Starbloom blinked a few times as she listen to him tilting her head faintly to one side. She was more confused now then she was earlier. Things are definitely different here then were she came from, which explained how Applejack reacted to her when she first woke up in the field. "I see, she sounds like she's very friendly if you adopted you." Starbloom said smiling up at him. "Can I meet her and talk to her?" she asked smiling at him some more. Toby smiled at her, "Y.. yes mama is very nice," he said then frowned softly, "I'm sorry... b.. but mama isn't home right now... she went into town... she should be home soon though." He said and she blinked at the apology. "Oh, it's okay you don't gotta be sorry. I can wait till she gets home." She said moving slowly to get to her hooves wincing softly, her shoulder had gotten stiff. She felt his hands on her sides as helped her to her hooves. She smiled at him "Thank you, for the help Toby." She said softly standing up, looking up at him, he was just a little taller then she was, the tip of her nose coming to his neck. He smiled down at her, "Y.. your welcome, M.. Ms. Starbloom. Are you sure.. you should be up though? I.. I mean I don't want you to get hurt more." He said shyly to her doing his best to help keep her steady. Starbloom tilted her head faintly at being called miss, even as an adult no one had called her that. She giggled softly shaking her head a bit. "You don't have to call me Ms. Starbloom, and yea I'm alright, just need to work my shoulder a little, it's getting stiff just laying in bed." "O... okay Starbloom, if your sure." he said smiling at her following her as she started to walk down the stairs from the second story bedroom. "If... if you need help.. or anything, just ask me... okay?" He said smiling at her doing his best to help. She was being slow to keep from stressing her shoulder out. She looked around quietly smiling, it was a lot like the cottage in her world. The second one she had grown up in, she barely remembered her original world. "Thank you Toby," She said looking over at him and smiled moving to take a seat on the soft to rest her shoulder. "If.. it isn't to much trouble, I could use something to drink." She said smiling at him. "Of course Starbloom... I.. I'll go get that for you." He said smiling as he went to the kitchen to fix her something to drink. While he was in the kitchen she reached up and slipped the headband off. She chewed the back in half and pushed the gems against forehead using her magic she tied the ends together behind her head to keep them firmly in place so they would stop slipping loose. After getting the headband fixed she adjusted her bangs looking up as Toby came back in with a glass. "I.. I wasn't sure.. what you liked, so I got you some apple juice... I hope that's ok." He said bringing the glass over to her smiling. "That's good, I like apple juice." She said smiling at him, the gems lighting up as she took the cup in her magic and sipped from it. "Mmm thank you very much Toby." She said thinking for a moment as she sipped her drink, "Say, can you tell me about yourself, and how you meet Fluttershy?" She asked, her curiosity about him peeking again. Toby blinked and lowered his head with a frown "W.. well, Starbloom I.. I.." He couldn't help but shake as he felt tears start to shed. Starbloom reaching over and softly put a hoof on his shoulder giving him a concerned look. He let a deep sigh and looked at Starbloom in her eyes as he carefully sat down by sofa to let her lay on it as she rested her shoulder. "A couple years ago when I was six, I lived on a planet called Earth. W... well, I made a wish one night to find a new home, and live with a new family who would love me," he turned his head away so Starbloom won't see him crying. Starbloom's gems light up as she floated a nearby cloth over and softly wiped at his eyes giving him the towel. But she stayed quiet so he could tell his story tilting her head faintly as she listen to him. She didn't want to interrupt him. "Two years before I became six, my mommy died in a car accident, and my dad started being mean to me," he shook as he kept his head turned. "He called me weak, puny, and a little brat. The worse thing he said to me was that my mommy's death was because of me." He choked back sobs. "The night I made my wish, he hit me across the face," he slowly turned his head toward Starbloom to show her that it was his left cheek. Starbloom frowned softly hearing that he was hit, reaching over with her unhurt shoulder to hug him softly. He swallowed deeply, "The next day I woke in Fluttershy's bed. I was scared at first, but Fluttershy was so nice and caring to me that I felt safe with her," he gave Starbloom a soft smile. "She introduced me to all of her friends, the princess, and Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle," he reached up to wipe away his tears with the cloth. "I decided I wanted to stay, and Fluttershy decided to adopt me as her own son. I learned the same night, she made a wish to have a little colt or filly of her own," he smiled brightly. "Princess Luna was the one who brought me here, and told me that me and Fluttershy was meant to find each other," he looked at Starbloom. "Then I had a new family and lived in a new home. "I see... that explain a lot, thank you for telling me Toby." She said smiling at him sipping her juice again after hearing the story, still upset to learn his own father would do that. But it definitely made a lot of sense to her now. Who he was and how he ended up here, and how he ended up with Fluttershy, it was certainly something Fluttershy would do.