//------------------------------// // Love // Story: Fluttershy's Garden // by SilentWanderer //------------------------------// It is now three days since the usurper invaded my home. I can only watch as she takes over everything that is mine. She somehow managed to befriend almost all of my animals. Only my loyal Angel still rejects her attempts. She keeps trying to take my place with my friends. Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, and Rarity already accepted her, and forgot all about me. Rainbow Dash still rejects her, but she is insistent. I don't know for how long will Rainbow be able to resist. As for Pinkie Pie, she is a mystery. She considers everypony a good friend, and I don't know when she will forget me, or if she already did. Speaking of Pinkie Pie, I hear her characteristic trot outside my front door. That pegasus opens the door, with her fake innocent smile. Pinkie Pie gives her an invitation for another newcomer welcome party, and leaves. -*-*-*- The party is boring as usual. Spring Egg tries again to charm Rainbow Dash. Happily, she fails. Rainbow just turns her head and flies away. She then goes towards Pinkie Pie, who is chatting with the newcomer, probably to attempt to poison them both against me. The newcomer is a gorgeous unicorn stallion. His strong light brown body is topped by a well-groomed dark brown mane. His dark brown eyes are like two precious stones. In front of them, a gleaming pair of glasses showcases his intelligence. His cutie mark, a quill and a scroll, reflects his chosen profession. -*-*-*- To this day, I still do not know how Rarity managed to convince me to come with her on that shopping trip to Canterlot. I was walking on the street, watching the displays, when I accidentally ran into that unicorn. “I'm so so sorry. I wasn't paying attention,” I said. “I'm sorry too. It was me who wasn't paying attention.” He helped me stand up. We looked at each other. We went our separate ways. That night, I could not sleep. I could only think of that moment, frozen in my mind. His beautiful dark brown eyes. -*-*-*- “What has gotten into you, Fluttershy? You are more distracted than usual.” “Sorry.” “Here, hold these for me too. I have to check this new fabric store.” She added more weight to my already full saddlebags. I did not care, because next to the store, I saw him, sitting alone on a desk, wearing his glasses, studying a menu. I gathered all of my courage, and sat in front of him. He raised his beautiful eyes from the menu, and looked directly at me. I wished time would freeze at that instant. “I'm sorry for the other day.” How much I had longed to hear that voice again! “Do you want a drink as an apology?” He passed me the menu. I quickly ordered a simple blend of coffee. As if destiny itself was telling me that we were meant for each other, he had ordered the exact same kind of coffee. We talked for a long time, while drinking that single cup of coffee. He told me that he was a novelist. I told him about my work with the animals at Ponyville. He paid for our drinks and left, saying that he had a meeting with his editor. I stayed there. Rarity arrived, carrying a single roll of fabric and complaining about the prices. -*-*-*- “Why did you decide to come to Ponyville?” asks Spring Egg. “I have been having trouble coming up with new ideas,” answers my love, Script Letter. “My editor suggested that a change of scenery could help. For some reason, Ponyville came to my mind.” I drink every word that he pronounces. On the other hoof, Spring Egg's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me. “I'm here for work. My predecessor had an accident, and I was sent here as a replacement.” You were sent here to steal my place. Fortunately, the Mayor decides that it is a good time to make sure that she gets two more votes on the next election. As always happens when she does that, each one gives her a lame excuse and goes to a separate direction. I vigilantly watch over Script Letter for the rest of the party. He does not talk to anypony else. In the distance, Spring Egg continues to steal my place with my friends, and makes two more attempts to talk to Rainbow Dash. -*-*-*- It is now four days since the usurper invaded my home. She is so bad at managing the amount of food she uses to bribe my animals, that she has to go to the market to buy more. While we fly there, I see Script Letter sitting on a desk in front of a coffehouse, drinking coffee and taking notes on a notepad. Spring Egg changes her direction, and lands in front of him. Weren't you going to buy food? “Good morning.” “Good morning,” answers my love, barely looking up from his notepad. “I hope I'm not interrupting you.” “It's not a problem. I'm out of ideas at the moment.” He puts his notepad down, and looks at Spring Egg with his beautiful brown eyes. “Our talk yesterday was interrupted, wasn't it?” “Yes, you were talking about your work here in Ponyville.” They talk for more than an hour. Spring Egg tells him about the animals that she stole from me. Script Letter tells her about some of the novels that he wrote. She even orders the same simple blend of coffee that he is drinking. Finally, she decides to say that she has to go. She doesn't go to the market. Instead, she goes after Rainbow Dash, who is flying around. Weren't you going to buy food? -*-*-*- “Not you again!” “Please, Rainbow Dash, I just want to watch! I won't interrupt your work.” Rainbow Dash sighs, defeated. “All right, you win. I'll let you watch me work. But just this time. Just. This. Time.” -*-*-*- It is now ten days since the usurper invaded my home. She stole my house. She stole my animals. She stole my friends. She stole my love. Every morning, she meets him at the coffeehouse. She orders the same thing that he orders. They talk, for hours, about nothing in particular. Today, she invites him to her house. To meet her animals. My house. My animals. I can't stand this anymore. I take one last look at the house where I lived so many happy moments. I take one last look at the animals who I cared for since their birth. I go away, without looking back.