//------------------------------// // The Sweetest Dream P1 // Story: Clarity // by FallenShadow000 //------------------------------// Six months came and went after that. My half-sister and her grandmother had caught me in November to harass me on my birthday about how I left; I ended up with a sore throat and a day’s worth of nausea. Such a nice gift hm? After that followed three days of my mother and I arguing back and forth about how to get them off my back; she was a bit hypocritical about the scenario, never being able to make up her mind about whether I should talk to them or just cut them off completely. I broke down and cried, draining all emotion from me and leaving what was then an empty husk. Nothing else significant happened, and all the while my inherent laziness and constant fatigue hung over me like a big, black rain cloud, draining my energy. It wasn’t until the night of December 1st, when I decided to turn in early, that the love and camaraderie of the entire MLP machine took form and I had a dream that would change me forever. This dream happened with Fluttershy. I walked along a beautiful mountain path, and found her there as she crossed me. She shied away for a moment, but did not recoil. I knelt before her and swept her mane from her eyes asking her, “Fluttershy, why are you so cute?” She blushed deeply, and stuttered with a smile “I… I am?” I scooped her up as I lay on my back in the grass, and kissed her on the cheek. “You most certainly are.” She hugged me tight, kissed me back and said “Awww, I love you too.” We sat cuddling for several minutes, before I looked up at her and asked, “Can we stay like this, forever?” I felt the heat in my face as I said it. "Oh, I'd like that a lot...” she said to me. “b-but I'm afraid I'll need to go home tonight. I'd love it if you could come back with me to my home... it’s a cottage just outside of Ponyville. My cottage is a nice place to be, all my animal friends will love you! You'd love it there! Will you come home with me? Pretty Please?" She gave me that look from behind her mane; that shy gaze that no man in their right mind could say no to. "Only if I get to carry you there," I said, kissing her nose. "Yay!" she leapt into my arms, nuzzling my cheek affectionately. She pointed with her hoof, "Ponyville's that way.... and my house is just at the edge of the Everfree Forest. You can't miss it." I could feel the feathers of her wings as I carried her to her cottage. She was soft and delicate, yet did not feel fragile. For miles I seemed to walk, occasionally scratching her belly and ears, or running my fingers through her mane. She responded by booping my nose with her soft hoof. In no time at all it seemed, we reached her cottage. As I walked closer to the door, she reached her hoof up, and pulled my head in to kiss me. I felt every bit: Her soft, smooth hooves and her warm lips. I've never felt anything like it. She told me she loved me, and a hard blush ran across her nose. It suddenly started to rain heavily. “The Pegasi must have planned a downpour this evening. We should go inside. ” Angel was stoking the fireplace; I felt the dampness of the rain in my clothes and her mane, and the warmth of the crackling fire. I laid Fluttershy on the rug in front of the fireplace after removing my shoes and jacket. “I’ll make the cocoa,” I said. “It’s on the 3rd shelf of the cupboard, just to the left of the pantry,” she said. “T-Thank you.” I walked to the kitchen, where there was a kettle of boiling water. I filled two mugs with cocoa mix and water, grabbing a wool blanket as I walked back to the living room. We sat on the couch quietly drinking our cocoa as the rain fell. Inner warmth. The warmest I've ever felt. I could even taste the chocolate from the mug. It was beyond magic, beyond all comprehension. I set my mug down on the table, and Fluttershy cuddled up into my lap, nuzzling my chest. She looked up at me, asking if we could stay like this, forever. I looked down into those pretty blue eyes, and thought I'd get lost in them. "Of course we can".