//------------------------------// // A Party // Story: A Strange Dream // by Durant //------------------------------// Suddenly the windows in the room opened and a lot of ponies yelled "Surprise!". Fluttershy didn't have time to do anything as a large green monster jumped and landed on Fluttershy. Fluttershy opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came out. The monster looked at her and Fluttershy looked into his eyes, only to realize she knew the monster. "G-Gummy?" The large alligator looked at her and blinked his eyes. "Gummy that's no way to treat a guest." Pinkie Pie said happily jumping over to her, followed by Rainbow Dash who flew over and hugged her. Gummy rolled off of her and walked off. "Sorry, Gummy got a little carried away." Pinkie apologized. "It's ok, he didn't hurt me." Fluttershy said getting up "Happy anniversary Babe!" Rainbow said as Fluttershy looked on in awe. "It's a party?" Fluttershy said looking around the room; all of her friends were there, the was food spread across the table, the room was decorated with all sorts of plants, and a large cake sat in the back of the room with the words "Happy Anniversary Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy" written on it. "Hey Mom, I hope we didn't scare you to much." Mach said flying towards her. "Well, no,but why did you try and scare me?" Fluttershy asked. "We didn't mean to, by the time we realized it was kind of creepy you already on your way up." Rainbow explained. "Did you plan this Rainbow?" Fluttershy asked. "Well kind of." "It was meant to surprise both of you, but then I realized I needed one of you to know so this would be the best party ever! Just relax and have fun." Pinkie laughed bouncing over to a young unicorn and Applejack. Butterfly made a slightly gasping sound and flew off to join the conversation. "There she goes again?" Rainbow laughed. Fluttershy just gave Rainbow a small smile. "I'm going to go talk to Scootaloo," Mach told his parents as he flew off into the crowd of ponies. "Rainbow, did you get these flowers?" Fluttershy asked picking one up. "No, Pinkie got all the flowers." Rainbow answered. "But these flowers don't grow in Ponyville, its not hot enough." Fluttershy looked around the room at all the different flowers that she had only seen in books, but never in Ponyville. "Ya, Pinkie got flowers from all over the place, a matter of fact she got these last night." Rainbow said picking up a flower. "That’s why we stopped last night. I didn't want you to see Pinkie picking these flowers,” Rainbow laughed. " I really like them." "I'm glad you do." Rainbow looked over at the dance floor "Shy,would you like to dance?" Rainbow asked with a rose in her mouth.. Fluttershy started to answer but she got distracted as her eyes fell on a lavender pony, drinking some punch. "What are you doing to me Twilight?" "Shy!?" Fluttershy jumped at the sound of Rainbow voice. Fluttershy turned towards Rainbow who had a hurt look on her face. "Yes Rainbow?" "I asked if you want to dance." "Oh,sure I would love to dance." "Great!" Rainbow grabbed Fluttershy and dragged her on to the dance floor. Rainbow danced with Fluttershy wildly smiling at her whole time. Fluttershy felt a little sick, but was happy to be with Rainbow for the time being. Rainbow twirled Fluttershy, but lost control and sent her twirling into the crowd. Fluttershy hit something big, but somewhat soft and fell to the ground. Looking up she saw a face of a stallion she knew very well, Big Macintosh "Are you ok Mrs. Fluttershy?" Big Mac asked. "I...um..." "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to lose control of you out there." Rainbow apologized as she flew towards her. "It's ok Rainbow, I'm not hurt." Rainbow smiled then turned to Big Mac. "I'm guessing you’re not hurt either are you Big Mac?" "Nnnope," Big Mac chuckled a little. "Youu don't have to worry about hurting my Big Mac,” Mrs.Cherilee said, walk up to them. "Hey Cherilee, how have you been?" Rainbow asked. "Pretty good, finally getting use to the farm life thanks to my Mac." Cherilee said happily nuzzling Big Macs neck. Fluttershys eyes widen realizing their were a couple...a married couple from the sound of it. From the corner of her eye Fluttershy could see Butterfly flying towards them and a unicorn behind her. The same unicorn Pinkie was talking to earlier. "Mom, mommy can Wild Apple come over tomorrow?" Butterfly asked. Fluttershy looked at the young unicorn, red fur, purple mane, green eyes. he had a cutie mark of an apple with sparks coming out of it. "What do you think, Shy?" Rainbow joked "I don't see why not. As long as its ok with Wild Apple’s parents." "It's ok with us,” Miss Cherille chimed in. Butterfly and Wild apple high hoofed and walked off laughing. Fluttershy was a little surprised that Big Mac and Cherille had a foal. "Butterfly is a cute foal," "Wild Apple is pretty cute himself. Butterfly sure likes him," Rainbow said as they all started to laugh a little. "We'll be seeing are you around," Big Mac said walking away. Cherille trotted after him. "Just think one day we may be in laws," Rainbow joked. "Ya, that will be a gr-," Fluttershy stopped as Twilight walked by. "Rainbow I'll be right back." Fluttershy felt a little guilty leaving Rainbows side, but she had to know what Twilight did. She kissed Rainbow and flew over to the table that Twilight was sitting at. "Hey Twilight." "Oh hey Fluttershy, happy anniversary." "Thanks, we need to talk." "About what?" "Have you heard of a spell called "Locking Memories?" Twilight eyes widened. "N-no, I haven't." "I was looking through a spell book, and something odd happened when I opened the book to the page that had the "Locking Memories" spell." "Well that's very interesting, but I think Pinkie Pie is calling me. I'll see you around." Twilight started to briskly walk away "No, I know you did something and I want to know what it was...Twilight I'm hurting really bad. I'm in love with Rainbow, I love my foals but I don't remember anything my life with them up to this point. I want to remember Twilight." Fluttershy said as tears started to flow. "Fluttershy I didn't mean to ma-" Twilight couldn’t finish her sentence before she was pushed to the floor. "What did you do Fluttershy?!" Rainbow asked, almost shouting on top of Twilight. "I didn't do anything." "Then why is Fluttershy crying?!" Rainbow demanded growling slightly "Rainbow, she really didn't do anything to me," Fluttershy said, nuzzling against Rainbow. Rainbow seemed to calm down immediately as Fluttershy spoke to her. Rainbow backed off and helped Twilight up. "Now hug and make up," Fluttershy said. Rainbow rolled her eyes and hugged Twilight. "I'm sorry for pushing you down. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions." "It's ok Rainbow, I know what it looked like," Twilight replied. “I bet you do.” Rainbow said under her breath. "What was that Rainbow?" Twilight asked "Oh nothing just talking to myself." Rainbow said as she walked off. "Twilight I need to know what you di-" Fluttershy started to say before she was cut by Twilight. "Fluttershy I need to take care of this." Twilight showed Fluttershy her elbows and both were bleeding a little. "Listen come by the library tomorrow morning and I'll tell you about...something," Twilight said. She gave Fluttershy a hug and left. "Something?" Fluttershy asked herself . Fluttershy doubted Twilight was coming back. She sighed and flew back to Rainbow who was eating a piece of cake with another pony. Seeing the other mare made Fluttershy uneasy, as if she was jealous or upset. As Fluttershy returned Rainbow put down her fork and smiled at Fluttershy. "Hey Shy." Rainbow averted her gaze. "Hey, Fluttershy," the other mare said "Hey you..." Fluttershy said trying to get a name. "Scoots, can you leave us alone for a little bit?" Rainbow asked "Umm....ok." Scootaloo slowly walked away. As Scootaloo got out of earshot Rainbow hugged Fluttershy close. "Fluttershy I'm sorry for acting that way." "It’s ok Rainbow. I know how it looked, but I can tell something’s wrong with you. What’s on your mind." "Well...There is something I want to ask you, but let's wait until after the party." "Oh...ok." Fluttershy smiled, but deep down she was a little shaken up. Rainbow gave her a small smile and walked next her through the crowded room. As they walked past the punch bowl Fluttershy heard something. She decided to just ignore it, but the sound came again. As Fluttershy slowly looked in to the punch bowl, she saw Luna's face staring back at her. "Princess Luna?" "WAKE UP!" The face yelled. Fluttershy screamed and fell backwards. Many ponies stopped what they were doing and ran over to check on Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash ran over to her and helped her up. "Shy, are you ok?" "Princess Luna! In the Punch Bowl!" All the ponies turn towards the punch bowl in confusion. Fluttershy blushed feeling like a fool. "Sorry everypony I think I was seeing things..." Fluttershy said timidly. The ponies kind of smiled and walked away, some were laughing. "I'm getting a little worried about you, Shy" Rainbow hugged her, and gave her a long kiss. "Don't be, I'm fine, just didn't get enough sleep I guess." Fluttershy gave her a reassuring smile, as Butterfly and Mach ran up to them. "Are you ok mom?" Butterfly asked "I'm fine," Fluttershy said smiling. "Well, we're going to head on home." Mach said happily. "By yourselves?" Fluttershy asked. "Ya its getting late and you know." "Its not late." Rainbow pointed out looking at the window. "Well you see the thing about that is...um....bye!" Butterfly shouted as she flew down the stairs followed by Mach. Fluttershy and Rainbow looked at each other confused. "Will they be ok on their own?" Fluttershy asked. "Don't worry, they'll be fine. Now follow me I want to show you something." Fluttershy followed Rainbow towards a table and as they neared it the music slowly faded away. "Rainbow, what's going on?" Rainbow didn't answer and held Fluttershy hoof in hers. All the other ponies gathered around them. "I'm not very good at this, but I wanted try to show how much I care about you with this little speech." Rainbow blushed slightly, looking into Fluttershy’s eyes. Fluttershy wasn't sure how to feel, or what do, as Rainbow started speaking. "Fluttershy, I love you. I didn't know it but I have loved you since we were just little fillies. I remember when you first kissed me. I was confused and wasn't sure how I felt. At first I thought it was odd not only dating a mare but my best and longest friend. As time went on and we dated that friendship become stronger until I saw you as my marefriend. Fifteenth years ago on this day when I said "I do" it was the happiest day of my life. Now we have two amazing foals together and I love you even more than I did that day." As Rainbow finished she pulled out a box a gave it Fluttershy. Slowly Fluttershy opened it and inside was a necklace that looked a lot like her element of harmony. Rainbow then smiled as Fluttershy put it on. "It's beautiful Rainbow, thank you so much," Fluttershy gushed, hugging Rainbow. Rainbow continued to look at her. Fluttershy then knew what Rainbow and every other pony wanted, a speech like Rainbow just gave. Fluttershy wasn't ready to give a speech but decided to just do whatever felt natural "Rainbow I lo-" She waited and thought about what she was about to say, was she ready to admit that she loved Rainbow. "love you. I want to be with you for the rest of my life, you mean everything to me." Fluttershy blushed, she couldn't believe she just said any of those things. Suddenly a present landed in front of her, she looked up to see Pound Cake flying above them. "This is for you Rainbow" Fluttershy said hoping she was right. Rainbow smiled and opened it and inside was a honorary Wonderbolts badge. "Oh my gosh Oh my gosh Oh my gosh Oh my gosh!" Rainbow hugged Fluttershy, kissing her deeply. All the other ponies cheered and trotted in place. "Now it time for my favorite part!" Pinkie said happily getting out a knife and plates. "Rainbow, how did you know where my present was?" "You hide it in the same place every year, Shy." One by one the ponies were served, Fluttershy and Rainbow getting the first two slices. Ponies came by and wished them a happy anniversary and congratulated them on fifteenth years of marriage. Afterwards some left while other stayed and chatted. Some of them Fluttershy know and few she didn't, finally a pony came up that she was happy to see. "Howdy there suarcubes." Applejack said happily. "Hey AJ, how have you been?" Rainbow asked. "Busy as always, just got all the bills paid." Applejack laughed a little. "I thought Granny Smith paid the bills." Fluttershy said. Applejack narrowed her eyes. "Is that some kind of sick joke?!" Applejack growled. "Hey now, let's just calm down" Rainbow said getting between the two mares. Applejack snorted and walked off. "What's wrong with you?" Rainbow asked. "What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked back. "Shy, Granny Smith is...you know forget it. This is suppose to be a happy day." "I'm sorry Rainbow, I don't know what I was thinking..." "You know what, it's ok. Applejack will get over it." "Now it really is getting late, maybe we should head home." Rainbow suggested. Fluttershy nodded in agreement. As they started to walk out a voice called out behind them. Pinkie jumped in front them and hugged them both. "Want some cake for the road? Any that isn't eaten or taken is given to Gummy and he doesn't need anymore cake. He's getting a little too big." All three of them looked at the big gator just laying in the corner, his left eye closed then his right. "Well ok, we'll take some, I guess," Fluttershy said. Pinkie gave them two huge slices on plates wrapped in plastic. "Thanks for the party Pinkie," Fluttershy said giving Pinkie a hug. "It was no problem," Pinkie said as they walked out of Sugar Cube Corner side by side. The night sky was filled with beautiful glimmering stars. "A perfect night to end a perfect day." Fluttershy said happily. "You'd think." Rainbow said sounding a little mad. "W-what do you mean?" "Shy, I need to ask you something and you need to be truthful." "What is it Rainbow?" Rainbows ears dropped and a tear rolled down her cheek looking at Fluttershy. "A-are you...cheating on me with Twilight?"