Finally Getting Somewhere!
It was early in the morning and the sun was beginning to rise over the horizon. Undressing herself, Rarity was still in her underwear as she was about to remove her bra piece. However that is not what our story is going to be about as it takes place over across the street in a tall, healthy, tree.
High up in the tree, there was a bush that was covered in various white webs as it showed recent flying insects that had flown into it and haven’t been attended to or were already wrapped around in small cocoons. In the very center of it was a small tarantula sleeping.
It soon started to wake up and unfurled its legs to stretch and opened its bitty eyes. It started climbing out of the nest it has made and bath in what little the sun’s ray was out.
‘Today is going to be a good day,’ it thought to itself. ‘Got some new food, webs are nice and clean, and nothing bad is going to happen unlike last time that fleshy punk knocked me out of my nest. But besides that everything is going to-’
*SCREEE!*
‘Ah oh.’
Coming high above the sky, a large falcon was heading towards the nest and landed itself on the branch that it was on. It was inspecting the nest and started picking off the insects that were trapped on the webs.
‘HEY! Get away from my food! I worked hard to get those!’
The tarantula let his fangs show and leaped towards the falcon with every intent to get rid of it. However the falcon swatted it with its wing and went back into eating the trapped bugs.
‘AAAAAAAAA-’
*SPLAT*
‘OW!’
The tarantula face planted on the pavement on the sidewalk and lifted its head up as imaginary flies spun around. After a moment of recovering from the fall, the tranchilla got back on its legs and looked up at its nest as it was being destroyed by the winged devil.
‘Mate, it took me months to put all that together,’ it thought. ‘Mom was right, I should have stayed with living underground.’
As the tarantula continued to look up, a pair of feet were running straight towards it without the person knowing about it. The tarantula noticed them at the last second and jumped out of the way before it could be stomped on.
‘HEY, WATCH IT!’ the tarantula yelled as it was flinging its leg in anger.
“Come on, Fluttershy, keep it up,” Rainbow Dash said as she was jogging in place. “You gotta keep in shape if you want Night to keep dating you.”
Fluttershy was jogging slowly as she panting. “He’s… not… my... boyfriend,” she said in between pants.
“What was that? Sorry, I had my earphones on loudly,” Rainbow Dash said, picking out the earbuds out of her ears. “Do you mind saying that again?”
“I said that he’s-”
“Oh crap we better get going,” Rainbow Dash said. “We still need to get to the school quickly before we’re late.” She then ran off before Fluttershy could say anything.
Fluttershy let out a weary sigh. ‘Why does everything think Night is my boyfriend?’ she thought to herself. She then looked down to the ground as she felt like she was fighting a long battle. She then notice the tarantula that was looking up at her. “Oh, hello there little guy,” she said to it as she got down on her knees. “What are you doing down here? Don’t you know it’s dangerous to crawl around with so many people walking here?”
‘Give me a break lady, my nest just got destroyed by a stinking bird,’ the tarantula said to Fluttershy but obviously she didn’t hear or understand it.
“Hmm, how about you come with me until I can get you somewhere safe,” Fluttershy said and placed her palm in front of the tarantula as she was motioning it to climb on.
The tarantula was hesitant on climbing on Fluttershy’s hand but there was a sense of calmness that she was giving off. ‘Well, it’ll be better than rebuilding my nest all over again,’ it shrugged and climbed on her hand.
Fluttershy then lifted her hand up with the tarantula and placed it next to her shoulder. It climb onto her shoulder and stood there for a moment. “You can go into my hair if you want to,” she said.
The tarantula shrugged and climbed into her pink hair.
‘This is amazing,’ it thought. ‘It feels like I’m in web heaven...I wonder if she doesn't mind me trapping some flies in here?’
Fluttershy started walking and was heading towards her school. ‘I hope no one minds me bringing him along to school,’ she thought to herself. ‘Maybe it won’t be so bad.’
Sunset had drove up to her usual parking space and parked. After she got out, she pressed on the lock on her key and the car let out a beeping sound to indicate that it was locked. She walked along the pave ground towards the front door until she saw Soul walking alone with Swift.
She blushed as she was feeling nervous about asking him out to the Fall Formal. It had been a long time since she had asked any boy to go out with to anywhere and the last time she had a boyfriend was when she was being evil and only used him to be popular as she ruled the school with an iron fist.
Sunset took in some air and let out. ‘That’s not me anymore,’ she thought to herself. ‘I’m not asking him out for anything other than to be with him. He’s a sweet guy and he really wants to go with me to the dance…...So, why does it feel hard to ask him?’
Sunset took in some air and started to walk towards Soul. As she was she was getting closer to him, she felt more and more nervous and her heart was beating faster. When she was close enough, Soul notice her and smiled at her.
“Hey Sunset, what’s up?” he asked.
Sunset froze in place and lightly blushed. “H-Hey Soul,” she said, nervously. “N-Nothing much. How are you?”
“Doing good I guess,” Soul said. “My mom did something behind my back while I was at Swift’s house yesterday.”
Sunset couldn’t help but giggle mental as she remembered Dawn showing the pictures of Soul when he was younger. “What did she do?” she asked trying to pretend she didn’t know.
“I uh, let’s just say it’s embarrassing,” Soul replied. He furrowed his brow when he saw Sunset cracking a smile and began to snicker. “What’s so funny?”
Realizing what she was doing, Sunset quickly composed herself and coughed into her hand. “N-Nothing, I was just remembering something funny that I saw last night,” she lied. “So Soul, there was something I wanted to ask you.”
“Really, like what?”
Sunset opened her mouth but she wasn’t able to say anything. Her nervousness was preventing her from saying anything and could feel the heat on her face. Beads of sweat were beginning to form on her forehead and she gulped as she was getting more and more nervous.
“Um, are you okay?” Soul asked. “You look like you have a fever.”
Sunset was caught off guard. “W-What? N-No, I’m fine, it’s just-”
Before she could finish, Soul placed the back of his hand on her forehead and got closer to her. Her face was bright red and she froze up.
“Man, you are burning up,” Soul said. “I think you need to go to the nurse’s office, you might have something bad.”
Unable to stand it anymore, Sunset quickly got away from Soul and started making her way towards the front door. “Y-Y-Yeah, you’re right, I should see if Miss Nurseheart can do anything about it,” she said nervously. “I’ll see you later!” She then dashed off through the front door and disappeared.
Both Soul and Swift raised their brows and looked at each other.
“What was that about?” Swift asked.
“I haven’t the slightest of clue,” Soul replied.
“Maybe she was asking you out to the dance but got nervous.”
“I can’t blame her,” Soul said. “No girl can withstand my good looking self.”
“...”
“Yeah, I don’t believe that either,” Soul commented. “And I doubt that she’s nervous, she already knows I like her and everything. If she wanted to go out with me, she wouldn’t get this nervous.”
“But what if she did?” Swift asked.
Soul had a blank expression on him. “Then I’m beginning to think that me being good looking isn’t as farfetched than I thought,” he replied.
It was the first class for the day and everyone was waiting on their teacher to come in. As they were waiting, they were either gossiping or were fooling around in the classroom by throwing paper balls around or making paper airplanes. Sunset slumped down in her desk while feeling as she felt defeated at what happened.
Nearby, Rarity noticed Sunset’s distress and walked over to her and sat down in one of the nearby seats. “What’s wrong, dear?” she asked. “You seem to be a bit depressed.”
“I’m not really depressed, Rarity. I’m just...Well-” Sunset couldn’t finish her sentence as she was having trouble finding the right words.
“Is it about Soul?” Rarity asked. She then let out a gasp. “He isn’t going with someone else to the dance, is he?”
“No, he wasn’t asked yet but that’s the problem,” Sunset explained. “I was just about to ask him to the dance but for some reason I got tongue tied and ran off.”
“Ah, so that’s the problem,” Rarity said. “But why did you get nervous? Surely you’re used to being around him since you two have spent quite a lot of time together.”
“Well, I guess when I saw him as a friend, it would be easy,” Sunset said. “But-”
“You see him more than a friend?” Rarity finished.
“Exactly. Now it just feels kinda awkward to ask him now,” Sunset said. “I don’t know what to do.”
“Then don’t try so hard,” Rarity said. “If there is anything that I’ve learned so far from dating Clyde, it’s that you can’t force things when they’re not ready. Take your time and it’ll come to you.”
“When will that happen?”
“I can’t say, but I’m confident that it will be soon,” Rarity said. “Maybe the next time you see him, you’ll be more comfortable telling him.”
“Well, alright. I’ll give it a shot,” Sunset said.
The class door opened and the teacher walked in. All the students were getting to their seats and got ready for their daily lesson.
It was now lunch time in the cafeteria and all the girls and the guys were sitting with one another once again. They were all excited for the dance as it was only a few days away. Soul however let out a sigh. He looked around the table to see all his friends having a date for the dance, including Applejack as she was able to go with a friend of Rainbow’s soccer team, Soarin. Of course Applejack said they were going as friends but it still didn’t make Soul feel any better about his situation.
Soul looked to his left to see Sunset sitting next to him but unknown to him, she was sitting uncomfortably as the nervousness in her was starting. But she was able to keep herself in check and to the average person, she seemed completely calm even though she was a wreck on the inside.
Taking their spots Fluttershy and her boyfr- I mean, friend, Night sat down and joined the rest of the group. Soul looked at the two before raising an eyebrow.
“Wait, who’s this?” Soul asked
Night looked at Soul. “Oh, I guess we haven’t met yet,” he said. “My name’s Night, I’m friends with Fluttershy.”
“Ah, okay,” Soul said. “I'm Soul and I’m guessing you’re new here like me.”
“Pretty much.”
“Then I guess you don’t have a date to the dance too then.”
“Actually, I’m going with Fluttershy,” Night said.
“...What?” Soul said. “How did you get Fluttershy to be your girlfriend in such a short time?”
“Well, I’m not really her-”
“HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!” Fluttershy yelled as she shot up in her chair. “WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP ON THINKING HE IS!? WE’RE JUST GOING TO THE DANCE AS FRIENDS!”
Everyone froze up and stared at Fluttershy with both shocked and fearful expressions as she panted. Soul lowered himself down under the table to where only his upper half of his face could be shown while he quivered in fear. After she was done catching her breath, she realized what she had done and blushed violently as she hid behind her hair.
“I-I-I’m sorry,” Fluttershy said, nervously. “I just didn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea….I guess it’s kinda too late on that though.”
“If he wasn’t your boyfriend, why didn’t you tell us sooner?” Rarity asked.
“I tried to tell you girls but you all never gave me a chance to,” Fluttershy replied.
All the girls sat awkwardly as they felt a sense of guilt.
Fluttershy then looked over to Night while she kept on hiding behind her hair. “I-I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings in anyway,” she said.
Night waved his hand. “It’s okay, you don’t have to apologies. Like you said, we’re going there as friends,” he said. “Though I’ll be honest, I didn’t mind everyone mistaken us as a couple.”
Fluttershy’s heart skipped a beat and her face felt warm when she was looking into Night’s eyes. She felt a sense of sincerity and warmth from him while he felt kindness and calmness from her. Without realizing it, the two were staring at each other while the others were both confused and happy.
‘Why can my love life be like that?’ Swift thought to himself.
“Aww,” Pinkie said.
Rainbow Dash leaned over to Rivet. “And she said they’re not a couple,” she commented. “Good thing you and I are just friends and not into the whole sappy love thing.”
“Um, yeah, totally not into that,” Rivet said. ‘Okay, that stung badly.’
“Can I come out of hiding now?” Soul asked, fearfully as he still was under the table.
“Yeah, you can,” Sunset said. “She’s preoccupied right now.”
“Good.” Soul sat back up and looked over to see Fluttershy and Night stare into each other's gaze. “And she said he wasn’t her boyfriend.”
Sunset giggled at Soul’s comment. She then felt her cheeks feeling warm again as the thought of asking him came into her mind. She took a deep breath and believed that this was it.
“Hey, Soul?”
“Yeah?”
“There was something I needed to ask you,” Sunset said.
“What is it?” Soul asked.
Sunset took a moment to herself and let out some air.
“Would you go to the Fall Formal dance with me?” she asked.
Soul’s eyes widen and the gears in his head suddenly stopped. Everyone’s attention was now on Soul and Sunset as they were just as shocked as he was, except for Rarity who smiled.
“W-Wha?” Soul said in disbelief. “Can you say that again?”
“I asked if you would like to go to the dance with me,” Sunset said again, nervously.
“Okay, that’s what I thought you said,” Soul said. “And the answer is YES!”
Soul wrapped his arms around Sunset and was giving her a bear hug. Sunset’s expression indicated she was in pain and was feeling the full force of Soul’s appreciation.
“Glad to hear it,” Sunset said through the pain. “Can you please let me go?”
Soul realized how much force he was giving her and quickly let go of her. He rubbed the back of his head and had on a sheepish smile.
“Sorry, I forgot my own strength,” he said.
“Woo hoo! Everyone has a date now!” Pinkie cheered. “...Well, except for Sonata.”
“Wait, where is she anyway?” Soul asked.
“She’s sitting over by her sisters today,” Pinkie replied. “She wasn’t in the mood to sit over here.”
“Why, is she okay?”
“You see, she and Sunset were-”
Before Pinkie could say anything, Applejack covered her mouth and had on a sheepish smile.
“Let’s just say that she’s not in the mood today and needs the comfort of her family right now,” Applejack said. “Don’t worry, she’ll be fine.”
“Oh um, okay then.” Soul said.
“It looks to me that this is going to be the best Fall Formal dance in-” Rarity was about to say before Rainbow Dash interrupted her.
“Hey Fluttershy, I think there’s something in your hair,” Rainbow Dash pointed at Fluttershy's hair.
“Oh right, I found this poor little fella wandering aimlessly in the streets and thought I should bring it to the pet store after school,” Fluttershy said. “Would you all like to seem him?”
Everyone nodded.
Fluttershy reached into her hair and pulled out a ball of fur in her hand.
“Come on, little guy,” she said softly. “Everyone here wants to meet you.”
The ball of fur unfurled itself and showed itself as the tarantula. Everyone winced back as they saw the fury menace. It looked around the group as its eyes looked off to the next person.
‘Aren’t they a weird bunch,’ it thought. As it looked around, it laid its gaze on Soul and it felt a surge of anger flowing through it. ‘YOU!’
The tarantula had its two forelegs up and looked as if it was about to pounce at Soul.
“Why is it looking at Soul like that?” Pinkie asked and everyone looked at Soul.
Soul looked at Fluttershy. “Um, where did you get it?” he ask, nervously.
“I found him in a tree near Rarity’s home,” Fluttershy replied.
Soul looked back at the tarantula with half lid eyes. “Ah crap.”
The tarantula jumped up and attached itself on Soul’s face.