Tomber Amoureux
Chapter 2: A Little Help From Some Friends
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Twilight stroked her chin as she tried to find a logical idea for who she should get advice from. Let's see...Pinkie's already out of the question, so maybe I could go to Rarity, she sure knows a lot about romance. But if I tell her the whole town will know about it within a matter of seconds. I could tell Apple Jack, but she's too honest to keep a secret. Rainbow Dash is well, Rainbow Dash. I know! I'll tell Fluttershy! She'd be too shy to tell anypony! Twilight began to trot out of her castle towards the shy mare's cottage, feeling much better now that her thoughts were more organized.
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Pinkie had just finished baking a batch of muffins before Mrs. Cake walked in.
"Deary you've helped quite enough, why don't you go have some fun on a much needed break and you can come back at two-o-clock." Mrs. Cake suggested.
"Okie Dokie Lokie! I'll be sure to stay out of trouble!" the pink baker replied hastily as she sped off into town.
She didn't have much a problem thinking about whom she should go to for help on advice. She bounced along on the cobblestone path, until she came to a complete stop. She pulled balloons out of her mane and tied them tightly to her back. After a few seconds, she began to float up to a familiar structure made entirely out of clouds. Knock! Knock! Knock! She paused and waited for a sound. Knock knock knock knock knock knock kn-
"Geez! Hold your horses I'm coming!" yelled a rather annoyed Pegasus. The door quickly slammed open, revealing a very flustered looking Rainbow Dash. "Oh, it's just you Pinkie. So what do ya need Pinks? I'm kinda in the middle of something."
"You mean your nap? Sorry to wake you, I just have something reeeeeeeeally important that I need help with." Pinkie replied urgently. "You see, IreallyneedhelptellingTwithatIlikeherbutIthinkthatit'stoosoonandIdon'twantittoseemrushed."
"You what now? Wait, maybe you should come inside, your balloons are deflating and I just recently upgraded my home so non-Pegasi would be able to come in." Pinkie simply nodded her head in response, took of her balloons and deflated them (where they went nopony knows) and stepped inside the cloud house.
"Can you start over Pinks? I kinda missed what you said." Rainbow Dash asked, worried about her hyper friend. Pinkie sighed, suddenly worried about what her friend would think about her.
"Ok, so I really need help telling Twilight that I like her, but I think that it's too soon and I don't want it to seem too rushed." The pink mare felt as if a sack of flour had just been lifted off of her shoulders, but she only felt a little better. The cyan Pegasus snorted.
"You and Twilight? Pinkie you're such a crack up!" Rainbow Dash replied, falling on the cloud floor, laughing and snorting. Pinkie looked at her, feeling defeated, while her hair began to deflate.
"Yeah, I mean what was I thinking, I don't think it would really work out." Pinkie replied as her shoulders slumped.
"Wait you were being serious? Aw man, I'm really sorry Pinkie, I didn't mean it! It's just, I didn't know you were a..."Rainbow Dash said in an apologetic tone, trying to find the right word.
"Fillyfooler? Well I am...and it's fine really!" Pinkie said as she gave her friend a small smile.
"I'm still really sorry," Rainbow Dash said as she scratched the back of her neck awkwardly. "But I know that I can try and help you! I'm warning you though, I'm not good with all this mushy gooey stuff."
Pinkie began to feel better as her hair returned to its normal fluffy mess.
"Okay! So I was wondering if you could help me maybe be like calmer and stuff? I know she doesn't really like it when I yell." Pinkie asked, eager for advice.
"Well subtlety is kind of Flutters thing... but I guess I can help you with that." Rainbow replied, eager to help her friend feel better.
"What's subtlety?"
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Twilight finally made it to Fluttershy's cottage, and trotted up to the wooden door. Knock knock.
"Just give me a second and I'll be right there." called a soft voice within the cottage. Twilight heard a shuffle and then Fluttershy opened the door.
"Hi Twilight. Why don't you come in?" Fluttershy suggested in a calm voice. Twilight accepted with gratitude, the walk from her castle to Fluttershy's cottage had not been easy on her hooves, so she decided to sit down on a lime colored couch.
"Although it's a pleasure to see you here, I was wondering what the occasion was." the shy Pegasus asked, feeling curious.
"I'm here to ask for your advice on a certain, uh, situation." Twilight said, feeling awkward already.
"What did you need advice on? Is Owlowiscious molting again?" Fluttershy asked, ready to help her clean if needed.
"You see, there's a certain mare that I like, and I want to confess to her, but you see, she can be a little hyper and I just don't have the confidence to tell her." Twilight replied, feeling almost as shy as the mare she was talking to. Fluttershy felt that she knew whom Twilight was talking about.
"Is it Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked, feeling her curiosity got the best of her once again. Twilight sputtered, feeling as though her perfect plan came crashing down on her.
"How did you know?" Twilight replied, wondering and worrying if her other friends, or Pinkie knew.
"There's really only one mare that we know that fits your description." Fluttershy said, making it seem like the answer was obvious.
"Does anypony else know? Is it really that obvious?" Twilight said in desperation.
"No, you are actually being very subtle. But if you want Pinkie to know, maybe you should try to be more obvious. Pinkie can sometimes, well miss a hint. Maybe even try to be a little spontaneous?" Fluttershy suggested, "But being confident isn't really my thing, it's more in Dashie's area of expertise, so I wouldn't know." she said, quick to doubt herself.
"That's sure to work! Thank you so much Fluttershy!" Twilight said as she hugged the Pegasus tightly.
"You might want to take my advice when you see her." Fluttershy said through strangled words hoping to be released of the lavender mare's firm grip.
"Oh, sorry Fluttershy." Twilight let go of the other mare, catching on to the hint.
"It's not a problem. I'm really glad I could help." Fluttershy gave Twilight a small grin and sent her off, realizing the time and knowing that her animals had to be fed around noon, and Angel sure gets cranky if he's not fed.
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"Well time sure does fly when your having tons of fun!" the pink mare said happily. She softly hummed a tune to herself as she quickly peered up at the clock tower.
"Oh no! It's 2:50! I'm gonna miss baking cupcakes with Twi and I'm totally going to disappoint Mrs. Cake!" Pinkie cried as she, and a lavender mare in a different part of Ponyville, galloped off to SugarCube Corner.